Answer: B

100. An approximate safe rule for cutting new piston rings for steam pumps is to make
the ring:
A. 1/32” larger in diameter per inch diameter of cylinder
B. 1/16” larger in diameter than that of the cylinder
C. 1/16” larger in diameter per inch diameter of cylinder
D. 0.005” larger in diameter per inch diameter of cylinder
Answer: C

ELEMENTS 3
1. The ability of substance to exist in more than one lattice form is known as:
A. Allotropy B. Grain
C. Crystallization D. Diamagnetic
Answer: A
2. Properties which describe the behavior of materials under the association of force
are called as:
A. Physical properties B. Chemical properties
C. Mechanical properties D. Electrical properties
Answer: C
3. The amount of energy per unit volume which the material will possess when
subjected to the elastic limit stress is called:
A. Bulk modulus B. Modulus of Resilience
C. Modulus of elasticity D. Modulus of rigidity
Answer: B
4. _________ means the resistance to penetration
A. Hardness B. Strength
C. Toughness D. Stiffness
Answer: A
5. _____ means the increasing hardness and strength by plastic deformation at
temperatures lower than the recrystallization range.
A. Case hardening B. Strain hardening
C. Nitriding D. Stiffness
Answer: B
6. The plastic deformation at temperatures above the recrystallization temperature.
A. Hot working B. Cold working
C. Normalizing D. Annealing
Answer: A
7. The plastic deformation at temperatures below the recrystallization temperature.
A. Hot working B. Normalizing
C. Annealing D. Cold working
Answer: D
8. A preliminary evaluation of the elevated temperature properties of materials may
be secured by means of a
A. Stress rupture test B. Creep
 C. Impact test D. Modulus of rupture
Answer: A
9. The temperature at which this decrease of impact energy occurs is called
A. Recrystallization temperature B. Transition temperature
C. Rupture temperature D. Ultimate temperature
Answer: B
10. An intimate mechanical mixture of two or more phases having a definite
composition and a definite freezing melting point.
A. Allotropy B. Peritectic
C. Eutectic D. Protectic
Answer: C
11. What is the approximate gap clearance for new piston rings for steam pumps?
A. 0.003” for each inch diameter of cylinder
B. 0.001” for each inch diameter of cylinder
C. 0.010” each inch diameter of cylinder
D. 0.050” for each inch diameter of cylinder
Answer: A
12. The familiar “3/8 – 16” in machine shop means what?
A. 6 pieces, 3/8” long
B. Gear with 16 teeth and a 3/8” arbor hole
C. 3/8” square, 16” lone
D. 3/8” diameter, 16 threads per inch
Answer: D
13 The work should be held _______ when using a drill press.
A. The hand B. A vise or clamp
C. A gloved hand D. Pliers
Answer: B
14. What is(are) the reason(s) why tapered shanks are used on large drill presses?
A. The drill can be centered more easily
B. The drill can be easily forced out of the sleeve with a drift
C. The shank will not turn when cutting
D. The shank can be reground when worn
Answer: B
15 Which of the following is not a common drill shank?
A. Straight B. Fluted
C. Taper D. Bit
Answer: B
16. What is the usual cutting angle on a drill for drilling mild steel?
A. 39 deg. B. 59 deg.
C. 49 deg. D. 69 deg.
Answer: B
17. When installing a new grinding wheel, always use:
A. Blotting paper gaskets on each side of the wheel
B. Copper gasket on each side of the wheel
C. Only the steel washers provided with the machine
D. None of the above
Answer: A
18. What is the other term for the operation of “truing” a grinding wheel?
A. Centering B. Sizing
C. Dressing D. Rounding
Answer: C
19. What tool is used to check external pipe threads?
A. Plug gage B. Pitch gage
C. Thread gage D. Ring gage
Answer: D
20. What tool is used to check internal pipe threads?
A. Plug gage B. Pitch gage
C. Thread gage D. Ring gage
Answer: A
21. The science which deals with the preparation and application of metals and alloys.
A. Manufacturing B. Metalloids
C. Metallurgy D. Refractories
Answer: C
22. A combination of minerals which can be profitably mined.
A. Gangue B. Metal
C. Alloy D. Ores
Answer: D
23. The mechanical treatment by which the concentration of ores is increased are
called.
A. Gravity separation B. Ore dressing
C. Distillation D. Sintering
Answer: B
24. Process which involve the reduction of the metal from aqueous solution by
replacement or by electrolysis are called
A. Pyrometallurgical processes B. Electrometallurgical processes
C. Hydrometallurgical processes D. Amalgamation process
Answer: C
25. Non-metallic materials of high melting temperature used in the construction of
furnaces, crucibles and so forth are called.
