A gear is run with another gear that is abrasive

surface material

A. Hobbing
B. Honing
C. Lapping
D. Milling

C
The ability of a material to absorb energy within
its proportional limit is known as

A. Resilience
B. Endurance
C. Toughness
D. Spring action

A
In pure torsion, the maximum torsional stress is
at the center of the

A. Peripheral sides
B. Long sides
C. Medium sides
D. Short side

B
When tested in compression, ductile materials
usually exhibit ______ characteristics up to the
yield strength as they do when tested in tension

A. The same
B. Less than
C. More than
D. Approximately the same

D
In pressure vessel, the ratio of minimum strength
of joint to the strength of solid joint is known as

A. Efficiency
B. Performance factor
C. Joint efficiency
D. Relative strength

D
A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted
to be either larger of smaller than the given
dimension

A. Bilateral
B. Unilateral
C. Lateral
D. None of these

A
The other term of precipitation hardening is

A. Age hardening
B. Artificial aging
C. Alloying elements
D. Anistropy

A
It occurs in some metals notably certain stainless steel,
aluminum, and copper alloys at ambient temperature after
solution heat treatment, the process being one of a
constituent precipitating from solid solution. Where used,
the consequence include increased strength and hardness,
decrease ductility

A. Artificial aging
B. Age hardening
C. Alloying element
D. Anistropy

B
the aging at moderately elevated temperature
expedites the process and is called

A. Age hardening
B. Artificial aging
C. Alloying element
D. Anistropy

B
A substance with metallic properties, compound
of two or more elements of which at least one
is metal

A. Age hardening
B. Artificial Aging
C. Alloy
D. Anistropy

C
When two touching surfaces have high contact
pressure and when these surfaces have minute
relative motion, a phenomenon called

A. Pitting
B. Receding
C. Damping
D. Fretting

D
Is the process of cold works where a limited
amount of material, resulted to a higher strength
and it leaves a surface under compressive stress

A. Surface finishing
B. Smoothing
C. Surfacing
D. Surface rolling

D
When a hot part is cooled suddenly by quenching, there is
memontarily a high temperature gradient that induces a
stress gradient. Some metal parts under certain
condition crack as a result of this phenomenon which is
called

A. Thermal – shock failure

B. Thermal fatigue
C. Honing
D. Quenching

A
Is a low cost spring material, suitable where
service is not a severe and dimensional
precision is not needed.

A. Hard – drawn wire spring

B. Helical spring wire
C. Stainless steel
D. Helical tension spring wire

A
Is a spring wire with good quality for impact
loads and moderately high temperatures

A. Hard drawn wire spring

B. Helical spring wire
C. Chromium-silicon
D. Helical tension spring wire

C
Is a type of coil where the helical coil is wrapped
into a circle forming an annular ring

A. Volute spring
B. Motor spring
C. Hair spring
D. Garter spring

D
A rolled steel flat designed as 50 ISF 8 means

A. The flat is 50mm long and 8mm thick

B. The flat is 50mm wide and 8mm thick
C. The flat has cross section of 50sq. mm. and
width 8mm
D. The flat has cross section of 50sq. mm. and
depth 8mm

B
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

C
A shaft rotating in anti-clockwise direction at low speed
inside a bearing will be

A. At bottom most bearing

B. Towards left side of the bearing 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

B
Point of arrest of iron corresponds to

A. Stages at which allotropic forms change

B. Stages at which further healing does not
increase temperature for sometime
C. Stages at which properties do not change with
increase in temperature
D. There is nothing like points of arrest

A
A behavior of metals where in strength of metal is
increased and ductility is decreased on heating at a
relatively low temperature after cold working, is
called

A. Twinning
B. Solid solution hardening
C. Clustering
D. Strain aging

D
Machining properties of steel can be improved
by adding

A. Sulphur, lead, phosphorus

B. Vanadium, aluminum
C. Silicon, aluminum, titanium
D. Chromium, nickel

A
Intrinsic silicon becomes intrinsically conductive,
with electrons as majority carriers when doped
with which of the following?

