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ISME Exam 1

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Both steel and iron are carbon-alloys

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The carbon contain in T10 tool steel is about ____.

a)

10%

b)

1%

c)

.1%

3.

Both brass and bronze contain copper.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Atoms in most metals have a ____ structure.

a)

molecular

b)

crystalline

c)

amorphous

5.

Generally speaking, which structure has a better ductility (ability to deform with fracture)?

a)

FCC

b)

BCC

c)

SC

d)

Equal

6.

Generally speaking, metals have _____________ thermal conductivity than plastics.

a)

higher

b)

lower

7.

On Boeing 787 airplanes, which type of material is used the most?

a)

Metals

b)

Composites

c)

Plastics

d)

Cermanics

8.

What materials are used to mint the 25-cent coins now?

a)

Ag

b)

Cu + Ag

c)

Cu + Ni

d)

Ag + Ni

9.

Density is one of material's ___________

a)

Physical Properties

b)

Mechanicals properties

10.

If we let the young’s modulus of AISI 4140 steel be 1, which value will most likely be the young’s modulus of plastics?

a)

.1

b)

1

c)

10

11.

Can the young’s modulus of a material be greatly changed by manufacturing processes?

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

Can the yield strength of a material be greatly changed by manufacturing processes?

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

Can the ductility of a material be greatly changed by manufacturing processes?

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

Which material has a lower elastic modulus?              

a)

A

b)

B

15.

Which material has a lower yield strength?

a)

A

b)

B

16.

Which material has  a lower tensile strength?

a)

A

b)

B

17.

Which material is less ductile?

a)

A

b)

B

18.

Which material has a lower toughness?

a)

A

b)

B

19.

Which material is more likely to be bronze while the other one being cast iron?

a)

A

b)

B

20.

Why did you feel hard to bend the copper tubing (or other specimen) back to shape?

a)

Young’s modulus increased by strain hardening

b)

 

Yield strength increased by strain hardening

21.

Generally speaking, as tensile strength increases, material’s ductility _________________

a)

increases

b)

decreases

22.

Generally speaking, as tensile strength increases, material’s hardness ____

a)

increasees

b)

decreases

23.

Which one of the following is NOT among the purposes of heat treatment?

a)

To increase the strength and hardness.

b)

To decreases the strength and hardness.

c)

To harden only the surface of a part without changing the interior properties.

d)

To alter the shape of a part.

24.

In the Iron-Carbon Equilibrium Diagram, which one of the following phases exists at a high temperature (> 912°C) environment?

a)

Ferrite

b)

Austeinite

c)

Cementite

25.

Which one of the following represents the most common heat treatment processes?

a)

Hardening

b)

Softening

26.

Which of the following order represents the hardness order (from hardest to softest) of the structures?

a)

Martensite > Pearlite > Bainite.

b)

Pearlite > Bainite > Martensite.

c)

Martensite > Bainite > Pearlite.

d)

Bainite > Pearlite > Martensite.

27.

Which one of the following quenching media quenches fastest?

a)

Water

b)

Oil

c)

Air

28.

Surface hardening is helpful to create components that must have a very ____ surface to resist wear and a ____ interior to resist the impact that occurs during operation.

a)

hard, tough

b)

soft, tough

c)

hard, soft

d)

soft, soft

29.

Which heat treatment process will give the maximum ductility to a machined metal part?

a)

Tempering

b)

Normalizing

c)

Full annealing

30.

Generally speaking, when heat treatment of steel parts, the faster the cooling rate, the ____________ the parts will be after the heat treatment.

a)

harder

b)

softer

31.

Which one of the following heat treatment methods CANNOT improve the treated metal’s machinability?

a)

Annealing

b)

Quenching

c)

Normalizing

32.

In tempering, the workpiece needs to be heated to _______________.

a)

above the upper transformation temperature (A3-Acm)

b)

 

below the lower transformation temperature (A1)

c)

In between the two critical transformation temperatures

33.

In full annealing, the workpiece needs to be heated to _______________.

a)

above the lower transformation temperature (A1)

b)

below the lower transformation temperature (A1)

34.

Typically, the brittleness of the steel _____________ when tempering temperature decreases.

a)

increases

b)

decreases

35.

Normalizing gives ___________________ steel than full annealing.

a)

weaker and more brittle

b)

stronger and more ductile

c)

weaker and more ductile

d)

stronger and more brittle

36.