A. Refractories B. Ceramics
C. Insulators D. Grate
Answer: A
26. The flux and gangue when in proper proportions will have a melting temperature
considerably lower than that of either one and the resulting combination is called:
A. Lime B. Residue
C. Slag D. Refractories
Answer: C
27. An iron-bearing slate or chert in the form of compact siliceous rock.
A. Taconite B. Hematite
C. Magnetite D. Limonite
Answer: A
28. A mechanical mixture of very pure iron and a silicate slag
 A. Bronze B. Brass
C. Cast iron D. Wrought iron
Answer: D
29. An alloy of iron and carbon in which the carbon content does not exceed 1.7
percent
A. Brass B. Steel
C. Babbit D. Bronze
Answer: B
30. The structure formed when transformation occurs at temperature down to the
knee of the curve
A. Pearlite B. Bainite
C. Martinsite D. Limonite
Answer: A
31. Which of the following is used to cut gears?
A. gear cutter B. Gear center
C. Gear hob D. Gear threader
Answer: C
32. If you use a dry grinding wheel for sharpening tool bits, dip the end of the bit in
water frequently to prevent:
A. Burning your fingers B. Annealing the cutting edge of the bit
C. Hardening of the tip D. The tip from crystallizing
Answer: B
33. A piece of tool steel held against an emery wheel will give off:
A. White sparks with stars on the ends B. Yellow sparks
C. No sparks D. Green sparks
Answer: A
34. Grinding wheels have a range of soft to hard abrasive materials depending on the
use. Most manufacturers letter their wheels from A to Z. Which of the following
mark represents the hardest?
A. E B. Z
C. A D. E 1
Answer: B
35. What is the main difference between a planer and a shaper?
A. The planer has an offset table and the shaper has a horizontal table
B. The shaper has a rotting table and the planer has a horizontal table
C. The table of a planer has a reciprocating motion past the tool head while
the table of the shaper is stationary and the tool head has a reciprocating
motion
D. One is larger than the other
Answer: C
36. One of the factors involved in the choice of a grinding wheel is:
A. The kind of material to be ground
B. The amount of stock to be removed
C. The kind of finish required
D. All of these
Answer: D
37. The “tang” of a file is the part that:
A. Does the cutting B. Has no teeth
C. Fits into the handle D. Is opposite the handle
Answer: C
38. In general, files are divided into two classes called:
A. Single-cut and double-cut B. Rough and smooth
C. Fine and coarse D. Heel and sizes
Answer: A
39. The length of a file is measured from:
A. End to end B. Point to end
C. Point to heel D. Heel to end
Answer: C
40. The process producing a hard surface in a steel having a sufficiently high carbon
content to respond to hardening by rapid cooling of the surface.
A. Flame hardening B. Induction hardening
C. Cyaniding D. Carburizing
Answer: A
41. It is one in which some elements other than carbon has been added to improve
change the physical properties.
A. Low carbon steel B. Alloy steel
C. Medium carbon steel D. High carbon steel
Answer: B
42. SAE 1020 steel is a carbon steel containing _______ percent carbon.
A. 20% B. 0.20%
C. 10% D. 0.10%
Answer: B
43. SAE 2317 steel is a nickel steel alloy containing ____ percent nickel.
A. 2% B. 3%
C. 1% D. 7%
Answer: B
44. AISI C1095 designates that it is a basic open hearth carbon steel having ____
percent carbon.
A. 5% B. 9%
C. 95% D. 0.95%
Answer: D
45. Molybdenum steels are painted ________.
A. Green B. Blue
C. Red D. Orange
Answer: A
46. Used for members of intricate shape that would be difficult to manufacture by
other methods.
A. Forging B. Casting
C. Extruding D. Hot working
Answer: B
47. AISI means:
A. American Iron and Steel Institute
 B. African Iron and Steel Institute
C. Aluminum Iron and Steel Institute
D. American Investment for Steel Industry
Answer: A
48. SAE means:
A. Society of American Engineers B. Society of Automotive Engineers
C. Society of Australian Engineers D. Society of African Engineers
Answer: B
49. Which of the following metals increases the strength without sacrificing the
ductility of the carbon steels?
A. Brass B. Nickel
C. Bronze D. Copper
Answer: B
50. Which of the following where “pillar” files are used?
A. Filling slots B. Filling against a shoulder
C. Filling keyways D. Any of these
Answer: D
51. Which of the following will usually happen to the blade of flexible hacksaw applied
by too much pressure?
