EIAT Practice Questions (2026) — Free Sample Questions with Answers

Answer: D

Therefore: Signals a result, but a careless entry is not caused by the log revealing patterns.

Moreover: Adds a point in the same direction; this sentence switches from a benefit to a risk.

Similarly: Signals a similar idea, but hiding a warning is the opposite of revealing one.

However: Correct. The previous sentence shows a good log revealing a warning; this one shows a poor entry hiding it. The ideas oppose each other, so a contrast word fits.

When a sentence turns from a benefit to a danger, it needs a contrast connector such as "however."

Answer: B

progress: A list would not "prevent" progress; the word has the opposite connotation.

delay: Correct. "This ____" points back to the previous sentence, where important work "gets pushed into the late afternoon"; pushing work later is a delay, which a list helps prevent.

schedule: A topic word, but a schedule is a tool for planning, not the problem the previous sentence describes.

success: Positive outcome; nobody tries to prevent success.

"This" plus a blank refers to something already described; reread the previous sentence to name it.

Answer: B

However: Signals contrast, but planning a second visit follows from finding problems; it does not contradict it.

Therefore: Correct. Because first visits "often turn up" problems, builders plan for a second inspection; "Therefore" signals that the second sentence is the result of the first.

Meanwhile: Signals something happening at the same time, not a consequence of the problems found.

Otherwise: Means "if not," which makes no sense: builders plan the second visit because problems do appear.

Ask how the two sentences relate: cause then effect calls for a result connector such as "therefore."

Answer: D

Earlier: Wrong relationship: "earlier" points to a past time, but the sentence states a general lesson.

Nonetheless: Wrong relationship: "nonetheless" signals a contrast, and the sentence agrees with every earlier example.

Alternatively: Wrong relationship: "alternatively" offers another option, but the sentence sums up the paragraph rather than offering a choice.

Thus: Correct: the last sentence draws the paragraph's conclusion from the earlier examples (greetings, careful language, cleanup), and "thus" introduces a conclusion drawn from them.

When a last sentence draws a lesson from the examples before it, it opens with a conclusion word such as "thus."

Answer: C

expense: Topic word only: the paragraph never discusses cost, and "the way its members back one another up" is not an expense.

weakness: Opposite connotation: the paragraph presents mutual support as a good thing, not a weakness.

strength: Correct: every earlier sentence praises members who inform, help and back one another up, so that support is the crew's real strength.

leader: Wrong category: a leader is a person, but the sentence compares the blank with a skill and a way of working.

A closing blank must agree with the attitude of the whole paragraph, not only with its own sentence.

Answer: A

repeat: Correct: the mistakes happen "every day without thinking," so workers repeat them; "repeat" is the only verb that matches an unthinking daily pattern.

prevent: Opposite meaning: mistakes that workers prevent could not be the source of the injuries the sentence describes.

report: Fits the grammar, but people do not report mistakes "without thinking"; the sentence describes unnoticed habits.

avoid: Opposite meaning: avoided mistakes would not cause injuries, yet the sentence says injuries come from them.

Read the whole sentence: the key must agree with what the first half says the mistakes cause.

Answer: A

Direction A: Correct. Pulling the top of the upright arm to the left turns the crank counterclockwise about the pivot. Counterclockwise carries the end of the flat arm (on the right) upward, so the rod moves up, in direction A.

Direction B: Opposite direction: the arms are fixed at a right angle, so when the upright arm swings left the flat arm swings up, not down.

It will not move: The crank is free to turn on its pivot, so a pull on one arm swings the other arm through a quarter of a circle around the corner.

A bell crank turns motion through 90°: follow the rotation the input arm gives the crank, then see where the other arm's end goes.

Answer: A

1. 1. Left: 20 × 4 = 80 and 10 × 2 = 20 → 100
2. 2. Right: 30 × 3 = 90
3. 3. 100 > 90 → the beam tips left

Left: Correct. Add the turning effects on each side. Left: 20 lb × 4 ft + 10 lb × 2 ft = 80 + 20 = 100. Right: 30 lb × 3 ft = 90. The left side's 100 is larger, so the beam tips left.

Right: Reversed: the single 30 lb weight gives only 90 ft-lb, less than the left side's 100.

It will not move: The weights total 30 lb on each side, but balance depends on weight × distance, and the moments are 100 vs 90.

With several weights, add weight × distance on each side; the side with the larger total goes down.

Answer: B

1. 1. Pressure = 400 lb ÷ 20 sq in = 20 psi in both lifts
2. 2. A: 20 psi × 4 sq in = 80 lb
3. 3. B: 20 psi × 2 sq in = 40 lb → B needs less

A: A's small piston is larger (4 sq in), so the same 20 psi pushes back on it with more force (80 lb).

B: Correct. Both large pistons are 20 sq in, so each load makes 400 ÷ 20 = 20 psi. The force needed on the small piston is 20 psi × its area: 4 sq in × 20 = 80 lb in A, but only 2 sq in × 20 = 40 lb in B.

No difference: The pressure is the same 20 psi in both lifts, but the small pistons have different areas, so the holding forces differ.

