Alternative Propulsion Quiz

What type of hybrid system, also known as a mild hybrid, combines the alternator and starter into one unit that is connected to the engine by a drive belt?

• alternator hybrid system

• belt-alternator-starter (BAS) system

• EVAP system

• plug-in hybrid system

In a hybrid system, what type of drive-train system is it when the vehicle’s wheels are powered only by an electric motor/generator?

• series

• parallel

• series/parallel

• perpendicular

What type of gear set, also called a power split device, allows the electric motors and the internal combustion engine to work independently or together?

• universe

• ring and pinion

• planetary

• symmetrical

Technician A says that a hybrid has multiple sources of power. Technician B says that even though hybrids get better fuel economy, they emit more pollution. Who is correct?

• Technician A

• Technician B

• Technician A & B

• Neither

Technician A says that regenerative braking is when the electric motor acts as a generator capturing kinetic energy that would normally be lost as heat. Technician B says that hybrids don’t need conventional brakes since they have regenerative braking methods. Who is correct?

• Technician A

• Technician B

• A & B

• Neither

E85 vehicles can burn a blended fuel that contains

• 85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

• 85% hydrogen and 15% gasoline

• 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline

• 85% propane and 15% gasoline

What is biodiesel?

• 85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

• a biologically enhanced petrodiesel

• diesel from a biosphere

• renewable resource made from animal fats, vegetable oils, or recycled cooking grease

Where does a hydrogen PEM fuel cell vehicle get its energy to power an electric motor?

• from the flowing electrons

• from the flowing protons

• from the high combustion properties of hydrogen

• from water

What fuel has one of the simplest hydrocarbons, making it very clean burning?

• propane

• gasoline

• diesel

• none of the above

What is the process of running an electric current through water to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen?

• steam reformation

• distillation

• gasification

• electrolysis