A cleaning method that removes scale, oxides, etc.

from the surface of hot rolled steel between rolling

operations is known as:

A) etching

B) pickling

C) cleaning

D) vapour degreasing

ANSWER: B

Corrosion always involves a loss of material.

A) True

B) False

ANSWER: A

Charpy and Izod are two destructive tests used to measure a material's:

A) mass

B) toughness

C) size

D) density

ANSWER: B

Iron and steel have their start in what type of furnace?

A) blast furnace

B) sub arc furnace

C) burnslager oxygenification furnace

D) electrical arc nitrogen furnace

ANSWER: A

Metal which has a carbon content >2% is known as:

A) cast iron

B) steel

C) stainless steel

D) nonstainless steel

ANSWER: A
Shrinkage and pipe in the top part of a cast ingot are usually removed by a process known as:

A) melting

B) hammering

C) descaling

D) cropping

ANSWER: D

Steel with a carbon content of 1.0% is known as:

A) low carbon steel

B) medium carbon steel

C) high carbon steel

D) stainless steel

ANSWER: C

The part of the stress-strain curve after the yield point but before the ultimate tensile strength is
referred to as:

A) strain hardening

B) necking

C) elastic flow

D) none of the above

ANSWER: A

What are laminations?

A) inherent discontinuities such as pipe or inclusions which are flattened out in the direction of rolling

B) gas bubbles trapped in solidifying metal

C) internal cracks that occur due to forging at incorrect temperatures

D) inclusions trapped in the surface of a billet and elongated with rolling operations

ANSWER: A

When a load exceeds the yield strength of the material and the material does not return to its original
configuration after the load is removed, this is known as:

A) plastic deformation

B) elastic deformation
C) spring back

D) yield point

ANSWER: A

From the descriptions below, which correctly describes a dendrite?

A) form in a tree like pattern before solidification

B) form in a tree like pattern during solidification

C) form in a branch like pattern during solidification

D) form in a tree like pattern after solidification

ANSWER: B

A discontinuity common to forgings is:

A) hot tear

B) burst

C) gas cavity

D) segregation

ANSWER: B

A material property(ies) that can be determined by a stress-strain test is:

A) ultimate tensile strength

B) elastic limit

C) toughness

D) all of the above

ANSWER: D

Gases trapped in the weld material as it solidifies create what kind of discontinuities?

A) arc burn

B) crater crack

C) porosity

D) tungsten inclusion

ANSWER: C

In a closed die forging operation, excess metal is squeezed out of the cavity where the upper and lower
parts of the dies meet. This excess metal is called:
A) parent metal

B) undercut

C) protrusion

D) flash

ANSWER: D

Rolling a metal sheet below its recrystallization temperature causes the metal to become harder. This is
known as:

A) strain hardening

B) hot working

C) work softening

D) all of the above

ANSWER: A

The ability of a metal to be formed, bent or hammered into thin complex shapes without breaking is
termed:

A) porosity

B) malleability

C) hardenabilty

D) Taylor's Modulus

ANSWER: B

The intentional heating and cooling for the control of metal properties is known as:

A) grain structure control

B) heat treatment

C) does not affect the properties of the metal

D) all of the above

ANSWER: B

The name of some types of indentation hardness testing are:

A) Rockwell, Vickers, Tungsten

B) Vickers, Brinell, Rockwell

C) Brinell, Vickers, Tungsten

D) Cyclical load, Rockwell, Vickers

ANSWER: B

Upon removal of the stress, a metal stressed below its elastic limit will:

A) plastically deform

B) not return to its original shape

C) return to its original shape without deformation

D) both a and c

ANSWER: C

What metal forming method can create a burst?

A) rolling

B) forging

C) casting

D) welding

ANSWER: B

Fusion welding involves melting of the base material. Which forms of welding do not?

A) brazing

B) soldering

C) GMAW

D) both A) and B)

ANSWER: D

In spot resistance welding, pressure used may be:

A) hydraulic

B) pneumatic

C) mechanical

D) any of the above

ANSWER: D

In the shielded metal-arc process, the electrode covering (flux) may include materials used to:

A) protect the metal from oxidation as the metal solidifies (shielding gas)

B) protect the metal as it cools (slag)

C) adds alloying elements to the weld

D) all of the above

ANSWER: D

In this type of fusion welding, the shielding is provided by a granular flux fed from a hopper that
surrounds the arc.

A) GTAW

B) GMAW

C) SAW

D) SMAW