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Vehicle Technology Exams

This document is a 3 hour end of term exam for a diploma in automotive engineering module covering vehicle technology and practice. It contains 4 questions testing knowledge of fire classes, vehicle layouts, transmission systems, clutches, and gearboxes. Students are instructed to answer all questions in the provided booklets and sketches or diagrams should be included where requested to fully explain concepts.

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Vehicle Technology Exams

This document is a 3 hour end of term exam for a diploma in automotive engineering module covering vehicle technology and practice. It contains 4 questions testing knowledge of fire classes, vehicle layouts, transmission systems, clutches, and gearboxes. Students are instructed to answer all questions in the provided booklets and sketches or diagrams should be included where requested to fully explain concepts.

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2503/105

Vehicle Technology and Practice


March 2023
Time: 3 HRS

THE KENYACOAST NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC

MECHANICAL AND AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

DIPLOMA IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

MODULE I
DAE22S
VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICE

END OF TERM EXAM

3 hours

Instructions to Candidates

You should have the following for this examination:

- Answer Booklet

Answer ALL questions.

Candidates must not write anything on the question paper.

Maximum marks for each part of the question are as indicated


Answer all the questions in the answer booklets provided
1. a) i) Explain the FOUR classes of fire (4Mks)
ii) Explain THREE Safety precautions to consider when working under a vehicle in an
automotive workshop (6MKS)
b) Explain TWO differences between an integral chassis layout a conventional layout

(5mks)

c) Highlight THREE advantages and two disadvantages of a front engine front rear wheel
drive vehicle layout (5Mks)

2 a) State FIVE functions of the transmission system (5Mks)


b) Using a sketch diagram, explain the layout of a front engine front wheel drive
(10Mks)
c) With the aid of a well labelled diagram explain the operation of a torque converter
(10Mks)

3a) State FOUR types of clutches (4Mks)


b) Explain using a diagram the operation of a coil spring clutch (10Mks)
c) Explain any THREE Clutch faults and their causes (6Mks)

4a) What is the function of a gearbox (2Mks)


b) Using a well labelled diagram, explain the operation of a manual constant Mesh gearbox
(9Mks)
c) State THREE causes of each of the following gearbox faults (9Mks)
i) Grinding Noise
ii) Oil Leakage
iii)Gear Slipping

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