Engineering Materials D.

Drawing

Test 35
5. ME Board April 1998
A carbon content in the range of _________ in steel readily responds to heat
treatment.
A. 0.35 to 0.40% C
1. ME Board October 1999 B. 0.28 to 0.30% C
What is the lightest known metal? C. 0.18 to 0.25% C
D. 0.12 to 0.15% C
A. Mercury
B. Steel 6. ME Board April 1998
C. Chromium It indicates how many times a volume of material is heavier than an equal
D. Aluminium volume of water.

2. ME Board October 1999 A. Specific gravity

Material having a high electrical resistance and should not be B. Specific volume
used as conductor of electrical current. C. Specific weight
D. Specific density
A. Magnesium
B. Copper 7. ME Board April 1998
C. Nickel Nickel – Chromium – Molybdenum steel designation SAE _________.
D. Iron
A. 81xx
3. ME Board October 1999 B. 74xx
The property that characterizes a materials ability to be drawn C. 94xx
into a wire is known as D. 64xx

A. Plasticity 8. ME Board April 1998

B. Elasticity Moment of inertia is also called
C. Ductility
D. Utility A. Modulus of elasticity
B. Weep strength
4. ME Board October 1999 C. Radius of gyration
Stress relieving is also _______ for the purpose of reducing the D. None of the above
internal stress of steel material / metal.
9. ME Board April 1998
A. Quenching It is hardening treatment whereby a cast metal is being heated to a very high
B. Normalizing temperature then suddenly subjected to rapid cooling to improve hardenability
C. Tempering of wear resistance is called
 A. Annealing A. Toughness
B. Normalizing B. Stiffness
C. Tempering C. Ductility
D. Quenching D. Machinability

10. ME Board April 1998 14. ME Board April 1998

A good general purpose deoxidizer which promotes fine gran The application of electrical current to the corrosion circuit to counter the
in steel. corrosion reaction is called

A. Copper A. Cathodic protection

B. Magnesium B. Sacrificial anodes method
C. Molybdenum C. Chemical corrosion process
D. Silicon D. Galvanic action

11. ME Board April 1998 15. ME Board April 1998

Treatment process that produces a residual A major component of cast steel is
compressive stress at the surface and residual tension on
the inside the that results in considerable increase in fatigue A. Silicon
strength for members on torsion / bending is known as B. Iron
C. Manganese
A. Partial quenching D. Chromium
B. Heavy oil quenching
C. Quenching 16. ME Board April 1998
D. Shallow quenching Normally cast iron contains 2% carbon or more and silicon in the range of
_______%.
12. ME Board April 1998
The flux that should be provided in soldering A. 1 to 3
electrical connection or commutator wires B. 1 to 4
as it tends to corrode the connections. C. 2 to 3
D. 1 to 6
A. Sal ammoniac
B. Zinc chloride 17. ME Board April 1998
C. Stearin The material for engine radiation is usually made of ________.
D. Acid fluxes
A. Yellow brass
13. ME Board April 1998 B. Silicon brass
The characteristics of tool steel sustain shocks and major C. Admiralty brass
impacts is due to its D. Navy brass
 Chromium steel to include heat and corrosion
18. ME Board April 1998 resistant designation.
A problem by-product used as electrodes in an electric arc
furnace melting operation is called A. SAE 56xx
B. SAE 514xx
A. Anthracite coke C. SAE 61xx
B. Foundry coke D. SAE 9xx
C. Graphite electrodes
D. Bituminous coke 23. ME Board April 1998
Non – metallic material of high melting temperature being used as furnace
19. ME Board April 1998 lining.
Which of the following does not affect the tensile strength of steel?
A. Quartz bricks
A. Sulphur B. Refractories
B. Cobalt C. Silica sand
C. Phosphorus D. Dolomite clay bricks
D. Boron
24. ME Board April 1998
20. ME Board April 1998 In greater quantity, this element is harmful to the molten ferrous metal.
Alloy steel axle under repeated load / stress will
Eventually fail if the load / stress is above the A. Silicon
endurance for the steel under consideration. B. Aluminum
The endurance limit of the steel is C. Oxides
D. Sulphur
A. Equal to the allowance stress of the module
of elasticity 25. ME Board April 1998
B. Equal to half of the ultimate strength Silicon – manganese steel designation, SAE ________.
C. Equal to module of elasticity
D. Equal to 80% of the elastic limit A. 72xx
B. 40xx
21. ME Board April 1998 C. 92xx
Mirror finish has surfaces fitness of _________ rms D. 9xx

A. 1 26. ME Board April 1998

B. 2 to 8 A. Hard drawn
C. 1 to 3 B. Oxidized steel
D. 2 to 5 C. Cold lap steel
D. Strain hardening
22. ME Board April 1998
27. ME Board April1998 B. Zinc
The brittleness in steel at elevated temperature is known as C. Chrome alloy
D. Carbide
A. Hard drawn
B. Cold lap 32. ME Board October 1997
C. Red shortness It improves red hardness of steel.
D. Residual stresses
A. Chromium
28. ME Board April 1998 B. Cobalt
Material may be stretched and still returns to its former C. Boron
form/condition upon release of force is called D. Lead

