Automotive Quiz: 25 questions for petrol heads

8/13/2019 Automotive Quiz: 25 questions for petrol heads

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Coventry University Automotive Journalism/ Automotive Design

M136ID End of term quiz


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How many hours does it take to bu

average mass-market car?

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Coventry University 10 Dec 2013


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Which engineer gave his name to

rotary engine, as used by Mazda and

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How many Ford Model T cars were

to the nearest million?

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What is the name of the driver wcurrently holds the World Land Sp

record?

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What is does stoichiometric me

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Give three reasons why disc brakebetter than drum brakes on a

performance car.

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Which car brand introduced thsafety cell and crumple zones in 19

What was the car known as?

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What is this chemical, and what isignicance in car engines?

H H H H H H H H| | | | | | | |

HCCCCCCCCH| | | | | | | |H H H H H H H H

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A d N k M136ID


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How many World Rally Champiomanufacturers titles did Lancia win

1980s and 1990s?

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A d N k M136ID


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Which is the biggest?

1kW 1bhp 1PS

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What are tyre companies planning t

in place of oil-based rubber in car t

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Which 1970s Ford car was famous

lack of crash safety?

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In the Toyota Production System w

does muda mean?

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If you divide the volume in the cylinbottom dead centre by the volume

top dead centre, what do you ge

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What is the Porter hypothesis

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Andrew Noakes




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What was the name of the car comBMW bought in 1929?

And what car was its products base

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What is special about a swing pla

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Give one drawback of biofuels su

biodiesel and bioethanol.

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What is this, and where might yound an example of

one in a car?

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Electric cars using current battetechnology are heavy for the amou

energy they can store. This is callow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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When a car is painted, which of thmakes the paint cure?

A.A coat of lacquerB. Dipping in a phosphate acid b

C. Heating to around 170C

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What was signicant about the

2007 SSC Ultimate Aero?

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Answers


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How many hours does it take to buiaverage mass-market car?

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What is the name of the driver wcurrently holds the World Land Sp

record?Andy Green

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What is does stoichiometric meThe chemically correct ratio of air

fuel for combustion

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What are the 10 biggest car make(by production volume)?

1 Toyota 2 GM 3 Volkswagen4 Hyundai/Kia 5 Ford 6 Nissa

7 Honda 8 PSA 9 Suzuki 10 Ren

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Give three reasons why disc brakebetter than drum brakes on a

performance car.1 Resistance to fade 2 Unsprung w

3 Ease of maintenance

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Which car brand introduced thsafety cell and crumple zones in 19

What was the car known as?Mercedes-Benz on the Fintail/Heck

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What is this chemical, and what isignicance in car engines?

H H H H H H H H

| | | | | | | |HCCCCCCCCH| | | | | | | |H H H H H H H H

Octane - knock rating standard

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Which is the biggest?1kW 1bhp 1PS

1kW

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What is this car, and who designedLamborghini Miura - Marcello Gandini at Bertone (3p

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What are tyre companies planning tin place of oil-based rubber in car ty

Biomass - sugar, grains, dandelio

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Which 1970s Ford car was famous lack of crash safety?

Ford Pinto

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In the Toyota Production System wdoes muda mean?

Waste

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If you divide the volume in the cylinbottom dead centre by the volume

top dead centre, what do you getCompression ratio

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What is the Porter hypothesisDeveloping green technologies gcompanies a competitive advanta

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What was the name of the car comBMW bought in 1929?

And what car was its products baseDixi - based on Austin Seven

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Give one drawback of biofuels sucbiodiesel and bioethanol.

1 Feedstock crops compete with food crop2 Corrosive - may need fuel system chang

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What is this, and wheremight you nd an

example of one in a car?

Epicyclic (or planetary)gear train - in an

automatic transmission

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Electric cars using current battetechnology are heavy for the amou

energy they can store. This is calllow power density

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When a car is painted, which of thmakes the paint cure?

A. A coat of lacquerB. Dipping in a phosphate acid b

C. Heating to around 170C

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What was signicant about the2007 SSC Ultimate Aero?

Fastest production car in the wor(at the time)

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