Quiz Preparation – UMD Racing e.V.

Quiz „Basics“

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1. What must the Technical Vehicle System Documentation include?

a. Three technical drawings showing the vehicle from the front, top, and side

b. A video presentation

c. A written description

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2. An official has the right to remove the scrutineering sticker from the car, if the car is no longer rule compliant.

a. True

b. False

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3. Which of the following certifications for helmets is not allowed?

a. Snell SA2020

b. FIA 8860-2010

c. FIA 8861-2018

d. SFI 31.1/2015

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4. What is the resulting time of a SkidPad run?

a. time of the left circle plus penalties

b. time of the right circle plus penalties

c. average of the time of the left and the time of right circle plus penalties

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

c. Detached master switch

d. 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

See FSG Rules 2023 A.6.7

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6. Which of the following must be included in the Bill of Material (BOM)?

a. Only dry tires and wheels

b. Consumables

c. All parts fitted to the prototype vehicle at any time during the event

d. All fasteners

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7. What is IMD short for ?

a. Impact Measuring Device

b. Insulation Monitoring Device

c. Instructing Material Disposition

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8. What needs to be considered when entering the Dynamic Area?

a. Wearing dynamic vests

b. Having the car nearby

c. Wearing a Helmet: FIA 8860-2010, FIA 8860-2018

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9. During the BPP, who is allowed to answer questions from the judges?

a. Only the presenting team member

b. Any team member introduced at the beginning

c. Only the team member who developed the business plan

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10. 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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Quiz „Intermediate“

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1. Your team completes their best autocross run in 84.9 secs and that was the fastest overall time. How many points did your team recieve for autocross? Round to one decimal place.

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.1.3, D6.3.2 & D9.1.7

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2. 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?

a. Yes, if the team did not pass any scrutineering prior

b. No, if a team is present at the event, the judges are obligated to evaluate their performance

c. Yes, if the judges consider the number of the team members present at the discussion insufficient

d. Yes, if the judges consider the vehicle to be in unfinished state

See FSG Rules 2023 S3.5.1

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3. What is the total surface area of percy (including connection pieces)? Persume the connection pieces have a width of 20mm. Give answer in miles to one decimal place

See FSG rules 2023:

dimensions: T4.3.4 Figure 14

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

a. False

b. True

See FSG Rules 2022 T13.4.1

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5. How long is water sprayed on the car during the rain test?

a. 100 secs

b. 60 secs

c. 45 secs

d. 120 secs

See FSG Rules 2023 IN9.2.7

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

a. 2 secs

b. 0.2 secs

c. did not finish

d. 5 secs

See FSG Rules 2023 D9.1.7

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7. What is the length of the acceleration track?

a. 100 m

b. 75 m

c. 50 m

d. 60 m

See FSG Rules 2023 D5.1.1

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8. Your team completes their best manual skidpad run in 5.1 secs but goes off course. The fastest team overall completed their run in 4.6 secs. How many points did your team recieve for skidpad? Round to one decimal place.

See FSG Rules 2023 D4.4.3 & D9.1.7

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9. 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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10. Your team completes their best manual acceleration run in 3.3 secs, but at the end of the run knocks over one cone. The fastest team overall completed their run in 4.1 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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11. Which of the following requirements is a must for all types of vehicles, when moving the vehicle on the competition site?

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

b. Detached master switch

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

d. 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

See FSG Rules 2023 A.6.7

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.7

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12. 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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13.

A team can register up to how many Electrical System Officers?

a. 4

b. 2

c. 2 with an additional Autonomous System Responsible

d. 4 but one of them has to be a driver

e. As many as they like

f. 3

See FSG Rules 2023 A4.3.1

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14. Your team completes their best manual skidpad run in 4.3 secs but knocks down 5 cones. The fastest team overall completed their run in 4.9 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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15. What is the minimum allowed static ground clearance, including driver?

a. 35 mm

b. 25 mm

c. 30 mm

d. 20 mm

See FSG Rules 2023 T2.2.1

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16. What are not the diameter of the skidpad circles? (Multiple choice)

a. 15.25 m

b. 20.25 m

c. 21.25 m

d. 16.25 m

See FSG Rules 2023 D4.1.2

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17. 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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18. The length of the acceleration track is 75m. Hypothetically the acceleration of the cars is constant, and linear, without slip. The vehicle starts from the starting line of the Acceleration track and then covers 75m. At the finish line, the speed of the racing car is 108 km/h.

How much time (in secs) is needed for the car complete the Acceleration Event and what was the acceleration of the car ( in m/s^2)? Give the answers as whole numbers sparated by a comma (?, ?).

Calculate acceleration: v^2= u^2+2as
Calculate time: s=ut+1/2 at^2

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19.

