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ELEMENTS 01 C. Normalizing D.
Power saw
D. Tempering Answer: D
1. Past ME Board Question Answer: C
Heating above the transformation range, usually 11. Past ME Board Question
1300˚F to 1350˚F, and cooling slowly to soften the 6. Past ME Board Question A machine tool used to flat or plane surfaces with
metal and increase in machining. A machine tool used for producing holes in metal a single point cutting tool.
A. Annealing by the use of a cutting tool called drill. A. Tool grinder
B. Hardening A. Drilling machine B. Shaper
C. Normalizing B. Boring machine C. Planer
D. Tempering C. Milling machine D. Power saw
Answer: A D. Broaching machine Answer: B
Answer: A
2. Past ME Board Question 12. Past ME Board Question
Heating above the transformation temperature and 7. Past ME Board Question A machine tool used for production of flat surfaces
quenching usually in oil, for the purpose of A machine tool used to form metal parts by on pieces too large or too heavy to hold in a
increasing the hardness. removing metal from a work piece by the use of a shaper.
A. Annealing revolving cutter with many teeth each tooth having A. Tool grinder
B. Hardening a cutting edge which removes its share of the B. Shaper
C. Normalizing stock. C. Planer
D. Tempering A. Drilling machine D. Power saw
Answer: B B. Boring machine Answer: C
C. Milling machine
3. Past ME Board Question D. Broaching machine 13. Past ME Board Question
Reheating to a temperature below the Answer: C A machine tool used to finish internal or external
transformation range, followed by any desired rate surfaces, such as holes or key ways by the use of
of cooling to attain the desired properties of the 8. Past ME Board Question a cutter called a broach, which has a series of
metal. A machine tool used to sharpen or shape tools by cutting edges or teeth.
A. Annealing using an abrasive wheel. A. Drilling machine
B. Hardening A. Tool grinder B. Boring machine
C. Tempering B. Shaper C. Milling machine
D. Stress relieving C. Planer D. Broaching machine
Answer: C D. Power saw Answer: D
Answer: A
Heating to a subcritical temperature, about 9. Past ME Board Question An alloy of copper and tin.
1,100˚F to 1,300˚F and holding at that temperature A machine tool used to enlarge a hole by means A. Brass
for a suitable time for the purpose of reducing of an adjustable cutting tool with only one cutting B. Bronze
internal residual stresses. edge. C. Iron
A. Annealing A. Drilling machine D. Tin
B. Hardening B. Boring machine Answer: B
C. Tempering C. Milling machine
D. Stress relieving D. Broaching machine 15. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D Answer: B An alloy of copper and zinc.
A. Brass
5. Past ME Board Question 10. Past ME Board Question B. Bronze
Heating to some 100˚F above the transformation A machine tool used to cut metal parts of light, C. Iron
range with subsequent cooling to below that range medium and large sections using a reciprocating D. Tin
in still air at room temperature to produce uniform hacksaw blade. Answer: A
structure of the metal. A. Tool grinder
A. Annealing B. Shaper
B. Hardening C. Planer
The process of forming metal parts by the use of A machine tool used in the production of flat 27. Past ME Board Question
dies after the metal is heated to its plastic range. surfaces on pieces too large or too heavy or, An operation of sizing and finishing a hole by
perhaps too awkward to hold in a shaper. means of a cutting tool having several cutting
A. Rolling
A. Shaper edges.
B. Forging B. Planer A. Notching
C. Turning C. Tool grinder B. Piercing
D. Casting D. Power saw C. Turning
Answer: A Answer: B D. Reaming
Answer: D
It consists of shaping a piece by bringing it into 28. Past ME Board Question
The process of forming a metal part by the use of
contact with a rotating abrasive wheel. The operation of making a cone-shaped
a powerful pressure from a hammer or press to A. Drilling enlargement of the end of a hole, as for a recess
obtain the desired shape, after the metal has been B. Boring for a flat head screw.
heated to its plastic range. C. Grinding A. Countersinking
A. Rolling D. Broaching B. Knurling
B. Forging Answer: C C. Squaring
C. Turning D. Perforating
23. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
D. Casting
A tool used in measuring diameters.
Answer: B A. Caliper 29. Past ME Board Question
B. Nanometer The operation of enlarging a hole by means of an
18. Past ME Board Question C. Tachometer adjustable cutting tool with only one cutting edge.
A Manganese steel containing approximately 0.20 D. Pyrometer A. Drilling
carbon. Answer: A B. Broaching
A. SAE 1320 C. Milling
B. SAE 1230 24. Past ME Board Question D. Boring
C. SAE 2340 Used to true and align machine tools, fixtures and Answer: D
D. SAE 4230 works to test and inspect size trueness of finished
Answer: A work and to compare measurements either 30. Past ME Board Question
heights or depths or many other measurements. An imaginary circle passing through the points at
19. Past ME Board Question A. Dial gauge which the teeth of the meshing gears contact each
B. Dial indicator other.
A machine tool in which metal is removed by
C. Tachometer A. Pitch circle
means of a revolving cutter with many teeth, each
D. Speedometer B. Addendum circle
tooth having a cutting edge which remove its
Answer: B C. Dedendum circle
share of the stock.
25. Past ME Board Question D. Base circle
A. Milling machine
The ability of metal to be deformed considerably Answer: A
B. Broaching machine
without rupture.
C. Lathe machine
A. Ductility 31. Past ME Board Question
D. Boring machine
B. Plasticity A type of bolt intended for use in bolting wooden
Answer: A
C. Malleability parts together or wood to metal. It has a short
D. Elasticity portion of shank just underneath a round head,
20. Past ME Board Question
Answer: B which is designed to keep the bolt from turning in
A metal turning machine tool in which the work,
the wood when the nut is tightened.
while revolving on a horizontal axis, is acted upon
26. Past ME Board Question A. U-bolt
by a cutting tool which is made to move slowly
The shop term used to include the marking or B. Carriage bolt
(feed) in a direction more or less parallel to the
inscribing of center points, circles, arcs or straight C. Eye bolt
axis of the work (longitudinal feed).
lines upon metal surfaces, either curved or flat, for D. Stud bolt
A. Milling machine
the guidance of the worker. Answer: B
A. Shaping
C. Lathe machine
B. Hobbing 32. Past ME Board Question
D. Boring machine
C. Laying out The number of teeth per inch of pitch diameter and
Answer: C
D. Shaping which gives some indications of the size of the
Answer: C gear teeth.
A. Module
B. Pitch circle
C. Diametral pitch B. Worm gears A. Toothspace
D. Circular pitch C. Helical gears B. Backlash
Answer: C D. Spiral gears C. Flank
Answer: A D. Width
Answer: B
33. Past ME Board Question The uniform heating of steel above the usual 45. Past ME Board Question
The distance from the center of one tooth of a hardening temperatures followed by cooling freely A mechanism which usually do the indexing in a
gear to the center of the next consecutive tooth in the air. machine tool.
measured on the pitch. A. Annealing A. Slotter
A. Circular pitch B. Normalizing B. Chuck
B. Module C. Hardening C. Dividing head
C. Diametral pitch D. Tempering D. Indexer
D. Pitch circle Answer: B Answer: C
Answer: A
34. Past ME Board Question The operation of cooling a heated piece of work A material that can wear away a substance softer
The portions of a gear tooth that project above or rapidly by dipping it in water, brine or oil. than itself.
outside the pitch circle. A. Quenching A. Phenol
A. Top relief B. Tempering B. Abrasive
B. Dedendum C. Normalizing C. Tungsten
C. Addendum D. Annealing D. Chromium
D. Tooth space Answer: A Answer: B
Answer: C
35. Past ME Board Question A method used In softening a piece of metal that is A cylindrical bar of steel with threads formed
The portion of a gear tooth space that is cut below too hard to machine and is done by heating steel around it and grooves or flutes running lengthwise
the pitch circle and is equal to the addendum plus slowly above the usual hardening temperature, in it, intersecting with the threads to form cutting
the clearance. keeping it at the heat for ½ to 2 hours, then edges. It is used to cut internal threads.
A. Top root cooling slowly, preferably in a furnace. A. Groove
B. Dedendum A. Broaching B. Lap
C. Addendum B. Quenching C. Tap
D. Top land C. Normalizing D. Flute
Answer: B D. Annealing Answer: C
Answer: D
When meshed with a gear, it is used to change 42. Past ME Board Question A set of gages consisting of thin strips of metal of
rotary motion to reciprocating motion. The total permissible variation in the size of a various thickness mounted in a steel case or
A. Gear shaft dimension; the difference between the limits of holder and is widely used for measuring and
B. Gear tooth size. checking clearances.
C. Gear rack A. Allowance A. Feeler gage
D. Gear motor B. Tolerance B. Depth gage
Answer: C C. Variance C. Line center gage
D. Interface D. Lay-out gage
37. Past ME Board Question Answer: B Answer: A
A kind of gear used for heavy duty works where a
large ratio of speed is required and is extensively 43. Past ME Board Question 49. Past ME Board Question
used in speed reducers. The operation of machining the end of a work A machine tool which is very similar to a shaper
A. Bevel gears piece to mark the end square with the axis. except that the ram reciprocates vertically rather
B. Worm gears A. Squaring than horizontally.
C. Helical gears B. Buffing A. Lathe
D. Spiral gears C. Lapping B. Grinder
Answer: B D. Honing C. Planer
Answer: A D. Slotter
38. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
A kind of gears used to transmit motion from one 44. Past ME Board Question
shaft to another shaft at an angle to the first. The clearance between the tooth profiles of a gear
A. Bevel gears tooth.
50. Past ME Board Question In fits into the main spindle of a lathe and is so 62. Past ME Board Question
A machine tool used principally to machine flat or called because it acts as bearing surface on which Welding operation in which a non-ferrous filler
plane surfaces with single-point cutting tool. the work rests. It revolves with the work. When metal melts a temperature below that of the metal
A. Grinder compared with the hardness of the dead center in joined but is heated above 450˚C.
B. Shaper the tailstock, it is usually soft and is so made since A. Gas welding
C. Planer it does no work. B. Spot welding
D. Turret lathe A. Ram center C. Brazing
Answer: B B. Spindle center D. Steam welding
C. Live center Answer: C
51. Past ME Board Question D. Bearing center
A kind of bolt which has no head an instead has Answer: C 63. Past ME Board Question
threads on both ends. Uniting two pieces of metal by means of a different
A. Stud bolts 57. Past ME Board Question metal which is applied between the two in molten
B. Acme threaded bolts A gripping device with two or more adjustable jaws state.
C. Square threaded bolts set radially. A. Casting
D. Hex bolts A. Chuck B. Welding
Answer: A B. Carriage C. Soldering
C. Tailstock D. Brazing
52. Past ME Board Question D. Fan Answer: C
A kind of chuck which has reversible jaws which Answer: A
could be adjusted separately. 64. Past ME Board Question
A. Collet chuck 58. Past ME Board Question Fusion process in which the metal is heated into a
B. Independent chuck Steel balls for ball bearings are manufactured by: state of fusion permitting it to flow together into a
C. Four jaw chuck A. Turning solid joint.
D. Two jaw chuck B. Rolling A. Electric arc welding
Answer: B C. Casting B. Gas welding
D. Cold heading C. Spot welding
53. Past ME Board Question Answer: C D. Projection welding
A tool which when pressed into a finished hole in a Answer: A
piece of work provides centers on which the piece 59. Past ME Board Question
may be turned or otherwise machined. Addendum of a cycloidal gear tooth is: 65. Past ME Board Question
A. Mash A. Cycloid Joining metal by means of high current at low
B. Butt B. Epicycloids voltage. During the passage of current, pressure
C. Mandrel C. Straight rack by the electrodes produces a forge weld.
D. Wobble D. Involute A. Spot welding
Answer: C Answer: B B. Resistance welding
C. Steam welding
54. Past ME Board Question 60. Past ME Board Question D. Gas welding
A kind of chuck which should not be used where In a lathe, it comprises the main spindle, the Answer: B
extreme accuracy is required. necessary mechanism for obtaining the various
A. Collet chuck spindle speed and also certain gears which are 66. Past ME Board Question
B. Magnetic chuck used to operate the quick-change gear A device for accurately measuring diameters.
C. Four jaw chuck mechanism. A. Radiometer
D. Universal chuck A. Headstock B. Feeler gage
Answer: D B. Carriage C. Spectrometer
C. Tailstock D. Micrometer
55. Past ME Board Question D. Fan Answer: D
The process of checking or producing checkers on Answer: A
the surface of a piece by rolling checkered 67. Past ME Board Question
depressions into the surface. 61. Past ME Board Question A group of thin steel strips for measuring
A. Knurling The process of heating a piece of steel to a clearances.
B. Hemming temperature within or above critical range and A. Distortion gage
C. Breading cooling rapidly. B. Feeler gage
D. Embossing A. Normalizing C. Line center gage
Answer: A B. Hardening D. Deflection gage
C. Annealing Answer: B
56. Past ME Board Question D. Tempering
Answer: B
B. Working depth 81. Past ME Board Question
68. Past ME Board Question C. Whole depth One of the following is not a tap used for cutting
A hand tool used to measure engine crank wed D. Dedendum threads in holes.
deflections. Answer: C A. Tapping tap
A. Distortion gage B. Plug tap
B. Feeler gage 75. Past ME Board Question C. Taper tap
C. Line center gage The depth of tooth space below the pitch circle. D. Bottoming tap
D. Deflection gage A. Dedendum Answer: A
Answer: A B. Working depth
C. Full depth 82. Past ME Board Question
69. Past ME Board Question D. Tooth depth An index or dividing head.
A hand tool used to measure tension on bolts. Answer: A A. A part of a drill press
A. Indexer B. Used to rotate the work
B. Torque wrench 76. Past ME Board Question C. Not used to cut helixes
C. Torsion meter The gear teeth to each mm pitch diameter. D. Always manually operated
D. Tensiometer A. Diametral pitch Answer: B
Answer: B B. Module
C. Circular pitch 83. Past ME Board Question
70. Past ME Board Question D. English module Galvanized iron is a term referring to iron coated
The permissible variation in the size of a Answer: A with:
dimension; the difference between the limits of A. Tin
size. 77. Past ME Board Question B. Zinc
A. Allowance A machine tool in which abrasive wheel is used as C. Magnesium
B. Variance cutting tool to obtain a very smooth finish. D. Aluminum
C. Clearance A. Drill Answer: B
D. Tolerance B. Grinder
Answer: D C. Planer 84. Past ME Board Question
D. Shaper The moment of inertia of a rectangle whose base
71. Past ME Board Question Answer: B is “b” and height “h” about its base is:
A gear with teeth on the outer cylindrical surface. A. bh3/12
A. Outer gear 78. Past ME Board Question B. bh/36
B. External gear It is used to produce a variety of surfaces by using C. bh3/3
C. Spiral gear a circular-type cutter with multiple teeth. D. bh2/4
D. Helical gear A. Grinding machine Answer: C
Answer: B B. Shaper
C. Drilling machine 85. Past ME Board Question
72. Past ME Board Question D. Milling machine In usual spur gearing:
The diameter of a circle coinciding with the top of Answer: D A. The pitch circle and the base circle are the
the teeth of an internal gear. same
A. Pitch diameter 79. Past ME Board Question B. Working depth includes the clearance
B. Root diameter It is used principally to machine flat or plane C. Tooth outline are usually involute curves
C. Internal diameter surfaces with single-point tool. D. Tooth outline are always cycloidal curves
D. Central diameter A. Drill Answer: C
Answer: C B. Shaper
C. Planer 86. Past ME Board Question
73. Past ME Board Question D. Tool grinder A stainless steel is obtained principally by the use
A circle coinciding with a tangent to the bottom of Answer: B of the following alloying element.
the tooth space. A. Chromium
A. Root circle 80. Past ME Board Question B. Tungsten
B. Pitch circle Cutting a hole by means of rotating tool or the C. Carbon
C. Addendum circle work may revolve and to the tool remain fixed as D. Phenol
D. Dedendum circle in the lathe. Answer: A
Answer: A A. Piercing
B. Notching 87. Past ME Board Question
74. Past ME Board Question C. Boring One of the following is not a common term relating
The total depth of a tooth space, equal to D. Perforating to the classification of fits.
addendum plus dedendum. Answer: C A. Tunking
A. Full depth B. Snug
C. Medium force fit 94. Past ME Board Question D. Lathe
D. Bound The material used in high speed processes. Answer: A
Answer: D A. High speed steel
B. Chromium
88. Past ME Board Question C. Cast iron
Hearing bone gears are gears which: D. Carbon steel
A. Do not operate on parallel shaft Answer: A
B. Have a line of contact between the teeth
C. Consist of two left handed helical gears 95. Past ME Board Question
D. Tend to produce thrust on the shafts An alloy of copper or zinc.
Answer: B A. Chromium
B. Bronze
89. Past ME Board Question C. Brass
Internal stresses existing in a welded connection: D. Aluminum
A. Are not relieved when the weld is peened Answer: C
B. Are not relieved by heat treatment
C. May be relieved when the weld is peened 96. Past ME Board Question
D. Are relieved by x-ray analysis An alloy of copper, tin and small amount of
Answer: A phosphorous.
A. Chromium
90. Past ME Board Question B. Bronze
In general the design stress and factor of safety C. Brass
are related as follows: D. Aluminum
A. Design stress = ultimate stress times factor of Answer: B
safety
B. Design stress = ultimate stress divided by 97. Past ME Board Question
factor of safety The process of working metals by the application
C. Design stress = design stress divided by of sudden blows or by steady pressure.
ultimate stress A. Welding
D. Design stress = factor of safety divided by B. Extursion
design stress C. Forging
Answer: B D. Swaging
Answer: C
A group of thin steel strips for measuring 98. Past ME Board Question
clearances. A welding operation in which a non-ferrous filler
A. Depth gage metal melts at a temperature below that of the
B. Feeler gage metal joined but is heated above 450˚C.
C. Lay-out gage A. Brazing
D. Clearance gage B. Spot welding
Answer: B C. Gas welding
D. Projection welding
A hand tool used to measure tension on bolts.
A. Indexer 99. Past ME Board Question
B. Torsion meter The operation of cooling a heated piece of work
C. Torque wrench rapidly by dipping it in water, brine or oil.
D. Tensiometer A. Tempering
Answer: C B. Annealing
C. Quenching
93. Past ME Board Question D. Normalizing
A material that can wear away a substance softer Answer: C
than itself.
A. Abrasive 100. Past ME Board Question
B. Corrosive A machine tool used to machine flat surfaces.
C. Tungsten A. Shaper
D. Alloy B. Planer
Answer: A C. Grinder
ELEMENTS 02 The common deoxidizer and cleanser of steel, B. Packings
forming oxides and sulfates, that are carried off in C. Teflon
1. Past ME Board Question the slag. D. Graphite
A machine tool in which abrasive wheel is used as A. Manganese Answer: A
cutting tool to obtain a very smooth finish. B. Carbon
A. Planer C. Tungsten 14. Past ME Board Question
B. Shaper D. Sulfur A welding operation in which a non-ferrous filler
C. Power saw Answer: A metal melts at a temperature below that of the
D. Grinder metal joined but is heated above 450˚C.
Answer: D 8. Past ME Board Question A. Arc welding
A highly transparent and exceedingly hard B. Brazing
2. Past ME Board Question crystalline stone of almost pure carbon. C. Spot welding
It is used to produce a variety of surfaces by using A. Gold D. Butt welding
a circular type cutter with multiple teeth. B. Diamond Answer: B
A. Milling machine C. Bronze
B. Broaching machine D. Crystalline 15. Past ME Board Question
C. Beading machine Answer: B The process of working metals by the application
D. Hemming machine of sudden blows or by a steady pressure.
Answer: A 9. Past ME Board Question A. Trimming
A fine grained, salty silica rock used for B. Welding
3. Past ME Board Question sharpening edge tools. C. Forging
A heavy rotating body which serves as reservoir A. Eutectoid D. Lancing
for absorbing and redistributing kinetic energy. B. Austenite Answer: C
A. Shaft C. Oilstone
B. Governor D. Pearlite 16. Past ME Board Question
C. Flywheel Answer: C The process of producing a variety of surfaces by
D. Puncher using a circular type with multiple teeth.
Answer: C 10. Past ME Board Question A. Piercing
An amorphous solid made by fusing silica with a B. Cutting
4. Past ME Board Question basic oxide. C. Embossing
A kind of gear used for heavy duty works where a A. Pearlite D. Milling
large ratio of speed is required and are extensively B. Rock Answer: D
used in speed reducers. C. Silicon
A. Helical gears D. Glass 17. Past ME Board Question
B. Worm gear Answer: D The softening of metals by heat treatment and
C. Bevel gear most commonly consists of heating the metals up
D. Spiral gear 11. Past ME Board Question to near molten state and then cooling them very
Answer: B A soft yellow metal, known since ancient times a slowly.
precious metal which all material values are A. Quenching
5. Past ME Board Question based. B. Tempering
A kind of gear used to transmit motion from one A. Solidus C. Annealing
shaft to another shaft at angle to the first. B. Bronze D. Forming
A. Helical gear C. Gold Answer: C
B. Worm gear D. Austenite
C. Bevel gear Answer: C 18. Past ME Board Question
D. Spiral gear The maximum stress induced in a material when
Answer: C 12. Past ME Board Question subjected to alternating or repeated loading
The operation of cooling a heated piece of work without causing failure.
6. Past ME Board Question rapidly by dropping it in water, brine or oil. A. Elastic limit
The minimum thickness of steel members A. Normalizing B. Proportional limit
exposed weather and accessible for painting is: B. Quenching C. Rupture strength
A. 6 mm C. Annealing D. Endurance limit
B. 8 mm D. Squeezing Answer: D
C. 4 mm Answer: B
D. 10 mm 19. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D 13. Past ME Board Question The total deformation measured in the direction of
A device used to prevent leakage of media. the line of stress.
7. Past ME Board Question A. Seal A. Axial deformation
B. Elongation C. Poisson’s ratio 32. Past ME Board Question
C. Strain D. Deflection A machining operation whereby the tool
D. Unit stress Answer: C reciprocates and the feed is stationary is called:
Answer: C A. Shaping
26. Past ME Board Question B. Reaming
A kind of gear used for heavy duty works where a C. Planning
20. Past ME Board Question large ratio of speed is required and are extensively D. Turning
The maximum stress to which a material can be used in speed reducers. Answer: A
subjected without a trace to any permanent set A. Spiral gear
remaining upon a complete withdrawal of the B. Bevel gear
stress. C. Worm gear
A. Ultimate limit D. Helical gear 33. Past ME Board Question
B. Proportional limit Answer: C Any materials that retard the flow of electricity
C. Endurance limit used to prevent passage or escape of electric
D. Elastic limit 27. Past ME Board Question current from conductors.
Answer: D A kind of gear used to transmit motion from one A. Insulators
shaft to another at angle to the first. B. Bricks
21. Past ME Board Question A. Spiral gear C. Ceramics
The total permissible variation in the size of a B. Worm gear D. Refractories
dimension; the difference between the limits of the C. Helical gear Answer: A
size. D. Bevel gear
A. Deformation Answer: D 34. Past ME Board Question
B. Variance A metallic element and the only metal that is liquid
C. Tolerance 28. Past ME Board Question at ordinary temperature.
D. Allowance Which of the following is not a classification of iron A. Austenite
Answer: C ore? B. Mercury
22. Past ME Board Question A. Hematite C. Manganese
Fluid film distance between two surfaces having B. Magnetite D. Martensite
relative sliding motion. C. Sulfurite Answer: B
A. Lube oil D. Siderite
B. Lubrication Answer: C 35. Past ME Board Question
C. Graphite An alloy of copper and zinc.
D. Grease 29. Past ME Board Question A. Aluminum
Answer: B Which of the following metals will respond to heat B. Bronze
treatment? C. Brass
23. Past ME Board Question A. Cast iron D. Nickel
Flexible material used to seal pressurized fluids, B. Medium carbon steel Answer: C
normally under dynamic conditions. C. Wrought iron
A. Packings D. Low carbon steel 36. Past ME Board Question
B. Teflon Answer: B Usually a copper-tin alloy is:
C. Seals A. Aluminum
D. Safety shield 30. Past ME Board Question B. Nickel
Answer: A Which of the following is non-magnetic? C. Brass
A. Cast iron D. Bronze
24. Past ME Board Question B. Alloy steel Answer: D
A total resistance that a material offers to an C. Cast steel
applied load. D. Manganese steel 37. Past ME Board Question
A. Flexure Answer: D A tool with hardened points used for scribing
B. Stress circles or laying of distances.
C. Elasticity 31. Past ME Board Question A. Trammel
D. Rigidity The ability of metal to withstand loads without B. Caliper
Answer: B breaking down is: C. Divider
A. Stress D. Micrometer
25. Past ME Board Question B. Strength Answer: C
A property of material which relates the lateral C. Strain
strain to the longitudinal strain. D. Elasticity 38. Past ME Board Question
A. Rigidity Answer: B Name of mechanism which a welding operator
B. Elasticity holds during gas welding at the end of which the
gases are burned to perform various gas welding to near molten state and then cooling them very 50. Past ME Board Question
operations. slowly. A machine tool used to principally machine flat or
A. Mash A. Annealing place surfaces with a single point cutting tool.
B. Core B. Hardening A. Shaper
C. Wobble C. Normalizing B. Planer
D. Torch D. Tempering C. Grinder
Answer: D Answer: A D. Broaching machine
Answer: A
The maximum stress to which a material may be The process of producing a variety of surfaces by 51. Past ME Board Question
subjected before failure occurs. using a circular type cutter with multiple teeth. A tool used for measuring diameters.
A. Rupture stress A. Milling A. Micrometer
B. Yield stress B. Drilling B. Tachometer
C. Ultimate stress C. Broaching C. Pyrometer
D. Allowable stress D. Boring D. Caliper
Answer: C Answer: A Answer: D
40. Past ME Board Question 46. Past ME Board Question 52. Past ME Board Question
The maximum stress induced in a material when The process of working metals by the application The total permissible variation in the size of a
subjected to alternate or repeated loading without of sudden blows or by a steady pressure. dimension; the difference between the limits of the
causing failure. A. Rolling size.
A. Yield point B. Forging A. Tolerance
B. Ultimate point C. Casting B. Fits
C. Endurance limit D. Turning C. Allowance
D. Proportional limit Answer: B D. Clearance
Answer: C Answer: A
41. Past ME Board Question A welding operation in which a non-ferrous filler 53. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following is not a classification of iron metal melts at a temperature below that of the The maximum stress to which a material can be
ore? metal joined but is heated above 450C. subjected without a trace of any permanent set
A. Hematite A. Spot welding remaining upon a complete withdrawal of the
B. Magnetite B. Gas welding stress.
C. Sulfurite C. Brazing A. Ultimate stress
D. Siderite D. Arc welding B. Rupture stress
Answer: C Answer: C C. Elastic limit
D. Proportional limit
42. Past ME Board Question 48. Past ME Board Question Answer: C
Of the following metals, which will respond to heat The operation of cooling heated piece of work
treatment? rapidly by dropping it in water, brine or oil. 54. Past ME Board Question
A. Cast iron A. Quenching Fluid film desired between two surfaces having
B. Wrought iron B. Tempering relative sliding motion.
C. Medium iron C. Annealing A. Lubrication
D. Low carbon iron D. Normalizing B. Seal
Answer: C Answer: A C. Packing
D. Safety shield
43. Past ME Board Question 49. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
Materials, usually ceramics, employed where A machine tool in which abrasive wheel is used as
resistance to very high temperature is required, as a cutting tool to obtain a very high degree of 55. Past ME Board Question
for furnace linings and metal melting pots. accuracy and a smooth finish on metal parts, A total deformation measured in the direction of
A. Refractories including soft and hardened steel. the line of stress.
B. Gaskets A. Grinding machine A. Stress
C. Insulators B. Broaching machine B. Strain
D. Safety shield C. Milling machine C. Endurance limit
Answer: A D. Boring machine D. Poisson’s ratio
Answer: A Answer: B
The softening of metals by heat treatment and
most commonly consists of heating the metals up
56. Past ME Board Question A machining operation whereby the tool Answer: A
A kind of gear used for heavy duty works where a reciprocates and the feed is stationary.
large ratio of speed is required and are extensively A. Reaming 69. Past ME Board Question
used in speed reducers. B. Planing The motor power in kW of a punch press, 50.8 mm
A. Worm gear C. Shaping hole diameter, 25.4 mm thickness, for soft steel is:
B. Spiral gear D. Turning A. 15 kW
C. Helical gear Answer: C B. 21 kW
D. Bevel gear C. 7.5 kW
Answer: A 63. Past ME Board Question D. 30 kW
Which of the following metals is easy to chisel? Answer: C
57. Past ME Board Question A. Alloy steel
A kind of gear used to transmit motion from one B. Stainless steel 70. Past ME Board Question
shaft to another shaft at angle to the first. C. Manganese steel The range of motor power in kW of a cylindrical
A. Worm gear D. Cast iron steel grinding machine 600 x 50 mm wheel, 2400 to
B. Spiral gear Answer: C 4200 mm center distance is:
C. Helical gear A. 11 to 15 kW
D. Bevel gear 64. Past ME Board Question B. 16 to 21 kW
Answer: D Ferrous metals contain relatively large amount of: C. 7.5 kW
A. Carbon D. 22 to 30 kW
58. Past ME Board Question B. Manganese Answer: A
The area of a machine shop where metal is being C. Phosphorous
melted to form a new shape is: D. Sulfur 71. Past ME Board Question
A. Welding area Answer: A The motor power in kW of a forming or bending
B. Mass production area machine 1600 mm width, 508 mm head movement
C. Foundry area 65. Past ME Board Question is:
D. Tool and die Which of the following is not a strength property of A. 7.5 kW
Answer: C metals? B. 11 kW
A. Tensile strength C. 15 Kw
59. Past ME Board Question B. Rocking strength D. 22 kW
A machine used in shaping metal by means of C. Fatigue strength Answer: C
abrasive wheel or removal of metals with an D. Torsional strength
abrasive is called: Answer: B 72. Past ME Board Question
A. Planer The range of motor power in kW of an Engine
B. Power saw 66. Past ME Board Question lathe machine, average service 1000 mm to 1300
C. Shaper Which of the following is not a kind of mandrel? mm swing:
D. Grinding machine A. Expansion mandrel A. 11 to 15 kW
Answer: D B. Contraction mandrel B. 7.5 to 10 kW
C. Taper mandrel C. 16 to 21 kW
60. Past ME Board Question D. Gang mandrel D. 22 to 30 kW
The ability of material or metal to resist being Answer: B Answer: D
crushed is:
A. Compressive strength 67. Past ME Board Question 73. Past ME Board Question
B. Fatigue strength Which of the following is not part of lathe A machine which flatten surfaces on a horizontal,
C. Torsional strength machine? vertical or angular plane.
D. Bending strength A. Tailstock A. Shaper
Answer: A B. Headstock B. Planer
C. Carriage C. Power saw
61. Past ME Board Question D. Fan D. Tool grinder
A machining operation whereby the tool rotates Answer: D Answer: A
while the feed is stationary.
A. Shaping 68. Past ME Board Question 74. Past ME Board Question
B. Milling The range of motor power is kW of a universal The ability of metal to withstand forces thus
C. Turning milling machine, max feed movement 1270 mm following a number of twist.
D. Reaming lengthwise, 355 mm lateral, 508 mm vertical is: A. Shear strength
Answer: B A. 11 to 15 kW B. Bearing strength
B. 16 to 21 kW C. Endurance limit
62. Past ME Board Question C. 7.5 to 10 kW D. Deformation
D. 22 to 30 kW Answer: A
75. Past ME Board Question C. Coating material Answer: D
A property of material which relates the lateral D. Insulator
strain to the longitudinal strain. Answer: D 88. Past ME Board Question
A. Stress A coating material used to produce galvanized
B. Modulus of elasticity 82. Past ME Board Question iron.
C. Poisson’s ratio The maximum stress to which a material may be A. Zirconium
D. Deformation subjected before failure occurs. B. Zinc
Answer: C A. Rupture strength C. Aluminum
B. Ultimate strength D. Chromium
76. Past ME Board Question C. Yield strength Answer: B
A total resistance that a material offers to an D. Proportional limit
applied load: Answer: B 89. Past ME Board Question
A. Friction force A group of thin steel strips used for measuring
B. Stress 83. Past ME Board Question clearances.
C. Rigidity The maximum stress induced in a material when A. Feeler gage
D. Compressive stress subjected to alternating or repeated loading B. Tachometer
Answer: B without causing failure. C. Micrometer
A. Ultimate strength D. Caliper
77. Past ME Board Question B. Yield strength Answer: A
A total deformation measured in the direction of C. Endurance limit
the line of stress. D. Rupture strength 90. Past ME Board Question
A. Strain Answer: C A hand tool used to measure tension in bolts.
B. Elasticity A. Torque wrench
C. Elongation 84. Past ME Board Question B. Tachometer
D. Contraction Fluid film desired between two surfaces having C. Shaver
Answer: A relatively sliding motion. D. Tensor
A. Lube oil Answer: A
78. Past ME Board Question B. Graphite
An alloy of copper and zinc. C. Packing 91. Ratio of pitch diameter to the number of teeth.
A. Aluminum D. Lubrication A. Diametral pitch
B. Brass Answer: D B. Module
C. Bronze C. Contact ratio
D. Chromium 85. Past ME Board Question D. Helical overlap
Answer: B The ability of metal to withstand loads without Answer: B
breaking down.
79. Past ME Board Question A. Strength 92. Past ME Board Question
A metallic element of copper-tin alloy. B. Elasticity A circle the radius of which is equal to the distance
A. Aluminum C. Rigidity from the gear axis to the pitch point.
B. Brass D. Deformation A. Pitch circle
C. Bronze Answer: C B. Root circle
D. Chromium C. Base circle
Answer: C 86. Past ME Board Question D. Outside circle
Materials, usually ceramics, employed where Answer: A
80. Past ME Board Question resistance to very high temperature is required, as
A metallic element and only metal that is liquid at for furnace linings and metal melting pots. 93. Past ME Board Question
ordinary temperature. A. Insulators A circle coinciding with a tangent to the bottom of
A. Aluminum B. Gaskets the tooth spaces.
B. Mercury C. Packings A. Pitch circle
C. Zirconium D. Refractories B. Root circle
D. Zinc Answer: D C. Base circle
Answer: B D. Outside circle
87. Past ME Board Question Answer: B
81. Past ME Board Question An alloying element used principally to produce
Any material that retard the flow of electricity, used stainless steel. 94. Past ME Board Question
to prevent passage or escape of electric current A. Aluminum The method of cold working by compression.
from conductors. B. Brass A. Broaching
A. Refractory C. Bronze B. Lapping
B. Ceramics D. Chromium C. Piercing
D. Reaming B. Tungsten
Answer: C C. Carbon
D. Corrosive
Answer: A
A machine tool used to finish internal and external
surfaces by the use of a cutter called a broach,
which ha series of cutting edges or teeth.
A. Lathe machine
C. Planer
D. Shaper
Answer: B

A cutting tool which is made to move slowly while
acting on the work which is revolving on a
horizontal axis.
A. Lathe machine
C. Planer
D. Shaper
Answer: A

A machine tool used to produce a variety of
surfaces by using a circular type cutter with
multiple teeth.
A. Lathe machine
B. Milling machine
C. Broaching machine
D. Grinding machine
Answer: B

Used in the production of flat surfaces on pieces
too large or too heavy to hold in a shaper.
A. Planer
B. Shaper
C. Grinder
D. Shaver
Answer: A

Used to machine flat or curved surfaces with a tool
which moves in a reciprocating motion.
A. Planer
B. Shaper
C. Grinder
D. Lathe
Answer: B

