How Much of an Engine Expert Are You?

By: Artimis Charvet

5 Min Quiz

About This Quiz

How much of a Hot Rod are you when it comes to engines? Do you think you have what it takes to run with the best of them? Best get "inline" and see if you have what it takes to be a real engine expert!

A car engine is what type of combustion engine?

Internal

External
Reverse

Forward

Nikolaus Otto invented the four-stroke combustion cycle in what year?

1208

1776
1867

1923

The stroke that lets in air and gasoline is the _____ stroke.

Cam

Intake
Entrance

Intro

The stroke that makes the explosion more powerful is the ______ stroke.

Compression

Explosion
Blasting

Power

During the combustion stroke the ____________ ignites the gasoline.

Camshaft

Radiator
Striker

Spark plug

The _________ connects the piston to the crankshaft.

Piston Yoke

Crankshaft Pin
Connecting Rod

Crank Harness

During the exhaust stroke the exhaust leaves the engine and goes out the __________ .

Back End

Tail Pipe
Top

Thermal Exhaust Port

The ___________ is the part of the engine that changes the linear motion of the piston into rotational motion.

Spindle

Driveshaft
Crankshaft

Gear

The piston moves up and down inside of the _________ .

Mounting

Cylinder
Box

Piston Sheath

The three most common arrangement of cylinders in an engine are inline, V, and _______ .

Flat

Stepped
X

Outboard

The _______ arrangement of cylinders has all of the cylinders in a line in a single bank.

Boxer

Uptime
Inline

Straight across

The spark plug _________ the air and fuel.

Ignites

Mixes
Separates

Exhausts

What moves up and down inside the cylinder?

Piston

Crankshaft
Spark plug

Tail pipe

Engines using overhead cams have their camshaft located _______ the valves.

Above

Below
Beside

Inside

A timing belt or timing chain links the and the __ so valves and pistons stay in sync.

Crankshaft, camshaft

Camshaft, overhead cams
Timing pin, valve lifter

Rods, pistons

A camshaft turns at ______ the rate of the crankshaft.

One-half

One-tenth
Three-fifths

Seven-eighths

The spark plug needs a _________________ from the ignition system to work.

High-voltage electrical charge

Fuel/air mixture
Boost injection

Quantum phase pulse

Air-cooled engines are typically lighter but run _______ than liquid-cooled engines.

Cooler

Hotter
More expensive

Faster

Most cars use an air circulation technique known as ______________ .

Normal aspiration

Quick intake
Super compression

Alternating intake vacuum

Turbocharged and supercharged engines first do what to the air before mixing it with fuel?

Dehumidified

Vaporized
Pressurized

Molecularly separated

The pressurization amount used in turbocharging and supercharging engines is called:

Boost

Injection
Warp

Power up

What spins the engine a few revolutions so the combustion process can start?

Starter motor

Launching mechanism
Boosting engine

Primary launch device

The fuel system of an engine takes gas from a gas tank and mixes it with what?

More gas

Electricity
Exhaust

Air

The device that mixes gas into air as the air flows into the engine is called the ________ .

Fuel blend cyclotron

Carburetor
Vortex

Cylinder centrifuge

The exhaust pipe and the muffler are part of what system?

Propulsion system

Launch system
Exhaust system

Drivetrain

The liquid used in the engine’s lubrication system is _______ .

Oil

Water
Fuel

Air

The purpose of a catalytic converter is to:

Accelerate the car

Turn linear motion into rotational motion
Burn unused fuel and other chemicals in exhaust

Change between being gas powered and battery powered

The battery in most cars used to start the motor which in turn starts the engine is typically what kind?

12-volt

1.21 gigawatts
Electrocephalus

Disposable

Using bigger cylinders or more cylinders increases displacement which results in:

More power

Less wasted fuel
Smaller engine size

More efficient catalytic converters

Cooling the air entering the cylinders in some supercharged and turbocharged engines is done by the:

Scramjet

Hyper Dewarmer
Thermodampening exchange filter

Intercooler

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