Year 12 · QCE / Engineering
Assessment and exam practice.
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- Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
- Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
- Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.
Practice paper focus areas
- Exam 1 — Mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of levers and pulleys; Gear train and belt drive ratios; Work, power and energy efficiency
- Exam 2 — Friction on horizontal surfaces and inclined planes; Free-body and force diagrams; Kinetic and potential energy conversion
- Exam 3 — Screw and inclined plane mechanisms; Worm and rack and pinion gearing; Electrical power and energy efficiency
- Exam 4 — Types of motion in machines; Pulley system velocity ratio; Energy efficiency eta = MA/VR
- Exam 5 — Basic machines: bicycle, car jack, crowbar; Compound gear trains; Work done and power output of a motor
- Exam 6 — Lever orders and mechanical advantage; Belt drive slip and V-belt selection; Total mechanical energy
- Exam 7 — Mechatronic and biomechanical engineering careers; Velocity ratio of screws; Electrical energy efficiency
- Exam 8 — Machines as community solutions; Spur gear tooth ratios; Power required from a motor
- Exam 9 — Pulley systems with multiple ropes; Rack and pinion linear output; Kinetic energy of a moving mass
- Exam 10 — Mechanical advantage of a car jack; Worm gear self-locking behaviour; Efficiency losses in machines
- Exam 11 — Third-order levers in the human body; Driver and driven pulley diameters; Potential energy and lifting loads
- Exam 12 — Inclined plane mechanical advantage; Gear ratio from number of teeth; Power input versus power output
- Exam 13 — Screw pitch and circumference; Compound belt and gear systems; Energy efficiency of a lift system
- Exam 14 — Types of motion and mechanism function; Velocity ratio from input and output speed; Work done against friction
- Exam 15 — Levers and moment arms; Rotary to linear motion conversion; Kinetic energy and braking distance
- Exam 16 — Mechanical advantage of pulley blocks; Bicycle gearing analysis; Efficiency of an electric winch
- Exam 17 — Machines in dangerous occupations; Speed reduction through gear trains; Power, work and time relationships
- Exam 18 — Crowbar and bottle opener analysis; Belt drive velocity ratio; Total mechanical energy conservation
- Exam 19 — Effort and load force calculations; Worm wheel turns to raise a load; Electrical power efficiency of a motor
- Exam 20 — Problem-solving process for machines; Gear and pulley combined drives; Energy input and useful output
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