Quiz Preparation – UMD Racing e.V.

Quiz „Basics“

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1. Which of the following requirements is a must for all types of vehicles, when moving the vehicle on the competition site?

a. Two team members walking on either side of the vehicle

b. A registered driver wearing the required driver equipment as defined in T 13.3 including helmet, arm restraints and balaclava having full control of steering and braking

c. Detached master switch

d. Vehicles must be pushed at a normal walking pace by means of a red pushbar

See FSG Rules 2023 A.6.7

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2. What penalty is given for a doo in Skidpad?

a. 10 seconds

b. 0.2 seconds

c. 2 seconds

d. DQ

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3. Each team must have two 0.8kg fire extinguishers.

a. True

b. False

See FSG Rules 2022 T13.4.1

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4. What is DNF short for?

a. Do Not Follow

b. Do Not Flip

c. Did Not Finish

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5. What is the minimum height of the characters of the car number?

a. 100 mm

b. 200 mm

c. 150 mm

d. Large enough to read it from 20 m distance

See FSG Rules 2023 T12.1.2

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6. What is allowed regarding telemetry during a run?

a. Software changes to the vehicle

b. Sending commands via the RES

c. Sending commands to the vehicle via W-Lan

d. Receiving data from the vehicle

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7. What is the minimum number of points a team recieves for finishing an acceleration run?

a. 2.5

b. 0

c. Depends on the run time

d. 3.5

See FSG Rules 2023 D5.4.1 or D5.6.2

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8. What is the minimum diameter of the shutdown button in the cockpit?

a. 24 mm

b. 26 mm

c. 22 mm

d. 20 mm

See FSG Rules 2023 11.4.4

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9. In which currency must the costs be displayed in the CBOM?

a. USD (US Dollar)

b. In the team’s national currency

c. GBP (British Pound)

d. EUR (Euro)

See FSG Rules 2023 S2.6.4

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10. How many drivers are allowed to drive in each discipline?

a. 4

b. 2

c. 1

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Quiz „Intermediate“

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1. Teams who remove their vehicle from the event site after
the event has begun will be disqualified from the event.

a. True

b. False

See FSG Rules 2023 S3.2

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The Electrical System Officer must: (Multiple Choice)

a. Present whenever work is performed on the Tractive System

b. Attend a separate ESO meeting on the first day of the competition

c. Switch off the Tractive System Master Switch during driver change

d. Be one of the members pushing the car with the push bar

e. Be present during driver change

f. Be the one driving the accumulator cart

g. Not be the team captain

See FSG Rules 2023 A6.10.2, D7.5.2 & D7.5.6

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The Electrical System Officer must: (Multiple Choice)

a. Have attended an event as a non-ESO in the year prior

b. Be the driver if there is another ESO on the team

c. Be contactable by phone from the officials between 8 am and 8 pm during the event

d. Meet the qualification of working on HV power systems after DGUV 209-093 2E/3E

e. Be present during all scrutineerings

f. Be a valid team member

g. Be the driver

h. Be at least 18 years old

See FSG Rules 2023 A4.2.9, A4.3.4 & A4.3.8

See FSG Rules 2023 A5.3.2

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4. A team missed the intial deadline for a document and submitted this 49 hours after the deadline. After that the team’s document got accepted. The team will recieve a 10 point penalty.

a. False

b. True

Steps:

calculate average time between left circle and right circle for each run
add any penalties to these times
decide on the best time of Team A and Team B
slowest time between these two best times is T_team
fastest time between these two best times gets multipled by 1.25 and is T_max
use formula from FSG Rules 2023 D4.4.3

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Assuming the skid pad event has only two participants, both EV without driverless. Team A and Team B: calculate the score rounded to two decimals for the team scoring the lower amount of points using the following data. (FS 2025 Rules)

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6. Which of these is/are not a penalty during autocross? (Multiple choice)

a. 0.2 secs

b. 2 secs

c. 5 secs

d. did not finish

See FSG Rules 2023 D9.1.7

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7. What is the penatly for driving off course during endurance?

a. 2 secs

b. 30 secs

c. disqualified

d. 10 secs

See FSG Rules 2023 D9.1.7

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8. The team at an event with the highest points in the Buisness Plan Presentation but not reaching the finals has 69 points. Your team received 33 points. What is your Business Plan Presentation Score? Round to one decimal place & don’t forget to use a point instead of comma