To study the effects of cooling rate on steel crystallization structure, it is needed to heat the steel into _____________ first.

a)

 

bainite

b)

 

austenite

c)

 

martensite

d)

pearlite

37.

steel bar (carbon content known) is heated to a certain temperature and kept at that temperature for a long time (say, five hours). Which diagram would you use to find out the crystallization structure of this steel at that temperature?

a)

Equilibrium phase diagram.

b)

Time-Temperature-Transformation (TTT) diagram.

38.

Please write down the steel microstructure by following the cooling curve:

a)

 

Fully Martensite

b)

 

Fully Bainite

c)

 

Fully Austenite

d)

50% Bainite +50% Martensite

39.

Please write down the steel microstructure by following the cooling curve:

a)

Fully Martensite

b)

Fully Bainite

c)

50% Bainite +50% Martensite

d)

Fully Austenite

40.

Please write down the steel microstructure by following the cooling curve:

a)

Fully Martensite

b)

Fully Bainite

c)

  50% Bainite +50% Martensite

d)

Fully Austenite

41.

Measuring and gauging is used__________________

a)

in all phases of manufacturing.

b)

only on final products.

42.

____________ is the degree of consistency achieved with a measurement device when thesame person uses it to measure a same dimension several times.

a)

Reproducibility

b)

Repeatability

43.

Which of the following will be the best material to make gage blocks to maintain their high accuracy for everyday use in manufacturing plants?

a)

Carbide Steel

b)

Silver

c)

Cermanic

44.

The inspection can be done in two ways: by attributes or by variables. Surface roughness measurement is done by ________________.

a)

attributes

b)

variables

45.

Tolerance is usually ___________________.

a)

defined by product designers.

b)

measured on a batch of products.

46.

Normal distribution can be presented as a bell-shaped curve. The center location of the curve is determined by _______________.

a)

the mean

b)

the variance

c)

the standard deviation

47.

Shafts and wheels on a locomotive have to transmit high torque, so they have to be in a__________ fit.

a)

clearance

b)

interference

c)

transition

48.

Which one is the newest member as the five basic material processing families?

a)

casting

b)

Additive manufacturing.

c)

forming

d)

joining

49.

Which one of the following is NOT a distinct advantage of casting as a material processing means over the others?

a)

Complex shape.

b)

 

Superb surface finish.

c)

Very large parts.

d)

Difficult-to-machine parts.

50.

Casting is used for __________

a)

prototyping

b)

mass production

c)

both prototyping and mass production.

51.

In a two-part sand casting system, the top part is called a _____ and the bottom part is call a _____.

a)

cope, drag

b)

drag, cope

c)

flask, drag

d)

 

cope, flask

52.

The size of a pattern is __________________ the size of the part to be cast.

a)

smaller than

b)

larger than

c)

the same as

53.

 Which one of the following effects is NOT associated with casting?

a)

Shrinkage

b)

Strain-hardening.

c)

Melting.

d)

Solidification

54.

 A part made by sand casting, in order to be easily removed from the mold, a _____ draft has to be designed.

a)

positive

b)

negative

55.

 Which one of the following statements regarding sand casting is FALSE?

a)

Sand casting is the most popular of the casting processes.

b)

Sand casting can produce very large parts.

c)

The dimension precision is the best among all casting processes.

d)

Patterns are always needed in sand casting.

56.

Which one of the following statements regarding investment casting is FALSE?

a)

Investment casting is a complex process and tends to be rather expensive.

b)

Investment casting can produce very large parts.

c)

Extremely complex shapes can be cast as a single piece.

d)

Patterns are always needed in investment casting.

57.

 Which one of the following statements regarding die casting is FALSE?

a)

Die casting dies are usually made from tool steels and tend to be rather expensive.

b)

In die casting, to permit removal of the casting, the dies must open, separating into at least two pieces.

c)

Die casting can typically produce parts with excellent dimensional precision and surface qualities.

d)

Patterns are always needed in die casting.

58.

Which one the following casting methods is not usually applied to cast iron with a low fluidity?

a)

Sand casting.

b)

Investment casting.

c)

Die casting.

59.

In a metal forming process, what type(s) deformation would happen?

a)

Elastic deformation only.

b)

Plastic deformation only.

c)

Both A and B.

60.

 In a metal forming process, the workpiece must be heated first to conduct the operation?

a)

True

b)

False

61.

In hot working processes, the minimum temperature (recrystallization temperature) should be about____ times the melting point of the metal.

a)

.4

b)

.6

c)

.8

62.

There is significant increase in yield strength and decrease in ductility when a steel workpiece is processed by forming at hot working temperature due to strain hardening effect.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

Casting usually produces parts with                            grain structure or properties.

a)

isotropic

b)

anisotropic

64.

