Which of the following simple mechanical
machine with the ability to increase an
applied force?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hinges
Lever
Roller
Spring
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gears
Pulleys
Flywheels
Ropes
Ans: B
What is usually the lose factor for most
Ans: B
wire ropes and chains with
Which of the following devices that is
mainly used to raise or lower an object?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hoist
Lever
Spring
Roller
Ans: A
What is term applied to the process of
separating different sizes of the same
material?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Screening
Separation
Sieving
Screening
Ans:C
It is the process of separating a material
into a variety of specifically sized
groups.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Centrifugal
Fractioning
Sieving
Screening
1802
contact
at low speeds?
A.
B.
C.
D.
varies
varies
varies
varies
from
1.07
from
from
1.03 to 1.06
to 1.10
1.20 to 1.50
1.60 to 1.80
Ans: A
Which of the following is the method to
determine the reactions on continuous
beams?
A.
B.
C.
D.
two-moment equations
Second moment equations
three-moment equations
third moment equations
Ans: C
In practice and theory as well, what is
the allowed permissible misalignment in
cylindrical and tapered roller bearings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0.005
0.006
0.001
0.003
rad
rad
rad
rad
Ans: C
In practice and theory as well, the
misalignment of spherical bearings should
not exceed how many radians?
Ans: B
It is process in which metal is dropped in
dilute acid solutions to remove dirt,
grease, and oxides.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pickling
Polishing
Sheradizing
Pakerizing
Ans: A
Which of the following mechanism is used
to change the direction of an applied
tensile force?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0.0087
0.0065
0.0041
0.0043
rad
rad
rad
rad
Ans: A
What term is used to describe a maximum
load that a bolt can withstand without
acquiring a permanent set?
A. Live load
B. Dead load
C. Proof load
D. Ultimate load
Ans: C
In bolts design, the quotient of the proof
load and the tensile-stress area is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
proof strength
yield strength
section modulus
modulus of resilience
Ans: A
28. In bolts design, proof strength
corresponds approximately how many percent
of the 0.2 percent offset yield strength?
A.
B.
C.
D.
85%
95%
90%
45%
Ans: C
29. What type of brass that is usually
used to form tubing or piping to carry hot
water in such application of radiators or
condenser?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Red brass
Commercial brass
Yellow brass
Cartridge brass
Ans: A
30. It is in widespread use for the
numbering system for cast iron by ASTM
(American Society for Testing and
Material), then this system is based on
which of the following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
40. Brass with 40% zinc are called ___
A.
B.
C.
D.
muntz metal
bronze
yellow brass
admiralty metal
Ans. A
How do you call a brass that contains 28%
zinc, 1 % tin and very excellent corrosion
resistance especially in saltwater.
A.
B.
C.
D.
muntz metal
bronze
yellow brass
admiralty metal
Ans: D
A brass with 40% zinc or same composition
as muntz metal expect for the addition of
0.75% tin that contributes to the
corrosion resistance of this material.
A.
B.
C.
D.
naval brass
bronze
cartridge brass
admiralty metal
Ans. A
High pressure vessels and pipes carrying
high pressure fluids develop which of the
following stresses?
A.
B.
C.
D.
tangential stress only
radial stress only
bearing stress only
both radial and tangential stress
Ans. C
Bearing Strength
Compressive Strength
Axial Strength
Tensile Strength
Ans: D
39. Which of the following is considered
to be the lightest of all commercial
metals and is used in aircraft industry?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. C
titanium
chromium
magnesium
aluminum
For the rotating elements like flywheels
and blowers, the analysis of stresses will
be based similar on which of the following
theory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. B
thin-walled cylinder
thick- walled cylinder
radial ball bearing
rotating shaft member
45. For thin-walled pressure vessels,
which of the following statements is
correct of the stresses?
A. Radial stresses is quite small as
compared with the tangential stress.
B. Radial stresses is quite bigger as
compared with the tangential stress.
