DEBRE MARKOS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Strength of Material I & II competency exam

From the following question choose the best answer:

1. _________ From the following which one is not correct?

A. For ductile material stress is directly proportional to strain up to elastic limit
B. Beyond the elastic limit the mechanical properties of the ductile material will
decreases
C. Young’s modulus of ductile material is determined in the elastic region only
D. Brittle materials obey hokes law
2. _________ is the stress induced in the body, when subjected to two equal and opposite
forces which are acting tangentially (Laterally) across the resisting section.

A. Normal stress C. Shear stress

B. Bearing Stress D. Fatigue stress

3. _________ is the ratio of the proportional decrease in a lateral measurement to the

proportional increase in length in a sample of material that is elastically stretched.

A. Strain C. Elastic limit

B. Modulus of rigidity D. Poisson's ratio

4. _________ From the following which one is not correct?

A. Bending moment is maximum where shear force changes its sign.

B. The change in shear force between two points on the span is equal to the area of the
load distribution diagram for the portion of the span.
C. Point of contra flexure is the point where the shear force is zero
D. Shear force diagram consists of parabolic lines in case of uniformly varying load and
the bending moment diagram are cubic lines.

5. _________ A rectangular cross sectional steel simply supported beam caring uniformly
distributed load, then from the following which one is true?

A. At point of symmetry deflection is zero and slope is maximum,

B. At the support deflection and slope is zero,
3
wL
C. Maximum deflection is y c = mm ,
3 EI
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Strength of Material I & II competency exam
2
wL
D. Maximum slop is θ A = radians
24 EI
6. The load which act on mechanical member is along the transvers or perpendicular to
major axis, the mechanical member is side to be

A. Column C. Bar
B. Beam D. Roller

7. _________ is a resistance by which material of the body oppose the deformation due to
external force.

A. Machine element C. Engineering material

B. Strength of material D. Machine dynamics

8. _________ a symmetrical rectangular cross section beam subjected to pure bending load
among the following which one is correct?

A. Below the layer neutral axis decrease in length, this layer will be subjected to
compressive stress
B. At the neutral axis stress is maximum
C. The stress at a point is directly proportional to its distance from the neutral axis.
D. The Minimum stress takes place at the outermost layer.

9. _________ a symmetrical circular cross section shaft subjected to shear force among the
following which one is correct?
A. At the neutral axis, y = 0, shear force is negligible
B. At the top of the edge y = R, shear force is zero
F
C. Maximum shear stress is equal to 2
πR
4
D. If shear force is zero, the shear stress will be τ
3 ave

10. _________ Among the following which one is not true about the deflection and slope of a
beam subjected to uniform bending moment
A. At simple supported deflection is maximum
B. At roller ends deflection is 0
C. At fixed ends deflection and slop is 0
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Strength of Material I & II competency exam

dy
D. At point of symmetry, = 0 and deflection is maximum
dx

11. _________ A rectangular cross sectional beam simply supported beam caring point load
at the centre, then from the following which one is not true?

wL wL
3
A. Maximum bending moment is C. Maximum deflection is
4 48 EI
w wL
2
B. Maximum shear force is D. Maximum slop is
4 16 EI

12. Which one of the following is the method of determining of deflection and slop of beam?

A. Double integration method C. Macaulay's method

B. Moment area method, and D. All

13. Which one of the following the primary cause for the faller for pressure (cylinder faller)?

A. Radial stress C. Crippling stress

B. Bending stress D. Axial stress

14. When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (σ x ) in one plane accompanied by a
simple shear stress (τ xy ), the minimum normal stress is

σx 1 σx 1
A.
2
+
2 √ (σ +4 τ
2
x
2
xy ) C.
2
+
2 √ (σ −4 τ2
x
2
xy )
σx 1 1
B. -
2 2
√ (σ +4 τ
2
x
2
xy ) D.
2 √ (σ +4 τ
2
x
2
xy )

15. If a part is constrained to move and heated, it will develop

A. Principal stress C. Compressive stress

B. Tensile stress D. Shear stress

16. Principal planes are planes having

A. Maximum shear stress C. Minimum Shear stress

B. No shear stress D. None of the above
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Strength of Material I & II competency exam

17. Strain energy is the

A. Energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limits
B. Energy stored in a body when strained up to the braking of a specimen
C. Maximum strain energy which can be stored in a body
D. Proof resilience per unit volume of a material
18. Which of the following statement is correct?
A. The stress is the pressure per unit area
B. The strain is expressed in mm
C. Hook’s law holds good up to the breaking point
D. Stress is directly proportional to strain with elastic limit
19. Which one of the following it true about pressure vessel?
1 1
A. If the thickness of the wall of the cylindrical vessel is less than to of its internal
15 20
diameter, the pressure vessel is thin cylinder.
1 1
B. If the thickness of the wall of the cylindrical vessel is less than to of its internal
15 20
diameter, the pressure vessel is thick cylinder.
C. Both thin and thick cylinders are confined hot gas only
D. Both thin and thick cylinders are confined only pressurized oil.
20. If the percentage reduction in area of a certain specimen made of material “A” under
tensile test is 50% and the percentage reduction in area of a specimen with same dimen-
sion made of material “B” is 30%, then
A. The material A is more ductile than B
B. The material B is more ductile than A
C. The ductility of material A and B is equal
D. The material A is brittle and material B is ductile