Data Bank Prediction

MACHINE DESIGN
ELEMENTS
1. This is generally the description for a
mild steel.

a. Medium carbon steel

b. Low carbon steel
c. High carbon steel
d. Cold rolled steel
2. A material description referring to unique
properties in three mutually perpendicular
planes.

a. Isotropy
b. Anistropy
c. Orthotropy
d. Isometry
3. The true stress-strain curve in a stress-
stress diagram appears to be:

a. Lower than the engineering

stress-strain curve
b. Higher than the engineering
stress-strain curve
c. The same as the engineering
stress-strain curve
d. Symmetrical with the engineering
stress-strain curve
4. This is a hardening treatment for steel
having a low carbon content.

a. Tempering
b. Case hardening
c. Normalizing
d. Anodizing
5. It is a manufacturing process used for the
production of aluminum.

a. Forging
b. Blow molding
c. Injection molding
d. Extrusion
6. This refers to a loss of material from the
interface of two metal surfaces that are in
intimate contact.

a. Interfacing
b. Wear
c. Fretting corrosion
d. Interference
7. It is a demountable machinery part which
provides a positive means for transmitting
torque between the shaft and hub.

a. Bolt
b. Screw
c. Rivet
d. Key
8. A type of fit that requires heating the
hub to expand its inside diameter.

a. Expansion fit
b. Shrink fit
c. Force fit
d. Any of these
9. AFBMA is an acronym for an association
involved in what machine elements.

a. Journal bearings
b. Ball and roller bearings
c. Flat belts and other belt types
d. Any type of gears

Anti-Friction Bearing
Manufacturers’ Association
10. This is a process of forming oxide
coating in an aluminum.

a. Galvanizing
b. Rust proofing
c. Anodizing
d. Chrome plating
11. Amount of variation permitted on
dimensions or surfaces of machine parts.

a. Allowance
b. Clearance
c. Tolerance
d. Basic size
12. This is used either for very accurate
angular measurements or for locating work at
a given angle. It is used together with
precision gage blocks.

a. Protractor
b. Sine bar
c. Compound rest
d. Micrometer
13. The flattened end of shank, intended to
fit into a driving slot in the socket.

a. Tang
b. Relief
c. Tip
d. Handle
14. This is a metal joining process which
uses a non-ferrous filler metal with a
melting point below that of the base metals
but above 800°F.

a. Soldering
b. Arc welding
c. Brazing
d. Riveting
15. Rivet holes are made usually ______ inch
larger in diameter than the nominal diameter
of the rivet.

a. 1/16
b. 1/8
c. 1/4
d. 1/32
16. The following equations/formulas are
related in the design of a certain machine
elements, EXCEPT:

a. Euler’s formula
b. Lame’s equation
c. J.B. Johnson’s equation
d. Secant formula
17. In CNC programming, which G code command
is for dwell or rest?

a. G01
b. G02
c. G03
d. G04
18. In CNC programming, which M code command
is for a tool change?

a. M03
b. M04
c. M06
d. M10
19. Which of the following steels does not
readily respond to heat treatment?

a. SAE 1020
b. SAE 1045
c. AISI 6150
d. SAE 1095
20. It is an elements added to steel to
improve its machinability.

a. Carbon
b. Cobalt
c. Sulfur
d. Chromium
21. Which of the following information is
FALSE regarding steel that has an increased
carbon content?

a. Its strength is increased

b. Its BHN becomes greater
c. Its ductility is improved
d. Its % reduction or elongation is
reduced
22. In manufacturing, this is the operation
of cutting out flat area to some desired
shape and is usually the first step in a
series of operation.

a. Turning
b. Blanking
c. Facing
d. Finishing
23. A fixed crane consisting of a supported
vertical member from which extends a
horizontal swinging arm carrying a trolley
hoist or other hoisting mechanism.

a. Gantry crane
b. Jib crane
c. Overhead crane
d. Tower crane
24. Also known as a ductile cast iron.

a. White cast iron

b. Malleable iron
c. Nodular iron
d. Gray cast iron
25. It is ability to deform plastically to
compensate for irregularities in bearing
assembly.

a. Conformability
b. Embeddability
c. Elasticity
d. Plasticity
26. A material of construction (only
developed commercially in the late 1940’s
concurrently with zirconium) offers the
unique combination of wide ranging corrosion
resistance, low density, and high strength.

a. Tungsten
b. Titanium
c. Vanadium
d. Molybdenum
27. Newton’s law of motion that describes
that if a force acts to change the state of
motion of the body, the body offers a
resistance equal and directly opposite force.

a. First law
b. Second law
c. Third law
d. Universal gravitation
28. These are steels most widely used of
engineering materials. No other material
offers comparable versatility for product
design.

a. Wrought steels
b. Low carbon steels
c. Medium carbon steels
d. Tool steels
29. A free-cutting steel has a higher _______
content than comparable carbon steels.

