UNIVERSITY OF PANGASINAN – PHINMA EDUCATION

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTIRE

MACHINE DESIGN AND SHOP PRACTICES ELEMENTS

(Module 7)

1) All of the following group of plastic are thermoplastic, EXCEPT:

a. Polyvinylchloride (PVC) and plyvinyl acetate
b. Polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene
c. Acrylic (Lucite) and polyamide (nylon)
d. Phenolics, melamine and epoxy
2) In the design of reinforced concrete structure, tensile strength of the concrete is normally.
a. Determined by split cylinder tests
b. Determined by beam tests
c. Neglected
d. Assumed to be 200 psi.
3) All of the following statements about rusting of iron are correct, EXCEPT:
a. Contact with water, and oxygen are necessary for rusting to occur.
b. Contact with a more electropositive metal reduces rusting
c. Halides aggravate rusting, a process which involves electrochemical oxidation-reduction
reactions.
d. Pitting occurs in oxygen-rich anodic areas, and the rust is deposited nearby.
4) Select the correct statement:
a. a member made of steel will generally be more rigid than a member of equal load-carrying
ability made of cast iron
b. a member made of cast iron will generally be more rigid than a member of equal load
carrying ability made of steel
c. both will be equally rigid
d. which one is rigid will depend on several other factors.
5) In majority of machine members, the damping capacity of the material should be:
a. low
b. zero
c. high
d. could be anything
6) At quite low temperatures (say - 75°C) the notched bar impact value of steel:
a. increases significantly
b. decreases significantly
c. remains unchanged
d. depends on heat treatment carried out
7) The crest diameter of a screw thread is same as:
a. major diameter
b. pitch diameter
c. none of the above
d. minor diameter
8) Muntz metal contains:
a. copper-nickel
 b. copper-zinc
c. copper-tin
d. copper-aluminum
9) A babbit is:
a. a eutectic of iron and iron phosphide
b. a gadget for measuring volume
c. a measure of magnetic induction produced in a material
d. antimony bearing lead or tin alloy
10) Steel balls for ball bearings are manufactured by:
a. turning
b. rolling
c. casting
d. cold heading (ans)
11) The blow off pressure of a safety valve is:
a. slightly more than atmospheric pressure
b. half of the boiler working pressure
c. equal to boiler working pressure
d. 106% of boiler working pressure
12) A foundation bolt with a circular end is secured to the floor by means of a steel cotter. If the pull on the bolt is
14000kg, the diameter of the bolt should be:
a. 10mm
b. 30mm
c. 20mm
d. 60mm
13) In case of a knuckle joint the pin is most likely to fail in:
a. compression
b. shear
c. tension
d. double shear
14) IN case of sunk key:
a. The key is cut in both shaft and hub
b. The key way is cut in hub only.
c. The key way is cut in shaft only.
d. The key is helical along the shaft
15) Splines are used when:
a. The power to be transmitted is low.
b. The power to be transmitted is high
c. The torque is high
d. Axial relative motion between shaft and hub is necessary.
16) Splined shafts are generally used in:
a. machine tools
b. aircraft
c. bicycles
d. automobiles
17) Which key normally used in wrist watch?
a. Kennedy key
 b. tangent key
c. sunk key
d. none of the above
18) Universal coupling is:
a. used for non-collinear shafts
b. rigid coupling
c. type of flange coupling
d. used for collinear shafts
19) A flange coupling is:
a. used for non-collinear shafts
b. used for collinear shafts
c. flexible
d. used only on small shafts rotating at slow speeds
20) In flange coupling the weakest element should be:
a. flange
b. shaft
c. bolt bush
d. key
21) Turn buckle has:
a. left hand threads on both ends
b. right hand threads on both ends
c. left hand threads on one end and right hand threads on other end.
d. No threads
22) Elastic nut is a locking device that has:
a. One small nut is tightened over main nut and main nut tightened against smaller one by loosening,
creating friction jamming
b. A slot is cut partly in middle of nut and then slot reduced by tightening a screw
c. Hard fiber or nylon cotter is released in the nut and becomes threaded as the nut is screwed on the
bolt causing a tight grip
d. Through slots are made at top and a cotter pin is passed through these and a hole in the bolt.
23) Treating the weld as a line, the moment of inertia about center of gravity of a circular weld of diameter d would
be:
a. πd2/36
b. π d/6
c. π d3/64
d. π d3 /4
24) A single ply leather belt running at a belt velocity of 300 ft/min is likely to transmit per inch of width.
a. 2.5 HP
b. 5.0 HP
c. 4.0 HP
d. 3.0 HP
25) For butt welding of two plates each of which is 25 mm thick, the best process would be:
a. TIG welding
b. MIG welding
c. Gas welding
d. Electro slag welding
26) The compression members tend to buckle in the direction of:
a. axis of load
b. perpendicular to the axis load
c. minimum cross section
d. least radius of gyration
27) The diameter of a washer is generally:
a. equal to the diameter of bolt
b. slightly more than the diameter of the bolt
c. slightly less than the diameter of the bolt
d. of any size that suits the application
28) If the lead angle of a worm is 22 1/2° then the helix angle will be:
a. 45°
b. 67°
c. 22°
d. none of the above
29) A reinforced concrete beam is considered to be made up of:
a. clad material
b. composite material
c. homogenous material
d. heterogeneous material
30) Rankine formula is valid up to slenderness ratio of:
a. 80
b. 150
c. 60
d. 120
31) Slenderness ratio of a column is:
a. shaft diameter over shaft length
b. column height over column cross section
c. column height over least dimension of column cross-section
d. length of strut over least radius of gyration
32) Belt slip may take place because of:
a. loose load
b. heavy belt
c. driving pulley too small
d. all of the above
33) In hydrodynamic bearings:
a. The oil film pressure is generated only by the rotation of the journal
b. The oil film is maintained by supplying oil under pressure
c. Do not need external supply of lubricant
d. Grease is used for lubrication
34) The rated life of a bearings changes:
a. directly as load
b. inversely as fourth power of load
 c. Inversely as cube of load
d. inversely as square of load