Which of the following materials that can wear
away a substance softer than itself?
A. Abrasive
ELEMENTS 03 A. Annealing 12. Past ME Board Question
B. Indexing Which of the following is not a part for lathe
1. Past ME Board Question C. Knurling machine?
A tool with hardened steel points used for scribing D. Soldering A. Tailstock
or laying of distances. Answer: A B. Fan
A. Plain scriber C. Carriage
B. Divider 7. Past ME Board Question D. Headstock
C. A trammel Fluid film desired between surfaces relative sliding Answer: B
D. Hermaphrodite motion.
Answer: B A. Lube oil 13. Past ME Board Question
B. Lubrication Which of the following is easy to chisel?
2. Past ME Board Question C. Grease A. Cast iron
A machine tool used principally to machine flat or D. Graphite B. Alloy steel
plane surfaces with a single pointed tool. Answer: B C. Cast steel
A. Shaper D. Manganese steel
B. Planer 8. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
C. Drill A kind of gear used to transmit motion from one
D. Power saw shaft to another shaft at an angle to the first. 14. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A A. Worm gear A machine operation whereby the tool
B. Bevel gear reciprocates and the feed is stationary is called:
3. Past ME Board Question C. Helical gear A. Shaping
A machine tool in which an abrasive wheel is used D. Spur gear B. Reaming
as a cutting tool to obtain a very smooth finish. Answer: B C. Planning
A. Broaching machine D. Turning
B. Planer 9. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
C. Tool grinder The principal material used in high production
D. Milling machine metal working tools. 15. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C A. Hyper-Eutectoid Which if the following is not a kind of mandrel?
B. High speed steel A. Expansion mandrel
4. Past ME Board Question C. Lead B. Taper mandrel
The process of working metals by the application D. High speed carbon C. Contraction mandrel
of sudden blows or by steady pressure. Answer: B D. Foundry mandrel
A. Casting Answer: C
B. Turning 10. Past ME Board Question
C. Forging A heavy rotating body which serves as a reservoir 16. Past ME Board Question
D. Rolling for absorbing and redistributing kinetic energy. The area of the machine shop where the metal is
Answer: C A. Flywheel being melted to form a new shape.
B. Governor A. Welding area
5. Past ME Board Question C. Shaft B. Mass production area
The operation of cooling a heated piece of work, D. Puncher C. Foundry area
rapidly by dipping it in water, brine or oil. Answer: A D. Tool and die area
A. Quenching Answer: C
B. Annealing 11. Past ME Board Question
C. Tempering A machine used in shaping metal by means of an 17. Past ME Board Question
D. Normalizing abrasive wheel or the removal of metals with an Which of the following is not used to temper steel?
Answer: A abrasive is called: A. Brine salt bath
A. Planer machine B. Oil bath
6. Past ME Board Question B. Power saw C. Water bath
The softening of metal by heat treatment and most C. Shaper machine D. Steam bath
commonly consist of heating the metal up to near D. Grinding machine Answer: D
molten state and then cooling it very slowly. Answer: D
18. Past ME Board Question Answer: D D. Hardening
Which of the following is not a kind of cast iron? Answer: A
A. Malleable iron 24. Past ME Board Question
B. Head iron A device that measures atmospheric pressure. 30. Past ME Board Question
C. Gray iron A. Piezometer Any material that retard the flow of electricity, used
D. White iron B. Hydrometer to prevent or escape of electric current from
Answer: B C. Barometer conductors.
D. Odometer A. Bricks
19. Past ME Board Question Answer: C B. Insulators
The kind of center which is being attached and C. Refractories
meshed into the tailstock spindle which is also 25. Past ME Board Question D. Ceramics
static while the work is rotating. The mass of body per unit volume. Answer: B
A. Dead center A. Volume flow rate
B. Live center B. Density 31. Past ME Board Question
C. Focal center C. Weight Material, usually ceramics, employed where
D. Work center D. Mass resistance to very high temperature is required, as
Answer: A Answer: B for furnace linings and metal melting pots.
A. Bricks
20. Past ME Board Question 26. Past ME Board Question B. Insulators
Which of the following is not part of the Subjecting to a substance to a high temperature C. Refractories
headstock? below the fusion point, usually to make it friable. D. Ceramics
A. Spindle A. Calcinations Answer: C
B. Anvil B. Fusion
C. Back gear C. Boiling 32. Past ME Board Question
D. Motor D. Superheating A device used to prevent leakage of media.
Answer: B Answer: A A. Packing
B. Safety shield
21. Past ME Board Question 27. Past ME Board Question C. Gasket
Which process does not belong to the group? A special metal formed when two or more metals D. Seals
A. Vise grip are melted together. Answer: D
B. Adjustable wrench A. Monel
C. Torque wrench B. Alloy 33. Past ME Board Question
D. Feeler gage C. Solder The internal resistance a material offers to being
Answer: D D. Hastalloy deformed and is measured in terms of applied
Answer: B load.
22. Past ME Board Question A. strain
Which does not belong to the group? 28. Past ME Board Question B. elasticity
A. Resistance welding The ability of a moving body to perform work. C. stress
B. Soldering A. Internal energy D. resilience
C. Hardening B. Potential energy Answer: C
D. Brazing C. Kinetic energy
Answer: C D. Flow work 34. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C The deformation that results from a stess and is
23. Past ME Board Question expressed in terms of the amount of deformation
Substances having sufficient carbon and/or 29. Past ME Board Question per inch.
hydrogen for chemical oxidation to produce Hardening the surface of iron-based alloys by A. Elongation
exothermally, worthwhile quantities of heat. heating them below the melting point in contact B. Strain
A. Lubrication with a carbonaceous substance. C. Poisson’s ratio
B. Graphite A. Carburizing D. Elasticity
C. Grease B. Normalizing Answer: B
D. Fuels C. Martempering
35. Past ME Board Question D. Plasticity A. Light orange
The ability of the material to return to its original Answer: B B. White
shape after being elongated or distorted when the C. Silver grey
forces are released. 41. Past ME Board Question D. Light blue
A. Elasticity The property of a material which resist forces Answer: A
B. Brittleness action to pull the material apart.
C. Plasticity A. Shear strength 47. Past ME Board Question
D. Creep B. Tensile strength In the color coding of pipe, the color for a pipeline
Answer: A C. Compressive strength of communication is:
D. Bearing strength A. Light blue
36. Past ME Board Question Answer: B B. White
The last point which a material may be stretched C. Brown
and still return to its undeformed condition upon 42. Past ME Board Question D. Light orange
release of the stress. The property of steel which resist indention or Answer: B
A. Rupture limit penetration.
B. Elastic limit A. Hardness 48. Past ME Board Question
C. Proportional limit B. Elasticity The color of pipeline of fuel oil in the color coding
D. Ultimate limit C. Ductility of pipe is:
Answer: B D. None of these A. Light blue
Answer: A B. Brown
37. Past ME Board Question C. White
The ratio of stress to strain within the elastic limit. 43. Past ME Board Question D. Light orange
A. Creep In the color coding of pipe, the color of a pipeline Answer: B
B. Modulus of rigidity of air is:
C. Modulus of elasticity A. Light blue 49. Past ME Board Question
D. Poisson’s ratio B. Light orange For high speed application in the minimum number
Answer: C C. White of teeth in small sprocket should be:
D. Green A. 18 to 24
38. Past ME Board Question Answer: A B. 26 to 30
The ability of a metal to withstand forces that C. 14 to 18
causes a member to twist. 44. Past ME Board Question D. 24 to 28
A. Shear strength In the color coding of pipe, the color for a pipeline Answer: A
B. Tensile strength of water is:
C. Bearing strength A. Light blue 50. Past ME Board Question
D. Torsional strength B. Green The good deoxidizer in steel melting is:
Answer: D C. Brown A. Manganese
D. Silver grey B. Aluminum
39. Past ME Board Question Answer: B C. Silicon
The ability of a material to resist being crushed. D. All of these
A. Tensile strength 45. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
B. Shearing strength In the color coding of pipe, the color for pipeline of
C. Compressive strength steam is: 51. Past ME Board Question
D. Torsion A. Light orange In majority of machine members, the damping
Answer: C B. White capacity of the material should be:
C. Silver grey A. Zero
40. Past ME Board Question D. Light blue B. High
The ability of metal to stretch, bend or twist without Answer: C C. Low
breaking or cracking. D. Anything
A. Elasticity 46. Past ME Board Question Answer: B
B. Ductility The color for a pipeline of electricity in the color
C. Brittleness coding of pipe is:
For moderate speed of mating gears, the ideal 58. Past ME Board Question
ratio of contact is: The maximum size of the fillet weld that can be 64. Past ME Board Question
A. 1.35 – 1.55 made in single pass is: The minimum thickness of steel members
B. 1.0 – 1.3 A. 3 mm exposed to weather and accessible for painting is:
C. 1.25 – 1.45 B. 6 mm A. 4 mm
D. 1.25 – 4.0 C. 7 mm B. 6 mm
Answer: D D. 4 mm C. 8 mm
Answer: B D. 10 mm
The crest diameter of a screw thread is same as: 59. Past ME Board Question
A. Pitch diameter Muntz metal contains: 65. Past ME Board Question
B. Minor diameter A. Copper-aluminum In a standard coarse thread bolt, the stress
C. Major diameter B. Copper-tin concentration is maximum at:
D. Base diameter C. Copper-nickel A. All over the surface
Answer: C D. Copper-zinc B. Top surface
Answer: D C. Root
54. Past ME Board Question D. Flank
For a high corrosion resistant stainless steel, what 60. Past ME Board Question Answer: C
minimum chromium content is required? Steel balls for ball bearings are manufactured by:
A. 8.0% A. Cold heading 66. Past ME Board Question
B. 4.5% B. Casting Which of the following ropes are more flexible?
C. 1.5% C. Rolling A. 6 to 19
D. 8.5% D. Turning B. 6 to 7
Answer: A Answer: A C. 8 by 19
D. 6 by 37
55. Past ME Board Question 61. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
At quite low temperatures (say - 75°C) the notched In general, alloys with high nickel content retain
bar impact value of steel. toughness to quite low temperature up to: 67. Past ME Board Question
A. Increases significantly A. -250°F Tools usually used in wood pattern making in
B. Decreases significantly B. -360°F foundry shop.
C. Remain unchanged C. -320°F A. Band saw
D. Depends on heat treatment D. -240°F B. Saws and chisels
Answer: B Answer: C C. Knives and drills
D. Grinder
56. Past ME Board Question 62. Past ME Board Question Answer: B
In or der to realize the advantage of fluid friction, it Manganese steel standard designation is SAE
is essential to have: ____. 68. Past ME Board Question
A. No oil film A. 8XXX Type of bolt commonly used in the construction
B. Converging oil film B. 10XX that is threaded in both ends.
C. Diverging oil film C. 12XX A. Hex bolt
D. Parallel oil film in bearing D. 13XX B. Stud bolt
Answer: D Answer: D C. Square threaded bolts
D. Eye bolt
Zero axial thrust is experienced in: A babbit is:
A. Herringbone gears A. A cutectic of iron and iron phosphide 69. Past ME Board Question
B. Helical gears B. A gadget for measuring volume Cast iron flywheels are commonly designed with
C. Bevel gears C. A measure of magnetic induction produces in factor of safety of:
D. Worm gears a material A. 9 to 12
Answer: A D. Antimony bearing lead or tin alloy B. 8 to 11
C. 10 to 13 D. Wrought iron 82. Past ME Board Question
D. 7 to 10 Answer: A In powder metallurgy the process of heating the
Answer: C cold pressed metal powder is called:
76. Past ME Board Question A. Deposition
70. Past ME Board Question An elastic body whose primary function is to B. Granulation
Which of the type of chain is used in motorcycle? deflect under load. C. Sintering
A. Silent A. Spring D. Precipitation
B. Pintle B. Brake Answer: C
C. Bush roller C. Stopper
D. Long D. Clutch 83. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C Answer: A Which one is different from the remaining?
A. Nitriding
71. Past ME Board Question 77. Past ME Board Question B. Cyaniding
Spiral gears are suitable for transmitting: Belt slip may take place because of: C. Electroplating
A. Any power A. Loose load D. Flame hardening
B. Small power B. Heavy belt Answer: C
C. Huge power C. Driving pulley too small
D. Pulsating power D. All of the above 84. Past ME Board Question
Answer: B Answer: D Splines are used when:
A. The power transmitted is low
72. Past ME Board Question 78. Past ME Board Question B. The power to be transmitted is high
The type of cam used for low and moderate speed Rankine formula is valid up to slenderness ratio of: C. Axial relative motion between shafts and hub
engines is generally: A. 60 is necessary
A. Flat B. 80 D. Flame hardening
B. Involute C. 120 Answer: C
C. Tangent D. 150
D. Harmonic Answer: C 85. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D Delta iron occurs at temperature of:
79. Past ME Board Question A. Room temperature
73. Past ME Board Question In flange coupling the weakest element should be: B. Above melting point
Gears for wrist watches are generally A. Flange C. Between 1400°C & 1539°C
manufactured by: B. Key D. Between 1000°C & 1400°C
A. Molding C. Bolts Answer: C
B. Stamping D. Shaft
C. Galvanizing Answer: B 86. Past ME Board Question
D. Honing The most important element that controls the
Answer: B 80. Past ME Board Question physical properties of steel is:
A flange coupling is: A. Carbon
74. Past ME Board Question A. Used for collinear shaft B. Silicon
The rated life of a bearing changes: B. Used for non-collinear shafts C. Manganese
A. Inversely as cube of load C. Rigid coupling D. Tungsten
B. Directly as load D. Flexible Answer: A
C. Inversely as square of load Answer: A
D. Inversely as load 87. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A 81. Past ME Board Question The process commonly used for thermo-plastic
Universal coupling is: material is:
75. Past ME Board Question A. Used for collinear shafts A. Diecasting
The best material for brake drum is: B. Used for non-collinear shafts B. Injection moulding
A. Cast iron C. Type of flange coupling C. Shell moulding
B. Steel D. Rigid coupling D. Cold forming
C. Aluminum Answer: B Answer: B
The phenomenon of weld decay takes place in: 100. Past ME Board Question
88. Past ME Board Question A. Cast iron The maximum hardenability of any steel depends
Select the one that has highest specific gravity. B. Brass on:
A. Aluminum C. Bronze A. The carbon content
B. Lead D. Stainless steel B. The chemical composition
C. Brass Answer: D C. The grain size
D. High carbon steel D. The alloying elements present
Answer: B 95. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
Choose the one that will have the highest cutting
89. Past ME Board Question speed.
Age-hardening is related with: A. Aluminum
A. Cast iron B. Brass
B. Stainless steel C. Bronze
C. Duralumin D. Cast iron
D. German silver Answer: A
Answer: C
90. Past ME Board Question Projection welding is:
Foundry crucible is made of: A. continuous spot welding process
A. German silver B. used to make mesh
B. lead C. multi-spot welding process
C. Mild steel D. used to form
D. Graphite Answer: C
Answer: D
91. Past ME Board Question Least shrinkage allowance is provided in the case
Trimming is a process associated with: of which of the following:
A. Forging A. Cast iron
B. Machining of metals B. Aluminum
C. Electroplating C. White cast iron
D. Press work D. Brass
Answer: A Answer: C

A plug gauge is used to measure: Dilatometer is used to find out which property of
A. Taper bores molding sand.
B. Cylindrical bores A. Permeability
C. Spherical holes B. Hot strength
D. Screw threads C. Fineness
Answer: B D. Moisture content
Answer: C
In arc welding operations the current value is 99. Past ME Board Question
decided by: Hastalloy contains:
A. Length of welded portion A. Copper
B. Voltage across the arc B. Nickel and copper
C. Size of the electrode C. Copper and aluminum
D. Thickness of plate D. Nickel and molybdenum
Answer: C Answer: D

ELEMENTS 04 Answer: B D. Difference between the linear speed of the
rim of the pulley and the belt on it
The hardness of steel increases if it contains: The compression members tend to buckle in the
A. Martensite direction of: 13. Past ME Board Question
B. Pearlite A. Axis of load Which of the following is the orientation of the
C. Austenite B. Minimum cross-section axes of the two shafts in cross helical worm?
D. All of the above C. Least radius of gyration A. Parallel
Answer: A D. Perpendicular to the axis of the load B. Non-parallel
Answer: C C. Intersecting
2. Past ME Board Question D. Non-parallel and non-intersecting
How do you call steel with 0.8% carbon and 100% 8. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
pearlite? A kinematic chain needs a minimum:
A. Austenite A. 2 links and 2 turning pairs 14. Past ME Board Question
B. Solidus B. 3 links and turning pairs In case of gears the addendum is given by:
C. Hyper-eutectoid C. 4 links and 4 turning pairs A. One module
D. Eutectoid D. 3 links and 2 turning pairs B. 2.16 x module
Answer: D Answer: C C. 1.57 x module
9. Past ME Board Question D. 1.25/ module
3. Supplementary Question Which of the following pairs is formed if shaft is Answer: A
What is the range of the tensile strength of revolving in a bearing?
common varieties of cast iron? A. Lower pair 15. Past ME Board Question
A. 40-60 Mpa B. Turning pair How do you call a cam where in the follower
B. 150-180 Mpa C. Sliding pair reciprocates or oscillates in a plane parallel to its
C. 840-500 Mpa D. Cylindrical pair axis?
D. 1500-1650 Mpa Answer: A A. Circular cam
Answer: C B. Reciprocating cam
10. Supplementary Question C. Cylindrical cam
4. Supplementary Question How many lines are there in a pantograph? D. Oscillating cam
Fatigue failure occurs when a part is subjected to: A. 3 Answer: C
A. Compressive stress B. 4
B. Tensile stress C. 5 16. Supplementary Question
C. Torsional stress D. 6 How are gears for watches generally
D. Fluctuating stress Answer: B manufactured?
Answer: D A. Die casting
11. Supplementary Question B. Machining on hobber
5. Past ME Board Question A pantograph is mechanism having: C. Power metallurgy process
Paramagnetic alpha iron changes to gamma iron A. Lower pairs D. Stamping
at what temperature? B. Rolling pairs Answer: D
A. 440°C C. Spherical pairs
B. 910°C D. Higher pairs 17. Past ME Board Question
C. 970°C Answer: A Rope break dynamometer uses what?
D. 1639°C A. Oil as lubricant
Answer: B 12. Past ME Board Question B. No lubricant
Which of the following describes the “slip” in belt C. Grease as lubricant
6. Past ME Board Question drive? D. Water as lubricant
The diameter of the washer is generally: A. Loss in power Answer: B
A. Equal to the diameter of the bolt B. Difference between the angular velocities of 18. Past ME Board Question
B. Slightly more than the diameter of the bolt two pulleys In testing a material for endurance strength, it is
C. Slightly less than the diameter of the bolt C. Difference between linear speed of the rim subjected to:
D. Of any size that suits the application A. Completely reversed load
B. Static load The height of tooth above the pitch circle or the C. Patenting
C. Impact load radial distance between pitch circle and top land of D. Case hardening
D. Dynamic load the tooth. Answer: A
Answer: A A. Addendum
B. Dedendum 30. Past ME Board Question
19. Past ME Board Question C. Top rooth Types of V-belts to use in a driving pulley with
Which of the following could be the effect of cold D. Top land speed of 360rpm and transmitting 5Hp.
working? Answer: A A. Type A belts
A. Increases the fatigue strength B. Type B belts
B. Decreases the fatigue strength 25. Past ME Board Question C. Type C belts
C. Has no influence on fatigue strength How do you call the distance of the tooth which is D. Type D belts
D. None of these equal to the sum of the addendum and Answer: B
Answer: A dedendum?
A. Full depth 31. Past ME Board Question
20. Past ME Board Question B. Working depth Which of the following is not an angle measuring
Coaxing is the procedure of increasing: C. Whole depth device?
A. Metal strength D. Pitch A. Bevel protector
B. Metal hardness by surface treatment Answer: C B. Sine bar
C. Metal resistance to corrosion by coating C. Combination square
D. Fatigue limit by overstressing the metal by 26. Past ME Board Question D. Angle iron
successively increasing loadings Which of the following stresses that is independent Answer: D
Answer: D of loads?
A. Shear stress 32. Past ME Board Question
21. Past ME Board Question B. Residual stress The mould for casting ferrous materials in
Up to what percent thickness of plate, edge C. Design stress continuous casting process is made of what
preparation for welding is not needed? D. Yield stress material?
A. 2 mm Answer: B A. Copper
B. 4 mm B. Medium carbon steel
C. 8 mm 27. Past ME Board Question C. High carbon steel
D. 12 mm Which of the following is not used to resemble the D. Low carbon steel
Answer: B shape of tool bit? Answer: A
A. Thread cutting
22. Past ME Board Question B. Center cutting 33. Past ME Board Question
Arc blow takes place in: C. Square nose Clutch slippage while clutch is engaged is
A. Gas welding D. Round nose especially noticeable:
B. Arc welding when straight polarity is used Answer: B A. During idling
C. Arc welding when reversed polarity is used B. A low speed
D. Welding stainless steel 28. Past ME Board Question C. During acceleration
Answer: D Which is the recommended best cutting angle of D. During braking
drill for work on steel or cast iron? Answer: C
23. Past ME Board Question A. 39 degrees
What is the function of clutch in the machine tool? B. 49 degrees 34. Past ME Board Question
A. Alignment of drive C. 59 degrees In general, to engage securely and prevent
B. Lowering of drive D. 29 degrees dragging what is the clearance between release
C. To insure that two shafts line up at high Answer: C bearing and release collar in the clutch?
speed A. 2-3 mm
D. To connect shaft so that the driven shaft will 29. Past ME Board Question B. 4-5 mm
rotate with the driving shaft and to disconnect Copper and most of its alloys can be hardened by C. 6-7 mm
them all which of the following? D. 8-9 mm
Answer: D A. Cold working Answer: A
24. Past ME Board Question B. Soaking
Piston compression rings are made of what It is the ability of a material to absorb energy when A single ply leather belt running at a belt velocity
material? deformed elastically and to return it when of 300 ft/min is likely to transmit per inch of width:
A. Steel unloaded. A. 2.5 Hp
B. Bronze A. Creep B. 3.0 Hp
C. Aluminum B. Fatigue strength C. 4.0 Hp
D. Cast iron C. Resilience D. 5.0 Hp
Answer: D D. Toughness Answer: C
Answer: C
What is the usual value of helix angle of a drill? 42. Past ME Board Question At what temperature range where ferromagnetic
A. 120 degrees Which of the following cams where the follower alpha iron exists:
B. 110 degrees reciprocates or oscillates in a plane parallel to the A. Below 723°C
C. 60 degrees axis of rotation? B. 700-910°C
D. 30 degrees A. Cam curves C. 1000-1440°C
Answer: D B. Radial cam D. Above 1539°C
C. Cylindrical cam Answer: A
37. Past ME Board Question D. Tangential cam
What is meant by drossing? Answer: C 48. Past ME Board Question
A. A method of cleaning the casting How do you call a body having identical properties
B. An inspection method for castings 43. Past ME Board Question all over?
C. A method of deoxidation of molten metal Which of the following cams where the follower A. Heterogeneous
D. The formation of oxides on the molten metal reciprocates or oscillates in a plane perpendicular B. Homogenous
surfaces to the axis of rotation? C. Elastic
Answer: D A. Tangential cam D. Ductile
B. Cam curves Answer: B
38. Past ME Board Question C. Radial cam
If the first digit is AISI and SAE designations is one D. Cylindrical cam 49. Past ME Board Question
(1), then, it indicates what? Answer: C How is the material described if it recovers its
A. Carbon steels original dimensions when the load is removed?
B. Nickel steels 44. Past ME Board Question A. Elastic
C. Molybdenum steels During tensile stress test, which of the following B. Plastic
D. Chromium steels stress-strain curve(s) fits for a glass rod? C. Brittle
Answer: A A. A straight line D. Malleable
B. A parabola Answer: A
39. Past ME Board Question C. A irregular curve
Which of the following where the gear tooth D. A sudden break 50. Past ME Board Question
vernier is used to measure? Answer: D What is the percentage of carbon in Eutectoid
A. Module steel?
B. Gear tooth profile 45. Past ME Board Question A. 0.02%
C. Gear tooth thickness of gear tooth In case of a knuckle joint, the pin is most likely to B. 0.30 %
D. Pitch line thickness of gear tooth fall in: C. 0.63 %
Answer: B A. Shear D. 0.80 %
B. Tension Answer: D
40. Past ME Board Question C. Compression
A cold chisel is made of what? D. Double shear 51. Past ME Board Question
A. Mild steel Answer: D The presence of sulphur in pig iron makes:
B. German silver A. The casting unsound
C. High carbon steel B. It brittle
D. Cast iron C. It hard
Answer: C D. It is easy machinable
Answer: A A. Shape gauge
B. Slip gauge 63. Past ME Board Question
C. Feeler gauge Which of the following statement(s) is correct for
52. Past ME Board Question D. Vernier gauge an oilless bearing:
What is the effect of alloying zinc to copper? Answer: C A. The oil film is maintained by supplying oil
A. Increase hardness under pressure
B. Impart free-machining properties B. The oil film pressure is produced only by
C. Improve hardness and strength 58. Past ME Board Question rotation of the journal
D. Increases strength and ductility (if added up Speedometer drive is generally taken from: C. Do not need external supply of lubricant
to 10-30%) A. Gear box D. Grease is needed to be applied after some
Answer: D B. Fan belt intervals
C. Flywheel Answer: C
53. Past ME Board Question D. Frontwheel
The imperfection in the crystal structure of metal Answer: D 64. Past ME Board Question
is: The working load P for a chain for crane
A. Impurity 59. Past ME Board Question applications is expressed in terms of diameter of
B. Fracture slip What is the usual percentage of cut on the return link “d” in cm as follows:
C. Slip stroke of hacksaw blade? A. P=1.5d2
D. Dislocation A. 0 B. P=25d2
Answer: D B. 5 C. P=50d2
C. 7 D. P=500d2
54. Past ME Board Question D. 9 Answer: D
When is the pressure release in resistance Answer: A
welding? 65. Past ME Board Question
A. After the weld colds 60. Past ME Board Question The column splice is used for increasing:
B. During heating period Which of the following will best describe the sunk A. Cross-sectional area of the column
C. After completion of current key? B. Length of the column
D. Just at the time of passing the current A. The keyway is helical along shaft C. Strength of the column
Answer: A B. The keyway is cut in shaft only D. All of the above
C. The keyway is cut in hub only Answer: B
55. Past ME Board Question D. The key is cut in both shaft and hub
If t is the thickness of sheet to be spot welded, Answer: D 66. Past ME Board Question
then electrode tip diameter is equal to ____. At what temperature that Gamma iron exist?
A. t2 61. Past ME Board Question A. Between 910°C and 1400°C
B. 2 sq. rt. Of t Which of the following where turn buckle has? B. Between 1400°C and 1539°C
C. Sq. rt. Of t A. Left hand threads on one end and right hand C. Near melting point
D. 1.5 sq. rt. Of t threads on other end D. Room temperature
Answer: B B. Right hand threads on both ends Answer: A
C. Left hand threads on both ends
56. Past ME Board Question D. No thread 67. Past ME Board Question
A twist drill is specified by which of the following? Answer: A The behavior of metals where in strength of a
A. Its shank and diameter metal is increased and the ductility is decreased
B. Shank, material and flute size 62. Past ME Board Question on heating at a relatively low temperature after
C. Its diameter and lip angle Which of the following is the best process for butt cold working is called:
D. Shank, material and diameter welding of two plates each of which is 25 mm A. Clustering
Answer: D thick? B. Twinning
A. Electro slag welding C. Screw dislocation
57. Past ME Board Question B. Gas welding D. Strain aging
Which of the following is used to measure the C. Submerged arc welding Answer: D
clearance between the value and tappet of an D. Steam welding
automobile engine? Answer: A
68. Past ME Board Question B. 40 m/min 79. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following statement(s) is correct in C. 80 m/min Which of the following does not have to be
“carbon steel castings”? D. 50 m/min lubricated when drilling?
A. The percentage carbon is less than 1.7% Answer: B A. Brass
B. The percentage carbon is between 1.7% to B. Steel
2% 74. Past ME Board Question C. Monel
C. The percentage for alloying elements is If V is the volume of the metal in casting and A D. Mild steel
controlled is its surface area, and then the time of Answer: A
D. None of the above solidification will be proportional to:
Answer: A A. V2, 1/A 80. Past ME Board Question
B. 1/V2, A2 The tool used in precision work to smooth or
69. Past ME Board Question C. V, 1/A2 enlarge holes is called a:
Aluminum alloys are for pressure die casting: D. V2, 1/A2 A. Round out
A. Must not be free from hot surfaces Answer: D B. Drift pin
B. Must have iron as one of the constituents C. Reamer
C. Must not posses considerable fluidity 75. Past ME Board Question D. Protactor
D. Must be light The draft allowance on metallic pattern as Answer: C
Answer: C compared wooden ones is:
A. More 81. Past ME Board Question
70. Past ME Board Question B. Same When measuring a drill for size, measure across
Which of the following is maximum in 18-4-1 high C. Less the:
speed steel? D. More or less depending on size A. Margins
A. Tungsten Answer: C B. Flites
B. Chromium C. Shank
C. Argon 76. Past ME Board Question D. Point
D. iron Arc metal patterns are used for: Answer: A
Answer: D A. Precision castings
B. Small castings 82. Past ME Board Question
71. Past ME Board Question C. Large castings How do you call the tool used for cleaning files?
Super conductors: D. Large scale production of castings A. File cleaner
A. Exist at temperature below 10K Answer: D B. File card
B. Are dense metals without voids C. File oilstone
C. Are non-metallic substance 77. Past ME Board Question D. Scraper
D. Are the purest forms of metals What tool is used in foundry for repairing the Answer: B
Answer: A mould?
A. Swab 83. Past ME Board Question
72. Past ME Board Question B. Gagger The melting point of Babbitt is approximately:
When the large number of components are turned C. Bellows A. 1000˚F
and parted off from a bar, the chuck generally D. Rammer B. 650˚F
used is: Answer: A C. 750˚F
A. Two jaw chuck D. 500˚F
B. Four jaw chuck 78. Past ME Board Question Answer: B
C. Collet chuck What tool is used in foundry for smoothening and
D. Magnetic chuck cleaning out depression in the mould? 84. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D A. Swab How is tubing measured?
B. Gagger A. Inside diameter
73. Past ME Board Question C. Bellows B. Outside diameter
Cutting speed for some materials are use under D. Rammer C. Thickness of wall
which one of the following could be cutting speed Answer: C D. Wire gage
for brass? Answer: B
A. 30 m/min
D. Tend to produce thrust on the shafts
85. Past ME Board Question Answer: B 96. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following metals will respond to heat In general, the design stress and factor of safety
treatment? 91. Past ME Board Question are related as follows:
A. Cast iron Which of the following statements is true for the A. Design stress = ultimate stress times factor of
B. Wrought iron internal stresses existing in a welded connection? safety
C. Medium carbon steel A. Internal stresses are not relieved by heat B. Design stress = ultimate stress divided by
D. Low carbon steel treatment factor of safety
Answer: C B. Internal stresses are not relieved when weld C. Factor of safety = design stress divided by
is peened ultimate stress
86. Past ME Board Question C. Internal stresses may be relieved when the D. Ultimate stress = factor of safety divided by
The ability of metal to withstand loads without weld is peened design stress
breaking down is: D. Internal stresses are relieved by x-ray Answer: B
A. Stress analysis
B. Strength Answer: B 97. Past ME Board Question
C. Strain In usual spur gearing, the:
D. Elasticity 92. Past ME Board Question A. Pitch circle and base circle are the same
Answer: B Stainless steel is obtained principally by the use of B. Working depth includes clearance
which of the alloying elements? C. Tooth outline are always cycoildal curves
A. Chromium D. Tooth outline are usually involute curves
87. Past ME Board Question B. Nickel Answer: D
Which of the following metals is non-magnetic? C. Carbon
A. Cast iron D. Tungsten 98. Past ME Board Question
B. Alloy steel Answer: A Which of the following is not the other name of
C. Cast steel circumferential stress for thin walled cylinders?
D. Manganese steel 93. Past ME Board Question A. Hoop stress
Answer: D Galvanized iron is a term referring to iron coated B. Girth stress
with: C. Tangential stress
88. Past ME Board Question A. Tin D. Longitudinal stress
A machining operation whereby the tool B. Zinc Answer: D
reciprocates and the feed is stationary. C. Magnesium
A. Planing D. Aluminum 99. Past ME Board Question
B. Shaping Answer: B How do you call the ratio of the volumetric stress
C. Turning to volumetric strain?
D. Reaming 94. Past ME Board Question A. Modulus in shear
Answer: B Which of the following is not a common term B. Stress to strain ratio
relating to the classification of fits? C. Volumetric ratio
89. Past ME Board Question A. Tunking D. Bulk modulus
Which of the following is not a tap used for cutting B. Snug Answer: D
threads in holes? C. Medium force fit
A. Tapping tap D. Bound 100. Past ME Board Question
B. Plug tap Answer: D Hearing bone gears are gears which:
C. Taper tap A. Do not operate parallel shafts
D. Bottoming tap 95. Past ME Board Question B. Have a line of contact between the teeth
Answer: A In usual spur gearing, which of the following C. Tend to produce and thrust on the shafts
statement(s) is correct? D. Consists of two left handed helical gears
90. Past ME Board Question A. Pitch circle and base circle are the same Answer: B
Herring bone gears are gears which: B. Working depth includes the clearance
A. Do not operate the parallel shafts C. Tooth outline are usually involute curves
B. Have a line contact between the teeth D. Tooth outline are usually cycloidal curves
C. Consists of two left handed helical gears Answer: C
ELEMENTS 05 C. Motor Answer: A
D. Back pressure
The ability of metals to stand loads without 13. Past ME Board Question
breaking down: 7. Past ME Board Question One important skill that operators of the machine
A. Strain Which of the following is not used to temper steel? tools must have is an understanding of
B. Stress A. Oil bath measurement which demands:
C. Elasticity B. Brine/salt bath A. Speed
D. Strength C. Steam bath B. Precision
Answer: D D. Water bath C. Sociability
Answer: C D. Neatness
Which of the following is not a classification of iron 8. Past ME Board Question
ore? Which of the following is not a kind of cast iron? 14. Past ME Board Question
A. Siderite A. Gray iron Which of the following is not a part of a lathe
B. Hermatite B. White iron machine?
C. Sulfurite C. Malleable iron A. Fan
D. Magnetite D. Lead iron B. Carriage
Answer: C Answer: D C. Headstock
D. Tailstock
3. Past ME Board Question 9. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
Ferrous metals contain a relatively large amount A machinery operation whereby the tool rotates
of: while the feed is stationary? 15. Past ME Board Question
A. Manganese A. Shaping The machine which can flatten surface on a
B. Carbon B. Milling horizontal, vertical or angular plane is:
C. Sulfur C. Turning A. Drilling machine
D. Phosphorus D. Reaming B. Shaper machine
Answer: B Answer: B C. Power saw
D. Lathe machine
Which of the following metal is easy to chisel? What process does not belong to the group?
A. Alloy steel A. Brazing 16. Past ME Board Question
B. Manganese steel B. Soldering Which of the following is not the work of a
C. Stainless steel C. Hardening machinist?
D. Cast iron D. Resistance welding A. Reboring
Answer: B Answer: C B. Overhauling
C. Grinding
5. Past ME Board Question 11. Past ME Board Question D. Boring
The ability of material or metal to resist being Which tool does not belong to the group? Answer: B
crushed is: A. Vice grip
A. Fatigue strength B. Feeler gage 17. Past ME Board Question
B. Bending strength C. Torque wrench The area of the machine shop whose metal is
C. Torsional strength D. Adjustable wrench being melted to form a new shape is the:
D. Compressive strength Answer: B A. Foundry area
Answer: D B. Tool and die
12. Past ME Board Question C. Welding area
6. Past ME Board Question Which of the following metals is non-magnetic? D. Mass production area
Which of the following is not part of the A. Manganese steel Answer: A
headstock? B. Cast steel
A. Anvil C. Alloy steel
B. Spindle D. Adjustable steel
18. Past ME Board Question D. Straight gears C. Spur gears
A machine used in testing steel generally strikes Answer: B D. Toothed gears
the specimen with energy from 220 to 226 ft-lb. Answer: A
A. Izod test 24. Past ME Board Question
B. Charpy test An important accessories of milling machines: 30. Past ME Board Question
C. Rockwell test A. Milling machine vise The path traced by a point moving at a fixed
D. Test blocks B. Cutters distance from an axis and with a uniform motion to
Answer: B C. Ram the axis and a point moving such a path:
D. Vertical milling attachment A. Helical motion
19. Past ME Board Question Answer: B B. Spherical motion
An iron in which most of the carbon is chemically C. Translational
combined with the iron: 25. Past ME Board Question D. Path of a point
A. Cast iron They are usually the steel or steel casting: Answer: A
B. Gray iron A. Mild steel
C. White iron B. Carbon steel 31. Past ME Board Question
D. Malleable iron C. Fire box steel The maximum stress which is reached during a
Answer: C D. Drop-forge-dies tension test:
Answer: B A. Stress
20. Past ME Board Question B. Elasticity
Through how many degrees must an involute can 26. Past ME Board Question C. Strain
turn in order to raise its follower 3 inches if the The cheapest and the most abundant engineering D. Tensile strength
diameter of the base circle is 5 inches. material. Answer: D
A. 58.7 degrees A. Aluminum
B. 180 degrees B. Steel 32. Past ME Board Question
C. 64.4 degrees C. Cast iron The frustums of two cones are used in a manner
D. 68.79 degrees D. Babbits to permit a variation of velocity ratio between two
Answer: B Answer: C parallel shafts:
A. Evans friction cones
21. Past ME Board Question 27. Past ME Board Question B. Bevel cones
The space between the adjacent teeth: Milling machine accessories are used to hold C. Spherical cones
A. Tooth milling cutter in the milling machine: D. Friction gearing
B. Flank A. Spindle-nose tooling Answer: A
C. Backlash B. Milling machine vise
D. Width C. Vertical milling attachment 33. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D D. Milling machine arbors Weld-metal impact specimen shall be taken
Answer: D across the weld with one face substantially parallel
22. Past ME Board Question to and within:
An iron has physical properties closely resembling 28. Past ME Board Question A. ¾”
those of mild steel: The size of an equal-leg length fillet weld shall be B. 1/32”
A. Malleable cast iron based on the length of the largest: C. ¼”
B. Malleable iron A. Isosceles right triangle D. 1/16”
C. White iron B. Square Answer: C
D. Gray iron C. Right triangle
Answer: A D. Rectangle 34. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A An alloy of tin, copper, antimony, sometimes lead
23. Past ME Board Question A. Gold
Gears used to transmit power between shafts axis 29. Past ME Board Question B. Babbitt
of which it intersect: If gears cannot connect parallel shafts, they are C. Aluminum
A. Spur gears called: D. Cast iron
B. Bevel gears A. Cycloidal gears Answer: B
C. Helical gears B. Helical gears
A weld place in a groove between two abutting An alloy of tin, copper, antimony, or sometimes Gearing in which motion or power that is
members: lead: transmitted depends upon the friction between the
A. Full-fillet weld A. Gold surfaces in contact:
B. Tack weld B. Babbitt A. Bevel gears
C. Butt weld C. Aluminum B. Spur friction wheels
D. Fillet weld D. Cast iron C. Evans friction cones
Answer: C Answer: B D. Friction gearing
Answer: D
A weld of approximately triangular cross-section A weld place in a groove between two abutting 46. Past ME Board Question
that members: A bevel gears of the same size mounted on a
join two surfaces at approximately right angles as A. Full-fillet weld shaft at
in lap joint, Tee joint, corner joint: B. Tack weld 90 degrees:
A. Single welded lap joint C. Butt weld A. Crown gears
B. Fillet weld D. Fillet weld B. Spur gears
C. Tack weld Answer: C C. Angular gears
D. Butt weld D. Miter gears
Answer: B 42. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
A weld of approximately triangular cross-section
37. Past ME Board Question that join two surfaces at approximately right 47. Past ME Board Question
A corrosion occurs within or adjacent to a crevice triangles as in lap joint, tee-joint, corner joint: A fillet weld whose size is equal to the thickness of
formed by contact with another piece of the same A. Single welded lap joint the thinner joint member:
or B. Fillet weld A. Butt joint
Another metal: C. Tack weld B. Butt weld
A. Pitting D. Butt weld C. Tack weld
B. Galvanic Answer: B D. Full-fillet weld
C. Erosion Answer: D
D. Crevice 43. Past ME Board Question
Answer: B A corrosion occurs within or adjacent to a crevice 48. Past ME Board Question
formed by contact with another piece of the same The ratio of stress to the corresponding strain
38. Past ME Board Question or another metal: below the proportional limit:
Wheels are sometimes used for the transmission A. Pitting A. Stress- strain diagram
of high power when an approximately constant B. Galvanic B. Gage method
velocity C. Erosion C. Modulus of elasticity
Ratio is desired: D. Crevice D. Tensile strength
A. Bevel cones Answer: B Answer: C
B. Friction gearing
C. Spur friction wheels 44. Past ME Board Question 49. Past ME Board Question
D. Evans friction wheels Wheels are sometimes used for the transmission The shearing strain of a block of metal, 3 inches
Answer: C of high power when an approximately constant high is subject to a shearing high force which
velocity distorts the top surface through a distance of
39. Past ME Board Question Ratio is desired: 0.0036 inch:
Gearing in which motion or power that is A. Bevel cones A. 0.0015 rad
transmitted depends upon the friction between the B. Friction gearing B. 0.008 rad
surfaces in contact: C. Spur friction wheels C. 0.0010 rad
A. Bevel gears D. Evans friction wheels D. 0.0012 rad
B. Spur friction wheels Answer: C Answer: D
C. Evans friction wheels
D. Friction gearing
Answer: D
50. Past ME Board Question A. Elongation 61. Past ME Board Question
Determine the number of teeth in a driver of two B. Strain A machine used for the testing of very thin steel or
spur gears mesh which has a velocity ratio of 0.75. C. Stress surface layers:
The driven gear has 36 teeth: D. Elastic limit A. Charpy test
A. 50 Answer: A B. Izod test
B. 46 C. Description test
C. 26 56. Past ME Board Question D. Rockwell test
D. 48 It is used to enable milling machine to take climb Answer: D
Answer: D milling cuts:
A. Helical driving mechanism 62. Past ME Board Question
51. Past ME Board Question B. Spindle A gear is on in which angle is 90 degrees that is
Within the elastic limit, the stress is proportional C. Read out the pitch cone has become a plane:
to the strain: D. Backlash eliminator A. Crown gear
A. Hooke’s law Answer: A B. Angular gear
B. Modolus of elasticity C. Miter gear
C. Offset ratio 57. Past ME Board Question D. Spiral gear
D. Buckingham’s principles A weld made to hold the parts of a weldment in Answer: A
Answer: A proper alignment until the final welds are made:
A. Butt weld 63. Past ME Board Question
52. Past ME Board Question B. Tack weld The deterioration of organic coating characterized
The corrosion of iron or iron-base-alloys: C. Fillet weld as completely:
A. Rusting D. Full-fillet weld A. Chalking
B. Crazing Answer: B B. Rusting
C. Chalking C. Chocking
D. Fritting 58. Past ME Board Question D. Fritting
Answer: A The change in length per unit original length is: Answer: C
A. Strain
53. Past ME Board Question B. Stress 64. Past ME Board Question
Steel containing large amounts of mild nickel and C. Deformation Is a form of correction that develop on a highly
chromium: D. Elastic modulus localized areas on a metal surface:
A. Carbon steel Answer: A A. Crevice
B. Stainless steel B. Erosion
C. Alloy steel 59. Past ME Board Question C. Galvanic
D. Cast steel The temperature above which the alloy is liquid D. Spitting
Answer: B and will run: Answer: D
A. Melting point
54. Past ME Board Question B. Flow point 65. Past ME Board Question
It refers to any layer or deposit of extraneous C. Pour point Test is designed primarily for application to
material D. Liquids electric-welded tubing for detection of lack of
on the heat-transfer-surface. Answer: A penetration or overlaps resulting from flash
A. Low line removal in the weld.
B. Pressure drop 60. Past ME Board Question A. Butt weld
C. Fouling A corn formed by elements which are B. Paste
D. Scaling perpendicular to the elements of the pitch cone at C. Lap weld
Answer: C the large end: D. Double butt weld
A. Cone distance Answer: C
55. Past ME Board Question B. Back cone
The total amount of permanent extension of the C. Root cone 66. Past ME Board Question
gage length measured after the specimen has D. Cone center Have the same thermal and minimum film
fractured and is expressed as percentage increase Answer: B thickness limitation as sleeve bearing.
of the original gage length: A. Ball bearing
B. Roller bearing 72. Past ME Board Question B. Load of the beam
C. Thrust bearing A circle bounding the bottom of the teeth: C. Tensile strength of the beam
D. Oil bearing A. Addendum circle D. Slope of the beam
Answer: C B. Addendum cylinder Answer: B
C. Pitch circle
67. Past ME Board Question D. Dedendum circle 78. Past ME Board Question
An oil storage roof formed to approximately the Answer: D Which of the following materials to be utilized to
surface of the right cone, supported only at its reduce cost in the manufacturing of large worm
periphery: 73. Past ME Board Question gears?
A. Self-supporting umbrella roof A 3” diameter short shaft carrying 2 pulleys close A. Alloyed aluminum
B. Self-supporting dome roof to the bearings transmit how much horsepower if B. Bronze rim with cast iron spider
C. Supported cone roof the shafts make 280 rpm. C. Cast iron rim with bronze spider
D. Self-supporting cone roof A. 199 Hp D. All of these
Answer: D B. 198 Hp Answer: B
C. 200 Hp
68. Past ME Board Question D. 210 Hp 79. Past ME Board Question
Test sometimes referred to as an upsetting test: Answer: A It is the hardening treatment whereby a cast metal
A. Bend is being heated to a very high temperature then
B. Flaring 74. Past ME Board Question suddenly subjected to rapid cooling to improve
C. Flange A cylindrical tank with 10 in inside diameter hardenability or wear resistance is called:
D. Crush contains oxygen gas at 2500 psi. Calculate the A. Normalizing
Answer: A required wall thickness in (mm) under stress of B. Tempering
28,000 psi. C. Annealing
69. Past ME Board Question A. 11.44 mm D. Quenching
What load P which cause a total deformation of B. 11.34 mm Answer: D
0.036 inch of a steel rock which has a cross- C. 10.6 mm
section area of 4 in2 and a length of 6 ft. D. 10.3 mm 80. Past ME Board Question
A. 55,000 lb Answer: B Determine the estimated weight of an A-36 steel
B. 40,000 lb plates size 3/16 x 6’ x 20’.
C. 60,000 lb 75. Past ME Board Question A. 919 lbs.
D. 50,000 lb The minimum clearance allowed for meshing spur B. 1012 lbs.
Answer: C gears with a circular pitch of 0.1571 and diametral C. 829 lbs.
pitch of 20.The spur gear have 25 teeth. D. 735 lbs.
70. Past ME Board Question A. 0.007855 Answer: A
An oil storage tank roof formed to approximately B. 0.007558
spherical surface, supported only at its periphery: C. 0.008578 81. Past ME Board Question
A. Self-supporting umbrella roof D. 0.007585 The length of arc between the two sides of a gear
B. Self-supporting cone roof Answer: A tooth on the pitch circle:
C. Self-supporting A. Circular thickness
D. Supported cone roof 76. Past ME Board Question B. Axial plane
Answer: A SAE steel that responds to heat treatment: C. Helix angle
A. SAE 1060 D. Chordal curves
71. Past ME Board Question B. SAE 1117 Answer: A
The unit of deformation is called: C. SAE 1030
A. Torsion D. SAE 1020 82. Past ME Board Question
B. Strain Answer: B Split pulley or pulley made of separate section
C. Stress bolted together at the rim, the maximum speed
D. Shear 77. Past ME Board Question should be limited to about_____% of the maximum
Answer: B Which of the following is the differential of the speed of solid pulley.
shear equation: A. 65 to 75%
A. Bending moment B. 45 to 50%
C. 55 to 60% D. A job of safety director
D. 80 to 90% Answer: B 93. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C Galvanized steel plate is:
88. Past ME Board Question A. Aluminum
83. Past ME Board Question Major component of bronze casting: B. Tin
Killed steel is very much associated with: A. Copper C. Zinc
A. Manganese B. Manganese D. Manganese
B. Sulphur C. Zinc Answer: C
C. Phosphorus D. Lead
D. Silicon Answer: A 94. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D What treatment process can cast steel materials
89. Past ME Board Question of high chrome, high manganese, etc., type steel
84. Past ME Board Question Commonly utilized/cheapest shaft material be subjected for the purpose of machining
Determine the estimated weight of an A-36 steel available in the market with carbon content of 0.28 process?
plate of size 1/2x4x8. to 0.34% A. Annealing
A. 280 kg A. SAE 4132 B. Tempering
B. 332 kg B. SAE 4320 C. Normalizing
C. 301 kg C. SAE 1030 D. Quenching
D. 297 kg D. SAE 4130 Answer: A
Answer: D Answer: C
85. Past ME Board Question 90. Past ME Board Question Cast alloy steel for very high temperature
A type of welding whereby a wire or powder from Alloy steel known for its resistance to corrosion, application:
the nozzle of a spray gun is fused by a gas flame, abrasion and wear that is usually ideal for mill A. Manganese-nickel steel casting
arc or plasma jet and the molten particles are grinding of ore in cement and concentrator B. High chrome steel casting
projected in a form of a spray by means of application. It is usually combined with C. Chrome-nickel steel casting
compressed air or gas. molybdenum to increase the depth hardening: D. High manganese casting
A. Electro-slug building A. Manganese chromium steel Answer: C
B. Electro-beam welding B. Chromium-moly steel
C. Plasma-arc welding C. Chrome-nickel-moly steel 96. Past ME Board Question
D. Metal spray welding D. Manganese-moly steel Flexible material used to steal pressurized fluids,
Answer: D Answer: B normally under dynamic condition:
A. Nylon
86. Past ME Board Question 91. Past ME Board Question B. Seal
Heating of metal above the critical temperature Split pulley or pulley made of separate section C. Teflon
and then cooling slowly usually in the furnace to bolted together at the rim, the maximum speed D. Packing
reduce the hardness and improve the should be limited to about_____% of the maximum Answer: D
machinability is called: speed of solid pulley.
A. normalizing A. 65 to 75% 97. Past ME Board Question
B. annealing B. 45 to 50% A type of gear tooth cut inside a cylinder or ring:
C. tempering C. 55 to 60% A. Rack gear
D. quenching D. 80 to 90% B. Ring gear
Answer: B Answer: C C. Miter ring
D. Internal gear
Accident prevention is: Major component of bronze casting is:
A. An association of employers, organization & A. Copper 98. Past ME Board Question
Individuals B. Manganese It has molybdenum alloy except:
B. The foreman’s responsibility just as much as C. Zinc A. SAE 43xx
production D. Lead B. SAE 41xx
C. The responsibility of top management Answer: A C. SAE 6xxx
D. SAE 5xxx
Answer: D

