Questions With Correct Answers
1. A belt and pulley system is characterized by: two or more pulleys in common to a belt.
2. What does a belt and pulley system allow for?: mechanical power, torque, and speed to be
transmitted across axles
3. How is mechanical advantage realized?: if the pulleys are ditterent diameters
4. what is a pulley?: a wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of direction
of a cable or belt along its circumference
5. Why are pulleys used?: lift loads
apply forces
trasmit power
6. What is usually the drive element of a pulley?: rope, cable, belt or chain that runs over the pulley
inside the groove
7. Pulleys are assembled to form what: a block and tackle in order to provide mechanical advantage to
apply large forces
8. rope and pulley systems (block and tackle) are characterized by what?: the use of a
single continuous rope to transmit a tension force around one or more pulleys to lift or move a load
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