KUMASI POLYTECHNIC

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MOTOR VEHICLE TECHNICIANS PART I
MATHEMATICS/VEHICLE SCIENCE AND CALCULATIONS
UNANNOUNCED QUIZ
16th November, 2015

Time: 2 Hours

Answer all of the following questions

QUESTION 1
a. A vehicle having a mass of 750kg is being propelled along a level road by a
force of 1.2kN against a total resistance to motion of 300N. Calculate:
i. The acceleration of the vehicle
ii. How far the vehicle will travel from rest in the first 15s.
iii. The velocity of the vehicle at the end of this time

b. Simplify the following by removing the brackets

i. q(s + t) 2q(s t)
ii. -(15m +n) (m + n)
iii. (2x + 2y) (2z - 2k)
iv. x(a + b) 2y(a b)
QUESTION 2
a. Define each of the following terms
i. Power
ii. Kinetic Energy
iii. Potential energy
iv. Work
b. An electric motor driving a lifting machine has a power rating of 2.8kW.
Find the time taken by the machine to raise a motor vehicle rear axle of mass
240kg to a height of 3.5m. (Take g = m/s2)
QUESTION 3

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a. State THREE (3) laws of friction for dry surfaces and the law of
conservation of energy.
b. A metal box and its content have a mass of 25kg. The box is pulled 8m along
a workshop floor by applying a force of 60N, and is then lifted 3m on to a
bench. Determine:
i. the total work done
ii. the amount of energy that is transformed into potential energy

QUESTION 4
a. Multiply
i. (2t + r) by (2t r)
ii. (3x + y) by (4x + 2y)
iii. (u - 2) by (u 3)
iv. (v - u) by (2x + y)
b. Factorize the following expressions
i. 10x + 6 7x + 6
ii. y + 9y + 20 4
iii. 35y + 5y 8
iv. 17y + 51 34

Frimpong J. Alex

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