C. Radial stresses is same as
tangential stress.
D. Only radial stress is present and no
tangential stress.
Ans. A
46. How do you call the ratio of lateral
strain to longitudinal strain?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Poissions ratio
Modulus of resilience
Modulus of rigidity
Offset ratio
Ans. A
53. Which of the following processes
usually used to create a bar of material
of a particular shape and dimensions?
A.
B.
C.
D.
extrusion
cold working
forging
hot rolling
Ans. D
The G10400 is a plain carbon steel with
steel with a carbon content of which of
the following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0.37
0.21
0.25
0.34
to
to
to
to
stamping
heading
roll treading
spinning
Ans. A
Which of the following processes produce a
refined grain structure and eventually
increased strength and ductility of the
material?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Extrusion
Cold working
Forging
Hot rolling
Ans. C
The S30200 is usually called and 18-8
stainless steel, which means 8% of what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Chromium
Nickel
Carbon
Manganese
Ans. B
It is a supersaturated solid solution of
carbon in ferrite and it the hardest and
strongest form of steel?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bainite
Ferrite
Martensite
Lignite
Ans. C
0.44%
0.54%
0.57%
0.54%
Ans. A
The S30200 is usually called and 18-8
stainless steel, which means 18% of what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
chromium
nickel
carbon
manganese
The maximum-strain theory which apples
only in elastic range of stresses are also
known as _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hookes Law
Saint Venants Theory
Stress-strain Theory
Catalignos Theory
Ans. A
Which of the following terms is used to
descry punch-pressed operations like
forming, blanking shallow drawing and
coining?
Ans. B
It refers to the collision of two or more
masses with initial velocities.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Shock
Impact
Creep
Load
Ans. B
A term used to describe sudden applied
force or disturbance.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Shock
Impact
Creep
Load
D. Engravers brass
Ans. D
The rapid cooling of steel to a
temperature between 400 to 800 deg F in
enough time, then austenite is transformed
into a materials called.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bainite
Lignite
Quinite
Ferrite
Ans. A
Ans. A
A cone-disk spring is also known as _____
A.
B.
C.
D.
Believille Spring
Heavy duty spring
Helical spring
Conical spring
Ans. A
What is the other term used for die
casting?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Thermosetting
Shell-molding
Metal-mold casting
Tangential casting
Ans. C
It is a cold-working process in which
metal is gathered or upset.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Heading
Cold rolling
Spinning
Stamping
Ans. A
Which of the following is the high-leaded
brass used for instrument, lock and watch
parts?
A. Red brass
B. Commercial brass
C. Yellow brass
A lubrication where lubricant is
introduced between surfaces which are in
rolling contact such as roller gears or
rolling bearings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hydrostatic lubrication
Hydrodynamic lubrication
Elastohydrodynamic lubrication
Solid-film lubrication
Ans. C
What lubrication is usually used when
bearings are operating at extreme
temperatures?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hydrodynamic lubrication
Solid-film lubrication
Hydrostatic lubrication
Liquid-film lubrication
Ans. B
Which of the following is not a form of
bearing lubrication?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Liquid-film lubrication
Hydrodynamic lubrication
Hydrostatic lubrication
Solid-film lubrication
Ans. A
In ASTM standard, what is the instrument
used in determining viscosity?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. D
Dynamic viscometer
Saybolt universal furol
Hagen-Poinsulle viscometer
Saybolt universe viscometer
In what country that the present theory of
hydrodynamic lubrication originates from?
A.
B.
C.
D.
China
Germany
US
England
What is the term applied to the reciprocal
of the velocity ratio?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Train value
Modular value
Ratio factor
None of these
Ans. A
Ans. D
In viscosity chart, Raimond-Boyd analysis
assumed that the viscosity of the
lubricant is _________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Constant
Increasing
Decreasing
Vanishing
Ans. A
For very slender column, what type of
formula that is best applied?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Column formula
Moment formulas
Slenderness formulas
Euler formula
Ans. A
Which of the following is the type of
failure due to unstability?
