EN304 (Engineering Materials) Reviewer

1.

What are considered as the "building

blocks" for engineering materials?
A. Atoms
B. Elements
C. Matters
D. Compounds

2.

What are the major classes of engineering

materials?
A. Metals, ceramics and semiconductors
B. Polymers, metals and composites
C. Metals, ceramics, polymers and
semiconductors
D. Metals, ceramics, polymers,
semiconductors and composites
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7.

What types of materials behave like iron

when placed in a magnetic field?
A. Crystals
B. Amorphous materials
C. Ferromagnetic materials
D. Metalloids
What do you call metals reinforced by
ceramics or other materials, usually in fiber
form?
A. Metalloids
B. Matrix alloys
C. Metal lattices
D. Metal matrix composites
What is a combination of one or more
metals with a nonmetallic element?
A. Metalloids
B. Matrix composites
C. Inert
D. Metal matrix composites
Polymer comes from the Greek words "poly"
which means many and "meros" which
means __________.
A. metal
B. material
C. part
D. plastic
The engineering materials known as
"plastics" are more correctly called:
A. Polyvinyl chloride
B. Polymers
C. Polyethylene
D. Mers

8.

Which of the following plastics does not

burn but rather extinguishes itself?
A. Polyester
B. Acrylic
C. Nylon
D. Propylene

9.

Which of the following plastics does not

burn?
A. Carbonates
B. Acetals

C. Polyester
D. Fluorocarbons

10. Which of the following is an example of

fluorocarbon?
A. Nylon
B. Acrylic
C. Styrene
D. Teflon
11. What is a combination of two or more
metals that has properties that the
components materials do not have by
themselves?
A. Compound
B. Composite
C. Mixture
D. Matrix
12. What is a reference sheet for the elements
that can be used to form engineering
materials?
A. Periodic table
B. Truth table
C. Building blocks of Materials
D. Structure of Materials
13. What physical property of a material that
refers to the point at which a material
liquefies on heating or solidifies on cooling?
A. Melting point
B. Curie point
C. Refractive index
D. Specific heat
14. What physical property of a material that
refers to the temperature at which
ferromagnetic materials can no longer be
magnetized by outside forces?
A. Melting point
B. Thermal conductivity
C. Thermal expansion
D. Curie point
15. What refers to the temperature at which a
ferromagnetic material reverts to being a
paramagnetic material?
A. Ferromagnetic temperature
B. Paramagnetic temperature
C. Curie temperature
D. Tri-point temperature
16. What physical property of a material refers
to the amount of weight gain (%)
experienced in a polymer after immersion in
water for a specified length of under a
controlled environment?
A. Dielectric strength
B. Electric resistivity
C. Water absorption
D. Thermal conductivity
17. What physical property of a material that
refers the rate of heat flow per unit time in a
homogenous material under steady-state

conditions, per unit area, per unit

temperature gradient in a direction
perpendicular to area?
A. Thermal expansion
B. Thermal conductivity
C. Heat distortion temperature
D. Water absorption
18. What refers to the ratio of thermal
conductivity of a material to the product of
electrical conductivity and temperature?
A. Conductivity ratio
B. Matthiessens' ratio
C. Wiedemann's-Frantz ratio
D. Maxwell's ratio
19. What states that "the total electrical
resistivity is the sum of the thermal
resistivity and the residual resistivity?
A. Matthiessens' Rule
B. Nordheim's Rule
C. Wiedemann's Rule
D. Frantz Rule
20. What is caused by the local melting of a
constituent or an impurity in the grain or
randomly oriented metal crystals boundary
at a temperature below the melting point of
a metal itself?
A. Slip-sliding
B. Hot-shortness
C. Inclusion
D. Tempering
21. Which of the following elements has the
highest thermal conductivity?
A. Zinc
B. Copper
C. Gold
D. Aluminum
22. Which of the following has the lowest
electrical conductivity?
A. Quartz
B. Graphite
C. Glass
D. Ceramics
23. What type of bond in metallic compounds
will enable them to possess electrical
conductivity property?
A. Crystalline bond
B. Covalent bond
C. Ionic bond
D. All of the above
24. What refers to a covalent bond formed by
between two p-orbitals on different atoms?
A. Pi bond
B. Omega bond
C. Delta bond
D. Sigma bond
25. The superimposition of pi bonds on sigma
bonds results in the formation of what type
of bonds?

A. Beta-sigma bonds
B. Sigma-pi bonds
C. Pi-alpha bonds
D. Double bonds or triple bonds

26. What refers to an interatomic and

intermolecular bond that are relatively weak
and for which bonding energies are
relatively small?
A. Primary bond
B. Double bond
C. Secondary bond
D. Covalent bond
27. Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of an ionic compound?
A. They have high melting point.
B. They are normally brittle crystalline
solids.
c. They have low boiling point.
D. They are poor conductor of electricity
when in the solid phase.
28. What physical property of a material refers
to the highest potential difference (voltage)
that an insulating material of given
thickness can withstand for specified time
without occurrence of electrical breakdown
through its bulk?
A. Thermal expansion
B. Conductivity
C. Dielectric strength
D. Electric resistivity
29. What is the percentage of copper content of
copper used for electrical wires, switches
and terminally normally supplied as ETP?
A. 90.95%
B. 95.95%
C. 98.95%
D. 99.95%
30. What physical property of a material refers
to the ratio of the amount of heat required
to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a
substance 1 degree to the heat required to
raise the same mass of water to 1 degree?
A. Specific heat
B. Latent heat
C. Heat of fusion
D. Heat of fISsion
31. Which of the following materials has the
highest specific heat?
A. Copper
B. Aluminum
C. Iron
D. Lead
32. What physical property of a material refers
to the temperature at which a polymer

under a specified load shows a specified

amount of declaration?
A. Curie temperature
B. Specific heat
C. Heat distortion temperature
D. Thermal conductivity
33. What mechanical property of a material
refers to the nominal stress at fracture in a
tension test at constant load and constant
temperature?
A. Creep strength
B. Stress rapture strength
C. Compressive yield strength
D. Hardness
34. What mechanical property of a material
refers to the resistance to plastic
deformation?
A. Rigidity
B. Plasticity
C. Ductility
D. Hardness
35. What parameter is defined as the
temperature at which the toughness of the
material drops below some predetermined
value, usually 15 ft-lb?
A. Nil ductility temperature
B. Curie temperature
C. Thermal conductivity
D. Heat distortion temperature
36. What is obtained by repeatedly loading a
specimen at given stress levels until it fails?
A. Elastic limit
B. Endurance limit or fatigue strength of
material
C. Creep
D. All of the choices
37. What dimensional property of a material
refers to the deviation from edge
straightness?
A. Lay
B. Out of flat
C. Camber
D. Waviness
38. What dimensional property of a material
refers wavelike variation from a perfect
surface, generally much wider in spacing
and higher in amplitude than surface
roughness?
A. Lay
B. Waviness
C. Surface finish
D. Out of flat
39. Wood is composed of chain of cellulose
molecules bonded together by another
natural polymer called:
A. plastic
B. lignin
C. mer
D. additive

40. What is a polymer production process that

involves forming a polymer chain containing
two different monomers?
A. Copolymerization
B. Blending
C. Alloying
D. Cross-linking
41. What refers to a linear copolymer in which
identical repeat units are clustered in blocks
along a molecular chain?
A. Branched copolymer
B. Block copolymer
C. Clustered copolymer
D. Moleculed copolymer

42. What refers to a polymer having a molecular

structure of secondary chains that extend
from the primary main chains?
A. Branched polymer
B. Block polymer
C. Secondary polymer
D. Extended polymer
43. A polymer in which two different repeat
units are randomly distributed along the
molecular chain is called ________.
A. uneven copolymer
B. random copolymer
C. specific copolymer
D. even copolymer
44. What is the generic name of a class of
polymer which is commercially known as
"nylon"?
A. Polyacetals
B. Polyamide
C. Cellulose
D. Polyester
45. What is defined as a material being capable
of recovering from large deformations
quickly?
A. Elastomer
B. Rubber
C. Cellulose
D. Polyester
46. For a natural rubber, what refers to its base
which is a milky-sap obtained from the inner
dark of a tropical tree?
A. Elastomer
B. Vulcanizer
C. Gum
D. Latex
47. By definition, a rubber is a substance that
has at least _______ elongation in tensile test
and is capable of returning rapidly and
forcibly to its original dimensions when load
is removed.
A. 100%
B. 150%

C. 200%
D. 250%
48. What is a method of forming polymer sheets
or films into three-dimensional shapes, in
which the sheet is clamped on the edge,
heated until it softens and sags, drawn in
contact with the mold by vacuum, and cool
while still in contact with the mold?
A. Calendering
B. Blow molding
C. Thermoforming
D. Solid phase forming
49. What is a process of forming continuous
shapes by forcing a molten polymer through
a metal die?
A. Calendering
B. Thermoforming
C. Lithugraphy
D. Extrusion

50. What does the word "refractory" mean when

used to classify metals?
A. It is oxidation resistant
B. It is sun rays resistant
C. It is corrosion resistant
D. It is heat resistant
51. The following are classified as refractory
metals except one. Which one?
A. Beryllium
B. Niobium
C. Tantalum
D. Molybdenum
52. What of the following metals is NOT a
refractory metal?
A. Lead
B. Tungsten
C. Molybdenum
D. Niobium
53. What chemical property of a material which
refers to its ability to resist deterioration by
chemical or electrochemical reactions with
environment?
A. Stereospecify
B. Corrosion resistance
C. Conductivity
D. Electrical resistance
54. Corrosion refers to deteriorative loss of a
metal as a result of __________.
A. too much applied force
B. calcinations
C. dissolution environment reactions
D. all of the above
55. Corrosion refers to the deterioration of
metals and ceramics. It plastics, corrosion is
usually called _________.
A. oxidation
B. deformation
C. degradation

D. deterioration
56. What refers to the tendency for polymers
and molecular materials to form with an
ordered, special, three-dimensional
arrangement of monomer molecules?
A. Stereospecify
B. Conductivity
C. Retentivity
D. Spatial configuration
57. Which of the metals used as engineering
materials uses face-centered cubic (fcc)
atomic arrangement?
A. Zirconium
B. Gold
C. Alpha-iron
D. Cadmium
58. Which of the following metals use hexagonal
close-packed (hcp) atomic arrangement?
A. Cobalt
B. Cronium
C. Platinum
D. Tantalum
59. The combination of slip-plane and its
direction of slip is known as a slip-system.
Which crystal has 3 slip systems?
A. Body-centered cubic crystal
B. Phase-centered crystal
C. Phase-body cubic crystal
D. Hexagonal close-packed crystal
60. Which of the following metals is NOT in
body-centered cubic (bcc) atomic
arrangement?
A. Alpha iron
B. Aluminum
C. Molybdenum
D. Vanadium
61. Which of the following ferromagnets has
body-centered cubic (bcc) crystalline
structure?
A. Cd
B. Fe
C. Cu
D. Ni
62. What is the basic atomic crystalline
structure of chromium?
A. Hexagonal close-packed
B. Body-centered cubic
C. Face-centered cubic
D. Cubic lattice-closed
63. What refers to a crystalline defect
associated with one or at most several
atomic sites?
A. Point defect
B. Line defect
C. Structure defect
D. Frenkel defect
64. What is the common crystal defect?
A. Smoothness defect

B. Grain structure defect

C. Line defect
D. Point defect
65. What refers to a cation-vacancy and cationinterstitial pair in an ionic solid?
A. Line defect
B. Point defect
C. Dislocation defect
D. Frenkel defect
66. What refers to a defect consisting of a
cation vacancy and anion vacancy pair in
ionic solid?
A. Line defect
B. Point defect
C. Frenkel defect
D. Schottky defect
67. What refers to a linear crystalline defect
around which there is atomic misalignment?
A. Line defect
B. Point defect
C. Alignment defect
D. Dislocation defect

68. Which material below possesses the

property of having very high conductivity
but with very low electrical conductivity?
A. Beryllia
B. Magnesia
C. Graphite
D. All of the above
69. The atomic structure of silicon, in which
each atom has four nearest neighbors in a
tetrahedral configuration is called _______
lattice.
A. ordinary
B. cubic
C. diamond
D. graphite
70. What refers to a two lattice structure
identical to the diamond lattice except that
there are two times of atoms instead of
one?
A. Graphite lattice
B. Dual lattice
C. Zincblende lattice
D. Mixed lattice
71. What is the smallest unit cell that can be
repeated to form a lattice?
A. Primitive cell
B. Tiny cell
C. Finite cell
D. Micro cell
72. What refers to the small volume of crystal
that can be used to reproduce the entire
crystal?
A. Mini cell
B. Micro cell
C. Unit cell

D. Finite cell
73. The set of integers used to describe crystal
plane is called ______.
A. lattice indices
B. crystal indices
C. Miller indices
D. Cell indices
74. What amount of energy required to fracture
a given volume of material?
A. Impact strength
B. Endurance limit
C. Creep strength
D. Stress rupture strength
75. What mechanical property of a material
which is a time-dependent permanent strain
under stress?
A. Elongation
B. Elasticity
C. Creep
D. Rupture
76. What refers to the stress at which a material
exhibits a specified deviation from
proportionality of stress and strain?
A. Tensile strength
B. Shear strength
C. Yield strength
D. Flexural strength
77. The greatest stress which material is
capable of withstanding without deviation
from acceptable of stress and strain is called
_______.
A. elongation
B. proportional limit
C. yield point
D. elastic limit
78. What is the maximum stress below which a
material can theoretically endure an infinite
number of stress cycles?
A. Endurance state
B. Endurance test
C. Endurance limit
D. Endurance strength
79. What is a substance that attracts piece of
iron?
A. Conductor
B. Semiconductor
C. Magnet
D. Semimagnet
80. Which of the following is a natural magnet?
A. Steel
B. Magnesia
C. Lodestone
D. Soft iron
81. Of the materials listed below, which one
ranked third as good conductor of electric
current?
A. Silver
B. Copper
C. Gold

D. Aluminum
82. What silver is an alloy of silver and copper?
A. White silver
B. Nordic silver
C. Sterling silver
D. Red silver
83. Sterling silver is composed of _____ copper
and _____ silver.
A. 7.5%, 92.5%
B. 8.5, 91.5%
C. 10%, 90%
D. 5%, 95%
84. Which of the following is an arrangement of
good conductors of electricity from best to
least?
A. Silver, Copper, Gold, Aluminum
B. Aluminum, Gold, Silver, Copper
C. Gold, Silver, Copper, Aluminum
D. Aluminum, Silver, Gold, Copper
85. Which of the following engineering materials
has the highest electrical conductivity at
room temperature?
A. Copper
B. Nickel
C. Silver
D. Cadmium

86. What is the electrical conductivity of

aluminum m-ohm/m?
A. 2.57 x 10^7
B. 3.57 x 10^7
C. 4.57 x 10^7
D. 5.57 x 10^7

C. Ferromagnetic materials
D. Diamagnetic materials
91. What materials have permeabilities slightly
greater than that of free space?
A. Paramagnetic materials
B. Non-Magnetic materials
C. Ferromagnetic materials
D. Diamagnetic materials
92. What materials have very high
permeabilities?
A. Paramagnetic materials
B. Non-Magnetic materials
C. Ferromagnetic materials
D. Diamagnetic materials
93. What refers to the weak formed of induced
or non permanent magnetism for which the
magnetic susceptibility is negative?
A. Ferromagnetism
B. Paramagnetism
C. Diamagnetism
D. Antimagnetism
94. What refers to a relatively weak form of
magnetism that results from the
independent alignment of atomic dipoles
with an applied magnetic field?
A. Paramagnetism
B. Ferromagnetism
C. Diamagnetism
D. Antimagnetism

87. What is the resistance of the material to

plastic deformation?
A. Hardness
B. Stiffness
C. Creep age
D. Rigidity

95. What is defined by ASTM as a material that

contains as an essential ingredient an
organic substance of large molecular
weight, is solid in its finished state, and at
some stage in its manufactured or in its
processing into finished articles, can be
shaped by flow?
A. Metal
B. Metalloid
C. Plastic
D. Ceramic

88. Hardness is the measure of a material's

resistance to deformation by________.
A. surface indention
B. abrasion
C. tensile and compressive forces
D. surface indention or by abrasion

96. Cermet is a composite material consisting of

a combination of ceramic and ________.
A. non-metallic material
B. polymer
C. metallic material
D. elastic material

89. Heat distortion is what property of plastics?

A. Physical Property
B. Mechanical Property
C. Chemical Property
D. Structural Property

97. Abrasive materials are hard and wearresistant materials that is used to _______
other materials.
A. wear
B. grind
C. cut-away
D. all of the above

90. Which of the following materials has

permeability slightly less than that of free
space?
A. Paramagnetic materials
B. Non-Magnetic materials

98. What type of substance that bonds together

the surfaces of two other materials?
A. Abrasive

B. Adhesive
C. Amorphous
D. Anistropic
99. Some polymetric materials such as epoxies
are formed by strong primary chemical
bonds called _______.
A. Metallic bond
B. Van der Waals bond
C. Cross linking
D. Covalent bond
100.What do you call a polymer without
additives and without blending with another
polymer?
A. Homopolymer
B. Ethenic polymer
C. Polyethylene
D. Copolymer
101.A large molecule with two alternating mers
is called as________.
A. monomer
B. elastomer
C. mers
D. copolymer or interpolymer
102.A polymer that consists of two or more
dissimilar repeat units in combination along
its molecular chains is called ______.
A. elastomer
B. branched polymer
C. copolymer
D. crosslinked polymer

103.A polymer in which adjacent linear

molecular chains are joined at various
positions by covalent bonds is called ______.
A. elastomer
B. branched polymer
C. copolymer
D. crosslinked polymer
104.A stable molecule from which a polymer is
synthesized is called _________.
A. monomer
B. high polymer
C. elstomer
D. copolymer

C. Polychloroprene
D. Elastomer
107.What is defined as an alloy of iron or carbon,
with the carbon being restricted with certain
concentration limits?
A. Steel
B. Wrhought iron
C. Cast iron
D. Tendons
108.Ordinary steel at high temperature has only
one constituent which is iron holding carbon
in solid solution. What is this constituent?
A. Cementite
B. Austenite
C. Ferrite
D. Pearlite
109.The carbon content of cemetite is
approximately how many percent of its
compound?
A. 4.7%
B. 5.7%
C. 6.7%
D. 7.7%
110.What is the most popular steel refining
process or technique which involves casting
from the BOf or electric furnace into
cylindrical ingots?
A. Vacuum are remelting (VAR)
B. Vauum induction melting (VIM)
C. Electron bean refining
D. Electroslag refining

111.In what special refining process of steel was

molten metal is poured down a tundish
(chute) into ingot mold?
A. Electroslad refining
B. Vacuum remelting
C. Vacuum induction melting
D. Electron beam refining
112.What type of steel has carbon as its
principal hardening agent?
A. Alloy steel
B. Stainless steel
C. Galvanized steel
D. Carbon steel

105.What refers to the ability of a solid material

to exist in more than one form of crystal
structure?
A. Polycrystallination
B. Polymorphism
C. Polyamorphism
D. Coexistence

113.What type of steel has 0.8% carbon and

100% pearlite?
A. Austenite
B. Eutectoid
C. Hyper-eutectoid
D. Stainless steel

106.What term is used to describe a polymer

that has rubberlike properties?
A. Vulcanizer
B. Elasticmer

114.Which type of steel does not contain nickel

and can be hardened by heat treatment?
A. Precipitation-hardening steel
B. Austentic steel (200 and 300 series)

C. Marstensitic (400 and 500 series)

D. Ferritic steel (400 series)
115.What group of steels are water-hardened
tool steels?
A. Group S
B. Group w
C. Group O
D. Group T
116.What group of steels are molybdenum highsped steels?
A. Group A
B. Group D
C. Group M
D. Group H
117.Steels that are used for axles, gears and
similar parts requiring medium to high
hardness and high strength are known as?
A. Medium-carbon steel
B. Low-carbon steel
C. Very high-carbon steel
D. High-carbon steel
118.Galvanized steel products coated with
______.
A. Carbon
B. Sulfur
C. Zinc
D. Nickel
119.What is the most utilized metal for industry
next to iron, aluminum and magnesium?
A. Zinc
B. Tin
C. Nickel
D. Lead

120.What ASTM test for tension is designated for

plastics?
A. A370
B. D638
C. E292
D. C674
121.What ASTM test for compression designated
for plastics?
A. D638
B. D790
C. D695
D. D638
122.What ASTM test for shear strength is
designated for plastics?
A. D732
B. D790
C. D695
D. D638

123.What is the ASTM tension testing

designation standard method for steel
products?
A. A370
B. E345
C. E8
D. C674
124.Low-quality steels with an M suffix on the
designation intended for nonstructural
application is classified as _______.
A. Merchant quality
B. Commercial quality
C. Drawing quality
D. Special quality
125.The use of acids to remove oxides and
scaled on hot-worked steels is known as
__________.
A. Tempering
B. Pickling
C. Machining
D. Galvanizing
126.What is the purpose of molybdenum in steel
alloying?
A. To increase brittleness
B. To increase dynamic and hightemperature strength and hardness
C. To increase brittleness, combine with
sulfur
D. To increase corrosion and resistance
127.Which of the following statements is NOT
true?
A. About 10% of Earth's crust is iron.
B. Pure iron does not have significant
industrial use because it is too weak and
soft.
C. Steel is an alloy of carbon and iron with
limits on the amount of carbon(less than
2%).
D. Steel is made by reducing oxide ore of
iron by thermochemical reactions in a blast
furnace or direct reduction vessel.
128.What prefix in steel identification means
composition varies from normal limits?
A. E
B. H
C. X
D. B
129.What prefix in steel identification means it is
made in an electric furnace?
A. E
B. H
C. X
D. B
130.What letter suffix in steel identification
means that it is steel with boron as an
alloying element?
A. xxLxx
B. xxBxx
C. xxHxx

D. xxKxx

D. Alloy iron

131.What refers to the tin mill steel without a

coating?
A. White plate
B. Tin steel free
C. Black plate
D. Dichromate tin

139.Which of the following cast irons is heattreated for ductility?

A. Gray iron
B. Malleable iron
C. White iron
D. Ductile iron

132.What combination of elements has high

electrical resistance, high corrosion
resistance, and high strength
at red heat temperatures, making it useful
in resistance heating?
A. Aluminum bronze
B. Nichrome
C. Hastelloy
D. Alnico

140.Which cast iron is hard and wear resistant?

A. Gray iron
B. Ductile iron
C. White iron
D. Malleable iron

133.A steel cannot qualify for stainless prefix

until it has at least how many percent of
chromium?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 5%
134.What do you add to compensate for the
remaining high iron oxide content of the
steel?
A. Deorizers
B. Deoxidizers
C. Deterrent
D. Detoxifiers
135.What graphite exists largely in the form of
flakes?
A. Gray cast iron
B. White cast iron
C. Wrought iron
D. Malleable cast iron
136.What is the reason of the name "gray" cast
iron?
A. When it is broken the fractured path is
along graphite path and has a gray softly
appearance
B. It is just called gray to differentiate with
the white cast iron.
C. Because the outside appearance is gray
even though its inner part is white.
D. Because it was the name given by the
one who discovered this iron.
137.Which of the following gray irons is called
"fully-gray iron"?
A. Perlistic gray iron
B. Masteritic gray iron
C. Flabby gray iron
D. Ferritic gray iron
138.Which of the following cast irons is a highcarbon, iron-carbon-silicon alloy?
A. Gray iron
B. Malleable iron
C. White iron

141.What is considered as the general purpose,

oldest type and widely used cast iron?
A. Gray iron
B. Ductile iron
C. Alloy iron
D. Malleable iron
142.What is another term for nodular iron?
A. Malleable iron
B. Ductile iron
C. Wrought iron
D. White iron
143.What is the effect of manganese in cast
iron?
A. To affect the machinability, ductility and
shrinkage depending on form
B. To reduce hardness by combining with
sulfur below 0.5% and increase hardness
above 0.5%
C. To deoxidize molten cast iron
D. To increase fluidivity and lowers melting
temperature
144.What is the effect of aluminum in cast iron?
A. To increase hardness above 0.5%
B. To deoxidize molten cast iron
C. To affect the machinability, ductility and
shrinkage depending on form
D. To reduce hardness by combining with
sulfur below 0.5%
145.What is added to nickel to improve its
ductility?
A. Zinc
B. Copper
C. Iron
D. Manganese
146.What refers to a measure of a material's
ability to undergo appreciable plastic
deformation before fracture?
A. Ductility
B. Malleability
C. Elasticity
D. Plasticity

147.Ductility is expressed in terms of _________.

A. Percent elongation
B. Percent area reduction from a tensile test
C. Percent elongation or percent area
reduction from a tensile test
D. Percent strain
148.What is the effect of silicon in cast iron?
A. reduce hardness by combining with sulfur
below 0.5% and increase hardness above
0.5%
B. increase fluidivity and lowers melting
temperature
C. softens iron and increases ductility below
3.25% hardens iron above 3.25% and
increase acid and corrosion resistance
above 13%
D. deoxidizes molten cast iron

155.Which of the following is a requirement for

hardening a steel?
A. Heating to the proper temperature
B. Sufficient carbon content
C. Adequate quench
D. All of the choices
156.What is the average hardening temperature
for steel in degree Fahrenheit?
A. 1470 to 1580
B. 1670 to 1870
C. 1375 to 1575
D. 1575 to 1875

149.Iron is said to be abundant in nature. About

how many percent of the earth's crust is
iron?
A. 10%
B. 5%
C. 20%
D. 8%

157.What field of study encompasses the

pronouncement and production of metals?
A. Metallurgy
B. Geology
C. Material Science
D. Metalgraphy

150.What is the lowest-temperature diffusionhardening process and does not require a

quench?
A. Carburizing
B. Tempering
C. Nitriding
D. Heat-treating

158.What do you call earth and stone missed

with the iron oxides?
A. Hematic
B. Magnetite
C. Gangue
D. Ore
159.What is a coal that has been previously
burned in an oxygen-poor environment?
A. Tuyere
B. Coke
C. Diamond
D. Hematite

151.The following statements are true except

one. Which one?
A. Carburizing does not harden a steel.
B. Flame and induction hardening require
the use of hardenable steels.
C. Quench-hardened steel does not require
tempering to prevent brittleness.
D. Induction hardening is usually most
efficient on small parts.
152.Which of the following is a characteristic of
breaking of brittle materials?
A. Splinters in various forms will be
produced.
B. Breaking takes place in perpendicular and
parallel lines.
C. Breaking takes place in an oblique plane.
D. The cross-sectional area size

160.What is the most common alloying

ingredient in copper?
A. Brass
B. Zinc
C. Nickel
D. Aluminum
161.What refers to the hardening of the outer
surface of a steel component by a
carburizing or nitriding process?
A. Case hardening
B. Case annealing
C. Case nitriding
D. Case calcination

153.What arbitrary strain value is used to

differentiate ductile materials from brittle
materials?
A. 0.05 inch per inch
B. 0.025 inch per inch
C. 0.50 inch per inch
D. 0.25 inch per inch

162.What is the main purpose of case

hardening?
A. To improve machinability
B. To improve ductility
C. To improve corrosion resistance
D. To improve wear and fatigue resistance

154.For ductile materials, the material strength

used is the ________.
A. nominal strength
B. average allowable strength
C. ultimate strength
D. yield strength

163.What refers to the case hardening process

by which the carbon content of the steel
near the surface of a part is increased?
A. Carburizing
B. Annealing
C. Normalizing

D. Martempering

164.What is the process of heating hardened

steel to any temperature below the lower
critical temperature, followed by any desired
rate of cooling?
A. Normalizing
B. Spheroidizing
C. Carburizing
D. Tempering
165.What refers to the heat treatment done in
materials that improve its strength and
machinability and hardens it resulting to
loss of ductility?
A. Normalizing
B. Tempering
C. Carburizing
D. Annealing
166.Brazing is a metal joining technique that
uses a molten filler metal alloy having a
melting temperature greater than _______.
A. 400 degress Celcius
B. 425 degress Celcius
C. 450 degrees Celcius
D. 475 degrees Celcius
167.What is defined as an intimate mechanical
mixture of two or more phases having a
definite temperature of transformation
within a solid state?
A. Pearlite
B. Eutectoid
C. Austernite
D. Delta solid solution
168.What is the method of casehardening
involving diffusion in which the steel to be
casehardened is machined, heat-treated,
placed in an air-tight box heated to about
100 degree Fahrenheit?
A. Annealing
B. Normalizing
C. Carburizing
D. Nitriding
169.What typical penetrator is used in Brinell
hardness test?
A. 10mm ball
B. 120 degree diamond (brale)
C. 1.6 mm diameter ball
D. 20 degree needle
170.What is defined as the ratio of the load P to
the curves surface area of the indention in a
certain hardness test?
A. Brinell hardness number
B. Moh's hardness number
C. Vicker hardness number
D. Rockwell's hardness number
171.In measuring the hardness of materials
using Brinell's test, what is the

recommended load to obtain accurate

measurement?
A. 1500 kg or 3000 kg
B. 500 kg or 1000 kg
C. 1000 kg or 2000 kg
D. 500 kg or 3000 kg

172.What is the ratio of the maximum load in a

tension test to the original cross-sectional
area of the test bar?
A. Tensile strength
B. Yield strength
C. Shear strength
D. Flexural strength
173.What is the ratio of stress to strain in a
material loaded within its elastic range?
A. Poisson's ratio
B. Refractive index
C. Modulus of elasticity
D. Percent elongation
174.What is a measure of rigidity?
A. Stiffness
B. Hardness
C. Strength
D. Modulus of elasticity
175.In tensile, the increase in the gage length
measured after the specimen fractures
within the gage length is called _____.
A. percent elongation
B. creep
C. elasticity
D. elongation
176.What impurity steel can cause "red
shortness", which means the steel becomes
unworkable at high temperature?
A. Sulfur
B. Silicon
C. Manganese
D. Phosporous
177.What is a process of producing a hard
surface in a steel having a sufficiently high
carbon content to respond to hardening by a
rapid cooling of the surface?
A. Cyaniding
B. Nitriding
C. Flame hardening
D. Induction hardening
178.What is the most common reinforcement for
polymer composites?
A. Boron
B. Ceramic
C. Graphite
D. Glass fiber
179.A fine-crystalline ceramic material that was
that was formed as a glass and
subsequently crystallized is known as _____.
A. glass-polymer
B. glass-ceramic

C. glass-plastic
D. glass-fiber
180.What kind of composite in which carbon is
used in the fiber as well as in the matrix?
A. Carbonic composite
B. Homogenous carbon composite
C. Carbon-carbon composite
D. Pure carbon composite
181.Which of the following fluids conducts
electricity?
A. Electrolyte
B. Water
C. Solution
D. Acid
182.What is defined as a local corrosion
damaged characterized by surface cavities?
A. Cracking
B. Pitting
C. Cavitation
D. Erosion
183.What refers to the removal of zinc from
brasses?
A. Dezincification
B. Graphitization
C. Stabilization
D. Dealloying
184.What is the scaling off the surface in flakes
or layers as the result of corrosion?
A. Expoliation
B. Corrosion fatigue
C. Seaping
D. Fretting
185.What type of failure results from the
simultaneous action of cyclic stress and
chemical attack?
A. Coercive fatigue
B. Corrosion fatigue
C. Coulombic fatigue
D. Creep
186.What corrosion occurs under organic
coatings on metals as fine, wavy hairlines?
A. Stray current corrosion
B. Microbiological corrosion
C. Filiform corrosion
D. Fretting corrosion
187.What refers to the deterioration of material
by oscillatory relative motion of small
amplitude (20 to 100 um) between two solid
surfaces in a corrosive environment?
A. Stray current corrosion
B. Microbiological corrosion
C. Filiform corrosion
D. Fretting corrosion
188.Indicate the false statement about
corrosion.

A. Plastics and ceramics are immune to

many cause of corrosion because they are
not good conductors of electricity.
B. The corroded member in a corrosion cell
is the cathode.
C. Passivity is a prerequisite for the
corrosion protection of many metals.
D. Corrosion of metals usually
electrochemical in nature.
189.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with
limits on the amount of carbon to less than
_______ percent.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 1
190.Indicate false statement about stainless
steel?
A. The density of stainless steel is about the
same as carbon or low-alloy steels.
B. Stainless steels are poor conductors of
heat.
C. Stainless steels are poor conductors of
electricity.
D. Stainless steels have tensile moduli
greater than those of carbon and alloy
steels.
191.What are the four major alloying elements
of austenitic stainless steels?
A. Iron, chromium, carbon and nickel
B. Iron, chromium, zinc and nickel
C. Iron, chromium, carbon and zinc
D. Iron, chromium, carbon and copper
192.The electrical resistance of stainless steels
can be as much as times _________ that of
carbon steel.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 10
D. 15
193.Two identical electrical wires of equal length
are made from the same material. What is
the ratio of their resistances of the radius of
one wire is twice that of the other?
A. 1:2
B. 1:4
C. 1:8
D. 1:16
194.What is the range of the specific gravity of
carbon steel (rolled)?
A. 9.11 to 9.81
B. 8.31to 8.61
C. 7.81to 7.85
D. 6.71to 6.81
195.What refers to a shape achieved by allowing
a liquid to solidify in a mold?
A. Casting
B. Molding
C. Forming
D. All of the choices

196.What refers to the process by which a raw

material is shaped by heating and
squeezing into the desired shape, between
two platens that act as a mold?
A. Heat molding
B. Cold molding
C. Compression molding
D. Tension molding
197.Which of the following is NOT a hardware
requirement for die casting?
A. Water-cooled metal cavities
B. Machined metal holding blocks
C. Ejection mechanism
D. Metal mold (matching halves)
198.Which of the following materials is the
easiest to die cast?
A. Aluminum
B. Zinc
C. Titanium
D. Vanadium
199.What cast iron has nodular or spheroidal
graphite?
A. Ductile iron
B. Wrought iron
C. Gray iron
D. White iron
200.What is a proess for making glass-reinforced
shapes that can be generated by pulling
resin-impregnated glass strands through a
die?
A. Continuous pultrusion
B. Bulk molding
C. Vacuum bag forming
D. Resin transfer moulding
201.What term is used to denote a family of
thermosetting polymers that are reaction
products of alcohols and acids?
A. Alkaline
B. Alkydes
C. Alcocids
D. Aldehyde
202.What is the AISI-SAE steel designation for
nickel 3.50 alloy?
A. 13 XX
B. 23 XX
C. 25 XX
D. 31 XX
203.What is the AISI-SAE designation for
resulfurized and rephosphorized carbon
steel?
A. 13 XX
B. 31 XX
C. 23 XX
D. 12 XX
204.What is the AISI-SAE designation for nickel
steel?
A. 21 XX
B. 22 XX
C. 23 XX
D. 24 XX

205.What does AISI stands for?

A. Asian Institute of Steel Industries
B. American Institute of Steel Industries
C. Association of Architects and Engineers
D. American Iron and And Steel Institute
206.What does SAE stands for?
A. Society of Automotive Engineers
B. Society of American Engineers
C. Society of Architects and Engineers
D. Society of Alloy Engineers
207.What does ASTM stands for?
A. Association of Steel Testing and Materials
B. American Society for Testing and
Materials
C. Asian Society for Testing and Materials
D. Allied Society for Testing and Materials
208.What is the approximate chromium range of
a terrific stainless steel?
A. 12% to 18%
B. 10% to 12%
C. 16% to 20%
D. 20% to 24%
209.Stainless steels are iron-based alloys that
contain 12% or more ________.
A. tin
B. cadmium
C. lead
D. chromium
210.The Group H steels can be used in what
temperature range?
A. 600 deg.C to 1100 deg.C
B. 1000 deg.C to 1500 deg.C
C. 1100 deg.C to 2000 deg.C
D. 200 deg.C to 800 deg.C
211.The following are primary alloying
ingredients of Group H steels except:
A. Molybdenum
B. Tungsten
C. Cobalt
D. Chromium
212.The chrome-molybdenum steel contains
how many percent of molybdenum?
A. 0.10
B. 0.20
C. 0.30
D. 0.40
213.The chrome-vanadium steels contain how
many percent of vanadium?
A. 0.15 to 0.30
B. 0.05 to 0.15
C. 0.30 to 0.45
D. 0.45 to 0.60
214.Manganese steel usually contains how many
percent of manganese?
A. 1 to 5

B. 5 to 10
C. 11 to 14
D. 14 to 18
215.The wear-resistance of this material is
attributed to its ability to _________, that is,
the hardness is increased greatly when the
steel is cold-worked.
A. cold harden
B. stress harden
C. cool-temperature resistant
D. strain harden
216.The special chrome steels of the stainless
variety contain how many percent of
chromium?
A. 4 to 8
B. 9 to 10
C. 11 to 17
D. 17 to 21
217.What refers to the application of a any
process whereby the surface of steel is
altered so that it will become hard?
A. Carburizing
B. Case hardening
C. Annealing
D. Surface-hardening
218.What refers to the ability of steel to be
hardened through to its center is large
section?
A. Malleabilty
B. Hardenability
C. Spehiodability
D. Rigidity
219.What is the equilibrium temperature of
transformation of austernite to pearlite?
A. 1000 degree Fahrenheit
B. 1333 degree Fahrenheit
C. 1666 degree Fahrenheit
D. 1222 degree Fahrenheit
220.The alpha iron will become paramagnetic at
temperature above ______.
A. 700 degree Celcius
B. 550 degree Celcius
C. 660 degree Celcius
D. 440 degree Celcius
221.What structure is formed when
transformation occurs at temperatures down
to the knee of the curve?
A. Pearlite
B. Bainite
C. Austenite
D. Marstenite
222.What refers to the possibility of the
existence of two or more different crystal
structures for a substance, generally an
elemental solid?
A. Allotrophy
B. Calcination
C. Anisotrophy

D. Amorphoustropy
223.What allotropic form of iron refers to iron
that has a temperature range of room
temperature to 1670oF?
A. Beta iron
B. Gamma iron
C. Delta iron
D. Alpha iron
224.What steel surface hardening process
requires heating at 1000*F for up to 100
hours in an ammonia atmosphere, followed
by slow cooling?
A. Nitriding
B. Flame hardening
C. Precipitation hardening
D. Carburizing
225.The approximate temperatures of heated
metals such as steel and copper as it
undergo heating process are determined by
what physical property?
A. By its density
B. By its length
C. By its color
D. By its volume
226.A metal undergoes a heating process. What
is the approximate temperature if the color
of the metal is dull white?
A. 1000 degree Celcius
B. 1300 degree Celcius
C. 1600 degree Celcius
D. 2000 degree Celcius
227.Austenite is transformed into bainite when
subjected to what cooling process?
A. Very slow cooling process
B. Moderate cooling process
C. Rapid cooling process
D. Quenching cooling process
228.Some engineering materials are called PH
alloys. What does PH stands for?
A. Percent hydroxide
B. Percent hardening
C. Precipitation hardening
D. Percent hydrides
229.What is the chief ore of tin?
A. Cassiterite
B. Bauxite
C. Ilmanite
D. Galena
230.What is the chief ore of zinc?
A. Cassiterite
B. Bauxite
C. Sphalerite
D. Ilmanite

231.What is the chief ore of titanium?

A. Sphalerite
B. Ilmanite
C. Bauxite

D. Cassiterite
232.What is the mixture of gibbsite and
diaspore, of which aluminum is derived?
A. Bauxite
B. Rutile
C. Galena
D. Sphalerite

240.What is the most important property of

super alloy when used for aircraft turbine
component?
A. Density
B. Air resistance
C. Strength
D. Thermal conductivity

233.The term "brass" is very commonly used to

designate any alloy primarily of:
A. copper and zinc
B. aluminum and iron
C. copper and aluminum
D. zinc and nickel

241.What is the minimum tensile strength of

Gray Cast Iron class 50?
A. 25000 lbf/inches with exponent 2
B. 35000 lbf/inches with exponent 2
C. 50000 lbf/inches with exponent 2
D. 100000 lbf/inches with exponent 2

234.The term "bronze" is used to designate any

alloy containing:
A. copper and zinc
B. copper and aluminum
C. copper and nickel
D. copper and tin

242.What is the carbon content of wrought iron?

A. less than 0.1 percent
B. exactly 0.1 percent
C. more than 0.1 percent
D. ranges from 0.1 to 0.2 percent

235.In a system of designating wrought

aluminum alloys, a four digit number is
used. What does the first digit indicates?
A. The purity of iron
B. The identity of the alloy
C. The alloy group
D. The strength of the alloy

236.In a system of designating wrought

aluminum alloys, what does the second digit
represents?
A. The purity of aluminum
B. The identity of the alloy
C. The modification of the alloy group or
impurity limits
D. The alloy group
237.In the system of designating wrought
aluminum aloys, the letter F that follows
the number indicates what condition of the
alloy?
A. As fabricated
B. Strain hardened
C. Annealed
D. Artificially aged
238.The following alloys are the chief alloys that
are die-cast except:
A. Zinc alloys
B. Magnesium alloys
C. Manganese alloys
D. Aluminum alloys
239.What is considered as the most used
material in aircraft turbine component
because of its properties?
A. Super alloy
B. Carbon nanotubes
C. Carbon fiber
D. Titanium

243.Alnico is an alloy containing how many

percent nickel?
A. 10%
B. 14%
C. 18%
D. 22%
244.The most common beta brass with a
composition of 60% copper and 40% zinc is
called _______.
A. yellow brass
B. red brass
C. Muntz brass
D. white brass

245.The optimum combination of strength and

ductility of alpha-beta brass is offered as an
alloy known as _______.
A. Muntz
B. Strirling
C. Fornicate
D. Invar
246.What type of brass is usually used in
conduits, sockets, condensers and heatexchangher tubings?
A. Red brass
B. Yellow brass
C. White brass
D. Blue brass
247.Red brass is also known as _______.
A. softmetal
B. gunmetal
C. pewter
D. solid brass
248.Red brass contains how many percent
copper?
A. 70%
B. 75%

C. 80%
D. 85%
249.Yellow brass contains approximately how
many percent of zinc?
A. 20%
B. 50%
C. 30%
D. 40%
250.Indicate the false statement.
A. Aluminum bronzes contain no tin.
B. Silicon bronzes are usually used for
marine application and high strength
fasteners.
C. Bronze is copper-tin alloy.
D. Tin is relatively soluble in copper.
251.What is the most abundant metal in nature?
A. Aluminum
B. Steel
C. Iron
D. Copper
252.Indicate the false statement about
aluminum.
A. It has 1/3 the weight of steel
B. It has 1/3 of the stifness of steel
C. It has high strength to weight ratio
D. It has poor thermal and electrical
conductivity
253.What is the effect to aluminum with the iron
as the alloying element?
A. Reduce hot-cracking tendencies in
casting
B. Improving conductivity
C. Lower castability
D. Improves machinability
254.What is the effect to aluminum with copper
as alloying element?
A. Icreases strength up to about 12%
B. Reduces shrinkage
C. Improves machinability
D. Increases fluidity in casting
255.Which of the following are two well known
nickel alloys with magnetic properties ideal
for permanent magnets?
A. Invar and Nilvar
B. Nichrome and Constantan
C. Elinvar and Invar
D. Alnico and Cunife
256.The Portland cement is manufacture from
the following elements except:
A. lime
B. silica
C. alumina
D. asphalt
257.That refers to a substance that by chemical
reaction blinds particulate aggregates into a
cohesive structure?
A. Concrete
B. Cement
C. Adhesive

D. Glue
258.What gives the average ratio of stress to
strain for materials operating in the
nonlinear region in the stress-strain
diagram?
A. Modulus of elasticity
B. Proportionality limit
C. Secant modulus
D. Tangent modulus
259.Specific modulus is the ratio of _____ of a
material.
A. tensile strength to specific gravity
B. elastic modulus to specific gravity
C. strain to specific gravity
D. tangent modulus to specific gravity
260.Specific strength is the ratio of ________ of a
material.
A. tensile strength to specific gravity
B. elastic modulus to specific gravity
C. strain to specific gravity
D. tangent modulus to specific gravity
261.What is the reciprocal of the coefficient o
volume elasticity/
A. Compressibility
B. Coefficient of rigidity
c. Bulk modulus
D. Young modulus
262.What test determines the hardenability of a
steel specimen?
A. Jominy end-quench test
B. The lever rule
C. Gibb's phase test
D. Stress relief test
263.What steel relief process is used with
hypoeutetoid steels to change martenite
into pearlite?
A. Temperizing
B. Normalizing
c. Annealing
D. Spheroidizing

264.What is another term for tempering?

A. Recrystaliation
B. Annealing
c. Sphereoidizing
D. Drawing or toughening
265.All are steel surface hardening processes
except one. Which one?
A. Carburizing
B. Flame hardening
C. Nitriding
D. Annealing
266.In annealing, what refers to the ratio of the
working temperature to that of the

temperature of the melting point when

carrying out plastic deformation process?
A. Homogenous temperature
B. Cold-working temperature
C. Hot-working temperature
D. Homologous temperature
267.For metric wire gage, the no. 2 wire is _____
in diameter.
A. 0.1 mm
B. 0.2 mm
C. 0.3 mm
D. 0.4 mm
268.Bus bars of rectangular cross sectionare
generally used or carrying _______.
A. high electric currents
B. low electric currents
C. high voltage
D. low voltage
269.What are used for interconnection on
printed-circuit boards?
A. Unlaminated flat conductors
B. Insulated conductors
C. Rounded flexible conductors
D. Flat flexile conductors
270.Yellow brass is a copper alloy with improved
mechanical properties but reduced corrosion
resistance and electrical conductivity. How
many percent of yellow brass is copper?
A. 65%
B. 35%
C. 55%
D. 45%
271.How does the electrical conductivity of
copper be reduced significantly?
A. By reducing the copper's
electronegativity
B. By removing impurities
C. By adding impurities and alloying
components
D. By chemical treatment using enamel
272.The state of having exactly the same
number of positive and negative electrical
charges is known as ____.
A. electrobalance
B. electroneutrality
C. electrically stable
D. stable state
273.The presence of what type of bond in
metallic compound enables then to posses
electrical conductivity property?
A. Covalent bond
B. Ionic bond
C. Crystalline bond
D. Metallic bond
274.What type of copper alloy is used as
collectors for electric generators?
A. Yellow brass
B. Beryllium copper
C. Tin bronze

D. Phosphor bronze
275.What is the electrical resistivity of pure
copper in micro-ohms-centimeter?
A. 1.76
B. 1.71
C. 1.67
D. 3.10
276.What should be the resistivity in microohms-centimeter of a resistor material?
A. 200-300
B. 100-200
C. 50-150
D. 10-50
277.Resistivity ratio of a conductor is the ratio of
the electrical resistivity at 298 K to that of
_____.
A. 4.2 K
B. 5.2 K
C. 6.2 K
D. 7.2 K
278.What material is usually used for some
electrical and electronics applications,
especially for those that require higher
resistivity and lower eddy-current losses?
A. Silicon-iron
B. Silicon-copper
C. Germanium-iron
D. Germanium-copper
279.How much silicon is present in silicon-iron?
A. 1% to 3%
B. 2% to 4%
C. 3% to 5%
D. 4% to 6%
280.What is the most widely used dielectronic
material in the electrical and electronics
industry?
A. Polymer
B. Plastic
C. Rubber
D. all of the above
281.What refers to dielectric materials, such as
Rochelle salt, with domain structure
containing dipole and are aligned
spontaneously?
A. Dieletric materials
B. Photo-electric materials
C. Ferro-electric materials
D. Ferro-magnetic materials
282.What are natural or synthetic rubberlike
materials which have outstanding elastic
characteristics?
A. Thermosettting plastics
B. Polymers
C. Elastomers
D. Thermoplastic plastics
283.What refers to an additive that imparts a
specific color to a polymer?

A. colorant
B. Component
C. Profiler
D. Changer
284.What refers to an inert foreign substance
added to a polymer to improve or modify its
properties?
A. Component
B. Catalyst
C. Filter
D. Profiler
285.What refers to a polymer that has been
made porous or sponge-like by the
incorporation of gas bubbles?
A. Suds
B. Smog
C. Fog
D. Foam
286.What are cellular forms of urathenes,
polystreams, vinyls, polythylenes,
polyproplenes, phenolics, epoxies and a
variety of other plastics?
A. Thermoplastic plastics
B. Plastic foams
C. Polymers
D. Thermosetting plastics
287.What is the widely used electrical insulator?
A. Plastic
B. Polymer
c. Epoxy
D. Paper
288.What is the dielectric strength of an
unimpregnated cellulose paper or kraft
paper?
A. 6 to 12 MV/m
B. 8 to 14 MV/m
C. 10 to 16 MV/m
D. 12 to 18 MV/m
289.What is the most widely known carbide?
A. Carbon carbide
B. Lead carbide
C. Germanium carbide
D. Silicon carbide
290.Which of the following carbides has a good
resistance to wear, thermal shock and
corrosion?
A. Tungsten carbide
B. Titanium carbide
c. Silicon carbide
D. Nitric carbide

291.What refers to the quantity of mass diffusing

through and perpendicular to a unit crosssectional area of material per unit time?
A. Diffusion coefficient
B. Diffusion flux
C. Dielectric displacement

D. Diffraction coefficient
292.What refers to the ratio of the permittivity of
a medium to that of a vacuum?
A. Dielectric constant
B. Magnetic constant
C. Relative permeability
D. Diffusion coefficient
293.Class I capacitors have dielectric constants
are up to ____.
A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 500
294.What are the typical dielectric constants of
class II capacitors?
A. 500 to 10,000
B. 1,000 to 10,000
C. 500 to 5000
D. 100 to 1,000

295.What class of ceramic capacitor is best

suited for oscillator circuit where
capacitance stability is necessary?
A. Class I
B. Class II
C. Class III
D. Class IV
296.What is the maximum dielectric constant of
class I ceramic capacitor?
A. 500
B. 600
C. 700
D. 800
297.What are the most widely used generalpurpose coatings?
A. Alkyds
B. Acrylics
C. Epoxies
D. Vinyls
298.What is most widely used in electronic
industry as a structural member, such as
the envelopes, hermetic seals to metals or
ceramics, protective coating on hybrid and
integrated circuits, etc?
A. Glass
B. Plastics
C. Silica
D. Film

299.The thin conducting films used for

semiconductor is made of what metal?
A. Gold
B. Tin
C. Aluminum
D. Silver

300.What refers to a two-element compound

semiconductor such as Gallium-Arsenide?
A. Duo semiconductor
B. Binary semiconductor
C. Twin semiconductor
D. Pair semiconductor
301.What refers to a three-element compound
semiconductor such as aluminum gallium
arsenide semiconductor?
A. Tri semiconductor
B. Trio semiconductor
C. Tetra semiconductor
D. Ternary semiconductor
302.A semiconductor composed of a single
specie of atom such as silicon or germanium
is called _____ semiconductor.
A. elemental
B. unit
C. primary
D. ordinary
303.A semiconductor wafer or other material
used as the starting material for further
semiconductor processing, such as epitaxial
growth or diffusion?
A. Substrate
B. Layer
C. Lattice
D. Crystal
304.What refers to glasses which are devitrified
about 100 degree celsius below their
softening point to form a very fine network
of crystalline phase?
A. fused silica
B. Glass ceramics
C. Fused quartz
D. Fiber glass
305.What type of motion is produced when
crystalline solids are strained?
A. Amorphic motion
B. Molecular motion
C. Structural motion
D. Dislocation motion
306.The percentage change in magnetic
properties of materials resulting from
temperature aging is called the ____.
A. aging box
B. aging factor
C. aging coefficient
D. aging point

307.The change in electrical resistance due to

the application of magnetic field is called
_____.
A. magnetic anistropy
B. magnetoresistance

C. magnetostriction
D. magnetizing factor
308.Which material is used for dc application
such as electromagnetic cores and relays?
A. Iron
B. Copper
C. Steel
D. Aluminum
309.Which of the following is known as
"electrical steel"?
A. Silicon steel
B. Stainless steel
C. Carbon steel
D. Cast steel
310.What is the highest frequency ferrite?
A. Garnet
B. Spinel
C. Mumetal
D. Superinvar
311.Which material is used for Schottky barrier
diodes, light emitting diodes, Gunn diodes
and injection lasers?
A. Gallium Arsenide
B. Silicon Carbide
C. Selenium
D. Gallium Phosphide
312.What material is used for
electroluminescent diodes which can emit
either green or red light?
A. Gallium Arsenide
B. Silicon Carbide
C. Selenium
D. Gallium Phosphide
313.Lead compounds such as lead sulfide,
selenide and telluride may be used for
which application?
A. Diodes and transistors at low
temperatures
B. Infrared detectors
C. Thermoelectric applications
D. All of the above
314.For hardness penetration test, the Rockwell
test uses what type of penetrator?
A. Sphere
B. Square pyramid
C. Asymmetrical pyramid
D. Cube
315.What is the combination of cutting and
scratch test of a material?
A. Knoop test
B. Vickers test
C. File hardness test
D. Toughness test

316.What method of determining hardness of

materials that users a small diamond
pyramid (136 degrees), with a square base
and using a much lighter load, permitting its
use on thinner specimens?
A. Brinnel hardness number method
B. Vickers pyramid hadness method
C. Shore scleroscope method
D. Knoop hardness number method
317.Using Moh's scale, which of the following
materials is the hardest?
A. Iron
B. Topaz
C. Brass
D. Corundum
318.A hardness scale that is used to show the
different hardness of materials is the Moh's
scale. What type of scale is the Moh's scale?
A. Scratch-based scale
B. Imbedded-based scale
C. Penetration-based scale
D. Impact-based scale
319.What is the Moh's hardness number for
aluminum oxide used for cutting tools?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
320.What refers to the strain energy per unit
volume required to reach the yield point?
A. Elastic toughness
B. Fatigue
C. Hardness
D. Creep strain
321.What type of failure wherein the cyclic
stresses are introduced by fluctuating
thermal stresses?
A. Thermal conductivity
B. Thermal fatigue
C. Thermal shock
D. Thermal tempering
322.The fracture of a brittle material as a result
of stresses is introduced by a rapid
temperature change is called ___________.
A. thermal fatigue
B. thermal shock
C. thermal conductivity
D. thermal tempering
323.The following are typical properties of
ceramic except one. Which one?
A. High melting point
B. High compressive strength
C. High corrosion resistance
D. High thermal conductivity
324.Which of the following refers to ceramic
used in engineering?
A. Materials that posses plastic properties
B. Non-metallic, non-crystalline materials

C. Oxides, nitrides and carbides

D. Materials that conduct heat easily
325.Which of the following engineering materials
is NOT classified as ceramics?
A. Graphite
B. Diamond
C. Glass
D. Reinforced plastic
326.The most important mechanical property of
ceramics which is the measure of its
resistance to crack propagation is ________.
A. ductility
B. plasticity
C. elasticity
D. toughness
327.Which of the following has the highest
thermal conductivity at room temperature?
A. Diamond
B. Glass
C. Porcelain
D. Graphite
328.Which of the following is NOT a property of
carbon graphite products?
A. Melt when heated
B. Brittle
C. Used as electrical conductors
D. Very low tensile strength
329.Which of the following engineering materials
has the highest density?
A. Magnesium
B. Lead
C. Steel
D. Tantalum
330.What refers to the average number of mers
in the molecule, typically several hundred to
several thousand?
A. Polymerization constant
B. Polymerization factor
C. Degree of polymerization
D. Polymerization index
331.What nickel alloy has high electrical and
corrosion resistance and high strength at
red heat temperature and contains 15 to
20% chromium?
A. Alnico
B. Nichrome
C. Invar
D. Nilvar
332.Due to their unique properties, invar and
upper invar are commonly used in which of
the following applications?
A. Shado mast in CRTs
B. Bimetallic strips
C. Piping for liquefied natural gas
D. All of the above
333.What element is used to replace the nickel
content of an alloy to produce a super invar
alloy?
A. Zinc

B. Cobalt
C. Tin
D. Cobalt
334.Silicon bronze contains how many percent of
silicon?
A. 96%
B. 3%
C. 1%
D. 69%
335.What element is added to copper to
increase its strength and fatigue properties?
A. Silicon
B. Aluminum
C. Berylllium
D. Zinc
336.Which of the following metals in their alloy
form has the greatest strength at room
temperature?
A. Graphite fibers
B. Steels
C. Kevlar fibers
D. Carbides
337.What element is added to copper to make it
extremely hard?
A. Aluminum
B. Zinc
C. Lead
D. Silicon
338.What element constitutes a major
component of most bronzes?
A. Zinc
B. Tin
C. Lead
D. Aluminum
339.What is the most common alloying
ingredient in copper?
A. Tin
B. Lead
C. Zinc
D. Aluminum
340.What is the lightest metal currently
available for engineering applications?
A. Magnesium
B. Copper
C. Tungsten
D. Chromium
341.What is the heaviest material currently
available for engineering applications?
A. Vanadium
B. Molybdenum
C. Chromium
D. Tungsten
342.Aluminum is lighter than all materials below
except one? Which one?
A. Magnesium
B. Ferrous materials
C. Zinc
D. Tin

343.Which of the following is NOT a ferrous

metal?
A. Carbon
B. Stainless steel
C. Beryllium
D. Too-and-die steel
344.In the manufacturing of engineering
materials, what refers to the major
computer application which adjusts
automatically the manufacturing
parameters such as forces, temperature,
surface finish and dimensions of parts, to
fall within the acceptable range?
A. Automated handing control
B. Industrial Robotics
C. Computer Numerical Control
D. Adaptive Control
345.Which of the elements is NOT harmful to
solders?
A. Antimony
B. Zinc
C. Cadmium
D. Aluminum
346.What alloy is usually used for minting of
coins?
A. Nordic gold
B. Plated gold
C. Chinese gold
D. Alloyed gold
347.Nordic gold contains how many percent
copper?
A. 85%
B. 87%
C. 89%
D. 91%
348.What component of smart metals performs
a responsive and adaptive function?
A. Actuator
B. Retention
C. Memory
D. Magneto fiber
349.Which of the following is used as actuators
or smart metals?
A. Piezo-electric ceramics
B. Nanocarbon polymers
C. Magnetic resistance materials
D. Shape-memory alloys
350.What refers to the ability of a material to
permit it to be permanently bent or twisted
into various shapes without shapes without
breaking?
A. Ductility
B. Elasticity
C. Plasticity

D. Malleability

351.Copper is the most commonly used material

for electrical wires. What is its modulus of
elasticity in pascals?
A. 9 x 10 to 10th power
B. 10 x 10 to 10th power
C. 11 x 10 to 10th power
D. 12 x 10 to 10th power
352.What abundant materials refer to the
product of the weathering of complex
silicates, particularly of feldspar?
A. Sand
B. Clay
C. Gravel
D. Limestone
353.Which of the following materials is normally
found in small microwave tubes?
A. steatite
B. Carbides
C. Forsterite
D. Cordierite
354.What term is used to describe the
technology of treating a mined ore, to
obtain a product higher on concentration of
a wanted material from the unwanted rock
mass in which it occurs?
A. Ore dressing
B. Ore mining
C. Ore drawing
D. Ore alloying
355.What refers to the fabrication step in
semiconductor manufacturing in which
proper interconnection is made?
A. Metallization
B. Mineralization
C. Oxidation process
D. Lithography
356.What is the usual specific gravity of the
mineral oil used for transformers?
A. 0.68
B. 0.98
C. 0.78
D. 0.88
357.Which of the materials below will be used
when high compressive ultimate strength is
necessary?
A. Aluminum
B. Granite
C. Concrete
D. Copper
358.What material is usually used in cellphone
relays?
A. Titanium
B. Aluminum
C. Palladium
D. Platinum

359.Which is not a property of palladium?

A. It cannot be electroplated
B. It is less resistant to corrosion
C. It resembles a platinum
D. It is normally used for contacts in relays
360.What type of resin is usually used for
manufacturing plumbing pipe?
A. High density polyethylene
B. Low density polyethylene
C. Polypropylene
D. Polyvinyl chloride
361.What is the dielectric constant of the
ceramic dielectric material, porcelain?
A. 6.0
B. 6.9
C. 4.0
D. 5.2
362.Steel is normally described in gauges, such
as 16 gauge BG, what does BG stands for?
A. Burmingham Gauge
B. Buckingham Gauge
C. British Gauge
D. Brinell Gauge
363.Perforated materials are not usually used for
structural members. If used however, what
factors must be considered in the
calculation taking into the account the
effect of the perforation on the strength of
the material?
A. Stiffness and strength
B. Stiffness and resistance to creep
C. Strength and resistance to fatigue
D. Resistance to fatigue and resistance to
creep
364.What type of solder is used in an
intermediate temperature solder but not
suitable for brass?
A. Aluminum-silver solder
B. Tin-antinomy solder
C. Aluminum-zine solder
D. Lead-silver solder
365.What type of integrated circuit constructed
on a glass or ceramic substrate, used only
for passive elements?
A. Ceramic IC
B. Planar IC
C. Film IC
D. Semiconductor subtrate IC
366.What refers to the ability of a material to
withstand shatter?
A. Shear resistance
B. Plasticity
C. Elasticity
D. Impact resistance
367.An "Oxygen Free High Conductivity" copper
refers to the one that contains ____ copper.
A. 99.95%
B. 99.399%

C. 99.90%
D. 99.00%
368.What gold alloy is usually used for lowcurrent electric contacts?
A. Au-Tn alloy
B. Au-Ag alloy
C. Au-Fe alloy
D. Au-Si alloy
369.At the maximum temperature can a nickelcoated copper conductor be used?
A. 340 degree Celsius
B. 320 degree Celsius
C. 360 degree Celsius
D. 300 degree Celsius
370.What abundant materials refer to the
product of the weathering of complex
silicate4s, particularly of feldspars?
A. Sand
B. Clay
C. Gravel
D. Limestone
371.Which of the following arrangements have
their corresponding strength in descending
order?
A. Carbides, Steel, Tantalum, Titanium
B. Steel, Carbides, Titanium, Tantalum
C. Titanium, Steel, Carbide, Tantalum
D. Tantalum, Titanium, Steel, Carbide
372.Which of the following arrangements have
their corresponding toughness in
descending order?
A. Wood, Thermoset, Ceramic,
Thermoplastic
B. Thermoplastic, Wood, Thermoset,
Ceramic
C. Thermoset. Ceramic, Wood,
Thermoplastic
D. Ceramic, Wood, Thermoset,
Thermoplastic
373.Which of the following arrangements have
their corresponding stiffness in descending
order?
A. Copper, Tungsten, Titanium, Thermoset
B. Titanium, Thermoset, Copper, Tungsten
C. Thermoset, Titanium, Tungsten, Copper
D. Tungsten, Copper, Titanium, Thermoset
374.Which of the following arrangements have
their corresponding hardness in descending
order?
A. Magnesium, Thermoplastic, Thermoset,
Copper
B. Thermoset, Copper, Magnesium,
Thermoplastic
C. Copper, Thermoset, Magnesium,
Thermoplastic
D. Thermoplastic, Copper, Thermoset,
Magnesium

375.Arrange the following metals from greatest

to least electrical conductivity at room
temperature.
A. Brass, Iron, Platinum, Carbon Steel
B. Iron, Platinum, Brass, Carbon Steel
C. Platinum, Iron, Carbon Steel. Brass
D. Carbon. Steel, Iron, Platinum, Brass
376.Arrange the following materials in
accordance from greatest modulus of
elasticity to the least.
A. Nickel, Titanium, Copper, Brass
B. Titanium, Copper, Brass, Nickel
C. Copper, Nickel, Titanium, Brass
D. Nickel, Copper, Titanium, Brass
377.What is the electrical conductivity per ohmmeter of aluminum used as electrical
conductor?
A. 5.08x 10 raise to the power of 7
B. 6.47x 10 raise to the power of 7
C. 7.32x 10 raise to the power of 7
D. 3.57x 10 raise to the power of 7
378.Piezoelectric materials are usually utilized
as:
A. Inductors
B. Capacitors
C. Transducers
D. Resistors

379.Indicate the false statement about modulus

of elasticity?
A. The modulus of elasticity of polymers is
lower than that of metals.
B. The modulus of elasticity range of metals
is slightly higher than that of ceramics.
C. The modulus of elasticity of polymers is
lower than that of ceramics.
D. Steel and Nickel has almost the same
value of modulus of elasticity.
380.Aside from Gold, Silver, and Platinum, which
of the following is considered as noble
metal?
A. Niobium
B. Vanadium
C. Iridium
D. Zirconium
381.Because of their unique properties, invar
and super-invar are commonly used in all
the following except one. Which one?
A. Shadow mast on cathode ray tubes
B. Bimetallic strips
C. Piping for qualified natural gas
D. Coinage
382._____ have superlative combinations of
properties and mostly used in aircraft
turbine components.
A. Invars
B. Superalloys
C. Titanium and palladium

D. Alloys
383.What is the most important consideration
for superalloys?
A. Density
B. Strength
C. Thermal Capacity
D. Air resistance
384.What process is involved in the
transformation of austenite into bainite?
A. Rapid quenching
B. Reheat
C. Moderate cooling
D. Slow cooling
385.To produce a super-invar alloy, some of the
nickel content is replaced by what element?
A. Cobalt
B. Copper
C. Tin
D. Lead
386.What type of laser is used for line-of-sight
communication, recording/playback of
holograms?
A. He-Ne laser
B. Argon Laser
C. Ruby Laser
D. Diode Laser

387.For the pure metal and all the copper-nickel

alloys, the resistivity rises linearly with
temperature above about ____ degree
Celsius.
A. -100
B. -150
C. -200
D. -250
388.Which of the following is NOT a diamagnetic
material?
A. Diamond
B. Alkalihalides
C. Ag
D. Gd
389.Nichrome is the widely used as a heater
wire in household appliances and industrial
furnaces. What is the composition of
nichrome?
A. 80& Nickel and 20% Chromium
B. 85% Nickel and 15% Chromium
C. 75% Nickel and 25% Chromium
D. 90% Nickel and 10% Chromium
390.Which ferromagnet has a BBC crystal
structure?
A. Gd
B. Cu
C. Ni
D. Fe

391.Which semiconductor material has a green

LED?
A. GaP (N)
B. GaP (Zn-O)
C. SiC
D. InGan alloys (430- 460 nm)
392.Which semiconductor material has a blue
LED?
A. InGan alloys (500- 530nm)
B. GaP (Zn-O)
C. SiC
D. Gap (N)
393.Which of the following is NOT a standard
load for Brinell Hardness Testing?
A. 500 kg
B. 1500 kg
C. 2500 kg
D. 3000 kg
394.Which is NOT a property of the common
plastic known as mylar?
A. It has high dielectric strength
B. Is is chemical resistance
C. It is moisture resistance
D. It embrittles with age
395.To determine the approximate temperature
of heated metals such as heated metals
such as steel and copper, a color scale for
metal temperature is used. When the color
of metal is dull white, what is the
approximate temperature of metal in degree
Celsius?
A. 1300
B. 1400
C. 1500
D. 1600

396.Which of the following is NOT true about

electrical conductors?
A. Oxides and salts of silver are also
conductors.
B. Oxides of copper are good conductors.
C. Gold does not normally oxidize.
D. Oxides of aluminum are not good
conductors.
397.Hardening of steel is accomplished by
raising the temperature until the steel
becomes austenitic in form and the quickcooling it at a rate faster than the critical
state. What is the average hardening
temperature of steel?
A. 1475 to 1675 degrees Fahrenheit
B. 1275 to 1475 degrees Fahrenheit
C. 1375 to 1575 degrees Fahrenheit
D. 1375 to 1675 degrees Fahrenheit
398.What important semiempirical equation
which is used to predict the resistivity of an
alloy?
A. Nordheim's Rule
B. Schrodinger's Rule

C. Stefan's Rule
D. Hall's Rule
399.What soft magnetic materials are used for
high permeability applications and for lowloss electric devices?

A. Silicon iron
B. Super alloy
C. Commercial grade iron
D. Ferrites