FCTC Test Prep – Questions and Answers A+ | 2026/2027 Comprehensive Entrance Exam Study Guide A+ Grade

FCTC TEST PREP questions and answers A+ Grade 2026\2027


A belt and pulley system is characterized by
- correct answer two or more pulleys in common to a belt.



What does a belt and pulley system allow for?
- correct answer mechanical power, torque, and speed to be transmitted across axles



How is mechanical advantage realized?
- correct answer if the pulleys are different diameters



what is a pulley?
- correct answer a wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of
direction of a cable or belt along its circumference



Why are pulleys used?
- correct answer lift loads

apply forces

trasmit power



What is usually the drive element of a pulley?
- correct answer rope, cable, belt or chain that runs over the pulley inside the groove



Pulleys are assembled to form what
- correct answer a block and tackle in order to provide mechanical advantage to apply large forces



rope and pulley systems (block and tackle) are characterized by what?
- correct answer the use of a single continuous rope to transmit a tension force around one or more
pulleys to lift or move a load