Which of the following has been considered as general

purpose rope?

a. 6 x 19 IWRC
b. 7 x 25 IWRC
c. 7 x 25 IWRC
d. 6 x 9 IWRC
What is the maximum shaft angle for a single Hooke’s
coupling?

a. 10 o
b. 17 o
c. 15 o
d. 20 o
What are the two principal parts of a Journal Bearing?

a. Bearing and journal

b. Shaft and babbit
c. Clearance and fitted
d. Shaft and cylinder
When radii of both the bearing and the journal are the
same; then the bearing is said to be:

a. Fitted bearing
b. Clearance bearing
c. Full bearing
d. Ambiguous bearing
When the line of action of the load; bisects the arc of
partial bearing; the bearing is said to be:

a. Eccentrically loaded
b. Fully loaded
c. Centrally loaded
d. Partially loaded
Which of the following cannot be a possion’s ratio of a
material?

a. 0.35
b. 0.40
c. 0.75
d. 0
A conclusion repeatedly verified by experiment is that
the smoother surface:

a. Has the greater load capacity of the bearing

b. Has the lesser capacity of the bearing
c. Has constant load
d. None of these
Which of the following considers the 200 series of
bearing?

a. Heavy
b. Medium
c. Light
d. All of these
Which of the following considers the 300 series of
bearing?

a. Heavy
b. Medium
c. Light
d. All of these
Which of the following is not a type of ball bearing?

a. Shallow groove ball bearing

b. Filling-slot ball bearing
c. Self-aligning ball bearing
d. Deep-groove ball bearing
A type of roller bearing in which the balls are
assembles by the eccentric displacement of the inner
ring.

a. Shallow groove ball bearing

b. Filling-slot ball bearing
c. Self-aligning ball bearing
d. Deep-groove ball bearing
Which of the following is the approximate density of
the leather belt?

a. 0.035 lb/in.3
b. 0.0135 lb/in.3
c. 0.025 lb/in.3
d. 0.0465 lb/in.3
Which of the following is the approximate density of a
fat rubber belt?

a. 0.055 lb/in.3
b. 0.0135 lb/in.3
c. 0.045 lb/in.3
d. 0.0465 lb/in.3
A toothed wheel whose tooth elements are straight
and parallel to the shaft axis or used to transmit
motion and power between parallel shafts.

a. Helical gear
b. Spur gear
c. Worm gear
d. Bevel gear
The breaking strength of ask-tanned beltings varies
from 3 to more than:

a. 5 ksi
b. 6 ksi
c. 7 ksi
d. 9 ksi
Experience suggests that the most economical designs
are obtained for a belt speed of:

a. 6000 to 7500 fpm

b. 3000 to 5000 fpm
c. 3500 to 4700 fpm
d. 5000 to 1000 fpm
The tension in the belt due to centrifugal force
increasing rapidly above about:

a. 2500 fpm
b. 3000 fpm
c. 3500 fpm
d. 4000 fpm
For leather belts recommended speed is:

a. 6000 to 7000 fpm

b. 5000 to 6000 fpm
c. 7000 to 8000 fpm
d. 4500 to 5600 fpm
For the fabric belts recommended speed is:

a. 4000 to 5000 fpm

b. 3000 to 4000 fpm
c. 2000 to 3000 fpm
d. 2000 and more fpm
The recommended initial tension of the belt is:

a. 75 lb/in of width
b. 73 lb/in of width
c. 71 lb/in of width
d. 80 lb/in of width
The shafts at the right angles to each other maybe
connected by what arrangement?

a. Half turn
b. Quarter turn
c. 3/4 turn
d. One turn
A statement of how the total moment is derived from
a number of forces acting simultaneously at a point.

a. Goodman’s theorem
b. Soderberg’s theorem
c. Varignon’s theorem
d. Moore’s theorem
A simple mechanical with the ability to increase an
applied force.

a. Hinges
b. Roller
c. Lever
d. Spring
A measure of the material’s ability to yield and absorb
highly localized and rapidly applied stresses.

