Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test

When gear A rotates in the clockwise direction, it will cause the adjacent gear B, which is meshed with it, to rotate in the opposite direction due to the nature of how gears interact. This means that gear B will rotate counterclockwise.

Similarly, gear B, in turn, is meshed with gear C. Because of this interaction, gear C will also rotate in the opposite direction compared to gear B, which means gear C will rotate clockwise.

Now looking at gear D, which is also meshed with gear B, it will rotate in the opposite direction of gear B. Since gear B is rotating counterclockwise, gear D will rotate clockwise.

Therefore, gear B rotates counterclockwise, gear C rotates clockwise, and gear D rotates clockwise as well. This leads to the conclusion that B rotates counterclockwise, while C and D rotate clockwise.