RECF Fundamentals Practice Test: Key
Concepts, Questions and Answers
1. A plane is flying at 1000 meters above the ground and fires a laser 60 degrees
of of straight down. what is the distance the light traveled to the ground? -
ANSWER 2000 meters
2. Who was the first American astronaut to fly into space? - ANSWER Alan
Sheppard
3. The first satellite to orbit the earth in 1957? - ANSWER Sputnik - 1
4. Which of the following is not true about an electrical schematic? - ANSWER
shows an accurate distance and scale of components in circuit
5. What kind of drawing requires the taking of dimensions and the creation of
sketches of existing items at a construction site? - ANSWER walk down
6. When you compare the actual size of the units of a project with the paper
size units of a technical drawing of that project you arrive at _____________.
- ANSWER the scale factor for the technical drawing
7. A person's behavior is always ethical when they _____. - ANSWER follow and
expected standard of behavior
8. All pages must be ____ in an engineering notebook. - ANSWER numbered
and in ink
9. Friction is a force that acts _________. - ANSWER in an opposite direction to
movement
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, 10.Which scientist developed the laws of motion? - ANSWER Issac Newton
11.What is another name for the first law of motion? - ANSWER law of inertia
12.When a hammer falls from a work bench, __________. - ANSWER The kinetic
energy of the hammer increases while the potential energy decreases
13.A pendulum is released from a certain height, it swings through the lowest
point and swings upward. The pendulum slows and finally stalls at a height
which is a little less than the height at which it is released at. This
demonstrates which of the following _________. - ANSWER First law of
motion
14.A rubber balloon is blown up and released. It flies around the room as air is
pushed out of the balloon. This is the best example of ___________. -
ANSWER third law of motion
15.What formula represents newtons second law? - ANSWER F=MA
16.Which of the following letters represents the air foil? - ANSWER D (GO TO
TEST FOR IMAGE)
17.Which of the following letters represents lift? - ANSWER C (GO TO TEST FOR
IMAGE)
18.Which of the following letters represents the low pressure zone? - ANSWER A
(GO TO TEST FOR IMAGE)
19.Which of the following letters represents high pressure zone? - ANSWER B
(GO TO TEST FOR IMAGE)
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Concepts, Questions and Answers
1. A plane is flying at 1000 meters above the ground and fires a laser 60 degrees
of of straight down. what is the distance the light traveled to the ground? -
ANSWER 2000 meters
2. Who was the first American astronaut to fly into space? - ANSWER Alan
Sheppard
3. The first satellite to orbit the earth in 1957? - ANSWER Sputnik - 1
4. Which of the following is not true about an electrical schematic? - ANSWER
shows an accurate distance and scale of components in circuit
5. What kind of drawing requires the taking of dimensions and the creation of
sketches of existing items at a construction site? - ANSWER walk down
6. When you compare the actual size of the units of a project with the paper
size units of a technical drawing of that project you arrive at _____________.
- ANSWER the scale factor for the technical drawing
7. A person's behavior is always ethical when they _____. - ANSWER follow and
expected standard of behavior
8. All pages must be ____ in an engineering notebook. - ANSWER numbered
and in ink
9. Friction is a force that acts _________. - ANSWER in an opposite direction to
movement
1
, 10.Which scientist developed the laws of motion? - ANSWER Issac Newton
11.What is another name for the first law of motion? - ANSWER law of inertia
12.When a hammer falls from a work bench, __________. - ANSWER The kinetic
energy of the hammer increases while the potential energy decreases
13.A pendulum is released from a certain height, it swings through the lowest
point and swings upward. The pendulum slows and finally stalls at a height
which is a little less than the height at which it is released at. This
demonstrates which of the following _________. - ANSWER First law of
motion
14.A rubber balloon is blown up and released. It flies around the room as air is
pushed out of the balloon. This is the best example of ___________. -
ANSWER third law of motion
15.What formula represents newtons second law? - ANSWER F=MA
16.Which of the following letters represents the air foil? - ANSWER D (GO TO
TEST FOR IMAGE)
17.Which of the following letters represents lift? - ANSWER C (GO TO TEST FOR
IMAGE)
18.Which of the following letters represents the low pressure zone? - ANSWER A
(GO TO TEST FOR IMAGE)
19.Which of the following letters represents high pressure zone? - ANSWER B
(GO TO TEST FOR IMAGE)
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