Machine Kinematics MCQs

Machine Kinematics MCQs

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1: What area of physics deals with the movement of objects?

A.   Kinematics

B.   Thermodynamics

C.   Optics

D.   Mechanics

2: What is Kinematics concerned with describing?

A.   The motion of a group of particles

B.   The motion of a particle

C.   The forces that affect object's movement

D.   The laws that govern object's motion

E.   The way in which objects move

3: An objects total change in position is called what?

A.   Displacement

B.   Angular momentum

C.   Acceleration

D.   Velocity

4: What did the man

A.   1

B.   2

C.   -2000 kg

D.   -1000 kg

E.   0

5: A man ran a distance of how many meters?

A.   400

B.   1,600

C.   800

D.   1000

6: What does dynamics study?

A.   How bodies interact with each other

B.   The way things interact with each other

C.   The principles that govern how particles move

D.   How to make things move

E.   Why objects move the way they do

7: What type of motion is studied by dynamics?

A.   Object

B.   Energy

C.   Force

8: The coordinate system with respect to which motion is being described is known as what?

A.   Frame

B.   Cartesian coordinate system

C.   Cartesian

D.   Polar coordinate system

E.   Metric

9: What is the frame used to describe motion?

A.   Graph

B.   Kinetic energy

C.   Velocity vector

D.   Timeline

E.   Coordinate system

10: What is an example of a measure of how fast an object is moving?

A.   Time

B.   Distance

C.   Speed

11: What does the term "speed" describe?

A.   How fast an object is moving

B.   How fast a signal travels

C.   How quickly something happens

D.   How quickly a person can think

E.   How fast the computer can communicate

12: What is the time interval over which the average velocity is calculated?

A.   Seconds

B.   None specified

C.   Unspecified

D.   A single instant

E.   Specified

13: What does the term instantaneous velocity mean?

A.   The velocity of an object at any given moment

B.   The value of the velocity function at a particular instant in time

C.   The magnitude of the velocity vector at a particular instant in time

D.   The distance travelled by the object in one second

E.   A change in velocity over a short period of time

14: What is the gravitational acceleration of objects near Earth's surface?

A.   9.8m/s2

B.   11.3m/s2

C.   10.7m/s2

15: What does the gravitational acceleration of objects near the earth's surface depend on?

A.   The mass of the object

B.   Diameter of object

C.   Mass

D.   Distance from the earth

16: Most common functions are what?

A.   Vector-valued functions

B.   Matrix-valued functions

C.   Scalar-valued functions

17: What are scalars?

A.   Vectors

B.   Real numbers

C.   Matrices

D.   Complex numbers

E.   Regular numbers

18: A function that outputs vectors is called what?

A.   Matrix-valued function

B.   Scalar-valued function

C.   Vector-valued function

D.   Vector magnitude function

19: What is a position function called when motion occurs in one dimension?

A.   Vector-valued

B.   Wave

C.   Scalar-valued

D.   Position

20: What is the time derivative of the position function?

A.   Acceleration function

B.   Differential operator

C.   Velocity function

D.   Derivative of position function

E.   Position function

21: What does the Velocity function give us?

A.   The velocity of an object

B.   The velocity of a sound

C.   How fast an object is moving

D.   The direction of an object's motion

E.   The velocity of light

22: What is the second time-derivative of the position function?

A.   Second derivative of velocity

B.   Divergence of the velocity field

C.   Second derivative of position

D.   Acceleration function

23: What does the acceleration function give for an object?

A.   The magnitude of the acceleration

B.   The value of the acceleration

C.   The direction of the acceleration

24: The value of a function at each point represents the rate of what with respect to time?

A.   Change in magnitude

B.   Duration

C.   Change

D.   Change in direction

E.   Motion

25: What can be described by a position function?

A.   Periodic motion

B.   Direction of motion

C.   Position of an object in space

D.   Change in momentum

E.   Acceleration

26: What sort of motion is periodic that can be described by position functions?

A.   Circular motion

B.   Simple harmonic motion

C.   Oscillatory motion

27: What is the field of science that studies movement, time, and force?

A.   Astronomy

B.   Mechanics

C.   Biology

D.   Physics

28: What type of science is mechanics?

A.   Mechanical engineering

B.   Mathematics

C.   Physics

D.   Scientific

E.   Engineering

29: The study of machines is called what?

A.   Kinematics

B.   Robotics

C.   Mechanics

D.   Engineering

30: What is the name of the field that studies forces acting on machine parts?

A.   Mechanical engineering

B.   Dynamics of machines

C.   Mechanics of materials

D.   Automotive engineering

E.   Mechanics

31: What type of study is dynamics?

A.   Chemistry in motion

B.   Mechanics of materials

C.   Forces acting on the objects in the machine

D.   Forces acting on the machine parts

E.   Forces acting on the machine

32: A body has plane motion, if all its points move in planes which are what?

A.   Parallel to some reference plane

B.   Perpendicular to some reference plane

C.   At right angles to some reference plane

D.   In a circle around a center

33: What is the term for a motion that all points of the body move in straight line paths?

A.   Rotational translation

B.   Angular translation

C.   Angular velocity

D.   Linear velocity

E.   Rectilinear translation

34: What type of translation is a slider in a slider crank?

A.   Octagonal

B.   Rectilinear

C.   Concentric

D.   Linear

E.   Curvilinear

35: What is the line that points in a body remain at fixed distances from?

A.   A curve

B.   An angle

C.   A line

D.   A point

36: What two parts of movement are demonstrated by machine parts?

A.   Position and translation

B.   Translation and rotation

C.   Rotation and position

D.   Rotation and translation

37: What is exhibited by machine parts?

A.   Translation and rotation

B.   Assembly

C.   Function

D.   Movement

E.   Energy storage and release

38: What is the name given to any body that has motion relative to another?

A.   Tube

B.   Cord

C.   Satellite

D.   Orbit

E.   Link

A.   Loop link

B.   Binary link

C.   Nonexistent link

D.   File

E.   Hyperlink

A.   A router

B.   A hub

C.   Other links

D.   A switch

E.   A computer

A.   Ternary link

B.   Quadruple link

C.   Tetrahedral link

D.   Binary link

E.   Octahedral link

A.   Link which references a document on the web

B.   Link which is connected to other links at three points

C.   Link which connects two pages

D.   Link which connects one page and a search engine

E.   Link which contains text

A.   Points

B.   Filaments

C.   Wires

D.   Electricity

E.   Potentials

44: What has four connections?

A.   Octet

B.   Binary system

C.   Quaternary link

D.   Ternary link

E.   Binary link

A.   A triangle

B.   Four points

C.   A square

D.   A line

E.   A parallelogram

46: What are two members of a mechanism joined together so that the relative motion between the two is consistent?

A.   Linkages

B.   Parts of a machine

C.   Bearings

D.   Sliding elements

E.   Pairing elements

47: What is the number of independent coordinates required to describe the position of a body in space?

A.   Cartesian coordinates

B.   Degrees of freedom

C.   Polar coordinates

48: What does it mean for a body to be in space?

A.   Free

B.   Floating

C.   In orbit

D.   On the moon

49: What is the name of the pair of members connected by the joint that has surface contact?

A.   Upper pair

B.   Right pair

C.   Lower pair

D.   Opposite pair

50: What is the type of contact that occurs when the contact points are along a line?

A.   Mid-pair

B.   Low pair

C.   Mid point

D.   Higher pair