To prevent leakage in dynamic steal:
A. Gasket
B. Seals
C. Felts
D. Packing
Answer: D

Which of the following elements when large
quantity is harmful to the ferrous metal?
A. Sulfur
B. Silicon
C. Zinc
D. Aluminum
Answer: A
ELEMENTS 06 B. Walkway guide B. Pitch point
C. Safety notice in markings C. Front angle
1. Past ME Board Question D. All of these D. Line of action
A metal characteristic that withstands forces Answer: C Answer: D
that causes twisting.
A. Torsional strength 7. Past ME Board Question 12. Past ME Board Question
B. Modulus of elasticity The angle, at the base cylinder of an involute The hardness of helical and herringbone gear
C. Twisting moment gear that the tooth makes with the gear axis: teeth after heat treatment is 210 to 300
D. Elasticity A. Base helix angle Brinell Hardness, for gear and pinion is at:
Answer: A B. Pressure angle A. 360 Brinell min.
C. Arc of recess B. 400 Brinell max.
2. Past ME Board Question D. Arc of approach C. 340-350 normal
Fillet radius in machine parts is usually Answer: A D. All of these
introduced to: Answer: C
A. Improve the look of the parts 8. Past ME Board Question
B. Reduce concentration of stress and A kind of thread that is generally used: 13. Past ME Board Question
extend life of the parts A. UNEC A type of gear commonly used in parallel-
C. Avoid obstruction B. UNC shaft transmission especially when a smooth,
D. Necessary to lessen casting weight C. UNF continuous action is essential as in high
Answer: B D. UNEF drives up to 12,000 fpm:
Answer: B A. Bevel gear
3. Past ME Board Question B. Herringbone gear
Type of bolt commonly used in the 9. Past ME Board Question C. Spur gear
construction that is threaded in both ends. Which of the following acronyms is not D. Helical gear
A. Stud bolt generally used as standard? Answer: D
B. Acme threaded bolts A. ASTM
C. Square threaded bolts B. SAE 14. Past ME Board Question
D. Hex bolts C. IPS It is used in conjunction with circular cross
Answer: A D. AISI sectional members to retain oil and prevent
Answer: C dirt, foreign particles, moisture and to permit
4. Past ME Board Question pressure differential between exterior and
Hydrostatic bearing is one which: 10. Past ME Board Question interior of the applied part:
A. The lube oil is supplied under pressure What is the difference between the shaper A. Seal
B. Lube oil is not pressurized and a planer? B. Gasket
C. There is no lube oil A. The tool of the shaper moves on the C. Safety shield
D. Bearing is slightly loaded planer is stationary D. Packing
B. The shaper can perform slotting Answer: A
5. Past ME Board Question operation while the planer cannot
Which of the following materials is unsuitable C. The shaper handles large pieces while 15. Past ME Board Question
as a bearing: the planer handles only small pieces An object thrown upward will return to earth
A. Teflon D. The tool of the shaper moves in with the magnitude of the terminal velocity
B. Low carbon steel reciprocating motion whiles the tool in equal to:
C. Cast iron the planer movers in rotary motion. A. Zero
D. Nylon Answer: A B. One-half the initial volume
Answer: B C. Twice the initial volume
11. Past ME Board Question D. The initial volume
6. Past ME Board Question The path of contact involute gears where the Answer: D
Safety features that must be placed and force/power is actually transmitted. It is a
maintained as machine, black smith, welding, straight imaginary line passing through the 16. Past ME Board Question
and foundry shop. pitch point and tangent to the base circle. A liquid metal:
A. Safety goggle A. Principal reference plane A. Mercury
B. Lead C. Bronze is reddish in color while brass is C. Rusting
C. Zinc a mixture of copper and aluminum D. Weathering
D. Aluminum D. Bronze is mostly an alloy of copper and Answer: A
Answer: A tin while brass is a mixture of copper 27. Past ME Board Question
and antimony. A material that should be avoided in
17. Past ME Board Question Answer: A constructing wood pattern:
What type of gear which can transmit power A. Sap wood
at a certain angle? 22. Past ME Board Question B. Kiln dried wood
A. Helical gear The reciprocal of the diametral pitch C. Heart wood
B. Worm gear equivalent to the ratio of pitch diameter to the D. Core portion of wood
C. Bevel gear number of teeth: Answer: A
D. Herringbone gear A. Lead
Answer: C B. Clearance 28. Past ME Board Question
C. Module What is the moment of inertia of a rectangle
18. Past ME Board Question D. Involute about its base?
Type of V-belt to use in a driving pulley with Answer: C A. Bh2/6
speed of 360 rpm and transmitting 5 Hp: B. Bh3/3
A. Type C belts 23. Past ME Board Question C. Bh2/3
B. Type B Belts What is the property of a material which D. Bh3/12
C. Type A Belts resists forces acting to pull the material Answer: B
D. Type D Belts apart?
Answer: B A. Shear strength 29. Past ME Board Question
B. Tensile strength What is the modulus of elasticity if the stress
19. Past ME Board Question C. Torsional strength is 44,000 psi and a unit strain of 0.00105?
The arbitrary modification by removing a D. Compressive strength A. 41.905 x 106
small portion of a tooth material at the tip of Answer: B B. 42.300 x 106
the gear tooth is called: C. 41.202 x 106
A. Tip removal 24. Past ME Board Question D. 43.101 x 106
B. Tip undercut Which do not belong to foundry or metal Answer: A
C. Tip relief casting shop?
D. Pressure angle cut A. Shake-out machine 30. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C B. Molding machine Which of the following is not a structural steel
C. Coremaking class?
20. Past ME Board Question D. Forging machine A. Low carbon steel
The first derivative of kinetic energy with Answer: A B. Stainless steel
respect to velocity is: C. Medium carbon steel
A. Power 25. Past ME Board Question D. Tool and die steel
B. Acceleration The center of gravity of a solid pyramid or Answer: D
C. Momentum cone with a total height H is:
D. None of these A. ¼ H 31. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C B. 3/5 H What happens to a drill if the operating speed
C. 1/3 H is too fast?
21. Past ME Board Question D. 1/3 H A. Drill will crack
What is the difference between brass and Answer: A B. Drill will become overheated and will
bronze? bend
A. Brass is composed of copper and zinc 26. Past ME Board Question C. Drill will become overheated and will be
while bronze is compose of copper and The gradual chemical reaction by other drawn from steel
tin. substance such that the metal is converted to D. Drill will become very dull and wear fast
B. Brass is composed of copper and zinc an oxide or other compounds: Answer: C
while bronze is basically copper and tin A. Corrosion
plus non-ferrous B. Cheaping
32. Past ME Board Question reciprocating (forward and backward) motion A. Magnetic jaw chuck
Copper and most of its alloys can be and the tool head is stationary. B. 2-jaw independent
hardened by: A. Shaping C. 8-jaw universal
A. Patenting B. Planning D. Combination
B. Cold working C. Turning Answer: D
C. Case hardening D. Reaming
D. Soaking Answer: B 43. Past ME Board Question
Answer: B For a high corrosion resistant stainless steel,
38. Past ME Board Question what minimum chromium content is required?
33. Past ME Board Question The phenomenon of continuous stretching A. 8%
A type of coupling that alloys slight amount of under load even if the stress is less than the B. 4.3%
torsional angular flexibility due to introduction yield point: C. 1.1%
with some elastic material cylindrically A. Elasticity D. 5.8%
wrapped around the bolts in the flange. B. Ductility Answer: A
A. Simple elastic bonded coupling C. Plasticity
B. Elastic material bushed coupling D. Creep 44. Past ME Board Question
C. Elastic material bonded coupling Answer: D Clearance to a new boiler installation to the
D. All of the above existing or old plant building should follow a
Answer: B 39. Past ME Board Question minimum clearance of ______ between top of
In a pair of gears, ________ is the plane the boiler proper and the ceiling as stated in
34. Past ME Board Question perpendicular to the axial plane and tangent the PSME code.
Outstanding safety record contributes to: to the pitch surface. A. 2000 mm (max)
A. High productivity A. Pitch B. 1000 mm (max)
B. Outstanding performance that expects B. Pitch plane C. 2130 mm (max)
reward from management C. Pitch circle D. 2150 mm (max)
C. Confidence in foreman’s ability to D. Pitch point Answer: C
perform well Answer: B
D. Pride and enthusiasm to one-self 45. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A 40. Past ME Board Question Ordinary steel begins to lose strength and
What type of gear is used for high speed elasticity significantly at about: ______ °F.
35. Past ME Board Question operation? A. 900-1000 °F
The capacity of metal to withstand load A. Helical B. 800-900 °F
without breaking is: B. Spur C. 750-850 °F
A. Strength C. Bevel D. 600-700 °F
B. Stress D. Worm Answer: D
C. Elasticity Answer: A
D. Strain 46. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A 41. Past ME Board Question Statement that a given body is in static
V-belts operate efficiently at speed of about equilibrium means that a body cannot:
36. Past ME Board Question (fpm): A. Have any type of motion
Finding the resultant of two or more forces is A. 4500 B. Be acted upon by more than one force
called: B. 4400 C. Undergo any displacement
A. Coplanar force C. 4200 D. Have any acceleration
B. Non-coplanar force D. 3600 Answer: A
C. Couple Answer: A
D. Composition of forces 47. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D 42. Past ME Board Question Most effective alloying element for reducing
Name the type of chuck commonly used for brittleness of steel at very low temperature:
37. Past ME Board Question holding work piece in a lathe operation? A. Manganese
A machinery operation whereby done with Example, 3-jaw universal chuck, 4-jaw B. Molybdenum
the work accurately fastened has a independent chuck C. Silicon
D. Nickel D. Axially end loaded beam C. 59
Answer: D Answer: B D. 50
Answer: C
Normal stress relieving temperature for cast One of the causes of spur gear tooth 58. Past ME Board Question
steel: breakage is the unbalanced load on one end Cold working of steel plates make the
A. 200 to 350 °F of the tooth that results in higher stresses metal_________.
B. 400 to 500 °F than when the load is evenly distributed. To A. tougher
C. 300 to 400 °F minimize this problem, the face width “b” B. more ductile
D. 450 to 550 °F should not be greater than the thickness (or C. harder
Answer: D pitch) of the tooth. In the absence of test D. more malleable
values, the following can be a guide: Answer: C
49. Past ME Board Question A. 2.5 PC < b < 4 Pc
It is advised that in rubber belts application / B. 2.0 Pd< b < 4 Pd 59. Past ME Board Question
mounting, it should have an initial tension of C. 2.5 Pd< b < 4 Pd Considering a maximum safe center distance of
_____ inch / ply. D. 2.0 Pd< b < 4 Pc sprockets should be __________ pitchers. Very
A. 18 to 24 Answer: A long center distance cause catenary tension in the
B. 15 t 20 chain.
C. 12 to 15 54. Past ME Board Question A. 70
D. 10 The property that characterizes a material B. 80
Answer: B ability to be drawn to a wire: C. 60
A. Ductility D. 50
50. Past ME Board Question B. Thermal conductivity Answer: B
Non-ferrous filler metal is melted into grooves C. Tensile strength
or as fillet on the mother metal; the base D. Endurance limit 60. Past ME Board Question
metal is not melted. This is commonly used Answer: A Hypoid gear is a special type of gear like:
for joining iron based machine parts or in A. Worm gear
repair works of some materials. It is called: 55. Past ME Board Question B. Spur gear
A. Spot welding Deals only with the motion of bodies without C. Herringbone gear
B. Braze welding reference to forces that cause them: D. Bevel gear
C. Brazing A. Dynamics Answer: D
D. Gas welding B. Kinetics
Answer: B C. Statistics 61. Past ME Board Question
D. Kinematics The maximum stress to which a material may be
51. Past ME Board Question Answer: D subjected before failure occurs:
What is the common shop practice to prevent A. Ultimate strength
solder from running away from surface to be 56. Past ME Board Question B. Ultimate stress
joined? In shear pin or breaking pin design, we may use C. Endurance limit
A. Surround the work with clay the data experienced by Link-Belt for 1/8 inch to 1 D. Tensile stress
B. Introduce around the work rolled wet inch pins and the breaking stress is _____ksi. Answer: A
cloth A. 40
C. Put asbestos sheeting around the work B. 55 62. Past ME Board Question
D. All of these C. 50 A property of material which relates the lateral
Answer: D D. 48 strain to the longitudinal strain.
Answer: C A. Stress
52. Past ME Board Question B. Strain
The three-moment equation may be used to 57. Past ME Board Question C. Poisson’s ratio
analyze: Recommended best cutting angle of drill for work D. Strength
A. Tapered column on steel or cast iron is _____degrees. Answer: C
B. Continuous beam A. 48
C. Composite beam B. 63
63. Past ME Board Question Answer: D C. ductility
All are associated with the grade of steel except: D. plasticity
A. SAE 43XX 69. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
B. SAE 13XX A mechanism which usually do the indexing in a
C. SAE 10XX machine tool. 75. Past ME Board Question
D. SAE 74XX A. universal chuck When two elastic bodies collide, which of the
Answer: D B. slooter following laws can be used to solve for the
C. dividing head resulting velocity?
64. Past ME Board Question D. indexing A. Dalton’s Law
Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of: Answer: C B. Avogadro’s Law
A. Shear strain to compressive strain C. Conservation of energy
B. Elastic limit to compressive strain 70. Past ME Board Question D. Conservation of momentum and
C. Lateral strain to longitudinal strain Metal that assist lubrication or lubricant itself: conservation of energy
D. Elastic limit to proportional limit A. Zinc Answer: D
Answer: C B. Antimony
65. Past ME Board Question C. Babbitt 76. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following is not structural class of D. lead When the hole is smaller than the shaft, it will take
steel? Answer: C the pressure to put the parts together. The
A. Low carbon steel 71. Past ME Board Question allowance is said to be negative and is termed:
B. Tool and die steel A system of forces in space is in equilibrium. If two A. Negative tolerance
C. High chrome alloy steel unequal and opposite collinear forces are added, B. Negative allowance
D. High strength low alloy steel which of the following if any is true? C. Negative fits
Answer: B A. equilibrium is maintained D. Interference of metal
B. equilibrium is destroyed Answer: D
66. Past ME Board Question C. an unbalanced moment exists
The product of the resultant of all forces acting on D. none of these is true 77. Past ME Board Question
a body and the time that the resultant acts: Answer: A Device used to measure accurately speed:
A. Angular impulse A. Speedometer
B. Angular momentum 72. Past ME Board Question B. Dial indicator
C. Linear impulse It is a science of motion that can be solved in C. Tachometer
D. Linear momentum terms of scalar or vector algebra: D. Dial gauge
Answer: C A. Kinematics Answer: C
B. curvilinear translation
67. Past ME Board Question C. projectiles 78. Past ME Board Question
The smallest area at the point of rupture of a D. acceleration If the velocity of a mass is the same all the time
tensile specimen divided by the original area is Answer: A during which motion takes place is called:
called: A. deceleration
A. Percentage elongation 73. Past ME Board Question B. uniform motion
B. Izod test Permanent deformation or strain may occur C. acceleration
C. Charpy test without fracture. D. none of these
D. Percentage reduction of the area A. malleability Answer: B
Answer: D B. elasticity
C. ductility 79. Past ME Board Question
68. Past ME Board Question D. plasticity Length of contact between two mating parts in a
It equalizes the energy exerted and the work done Answer: C screw and nut threads measured axially is called:
thus preventing excessive or sudden changes of A. arc of contact
speed: 74. Past ME Board Question B. depth of engagement
A. Flywheel The ability of a metal to be deformed considerably C. length of engagement
B. Balance wheel without rupture is called: D. axis of contact
C. Flywheel pulley A. malleability Answer: C
D. All of these B. elasticity
80. Past ME Board Question B. couple
The distance a helical gear or worm would thread 86. Past ME Board Question C. combined forces
along its axis in one revolution if it were free to A shaft is to be checked for concentricity. A D. concurrent forces
move axially is called: suitable method of performing the check is: Answer: D
A. length of action A. bench centers and dial indicator
B. length of contact B. line shafting bearing alignment 92. Past ME Board Question
C. land C. observing vibration of the shafting A lathe machine threading mechanism:
D. lead D. none of these A. reversed gear and lever
Answer: D Answer: A B. spindle gear
C. change stud gear
81. Past ME Board Question 87. Past ME Board Question D. all of these
Major and minor diameters are commonly used in: A kind of thread in which the width of the thread is Answer: B
A. screw thread approximately equal to the depth of the thread and
B. bolts the space between threads are approximately 93. Past ME Board Question
C. gears equal. It is the difference of addendum and dedendum
D. all of these A. Square thread which is equivalent to the whole depth less
Answer: A B. Acme thread working depth.
C. Buttress thread A. fillet space
82. Past ME Board Question D. Whitworth thread B. fillet radius
A lathe with multiple cutting stations: Answer: A C. clearance
A. turret lathe D. backlash
B. engine lathe 88. Past ME Board Question Answer: C
C. manual lathe Which of the following is not used to resemble the
D. none of these shape of the tool bit? 94. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A A. Round nose Machine tools used for laying straight lines on
B. Center cut metal surfaces made of sharp tool steel is called
83. Past ME Board Question C. Square nose A. plain scriber
The nominal diameter of the bolts is the: D. Thread cutting B. a trammel
A. major diameter Answer: B C. hermaphrodite caliper
B. minor diameter D. divider
C. mean diameter 89. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
D. all of these Negative allowance is also called:
Answer: A A. interference of material 95. Past ME Board Question
B. feeler gage All are associated with standard material specified
84. Past ME Board Question C. micrometer except:
Ratio of unit lateral deformation to the unit D. tolerance A. American Iron and Steel Institute
longitudinal deformation: Answer: A B. Society of Automotive Engineers
A. Poisson’s ratio C. Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute
B. Strain 90. Past ME Board Question D. American Society for Testing Materials
C. Stress A property of matter which causes it to resist any Answer: C
D. Modulus of rigidity change in its motion or state of rest.
Answer: A A. brake 96. Past ME Board Question
B. friction The best instrument for measuring a thousand of
85. Past ME Board Question C. inertia an inch
For moderate speed of mating gears, the ideal D. impulse A. Micrometer
ratio contact is: Answer: C B. Tachometer
A. 1.25 - 4.0 C. Caliper
B. 1.20 – 1.45 91. Past ME Board Question D. pyrometer
C. 1.00 – 1.30 Separate forces which can be so combined are Answer: A
D. 0.35 – 1.45 called:
Answer: A A. non-concurrent forces
Tooth width measured along the chord at the pitch
circle:
A. flank
B. face width
C. width of space
D. chordal thickness
Answer: D

In the gear design, the total work load must be
equally shared by its arms. Rim must be rigid to
support these arms and also the head is
recommended for its stiffness value. The
assumption in the detailed design of rim thickness
and depth of bead is_____ circular pitch (PC).
A. 0.65
B. 0.50
C. 0.56
D. 0.44
Answer: C

Alloy that improves strength of steel at high
temperature application.
A. tungsten
B. molybdenum
C. chromium
D. all of these
Answer: D

A furnace used in melting ferrous metals:
A. annealing furnace
B. tempering furnace
C. induction furnace
D. normalizing furnace
Answer: C
ELEMENTS 07 The purpose of these parts in application is to C. Aluminum
have better bearings to seal the guard against D. All of these
1. Past ME Board Question marring, etc.
A furnace used in melting non-ferrous metals. A. Bearing journal Answer: D
A. Cupola furnace B. Metallic seal
B. Crucible furnace C. Washer 12. Past ME Board Question
C. Induction furnace D. Shaft seal The usual ratio of water to soluble oil used as
D. Tempering furnace cutting fluid:
Answer: C A. 50% water to 50% oil
Answer: B B. 2 water to 1 oil
7. Past ME Board Question C. 3 water to 1 oil
2. Past ME Board Question Metals are conductive because: D. 4 to 80 water to 1 oil
Endurance strength is nearly proportional to the A. He electrons are loosely bound to the
ultimate strength but not with: nuclei and therefore mobile Answer: D
A. Yield strength B. Having characteristic metallic luster
B. Design stress C. They are on the left side of the periodic 13. Past ME Board Question
C. Shear stress table Killed steel is always associated with:
D. All of the above D. They have extra electrons as exhibited A. Silicon
by normally possible balance state B. Manganese
Answer: A C. Phosphorous
Answer: A D. Sulfur
Liners are normally made of:
It is a considered semi-solid lubricant:
A. Cast iron 14. Past ME Board Question
B. Alloyed bronze A. Lube oil
B. Graphite Which of the following does not belong to the
C. Alloyed steel
C. Grease group?
D. Alloyed aluminum
D. All of these A. Welding
Answer: A B. Soldering
Answer: C C. Casting
4. Past ME Board Question D. Brazing
Used in as cast condition steel casting with carbon
What is the common cutting fluid used for cutting Answer: C
content less than _______% C.
metals?
A. 0.26 15. Past ME Board Question
B. 0.20 A. Water with soda and borax
B. Light mineral oil Which of the following is most popular soldering of
C. 0.15 to 0.18
C. Soluble oil metal?
D. 0.25
D. All of these A. 10/80
Answer: B B. 45/55
Answer: D C. 50/50
5. Past ME Board Question D. 60/40
The yield strength of a regular yellow brass (65 to
Good stabilizer in stainless steel: Answer: C
70% Cu, 30 to 35% Zn) can be
A. Columbium
increased/improved by: 16. Past ME Board Question
B. Titanium
A. Cold working The motion of an object diminished/ decrease
C. Tantalium
B. Tempering
D. All of these speed.
C. Chill casting
A. Deceleration
D. Heat treatment Answer: D B. Retarded motion
Answer: A C. Negative impulse
11. Past ME Board Question D. All of these
The good deoxidizer in steel melting:
A. Manganese Answer: B
B. Silicon
17. Past ME Board Question B. Diametral pitch 28. Past ME Board Question
It is recommended not to have a direct drive and C. English module Gear used to transmit power at high velocity ratios
drive sprockets if the ratio of their teeth exceeds D. Circular pitch between non-intersecting shafts that are usually
_________ use two or more steps combination. but not necessarily at right angle.
Answer: C A. Helical gear
A. 10 times
B. 8 times B. Bevel gear
C. 5 times 23. Past ME Board Question C. Worm gear
D. 6 times It is recommended for high speed application that D. Spiral gear
the minimum number of teeth in small sprocket
Answer: B should be: Answer: C
A. 26 to 30
18. Past ME Board Question B. 12 to 16 29. Past ME Board Question
It is used to change rotary motion to reciprocating C. 26 to 28 Which of the following is the differential of the
motion: D. 18 to 24 shear equation?
A. Helical gear A. Bending moment of the beam
Answer: D B. Tensile strength of the beam
B. Rack gear
C. Worm gear C. Slope of the elastic curve
24. Past ME Board Question D. Load of the beam
D. Spur gear
Continuous stretching under load even if the
Answer: B stress is less than the yield point. Answer: D
A. Plasticity
19. Past ME Board Question B. Elasticity 30. Past ME Board Question
Stresses that are independent loads: C. Creep It is arbitrarily defined as the push and pull.
A. Working stress D. Ductility A. Force
B. Operating stress B. Work
Answer: C C. Inertia
C. Residual stress
D. Shear stress D. Power
Answer: C Which of the following is not a structural class of Answer: A
steel?
20. Past ME Board Question A. High speed steel 31. Past ME Board Question
The distance of tooth, which is equal to the sum of B. Tool and die The changes in shape or geometry of the body
the addendum and dedendum: C. Low carbon due action of a force on it is called deformation or:
A. Full depth D. High carbon A. Shear stress
B. Whole depth B. Stresses
Answer: B C. Compressive stress
C. Working depth
D. Dedendum D. Strains
Answer: B Opposite direction parallel forces: Answer: D
A. Concurrent
21. Past ME Board Question B. Coplanar 32. Past ME Board Question
The concave portion of the tooth profile where it C. Couple For evenly distributed and uniform wear on each
joints the bottom of the tooth space: D. Non-coplanar meshing gear tooth, the ideal design practice is to
A. Fillet curve consider a __________.
Answer: C A. Wear resistance alloy addition to tooth
B. Fillet radius
C. Bottom depth gear
27. Past ME Board Question B. Heat treatment of the gears
D. Fillet
The ratio of the moment of inertia of the cross- C. Hardening of each tooth
Answer: A section of the beam to the section modulus. D. Hunting tooth addition
A. Equal to the radius of gyration
B. Equal to the area of cross-section Answer: D
In gear design, the ratio of the pitch diameter in C. Measure of a distance
inches to the number of teeth: D. Dependent on the modulus of elasticity 33. Past ME Board Question
A. Module
Answer: C
The reciprocal of a diametral pitch or the ratio of C. Partial bearing 43. Past ME Board Question
pitch diameter to number of teeth. D. Fitted bearing The amount by which the width of the tooth space
A. Lead exceeds the thickness of the engaging tooth on
B. Module Answer: B the pitch circles.
C. Involute A. Backlash
D. Clearance 39. Past ME Board Question B. Clearance
I the selection of wire rope, regular lay means C. Undercut
Answer: B wires and strands are arranged in the following D. Chordal thickness
manner:
A. Twisted in same direction Answer: A
34. Past ME Board Question B. Twisted in any direction
It is the ability of the material to resist deformation C. Twisted in opposite direction 44. Past ME Board Question
under stress: D. Twisted in along direction Which does not belong to the group?
A. Plasticity A. SAE
B. Stiffness Answer: C B. AISI
C. Toughness C. SEA II
D. All of these 40. Past ME Board Question D. ASTM
Answer: B Answer: C
In involute teeth, the pressure angle is often
defined as the angle between the line of action
and the line of tangent to the pitch circle. It is also
Flat leather belting not recommended for use in What is the SAE specification number of
termed as:
speed excess of _____fpm. molybdenum?
A. Helix angle
A. 3600 A. SAE 2XXX
B. Angle of recess
B. 4800 B. SAE 3XXX
C. Angle of obliquity
C. 6000 C. SAE 4XXX
D. Arc of action
D. All of these D. SAE 5XXX
Answer: C
Answer: C Answer: C
Height of tooth above pitch circle or radial distance
The angle included between the sides of the tread What will be the effect in bushing gears without
between pitch circle and top land of the tooth.
measured in an axial plane in a screw thread: backlash?
A. Top tooth
A. Angle of tread A. Jamming
B. Addendum tooth
B. Angle between tread or 40⁰ B. Overheating
C. Land
C. Helix angle tread C. Overload
D. Hunting tooth
D. Half angle tread or 20⁰ D. All of these
Answer: B
Answer: A Answer: D
The function of clutch in the machine tools is:
The property of a material that relates the lateral Range of helix angle on helical gear
A. Lowering the drive
strain to longitudinal strain. A. Less than 18
B. Alignment of drive shaft
A. Stress B. 15-25
C. To disconnect or connect at will the
B. Strain C. 20-35
drive
C. Poisson’s ratio D. 35-40
D. To ensure that two shafts line up at high
D. Endurance limit
speed
Answer: B
Answer: C
Answer: C
38. Past ME Board Question The distance a helical gear or worn would tread
Eccentrically loaded bearing is also called: along its axis in one revolution if it were free to
A. Full bearing move axially.
B. Offset bearing A. Lead
B. Tread 54. Past ME Board Question A metal which has a high electrical conductivity
C. Pitch What type of bearing which totally encloses the but should not be used for high temperature metal.
D. Land shaft? A. Silicon
A. Offset bearing B. Zinc
Answer: A B. Central bearing C. Chrome alloy
C. Babbit bearing D. Carbide
49. Past ME Board Question D. Full bearing
It refers to the surface of the gear between the Answer: B
fillets of adjacent teeth. Answer: D
A. Top land 60. Past ME Board Question
B. Bottom land 55. Past ME Board Question Finding the resultant of two or more forces is
C. Pitch Not adaptable to welding due to strength and poor called:
D. Fillet ductility: A. Co-planar forces
A. Copper parts B. Non-coplanar forces
Answer: B B. Aluminum parts C. Couple
C. Cast iron parts D. Composition of forces
50. Past ME Board Question D. All of these
The distance between adjacent rivets is called: Answer: D
A. Pitch Answer: B
B. Crest 61. Past ME Board Question
C. Lead 56. Past ME Board Question Eccentrically loaded bearing is also called:
D. None of these In general, the design stress and factor of safety A. Full bearing
are related as follows: B. Offset
Answer: A A. Design stress = ultimate stress times C. Partial bearing
factor of safety D. Fitted bearing
51. Past ME Board Question B. Design stress = ultimate stress divided
A plane perpendicular to the axial plane and to the by factor of safety Answer: B
pitch plane. In gears with parallel axis, the C. Factor of safety = design stress divide
transverse plane and the plane of rotation by ultimate stress 62. Past ME Board Question
coincide. D. Ultimate stress = factor of safety divided The best instrument for measuring a thousandth of
A. Transverse plane by design stress an inch:
B. Principal reference plane A. Micrometer
C. Normal plane Answer: B B. Tachometer
D. Pitch plane C. Caliper
57. Past ME Board Question D. Pyrometer
Answer: A The color of pipe for communication is:
A. White Answer: A
52. Past ME Board Question B. Blue
What tool will be used in making wood pattern in C. Yellow 63. Past ME Board Question
the foundry shop? D. Orang Galvanized iron is term referring to iron coated
A. Band saw with:
B. Drill machine Answer: A A. Aluminum
C. Saw and chisel B. Tin
D. Hammer 58. Past ME Board Question C. Zinc
It improves red hardness of steel: D. Manganese
Answer: C A. Chromium
B. Cobalt Answer: C
53. Past ME Board Question C. Boron
All are functions of lubricating oil except: D. Lead 64. Past ME Board Question
A. Adhesion The ability of metal to resist being crushed:
B. Corrosion prevention Answer: B A. Shearing strength
C. Act as a coolant B. Compressive strength
D. To lighten the load 59. Past ME Board Question C. Torsional strength
D. Tensile strength
Answer: A
Answer: B Some of experiments made at Cornell University 75. Past ME Board Question
showed the experience mechanic could bread a Material may be stretched and still returns to its
65. Past ME Board Question ___________ bolt due to nut tightening. former form/condition upon release of forces is
Is the permissible variation of the size of a A. 3/8 inch called:
dimension? B. 5/8 inch A. Plasticity
A. Tolerance C. ½ inch B. Modulus of elasticity
B. Allowance D. 7/16 inch C. Ductility
C. Clearance D. Elastic limit
D. Interference Answer: B
Answer: D
Answer: A 71. Past ME Board Question
Common defects encountered in the Foundry 76. Past ME Board Question
66. Past ME Board Question Shop steel casting operation and also welding The brittleness in steel at elevated temperature is:
The single force which produces the same effect practices. A. Hard drawn
upon a body as two or more forces acting together A. Cracks B. Cold lap
is called: B. Cold shot C. Red shortness
A. Resultant force C. Parting line D. Residual stresses
B. Co-planar force D. Blow/pin holes
C. Couple Answer: C
D. Non-coplanar force Answer: D
Answer: A 72. Past ME Board Question Intermediate gear is also called __________ gear
This particular cutting tool material could withstand in a gear train arrangement.
67. Past ME Board Question cutting temperature of 1800˚F and higher at A. Idler
Product of mass and linear velocity is known as: cutting speed beyond those possible with other B. Pinion
A. Impulse cutting tool materials: C. Third gear
B. Linear momentum A. Titanium carbide D. Mounted gear
C. Angular momentum B. Ceramic
D. Impact C. Carbide grade Answer: A
D. Cubic boron nitride
Answer: B 78. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D The top and bottom land for gears is similar
68. Past ME Board Question formed as crest and ___________ for screw
What is the SAE specification number of 73. Past ME Board Question thread.
Molybdenum-chromium-nickel? Moment curve to a simple beam with a A. Flank
A. 48XX concentrated load at middle span takes the shape B. Root
B. 47XX of a C. Flank tooth
C. 46XX A. Triangle D. Topland
D. 45XX B. Rectangular
C. Trapezoid Answer: B
Answer: B D. Semi-eclipses
69. Past ME Board Question Answer: A Cold drawing is also called ____________.
Plus or minus of the tolerance is called: A. Hard drawn
A. Total tolerance 74. Past ME Board Question B. Oxidized steel
B. Unilateral tolerance Type of chuck wherein the work piece with C. Cold lap steel
C. Bilateral tolerance standard diameter or size could be attached fast D. Strain hardening
D. None of these and quick especially small size of work of mass
production. Answer: A
Answer: C A. Lathe drive plate
B. Clamp toe dog
70. Past ME Board Question C. Collet attachment
D. Steady centre rest 80. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C
Which of the following services is not considered The maximum stress induced in a material when 90. Past ME Board Question
to be a work of a machinist? subjected to intermittent or repeated load without _______ Thread is used where the thread requires
A. Reboring causing failure is called: great strength and usually cut square on one side
B. Grinding A. Ultimate stress and slanting on the other side.
C. Overhauling B. Endurance limit A. Janno
D. Honing C. Ultimate torque B. Buttress
D. Elastic limit C. Square
Answer: C D. Double
Answer: B
In Machine Shop, had forging operation of 86. Past ME Board Question
lengthening a piece of stock while reducing the Which of the following tools does not belong to the 91. Past ME Board Question
cross-sectional area of work is called: group. In greater quantity, these elements is harmful to
A. Bloating A. Hermaphrodite caliper the molten ferrous metal.
B. Upsetting B. Divider A. Silicon
C. Spreading C. Double VEE block B. Aluminum
D. Draining out D. Trammel C. Oxides
D. Sulfur
Answer: B Answer: C
Answer: D
The recommended age limit of fire tube boilers. ___________ is the theoretical profile of the tread 92. Past ME Board Question
A. 35 years for a length of one pitch in the axial plane on which For economical cost in the manufacturing large
B. 30 years design forms of both the external threads are worm gears the following materials are usually
C. 40 years based: applied.
D. 50 years A. Basic form of tread A. Bronze rim with cast steel spider
B. Effective tread B. Cast iron rim with bronze spider
Answer: B C. Basic profile of tread C. Cast steel rim with brass spider
D. Design form of external thread D. Alloyed aluminum rim with cast iron
83. Past ME Board Question spider
Silicon-manganese steel designation, SAE Answer: C
______. Answer: A
A. 72XX 88. Past ME Board Question
B. 40XX One of the following material is not mentioned for 93. Past ME Board Question
C. 92XX wire rope pulley / sheave applications. Non-metallic material of high melting temperature
D. 9XX A. Plastic being used as furnace lining:
B. Iron A. Quartz bricks
Answer: C C. Paper B. Refractories
D. Copper alloy C. Silica sand
84. Past ME Board Question D. Dolomite clay bricks
The factor or safety generally applied in wire rope Answer: A
design starts at 3-4 for standing rope application, Answer: B
5-12 for operating rope and ______ for hazard to 89. Past ME Board Question
life and property application like foundry operation. Internal stress exerted by the fibers to resist the 94. Past ME Board Question
A. Higher value action of outside force is called: Chromium steel (to include heat and corrosion
B. 7-10 A. Shearing stress resistant) designation:
C. 8-10 B. Tensile stress A. SAE 56XX
D. 10-18 C. Ultimate stress B. SAE 514XX
D. Comprehensive stress C. SAE 61XX
Answer: A D. SAE 9XX
Answer: A
Answer: B

