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Repetitive forward and backward circular motion such as that of a clock pendulum.
a) Oscillating motion
b) Repetitive motion
c) Rotary motion
d) Orbital motion

A branch of physics concerned with the motions of objects and their response to forces.
a) Friction
b) Thermodynamics
c) Mechanics
d) Electricity

A term generally meaning various combinations of machines and mechanisms.
a) Machination
b) Machinization
c) Machinery
d) None of these

Mechanical assemblies consisting of two or more levers connected to produce the desired motion. They can also be mechanisms consisting of rigid bodies and lower pairs.
a) Machines
b) Linkages
c) Fulcrum
d) Torque

A simple machine that uses opposing torque around a fulcrum to perform work
a) Pivot
b) Lever
c) Connector
d) None of these

The study of the effects of external forces including gravity upon the motions of physical bodies.
a) Thermodynamics
b) Kinetics
c) Electrochemistry
d) Physics

A small hand-held tool used to insert contacts into a connector.
a) Extraction tool
b) Connecting tool
c) Conductor tool
d) Insertion Tool

A pivot point or edge about which objects are free to rotate.
a) Conductor
b) Current
c) Lever
d) Fulcrum

The application of extremely thin deposits of a plating material for environmental protection or as a base for a subsequent layer of plating material
a) Contact plating
b) Insulation plating
c) Flash plating
d) Metallic plating

P =IV; where P represents power, I represents electrical current, and V represents electrical potential.
a) Electrical current
b) Electrical power
c) Electrical kinetics
d) Electrochemistry

A solid, liquid, or gaseous material that can sustain an electric field and act as an insulator.
a) Conductor
b) Dielectric
c) Lever
d) Fulcrum

A movement of electrons, positive ions, negative ions, or holes; the rate of transfer of electricity from one point to another.
a) Conductor
b) Connector
c) Current
d) Kinetics

The conducting part of a connector that acts with another such part to complete or break a circuit
a) Contact
b) Conductor
c) Connector
d) None of these

Plated-on metal applied to the base contact metal to provide the required contact-resistance and/or wear-resistance.
a) Insulation
b) Connector
c) Conductor
d) Contact plating

A device providing electrical connection/disconnections. It consists of a mating plug and receptacle.
a) Conductor
b) Contact plating
c) Connector
d) Insulation

A wire or combination of wires not insulated from one another, suitable for carrying electric current.
a) Connector
b) Conductor
c) Contact
d) Ampere

he ability of a material to conduct electric current. It is expressed in terms of the current per unit of applied voltage.
a) Conductivity
b) Insulation
c) Contact plating
d) Connector

A unit of electrical current, or flow of electrons, that is equal to a charge of 1 coulomb moving through or across a conductor in 1 second.
a) Ampere (amp)
b) BTU
c) Dielectric
d) None of these

Circular motion as in the turning of a bicycle wheel.
a) Oscillating motion
b) Rotary motion
c) Repetitive motion
d) Orbital motion

ime rate of change with respect to distance. It is measured in feet per second (ft/s), feet per minute (ft/min), meters per second (m/s) or kilometers per hour (km/hr).
a) Torque
b) Velocity
c) Electrical current
d) Force

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