JCSF Engineering Review Center Machine Design, Materials, and Shop Practice

MACHINE DESIGN, MATERIALS AND SHOP PRACTICE

(Refresher Trivia 6)
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 1 only.

1. Which of the following does not pertain to joining of metals?

a) Welding b) Soldering c) Casting d) Brazing

2. Killed steel is always associated with:

a) Silicon b) Manganese c) Phosphoros d) Sulfur

3. The usual ratio of water to soluble oil used as cutting fluid:

a) 50 % water to 50 % oil b) 2 water to 1 oil c) 3 water to 1 oil d) 4 to 80 water to 1 oil

4. The good deoxidiser in steel making:

a) Manganese b) Silicon c) Aluminum d) All of these

5. A drop of hammer of 1 ton dead weight capacity is propelled downward by a 12 inches diameter cylinder. At 100 psi
air pressure, what is the impact velocity if the stroke is 28 inches?
a) 63.2 fps b) 15.8 fps c) 31.6 fps d) 47.4 fps

6. Compute the nominal shear stress at the surface in MPa for a 40 mm diameter shaft that transmits 750 kW at 1500 rpm.
Axial and bending loads are assumed negligible. Torsional stress is 28 N/mm2.
a) 218 b) 312 c) 232 d) 380

7. Good stabilizer in stainless steel:

a) Columbium b) Titanium c) Tantalum d) All of these

8. What is the common cutting fluid used for cutting metals?

a) Water with soda or borax b) Light mineral oil c) Soluble oil d) All of these

9. It is considered semi-solid lubricant:

a) Lube oil b) Graphite c) Grease d) 2T oil

10. A truck skids to a stop 60 m after the application of the brakes while travelling at 90 kph. What is its acceleration, in
m/s2?
a) – 5.21 b) 6.36 c) – 7.06 d) 5.76

11. Metals are conductive because:

a) The electrons are loosely bound to the nuclei and therefore mobile
b) Having a characteristics metallic luster
c) They are on the left side of the periodic table
d) They have extra electrons as exhibited by normally possible balance state

12. The purpose of these parts in application is to have better bearings to guard against marring, etc.
a) Bearing journal b) Metallic seal c) Washer d) Heat treatment

13. The yield strength of a regular yellow brass (6.5 to 7 % Cu, 30 to 35 % Zn) can be increased/improved by:
a) Cold working b) Tempering c) Chill casting d) Heat treatment

14. A spur pinion rotates at 1800 rpm and transmits to a mating gear 30 Hp. The pitch diameter is 4 inches and the pressure
angle is 14.5o. Determine the tangential load, in lb.
a) 495 b) 525 c) 535 d) 475

15. A high alloy spring having squared and ground ends and has a total of 16 coils and modulus of elasticity in shear of 85
GPa. Compute the Wahl factor. The spring outside diameter is 9.66 cm and wire diameter of 0.65 cm.
a) 1.058 b) 1.10 c) 1.185 d) 1.2

16. When steel castings are heat treated, the carbon content generally falls within the range of 0.25 to 0.50 %. However,
many steel castings with carbon less than _________ are used in the as-cast condition.
a) 0.26 % b) 0.15 to 0.18 % c) 0.20 % d) 0.25 %

17. Liners are normally made of:

a) Cast iron b) Alloyed bronze c) Alloyed steel d) Alloyed aluminium

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18. Endurance strength is nearly proportional to the ultimate strength but not with:
a) Yield strength b) Design stress c) Shear stress d) All of these

19. A furnace used in melting non-ferrous metals:

a) Cupola furnace b) Crucible furnace c) Induction furnace d) Tempering furnace
20. A furnace used in melting ferrous metals:
a) Annealing furnace b) Tempering furnace c) Induction furnace d) Normalizing furnace

21. Alloy that improves strength of steel at high temperature application:

a) Tungsten b) Molybdenum c) Chromium d) All of these

22. In the gear design, the total work load must be equally shared by its arms. Rim must be rigid to support these arms and
also the bead is recommended for its stiffening value. The assumption in the detailed design of rim thickness and depth
of bead is __________ circular pitch (Pc).
a) 0.65 b) 0.50 c) 0.56 d) 0.44

23. Two idlers of 28 teeth and 26 teeth are introduced between the 24 teeth pinion with a turning speed of 400 rpm driving
a final 96 teeth gear. What would be the final speed of the driven gear and its direction relative to the driving gear
rotation?
a) 120 rpm and opposite direction b) 80 rpm and same direction
c) 100 rpm and opposite direction d) 100 rpm and same direction

24. Tooth width measured along the chord at the pitch circle.
a) Flank b) Face width c) Width of space d) Chordal thickness

