Mechanical aptitude "test"

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This is a relatively short 50 question test that covers mechanical-type principles that you'd need to understand to be a good automotive technician or machine builder, etc. It's pretty interesting, and might make you realize how easy it is to forget the simple stuff.

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

I got a 74%. A passing grade is 80%. :indiff: I had problems with the pulleys section. I don't remember any of that stuff from physics class 2 years ago.
 
I faileded. With a 62%.

I don't see the point in understanding which way a series of gears will turn.. on paper.
 
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I don't see the point in understanding which way a series of gears will turn.. on paper.
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Really, many of the questions are meant to see how well you can figure stuff out.

I think the only question I was completely clueless on was near the end, and was about water flowing through a pipe, running into a thing that increses its pressure, and asking which of two cylinders it would rise in. I've never even thought about a situation like that before. Where would something like that come into play?
 
I got toquestion 6 before I realized that I really didn't give a durn.
 
It's not that I don't believe, but I just don't believe you. Could you provide a screenshot just to dismiss any doubts.
 
76% and in the 9th grade isn't bad. Some of that pulley stuff was confusing, but I doubt you need to know that much about pulleys when dealing with cars.
 
I took a test exactly like this during my job interview for tool and die factory when I applied to the tool room/machine shop...

Don't know what I scored, but they hired me even though I had no experience, so I guess I did ok. I'm really curious to find out how I do but I don't have the time to go through all 50 right now. I'll go through it sometime later tonight.
 
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Well, 54% for me. I'm guessing I got killed in the pulleys and circuits questions. Fun test though.
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Yeah, that's how little I know about electrical stuff. I forgot those questions were even in there. That and the pulleys is where I messed up.

I think electricity is some sort of game Sage invented for us to play with to amuse himself.
 
The pulleys were easy if you started to animate it in your head... Thats how I got them right.
 
Lucky guesses. I don't know the math to how size relates to reduction. Does a pulley a quarter the size of the other reduce the effort by half? Something like that?
 
I got 70%. I'm a girl, I'm not supposed to be good at this stuff. Considering I made quite a few guesses I think I did OK. The weight stuff is what buggered me up most mainly cos they were the ones I guessed at.
 
At 1:30 AM, I got an 82%... without help :p Or using google/wikipedia/etc

Figured I was gonna do a bit better, sure I messed up a few just because of terminology being somewhat... vague? Or maybe just too simply stated in that it could have several meanings on some.

Screenshot if really needed :p
 
96. Not too difficult...

Could've had more if I knew what the symbols on the first circuit diagram meant, or how to work out the pressures.
 
I got 100%. I can be a Ford Technician now?


I wonder what the BMW test looks like. :lol:
 

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