mechanical aptitude test

[tez1]

try this out fella's..BTW i got 80% :-[ only just passed..

http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/quizzes/MechanicalAptitude.php



tez

[Roughasguts]

Hmmm I got 84% and I thought I was doing better than that.
Just as well I'm not a mechanic anymore.

[zaraspook]

i just passed at 80% think i did well considerin not a mech.

[tunaticer]

I got 92% seems I have no knowledge of electrical symbols Maybe i shouldnt try fixing the toaster again??

Jack.

[finding_time]

I got 92% seems I have no knowledge of electrical symbols Maybe i shouldnt try fixing the toaster again??

Jack.

Yep i think the electrical symbols got me as well , to bad you cant find out where you went wrong!

Ian

Oh yeh , got 3 wrong:D

[Spaniard_King]

Dam only ghot 50% wrong :)

[FNQCairns]

I think I had better put my special hat on and go stand in the corner again but in my defence I did have my 3 year old helping me, bless her sweet soul.
If someone gets less than me I will tell mine:)

cheers fnq

[Spaniard_King]

FNQ, you make me feel so much better :D

[FNQCairns]

Ooops bugger me, didn't see your post Gary, I wouldn't go feeling much better if I were you;D

Want a lend of my hat:D

cheers fnq

[Spaniard_King]

fnq, I notice you stated and I quote "a lend" of your hat??? sounds like your not to fond of parting with it :)

[Searaider 2]

MMMMMMMMMMMMM ,
Failed ( JUST ) :'(

390 - 78%
400 or 80% & over is a pass .

[FNQCairns]

Yeah Gary your right, I have been repeatedly advised over the course of my life to spend the extra and get it miliner made.:)

cheers fnq

[Tailortaker]

I think I had better put my special hat on and go stand in the corner again but in my defence I did have my 3 year old helping me, bless her sweet soul.
If someone gets less than me I will tell mine:)

cheers fnq
I think I just made you look a little smarter :-[ , oh well thats why I pay good mechanics :-/ I got just over half wrong
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[wamjam]

:-/ 79%
wamjam

[northernblue]

74%, after 4x Vision Blurrers [handicap event!]

[Simmo2]

84%! Now I can fix the world!!

[finga]

woohoo 86% not bad for a broken down sparky but some of those electrical questions are ambiguous as they all had bits of series but the loads are in variations of the series/parallel.
Sometimes I just read too much into something :(

[rabbitohbill]

82 % with a kid squirming on my lap
We are a pretty smart bunch in here, well, we knew that but now there is confirmation.

[finding_time]

woohoo 86% not bad for a broken down sparky but some of those electrical questions are ambiguous as they all had bits of series but the loads are in variations of the series/parallel.
Sometimes I just read too much into something :(



Ok , i was very confussed by some of the electrical questions, but the above statement just made it worse!!:P

Ian

[Blackened]

G'day

67% The gears got me... that's why i'm not a transmission specialist.

Dave

[blaze]

79 but it took about 4 hrs to do while renovating the kitchen, went some thing like this, answer a few, back to work, coffee break, answer some more etc. Be nice to know where I screwed up though. more likely it was from not reading the questions right, that will do any way
cheers
blaze

[ColacGirl]

310 points - 62%

I didn't expect to pass, but did better than I thought I would.

Not bad for a gopher :-)

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Bev

[ColacGirl]

79 but it took about 4 hrs to do while renovating the kitchen,

Uhuh, that's where you've been hiding!
Still waiting to see your pics of 1770

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Bev

[finga]

79 but it took about 4 hrs to do while renovating the kitchen, went some thing like this, answer a few, back to work, coffee break, answer some more etc. Be nice to know where I screwed up though. more likely it was from not reading the questions right, that will do any way
cheers
blaze
There was a little button to check. It was review or something.
The pulley's buggered me up.
Who uses them now anyways ::)

[Roughasguts]

He he at least I passed that just.
But Buggered if I can pass the NSW water ways boating thoery test.

Just as well mine got tranfered over from S.A. to NSW with out a written test.
All they care about was the money.

[aussienative]

woohoo 86% not bad for a broken down sparky but some of those electrical questions are ambiguous as they all had bits of series but the loads are in variations of the series/parallel.
Sometimes I just read too much into something :(

Not sure what you mean? Are you saying "technically" their all series/parallel?

390 78% for me. Damn pulleys stuffed me up i think, i can remember learning about them and thats about it ::)

Edit- what i ment to say was i don't need pulleys with arms like these ;D (knots in cotton)

[tigermullet]

I am not revealing my score except to say that I have got as much chance of fixing something mechanical as a monkey has in trying to shag a leopard on a dark night.;D

[tunaticer]

horny lil chimp huh Tiger?

[tigermullet]

He was! Suicidal too. Only knew him for a short while.;D

[finga]

Not sure what you mean? Are you saying "technically" their all series/parallel?


Yeah technically the switches and battery were in series.
They should have asked if the loads are in series or parallel or combinations.

The cook had to ask what the hell I was doing when I was doing the test though with the gears and pulleys and such.
I sat here with my little fat right hand digit drawing circles this way then that way in the air in front of the screen and counting with my left hand.
She thought I finally flipped. I didn't have the heart to tell her that happened years ago ;D

[hellfish]

450points 90%. Took about 40mins. Im pretty happy with that. Think some of the electrical ones got me. B good if it showed ya what ones u got wrong.

[Far side]

80 for me
Have always been average so 80 is a surprise

[bay_firey]

420 - 84%
Missed on a couple of the pulley questions

[shappy]

470 points, 94%. bing a mechanic i would be worried if i didn't pass!!!

[tunaticer]

Well done Shappy.

You just might have scored yourself some work from that result.

Jack.

[shappy]

that was a good test, going to show the boys at work on monday!!!
see how well they score.
cheers, shappy

[gone_fishing]

92% got most of the how pully's effect wieght must of been asleep that day:-/

[revs57]

a pass 80% but i reckoned I got em all right...someone obviously blindsided my score when I wasn't lookin! You know the rulz...rule 1 - I'm never wrong, if you reckon I am revert to rule 1 I am never wrong!!!!!

[QldKev]

82% in 12 minutes, I think the pulley ones got me. Pretty happy fo a programmer thou...

QldKev

[Sea-Dog]

92% But as Finga said, some of the questions are ambiguous.

Like the one about the fans(Q38) - will they turn in the same direction? One will turn counter clockwise and one will turn clockwise when viewed from behind each.

Google was a bit of help with understanding the theory of pulleys too.
Basically divide the load by the number of lines going to the load end.
1 line = 100% of load, 2 lines = 50%, 3 lines = 33.333% and so on.

Q. 26 (the one about the 3 lamps and two switches, with one of the switches having its leads between lamp 1 and lamp 3) I got that wrong - But I still reckon the middle lamp would glow dimly. I must test my theory with lightbulbs and battery.

The ones I got wrong were Numbers 7, 26, 38, 48

Q.48 The one about what causes air to enter a cylinder during intake stroke is a combination of both suction and atmospheric pressure. Atmospheric pressure wont have any effect if the area where you want the air to go isn't at a lower pressure than the surrounding atmosphere - unless you are using some means of compressing the air to force it to where you want it.

Yeah I know - sour grapes..... But I admit to getting Q.7 just plain wrong.