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WorksheetsREADINGS MD 1.2
Total questions: 96
Worksheet time: 48mins
The distance between similar, equally spaced tooth surfaces in a given direction and along a given line.
pitch circle
pitch plane
pitch
pitch diameter
Could be defined as simply push or pull.
power
inertia
work
force
Opposite directional forces equal in magnitude and parallel is called ______.
non coplanar
centro
couple
coplanar
Quantities such as time, volume and density are completely specified when their magnitude is known is also called ______.
couple
resultants
components
scalar
Designed 200 kW plant must be at least
PME
CPM
ME and PME
none of these
The separate forces which can be so combined are called.
concurrent forces
non concurrent forces
couple
component forces
Maximum plant capacity in which a licensed ME is allowed to operate, tend or maintain.
300 kw
1000 kw
2000 kw
3000 kw
When the motion is diminished / decreasing instead of increasing is called:
deceleration
uniform negative impulse
retarded motion
all of these
The most known lubricants being utilizes in whatever category of load and speed are oil, air, grease and dry lubricants like:
bronze
lead
silicon
graphite
A coupling that allows axial flexibility movement in the operation. Made of alternate bolting of steel, leather, fabric, and / or plastic material into two flanges.
flexible disk coupling
flexible toroidal spring coupling
flexible Oldham coupling
elastic material bonded coupling
It consists of two cranks, a stationary piece called the line of centers, and the connecting rod is a:
five-bar linkage
four crank braces
three crank linkage
four bar linkage
Used to change rotary motion to reciprocating motion.
rack gears
hypoid gears
helical gears
herringbone gears
The effective face width of a helical gear divided by gear axial pitch.
Approach ratio
Arc of action
Arc of recess
Face overlap
Pitch diameter less the diameter of the roller chain is equal to:
top land
bottom diameter
addendum
inside diameter
Generally applied on speed reducer due to large speed ratio.
bevel gears
helical gears
worm gears
hypoid gears
If the shaft size is specified as diameter 2.00” max and 1.99” min in diameter then the 0.010” could be defined as ____.
allowance
fit
variance
tolerance
A material plane was subjected to a load. When the load was removed, the strain disappeared. From the structural change, which of the following can be considered about this material?
it has high modulus of elasticity
it does not follow Hooke’s law
it is plastic
it is elastic
Helix angle in the range of ____ degrees is recommended for wide-face helical gears.
less than 15
less than 20
20 to 35
20 to 22
Difference between maximum material limits of mating parts. Or it is a minimum clearance or maximum interference between parts.
tolerance
fits
variance
allowance
The concave portion of the tooth profile where it joins the bottom of the tooth.
root circle
fillet radius
fillet curves
fillet
The changes in shape or geometry of the body due to action of a force on it is called deformation or ______.
shear stress
stresses
compressive stress
strains
For an evenly and uniform wear on each meshing gear tooth, the ideal design practice is to consider a ______.
wear resistance alloy addition to tooth gears
heat treatment of the gears
hardening of each tooth
hunting tooth addition
The reciprocal of a diameter pitch of the ratio of the pitch diameter to the no. of teeth.
lead
module
involute
clearance
Ability to resist deformation under stress.
plasticity
all of these
stiffness
toughness
Flat leather belting not recommended for used in a speed in excess of _____ fpm.
3600
4800
6000
all of these
The angle included between the sides of the thread measured in an axial plane in a screw thread.
Angle of thread
Angle between thread or 40°
Helix angle thread
Half angle thread or 20°
An elastic body whose primary functions is to deflect under load:
clutch
stopper
brake
spring
Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of:
elastic limit to yield strength
lateral deformation to the longitudinal deformation
shear strain to unit strain
elastic limit shear strength
Manganese steel standard designation, SAE ______.
13XX
10XX
11XX
8XXX
One of these materials is not a structural steel?
low carbon steel
tool and die steel
stainless and steel
medium carbon steel
The ratio of moment of inertia on a cross-section of a beam to this section modulus is:
a measure of distance
equal to the radius of gyration and compression
multiplied by the bending moment of inertia to determine the yield stress
equal to the area of the cross-section and tension
The SAE 2340 shafting contains _____% nickel.
3.85 Ni
4% Ni
3.25 to 3.75% Ni
3.84% Ni
To operate, tend or maintain or be in charge of the operation, tending or maintenance of any mechanical works, projects or plants, of over 2,100 kw, he must be a duly licensed _________.
ME
CPM
PME
CPM, ME and PME
Chromium steel standard designation, SAE_____.
92XX
5XXX
3XXX
11XX
Alloy that improves strength of steel at high temperature application.
aluminum
Manganese
Silicon
chromium
When the air entrainment agent is put into a concrete mix:
the water/cement ratio must be reduced
the strength will decrease
minimal defect
the strength will suffer up to 50%
In general, alloys with high nickel content retains toughness to quite low temperatures up to _____ °F.
−380
400
−260
−320
The differential of the shear equation is the ______.
deflection of the beam
compressive strength of the beam
tensile strength of the beam
load on the beam
It is recommended not to have direct drive between driven and drive sprockets if the ratio of their teeth exceeds _____. Use 2 or more step combinations.
