1. Which of the following is classified as a non-ferrous light alloy?

Beryllium base
Zinc base
Tin base
Copper base
2. Of the following, which is considered the most important structural non-ferrous metal?
Copper
Zinc
Tin
Aluminium
3. Aluminium cannot be used in most areas where vibrations combine with high stress. There are
special care has to be taken to remove all stress raisers. Which below is considered a stress
rasier?
A notch
A scratch
A sudden change of section
A notch and a scratch
All of the above
4. When applying the term annealed to pure aluminium it is interpreted to mean?
Work hardenning
Re-crsytalisation
Stress releasing
Normalising
5. Which NDT method can be used to give general sorting of aluminium alloys?
UT
MT
RT
ET
6. Which metal is most used in electrical work, wiring, etc?
Copper
Brass
Aluminium
Steel
7. It is generally understood that the principal alloying elements of brass are?

Copper and tin

Copper and zinc
Bronze and tin
Tin and zinc
8. Which two NDT methods are usually used to inspect Magnesium components?
Radiography and penetrant
Radiography and magnetic particle
Ultrasonic and magnetic particle
Ultrasonic and penetrant
9. Wrought zinc and its alloys have very little NDT inspection on them, when a material is plated
with zinc it is known as?
Anodizing
Wrapping
Galvanising
Flashing
10. Thermoplasting can be?
Melted down and re-used without loss of properties
Softened by heat
Will char when heated
Melted down and re-used without loss of properties and softened by heat
11. Thermosetting plastics are?
Rigid
Deteriorated by heat
Charred by heat
All of the above
12. Which of the following non-ferrous metals is classed as a light alloy?
Beryllium base
Zinc base
Tin base
All of the above
13. Which of the metals listed below has the highest strength to weight ratio?
Beryllium
Titanium
Aluminium
Zinc

14. One of the major drawbacks of magnesium alloys is?

Poor corrosion resistance
Notch sensitivity
High density
More expensive than using beryllium which exhibits similar properties
15. Which of the following non-ferrous metals is almost exclusively die-cast?
Aluminium
Copper
Magnesium
Zinc
16. Cobalt is used as an alloying constituent in?
Bearing alloys
Solders
Permanent magnets
Dental alloys
17. Manufacturing is a term used generally to describe the ??? of a bulk material?
Designing
Production
Shape changing
Casting
18. Which of the following is classed as a manufacturing process?
Casting
Welding
Machining
Rolling
All of the above
19. Which of the following manufacturing processes is the most economical method of producing
complex shapes?
Casting
Forging
Rolling
Welding
20. In modern manufacturing industries which of the following factors are considered?
Markets
Product life

Design
Manufacturing process
All of the above
21. Which of the following is required when making a sand casting?
A mold
A pattern
A flask
All of the above
22. Shrinkage within a casting can occur in which of the following states?
Liquid state
Solidification
Solid state
Solidification and solid state
All of the above
23. Pattern makers shrinkage occurs in?
Liquid state of casting
Solidification state of casting
Solid state of casting
All of the above
24. When a change of wall thickness is required in a casting what would give the best design
results?
Sudden section change
Small radii
Large radii
All of the above
25. Metal is fed into the casting cavity through a ??? system?
Flow system
Gating system
Pouring system
Riser system
26. Wells outside the normal finished casting are there to allow for?
Gas evolution
Sand erosion
Shrinkage
Airlocks

27. Directional solidification in Castings is helped by the use of?

Cores
Feederheaders
Chills
Chaplets
28. Where holes or cavities are required in the finished casting a ??? is used in the modling
stage?
Chill
Ingate
Riser
Core
29. Green sand is a mixture of sand and?
Clay
Silicon
Water
Clay and water
All of the above
30. The upper half of a flask is called?
A drag
A cope
A draft
A mould
31. Small metal supports which become part of the casting during pouring are called?
Chills
Chaplets
Cores
Risers
32. Which of the following casting processes is best used for small intricate casting - upto 2kg requiring close tolerances?
Centrifugal casting
Investment casting
Continuous casting
Permanent mold casting
33. The casting process which gives improved material density towrads the outside of teh mold
is?

Centrifugal casting
Investment casting
Continuous casting
Permanent mold casting
34. The casting process which produces bar is known as?
Centrifugal casting
Last wax process
Continuous casting
Plaster mold casting
35. Splashed metal entrapped by molten metal that does not re-fuse is called?
Hot tear
Chill
Inclusion
Cold shut
36. The bottom part of the flask is known as the?
Cope
Bottom board
Drag
Runner
37. Which of the following is used to give preferential solidification of castings?
Chills
Chaplets
Cores
None of the above
38. In the casting process what name is given to the part which is used to represent the finished
item?
The mould
The spruce
The pattern
The shell
39. The crystal structure of a casting adjacent to the mould wall will be?
Fine equiaxed grains
Core equiaxed grains
Columnar grains
Dendritic

40. Shrinkage occuring in the casting process can be divided into how many stages?
1
2
3
4

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1. Beryllium base
2. Aluminium
3. All of the above
4. Re-crsytalisation
5. ET
6. Copper
7. Copper and zinc
8. Radiography and penetrant
9. Galvanising
10. Will char when heated
11. Charred by heat
12. Beryllium base
13. Beryllium
14. Notch sensitivity
15. Zinc
16. Permanent magnets
17. Shape changing
18. All of the above
19. Casting
20. All of the above
21. All of the above
22. All of the above
23. Solid state of casting
24. Large radii
25. Gating system
26. Shrinkage
27. Chills
28. Core
29. Clay and water
30. A cope
31. Chaplets

32. Investment casting

33. Centrifugal casting
34. Continuous casting
35. Cold shut
36. Drag
37. Chills
38. The pattern
39. Fine equiaxed grains
40. 3