What do you call the phenomenon occurring
when two touching surfaces have a high
contact pressure and when these surfaces
have minute relative motion?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prestressing
Friction
Fretting
Carving
Ans. C
A.
B.
C.
D.
Buckling
Stability
Slenderness formulas
Euler formula
Ans. A
What type of spring made in the form of
dished washer?
What type of bolt threaded on both ends
and can be used where a through bolt
impossible?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Coupling
Stud bolt
Carriage bolt
Machine bolt
A.
B.
C.
D.
Air spring
Volute spring
Believille spring
Motor spring
Ans. C
What is the minimum number of teeth on a
smaller sprocket for high speed?
Ans. B
What type of bolt distinguished by a short
potion of the shank underneath the head
being square or finned or ribbed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. C
Coupling
Stud bolt
Carriage bolt
Machine bolt
A.
B.
C.
D.
12
21
24
14
Ans. B
Which of the following is the minimum
number of teeth on a smaller sprocket for
moderate speed?
A. 15
B. 12
C. 21
D. 17
C. Lateral
D. None of these
Ans. A
Ans. D
What is the minimum number of teeth on a
smaller sprocket for low speed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
11
17
21
12
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. D
Two shaft at right angles to each other
may be connected by what arrangement?
A.
B.
C.
D.
In a pressure vessel, the ratio of minimum
strength of joint to the strength of solid
joint is known as
Half turn
turn
Quarter turn
One turn
Efficiency
Performance factor
Joint efficiency
Relative strength
Ans. D
When tested in compression, ductile
material usually exhibit________
characteristics up to the yield strength
as they do when tested in tension.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. C
the same
less than
more than
approximately the same
ans. D
What is the recommended initial tension of
the belt?
A.
B.
C.
D.
75
71
73
80
lb/in
lb/in
lb/in
lb/in
of
of
of
of
width
width
width
width
In pure torsion, the maximum stress is at
the center of the
A.
B.
C.
D.
peripheral sides
long sides
medium sides
short sides
Ans: B
The ability of a material to absorb energy
within is proportional limit is known as
Ans. A
The process by which high pressure is
applied to a heated metal billet or blank
which causes it to flow through restricted
orifice.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Extrusion
Intrusion
Forging
Hot rolling
Ans. A
A tolerance where the size of a part is
permitted to be either larger or smaller
than the given dimension.
A. Bilateral
B. Unilateral
A.
B.
C.
D.
resilience
endurance
toughness
spring action
Ans: A
A method whereby a gear is run with
another gear that has abrasive surface
material.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. C
hobbing
honing
lapping
milling
What is material is produced if austenite
is cooled rapidly to 400 deg. F or less?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bainite
Fermite
Martensite
Lignite
Ans: C
Stainless steels are iron-based alloys
that contain at least how many percent
chromium?
A.
B.
C.
D.
45%
25%
12%
5%
Ans: C
The very high carbon steels have good
quench-harden ability up to how many
percent chromium?
A.
B.
C.
D.
35%
12%
18%
15%
Ans: C
A widely used in tool steels considering
that the will maintain its hardness even
it is red heat. The effect is like
molybdenum, except it is to be added in
greater quantities.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vanadium
Manganese
Tungsten
Nickel
Ans: C
Which of the following is the most widely
used cast materials?
A.
B.
C.
D.
White cast iron
Gray cast iron
Malleable cast iron
Nodular cast iron
Ans: B
What is the result if all the carbon in
cast iron is in the form of cementite and
pearlite with not graphite present?
A.
B.
C.
D.
White
Gray
Malleable
Nodular
Ans: A
Which of the following is a characteristic
of aluminium and its alloys?
