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Instruction: Choose the best answer. a) 2 182 rpm
b) 2 265 rpm
c) 2 071 rpm
d) 2 341 rpm
a) 368
b) 1474
c) 150
d) 38
1. What is the polar section modulus of a solid shaft with a diameter
Answer: B Answer: B
of 101.6 mm?
10. Compute the working strength of 1 inch bolt which is screwed up 18. A triple threaded worm has a pitch diameter of 3 inches. The wheel
a) 209.5 cm3 c) 209.5 cm4
tightly in packed joint when the allowable working stress is 13000 has 25 teeth and a pitch diameter of 5 inches. Material for both the
b) 205.9 cm3 d) 205.9 cm4
psi. wheel and the wheel is phosphor bronze. Determine the helix angle
Answer: B
a) 3 600 lb c) 3 950 lb of the gear.
2. With the water interruptions prevailing in your town, you have been
b) 3 900 lb d) 3 800 lb a) 11.31o c) 13.11o
asked to design an upright cylindrical water tank 6 meters in
Answer: B b) 11.13o d) 10.13o
diameter and 6 meters high, vented, and to be filled completely
11. Compute the nominal shear stress at the surface, in MPa, for a 50 Answer: A
with water. Determine the minimum thickness of the tank plate if
mm diameter shaft that is subjected to a torque of 0.48 kN-m. 19. A single square thread power screw is to raise a load of 70 kN. The
the stress is limited to 40 Mpa.
a) 16.95 c) 21.65 screw has a major diameter of 36 mm and a pitch of 6 mm. The
a) 3.3 mm c) 4.4 mm
b) 19.56 d) 25.12 coefficient of thread friction and collar friction are 0.13 and 0.10
b) 5.5 mm d) 8.8 mm
Answer: B respectively. If the collar mean diameter is 90 mm and the screw
Answer: C
12. A hollow iron pipe to be designed as a column has an outside turns at 60 rpm, find the axial linear speed of the screw.
3. A steel shaft 1.75 inches in diameter transmits 40 Hp at 1800 rpm.
diameter of 240 mm and is subjected to a force of 80 KN. Find the a) 5 mm/s c) 6 mm/s
Assuming a modulus of rigidity of 12 x 10 6 psi, find the torsional
pipe thickness if the compressive stress is limited to 16 MPa. b) 7 mm/s d) 5.5 mm/s
deflection of the shaft in degrees per foot length.
a. 5.85 mm c. 6.85 mm Answer: C
a) 0.0073 c) 0.0037
b. 7.85 mm d. 8.85 mm 20. A double thread ACME screw driven by a motor at 400 rpm raises
b) 0.0063 d) 0.00013
Answer: C the attached load of 900 kg at a speed of 10 m/min. The screw has
Answer: A
13. A uniform beam 12 meters long is fixed at one end. It has a a pitch diameter of 36 mm; the coefficient of friction on threads is
4. A helical-coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1 inch and a wire
uniform weight of 50 kg/m along its length. A load of 20 kgs. is 0.15. The friction torque on the thrust bearing of the motor is taken
diameter of 1/8 inch. Determine the curve correction factor of the
suspended on the beam 4 m from the free end. The moment at the as 20 % of the total input. Determine the lead angle.
spring.
fixed end is a) 12.465o c) 14.265o
a) 1.144 c) 1.44
a. 3760 kg-m c. 0.0 kg-m b) 15.462o d) 16.452o
b) 1.1144 d) 1.1414
b. 60 kg-m d. 4800 kg-m Answer: A
Answer: B
Answer: A 21. What Hp can a 1-inch diameter short shaft transmit at 380 rpm?
5. A vise is equipped with a 1-inch single square thread, with 4
14. A 20o straight-tooth bevel pinion having 14 teeth and a diametral a) 3 Hp c) 18 Hp
threads per inch. The frictional radius of the collar is 0.5 inch. The
pitch of 6 teeth/inch drives a 42-tooth gear. The two shafts are at b) 10 Hp d) 7.1 Hp
coefficient of friction for both the collar and threads is 0.20. How
right angles and in the same plane. Find the pitch angle of the Answer: B
much external torque must be applied to produce a force of 200 lb
pinion. 22. A spur pinion rotates at 600 rpm and transmits 25 kW to a mating
against the jaws of the vise?
a) 18.4o c) 20o gear. The pitch diameter of the pinion is 100 mm, and the pressure
a) 39.73 in-lb c) 33.97 in-lb
b) 14.5o d) 20.5o angle is 20o. Determine the tangential load, in N.
