For ordinary steel, the modulus of elasticity

usually falls between ______ million pounds.

a. 20 to 31
b. 35 to 45
c. 20 to 35
d. 25 to 30
The modulus of elasticity for metals in
compression is usually taken as that in:

a. Tension
b. Bearing
c. Yield
d. Ultimate
Which of the following is the ratio of moment
and stress?

a. Strain
b. Section modulus
c. Contraction
d. Passions ratio
What is the flexural stress when of a
symmetrically cross-section beam when the
vertical shear is maximum.

a. Infinity
b. Zero
c. Maximum
d. Minimum
The riveted joints in ASME Code has as design
surface compressive stress ________ higher
than the design tensile stress.

a. 70 %
b. 60 %
c. 35 %
d. 50 %
What is the ratio of the following minimum
strength of joint to the strength of solid in the
pressure vessel?

a. Efficiency
b. Relative strength
c. Performance factor
d. Joint efficiency
What is the usual factor of safety for a
pressure vessel?

a. 4
b. 1.5
c. 3
d. 5
It is the permissible variation of the size.

a. Tolerance
b. Limits
c. Fits
d. None of these
Considering that there is no fit, what is the
permissible liberal tolerance in machining
work?

a. + 0.010
b. + 0.090
c. + 0.020
d. + 0.050
Which of the following is a tolerance where
the size of a part may ne larger only, or
smaller only, than the given dimension?

a. Unilateral
b. Lateral
c. Bilateral
d. None of these
A tolerance where the size of a part is
permitted to be either larger or smaller that
the given dimension.

a. Unilateral
b. Lateral
c. Bilateral
d. None of these
Which of the following is the basis for ASA
fits?

a. Basic number system

b. Basic hole system
c. Basic size system
d. Unit system
When the hole is smaller than the shaft, it will
take force or pressure to put the cold parts
together. In such case the allowance is
negative. Which of the following terns si
appropriate for such allowance?

a. Negative fits of metals

b. Interference of metal
c. Positive fits of the shaft
d. Intangible fits
What is the direction of the predominant
surface pattern?

a. Smoothness
b. Waviness
c. Lay
d. Roughness
It is the irregularities of departures from the
nominal surface of greater spacing than
roughness?

a. Waviness
b. Roughness
c. Smoothness
d. Lay
It is the surface finish of micrometer in rms.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Which of the following gears has the simplest
type of teeth?

a. Helical gears
b. Spur gears
c. Bevel gears
d. Worm gears
In gears, an imaginary circle on which the
lever arm is based in:

a. Base circle
b. Pitch circle
c. Addendum circle
d. Clearance circle
It is the circle tangent to the addendum of the
meshing gears.

a. Clearance circle
b. Base circle
c. Addendum circle
d. Pitch circle
The distance form a point on one gear to the
corresponding point measured along the base
circle.

a. Normal pitch
b. Circular pitch
c. Axial pitch
d. Diametral pitch
A line passing through the pitch point that is
tangent to both base circles of a gear is:

a. Pressure line
b. Perpendicular line
c. Tangent line
d. Center line
Which of the following is the contact ratio for
good gear design?

a. 1.5 : 1
b. 1 : 1.3
c. 1:3
d. 1.2 : 2
In pressure vessels, which of the following
resists internal pressure through tension?

a. Shell-type element
b. Cam type element
c. Plate type element
d. Spherical type element
It is the study of the body’s motion
independent of the forces on the body.

a. Kinetics
b. Dynamics
c. Kinematics
d. Mechanics
What is the reciprocal of the velocity ratio?

a. Train value
b. Ratio factor
c. Modular value
d. None of these
It is a type of bolt finished all over and has
usually having coarse threads.

a. Coupling bolt
b. Stud bolt
c. Machine bolt
d. Automobile bolt
It is a type of bolt distinguished by a short
portion of the shank underneath the head
being square or finned or ribbed.

