Quiz Preparation – UMD Racing e.V.

Quiz „Basics“

1 / 10

How many events may a driver drive during a competition?

a. As many as they like

b. one

c. two

d. three

See FSG Rules 2023 D1.1.2

2 / 10

Each team must have two 0.8kg fire extinguishers.

a. False

b. True

See FSG Rules 2022 T13.4.1

3 / 10

What is the penatly for driving off course during acceleration?

a. did not finish

b. 30 secs

c. 2 secs

d. disqualified

See FSG Rules 2023 D9.1.7

4 / 10

What is the maximum number of drivers allowed to compete at an event?

a. 4

b. 6

c. As many as the team wants

d. 5

See FSG Rules 2023 D1.1.1

5 / 10

How many cones do you need to build the skidpad track

a. 64

b. 58

c. 60

6 / 10

What is the diameter of the outside skidpad circle?

a. 15.25 m

b. 21.25 m

c. various between events

d. 20 m

See FSG Rules 2023 D4.1.2

7 / 10

What does a black flag mean?

a. driver must stop in the driver change area for a discussion with an official

b. session has been completed

c. driver must immediately pull over on track

d. driver must stop in driver change area for a mechanical inspection

See FSG Rules 2023 D2.1.3

8 / 10

How many drivers are allowed to drive in each discipline?

a. 2

b. 4

c. 1

9 / 10

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

a. 75

b. There is no lower limit

c. 71

d. 70

See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.7

10 / 10

What is true about the Cones & Markings for Autonomous Running?

a. The cones and markings must be also visible at night

b. The cones must have a minimum distance of 5 meters

c. Details of the cones used and more detailed track layout figures can be found in the Event Handbook

Dein Ergebnis ist

Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl beträgt 64%

Quiz „Intermediate“

1 / 20

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

a. Animal voices, except goat voices, are forbidden

b. The maximum duration is one secound

c. The used sound must be easily recognisable

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

See FSG Rules 2023 E4.12

See FSG Rules 2023 A5.3.2

2 / 20

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

3 / 20

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

4 / 20

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

5 / 20

What is the minimum height of the university name and the car number added together?

a. 200 mm

b. 150 mm

c. 50 mm

d. 250 mm

See FSG Rules 2023 T12.2.2 and T12.1.2

6 / 20

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

7 / 20

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

8 / 20

The Electrical System Officer must: (Multiple Choice)

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

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

c. Be present during driver change

d. Be the driver

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

f. Not be the team captain

g. Not be part of the static events

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

i. Not enter the dynamic area

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

9 / 20

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

10 / 20

What is the minimum amount of ASR needed at the Event when being a DV Team?

a. 1

b. 3

c. 2

See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.6

11 / 20

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

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

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

See FSG rules 2023: T4.5.3

12 / 20

What is the maximum number of drivers allowed to compete at an event?

a. 5

b. As many as the team wants

c. 4

d. 6

See FSG Rules 2023 D1.1.1

13 / 20

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 its red

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

c. No, the button is too small

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

e. 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

See FSG Rules 2023 T11.4

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.7

14 / 20

As an EV Team without DV, what is your maximum total score of Busniess Plan Presentation, Cost and Manufacturing, Skid Pad, Acceleration and Efficiency together?

See FSG Rules 2023 S1.4.7

15 / 20

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

16 / 20

Your team completes their best autocross run in 71.2 secs. The fastest team overall completed their run in 71 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

17 / 20

Your team completes their best manual acceleration run in 4.1 secs. The fastest team overall completed their run in 3.2 secs. How many points did your team recieve for acceleration? Round to one decimal place.

See FSG Rules 2023 D5.4.2

18 / 20

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

19 / 20

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

a. 30 %

b. 25 %

c. 50 %

d. 40 %

See FSG Rules 2023 S2.10.1

installation cost: 400.000 EUR
machine cost: 25.000 EUR x 5 years = 125.000 EUR
material cost: 75 EUR x 1300 cars = 97.500 EUR
Total cost: 622.500 EUR
Cost per car: 622.500 EUR /1300 = 479 EUR

20 / 20

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 1300 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 25.000 EUR per year for the machine operator. The material costs are 75 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

Dein Ergebnis ist

Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl beträgt 57%

Quiz „Electrical“

1 / 10

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.

2 / 10

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

a. Every wire used inside of the TSAC

b. A device above the segments to prevent arc flashes

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

d. Spare TSAC

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

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

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

3 / 10

Which statements about the travel of the driving pedal is correct

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FSG Rules 2023: T11.8.1, T11.8.5

4 / 10

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)

5 / 10

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

a. TS current when the LVS is active

b. All cell voltages that are SCS

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

d. Cell temperatures of 30% most thermally critical cells

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

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

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

6 / 10

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

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

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

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

d. They must be in a rigid and sturdy casing

See FSG rules 2023 T11.7.7

7 / 10

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 Lead based batteries typically have a nominal voltage of 2V

c. The Nickel based batteries have the lowest nominal voltage

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

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

no solution currently

8 / 10

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

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

b. Unarmored plastic brake lines are prohibited

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

d. 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

See FSG rules 2023: T6.1.10

9 / 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See FSG rules 2023: T6.3

10 / 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

Dein Ergebnis ist

Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl beträgt 30%

Quiz „General Engineering“

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

1 / 10

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

2 / 10

A spring in a car’s suspension has elastic potential energy store 226 J. If the spring constant is 8.1N/mm, find the extension. Give answer in meters to three significant figures.

E = 0.5 * k * e^2

3 / 10

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. 314,12 m^2

c. 328,1 m^2

4 / 10

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

5 / 10

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

6 / 10

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

7 / 10

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

8 / 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

9 / 10

A cantilever is subjected to forces

. Determine the bar force

F_{S 8}

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

a. 2.85F

b. -6F

c. 7.27F

10 / 10

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

Dein Ergebnis ist

Die durchschnittliche Punktzahl beträgt 0%