A. Aluminum
B. Antimony
C. Boron
D. Germanium

D
All of the following group of plastic and thermoplastic, 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
electromechanical oxidation reduction reactions
D. pitting occurs in oxygen-rich anodic and the rust is
deposited nearby

D
At quite low temperature (say 75 deg. C) the
notched bar impact value of steel

A. Increases significantly
B. Decreases significantly
C. Remains unchanged
D. Depends of heat treatment carried out

B
Materials with low values of thermal expansion
are desirable for

A. Pyrex glassware
B. Thermometers
C. Barometers
D. Railroad rails

A
Individual rigidity values

A. Have no significance
B. Are significant only for ductile materials
C. Indicate how much stronger one member is
than another
D. Are significant only for brittle materials

A
Alloy steel known for its resistance to corrosion, abrasion
and wear that is usually ideal for mill grinding of ore in
cement and concentrator application. It is usually
combined wit molybdenum to increase the depth
hardening

A. Manganese – chromium steel

B. chromium – molybdenum steel
C. Chrome – nickel – moly steel
D. Manganese – moly steel

B
The buckling load of intermediate columns (to all to be
piers, but to short to be slender columns) can be
determined by

A. The euler load with fixed – end conditions

B. Computing allowable stress from the ultimate
strength
C. Computing allowable stress form the yield strength
D. The secant formula

C
Is a form of correction that develop a highly
localized areas on a metal surface

A. Crevice
B. Erosion
C. Glavanic
D. Pitting

D
The deterioration of organic coating
characterized as completely

A. Chalking
B. Rusting
C. Checking
D. Fretting

A
Is used to enable milling machine to take climb
milling cuts

A. Helical driving mechanism

B. Spindle
C. Read out
D. Backlash eliminator

A.
A corrosion occurs within the of adjacent to a
crevice formed by contact with another piece
of the same or another metal

A. Pitting
B. Erosion
C. Galvanic
D. Crevice

C
A type of roller bearing in which the balls are
assembled by the eccentric displacement of the
inner ring

A. Shallow – groove ball bearing

B. Self - aligning ball bearing
C. Filling – slot ball bearing
D. Deep – groove ball bearing

D
The effectiveness of the brake may greatly
decrease shortly after it begins to act
continuously

A. Vade
B. Acted
C. Fade
D. Cade

C
Occurs when the oil film fails, but in this case, the
load and the speed are so high that the surface
metal is melted and the metal is smeared down the
profile

A. Abrasion
B. Corrosion
C. Spalling
D. Scoring

D
Is a surface fatigue of a greater extent than
pitting, that is the flakes are much larger. This
type of failure occurs in surface hardened teeth.

A. Abrasion
B. Corrosion
C. Spalling
D. Scoring

C
The extra tooth in gear which is used to
distributes the wear more evenly

A. Hunting tooth
B. Tooth profile
C. Dummy tooth
D. Add tooth

A
A gear that has an advantage of smoother tooth
arrangement, quietness of operation, greater
strength and higher permission speeds

A. Zerol bevel gear

B. Straight bevel gear
C. Hypoid bevel gear
D. Spiral bevel gear

D
Acts not only as stress raisers but also as stress
complicators and frequently induce a degree of
stress tri-axiality

A. Shrinkage voids
B. Non-metallic inclusions
C. Rough surfaces
D. Notches

D
Is accomplished by distortion of the crystalline lattice
of the solvent metal by the solute atoms, with its
resulting effect on the forces required to accomplish
slip on warped or dimpled planes

A. Deformation hardening
B. Solid alloying
C. Solid solution hardening
D. Precipitation hardening

C
Casting used in the lost wax process, long used in
dentistry, is applicable to some alloy for high –
temperature used that could not otherwise be
made to the required dimensional tolerances

A. Centrifugal casting
B. Static casting
C. Precision
D. Sand

C
What’s number 5 in a Mohr’s scale?

A. Flour spar
B. Apatite
C. Quarts
D. Gypsum

B
Ordinary steels at high temperature, have only
one constituent, which is iron holding carbon in
solid solution

A. Autenite
B. Ferrite
C. Pearlite
D. Cementite

A
On slow cooling, the iron carbide associates itself
with a definite amount of ferrite to form an
aggregate called

A. Cementite
B. Austenite
C. Ferrite
D. Pearlite

D
The effect of alloying zinc to copper is

A. To increase hardness
B. To impact free-machining properties
C. To hardness and strength
D. To increase strength and ductility

D
Unlike materials of materials of different
thickness can be butt welded by

A. Control of pressure and current

B. Adjusting time duration of current
C. Adjust initial gap
D. All of the above

A
The purpose of inoculation is

A. To clean the casting

B. To change the chemical composition of a cast
metal
C. To decrease melting temperature of a cast metal
D. To modify structure and properties of a cast
metal

D
Spiral bevel and hypoid gears should in general,
be mounted on anti – friction bearings in an/a
__________ case