a. Cobalt
b. Sulfur
c. Nickel
d. Chromuim
30. This property designated the steels
resistance to the softening effect of
elevated temperature.

a. Machinability
b. Toughness
c. Elasticity
d. Hot hardness
31. Use of hard solders, silver solders and
smelter solders which have silver, copper, or
nickel bases and have melting points above
800 degrees F is known as ______ .

a. Soldering
b. Brazing
c. Welding
d. All of these
32. In braking, the term backstop refers to a
brake that is

a. Self energizing
b. Self locking in one direction
c. Self locking in both directions
d. All of these
33. In manufacturing, this is the operation
of cutting out flat area to some desired
shape and is usually the first step in a
series of operation.

a. Turning
b. Blanking
c. Facing
d. Finishing
34. An M-code which generally refers to start
spindle rotation is a clockwise direction.

a. M03
b. M04
c. M05
d. M06
35. A final operation to improve the polish
of a metal and to bring out the maximum
luster.

a. Finishing
b. Buffing
c. Surface grinding
d. Broaching
36. Machining operation with the proper
application of a cutting fluid generally has
the following attributes except:

a. Higher cutting speeds

b. Higher feed rates
c. Lengthened tool life
d. Higher cutting accuracy
37. A material of construction (only
developed commercially in the late 1940’s
concurrently with zirconium) offers the
unique combination of wide ranging corrosion
resistance, low density, and high strength.

a. Tungsten
b. Titanium
c. Vanadium
d. Molybdenum
38. This is the highest of all structural
metals.

a. Aluminum
b. Copper
c. Magnesium
d. Mangenese
39. This process reduces internal stresses,
caused by machining, cold working, or
welding, by heating the steel to a
temperature below the critical range and
holding it there long enough to equalize the
temperature throughout the piece.

a. Annealing
b. Normalizing
c. Tempering
d. Stress Relieving
40. At certain speeds called the critical
speeds, a rotating shaft will become
dynamically unstable and the resulting
vibrations and deflections can result in
damage not only to the shaft but to the
machine of which it is a part. At what
percentage of the critical speed should a
shaft be safely operated?

a. Plus or minus 5%
b. Plus or minus 10%
c. Plus or minus 20%
d. Any of these
41. This is the most widely used of all
spring materials for small springs operating
at temperatures up to about 250 degrees F. It
is tough, has a high tensile strength, and
can withstand high stresses under repeated
loading.

a. Hard drawn spring wire

b. Music wire
c. Oil tempered spring wire
d. Stainless steel spring wire
42. It is an acronym in machining. This is
process uses an electrode to remove metal
from a workpiece by generating electric
sparks between conducting surfaces.

a. GMAW
b. M10
c. EDM
d. CNC

Electro-Discharge Machining
43. In die casting accurate parts made of
steel, what shrinkage allowance in inches per
inch is recommended?

a. 0.011
b. 0.022
c. 0.033
d. 0.044
44. This are gears used to connect shafts
that are non-intersecting and non-parallel.
They are a cross between spiral bevel gears
and worm gears.

a. Helical gears
b. Hypoid gears
c. Planetary gears
d. Bevel gears
45. This is a type of seal used where some
form of relative motion occurs between rigid
parts of an assembly.

a. Gasket
b. Distorted seal
c. Vibratory seal
d. Dynamic seal
46. It is lubrication for roller chains
wherein the lubricant is supplied by a
circulating pump capable of supplying the
chain drive with a continuous flow of oil
inside the chain loop evenly across the chain
width and directly at the slack strand.

a. Drip lubrication
b. Bath lubrication
c. Oil stream lubrication
d. Recirculated lubrication
47. If the steel is strongly deoxidized by
the addition of deoxidizing elements, no gas
is evolved, and the steel is technically
called _______ because it lies quietly in the
molds.

a. Quenched
b. Annealed
c. Killed
d. Tempered
48. Stainless steels generally contains at
least __ percent chromium, with or without
other elements.

a. 18
b. 16
c. 12
d. 10
49. What grades of stainless steels are
nonmagnetic in the annealed condition,
although some may become slightly magnetic
after cold working.
a. Ferritic grades
b. Austenitic grades
c. Martensitic grades
d. Any of these
50. These steels (SAE Steels 1006, 1008,
1010, 1015) are the lowest carbon steels of
the plain carbon type, and are selected where
________ is the primary requisite of the
user.

a. Strength
b. Cold formability
c. Ductility
d. Durability
51. Steel is heated to a temperature above
the critical range, after which it is cooled
in still air to produce a generally fine
pearlite structure. The purpose is to promote
uniformly of structure and properties after a
hot-working operation such as forging or
extrusion. What was the heat treatment
involved?
a. Annealing
b. Normalizing
c. Tempering
d. Stress Reliving