The number of cycles of motion completed in a unit interval of time is known as

(a) period
(c) resonance
(b) frequency
(d) damping
The time taken, by a vibrating body to complete one cycle, is known as
(a) period
(b) frequency
(c) damping
(d) resonance
Natural frequency of a system is due to
(a) free vibration
(b) resonance
(c) forced vibration
(d) damping
Resonance is a phenomenon in which the frequency of the external exciting force
(a) is half the natural frequency of the system
(b) is double the natural frequency of the system
(c) coincides with the natural frequency of the system
(d) does not coincide with the natural frequency of the system

A vibrating body is said to be number the action of damping when

(a) the amplitude of the body gradually increases with time
(b) the amplitude of the body is constant with respect to time
(c) the amplitude of the body gradually decreases with time
(d) none of the above
If the particles of a body vibrate parallel to the axis of the body, then the body is said to have
(a) transverse vibration
(b) torsional vibration
(c) longitudinal vibration
(d) none of the above

If the particles of a body vibrate perpendicular to the axis of the body, then the body is said to have
(a) transverse vibration
(b) torsional vibration
(c) longitudinal vibration
(d) none of the above

If the particles of a body vibrates along a circular arc, whose centre lies on the axis of the
shaft, then the body is said to have
(a) transverse vibration
(b) torsional vibration
(c) longitudinal vibration
(d) none of the above
Choose the wrong statement
(a) Bending stresses are induced when a body is having transverse vibrations
(b) Shear stresses are induced when a body is having torsional vibrations
(c) Tensile or compressive stresses are induced when a body is having longitudinal vibrations
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
The amount of damping, necessary for a system to be critically damped, is known as
(a) damping factor
(c) critical damping co-efficient
(b) magnification factor
(d) logarithmic d ecrement
The ratio of the actual damping co-efficient to the critical damping co-efficient is known as
(n) damping factor
(c) critical damping co-efficient
(b) magnification factor
(d) logari thmic d ecrement
In a light or under damped vibrating system, the natural logarithm of the ratio of any two
successive amplitudes is known as
(n) damping factor
(c) critical damping co-efficient
(b) magnification factor
O (d) logarithmic d ecrement
A system is said to be overdamped if the damping factor for the system is
(n) more than one
(c) less than one
(b) equal to one
O (d) equal to zero
An overdamped system is disturbed from equilibrium position with some initial velocity
The system will
(n) not cross the equilibrium position
(b) vibrate about equilibrium position
(c) immediately return to the equilibrium position
(d) none of the above