Unit 19: Mechanical Reasoning

Short-answer questions
Specific instructions to students
This section is designed to help you improve your skills in mechanical reasoning.
Read the following questions and answer all of them in the spaces provided.
You may not use a calculator.
You need to show all of your working out.
Reduce the ratios to the simplest or lowest form.
QUESTION 1

QUESTION 3
Fan and
water pump
Idler
Power
steering

X
Y

Alternator

Vibration damper
Drive pulley

If gear X turns in a clockwise direction, which way will

gear Y turn?
Answer:

If the drive pulley in a work van engine turns in a clockwise

direction, in which direction will the alternator turn?
Answer:

Anticlockwise

Clockwise

QUESTION 2

QUESTION 4
A

Looking at the following diagram, if lever A moves to

the left, in which direction will lever B move?
Lever A

D
B

Non-fixed pivot

Non-fixed
pivot

If pulley A turns in a clockwise direction, which way

will pulley D turn?
Answer:
Fixed
pivot

Fixed pivot

Clockwise

Lever B

Answer:
Lever B will move to the right.
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QUESTION 5

QUESTION 6

In the following diagram, pulley 1 turns clockwise. In

what direction will pulley 6 turn?

If lever A is pulled up, what will happen to lever B?

Pulley 6

Pulley 5

Fixed pivot

Pulley 4

Lever A
Non-fixed
pivot
Pulley 2

Non-fixed
pivot

Pulley 3

Lever B

Pulley 1
Motor

Fixed pivot

Answer:
Pulley 6 will turn clockwise.

Answer:
Lever B will be pushed up.

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