A. Plasticity 33. ME Board October 1997

B. Modulus of elasticity What is the SAE specification number of molybdenum?
C. Ductility
D. Elasticity A. SAE 2xxx
B. SAE 3xxx
29. ME Board April 1997 C. SAE 4xxx
What is the SAE specification number of molybdenum – D. SAE 5xxx
chromium – nickel?
34. ME Board October 1997
A. 48xx Which does not belong to the group?
B. 47xx
C. 46xx A. SAE
D. 45xx B. AISI
C. SEA
30. ME Board October 1997, ME Board April 1992 D. ASTM
Galvanized iron is term referring to iron coated with _________.
35. ME Board October 1997
A. Aluminium It is the ability of the material to resist deformation under stress.
B. Tin
C. Zinc A. Plasticity
D. Manganese B. Stiffness
C. Toughness
31. ME Board October 1997 D. All of the above
A metal, which has a high electrical conductivity but
should not be used for high temperature. 36. ME Board April 1997, ME Board April 1996
Which of the following is not a structural class of steel?
A. Silicon
 A. High speed steel Metals are conductive because
B. Tool and die
C. Low carbon
D. High carbon A. The electrons are loosely bound to the nuclei and
B. therefore mobile
37. ME Board April 1997, ME Board April 1996 C. Having characteristics luster
Continuous stretching under load even if the stress D. They are on the left side of the periodic table
is less than the yields point is known as E. They have extra electrons as exhibited by normally possible balance
state
A. Plasticity
B. Elasticity
C. Creep
D. Ductility
42. ME Board October 1996
38. ME Board October 1996, ME Board October 1994 The yield strength of a rectangular yellow brass 65 to 70% Cu, 30 to 35% Zn
Killed steel is always associated with can be increased/improved by _________.

A. Silicon A. Cold working

B. Manganese B. Tempering
C. Phosphorus C. Shill casting
D. Sulphur D. Heat treatment

39. ME Board October 1996 43. ME Board October 1996

The good deoxidizer in steel melting. Used as cast condition steel casting with carbon content less than _________
% C.
A. Manganese
B. Silicon A. 0.26
C. Aluminium B. 0.15 to 0.18
D. All of the above C. 0.20
D. 0.25
40. ME Board October 1996
Good stabilizer in stainless steel is 44. ME Board October 1996
Liners are normally made of
A. Columbium
B. Titanium A. Cast iron
C. Tantalum B. Alloyed bronze
D. All of the above C. Alloyed steel
D. Alloyed aluminium
41. ME Board October 1996
45. ME Board October 1996 A. Malleability
A furnace used in melting non – ferrous metals is called B. Elasticity
C. Ductility
A. Cupola furnace D. Plasticity
B. Crucible furnace
C. Induction furnace 50. ME Board October 1996
D. Tempering furnace An alloy that improves strength of steel at high temperature application.

46. ME Board October 1996 A. Tungsten

A furnace used in melting ferrous metals. B. Molybdenum
C. Chromium
A. Annealing furnace D. All of the above
B. Tempering furnace
C. Induction furnace
D. Normalizing furnace

47. ME Board October 1996

All are associated with standard material specified
except ___________.

A. American iron and steel institute

B. Society of automotive engineers
C. Southeast asia iron and steel institute
D. American society for testing materials
48. ME Board October 1996
The ability of a metal to be deformed considerably
Without rupture is called

A. Malleability
B. Elasticity
C. Ductility
D. Plasticity

49. ME Board October 1996

Permanent deformation or strain may occur without fracture is called
Answers to Test 35 – 30. C. zinc
31. B. zinc
Engineering Materials 32. B. cobalt
33. C. SAE 4xxx
34. C. SAE
1. D. aluminium 35. B. stiffness
2. D. iron 36. B. tool and die
3. C. ductility 37. C. creep
4. A. quenching 38. A. silicon
5. A. 0.35 to 0.40% C 39. D. all of the above
6. A. specific gravity 40. D, all of the above
7. C. 94xx 41. A. the electrons are loosely bound to the nuclei and therefore mobile
8. D. none of the above 42. A. cold working
9. D. quenching 43. C. 0.20
10. D. silicon 44. A. cast iron
11. D. shallow quenching 45. B. crucible furnace
12. D. acid fluxes 46. C. induction furnace
13. A. toughness 47. C. southeast asia iron and steel machine
14. A. catholic protection 48. D. plasticity
15. B. iron 49. D. plasticity
16. A. 1 to 3 50. D. all of the above
17. A. yellow brass
18. C. graphite electrodes
19. D. boron
20. B. equal to half of the ultimate strength
21. A. 1
22. B. SAE 514xx
23. B. refractories
24. D. sulphur
25. C. 92xx
26. A. hard drawn
27. C. red shortness
28. D. elastic limit
29. B. 47xx