WorksheetsAuto Tech Susp.
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A system within a vehicle designed to isolate the vehicle body from road bumps and vibrations is.
a)
Rebound clip
b)
Suspension system or Independent suspension
c)
Scrub radius or Yaw
d)
Positive caster or torsion bar
2.
A steel or plastic cover placed over the shock rod.
a)
Shroud
b)
Yaw
c)
Overshoot
d)
Caster
3.
A construction style that uses the body sheet metal as the frame of the vehicle. Typically this type of construction uses small frame sections called sub-frames.
a)
Suspension system
b)
Yaw
c)
Uni-body construction
d)
Rebound clip
4.
The angle formed through the wheel pivot points when viewed from the side in comparison to a vertical line through the wheel.
a)
Shroud
b)
Caster
c)
Static Toe
d)
Yaw
5.
Movement of a vehicle around its z-axis (vertical axis) felt when the vehicle deviates from its straight path, as when skidding sideways and the rear comes around.
a)
Caster
b)
Yaw
c)
Overshoot
d)
Shroud
6.
Backward tilt of the wheel pivot points from the vertical line.
a)
Deflecting force
b)
Rebound clip
c)
Positive caster
d)
Torsion bar
7.
Backward tilt of the wheel pivot points from the vertical line.
a)
Deflecting force
b)
Rebound clip
c)
Positive caster
d)
Torsion bar
8.
The shaft of the suspension system to which the tires and wheels are attached; they are used to drive or support the wheels.
a)
Axle
b)
Static Toe
c)
Yaw
d)
Scrub Radius
9.
The ability to deform and reform into the same shape.
a)
Shroud
b)
Sintering
c)
Overshoot
d)
Elasticity
10.
A metal strap that is warped around the leaf spring to prevent excessive flexing of the main leaf during rebound.
a)
Overshoot
b)
Rebound clip
c)
Torsion Bar
d)
Static toe
11.
The ability to deform and reform into the same shape.
a)
Elasticity
b)
Yaw
c)
Shroud
d)
Overshoot
12.
The process of using pressure and heat to bond metal particles.
a)
Shroud
b)
Caster
c)
Sintering
d)
Deflecting force
13.
The amount a spring extends (springs back) past its original length following compression.
a)
Rebound clip
b)
Overshoot
c)
Shroud
d)
Sintering
14.
A setting designed to compensate for slight wear in steering components that may cause the wheels to turn outward or inward while the vehicle is in motion.
a)
Thrust line
b)
Torsion bar
c)
Uni-body construction
d)
Static toe
15.
Tilt of the top of the tire toward the center line of the vehicle
a)
Deflecting force
b)
Negative camber
c)
Thrust line
d)
Shroud
16.
The imaginary line drawn through the center of the rear axle.
a)
Thrust line
b)
Torsion Bar
c)
Positive caster
d)
Independent suspension
17.
A force that moves an object in a different direction or into a different shape
a)
Yaw
b)
Elasticity
c)
Deflecting force
d)
Sintering
18.
A bar made of steel alloy that is fixed rigidly to the chassis at one end and the suspension control arm at the other to support the weight of a vehicle.
a)
Axle
b)
Caster
c)
Shroud
d)
Torsion bar
19.
The condition in which the fronts of the wheels are closer together than the rears of the wheels is called _______.
a)
Toe-in
b)
Toe-out
c)
Static toe
d)
none of the above
20.
The ____ refers to the relationship between the center line of the vehicle and the angle of the rear tires.
a)
thrust line
b)
thrust angle
c)
turning radius
d)
ackermann angle
21.
The amount of distance between the ground and a specified part of the vehicle such as the fender well, upper control arm, or rocker panel is called _____.
a)
clearance
b)
setback
c)
ride height
d)
camber
22.
What type of alignment is outdated and almost never performed on modern vehicles?
a)
Front-end two-wheel alignment
b)
Thrust-angle alignment
c)
Four-wheel alignment
d)
none of the above
23.
Preventing or reducing oscillations is called dampening.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Pitch is vehicular movement along its x-axis. It is the rolling motion you feel when making a sharp corner and is generally what causes rollovers.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
All front-wheel drive vehicles are of the full-frame chassis design.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The pitch of a spring is the distance from he center of one coil to the center of the adjacent coil; if they are evenly spaced it is called uniform pitch.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The longest leaf is called the main leaf and is rolled at both ends to form spring eyes; they are used to mount the spring to the frame of the vehicle.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
In full-floating axles, the axle bearing is placed on the outside of the axle housing.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Leaf springs can be used across the chassis frame in a trailing arm suspension, or as part of the connecting link between two axle assemblies on a semi-rigid axle beam.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
The most widely used hydraulic shock absorb-er is the direct-acting telescopic type.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Electronic adjustable-rate shock absorb-ers are also called self-leveling shock absorb-ers.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Typically straight pieces of steel used to either transfer motion or prevent motion within a vehicle's suspension system are called control arms.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Rubber-bonded bushings are normally used for the front eye of the spring at the fixed shackle point, and also in control arm applications.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
A solid axle is a nonindependent suspension because the wheels on both sides of the axle are connected together.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
MacPherson strut suspension can be used on either the front or the rear of the vehicle.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
The primary reason that the short-/long-suspension system was designed was to ensure correct wheel alignment as the vehicle corners.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Most twin I-beam systems use a coil spring to support the weight of the vehicle.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
Rear-wheel suspension systems can be of the independent or nonindependent design.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
A wheel that leans away from the center of the vehicle at the top is said to have negative camber.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
If the camber line is outside of the SAI line, then it has positive offset or positive scrub radius.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
The Ackermann angle is the angle the steering arms make with the steering axis, projected toward the center of the rear axle.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Steback is an alignment angle that is not adjustable but that allows the technician to diagnose the vehicle.
a)
True
b)
False
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