MACHINE DESIGN

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A metal characteristics that withstands forces that
causes twisting.

a. Torsional strength
b. Modulus of elasticity
c. Twisting moment
d. Elasticity
Fillet radius in machine parts is usually introduced to:

a. Improve the look of the parts

b. Reduce concentration of stress and extend life of
the parts
c. Avoid obstruction
d. Necessary to lessen casting weight
Type of bolt commonly used in the construction that
is threaded in both ends.

a. Stud bolt
b. Acme thread bolts
c. Square threaded bolts
d. Hex bolts
Hydrostatic bearing is one which:

a. The lube oil is supplied under pressure

b. Lube oil is not pressurized
c. There is no lube oil
d. Bearing is lightly loaded
Which of the following materials is unsuitable as a
bearing:

a. Teflon
b. Low carbon steel
c. Cast iron
d. nylon
Safety features that must be placed and maintained
at machine, blacksmith, welding and foundry shop.

a. Safety goggle
b. Walkway guide
c. Safety notices in markings
d. All of these
The angle at the base cylinder of an involute gear,
that the tooth marks with the gear axis:

a. Base helix angle

b. Pressure angle
c. Arc of recess
d. Arc of approach
A kind of thread that is generally used:

a. UNEC
b. UNC
c. UNF
d. UNEF
Which of the following acronyms is not generally
used as standard

a. ASTM
b. SAE
c. IPS
d. AISI
What is the difference between the shaper and a planer?

a. The tool of the shaper moves while on the planer is

stationary
b. The shaper can perform slotting operation while the
planer cannot
c. The shaper handles large pieces while the planer
handles only small pieces
d. The tool of the shaper moves in reciprocating motion
while the tool in the planer moves in rotary motion.
The path of contact of involute gears where the
force/power is actually transmitted. It is a straight
imaginary line passing through the pitch point and
tangent to the base circle.

a. Principal reference plane

b. Pitch point
c. Front angle
d. Line of action
The hardness of helical and herringbone gear teeth
after heat treatment is 210 to 300 Brinell Hardness,
for gear and pinion is at:

a. 360 Brinell min.

b. 400 Brinell max
c. 340-350 normal
d. All of these
A type of gear commonly used in parallel-shaft
transmission especially when a smooth, continuous
action is essential as in high speed drives up to
12,000fpm:

a. Bevel gear
b. Herringbone gear
c. Spur gear
d. Helical gear
It is used in conjunction with circular cross sectional
members to retain oil and prevent dirt, foreign
particles, moisture and to permit pressure
differential between exterior and interior of the
applied part:

a. Seal
b. Gasket
c. Safety shield
d. packing
An object thrown upward will return to earth with
the magnitude of the terminal velocity equal to;

a. Zero
b. One-half the initial velocity
c. Twice the initial velocity
d. The initial velocity
A liquid metal:

a. Mercury
b. Lead
c. Zinc
d. Aluminum
What type of gear which can transmit power at a
certain angle.

a. Helical gear
b. Worm gear
c. Bevel gear
d. Herringbone gear
Type of V-belt to use in a driving pulley with speed of
360rpm and transmitting 5Hp

a. Type C belts
b. Type B belts
c. Type A belts
d. Type D belts
The arbitrary modification by removing a small
portion of a tooth material at the tip of the gear
tooth is called;

a. Tip removal
b. Tip undercut
c. Tip relief
d. Pressure angle cut
The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to
velocity is:

a. Power
b. Acceleration
c. Momentum
d. None of these
What is the difference between brass and bronze?

a. Brass is composed of copper and zinc while bronze is

compose of copper and tin.
b. Brass is composed of copper and zinc while bronze is
basically copper and tin plus non- ferrous alloy such
as manganese, aluminum, and chromium.
c. Bronze is reddish in color while brass is mixture of
copper and antimony.
d. Bronze is mostly an alloy of copper and tin while
brass is a mixture of copper and antimony.
The reciprocal of the diametral pitch equivalent to
the ratio of pitch diameter to the number of teeth:

a. Lead
b. Clearance
c. Module
d. Involute
What is the property of a material which resists
forces acting to pull the material apart?

