Quiz Preparation – UMD Racing e.V.

Quiz „Basics“

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1. What is the maximum amount of points a EV team can recieve at an event?

a. 600

b. Is different at each competition

c. 1000

d. 800

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.5

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2. What is AMS short for?

a. Accumulator Management System

b. Alternative Manufacturing Solution

c. Autonomous Models Summary

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3. What does the yellow and red striped flag mean during Endurance and Autocross Event?

a. The track is slippery. The driver must be prepared for evasive maneuvers to avoid the situation

b. The driver must be prepared to overtake a slower car on the racing line

c. The driver must pull into the driver change area for a mechanical inspection of the vehicle

d. The driver must pull into the driver change area for discussion with the officials

See FSG Rules 2023 D2.1.10

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

a. disqualified

b. 2 secs

c. 10 secs

d. 30 secs

See FSG Rules 2023 D9.1.7

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

a. 4

b. 3

c. 6

d. 5

See FSG Rules 2023 D1.1.3

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6. Are teams allowed to decide whether they drive on rain tires or slicks by themselves?

a. no

b. yes, in damp wheather

c. yes, it’s always their decision

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

a. SFI 31.1/2015

b. FIA 8861-2018

c. FIA 8860-2010

d. Snell SA2020

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

a. Consumables

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

c. All fasteners

d. Only dry tires and wheels

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9. An EV team without driverless components have 9 parts of scrutineering to pass before being allowed to compete on track.

a. False

b. True

See FSG Rules 2023 IN1.1.1

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10.

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.

a. False

b. True

See FSG Rules 2023 A4.3.1

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Quiz „Intermediate“

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1. What is not a ’system‘ in the Cost Reports Bill of Material?

a. Brake System

b. Steering System

c. Electrical

d. Aerodynamics

See FSG Rules 2023 S2.4.4

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2. 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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3. What is the minimum height of the characters of the car number?

a. 200 mm

b. 100 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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4. What is the maximum amount of points a EV team can recieve at an event?

a. 1000

b. 800

c. 600

d. Is different at each competition

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.5

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5. What is the minimum allowed static ground clearance, including driver?

a. 20 mm

b. 35 mm

c. 30 mm

d. 25 mm

See FSG Rules 2023 T2.2.1

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6. What is the volume of the smallest allowed head restraint? Give answer to two decimal places in m^3

See FSG rules 2023:

Minimum dimensions: T5.7.2

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7. Your Team Sponsor offers you a Driver’s Harness. After examining the harness and the rules, an engineer in your team reports that the attachment of the harness can not be welded to the chassis structure. Furthermore, the engineer makes 4 statements. Which of these statements is true?

a. Each attachment must support a load of 19.5 kN

b. Lap and anti-submarine belts can be attached further than 100mm apart

c. Harness attachments must use 10mm metric grade 8.8 bolts at minimum

d. The strength of all attachment points must be proven by physical testing

See FSG rules 2023: T4.5.3

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The Electrical System Officer must: (Multiple Choice)

a. Present whenever work is performed on the Tractive System

b. Be on of the members pushing the car with the push bar

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

d. Be the one driving the accumulator cart

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

f. Be a valid team member

g. Be present during driver change

See FSG Rules 2023 A6.10.2, D7.5.2, D7.5.6, A4.3.4 & A4.4.2

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9. How many points are assigned for the Overall Vehicle Concept in the Engineering Design Event? (Multiple choice)

a. 35

b. 13.3 %

c. 35 %

d. 20

See FSG Rules 2023 S3.7.2

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10. How many percentage of points is the Cost Understanding in the Overall Cost and Manufacturing Event?

a. 40 %

b. 25 %

c. 50 %

d. 30 %

See FSG Rules 2023 S2.10.1

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

a. 20 mm

b. 24 mm

c. 26 mm

d. 22 mm

See FSG Rules 2023 11.4.4

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12. Your team completes their best manual acceleration run in 6.0 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

Hint: if formula gives a negative answer, then the team only recieve the basic 3.5 points

installation cost: 400.000 EUR
machine cost: 20.000 EUR x 5 years = 100.000 EUR
material cost: 70 EUR x 950 cars = 66.500 EUR
Total cost: 566.500 EUR
Cost per car: 566.500 EUR /950 = 596 EUR

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13. To build your race car you need a part what can be bought on the public market for 400 EUR per piece. Your plan is to sell 950 race cars the next five years. If you will manufacture the part by yourself, you need an investment of 400.000 EUR for the installation. Furthermore, you need to pay 20.000 EUR per year for the machine operator. The material costs are 70 EUR per piece. The machine cannot be sold after the usage. What is the cost of one piece of the own manufactured parts? Give answer as one whole number

See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.7

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14. What is the minimum score for the third place in the Business Plan finals (with three finalists)? (?? points)

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15. Your team recieves 23.9 points for their autocross run. The fastest time overall was 82.3 secs. How long was your team’s fastest run? Round to one decimal place.