35) In oil less bearings:

a. The oil film pressure is produced only by the rotation of journal
b. The oil film is maintained by supplying oil under pressure
c. Do not need external supply of lubricant
d. Grease is needed to be applied after some intervals.
36) In cross or regular lay ropes:
a. direction of twist of in strands is opposite to the direction twist of strands.
b. Direction of twist of wires and strands are same.
c. Wires in two adjacent strands are twisted in opposite direction
d. Wires are not twisted.
37) Gears for wrist watches are generally manufactured by
a. lead angle
b. pitch angle
c. helix angle
d. pressure angle
38) The type of cam used for low and moderate speed engines is generally
a. Harmonic
b. Tangent
c. Involute
d. Flat
39) The form coefficient of a spring is:
a. The load/unit deflection
b. Load/spring area
c. Ratio of coil diameter to wire diameter
d. Its capability to store energy
40) Cold working of materials:
a. Increases the fatigue strength (ans)
b. Decreases the fatigue strength
c. Does not change fatigue strength
d. None of the above
41) A babbit is:
a. a eutectic of iron and iron phosphide
b. a gadget for measuring volume
c. antimony bearing lead or tin alloy
d. a measure of magnetic induction produced in a material
42) Addendum of a cycloidal gear tooth is:
a. cycloid
b. epicyclolds
c. straight rack
d. involute
43) Spiral gears are suitable for transmitting:
a. small power
b. no power but motion only
 c. any power
d. pulsating
44) As pump speed increases, its NPSH (net positive suction head) requirement:
a. Increases
b. remains the same.
c. none of the above.
D. decreases
45) If pump NPSH requirements are not satisfied:
a. It will not develop head
b. Efficiency will be low
c. It will consume excessive power
d. It will be cavitated
46) Which type of chain is used in motor cycle?
a. bush roller
b. pintle
c. none of the above
d. silent
47) Which of the following ropes will be most flexible?
a. 6 by 19
b. 6 by 7
c. 8 by 19
d. 6 by 37
48) The working load (P) for a chain for crane applications is expressed in terms of diameter of link "d" in cm as
follows:
a. P=1.502
b. P=50d2
c. P=500d
d. P=25d2
49) If O be the angle of friction, then radius of friction circle is given by:
a. r
b. r cos Ө
c. r cos Ө
d. r sin Ө
50) If a square key and the shaft are to be of the same material and of equalstrength, the length of key would be
(d = diameter of shaft).
a. d
b. 1.50d
c. 2d
d. 1.23d
51) In a standard coarse thread bolt the stress concentration is maximum at:
a. Root
b. flank
c. all over the surface
d. top surface
52) Fatigue strength of a surface may be increased by:
a. making surface rough
 b. filling the surface
c. applying concentrated hydrochloric acid on the surface
d. polishing the surface
53) The maximum size of the fillet weld that can be made in single pass is:
a. 2 mm
b. 3 mm
c. 7 mm
d. 5 mm
54) The maximum size of the fillet weld that can be made single pass is:
a. 6 mm
b. 12 mm
c. 8 mm
d. 3 mm
55) A rolled steel shaft designated as 50 ISF 8 means:
a. The flat is 50 mm long and 8 mm thick
b. The flat is 50 mm wide and 8 mm thick
c. The flat has cross-section 50 sq. mm and width 8 mm.
d. The flay has cross-section 50 sq. mm and depth 8 mm.
56) The column splice is used for increasing:
a. strength of the column
b. cross-sectional area of the column