A. Resistance to corrosion
B. High thermal and electrical
resistance
C. Strength to weight ratio
D. All of these
Ans: D
The corrosion resistance of aluminium
alloys depends upon which of the
following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Thin coating oxide
Percentage of electrolyte present
Dissolve ferrite
Casting of the material
Ans: A
Which of the following cannot be a
Poissons ratio of material?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0.35
0.20
0.57
0.12
Ans: C
Type of roller bearing in which the balls
are assembled by the eccentric
displacement of the inner ring.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Shallow groove ball bearing
Self-alignning ball bearing
Fillinf-shot ball bearing
Deep-groove ball bearing
Ans: D
Which of the following is not a type of
ball bearing?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Shallow groove ball bearing
Self-aligning ball bearing
Filling-slot ball bearing
Deep-groove ball bearing
Ans: A
Which of the following is the approximate
density of the leather belt?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0.025 lb/in^3
0.035 lb/in^3
0.0135 lb/in^3
0.0465 lb/in^3
Ans: B
The breaking strength of oak-tanned
beltings varies from 3 to more than:
A.
B.
C.
D.
5
7
6
9
ksi
ksi
ksi
ksi
B. Varignons theorem
C. Soderbergs theorem
D. Catalignos theorem
Ans. B
It is the measure of the materials
ability to yield and absorb highly
localized and rapidly applied stresses.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hardness
Toughness
Stiffness
Resilience
Ans. B
Ans: C
Based on experience, what is the most
economical design belt speed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6000
3500
3000
5000
to
to
to
to
7500
4700
5000
1000
fpm
fpm
fpm
fpm
What is term applied
a column fails?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to the load at which
Maximum load
Moving load
Critical load
Dynamic load
Ans. C
Ans: A
The tension in the belt due to centrifugal
force increasing rapidly above about
A.
B.
C.
D.
1500
3500
3000
2500
fpm
fpm
fpm
fpm
It is otherwise known as the percentage
difference in solid and working
deflections?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Clash allowance
Spring allowance
Working allowance
Thrust allowance
Ans: D
Ans. C
What is the recommendation speed for
leather belt?
It is known as the shafts natural
frequency of vibration.
A.
B.
C.
D.
6000
7000
5000
4500
to
to
to
to
7000
8000
6000
5600
fpm
fpm
fpm
fpm
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vibration index
Critical speed
High speed
Low speed
Ans: B
Ans. B
What is the recommended speed for fabric
belts?
What do you call the mixture of the solid
ingredients with no solubility?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4000
2000
3000
2000
to 5000 fpm
to 3000 fpm
to 4000 fpm
and more fpm
A.
B.
C.
D.
Binary alloy
Miscible alloy
Bitectic material
Eutectic alloy
Ans: A
Ans. D
Which of the following is the statement of
how the total moment is derived from a
number of forces acting simultaneously at
a point?
Which of the following terms applied to an
interrupted quenching process resulting in
an austenite to banite transition?
A. Goodmans theorem
A. Austempering
B. Austenitizing
C. Martempering
D. Martenitizing
Ans. A
Which of the following processes where the
material will become progressively
stronger, harder and more brittle until
eventually fails?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hot working
Cold Working
Tempering
Normalizing
Ans. B
B. Mohs hardness
C. Knoop test
D. Brinell test
Ans. A
Which of the following dynamometer is
widely used for absorption of wide range
of powers at wide range of speeds?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hydraulic
Belt transmission
Rope brake
Electric generator
Ans. A
Which of the following dynamometer is used
for power measurement when the speed is
high and the viscous force is small?
In damped free vibration, when the system
returns to its static position with the
equilibrium, the system is said to be
A.
B.
C.
D.
Underdamped
Overdamped
Resonant
Critically damped
Ans. D
Balancing o grinding wheel is done to
A. Make the outside diameter concentric
with the bore
B. Make the sides of wheel parallel
C. Equalize the weight in every portion
of the wheel
D. None of the above
Ans. C
A grinding wheel is marked as 51A 46L 5V
23, out of these 5 means
A.
