Metals Quiz Practice

The four types of stresses demonstrated in the image below from left to right are:

• compression, shear, torsion, bending

• compression, tension, torsion, shear

• compression, tension, shear, bending

• tension, torsion, shear, bending

Most of the elements in the periodic table are?

• metals

• nonmetals

• halogens

• metalloids

What kind of test specimen has a dogbone shape like this?

• compression

• hardness

• shear

• tensile

______ is a measure of how much force is needed to deform a sample.

• force limit

• strain

• strength

• stress

_________ is a measure of how much a sample is deformed by a force.

• force limit

• strain

• strength

• stress

Identify the test: a small notched sample is struck with a hammer on a pendulum

• compression

• creep

• hardness

• tensile

• impact

Identify the test: an indenter applies a force to a small area of the surface of the sample and the size of the dent measured

• compression

• fatigue

• impact

• hardness

• tensile

Identify the test: sample is pulled on both ends and the stress and strain measurements made

• compression

• fatigue

• tensile

• hardness

• creep

T/F: Linear stress-strain curves indicate plastic deformation.

• True

• False

In the following stress-strain curve, which region is the elastic region?

• red area

• green area

• blue area