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Quiz Preparation

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Quiz „Basics“

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1. 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?

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

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3. How many different tyre sizes can be used on a car during an Autocross run?

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4. What is the minimum tread depth of the wet tires?

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5.

Which of the following parts are not part of the Shutdown Circuit? (Multiple choice)

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6. How far is the car tipped during the tilt test?

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

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8. What is the diameter of the inside skidpad circle?

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

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

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Quiz „Intermediate“

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

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How many teams can be registered per university? (Multiple Choice)

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The Electrical System Officer must: (Multiple Choice)

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4. 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.

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

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6.

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

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

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8. Which of the following statements are wrong? (Multipel Choice)

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9. 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.

  • 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

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10. 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

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11. What does a black flag mean?

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12. The team at an event with the highest points in the Buisness Plan Presentation but not reaching the finals has 67 points. Your team received 59 points. What is your Business Plan Presentation Score? Round to one decimal place & don’t forget to use a point instead of comma

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

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

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15. Which of the following requirements are a must for all non DV electric cars with wings, when moving the vehicle on the competition site? (Multiple choice)

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

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

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

See FSG Rules 2023 A1.2.7

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19. 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?

  • 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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20. 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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FSG Preparation

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1. The TS of an EV can be simplified to be
an ideal TS energy storage and
an unshielded TS cable running through free air.

The ideal TS energy storage consists of the following parts:
an ideal voltage source V0 supplying 600 V DC at any load
an ideal resistor Ri of 28.5 mΩ which combines all resistances in the high current path of the TS energy storage, such as the cell, contact, busbar, wiring, fuse, and outlet connector resistances
an ideal circuit-breaker as the main fuse having an appropriate DC voltage rating and a characteristic such that the instantaneous tripping current is 10 times the rated current

The TS cable has the following properties:
the cross-section A is 2×6 mm2
the length l is 10 m
the specific conductivity κ is 56 m/(Ω*mm2)
a 30 % increase in the wire’s resistance covers the thermal behavior and all other effects during a short-circuit event
Select the rated current In and breaking capability Icn of the TS energy storage circuit-breaker, such that
a short circuit event at any point of the TS wire triggers instantaneous tripping
a short circuit event at any point of the TS wire can be interrupted
the maximum possible rated current is chosen, although the value might be well above the typical continuous current rating of the cable
available values for the rated current In have a step of 10 A (e.g. 10 A, 20 A, 30 A)
the minimum possible breaking capability is chosen
available values of the breaking capability Icn have a step of 10 kA (e.g. 40 kA, 50 kA, 60 kA)
Give the rated current In in A and the breaking capability Icn in kA in the following format: In, Icn e.g. 123, 456

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2. A single-cylinder four-stroke engine with a total displacement of 623.7 cm3 has the following theoretical design: piston stroke s = 52 mm, connecting rod length l = 66 mm, piston diameter d = 38 mm. The ignition timing point is given as Sk = 2.0 mm before TDC.
Calculate the ignition timing point in ° crankshaft before TDC. Round to one decimal.

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3. Given is a parallel-plate capacitor with area A, separated by a uniform gap of thickness d1 filled with a dielectric with permittivity ε. At time t1, the voltage of the capacitor is V1. The capacitor is not connected to any electrical network.
How much energy is needed to change the plate spacing to d2 = 4 × d1?

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4.

The figure shows a block diagram of a dynamic system.
What is the overall transfer function of the system?
Mark the correct answer.

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5. You want to use a photo from media.formulastudent.de.
Mark the correct answer.

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6. A horizontal pipe increases from cross-section 1 with A1 = 2.55 cm2 to cross-section 2 with A2 = 7.1 cm2. In cross-section 1 there is a pressure of p1 = 1.2 bar and a flow rate of v1 = 5 m/s. The density of water is 997 kg/m3.
Calculate the pressure in bar in cross-section 2 for the flowing water. Round to two decimals.

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7. The truss structure shown in the figure is loaded with the forces F1, F2 and F3. The truss structure is supported in points A and B, as shown. Each segment of the truss structure is assumed to have no mass and infinite stiffness.
Identify the zero-force members in the structure under the given load and indicate them by placing a check mark.
You may select one or more answers.

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8.

The figure shows a simplified quarter vehicle modal. The drive torque T(M) is the input, the wheel speed W is the output of the system. The torque due to the acceleration of the vehicle is modelled by the constant disturbance d. I models the inertia of the wheel and s is the complex variable of the Laplace transform.

Which statements are correct? Mark all correct answers.