a. Coupling bolt
b. Stud bolt
c. Machine bolt
d. Carriage bolt
It is a type of bolt threaded on both ends and
can be used where a through bolt impossible.

a. Coupling bolt
b. Carriage bolt
c. Stud bolt
d. Machine bolt
Which if the following is not a type of bolt.

a. Stud bolt
b. Steel bolt
c. Machine bolt
d. Coupling bolt
It is a locking device that is used to maintain
pressure between threads of the bolt nut.

a. Gasket
b. Lock washer
c. Lock nuts
d. Filler
What is the large wood screw used to fasten
machinery and equipment.

a. Lag screw
b. Loss screw
c. Wood screw
d. Cross screw
What is the minimum length of contact in a
tapped hole for cast iron?

a. 1.7 D
b. 1.5 D
c. 1.2 D
d. 2.1 D
It is the ratio of the mean diameter of coil
over the coil diameters.

a. Wahl factor
b. Spring index
c. Coil ratio
d. Lead scale
What is the overall length of the spring when
it is compressed until all adjacent coils
touched?

a. Free length
b. Solid length
c. Compressed length
d. Expansion length
It is the length of coil spring under no load.

a. Compressed length
b. Free length
c. Solid length
d. None of these
In general, the steel springs are made of
relatively of relative high steel usually:

a. 5%
b. Less than 0.5 %
c. More than 0.5 %
d. 7.5 %
It is a low spring material, suitable where
service is not severe and dimensional
precision is not needed

a. Helical spring wire

b. Stainless steel
c. Hard drawn wire spring
d. Copper
What is the hard drawn (80% reduction)
spring wire made of high carbon steel?

a. Oil tempered wire

b. Music wire
c. Tension wire
d. Chromium wire
Which of the following wires with good
quality and us used for impact loading.

a. Hard drawn wire

b. Song wire
c. Helical spring wire
d. Chromium – silicon wire
When heat-treated wire is coiled cold. It
should be stress relieved for bending stress
and after cooling it is heated at some:

a. 400°F
b. 600°F
c. 700°F
d. 500°F
Which of the following is not a function
spring?

a. Absorbs energy
b. Source of potential energy
c. Measure weight
d. Measure thickness
Which of the following is the type of spring
made in the form of dished washer?

a. Air spring
b. Bellevile spring
c. Volute spring
d. Motor spring
What is the type of failure due to unstability?

a. Buckling
b. Slenderness ratio
c. Stability
d. Euler’s failure
What type of formula that is the best applied
to very slender column?

a. Column formula
b. Slenderness formulas
c. Moment formulas
d. Euler formula
If two principal stresses is zero, the state of
stress is:

a. Biaxial
b. Mono-axial
c. Uniaxial
d. Triaxial
What do you call the system that have finite
values of principal stresses?

a. Triaxial
b. Uniaxial
c. Mono-axial
d. Biaxial
A screw that requires positive torque to lower
the load or loosen the screw if it has been
turned tight against a resistance.

a. Self locking screw

b. Lock screw
c. Self screw
d. Power screw
What is the rotating member used in
transmitting power?

a. Shaft
b. Counter shaft
c. Axle
d. Washer
For machinery shafts, the permissible
deflection is approximately:

a. 0.02 in./ft
b. 0.03 in. in./ft
c. 0.01 in./ft
d. 0.05 in./ft
For shafts, the shear due to bending is a
maximum at the neutral plane where the
normal stress is:

a. Minimum
b. Constant
c. Maximum also
d. Zero
The minimum value of numerical combined
shock and fatigue factor to be applied in
every case to the computed bending moment
of the shaft is:

a. 2.0
b. 1.75
c. 1.5
d. 1.3
What is the other name given to short shafts
on machines?

