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Chapter 11: Land and Water Transportation
      
  1.A mode is  
  a.   the process of moving things from place to place.  
  b.   a method of doing something.  
  c.   a pathway, or way.  
  d.   a container.  
      
  2.A transportation system that uses more than one type of transportation is referred to as a(n)  
  a.   intermodal system.  
  b.   technological system.  
  c.   extramodal system.  
  d.   subsystem.  
      
  3.Mass transit refers to  
  a.   all types of rolling stock.  
  b.   high-volume freight carriers.  
  c.   commuter train systems.  
  d.   long-distance rail passenger service.  
      
  4.Maglev trains are propelled by  
  a.   magnetically operated wheels.  
  b.   a guideway.  
  c.   magnetic fields.  
  d.   electromagnetic engines.  
      
  5.The four strokes in a four-stroke cycle engine and the order in which they are operated are  
  a.   intake, compression, power, exhaust.  
  b.   internal, compression, power, exhaust.  
  c.   intake, conversion, power, exhaust.  
  d.   intake, compression, piston, exhaust.  
      
  6.One way in which a diesel engine operates differently from a gasoline engine is that  
  a.   only air is injected into the cylinder during the compression stroke.  
  b.   it burns diesel fuel as well as gasoline.  
  c.   hot air ignites the fuel.  
  d.   the power stroke provides the mechanical energy needed to turn the wheels.  
      
  7.Transportation systems designed to move people and products short distances are called  
  a.   intermodal transport systems.  
  b.   people movers.  
  c.   mass transit systems.  
  d.   on-site transport systems.  
      
  8.Systems used to transport people, products, and materials across waterways are referred to as  
  a.   marine transportation.  
  b.   vessels.  
  c.   inland water transportation systems.  
  d.   ferries.  
      
  9.An object floats in a fluid when  
  a.   the weight of the object is equal to or greater than the weight of the fluid it displaces.  
  b.   the upward push on the object is greater than the weight of the fluid.  
  c.   the weight of the fluid displaced by the object is equal to or greater than the weight of the object.  
  d.   the buoyant force of the fluid equals the upthrust.  
      
  10.Air-cushion vehicles are also called  
  a.   hydrofoils.  
  b.   ground-effect vehicles.  
  c.   waterjets.  
  d.   airfoils.  

 
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