A. Water tight
B. Oil tight
C. Soluble tight
D. Rubber tight

B
In maximum theories of failure the elastic limit of
a ductile ferrous materials in shear is practically
______ its elastic limit in tension

A. One half
B. Three halves
C. Three fourths
D. Four thirds

A
Is largely used for low strength applications such
as elevator ropes not used for hoisting and for
stationary guy ropes

A. Steel rope
B. Cast steel rope
C. Nylon rope
D. Iron wire rope

D
A treatment of the surface of iron-based alloys,
usually in the form of sheet strip is

A. Epoxy painting
B. Bluing
C. Sanding
D. Coating

B
An element assembled into a tapped hole is

A. Key
B. Nut
C. Screw
D. Worm gear

C
After hot working, a stress caused by reduced
hydrogen solubility is

A. Residual stress
B. Galling
C. Pitting
D. Flaking

D
The procedure of heating to and holding a metal
at a designated temperature for a period of
time and then cooling it at a controlled rate is

A. Annealing
B. Quenching
C. Tempering
D. Normalizing

C
The radial distance between the bottomland and
the pitch circle is

A. Clearance
B. Dedendum
C. Addendum
D. Working depth

B
A mechanical element connected directly to the
prime mover is

A. Axle
B. Spindle
C. Line shaft
D. Transmission shaft

C
A spur gear with infinite radius is also known as

A. Herringbone gear
B. Helical gear
C. Rack gear
D. Bevel gear

C
An engineering material which contains a mixture
of pure iron and 1 to 3% slag is known as

A. Stainless steel
B. Killed steel
C. Wrought iron
D. Pig iron

C
In bolt design, the maximum load a bolt can
withstand is

A. Ultimate load
B. Resultant bolt load
C. Permissible bolt load
D. Proof of load

D
A fixed shat with a rotating pulley is known as

A. Cantilever beam
B. Axle shaft
C. Line shaft
D. Transmission shaft

B
The commonly used joint in cast iron pipe

A. Bell and spigot joint

B. Compression joint
C. Expansion joint
D. None of these

A
Which if the following would most likely require a
steel containing 0.6% carbon than has been
spheroidized, cold-drawn, and slightly tempered?

A. A ball bearing
B. A bridged beam
C. A water piped
D. A cutting tool

D
In compression, a prism of brittle material will
break

A. Into large numbers of pieces

B. By forming a bulge
C. By shearing along oblique plane
D. In a direction along the direction of the load

C
Trimming is a process associated with

A. Forging
B. Electroplating
C. Press work
D. Machine of metals

A
Addition of lead and bismuth aluminum results 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

D
Select the one that has highest specific gravity

A. Brass
B. High carbon steel
C. Lead
D. Aluminum

C
Is used when the leads are not too great

A. Rope
B. Fiber
C. Silk
D. Rubber

B
Covers general specifications and dimensions of
flat, round hole washers, intended for used in
general purpose applications

A. Gasket
B. Groove washer
C. Lock nut
D. Plain washer

D
The axial distance between specified reference on
the internal and external taper thread
members

A. Pitch
B. Lead
C. Standoff
D. Helix distance

C
What operation of machining a smaller diameter
on the inside surface of work piece for a
specified length?

A. Surfacing
B. Threading
C. Recessing
D. Graving

C
The _____ line describes the temperature at
which solidification normally begins upon
cooling of the melted alloy

A. Solidus
B. Liquidus
C. Eutectic
D. Solvus

B
The ____ line represents the temperature at
which melting normally begins heating the
solid alloy

A. Solidus
B. Liquidus
C. Eutectic
D. Solvus

A
A type spring where thin flat strip wound up on
itself as a plane spiral, usually anchored at the
inside end

A. Volute spring
B. Motor spring
C. Hair spring
D. Garter spring

B
The theory of mechanics of materials shows that the
result from the octahedral shear stress theory and
those from the maximum distortion-energy theory
are

A. Relevant
B. Less than
C. The same
D. More than

C
A screw that requires positive torque to lower the
load, or to loosen the screw of it has been
turned tight against a resistance

A. Power screw
B. Self screw
C. Lock screw
D. Self locking screw

D
Used for permanent fits, are similar to involute
splines except that the pressure angle is 14.5
deg.

A. Separation load
B. Stub serrations
C. Spline shaft
D. Involute serrations

D
Are used as couplings, or in addition to another
couplings where, in case of overload, there is
danger of injury to machines or to material process

A. Involute serrations
B. Shear pin
C. Flange coupling
D. King pin

B
A coupling that transmits power via the frictional
forces induced by pulling the flanges towards
each other over slotted tapered sleeves

A. Flange coupling
B. Ribbed compression coupling
C. Rigid coupling
D. Flange compression coupling

D
Tooth breakage on gear is usually a _____ .

