Quiz „Basics“
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1. How many pages of text are allowed in the Engineering Design Report? (Multiple choice)
See FSG Rules 2023 S3.2
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2. What are not the diameter of the skidpad circles? (Multiple choice)
See FSG Rules 2023 D4.1.2
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3. What is the maximum number of drivers allowed to compete at an event?
See FSG Rules 2023 D1.1.1
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4. What does the yellow and red striped flag mean during Endurance and Autocross Event?
See FSG Rules 2023 D2.1.10
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5. An EV team without driverless components have 9 parts of scrutineering to pass before being allowed to compete on track.
See FSG Rules 2023 IN1.1.1
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6. Which of these is/are not a penalty during autocross? (Multiple choice)
See FSG Rules 2023 D9.1.7
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7. How far is the car tipped during the tilt test?
See FSG Rules 2023 IN7.1.3
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In the event of unsportsmanlike conduct, 25 penalty points will be deducted from the team’s overall score. A second violation will result in an additional 100 penalty points deducted from the team’s overall score.
See FSG Rules 2023 A4.3.1
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9. What is the diameter of the outside skidpad circle?
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10. Which of the following documents is directly evaluated during Engineering Design Event?
See FSG Rules 2023 S3.4.1
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Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl ist 69%
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Quiz „Intermediate“
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1. An official has the right to remove the scrutineering sticker from the car, if the car is no longer rule compliant.
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2. Which statement about the Ready-To-Drive sound is correct?
See FSG Rules 2023 E4.12
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3. Can a team be eliminated from the Engineering Design Event by the judges, if every document of theirs was accepted and they are present at the Engineering Design Event?
See FSG Rules 2023 S3.5.1
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4. What is the penatly for driving off course during endurance?
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5. What is the area of the cockpit opening template (including the area allowed for the steering) in square inches rounded to one decimal place?
See FSG rules 2023: T4.2.1
Area: 282500mm -> convert to inch ^2
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6. Which of the following requirements are a must for all non DV electric cars with wings, when moving the vehicle on the competition site? (Multiple choice)
See FSG Rules 2023 A.6.7
See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.7
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7. As a DV-EV Team not competing in DC, what is your maximum total score of Busniess Plan Presentation, Cost and Manufacturing, Skid Pad, Acceleration and Efficiency together?
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The following items have to be on or attached to the push bar, if you are an EV team. (multiple choice)
See FSG 2023 Rules T13.1
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9. What is the volume of the smallest allowed head restraint? Give answer to two decimal places in m^3
See FSG rules 2023:
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10. What is the diameter of the outside skidpad circle?
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11. In which currency must the costs be displayed in the CBOM?
See FSG Rules 2023 S2.6.4
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12. How long is water sprayed on the car during the rain test?
See FSG Rules 2023 IN9.2.7
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13. Your team completes their best manual skidpad run in 4.0 secs but knocks down 11 cones. The fastest team overall completed their run in 4.1 secs. How many points did your team recieve for skidpad? Round to one decimal place.
See FSG Rules 2023 D4.4.3
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14. What are requirements of using a standard Impact Attenuator?
See FSG rules 2023: T3.19.1 & T3.19.4
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15. What does a black flag mean?
See FSG Rules 2023 D2.1.3
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16. Your team set the fastest lap time at the Autocross event with a time of 86,3 seconds on your first and only run. However, on the final scoring sheet your team is listed in fifth place with 73,1 out of 100 points, while the new winner of the event has a corrected elapsed time of 87,1 seconds. How many cones did your team knock Down or Out?
DOO Penatly in autocross is 2 secs per cone
Re-arrange formula from FSG Rules 2023 D6.3.2
Plug values into formula (don’t forget that Tmax is 1.25x the best time from all teams including penalties)
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17. The team at an event with the highest points in the Buisness Plan Presentation but not reaching the finals has 65 points. Your team received 61 points but your team missed their timeslot for BPP. What is your Business Plan Presentation Score? Round to one decimal place
See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.6 & S1.2.5
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18. What does the yellow flag mean during the driving disciplines?
See FSG Rules 2023 D2.1.9
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19. How many points are assigned for the BOM and BOM discussion in the Cost and Manufacturing Event?
See FSG Rules 2023 S2.10.1
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20. Your team completes their best autocross run in 71.9 secs but goes off course once and knocks over two cones. The fastest team overall completed their run in 73.2 secs. How many points did your team recieve for autocross? Round to one decimal place.
See FSG Rules 2023 D6.3.2 & D9.1.7
Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl ist 56%
FSG Preparation
1. Mark all true statements according to the FS Rules
2. Fred, the racing alpaca, has made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight to improve his time in Acceleration. Assume that the traction force remains the same, is constant over the entire Acceleration, and that drag or other resistances can be neglected.How much weight must he lose at least to improve his time by 13 %? Answer in % and round to the nearest one.