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9. Your vehicle has its right-hand base coordinate frame defined with the x-axis pointing forward into the driving direction and the z-axis upwards.
A camera is positioned on the vehicle as follows, in the vehicle coordinate frame:
x = 500 mm, y = 160 mm, z = 1140 mm
and the Euler angles ZY′X′′
roll = 100°, pitch = 0°, yaw = 90°
Assume the camera has no distortion, a resolution of 1280 px × 1080 px, and the principal point (cx and cy) and the focal lengths (fx and fy) are given by:
cx = 636 px, cy = 548 px, fx = 241 px, fy = 238 px
The point (u, v)0 is defined to be (u, v)0 = (-cx, -cy) as commonly used.
Within the camera image plane, z-axis in viewing direction, an object center is detected at pixel:
u = 795 px, v = 467 px
Another sensor determines the euclidian distance of the object to the camera frame as:
d = 2.7 m
Calculate the 3D position of the object in the vehicle coordinate frame in meter. Round to three decimals. Give the solution in the following format: x, y, z, e.g. 1.234, 5.678, 9.012

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10. The truss structure shown in the figure is loaded with the forces F1, F2 and F3. The truss structure is supported in points A and B, as shown. Each segment of the truss structure is assumed to have no mass and infinite stiffness.
a = 2 m, F1 = 6 kN, F2 = 13 kN, F3 = 13 kN
Calculate the force in A and B in y-direction in kN. Enter the higher value. Round to one decimal.
(answer can be positiv or negativ but only negativ answers will be accepted)

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FSG Preparation Short

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1. The TS of an EV can be simplified to be
an ideal TS energy storage and
an unshielded TS cable running through free air.

The ideal TS energy storage consists of the following parts:
an ideal voltage source V0 supplying 600 V DC at any load
an ideal resistor Ri of 28.5 mΩ which combines all resistances in the high current path of the TS energy storage, such as the cell, contact, busbar, wiring, fuse, and outlet connector resistances
an ideal circuit-breaker as the main fuse having an appropriate DC voltage rating and a characteristic such that the instantaneous tripping current is 10 times the rated current

The TS cable has the following properties:
the cross-section A is 2×6 mm2
the length l is 10 m
the specific conductivity κ is 56 m/(Ω*mm2)
a 30 % increase in the wire’s resistance covers the thermal behavior and all other effects during a short-circuit event
Select the rated current In and breaking capability Icn of the TS energy storage circuit-breaker, such that
a short circuit event at any point of the TS wire triggers instantaneous tripping
a short circuit event at any point of the TS wire can be interrupted
the maximum possible rated current is chosen, although the value might be well above the typical continuous current rating of the cable
available values for the rated current In have a step of 10 A (e.g. 10 A, 20 A, 30 A)
the minimum possible breaking capability is chosen
available values of the breaking capability Icn have a step of 10 kA (e.g. 40 kA, 50 kA, 60 kA)
Give the rated current In in A and the breaking capability Icn in kA in the following format: In, Icn e.g. 123, 456

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2.

The figure shows the output voltage Vout versus the input voltage Vin as the transfer function of 74LVC1G34, a non-inverting LVTTL buffer.
The non-inverting LVTTL buffer obeys the following static discipline:

Does the given tranfer curve satisfy the static discipline? Mark all correct answers.

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3. The truss structure shown in the figure is loaded with the forces F1, F2 and F3. The truss structure is supported in points A and B, as shown. Each segment of the truss structure is assumed to have no mass and infinite stiffness.
Identify the zero-force members in the structure under the given load and indicate them by placing a check mark.
You may select one or more answers.

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4.

The figure shows a block diagram of a dynamic system.
What is the overall transfer function of the system?
Mark the correct answer.

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5.

The figure shows a simplified quarter vehicle modal. The drive torque T(M) is the input, the wheel speed W is the output of the system. The torque due to the acceleration of the vehicle is modelled by the constant disturbance d. I models the inertia of the wheel and s is the complex variable of the Laplace transform.

Which statements are correct? Mark all correct answers.

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Quiz „FSG Multiple Choice“

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1. In the following there are multiple statements abount the rules. Which statements are correct?

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2. According to the FS Rules and the competition handbook: Which statements are true?

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3. Mark all true statements according to the FS Rules

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4. In which cases will team members be denied their on-site member pass?
Mark all correct answers!

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Quiz „Electrical“

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

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

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4. 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)

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

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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.

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

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8. 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

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

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10. 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

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Quiz „General Engineering“

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1. A racing car rolls to a stop on a horizontal course with an initial speed of v. It decelerates
only by friction with a rolling resistance of μF, which is supposed to be independent of
the current velocity.
What is the distance s the car needs to stop?
v = 230mph, μF = 0.17, g = 9.81 m/s2.
Give your answer in meters, rounded to four significant places.

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2. A racing car rolls to a stop on a horizontal course with an initial speed of v. It decelerates
only by friction with a rolling resistance of μF, which is supposed to be independent of
the current velocity.
What is the distance s the car needs to stop?
v = 300 km/h, μF = 0.15, g = 9.81 m/s2.
Give your answer in meters, rounded to four significant places.

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3. An object is fired vertically upwards from the ground at time t = 0 s in still air at a speed of 9.6 m/s. On the way up, what is the height of the object above the ground when it has a speed of 1.9 m/s. At what time does it reach this height on the way down? Give both answers separated by a comma to one decimal place.

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4. 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

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

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6. Calculate the force Fc working at point C.

Rax = 4kN, Ray = 10 kN

Rbx =5 kN, Rby = 8 kN

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7. 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.

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8. 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.

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9. A 30 lbs model helicopter flying at 51 mph, calculate its kinetic energy. Answer in J to 3 significant figures.

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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.

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