b) 37.93 in-lb d) 39.37 in-lb
Answer: A a) 7660 c) 6790
Answer: B
15. A 20o straight-tooth bevel pinion having 14 teeth and a diametral b) 3900 d) 3098
6. A helical-coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1 inch and a wire
pitch of 6 teeth/inch drives a 32-tooth gear. The two shafts are at Answer: A
diameter of 1/8 inch. Determine the Wahl factor of the spring.
right angles and in the same plane. The pinion is to transmit 1800 23. A multiple-disk clutch, composed of three plates with a small
a) 1.148 c) 1.184
rpm and transmitting 50 hp. Determine the pitch diameters of the diameter of 150 mm and large diameter of 200 mm, is designed to
b) 1.418 d) 1.814
gears. transmit 100 kW at 3000 rpm at a coefficient of friction of 0.5.
Answer: C
a) 2.33 inches and 5.36 inches Determine the spring force needed to engage the clutch.
7. A helical-coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1 inch and a wire
b) 3.23 inches and 3.56 inches a) 2820 N c) 2428 N
diameter of 1/8 inch. Determine the value of Bergstrassar factor of
c) 5.36 inches and 6.36 inches b) 5460 N d) 3638 N
the spring.
d) 2.33 inches and 2.33 inches Answer: D
a) 1.172 c) 1.712
Answer: A 24. A wire rope lifts a load of 10 kips at a maximum speed of 1000 feet
b) 1.217 d) 1.271
16. A 1-inch diameter shaft has a single disc weighing 75 lb mounted per minute, attained in 5 seconds starting from rest. The rope has a
Answer: A
midway between two bearings 20” apart. Find the lowest critical metallic cross sectional area of 0.4 in 2. Determine the maximum
8. Compute the tooth thickness of a 14.5 o spur gear with diametral
speed in rpm. Neglect the weight of the shaft. Assume that the tensile stress on the rope in ksi.
pitch of 5.
modulus of elasticity is 30 x 106 psi. a) 26.2 c) 25.0
a) 0.23140 inch c) 0.31416 inch
a) 2038 rpm c) 2308 rpm b) 27.6 d) 32.4
b) 0.43140 inch d) 0.03140 inch
b) 2380 rpm d) 2803 rpm Answer: B
Answer: C
Answer: A 25. What is the bursting steam pressure of a hemispherical steel shell
9. Compute the speed of the gear mounted on a 52.5 mm diameter
17. A flywheel weighing 457 kg has a radius of 375 mm. How much with a diameter of 100 inches and made of 0.0635-m thick steel
shaft receiving power from a driving motor with 250 Hp.
energy, in N-m, does the flywheel loss from 3 rps to 2.8 rps?
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plate, if the joint efficiency is 70 % and the tensile strength is 60 a) 201 lb c) 210 lb lengths if there is to be a continuous relative rotation between two
000 psi? b) 102 lb d) 120 lb members. ‘’How do you call the preceding length?
a) 4 020 psi c) 4 200 psi Answer: C A. Bohr’s Law C. Grashof’s Law
b) 2 400 psi d) 2 040 psi 33. Which of the following are the compositions of stainless steel 302? B. Coriolli’s Law D. Freudentein’s Law
Answer: C A. 18% chromium and 8% nickel Answer: C
26. A cylinder having an internal diameter if 508 mm and external B. 18% nickel and 8% chromium
diameter if 914.4 mm is subjected to an internal pressure of 69 MPa C. 18% chromium and 8% phosphor bronze 41. Which of the following is not true for an instant center or centro of
and an external pressure of 14 MPa. Determine the hoop stress at D. 8% bronze and 8% vanadium planar linkages?
the inner surface of the cylinder. Answer: A A. Centro is a point common to two bodies having the same
a) 90.11 MPa c) 91.10 MPa velocity in each.
b) 911.0 MPa d) 19.10 Mpa 34. These springs are made from one or more flat strips of brass, B. Centro is a point in one body about which another body
Answer: A bronze, steel or other materials loaded as cantilevers or simple does not rotate.
