Module 5

1. The property of material that relates the lateral strain to longitudinal strain.
a. Stress
b. Strain
c. Poisson’s circle
d. Endurance limit
2. Also called eccentrically loaded bearing is .
a. Full bearings
b. Offset bearings
c. Partial bearing
d. Fitted bearings
3. In the selection of wire rope, regular lay means wires and strands are arranged in the following
manner:
a. Twisted in the same direction
b. Twisted in any direction
c. Twisted in opposite direction
d. Twisted in along direction
4. In involute teeth, the pressure angle is often defined as the angle between the line of action and the
line tangent to the pitch circle. It is also termed as:
a. Helix angle
b. Angle of recess
c. Angle of obliquity
d. Arc of action
5. Height of tooth above pitch circle or the radial distance between pitch circle and top land of the tooth.
a. Top root
b. Addendum
c. Land
d. Hunting tooth
6. The function of clutch in the machine is:
a. Lowering of drive speed
b. Alignment of drive shaft
c. To disconnect or connect at will the drive
d. To insure that two shafts line up at high speed
7. It is generally recommended and normal for a designer to add a hunting tooth to evenly distribute the
wear on meshing teeth like a 53 teeth gears mesh with 30 teeth pinion. Find the rotation of pinion to
mesh with same pair of teeth again.
a. 120
b. 81
c. 61
d. 53
8. The angle made by the helix of the thread (in a straight thread) at the pitch diameter with a plain
perpendicular to the axis called .
a. Lead angle
b. Truncation
c. Lead
d. Angle of thread
9. The rule of thumb in journal bearing design, the clearance ratio/clearance should be:
a. 0.0090
b. 0.0042
c. 0.0010
d. 0.0012
10. The moment of inertia of a rectangle whose base “b” and height “h” about its base is:
a. Bh3/4
b. Bh3/12
c. Bh3/24
d. Bh3/3
11. Cold rolled shafting is not available in diameter larger than .
a. 6 inches
b. 5 inches
c. 6 ½ inches
d. 5 ½ inches
12. The cast iron flywheels are commonly designed with a factor of safety of .
a. 14 to 15
b. 10 to 13
c. 8 to 9
d. 6 to 12
13. A pair of equal and opposite (not collinear) forces that tend to cause a rotation of a body.
a. Couple
b. Centroids
c. Equilibrium
d. Vector
14. The ratio of the pitch diameter in inches to the number of teeth
a. Pitch circle
b. English module
c. Module
d. Pitch
15. When the motion is diminished/decreasing instead of increasing is called:
a. Deceleration
b. Uniform negative impulse
c. Retarded motion
d. All of these
16. . is a unit of energy.
a. Ft-lb
b. Hp
c. Btu/hr
d. Watt
17. When high strength and durability are a requirements for choosing ear materials it is preferable to use
. . material.
a. Hardened bronze
b. Steel
c. Phenolic laminated
d. White iron
18. .forces when actions are parallel.
a. Couple
b. Non collinear
c. Resultant
d. Non concurrent
19. The product of the mass and the velocity of the center of gravity of the body is called:
a. Linear momentum
b. Angular impulse
c. Linear impulse
d. Angular momentum
20. The distance between similar, equally-spaced tooth surfaces in a given direction and along a given line.
 a. Pitch circle
b. Pitch plane
c. Pitch
d. Pitch diameter
21. Could be defined as simply push or pull
a. Power
b. Inertia
c. Work
d. Force
22. Opposite directional forces equal in magnitude and parallel is called .
a. Non coplanar
b. Centro
c. Couple
d. Coplanar
23. Quantities such as time, volume and density are completely specified when their magnitude is known
is also called:
a. Couple
b. Resultant
c. Components
d. Scalar
24. The use of hardened steel for the mating metal gear appears to give the best results and longer
operational life. The usual hardness is in the range of:
a. Over 600 BHN
b. 300 to 400 BHN
c. Below 350 BHN
d. Below 400BHN
25. , is the product of the resultant of all forces acting on a body and the time.
a. Linear momentum
b. Linear impulse
c. Angular momentum
d. Angular impulse
26. The separate forces which can be so combined are called:
a. Concurrent forces
b. Non concurrent forces
c. Couple
d. Component
27. Continuous stretching under load even if the stress is less than the yield point.
a. Plasticity
b. Elasticity
c. Creep
d. Ductility
28. The most known lubricants being utilized in whatever category of load and speed are oil, air, grease
and dry lubricants like:
a. Bronze
b. Lead
c. Silicon
d. Graphite

