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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Digital Domain and The Last Mammoth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another type of wedge the author mentions?
(a) The inversion ring.
(b) The gate latch.
(c) The caliper.
(d) The sharp tapered edge of axes.

2. What are tanks that take in water to increase the density of the craft?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Rolling.
(c) Variable.
(d) Bilge.

3. What is one step in creating liquid crystal displays?
(a) Polarizing the light.
(b) Filtering the light for reds.
(c) Filtering the light for greens.
(d) Bending the light to forty-five degree angles.

4. What is one phenomenon a measurement of force measures?
(a) Vise pressure.
(b) Push pressure.
(c) Pull pressure.
(d) Earthquakes.

5. What do you have to use in order to accomplish work with half the effort?
(a) Twice the distance.
(b) One-third the distance.
(c) Half the distance.
(d) Ten percent of the distance multiplied by one-third of the effort.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many different ways can waves be created by instruments?

2. By what are the variations of an analog quality turned into a sequence of numbers?

3. What happens after an analog quality is turned into binary code?

4. Why do electromagnets use the forces of attraction and repulsion alternately to keep machines running?

5. What is a wheel and rod attacked by a hinge?

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