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______1. What are considered as the building

blocks for engineering materials?
a. atoms
c. matters
b. elements
d. compounds
______2. The ability of a material to stand up
to forces being applied without it
bending, breaking, shattering or
deforming in any way.
a. strength
c. hardness
b. compressibility
d. ductility
______3. What types of materials behave like
iron when placed in a magnetic field?
a. crystals
b. amorphous materials
c. ferromagnetic materials
d. metalloids
______4. The engineering materials known as
plastics are more correctly called:
a. polyvinyl chloride
c. polymers
b. polyethylene
d. mers
______5. It is usually liquid or malleable prior
to
curing
and
designed
to
be molded into their final form, or used
as adhesives.
a. thermoplastics c. ferrous
b. non-ferrous
d. thermoset
materials
______6. The ability of a material to absorb
force and flex in different directions,
returning to its original position.
a. tensile strengthc. ductility
b. plasticity
d. elasticity
______7. It also known as a thermo softening
plastic, is a polymer that turns to a
liquid when heated and freezes to a
very
glassy
state
when
cooled
sufficiently.
a. thermoplastics c. ferrous
b. non-ferrous
d. thermoset
materials

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______8. Polymer comes from the Greek words

poly which means many and mer
which means ___________.
a. metal b. unit c. material
d.
plastic

_______9. It is used to indicate metals other

than iron and alloys that do not contain
an appreciable amount of iron
a. thermoplastics
c. ferrous
b. non-ferrous
d. thermoset
materials
_______10. Deals with fundamental properties
and characteristics of materials.
a. material science
c. physical
science
b. engineering materials
d. biological
science
_______11. The ability of a material to conduct
electricity.
a. malleability
c. toughness
b. hardness
d. conductivity
______12. It also known as a thermoset, is
polymer material that irreversibly cures.
a. thermoplastics c. ferrous
b. non-ferrous
d. thermoset
materials
______13. What physical property of a material
that refers to the rate of heat flow per
unit time in a homogenous material
under steady-state conditions, per
unit area, per unit temperature
gradient in a direction perpendicular
to area?
a. thermal expansion
c.
thermal
conductivity
b. heat distortion temperature
d. water
absorption

______14. What is a reference sheet for the

elements that can be used to form
engineering materials?
a. periodic table
c. building blocks of
materials
b. truth table
d. structure of materials
______15. The ability of a material to stretch
without breaking or snapping.
a. tensile strength c. ductility
b. plasticity
d. elasticity
______16. The ability of a material to be
reshaped in all directions without
cracking.
a. malleability
c. toughness
b. hardness
d. conductivity
______17. The ability of a material to be
change in shape permanently.
a. tensile strength b. plasticity c. ductility d.
elasticity

______18. What is a combination of two or

more materials that has properties that
the components materials do not have
by themselves?
a. compound
b. mixture c. composite
d. matrix
______19. What are the major classes of
engineering materials?
a. metals, ceramics and semiconductors
b. polymers, metals and composites
c.
metals,
ceramics,
polymers
and
semiconductors
d.
metals,
ceramics,
polymers,
semiconductors and composites
______20.
It
indicates
a bivalent iron compound
(+2 oxidation state), as opposed
to ferric, which indicates a trivalent
iron compound (+3 oxidation state).
a. thermoplastics c. ferrous
b. non-ferrous
d. thermoset
materials
______21. What do you call metals reinforced
by ceramics or other materials,
usually in fiber form?
a. Metalloids c. metal lattices
b. Matrix alloys
d. metal matrix
composites
______22. The ability of a material to resist
scratching,
wear
and
tear
and
indentation.
a. malleability
c. toughness
b. hardness
d. conductivity
______23. The ability of a material to change
shape (deform) usually by stretching
along its length.
a. tensile strength c. ductility
b. plasticity
d. elasticity
______24. A characteristic of a material that does
not break or shatter when receiving a
blow or under a sudden shock.
a. malleability
c. toughness
b. hardness
d. conductivity

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______25. It is a material trait expressed in

terms of the kind and magnitude of
response to a specific stimulus.
a. physical
c. chemical
b. property
d. classification
______26. These are material characteristics
that relate to the structure of a
material and its formation from our
elements.
a. physical property
b. chemical property
c. corrosion resistance
d. oxidation
______27. It is the interaction of oxygen with
elements in a material to cause
structural
changes
due
to
the
movement of valence electrons in the
atoms of the material.
a. corrosion
c. oxidation
b. reduction
d. composition
______28. It is a chemical property involving
the ability of a material to withstand
heat and ultraviolet rays from the sun,
moisture, and pollutants in the air.
a. corrosion
c. crystal structure
b. reduction
d. outdoor
weatherability

