Plus printable tests, Q&A, and an ad-free upgrade. Have a suggestion? Please let us know what you want!
Take an ASVAB Practice Test
Sample Practice Test Questions
Mechanical advantage is resistance force divided by effort force:
MA = \( \frac{F_r}{F_e} \) = \( \frac{350 lbs.}{70 lbs.} \) = 5
Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?
all of these
Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.
The force exerted on an object due to gravity is called:
weight
Mass is an intrinsic property of matter and does not vary. Weight is the force exerted on the mass of an object due to gravity and a specific case of Newton's Second Law of Motion. Replace force with weight and acceleration with acceleration due to gravity on Earth (g) and the result is the formula for weight: W = mg or, substituting for g, weight equals mass multiplied by 9.8 m/s2.
Examples of primary consumers include:
cows
Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus. Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.
The firing order of the cylinders in an engine can be found by:
observing the order in which the intake valves open
The firing order of the cylinders in an engine is different than the cynlinder numbers and can be found by observing the order in which the intake valves open.
An inclined plane increases ___________ to reduce ____________.
distance, force
An inclined plane is a simple machine that reduces the force needed to raise an object to a certain height. Work equals force x distance and, by increasing the distance that the object travels, an inclined plane reduces the force necessary to raise it to a particular height. In this case, the mechanical advantage is to make the task easier. An example of an inclined plane is a ramp.
Solve for c:
c2 + 6c - 13 = -c + 5
The first step to solve a quadratic expression that's not set to zero is to solve the equation so that it is set to zero:
c2 + 6c - 13 = -c + 5
c2 + 6c - 13 - 5 = -c
c2 + 6c + c - 18 = 0
c2 + 7c - 18 = 0
Next, factor the quadratic equation:
c2 + 7c - 18 = 0
(c - 2)(c + 9) = 0
For this expression to be true, the left side of the expression must equal zero. Therefore, either (c - 2) or (c + 9) must equal zero:
If (c - 2) = 0, c must equal 2
If (c + 9) = 0, c must equal -9
So the solution is that c = 2 or -9