Mirror finish has surface finess of ______ rms A furnace used I melting ferrous metals:
A. 1 A. Annealing furnace
B. 2 to 8 B. Tempering furnace
C. 1 to 3 C. Induction furnace
D. 2 to 5 D. Normalizing furnace
Answer: A Answer: C

All terms and abbreviations deal with wire rope
arrangement except this _______ which deals with
wire rope material strength.
A. Preformed
B. IWRC
C. Mps
D. Lang lay
Answer: C

Alloy steel axle under repeated load/ stress will
eventually fail if the load/ stess is above the
endurance for the steel under consideration. The
endurance limit of the steel is therefore:
A. Equal to the allowable stress of the
module of elasticity
B. Equal to half of the ultimate strength
C. Equal to module of elasticity
D. Equal to 80% of the elastic limit
Answer: B

Tap not used for cutting thread ________.
A. Tapping tap
B. Bottoming tap
C. Plugging tap
D. Taper tap
Answer: A

Alloy that improves strength of steel at high
temperature application.
A. Tungsten
B. Molybdenum
C. Chromium
D. All of these
Answer: D
ELEMENTS 08 Answer: D Answer: D
Which of the following does not affect the tensile The material for engine radiator is usually made If a set of spur gears are made, installed and
strength of steel? of: lubricated properly, they normally may be
A. Sulphur A. Yellow brass subjected to failures like:
B. Cobalt B. Silicon brass A. Tooth spalling
C. Phosphorus C. Admiralty brass B. Tooth peening
D. Boron D. Navy brass C. Pitting
D. Shearing
Answer: D Answer: A
Answer: C
Which of the following is an example of rectilinear What factors can modify the recommended cutting 12. Past ME Board Question
translation? speed of known work piece? Normally cast iron contains 2% carbon or more
A. Locomotive A. Rough cutting of work piece and silicon in the range of____%.
B. Rack gear B. Modify the shape of the cutting tools A. 1 to 3
C. Piston C. Use correctly shaped cutting tools B. 2 to 4
D. Jack D. Depth of cut C. 2 to 3
D. 1 to 6
Answer: C Answer: D
Answer: A
A petroleum by-product used as an electrode in an In a cutting tool the cutting end can also be 13. Past ME Board Question
electric arc furnace melting operation. generally called: A major component of cast steel is:
A. Anthracite coke A. End cutting edge A. Silicon
B. Foundry coke B. Nose B. Iron
C. Graphite electrodes C. Back rake C. Manganese
D. Bituminous coke D. Side rake D. Chromium
Answer: C Answer: B Answer: B
A machine shop equipment that can flatten What equation to be used in computing the The application of electrical current to the
horizontally, vertically or angular plane. acceleration of the center of rolling ball with a corrosion circuit to counter the corrosion reaction
A. Shaper machine diameter of 8 inches? is called:
B. Welding machine A. 0 A. Cathodic protection
C. Drill machine B. rὼ² B. Sacrificial anodes method
D. Power saw C. ὼ²/r C. Chemical corrosion process
D. v ²/r D. Galvanic action
Answer: A
Answer: B Answer: A
What type of leather belting should be used at an 10. Past ME Board Question 15. Past ME Board Question
ambient temperature above 140⁰F and possible From experience specify the conventional limit of As a rule of thumb the depth of foundation could
acid liquid coming in contact with belt? flywheel operations to be at 6000ft/min for cast be about 3.2 to ____ times the engine stroke.
A. Mineral tanned iron and ____ for cast steel. A. 4.20
B. Combination of oak A. 7000 B. 4.0
C. Oak tanned B. 8000 C. 3.40
D. None of these C. 10000 D. 3.80
D. 12000
Answer: A B. Magnesium 25. Past ME Board Question
C. Molybdenum It is the name applied to reciprocating circular
16. Past ME Board Question D. Silicon motion as that a pendulum.
Bevel gears subjected to corrosion and lightly A. Intermittent motion
loaded are usually made of: Answer: D B. Reciprocating motion
A. Bronze C. Oscillation
B. Brass 21. Past ME Board Question D. Momentum
C. Duralumin Surface connecting the crest and roots of the
D. All of these screw thread. Answer: C
A. Lead angle
Answer: D B. Length of engagement
C. Top land 26. Past ME Board Question
17. Past ME Board Question D. Flank Avoidance of vibration in equipment of machinery
The characteristics of tool steel sustain shocks foundations, a mass off weight equal to ____
and a major impact is due to its: Answer: D times the forces are needed.
A. Toughness A. 10 to 20
B. Stiffness B. 8 to 15
C. Ductility 22. Past ME Board Question C. 15 to 20
D. Machinability It is hardening treatment whereby a cast metal is D. 8 to 10
being heated to a very high temperature than
Answer: A suddenly subjected to rapid cooling to improve Answer: A
hardenability of wear resistance is called:
18. Past ME Board Question A. Annealing
The flux that should be provided in soldering B. Normalizing 27. Past ME Board Question
electrical connection or commutator wires as it’s C. Tempering Commonly used/produced screws/bolts/nuts and
tends to corrode the connections. D. Quenching for engineering applications is a ____ series.
A. Sal ammoniac A. UNC
B. Zinc chloride Answer: D B. ANSI
C. Stearin C. withworth
D. Acid fluxes D. UNF
Answer: D Moment of inertia is also called: Answer: A
A. Modulus of elasticity
19. Past ME Board Question B. Weep strength 28. It indicates how many times a volume of materials
Treatment process that produces a residual C. Radius of gyration is heavier than an equal volume of water.
compressive stress at the surface (which occupy D. None of these A. Specific gravity
more volume) and residual tension on the inside B. Specific volume
that results in considerable increase in fatigue Answer: D C. Specific weight
strength for members on torsion/bending: D. Specific density
A. Partial quenching 24. Past ME Board Question
B. Heavy oil quenching Nickel-chromium-molybdenum steel designation. Answer: A
C. Quenching SAE:
D. Shallow quenching A. SAE51XX
B. SAE74XX 29. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D C. SAE94XX Axially located rectangular groove in a hub and
D. SAE64XX shaft.
A. Key seat
20. Past ME Board Question Answer: C B. Cotter pin set
A good general purpose deoxidizer and promotes C. Flute
fine grain in steel. D. Setscrew point
A. Copper
Answer: A 34. Past ME Board Question 39. Past ME Board Question
It is a symbol that the work surfaces should be An act of cutting out a piece of metal at a desired
30. Past ME Board Question machined-finished and usually indicated in the shape and size.
The amount by which the dedendum in a given drawing and placed on line that represent the A. Broaching
gear/pinion exceeds the addendum of its mating surface to be machined. B. Blanking
pinion/gear. Also the radial distance between the A. f C. Slitting
top of a tooth and the bottom of the mating tooth B. 5 D. Dinking
space. C. 20
A. Tip relief D. F.A.O Answer: B
B. Top land
C. Clearance Answer: A 40. Past ME Board Question
D. Space The surface of the gear between the fillets of
35. Past ME Board Question adjacent teeth is called:
Answer: C Web is a part of a drill and is usually thicker____ A. Bottom land
A. Beside the land B. Flank
31. Past ME Board Question B. Nearing the shank C. Top land
Deflection of a beam is: C. Close to the future D. Flank of tooth
A. Proportional to the modulus of elasticity and D. At the tip portion
moment of inertia Answer: A
B. Proportional to the load impose and inversely Answer: B
to the length squared 41. Past ME Board Question
C. Inversely proportional the modulus of 36. Past ME Board Question In drilling soft materials use cutting angle as low
elasticity and moment of inertia A carbon content in the range of ___ in steel as 40 degrees but for extremely hard material up
D. Inversely proportional to the weight imposed readily responds to heat treatment. to ____ degrees is recommended.
time the length A. 0.35 to 0.40 %C A. 80
B. 0.28 to 0.30 %C B. 65
Answer: C C. 0.18 to 0.25 %C C. 75
D. 0.12 to 0.15 %C D. 70
The normal density of work space requirement to Answer: A Answer: D
use in the design of a work room is ______ cubic
feet per person. 37. Past ME Board Question 42. Past ME Board Question
A. 400 The soldering material commonly applied for The ideal thickness of the cutter at the pitchline for
B. 388 automobile radiator cores and roofing seems. cutting helical gears should be ___ of normal
C. 353 A. 15/85 % tin and lead circular pitch.
D. 424 B. 50/50 % tin and lead A. 3/8
C. 45/55 % tin and lead B. ¾
Answer: D D. 20/80 % tin and lead C. ½
D. 5/16
33. Past ME Board Question Answer: C
Safety features that must be placed and Answer: C
maintained at machine, blacksmith, welding and 38. Past ME Board Question
foundry shops. A research agency handling assistance to all 43. Past ME Board Question
A. Walkway guide foundry, machine shop and metallurgical plant Progressive change of position of a body is called:
B. Safety notices operation. A. Acceleration
C. Safety goggles A. MIRDC B. Momentum
D. Safety notices in markers/boards B. BOI C. Motion
C. DOST D. Force
Answer: D D. All of these
Answer: C
Answer: A
Answer: D. Joint efficiency
In designing gears for power transmission 49. Past ME Board Question Answer: B
consider an efficiency of ___ as recommended. The modulus of elasticity for metals in
A. 96% or more compression is usually taken as that in: 54. Past ME Board Question
B. 89% or more A. Tension What is the usual factor of safety for a pressure
C. 85% or more B. Bearing vessel?
D. 98% or more C. Yield A. 4
D. Ultimate B. 1.5
Answer: D C. 3
Answer: A D. 5
The five principal parts of the shaper are: the 50. Past ME Board Question Answer: D
table, tool side, base, ram and ___. Which of the following is the ratio of moment and
A. Column stress? 55. Past ME Board Question
B. Vise A. Strain It is the permissible variation of the size.
C. Drive motor B. Section modulus A. Tolerance
D. Apron C. Contraction B. Limits
D. Passions ratio C. Fits
Answer: B D. None of these
Answer: B
Answer: A
It is a good design practice for steel lineshafting to 51. Past ME Board Question 56. Past ME Board Question
consider a limit to the linear deflection of ____ What is the flexural stress when of a symmetrically Considering that there is no fit, what is the
inch/foot length maximum. cross-section beam when the vertical shear is permissible liberal tolerance in machining work?
A. 0.050 maximum. A. ±0.010
B. 0.010 A. Infinity B. ±0.090
C. 0.020 B. Zero C. ±0.020
D. 0.060 C. Maximum D. ±0.050
D. Minimum
Answer: B Answer: A
Answer: B
The conical surface at the starting end of the 52. Past ME Board Question Which of the following is a tolerance where the
thread is called: The riveted joint in ASME Code has as design size of a part may be larger only, or smaller only,
A. Pitch cone surface compressive stress _____ higher than the than the given dimension.
B. Chamfer design tensile stress. A. Unilateral
C. Crest A. 70% B. Lateral
D. Flute B. 60% C. Bilateral
C. 35% D. None of these
Answer: B D. 50%
Answer: A
For ordinary steel, the modulus of elasticity usually 58. Past ME Board Question
falls between ____ million pounds. 53. Past ME Board Question A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted to
A. 20 to 31 What is the ratio of the minimum strength of solid be either larger or smaller than the given
B. 35 to 35 joint in the pressure vessel? dimension.
C. 20 to 35 A. Efficiency A. Unilateral
D. 25 to 30 B. Relative strength B. Lateral
C. Performance factor C. Bilateral
D. None of these D. 4 C. Addendum circle
D. Pitch circle
Answer: C Answer: A
Answer: A
Which of the following is the basis for ASA fits? It is the process of pre-stressing or over-stressing
A. Basic number system of a hollow cylindrical member beyond the elastic 69. Past ME Board Question
B. Basic hole system range. The distance form a point on one gear to the
C. Basic size system A. Presstagge corresponding point measured along the base
D. Unit system B. Autofrettage circle.
C. Stress relieving A. Normal pitch
Answer: B D. Counter sinking B. Circular pitch
C. Axial pitch
60. Past ME Board Question Answer: B D. Diametral pitch
When the hole is smaller than the shaft, it will take
force or pressure to put the cold parts together. In 65. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
such case the allowance is negative. Which of the It is the phenomenon occurring when two touching
following terms is appropriate for such allowance? surfaces have a high contact pressure and when 70. Past ME Board Question
A. Negative fits of metals these surfaces have minute relative motion. A line passing through the pitch point that is
B. Interference of metal A. Prestressing tangent to both base circle of a gear is:
C. Positive fits of the shaft B. Fretting A. Pressure line
D. Intangible fits C. Friction B. Perpendicular line
D. Carving C. Tangent line
Answer: B D. Center line
Answer: B
What is the direction of the following predominant 66. Past ME Board Question
surface pattern? Which of the following gears has the simplest type 71. Past ME Board Question
A. Smoothness of teeth? Which of the following is the contract ratio for a
B. Waviness A. Helical gears good gear design?
C. Lay B. Spur gears A. 1.5:1
D. Roughness C. Bevel gears B. 1:13
D. Worm gears C. 1:3
Answer: C D. 1.2:2
Answer: B
It is the irregularities of departures from the 67. Past ME Board Question
nominal surface of greater spacing than In gears, an imaginary circle on which the lever 72. Past ME Board Question
roughness? arm is based in: In pressure vessels, which of the following resists
A. Waviness A. Base circle internal pressure through tension?
B. Roughness B. Pitch circle A. Shell-type element
C. Lay C. Addendum circle B. Carn type element
D. Smoothness D. Clearance circle C. Plate-type element
D. Spherical type element
Answer: A. Answer: B
Answer: A
It is the surface finish of micrometer in rms. It is the circle tangent to the addendum to the 73. Past ME Board Question
A. 1 addendum of the meshing gears. In pressure vessels, which of the following resists
B. 2 A. Clearance circle internal pressure through bending?
C. 3 B. Base circle A. Shell-type element
B. Carn type element C. Machine bolt Answer: B
C. Plate-type element D. Carriage bolt
D. Spherical type element 84. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D It is the ratio of the mean diameter of coil over the
Answer: C coil diameter.
79. Past ME Board Question A. Wahl factor
74. Past ME Board Question It is a type of bolt threaded on both ends and can B. Spring index
Which of the following flanges is suitable for low be used where a through bolt impossible. C. Coil ratio
and moderate pressure? A. Coupling bolt D. Lead scale
A. Ring-flange B. Carriage bolt
B. Lap joint flange C. Stud bolt Answer: B
C. Tapered-hub flange D. Machine bolt
D. Welding neck type 85. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C What is the overall length of the spring when it Is
Answer: A compressed until all adjacent coils touched?
80. Past ME Board Question A. Free length
75. Past ME Board Question It is a cheap variety of bolt made in small sizes. B. Solid length
It is the study of the body’s motion independent of A. Stud bolt C. Compressed length
the forces on the body. B. Stove bolt D. Expansion length
A. Kinetics C. Machine bolt
B. Dynamics D. Coupling bolt Answer: B
C. Kinematics
D. Mechanics Answer: B 86. Past ME Board Question
It is the length of a coil spring under no load.
Answer: C 81. Past ME Board Question A. Compressed length
It is a locking device that is used to maintain B. Free length
76. Past ME Board Question pressure between threads of the bolt and nut. C. Solid height
What is the reciprocal of velocity ratio? A. Gasket D. None of these
A. Train value B. Lock washer
B. Ratio factor C. Lock nuts Answer: B
C. Modular value D. Filler
D. None of these 87. Past ME Board Question
Answer: B In general, the steel springs are made of relatively
Answer: A of relative high carbon steel usually:
82. Past ME Board Question A. 5%
77. Past ME Board Question What is the large wood screw used to fasten B. Less than 0.5%
It is a type of bolt finished all over and has usually machinery and equipment. C. More than 0.5%
having coarse threads. A. Lag screw D. 7.5%
A. Coupling bolt B. Loss screw
B. Stud bolt C. Wood screw Answer: C
C. Machine bolt D. Cross screw
D. Automobile bolt 88. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A It is a low cost spring material, suitable where
Answer: A service is not severe and dimensional precision is
83. Past ME Board Question not needed:
78. Past ME Board Question What is the minimum length of contact in a tapped A. Helical spring wire
It is a type of bolt distinguished by a short portion hole for cast iron? B. Stainless steel
of the shank underneath the head being square or A. 1.7D C. Hard drawn wire spring
finned or ribbed. B. 1.5D D. Copper
A. Coupling bolt C. 1.2D
B. Stud bolt D. 2.1D Answer: C
What is the hard drawn (80% reduction) spring What is the type of failure due to unstability? What is the rotating member used in transmitting
wire made of high carbon steel? A. Buckling power?
A. Oil tempered wire B. Slenderness ratio A. Shaft
B. Music wire C. Stability B. Counter shaft
C. Tension wire D. Euler’s failure C. Axle
D. Chromium wire D. Washer
Answer: A
Answer: B Answer: A
90. Past ME Board Question What type of formula that best applied to a very
Which of the following wires with good quality and slender column? 100. Past ME Board Question
is used for impact loading. A. Column formula For machinery shafts, the permissible deflection is
A. Hard drawn wire B. Slenderness formulas approximately:
B. Cold drawn wire C. Moment formulas A. 0.02 in/ft
C. Helical spring wire D. Euler formula B. 0.03 in/ft
D. Chromium-silicon wire C. 0.01 in/ft
Answer: D D. 0.05 in/ft
Answer: D
91. Past ME Board Question Id two principal stresses is zero, the state of stress
When heat treated wire is coiled cold, it should be is:
stress relieved for bending stress and after cooling A. Biaxial
it is heated at some: B. Mono-axial
A. 400⁰F C. Uniaxial
B. 600⁰F D. Triaxial
C. 700⁰F
D. 500⁰F Answer: C
Answer: D 97. Past ME Board Question

What do you call the system that have finite values
92. Past ME Board Question of principal stresses?
Which of the following is not a function of spring? A. Triaxial
A. Absorbs energy B. Uniaxial
B. Source of potential energy C. Monoaxial
C. Measure weight D. Biaxial
D. Measure thickness
Answer: A
Answer: D
93. Past ME Board Question A screw that requires positive torque to lower the
Which of the following is the type of spring made load or to loosen the screw if it has been turned
in the form of dished washer? tight against a resistance
A. Air spring A. Power screw
B. Bellevile spring B. Lock screw
C. Volute spring C. Self screw
D. Motor spring D. Self locking screw
Answer: B Answer: D
A. Nominal speed
B. Critical speed
ELEMENTS 09 C. Relative speed 10. Past ME Board Question
D. Mean speed What type of key that allows the hub to move
1. Past ME Board Question along the shaft but prevents the rotation of the
For shafts, the shear due to bending is a Answer: B shaft?
maximum at the neutral plane where the normal A. Woodruff key
stress is: 6. Past ME Board Question B. Feather key
A. Minimum An old rule of thumb for transmission shafting is C. Gibbs key
B. Constant that the deflection should not exceed ___ of length D. Square key
C. Maximum also between supports.
D. Zero A. 0.01 in. per foot Answer: B
B. 0.08 in. per foot
Answer: D C. 0.02 in. per foot 11. Past ME Board Question
D. 0.05 in. per foot What is the other name for Kennedy key?
2. Past ME Board Question A. Tangential key
The minimum value of numerical combined shock, Answer: A B. Woodruff key
and fatigue factor to be applied in every case to C. Saddle key
the computed bending moment of the shaft is: 7. Past ME Board Question D. Roll pin
A. 2.0 For transmission shafts the allowable deflection is
B. 1.75 1 degree in a length of ___ diameters. Answer: A
C. 1.5 A. 20
D. 1.3 B. 25 12. Past ME Board Question
C. 30 What type of fits used for involute spline?
Answer: C D. 40 A. Close fit
B. Press fit
3. Past ME Board Question Answer: A C. Sliding fit
What is the other name given to short shafts on D. All of these
machine? 8. Past ME Board Question
A. Spindles What is the limiting torsional deflection for Answer: B
B. Head shaft machinery shafts, if the criteria of limiting torsional
C. Core shaft deflection vary from 0.08⁰ per foot of length? 13. Past ME Board Question
D. All of these A. 1⁰ Which of the following is used for permanent fits
B. 2.5⁰ and similar to involute splines except that the
Answer: A C. 2⁰ pressure angle is 14.5⁰?
D. 3.5⁰ A. Separation load
4. Past ME Board Question B. Spline load
What is the other name given to a line shaft? Answer: A C. Stub serrations
A. Countershaft D. Involute serrations
B. Main shaft 9. Past ME Board Question
C. Long shaft Bevel gears of sizes 5 in. to 15 in. should not be Answer: D
D. Head shaft lift or depress more than ___, as Gleason
statement. 14. Past ME Board Question
Answer: B A. 0.004 It is used a coupling, or in addition to another
B. 0.003 couplings where, in case of overload, there is
5. Past ME Board Question C. 0.002 danger of injury to machine or to material in
The speed at which the center of mass will be D. 0.001 process.
equal the deflecting forces on the shaft: the shaft A. Shear pin
with its attached bodies will then vibrate violently, Answer: B B. Flange coupling
since the centrifugal force changes its direction as C. Involute serrations
the shaft turns in: D. King pin
20. Past ME Board Question A type of bearing in which the balls are assembled
15. Past ME Board Question What is the line that passes through the centers of by the eccentric displacement of the inner ring.
What is the maximum shaft angle for a single the bearing and journals? A. Shallow groove ball bearing
Hooke’s coupling? A. Line of action B. Filling-slot ball bearing
A. 10⁰ B. Line of centers C. Self-aligning ball bearing
B. 17⁰ C. Line of symmetry D. Deep-groove ball bearing
C. 15⁰ D. Tangent line
D. 20⁰ Answer: D
Answer: B
Answer: C 26. Past ME Board Question
21. Past ME Board Question Which of the following is not a type of ball
16. Past ME Board Question Which of the following is considered advantageous bearing?
What are the two principal parts of a Journal for bearing materials? A. Shallow groove ball bearing
Bearing? A. Conformability B. Filling-slot ball bearing
A. Bearing and journal B. Compatibility C. Self-aligning ball bearing
B. Shaft and babbit C. Embeddability D. Deep-groove ball bearing
C. Clearance and fitted D. all of these
D. Shaft and cylinder Answer: A
Answer: D
22. Past ME Board Question What is the usual density of the leather ball?
17. Past ME Board Question What is the recommend coefficient of fluctuation of A. 0.035 lb/in3
When the line of action of the load bisects the arc flywheels for punching, shearing, pressing B. 0.0135 lb/in3
of partial bearing, the bearing is said to be: machine? C. 0.045 lb/in3
A. Eccentrically loaded A. 0.005 – 0.1 D. 0.0465 lb/in3
B. Fully loaded B. 0.007 – 0.01
C. Centrally loaded C. 0.03 – 0.05 Answer: A
D. Partially loaded D. 0.01 – 0.03
Answer: C Answer: A Which of the following is the approximate density
of fat rubber belt?
18. Past ME Board Question 23. Past ME Board Question A. 0.035 lb./in3
What is the difference in radii of the bearing and Which of the following considers the 200 series of B. 0.0135 lb./in3
Journal? bearing? C. 0.045 lb./in3
A. Even clearance A. Heavy D. 0.0465 lb./in3
B. Clearance ratio B. Medium
C. Odd clearance C. Light Answer: C
D. Radial clearance D. All of these
Answer: D Answer: C A toothed wheel whose tooth elements are straight
and parallel to the shaft axis or used to transmit
19. Past ME Board Question 24. Past ME Board Question motion and power between parallel shafts.
When radii of both bearing and the journal are the Which of the following considers the 300 series of A. Helical gear
same, then the bearing is said to be: bearing? B. Spur gear
A. Fitted bearing A. Heavy C. Worm gear
B. Clearance bearing B. Medium D. Bevel gear
C. Full bearing C. Light
D. Ambiguous bearing D. All of these Answer: B
Answer: A Answer: B
30. Past ME Board Question Which of the following is the recommended initial
The breaking strength of oak-tanned beltings tension of the belt? Which of the following is the measure of torsional
varies from 3 to more than: A. 75 lb./in of width stress?
A. 5ksi B. 73 lb./in of width A. Accuracy
B. 6ksi C. 71 lb./in of width B. Stiffness
C. 7ksi D. 80 lb./in of width C. Rigidity
D. 9ksi D. Precision
Answer: C
Answer: B Answer: B
31. Past ME Board Question Two shafts at right angles to each other may be 41. Past ME Board Question
Experience suggests that the most economical connected by what arrangement? When tested in compression, ductile materials
designs are obtained for a belt speed of: A. Half turn usually exhibit___ characteristics up to the yield
A. 6000 to 7500 fpm B. Quarter turn strength as they do when tested in tension.
B. 3000 to 5000 fpm C. ¾ turn A. The same
C. 3500 to 4700 fpm D. One turn B. More than
D. 5000 to 1000 fpm C. Less than
Answer: B D. Approximately the same
Answer: A
32. Past ME Board Question What is the minimum number of teeth on a smaller
The tension in the belt due to centrifugal force sprocket for low speed? 42. Past ME Board Question
increasing rapidly above about: A. 12 A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted to
A. 2500 fpm B. 21 be either larger or smaller than the given
B. 3000 fpm C. 17 dimension.
C. 3500 fpm D. 14 A. Bilateral
D. 4000 fpm B. Unilateral
Answer: A C. Lateral
Answer: A D. None of these
33. Past ME Board Question What is the minimum number of teeth on a smaller Answer: A
What is the recommended speed for leather belts? sprocket for moderate speed?
A. 6000 to 7000 fpm A. 17 43. Past ME Board Question
B. 5000 to 6000 fpm B. 21 A fit generally used on those dimensions involved
C. 7000 to 8000 fpm C. 12 in a fit; such as pin in a hole.
D. 4500 to 5600 fpm D. 14 A. Unilateral
B. Lateral
Answer: C Answer: A C. Bilateral
D. None of these
What is the usual recommended speed for fabric What is the usual minimum number of teeth on a Answer: C
belts? smaller sprocket for high speed?
A. 4000 to 5000 fpm A. 21 44. Past ME Board Question
B. 3000 to 4000 fpm B. 24 It is relatively finely spaced irregularities of the
C. 2000 to 3000 fpm C. 12 surfaces
D. 2000 and more fpm D. 14 A. Smoothness
B. Waviness
Answer: D Answer: A C. Lay
D. Roughness
Answer: D 50. The internal stresses the exist in any part of the A. UNC
material that is subjected to temperature and not B. UNEF
45. Which of the following is the surface finish of acted upon by an external load. C. UNF
heavy cuts or coarse feed? A. Residual stress D. NC
A. 200 rms B. Form stress
B. 400 rms C. Superposed stress Answer: A
C. 80 rms D. Control stress
D. 500or greater rms 56. Which of the following is frequently used bolt in
Answer: A automotive and aircraft industries.
Answer: D A. UNC
51. It is the process that cold works a limited amount B. UNEF
46. Which of the following is the most dominant cause of material, thus giving a higher strength, and it C. UNF
(approximately 80%) of machine failures? leaves a surface compressive stress. D. NC
A. Torsion A. Surface finishing
B. Negligence B. Tensioning Answer: C
C. Fatigue failures C. Surfacing
D. Compression D. Surface rolling 57. Which of the following is particular bolt used in
aeronautical equipment.
Answer: C Answer: B A. UNC
B. UNEF
47. For wrought steel in its commonly met commercial 52. Fatigue strength is increased by repeated loads C. UNF
forms, it is often assumed that the average just below the normal fatigue limit, followed by D. NC
endurance limit for an average S (50% small step by step increase of the loading.
survival( with the Brinell Hardness is limited to: A. Coaxing Answer: B
A. 500 B. Triaxing
B. 400 C. Mixing 58. What type bolt usually used for high-pressure pipe
C. 240 D. Relieving flanges, cylinder head studs etc.?
D. 450 A. UNC
Answer: A B. UNF
Answer: B C. UNEF
53. It is the diameter of the imaginary cylinder that D. 8 UN
48. What is the range of the endurance ratio or Czaud bounds the crest of an external thread and the
quotes values for steel? roots of an internal thread. Answer: D
A. 0.23 TO 0.65 A. Mean diameter
B. 0.35 TO 0.87 B. Root diameter 59. It is the stress or load induced by the tightening
C. 0.63 TO 0.93 C. Stress diameter operation.
D. 0.34 TO 0.45 D. Major diameter A. Initial stress
B. Initial tension
Answer: B Answer: D C. Residual stress
D. None of these
49. Which of the following indicates the degrees of 54. It is the distance in inches a screw thread ( a helix) Answer: A
concentration? advances axially in one turn.
A. Power factor A. Pitch 60. For non-metallic gaskets, it has been found that
B. Service factor B. Mean pitch they should have a certain minimum amount of
C. Stress factor C. Lead compression as ___ for a certain cork gasket.
D. Stress concentration factor D. Circular pitch A. 62%
B. 86%
Answer: D Answer: C C. 68%
D. 76%
55. Which of the following bolts is recommended for
general use? Answer: A
61. It is a screw testing with a nut on it. 67. Under the theories of failure for static loading of Answer: A
A. Bolt ductile material, the design stress is:
B. U-bolt A. Yield Stress / Factor of Safety 73. A typical hub length fall between __________.
C. Rivet B. Ultimate Stress / Factor of Safety A. 1.25D to 2.5D
D. Screw C. Ultimate Stress / Proportional Limit B. 1.3D to 3.4D
Answer: A D. Yield Point / Proportional Limit C. 1.25D to 4.0D
Answer: A D. D to 7.0D
Answer: A
68. Under theories of failure, the value of shear stress
62. A fastening which has no nut and turns in to a is how many times that of the tensile stress? 74. A key with one several patented methods of
threaded hole. A. Four times keying is driven or pressed into a hole that is small
A. bolt B. Half enough to close the slit, assembled in radial
B. fastener C. Double direction.
C. rivet D. One-fourth A. Fit key
D. screw Answer: B B. Roll pin
Answer: D C. Saddle key
69. The theory of mechanics of material shows that D. Pin key
63. An old name for an unfinished through bolt comes the results from the octahedral shear stress theory Answer: B
with a square. and those from the maximum distortion-energy
A. Coupling bolt theory are: 75. A key that allow the hub to move along the shaft
B. Stud bolt A. The same but prevents the rotation of the shaft.
C. Machine bolt B. Less than A. Woodruff key
D. Automobile bolt C. More than B. Gibs key
Answer: C D. Not related C. Feather key
Answer: A D. Square key
64. It is a type of coil where the helical coil is wrapped Answer: C
into a circle forming an angular ring. 70. It is the measure axially from a point on one thread
A. Volute spring to the corresponding point on an adjacent thread. 76. For involute spline, the type of fits used:
B. Hair spring A. Axial pitch A. Close fit
C. Motor spring B. Z – pitch B. Sliding fit
D. Garter spring C. Lead C. Press fit
Answer: D D. Lead angle D. All of these
Answer: A Answer: C
65. It is a type of spring where thin flat strip wound up
on itself as a plane spiral, usually anchored at the 71. It is the angle between a tangent to the pitch helix 77. A coupling that transmits power via the frictional
inside end. and a plane normal to the axis of the screw. forces induced by pulling the flange toward each
A. Motor spring A. Helix angle other over slotted tapered sleeves.
B. Garter spring B. Lead angle A. Flange coupling
C. Volute spring C. Tangent angle B. Ribbed compression coupling
D. Helical spring D. Vertical angle C. Rigid coupling
Answer: A Answer: B D. Flanged compression coupling
Answer: D
66. It is the ratio of the length of the column and the 72. It is suggested that the design factor on the yield
radius of gyration of the cross-sectional area about strength be about 1.5 for the smooth load, about 2 78. A coupling used for absorbing some shock and
a centroidal axis. to 2.25 for minor shock loading, and up to ______ vibration that may appear on one shaft and of
A. Contact ratio for severe shock loads, especially when the preventing the occurrence of reversed stresses
B. Slenderness ratio loading reverses during operation. caused by the shaft deflecting at the coupling
C. Centroidal ratio A. 4.5 preventing at the coupling.
D. Column ratio B. 3.5 A. Rigid coupling
Answer: B C. 3.0 B. Flange coupling
D. 4.0 C. Flexible coupling
D. None of these 85. If the ends are joined by wire lacing with machine, B. Perform
Answer: C the usual efficiency joint is: C. Regular lay
A. 100% D. Lang lay
79. It is the difference in the radii of the bearing and B. 75% Answer: C
the journal. C. 85% 92. A wire rope that the wires and strand are twisted in
A. Even clearance D. 88% the same direction
B. Clearance ratio Answer: D A. Long lay
C. Fit clearance B. Perform
D. Radial clearance 86. On high speed centrifugal blowers, it has been C. Regular lay
Answer: D observed that the arc of contact is reduced from D. Lang lay
180° at rest to ______ in motion. Answer: D
80. A bearing in which the radii of the journal and the A. 100°
nearing are the same. B. 90° 93. Which of the following ropes is used for haulage,
A. Fitted nearing C. 95° rigging, and guard rails.
B. Full bearing D. 110° A. 6 x 35 IWRC
C. Partial bearing Answer: D B. 6 x 15 IWRC
D. Clearance bearing C. 7 x 8 IWRC
Answer: A 87. The recommended net belt pull for rubber bet is: D. 7 x 7 IWRC
A. 11.34 lb./ply per inch of width Answer: D
81. What is the approximate length-to-diameter ratio B. 13.75 lb./ply per inch of width
of hydrodynamic bearings? C. 16.35 lb./ply per inch of width 94. Which of the following has been considered as
A. 1 D. 20.34 lb./ply per inch of width general purpose rope?
B. 4 Answer: B A. 6 x 19 IWRC
C. 3 B. 7 x 25 IWRC
D. 2 88. For minimum quietness, use sprockets with C. 7 x 25 IWRC
Answer: A ______ or more teeth. D. 6 x 9 IWRC
A. 21 Answer: A
82. The operating temperature of oil films in the B. 23
bearing must approximately: C. 25 95. Which for the following ropes is used for lines,
A. 140°F to 150°F D. 27 hawsers, overhead cranes and hoists.
B. 140°F to 160°F Answer: D A. 6 x 37 IWRC
C. 120°F to 190°F B. 6 x 35 IWRC
D. 120°F to 190°F 89. If two intersecting shafts are to be belt connected C. 6 x 25 IWRC
Answer: B _____ guide pulleys are to be used. D. 7 x 26 IWRC
A. 1 Answer: A
83. At higher temperatures, oil oxidizes more rapidly B. 2
above: C. 3 96. The regular materials for wire ropes are made of:
A. 120°F D. 4 A. Chromium
B. 200°F Answer: B B. Wrought iron
C. 140°F C. Cast steel
D. 160°F 90. Wire ropes are made from cold-drawn with ______ D. High-carbon iron
Answer: B or more teeth. Answer: D
A. 21
84. For thrust bearing, the speed at moderate B. 23 97. What is the minimum suggested design factor of
operating condition is: C. 25 wire ropes for miscellaneous hoisting equipment
A. 50 <Vm> 200 fpm D. 27 is:
B. 50 <Vm> 250 fpm Answer: D A. 2
C. 50 <Vm> 220 fpm B. 3
D. 50 <Vm> 250 fpm 91. A wire rope that the wires and strands are twisted C. 5
Answer: A in the opposite direction. D. 4
A. Long lay Answer: C
98. To avoid excessive wear rate the recommended
limiting pressure for 6 x 19 rope is ______ for cast
steel.
A. 700 psi
B. 900 psi
C. 1000 psi
D. 1200 psi
Answer: B
99. To avoid excessive wear rate the recommended