A. Snap easily B. Buckle or run out of line
C. Cut too fast D. Cut on a slant
Answer: B
52. Which of the following best defines soldering?
A. It is holding two metals together by heating
B. It is joining two metals by third soft metal that is applied in a molten state
C. It is holding two different kinds of metals together by heating
D. It is joining two metals together by heating
Answer: B
53. What is the use of flux in soldering?
A. Keep the solder from running off the metal
B. Keep the metal from getting too hot
C. Keep the tip of the soldering iron clean
D. Remove and prevent oxidation of the metals
Answer: D
54. A surface should be prepared for soldering by:
A. Filling the surfaces B. Acid-cleaning the surface
C. Scraping the surfaces D. Any of these
Answer: D
55. What is(are) the hand tool(s) used for cutting threads on round stock?
A. Stock and die B. Stock
C. Die wrench D. Stock cutter
Answer: A
56. A tapered piece of stock is 2” long, 1-1/8” diameter at one end and ¾” diameter at
the other end. The taper per foot is:
A. 2” B. 2 – ¼”
C. 2 – ½” D. 2 – 1/16”
Answer: B
57. Which of the following best defines sweating?
A. Soldering two different kinds of metal together
B. Separating two pieces two pieces of metal that have been soldered
together
C. Thinning two surfaces, applying flux between them, holding the two
together and heating
D. None of the above
Answer: C
58. If muriatic acid is used as a flux, the soldered area must be cleaned thoroughly
afterwards to prevent:
A. Anyone touching it from getting burned
B. Remaining acid from eating the metal
C. The acid from evaporating and the solder disintegrating
D. None of these
Answer: B
59. Solder will not unite with a metal; surface that has:
A. Grease on it B. Oxidation on it
C. Dirt on it D. Any of these
Answer: D
60. Prepared soldered paste flux is most popular but if you did not have any, you could
use:
A. Hydrochloric acid B. Nitric acid
C. Sulphuric acid D. Any of these
Answer: A
61. It serves as an excellent deoxidizing agent and promotes the nitriding of steels
A. Aluminum B. Boron
C. Copper D. Brass
Answer: A
62. It is used to toughen and strengthen the steel, to reduce the grain size and to act
as a cleanser and degasifier.
A. Nickel B. Boron
C. Vanadium D. Molybdenum
Answer: C
63. Materials having a high percentage of alumina or steatite are known as
A. Titanium B. Vanadium
C. Refractories D. Ceramics
Answer: D
64. It is a process of hardening the outer portion of the metal by prolonged heating
free from contact with air while the metal is packed in carbon in the form of bone
char, leather scraps, or charcoal.
A. Carburizing B. Cyaniding
C. Nitriding D. Aging
Answer: A
65. The degree to which a material will deform before ultimate fracture.
A. Brittleness B. Ductility
 C. Malleability D. Plasticity
Answer: B
66. The property of a material that indicates its ability to transfer heat.
A. Thermal conductivity B. Electrical resistivity
C. Thermal expansion D. Electrical conductivity
Answer: A
67. A group of heat treatable cast iron moderate to high strength, high modulus of
elasticity, goal machinery and good resistance carbon.
A. Gray iron B. Malleable iron
C. Ductile D. White iron
Answer: B
68. Steels may be carburized and nitrided simultaneously by the process known as:
A. Nitrding B. Carburizing
C. Carbonitriding D. Cyaniding
Answer: C
69. It is used in steels as an alloying element to combine hardness obtained.
A. Vanadium B. Chromium
C. Titanium D. Molybdenum
Answer: B
70. The art of making definite impressions in sand by means of a pattern for the
purpose of producing a casting
A. Molding B. Pattern
C. Extrusion D. Die casting
Answer: A
71. Hard solder is made of which of the following?
A. Copper and zinc B. Tin and copper
C. Tin and zinc D. Tin and lead
Answer: A
72. Which of the following is the flux usually used for hard solder?
A. Rosin B. Barium
C. Borax D. Alum
Answer: C
73. In which of the following where straight muriatic acid is often used as a flux?
A. Galvanized iron B. Sheet metal
C. Cast iron D. Any of these
Answer: D
74. For aluminum, special solders are being used and will usually require which of the
following?