27. What length of a square key is required for a 4-in diameter shaft beam. C. Centro is a point in one body about which another body
transmitting 1000 hp at 1000 rpm? The allowable shear and A. Torsion springs C. Garter springs actually turns.
compressive stresses in the key are 15 ksi and 30 ksi, respectively. B. Leaf springs D. Drawbar springs D. Centro is a point in one body about which another body
a) 2.1 inches c) 2.8 inches Answer: B tends to turn.
b) 3.2 inches d) 4.2 inches Answer: B
Answer: A 35. This refers to the space between adjacent coils when the spring is 42. This is the most common work holding device of a shaper machine
28. The root diameter of a double square thread is 0.55 inch. The compressed to its operating length. with the base graduated in degrees that make it possible to swivel
screw has a pitch of 0.2 inch. Find the number of thread per inch. A. Coil clearance C. Lead any angle. What is the working device?
a) 0.2 threads/inch c) 10 threads/inch B. Pitch D. Deflection A. Shaper vise C. Lathe holder
b) 5 threads/inch d) 2.5 threads/inch Answer: A B. Parallel bars and hold down bars D. Swivel head
Answer: B Answer: A
29. A single square thread power screw is to raise a load of 70 kN. The 36. This material is the most popular alloy spring steel for conditions
screw has a major diameter of 36 mm and a pitch of 6 mm. The involving higher stresses than can be used with the high carbon 43. This is a shaper operation, which is shaping the given stock and
coefficient of thread friction and collar friction are 0.13 and 0.10 steels and for use where fatigue resistance and long endurance are having the excess material remain with a tolerable allowance for
respectively. If the collar mean diameter is 90 mm and the screw needed; is also good for shock and impact loads. finishing. How do you call this operation?
turns at 60 rpm, find the combined efficiency of the screw and A. Chrome silicon C. hard-drawn wire A. Roughing C. Angular cutting
collar. B. Chrome vanadium D. Oil-tempered wire B. Finishing D. Contouring
a) 15.32 % c) 12.53 % Answer: B Answer: A
b) 13.52 % d) 15.97 %
Answer: C 37. For an American standard Screw Threads, what does 6-32 UNC 44. How do you call a cutting tool that has two or more cutting edges
30. Determine the power capacity of a cone clutch under uniform designate? as in drill presses and milling machine cutters?
pressure and assuming the following conditions: major diameter = A. Size 6, 32 threads per inch, coarse thread A. Grinder C. Multi-point cutting tool
250 mm; minor diameter = 200 mm; length of conical elements in B. 6 inches basic diameter, 32 threads per inch, coarse thread B. Single-point cutting tool D. Two point cutting tool
contact = 125 mm; rotational speed = 870 rpm; coefficient of C. Size 6, 32 threads per inch, fine Answer: C
friction = 0.30; and allowable pressure = 70 kPa. D. 32 inches basic diameter, 6 threads per inch, coarse thread
a) 25.74 Hp c) 24.75 Hp Answer: A 45. This is the trade name for the potential alloy made up of cobalt,
b) 27.45 Hp d) 24.57 Hp 38. In a straight bevel gear, how do you call the angle between an chromium, and tungsten in varying proportions. What is this trade
Answer: A element on the pitch cone and an element on the face cone? name?
31. Three extension springs are hooked in series that support a single A. Face angle C. Addendum angle A. Stellite C. Stainless steel
weight of 100 kg. The first spring is rated at 4 kN/m and the other B. Pitch angle D. Dedendum angle B. Carboloy D. Copper
two springs are rated 6 kN/m each. Determine the equivalent Answer: C Answer: A
stiffness of the three springs.
a) 1.71 kN/m c) 5 kN/m 39. It is Grashof four-bar mechanism in which the shortest link is the 46. It is called as the transformation of concepts and ideas into useful
b) 2.71 kN/m d) 3.71 kN/m frame or fixed link and the other two cranks completely rotate with machinery. What is this?
Answer: A their axes. How do you call this Grashof four-bar mechanism? A. Design C. Analysis
32. A flat belt is 6 inches wide and 1/3 inch thick and transmits 20 Hp. A. Drag-link mechanism C. Crank-rocker mechanism B. Synthesis D. Theorem
The center distance is 8 ft. The driving pulley is 6 inches in B. Double-rocker mechanism D. Triple-rocker mechanism Answer: A
diameter and rotates at 2 000 rpm such that the loose side of the Answer: A
belt is on top. The driven pulley is 18 inches in diameter. The belt 47. This is a combination of mechanisms and other components that
material is 0.035 lb/in3 and the coefficient of friction is 0.30. 40. For a planar four-bar linkage, the sum of the shortest and longest transforms, transmits, or uses energy, load, or motion for a specific
Determine the belt net tension. lengths cannot be greater than the sum of the remaining link purpose. How do you call this?