B.
C.
D.
Kind of abrasive
Structure
Kind of bond
Grain size
Ans. B
It is also known as diamond pyramid
hardness test, uses a pyramid shaped
diamond indenter and a load that ranges
from 1 kg to 120 kg.
A. Vickers test
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tesla fluid friction dynamometer
Froude water vortex dynamometer
Rope brake dynamometer
Amsler dynamometer
Ans. A
In case of spur gears the flank of the
tooth is
A. The part of the tooth surface lying
below the pitch surface
B. The curve forming face and flank
C. The width of the gear tooth measures
axially along the pitch surface
D. The surface of the top of the tooth
Ans. A
The cam angle is
A. The angle of rotation of the cam for
a definite displacement of the
follower
B. Angle subtended by live portion of
cam at the cam center
C. The angle subtended at the cam
center by the portion of cam during
which the follower moves
D. The angle subtended by the cam at
the cam center when the follower
dwells.
Ans. A
For a kinematic chain to be considered as
mechanism
A.
B.
C.
D.
None of the links should be fixed
One link should be fixed
Two links should be fixed
There is no such criterion
B. Perforating
C. Lancing
D. Notching
Ans. A
Ans. B
The mechanism used to enlarge or reduce
moments for reproducing drawings to
different scales is called
Slip in belt drive is
A. Loss of power
B. Difference between the angular
velocities of two pulleys
C. Difference between the velocities of
two pulleys
D. Difference between the linear speed
of the rim of pulley and the belt on
it.
Ans. D
Multiple collars are provided on a flat
collar pivot bearing to
A. Increase frictional resistance
B. To establish self-sustaining bearing
condition
C. Distribute the frictional load due
to limiting friction
D. Distribute the axial load due to
limiting bearing pressure on a
collar
Ans. D
A.
B.
C.
D.
Clinograph
Trisquare
Graphometer
Bantograph
Ans. D
Which of the following is a higher pair?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Thomson an indicator mechanism
Double Mc Innes Indicator mechanism
Harts straight line mechanism
Tooth gearing mechanism
Ans. D
A process of indenting but not breaking
through the surface of a workpiece with a
punch in order to produce a cavity of an
impression
A.
B.
C.
D.
Heading
Cogging
Barreling
Piercing
Ans. D
In gramophones for adjusting the speed of
the tum-table, the following type of
governor is commonly used
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hartung governor
Inertia governor
Pickering governor
Wilson hartnell
Ans. C
Shearing the sheet into two or more pieces
A. Parting
What describes very rough grinding such as
that performed in foundries to remove
gates, fins and risers from castings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Snagging
Honing
Lapping
Snugging
Ans. A
Which of the following is a single measure
that combines the external dynamic load of
an application with a gear drives
reliability and operating life?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ratio factor
Service factor
Reliability factor
Life factor
Ans. C
What is the term used to described the
distance from a point on one gear to the
corresponding point measures along the
base circle.
A.
B.
C.
D.
It is one of the rigid members / bodies
joined together to form a kinematic chain.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Coplanar
Link
Frame
Machine
Ans. B
Diametral Pitch
Circular Pitch
Normal Pitch
Chordal pitch
Ans. C
Which of the following is the best method
used for increasing a springs fatigue
life?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sprickling
Shot peening
Stress relieving
Shot relieving
The kinematics chain in which one link is
considered fixed for the purpose of
analysis but motion is possible in other
links.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Belting
Mechanism
Frame
Sprocket Chain
Ans. C
Ans. B
What is the term applied to parallel
forces equal in magnitude but opposite
direction?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. C
Concurrent forces
Non-concurrent forces
Couple
Equillibrant
What describes very rough grinding, such
as that performed in foundries to remove
gates, fins and risers from castings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ans. A
Snagging
Honing
Lapping
Snugging