a. Shear strength
b. Tensile strength
c. Torsional strength
d. Compressive strength
Which do not belong to foundry or metal casting
shop?

a. shake- out machine

b. Molding machine
c. Coremaking
d. Forging machine
The center of gravity of a solid pyramid or cone with
a total height of H is:

a. ¼H
b. 3/5 H
c. 1/3 H
d. 1/3 H
The gradual chemical reaction by other substance
such as that the metal is converted to an oxide or
other compound:

a. Corrosion
b. Cheaping
c. Rusting
d. Weathering
A material that should be avoided in constructing
wood pattern:

a. Sap wood
b. Kiln dried wood
c. Heart wood
d. Core portion of wood
What is the moment of inertia of a rectangle about
its base?

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a. 6
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b. 3
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c. 3
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d. 12
What is the modulus of elasticity if the stress is
44,000 psi and a unit strain of 0.00105?

a. 41.905 x 10^6
b. 42.300 x 10^6
c. 41.202 x 10^6
d. 43.101 x 10^6
Which of the following is not a structural steel class?

a. Low carbon steel

b. Stainless steel
c. Medium carbon steel
d. Tool and die steel
What happens to a drill if the operating speed is too
fast?

a. Drill will crack

b. Drill will become overheated and will bend
c. Drill become overheated and will be drawn from
steel
d. Drill will become very dull and wear fast
Copper and most of its alloy can be hardened by:

a. Patenting
b. Cold working
c. Case hardening
d. Soaking
A type of coupling that alloys slight amount of
torsional angular flexibility due to introduction with
some elastic material cylindrically wrapped around
the bolts in the flange:

a. Simple elastic bonded coupling

b. Elastic material bushed coupling
c. Elastic bonded coupling
d. All of the above
Outstanding safety record contribute to:

a. High productivity
b. Outstanding performance that expects reward
from the management
c. Confidence in foreman’s ability to perform well
d. Pride and enthusiasm to one-self
The capacity of metal to withstand load without
breaking is:

a. Strength
b. Stress
c. Elasticity
d. Strain
Finding the resultant of two or more forces is called:

a. Coplanar force
b. Non-coplanar forces
c. Couple
d. Composition of forces
A machinery operation whereby done with the work
accurately fastened has a reciprocating (forward and
backward) motion and the tool head is stationary.

a. Shaping
b. Planning
c. Turning
d. Reaming
The phenomenon of continuous stretching under
load even if the stress is less than yield point:

a. Elasticity
b. Ductility
c. Plasticity
d. Creep
In a pair of gears, ____ is the plane perpendicular to
the axial plane and the tangent to the pitch surface.

a. Pitch
b. Pitch plane
c. Pitch circle
d. Pitch point
What type of gear is used for high speed operation?

a. Helical
b. Spur
c. Bevel
d. Worm
V-belts operate efficiently at speed of about (fpm)

a. 4500
b. 4400
c. 4200
d. 3600
Name the type of chuck commonly used for holding
Workpiece in a lathe operation? Example, 3-jaw
universal chuck, 4-jaw independent chuck

a. Magnetic jaw chuck

b. 2- jaw independent
c. 8-jaw universal
d. Combination
For high corrosion resistant stainless steel, what
minimum chromium content is required?

a. 8%
b. 4.3%
c. 1.1%
d. 5.8%
Clearance to a new boiler installation to the existing
or old plant building should follow a minimum
clearance of ___ between top of the boiler proper
and the ceiling as stated in the PSME code.