limiting pressure for 6 x 19 rope is ______ for
manganese cast steel.
A. 2500 psi
B. 2000 psi
C. 3000 psi
D. 2300 psi
Answer: A
100. What friction devices that are used to connect

shafts?
A. Clutches
B. Spring
C. Brakes
D. Holders
Answer: A
ELEMENTS 10 6. Past ME Board Question B. Toe-in
A welding which consists of short lengths (2 – 3 in. C. Caster
1. Past ME Board Question long) of welds with space between as 6 inches on D. King pin inclination
The total frictional energy that is stored in the centers. Answer: A
brake parts principally in the drum or disk is A. Intermittent weld
approximately: B. Spot weld 12. Past ME Board Question
A. 56% up C. MIG weld Which of the following is a machine which takes
B. 90% up D. TIG weld large quantities of raw or finishes materials and
C. 86% up Answer: A binds them with a rope or metal straps or wires
D. 75% up into a large package.
Answer: D 7. Past ME Board Question A. Bacher
A welding operation that use hot flame and metal B. Bending machine
2. Past ME Board Question rod. C. Baler
The brake capacity to absorb energy is known as: A. Gas welding D. Automatic screw machine
A. Energy B. Arc welding Answer: C
B. Power C. Resistance welding
C. Resistance brake D. Automatic welding 13. Past ME Board Question
D. Braking torque Answer: A It is the gasping of an outside work piece in a
Answer: D chunk or a jawed device in a lathe.
8. Past ME Board Question A. Clucking
3. Past ME Board Question The arc is covered with a welding composition and B. Clamping
A kind of braking systems such as that if the band bare electrode wire is fed automatically. C. Chucking
wraps partly around the brake drum, and the A. Resistance welding D. Clamshelling
braking action obtained by pulling the band tight B. Induction welding Answer: C
into the wheel. C. Submerged welding
A. Block brake D. Spot welding
B. Clutch Answer: C
C. Band brake 14. Past ME Board Question
D. Centrifugal brake 9. Past ME Board Question Which of the following is a mechanical linkage or
Answer: C What is the recommended coefficient of fluctuation mechanism that can turn about a center or
of flywheels for punching, shearing, pressing rotation.
4. Past ME Board Question machine? A. Oscillation
Which of the following clutches that has a A. 0.005 – 0.1 B. Crank
disadvantage of heavier rotating masses. B. 0.002 – 0.07 C. Coupler
A. Multiple disc clutch C. 0.03 – 0.05 D. Drag link
B. Cone clutch D. 0.01 – 0.03 Answer: B
C. Disc clutch Answer: A
D. Twin clutching 15. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A 10. Past ME Board Question What type of compound screw which produces a
The part of machine that absorbs the energy motion equal to the difference in motion between
5. Past ME Board Question delivered by a sharp force or blow. the two component screws?
Which of the following welds have been A. Spring A. Machine screw
considered as resistance weld which is usually B. Anvil B. Tanden screw
round the same dorm as the electrodes that press C. Brakes C. Differential screw
the sheets together. D. Flywheel D. Variable screw
A. Edge joints Answer: B Answer: C
B. Spot welds
C. CIG welds 11. Past ME Board Question 16. Past ME Board Question
D. TIG welds It is the friction of wheel inclination from the Which of the following bolts provided with a hole at
Answer: B vertical position. end instead of usual head.
A. Camber A. Stud bolt
B. Eye bolt D. Regular rope 27. Past ME Board Question
C. Machine bolt Answer: B Which of the following is not recommended for use
D. Stove bolt in a driving speed exceeding 2000 ft/min?
Answer: B 22. Past ME Board Question A. Flat leather belt
It is a large lathe used for turning and boring B. Herring bone gear
17. Past ME Board Question cannons. C. Silent sprocket
What operation generally carries out to divide the A. Gun lathe D. V-belt
parent coiled sheet into narrower coils? B. Engine lathe Answer: A
A. Slotting C. Cannon lathe
B. Squeezing D. Turret lathe 28. Past ME Board Question
C. Squaring Answer: A It is a low cost bearing used world wide for
D. Slitting automobile or low horsepower motor applications.
Answer: D 23. Past ME Board Question It is made of thin coating of over flat metal strip.
What device on a lathe machine used for carrying A. Babbitt
18. Past ME Board Question the revolving spindle? B. Cadmium brass
It is the process used to form shallow, round, A. Head stock C. Lead
raised recessed troughs of uniform width in a B. Header D. Tin
straight curve or circular form. C. Head suction Answer: A
A. Hemming D. None of these
B. Beading Answer: A 29. Past ME Board Question
C. Embossing The most common useful tools to measure
D. Buldging 24. Past ME Board Question diameter machine shop operation but normally
Answer: B The recommended means of supporting the chuck and always steel case for measurement.
during the mounting procedure to the lathe spindle A. Caliper
19. Past ME Board Question is to use: B. Micrometer
The process of removing excess metal from the A. Crane C. Protractor
edge of a strip to make it suitable for drawing B. Jack D. Vernier
without wrinkling or to obtain final complicated C. Overhead Answer: A
shape which was not directly possible by blanking. D. Ratchet
A. Lancing Answer: D 30. Past ME Board Question
B. Slugging In impact force introduced to cause the metal to
C. Notching 25. Past ME Board Question flow in a shaped mold according to the shape to
D. Trimming Too much ______ in a flat belt operation tend to dies made.
Answer: C cause excessive wear slippage and may burn the A. Hardness
belt. B. Spinning
20. Past ME Board Question A. Play C. Swaging
Which of the following is the process of removing B. Slack D. Toughness
coarse scratches or tool marks? C. Stiffness Answer: C
A. Polishing D. Tightness
B. Buffing Answer: D 31. Past ME Board Question
C. Honing Find the polar section modulus of a steel shafting
D. Lapping 26. Past ME Board Question with “D” as the diameter.
Answer: A It is a chromium steel tape in AISI-SAE A. π D /16
3
designation.
21. Past ME Board Question A. 10XX
B. π D /32
3
Which of the following ropes is galvanized and B. 25XX C. π D /32

3
consists of 6 strands, 7 wires each and a hemp C. 50XX

core? D. 40XX
D. π D /16
3
Answer: A
A. Reverse lay rope Answer: C
B. Guy rope
C. Lang lay rope
Forces of equal in magnitude but opposite in Answer: A A. Different
direction are parallel called: B. Helical
A. Acceleration 38. Past ME Board Question C. Opposite
B. Coplanar The progressive change in position of ______ D. Parallel
C. Couple called motion. Answer: A
D. Non-coplanar A. Component
Answer: C B. Couple 44. Past ME Board Question
C. Link Plane of rotation is defined as plane perpendicular
33. Past ME Board Question D. Mass to a:
Composition of force is at the ____ of two or more Answer: D A. Gear axis
forces. B. Gear ratio
A. Combination 39. Past ME Board Question C. Normal plane
B. Opposition Strain or ________ is a change in geometry/shape D. Pitch diameter
C. Resultant of the body due to action of a force on it. Answer: A
D. Summary A. Bending stress
Answer: C B. Deformation 45. Past ME Board Question
C. Shear stress Which of the following can be a concurrent?
34. Past ME Board Question D. Stress A. Collinear
Circular pitch is measured along the _______ in Answer: B B. Couple
the circular gear. C. Parallel
A. Circle 40. Past ME Board Question D. All of these
B. Line of action The effective width of a helical gear divided by the Answer: A
C. Pitch center axial pitch. This is sometimes called face overlap.
D. Pitch diameter A. Angle overlap 46. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C B. Axial overlap Cutting lubricant used in drilling reaming and
C. Contact overlap tapping for brass and bronze.
35. Past ME Board Question D. Helical overlap A. Dry
Stiffness is the material’s ability to _______ Answer: D B. Soda water
deformation under stress. C. Soluble oil
A. Non-planar 41. Past ME Board Question D. Turpentine
B. Planar For mass production of casting it is generally Answer: A
C. Resist cheaper to use ______ pattern for longer life.
D. Stafer A. Aluminum 47. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C B. Brass The general accepted limit of diamond wheel
C. Metal speed should be in the range of ________ fpm.
36. Past ME Board Question D. Wooden A. 1000/2000
It imparts the ductility, toughness and plasticity of Answer: C B. 2500/3500
steel. C. 3000/4000
A. Annealing 42. Past ME Board Question D. 5000/6000
B. Materializing It is a plane between mating teeth or the amount Answer: D
C. Quenching of which a tooth space exceed the thickness of an
D. Tempering engaging tooth is called: 48. Past ME Board Question
Answer: D A. Backlash Prepared tool bit will now consist of face, nose
B. Clearance and:
37. Past ME Board Question C. Pitting A. Cutting tool
Which of the following types of wood is usually D. Space B. Shank
used in making wood pattern in the foundry? Answer: A C. Sharp tool
A. Dried sap wood D. Tool edge
B. Hard wood 43. Past ME Board Question Answer: B
C. Kiln dried wood The forces that can be combined or called
D. Scrap wood _______ component forces. 49. Past ME Board Question
This is an alloy in bronze casting that assists Answer: A B. Ball
lubrication and in itself a lubricant. C. Roller
A. Lead 55. Past ME Board Question D. Self aligning
B. Manganese In a _____ design, the lead of a single thread is Answer: D
C. Phosphorus equal to the pitch.
D. Tin A. Bevel gear 61. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A B. Bolt Which of the following bearing is used for low and
C. Helical gear less expensive production?
50. Past ME Board Question D. Hypoid gear A. Babbitt
For longer sprocket chain life the speed range of Answer: B B. Ball bearing
_____ fpm is recommended. C. Roller bearing
A. 1200-1400 56. Past ME Board Question D. Self-aligning
B. 1500-1600 A type of chisel used in cutting of keyways, square Answer: B
C. 1800-2000 corners or slots.
D. 2000-2100 A. Cape 62. Past ME Board Question
Answer: A B. Diamond head The lateral strain in axial tension members can be
C. Flat calculated by:
51. Past ME Board Question D. Round A. Deformation
All stainless steel type is SAE designation except: Answer: A B. Hooke’s Law
A. 92XX C. Poisson’s ratio
B. 300XX 57. Past ME Board Question D. Willan’s line
C. 304XX The maximum recommended ideal number of Answer: B
D. 515XX teeth to use for bigger sprocket is:
Answer: A A. 120 63. Past ME Board Question
B. 127 It is abundantly used worldwide as coating on top
52. Past ME Board Question C. 132 of the plate of automobiles.
It is white metal with good oxidation and corrosion D. 143 A. Babbitt
resistance. This has also good electrical magnetic Answer: A B. Lead
properties. C. Manganese
A. Aluminum 58. Past ME Board Question D. Tin
B. Copper A bolt of general application that possesses a Answer: B
C. Nickel stronger thread is a type of ______ screw.
D. Titanium A. BUN 64. Past ME Board Question
Answer: C B. UNC A liquid metal at room temperature.
C. UNEF A. Aluminum
53. Past ME Board Question D. WOOD B. Mercury
It is a molybdenum steel-tape in AISI-SAE C. Zinc
designation. 59. Past ME Board Question D. Zirconium
A. 44XX Maximum moment formula for beam simply Answer: B
B. 45XX supported at both ends and subject to a load
C. 50XX uniformly distributed over its length. 65. Past ME Board Question
D. 51XX A. wL/2 It is a steel with SAE specification 13XX.
Answer: A B. wL2/8 A. Chromium
C. wL2/16 B. Manganese
54. Past ME Board Question D. wL/12 C. Molybdenum
Cutting lubricants used in drilling, reaming and Answer: B D. Nickel
tapping for hard spots in cast iron. Answer: B
A. Dry 60. Past ME Board Question
B. Kerosene What is the special bearing used with high 66. Past ME Board Question
C. Soda water deflection? Property, which enables a material to be drawn
D. Turpentine A. Babbitt into a wire.
A. Ductility Answer: D Answer: B
B. Elasticity
C. Plasticity 72. Past ME Board Question 78. Past ME Board Question
D. Utility Type of bolt commonly used in the construction Stress that resist being pulled apart.
Answer: A that is threaded in both ends. A. Compressive
A. Acme threaded bolts B. Shear
67. Past ME Board Question B. Hex bolt C. Tensile
The stress that causes the material to shorten. C. Square threaded D. Torsional
A. Bearing D. Stud bolt Answer: C
B. Compressive Answer: D
C. Shear 79. Past ME Board Question
D. Tensile 73. Past ME Board Question What is the term applied to dynamic seals?
Answer: B Ability of a material to absorb strain energy and A. Gasket
will return to its original state. B. Packing
68. Past ME Board Question A. Creep C. Seal
The most known lubricants being utilized in B. Fatigue strength D. Shield
whatever category of load and speed are oil, C. Hardness Answer: B
grease and dry lubricants like: D. Resilience
A. Bronze Answer: D 80. Past ME Board Question
B. Graphite Which type of hardening will work to some extent
C. Lead 74. Past ME Board Question in all metals?
D. Silicon The ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain. A. Annealing
Answer: B A. Deformation B. Austenitizing
B. Modulus of elasticity C. Martempering
69. Past ME Board Question C. Poisson’s ratio D. Work hardening
It is a gear commonly used in parallel shaft D. Willan’s line Answer: D
transmission especially when a smooth continuous Answer: C
action is essential as in high speed drives up to 81. Past ME Board Question
12,000 fpm. 75. Past ME Board Question What do impact tests determine?
A. Bevel gear Basic size is the same as design size if there is A. Creep strength
B. Helical gear no: B. Hardness
C. Herringbone gear A. Allowance C. Toughness
D. Spur gear B. Clearance D. Yield strength
Answer: C C. Limits Answer: C
D. Tolerance
70. Past ME Board Question Answer: A 82. Past ME Board Question
The reciprocal of a diametral pitch or the ratio of Sound travels fastest in:
the pitch diameter to the number of teeth. 76. Past ME Board Question A. Air at 0˚F and 1 atmosphere
A. Clearance Forces that meet at a common point are called: B. Air at 70˚F and 1 atmosphere
B. Involute A. Co-linear C. Air at 70˚F and 0 lb/in2
C. Lead B. Concurrent D. Steel at 70˚F
D. Module C. Coplanar Answer: D
Answer: D D. Couple
Answer: B 83. Past ME Board Question
71. Past ME Board Question 77. Past ME Board Question The yield strength of common yellow brass
What tool(s) will be used in making wood pattern A pair of equal and opposite (not collinear) forces (70%Cu, 30%Zn) can be increased by:
in the foundry shop? that tend to cause a rotation of a body. A. Annealing\chill casting
A. Band saw A. Centroids B. Cold working
B. Drill machine B. Couple C. Heat treatment
C. Hammer C. Equilibrium Answer: C
D. Saw and chisel D. Vector
B. Frame Gears are manufactured usually in the following
C. Link processes: milling, generating, shaving, grinding
84. Past ME Board Question D. Machine and:
How do you call the forces not lie on the same Answer: C A. Blanking
plane? B. Drinking
A. Component C. Heat treatment
B. Composition of forces D. Molding
C. Non-coplanar 90. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
D. Resolution The resultant of a pair of equal forces but opposite
Answer: C in direction is called _____. 95. Past ME Board Question
A. Concurrent Flat belt that is tight will induce strain on the
85. Past ME Board Question B. Couple bearing and belt ________.
The distance between the center of oscillation and C. Non-concurrent A. Life will be shortened
the point of suspension is called: D. Resultant B. Result to uneconomical operation
A. Fix axis Answer: B C. Suffer/shatter
B. Center of gravity D. Will be sheared/cut
C. Center of percussion 91. Past ME Board Question Answer: A
D. Radius of oscillation The helical and herringbone gear teeth cut after
Answer: D heat treatment should have a hardness in the 96. Past ME Board Question
range of 210/300BHN. The pinion gear teeth The resulting cross-sectional area of the tensile
86. Past ME Board Question hardness on the other hand, ideally/normally test specimen divided by the specimen original
If the velocity is variable and regularly/constantly should be at ___ BHN. area is called:
increasing the rate of change is called: A. 250/320 A. Charpy test
A. Acceleration B. 350/380 B. % elongation
B. Constant work C. 400/345 C. Impact test
C. Moment D. 340/350 D. Izod test
D. Motion Answer: D Answer: B
Answer: A
87. Past ME Board Question As a rule the center to center distance between SAE 51XXX belongs to the ______ steel family.
The kinematics chain in which one link is sprockets should not be less than ____ times the A. Carbon
considered fixed for the purpose of analysis but diameter of the bigger sprocket and not less than B. Chromium
motion is possible in other links. 30 times the pitch nor more than about 50 times to C. Manganese
A. Belting pitch. D. Nickel
B. Frame A. 1.5 Answer: B
C. Mechanism B. 2
D. Sprocket chain C. 2.5 98. Past ME Board Question
Answer: B D. 3 Which of the following gasket material which
Answer: A should avoid hot liquid/steam applications?
88. Past ME Board Question A. Asbestos fiber
All forces in the same plane are called: 93. Past ME Board Question B. Nylon fiber
A. Coplanar What is the carbon content range of SAE 4140 C. Rubberized
B. Couple chrome-moly steel after heat treatment? D. Wool
C. Parallel A. 0.30/0.45 Answer: C
D. Resultant B. 0.38/0.43
Answer: A C. 0.38/0.45 99. Past ME Board Question
D. 0.30/0.50 Which of the following that describes the same
89. Past ME Board Question Answer: B material properties all over/direction and at any
The ______ is one of the rigid members/bodies particular point in a structural member?
joined together to form a kinematic chain. 94. Past ME Board Question A. Heterogeneous
A. Coplanar B. Homogenous
C. Isentropic
D. Isotropic
Answer: D

Arc produced by two tungsten electrodes into
which a jet of hydrogen is directed.
A. Atomic hydrogen welding
B. Electro-beam welding
C. Hydrogen bomb
D. Hydrogen lancing
Answer: A
Answer: B A. Heavy load
B. High temperature load
ELEMENTS 11 C. Low load
D. Reversing load
1. A white metal, almost as bright as silver and is 7. It is a furnace that converts pig iron into steel by Answer: A
malleable and ductile and can be welded. oxidizing out the surplus carbon and using oxygen
A. Nickel by throwing raw iron ore into the furnace. 13. Which of the following materials having thermal
B. Aluminum A. Open-hearth surface expansion of about 10 times higher than those of
C. White iron B. Electric surface metals and has more heat generated during
D. Lead C. Cupola machining?
Answer: A D. Bessemer A. Aluminum
Answer: A B. Asbestos
2. It is a silvery dull, soft metal and the second C. Plastic
lightest of all metals used in the industry. 8. The most commonly-used series in the bulk D. PVC
A. Nickel production of bolts, screws, nuts and other general Answer: C
B. Aluminum applications in the coarse-thread series.
C. White iron A. UNC 14. To avoid scoring in the bearing surface and th
D. Lead B. UNF shaft due to contamination/absorption of the fine
Answer: B C. White Iron dirt in the bearing during operation/lubrication the
D. Lead bearing material to apply should have good
3. The least among iron ores for it contains many Answer: A ________ properties.
impurities, poor iron content and commonly used A. Anti-scoring
in England. 9. What is the actual torque ratio of a gear set B. Corrosion resistance conformability
A. Hemalite divided by its gear ratio? C. Corrosion resistance
B. Magnetite A. Approach ratio D. Embeddability
C. Limanite B. Clearance Answer: D
D. Siderite C. contact ratio
Answer: D D. efficiency 15. What is impact tests measure?
Answer: D A. Compactness
4. Which of the following is not considered to be B. Ductility
precious metal? 10. Which of the following has low efficient of C. Plasticity
A. Silver expansion, corrosion resistant, weak in strength, D. Toughness
B. Gold and used for non-ferrous applications as an Answer: D
C. Platinum alloying element?
D. Steel A. Aluminum 16. Which of the following types of gear transmit
Answer: D B. Aluminum oxide power at a certain angle?
C. Copper oxide A. Bevel
5. It is an alloy of copper and zinc. It is approximately D. Copper B. Helix
1/3 zinc and 2/3 copper. Answer: A C. Herringbone
A. Brass D. Spur
B. Bronze 11. Which of the following material(s) is recommended Answer: A
C. Muntz metal for large sprocket of large speed ratio and having
D. Silver fewer engagement? 17. Which of the following gasket material is not used
Answer: A A. Nickel-aluminum steel for high temperature?
B. Copper A. Asbestos
6. It is a copper tin alloy and is named either bell C. Cast iron B. Plastic nylon
metal or brown metal. D. Aluminum C. Rubberized
A. Brass Answer: C D. Wool
B. Bronze Answer: C
C. Muntz metal 12. In which of the following carrying capacity where
D. Silver roller bearing is utilized better than ball bearing?
18. How do you call a plane perpendicular to the gear B. Compressive strength D. Shock strength
axis? C. Bending strength Answer: B
A. Normal plane D. Torsional strength
B. Pitch plan Answer: A 31. A steel of carbon range of 0.05 to 0.03 percent is
C. Plane of rotation considered as what type of steel?
D. Radius of gyration 25. The property of a material which resists forces A. Low carbon steel
Answer: C from causing a member to bend or deflect in the B. High carbon steel
19. Which of the following is the specification of direction in which the load is applied. C. Medium carbon steel
molybdenum alloy? A. Bending strength D. Very high carbon steel
A. SAE 3XXX B. Compressive strength Answer: A
B. SAE 4XXX C. Tensile strength
C. SAE 5XXX D. Torsional strength 32. A steel of carbon range of 0.30 to 0.45 percent is
D. SAE 6XXX Answer: A considered as what type of steel?
Answer: B A. Low carbon steel
26. The property of a material to resist various kinds of B. High carbon steel
20. Which of the following is abundant for ferrous rapidly alternating stresses. C. Medium carbon steel
metals? A. Fatigue strength D. Alloyed steel
A. Sulfur B. Bending strength Answer: C
B. Phosphorous C. Compressive strength
C. Manganese D. Impact strength 33. A steel of carbon range of 0.45 to 0.75 percent is
D. Carbon Answer: A considered as what type of steel?
Answer: D A. Low carbon steel
27. The ability of a material to resist loads that are B. High carbon steel
21. What machine is used to flatten surface on a applied suddenly and often at high velocity. C. Medium carbon steel
vertical, horizontal or even angular plane? E. Fatigue strength D. Alloyed steel
A. Shaper machine F. Bending strength Answer: B
B. Power saw G. Compressive strength
C. Boring machine H. Impact strength 34. A steel of carbon range of 0.75 to 1.7 percent is
D. Drilling machine Answer: D considered as what type of steel?
Answer: A A. Low carbon steel
28. The ability of a material to stretch, bend, or twist B. High carbon steel
22. All of these are classifications of iron ore; except without breaking or cracking. C. Medium carbon steel
what? A. Ductility D. Very high carbon steel
A. Magnetite B. Malleability Answer: D
B. Hematite C. Hardness
C. Siderite D. Compressibility 35. Which of the following alloying element of steel will
D. Sulfurite Answer: A tend to increase its strength without decreasing its
Answer: D toughness or ductility and with its large quantities
29. Which of the following is considered to be the the steel become tough but develop high
23. It refers to the internal resistance of a material to father of all machine tool? resistance to corrosion and shock?
being deformed and is measured in terms of the A. Lathe machine A. Chromium
applied load. B. Boring machine B. Manganese
A. Stress C. Drilling machine C. Molybdenum
B. Strain D. Milling machine D. Nickel
C. Ductility Answer: A Answer: D
D. Malleability
Answer: A 30. It is the ability of a material to resist loads that are 36. Which of the following alloying elements of steel
applied suddenly and often at high velocity. will produce the greatest hardening effect like
24. The property of a material which resists forces A. Fatigue strength carbon and at the same time reduces the
acting to pull the material apart. B. Impact strength enlargement of its grain structure.
A. Tensile strength C. Hardness A. Chromium
B. Manganese Answer: A B. Malleable iron
C. Molybdenum C. Wrought iron
D. Nickel D. Gray iron
Answer: C Answer: A
37. Which of the following alloying elements of steel 42. It is the heat treatment of steel that produces 48. It is a metal of almost pure iron, ductile and very
will produce fine grain structure and promotes extremely hard surface. The process consists of tough. It can be hammered and shaped at high
greater toughness and ductility? exposing the steel to hot ammonia gas for some temperature. It has fibrous structure because of
A. Chromium hours. the presence of slag.
B. Manganese A. Nitriding A. Nodular iron
C. Molybdenum B. Cyaniding B. Malleable iron
D. Nickel C. Carburizing C. Wrought iron
Answer: B D. Ammonia bath D. Gray iron
Answer: A Answer: B
38. Which of the following alloying elements of steel
which makes it extremely hard and resistance to 43. How do you call the metals that contain large 49. A type of ferrous metal which is formed by
wear without making it brittle? amount of carbon content? remelting pig iron and scrap iron in a cupola
A. Chromium A. Ferrous metals furnace. It is brittle and usually gray in color, and
B. Manganese B. Non-ferrous metals commonly used in making casting.
C. Molybdenum C. Base metals A. Cast iron
D. Nickel D. Precious metals B. Malleable iron
Answer: A Answer: A C. Wrought iron
D. Gray iron
39. It is the element used mostly in steels designed for 44. All metals are basic kinds of cast iron, except: Answer: A
metal cutting tools. The steels added by this A. Gray iron
element are tough, hard and very resistant to B. Malleable iron 50. A classification of iron ore which contains 70% iron
wear. C. White iron when pure and 50% iron when mined.
A. Chromium D. Red iron A. Hematite
B. tungsten Answer: A B. Magnetite
C. Molybdenum C. Limonite
D. Nickel 45. Which of the following basic kind of cast iron is D. Siderite
Answer: B harder and more difficult to machine because it Answer: A
contains carbon in carbide state?
40. It is the element whose chief function is to A. Gray iron 51. A classification of iron ore which contains 72.5%
strengthen the ferrite. It is used with tungsten to B. Malleable iron iron when pure and the remaining percentage are
develop red hardness or the ability to remain hard C. White iron impurities.
when red hot. D. Wrought iron A. Hematite
A. Chromium Answer: C B. Magnetite
B. Cobalt C. Limanite
C. Molybdenum 46. How do you call metals that have no carbon D. Siderite
D. Nickel content? Answer: B
Answer: B A. Ferrous metals
B. Malleable metals 52. Which of the following iron ores also known as
41. It is also known as strain drawing. It is the process C. Non-ferrous metals “brown hematite” or ferric oxide a yellowish brown
whereby certain degree of hardness is sacrificed D. White iron powder?
in order to reduce brittleness and increase the Answer: C A. Hematite
toughness of steel tool. B. Magnetite
A. Tempering 47. Which of the following is the type of cast iron that C. Limanite
B. Normalizing can stand more shock and blows than regular D. Siderite
C. Annealing iron? Answer: C
D. Quenching A. Nodular iron
53. Which of the following represents manganese 58. Case hardening is the process of hardening the 64. It refers to that property in steel which resist
steel? outer surface of the metal and the inner parts are indention or penetration. It is usually expressed in
A. 13XX soft. What percentage of carbon content that this forms of the area of an indention made by a
B. 40XX type of hardening is allowed? special ball under a standard load or depth of a
C. 50XX A. 15% and above special inventor.
D. 10XX B. 10-20% only A. Hardness
Answer: A C. Less than 5% only B. Ductility
D. Any of the following C. Malleability
54. It is another kind of furnace where cast iron is Answer: A D. Wear resistance
remelted to make into cast iron. The furnace is Answer: A
charges with layers of coke and pig iron plus scrap 59. A steel numbered SAE-AISI, C1018 and contains
iron. 0.10% to 0.30% carbon. 65. The distance from a point on a screw thread to a
A. Open-hearth furnace A. Low carbon steel corresponding point on an adjacent thread,
B. Electric furnace B. Medium carbon steel measured parallel to the axis.
C. Cupola C. High carbon steel A. Pitch
D. Bessemer D. Very high carbon steel B. Lead
Answer: C Answer: A C. Thread
D. Crest
55. A furnace which is consists of blowing a stream of 60. A steel numbered SAE-AISI, C1035 when not Answer: A
air through a molten mass of iron pig. A stream of rolled and contains 0.30% to 0.60% carbon.
air is turned on through the wind box and enters A. Low carbon steel 66. The top surface joining the two sides of a thread.
the converter at the bottom. Manganese, carbon, B. Medium carbon steel A. Pitch
and other elements of varying amounts are added C. High carbon steel B. Crest
to produce steel which is then poured and D. Very high carbon steel C. Lead
solidifies. Answer: B D. Space
A. Open-hearth furnace Answer: B
B. Electric furnace 61. A steel numbered SAE-AISI, C1035 when not
C. Cupola rolled and contains 0.60% to 1.30% carbon and 67. The amount of variation permitted in the size of a
D. Bessemer used when extra hardness is required. part. It is the difference between the limits of
Answer: D A. Low carbon steel maximum and minimum dimensions of a given
B. Medium carbon steel part. It may be expressed at plus, minus, or as
56. A furnace similar to open-heart. The principal C. High carbon steel both plus or minus.
difference is the method of heating the charged. It D. Very high carbon steel A. Tolerance
is used in producing quality of steels because Answer: C B. Limits
melting and refining is closely controlled. C. Variation
A. Open-hearth furnace 62. Which of the following allowing elements used in D. Clearance
B. Electric furnace making high speed steel? Answer: A
C. Cupola A. Molybdenum
D. Bessemer B. Nickel 68. The instrument used to reshape a grinding wheel
Answer: B C. Manganese that is grooved or out of round is called a:
D. Silicon A. Wheel aligner
57. It is the process of reheating or drawing of metal Answer: A B. Wheel emery
that has been hardened to a comparatively low C. Wheel dresser
temperature in order to relieve the hardening 63. Which of the following alloying elements used in D. Wheel cutter
strain and increase the toughness of the steel. springs to make more reliant? Answer: C
A. Tempering A. Silicon
B. Annealing B. Tungsten 69. The instruments used to remove old packing from
C. Cyaniding C. Hardness and resistance packing glands and stuffing boxes are called:
D. Normalizing D. Nickel A. Packing tools
Answer: A Answer: A B. Gland box cleaners
C. Packing bits
D. Packing screws 76. A tap or die marked ¼ - 20 indicates: C. Tap
Answer: A A. ¼’’ radius – 20 cm long D. Reamer
B. 1/4’’ diameter – 20 threads per in Answer: C
70. When working on bearings and checking for high C. ¼ ‘’ radian – 20 threads per in 83. Hand taps are provided in sets of three. Which of
spots, it is customary to apply what? D. ¼’’ turn – 20 times the following set of three?
A. White lead Answer: B A. Taper, plug and end
B. Dykem blue B. Taper, plug and bottom
C. Red lead 77. After a piece of pipe has been cut, the hole is C. Short, taper and bottom
D. Prussian blue cleaned out with a: D. Short, medium and long
Answer: D A. Piper reamer Answer: B
B. Pipe taper
71. If you wanted to check the face of a pimp slide C. Pipe cleaner 84. Which of the following taps should be used to start
valve or other flat-faced valve, you could check for D. Hole cleaner a thread?
trueness on a : Answer: A A. Plug
A. Flat board B. Bottom
B. Piece of glass 78. How do you call the tool(s) used for cutting pipe C. Short
C. Surface plate threads? D. Taper
D. Bearing plate A. Pipe cutter Answer: D
Answer: C B. Pipe threader
C. Pipe stock and die 85. Which of the following size of the drill is used in
72. Which of the following is used to keep a metal D. Pipe ratcher cutter preparing to tap a hole?
clean while soldering? Answer: C A. Equal to the size of the tap
A. Flax B. Larger than the size of the tap
B. Flux 79. How do you call the tool used when working with C. Smaller than the size of the tap
C. Torch larger sizes of pipe? D. None of the above
D. Insulated A. Chain pipe wrench Answer: C
Answer: B B. Chain holder
C. Chain tongs 86. Pipe taps are:
73. Before splicing electric wires, they should be: D. A or B A. The same size from end to end
A. Tinned Answer: D B. Tapered
B. Soldered C. Not fluted
C. Cleaned and tinned 80. What tool is used when preparing to put fittings on D. Not hardened
D. Insulated copper tubing? Answer: B
Answer: C A. Tube spreader
B. Tube retarder 87. When preparing to tap a hole for a pipe fitting the
74. To check the speed of a motor or other rotary C. Flaring tool size of the drill will be:
machine, one would use a: D. Tube countersink A. Larger than the tap size
A. Galvanometer Answer: C B. Smaller than the tap size
B. Tachometer C. Equal to the size of the tap size
C. Micrometer 81. Which of the following is not a standard thread D. None of the above
D. Geiger counter form? Answer: A
Answer: B A. Square
B. Double flute 88. Which of the following does not have to be
75. Before drilling a hole in a piece of metal, it should C. American national lubricated when drilling?
be: D. 60 deg. Sharp V A. Steel
A. Marked with chalk Answer: B B. Monel
B. Scribed C. Brass
C. Center-punched 82. How do you call the tool used to cut threads in a D. Tool steel
D. Protracted hole? Answer: C
Answer: C A. Top
B. Bit
Answer: B
95. Which of the following is not a cut of file?