29. A coupling that allows axial flexibility/movement in the operation. Made of alternate bolting steel,
leather, fabric and/or plastic material into the two flanges:
a. Flexible disc coupling
 b. Flexible toroidal coupling
c. Flexible Oldham coupling
d. Elastic-material bonded coupling
30. It consists of two cranks, a stationary piece called the line of centers and the connecting rod is a:
a. Five-bar linkage
b. Four crank braces
c. Three-rank linkage
d. Four-bar linkage
31. Used to change rotary motion to reciprocating motion .
a. Rack gears
b. Hypoid gears
c. Helical gears
d. Herringbone gears
32. The effective face width of a helical gear divided by gear pitch.
a. Approach ratio
b. Arc of action
c. Arc of recess
d. Face overlap
33. Pitch diameter less the diameter of the roller chain is equal to:
a. Op land
b. Bottom diameter
c. Addendum
d. Inside diameter
34. Generally applied on speed reducer due to large speed ratio
a. Bevel gears
b. Helical gears
c. Worm gears
d. Hypoid gears
35. If shaft is specified as – diameter 2.00 “max” and 1.99 “min” in diameter then the 0.010 could be
defined as .
a. Allowance
b. Fit
c. Variance
d. Tolerance
36. A material plane was subjected to a load. When the load was removed, the strain disappeared. From
the structural change, which of the following can be considered about this material?
a. It has high modulus of elasticity
b. It does not follow Hooke’s law
c. It is plastic
d. It is elastic
37. Helix angle in the range of . degrees is recommended for wide face helical gears.
a. Less than 15
b. Less than 20
c. 20 to 35
d. 20 to 22

38. Difference between maximum material limits of mating parts. Or it is minimum clearance or maximum
interference between parts.
a. Tolerance
b. Fits
 c. Variance
d. Allowance
39. The concave portion of the tooth profile where it joins the bottom of the tooth.
a. Root circle
b. Fillet radius
c. Fillet curves
d. Fillet
40. The changes in shape or geometry of the body due to action of a force on it is called deformation or
.
a. Shear stresses
b. Stresses
c. Compressive stress
d. Strain
41. For an evenly distributed and uniform wear on each meshing gear tooth, the ideal design practice is to
consider a .
a. Wear resistance alloy addition to tooth gears
b. Heat treatment of the gears
c. Hardening of each tooth
d. Hunting tooth addition
42. The reciprocal of a diametral pitch or the ratio of the pitch diameter to the no. of teeth.
a. Lead
b. Module
c. Involute
d. Clearance
43. Ability to resist deformation under stress
a. Plasticity
b. All of these
c. Stiffness
d. Toughness
44. Flat leather belting not recommended for used in a speed in excess of . fpm
a. 3600
b. 4800
c. 6000
d. All of these
45. The angle included between the sides of the thread measured in an axial plane in a screw thread.
a. Angle of thread
b. Angle between thread or 40°
c. Helix angle thread
d. Half angle thread or 20°
46. An elastic body whose primary function is to deflect under load
a. Clutch
b. Stopper
c. Brake
d. Spring
47. Steel plates allowable tensile strength
a. 396.41 N/m2
b. 296.12 N/m2
c. 379.31N/m2
d. 310.11 N/m2
48. Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of:
a. Elastic limit to yield strength
b. Lateral deformation to the longitudinal deformation
c. Shear strain to unit strength
 d. Elastic limit to shear strength
49. Manganese steel standard destination, SAE .
a. 13xx
b. 10xx
c. 11xx
d. 8xxx
50. One of these materials is not a structural steel?
a. Low carbon steel
b. Tool and die steel
c. Stainless steel
d. Medium carbon steel
51. The ratio of the moment of inertia on a cross-section of a beam to this section modulus is:
a. A measure of distance
b. Equal to the radius of gyration and compression
c. Multiplied by the bending moment
d. Equal to the area of the cross-section and tension
52. The SAE 2340 shafting contain . nickel.
a. 3.85% Ni
b. 4% Bu
c. 3.25 to 3.75% Ni
d. 3.84%
53. Chromium steel standard designation, SAE .
a. 92xx
b. 5xxx
c. 3xxx
d. 11xx
54. Alloy that improves strength of steel at high temperature application
a. Aluminum
b. Manganese
c. Silicon
d. Chromium
55. When air entrainment agent is put into a concrete mix
a. The water/cement ratio must be reduced
b. The strength will decrease
c. Minimal effect
d. The strength will suffer up to 50%
56. In general, alloys rich with high nickel content retain toughness to quite low temperature up to
. °F
a. -380
b. -400
c. -260
d. -320
57. The differential of the shear equation is the .
a. Deflection of the beam
b. Compressive strength of the beam
c. Tensile strength of beam
d. Load on the beam

