QUESTION 1

1. A thrust washer has an inside diameter of ½ and an outside diameter of 3 in. For an allowable bearing
pressure of 90 psi, how much axial load can it sustain?
618.5 lbs
871.2 lbs
702.1 lbs
537.2 lbs 

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QUESTION 2
1. The product of circular pitch and diametral pitch is
pi
2 pi
3 pi
4 pi

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QUESTION 3
1. A set screw is necessary to fastened a pulley to a 2 in. shaft while transmits 3 hp and rotates at 150 rpm?
Find the torque on theset screw.
105.04 ft-lb
3421 ft-lb
1245 ft-lb
1260.5 ft-lb

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QUESTION 4
1. Calculate the change in length of a circular steel rod of radius 1.5 in and length of 6 ft loaded axially in
tension by force 15 kips.
0.002 in
0.005 in
0.004 in
0.003 in

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QUESTION 5
1. The device for smoothing out the power impulses from the engine is known as
Gear drive
Brake
Cluth
Flywheel
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QUESTION 6
1. What is the tensile load if a ½” x 4” x 12’ steel tie rod experience an 80°F temperature decrease from no
stress temperature ? (Note: α = 6.5 x 10-6/°F)
23,400  lb
42,400  lb
31,200 lb
23,000  lb

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QUESTION 7
1. A steel rod 75 inches long with a cross sectional area of ¼ sq. inches is held vertically firm at one end
while a load of 2500 lb is suspendedfrom the other end. If the rod stretches 0.025 inch, find the modulus of elasticity
of the steel.
30 x 106 psi
12 x 106 psi
27 x 106 psi
11.5 x 106 psi

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QUESTION 8
1. A steel tie rod on bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 5000 lbs. Find the diameter of the rod
assuming a factor of safety of 5 and the ultimate stress of 64,000 psi.
0.79  in
0.84  in 

0.75  in
0.71 in

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QUESTION 9
1. What is the nominal shear stress at the surface for a 50 mm diameter shaft that is subjected to a torque of
0.48 kN-m.
25.12
21.65
16.95
19.56

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QUESTION 10
1. The frictional forces depends on coefficient of friction and________
Weights of object
Torque
 Normal Force
Moment

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QUESTION 11
1. A spherical tank with 10 inches inside diameter contains oxygen gas at 2,500 psi. Calculate the required
wall thickness in (mm) understress of 28,000 psi.
3.54 mm
5.66 mm
7.34 mm
4.44 mm

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QUESTION 12
1. A 2-ton weight is lowered at a constant acceleration of 2 ft/s2. What is the cable stress in lowering the load?
1424.45 lbs
3432.75 lbs
3751.55 lbs
3521.45 lbs

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QUESTION 13
1. Two shafts are connected by spur gears. The pitch radii of the gears A and B are 207 mm and 842
respectively. If the shaft a makes 350 revolutions per minute and is subjected to twisting moment of 236 N.m what
is the tooth pressure of the two gears?
890 N 
878 N
1255 N
1177 N

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QUESTION 14
1. A pair of straight tooth bevel gears connects a pair of shaft at 90o. The velocity ratio is 3 is to 1. What is
the cone pitch angle of each gear?
20.1° and 69.9 °
12.5 ° and 54.2 °
18.4 ° and 71.6 °
30 ° and 60 °

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QUESTION 15
1. The root diameter of a double square thread is 0.55 inch. The screw has a pitch of 0.2 inch. Find the
number of thread per inch.
 5 threads/inch
12  threads/inch
2  threads/inch
1.5  threads/inch

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QUESTION 16
1. A heavy rotating body which serves as a reservoir for absorbing and redistributing kinetic energy
Flywheel
Fan
Gear
Brakes

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QUESTION 17
1. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035 m and an outer diameter of 0.06 m. Compute the torque if
the shear stress is not to exceed 120 MPa.
4,100 N-m
4,150 N-m
4,300 N-m
4,500 N-m

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QUESTION 18
1. An 8-in long steel has a cross-section area of 0.25 in2 . After a load of 5000 lb has been applied the length is
found to be 8.0065 in. What is its modulus of elasticity?
32,950,000 psi
24,690,000 psi
14,540,000 psi

16,450,000 psi

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QUESTION 19
1. What horsepower is to be taken off the driven shaft of an open-belt drive operated under the following
conditions: driving pulley 84 in. in diameter, driven pulley 48 in. in diameter, speed of driving pulley 150 rpm, total
tension on tight side of belt 300 lb, total tension on slackside of belt 50 lb?
40 hp
20 hp
35 hp
25 hp

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 QUESTION 20
1. The addendum of a spur gear with diametral pitch of 4 is:
4 pi
pi/4
4
1/4

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QUESTION 21
1. A uniform beam 12 meters long is fixed at one end. It has a uniform weight of 50 kg/m along its length.
Compute the moment at the fixedend of the beam if the load of 20 kgs. is suspended on the beam 4 m from the free
end.
3760 kg-m
6750 kg-m
4000 kg-m
0 kg-m

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QUESTION 22
1. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is 42,000 psi, what is the force necessary to punch a 0.75 in.
diameter hole in a 0.625 in.thick plate ?
68,080  lbs
63,000  lbs
66,800  lbs
61,850 lbs

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QUESTION 23
1. Compute the tooth thickness on the pitch circle of a 20-degree-full-depth tooth of
5 diametral pitch.

note: t = 1.571/P 

where: t is the circular pitch and P is the diametral pitch

0.1443 in
0.1421 in
0.3142 in
0.3254 in

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QUESTION 24
1. A cast iron flywheel is rotated at a speed of 1200 rpm and having a mean rim radius of 1 foot. If the weight
of the rim is 30 lbs. What isthe centrifugal force? Use factor C=41.
14,800 lbs
14,760 lbs
14,860 lbs
70,000 lbs

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QUESTION 25
1. A 36 mm shaft uses a sleeve bearing that sustains a load of 4,000 N. Compute the length of the bearing and
the L/D ratio consideringthat bearing pressure is 1.3 MPa
3.45
2.45
2.37
1.45

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QUESTION 26
1. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035 m and outer diameter of 0.06 m. Determine the polar
moment of inertia of the hollow shaft.
1.125 x 10-6 m4
1.512 x 10-6 m4
1.152 x 10-6 m4
1.215 x 10-6 m4

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QUESTION 27
1. A 2 in. solid shaft is driven by a 36 in. gear and transmit power at 120 rpm. If allowable shearing stress is
12 ksi, what horsepower can be transmitted ?
38.89  Hp
29.89 Hp
34.89 Hp
35.89 Hp

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QUESTION 28
1. An engine developing 40 hp at 1250 rpm is fitted with a cone clutch built into the flywheel. The cone has a
face angle of 12.5 degrees and a maximum diameter of 14 in. The coefficient of friction is 0.2. The normal pressure
on the clutch face is not to exceed 12 psi.Determine the face width required.
4 in
3 in
2 in
 5 in

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QUESTION 29
1. Three extension springs are hooked in series that support a single weight of 100 kg. The first spring is rated
at 4 kN/m and the other two springs are rated 6 kN/m each. Compute the equivalent stiffness of the three springs.
1.71 kN/m
1.51  kN/m
1.21  kN/m
4.71  kN/m

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QUESTION 30
1. A disc clutch has 6 pairs of contacting friction surfaces.. An axial force of 100 lbs. acts on the clutch. The
shaft speed is 400 rpm. Howmuch horsepower can the clutch transmit if the frictional radius is 2 in. and the
coefficient of friction is 0.30?
1.44 hp
4.35 hp
2.28 hp
3.24 hp