25. Compute the lineshaft diameter to transmit 12 H[ at 180 rpm with torsional deflection of 0.08 degrees per ft length.
a) 2 inches b) 5 cm c) 2.35 inches d) 62 mm

26. The best instrument for measuring a thousandth of an inch.

a) Micrometer b) Tachometer c) Caliper d) Pyrometer

27. All are associated with standard material specification except:

a) American Iron and Steel Institute (AISA) b) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
c) Southeast Asia iron and Steel Institute (SASI) d) American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)

28. The allowable stresses that are generally used in practice are 4 ksi for main power transmitting shaft, 6 ksi for line shaft
carrying pulley, and 8.5 ksi for small short shaft, countershaft, etc. With these allowable stresses what will be the
simplified formula to determine the transmitted Hp, diameter of the shaft (D), or even the rpm (N)?
D3N D3N D3N
a) Hp  b) Hp  c) Hp  d) All of these
80 53.5 38

29. Calculate the rpm of machining the cast iron work piece 6 inches in diameter. The lowest cutting speed for cast iron is
50 fpm.
a) 35.3 b) 33.3 c) 43.3 d) 53.3

30. A helical gear of 14.5o normal pressure angle and transverse diametral pitch of 2.3622, helix angle is at 45 o and has 8
teeth. Compute the transverse pressure in degrees.
a) 22.2o b) 19.3o c) 18.9o d) 20.1o

31. Machine tools used for laying straight lines on metal surfaces made of sharp tool steel is called:
a) Plain scriber b) A trammel c) Hermaphrodite caliper d) Divider

32. It is the difference of addendum and dedendum which is equivalent to the whole depth less working depth.
a) Fillet space b) Fillet radius c) Clearance d) Backlash

33. A lathe machine threading mechanism:

a) Reverse gear and lever b) Spindle gear c) Change stud gear d) All of these

34. Separate forces that can be so combined are:

a) Non-concurrent forces b) Couple c) Combined forces d) Concurrent forces

35. That property of matter that causes it to resist any change in its motion or state of rest:
a) Brake b) Center cut c) Inertia d) Impulse

36. Negative allowance is also called:

a) Interference of metal b) ACME thread c) Buttress thread d) Whitworth thread

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37. Which of the following is not used to resemble the shape of tool hit?
a) Round nose b) Center cut c) Square nose d) Thread cutting

38. A kind of thread in which the width of the thread is approximately equal to the depth of the thread and the shape
between threads are approximately equal.
a) Square thread b) ACME thread c) Buttress thread d) Whitworth thread

39. A shaft is to be checked for concentricity. A suitable method of performing the check is:
a) Bench centers and dial indicator b) Bench side and calliper
c) Bench top and tachometer d) Bench target and scriber

40. For moderate speed of mating gears, the ideal ratio of contact is:
a) 1.25 – 4 b) 1.2 – 1.45 c) 1.0 – 1.3 d) 1.35 – 1.45

41. Ratio of unit lateral deformation to unit longitudinal deformation:

a) Poisson’s ratio b) Strain c) Elongation d) Modulus of elasticity

42. A lathe with multiple cutting stations:

a) Turret lathe b) Lathe c) Shaper d) None of these

43. Nominal diameter of bolts is the:

a) Major diameter b) Minor diameter c) Pitch diameter d) Base diameter

44. Major and minor diameters are commonly used in:

a) Screw thread b) Bolts c) Gear d) All of these

45. The distance of helical gear or worm would thread along its axis in one revolution if it were free to move axially is
called as:
a) Length of action b) Line of action c) Land d) Lead

46. Length of contact between two mating parts in a screw and nut threads measured axially is called:
a) Arc of contact b) Depth of engagement c) Length of engagement d) Axis of contact

47. If the velocity of a mass is the same all the time during which motion takes place is called:
a) Deceleration b) Uniform motion c) Acceleration d) None of these

48. Compute the maximum unit shear in a 3 inches diameter steel shafting that transmits 24 000 in-lb of torque at 99 rpm.
a) 4 350 psi b) 4 250 psi c) 3 860 psi d) 4 930 psi

49. To facilitate the milling (roughing) work of a cast steel materials using a 1.5 inches diameter cutter, choose between
the two available stocks. Find the speed of the cutter in rpm.
Speed of steel cutter with cutting speed of 50 fpm.
Carbide tipped cutter with a cutting speed of 200 fpm
a) 389 b) 572 c) 509 d) 412

50. In involute teeth, the pressure angle is often defined as the angle between the line of action and the line of tangent to
the pitch circle. It is termed as:
a) Helix angle b) Angle of recess c) Angle of obliquity d) Arc of action