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Mechanical Aptitude
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:16 am
by djalbin
Some of you who post in this forum's Tech Tips section may be wondering whether you have the mechanical aptitude to be working on you own bike. Wonder no more. Here's an online Mechanical Aptitude Test you can take for fun. If you pass, you can post all the Tech Tip questions you want and do the work yourself. If you don't pass, you can still post Tech Tip questions ... but you're probably better off taking your bike to a reputable shop. If you score 100, I want your phone number so I can call you to work on my bike.
http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/quizzes/M ... titude.php
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:01 am
by pacer
I got an 80. I am unsure if that is good or bad.
passing
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:57 am
by creed12r
pacer wrote:I got an 80. I am unsure if that is good or bad.
80% is a pass, so that's got to be good.
90% for me.
Chris
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:46 pm
by pacer
Bragger!
I know the pulleys got two or three on me.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:11 pm
by UnFazed
90% for me. :cool
But I want to know what some of those questions even had much to do with working on a motorcycle......
Maybe someone could find us a motorcycle specific test.
Re: Mechanical Aptitude
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:37 pm
by RUFtech
I got lucky. I don't have to give you my phone number. I only scored 98.
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:09 pm
by Yoniboi
Not fair... they don't tell you the right answers when you've finished.
Got 88% and there were a few I'd've liked to have checked up on.
Like no.15, the one with the 150ib weight on pullys. Mechanically none of the systems offered advantage, but two of the three would've meant more friction. So was the answer A. A would've been easier, or D. No difference??????
Never mind, it was only for fun anyway, and most of that stuff I haven't seen presented like that for over 20 years!
eeeeeeee. I'm gettin' old.
John
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:09 pm
by haunter
74%
I dont remember the pictures for circuits well, and dont remember the weight reduction of pulleys at all
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:06 pm
by sradwxi
i got 100%
but my spanners wont reach the states
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:15 pm
by Hooligan
haunter wrote:I dont remember the pictures for circuits well, and dont remember the weight reduction of pulleys at all
i think we both blew the same parts, haunter.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:02 am
by YZFRob
100%. Even though some of the answers are not exactly correct.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:00 pm
by KontoBoy
90%, uncertain about the pulley questions--I took the pulley off my bikes long ago.
Everything else seemed pretty straightfowar, though I agree that some questions/diagrams were ambiguous.
Kontoboy
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:38 pm
by boz
I like that little test. Only got 78% - but the pulley questions got me for the most part. And a few 'silly' errors (such as accidently clicking the wrong answer and not being able to go back and change). I am amazed that my year 12 physics lessons on circuits stuck with me though!
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:27 pm
by owdamer
Doh.
74%.
I did guess a few answers though.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:55 am
by orionburn
Sheesh...only got a 70%. Had the same problems as Haunter. Not to mention my applied statics professor can't teach for shyte so that didn't help with the pulley systems.
test
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:02 pm
by fe911
Got an 86%. And I also had a hard time with the circuits, and I build guitar amplifiers from circuit diagrams! I guess The diagrams I'm used to looking at are for different applications. And a lot older....
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:20 pm
by dragracer1951
I can barely tie my shoes.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:00 pm
by FZRDude
dragracer1951 wrote:I can barely tie my shoes.
Which is why he wears sandels and loafers..... (don't make me dig up that pic)