See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.6

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9. For the rain test: (Multiple Choice)

a. The vehicle will be sprayed for 2 mins at first and again for an additional 2 mins if the officials decide so

b. The vehicle must have passed the accumulator inspection

c. All wheels must be removed

d. Components may be used to protect the vehicle from water during rain test

e. The water spray can be in front and behind the car

f. Must be in ready-to-drive mode

See FSG Rules 2023 IN9.2.6, IN9.1.1 (& IN4.1.2) & IN9.2.1

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10. What is the minimum tread depth of the rain tires?

a. 2.4 mm

b. 2.1 mm

c. 2.2 mm

d. 2.3 mm

See FSG Rules 2023 T2.6.1

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11. Your team completes their best manual acceleration run in 5.3 secs. The fastest team overall completed their run in 3.9 secs. How many points did your team recieve for acceleration? Round to one decimal place.

See FSG Rules 2023 D5.4.2

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12. Which statement about the Ready-To-Drive sound is correct?

a. It can be similar to the road noise, but must be louder

b. Animal voices, except goat voices, are forbidden

c. The used sound must be easily recognisable

d. The maximum duration is one secound

See FSG Rules 2023 E4.12

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.7

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13. 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?

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.7

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14. How many sets of dry tyres are allowed to be used in the manual dynamic disciplines during one event?

a. As many as the team wants

b. One set excluding the practice area and brake test

c. One set per discipline

d. One set including the practice area and brake test

See FSG Rules 2023 D3.2.4

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15. Your team completes their best autocross run in 84.0 secs but knocks down five cones. The fastest team overall completed their run in 1 min 13 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

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16. You want to use this shutdown button left and right between the main hoop and the main hoop bracings. Is this application rules compliant?

a. No, because it should be removable during technical inspection

b. No, the button is not allowed to have a yellow background ring

c. No, the button is too small

d. Yes, if the buttons are within a 30 mm range at the same height measure from the bottom to the centre line of the buttons

e. No, because its red

See FSG Rules 2023 T11.4

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17. What are requirements of using a standard Impact Attenuator?

a. All of the above.

b. Vehicles with aerodynamic devices and/or sensors in front of the front bulkhead must not exceed the peak deceleration for the combination of the IA assembly and the non-crushable object and prove the design does not exceed 120 kN.

c. Test data must be provided by teams that the vehicle will be decelerated at a rate not exceeding 20 g average and 40 g peak.

d. Test data must be provided that the energy absorbed meets or exceeds 7350 J.

See FSG rules 2023: T3.19.1 & T3.19.4

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18.

The Electrical System Officer must: (Multiple Choice)

a. Accompany the vehicle whenever it is moved around on the competition side

b. Not be part of the static events

c. Be the driver

d. Not be the team captain

e. Be contactable by phone from the officials between 8 am and 8 pm during the event

f. be replaced by the ASR if the vehicle has autonomous features and only one ESO is at the event

g. Be the driver if there is another ESO on the team

h. Not enter the dynamic area

i. Be present during driver change

See FSG Rules 2023 A4.3.6, IN9.2.2 (& A4.3.3, A6.7.2), D7.5.2 & A4.4.2

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19. How many manual dynamic events can one team compete in during a competition?

a. 5

b. 3

c. 4

d. 6

See FSG Rules 2023 D1.1.3

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20. Your team completes their best autocross run in 84.0 secs but knocks down one cone. The fastest team overall completed their run in 75.7 secs but knocked down three cones. How many points did your team recieve for autocross? Round to one decimal place.

See FSG Rules 2023 D6.3.2 & D9.1.7

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Quiz „Electrical“

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1. How much current flows when 99 C passes down a wire in 11 s? Give answer in amps as a whole number.

Q = I * t

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2. Which of these HV- and LV-components have to be fire-retardant? (Multiple Choice)

a. Every wire used inside of the TSAC

b. Both layers of the fire wall including the material that bonds them together

c. A dividing element between the main fuse, the AIRs and the rest of the TSAC

d. Spare TSAC

e. An LV energy storage with a lithium iron phosphate chemistry

f. A device above the segments to prevent arc flashes

See FSG rules 2023: EV5.3.4, EV5.4.6, EV5.5.12

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3. 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)

series connection: L = 0.5 H + (L1*L2)/(L1 + L2) = 0.7 H
sub-in and rearrange to Solve for L2: (2L2)^2/(3L2) = 0.2 H
sub-in L2 to find L1

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4. Which of the following requirements of the brake light assembly must be met to be rules compliant? (multiple choice)

a. The shape of the break light can be a square or a circle

b. Clearly visible from the back at bright sunlight with a viewing angle of at least 30°

c. The brake light must be a red light on a black surface

d. The brake light measures least 10 cm2 with an even level of brightness

e. The brake light must be illuminated when driving into the driver change area

f. The brake light must be functioning even if HV- or LV-power supply failed or is being disconnected