3. Consider a digital LVTTL signal from your pedalbox to your main control unit. The length / of the cable inbetween is 5m. Your motor controllers introduce a noise of 0.15 V per meter cable. To correct for that noise, you introduce 74LVC1G34, non-inverting buffers into the cable.The purpose of the buffer is to take a signal, to which a certain amount of noise has been added so that it would no longer meet the input specification of the static discipline, and clean it up so that it once again meets the output specification of the static discipline.The non-inverting LVTTL buffers, as well as the gates shown, obey the following static discipline:
What is the minimum number of non-inverting LVTTL buffers required to connect inbetween in oder to ensure correct operation?
4. Coco, the three-legged cat with a mass of 3.5 kg, is standing still on a horizontal frictionless surface. While playing with a ball of yarn, having a mass of 0.05 kg, Coco kicks it backwards with one of her three legs so hard that the ball of yarn reaches a speed of 2.3 m/s.The resulting speed of Coco is:
5. The sequence x[n]=(-1)^n is obtained by sampling the continuouse-time sinusoidal signal x(t)= cos(w0t) at 1-ms intervals, i.e.,
Determine the three smallest distinct possible values of w0 as a multiple of nx10^3 in the following format: w0 1, w0 2, w0 3, e.g 1, 2, 3
6. For the shown drive train, the input rotational speed is 3600 min-1, and the number of teeth of the sprocket is z1 = 20.ease note: n2 = n3, n4 = n5, n6 = n7.The number of teeth of the sprockets are:z1 = 20, z2 = 45, z3 = 24, z4 = 55, z5 = 30, z6 = 43, z7 = 15, z8 = 53Calculate the rotational speed in min^-1 for the final sprocket z8 where the driveshafts are mounted. Round to one decimal.
7. According to the FS Rules and the competition handbook: Which statements are true?
8. Fred, the racing alpaca, challenges Coco, the 3-leged cat, to an acceleration event according to D 5.1.1. Being very confident, Fred gives Coco a head start h of 14 m infront of the start line. Both start the same time t=0 s having an initial speed V0 of 0m/s as shown in the figure. Coco accelerates with 6m/s^2. Assume that both are not limited by speed and have a constant acceleraton over the full acceleration event.
Calculate the minimum acceleration Fred needs to achieve to reach the finish line at the same time as Coco. Round to one decimal.
9. Which of the following statements regarding the rules are correct (2024)?Mark all correct answers.
10. The TS of an EV can be simplified to bean ideal TS energy storage andan unshielded TS cable running through free air.
The ideal TS energy storage consists of the following parts:an ideal voltage source V0 supplying 600 V DC at any loadan ideal resistor Ri of 28.5 mΩ which combines all resistances in the high current path of the TS energy storage, such as the cell, contact, busbar, wiring, fuse, and outlet connector resistancesan ideal circuit-breaker as the main fuse having an appropriate DC voltage rating and a characteristic such that the instantaneous tripping current is 10 times the rated current
The TS cable has the following properties:the cross-section A is 2×6 mm2the length l is 10 mthe specific conductivity κ is 56 m/(Ω*mm2)a 30 % increase in the wire’s resistance covers the thermal behavior and all other effects during a short-circuit eventSelect the rated current In and breaking capability Icn of the TS energy storage circuit-breaker, such thata short circuit event at any point of the TS wire triggers instantaneous trippinga short circuit event at any point of the TS wire can be interruptedthe maximum possible rated current is chosen, although the value might be well above the typical continuous current rating of the cableavailable values for the rated current In have a step of 10 A (e.g. 10 A, 20 A, 30 A)the minimum possible breaking capability is chosenavailable values of the breaking capability Icn have a step of 10 kA (e.g. 40 kA, 50 kA, 60 kA)Give the rated current In in A and the breaking capability Icn in kA in the following format: In, Icn e.g. 123, 456
Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl ist 20%
FSG Preparation Short
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1. Coco, the three-legged cat with a mass of 3.5 kg, is standing still on a horizontal frictionless surface. While playing with a ball of yarn, having a mass of 0.05 kg, Coco kicks it backwards with one of her three legs so hard that the ball of yarn reaches a speed of 2.3 m/s.The resulting speed of Coco is:
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2. Consider a digital LVTTL signal from your pedalbox to your main control unit. The length / of the cable inbetween is 5m. Your motor controllers introduce a noise of 0.15 V per meter cable. To correct for that noise, you introduce 74LVC1G34, non-inverting buffers into the cable.The purpose of the buffer is to take a signal, to which a certain amount of noise has been added so that it would no longer meet the input specification of the static discipline, and clean it up so that it once again meets the output specification of the static discipline.The non-inverting LVTTL buffers, as well as the gates shown, obey the following static discipline:
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3. A single-cylinder four-stroke engine with a total displacement of 623.7 cm3 has the following theoretical design: piston stroke s = 52 mm, connecting rod length l = 66 mm, piston diameter d = 38 mm. The ignition timing point is given as Sk = 2.0 mm before TDC.Calculate the ignition timing point in ° crankshaft before TDC. Round to one decimal.
