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WorksheetsAlternative Propulsion Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
