Testing of materials

1. Which standards define Vickers hardness test?

a) ASTM E92-72
b) ASTME10
c) ASTME19-74
d) ASTME334-69
2. What is the disadvantage of the Vickers test?
a) Accurate readings
b) One type indenter for all type materials
c) Hardness above 450 BHN can be measured
d) Large floor-standing machines
3. Why Brinell and Vickers hardness test results show similarities?
a) Same material indenter
b) Geometrically similar indentations
c) Applied load is same
d) Same size indenter
4. What kind of indenter is used in a Brinell test?
a) Diamond cone
b) Steel ball
c) Pen dot
d) Long tube
5. What position is used for placing specimen in anvil for Izod test?
a) Supported vertical
b) Freely vertical
c) Supported horizontally
d) Freely horizontally
6. Which impact test would you use for duralumin?
a) Charpy (U notch)
b) Izod
c) Charpy (V notch)
d) No need
7.  In which of the following stages do the deformation rate increases and causes
failure?
a) Transient creep stage
b) Constant creep stage
c) Fracture stage
d) Steady stage creep stage
8. What is term referred to fatigue failure resulting from the strains caused by
expansion and contraction in thermal cycling?
a) Low cycle fatigue
b) High cycle fatigue
c) Corrosion fatigue
d) Thermal fatigue
9. What decreases fatigue strength?
a) Shot peening
b) Case hardening
c) Inclusions
d) Grain refinement
10. Which of the following is a slow rise of plastic deformation under the action of
shear stresses when it is below the yield strength of the material?
a) Brittle fracture
b) Ductile fracture
c) Creep
d) Fatigue
11. One division of the main scale equals _________ in Vickers test.
a) 0.1 mm
b) 0.01 mm
c) 1.0 mm
d) 0.001 mm
12. The indenter used in C-scale of Rockwell hardness test is named _________
a) CABAL
b) BRALE
c) BRALL
d) IDOL
13. Rockwell test utilizes ___________ a measure of hardness.
a) Load
b) Depth of indentation
c) Diameter of indentation
d) Time of loading
14. The impact tests can be used to _____________
a) find out the absolute value of a material
b) to determine the tensile strength of a material
c) compare two specimens of similar composition and tensile strength
d) to find the quantity of material
15. In an Izod test after the pendulum is released from a certain height, it hits the
material at the __________ point of it’s path.
a) lowest
b) opposite
c) highest
d) sideways
16. Which of the following shear test is developed based on drainage conditions?
a) Quick test and Consolidated un drained test
b) Direct shear test
c) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
17. The direct shear test can also be called as ___________
a) Simple shear test
b) Stress test
c) Strain controlled shear box test
d) All of the mentioned
18. Bending tests are conducted to ensure that the material has enough _________
a) force
b) hardness
c) impact
d) ductility
 19. A bend of what angle is considered as a single bend?
a) 45°
b) 90°
c) 180°
d) 270°
20. What is the expression of the bending equation?
a) M/I = σ/y = E/R
b) M/R = σ/y = E/I
c) M/y = σ/R = E/I
d) M/I = σ/R = E/y

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21. Hardened steel is tested on the C scale with ________ indenter and a _______
kg major load.
a) Diamond, 100
b) Diamond, 150
c) 1.6 mm steel ball, 100
d) 3.2 mm steel ball, 150
22. Izod uses _________ hammer as striker and Charpy use _________ hammer.
a) Farming, farming
b) Farming, Ball pin
c) Ball pin, forming
d) Ball pin, ball pin
23. Which materials are to be tested using an F-scale?
a) Copper and
b) Brass
c) Bronze, gunmetal, and beryllium copper
d) Thermoplastics
24. List following are stages of creep.
a) Transient creep stage
b) Constant creep stage
c) Fracture stage
d) Steady stage creep stage
25.  State the following are wrong?
a) The slope of the strain-time graph increases with temperature and stress
b) The slope of strain-time graph decreases with temperature
c) The slope of strain-time graph decreases with stress
d) The slope of strain-time graph does not depend on temperature or stress

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