58. It is recommended not to have a direct drive between driven and drive sprockets if the ratio of their
teeth exceeds . use 2 or more step combinations
a. 10 times
b. 8 times
 c. 5 times
d. 6 times
59. The length of the hub should not be made lesser than the face width of the gear. Hub lengths usually
vary from 1.25D to 2D, where D is the shaft diameter. The reasonable diameter of steel hub should be:
a. 2D
b. 1.8D
c. 1.55D
d. 1.20D
60. Length of contact between two mating parts in a screw and nut threads measured axially is termed
.
a. Length of engagement
b. Axis of contact
c. Arc of contact
d. Depth of engagement
61. The sum of their addendums and dedendums.
a. Whole depth
b. Full depth
c. Width of space
d. Working depth
62. It is recommended for high speed application that the minimum number of teeth in small sprocket
should be:
a. 26 to 30
b. 12 to 16
c. 26 to 28
d. 18 to 24
63. Stresses that are independent of loads is called .
a. Working stress
b. Residual stress
c. Simple stress
d. Combined stress
64. Materials having a high electrical resistance and should not be used as conductor of electrical current
a. Nickel
b. Aluminum oxide
c. Silicon base alloys
d. Iron oxide
65. The best material for brake drums is:
a. Aluminum
b. Cast iron
c. Steel material
d. Wrought iron
66. The alloy materials used in the production of metals working tools.
a. Titanium, phosphorous
b. Tungsten, silicon, hadfield mn.
c. Vanadium, chromium, molybdenum
d. High carbon steel

67. Torsional deflection is a significant consideration in the design of shaft and the limit should be in the
range of , degree/foot of length
a. 0.4 to 1
b. 0.1 to 1
c. 0.08 to 1
 d. 0.6 to 1
68. The property that characterizes a materials ability t be draw into a wire
a. Tensile strength
b. Ductility
c. Endurance limit
d. Thermal conductivity
69. For steel shafting design in an average condition, the maximum distance in feet between bearing to
avoid excessive linear deflection is by formulas, L = 8.95D2/3 for shaft subjected to no bending except
its own weight but for shafting with bending action of pulleys, etc. the formula then will be L = ______.
a. 4D2/3
b. 7.0D2/3
c. 5.2D2/3
d. 6.0D2/3
70. Which of the phases of steel elements has a face-centered cubic structure?
a. Pyrite
b. Austenite
c. All of these
d. Cementite
71. Steel springs material I usually hardened to 400 to 500 BHN and the carbon content is in the range of:
a. 0.5 to 0.9%
b. All of these
c. 0.45 to 0.48%
d. 0.96 to 0.975
72. Principal stresses occur on these planes.
a. Which are subjected to ultimate tension
b. The shearing stress is zero
c. Which are subjected to maximum compression
d. Which are 45 deg apart
73. The property of material wherein the content is continuously distributed through its entire mass.
a. Plasticity
b. Malleability
c. Homogeneity
d. All of these
74. The properties of metals to withstand load without breaking down is:
a. Elasticity
b. Strength
c. Plasticity
d. Strain
75. Shafts readily available in the market made in many ways and wide variety of material composition. It
is likely be cold drawn carbon steel in size smaller than . inches diameter
a. 3.75
b. 4
c. 5
d. 5 ½