A. Smooth
89. How do you call the tool used when cutting a hole B. Half-round
in the side of a round piece of metal? C. Second cut
A. Vise D. Bastard
B. “V” block Answer: B
C. Jaw holder 96. How do you call the tool used for cleaning files?
D. Chuck A. File cleaner
Answer: B B. File oilstone
C. File card
D. Scraper
90. When measuring a drill for size measure across
Answer: C
the:
A. Margins
97. Which of the following is the smallest size drill?
B. Shank
A. # 80
C. Flutes
B. #1
D. Point
C. # 60
Answer: A
D. # 0
Answer: A
91. In threaded members, which of the following
defines N.C.?
98. Which of the following is the largest size drill?
A. Neutral cut
A. A
B. National cut
B. Z
C. National coarse
C. X
D. Not center
D. XX
Answer: C
Answer: B
92. In threaded members. Which of the following
99. The size of a drill is stamped on the:
represents N. F.?
A. Point
A. National file
B. Margin
B. Neutral file
C. Shank
C. National fine
D. Flute
D. Not found
Answer: C
Answer: C
100.
93. What tool is used in precision work to smooth or
A. Operator must wear goggles
enlarge holes?
B. The surface to be babbitted must be free of
A. Round cut
moisture
B. Reamer
C. The surface to be babbitted must be clean
C. Drift pin
D. All of the above
D. Protractor
Answer: D
Answer: B
94. Which of the following chisels would be used for

cutting oil grooves?
A. Diamond-point chisel
B. Round-nose chisel
C. Cold chisel
D. Hot chisel
6. Which of the following would cost hot bearings? 12. In which of the following where tubing is measured
A. Improper oil by:
B. Improper alignment A. Inside diameter
C. Dirt in oil B. Thickness of wall
D. All of the above C. Outside diameter
ELEMENTS 12 D. Wire gage
Answer: D
1. Which of the following safety precaution should be Answer: C
followed when renewing a flange gasket? 7. What is the approximate melting point of Babbitt?
A. Drain the line thoroughly A. 1000oF 13. How do you call the tool used to cut threads on
B. Tie down isolation valves B. 750oF pipe?
C. Isolate the section to be worked on C. 6500F A. Pipe tool
D. All of this D. 5000F B. Pipe vise
C. Pipe stock
Answer: D Answer: C D. Pipe cutter
2. In installing a new flange gasket, which of the 8. Which of the following is correct in pouring of Answer: C
following must be done first? Babbitt?
A. Flange faces are painted A. It can be done at several pouring 14. How do you call the pipe fitting which has two
B. Flange faces are absolutely clean B. Must be poured all at one time openings and provides a turn of 90 degrees?
C. Isolating valves are open C. It can be done at intervals A. An elbow
D. Old gasket is in place D. Must be done at cool place B. A coupling
C. A tee
Answer: B Answer: B D. A union
3. Which of the following is correct about standard 9. Which of the following groups of pipe sizes is Answer: A
wire gage? correct?
A. #10 is larger than #5 A. ¼, ½. ¾, 7/8, 1 15. Which of the following where plug cock offers?
B. #1 is smaller than #2 B. ¼, 3/8, 1/2, 3.4, 1 A. More resistance to flow than a globe
C. #25 is smaller than #20 C. ¼, 3/8, ½, 5/8, ¾, 1 valve
D. #30 is larger than #25 D. ¼, ½, 5/8, 3,4, 1 B. The same resistance to flow as a globe
valve
Answer: C Answer: B C. Less resistance to flow than a globe
valve
4. Which of the following tools would be most useful 10. Which of the following where pipe wrench D. The same resistance to flow as a angel
when taking leads on bearings? (Stillson) was designed to be used? valve
A. Dividers A. Hexagon objects
B. Micrometer B. Square objects Answer: C
C. Outside calipers C. Round objects
D. Center gage D. Flat objects 16. What is the most common flux to be used when
soldering brass, copper or tin?
Answer: B Answer: C A. Tallow
B. Borax
5. What is the wrench size for a 3/4" nut? 11. In which of the following where is pipe is C. Rosin
A. 1-1/4” measured? D. Sal ammoniac
B. ¾” A. Inside diameter
C. 1-1/2” B. Thickness of wall Answer: C
D. 10/24” C. Outside diameter
D. Wire gage 17. In one turn of the screw in a micrometer, it moves
Answer: A the spindle in what amount?
Answer: A A. 0.25”
B. 0.025” B. 1,120 lbs. A. A cut-off running at right angles to the
C. 0.205” C. 1000 lbs. original piping
D. 0.110” D. 1088 lbs. B. Two pipes running parallel to each other
C. A bend in the pipe
Answer: B Answer: B D. Two sizes of pipe in the same run
18. What is the process used to retard corrosion on 23. A tank 28 “in diameter is 14” is filled with water. Answer: C
iron pope? The total pressure on the bottom of the tank is:
A. Soldering A. 3742 lbs. 29. In machine shop, if the lips of the drill are of
B. Tempering B. 2573 lbs. different lengths then which of the following will
C. Annealing C. 4257 lbs. likely happen?
D. Galvanizing D. 3000 lbs. A. The drill will not cut
B. The hole will be larger than the drill
Answer: D Answer: A C. The hole will be smaller than the drill
D. None of these will happen
19. On XX heavy pipe the extra metal is added to 24. A double-bottom tank is 18’ wide, 24’ long and 4’
which of the following? deep. It is filled with fresh water. The total capacity Answer: A
A. Outside in tons is:
B. Inside A. 50 30. Which of the following statement(s) is correct for
C. Half on the inside, half on the outside B. 55 the “braze point”?
D. Three quarters on the outside, one C. 48 A. Stronger than a soldered joint
quarter on the inside D. 45 B. Weaker than a soldered joint
C. The same strength as a soldered joint
Answer: B Answer: C D. Three times stronger as a soldered joint
20. Which is very necessary when installing packing in 25. Sheet metal of #18 gage is heavier than: Answer: A
a packing box? A. 12 gage
A. Leave one old turn at the bottom of the B. 22 gage 31. Brazing require which of the following?
packing box C. 14 gage A. Hard solder
B. Remove one turn and install one new D. 16 gage B. More heat
turn of packing C. Soft solder
C. Leave sufficient end clearance on each Answer: B D. A and B
turn to allow for expansion
D. Place end cuts directly in the with each 26. What is the use of shims? Answer: D
other A. Separate fresh-and-salt-water lines
B. Replace fuses 32. What is/are the primary reason(s) why leads is
Answer: C C. Adjust cylinder liners used in solder?
D. Adjust bearing clearance A. It has a high melting
21. A square foot of steel plate 1/8” thick weight 5 lbs. B. It is cheap
the weight of the steel plate 10 feet and 4 feet Answer: D C. It has a low melting
wide would be how much? D. B and C
A. 200 lbs. 27. How much do you call the process used to retard
B. 20 lbs. corrosion (rust) on iron pipe and fitting? Answer: D
C. 2,000 lbs. A. Tinning
D. 20,000 lbs. B. Galvanizing 33. What is the name of taper shank use on drills?
C. Soldering A. Miller
Answer: A D. Sulphurizing B. Starrett
C. Morse
22. Cast iron weighs 640 lbs. /ft3. How much is the Answer: B D. Stanley
weight of a cast iron block 14” x 12” x 18”?
A. 1,200 lbs. 28. In pipe fitting the term “offset” refers to what? Answer: C
34. What is the effect of the melting point of solder is D. None of the above Answer: C
very high?
A. Weaker the solder joint Answer: B 45. What is the reason why drill “squeal’s” when
B. Stronger the solder joint cutting?
C. Softer the solder joint 40. What is the correct cutting angel of a drill for A. Drill being ground improperly
D. Harder the solder joint ordinary work? B. Insufficient lubrication
A. 450 C. Drill being too hot
Answer: B B. 590 D. Any of the above
C. 500
35. Which of the following will likely happen if the D. 600 Answer: D
angel on a drill is less than 59 degree?
A. The drill will make larger hole Answer: B 46. In what operation where “center drilling” is to be
B. The drill will make a smaller hole found?
C. The hole will take longer to drill and 41. A piece of stock 8” long and 4” diameter on one A. Drilling a center in an odd-shaped piece
more power is required to drive the drill end and 1” diameter on the other end. The taper metal
D. The drill will not center properly per foot is: B. Drilling and countersinking with one tool
A. 4” C. Centering with one tool and drilling with
Answer: C B. 4-1/4” another
C. 4-1/2” D. Drilling a center in a piece of stock in a
36. What is/are the reasons(s) of soda being added to D. 4-1/6” drill press
water and used for cooling instead of plain water?
A. It reduces the amount of heat generated Answer: C Answer: B
B. It improves the finish
C. It over comes rusting 42. A piece of stock 8” long is 3” diameter at one end 47. Which of the following will defines “pitch” in
D. All of these and 1-1/2” diameter at one end. The taper per inch threads?
is: A. The distance of the full length of the
Answer: D A. ½” thread
B. 3/16” B. The distance from a point on one tread
37. What will likely happens if the drill’s speed is too C. ¾” to a corresponding point on the next
high? D. 5/16 thread measured parallel to the axis
A. Cut faster C. The distance from the top of one thread
B. Cut slower Answer: B to the bottom of the next thread
C. Lose its temper D. Distance from the bottom of a head on a
D. Not cut 43. A piece of stock 6” long is 2” diameter at one end bolt to the first thread
and is cut with a taper of ½” to the foot. The
Answer: C diameter of the smaller end will be: Answer: B
A. 1-1/2”
38. The lip clearance of the drill should approximately B. 1-1/4” 48. A tool bit for cutting an American National thread
how many degrees? C. 1-3/4” should be ground with what angel?
A. 200-250 D. 2” A. 450
B. 120-150 B. 600
C. 50-100 Answer: C C. 900
D. 150-200 D. 300
44. If a piston ring is to made 1/64” larger in diameter
Answer: B per inch diameter of the cylinder which it is to fit, Answer: B
the required diameter for a piston ring to fit an 8”
39. If the cutting edges of a drill are cut at different cylinder will be: 49. An approximate safe rule for cutting new pistons
angels: A. 8-1/4” for steam pumps is to allow:
A. The drill will not cut B. 8-3/16 A. 0.002” between piston and cylinder for
B. The hole will be larger than the drill C. 8-1/8 each inch diameter of piston
C. The hole will smaller than the drill D. 8-5/32”
B. 0.001” between piston and cylinder to A. The drill can be centered more easily Answer: D
each inch diameter piston B. The drill can be easily forced out of the
C. 0.010” between piston and cylinder to sleeve with a drift 60. What tool is used to check internal pipe threads?
each inch diameter piston C. The shank will not turn when cutting A. Plug gage
D. 0.0001” between piston and cylinder to D. The shank can be reground when worm B. Pitch gage
each inch diameter piston C. Thread gage
Answer: B D. Ring gage
Answer: B
55. Which of the following is not common drill shank? Answer: A
50. An approximate safe rule for cutting new piston A. Straight
rings for steams pumps is to make the ring: B. Fluted 61. Which of the following is used to cut gears?
A. 1/322” larger in diameter per inch C. Taper A. Gear cutter
diameter of cylinder D. Bit B. Gear center
B. 1/16” larger in diameter than that of the C. Gear hob
cylinder Answer: B D. Gear threader
C. 1/16” larger in diameter per inch
diameter of cylinder 56. What is the usual cutting angle on a drill of drilling Answer: C
D. 0.005” larger in diameter per inch mild steel?
diameter of cylinder A. 390 62. If you use dry grinding wheel for sharpening tool
B. 590 bits, dip the end of the bit in water frequently to
Answer: C C. 490 prevent:
D. 690 A. Burning your fingers
51. What is the approximate gap clearance for new B. Annealing the cutting edge of the bit
piston rings for steam pumps? Answer: B C. Hardening the tip
A. 0.003” for each inch diameter of cylinder D. The tip from crystallizing
B. 0.001” for each inch diameter of cylinder 57. When installing a new grinding wheel, always use:
C. 0.010” for each inch diameter of cylinder A. Blotting paper gaskets on each side of Answer: B
D. 0.050” for each inch diameter of cylinder the wheel
B. Copper gaskets on each side of the 63. A piece of tool steel held against an emery wheel
Answer: A wheel will give off:
C. Only the steel washers provided with the A. White sparks with stars on the ends
52. The familiar “3/8-16” in machine shop means machine B. Yellow sparks
what? D. None of the above C. No sparks
A. 6 pieces, 3/8” long D. Green sparks
B. Gear with 16 teeth and a 3/8” arbor hole Answer: A
C. 3/8” square, 16” lone Answer: A
D. 3/8” diameter, 16 threads per inch 58. What is the other term for the operation of “truing”
a grinding wheel? 64. Grinding wheels have arrange of soft to hard
Answer: D A. Centering abrasive materials depending on the use. Most
B. Sizing manufacturers letter their wheels from A to Z.
53. The work should be held ______, when using a C. Dressing Which of the following mark represent the
drill press. D. Rounding hardest?
A. The hand A. E
B. A vise or clamp Answer: C B. Z
C. A gloved hand C. A
D. Pliers 59. What tool is used to check external pipe threads? D. E1
A. Plug gage
Answer: B B. Pitch gage Answer: B
C. Thread gage
54. What is(are) the reason(s) why tapered shanks D. Ring gage 65. What is the main difference between a planet and
are used on large drill presses? a shaper?
A. The planet has an offset table and the Answer: D 76. A tapered piece of stock is 2” long, 1-1/8” diameter
shaper has a horizontal table at one end and ¾” diameter at the other end. The
B. The shaper has a rotting table and the 71. Which of the following will usually happen to the taper per foot is:
planner has a horizontal table blade of flexible hacksaw applied by too much A. 2”
C. The table if a planner has a pressure? B. 2-1/4”
reciprocating, motion past the table of A. Snap easily C. 2-1/2”
the shaper is stationary and the tool B. Buckle or run out of line D. 2-1/16”
head has a reciprocating motion C. Cut too fast
D. One is larger than the other D. Cut on a slant Answer: B
Answer: C Answer: B 77. Which of the following best defies sweating?

A. Soldering two different kinds of metals
66. One of the factors involved in the choice of a 72. Which of the following best defines soldering? together
grinding wheel is: A. It is holding two metals together by B. Separating two pieces of metal that
A. The kind of material to be ground heating have been soldering together
B. The amount of stock to be removed B. It is joining two metals by a third soft C. Tinning two surface, applying, flux
C. All kind finish required metal that is applied in a molten state between them, holding the two together
D. All of the above C. It is molding two different kinds of and heating
metals together by heating D. None of the above
Answer: D D. It is joining two metals together by
heating Answer: C
67. The “tang” of a file is the part that:
A. Does the cutting Answer: B 78. If muriatic acid is used as a flux, the soldered area
B. Has no teeth must be cleaned thoroughly afterwards to prevent:
C. Fits into the handle 73. What is the use of flux in soldering? A. Anyone touching it from getting burned
D. Is opposite the handle A. Keep the solder from running of the B. Remaining acid from evaporating and
metal the solder disintegrating
Answer: C B. Keep the metal from getting too hot C. None of the above
C. Keep the tip of the soldering iron clean
68. In general, files are divided into two classes called: D. Remove and prevent oxidation of the Answer: B
A. Single-cut and double-cut metals
B. Rough and smooth 79. Solder will not unite with a metal surface that has:
C. Fine and coarse Answer: D A. Grease on it
D. Heel and sizes B. Oxidation on it
74. A surface should be prepared for soldering by: C. Dirt on it
Answer: A A. Filling the surfaces D. Any of the above
B. Acid-cleaning the surfaces
69. The length of a file is measured from: C. Scraping the surfaces Answer: D
A. End to end D. Any of the above
B. Point to end 80. Prepared soldered paste flux is most popular but if
C. Point to heel Answer: D you did not have any, you could use:
D. Heel to end A. Hydrochloric acid
75. What is (are) the hard tool(s) used for cutting B. Nitric acid
Answer: C threads on round stock? C. Sulphuric acid
A. Stock and die D. Any of the above
70. Which of the following where “pillar” files are B. Stock
used? C. Die wrench Answer: A
A. Filling slots D. Stock cutter
B. Filling against a shoulder 81. Hard solder is made of which of the following?
C. Filling keyways Answer: A A. Copper and zinc
D. Any of the above B. Tin and copper
C. Tin and zinc A. Brightly shiny sparks D. Cold
D. Tin and lead B. No sparks
C. Light straw-colored sparks Answer: B
Answer: A D. Green sparks
93. How many flutes does a drill bit have?
82. Which of the following is the flux usually used for Answer: C A. 4 flutes
hand solder? B. 2 flutes
A. Rosin 88. A gear wheel making 156 RPM has 56 teeth. It C. 3 flutes
B. Barium drives another gear at 91 RPM. The number of D. No flutes
C. Borax teeth on the second is:
D. Alum A. 65 Answer: B
B. 50
Answer: C C. 90 94. Where is the correction position of the tool bit
D. 96 when facing off a piece of material in the lathe
83. In which of the following where straight muriatic chuck?
acid is often used as a flux? Answer: D A. Above center
A. Galvanized iron B. Below center
B. Sheet steel 89. Tool steel can be hardened by which of the C. At the center
C. Cast iron following? D. Off center
D. Any of the above A. Heating red hot and plunging into water
B. Heating red hot and cooling in a blast of Answer: C
Answer: D dry air
C. Heating red hot and plunging into 95. Standard vise has _____ jaws?
84. For aluminum, special solders are being used and linseed or cottonseed oil A. Soft
will usually require which of the following? D. Any of the above, depending on type B. Hard
A. More heat and use C. Semi hard
B. The same heat as copper wire D. Semisoft
C. Less heat Answer: D
D. The same heat as sheet metal Answer: B
90. At what temperature where soft solder
Answer: A approximately melts? 96. In machine, which of the following could be the
A. 2500 reason if tool bit burns?
85. A copper is annealed by heating to a cherry red B. 4500 A. Speed is too slow
color and _____. C. 3500 B. Material is too hard
A. Dousing in cold water D. 5500 C. Speed is too fast
B. Dousing in oil D. Material cannot be cut
C. Cooling slowly in air Answer: C
D. Dousing in hot water Answer: C
91. What material where a scriber is made from?
Answer: C A. Carbon steel 97. For which of the following where the lathe
B. Tool steel compound is used?
86. Soft solder is made of which of the following? C. Cold-rolled steel A. Angel cutting
A. Copper and zinc D. Hot-rolled steel B. Facing
B. Tin and copper C. Grooving
C. Tin and lead Answer: B D. Any of the above
D. Tin and zinc
92. What should be done first before applying layout Answer: D
Answer: C blue on a piece of metal?
A. Roughened 98. When the dial on the cross-feed is turned 0.010”,
87. A piece of mild steel held against an emery wheel B. Clean how much is removed from the diameter of the
will give of _____. C. Hot stock being cut?
A. 0.010”
B. 0.005”
C. 0.020”
D. 0.015”
Answer: A
99. Which of the following describes a flexible back

hacksaw blade?
A. Only the teeth hardened
B. A movable back
C. Flexible ends
D. Only at back hardened
Answer: A
100. The flexible type hacksaw blade is best suited for

which of the following materials?
A. Channel iron
B. Aluminum
C. Tubing
D. Any of the above
Answer: D
ELEMENTS 13 C. The teeth have been case-hardened for Answer: B
better cutting
1. Hacksaw blades are made of what materials? D. The teeth are set evenly apart 12. A hacksaw blade with 18 teeth per inch is best
A. Tool steel suited for cutting what material(s)?
B. Tungsten alloy steel Answer: B A. Solid stock
C. High-speed steel B. Aluminum
D. Any of the above 7. All hard hacksaw blade is best suited for work on C. Cast iron
which of the following? D. Any of the above
Answer: D A. Brass
B. Cast iron Answer: D
2. A hacksaw blade with 24 TPI is best suitable for C. Tool steel
cutting which of the following materials? D. Any of the above 13. What is the use of coolant in the power hacksaw
A. Tubing when cutting materials?
B. Brass and copper Answer: D A. Absorb the heat of friction
C. Sheet metal over 18 gage B. Prevent the blade from overheating
D. Any of the above 8. Which of the following is the best instruments for C. Prevent the blade from losing its temper
measuring thousandths of an inch? D. All of the above
Answer: D A. Caliper
B. Micrometer Answer: D
3. Which of the following is a “must” for all hard C. Tachometer
hacksaw blades? D. Pyrometer 14. What is used for finishing a piece of work to size
A. It has a hard back and flexible teeth with a file?
B. It has a flexible back and hard teeth Answer: B A. Double-cut fine0tooth file
C. It has the entire blade hardened B. Mill file
D. It will only fit a solid frame hack saw 9. A hacksaw blade with 34 teeth per inch should be C. Single-cut fine-tooth file
used for cutting which of the following materials? D. Crossing file
Answer: C A. Brass
B. Heavy stock Answer: C
4. In how many position can a hacksaw blade be C. Iron cast
placed in a frame? D. Thin wall tubing 15. The process of finishing off a piece of metal with a
A. Two positions real smooth finish.
B. One position Answer: D A. Draw-filling
C. Four positions B. Mill-filling
D. Three positions 10. How the hacksaw blade is should be placed in the C. Side-filling
frame? D. Flat-filling
Answer: C A. The teeth pointing forward
B. The teeth pointing backward Answer: A
5. Files are divided into two general classes. How C. One end looser than the other end
are these classified? D. The teeth facing any direction 16. How do you call a small piece of metal clogged
A. Rough and smooth between the teeth on a file?
B. Single-cut and double-cut Answer: A A. Clogs
C. Large and small B. Pins
D. Flat shapes and round shapes 11. Which of the following is the usual procedure C. Flats
when cutting a long thin piece of metal? D. Bumps
Answer: B A. Turn the blade upside down in the frame
B. Turn the blade a right angles to the Answer: B
6. The term “set” of a saw best defines what? frame
A. To set properly in the frame C. Use a blade with fewer teeth per inch 17. Which of the following describes as the “safe
B. Alternate teeth are turned slightly to left D. Set the blade in the frame with the teeth edge” of the file?
and right to make cutting slot slightly facing toward you A. The end opposite the handle
wider than the thickness of the blade B. The edge with no teeth
C. The one with the handle 23. Which of the following is the effect if the lathe is Answer: B
D. None of the above put into back gear?
A. Go backwards of the same speed 29. What is the minimum diameter of apiece of round
Answer: B B. Faster stock necessary to make a square key ¾” on a
C. Slower side?
18. The best procedure when filling a piece of metal in D. At a slower speed backwards A. 1.5”
a lathe is to take: B. 1,0”
A. Short even strokes Answer: C C. 1.06”
B. Long fast strokes D. 0.75”
C. Long slow strokes 24. The work should be held with _____ when using a
D. Short fast strokes drill press. Answer: C
A. The hand
Answer: C B. A vise or clamp 30. A scriber is made from what materials?
C. A pair of pliers A. Carbon steel
19. Which of the following information is necessary D. Gloves on B. Tool steel
when ordering a file? C. Cold-rolled steel
A. Size(length) Answer: B D. Hot-rolled steel
B. Type if teeth
C. Shape 25. What is normally used in drilling a hole in a piece Answer: B
D. All of the above of work held in a lathe chuck?
A. Compound rest 31. Before applying layout blue on a piece of metal, it
Answer: D B. Tailstock and drill stock must be:
C. Cross-feed A. Roughened
20. Which of the following is the best file to be used D. Headstock B. Cleaned
when finishing sharp corners or slots and C. Heated
grooves? Answer: B D. Cold
A. Mill file
B. Knife file 26. Copper is annealed by heating to a cherry red Answer: B
C. Square color and:
D. Jeweler’s file A. Dousing in cold water 32. A drill bit has how many flutes?
B. Dousing in oil A. 4 flutes
Answer: B C. Cooling slowly in air B. 2flutes
D. Dousing in hot water C. 3flutes
21. How is “eleven-sixteenths” of an inch expressed in D. No flutes
decimal? Answer: C
A. 0.6785 Answer: B
B. 0.6875 27. What is the main purpose of “annealing” a metal?
C. 0.7685 A. To make the metal harder 33. The alignment of coupling faces can be checked
D. 0.6578 B. To make the metal softer by which process?
C. To make the metal harder medium-hard A. Using an inside micrometer
Answer: B D. To make the metal harder shiny B. Inserting thermocouple
C. Inserting a feeler gage between the
22. What is the approximate distance of the marking Answer: B coupling faces at various points around
on a micrometer barrel? the circumference
A. 0.025” apart 28. The purpose of “tempering” is to make a metal D. Rotating and measuring to nearest
B. 0.0025” apart what? permanent fitting
C. 0.250” apart A. Harder
D. 2.50” apart B. Less brittle Answer: C
C. Softer
Answer: A D. More brittle
34. A piece of cast iron held against an emery wheel Answer: B 45. A process in which metal is dipped in dilute acid
will give off what? solution to remove dirt grease and oxides.
A. Dull yellow sparks 40. What do you call the process of removing the A. Sheradizing
B. Red sparks sharp edges from apiece of stock? B. Super finishing
C. Bright shiny sparks A. Knurling C. Polishing
D. No sparks B. Planning D. picking
C. Chamfering
Answer: A D. Turning Answer: D
35. When cutting material in a lathe, the softer the Answer: C 46. a hot-dip or electroplate application of tin to steel.
material being cut, the tool bit should have: A. Tin-plating
A. More top rake 41. At what speed that carbon steel drill should be B. Metal spraying
B. Double top rake operated? C. Organic finishes
C. Less top rake D. Lapping
D. Any of the above A. Speed greater than that when
using a high speed drill Answer: A
Answer: C B. Speed less than that when using a
high-speed drill 47. A fine grinding operation used to obtain exact fit
36. After grinding a tool bit, the cutting edge should C. The same speed as that when and dimensional accuracy.
be: using a high-speed drill A. Tin-plating
A. Case-hardened D. None of the above B. Metal spraying
B. Stoned with an oilstone C. Organic finishes
C. Rubbed with emery cloth Answer: B D. Lapping
D. Rubbed with crocus cloth
42. A specific method of zinc galvanizing in which Answer: D
Answer: B parts are tumbled in zinc dust at high
temperatures. 48. The covering of surfaces with an organic film of
37. When turning a piece of round metal in a lathe, the A. Sheradizing paint, enamel or lacquer.
front clearance should be smaller to: B. Super finishing A. Tin-plating
A. Large-diameter cutting C. Polishing B. Metal spraying
B. Cutting angles D. Picking C. Organic finishes
C. Smaller-diameter cutting D. Lapping
D. None of the above Answer: A
Answer: C
Answer: C 43. Abrasion of parts against wheels or belts coated
with polishing compounds. 49. The spraying of molten metal onto a product.
38. When cutting material in lathe, the harder the A. Sheradizing Methods include metalizing, metal powder
material being cut, the tool bit should have: B. Super finishing spraying and plasma flame spraying.
A. More side rake C. Polishing A. Tin-plating
B. More top rake D. Picking B. Metal spraying
C. Less side rake C. Organic finishes
D. No side rake Answer: C D. Lapping
Answer: C 44. A super fine grinding operation used to expose Answer: B

non fragmented, crystalline base metal.
39. What is the primary purpose of knurling? A. Sheradizing 50. Application of a thin phosphate coating on steel to
A. Smooth material B. Super finishing improve corrosion resistance.
B. Roughen material C. Polishing A. Parkerizing
C. Polish material D. Picking B. honing
D. Sharpen material C. hard surfacing
Answer: B D. galvanizing
Answer: A 56. The diffusing of aluminum into a steel surface, 61. Shooting sand (i.e. sand blasting), steel grit, or
producing aluminum oxides that protect the steel steel shot against work piece to remove casting
51. This process is known as bonderizing when used from high-temperature corrosion. sand, scale, and oxidation.
as a primer for paints. A. Electroplating A. Abrasive cleaning
A. Parkerizing B. Calorizing B. Tumbling
B. Honing C. Burnishing C. Barrel finishing
C. Hard surfacing D. Buffing D. Anodizing
D. Galvanizing
Answer: B Answer: A
Answer: A
57. How do you call the process of fine grinding or 62. What is the other term of barrel finishing?
52. A grinding operation using stones moving in a peening operation designed to leave a A. Abrasive cleaning
reciprocating pattern. characteristic pattern on the surface of the work B. Tumbling
A. Parkerizing piece? C. Barrel finishing
B. Honing A. Electroplating D. Anodizing
C. Hard surfacing B. Calorizing
D. Galvanizing C. Burnishing Answer: B
D. Buffing
Answer: B 63. Brittle materials produce discrete fragments,
Answer: C known as:
53. The creation (by spraying, plating, fusion welding, A. Chip breaker grooves
or heat treatment) of a hard metal surface in softer 58. A fine finishing operation, similar to polishing, B. Discontinuous chips
product. using a very fine polishing compound. C. Non-segmented chips
A. Parkerizing A. Electroplating D. Type-two chips
B. Honing B. Calorizing
C. Hard surfacing C. Burnishing Answer: B
D. Galvanizing D. Buffing
64. Ductile materials from long, helix-coiled string
Answer: C Answer: D chips known as:
A. Continuous chips
54. A zinc coating applied to low carbon steel to 59. Rotating parts in a barrel filled with an abrasive or B. Discontinuous chips
improve corrosion resistance. The coating can be non-abrasive medium. Widely used to remove C. Segmented chips
applied in a hot dip bath, by electroplating or by burrs, flash, scale, and oxides. D. Type-one chips
dry tumbling (sheradizing). A. Abrasive cleaning
A. Parkerizing B. Calorizing Answer: A
B. Honing C. Barrel finishing
C. Hard surfacing D. Anodizing 65. Often ground in the cutting tool face to cause long
D. Galvanizing chips to break into shorter, more manageable
Answer: C pieces.
Answer: D A. Chip beaker grooves
60. An electroplating-acid bath oxidation process for B. Discontinuous chips
55. The electro-deposition of a coating onto the work aluminum and magnesium. The work piece is the C. Non-segmented chips
piece. Electrical current is used to drive ions in anode in the electrical circuit. D. Type-two chips
solution to the part. The work piece is the cathode A. Abrasive cleaning
in the electrical circuit. B. Tumbling Answer: A
A. Electroplating C. Barrel finishing
B. Calorizing D. Anodizing 66. What is the typical chip thickness ratio?
C. Burnishing A. 0.50
D. Buffing Answer: D B. 0.75
C. 0.25
Answer: A D. 1.00
Answer: A C. Torsional stress 78. Ceramic tool operate at what temperature?
D. Bending stress A. Below 2000 F
67. The angle at which the tool meets the work piece B. Below 2200 F
is characterized by: Answer: D C. Above 2000 F
A. True rake angle D. Above 2200 F
B. Clearance angle 73. The energy expended per unit volume removed is
C. Relief angle known as: Answer: A
D. Wedge angle A. Specific cutting energy
B. Metal removal rate 79. Which of the following is manufactured from
Answer: A C. Cutting horsepower aluminum oxide have the same expected life as
D. Absolute cutting energy carbide tools can operate at speeds from two to
68. Which of the following is the sum of the rake, three times higher? They operate below 1100 C.
clearance, and wedges angles? Answer: A A. Sintered carbides
A. 900 B. Ceramic tools
B. 1800 74. A plain carbon steel with approximately 0.9 1t0 C. Diamonds
C. 450 1.3% carbon, which has been hardened and D. Cast nonferrous
D. 750 tempered.
A. Carbon tool steel Answer: B
Answer: A B. High speed steel
C. Low speed steel 80. Which of the following are used in specific case,
69. What is the relative velocity difference between D. Medium speed steel usually in finishing operations?
the tool and the work piece? A. Sintered carbides
A. Cutting speed Answer: A B. Ceramic tools
B. Chip velocity C. Diamonds
C. Shear velocity 75. Contains tungsten or chromium and retains its D. Cast nonferrous
D. Rake velocity hardness up to approximately 600 C.
A. Carbon tool steel Answer: C
Answer: A B. High speed steel
C. Low speed steel 81. Used as a finishing operation since very fine and
70. How do you call the velocity of the chip relative to D. Medium speed steel dimensionally accurate surface can be produced.
the tool face? A. Grinding
A. Cutting speed Answer: B B. Snagging
B. Chip velocity C. Honing
C. Shear velocity 76. Cast nonferrous tools are brittle but can be used D. Lapping
D. Rake velocity up to approximately:
A. 1000 C Answer: A
Answer: B B. 925 C
C. 1500 C 82. Describes very rough grinding, such as that
71. How do you call the velocity of the chip relative to D. 750 C performed in foundries to removed gates, fins and
the work piece? risers from castings.
A. Cutting speed Answer: B A. Grinding
B. Chip velocity B. Snagging
C. Shear velocity 77. Which of the following is produced through powder C. Honing
D. Rake velocity metallurgy from nonferrous metals? D. Lapping
A. Sintered carbides
Answer: C B. Ceramic tool Answer: B
C. Diamonds
72. Which of the following is the primary parameter D. Cast nonferrous 83. Grinding in which very little material, 0.001 to
affecting the cutting energy requirement? 0.005 in. is removed.
A. Compressive stress Answer: A A. Grinding
B. Shear stress B. Snagging
C. Honing 89. They are produced through powder metallurgy A. Water vapor
D. Lapping from nonferrous metals. B. Carbon
A. Diamonds C. Air
Answer: C B. Cast nonferrous D. Cutting fluid
C. Ceramic tools
84. Which of the following is not a measuring devise? D. Sintered carbides Answer: D
A. Orsat analyser
B. Thermometer Answer: D 95. Which of the following is a good heat removed, but
C. Micrometer caliper a promote rust?
D. Divider 90. Sintered carbides operate cutting speeds how A. Air kerosene
many times as fast as HSS tools: B. Kerosene
Answer: D A. 2 to 5 C. Carbon dioxide
B. Thrice D. Water
85. A plain carbon steel with approximately 0.9 to C. 5 to 7
1.3% carbon which has been hardened and D. Twice Answer: D
tempered.
A. Carbon tool steel Answer: A 96. Addition of _____ to water produce an efficient,
B. Cast nonferrous inexpensive cutting fluid that does not promote
C. High-speed steel 91. Which of the following is manufactured from rusting:
D. Diamond aluminum oxide have the same expected like as A. Sal soda
carbide tools but can operate at speeds from two B. Kerosene lubricant
Answer: A to three times higher? C. Straight cutting oils
A. Ceramic tools D. Air
86. Carbon tool steel can be given a good edge, but is B. High speed steel
restricted to use below: C. Diamonds Answer: A
A. 400 to 600 F D. Carbon tool steel
B. 300 to 400 F 97. It reduce friction and do not cause rust but are less
C. 700 to 800 F Answer: A efficient of heat removal than water:
D. 800 to 1000 F A. Sal soda
92. Soluble in the presence of high temperature iron B. Kerosene lubricants
Answer: A used in specific cases, usually in finishing C. Straight cutting oils
operations. D. Air
87. Which of the following contains tungsten or A. Ceramic tools
chromium and retains its hardness up to B. Diamonds Answer: C
approximately 1100 F, approximately known as a C. High speed steel
red hardness: D. Aluminum 98. Taylor’s equation relates cutting speed v and tool
A. Ceramic tools like T for particular combination of tool and work
B. Diamonds Answer: B piece, VTn= constant. This equation is also known
C. High speed steel as:
D. Carbon tool steel 93. Percent of the heat developed in cutting is due to A. Flank water
friction between the tool and work piece is: B. Nose failure
Answer: C A. Approximately 50% C. Crater water
B. Approximately 10% D. Tool life
88. Cast nonferrous tools are brittle but can be used C. Approximately 25 %
up to approximately: D. Approximately 75 % Answer: D
A. 1700 F
B. 2200 F Answer: C 99. After any cutting or standard grinding operation,
C. 2000 F the surface of a work piece will consist of:
D. 600 F 94. Which of the following is used to reduce friction, A. Smear metal
removed heat, remove chips and protect against B. Ultra finishing
Answer: A corrosion. C. Super finishing
D. Center less grinding
Answer: A
100. A method that does not require clamping,

chucking, or holding round work pieces.
A. Centerless grinding
B. Laser machining
C. Chemical milling
D. Ultrafinishing
ELEMENTS 14 C. Ultrasonic machining A. Shearing
D. Electronic erosion B. Bend allowance
1. Which of the following uses high-energy electrical C. Forming dies
discharges to shape electrically conducting work piece? Answer: A D. Spring back
A. electrochemical machining
B. electrochemical grinding 7. It can be used to shape hard brittle materials such as Answer: C
C. electrical discharge machining glass, ceramic crystals, and gems stones, as well as
D. ultrasonic grinding tool steels and other metals. 13. It produces usable pieces, leaving the source piece
A. chemical milling behind as scrap.
Answer: C B. laser machining A. Punching
C. ultrasonic machining B. Drawing
2. for common brass tool, wear ratios for the tool and work D. electronic erosion C. Blanking
piece vary between: D. Coining
A. 4:1 Answer: C
B. 20:1 Answer: C
C. 1-:1 8. It is used to cut or burn small holes in the workpiece
D. 8:1 with high dimensional accuracy. 14. The operation of removing scrap blanks from the
A. Electrochemical machining workpiece, leaving the source piece as the final
Answer: B B. Laser machining product.
C. Chemical milling A. Punching
3. For expensive tool materials, wear ratios for the tool D. Electronic erosion B. Drawing
and workpiece vary between: C. Clanking
A. 4:1 Answer: B D. Coining
B. 20:1
C. 10:1 9. A general term used to denote the blanking, bending Answer: A
D. 8:1 and forming and shearing of thin-gage metals.
A. Presswork 15. A cold forming process that converts a flat blank into
Answer: A B. Transfer die hallow vessel.
C. Strip die A. Embossing
4. It removes heat by electrolysis in high current deplating D. Brake B. Drawing
operation. C. Swaging
A. Electrochemical machining Answer: A D. Punching
B. Electronic erosion
C. Electrospark machining 10. Used with dies and punches to form the workpiece. Answer: B
D. Electrical discharge machining A. Station
B. Transfer die 16. It is used in the product of coins, is a severe operation
Answer: A C. Strip die requiring high tonnage, due to the fact that the metal
D. Presses flow is completely confined within the die cavity.
5. What is the other name of electrolytic grinding? A. Coining
A. Laser grinding Answer: D B. Embossing
B. Electrochemical grinding C. Swaging
C. Ultrasonic grinding 11. With _____ the workpiece advances through a D. Blanking
D. Chemical milling sequence of operations:
A. Presswork Answer: A
Answer: B B. Brakes
C. Tonnage 17. Forms shallow raised letters or other designs in relief
6. It is typical used in the manufacture of printed circuit D. Progressive dies on the surface of sheet metal blanks.
boards, is the selective removal of material not A. Coining
protected by a mask. Answer: D B. Embossing
A. Chemical milling C. Swaging
B. Laser machining 12. Cut pieces from flat plates, strips and coil stocks. D. Blanking
Answer: B C. Powered hammer 29. With _____, a mold is produced by packing sand
D. Impactor forging around a pattern:
18. Reduce the workpiece area by cold floe=wing the metal A. Sand molding
into a die cavity by a high compressive force or impact. Answer: C B. Gravity molding
A. Coining C. Die casting
B. Embossing 24. The workpiece is held in position while the dies are D. Plastic molding
C. Swaging hammered horizontally into it from both sides.
D. Blanking A. Gravity drop hammers or board hammer Answer: A
B. Press forging
Answer: C C. Powered forging 30. To facilitate the removal of the pattern, all surfaces
D. Impactor forging parallel to the direction of withdrawal are slightly
19. The repeated hammering of a workpiece to obtain the tapered. This taper is called:
desired shape: Answer: D A. Gate
A. Spring back B. Riser
B. Blanking 25. Involves holding and applying pressure to round heated C. Sprue
C. Punching blanks D. Draft
D. Forging A. Upset forming
B. Flash Answer: D
Answer: D C. Pickling
D. Parting line 31. In the gating system, the metal is poured into a sprue
20. Relies on closed impression dies to produce the hole and enters a vertical passage known as:
desired shape Answer: A A. Gates
A. Hammer forging B. Downgate
B. Open die forging 26. With _____, the part is shaped by slow squeezing C. Draft
C. Smith forging reaction, rather than rapid impacts. D. Risers
D. Drop forging A. Drop forging
B. Impactor forging Answer: B
Answer: D C. Press forging
D. Upset forging 32. Serves as a accumulators to feed molten metal into the
21. What is the other name give to gravity drop hammer? cavity during initial shrinkage
A. Board hammer Answer: C A. Gates
B. Press forging B. Downgate
C. Powered hammer 27. Following forging, the part will have a thin projection of C. Draft
D. Impactor forging excess metal known as _____ at the parting line. D. Risers
A. Pickling
Answer: A B. Flash Answer: B
C. Trimmer dies
22. The forging blows are repeated at the rate of several D. Upset 33. An entrance to the cavity maybe constricted to control
times a minute for: the rate of fill and such constrictions are known as:
A. Gravity drop hammers or board Answer: B A. Gates
hammers B. Downgate
B. Press forging 28. The flashed is trimmed off by _____ in a subsequent C. Sprue
C. Powered hammer operation. D. Risers
D. Impactor forging A. Pickling
B. Upset Answer: A
Answer: A C. Trimmer dies
D. Forging 34. Molten metal is poured into a metal or graphite mold
23. The forging blows are repeated at the rate of more than where pressure is not used to fill the mold.
300 times a minute for: Answer: C A. Sand molding
A. Gravity drop hammer or board hammers B. Plastic molding
B. Press forging C. Gravity molding
D. Non-gravity molding A. Pitch circle 46. Two parallel shaft connected by pure rolling turn in the
B. Module same direction and a speed ratio of 2.75. What is the
Answer: C C. English module distance of the two shaft if the smaller cylinder is 22 cm.
D. Pitch diameter in diameter?
35. Suitable for creating parts of zinc, aluminum, copper, A. 16.6 cm
magnesium, and lead/tin alloys: Answer: C B. 25.25 cm
A. Die casting C. 30.25 cm
B. Investment casting 41. When the motion is diminished/decreasing instead of D. 19.25 cm
C. Centrifugal casting increasing is called:
D. Continuous casting A. Deceleration Answer: D
B. Retarded motion
Answer: A C. Uniform negative impulse 47. The distance between similar, equally spaced tooth
D. All of these surfaces in a given direction and a long given line:
36. More than how many percent of all die casting uses A. Pitch circle
zinc alloys? Answer: C B. Pitch
A. 50% C. Pitch plane
B. 25% 42. Which of the following is a unit of energy? D. Pitch diameter
C. 75% A. Ft.-lb.
D. 80% B. BTU/hr. Answer: B
C. hp
Answer: C D. Watt 48. It is simply defined as a simple push and pull.
A. Power
37. Molten metal is forced under pressure into a permanent Answer: A B. Work
metallic mold known as: C. Inertia
A. Die 43. When high strength and durability are a requirements D. Force
B. Mold for choosing gear materials it is preferable to use _____
C. Alloy material. Answer: D
D. Torpedo A. Hardened bronze
B. Phenolic laminated 49. How do you call the opposite directional forces equal in
Answer: A C. Steel magnitude and parallel?
D. White iron A. Non coplanar
38. The cast iron flywheels are commonly designed with a B. Couple
factor of safety of _____. Answer: C C. Centroid
A. 14 to 15 D. Coplanar
B. 8 to 9 44. Which of the forces whose line of actions are parallel
C. 10 to 13 but not necessarily equal in magnitude? Answer: B
D. 6 to 12 A. Couple
B. Resultant 50. Which of the following terms is applied to quantities
Answer: C C. Non collinear such as time, volume and density?
D. Non concurrent A. Couple
39. A pair of equal and opposite (not collinear) forces that B. Components
tend a rotation of a body. Answer: D C. Resultant
A. Couple D. Scalar
B. Equilibrium 45. The product of the mass and the velocity of the center
C. Centroids of gravity of the body is called: Answer: D
D. Vector A. Linear momentum
B. Linear impulse 51. The used of hardened steel for the mating metal gear
Answer: A C. Angular impulse appears to give the best result and longer operational
D. Angular momentum life. The usual hardness is the range of:
40. This is the ratio of the pitch diameter in inches to be the A. Over 600 BHN
number of teeth. Answer: A B. Below 350 BHN
C. 300 to 400 BHN 57. It consist of two cranks, a stationary piece called the Answer: D
D. Over 400 BHN line of centers and the connecting rods is:
A. Five-bar linkage 63. A material plane was subjected to a load. When the
Answer: A B. Three-crank linkage load was removed the strain disappeared. From the
C. Four-crank braces structural change which of the following can be
52. It is the product of the resultant of all forces acting on a D. Four-bar linkage considered about this material?
body and the time. A. It has high modules of elasticity
A. Linear momentum Answer: D B. It is plastic
B. Angular momentum C. It does not follow Hooke’s law
C. Linear impulse 58. Used to change rotary motion to reciprocating motion: D. It is elastic
D. All of these A. Rack gears
B. Helical gears Answer: D
Answer: C C. Hypoid gears
D. Herringbone gears 64. For an evenly distributed and uniform wear on each
53. The separate forces which can be so combined are meshing gear tooth, the ideal design practice is to
called: Answer: A consider a:
A. Concurrent forces A. Wear resistance alloy addition to tooth
B. Couple 59. The effective face width of a helical gear divided by gears
C. Non concurrent forces gear axial pitch: B. Heat treatment of the gears
D. Component forces A. Approach ratio C. Hardening of each tooth
B. Arc of recess D. Hunting tooth addition
Answer: D C. Arc of action
D. Face overlap Answer: D
54. Continuous stretching under load eve if the stress is
less than the yield point. Answer: A 65. Helix angle in the range of _____ degree is
A. Plasticity recommended for wide face helical gears.
B. Creep 60. Pitch diameter less the diameter of the roller chain is A. Less than 15
C. Elasticity equal to: B. 20 to 35
D. Ductility A. Top land C. Less than 20
B. Addendum D. 20 to 22
Answer: B C. Bottom diameter
D. Face overlap Answer: A
55. The most known lubricants being utilized in whatever
category of load and speed are oil, air, grease and dry Answer: C 66. Difference between maximum materials limits of mating
lubricants like: parts. Or it is a minimum clearance or maximum
A. Bronze 61. Generally applied on speed reducer due to larger speed interference between parts:
B. Silicon ratio: A. Tolerance
C. Lead A. Bevel gears B. Variance
D. Graphite B. Worm gears C. Fits
C. Helical gears D. Allowance
Answer: D D. Hypoid gears
Answer: D
56. A coupling that allows axial flexibility/movement in the Answer: B
operation. Made of alternate boiling of steel, leather, 67. The changes in shape or geometry of the body due to
fabric and/or plastic material in the two flanges. 62. If shaft size is specified as-diameter 2” max. and 1.99” action of a force on it is called deformation or:
A. Flexible disk coupling min. in diameter then the 0.01” could be defined as: A. Shear stresses
B. Flexible Oldham coupling A. Allowance B. Compressive stress
C. Flexible toroidal spring coupling B. Variance C. Stresses
D. Elastic-material bonding coupling C. Fit D. Strains
D. Tolerance
Answer: A Answer: D
68. The reciprocal of a diameter pitch or the ratio of the Answer: B 79. Length of the contact between two mating parts in a
pitch diameter to the no. of teeth. screw and nut threads measured axially is termed
A. Lead 74. The ratio of moment of inertia on a cross-section of a _____.
B. Involute beam to this section modulus is: A. Length of engagement
C. Module A. A measure of distance B. Arc of contacts
D. Clearance B. Equal to the radius of gyration and C. Axis of contact
compression D. Depth of engagement
Answer: C C. Multiplied by the bending moment of the
inertia to determine the yield stress Answer: A
69. One of three materials is not structural steel? D. Equal to the area of the cross-section
A. Low carbon steel and tension 80. The sum of their addendums and dedendums is:
B. Stainless steel A. Whole depth
C. Tool and die steel Answer: A B. Width of space
D. Medium carbon steel C. Full depth
75. The ratio of the moment of inertia of the cross section of D. Working depth
Answer: C a beam to the section modulus is ____?
A. Equal to the radius of gyration Answer: A
70. The elastic body whose primary function is to deflect B. Equal to the area of the cross section
under load. C. Multiplied by the bending moment to 81. It is recommended not to have a direct drive between
A. Clutch determine the stress driven and drive sprockets if the ratio of their teeth
B. Brake D. A measure of distance exceeds _____. Use 2 or more steps combination.
C. Stopper A. 10 times
D. Spring Answer: D B. 5 times
C. 8 times
Answer: D 76. Poisson’s ratio is ratio of? D. 6 times
A. Elastic limit to yield strength
71. Flat leather belting not recommended for used in a B. Lateral deformation to the longitudinal Answer: C
speed in excess of ____fpm. deformation
A. 3600 C. Shear strains to unit strain 82. Stresses that are independent of loads is called _____.
B. 6000 D. Elastic limit to shear strength A. Working stresses
C. 4800 B. Simple stress
D. All of these Answer: B C. Residual stresses
D. Combined stress
Answer: B 77. Alloy that improves strength to steel at high
temperature application: Answer: C
72. The angle included between the sides of the thread A. Aluminum
measured in an axial plane is a screw thread. B. Silicon 83. Ability to resist deformation under stress.
A. Angle of thread C. Manganese A. Plasticity
B. Helix angle thread D. Chromium B. Stiffness
C. Angle between thread or 40 C. Toughness
D. Half angle thread or 20 Answer: D D. All of these
Answer: A 78. The differential of the shear equation is the: Answer: B