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A. Mechanism C. Machine Answer: A B. chain tongs D. A or B
B. Engine D. Linkage Answer: D
Answer: C 56. When working on bearings and checking for high spots, it is
48. It is defined as synergistic of machine elements; synergistic customary to apply: 66. The tool used when preparing to put fittings on copper tubing is
because as a design it represents an idea or concept greater than A. white lead C. dykem blue called a:
the sum of the individual pats. What is this system? B. red lead D. Prussian blue A. tube spreader C. tube retarder
A. System of mechanisms C. Design system Answer: D B. flaring tool D. tube countersink
B. Mechanical system D. Expert system Answer: B
Answer: B 57. If you wanted to check the face of a pump slide valve or other flat-
faced valve, you could check for trueness on a: 67. Which of the following is not a standard thread form?
49. It may be defined as the displacement per length produced in a A. flat board C. piece of glass A. Square C. Double flute
solid and as the result of stress. How do you call this? B. surface plate D. bearing plate B. American National D. 60 deg. sharp V
A. Deformation C. Strain Answer: B Answer: C
B. Elongation D. Stress
Answer: C 58. To keep a metal clean while soldering, one would use a: 68. Which of the following is not a kind of mandrel?
A. flax C. flux A. Contraction
50. What is the combination of applied normal and shear stresses that B. torch D. insulated B. Expanded
produces maximum principal normal stress or minimum principal Answer: C C. Extended
normal stress, with a third principal stress between or equivalent to D. Taper
the extremes? 59. Before splicing electric wires, they should be: Answer: (A) Contraction
A. Principal shear stress C. Principal normal stress A. tinned C. soldered
B. Maximum shear stress D. Bending and shear stress B. cleaned and tinned D. insulated 69. An act of cutting out a piece of metal at a desired shape and size is
Answer: C Answer: B known as
A. Blanking
51. How do you call a load that is applied transversely to longitudinal 60. To check the speed of a motor or other rotary machine, one would B. Broaching
axis of member? use a: C. Dinking
A. Combined loads C. Bending load A. speed indicator C. tachometer D. Slitting
B. Concentrated load D. Distribute load B. micrometer D. A or C Answer: (A) Blanking
Answer: C Answer: D
70. Safety features that must be placed and maintained at machine,
52. It is the capacity of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed 61. Before drilling a hole in a piece of metal, it should be black smith welding and foundry shops called
elastically and then, upon unloading, to increase this energy. What A. marked with chalk C. scribed A. safety goggles
is this capacity of a material? B. center-punched D. protracted B. safety notices
A. Resilience C. Rigidity Answer: B C. safety notices in markers / boards
B. Toughness D. Ductility D. walkway shops
Answer: A 62. A tap or die marked 1/4 - 20 indicates: Answer: (C) safety notices in markers / boards
A. ¼” radius - 20 cm. longC. ¼” diameter - 20 threads per in.
53. How do you call the strain energy per unit volume required to B. ¼” radian - 20 threads per in. D. ¼ turn - 20 times 71. In a cutting tool the cutting end can also be generally called
stress a material from an unloaded state to the point of yielding? Answer: C A. back rake
A. Modulus of roughness C. Modulus of rigidity B. end cutting edge
B. Modulus of elasticity D. Modulus of resilience 63. After a piece of piece of pipe has been cut, the hole is cleaned out B. nose
Answer: D with a: C. side rake
A. piper reamer C. pipe taper Answer: (C) nose
54. The instrument used to reshape a grinding wheel that is grooved or B. pipe cleaner D. hole cleaner
out of round is called a: Answer: A 72. A machine shop equipment that can flatter horizontally, vertically
A. wheel aligner C. wheel emery or angular plane called
B. wheel dresser D. wheel cutter 64. The tool used for cutting pipe threads is called a : A. drill machine
Answer: B A. pipe cutter C. pipe threader B. power saw
B. pipe stock and die D. pipe ratcher cutter C. shaper machine
55. The instruments used to remove old packing from packing glands Answer: B D. welding machine
and stuffing boxes are called: Answer: (C) shaper machine
A. packing tools C. gland box cleaners 65. The tool used when working with larger sizes of pipe is called a:
B. packing bits D. packing screws A. chain pipe wrench C. chain holder
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73. Which of the following is an unsafe condition in operating a lathe D. tong A. Nitriding C. Cyaniding *
machine? Answer: (B) Morse taper B. Carburizing D. Plating
A. Operating with safety gloves
B. Wearing a canvass apron 80. It is the best instrument for measuring a thousandth of an inch. 90. Which of the following is the effect when steel is tempered ?