76. Plain carbon steel standard designation, SAE:

a. 6xxx
b. 13xx
c. 10xx
d. 2xxx
77. The rigidity of polymer can be increased by:
a. Furnace smelting
b. Normalizing
c. Crystallization
d. Shot peening
78. The difference between cast steel and cast iron
a. All of these
b. Cast steel has usually less than 1%C while cast iron has 2% or 3.6% carbon range
c. Cast iron has lower strength more brittle and has lower ductility than cast steel
d. Iron is usually the initial product after purifying iron ore then further processing by removal of
more impurities and carbon content to be able to produce steel grade
79. It is a general practice to use the following allowable stresses, 4000 psi for main transmitting shaft,
short shafts and countershaft. For lineshaft carrying pulley it is . Psi
a. 7800
b. 7000
c. 6000
d. 6500
80. Drilling machine cannot do:
a. Reaming
b. Spot facing
c. Lapping
d. Broaching
81. Material charges in foundry melting operation are composed of:
a. Limestone, foundry coke and silica sand
b. Iron ore, quartz and charcoal
c. Steel scrap, alloys and charcoal foundry coke
d. Scrap wood, alloys and limestone
82. . is a work supporting device which is bolted to the saddle of the lathe machine. It travels with
the cutting tool. It is a prevention of the springing away of the work piece from cutting tools.
a. Rubber-flex collets
b. Tool post
c. Follower rest
d. Carriage stop
83. Almost always the soldering materials are a combination of the following alloys:
a. All of these
b. Lead and tin
c. Tin and antimony
d. Lead and antimony
84. The most popular of all soldering materials in use has composition of:
a. 45/55% tin and lead
b. 50/50% tin and lead
c. All of these
d. 60/40% tin and lead
85. The relative strength of a butt welding could safely assumed as . as % efficiency
a. 95
b. 98
c. 90
d. 92
86. Which of the following raw materials are used in the foundry molding operation?
a. Silica sand, bentonite, flour/paste water
b. Silica sand and paste
c. Silica sand, paste, graphite electrode
d. Silica sand, linseed oil, flour
87. The following are parts of a micrometer caliper except for.
a. Thimble
b. Head screw
c. Spindle
d. Anvil
88. To avoid brittleness of weld for the residual stress in the welding it is normally stress relieved of:
a. Normalizing
b. Tempering
c. Flame hardening
d. Annealing
89. Steel with certain % of carbon maximum can readily be welded by all process and the resulting
strength of the portion welded is a strong as the base material.
a. 0.15%C max
b. 0.35%C max
c. 0.25%C max
d. 0.30%C max
90. Commonly used steel melter as deoxidizer because of its easy availability and cheap price
a. Silicon
b. Aluminum
c. Zinc
d. Manganese
91. Curved formed by the path of a point on a straight line as it rolls along a convex bas curve. The base
curve is usually a circle and generally used as the profile of gear tooth
a. Axial plane
b. Involute
c. Arc of recess
d. Arc of action
92. Several force which can be combined is called:
a. Resultants
b. Composition of forces
c. Components
d. Collinear forces
93. Ideal herringbone gear helix is in the range of:
a. 30 to 45
b. 35 to 50
c. 25 to 30
d. 15 to 20
94. The distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next thread measure
along the axis.
a. Flank
b. Lead
c. Crest
d. Pitch

95. As recommended the center to center distance between sprockets should not less than . times
the bigger sprocket
a. 2.26
b. 1 ¾
c. 1 ½
 d. 2.59
96. Machine shop instrument for checking the flatness of plane surfaces to 10ths of thousands of a
centimeter.
a. Blade type micrometer
b. Dial caliper
c. Planimeter
d. Micrometer
97. Tools usually used in wood patter making in a foundry shop
a. Saw and chisels
b. Band saw
c. Knives and drills
d. Drill machine
98. Recommended design practice for steel lineshafting to limit the linear deflection to . inch/foot
of length
a. 0.020
b. 1.010
c. 1.012
d. 0.150
99. Big chain sprocket wheels are designed with spokes/arms are generally elliptical in cross section with
major axis . times the minor axis
a. 2
b. 2 ½
c. 1 ½
d. 3
100. Molybdenum steel standard designation, SAE:
a. 88xx
b. 48xx
c. 40xx
d. 46xx