Answer Key
Summative Assessment Answer Key
- Which of these is best described as “an electrical device used to measure angular position?”
Potentiometers. - Why are the [Set Optical light] and [Set Optical light power] blocks used with the Optical Sensor to detect color?
These blocks improve the accuracy of the color detection by providing a consistent light source. - Which of these is NOT a function of the Optical Sensor?
Detecting the distance to the nearest object. - What must happen first before you can use the Optical Sensor in a VEXcode V5 project?
The Optical Sensor device must be added to the Robot Configuration in order to add the ‘Optical Sensing’ category of blocks in the Tool Box. - In this project, what triggers the arm mounted on the VEX V5 Workcell to move to the disk pick up location and pick up a disk?
Pressing the V5 Brain’s Screen.