a. Hardness
b. Stiffness
c. Toughness
d. Resilience
Any device used to raise or lower an object.

a. Hoist
b. Spring
c. Lever
d. Roller
A material can fail after repeated stress loadings even
if the stress level never exceeds the ultimate strength.

a. Fatigue failure
b. Ductile failure
c. Brittle failure
d. Mechanical failure
The load at which a column fails is known as:

a. Dead load
b. Critical load
c. Moving load
d. Dynamic load
The percentage difference in solid and working
deflection is known as:

a. Clash allowance
b. Spring rate
c. Spring allowance
d. Spring index
A shaft’s natural frequency of vibration is referred to
as the:

a. Normal speed
b. High speed
c. Critical speed
d. Low speed
A fine finishing operation; similar to polishing; using a
very fine polishing; using a very fine polishing
compound.

a. Burnishing
b. Buffing
c. Calorizing
d. Electroplating
A process in which metal is dipped in dilute acid
solutions to remove dirt; grease; and oxides.

a. Pickling
b. Sheradizing
c. Polishing
d. Pakerizing
Which of the following is used to change the direction
of an applied tensile force?

a. Gears
b. Flywheels
c. Pulleys
d. Ropes
For most wire ropes and chains with 180o contact; the
loss factor at low speeds varies between:

a. 1.03 to 1.06
b. 1.20 to 1.50
c. 1.07 to 1.10
d. 1.60 to 1.80
What method to determine the reactions on
continuous beams?

a. Two-moment equations
b. Three-moment equations
c. Second moment equations
d. Third moment equations
What is the best method for increasing a spring’s
fatigue life?

a. Sprickling
b. Stress relieving
c. Shot peening
d. Shot relieving
The distance from a point on one gear to the
corresponding point measured along the base circle.

a. Diametral pitch
b. Normal pitch
c. Circular pitch
d. Chordal pitch
Describes very rough grinding; such as that performed
in foundries to remove gates; fins; and risers from
castings.

a. Snagging
b. Lapping
c. Honing
d. Snugging
A fine grinding operation used to obtain exact fit and
dimensional accuracy.

a. Honing
b. Lapping
c. Buffing
d. Burnishing
Which of the following is a single measure that
combines the external dynalic load of an application
with a gear drive’s reliability and operating life?

a. Ratio factor
b. Reliability factor
c. Service factor
d. Life factor
The process of separating different sizes of the same
material.

a. Screening
b. Sieving
c. Separation
d. Fractioning
The process of separating a material into a variety of
specification sized of groups.

a. Centrifuging
b. Sieving
c. Fractioning
d. Screening
An interrupted quenching process resulting in an
austenite-to-banite transition

a. Austempering
b. Martempering
c. Austenitizing
d. Martenitizing
The material will become progressively stronger;
harder; and more brittle until it eventually fails.

a. Hot working
b. Tempering
c. Cold working
d. Normalizing
A swinging support constructed as part of the vessel
and that supports the manway cover when it is
unbolted and moved aside.

a. Nozzles
b. Handholes
c. Davit
d. Orifice
Which of the following is the measure of torsional
stress?

a. Accuracy
b. Stiffness
c. Rigidity
d. Quality
When tested in compression; ductile materials usually
exhibit ____________ characteristics up to the yield
strength as they do when tested in tension.

a. The same
b. More than
c. Less than
d. Approximately the same
A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted to be
either larger or smaller than the given dimension.

a. Bilateral
b. Unilateral
c. Lateral
d. None of these
It is relatively finely spaced irregularities of the
surfaces.

a. Smoothness
b. Waviness
c. Lay
d. Roughness
A fit generally used on those dimensions involved in a
fit such as pin a hole.

a. Unilateral
b. Lateral
c. Bilateral
d. None of these
It is the surface finish of heavy cuts or coarse feed.

a. 200 rms
b. 400 rms
c. 80 rms
d. 500 or greater rms
Which of the following is the most dominant cause
(approximately 80 %) of machine failures?

