Stresses Shear modulus of also known as:

Test 2 A.
B.
Shear elasticity
Poisson’s ratio
1. ME Board April 1998 C. Modulus of elasticity
At a given section of an I beam the maximum bending D. Modulus of rigidity
stress occurs at the
6. ME Board April 1998
A. maximum shear stress area He maximum stress induced in a material when subject to intermittent or
B. neutral axis repeated load without causing failure is called:
C. web joint near the flange
D. outermost A. Ultimate stress
B. Endurance limit
2. ME Board April 1998 C. Ultimate strength
The resultant of two or more force is a D. Elastic limit

A. couple of forces 7. ME Board April 1998

B. concurrent of forces Internal stress exerted by the fibers to resist the action of outside force is
C. momentum called:
D. resolution of forces
A. Shearing stress
3. ME Board April 1998 B. Tensile stress
Two or more forces acting together could be replaced by a C. Ultimate stress
single force with same effect in a mass called D. Compressive stress

A. Couple of forces 8. ME Board April 1998

B. Resolution of forces Alloy steel axle under repeated load/stress will eventually fail if the load/stress
C. Resultant is above the endurance for the steel under consideration. The endurance limit
D. Concurrent of forces of the steel is therefore

4. ME Board April 1998 A. equal to the allowable stress of the module of elasticity
The frictional forces depends on coefficient of friction and B. equal to half of the ultimate strength
C. equal to module of elasticity
A. Torque D. equal to 80% of the elastic limit
B. Weights of object
C. Normal of force 9. ME Board April 1998
D. Moment Moment of inertia is also called:

5. ME Board April 1998 A. Modulus of elasticity

 B. Weep strength C. measure of a distance
C. Radius of the gyration D. dependent on modulus of elasticity of beam measure
D. None of these
14. ME Board April 1997
10. ME Board April 1998 The differential of the shear equation is which of the following:
Deflection of a beam is
A. bending moment of the beam
A. proportional to the modulus of elasticity and B. tensile strength of the beam
moment of inertia C. slope of the elastic curve
B. proportional to the load imposed and inversely D. load of the beam
to the length squared
C. inversely proportional to the modulus of 15. ME Board April 1997
elasticity and moment of inertia Could be defined as simply push and pull is know as
D. inversely proportional to the weight imposed
times the length A. Work
B. Force
11. ME Board April 1997 C. Inertia
Continuous stretching under load even if the stress is D. Power
less than the yield point is called:

A. Plasticity 16. ME Board April 1997

B. Elasticity The changes in shape or geometry of the body due to action of a force on it is
C. Creep called deformation or
D. Ductility
A. shearing stress
12. ME Board April 1997 B. stresses
It is the opposite direction of parallel force. C. compressive stress
D. strains
A. Concurrent
B. Coplanar 17. ME Board April 1997
C. Couple Ability to resist deformation under stress is called:
D. Non coplanar
A. Plasticity
13. ME Board April 1997 B. All of these
The ratio of the moment of inertia of the cross-section C. Stiffness
of the beam to the section of modulus is D. Toughness

A. equal to the radius of gyration

B. equal to the area of the cross-section
18. ME Board April 1997, ME Board April 1996 C. Factor of safety = design stress divided ultimate stress
The property of a material that relates the lateral strain to D. Ultimate stress = factor of safety divided by design stress
longitudinal strain is called:
23. ME Board April 1997
A. Stress Stresses that are independent to loads are known as:
B. Strain
C. Poisson’s ratio A. Working stresses
D. Endurance limit B. Operating stresses
C. Residual stresses
19. ME Board October 1997 D. Shear stresses
The single force which produces the same effect upon a
body as two or more force acting together is called: 24. ME Board October 1996
The ratio of unit lateral deformation to unit longitudinal deformation is called:
A. Resultant force
B. Co-planar force A. Poisson’s ratio
C. Couple B. Willan’s line
D. Non-coplanar force C. Modulus of elasticity
D. Deformation
20. ME Board October 1997
The ability of metal to resist being crushed is called: 25. ME Board October 1996
Separated forces, which can be so combined are called:
A. Shearing strength
B. Compressive stress A. Non-concurrent forces
C. Torsional strength B. Couple
D. Tensile strength C. Combined forces
D. Concurrent forces
21. ME Board October 1997, ME Board October 1995
Finding the resultant of two or more forces is called: 26. ME Board October 1996, ME Board October 1995
A. Co-planar Endurance strength is nearly proportional to the ultimate strength but not with
B. Non-coplanar forces
C. Couple A. yield strength
D. Composition of the forces B. design stress
C. shear stress
22. ME Board October 1997, ME Board April 1993 D. all of these
In general, the design stress and factor of safety 27. ME Board April 1996
are related as follows The three moment equation maybe used to analyse a

A. Design stress = ultimate stress times factor of safety A. tapered column

B. Design stress = ultimate stress divided by factor of safety B. continuous beam
 C. endurance limit What is the metal characteristic to withstand forces that causes twisting?
D. tensile stress A. Torsional strength
B. Modulus of elasticity
28. ME Board April 1996 C. Twisting moment
Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of D. Elasticity

A. shear strain to compressive strain 33. ME Board April 1993

B. elastic limit to compressive strain The unit deformation is called
C. lateral strain to longitudinal strain
D. elastic limit to proportional limit A. Torsion
B. Strain
29. ME Board April 1996 C. Stress
The product of the resultant of all forces acting on a D. Shear
body and the time that the resultant acts
34. ME Board October 1993
A. Angular impulse The total amount of permanent extension of the gage length measured after
B. Angular momentum specimen has fractured and is expressed as percentage increase of the
C. Linear impulse original length.
D. Linear momentum
A. Elongation
30. ME Board April 1996 B. Strain
The system of forces and opposite forces are added, C. Stress
which of the following if any is true? D. Elastic limit

A. equilibrium is destroyed 35. ME Board October 1993

B. equilibrium is maintained Strength of a material is that of a stress intensity determined by considering
C. none of these is true the maximum test load to act the original area of the test specimens called
D. an unbalanced of moment exist
A. Yield point
31. ME Board October 1995 B. Ultimate strength
What is the property of a material, which resists forces C. Break strength
acting to pull the material apart? D. Elastic limit

A. Shear strength
B. Tensile strength 36. ME Board October 1993
C. Torsional strength The maximum stress, which is reached during a tension test is called
D. Compressive strength
A. Stress
32. ME Board April 1995 B. Elasticity
 C. Strain A. Shear strength
D. Tensile strength B. Tensile strength
C. Bearing strength
37. ME Board October 1994 D. Torsional strength
Which of the following is the differential of the shear equation?
42. ME Board April 1993
A. bending moment The ratio of stress to strain within the elastic limit is called
B. load on the beam
C. tensile strength of the beam A. Creep
D. slope of the beam B. Modulus of rigidity
C. Modulus of elasticity
38. ME Board October 1993 D. Poisson’s ratio
The change in length per unit original length is
43. ME Board April 1993
A. strain The last point at which a material may be stretched a still return to its
B. stress undeformed combination upon release of the stress.
C. deformation
D. elastic modulus A. Rupture limit
B. Elastic limit
39. ME Board April 1993 C. Proportional limit
The ability of material or metal to resist being crushed is D. Ultimate limit

A. fatigue strength 44. ME Board April 1992

B. bending strength The deformation that results from a stress and is expressed in terms
C. torsional strength of the amount of deformation per inch.
D. compressive strength
A. Elongation
40. ME Board April 1993, ME Board April 1992 B. Strain
The ability of metals to withstand loads without breaking C. Poisson’s ratio
down is termed as D. Elasticity

A. Strain 45. ME Board April 1992

B. Stress The internal resistance a material offers to being deformed and is measured in
C. Elasticity terms of applied load.
D. Strength
A. Strain
41. ME Board April 1993 B. Elasticity
The ability of metals to withstand forces that causes a member to twist. C. Stress
D. Resilience
 50. ME Board June 1990
46. ME Board June 1990, ME Board October 1989 The ability of metal to withstand forces thus following a number of twist.
The maximum stress induced in a material when
subjected to alternating or repeated loading without A. Shear strength
causing failure. B. Bearing strength
C. Endurance limit
A. Ultimate strength D. Deformation
B. Yield strength
C. Endurances strength
D. Rupture strength

47. ME Board June 1990

The maximum stress to which a material may be
subjected before failure occurs is called

A. Rupture strength
B. Ultimate strength
C. Yield strength
D. Proportional limit

48. ME Board June 1990, ME Board April 1990

The total deformation measured in the direction
of the lines stress

A. Strain
B. Elasticity
C. Elongation
D. Contraction

49. ME Board June 1990

The total resistance that a material offers to an applied
load is called

A. Friction torque
B. Stress
C. Rigidity
D. Compressive force
Answer to Test 2 – Stresses 37. B. load on the beam
38. A. strain
39. D. compressive strength
1. D. outer most
40. D. Strength
2. D. resolution of forces
41. D. Torsional strength
3. C. Resultant
42. C. Modulus of elasticity
4. C. normal force
43. B. Elasticity limit
5. D. Modulus of rigidity
44. B. Strain
6. B. Endurance limit
45. C. Stress
7. A. Shearing stress
46. C. Endurance strength
8. B. equal to half of the ultimate strength
47. B. Ultimate strength
9. D. None of these
48. A Strain
10. C. inversely proportional to the modulus of elasticity and moment of inertia
49. B. Stress
11. C. Creep
50. A. Shear strength
12. C. Couple
13. C. measure of a distance
14. D. load of the beam
15. B. Force
16. D. strains
17. C. Stiffness
18. C. Poisson’s ratio
19. A. Resultant force
20. B. Compressive stress
21. D. Composition of forces
22. B. Design Stress = Ultimate stress divided by factor of safety
23. C. Residual Stress
24. A. Poisson’s ratio
25. D. Concurrent forces
26. A. yield strength
27. B. continuous beam
28. C. lateral strain to longitudinal strain
29. C. Linear impulse
30. B. equilibrium is maintained
31. B. Tensile strength
32. A. Torsional strength
33. B. Strain
34. Elongation
35. B. Ultimate strength
36. D. Tensile strength