THE METRIC SYSTEM OF LINEAR MEASURE EXAMINATION

Module/SubCourse: SS0098 Edition: 9

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1. The length of a football field is 100 yards. In meters it would

measure roughly _________.
 110 meters
91 meters
109 meters
81 meters

2. Agnes rides her bicycle to work each day. She lives on an old
farm which is 40 kilometers from the factory where she works.
Approximately how many miles does Agnes ride her bike?

24.9 miles
40.6 miles
30.4 miles
25 miles

3. As a part of A Company's fitness program, each man has to run

at least 100 miles each month. 100 miles = __________ KM.

140 KM
150 KM
180 KM
160 KM

4. Craig Starr, quarterback of the Huns, completed a 20 yard pass

to his wide receiver, John Tilley, for the first touchdown of the
game. Twenty yards is approximately __________ meters.

12 meters
18 meters
20 meters
22 meters

5. The unit of measure in the metric system that is one-

thousandth of the basic unit is the __________.

centimeter
millimeter
kilometer
meter

6. The intersection of Provost Avenue and 4th Infantry Division

Road is 50 yards from Building 12702. What is the equivalent
metric distance?

46 M
40 M
 55 M
58 M

7. Bravo Company needs 15 feet of guy wire to erect a radio

antenna. The approximate metric length of guy wire Bravo
Company must requisition is __________.

4.5 meters
3.8 meters
24.0 meters
13.6 meters

8. Private Larry Holmes has the responsibility of driving his

unit's communication van from Site A to Site X. He is
responsible for planning all necessary stops for refueling and
maintenance purposes. Private Holmes' van holds 20 gallons of
gasoline and average 11 miles per gallon. Private Holmes is
now parked beside the road because his vehicle is out of
gasoline. What is the approximate distance that he has traveled
in kilometers?

322 KM
750 KM
354 KM
220 KM

9. In order to repair a defective electrical fan, the repairman has

been instructed to replace a defective piece of wire that is 10
inches long. If the repairman measures the wire using metric
units, how long will the wire be?

25.4 CM
3.90 CM
2.54 CM
254 CM

10. The average woman is 5 feet 4 inches tall. What is the

equivalent measure using the metric system?

173 CM
163 CM
64 CM
160 CM

11. What metric system unit is one hundredth of a meter?

 Decimeter
Centimeter
Kilometer
Millimeter

12. Assume that a 2.0 meter signal cable extending from the
Antenna to the radio transmitter is broken and must be
replaced. How many inches long is this cable?

78 inches
66 inches
6.6 inches
24 inches

13. If the coaxial cable to the AN/VRC-12 is 5 feet long, how

many meters long is the cable?

.45 M
15.0 M
4.50 M
1.50 M

14. The prefix "kilo" means "thousand." How many meters equals
one kilometer?

1,000
100
.001
.0001

15. Electronic warning devices are to be installed at a secure

communication site. The minimum distance between each
device is 30 meters, the equivalent distance of separation
between each device in yards is __________.

39 yards
33 yards
30 yards
35 yards

16. The meter is approximately 39.37 inches long. This is

__________ inches longer than the English yard.

4.00 inches
3.93 inches
3.50 inches
 3.37 inches

17. The average height for a man is 5 feet 10 inches. Using the
metric measure this is equivalent to __________.

108 CM
280 CM
190 CM
178 CM

18. A decimeter is 1/10 of a meter. It may also be written as

__________.

0.1
0.001
0.01
.0001

19. In 1973, it was rumored that a new light weight handgun that
had an effective range of 200 meters was being developed.
How many yards would the effective range of the gun be?

240 yards
219 yards
120 yards
210 yards

20. In 1880 Johannse Kazier constructed a balloon that enabled

him to soar to a height of 9,719 feet. What is the approximate
height in meters?

2,916 meters
2,452 meters
3,240 meters
2,184 meters

21. If the distance from the Equator to the North Pole is about
10,000,000 meters, what is the distance in kilometers?

100,00 KM
1,000 KM
10,000 KM
.100 KM

22. Assume that a certain camera uses a 25.4 centimeter lens. The
size of this lens in English units is __________.
 10 inches
28 inches
23 inches
64 inches

23. If an aircraft made an emergency landing in an open field,

which is approximately 50 kilometers short of the intended
runway, using the English unit of measure how many miles is
the aircraft short of its intended target?

34 miles
31 miles
25 miles
29 miles

24. PFC Willis has won the 50 yard dash for 2d Bn. What is the
approximate distance in meters?

91 meters.
55 meters
28 meters
46 meters

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