c. length of the column
d. all of the above
57) The minimum thickness of steel members exposed to weather and accessible for painting is:
a. 6 mm
b. 8 mm
c. 4mm
d. 10 mm
58) Zero axial thrust is experienced in:
a. helical gears
b. spiral gears
c. herringbone gears
d. bevel gears
59) In order to realize the advantages of fluid friction, it is essential to have:
a. Parallel
b. converging oil film
c. no oil film
d. diverging oil film
60) A shaft rotating in anticlockwise direction at slow speed inside a bearing will be:
a. at bottom most of bearing
b. towards left side of bearing and making metal to metal contact
c. towards left side of bearing and making no metal to metal contact
d. towards right side of bearing and making no metal to metal contact
61) Points of arrest of iron corresponds to:
a. Stages at which allotropic forms change
b. Stages at which further heating does not increase temperature.
 c. Stages at which properties do not change with increase temperature
d. There is nothing like points of arrest.
62) Delta iron occurs at temperature of:
a. Room temperature
b. Above melting point
c. Between 1400 and 1539° C
d. Between 1000 and 1400° C
63) Gamma iron exist at following temperature:
a. room temperature
b. near melting point
c. between 1400 and 1539° C
d. between 910 and 1400°C
64) Ferromagnetic alpha iron exists in temperature range of:
a. below 732°C
b. 700-910°C
c. 1000-1440°C
d. 1400-1539°C
65) Paramagnetic iron changes to gamma iron at:
a. 970°C
b. 910°C
c. 440°C
d. 1639°C
66) Fatigue failure occurs when a part is subjected to:
a. compressive stress
b. tensile stress
c. torsion
d. fluctuating stress
67) A body having identical properties all over it is called:
a. Homogenous
b. elastic
c. ductile
d. isentropic
68) If a material recovers its original dimensions, when the load is removed, it is called:
a. plastic
b. elastic
c. brittle
d. annealed
69) The behavior of metals where in strength of a metal is increased and the ductility is decreased on heating at a
relatively low temperature after cold working, is called:
a. twinning
b. clustering
c. screw dislocation
d. strain aging
70) A ductile fracture is characterized by:
a. rapid rate for crank propagation
b. negligible deformation
 c. fragmentation into more than two pieces
d. appreciable plastic deformation prior to propagation of crack
71) The ability of a material to absorb energy when deformed elastically and to return it when unloaded is known
as:
a. creep
b. fatigue strength
c. hardness
d. resillence
72) Machining properties of steel can be improved by adding:
a. sulphur, lead, phosphorous
b. silicon, aluminum, titanium
c. vanadium, aluminum
d. chromium, nickel
73) Eutectoid steel the percentage of carbon is:
a. 0.02%
b. 0.3%
c. 0.63%
d. 0.8%
74) A cold chisel is made of:
a. mild steel
b. German silver
c. Cast iron
d. High carbon steel
75) Cyaniding is the process of:
a. dipping steel in cyanide bath
b. reacting steel surface with cyanide salts
c. adding carbon and nitrogen by heat treatment of steel to increase its surface hardness
d. obtaining cyanide salts
76) The constituents that has a powerful softening effect on cast iron and its presence in cast iron reduces the
ability of the iron to retain carbon in chemical combination is:
a. silicon
b. aluminum
c. carbon
d. sulphur
77) Tensile strength of common varieties of cast iron is in the range of:
a. 40-60 Mpa
b. 150-180 MPa
c. 840-500 MPa
d. 1500-1650 MPa
78) In carbon steel castings:
a. The percentage of carbon is less than 1.7%
b. The percentage of carbon is between 1.7 to 2%
c. The percentage of alloying elements is controlled.
d. None of the above
79) Aluminum alloys for pressure die casting:
a. must posses considerable fluidity
 b. must not be free from hot shortness
c. must have iron as one of the constituents
d. must be light.
80) Electro-forming is especially valuable for:
a. good conductors of electricity
b. decorative items
c. thin walled parts requiring a high order of accuracy and Internal surface finish
d. non-ferrous components.
81) In powder metallurgy the process of heating the cold pressed metal powdered is called:
a. Sintering
b. granulation
c. deposition
d. precipitation
82) Which one is different from the remaining?
a. cyaniding
b. nitriding
c. flame hardening
d. electroplating
83) The hardness of steel increases if it contains:
a. austenite
b. pearlite
c. all of the above
d. martensite
84) The presence of sulfur in pig iron makes:
a. it easily machinable
b. it hard
c. it brittle
d. the casting unsound
85) Compressive strength of gray cast iron in tones/cm2 is of the order of:
a. 3-5
b. 7-10
c. 15-22
d. 5-7
86) The machinability of steel can be increased by:
a. silicon and sulphur
b. phosphorous, lead, sulphur
c. sulphur, graphite and aluminum
d. none of the above
87) Steel with 0.8% carbon and 100% pearlite is known as:
a. Eutectold
b. Hyper-eutectoid
c. Austenite
d. Solidus
88) The maximum hardenability of any steel depends on:
a. the carbon content
b. the chemical composition
 c. the grain size
d. the alloying elements present
89) IN 18-4-1 high speed steel the maximum percentage is of:
a. carbon
b. tungsten
c. chromium
d. Iron
90) IN compression, a prism of brittle material will break:
a. into large number of pieces
b. by forming a bulge
c. by shearing along oblique plane
d. in a direction along the direction load
91) Hastalloy contains:
a. nickel and copper
b. copper and aluminum
c. aluminum and nickel
d. nickel and molybdenum
92) Trimming is a process associated with:
a. Forging
b. Electroplating
c. Press work
d. Machining of metals
93) Addition of lead and bismuth to aluminum result in:
a. Improvement of casting characteristics
b. Improvement of corrosion resistance
c. One of the best known age and precipitation hardening system
d. Improving machinability
94) Which of the following has the highest specific strength of all structural materials?
a. magnesium alloys
b. chromium
c. none of the above
d. titanium alloys
95) Foundry crucible is made of:
a. mild steel
b. lead
c. graphite
d. german silver
96) Age-hardening is related with:
a. stainless steel
b. cast iron
c. gun metal
d. duralumin
97) For heavy loads in aircraft bearings the material used with lead to reduce the risk of seizure is:
a. tin
b. silver
c. zinc
 d. iron
98) Compressive strength of woods is generally:
a. more along the grains
b. more across the grains
c. equal in all directions
d. maximum at 45° to the direction of grains
99) Select the one that has highest specific gravity.
a. brass
b. high carbon steel
c. lead
d. aluminum
100) Super conductors:
a. are non-crystalline
b. exist at temperature below 10°K
c. are the purest forms of metals
d. are non-metallic substances