A. Deflection of the beam
73. When an air entrainment again is put into a concrete B. Tensile strength of beam 84. The property of material wherein the content is
mix. C. Comprehensive of strength of the beam continuously distributed through its entire mass.
A. The water/cement ratio must be reduced D. Load on the beam A. Plasticity
B. The strength will decrease B. Homogeneity
C. Minimal effect Answer: D C. Malleability
D. The strength will suffer up to 50% D. All of these
Answer: B Answer: B 96. The relative strength of a butt welding could be safety
assumed as _____% efficiency.
85. Material having a high electrical resistance and should 91. The difference between cast steel and cast iron: A. 95
not be used as conductor or electrical current. A. All of these B. 90
A. Nickel B. Cast steel has usually less than 1% C. 98
B. Silicon base alloys C. While cast iron has 2% or 3.6% carbon D. 92
C. Aluminum oxide range
D. Iron oxide D. Cast iron has lower strength more brittle Answer: B
and has lower ductility than cast steel
Answer: A 97. It is a work supporting device which is bolted to the
Answer: D saddle of the lathe machine. It travels with the cutting
86. The best materials for brake drums is: tool it is the prevention of the springing away of the
A. Aluminum 92. It is a general practice to use the following allowable work piece from cutting tools.
B. Steel material stresses 4000 psi for main transmitting shaft and 8500 A. Rubber-flex colts
C. Cast iron psi for small short shafts and counter shaft. For B. Follower rest
D. Wrought iron lineshaft carrying pulley it is ____psi. C. Tool post
A. 7800 D. Carriage stop
Answer: C B. 6000
C. 7000 Answer: B
87. The property that characterizes a material’s ability to be D. 6500
drawn into a wire. 98. Which of the following raw materials are used in the
A. Tensile strength Answer: B foundry molding operation?
B. Endurance limit A. Silica sand, bentonite, flour/paste water
C. Ductility 93. The properties of metal to withstands loads without B. Silica sand paste, graphite electrode
D. Thermal conductivity breaking down is: C. Silica sand and paste
A. Elasticity D. Silica sand, linseed oil, flour
Answer: C B. Plasticity
C. Strength Answer: A
88. The alloy materials used in the production of metal D. Strain
working tools: 99. Which of the following is not a part of micrometer
A. Titanium, phosphorus Answer: C caliper?
B. Vanadium, chromium, molybdenum A. Thimble
C. Tungsten, silicon, hadfield 94. Almost the soldering materials are a combination of the B. Spindle
D. High carbon steel following alloys: C. Head screw
A. All of these D. Anvil
Answer: D B. Tin and antimony
C. Lead and tin Answer: C
89. Which of the phases of steel element has a face D. Lead and antimony
centered cubic structure? 100. To avoid brittleness of weld or the residual stress in the
A. Pyrite Answer: C welding it is normally stress relieve of:
B. Cementite A. Normalizing
C. Austenite 95. The most popular of all soldering material in use has B. Flame hardening
D. All of these composition of: C. Tempering
A. 45/55% tin and lead D. Annealing
Answer: C B. All of these
C. 50/50% tin and lead Answer: C
90. The rigidity of polymer can be increased by: D. 60/40% tin and lead
A. Furnace melting
B. Crystallization Answer: C
C. Normalizing
D. Shot opening
ELEMENTS 15 A. -380 D. 51/2
B. -260
1. Which of the following is the following is the C. -400 Answer: A
allowable tensile strength of the steel plates? D. -320
A. 396.41 N/m2 12. Plain carbon steel standard designation SAE
B. 379.31 N/m2 Answer: D ______.
C. 296.12 N/m2 A. 6xxx
D. 310.11 N/m2 7. The length of the hub should not be made lesser B. 10xx
than the face width of the gear. Hub lengths C. 13xx
Answer: A usually vary from 1.25D to 2D where D is the shaft D. 2xxx
diameter. What should be the reasonable diameter
of steel hub? Answer: B
2. Which of the following standard SAE designation
of manganese steel? A. 2D
B. 1.55D 13. If the inertia is 90 lb.ft2 and the speed of the driven
A. 13xx
C. 1.8D shaft is to be increased from 0 to 2500 rpm in 5
B. 11xx
D. 1.20D seconds, shaft material is of SAE 4140 with yield
C. 10xx
strength of 110000 lbs. /in2, find the clutch starting
D. 8xx
Answer: C torque in in-lb. ft.
Answer: A A. 159
8. Torsional deflection is a significant consideration B. 146
3. Compute the torque received by the motor shaft in the design of shaft and the limit should be in the C. 128
running at 4250 rpm. Transmitting 11 Hp, through range of how many degree/foot of length? D. 191
a 10 in diameter 200 involute gear. The shaft is A. 0.4 to1
B. 0.08 to 1 Answer: B
supported by ball bearings at both ends and the
gear is fixed at the middle of 8” shaft length. C. 0.1 to 1
D. 0.6 to 1 14. How many 5/16 inch holes can be punch in one
A. 163 in lb.
motion in a steel plate made of SAE 1010 steel
B. 132 in lb.
Answer: B 7/16 inch thick using a force of 55 tons. The
C. 167 in lb.
ultimate strength for shear is 50 ksi and use 2
D. 138 in lb.
9. If the pitch of a screw is 2/9 find the thread per factor of safety.
Answer: A inch. A. 5.8
A. 0.34 B. 5
4. The SAE 2340 shafting contains how many B. 5.4 C. 3.7
percent nickel? C. 4.5 D. 6.5
A. 3.85 Ni D. 17
Answer: B
B. 3.25 to 3.75% Ni
Answer: C
C. 4% Ni
15. Which of the following cannot be used in drilling?
D. 3.84% Ni
10. Steel spring material is usually hardened from 400 A. Reaming
Answer: B to 500 BHN and the carbon content is in the range B. Lapping
of how many percent? C. Spot facing
5. Which of the following standard SAE designation A. 0.50 to 0.90% D. Broaching
for chromium steel? B. 0.45 to 0.48%
C. 0.96 to 0.97% Answer: C
D. All of these
A. 92xx
16. A kilowatt is equal to:
B. 3xxx Answer: A A. 8851.2 in-lb. /sec.
C. 5xxx
B. 57 BTU/min
D. 11xx
11. Shafts readily available in the market are in many C. 1140 joule/sec.
Answer: C ways and wide variety of material composition. It is D. 44.200 ft.-lb./min.
likely be cold drawn carbon steel in size smaller
than _____ inches diameter. Answer: B
6. In general, alloys with high nickel content retain
A. 3.75
toughness to quiet low temperatures up to how
B. 5 17. Molybdenum-chromium-nickel steel designation.
many degrees Fahrenheit?
C. 4 A. SAE48xx
B. SAE56xx thick steel plate. The joint efficiency is at 70% and 29. Designated pipe color used in communication.
C. SAE43xx the tensile strength is 60 ksi. A. Silver gray
D. SAE46xx A. 4200 psi B. Bare
B. 42.8 psi C. Aluminum gray
Answer: C C. 10.5 psi D. White
D. 8500 psi
18. Single forces which produces the same effect Answer: D
upon a mass replacing two or more forces acting Answer: A
together is called: 30. The design stress and factor of safety are related
A. Vector 24. Commonly used by steel melter as deoxidizer in the following manner.
B. Component of forces because of its easy availability and cheap price. A. Design stress = ultimate stress / factor of
C. Resultant A. Silicon safety
D. Resolution B. Zinc B. Ultimate stress = factor of safety / design
C. Aluminum stress plus concentration factor
Answer: C D. Manganese C. Factor of safety = design stress / ultimate
stress
19. Permissible variation of the Answer: C D. Design stress = factor of safety / times stress
manufactured/machined dimension is called: concentration factor
A. Intolerance fits 25. Curved formed by the path of a point on a straight
B. Allowance line as it rolls along a convex base curve. The Answer: A
C. Deviation base curve is usually a circle and generally used
D. Tolerance as a profile of gear tooth. 31. Not adaptable to welding due to low tensile
A. Axial plane strength and poor ductility etc.
Answer: D B. Arc or recess A. Copper parts
C. Involute B. Aluminum parts
20. Peculiar strength of the metal to resist being D. Arc of action C. Cast iron material
crushed: D. Bronze parts
A. Shear strength Answer: C
B. Compressive strength Answer: B
C. Ultimate strength 26. Resultant of two or more component forces is
D. Elastic limit called: 32. Bearing surface that completely surrounds the
A. Composition of forces journal is also called:
Answer: B B. Component A. Offset bearing
C. Resultant B. Centrally loaded bearing
21. What pressure is required for punching a hole 2” D. Collinear of forces C. Full bearing
diameter thru 1/4" steel plates? D. Babbit bearing
A. 40 tons Answer: A
B. 45 tons Answer: C
C. 50 tons 27. A material having a high electrical resistance and
D. 35 tons should not be used for conductor of electric
current.
Answer: A A. Alloyed magnesium 33. The purpose of lubrication is as mention except.
B. Nickel A. To lighten the load
22. What is the working strength of a 2” bolt which is C. Silicon base alloy B. Prevent adhesion
screwed up tightly in a packed joint when the D. Zinc C. Prevent corrosion/oxidation
allowable working stress is 12,000 psi. D. Cool the moving elements
A. 20.4 ksi Answer: B
B. 23.4 ksi Answer: A
C. 22.4 ksi 28. It improves red hardness of steel.
D. 18 ksi A. Silicon 34. Tools usually used in wood pattern making in
B. Cobalt foundry shop.
Answer: A C. Lead A. Saws and chisels
D. Manganese B. Knives and drills
23. Determine the bursting steam pressure of a steel C. Band saw
shell with diameter of 10 inches and made of 1/4 Answer: B D. Drill machine
Answer: A 41. A three extension coil spring are hooked in the D. 46xx
series that support a single weight of 100kgs. The
35. It is a plane perpendicular to the axial plane and to first spring is rated at 0.400kg/mm and the other Answer: B
the pitch plane in gears the parallel and axes and two lower spring is rated at .64kgs/in. compute the
the plane of rotation coincides. total deflection. 47. Also called eccentrically loaded bearing is:
A. Tangent plane A. 263mm A. Full bearing
B. Transverse B. 156mm B. Partial bearing
C. Straight plane C. 268mm C. Offset bearing
D. Reference plane D. None of these D. Fitted bearing
Answer: B Answer: D Answer: C
36. A 36 tooth pinion with a turning speed of 300rpm 42. The lack of backlash in a spur gear 48. In the selection of wire rope, regular lay means
drives 120 tooth gear of 14 1/2 0 d involute full depth design/operation may result to: wires and strands are arranged in the following
pressure angle. What would be the speed of the A. Overloading manner.
driven gear? B. All of these A. Twisted in the same direction
A. 1000rpm C. Jamming B. Twisted in the opposite direction
B. 90rpm D. Overheating C. Twisted in any direction
C. 100rpm D. Twisted in along direction
D. 140rpm Answer: B
Answer: B
Answer: B 43. The distance from a point on a screw thread to a
corresponding point on the next thread measure 49. In involute teeth, the pressure angle is often
37. Several force which can be combine is called: along the axis. defined as the angle between the line action and
A. Resultants A. Flank the line of tangent to the pitch circle. It is also term
B. Components B. Crest as:
C. Composition of forces C. Lead A. Helix angle
D. Collinear forces D. Pitch B. Angle of obliquity
Answer: B C. Angle of recess
38. The surface along the fillet curves or between the Answer: D D. Arc of action
fillets radius of the two adjacent tooth or a gear:
44. As recommended the center to center distance Answer: B
A. Bottom land
B. Fillet between sprockets should not be less than
C. Flank ______ times the bigger sprocket. 50. Instantaneous center is also called:
D. Top land A. 2.216 A. Centro
B. 11/2 B. Virtual center
Answer: A C. 13/4 C. Rotopole
D. 2.59 D. All of these
39. Ideal herringbone gear helix is in the range of:
Answer: B Answer: B
A. Bottom land
B. Fillet
C. Flank 45. Machine shop instrument for checking the flatness 51. What is the stress to strain ratio within the elastic
D. Top land of plane surfaces to 10ths of thousandths of a limit?
centimeter. A. Elastic limit
Answer: A A. Blade type micrometer B. Elasticity
B. Planimeter C. Modulus of elasticity
40. Ideal herringbone gear helix is in the range of: C. Dial caliper D. Compressive ratio
A. 30 to 45 D. Micrometer
Answer: C
B. 25 to 30
C. 35 to 50 Answer: B
D. 15 to 20 52. A material plane was subjected to a load. When
46. Molybdenum steel standard designation SAE. the load was removed the strain disappeared.
Answer: A A. 88xx From the structural change which of the following
B. 40xx can be considered about this material.
C. 48xx
A. It does not follow Hooke’s law A. 200 involute stub Answer: B
B. It is elastic B. 141/2 involute full depth
C. It has high modules of elasticity C. 200 64. The moment of inertia of a rectangular whose
D. It is plastic D. 171/2 base is “b” height “h” about its base is.
A. Bh3/4
Answer: B Answer: C B. Bh3/24
C. Bh3/12
53. Allowance added in the casting pattern to 59. The property of material that relates the lateral D. Bh3/3
compensate for the contraction of metal. strain to longitudinal strain.
A. Tapering allowance A. Stress Answer: D
B. Finish allowance B. Poisson ratio
C. Shrinkage allowance C. Strain 65. Cold rolled shafting is not available in diameter
D. Draft pattern. D. Endurance limit large than.
A. 6in
Answer: C Answer: B B. 6.5 in
C. 5 in
54. Ratio of the angle of action to the pitch angle. 60. It is generally recommended and normal for a D. 5.5 in
A. Contact ratio designer to add a hunting tooth to evenly distribute
B. Ratio of gearing the wear of meshing teeth like a 53 teeth gears Answer: C
C. Approach ratio mesh with 30 teeth pinion. Find the rotation of
D. Module pinion to mesh with same pair of teeth again. 66. Height of tooth above pitch circle or the radial
A. 120 distance between pitch circle and top land the
Answer: A B. 61 tooth.
C. 81 A. Top root
55. General purpose grade of steel used for broiler D. 53 B. Land
plate, structural etc. usually with carbon content of. C. Addendum
A. 0.20 to 0.30%C Answer: D D. Hunting tooth
B. 0.35 to 0.50%C
C. 0.15 to 0.25%C 61. The shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6000 Answer: C
D. All of these in lbs has 11/2 in in diameter 60,000 psi yield
strength. Compute for the shaft mean average 67. The function of clutch in the machine tool is?
Answer: A stress. A. Lowering of drive speed
A. 6036 psi B. To disconnect or connect at will the drive
56. The angle made by the helix of the thread (in a B. 5162 psi C. Alignment of drive shaft
straight thread) at the pitch diameter with a plane C. 6810 psi D. To ensure that two shaft line up at high speed
perpendicular to the axis called: D. 5550 psi
A. Angle of thread Answer: B
B. Lead angle Answer: A
C. Truncation 68. A resulting force that replace two or more forces
D. Lead 62. The angle made by the helix of the thread (in a acting together.
straight thread) at the pitch diameter with a plane A. Vector
Answer: B perpendicular to the axis is called: B. Resultant
A. Lead angle C. Couple
57. The principle materials used in the production of B. Lead D. Equilibrium
metal working tools: C. Truncation
A. High carbon steel D. Angle of thread Answer: B
B. Titanium, phosphorous
C. Tungsten, silicon, hadfield MN Answer: A 69. Stress relieving is also _________ for the purpose
D. Vanadium, chromium, molybdenum of reducing the internal stresses of steel
63. The rule of thumb in journal bearing design; material/metal.
Answer: A clearance ratio / clearance should be. A. Normalizing
A. 0.0090 B. Annealing
58. In the interest of design simplification and good B. 0.0010 C. Tempering
kinematic compromise bevel gears adopted C. 0.0042 D. All of these
standard pressure angle ______ degrees. D. 0.00120
Answer: C 75. A ridge with uniform section in the form in helix cut 81. The strength of non-ferrous alloy is at maximum at
around the circumference of a cylinder and room temperature while that of ferrous metal has
70. Matensite (stainless steel) contains 4 to 26 % Cr. advancing along the axis. the maximum strength at ______ 0F.
And maximum of ______ % Nickel. A. Thread root A. 400
A. 2.5 B. Screw thread B. 450
B. 3.5 C. Helix thread C. 1200
C. 3.25. D. Chamfers D. 350
D. 2.0
Answer: B Answer: A
Answer: A
76. Cast iron flywheel are commonly design with 82. The ratio of stress acting on a elastic substance to
71. Matensite (stainless steel) contains 4 to 26 % Cr. factor of safety of: the decrease in volume per unit volume.
And maximum of ______% nickel. A. 10 to 13 A. Bulk modulus
A. 2.5 B. 10 to 14 B. Elastic limit
B. 3.5 C. 10 to 12 C. Modules of resilence
C. 3.25 D. 8 to 13 D. Modules of elasticity
D. 2.0
Answer: A Answer: A
Answer: A
77. Class of material exhibiting decrease electrical 83. The normal helix angle in helical gear is
72. Compute a deflection of an 18 coils helical soring conductivity with increasing temperature. recommended in the range of ______ degrees.
having a load of 100kgs. The modulus of elasticity A. Aluminum A. Less than 18
in shear of spring is 96.62 Gpa, OD of 9256 cm B. Metal B. 15 to 25
and with diameter of 9525 mm. the spring is C. P-type semi-conductors C. 20 to 35
square and ground ends. D. N-type semi-conductors D. 20 to 30
A. 9mm
B. 112mm Answer: B Answer: B
C. 101mm
D. 14mm 78. The welding made along the edges of two parallel 84. Type of bolt commonly used in the construction
plates is called: that is threaded in both ends.
Answer: C A. Groove joint A. Stud bolts
B. Edge joint B. Hex bolts
73. A flanged bolt coupling has 10 steel 25.4mm C. Fillet joint C. Acne threaded bolts
diameter bolts evenly tighten around a 415 around D. Corner joint D. Square threaded bolts
mm bolt circle. Determine the torque capacity of
the connection if the allowable shearing stress in Answer: B Answer: A
the bolt is 50 MN/m2.
A. 59.95 KN-m 79. Not part and in fact should not be used in the steel 85. It is rigid piece which serves to transmit force from
B. 46.15 KN-m melting process. a piece another piece or to cause/control motion.
C. 52.6 KN-m A. Coke A. Follower
D. 43.8 KN-m B. Zinc B. Cam motion
C. Silicon C. Crank
Answer: C D. Aluminum D. Link
74. The material that can cut/wear hardest substance Answer: A Answer: D
subjected to:
A. Carbide 80. Rule of thumb in calculating the equipment 86. A 20kgs. Cast iron piece rest on a plain horizontal
B. Tungsten foundation mass should be_____ times the weight aluminum surface. To move the object it needs a
C. Abrasive of the machinery it is supposed to support. force of 7 lbs. the density of Al is 0.098lb/in 3 and
D. Vanadium A. 3-5 iron is .260 lb./in3
B. 3-9 A. 0.172
Answer: C C. 3-6 B. 1.601
D. 2-4 C. 0.186
D. 0.160
Answer: A
Answer: D A. 11.34mm 98. Which of the following flanges is suitable for low
B. 12.44mm and moderate pressure?
87. Which of the following is an iron based alloy C. 10.24mm A. Ring-flange
containing 9-16% chromium? D. 10.54mm B. Lap joint flange
A. MN Hadfield steel C. Tapered-hub flange
B. Stainless steel Answer: A D. Welding neck type
C. Chrome-moly steel
D. High chrome steel 93. The process of peening the joint portion Answer: A
immediately after the welding greatly improves the
Answer: B structures avoids possible cracking, avoids 99. It is the process of pre-stressing or over-stressing
possible distortion etc. Peening can also ______ of a hollow cylindrical member beyond the elastic
88. Shafting up to 3 inches in diameter is usually process at the same time. range.
made from cold rolled steel and the common A. Tempering A. Pesstagge
biggest diameter of cold rolled steel is: B. Normalizing B. Autofrettage
A.4inches C. Martampering C. Stress relieving
B.6.5inches D. Annealing D. Countersinking
C. 7 inches
Answer: A Answer: B
D. 5 inches
94. What do you call the distance between rivet center 100. It is the phenomenon occurring when two touching
Answer: D
nearest each other in adjacent rows? surfaces have a high contact pressure and when
A. Pitch these surfaces have minute relative motion.
89. It is ideal for maximum quietness in sprockets B. Margin A. Prestressing
drive operation to choose ____ or more teeth. C. Back pitch B. Fretting
A. 24 D. Diagonal pitch C. Friction
B. 27 D. Carving
C. 18 Answer: D
D. 21 Answer: B
95. Which of the following is a major alloy I tool steel?
Answer: B
A. Cr
B. Cobalt
90. All associated with standard material specification: C. Fen
A. American iron and steel institute D. Mn
B. Society of automotive engineers
C. Southeast Asia iron and steel institute Answer: A
D. American society for testing materials
96. Should two equal and opposite collinear forces is
Answer: C
added to the forces already in equilibrium, which
of the following statement is true?
91. For stable equipment foundation the total A. Unbalanced moment is maintained
combined engine driven equipment and foundation B. Equilibrium is maintained
center of gravity must be kept below the C. Equilibrium is disturbed
foundations too that usually about _____ times the D. It creates an unbalanced situation
usual total combined weight of the machinery it is
supposed to support. Answer: B
A. 3 to 4
B. 2 to 4 97. In pressure vessels, which of the following resists
C. 3 to 7 internal pressure through bending?
D. 3 to 5 A. Shell-type element
B. Cam type element
Answer: D
C. Plate-type element
D. Spherical type element
92. A cylinder tank with 10” inside diameter contains
oxygen gas at 2500 psi. Calculate the required Answer: C
wall thickness in (mm) under stress of 28 000 psi.
ELEMENTS 16
D. Joint Efficiency D. Unit System
1. For ordinary steel, the modulus of elasticity usually falls
between ____ million pounds. Answer: B Answer: B
A. 20 to 31 7. What is the usual factor of safety for pressure vessel? 13. When the hole is smaller than the shaft, it will take force
B. 35 to 45 or pressure to put the cold parts together. In such case
C. 20 to 35 A. 4 the allowance is negative. Which of the following terms
D. 25 to 30 B. 1.5 is appropriate for such allowance?
C. 3
Answer: A D. 5 A. Negative fits of metal
B. Interference of metal
2. The modulus of elasticity for metals in compression is Answer: D C. Positive fits of the shaft
usually taken as that in: D. Intangible fits
8. It is the permissible variation of the size.
A. Tension Answer: B
B. Bearing A. Tolerance
C. Yield B. Limits 14. What is the direction of the predominant surface
D. Ultimate C. Fits pattern?
D. None of these
Answer: C A. Smoothness
Answer: A B. Waviness
3. Which is the following is the ratio of moment and stress. C. Lay
9. Considering that there is no fit, what is the permissible D. Roughness
A. Strain liberal tolerance in machining work?
B. Section Modulus Answer: C
C. Contraction A. ±0.010
D. Passions ratio B. ±0.090 15. It is the irregularities of departures from the nominal
C. ±0.020 surface of greater spacing than roughness?
Answer: B D. ±0.050
A. Waviness
4. What is the flexural stress when of a symmetrically Answer: A B. Roughness
cross-section beam when the vertical shear is C. Lay
maximum. 10. Which of the following is a tolerance where the size of a D. Smoothness
part may be larger only, or smaller only, than the given
A. Infinity dimension. Answer: A
B. Zero
C. Maximum A. Unilateral 16. It is the surface finish of micrometer in rms.
D. Minimum B. Lateral
C. Bilateral A. 1
Answer: B D. None of these B. 2
C. 3
5. The riveted joints in ASME Code has a design surface Answer: A D. 4
compressive stress ____ higher than the design tensile
stress. 11. A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted to be Answer: A
either larger or smaller than the given dimension.
A. 70% 17. Which of the following gears has the simplest type of
B. 60% A. Unilateral teeth?
C. 35% B. Lateral
D. 50% C. Bilateral A. Helical gears
D. None of these B. Spur gear
Answer: B C. Bevel gear
Answer: C D. Worm gear
6. What is the ratio of the minimum strength of joints to the
strength of solid joints in the pressure vessel? 12. Which of the following is the basis for ASA fits? Answer: B
A. Efficiency A. Basic Number System 18. In gears, an imaginary circle on which the lever arm is
B. Relative Strength B. Basic Hole System based in:
C. Performance Factor C. Basic Size System
A. Base circle 30. It is a locking device that is used to maintain pressure
B. Pitch circle A. Kinetics between threads of the bolt and nut.
C. Addendum circle B. Dynamics
D. Clearance circle C. Kinematics A. Gasket
D. Mechanics B. Lock washer
Answer: A C. Lock nuts
Answer: C D. Fillers
19. It is the circle tangent to the addendum of the meshing
gears. 25. What is the reciprocal of the velocity ratio? Answer: B
A. Clearance circle A. Train valve 31. What is the large wood screw used to fasten machinery
B. Base circle B. Ratio factor and equipment.
C. Addendum circle C. Modular value
D. Pitch circle D. None of these A. Lag screw
B. Loss screw
Answer: A Answer: A C. Wood screw
D. Cross screw
20. The distance from a point on one gear to the 26. It is a type of bolt finished all over and has usually
corresponding point measured along the base circle. having coarse threads. Answer: A
A. Normal pitch A. Coupling bolt 32. What is the minimum length of contact in a tapped hole
B. Circular pitch B. Stud bolt for cast iron?
C. Axial pitch C. Machine bolt
D. Diametral pitch D. Automobile bolt A. 1.7D
B. 1.5D
Answer: A Answer: A C. 1.2D
D. 2.1D
21. A line passing through the pitch point that is tangent to 27. It is a type of bolt distinguished by a short portion of the
both circles of a gear is: shank underneath the head being square or finned or Answer: B
ribbed.
A. Pressure line 33. It is the ratio of the mean diameter of coil cover the coil
B. Perpendicular line A. Coupling bolt diameter.
C. Tangent line B. Stud bolt
D. Center line C. Machine bolt A. Wahl factor
D. Carriage bolt B. Spring index
Answer: A C. Coil ratio
Answer: D D. Lead scale
22. Which of the following is the contact ratio for a good
gear design? 28. It is a type of bolt threaded on both ends can be used Answer: B
where a through bolt impossible.
A. 1.5 : 1 34. What is the overall length of the spring when it is
B. 1 : 1.3 A. Coupling bolt compressed until all adjacent coils touched?
C. 1:3 B. Carriage bolt
D. 1.2 : 2 C. Stud bolt A. Free length
D. Machine bolt B. Solid length
Answer: A C. Compressed length
Answer: C D. Expansion length
23. In a pressure vessel, which of the following resist
internal pressure through tension? 29. Which of the following is not a type of bolt? Answer: B
A. Shell-type element A. Stud bolt 35. It is the length of a coil spring under no load.
B. Cam-type element B. Steel bolt
C. Plate-type element C. Machine bolt A. Compressed length
D. Spherical-type element D. Coupling bolt B. Free length
Answer: A C. Solid height
Answer: B D. None of these
24. It is the study of the body’s motion independent of the
forces on the body. Answer: B
D. Power screw
36. In general, the steel springs are made of relatively of Answer: D
relative high carbon steel usually: Answer: D
42. Which of the following is the type of spring made in the
A. 5% form of dished washer? 48. What is the rotating member used in transmitting
B. Less than 0.5% power?
C. More than 0.5% A. Air spring
D. 7.5% B. Bellevile spring A. Shaft
C. Volute spring B. Counter shaft
Answer: C D. Motor spring C. Axle
D. Washer
37. It is a low cost spring material, suitable where service is Answer: B
not serve and dimensional precision is not needed. Answer: A
43. What is the type of failure due to unstabillity?
A. Helical spring wire 49. For machinery shafts, the permissible deflection is
B. Stainless steel A. Column formula approximately:
C. Hard drawn wire spring B. Slenderness formulas
D. Copper C. Moment formulas A. 0.02 in./ft
D. Euler formulas B. 0.03 in./ft
Answer: C C. 0.01 in./ft
Answer: A D. 0.05 in./ft
38. What is the hard drawn (80%reduction) spring wire
made of high carbon steel? 44. What type of formula that is best applied to a very Answer: A
slender column?
A. Oil tempered wire 50. For shaft, the shear due to bending is a maximum at
B. Music wire A. Column formula the neutral plane where the normal stress is:
C. Tension wire B. Slenderness formulas
D. Chromium wire C. Moment formulas A. Minimum
D. Euler formula B. Constant
Answer: B C. Maximum also
Answer: A D. Zero
39. Which of the following wires with good quality and is
used for impact loading? 45. If two principal stresses is zero, the state of stress is: Answer: D
A. Hard drawn wire A. Biaxial 51. The minimum value of numerical combined shock and
B. Song wire B. Mono-axial fatigue factor to be applied in every case to the
C. Helical spring wire C. Uniaxial computed bonding moment of the shaft is:
D. Chromium-silicon wire D. Triaxial
A. 2.0
Answer: D Answer: C B. 1.75
C. 1.5
40. When heat-treated wire is coiled cold, it’s should be 46. What do you call the system that have finite values of D. 1.3
stress relieved for bending stress and after cooling it is principal stresses?
healed at some: Answer: C
A. Triaxial
A. 400 F B. Uniaxial 52. What is the other name given to short shafts on
B. 600 F C. Monoaxial machines?
C. 700 C D. Biaxial
D. 500 F A. Spindles
Answer: D B. Head shafts
Answer: D C. Core shafts
47. A screw that requires positive torque to lower the load, D. All of these
41. Which of the following is not a function of spring? or to loosen the screw if it has been turned tight against
a resistance. Answer: A
A. Absorbs energy
B. Source of potential energy A. Self-locking screw
C. Measure weight B. Lock screw
D. Measure thickness C. Self screw 53. The other name given to a line shafts is:
D. 0.001 C. 15®
A. Counter shaft D. 20®
B. Main shaft Answer: B
C. Long shaft Answer: C
D. Head shaft 59. What type of key that allows the hub to move along the
shaft but prevents the rotation of the shaft? 65. What are the two principal parts of a journal bearing?
Answer: B
A. Woodruff key A. Bearing and journal
54. The speed at which the center of mass will be equal the B. Feather key B. Shaft and babbit
deflecting forces on the shaft; the shaft with its attached C. Gibbs key C. Clearance and fitted
bodies will then vibrate violently, since the centrifugal D. Square key D. Shaft and cylinder
force changes its direction as the shaft turns in:
Answer: B Answer: A
A. Nominal speed
B. Critical speed 60. What is the other name for Kennedy key? 66. When the line of action of the load, bisects the arc of
C. Relative speed partial bearing, the bearing is said to be:
D. Mean speed A. Tangential key
B. Woodruff key A. Eccentrically loaded
Answer: B C. Saddle key B. Fully loaded
D. Rollpin C. Centrally loaded
55. An old rule of thumb for transmission shafting is that the D. Partially loaded
deflection should not exceed _____of length between Answer: A
supports. Answer: C
61. What type of fits used for involute spline?
A. 0.01 in. per foot 67. What is the difference in radii of the bearing and
B. 0.08 in. per foot A. Close fit journal?
C. 0.02 in. per foot B. Press fit
D. 0.05 in. per foot C. Sliding fit A. Even clearance
D. All of these B. Clearance ratio
Answer: A C. Odd clearance
Answer: D D. Radial clearance
56. For transmission shafts the allowable deflection is 1
degree in a length of _____ diameters. 62. It is used for permanent fits and similar to involute Answer: D
splines except that the pressure angle is 14.5®.
A. 20 68. When radii of both the bearing and the journal are the
B. 25 A. Separation load same, then the bearing is said to be:
C. 30 B. Spline shaft
D. 40 C. Stub serrations A. Fitted bearing
D. Involute serrations B. Clearance bearing
Answer: A C. Full bearing
Answer: D D. Ambiguous bearing
57. What is the limiting torsional deflection for machinery
shafts, if the criteria of limiting torsional deflection vary 63. It is used a coupling, or in addition to another couplings Answer: A
from 0.08® per foot of length. where, in case of overload, there is danger of injury to
machine or to material in process. 69. What is the line that passes through the centers of the
A. 1® bearing and journals?
B. 2.5® A. Shear pin
C. 2® B. Flange coupling A. Line of action
D. 3.5® C. Involute serrations B. Line of centers
D. King pin C. Line of symmetry
Answer: A D. Tangent line
Answer: A
58. Bevel gears of size 5 in. to 15 in. should not be lift or Answer: B
depress more than ____, as Gleason statement. 64. What is the maximum shaft angle for a single Hooke’s
coupling?
A. 0.004
B. 0.003 A. 10® 70. Which of the following is considered advantageous for
C. 0.002 B. 17® bearing materials?
76. Which of the following is the approximate density of the
A. Conformability leather belt? Answer: A
B. Compatibility
C. Embeddability A. 0.035 lb./in.³ 82. For leather belts, recommended speed is:
D. All of these B. 0.0135 lb./in.³
C. 0.025 lb./in.³ A. 6000 to 7000 fpm
Answer: D D. 0.0465 lb./in.³ B. 5000 to 6000 fpm
C. 7000 to 8000 fpm
71. A conclusion repeatedly verified by experiment is that Answer: A D. 4500 to 5600 fpm
the smoother surface :
77. Which of the following is the approximate density of a Answer: C
A. Has the greater load capacity of the bearing fat rubber belt?
B. Has the lesser capacity of the bearing 83. The recommended initial tension of the belt is:
C. Has constant load A. 0.055 lb./in.³
D. None of these B. 0.0135 lb./in.³ A. 75 lb./in of width
C. 0.045 lb./in.³ B. 73 lb./in of width
Answer: A D. 0.0465 lb./in.³ C. 71 lb./in of width
D. 80 lb./in of width
72. Which of the following consider the 200 series of Answer: C
bearing? Answer: C
78. A toothed wheel whose tooth elements are straight and
A. Heavy parallel to the shaft axis or used to transmit motion and 84. Two shafts at right angles to each other may be
B. Medium power between parallel shafts. connected by what arrangement?
C. Light
D. All of these A. Helical gear A. Half turn
B. Spur gear B. Quarter turn
Answer: C C. Worm gear C. ¾ turn
D. Bevel gear D. One turn
73. Which of the following considers the 300 series of
bearing? Answer: B Answer: B
A. Medium 79. The breaking strength of oak-tanned beltings varies 85. The minimum number of teeth on a smaller sprocket for
B. Heavy from 3 to more than : low speed is:
C. Light
D. All of these A. 5 ksi A. 12
B. 6 ksi B. 21
Answer: A C. 7 ksi C. 17
D. 9 ksi D. 14
74. A type of roller bearing in which the balls are
assembled by the eccentric displacement of the inner Answer: B Answer: A
ring.
80. Experience suggest that the most economical designs 86. The minimum number of teeth on a smaller sprocket for
A. Shallow groove ball bearing are obtained for a belt speed of: moderate speed is:
B. Filling-slot ball bearing
C. Self-aligning ball bearing A. 6000 to 7500 fpm A. 17
D. Deep-groove ball bearing B. 3000 to 5000 fpm B. 21
C. 3500 to 4700 fpm C. 12
Answer: A D. 5000 to 1000 fpm D. 14
75. Which of the following is not a type of ball bearing? Answer: A Answer: A
A. Shallow groove ball bearing 81. The tension in the belt due to centrifugal force 87. The minimum number of teeth on a smaller sprocket for
B. Filling-slot ball bearing increasing rapidly above that: high speed is:
C. Self-aligning ball bearing
D. Deep-groove ball bearing A. 2500 fpm A. 21
B. 3000 fpm B. 34
Answer: A C. 3500 fpm C. 12
D. 4000 fpm D. 14
to the product of their masses and inversely
Answer: A proportional to distance square between their centers. Answer: C
88. The resultant of a pair of equal forces but opposite in A. Hooke’s law 99. Gasket materials, which should avoid hot liquid/steam
direction is called: B. Law of gravitation applications.
C. Law of motion
A. Concurrent D. Newton’s law A. Asbestos fiber
B. Couple B. Nylon fiber
C. Non-concurrent Answer: B C. Rubberized
D. Resultant D. Wool
94. Any object thrown upward will return to earth with the
Answer: B magnitude of the terminal velocity equal to. Answer: C
89. The helical and herringbone gear teeth cut after heat A. 50% of the initial velocity 100. The same material properties all over/ direction and at
treatment should have a hardness in the range of B. 80% of the initial velocity any particular point in a structural member is:
210/300BHN. The pinion gear teeth hardness on the C. About 90% of the initial velocity
other hand, ideally/normally should be at _____ BHN. D. The initial velocity A. Heterogeneous
B. Homogenous
A. 250/320 Answer: D C. Isentropic
B. 350/320 D. Isotropic
C. 400 95. Flat belt that is too tight will induces strain on the
D. 340/350 bearing and belt _______. Answer: D
Answer: D A. Life will be shortened