______29. It is the elemental or chemical

components of the material and the
relative
proportion
of
these
components.
a. corrosion
c. oxidation
b. reduction
d. composition
______30. The opposite of oxidation is:
a. corrosion
c. oxidation
b. reduction
d. composition
______31.
is
the
ordered,
repeating
arrangement of atoms and molecules
in a material.
a. corrosion
c. crystal structure
b. reduction
d. outdoor weather
ability
______32. It is the structure of polished and
etched materials as revealed by
microscope magnifications greater than
ten diameters.
a. microstructure c. stereo specificity
b. color
d. density
______33. It is the tendency for polymers and
molecular materials to form with an
ordered,
spatial,
three-dimensional
arrangement of monomer molecules.
a. microstructure c. stereo specificity
b. color
d. density
______34. These are characteristics that can
observed
or
measured
without
changing the composition of the
material.
a. physical property c. oxidation
b. chemical property
d. corrosion
resistance

______35. It is the visual perception that is

stimulated by the combination of
wavelengths
of
light
that
are
transmitted to the eye.
a. microstructure c. stereo specificity
b. color
d. density
______36. It is the amount of mass per unit
volume.
a. microstructure c. stereo specificity
b. color
d. density
______37. It is the ratio of the density of the
substance to the density of a given
standard substance usually water.
a. melting point
c. specific gravity
b. refractive index d. curie point
______38. It is the point at which a material
liquefies on heating or solidifies on
cooling.
a. melting point
c. specific gravity
b. refractive index d. curie point
______39. It is the ratio of the velocity of light
in a vacuum to its velocity in another
material
a. melting point
c. specific gravity
b. refractive index d. curie point
______40. It is the temperature at which
ferromagnetic material can no longer
be magnetized by outside forces.
a. melting point
c. specific gravity
b. refractive index d. curie point
______41. It demonstrates the response of a
material to the application of heat.
a. Chemical properties
c.
Physical properties
b. Thermal properties d. Electrical
properties
______42. It represents the amount of energy
required to produce a unit temperature
rise.
a. Heat capacity c.
Electrical
conductivity
b. Thermal resistance d. Thermal
expansion

______43. Refers to the response of materials

to an applied electric field.
a. Chemical properties
c. Physical
properties
b. Thermal properties
d. Electrical
properties
______44. It is used to specify the electrical
character of a material.
a. Heat capacity
c. Thermal
resistance
b. Thermal expansion
d. Electrical
conductivity
______45. It is the electrical resistance of a
material per unit length and cross
sectional area or per unit length and
unit weight.
a. Electrical Resistivity c. Dielectric
Strength
b. Insulators
d.
Conductors

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______46. These are the properties that

describe the behavior of materials
under the application of force.
a. Electrical properties
c. Mechanical
properties
b. Thermal properties
d. Physical
properties
______47. It is defined as force per unit area
and is measured in pounds per square
inch.
a. Stress
c. Tension
b. shear stress
d. Strain
______48. It is a normal stress that develops
when the tendency of the applied load
is to push or to shorten the member
carrying the load.
a. Compression
c. Tension
b. shear stress
d. Strength
______49. It is the relative amount of
deformation produced in a material
under stress.
a. Stress
c. Tension
b. shear stress
d. Strain
______50. It is a measure of the ability of
materials to resist the application of
the load required during the service of
the structure or machine without
fracture collapse or undue distortion.
a. Stress
c. Tension
b. shear stress
d. Strain
______51. It is the stress at which a material
exhibits a specified deviation from
proportionality of stress and strain.
a. Yield Strength c. Ultimate Strength
b. Flexural Strength
d.
Compressive
______52. It is the property of a material to
withstand great deformation together
with high stress or without fracture.
a. Toughness
c. Brittleness
b. Hardness
d. Elasticity
______53. It is the property of regaining the
original shape upon the removal of the
external load.
a. Toughness
c. Brittleness
b. Hardness
d. Elasticity
______54. It is the ratio of stress to strain in a
material loaded within its elastic range.
It is a measure of rigidity.
a. Percent Elongation
c. Modulus of
Elasticity
b. Creep
d. Hookes
Law
______55. It is the most familiar and most

used material in industries.

a. wood
c. fiber
b. plastics
d. elastomers

crystalline compound
combining
metallic
and
nonmetallic elements.

______56.

It

is

a. Ceramics
c.
Composites
b. Elastomers
d. Polymers
______57. It is material containing two or
more integrated materials with
each material keeping its own
identity.
a. Ceramics
c. Composites
b. Elastomers
d. Polymers
______58. It is any polymeric materials that
can
be
stretched
at
room
temperature to at least twice it
original length and return to its
original length after the stretching
force has been removed.
a. Ceramics
c.
Composites
b. Elastomers
d. Polymers
______59. It is human made polymer resins
containing carbon atoms covalently
bonded with other elements along
with
organic
and
inorganic
substances.
a. wood
c. fiber
b. plastics
d. elastomers
______60. It is a process by applying heat
below the melting point of the main
component.
a. sintering
b. compound
______61. Alloying

c. compacting
d. alloy

of metals involves
melting
the
main
ingredients
together so that upon cooling the
metal alloy is generally a nonporous solid.
a. powdered metals
c. ferrous
metals
b. non-ferrous metals d. iron and
steel
______62. It states that within the elastic
limits, the distortion in an object is
directly
proportional
to
the
distorting force

a.
b.
c.
d.
______63.