a. Spindles
b. Head shafts
c. Core shafts
d. All of these
The other name given to a line shaft is:

a. Countershaft
b. Main shaft
c. Long shaft
d. Head shaft
The speed at which the center of mass will be
equal the deflecting forces on the shaft, the
shaft with is attached bodies will then vibrate
violently, since the centrifugal force changes
its direction as the shaft turns in:
a. Nominal speed
b. Critical speed
c. Relative speed
d. Mean speed
An old rule of thumb for transmission shafting
is that the deflection should not exceed
_______ of length between supports.

a. 0.01 in. per foot

b. 0.08 in. per foot
c. 0.02 in. per foot
d. 0.05 in. per foot
For transmission shafts the allowable
deflection is 1 degree in a length of
______diameters.

a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 40
What is the limiting torsional deflection for
machinery shafts. If the criteria of limiting
torsional deflection vary from 0.08° per foot
of length.

a. 1°
b. 2.5°
c. 2°
d. 3.5°
Bevel gears of sizes 5 in. to 15 in. should not
be lift or depress more than _____, as
Gleason statement.

a. 0.004
b. 0.003
c. 0.002
d. 0.001
What type of key that allows the hub to move
along that shaft but prevents the rotation of
the shaft?

a. Woodruff Key
b. Feather Key
c. Gibbs Key
d. Square Key
What is the other name for Kennedy?

a. Tangential key
b. woodruff key
c. Saddle key
d. Rollpin
What type of fits used for involute spline?

a. Close fit
b. Press fit
c. Sliding fit
d. All of these
It is used for permanent fits and similar to
involute splines except that pressure angle is
14.5°.

a. Separation load
b. Spline shaft
c. Stub serrations
d. Involute serrations
It is used a coupling, or in addition to another
couplings where, in case of overload, there is
danger of injury to machine or to material in
process.

a. Shear pin
b. Flange coupling
c. Involute serrations
d. King pin
What is the maximum shaft amgle for single
Hooke’s

a. 10°
b. 17°
c. 15°
d. 20°
What are the two principal parts of a Journal
Bearing?

a. Bearing and journal

b. Shaft and babbit
c. Clearance and fitted
d. Shaft and cylinder
When the line of action of the load, bisects
the arc of partial bearing, the bearing is said
to be:

a. Eccentricity loaded
b. Fully loaded
c. Centrally loaded
d. Partially loaded
What is the difference in raddi of the bearing
and Journal?

a. Even clearance
b. Clearance ratio
c. Odd clearance
d. Radial clearance
When radii of both the bearing and the
journal are the same, then the bearing is said
to be:

a. Fitted bearing
b. Clearance bearing
c. Full bearing
d. Ambiguous bearing
What is the line that passes through the
centers of the bearing and the journals.

a. Line of action
b. Line of centers
c. Line of symmetry
d. Tangent line
Which of the following is considered
advantageous for bearing materials?

a. Comformability
b. Compatibility
c. Embeddability
d. All of these
A conclusion repeatedly verified by
experiment is that the smoother surface:

a. Has the greater load capacity of the

bearing
b. Has the lesser capacity of the bearing
c. Has constant load
d. None of these
Which of the following considers the 200
series of bearing?

a. Heavy
b. Medium
c. Light
d. All of these
Which of the following considers the 300
series of bearing?

a. Medium
b. Heavy
c. Light
d. All of these
A type of roller bearing in which the balls are
assembled by the eccentric displacement of
the inner ring.

a. Shallow groove ball bearing

b. Filling-slot ball bearing
c. Self-aligning ball bearing
d. Deep-groove ball bearing
Which of the following is not a type of ball
bearing?

a. Shallow groove ball bearing

b. Filling-slot ball bearing
c. Self-aligning ball bearing
d. Deep-groove ball bearing
Which of the following is not a type of ball
bearing?

a. Shallow groove ball bearing

b. Filling-slot ball bearing
c. Self-aligning ball bearing
d. Deep-groove ball bearing
Which of the following is the approximate
density for the leather belt?