A. A tensile fatigue
B. A contact stress
C. A crack
D. None of these

A
Pitting is a function of the Hertzian contact
stresses between two cylinders and is
proportional to the square root of the ______.

A. Applied load
B. The contact stress
C. The stress
D. Impact

A
Is the single through which the gear turns from
the time a given pair of teeth are in contact at
the pitch until they pass out the mesh

A. Angle of contact
B. Angle of approach
C. Position angle
D. Angle of recess

D
Is the angle through which the gear turns from
the time a particular pair of teeth come into
contact until they go out the contact

A. Pitch angle
B. Angle of action
C. Angle of approach
D. None of these

B
The type of coupling that allows slight amount of
torsion/angular flexibility due to introduction with
some elastic material cylindrically wrapped around
the bolts in the flange

A. simple elastic bonded coupling

B. Elastic material bushed coupling
C. Elastic material bonded coupling
D. All of these

B
In uniformly loaded beam, the maximum vertical
shearing force occurs

A. At the center
B. At the second section of maximum moment
C. At the bottom fiber
D. At either end supports

D
The shear at a point on a loaded beam is the

A. Algebraic sum of all beam’s reaction loads acting

between the investigation point and one of the ends
B. Sum of all vertical forces acting between the
investigation point and one of the ends
C. Sum of all vertical stresses acting between the
investigation point and one of the ends
D. Sum of the beam’s reaction moments

E. B
Which of the following is not a method by which
a single lap rivet joint usually falls?

A. The rivets shear

B. The plate fails in bearing
C. The plate fails in tension
D. The rivets fails in tension

D
The bending moment at a section of a beam is derived from
the

A. Sum of the moments of all external forces on the side of

the section
B. Difference between the moments on one side of the section
and the opposite side
C. Sum of the moments of all external forces on both sides of
the section
D. Sum of the moments of all external forces between
supports

A
Poisson’s ratio is principally used in

A. The determination of capability of material for

being shaped
B. The determination of capacity of material for
plastic deformation without fracture
C. Stress-strain relationships where stresses are
applied in more than one direction
D. The determination of the modulus of toughness

A
When a metal is cold worked all of the following
generally occur EXCEPT

A. Re-crystallization temperature decrease

B. Ductility decrease
C. Grains become equi-axed
D. Tensile strength increases

D
The limiting force of friction is equal to

A. The value of friction force that stops the movement of

the body
B. The value of friction force that cannot exceeds under
a given situation
C. The friction force when the body is just about to move
D. The friction force acting on a body when its in motion

C
If the only force acting on two bodies is their mutual
interactions and if both bodies start from rest, the
distance traveled by each

A. Proportional to the masses of the bodies

B. Inversely proportional to the masses of the bodies
C. Inversely proportional to the square of the masses of
the bodies
D. Directly proportional to the square of the masses of the
bodies

B
In majority of machine members, the damping
capacity of the material should be

A. Low
B. Zero
C. High
D. Could be anything

C
Slenderness ration of column is

A. Shaft diameter / shaft length

B. Column height / column cross section
C. Column height / least dimension of column
cross section
D. Length of structure / least radius of gyration

D
The rated life of bearing changes

A. Directly as load
B. Inversely as cube of load
C. Inversely as forth power of load
D. Inversely as square of load

B
In a standard coarse thread bolt the stress
concentration is maximum at

A. Root
B. Flank
C. All over the surface
D. Top surface

A
A tolerance where the size of a part may be larger
only, or smaller only, than the given dimension

A. Bilateral
B. Unilateral
C. Lateral
D. None of these

B
Is the relatively finely spaced irregularities of the
surfaces

A. Smoothness
B. Lay
C. Waviness
D. Roughness

D
Is the irregularities of departures from the
nominal surface of a greater spacing than
roughness

A. Smoothness
B. Lay
C. Waviness
D. Roughness

C
It has been said that 80% of the failures of
machine parts have been due to

A. Negligence
B. Compression
C. Torsion
D. Fatigue

D
In a part uniform temperature and not acted
upon by an external load, any internal stresses
that exist are called

A. Residual stress
B. Superposed stress
C. Form stress
D. Control stress

C
Is a process of prestressing or overstressing a
hollow cylindrical member beyond the elastic
range by hydraulic pressure

A. Presstage
B. Pitting
C. Autofrettage
D. Stress relieving