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Alternative Propulsion Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

alternator hybrid system

b)

belt-alternator-starter (BAS) system

c)

EVAP system

d)

plug-in hybrid system

2.

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?

a)

series

b)

parallel

c)

series/parallel

d)

perpendicular

3.

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?

a)

universe

b)

ring and pinion

c)

planetary

d)

symmetrical

4.

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?

a)

Technician A

b)

Technician B

c)

Technician A & B

d)

Neither

5.

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?

a)

Technician A

b)

Technician B

c)

A & B

d)

Neither

6.

E85 vehicles can burn a blended fuel that contains

a)

85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

b)

85% hydrogen and 15% gasoline

c)

85% ethanol and 15% gasoline

d)

85% propane and 15% gasoline

7.

What is biodiesel?

a)

85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

b)

a biologically enhanced petrodiesel

c)

diesel from a biosphere

d)

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

8.

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

a)

from the flowing electrons

b)

from the flowing protons

c)

from the high combustion properties of hydrogen

d)

from water

9.

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

a)

propane

b)

gasoline

c)

diesel

d)

none of the above

10.

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

a)

steam reformation

b)

distillation

c)

gasification

d)

electrolysis