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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Mechanics of Movement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a first-class lever?
(a) Where the effort is a greater distance from the fulcrum than the load.
(b) Where the effort and the load are equal distances from the fulcrum.
(c) Where there is no load needed for the effort.
(d) Where the distance is further from the fulcrum than the effort.

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

3. What is one component of a lever?
(a) A spring.
(b) A straight edge.
(c) A screw.
(d) A caliper.

4. What controls the movement in a gear system?
(a) The rotation of the gear.
(b) The inertia needed to be overcome.
(c) The size of the belt.
(d) The size of the gear.

5. What is the most common form of inclined plane found in machines?
(a) The wedge.
(b) The pully.
(c) The rocker.
(d) The rods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a driving force initiate?

2. What is the effort you put in combined with the distance over which the effort is done?

3. How many forces hold things together?

4. What does the Mechanics of Movement explore?

5. What does one have to understand in order to understand the way things work?

(see the answer key)

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