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

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

3. What is a wheel and rod attacked by a hinge?
(a) A crank.
(b) A spur.
(c) A worm.
(d) A prank.

4. How many forces hold things together?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. What do compound levers contain?
(a) Two fulcrums and one point of force and load.
(b) A single fulcrum and two points of force and two of load.
(c) No fulcrum but two points of force and two of load.
(d) Two fulcrums and two points of force and two of load.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mechanics of Movement explore?

2. What is a fulcrum?

3. What is applied to a lever to make it move?

4. What controls the movement in a gear system?

5. What does the inclined plane do?

(see the answer key)

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