a. 2000mm (max)
b. 1000mm (max)
c. 2130mm (max)
d. 2150mm (max)
Ordinary steel begins to lose strength and elasticity
significantly at about :____ deg F

a. 900-1000 °F
b. 800-900 °F
c. 750-850 °F
d. 600-700 °F
Statement that a given body is in static equilibrium
means that the body cannot:

a. Have any type of motion

b. Be acted upon by more that one force
c. Undergo any displacement
d. Have any acceleration
Most effective alloying element for reducing
brittleness of steel at very low temperature:

a. Manganese
b. Molybdenum
c. Silicon
d. Nickel
Normal stress relieving temperature for cast steel:

a. 200-350 °F
b. 400-500 °F
c. 300-400 °F
d. 450-550 °F
It is advised that in rubber belts application/
moulding, it should have an initial tension of _____
inch/ply.

a. 18 to 24
b. 15 to 20
c. 12 to 15
d. 10
Non- ferrous filler metal is melted into grooves or as
fillet on the mother metal; the base metal is not
melted. This is commonly used for joining iron based
machine parts or in repair works of some materials is
called:

a. Spot welding
b. Braze welding
c. Brazing
d. Gas welding
What is the common shop practice to prevent solder
from running away from surface to be joined?

a. Surround the work with clay

b. Introduce around the work rolled wet cloth
c. Put asbestos sheeting around the work
d. All of these
The three- moment equation may be used to
analyze:

a. Tapered column
b. Continuous beam
c. Composite beam
d. Axially end loaded beam
One of the causes of spur gear tooth breakage is the
unbalanced load on one end of the tooth that results in
higher stresses than when the load is evenly distributed.
To minimize this problem , the face width “b” should not
be greater than the thickness (or pitch) of the tooth. In
the absence of test values, the following can be guide:

a. 2.5 Pc <b < 4 Pc

b. 2.0 Pd <b < 4 Pd
c. 2.5 Pd <b <4 Pd
d. 2.0 Pd <b < 4 Pc
The property that characterize a material ability to be
drawn in to wire:

a. Ductility
b. Thermal conductivity
c. Tensile strength
d. Endurance limit
Deals only with the motion of bodies without
reference to force that cause them:

a. Dynamics
b. Kinetics
c. Statistics
d. Kinematics
In shear pin or breaking pin design, we may use the
data experienced by Link- Belt for 1/8 to 1inch pins
and the breaking stress is ______ ksi:

a. 40
b. 55
c. 50
d. 48
Recommended best cutting angle of drill for work on
steel or cast iron is ___ degrees.

a. 48
b. 63
c. 59
d. 50
Cold working steel plates make the metal____:

a. Tougher
b. More ductile
c. Harder
d. More malleable
Considering a maximum safe center distance of
sprockets should be _____ pitches. Very long center
distance cause catenary tension in the chain,

a. 70
b. 80
c. 60
d. 50
Hypoid gear is a special type of gear like:

a. Worm gear
b. Spur gear
c. Herringbone gear
d. Bevel gear
The maximum stress to which a material may be
subjected before failure occurs:

a. Ultimate strength
b. Ultimate stress
c. Endurance limit
d. Tensile stress
A property of material which relates the lateral strain
to the longitudinal strain:

a. Stress
b. Strain
c. Poisson’s ratio
d. Strength
All are associated with the grade of steel except:

a. SAE 43XX
b. SAE 13XX
c. SAE 10XX
d. SAE 74XX
Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of:

a. Shear strain to compressive strain

b. Elastic limit to compressive strain
c. Lateral strain to longitudinal strain
d. Elastic limit to proportional limit
Which of the following id not structural class of
steel?

a. Low carbon steel

b. Tool and die steel
c. High chrome alloy steel
d. High strength low alloy steel
The product of the resultant of all forces acting on a
body and the time that the resultant acts:

a. Angular impulse
b. Angular momentum
c. Linear impulse
d. Linear momentum
The smallest area at the point of rupture of a tensile
specimen divided by the original area is called:

a. Percentage elongation
b. Izod test
c. Charpy test
d. Percentage reduction of the area
It equalizes the energy exerted and the work done
thus preventing excessive or sudden changes of
speed

a. Flywheel
b. Balance wheel
c. Flywheel pulley
d. All of these
A mechanism which usually do the indexing in a
machine tool:

a. Universal chuck
b. Slooter
c. Dividing head
d. Indexing
Metal that assists lubrication or lubricant in itself:

a. Zinc
b. Antimony
c. Babbitt
d. Lead
A system of forces in space is on equilibrium. It two
unequal and opposite collinear forces are added,
which of the following if any is true?

