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ASVAB Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test

Specific gravity is a comparison of the density of an object with the density of:
Steam

Air

Water

Iron

What is the power output of a 3 hp engine that's 35% efficient?

ft.lb.

1 s

578 s

ft.lb.

5,775 s
ft.lb.

ft.lb.

58 s

Which of the following is not a type of simple machine?

Screw

Pulley

Fly wheel

Inclined plane

The principle of moments defines equilibrium in terms of:

Power

Torque

Friction

Speed

What is the power output of a 2 hp engine that's 95% efficient?

19.00 hp

1,045.00 hp

1.90 hp

0.19 hp

Solutions

Specific gravity is a comparison of the density of an object with the density of:
Steam

Air

Water

Iron

SOLUTION
Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of equal volumes of a substance and water and is measured by a hyrdometer.

What is the power output of a 3 hp engine that's 35% efficient?

ft.lb.

1 s

578 s

ft.lb.

5,775 s
ft.lb.

ft.lb.

58 s

SOLUTION
Efficiency =
Po Pi Powerout Powerin

100
E Pi 100

E=

100 so Po =

1 hp = 550
E Pi 100

ft.lb. ft.lb. ft.lb. so, in this problem, Pi is 3 hp x 550 s = 1,650 s : s

Po =

351,650 100

ft.lb. s

==

57,750 ft.lb. 100

= 578

ft.lb. s

Which of the following is not a type of simple machine?

Screw

Pulley

Fly wheel

Inclined plane

SOLUTION
The six types of simple machines are the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw.

The principle of moments defines equilibrium in terms of:

Power

Torque

Friction

Speed

SOLUTION
According to the principle of moments, you can maintain equilibrium if the moments (forces) tending to clockwise rotation are equal to the moments tending to counterclockwise rotation. Another name for these moments of force is torque.

What is the power output of a 2 hp engine that's 95% efficient?

19.00 hp

1,045.00 hp

1.90 hp

0.19 hp

SOLUTION
Efficiency =
Po Pi Powerout Powerin

100
E Pi 100

E=

100 so Po =
E Pi 100

Po =

952 hp 100

190 hp = 1.90 hp 100

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