Pressure = force ÷ area: the smaller the input piston compared with the output piston, the less force it needs.

Answer: B

1. 1. A: 20 ÷ 10 = 2 turns of gear A per driver turn
2. 2. B: 45 ÷ 15 = 3 turns of gear B per driver turn
3. 3. Same driver speed, so gear B (3) turns faster than gear A (2)

Gear A: Picked the smaller output gear, but speed depends on the ratio to its own driver: gear A turns only 20 ÷ 10 = 2 times per driver turn.

Gear B: Correct. Gear A turns 20 ÷ 10 = 2 times per turn of its driver, while gear B turns 45 ÷ 15 = 3 times per turn of its driver. The drivers turn at the same speed, so gear B is faster even though it is larger.

No difference: The two ratios are not equal (2 to 1 against 3 to 1), so the outputs cannot turn at the same speed.

An output gear's speed depends on its tooth ratio to its own driver (driver teeth ÷ output teeth), not on its size alone.

Answer: B

A: In A the output meshes directly with the driver, so it turns the opposite way.

B: Correct. In B the idler turns opposite to the driver, and the output turns opposite to the idler, so the output matches the driver (clockwise).

Both: Only B has an idler; in A the single mesh reverses the direction.

An idler gear between two gears makes them turn the same way.

Answer: C

A: Pulling straight down gives no advantage: the rope tension is still 50 lb.

B: Pulling at a slant gives no advantage either: the rope tension is still 50 lb.

No difference: Correct. A single fixed pulley only changes the rope direction. The tension along the rope equals the 50 lb load in A and in B, whatever angle the rope leaves at.

A single fixed pulley changes only the direction of the pull, never the force needed.

Answer: C

1. 1. Subtract 32 from both sides: $F-32=\frac{9}{5}C$
2. 2. Multiply both sides by $\frac{5}{9}$: $C=\frac{5}{9}(F-32)$

$\frac{5}{9}F-32$: Wrong order: multiplied by $\frac{5}{9}$ before removing the 32, so the 32 was never scaled.

$\frac{9}{5}(F-32)$: Multiplied by $\frac{9}{5}$ again instead of by its reciprocal $\frac{5}{9}$.

$\frac{5}{9}(F-32)$: Correct. Subtract 32 from both sides, then multiply by $\frac{5}{9}$: $C=\frac{5}{9}(F-32)$.

$\frac{5}{9}(F+32)$: Inverted operation: added 32 instead of subtracting it.

No answer: One of the listed expressions is the correct rearrangement, so "No answer" does not apply.

Undo the formula in reverse order: subtract the constant, then multiply by the reciprocal of the coefficient.

Answer: D

1. 1. Distribute: $3x-15=2x+7$
2. 2. Subtract $2x$ from both sides: $x-15=7$
3. 3. Add 15 to both sides: $x=22$
4. 4. Check: $3(22-5)=51$ and $2(22)+7=51$

$-22$: Sign error on both constants: wrote $x=-7-15$.

$-8$: Sign error moving $-15$: wrote $x=7-15$ instead of $7+15$.

$12$: Multiplied only the $x$ by 3 ($3x-5$), not the 5 as well.

$22$: Correct. Distribute to get $3x-15=2x+7$; subtract $2x$ and add 15: $x=22$.

No answer: The correct value, 22, is listed, so "No answer" does not apply.

Distribute the multiplier to every term inside the parentheses before collecting terms.

Answer: D

1. 1. Make the divisor whole: move both points 2 places, 91.8 ÷ 0.36 = 9,180 ÷ 36
2. 2. Divide: 36 × 255 = 9,180, so the quotient is 255

0.255: Moved the decimal point the wrong way in the dividend (9.18 ÷ 36).

2.55: Moved the decimal point in the divisor only (91.8 ÷ 36).

25.5: Moved the decimal point two places in the divisor but only one in the dividend (918 ÷ 36).

255: Correct. Move both decimal points two places: 9,180 ÷ 36 = 255.

No answer: Not the right choice: the correct value, 255, is listed.

Before dividing, move the decimal point in the divisor and the dividend the same number of places to make the divisor a whole number.

Answer: B

1. 1. Common denominator 12: 5 1/3 = 5 4/12 and 2 3/4 = 2 9/12
2. 2. 4/12 is less than 9/12, so regroup: 5 4/12 = 4 16/12
3. 3. Subtract: 4 16/12 − 2 9/12 = 2 7/12

$2\frac{5}{12}$: Borrowed from the 5 but then subtracted 1/3 from 3/4 instead of regrouping the fraction.

$2\frac{7}{12}$: Correct. 5 4/12 − 2 9/12: regroup to 4 16/12 − 2 9/12 = 2 7/12.

$3\frac{5}{12}$: Subtracted the smaller fraction from the larger (3/4 − 1/3) and did not borrow.

$3\frac{7}{12}$: Regrouped the fraction but forgot to take 1 from the whole number.

No answer: Not the right choice: the correct value, $2\frac{7}{12}$, is listed.

When the top fraction is smaller, borrow 1 whole from the whole number and add it to the fraction before subtracting.