a. Equilibrium is maintained
b. Equilibrium is destroyed
c. An unbalance moment exists
d. None of these is true
It is a science of motion that can be solved in terms
of scalar or vector algebra:

a. Kinematics
b. Curvilinear translation
c. Projectiles
d. Accelaration
Permanent deformation or strain may occur without
fracture:

a. Malleability
b. Elasticity
c. Ductility
d. Plasticity
The ability of a metal to be deformed considerably
without rupture is called;

a. Malleability
b. Elasticity
c. Ductility
d. Plasticity
When two elastic bodies collide, which of the
following laws can be used to solve for the resulting
velocity?

a. Dalton’s Law
b. Avogadro’s Law
c. Conservation of energy
d. Conservation of momentum and conservation of
energy
When the hole is smaller than the shaft, it will take
pressure to put the parts together. The allowance is
said to be negative and is termed:

a. Negative tolerance
b. Negative allowance
c. Negative fits
d. Interference of metal
Device used to measure accurately speed:

a. Speedometer
b. Dial indicator
c. Tachometer
d. Dial gauge
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
Length of contact between two moving 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
The distance a helical gear or worm would thread
along its axis in one revolution if it were free to move
axially is called:

a. Length of action
b. Length of contact
c. Land
d. Lead
Major and minor diameters are commonly used in:

a. Screw thread
b. Bolts
c. Gear
d. All of these
A lathe with multiple cutting stations:

a. Turret lathe
b. Engine lathe
c. Manual lathe
d. None of these
The nominal diameter of the bolts is the:

a. Major diameter
b. Minor diameter
c. Mean diameter
d. All of these
Ratio of unit lateral deformation to the unit
longitudinal deformation;

a. Poisson’s ratio
b. Strain
c. Stress
d. Modulus of elasticity
For moderate speed of mating gears, the ideal ratio
contact is:

a. 1.25- 4.00
b. 1.20- 1.45
c. 1.00- 1.30
d. 0.35- 1.45
A shaft is to be checked for concentricity. A suitable
method is performing the check is:

a. Bench centers and dial indicator

b. Line shafting bearing alignment
c. Observing vibration of the shafting
d. None of these
A kind of thread in which the width of the thread is
approximately equal to the depth of the thread and
the space between threads are approximately equal.

a. Square thread
b. Acme thread
c. Buttress thread
d. Whitworth thread
Which of the following is not used to resemble the
shape of the bolt?

a. Round nose
b. Center cut
c. Square nose
d. Thread cutting
Negative allowance is also called:

a. Interference of metal
b. Feeler gage
c. Micrometer
d. Tolerance
A property of matter which causes it to resist any
change in its motion or state of rest.

a. Brake
b. Friction
c. Inertia
d. Impulse
Separate forces which can be so combined are called:

a. non-concurrent forces
b. Couple
c. Combined forces
d. Concurrent forces
A lathe machine threading mechanism:

a. Reverse gear and lever

b. Spindle gear
c. Change stud gear
d. All of these
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
Machine tool 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
All are associated with standard material specified
except:

a. American Iron and Steel Institute

b. Society of Automotive Engineers
c. Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute
d. American Society for Testing Materials
The best instrument for measuring a thousand of an
inch:

a. Micrometer
b. Tachometer
c. Caliper
d. Pyrometer
Tooth width measured along the chord at the pitch
circle:

a. Flank
b. Face width
c. Width of space
d. Chordal thickness
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 head 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
Alloy that improves strength of steel at high
temperature application.

a. Tungsten
b. Molybdenum
c. Chromium
d. All of these
A furnace used in melting ferrous metals:

a. Annealing furnace
b. Tempering furnace
c. Induction furnace
d. Normalizing furnace