B. Result to uneconomical operation
90. As a rule the center to center distance between C. Suffer/shatter
sprockets should not be less than _____ times the D. Will be sheared/cut
diameter of the bigger sprocket and not less than 30
times the pitch nor more than about 50 times to pitch. Answer: A
A. 1.5 96. The resulting cross-sectional area of the tensile test

B. 2 specimen divided by the specimen original area is
C. 2.5 called:
D. 3
A. Charpy test
Answer: A B. % elongation
C. Impact test
91. A single force, which produces the same effect upon a D. Izod test
mass as two or several forces acting together, is called:
Answer: B
A. Components
B. Composition of forces 97. SAE 51XXX belongs to the ______ steel family.
C. Resolution of forces
D. Resultant A. Carbon
B. Chromium
Answer: D C. Manganese
D. Nickel
92. All forces in the same plane are called:
Answer: B
A. Coplanar
B. Couple 98. In itself, it is a lubricant and usually one of the important
C. Parallel elements in casting non-ferrous metals like bronze, for
D. Resultant example.
Answer: A A. Antimony
B. Babbitt
93. Which of the following laws which states that the force C. Lead Elements 17
of attraction between two bodies is directly proportional D. Zinc
1. For large speed ratio and large sprocket utilized it D. Wool
is recommended cast ______ material since the 6. Pulley made of ___ ordinarily is 45 to 55% less in
large sprocket teeth are having fewer weight and 2.35 to 2.70% less slippage compared Answer: C
engagement. with _____ pulley
12. A plane perpendicular to the gear axis>
A. Alloyed steel A. Iron/steel
B. Heat treated steel B. Steel/iron A. Normal plane
C. Iron C. Wood/iron B. Pitch plane
D. Malleable iron D. Wood/steel C. Plane of rotation
D. Radiation of gyration
Answer: C Answer: B
Answer: C
2. Roller bearing is utilized on ________ carrying 7. To avoid scoring in the bearing surface and the
capacity and is better than ball bearing in this shaft due to contamination/absorption of the fine 13. Specification of molybdenum alloy.
condition. dirt in the bearing during operation/lubrication the
bearing material to apply should have good A. SAE 3XXX
A. Heavy load ________ properties. B. SAE 4XXX
B. High temperature load C. SAE 5XXX
C. Low load A. Anti- scoring D. SAE 6XXX
D. Revising load B. Resistance conformability
C. Corrosion resistance Answer: B
Answer: A D. Embeddability
14. A ______ chain is an assembly of lines and joints.
3. To enhance mechanical properties, fabrication Answer: D
characteristics or any other attributes of steel, A. Dynamic
some elements are added in melting is specific 8. What do impact test measure? B. Kinetic
ranges or minimum aside from carbon and C. Sprocket
generally termed: A. Compactness D. Static
B. Ductility
A. Alloy steel C. Plasticity Answer: C
B. AISI steel D. Toughness
C. Bessemer steel 15. The recommended means of supporting the chuck
D. SAE steel Answer: D during the mounting procedure to the lathe spindle
is to use:
Answer: A 9. Corresponding piping color for alkaline
A. Crane
4. Materials having thermal expansion of about 10 A. Blue B. Jack
times higher than those materials and has more B. Green C. Overhead
heat generated during machining is : C. Red D. Ratchet
D. Violet
A. Aluminum Answer: D
B. Asbestos Answer: D
C. Plastic 16. Too much _______ in a flat belt operation tend to
D. pvC 10. Type of gear that transmits power at an angle. cause excessive wear slippage and may burn the
Answer: C belt.
A. Bevel
5. To hold to minimum the axial direction of B. Helix A. Load
deflection/movement, a separate thrust bearing or C. Herringbone B. Lack
pre-loaded bearing capable of absorbing D. Spur C. Usage
considerable load is required. The type of bearing D. Tightness
to use is a _______ bearing. Answer: A
Answer: D
A. Deep grove ball 11. Which of the following gasket material is not used
B. Double row angular contract for high temperature? 17. It is chromium steel tape in AISI-SAE designation.
C. Tapered roller bearing
D. Wide type self-aligning A. Asbestos A. 10xx
B. Plastic nylon B. 25xx
Answer: B C. Rubberized C. 50xx
D. 40xx 23. Composition of force is at the _____ of two or
more forces. 29. The progressive change in position of _____ is
Answer: C called motion
A. Combination
18. Which of the following is not recommended for use B. Opposition A. Component
in a driving speed exceeding 2000 ft/min? C. Resultant B. Couple
A. Flat leather belt D. Summary C. Link
B. Herringbone gear D. Mass
C. Silent sprocket Answer: C
D. V-belt Answer: D
24. Circular pitch is measured along the _______ in
Answer: A the circular gear. 30. Strain or ________ is a change in geometry /
shape of the body due to action of a force on it.
19. It is a low cost bearing used worldwide for A. Circular
automobile or low horsepower motor applications. B. Line of action A. Bending stress
It is made of thin coating of over flat metal strip. C. Pitch center B. Deformation
D. Pitch diameter C. Shear stress
A. Babbitt D. Stress
B. Cadmium brass Answer: C
C. Lead Answer: B
D. Thin 25. Stiffness is the material’s ability to _______
deformation under stress. 31. The effective face width of a helical gear divided
Answer: A by the axial pitch. This is sometimes called face
A. Non-planer overlap.
20. The most common useful tools to measure B. Planer
diameter in machine shop operation but normally C. Resist A. Angle overlap
and always used with steel scale for D. Stafer B. Axial overlap
measurement. C. Contact overlap
Answer: C D. Helical overlap
A. Caliper
B. Micrometer 26. The pipe color code in steam is: Answer: D
C. Protractor
D. Vernier A. Blue
Answer: D
B. Gray
Answer: A C. Silver gray
32. For mass production of casting it is generally
D. White
cheaper to use: _____ pattern for longer life.
21. In impact force introduced to cause the metal to
flow in shaped mold according to the shape of dies Answer: C
A. Aluminum
made.
B. Brass
27. What method is used to measure the yield point of
C. Metal
A. Hardness some brittle materials?
D. Wooden.
B. Spinning
C. Swaging A. Offset ratio
Answer: C
D. Toughness B. Modulus of resilience
C. Modulus of measurement
33. It is plane between mating teeth or the amount of
Answer: C D. Parallelogram method
which a tooth space exceed the thickness of an
engaging tooth is called:
22. Forces of equal in magnitude but opposite in Answer: A
direction are parallel called:
A. Backlash
28. Wood pattern in the foundry is normally
B. Clearance
A. Acceleration constructed out of:
C. Pitting
B. Coplanar
D. Space
C. Couple A. Dried sap wood
D. Non-coplanar B. Hard wood
Answer: A
C. Kiln dried wood
Answer: C D. Scrap wood
34. The forces that can be combined or called
component forces.
Answer: A
A. Different B. Manganese A. Bevel gear
B. Helical C. Phosphorus B. Bolt
C. Opposite D. Tin C. Helical gear
D. Parallel D. Hypoid gear
Answer: A
Answer: A 41. For longer sprocket chain life the speed range of Answer: B
_______ fpm is recommended.
35. Plane of rotation is defined as plane perpendicular 47. A type of chisel used in cuttings keyways, square
to a A. 1200-1400 corner slots.
B. 1500-1600
A. Gear axis C. 1800-2000 A. Cape
B. Gear ratio D. 2000-2100 B. Diamond head
C. Normal plane C. Flat
D. Pitch diameter Answer: A D. Round
Answer: A 42. All stainless steel type is SAE designation except. Answer: A
36. Cutting lubricant used in drilling reaming, and A. 92xx 48. The maximum recommended ideal number of
tapping for brass and bronze. B. 300xx teeth to use for bigger sprocket is :
A. Dry C. 304xx
B. Soda water D. 515xx A. 120
C. Soluble oil B. 127
D. Turpentine Answer: D C. 132
D. 142
Answer: A 43. It is white metal with good oxidation and corrosion
resistance. This has also good electrical magnetic Answer: A
37. Non- concurrent forces when in action are. properties.
49. The teeth on the outer ring surface is called the
A. Collinear A. Aluminum external gear:
B. Couple B. Copper
C. Parallel C. Nickel A. Developed
D. Scalar D. Titanium B. Flank
C. Gear
Answer: C Answer: C D. Involute
38. The general accepted limit of diamond wheel 44. it is molybdenum steel-tape in AISI-SAE Answer: C
speed should be in the range of ______ Fpm. designation.
50. A bolt general application that possess a stronger
A. 1000/2000 A. 44xx thread is a type _____ screw.
B. 2500/3500 B. 45xx A. BUN
C. 3000/4000 C. 50xx B. UNC
D. 5000/6000 D. 51xx C. UNEF
D. WOOD
Answer: D Answer: A
Answer: B
39. Prepared tool bit will now consist of face, nose and 45. Cutting lubricants used in drilling, reaming and
tapping for hand spots in cast iron. 51. Maximum moment formula for beam simply
A. Cutting tool supported at both ends and subject to a load
B. Shank A. Dry uniformly distributed over its length.
C. Sharp tool B. Kerosene
D. Tool edge C. Soda water A. wL/2
D. Turpentine B. wL2/8
Answer: B C. wL/8
Answer: A D. wL/12
40. This is an alloy in bronze casting that assists
lubrication and in itself a lubricant: 46. In a _______ design, the lead of a single thread is Answer: B
equal to the pitch.
A. Lead 52. Special bearing used with high deflection.
B. elasticity Answer: D
A. Babbitt C. plasticity
B. Ball D. utility 64. What tool will be used in making wood pattern in
C. Roller the foundry shop?
D. Self aligning Answer: A
A. Band saw
Answer: D 59. Heating the metal to a temperature above critical B. Drill machine
temperature and from cooling slowly usually done C. Hammer
53. For low load and less expensive production. in the furnace to reduce the hardness and improve D. Saw and chisel
the machinability is a process called
A. Babbitt Answer: D
B. Ball bearing A. annealing
C. Roller bearing B. normalizing 65. Type of bolt commonly used in the construction
D. Self aligning C. plasticity that is threaded in both ends.
D. utility
Answer: B A. Acme threaded bolts
Answer: B B. Hex bolt
54. The lateral strain in axial tension numbers can be C. Square threaded
calculated by 60. The stress that cause the material to shorten: D. Stud bolt
A. Deformation A. bearing Answer: D

B. Hooke’s law B. compressive
C. Poisson’s ratio C. shear 66. Ability of a material to absorb strain energy and
D. Willan’s line D. tensile will return to its original state.
Answer: B Answer: B A. Creep

55. The most abundant being used in automobiles B. Fatigue strength
worldwide is coated with ____ on top of the plate. 61. The most known lubricants being utilized in C. Hardness
whatever category of load and speed are oil, air, D. Resilence
A. Babbitt grease and dry lubricants are like
B. Lead Answer: D
C. Manganese A. bronze
D. Tin B. graphite 67. The ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain
C. lead
Answer: B D. silicon A. Deformation
B. Modulus of elasticity
56. A liquid metal at room temperature Answer: B C. Poisson’s ratio
D. William’s line
A. Aluminum 62. Commonly used in parallel shaft transmission
B. Mercury especially when a smooth continuous action is Answer: C
C. Zinc essential as in high speed drives up to 12,000
D. Zirconium fpm. 68. Basic size is the same as the design size if there
is no:
Answer: B A. Bevel gear
B. Helical gear A. Allowance
57. Steel with SAE specification 13xx C. Herringbone gear B. Clearance
D. Spur gear C. Limits
A. Chromium D. Tolerance
B. Manganese Answer: B
C. Molybdenum Answer: A
D. Nickel 63. The reciprocal of a diameter pitch or the ratio of
the pitch diameter to the number of teeth 69. Forces that meet at a common point are called:
Answer: B
A. Clearance A. Co-linear
58. property, which enables a material to be drawn B. Involute B. Concurrent
into a wire C. Lead C. Coplanar
D. Module D. Couple
A. ductility
Answer: B 76. The yield strength of common yellow brass
(70%Cu,30%Zn) can be increased by: Answer: C
70. A pair of equal and opposite (not collinear) forces
that tend to cause a rotation of a body. A. Annealing 82. The large speed ratio and large sprocket utilized it
B. Chill casting is recommended cast ___ material since the large
A. Centroids C. Cold working sprocket teeth are having fewer engagement.
B. Couple D. Heat treatment
C. Equilibrium A. Alloyed steel
D. Vector Answer: C B. Heat treated steel
C. Iron
Answer: B 77. Forces not on the same plane are called D. Malleable iron
_________.
71. Stress that resist being pulled apart Answer: C
A. Component
A. Compressive B. Composition of forces 83. Roller bearing is utilized on_______ carrying
B. Shear C. Non-coplanar capacity and is better than ball bearing in thus
C. Tensile D. Resolution condition.
D. Torsional
Answer: C A. Heavy load
Answer: C B. High temperature load
78. The distance between the center of oscillation and C. Low load
72. Dynamic seals are also known as: the point of suspension is called: D. Revising load
A. Gasket A. Fix axis Answer: A

B. Packing B. Center of gravity
C. Seal C. Center of percussion 84. To enhance mechanical properties, fabrication
D. Shield D. Radius of oscillation characteristic or any other attributes of steel, some
elements are added in melting in specific ranges
Answer: A Answer: D or minimum aside from carbon generally termed
_____.
73. Acceleration is proportional to the force. 79. If the velocity is variable and regularly/ constantly
increasing the rate of change is called: A. Alloy steel
A. Hooke’s law B. AISI steel
B. Law of gravitation A. Acceleration C. Bessemer steel
C. Law of motion B. Constant work D. SAE steel
D. Newton’s law C. Moment
D. Motion Answer: A
Answer: D
Answer: A 85. Materials having thermal expansion of about 10
74. Which type of hardening will work to some extent times higher than those of metals and has more
in all metals? 80. The kinematics chain in which one link is heat generated during machining is:
considered fixed for the purpose of analysis but
A. Annealing motion is possible in other links. A. Aluminum
B. Austenitizing B. Asbestos
C. Martempering A. Belting C. Plastic
D. Work hardening B. Frame D. PVC
C. Mechanism
Answer: D D. Sprocket chain Answer: C
75. Sound travels fastest in: Answer: B 86. Hold to minimum, the axial direction of deflection/
movement, a separate thrust bearing or pre-
A. Air at 00F and 1 atmosphere 81. The _____ is one of the rigid members/bodies loaded bearing capable of absorbing considerable
B. Air at 700F and 1 atmosphere joined together to form kinematic chain. load is required. The type of bearing to use is
C. Air at 700F and 0lbf/in2 a___ bearing.
D. Steel at 700F A. Coplanar
B. Frame A. Deep grove ball
Answer: D C. Link B. Double row angular contract
D. Machine C. Tapered roller bearing
D. Wide type self-aligning with its attached bodies will then vibrate violently, C. Gibbs key
since the centrifugal force changes its direction as D. Square key
Answer: B the shaft turns in:
Answer: B
87. Pulley made of _____ ordinarily is 45 to 55% less A. Nominal speed
in weight and 2.35 to 2.70% less slippage B. Critical speed 98. What is the other name for Kennedy key?
compared with ___ pulley C. Relative speed
D. Mean speed A. Tangential key
A. Iron/steel B. Woodruff key
B. Steel/iron Answer: B C. Saddle key
C. Wood/iron D. Rollpin
D. Wood/steel 93. An old rule of thumb for transmission shafting is
that the deflection should not exceed ____ of Answer: A
Answer: B length between supports.
A. 0.01 in. per foot 99. What type of fits used for involute spline?
88. A plane perpendicular to the gear axis B. 0.08 in. per foot
C. 0.02 in. per foot A. Close fit
A. Normal plane D. 0.05 in per foot B. Press fit
B. Pitch plane C. Sliding fit
C. Plane of rotation Answer: A D. All of these
D. Radius of gravitation
94. For transmission shaft the allowable deflection is 1 Answer: D
Answer: C degree in a length of _____ diameters.
A. 20 100. It is used for permanent fits and similar to involute
89. The minimum value of numerical combined in B. 25 splines except that the pressure angle is 14.50.
shock sand fatigue factor to be applied in every C. 30
case to the computed bending moment of the D. 40 A. Separation load
shaft is : B. Spline shaft
Answer: A C. Stub serrations
A. 2.0 D. Involute serrations
B. 1.75 95. What is the limiting torsional deflection for
C. 1.5 machinery shafts, if the criteria of limiting torsional Answer: D
D. 1.3 deflection vary from 0.080 per foot of length?
Answer: C A. 10
B. 2.50
90. What is the name given to short shafts on C. 20
machines? D. 3.50
A. Spindles Answer: A
B. Head shafts
C. Core shafts 96. Bevel gears of sizes 5 in. to 15 in. should not be
D. All of these lift or depress more than _____, as Gleason
statement
Answer: A
A. 0.004
91. The other name given to a line shaft is: B. 0.003
C. 0.002
A. Countershaft D. 0.001
B. Main shaft
C. Long shaft Answer: B
D. Head shaft
97. What kind of key that allows the hub to move
Answer: B along the shaft?
92. The speed at which the center of mass will be A. Woodruff key
equal the deflecting forces on the shaft; the shaft B. Feather key ELEMENT 18
1. Which of the following has been considered as 6. Which of the following cannot be a possion’s ratio 11. Which of the following is not a type of ball
general purpose rope? of a material? bearing?
A. 6 x 19 IWRC A. 0.35 A. Shallow groove ball bearing

B. 7 x 25 IWRC B. 0.40 B. Filling-slot ball bearing
C. 7 x 25 IWRC C. 0.75 C. Self-aligning ball bearing
D. 6 x 9 IWRC D. 0 D. Deep-groove ball bearing
Answer: C Answer: A
Answer: A
7. A conclusion repeatedly verified by experiment is 12. Which of the following is the approximate density
2. What is the maximum shaft for the single Hooke’s that the smoother surface: of the leather belt?
coupling?
A. Has the greater load capacity of the bearing A. 0.035 lb./in.³
A. 10∘ B. Has the lesser capacity of the bearing B. 0.0135 lb./in³
B. 17∘ C. Has constant load C. 0.025 lb./in³
C. 15∘ D. None of these D. 0.0465 lb./in³
D. 20∘
Answer: A Answer: A
Answer: C
8. Which of the following considers the 200 series of 13. Which of the following is the approximate density
3. What are the two principle parts of a Journal bearing? of a rubber belt?
Bearing? A. 0.055 lb./in.³
A. Heavy B. 0.0135 lb./in³
A. Bearing and journal B. Medium C. 0.045 lb./in³
B. Shaft and babbit C. Light D. 0.0465 lb./in
C. Clearance and fitted D. All of these
D. Shaft and cylinder Answer: C
Answer: B
Answer: B 14. A toothed wheel whose tooth elements are straight
9. Which of the following considers the 300 series of and parallel to the shaft axis or used to transmit
4. When the line of action of the load, bisects the arc bearing? motion and power between parallel shafts.
of partial bearing, the bearing is said to be:
A. Heavy A. helical gear
A. Eccentrically loaded B. Medium B. spur gear
B. Fully loaded C. Light C. worm gear
C. Centrally loaded D. All of these D. bevel gear
D. Partially loaded
Answer: B Answer: B
Answer: C
10. A type of roller bearing in which the balls are 15. The breaking strength of oak-tanned beltings
5. When radii of both the bearing and the journal are assembled by the eccentric displacement of the varies from 3 to more than:
the same, then the bearing is said to be: inner ring.
A. 5 ksi
A. Fitted bearing A. Shallow groove ball bearing B. 6 ksi
B. Clearance bearing B. Filling-slot ball bearing C. 7 ksi
C. Full bearing C. Self-aligning ball bearing D. 9 ksi
D. Ambiguous bearing D. Deep-groove ball bearing
Answer: B
Answer: A Answer: D
16. Experience suggests that the most economical B. Quarter turn A. Fatigue failure
designs are obtained for a belt speed of: C. ¾ turn B. Ductile failure
D. One turn C. Brittle failure
A. 6000 to 7500 fpm D. Mechanical failure
B. 3000 to 5000 fpm Answer: B
C. 3500 to 4700 fpm Answer: C
D. 5000 to 1000 fpm 22. A statement of how the total moment is derived
from a number of forces acting simultaneously at a 27. The load at which a column fails is known as:
Answer: A point.
A. Dead load
17. The tension in the belt due to centrifugal force A. Goodman’s theorem B. Critical load
increasing rapidly above about: B. Soderberg’s theorem C. Moving load
C. Varignon’s theorem D. Dynamic load
A. 2500 fpm D. Moore’s theorem
B. 3000 fpm Answer: B
C. 3500 fpm Answer: C
D. 4000 fpm 28. The percentage difference is solid and working
23. A simple mechanical machine with the ability to deflection is known as:
Answer: A increase an applied force.
A. Clash allowance
18. For leather belts, recommended speed is: A. Hinges B. Spring rate
B. Roller C. Spring allowance
A. 6000 to 7000 fpm C. Lever D. Spring index
B. 5000 to 6000 fpm D. Spring
C. 7000 to 8000 fpm Answer: A
D. 4500 to 5600 fpm Answer: C
29. A shaft’s natural frequency of vibration is referred
Answer: C 24. Any device used to raised o lower an object. to as the:
19. For fabric belts, recommended speed is: A. Hoist A. Normal speed
B. Spring B. High speed
A. 4000 to 5000 fpm C. Lever C. Critical speed
B. 3000 to 4000 fpm D. Roller D. Low speed
C. 2000 to 3000 fpm
D. 2000 and more fpm Answer: A Answer: C
Answer: D 25. A measure of the material’s ability to yield and 30. A fine finishing operation, similar to polishing,
absorb highly localized and rapidly applied using a very fine polishing, using a very fine
20. The recommended initial tension of the belt is: stresses. polishing compound.
A. 75 lb./in of width A. Hardness A. Burnishing

B. 73 lb./in of width B. Stiffness B. Buffing
C. 71 lb./in of width C. Toughness C. Calorizing
D. 80 lb./in of width D. Resilience D. Electroplating
Answer: C Answer: C Answer: B
21. Two shafts at right angles to each other may be 26. A material can fail after repeated stress loadings 31. A process in which metal is dipped in ductile acid
connected by what arrangement? even if the stress level never exceeds the ultimate solutions to removed dirt, grease, and oxides.
strength.
A. Half turn A. Pickling
B. Sheradizing C. Circular pitch A. Centrifuging
C. Polishing D. Chordal pitch B. Sieving
D. Pakerizing C. Fractioning
Answer: B D. Screening
Answer: A
37. Which of the following is a single measure that Answer: C
32. Which of the following is used to change the combines the external dynamic load of an
direction of an applied tensile force? application with a gear drive’s reliability and 42. An interrupted quenching process resulting in an
operating life? austensite-to-banite transition.
A. Gear
B. Flywheels A. Ratio factor A. Austempering
C. Pulleys B. Reliability factor B. Martempering
D. Ropes C. Service factor C. Austenitizing
D. Life factor D. Martenitizing
Answer: C
Answer: C Answer: A
33. For most wire ropes and chains with 180∘contact,
the loss factor at low speeds varies between: 38. Describe very rough grinding, such as that 43. The material will become progressively stronger,
performed in foundries to remove gates, fins and harder, and more brittle until it eventually fails.
A. 1.03 to 1.06 risers from castings.
B. 1.20 to 1.50 A. Hot working
C. 1.07 to 1.10 A. Snagging B. Tempering
D. 1.60 to 1.80 B. Lapping C. Cold working
C. Honing D. Normalizing
Answer: A D. Snugging
Answer: C
34. What method to determine the reactions on Answer: A 44. A swinging support constructed as part of the
continuous beams? vessel and that supports the man way cover when
39. A fine grinding operation used to obtain exact fit it is unbolted and moved aside.
A. Two-moment equations and dimensional accuracy.
B. Three-moment equations A. Nozzles
C. Second moment equations A. Honing B. Handholes
D. Third moment equations B. Lapping C. Davit
C. Buffing D. Orifice
Answer: B D. Burnishing
35. What is the best method for increasing a spring’s Answer: C
fatigue life? Answer: B
45. Which of the following is the measure of torsional
A. Sprickling 40. The process of separating different sizes of the stress?
B. Stress relieving same material.
C. Shot peening A. Accuracy
D. Shot relieving A. Screening B. Stiffness
B. Sieving C. Rigidly
Answer: C C. Separation D. Quality
D. Fractioning
36. The distance from appoint on one gear to the Answer: B
corresponding point measured along the base Answer: B
circle. 46. When tested in compression, ductile materials
41. The process of separating a material into a variety usually exhibit characteristics up
A. Diametrical pitch of specifically sized groups. to the yield strength as they do when tested in
B. Normal pitch tension.
A. The same A. Torsion 56. It is the process that cold works a limited amount
B. More than B. Negligence of material, thus giving a higher strength, and it
C. More than C. Fatigue failure leaves a surface compressive stress.
D. Approximately the same D. Compression
A. Surface finishing
Answer: D Answer: C B. Tensioning
C. Surfacing
47. A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted to 52. For wrought steel in its commonly met commercial D. Surface rolling
be either larger or smaller than the given forms, it is often assumed that the average
dimension. endurance limit for an average Su (50% survival), Answer: B
the Brinell Hardness is limited to:
A. Bilateral 57. Fatigue strength is increased by repeated loads
B. Unilateral A. 500 just below the normal fatigue limit, followed by
C. Lateral B. 400 small step by step increase of the loading.
D. None of these C. 240
D. 450 A. Coaxing
Answer: A B. Triaxing
Answer: B C. Mixing
48. A fit generally used on those dimensions involved D. Relieving
in a fit such as pin in a hole. 53. What is the range of the endurance ratio or Czaud
quotes values for steel? Answer: A
A. Unilateral
B. Lateral A. 0.23 to 0.65 58. It is the diameter of the imaginary cylinder that
C. Bilateral B. 0.34 to 0.87 bounds the crest of an external thread and the
D. None of these C. 0.63 to 0.93 roots of an internal thread.
D. 0.34 to 0.45
Answer: C A. Mean diameter
Answer: B B. Root diameter
49. It is relatively finely spaced irregularities of the C. Stress diameter
surfaces. 54. Which of the following indicates the degrees of D. Major diameter
concentration?
A. Smoothness Answer: D
B. Waviness A. Power factor
C. Lay B. Service factor 59. It is the device in inches a screw thread (a helix)
D. Roughness C. Stress factor advances axially in one turn.
D. Stress concentration factor
Answer: D A. Pitch
Answer: D B. Mean pitch
50. It is the surface finish of heavy cuts or coarse C. Lead
feed. 55. The internal stresses that exist in any part of the D. Circular pitch
material that is subjected to temperature and not
A. 200 rms acted upon by an external load. Answer: A
B. 400 rms
C. 80 rms A. Residual stress 60. Which of the following bolts is recommended for
D. 500 or greater rms B. Form stress general use?
C. Superposed stress
Answer: D D. Control stress A. UNC
B. UNEF
51. Which of the following is the most dominant cause Answer: A C. UNF
(approximately 80%) of machine failures? D. NC
Answer: A A. Bolt A. Contact ratio
B. U-bolt B. Slenderness ratio
61. It is frequently used bolt in automotive and aircraft C. Rivet C. Centroidal ratio
industries. D. Screw D. Column ratio
A. UNC Answer: A Answer: B

B. UNEF
C. UNF 67. A fastening which has no nut and turns in to a 72. Under the theories of failure, for static loading of
D. NC threaded hole. ductile material, design stress is:
Answer: C A. Bolt A. Yield stress/ Factor of safety

B. Fastener B. Ultimate stress/ Factor of safety
62. Which of the following is particular bolt used in C. Rivet C. Ultimate stress/ Proportional Limit
aeronautical equipment? D. Screw D. Yield point/ Proportional Limit
A. UNC Answer: D Answer: A

B. UNEF
C. UNF 68. An old name for an unfinished through bot comes 73. Under theories of failure, the value of shear stress
D. NC with a square. is how many times that of the tensile stress?
Answer: B A. Coupling bolt A. Four times

B. Stud bolt B. Half
63. What type bolt usually used for high-pressure pipe C. Machine bolt C. Double
flanges, cylinder head studs etc? D. Automobile bolt D. One-fourth
A. UNC Answer: C Answer: B

B. UNF
C. UNEF 69. It is a type of coil where the helical coil is wrapped 74. The theory of mechanics of material shows that
D. 8 UN into a circle forming an annular ring. the results from the octahedral shear stress theory
and those from the maximum distortion-energy
Answer: D A. Volute spring theory are:
B. Hair spring
64. It is the stress or load induced by the tightening C. Motor spring A. The same
operation. D. Garter spring B. Less than
C. More than
A. Initial stress Answer: D D. Not related
B. Initial tension
C. Residual stress 70. It is a type of spring where thin flat strip wound up Answer: A
D. None of these on itself as a plane spiral, usually anchored at the
inside end. 75. It is the distance measure axially from a point on
65. For non-metallic gaskets, it has been found that more thread to the corresponding point on an
they should have a certain minimum amount of A. Motor spring adjacent thread.
compression as for a certain cork B. Garter spring
gasket. C. Volute spring A. Axial pitch
D. Helical spring B. Z-pitch
A. 62% C. Lead
B. 86% Answer: A D. Lead angle
C. 68%
D. 76% 71. It is the ratio of the length of the column and the Answer: A
radius of gyration of the cross-sectional area about
66. It is a screw fastening with a nut on it. a centroidal axis.
76. It is the angle between a tangent to the pitch helix 81. A key with one several patented methods of Answer: C
and plane normal to the axis of the screw. keying is driven or pressed into a hole that is small
enough to close the slit, assembled in radial 86. It is the difference in the radii of the bearing and
A. Helix angle direction. the journal.
B. Lead angle
C. Tangent angle A. Fit key A. Even clearance
D. Vertical angle B. Roll pin B. Clearance ratio
C. Saddle key C. Fit clearance
Answer: B D. Pin key D. Radial clearance
77. It is suggested that the design factor on the yield 82. A key that allows the hub to move along the shaft Answer: D
strength be about 1.5 for the smooth load, about 2 but prevents the rotation of the shaft.
to 2.25 for minor shock loading, and up to 87. A bearing in which the radii of the journal and the
for severe shock loads, especially when the A. Woodruff key nearing are the same.
loading reverses during operation. B. Gibs key
C. Feather key A. Fitted nearing
A. 4.5 D. Square key B. Full bearing
B. 3.5 C. Partial bearing
C. 3.0 Answer: C D. Clearance bearing
D. 4.0
83. For involute spline, the type of fits used: Answer: A
Answer: A
A. Close fit 88. What is the approximated length-to-diameter ratio
78. A typical hub length fall between: B. Sliding fit of hydrodynamic bearing?
C. Pressed fit
A. 1.25D to 2.5D D. All of these A. 1
B. 1.3D to 3.4D B. 4
C. 1.25D to 4.0D Answer: D C. 3
D. D to 7.0D D. 2
84. A coupling that transmit power via the frictional
Answer: A forces induced by pulling the flange toward each 89. The operating temperature of oils films in the
other over slotted tapered sleeves. bearing must approximately:
79. A key that are square or flat and tapped with head. A. 140°F to 150°F
A. Flange coupling B. 140°F to 160°F
A. Pin key B. Ribbed compression coupling C. 120°F to 190°F
B. Gib-head key C. Rigid coupling D. 120° F to 190°F
C. Saddle keys D. Flanged compression coupling
D. None of these Answer: B
Answer: D
Answer: B 90. At higher temperature, oils oxidizes more rapidly
85. A coupling used for absorbing some shock and
above:
80. A key that may either straight or tapped. It is vibration that may appear on one shaft and of
usually a drive fit. preventing the occurrence of reversed stresses
A. 120°F
caused by the shaft deflecting at the coupling B. 200°F
A. Pin keys preventing at the coupling.
C. 140°F
B. Gib-head keys D. 160°F
C. Saddle keys A. Rigid coupling
D. None of these B. Flanged coupling Answer: B
C. Flexible coupling
D. None of these
Answer: B
96. If two intersecting shafts are to be belt connected
91. For thrust bearing, the speed at moderate opening ____ guide pulleys are to be used.
condition is:
A. 1
A. 50 < Vm > 200 fpm B. 2
B. 50 < Vm > 250 fpm C. 3
C. 50 < Vm > 220 fpm D. 4
D. 50 < Vm > 250 fpm
Answer: D
Answer: A
97. Wire ropes are made from cold-drawn with ______
92. If the ends are joined by wire lacing with machine, or more teeth.
the usual efficiency of joint is :
A. 21
A. 100% B. 23
B. 75% C. 25
C. 85% D. 27
D. 88%
Answer: D
Answer: D
98. A wire rope that the wires and strands are twisted
93. On high speed centrifugal blowers, it has been in the opposite direction.
observed that the arc of contact is reduced from
180° at rest to _____ in motion. A. Long lay
B. Perform
A. 100° C. Regular lay
B. 90° D. Lang lay
C. 95°
D. 110° Answer: C
Answer: D 99. A wire rope that the wires and strands are twisted
in the same direction.
94. The recommended net belt pull for rubber belt is:
A. Long lay
A. 11.34 lb./ply per inch of width B. Perform
B. 13.75 lb./ply per inch of width C. Regular lay
C. 16.35 lb./ply per inch of width D. Lang lay
D. 20.34 lb./ply per inch of width
Answer: D
Answer: B
100. Which of the following ropes is used for haulage,
95. For minimum quietness, use sprockets with rigging, and guard rails.
______ or more teeth.
A. 6 x 35 IWRC
A. 21 B. 6 x 15 IWRC
B. 23 C. 7 x 8 IWRC
C. 35 D. 7 x 7 IWRC
D. 27
Answer: D
Answer: D

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Answer: C Answer: B Answer: B

Answer: D 97. Past ME Board Question

99. To avoid excessive wear rate the recommended

100. What friction devices that are used to connect

Which of the following ropes is galvanized and B. 25XX C. π D /32

consists of 6 strands, 7 wires each and a hemp C. 50XX

100. Past ME Board Question

95. Which of the following is not a cut of file?

94. Which of the following chisels would be used for

Answer: C Answer: B 77. Which of the following best defies sweating?

99. Which of the following describes a flexible back

100. The flexible type hacksaw blade is best suited for

Answer: C 44. A super fine grinding operation used to expose Answer: B

100. A method that does not require clamping,

Answer: A 78. The differential of the shear equation is the: Answer: B

Answer: B Answer: D Answer: C

Answer: D A. Life will be shortened

A. 1.5 96. The resulting cross-sectional area of the tensile test

A. Deformation A. bearing Answer: D

Answer: B Answer: B A. Creep

A. Gasket A. Fix axis Answer: A

A. 6 x 19 IWRC A. 0.35 A. Shallow groove ball bearing

A. 75 lb./in of width A. Hardness A. Burnishing

Answer: C Answer: C Answer: B

A. UNC Answer: A Answer: B

Answer: C A. Bolt A. Yield stress/ Factor of safety

A. UNC Answer: D Answer: A

Answer: B A. Coupling bolt A. Four times

A. UNC Answer: C Answer: B

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