a. Torsion
b. Negligence
c. Fatigue failures
d. Compression
For wrought steel in its commonly met commercial
forms it is often assumed that the average ndurance
limit for an average Su (50 % survival); the Brinell
Hardness is limited to:

a. 500
b. 400
c. 240
d. 450
What is the range of the endurance ratio or Czaud
quotes values of steel?

a. 0.23 to 0.65
b. 0.34 to 0.87
c. 0.63 to 0.93
d. 0.34 to 0.45
Which of the following indicates the degree of
concentration?

a. Power factor
b. Service factor
c. Stress factor
d. Stress concentration factor
The internal stresses that exist in any part of the
material that is subjected to temperature and not
acted upon by an external load.

a. Residual stress
b. Form stress
c. Superposed stress
d. Control stress
Fatigue strength is increased by repeated loads just
below the normal fatigue limit; followed by small step
by step increase of the loading.

a. Coaxing
b. Triaxing
c. Mixing
d. Relieving
It is the process that cold works a limited amount of
material; thus giving a higher strength; and it leaves a
surface compressive stress.

a. Surface finishing
b. Tensioning
c. Surfacing
d. Surface rolling
It is the diameter of the imaginary cylinder that
bounds the crest of an external thread and the roots
of an internal thread.

a. Mean diameter
b. Root diameter
c. Stress diameter
d. Major diameter
It is the distance in inches a screw thread (a helix)
advances axially in one turn.

a. Pitch
b. Mean pitch
c. Lead
d. Circular pitch
Which of the following bolts is recommended for
general use?

a. UNC
b. UNEF
c. UNF
d. NC
It is frequently used bolt in automotive and aircraft
industries.

a. UNC
b. UNEF
c. UNF
d. NC
Which of the following is particular bolt used in
aeronautical equipment.

a. UNC
b. UNEF
c. UNF
d. NC
What type bolt usually used for high-pressure pipe
flanges; cylinder head studs etc.

a. UNC
b. UNF
c. UNEF
d. 8 UN
It is the stress or load induced by the tightening
operation.

a. Initial stress
b. Initial tension
c. Residual stress
d. None of these
For non-metallic gaskets it has been found that they
should have a certain minimum amount of
compression as _________ for a certain cork gasket.

a. 62 %
b. 86 %
c. 68 %
d. 76 %
It is a screw fastening with a nut on it.

a. Bolt
b. U-bolt
c. Rivet
d. Screw
A fastening which has no nut and turns in to a
threaded hole.

a. Bolt
b. Fastener
c. Rivet
d. Screw
An old name for an unfinished through bolt comes
with a square.

a. Coupling bolt
b. Stud bolt
c. Machine bolt
d. Automobile bolt
It is a type of coil where the helical coil is wrapped
into a circle forming an annular ring.

a. Volute spring
b. Hair spring
c. Motor spring
d. Garter spring
It is a type of spring where thin flat strip wound u on
itself as a plane spiral; usually anchored at the inside
end.

a. Motor spring
b. Garter spring
c. Volute spring
d. Helical spring
It is the ratio of the length of the column and the
radius of gyration of the cross-sectional area about a
centroidal axis.

a. Contact ratio
b. Slenderness ratio
c. Centroidal ratio
d. Column ratio
Under the theories of failure; for the static loading of
ductile material; the design is:

a. Yield Stress / Factor of Safety

b. Ultimate Stress / Factor of Safety
c. Ultimate Stress / Proportional Limit
d. Yield point / Proportional Limit
Under theories of failure; the value of shear stress is
how many times that of the tensile stress?

a. Four times
b. Half
c. Double
d. One-fourth
The theory of mechanics of material shows that the
results from the octahedral shear stress theory and
those from the maximum distortion-energy theory
are:

a. The same
b. Less than
c. More than
d. Not related
It is the distance measure axially from a point on one
thread to the corresponding point on an adjacent
thread.

a. Axial pitch
b. Z – pitch
c. Lead
d. Lead angle
It is the angle between a tangent to the pitch helix and
plane normal to the axis of the screw.