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4. You want to use a photo from media.formulastudent.de.Mark the correct answer.
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5. Mark all true statements according to the FS Rules
Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl ist 80%
You only have 10 mins to answer all 4 questions!
Sorry, times up!
Quiz „FSG Multiple Choice“
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2. According to the FS Rules and the competition handbook: Which statements are true?
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3. In the following there are multiple statements abount the rules. Which statements are correct?
See FSG Rules 2023
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4. In which cases will team members be denied their on-site member pass?Mark all correct answers!
Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl ist 0%
Quiz „Electrical“
1. Three inductors are connected as shown in the following figure:
Given that L1 = 2L2, find L1 and L2 such that the equivalence inductance is L = 0.7 H.Give your answers in Henry, rounded to three decimal places separated by a comma (L1, L2)
2. Which of the following requirements of the brake light assembly must be met to be rules compliant? (multiple choice)
See FSG rules 2023: T6.3
3. Which statements about the travel of the driving pedal is correct
FSG Rules 2023: T11.8.1, T11.8.5
4. Which of the following statements regarding the Brake System is false?
See FSG rules 2023: T6.1.10
5. For this Wheatstone Bridge based NTC temperature measurement circuit, which is the lowest voltage measurement (VAB) that is possible to obtain at 60ºC? (NTC B: 3435 +/-1%) Give answer in Volts rounded to two decimal points.
6. Which of the following statements about the Tractive System Accumulator are wrong? (Multiple choice)
See FSG rules 2023. Correct answers:
7. Your BSPD has been triggered although the driver did not touch the driving pedal. What could have gone wrong? (multiple choice)
8. Which of the following statements about LV battery packs with lithium based chemistry other than LiFePo4 is not true?
See FSG rules 2023 T11.7.7
9. Which of the following statements is false regarding the difference between Lead-based batteries, Nickel-based batteries and Lithium-based batteries?
no solution currently
10. A capacitor with a capacitance of 100 μF is currently charged to a voltage of 199.8V. How much additional energy is needed to charge it to a voltage of 301.4V. Give answer to 4 significant figures in Joules
W = 0.5 * C * U^2
∆W = W_end – W_start = 0.5 * C ((U_end)^2 – (U_start)^2)
Quiz „General Engineering“
1. Calculate the cornering speed during Skidpad (you can use the centerline radius in the rules) using following information:
μ_y = 1.4, m = 240 kg, c_L = 3.2, A = 1 m^2, ρ = 1.1 kg/m^3
It is assumed, that there is no weight transfer and all 4 tires are at the optimal grip level. Answer in m/s rounded to one decimal place.
2. A team is in the process of validating the compliance of the shoulder harness bar used in their car. Choose the part in which their configuration is incompliant:
See FSG rules 2023 T3.2
3. Calculate the force Fc working at point C. Give answer in kN rounded to one decimal place.
Forces at point A: Rax = 3kN, Ray = 9kN, Ma = 10kN/m
Moment Equation around point D:
0 = -Fc x 1m – (60kN x 3m) x 4m + Ray x 5.5m – 10kN/m
Fc = -190 510 N
Fc = -190.5 kN
4. A refrigeration unit cools water of mass 3 kg by 33 °C. Find the thermal energy removed from the water. The specific heat capacity of water is 4186 J/kg celsius. Give answer to three significant figures in kJ.
density (rho) = m / V
5. A 30 lbs model helicopter flying at 51 mph, calculate its kinetic energy. Answer in J to 3 significant figures.
KE=0,5 * m * v^2
6. Before the endurance you pump nitorgen in your tires at a temperature of 20°C and 0.7 bar relative pressure. Knowing, that during the endurance the maximal tyre temperature will be around 60°C, what will be the maximal relative pressure of the tyre? Give answer in bar to two decimal places.
p2 = p1 * (T2/T1)
7. The previous season you could recuperate only 25% of your initially stored energy, but this season a big improvement in your drivetrain allows you to recuperate 63% of the initially stored energy. Knowing that you had 9.6 kWh of energy in your accumulator during the last season, how much energy must your new accumulator have, if you assume, that it’s the same length and speed? Give answer in kWh to one decimal place.
E_new = E_old * (1+0.25)/(1+0.63)
8. Calculate the maximum possible cornering speed (in kph) for the following FSAE car when going through a 20 m radius corner.
m = 260kg; cl *A * Rho = -6 kg/m; Tyre coefficient of friction = 1.5; g = 9.81 m/s^2.
The vehicle can be treated as a point mass, driving resistances neglected. Round to 1 decimal
9. Three inductors are connected as shown in the following figure:
10. The given gearbox consists of two gear sets with wheels 1, 2 and 3, 4 respectively. The wheels are fixed to their shafts. Calculate the drive speed (in rpm) of wheel 4?
Given: n1=600 rpm, z1=18, z2=90, z3=24, z4=120
