View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Electricity and Automation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many principle(s) govern the flow of electricity?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

2. How does Macaulay illustrate the idea of a chemical reaction to produce electricity?
(a) Two men holding swords and riding giant lemons.
(b) A man and a woman jousting on dragons.
(c) A giant lemon being stabbed with zinc and copper lances.
(d) A man and a woman jousting on mammoths.

3. What causes sideways movements of a ship?
(a) Jone's principle.
(b) Thrusters and stabilizers.
(c) Cams.
(d) Rods.

4. What principle is in use as a propeller pushes the water back and as that same water which has been pushed back rolls forward again and hits the propeller?
(a) The Principle of Gravity.
(b) The Principle of Push and Thrust.
(c) The Principle of Action and Reaction.
(d) The Principle of Force and Inertia.

5. How do oppositely charged electrons respond to each other?
(a) They absorb each other and become neutral.
(b) They repel each other.
(c) They attract each other.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What imparts movement into the air or water around them on a ship?

2. What is the transfer of heat through infrared rays?

3. What are different level marks for different types of water on the side of a ship called?

4. How is electricity created?

5. What is the type of electricity when electrons travel through a conductor such as metal?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample