MACHINE DESIGN

PAST BOARD EXAM

ELEMENTS
PART 3
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1. Are bevel gears mounted on intersecting . shafts
at angle of other than 90ᵒ.
A. right angle gears
B. half gears
C. inclined gears
D. angular gears

The answer is: D

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2. Is one in which the pitch angle is 90ᵒ that is, the
pitch cone has become a plane.
A. spur gear
B. crown gear
C. worm gear
D. worm wheel

The answer is: B

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 3. Is used to transmit power between
nonintersecting shafts , nearly always at right angle
to each other.
A. Spur gear
B. Ordinary gear
C. Bevel gear
D. Worm gear

The answer is: D

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 4. The two types of construction for the worm are:
A. Shell and cylindrical
B. Shell and zigzag
C. Shell and integral
D. Tube and integral

The answer is: C

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 5. The standard pressure angle for fine pitch gears
is ____ degrees and is recommended for most
applications.
A. 14. 5ᵒ
B. 21ᵒ
C. 20ᵒ
D. 16ᵒ

The answer is: C

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 6. The contact ratio of pair of mating spur gears
must be well over____ to insure a smooth transfer
of load from one pair of teeth to the next pair.
A. 1.0
B. 3.0
C. 2.0
D. 4.0

The answer is: A

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 7. As general rule contact ratio should not be less
than about______.
A. 1.1
B. 1.3
C. 1.2
D. 1.4

The answer is: D

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 8. Surface roughness on active profile surface on
gear is about ____ pitch.
A. 30
B. 34
C. 32
D. 36

The answer is: C

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 9. Tooth breakage on gear is usually a____,
A. A tensile fatigue
B. Contact stress
C. A crack
D. None of these

The answer is: A

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 10. GMA means
A. American German Manufacturers
Association
B. Athletic Gear Main Association
C. American Gear Metal Association
D. American Gear Manufacturers Association

The answer is: D

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 11. Which of the following does not belong to
the group?
A. Tooth scoring
B. Tooth breakage
C. Pitting
D. toughing

The answer is: D

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 12. Well proportioned commercial gears with a pitch line
velocity of less than_____ will normally not score if they
have a reasonably good surface finish and are properly
lubricated.
A. 6000 fpm
B. 7000 fpm
C. 6500 fpm
D. 8000 fpm

The answer is: B

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 13. Experimental data from actual gear unit
measurements are selcom repeatable within a plus
or minus____ band
A. 5%
B. 15%
C. 10%
D. 20%

The answer is: C

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 14. Pitting is a function of the Hertzian contract 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

The answer is: A

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 15. When an excitation frequency coincides with a
natural frequency.
A. unity
B. resonance
C. obliquity
D. sinusoidal

The answer is: B

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 16. The average tooth stiffness constant of face is
usually
A. 1.5 to 2 psi
B. 5 to 6 psi
C. 3 to 4 psi
D. 7.5 to 10 psi

The answer is: A

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 17. Cast iron shall not be used over
A. 420ᵒF
B. 430ᵒF
C. 440ᵒF
D. 450ᵒF

The answer is: D

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 18. When the number of teeth in a pair of meshing
gears are such that they do not have a common
divisor.
A. dummy
B. LCD
C. addit
D. hunting
The answer is: D

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 19. For internal gears having a 20ᵒ pressure angle and
full depth teeth, the difference between the number of
teeth in a gear and pinion should not less than ____.
A. 10
B. 14
C. 12
D. 16

The answer is: C

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 20. Zero bevel gears of 20 degrees angle should
have a pinion either no less than____.
A. 15 teeth
B. 17 teeth
C. 16 teeth
D. 18 teeth

The answer is: B

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 21._____ are machine elements thar transmit
motion by means of successively engaging teeth.
A. shaft
B. sprocket
C. spline
D. gear

The answer is: D

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 22. Height of tooth above pitch circle or the
distance between the pitch circle and the top of the
tooth.
A. addendum
B. dedendum
C. total depth
D. tooth depth
The answer is: A

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 23. The circle that bounds the outer ends of the
teeth.
A. root circle
B. pitch circle
C. addendum circle
D. dedendum circle

The answer is: C

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 24. Arc of the pitch circle through which a tooth
travels from the first point of contact with the
mating tooth to the pitch point.
A. line of action
B. arc of action
C. arc of action
D. pitch arc
The answer is: B

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 25. Is the angle through which the gear turns from
the time a given pair of teeth are in contact at the
pitch point until they pass out the mesh.
A. angle of contact
B. angle of approach
C. position angle
D. angle of recess
The answer is: D

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 26. 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
The answer is: B

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 27. Is the angle through which the gear turns form
the time a particular pair of teeth come into contact
until they are in contact at the pitch point.
A. angle approach
B. angle of recess
C. angle of contact
D. none of tangent
The answer is: A

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 28. Arc of the circle through which a tooth travels
from the point of contact with the mating tooth to
the pitch point
A. angle of arc
B. arch of contract
C. arc of approach
D. none of the above
The answer is: C

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 29. The ratio of the arc of approach to the arc of
action.
A. Ratio and proportion
B. contract ratio
C. approach ratio
D. arc ratio

The answer is: C

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 30. In a pair of gears it is the plane that contains
the two axes, in single gear, it may be any plane
containing the axis and the given point.
A. axial plane
B. pitch plane
C. surface plane
D. bottom land
The answer is: A

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 31. Arc of the pitch circle through which a tooth
travels from its contact with the mating tooth at the
pitch point to the point where the contact ceases.
A. arc of recess
B. arc of approach
C. arc of contact
D. arc of intersection
The answer is: A

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 32. The amount by which the width of the tooth
space exceeds the thickness of the engaging tooth
on the pitch circles.
A. clearance
B. backlash
C. difference
D. tooth difference
The answer is: B

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 33. The circle from which an involute tooth is
generated or developed.
A. Pitch circle
B. Contact circle
C. addendum circle
D. base circle

The answer is: D

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 34. The angle, at the base cylinder if an involute
gear that the tooth makes with the gear axis.
A. pitch angle
B. approach angle
C. helix angle
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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 35. In an involute gear it is the pitch on the base
circle or along the line of action.
A. critical pitch
B. helix pitch
C. diametral pitch
D. base pitch

The answer is: D

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 36. Is the base pitch in the normal plane.
A. normal base pitch
B. Tangential pitch
C. total pitch
D. intersecting pitch

The answer is: A

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 37. Is the base pitch in the axial plane.
A. axial base pitch
B. cone pitch
C. radial pitch
D. linear pitch

The answer is: A

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 38. The distance between the parallel axes of
sugar gears and parallel helical gears, or between
the crossed axes of helical gears and worm gears.
A. vertical distance
B. horizontal distance
C. displacement
D. center distance
The answer is: D
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 39. In a woman gear this is a plane perpendicular
to the gear axis and contains the common
perpendicular of the gear and the woman axis.
A. inner plane
B. central plane
C. pitch plane
D. angular plane
The answer is: B
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 40. Length of the chord subtended by the circular
thickness arc.
A. chordal thickness
B. tooth thickness
C. space thickness
D. flank thickness

The answer is: A

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 41. The height from the top of the tooth to the
chord subtending the circular- thickness arc.
A. addendum height
B. tangential height
C. chordal addendum
D. addendum circle

The answer is: C

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 42. Length of the arc of the pitch circle between
the centers or other corresponding points of the
adjacent teeth.
A. pitch arc
B. circular pitch
C. circular arc
D. contract arc
The answer is: B
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 43. The smallest diameter on gear tooth with the
which the mating gear makes contact.
A. inside diameter
B. outside diameter
C. nominal diameter
D. contact diameter

The answer is: D

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 44. The maximum compressive stress within the
contact area between mating gear tooth profiles.
A. contact stress
B. hoop stress
C. bearing stress
D. tangential stress

The answer is: A

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 45. The lowest permissible water level shall be at a
point ____ of the height of the shell.
A. contact stress
B. hoop stress
C. bearing stress
D. tangential stress

The answer is: B

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 46. Is the circular pitch in the normal plane.
A. Circular pitch
B. diametral pitch
C. pitch circle
D. normal circular pitch

The answer is: D

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 47. Also known as tooth thickness or the length of
the arc between the two sides of a gear tooth, on
the pitch circles unless otherwise specified.
A. tooth thickness
B. space thickness
C. circular thickness
D. clearance thickness
The answer is: C
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 48. The amount by which the dedendum exceeds
the addendum of the mating tooth
A. difference
B. clearance
C. backlash
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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 49. The smallest diameter on gear tooth with which
the mating gear makes.
A. pitch diameter
B. circular diameter
C. tangential diameter
D. central diameter

The answer is: D

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 50. The ratio of the arc of action to the circular
pitch.
A. approach ratio
B. conjugate ratio
C. approach ratio
D. contact ratio

The answer is: D

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 51. Is the curve that satisfy the law of gearing.
A. involute curve
B. conjugate curve
C. fillet curve
D. bottom land curve

The answer is: B

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 52. The curve formed by the path of a point on
circle as it rolls along a straight line.
A. epicycloid
B. trochoid
C. hypocycloid
D. cycloid

The answer is: D

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 53. The depth of tooth space below the pitch circle
or the radial dimension between the pitch circle
and the bottom of the tooth space.
A. dedendum
B. addendum
C. total depth
D. pitch depth
The answer is: A
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 54. Is also known as root circle or is the circle that
bounds the bottoms of the teeth.
A. pitch circle
B. addendum circle
C. dedendum circle
D. curve circle

The answer is: C

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 55. The ratio of the number of teeth to the number
of millimeters of pitch diameter.
A. modula
B. Circular pitch
C. Diametral pitch
D. None of the above

The answer is: C

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 56. Is the diametral pitch calculated in the normal
plane and is equal to the pitch divided by the
cosine of helix angle
A. tangential diametral pitch
B. normal diametral pitch
C. flank pitch
D. none of these
The answer is: B
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 57. That portion of the face width that actually comes into
contact with mating teeth, as occasion one member of
pair of gears may have a greater face width that the
other.
A. backlash
B. top land
C. pitch land
D. effective face width

The answer is: D

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 58. The actual torque ratio of a gear set divided by
its gear ratio.
A. ratio and portion
B. contact ratio
C. stress ratio
D. efficiency

The answer is: D

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 59. When it rolls along the outer side of another
circle.
A. helix
B. involute
C. cycloid
D. epicycloid

The answer is: D

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 60. A gear with teeth on the outer cylindrical
surface.
A. internal gear
B. central gear
C. external gear
D. worm gear

The answer is: C

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 61. That surface of the tooth which is between the
pitch circle to the top of the tooth.
A. bottom land
B. top land
C. face tooth
D. surface tooth

The answer is: C

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 62. The length of the teeth in axial plane.
A. Tooth thickness
B. clearance
C. Face width
D. Clearance

The answer is: C

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 63. Is the surface of the tooth between the pitch
cylinder and the addendum cylinder.
A. surface
B. face
C. contact
D. none of the above

The answer is: B

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 64. The concave portion of the tooth profile where it joins
the bottom of the tooth space. The approximate radius of
this curve is called the fillet radius.
A. fillet curve
B. conjugate curve
C. half curve
D. none of the above

The answer is: A

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 65. The maximum tensile stress in the gear tooth
fillet.
A. contact stress
B. bearing stress
C. hoop stress
D. fillet stress

The answer is: D

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 66. That surface which is between the pitch circle
and the bottom land.
A. flank
B. surface finish
C. flank of tooth
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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 67. Is the surface of the tooth between the pitch
and root cylinders
A. flank
B. surface finish
C. flank of tooth
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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 68. Is the number of teeth in the gear divided by
the number of teeth in the pinion
A. diametral pitch ratio
B. tooth ratio
C. gear ratio
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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 69. The angle that a helical gear tooth makes the
gear axis.
A. pitch angle
B. worm angle
C. helix angle
D. none of the above

The answer is: C

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 70. The effective face width a helical gear divided
by the gear axial pitch.
A. rivet overlap
B. welded overlap
C. helical overlap
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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 71. When it rolls along the inner side of another
circle
A. hypocycloid
B. cycloid
C. trochoid
D. involute

The answer is: A

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 72. The diameter of a circle coinciding with the
tops of the teeth on an internal gear
A. internal diameter
B. external diameter
C. pitch diameter
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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 73. A gear with teeth on the inner cylindrical
surface.
A. internal diameter
B. external diameter
C. pitch diameter
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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 74. The curve formed by the path of point on a
straight line, called the generatrix , as it rolls along
a convex base curve.
A. helix
B. involute
C. trochoid
D. pitch

The answer is: B

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 75. Is the top surface of the tooth
A. top land
B. bottom land
C. surface land
D. island

The answer is: A

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 76. Is the surface of the gear between the fillets of
adjacent teeth.
A. top land
B. common land
C. stress land
D. bottom land
The answer is: D

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 77. The distance a helical or worm would threated along
its axis one revolution of it were free to move axially.
A. pitch
B. lead
C. speed
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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 78. The path of contact in involute gears . It is a straight
line passing through the pitch point and the tangent to the
base circles .
A. contact action
B. line action
C. approach action
D. approach contact

The answer is: B

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 79. The distance on an involute line of action
through which the point of contact moves during
the action of the tooth profile.
A. distance of action
B. length of action
C. line action
D. approach contact
The answer is: B
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 80. Is the ratio of pitch diameter in millimeter to the
number of teeth, mm.
A. diametral pitch
B. module
C. circular pitch
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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 81. A plane normal to the tooth surfaces at a point
of contact , and perpendicular to the pitch plane.
A. normal plane
B. pitch plane
C. x and y plane
D. tangential plane

The answer is: A

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 82. The diameter of the outside circle .
A. pitch diameter
B. inside diameter
C. inner diameter
D. outside diameter

The answer is: D

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 83. The distance between similar, equally spaced
tooth surfaces, in a given direction and along a
given curve or line.
A. axial
B. arc
C. lead
D. pitch

The answer is: D

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 84. Is the angle subtended by the arc on the pitch
circle equal in the length to the circular pitch.
A. helix angle
B. contact angle
C. pitch angle
D. cone angle

The answer is: C

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 85. The diameter of the pitch circle.
A. addendum diameter
B. dedendum diameter
C. stress area diameter
D. pitch diameter

The answer is: D

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 86. A circle the radius of which is equal to the
distance from the gear axis to the pitch point
A. addendum circle
B. dedendum circle
C. root circle
D. pitch circle

The answer is: D

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 87. Of meshing gears is the point of tangency of
the pitch circle.
A. conjugate point
B. pitch point
C. west point
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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 88. In a pair of gears it is the plane perpendicular
to the axial plane and tangent to the axial plane
and tangent to the pitch surfaces.
A. addendum plane
B. pitch plane
C. surface
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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 89. Any plane perpendicular to gear axis .
A. plane of rotation
B. axial plane
C. tangential plane
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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 90. The angle between the tooth profile and a radical line
at its pitch point. In involute teeth, the angle between the
line of action and the line tangent to the pitch circle.
A. pitch angle
B. pressure angle
C. contact angle
D. helix angle

The answer is: B

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 91. These are the pitch plane, axial plane, and traverse
plane, all intersecting at a point and mutually
perpendicular.
A. Reference plane
B. Pitch plane
C. Principal reference plane
D. contrast

The answer is: C

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 92. A gear with teeth spaced along a straight line,
and suitable for straight line motion.
A. rock
B. rack
C. space width
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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 93. The angle subtended at the center of the base circle
from teeth origin of an involute to the point of tangency of
the generatrix from any point on the same involute.
A. pitch angle
B. helix pitch
C. control angle
D. roll angle

The answer is: D

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 94. A circle coinciding with or tangent to the
bottoms of the tooth spaces.
A. minimum circle
B. root circle
C. outside circle
D. none of these
The answer is: B

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 95. A plane tangent to the surfaces at a point or
line of contract.
A. tangent plane
B. normal plane
C. control plane
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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 96. An arbitrary modification of a tooth profile
whereby a small amount of material is removed
near the tip of the gear tooth.
A. tip
B. relief
C. tip relief
D. undercut
The answer is: C
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 97. The width of tooth measured along the pitch
circle.
A. tooth thickness
B. space thickness
C. chordal thickness
D. none of these

The answer is: A

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 98. The space between the teeth measured along
the pitch circle.
A. three dimensional space
B. contact space
C. free space
D. tooth space

The answer is: D

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 99. The actual width dimensions of gear blank.
A. difference face width
B. total face width
C. face width
D. none of these

The answer is: B

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 100. Is the radial distance from the addendum
circle to the working depth circle.
A. whole depth
B. addendum depth
C. working depth
D. none of these

The answer is: C

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