See FSG rules 2023: T6.3

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5. Which statements about the travel of the driving pedal is correct

a. Travel is defined by the Perimeter at the widest radius

b. At least two separate sensors must measure the position of the driving pedal

c. Maximum power is being utilized when the driving pedal is fully applied

d. The Power to the motors may not exceed 5kW when pedal is in resting position

e. Travel is defined as a value from 0 to 1

f. Travel is defined by the Torque needed to actuate the pedal

g. Travel is defined as the angle from resting position to fully applied in degrees

FSG Rules 2023: T11.8.1, T11.8.5

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6. Your BSPD has been triggered although the driver did not touch the driving pedal. What could have gone wrong? (multiple choice)

a. The springs from the driving pedal are torn in two

b. The AMS signals a power of over 5kW and triggers the BSPD

c. A sensor input is shorted to Ground

d. Sensors are out of range

e. Software parameters are set wrong

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7. How long will it take to discharge C1 below 60V using the following constant current sink if it is initially charged at 565V? (MOSFET’s VGSth: 4V) Give answer to two decimal places in secs.

Circuit’s current: MOSFET will operate in linear zone, close to the activation voltage. Therefore, as VGSth is 4V, VS can be taken as 8V. From these 8V and the 47R current limiting resistor, the discharge current of the circuit will be 8/47->0,17A
As the constant current discharge of a capacitor depends on capacity, as V=i·t/C->
t=V·C/i=(565-60)·0,0012/0,17=3,56s

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8. Which of the following statements regarding the Brake System is false?

a. The first 90 % of the brake pedal travel may be used to regenerate brake energy without actuating the hydraulic brake system. The remaining brake pedal travel must directly actuate the hydraulic brake system, but brake energy regeneration must not remain active

b. The brake over travel-switch must be of the type single pole, single throw switch

c. Unarmored plastic brake lines are prohibited

d. The brake pedal and its mounting must be designed to withstand a force of 2kN without any failure of the brake system

See FSG rules 2023: T6.1.10

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9. You have an electric car with these specifications:

ten 12V batteries
constant velocity of 80 km/h
flat road (friction 1.2kN -> aerodynamic load included)
load for battery 160 Ah
efficiency of 80% (Motor)

How far can you drive with one load? Give answer to nearest whol number in km.

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10. 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.

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Quiz „General Engineering“

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1. A ball at a height of 20ft on Earth with a gravitational field strength of 9.81 N/kg, gained 284 J of gravitational potential energy. Calculate the mass of the ball. Give answer to two decimal place in kg.

E = m * g * h

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2. The Wet Skid Pad World Record was set at FSN2019 by TU Delft. They managed to set a time of 4.901 for the left circle and a time of 5.031 for the right circle. Assume the run was completed perfectly along the center line of the circles. What was their average speed during this record run? Give answer to two decimal places in mph.

Runtime (Rule D4.4.1) = (4.901+5.031)/2
Distance (Rule D4.1.2) = 18.25 * π
Speed = d/t

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3. A water tank under a pressure of p = 117.72 kPa has three pipes connected to it, which are sealed 5 meters below the water surface by three plates with areas A₁, A₂, and A₃.
Task:
Sort the pressures p₁, p₂, and p₃ according to their magnitude.

a. p2>p3>p1

b. p1>p2>p3

c. p2>p1>p3

d. p1=p2=p3

e. p2=p1>p3

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4. Calculate the gravitational potential energy of a 4 kg object at 15 m above Earth’s surface with gravitational field strength of 9.81 N/kg. Give answer to three significant figures in J.

E = m * g * h

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What temperature would occur at the stagnation point of an aircraft flying at a speed of

V_{1} = 2000 km/h

, assuming that the air behaves as an ideal gas under these conditions? The temperature of the undisturbed air is theta_1 = -30°C.

a. 177.06°F

b. 254.53°F

c. 308,.64°F

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6. Answer in MJ, round to one decimal number (example 45.7), no unit in the answer

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7. How much current flows when 99 C passes down a wire in 11 s? Give answer in amps as a whole number.

Q = I * t

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8. Calculate delta_h1 and delta_h2 in mm (integers), seprate the value with a comma, no space in between, delta_h1 is the first value (exp.: 126,4)

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9. Frage

a. Depends on y

b. Nein

c. Yes

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10. 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

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