DIAGNOSTIC EXAM(MDSP) – SOLVING 10. A journal bearing with a diameter of 2.

25-in is
subjected to a load of 1000 lb while rotating at 200 rpm.
1. A simple beam 8 m long carries a concentrated load If the coefficient of friction is taken as 0.02 and L/D is
of 100 kN at the midspan. What is the maximum 3.0, find the total work of friction in ft-lb per min.
moment of the beam? A. 15.19
A. 100 kN-m B. 6.750
B. 500 kN-m C. 1958
C. 200 kN-m D. 2356
D. 300 kN-m
11. A mild-steel-spur gear (15-tooth, 20 deg, full depth
2. If the ultimate shear stress of a steel plate is 35,000 involute) pinion, rotating at 750 rpm, is to transmit 30
psi, what force is necessary to punch a 1.5 inch diameter hp to a mild-steel gear rotating at 200 rpm. Determine
hole in a 1/8 inch thick plate? the number of teeth in gear.
A. 20,617 lbs A. 46
B. 30,925 lbs B. 50
C. 41,234 lbs C. 56
D. 61,850 lbs D. 76

3. The total weight of 2 steel plates size ¾” x 3’ x 20 ft is: 12. A shearing machine is used to crop off lengths of
A. 1836 lbs round bar 20 mm diameter. If the ultimate shear
B. 1698 lbs strength of the material is 160 MPa, calculate the force
C. 3667 lbs needed to crop the bar.
D. 1848 lbs A. 48 kN
B. 53 kN
4. The limiting stress for a threaded bolt material at 12- C. 50.3 kN
mm root diameter is 400 Mpa. Calculate the maximum D. 55 kN
load that can be safely supported by the bolt.
A. 45.2 kN 13. The force of a point of a shaper when cutting is 1500
B. 39.6 kN N. If the length of the stroke is 120 mm, how much work
C. 44.7 kN is done in one cutting stroke?
D. 38.2 kN A. 180 J
B. 195 J
5. A punch and die is set to punch a 3/4-in hole in a 3/8- C. 200 J
in thick plate. If the ultimate shearing stress or strength D. 100 J
of the plate is 50,000 psi, what force will be required?
A. 4000 lb 14. The shear strength of a shaft is not to exceed 30
B. 9000 lb MPa. The shaft is 100 mm. What is the greatest torque
C. 42,000 lb that can be placed on it?
D. 44,200 lb A. 5900 J
B. 6100 J
6. The valve push rod for an overhead valve engine is C. 6200 J
1/4 inch in diameter and 14 inches long. Find the D. 5200 J
moment of inertia of the rod in inches^4.
A. 1.917 x 10-4 15. How long will it take for a 51 mm length keyway to
B. 1.917 x 10-5 be milled if the milling machine has a 24 teeth cutter
C. 1.917 x 10-3 turning at 130 rpm and feed rate of 0.127 mm per
D. 1.917 x 10-6 tooth?
A. 0.281 min
7. What horsepower is required to lift a load of 5,000 Ib B. 0.218 min
by means of a cable wrapped around the drum hoist, the C. 0.128 min
drum being 40-in diameter and making 24 rpm? D. 0.812 min
A. 10 hp
B. 18 hp 16. A thin hollow sphere of radius 10 in and thickness
C. 29 hp 0.10 in is subjected to an internal pressure of 100 psi.
D. 38 hp The maximum normal stress on an element of the
sphere is:
8. A square bar of wrought iron 2-in on each side is A. 0.281 min
raised to a temperature of 100deg F above its normal. If B. 0.218 min
held so that it cannot expand, what stress will be C. 0.128 min
induced in it? k= 6.8 x 10-6 per deg F. D. 0.812 min
A. 15,400 psi
B. 16,400 psi 17. Determine the load in kN on a 30 mm diameter by
C. 18,400 psi 1000 mm long steel shaft if its maximum elongation will
D. 20,400 psi not exceed 1.2 mm.
A. 167
9. Calculate the thickness of the wall of a tank cylinder B. 176
containing oxygen at 2500 psi. Tank is 10-in inside C. 199
diameter. Allowable stress may be taken as 20,000 psi D. 245
in walls.
A. 0.250 in 18. Compute the polar section modulus in cu. Inches of
B. 0.425 in an SAE 1060 shafting having a diameter of 3 inches. Use
C. 0.625 in a factor of safety of 2 and design stress at 8000 psi.
D. 0.725 in A. 4.7
B. 6.1
C. 4.2
D. 5.3
19. What spindle speed is required to produce a cutting 29. What is the maximum allowable load, F, if the factor
speed of 150 fpm on a 2 in diameter bar?* of safety is 1.5 and the yield stress 3000 psi? Assume
A. 120 rpm area equal to 25 in^2.
B. 200 rpm A. 50 kips
C. 287 rpm B. 55 kips
D. 1000 rpm C. 60 kips
D. 64 kips
20. Determine the power transmitted by 1 in short shaft
rotating at 380 rpm. 30. Determine the torque that can be applied to a 1-in
