MWEREERWE COMMUNITY VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

END OF TERM I EXAMS

PRACTICAL PAPER (YEAR ONE)

N.B: All drawings should use pencil only.

ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY

1. Draw and wire a circuit of signaling system of a board with hazard switch

2. By use of multimeter measures;

i) Total resistance in the circuit
ii) Current flow in the circuit
iii) Calculate total voltage in the circuit
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AUTO-ELECTRIC: YEAR ONE

THEORY PAPER 2

END OF TERM ONE 2022

TIME: 2 ½ HRS

INSTRUCTIONS

This paper consists of 5 questions

Attempt any 4 questions

All carry equal marks

1a) With a sketch, show how you can test an ignition coil outside the vehicle.

b) Give the procedures of testing a battery drainage.

2a) A resistor is color coded : Red, violet, red and gold.Determine its value and tolerance.

b) What is the difference between a conductor and insulator.

c) Name the units of:

i) Potential Difference

ii) Current

iii) Resistance

iv) Frequency

v) Power

vi) Capacitance
3a) State the relative density of the electrolyte of a lead-acid battery when it is;

i) Fully Charged
ii) Fully discharged

b) Give the procedures of preparing the battery electrolytes.

4a) An alternator will not charge when the charge warning lamp has failed . State the reason for
this.

b) State the procedures taken when removing an alternator from the engine.

c) Draw a charging circuit fully cooperated with a relay

d) Give the function of each alternator part

i) Diode

ii) Rectifier

e) Explain how the vehicle battery is charged on the vehicle.

5a) Draw the symbol for:

i) Junction Diode
ii) Zener diode

b) What is the power consumed by a lamp when the rated current and voltage is 2A and 12V
respectively.

c) What is a transducer?
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AUTO-ELECTRIC: YEAR TWO

THEORY PAPER 2

END OF TERM ONE 2022

TIME: 2 ½ HRS

INSTRUCTIONS

This paper consists of 8 questions

Attempt any 5 questions

All numbers carry equal marks

1a) A resistor is color coded; Red, Violet, red and gold. Determine its value and tolerance

b) What is the difference between a conductor and an insulator.

c) Name the units of;

i) Potential Difference

ii) Current

iii) Resistance
iv) Frequency
v) Power
vi) Capacitance

2a) What is the power consumed by the lamp when the rated current and voltage is 2A and 12V
respectively?

b) Draw the symbols for;

i) Junction Diode
ii) Zener Diode

c) What is a transducer?

3a) State the purpose of a sensor

b) What is meant by MAP as applied to pressure sensors.

c) State the purpose of lambda sensor.

d) Give the procedures of testing an inductive sensor.

e) Give any four sensors and their application.

4a) State the relative density of the electrolyte of lead-acid battery when it is;

i) Fully charged
ii) Fully discharged

b) Give the procedures of preparing the battery electrolytes

c) With the aid of a sketch, show how the battery jump start is achieved in a motor vehicle.

d) Give reason why battery leads are ventilated?

e) List any 3 battery faults and their causes.

f) With a sketch, show how a 24V is achieved.

5a) An alternator will not charge when the charge warning lamp has failed. State the reason for
this.

b) State the procedures taken when removing an alternator from the engine.

c) Draw a charging circuit fully cooperated with a relay.

d) Give the function of each alternator part.

i) Diode

ii) Rectifier

e) Explain how the vehicle battery is charged on the vehicle.

6a) What are tests done when an electric fuel pump fails to deliver fuel.?

b) Explain how you can test a fuel injector on the engine.

c) Explain how you can use CBDI for vehicle diagnosis.

7a) Give the procedures of testing a battery drainage.

b) With sketch, show how you can test an ignition coil outside the vehicle.

8a) Explain how the ABS system works

b) Give the function of each part of the ABS system

 MWEREERWE COMMUNITY VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

AUTO-ELECTRIC: YEAR TWO

PRACTICAL PAPER

END OF TERM ONE 2022

TIME: 2 ½ HRS

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer all the questions

1a) On the paper provided, draw the starting circuit diagram fully co-operated with a relay,
switch, fuse and present it on the board.

2a) With the paper provide, draw the wiring circuit diagram of a two horns in parallel with relay
fuse and switch.

b) Present the above circuit on the board