The following items have to be on or attached to the push bar, if you are an EV team. (multiple choice)

a. Two pairs of safety glasses

b. A multimeter with test leads rated for 600V CAT III or better

c. An additional pair of drivers gloves and a spare balaclava

d. A shutdown button with a minimum diameter of 24 mm

e. Car number with a character height of at least 20 mm

f. A spare key for the Tractive System Low Voltage Master Switch

g. Red paint

h. University name written on high contrast background

i. Contact details of the team captain

j. All ESOQs printed out

k. An approved fire extinguisher

l. Two pairs of high voltage insulating gloves

See FSG 2023 Rules T13.1

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20. Which system is the content of CCBOM in 2026?

a. Chassis and Body

b. Autonomous System

c. Wheels, Wheel Bearings and Tires

d. Engine and Tractive System

See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.1

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Quiz „Electrical“

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1. The previous season you could recuperate only 27% of your initially stored energy, but this season a big improvement in your drivetrain allows you to recuperate 69% of the initially stored energy. Knowing that you had 6.3 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

E_new = E_old * (1+0.27)/(1+0.69)

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2. The following processes have to be measured by the AMS. (Multiple choice)

a. TS current when the LVS is active

b. Cell temperatures of at least 30% of all cells distributed in at least 75% of all segments

c. Cell temperatures of 30% most thermally critical cells

d. TS current but only if it can be displayed during technical inspection

e. All cell voltages that are SCS

f. Cell voltages when the charger is connected to the accumulator

See FSG rules 2023: EV5.8.1, EV5.8.1 & EV5.8.3, EV5.8.10

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3. Which of the following statements about the Tractive System Accumulator are wrong? (Multiple choice)

a. All electrical safety items used for working on the accumulator must be rated for 1000 VDC

b. Accumulator container attachments can be made of 1 mm thick steel

c. There must be inspection holes in the side wall and the bottom of the TSAC if the wall thickness cannot be determined otherwise

d. The maximum temperature limit for LiFePo4 cells is 60°C

e. If carried out correctly, a three-point bending test is sufficient to prove adequate strength of composite material used for a TSAC if the data and photos are provided in the SES

f. The TSAC can be protected from rear impact by a square tube with an edge length of and a wall thickness of 1.2 mm

g. The ESO’s name and phone number can be displayed in characters with a height of 25 mm on the TSAC’s lid

h. NiMH type cells are allowed

See FSG rules 2023. Correct answers:

EV5.5.5
T 3.2.1, T 3.15, 5.5.2, Asquare tube=90.24 mm²
EV 5.5.14
IN 3.2.2 only for TS voltage

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4. 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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5. You want to drive with a Lithium Polymer Cell with 3.2 Ah and weighing 70 g. Which of the following configurations would be allowed by the rules? Hint: Unorm = 3.7 V, Umax = 4.2 V

a. 4 compartments in series with 6p26s configurations

b. 6 compartments in series with 4p28s configurations

c. 4 compartments in series with 4p32s configurations

d. 5 compartments in series with 4p22s configurations

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6. 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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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. Which of the following statements is false regarding the difference between Lead-based batteries, Nickel-based batteries and Lithium-based batteries?

a. The Lithium-based batteries typically have the highest specific energy

b. The Nickel based batteries typically have the lowest specific energy

c. The Lead based batteries typically have a nominal voltage of 2V

d. The Nickel based batteries have the lowest nominal voltage

e. The Lithium-based batteries can achieve specific energies of over 200 Wh/kg

no solution currently

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FSG Rules 2023: T11.8.1, T11.8.5

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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)

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Quiz „General Engineering“

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1. Calculate the force Fc working at point C.

Rax = 4kN, Ray = 10 kN

Rbx =5 kN, Rby = 8 kN

Moment equation around point D:

0 = -Fc x 1m + Rby x 2.5 m – 60 kN x 4 m + Ray x 5.5 m

Fc = -165 000 N

Fc = – 165 kN

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2. 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

p2 = p1 * (V1/V2)^gamma
gamma= 1.4

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3. An air as an ideal gas expands adiabatic from a volume of V1 = 1,00l with its pressure of p1 = 10^5 Pa to 1/10 of its original pressure. What volume V2 (in litres) does the gas reach after it’s expansion? Round to two decimal places

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4. The magnitude of the manifold reaction force FK is to be determined. In Newton, integer, no unit in the answer

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5. 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

Calculate gear ratio of gear 1 to gear 2: ratio: no. of teeth gear 1/no. of teeth gear2 -> ratio: z1/z2
Calculate output speed of gear 2: output speed = input speed * gear ratio
Gear 3 turns at same speed as gear 2
Calculate gear ratio of gear 3 to gear 4: ratio:z3/z4
Calculate output speed of gear 4: output speed = input speed * gear ratio = 24

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A cantilever is subjected to forces

. Determine the bar force

F_{S 8}

Given F1=F4=F, F2=F3=2F, a

a. -6F

b. 2.85F

c. 7.27F

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7. 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:

a. The attachments are positioned 220 mm apart, measured center to center, and have a thickness of 1.7 mm

b. The bar is bent (not straight) and the team uses an analysis method of inducing 7kN to each attachment in the horizontal plane to prove compliance

c. The steel tube has a thickness of 2 mm, and a 0.26% in carbon and 1.7% manganese content

d. From the driver’s shoulders rearwards to the mounting point or structural guide, the shoulder harness is 8° above the horizontal

See FSG rules 2023 T3.2

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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

Formula for max corning speed:
(m*g + 0.5*rho*A*Cl*v^2)*μ = m * (v^2)/R

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9. Frage

a. Nein

b. Yes

c. Depends on y

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10.

How high (in m) can a column of liquid be lifted by a reciprocating piston, neglecting leakage and losses, if the air pressure is 101300 Pa and the pressure p₁ approaches zero?

Example Input 14.3 (use a point, no unit)

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