A. 10 kW diameter circular shaft if the shearing stress is not to
B. 7.46 kW exceed 8000 psi.
C. 9.7 kW A. 1570 in-lb
D. 6.10 kW B. 1750 in-lb
C. 2750 in-lb
21. Compute the tooth circular thickness of the pitch D. 3560 in-lb
circle of a 14 degree full depth tooth of 15 diametral
pitch. Material used is aluminum bronze. 31. A steel bandsaw blade is 0.032 in thick. Find the
A. 0.1047 value of the bending stress when the blade is passing
B. 0.1074 around a pulley of 20 in diameter.
C. 0.0147 A. 122.33 ksi
D. 0.0174 B. 59 ksi
C. 48 ksi
22. A single bolt is used to lap joint two steel bars D. 96 ksi
together. Tensile force on the bar is 20,000N. Determine
the diameter of the bolt required if the allowable 32. The newly installed motor drives a hoist that is use
shearing stress on it is 70 MPa. in lifting a 4- ton load at a given distance of 30 ft in 30
A. 19.07 mm seconds. What is the power supplied to the hoist
B. 20.5 mm assuming hoist efficiency of 48 %?
C. 17.9 mm A. 42.70 hp
D. 11.5 mm B. 30.30 hp
C. 14.54 hp
23. A steel rod 3 cm in diameter and 80 cm long has an D. 37.53 hp
allowable elongation not to exceed 1.5 mm, find the
allowable load in kN. 33. A set screw is necessary to fastened a pulley to a 2
A. 0.274 in. shaft while transmits 3 Hp and rotates at 150 rpm.
B. 274 Find the torque on the set screw.
C. 0.316 A. 110 ft-lb
D. 316 B. 105 ft-lb
C. 120 ft-lb
24. Find the elongation of an 8-inches diameter, 100 D. 130 ft-lb
inches long aluminum bar when loaded to its yield point
37 ksi. Modulus of elasticity is 10 x psi. Neglect the 34. What is the elongation of a 1.5 m aluminum bar of
weight of the bar. modulus of elasticity 70 GPa when subjected to a tensile
A. 0.25 in stress of 150 MPa?
B. 0.37 in A. 4.32 mm
C. 0.43 in B. 3.21 mm
D. 0.65 in C. 1.24 mm
D. 2.34 mm
25. A 6-inches diameter rivet undergoes a shear force of
1750 lbs. Find the average shear stress in the rivet. 35. Three extension springs are hooked in series that
A. 15.5 psi support a single weight of 100 kg. The first spring is
B. 37.0 psi rated at 4 kN/m and the other two springs are rated 6
C. 42.7 psi kN/m each. Determine the equivalent stiffness of the
D. 61.9 psi three springs.
A. 1.71 kN/m
26. A car starts from rest and moves with a constant B. 2.71 kN/m
acceleration of 6 m/s2. What is the speed of the car C. 5 kN/m
after 4 seconds? D. 3.71 kN/m
A. 18 m/s
B. 24 m/s 36. If the lowest cutting speed for cast iron is 50 fpm,
C. 35 m/s calculate the rpm for machining a cast iron work piece 6
D. 55 m/s inches in diameter.
A. 32.5
27. A copper column of annular cross section has an B. 31.8
outer diameter of 15 ft and is subjected to a force of 45 C. 45.7
kips. The allowable compressive stress is 300 l /ft2. D. 52.6
What should be the wall thickness?
A. 3 37. What is the mass of a 120-lbf man is standing in an
B. 3.52 elevator?
C. 4.59 A. 3.73 lb
D. 5.03 B. 3.73 slugs
C. 5.45 lb
28. As short cylindrical cast-iron post supports a D. 2.86 slugs
compressive load of 15 tons. Compressive stress is
equal to 85 ksi and the factor of safety of 12. Compute
the post diameter if the slenderness ratio is to be
neglected and it is also assume that there is no buckling.
A. 59 mm
B. 77 mm
C. 4.54 inch
D. 7.45 inch
38. A pair of spur gears with 2.5 module to be mounted 48. A helical-coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1
on shafts with a centerline distance of 90 mm. The inch and a wire diameter of 1/8 inch. Determine the
speed required is 3:1 and a pressure angle of 20°. Wahl factor of the spring.
Calculate its dedendum distance. A. 1.148
A. 3.125 mm B. 1.41
B. 2.135 mm C. 1.184
C. 1.345 mm D. 1.814
D. 2.435 mm
49. What is the bursting steam pressure of a
39. Calculate the tooth thickness of on the tooth circle of hemispherical steel shell with a diameter of 100 inches
a 20-deg full depth involute tooth having a diametral and made of 0.0635-m thick steel plate, if the joint
pitch of 5. efficiency is 70 % and the tensile strength is 60,000 psi?
A. 0.3142 inch A. 4,020 psi
B. 0.2509 inch B. 2,400 psi
C. 0.4428 inch C. 4,200 psi
D. 0.9734 inch D. 2,040 psi

