ATV / UTV EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Differences between ATV/UTV's and other high-performance platforms -
ANSWER low horsepower to weight ratio, high utility usage, can carry
passenger(s)
2 stroke torque - ANSWER low
liquid cooling__________efficiency - ANSWER increases
UTV weaknesses - ANSWER roll cages (thin, stamped metal), front arm
structures, trailing arms, thin suspension parts
street legal - ANSWER under 55 mph speed limit and no state highways
where it all started - ANSWER Jeep - first mass production off-road vehicle,
precursor to almost every off-road vehicle in some way, prototype was called
"quad"
AATV - ANSWER 1960 amphibious all-terrain vehicle
dune buggy - ANSWER Meyers Manx VW bug
first real UTV - ANSWER Kawasaki MULE
2004 Yamaha Rino - ANSWER lawsuit - tipping/rolling - safety bulletin to
widen wheelbase
toughest UTV - ANSWER Kawasaki Teryx
most expensive and difficult to work on - ANSWER Can-Am
, 2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000 - ANSWER too long/trash
wiring (grounds) - ANSWER Chinese - green
European - brown
American - black
Japanese - green or green/yellow power
How to find ground - ANSWER Wire to battery's negative terminal and check
for continuity.
(find power wire same way but wire to positive terminal)
1985 Polaris Trail Boss - ANSWER first CVT ATV, first full-foot protection,
first full-size, first big 2-stroke motor
first time feds got involved to outlaw something in powersports - ANSWER
1987
Biggest sport ATV aftermarket - ANSWER Yamaha Banshee
Problem w/ CVT - ANSWER no downhill engine braking - Kawasaki prairie
acceptable leakdown - ANSWER powersports less than 15% (cars less than
10%)
ATV/UTV brakes - ANSWER most are single piston floating, perform
inconsistently except sport ATVs, utility ATVs are the worst, hydraulic E-brake
is temporary because it loses pressure over time, front brakes do 65-75% of
braking
Pascal's Law - ANSWER Pressure will be transferred UNDIMINISHED
everywhere in confined fluid
heart of braking system - ANSWER master cylinder
If rotor gets bent or comes loose... - ANSWER then disk brakes move apart and
you'll have to pump brakes before they become functional again
How to adjust drum brakes - ANSWER use wing nut (not spline)
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Differences between ATV/UTV's and other high-performance platforms -
ANSWER low horsepower to weight ratio, high utility usage, can carry
passenger(s)
2 stroke torque - ANSWER low
liquid cooling__________efficiency - ANSWER increases
UTV weaknesses - ANSWER roll cages (thin, stamped metal), front arm
structures, trailing arms, thin suspension parts
street legal - ANSWER under 55 mph speed limit and no state highways
where it all started - ANSWER Jeep - first mass production off-road vehicle,
precursor to almost every off-road vehicle in some way, prototype was called
"quad"
AATV - ANSWER 1960 amphibious all-terrain vehicle
dune buggy - ANSWER Meyers Manx VW bug
first real UTV - ANSWER Kawasaki MULE
2004 Yamaha Rino - ANSWER lawsuit - tipping/rolling - safety bulletin to
widen wheelbase
toughest UTV - ANSWER Kawasaki Teryx
most expensive and difficult to work on - ANSWER Can-Am
, 2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000 - ANSWER too long/trash
wiring (grounds) - ANSWER Chinese - green
European - brown
American - black
Japanese - green or green/yellow power
How to find ground - ANSWER Wire to battery's negative terminal and check
for continuity.
(find power wire same way but wire to positive terminal)
1985 Polaris Trail Boss - ANSWER first CVT ATV, first full-foot protection,
first full-size, first big 2-stroke motor
first time feds got involved to outlaw something in powersports - ANSWER
1987
Biggest sport ATV aftermarket - ANSWER Yamaha Banshee
Problem w/ CVT - ANSWER no downhill engine braking - Kawasaki prairie
acceptable leakdown - ANSWER powersports less than 15% (cars less than
10%)
ATV/UTV brakes - ANSWER most are single piston floating, perform
inconsistently except sport ATVs, utility ATVs are the worst, hydraulic E-brake
is temporary because it loses pressure over time, front brakes do 65-75% of
braking
Pascal's Law - ANSWER Pressure will be transferred UNDIMINISHED
everywhere in confined fluid
heart of braking system - ANSWER master cylinder
If rotor gets bent or comes loose... - ANSWER then disk brakes move apart and
you'll have to pump brakes before they become functional again
How to adjust drum brakes - ANSWER use wing nut (not spline)