The hot working parts are most likely to have ______________

a)

isotropic grain structure.

b)

  directional oriented grain structure.

65.

Generally speaking, the products of ___________ can only be obtained in a very limited number of standard cross-sectional shapes.

a)

rolling

b)

extrusion

c)

forging

66.

Which of the following forming processes is “like squeezing toothpaste out of a tube"?

a)

rolling

b)

extrusion

c)

forging

67.

Which one of the following groups is a better association?

a)

Open-die forging --> simple shape; Close-die forging --> complex shape.

b)

Close-die forging --> simple shape; Open-die forging --> complex shape.

68.

Suppose surface A has roughness Rmax = 1 μm and surface B has roughness Ra = 0.75 μm. Which surface is smoother?

a)

Surface A

b)

Surface B

c)

Can't Tell

69.

Typically, metal cold-working processes are conducted at a temperature __________.

a)

higher than 0.6 times the melting point

b)

lower than 0.3 times the melting point

c)

about the recrystallization temperature

d)

lower than the recrystallization temperature

70.

In the manufacturing process of chains video, what metallurgical structure do the orange hot chains have when (or right after) run through the induction heat treatment coil before cooled in the liquid?

a)

Bainite

b)

Pearlite

c)

Martensite

d)

Austenite

71.

What heat treatment strategy is applied to making the chains in the video so they are strong but not brittle?

a)

Quench alone

b)

Quench and temper

c)

Quench and normalizing

d)

Quench and annealing

72.

Which category of metal forming processes generally produces increased mechanical strength?

a)

Hot Working

b)

Cold Working

73.

In bending, the metal is deformed ____________________

a)

beyond its yield strength but below its ultimate tensile strength.

b)

beyond its ultimate tensile strength.

c)

below its yield strength.

74.

In shearing, the metal is deformed ____________________

a)

beyond its yield strength but below its ultimate tensile strength.

b)

below its yield strength.

c)

beyond its tensile strength.

d)

beyond its tensile strength but below its ultimate tensile strength.

75.

Both steels and cast irons are iron-carbon alloys. Which one of the following is the major difference between the two?

a)

The carbon content in steels is lower than that in cast irons.

b)

The yield strength of steels is lower than that of cast irons.

c)

The melting point of steels is lower than that of cast irons.

d)

The hardness of steels is higher than that of cast irons.

76.

Gold, silver, copper, and aluminum all have been employed to mint coins. They metals all have __________ crystalline structure. which gives them high ductility.  

a)

face-centered cubic

b)

simple cubic

c)

body-centered cubic

d)

hexagonal close pack

77.

Which one of the following heat treatment methods CANNOT improve the heat treated metal’s machinability?

a)

Quenching

b)

Annealing

c)

Normalizing

d)

Tempering

78.

Which of the following order represents the correct hardness order (from hardest to softest) of the structures of the same alloy?

a)

  Martensite > Pearlite > Bainite.

b)

Pearlite > Bainite > Martensite.

c)

  Bainite > Pearlite > Martensite.

d)

Martensite > Bainite > Pearlite.

79.

Please write down the steel microstructure by following the isothermal cooling curve on the TTT diagram:

a)

Fully Martensite

b)

Fully Bainite

c)

  50% Bainite +50% Martensite

d)

  50% Austenite +50% Martensite

e)

50% Bainite +50% Austenite

80.

Please write down the steel microstructure by following the continuous cooling Curve D on the CCT diagram:

a)

Fully Martensite

b)

Bainite + Martensite

c)

Pearlite + Martensite

d)

Fully Pearlite

e)

Fully Bainite

81.

Which one of the following is NOT true related to the elevated recrystallization temperature in hot working?

a)

The effects of strain hardening are eliminated under this condition.

b)

The metallurgical grain structure will be isotropic under this condition.

c)

This condition may promote some undesired chemical reactions such as oxidation between the heated workpiece and the environment.

82.

Assume that cold drawing process is used to make the steel pans and pots shown in the figure. The ductility of the steel at the deformed locations will be ___________ by this drawing process.

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

hardly affected

83.

In sheet metal bending, the metal is deformed __________.

a)

below its yield strength

b)

beyond its yield strength but below its tensile strength

c)

  beyond its tensile strength

d)

beyond its tensile strength but below its yield strength

84.

Which one of the following is NOT true regarding deformation processes?

a)

All processing is done in the solid state.

b)

The forces required are often very high.

c)

Machinery and tooling can be quite expensive.

d)

Unwanted regions are cut away so the amount of waste is large.