40. If there 440 persons occupying the whole building 50. A ¾ in shaft uses sleeve bearings. The total load per
other than the first floor, how many elevator are bearing is 400 lb. An L/D ratio of 2.5 is desired. What is
required? the bearing pressure in psi?
A. 2 A. 184.44 psi
B. 3 B. 284.44 psi
C. 4 C. 384.44 psi
D. 1 D. 484.44 psi

41. A flywheel weighing 457 kg has radius of 375 mm.

How much energy in N -m does the flywheel loss from
3.0 rev/sec to 2.8 rev/sec?*
A. 1542 N-m
B. 1472 N-m
C. 120 N-m
D. 40 N-m

42. What is the moment of inertia of a 6-kg wheel if the

radius of gyration is 30 cm?
A. 0.32 kg-m^2
B. 0.42 kg-m^2
C. 0.54 kg-m^2
D. 0.74 kg-m^2

43. A small motor delivers 0.25 hp when its shaft is

turning at 1200 rev/min. Compute the torque.
A. 1.48 ft-lb
B. 1484 N-mm
C. 3.24 ft-lb
D. 2310 N-mm

44. What is the angular frequency of the block having a

mass of 3 kg that is hang from a spring with spring
modulus equal to 700 N/m?
A. 12.5 rad/s
B. 15.3 rad/s
C. 11.2 rad/s
D. 10.3 rad/s

45. What is the value of the bending stress for a beam

40 mm wide and 50 mm deep that is subjected to 3.7
kN-m bending moment at each end?
A. 222 MPa
B. 322 MPa
C. 332 MPa
D. 252 MPa

46. A steel railroad rails 10 m long are laid with

clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 15°C. Calculate at
wat temperature will the rails just touch if there were
no initial clearance?
A. 40.64 °C
B. 23.45 °C
C. 34.56 °C
D. 45.43 °C

47. A hollow iron pipe to be designed as a column has

an outside diameter of 240 mm and is subjected to force
of 80 kN. Find the pipe thickness if the compressive
stress is limited to 16 MPa.
A. 5.85 mm
B. 7.85 mm
C. 6.85 mm
D. 8.85 mm