Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Systems

Sample multiple-choice questions for the mid-sem test

1. Which one of the following iron-carbon alloys has the highest tensile strength?

a) 0.25 wt%C with spheroidite

b) 0.6 wt%C with fine pearlite
c) 0.25 wt%C with coarse pearlite
d) 0.6 wt%C with coarse pearlite

2. ------- is the hardest, strongest and most brittle of all microstructures of an alloy.

a) Tempered martensite
b) Bainite
c) Martensite
d) Fine pearlite

3. (1) is a suitable quenching medium for most alloys while (2) produces a totally pearlitic
microstructure in plain carbon steels.

a) (1) Water (2) air

b) (1) Water (2) oil
c) (1) Oil (2) air
d) (1) Oil (2) water

4. In ceramics crystalline structures, the sites that cations occupy is a function of

a) size of sites
b) stoichiometry
c) bond hybridization
d) all of the above.

5. The ------- tetrahedra, is the basic unit of the silicates.

a) SiO2
b) negatively charged SiO44-
c) negatively charged (Si2O5)2-
d) Mg2SiO4

6. Hydrocarbon compounds with the same composition may have different atomic
arrangements, a phenomenon termed ---------.

a) isomerism
b) polymerization
c) polymorphism
d) allotropy
7. In saturated hydrocarbons all the atoms are bonded to other atoms with a single bond.
Therefore no new atom can join the group without removal of another atom. These
hydrocarbons can be represented as --------.

a) CnH2n
b) CnH2n-2
c) CnH2n+2
d) all of the above

8. Large-particles improve mechanical properties of composite materials as they (1) via

matrix phase, whereas atomic or molecular scale particles (2).

a) (1) receive portion of applied stresses (2) fill up vacancy defects

b) (1) fill up vacancy defects (2) hinder dislocation movement
c) (1) receive portion of applied stresses (2) hinder dislocation movement
d) (1) hinder dislocation movement (2) fill up vacancy defects

9. Mechanical properties of a fiber reinforced composite material under axial load depend on
----------.

a) the properties of fibers and the matrix

b) the angle between axial load and the alignment direction of fibers
c) the strength of the fiber-matrix interface bond
d) all of the above

10. Which one is the INAPPROPRIATE?

Factors influencing effective particle reinforcement in composite materials include --------.

a) size of particles
b) distribution of particles
c) volume fraction of particles
d) alignment direction of particles