percent reduction in area

percent elongation
modulus of elasticity
Hookes law
It is the difference (expressed as

a percentage of original area)

between the original cross-sectional
area of a tensile test specimen and
the minimum cross-sectional area
measured after fractures.

a. percent reduction in area

b. percent elongation
c. modulus of elasticity
d. Hookes law
______64. It is the increase in the gage

length
measured
after
the
specimen fractures within the gage
length.
a. percent reduction in area

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b.
c.
d.
______65.

percent elongation
modulus of elasticity
Hookes law

It is the tendency of a solid

material to slowly move or deform
permanently under the influence of
stresses.

a. Percent Elongation
c. Modulus of
Elasticity
b. Creep
d. Hookes Law
______66. It is a way to change a metal alloys
structuring order to alter its properties
by cold working.
a. solid solution hardening
c. annealing
b. work hardening
d. green refinement
______67. It is a condition of increase in metals
yield strength.
a. solid solution hardening
c. annealing
b. work hardening
d. green refinement
______68. It is the art and science of
controlling thermal energy for the
purpose of changing the properties of
metals and metal alloys.
a. crystalline structure
treating
b. allotropic material

c.

heat

d. austenite

______69. It is the starting point for may of the

thermal operation.
a. crystalline structure
treating
b. allotropic material

c.

heat

d. austenite

______70. It consist of heating steel to a

temperature depending on the carbon
composition to obtain a homogeneous
structure of austenite and slowly cooling
in a furnace followed by a further cooling
in air.
a. spheroidizing anneal
b. stress relief anneal

c. process anneal
d. full anneal

______71. It requires temperature around 600

degree Celsius which are below the
critical temperature at which austenite
begins to form upon heating.
a. spheroidizing anneal
b. stress relief anneal

c. process anneal
d. full anneal

______72. It is allied with cold working in which

the metal after heating is cooled slowly in
a furnace down to room temperature.
a. spheroidizing anneal
b. stress relief anneal

c. process anneal
d. full anneal

______73 It involves putting carbon ( or a

combination of carbon and nitrogen) into
the surface of the steel to make it a
high-carbon.
a. case hardening
b. nitriding

c. carburizing
d. polymers

______74. It is the addition of carbon to the

surface
of
low-carbon
steel
at
temperatures generally between 850
degree Celsius and 950 degree Celsius.
a. case hardening
b. nitriding

c. carburizing
d. polymers

______75. It is a substances capable of holding

materials
together
by
surface
attachment.
a. adhesives
b. elastomers

c. plastics
d. wood

______76. It considered a valuable engineering

material and a very environmentally
friendly material.
a. adhesives
b. elastomers

c. plastics
d. wood

______77. It is a substance that is less than

200% elongation in a tensile test and is
capable of returning rapidly and forcibly
to its original dimension when load is
removed.
a. rubber
b. silicon

c. polymers
d. adhesives

______78. It is used for

replacement
and
components.
a. rubber
b. silicon

various body
enhancement

c. polymers
d. adhesives

______79. It is a possible material of choice for

bridges in place of iron, steel and
concrete.
a. timber
b. natural rubber

c. synthetic rubber
d. additives

______80. It improve plastic by increasing

bulk, tensile strength, hardness, abrasion
resistance and rigidity.
a. plasticizers
b. thermoplastic

c. fillers
d. thermosetting

______81. It is additives that increase

flexibility, while cross-linking agents such
as organic peroxides caused hardening.
a. plasticizers
b. thermoplastic

c. fillers
d. thermosetting

______82. It is in the form of liquid resin

secreted from the inner bark of the
Hevea Brasiliensis tree known as latex.
a. timber
b. natural rubber

c. synthetic rubber
d. additives

______83. It is the same raw materials used in

plastics.
a. timber
b. natural rubber
______84. It
composite.

make

c. synthetic rubber
d. additives
rubber

non

stretch

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a. reinforcing fibers
b. silicon

c. rubber
d. synthetic

______85. This is a classification of plastics that

can no longer be reheated for further
shaping.
a. plasticizers
b. thermoplastic

c. fillers
d. thermosetting

______86. This is a classification of plastics that

can be heated to be reshaped.
a. plasticizers
b. thermoplastic

c. fillers
d. thermosetting

______87. It is a synthetic method of producing

polymers.
a. polymerization
b. plastics

c. resin
d. thermoplastics

______88. It is often considered as the

uncompounded ingredients or monomers
that are mixed but not yet polymerized.
a. polymerization
b. plastics

c. resin
d. thermoplastics

______89. It is strong, hardens quickly, moulds

under low pressure.
a. polypropylene
b. epoxy

c. polystyrene
d. polyester

______90. It is lightweight, flexible, has wax

like feel. Used for bottles, packaging,
and electrical insulation
a. polyethylene
b. acrylic

c. polystyrene
d. polyester