See FSG Rules 2023 D6.3.2 & D9.1.7

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16. How many points are assigned for the BOM discussion in the Cost and Manufacturing Event?

a. 60.75

b. 10

c. 115

d. 50.0

See FSG Rules 2023 S2.10.1

installation cost: 400.000 EUR
machine cost: 20.000 EUR x 5 years = 100.000 EUR
material cost: 50 EUR x 1000 cars = 50.000 EUR
Total cost: 550.000 EUR
Cost per car: 550.000 EUR /1000 = 550 EUR

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17. To build your race car you need a part what can be bought on the public market for 250 EUR per piece. Your plan is to sell 1000 race cars the next five years. If you will manufacture the part by yourself, you need an investment of 400.000 EUR for the installation. Furthermore, you need to pay 20.000 EUR per year for the machine operator. The material costs are 50 EUR per piece. The machine cannot be sold after the usage. What is the cost of one piece of the own manufactured parts? Give answer as one whole number

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

a. One set including the practice area and brake test

b. As many as the team wants

c. One set excluding the practice area and brake test

d. One set per discipline

See FSG Rules 2023 D3.2.4

installation cost: 400.000 EUR
machine cost: 20.000 EUR x 5 years = 100.000 EUR
material cost: 50 EUR x 1200 cars = 60.000 EUR
Total cost: 560.000 EUR
Cost per car: 560.000 EUR /1200 = 560 EUR

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19. To build your race car you need a part what can be bought on the public market for 450 EUR per piece. Your plan is to sell 1200 race cars the next five years. If you will manufacture the part by yourself, you need an investment of 400.000 EUR for the installation. Furthermore, you need to pay 20.000 EUR per year for the machine operator. The material costs are 50 EUR per piece. The machine cannot be sold after the usage. What is the cost of one piece of the own manufactured parts? Give answer as one whole number

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

a. Wheels, Wheel Bearings and Tires

b. Autonomous System

c. Engine and Tractive System

d. Chassis and Body

See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.1

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Quiz „Electrical“

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1. 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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2. Which of the following statements about LV battery packs with lithium based chemistry other than LiFePo4 is not true?

a. They must be protected from short circuits, not more than 100 mm from ungrounded terminals

b. They must be enclosed in a non-conductive, waterproof and acid resistant container

c. They must include overcurrent protection that rips at or below the maximum specified discharge current of the cells

d. They must be in a rigid and sturdy casing

See FSG rules 2023 T11.7.7

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3. 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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4. 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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5. Which of the following statements is false regarding the difference between Lead-based batteries, Nickel-based batteries and Lithium-based batteries?

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

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

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

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

e. The Nickel based batteries have the lowest nominal voltage

no solution currently

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

b. 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

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

d. Unarmored plastic brake lines are prohibited

See FSG rules 2023: T6.1.10

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9. Your team is considering two languages, Verilog and VHDL, for programming an FPGA. Which languages could be used?

a. Only VHDL

b. Only Verilog

c. Both

d. Neither of these

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10. 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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Quiz „General Engineering“

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

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2. 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

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3. in cm^3, round to decimal numbers sperated by point (13.5) no unit int the answer

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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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An air stream

dot{M}_L = 5.5 kg/s,

cp_L=1 kJ/(kgK)

is to be heated in a plate heat exchanger from

θ_L′=20∘C

θ_L′′=150∘C

. For this purpose, a flue gas stream

dot{M}_R = 7.22

cp_R=1.1 kJ/(kgK)

with a temperature of

θ_R′=300∘C

is available. The overall heat transfer coefficient is

W/(m^2*K)

.
What is the required heating surface AAA if the fluid streams are arranged in counterflow?

a. 281,7 m^2

b. 328,1 m^2

c. 314,12 m^2

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6. 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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7. If the density of aluminium is 2.71 kg/m^3, find the volume of a 0.888 kg of aluminium. Give answer in m^3 with two decimal places.

density (rho) = m / V

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8. A hall with a floor area of 500 m² is to be equipped with underfloor heating, which will be operated at an average temperature of 33°C.

What percentage of the floor area must be used as heating surface in order to ensure an indoor temperature of 18°C when the outside temperature is -15°C?

Result in m^2 as an integer

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9. A cat of mass 12 kgs ran at 65mph. What is its kinetic energy? Answer in J to the nearest whole number

KE= 0,5 * m * v^2

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10. 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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