a. Helix angle
b. Lead angle
c. Tangent angle
d. Vertical angle
A typical hub length falls between:

a. 1.25D to 2.5D
b. 1.3D to 3.4D
c. 1.25D to 4.0D
d. D to 7.0D
It is suggested that the design factor on the yield
strength be about 1.5 for the smooth load; about 2 to
2.25 for minor shock loading; and up to ________ for
severe shock loads; especially when the loading
reverse during operation.

a. 4.5
b. 3.5
c. 3.0
d. 4.0
A key that are square or flat and tapered with head.

a. Pin key
b. Gib-head key
c. Saddle key
d. None of these
A key that may either straight or tapered. It is usually
a drive fit.

a. Pin keys
b. Gib-head key
c. Saddle key
d. None of these
A key with one several patented methods of keying is
driven or pressed into a hole that is small enough to
close the slit; assembled in radial direction.

a. Fit key
b. Roll pin
c. Saddle key
d. Pin key
A key that allows the hub to move along the shaft but
prevents the rotation of the shaft.

a. Woodruff key
b. Gibs key
c. Feather key
d. Square key
A coupling that transmits power via the frictional
forces induced by pulling the flange toward each other
over slotted tapered sleeves.

a. Flange coupling
b. Ribbed compression coupling
c. Rigid coupling
d. Flanged compression coupling
For involute spline; the type of fits used:

a. Close fit
b. Sliding fit
c. Press fit
d. All of these
A coupling used for absorbing some shock and
vibration that may appear on one shaft and of
preventing the occurrence of reversed stresses caused
by the shaft deflecting at the coupling preventing at
the coupling.

a. Rigid coupling
b. Flange coupling
c. Flexible coupling
d. None of these
It is the difference in the radii of the bearing and the
journal.

a. Even clearance
b. Clearance ratio
c. Fit clearance
d. Radial clearance
A bearing in which the radii of the journal and the
nearing are the same.

a. Fitted nearing
b. Full bearing
c. Partial bearing
d. Clearance bearing
What is the approximate length-to-diameter ratio of
hydrodynamic bearings?

a. 1
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
At higher temperature; oil oxidizes more rapidly
above:

a. 120 oF
b. 200 oF
c. 140 oF
d. 160 oF
The operation temperature of oil films in the bearing
must approximately:

a. 140 oF to 150 oF
b. 140 oF to 160 oF
c. 120 oF to 190 oF
d. 120 oF to 190 oF
For thrust bearing; the speed at moderate operating
condition is:

a. 50 < Vm > 200 fpm

b. 50 < Vm > 250 fpm
c. 50 < Vm > 220 fpm
d. 50 < Vm > 250 fpm
If the ends are joined by wire lacing with machine; the
usual efficiency of joint is:

a. 100 %
b. 75 %
c. 85 %
d. 88 %
On high speed centrifugal blowers; it has been
observed that the arc of contact is reduced from 180o
at the rest to __________ in motion.

a. 100o
b. 90 o
c. 95 o
d. 110 o
The recommended net belt pull for rubber belt is:

a. 11.34 lb / ply per inch of with

b. 13.75 lb / ply per inch of with
c. 16.35 lb / ply per inch of with
d. 20.34 lb / ply per inch of with
For minimum quietness; use sprockets with
_________ or more teeth.

a. 21
b. 23
c. 25
d. 27
If two intersecting shafts are to be belt connected
__________ guide pulleys are to be used.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Wire ropes are made from cold-drawn with ________
or more teeth.

a. 21
b. 23
c. 25
d. 27
A wire rope that the wires and strands are twisted in
the opposite direction

a. Long lay
b. Perform
c. Regular lay
d. Lang lay
A wire rope that the wires and strand are twisted in
the same direction

a. Long lay
b. Perform
c. Regular lay
d. Lang lay
Which of the following ropes is used for haulage;
rigging; guard rails?

a. 6 X 35 IWRC
b. 6 X 15 IWRC
c. 7 X 8 IWRC
d. 7 X 7 IWRC