Course Title: Machinery Diagnostics

Name: ___________________ Section: ___________________

1) List three units which are commonly used to define the frequency of a
vibration.

2) Super synchronous frequencies are multiples of rotor speed.

a) True
b) False

3) Phase lag between displacement & acceleration is _________ degrees.

4) Actual vibration is given by ;

a) DC Component of voltage signal
b) AC Component of voltage signal
c) FFT Analyzer
d) None of the above

5) Phase angle measured from the keyphasor event to the first positive peak
of the waveform is called _______________.

6) Name 4 different types of transient state vibration plots.

7) Precession is the angular motion of shaft about its geometric center or

shaft center line.
a) Tue
b) False

8) Define Orbit.

9) Relative frequency, X vs. Y is __________.

10) For synchronous (1X) behavior, at speeds well above resonance, the high
spot will lag the heavy spot by;
a) 0 degrees
b) 180 degrees
c) 270 degrees
d) None of the above

11) In case of couple unbalance, phase difference is;

a) 90 degrees H – V across rotor
b) 0 degrees H – H or V – V across rotor
c) All of the above
d) None of the above

12) In case of misalignment, phase data is ______________ degrees in

radial or axial direction across the coupling.

13) Dominant peak is _________ in case of offset misalignment.

a) 1X
b) 2X
c) 3X
d) None of the above

14) What is the dominant frequency in radial & axial direction, if the shaft is
bent near the center?

15) What are the different types of Soft Foot or Loose Machine Feet?

16) In case of soft foot, phase difference is ________ degrees in machine

frame, base plate & machine foot vertically.

17) What are the different types of Full Annular Rub?

18) During partial rub, continuous change of phase can be greater than
_______ degrees.
a) 90 degrees
b) 180 degrees
c) 360 degrees
d) None of the above
19) During rub contact, stiffness;
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains Constant

20) What are the four different types of bearing frequencies?

21) Consider a single stage gear system. It has 25 teeth on the drive gear that
rotates at 1750 RPM. The driven gear has 17 teeth.

What is the gear mesh frequency?

a) 29.16 Hz
b) 729 Hz
c) 17 Orders
d) 29750 RPM

What is the speed of the output shaft?

a) 1190 rpm
b) 29750 rpm
c) 2574 rpm
d) 17 Hz

22) Pulley misalignment with produce high axial vibration at;

a) 1X
b) 2X
c) Does not produce high axial vibration