A. More heat B. The same heat as copper wire
C. Less heat D. The same heat as sheet metal
Answer: A
75. Copper is annealed by heating to a cherry red color and ______.
A. Dousing in cold water B. Dousing in oil
C. Cooling slowly in air D. Dousing in hot water
Answer: C
76. Soft solder is made of which of the following?
 A. Copper and zinc B. Tin and copper
C. Tin and lead D. Tin and zinc
Answer: C
77. A piece of mild steel held against an emery wheel will give off _____.
A. Bright shiny sparks B. No sparks
C. Light straw-colored sparks D. Green sparks
Answer: C
78. A gear wheel making 156 RPM has 56 teeth. It drives another gear at 91 RPM. The
number of teeth on the second gear is:
A. 65 B. 50
C. 90 D. 96
Answer: D
79. Tool steel can be hardened by which of the following?
A. Heating red hot and plunging into water
B. Heating red hot and cooling in a blast of dry air
C. Heating red hot and plunging into linseed or cottonseed oil
D. Any of these, depending on type and use
Answer: D
80. At what temperature where soft solder approximately melts?
A. 250 deg. B. 450 deg.
C. 350 deg. D. 550 deg.
Answer: C
81. Products that have cross sections of less than 6 inches and that are not in the
finished forms
A. Slabs B. Gangue
C. Blooms D. Billets
Answer: D
82. It is the process of forging by which the metal in the plastic state is made to flow
within a die by the application of plunger pressure.
A. Extrusion forging B. Smith forging
C. Drop forging D. Press forging
Answer: A
83. It is a squeezing process used to finish sheet or bar stock for special purpose
A. Cold forging B. Sizing
C. Cold rolling D. Coining
Answer: C
84. The term used for most press operations.
A. Glazing B. Stamping
C. Coning D. Swaging
Answer: B
85. It is a process of shearing in which sheet or plate is cut out to a definite outline in a
press.
A. Blanking B. Stamping
C. Spinning D. Trimming
Answer: A
86. It is a special case of drawing in which the work is rotated and formed by means of
 a tool
A. Spinning B. Embossing
C. Bulging D. Stretching – forming
Answer: A
87. It’s a squeezing operation used for flattening or surfacing various parts where a
very small amount of flow of the material is involved.
A. Hobbing B. Stamping
C. Coining D. Sizing
Answer: D
88. It is a process by which a hot plastic metal is made to flow into dies by the
application of sudden blows to the material.
A. Drop forging B. Press forging
C. Extrusion D. Machine forging
Answer: A
89. It is a measure of stiffness.
A. Modulus of rigidity B. Modulus of resilience
C. Modulus of elasticity D. Modulus of toughness
Answer: C
90. It is a measure of the total energy-absorbed capacity of the material and includes
the energy of both the elastic and plastic deformation.
A. Modulus of toughness B. Modulus of resilience
C. Modulus of elasticity D. Modulus of rigidity
Answer: A
91. What material where a scriber made from?
A. Carbon steel B. Tool steel
C. Cold-rolled steel D. Hot-rolled steel
Answer: B
92. What should be done first before applying layout blue on a piece of metal?
A. Roughened B. Clean
C. Hot D. Cold
Answer: B
93. How many flutes does a drill bit have?
A. 4 flutes B. 2 flutes
C. 3 flutes D. No flutes
Answer: B
94. Where is the correction position of the tool bit when facing off a piece of material
in the lathe chuck?
A. Above center B. Below center
C. At the center D. Off center
Answer: C
95. Standard vise has _____ jaws?
A. Soft B. Hard
C. Semi-hard D. Semi-soft
Answer: B
96. In machining, which of the following could be the reason if tool bit burns?
A. Speed is too slow B. Materials is too hard
 C. Speed is too fast D. Material cannot be cut
Answer: C
97. For which of the following where the lathe compound is used?
A. Angle cutting B. Facing
C. Grooving D. Any of these
Answer: D
98. When the dial on the cross-feed is turned 0.010”, how much is removed from the
diameter of the stock being cut?
A. 0.010” B. 0.005”
C. 0.020” D. 0.015”
Answer: A
99. Which of the following describes a flexible back hacksaw blade?
A. Only the teeth hardened B. A movable back
C. Flexible ends D. Only the back hardened
Answer: A
100. The flexible type hacksaw blade is best suited for which of the following
materials?
A. Channel iron B. Aluminum
C. Tubing D. Any of these
Answer: D

ELEMENTS 4
1. Refers to the unit that can be moved longitudinally along the swivel table and is
clamped in position by two bolts one an either side of the base.
A. Foot stock B. Head stock
C. Tail stock D. Cross stock
Answer: B
2. An instrument used for determining the relative hardness of materials by a drop
and rebound method.
A. Scleroscope B. Rockwell Hardness Tester
C. Universal Testing Machine D. Brinell Hardness Tester
Answer: A
3. An instrument used for measuring the degree of surface roughness in micro inches.
A. Caliper B. Micrometer
C. Profilometer D. Scleroscope
Answer: C
4. Refers to the portion of the circumference of a grinding wheel touching the work
being ground.
A. Area of contact B. Arc of contact
C. Angle of contact D. Contact ratio
Answer: B
5. The spindle of the grinding machine on which the wheel is mounted.
A. Bushing B. Arbor
C. Bearing D. Fluting