a. 0.035 lb/in.3
b. 0.0135 lb/in.3
c. 0.025 lb/in.3
d. 0.0465 lb/in.3
A toothed wheel whose elements are straight
and parallel to the shaft axis or used to
transmit motion and power between parallel
shafts.
a. Helical gear
b. Spur gear
c. Worm gear
d. Bevel gear
The breaking strength of oak-tanned beltings
varies from 3 to more than:

a. 5 ksi
b. 6 ksi
c. 7 ksi
d. 9 ksi
Experience suggest that the most economical
designs are obtained for a belt speed of:

a. 6000 to 7500 fpm

b. 3000 to 5000 fpm
c. 3500 to 4700 fpm
d. 5000 to 1000 fpm
The tension in the belt due to centrifugal
force increase rapidly above about:

a. 2500 fpm
b. 3000 fpm
c. 3500 fpm
d. 4000 fpm
For the leather belts, recommended speed is:

a. 6000 to 7000 fpm

b. 5000 to 6000 fpm
c. 7000 to 8000 fpm
d. 4500 to 5600 fpm
The recommended initial tension of the belt
is:

a. 75 lb/in of width
b. 73 lb/in of width
c. 71 lb/in of width
d. 80 lb/in of width
The two shafts at right angles to each other
may be connected by what arrangement?

a. Half turn
b. Quarter turn
c. ¾ turn
d. One turn
The minimum number of teeth on a smaller
sprocket for low speed is:

a. 12
b. 21
c. 17
d. 14
The minimum number of teeth on a smaller
sprocket for moderate speed is:

a. 17
b. 21
c. 12
d. 14
The minimum number of teeth on a smaller
sprocket for high speed is:

a. 21
b. 24
c. 12
d. 14
The resultant of a pair of equal forces but
opposite in direction is called:

a. Concurrent
b. Couple
c. Non-concurrent
d. Resultant
The helical and herring bones gear teeth cut
after heat treatment should have a hardness
in the range of 210/300 BHN. The pinion gear
teeth hardness on the other hand,
ideally/normally should be at ______BHN.
a. 250/320
b. 350/380
c. 400
d. 340/350
As a rule the center to center distance
between sprocket should not be less than
_____ times the diameter of the bigger
sprocket and not less than 30 time the pitch
nor more than about 50 times to pitch.
a. 1.5
b. 2
c. 2.5
d. 3
A single force, which produces the same
effect upon a mass as two or several forces
acting together, is called:

a. Components
b. Composition of Forces
c. Resolution of forces
d. Resultant
All forces in the same plane are called:

a. Coplanar
b. Couple
c. Parallel
d. Resultant
Which of the following laws which states that
the forces of attraction between two bodies is
directly proportional to the production of
their masses and inversely proportional to
distance square between their centers.
a. Hooke’s law
b. Law of gravitation
c. Law of motion
d. Newton’s law
Any object thrown upward will return to
earth with the magnitude of the terminal
velocity equal to

a. 50% of the initial velocity

b. 80% of the initial velocity
c. About 90% of the initial velocity
d. The initial velocity
Flat belt that is too tight will induce strain on
the bearing and belt _______.

a. Life will be shortened

b. Result to uneconomical operation
c. Suffer/shatter
d. Will be sheared/cut
The resulting cross-sectional area of the
tensile test specimen divided by the
specimen original area is called:

a. Charpy test
b. % elongation
c. Impact test
d. Izod test
SAE 51XXX belongs to the ______ steel family.

a. Carbon
b. Chromium
c. Manganese
d. Nickel
In itself. It is a lubricant and usually one of the
important elements in casting non-ferrous
metals like bronze, for example

a. Antimony
b. Babbit
c. Lead
d. Zinc
Gasket material, which should avoid hot
liquid/steam applications.

a. Asbestos fiber
b. Nylon fiber
c. Rubberized
d. Wool
The same material properties all over /
direction and at any particular point in a
structural member is:

a. Heterogenous
b. Homogenous
c. Isentropic
d. Isotropic