C. Wearing denim pants/safety shoes A. Caliper A. More brittle C. less brittle *
D. Wearing safety goggles / hearing aid B. Micrometer B. Softer D. harder
Answer: (B) Wearing a canvass apron C. Pyrometer
D. Tachometer 91. In calculations using standard structural shapes of I-beams, it is
74. Which of the following tools does not belong to the group? Answer: (B) Micrometer assumed that the shear stress is carried by the
A. Divider A. entire cross-sectional area C. web only *
B. Double VEE block 81. Resilience (elastic toughness) is a measure of B. top flange only when in compression D. flanges only
C. Hermaphrodite caliper a. energy per unit volume stored in a deformed material
D. Trammel b. total plastic strain at failure 92. In a beam of rectangular cross section, the maximum shear stress
Answer: (B) Double VEE block c. strain energy per unit volume to reach the yield point * when related to the average shear stress is
d. strain energy (work per unit volume) to cause fracture. A. 150% higher C. 33% higher
75. In Machine Shop had forging operation of lengthening a piece of 82. What is the hardest form of steel B. 50 % higher * D. 50% lower
stock while reducing the cross-sectional area of work is called: a. bainite c. pearlite
A. Bloating b. ferrite d. martensite * 93. In a beam of circular cross section, the maximum shear stress when
B. Draining related to the average shear is
C. Spreading 83. A hard material A. 150% higher C. 33% higher *
D. Upsetting a. shows low ultimate strength B. 50 % higher D. 50% lower
Answer: (D) Upsetting c. yields little before breaking
b. shows high ultimate strength 94. The strain energy method of calculating beam defection at a point
76. Which of the following services is not considered to be a work of a d. exhibits a high modulus of elasticity * of local application equates the total internal strain energy to the
machinist? external
A. Grinding 84. At a specific temperature, the phase of a material will have all of A. deflection C. moment
B. Honing the following distinct characteristics except B. force D. work *
C. Overhauling a. composition c. magnetic properties
D. Reboring b. crystallic structure d. freezing point * 95. What is the ability of the material to absorb energy up to fracture?
Answer: (C) Overhauling A. Toughness C. Resilience
85. All of the following reaction points describe the transition of phases B. Rigidity D. Stiffness
77. Type of chuck wherein the work piece with standard diameter or in a binary alloy except a (n) Answer: A
size could be attached fast and quick especially small size work of a. eutectic reaction c. austentite reaction *
mass production called b. eutectoid reaction d. peritectic reaction 96. What is the other term for the Maximum-Shear-Stress Theory, as a
A. clamp toe dog failure prediction theory?
B. collet attachment 86. What is the international weld used to hold parts together A. Von Mises criterion C. Tresca yield criterion
C. lathe drive plate temporarily before further welding? B. Coulomb-Mohr theory D. Modified Mohr theory
D. steady center rest A. Gas weld C. Tack weld * Answer: C
Answer: (B) collet attachment B. Flash weld D. Emittent welding
97. It is a failure prediction theory, which states that a part subjected
78. Common defects encountered in the foundry shop steel casting 87. The process used to reduce stresses, induce softness, change to any combination of loads will fail (by yielding or fracturing)
operation and also in welding practices. ductility, or refine the grain structure of a metal is called: whenever the maximum shear stress exceeds a critical value. How
A. Blow / pin holes A. Soaking C. hardening do you call this failure prediction theory?
B. Cold shot B. Annealing * D. tempering A. Distortion-energy theory C. Maximum-shear-stress theory
C. Cracks B. Internal friction theory D. Modified Mohr theory
D. Parting line 88. Which of the following heat treatment of metals is used for Answer: C
Answer: (A) Blow / pin holes increasing the surface hardness of cast irons and steels?
A. Work hardening C. Flame hardening 98. This is a theory in cyclic and impact loading, which states that
79. Lathe operator to remove the taper shank from the taper hole uses B. Case hardening * D. Induction hardening damage at any stress level, is proportional to number of cycle.
drift. It is also called What is this theory commonly called?
A. chuck taper 89. What heat treatment is used frequently to hardened the surface of A. Miner’s Rule C. Goodman Rule
B. Morse taper small parts made from low carbon steel? B. Paris Power Law D. Manson-Coffin Relationship
C. tapered key
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Answer: A

99. This is a lubrication where the load-carrying surfaces of the bearing

are separated by a relatively thick film of lubricant, so to prevent
metal-to-metal contact; and where the stability of the film can be
explained by the laws of fluid mechanics, how do you call this type
of lubrication?
A. Hydrostatic lubrication C. Hydrodynamic lubrication
B. Elastohydrodynamic lubrication D. Boundary lubrication
Answer: C

100. How do you call the speed at which a rotating shaft becomes
dynamically unstable?
A. Normal speed C. Critical speed
B. Variable speed D. Average speed
Answer: C

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