VCE Systems Engineering Past Exam Questions
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Section B, Question 2(c)Question part (c)
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c. Draw an input-process-output (IPO) diagram to represent the colour-detection operation. 3 marks Section B
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d. The diagram below shows a hydraulic piston system. The area of the input piston is 120 cm 2 . 1000 N 10 cm2 120 cm2 Calculate the output force of the hydraulic piston system usi
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e. The output piston moves 0.3 m in 20 seconds. Calculate the power of the hydraulic piston system. Show your working. 3 marks
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f. A worker notes that when clear plastics are redirected to the secondary chute, the clear plastics get stuck and have to be pushed along manually.
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i. Describe why this might occur. In your response, refer to friction and any one of Newton’s laws. 3 marks
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ii. Suggest one method for improving the movement of clear plastics through the secondary chute. 1 mark
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Question 3 (9 marks) The schematic circuit below shows an outdoor training system designed by a soccer coach to play a short celebratory song from a speaker when a player passes th
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a. Identify the two components that the ball must pass between to activate the speaker. 2 marks
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b. Identify and describe the function of component A in the circuit above. 2 marks Section B
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c. The coach set up the cones and circuit outdoors and observed that the speaker continuously played music regardless of whether the ball passed through the two cones or not. Expla
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d. During testing, a fault was identified in component B, the 2400 Ω resistor. The coach does not have another 2400 Ω resistor but has 3600 Ω, 1800 Ω and 1200 Ω resistors. Sketch a
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Question 4 (10 marks) A regional city in Victoria is supplied with electricity from a hydro-electric power plant and a small coal-fired power plant. However, its growing population
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