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FCTC Written Prep Practice Test Exam
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What is a gear or cogwheel
A rotating machine part with teeth or cogs, which mesh
with another toothed part to transmit torque
What is torque
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The ability of a force to cause rotation around an axis.
What are two or more gears working in a sequence called
A train or a gear train
What can a gear train be considered and why
A simple machine because it can produce a mechanical
advantage through a gear ratio
What is it called when two or more gears are touching
Meshed
If the gears are touching, then the adjacent gears move in
________ directions
Opposite
When there are an ____ number of meshed gears, then the
last gear will always turn in the same direction as the first
gear
Odd
Gears can change the ______, ______, and _______ of a
power source
Speed, torque, and direction
What is a non-rotating toothed part called and what is
produced when a gear meshes with one A rack; a
translation instead of rotation
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What happens when two gears mesh and one gear is
bigger than the other
A mechanical advantage is produced and the rotational
speeds and torques differ in an inverse relationship
What is the most simple type of gear and characteristics of
it
A spur gear
- Cylinder or disk with teeth projecting radically
A belt and pulley system consists of
___________ connected by a belt two or more
pulleys
If the diameter of a pulley is double that of it's connected
pulley, how does it affect the RPM
It halves it
Diameter of pulley A / diameter of pulley B = 4/8, so
pulley B will run ____ as fast as pulley A.
1/2
Diameter of pulley C / diameter of pulley D = 4/16, so
pulley D will run _____ as fast as pulley C
1/4
What is a pulley
FCTC Written Prep Practice Test Exam
Questions And Correct Answers Rated 100%
What is a gear or cogwheel
A rotating machine part with teeth or cogs, which mesh
with another toothed part to transmit torque
What is torque
,2|Page
The ability of a force to cause rotation around an axis.
What are two or more gears working in a sequence called
A train or a gear train
What can a gear train be considered and why
A simple machine because it can produce a mechanical
advantage through a gear ratio
What is it called when two or more gears are touching
Meshed
If the gears are touching, then the adjacent gears move in
________ directions
Opposite
When there are an ____ number of meshed gears, then the
last gear will always turn in the same direction as the first
gear
Odd
Gears can change the ______, ______, and _______ of a
power source
Speed, torque, and direction
What is a non-rotating toothed part called and what is
produced when a gear meshes with one A rack; a
translation instead of rotation
, 3|Page
What happens when two gears mesh and one gear is
bigger than the other
A mechanical advantage is produced and the rotational
speeds and torques differ in an inverse relationship
What is the most simple type of gear and characteristics of
it
A spur gear
- Cylinder or disk with teeth projecting radically
A belt and pulley system consists of
___________ connected by a belt two or more
pulleys
If the diameter of a pulley is double that of it's connected
pulley, how does it affect the RPM
It halves it
Diameter of pulley A / diameter of pulley B = 4/8, so
pulley B will run ____ as fast as pulley A.
1/2
Diameter of pulley C / diameter of pulley D = 4/16, so
pulley D will run _____ as fast as pulley C
1/4
What is a pulley