10 times
8 times
5 times
6 times
The length of the hub should not be made lesser than the face width of the gear. Hub lengths usually vary from 1.25D to 2D , where D is the shaft diameter. The reasonable diameter of steel hub should be:
2D
1.8D
1.55D
1.20D
The sum of their addendum and dedendum.
whole depth
full depth
width of space
working depth
It is recommended for high speed application that the minimum number of teeth in small sprockets should be _____.
26 to 30
12 to 16
26 to 28
18 to 24
Stresses that are independent of loads is called _______.
working stress
residual stresses
simple stress
combined stress
Material having a high electrical resistance and should not be used as conductor of electrical current.
nickel
aluminum oxide
silicon base alloys
iron oxide
The best material for brake drums is:
aluminum
cast iron
steel material
wrought iron
The alloy materials used in the production of metal working tools.
titanium, phosphorous
tungsten, silicon, hadfield mn.
vanadium, chromium, molybdenum
high carbon steel
Torsional deflection is a significant consideration in the design of shaft and the limit should be in the range of ______ degree/foot of length.
0.4 to 1
0.1 to 1
0.08 to 1
0.6 to 1
If the pitch of a screw is 2/9 find the thread per inch.
0.34
4.5
5.4
17
The property that characterizes a materials ability to be drawn into a wire:
tensile strength
ductility
endurance limit
thermal conductivity
Which of the phases of steel elements has a face-centered cubic structure?
pyrite
austenite
all of these
cementite
Steel spring material is usually hardened to 400 to 500 BHN and the carbon content is in the range of ______.
0.50 to 0.90%
all of these
0.45 to 0.48
0.96 to 0.97
Principal stresses occur on these planes:
which are subjected to ultimate tension
where the shearing stress is zero
which are subjected to maximum compression
which are 45° apart
The property of material wherein the content is continuously distributed through its entire mass.
plasticity
malleability
homogeneity
all of these
The properties of metals to withstand load without breaking down is:
elasticity
strength
plasticity
strain
Shafts readily available in the market are made in many ways and wide variety of material composition. It is likely cold drawn carbon steel in size smaller than _____ inches diameter.
3.75
4
5
5 1/2
Plain carbon steel standard designation, SAE ______.
6XXX
13XX
10XX
2XXX
The rigidity of polymer can be increased by:
furnace melting
normalizing
crystallization
shot peening
The difference between cast steel and cast iron
all of these
cast steel has usually less than 1% C while cast iron has 2% or 3.6% carbon range
cast iron has lower strength more brittle and has lower ductility than cast steel
iron is usually the initial product after purifying iron ore then further processing by removal of more impurities and carbon content to be able to produce steel grade.
It is a general practice to use the following allowable stresses, 4000 psi for main transmitting shaft and 8500 psi for small shaft, short shafts and countershafts. For line shaft carrying pulley it is _____ psi.
7800
7000
6000
6500
Drilling machine cannot do:
reaming
spot facing
tapping
broaching
Material changes in foundry melting operation are composed of:
limestone, foundry coke and silica sand
iron ore, quartz and charcoal
steel scrap, alloys and charcoal/foundry coke
scrap wood, alloys and limestone
A work supporting device which is bolted to the saddle of the lathe machine, travels with the cutting tool, and prevents the springing away of the workpiece from cutting tools is which of the following?
rubber-flex collets
tool post
follower rest
carriage stop
Almost always the soldering materials are a combination of the following alloys:
all of these
lead and tin
tin and antimony
lead and antimony
The most popular of all soldering materials in use has composition of:
45/55% tin and lead
50/50% tin and lead
all of these
60/40% tin and lead
The relative strength of a butt welding could be safely assumed as percent efficiency:
95
98
90
92
Which of the following raw materials are used in the foundry moulding operation?
silica sand, bentonite, flour/paste water
silica sand and paste
silica sand, paste, graphite electrode
silica sand, linseed oil, flour
The following are parts of a micrometer caliper except:
thimble
head screw
spindle
anvil
To avoid brittleness of weld or the residual stress in the welding it is normally stress relieved of ____.
normalizing
tempering
flame hardening
annealing
Steel with certain % carbon maximum can readily be welded by all process and the resulting strength of the portion welded is as strong as the base material.
0.15% C max
0.35% C max
0.25% C max
0.30% C max
Commonly used by steel melter as deoxidizer because of its easy availability and cheap price.
silicon
Aluminum
Zinc
manganese
Curved formed by the path of a point on a straight line as it rolls along a convex base curve. The base curve is usually a circle and generally used as the profile of gear tooth.
axial plane
involute
arc of recess
arc of action
Several forces which can be combined is called:
resultants
composition of forces
components
collinear forces
Ideal herringbone gear helix is in the range of _____.
30 to 45
35 to 50
25 to 30
15 to 20
The distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next thread measure along the axis.
flank
lead
crest
pitch
As recommended the center to center distance between sprockets should not be less than _____ times the bigger sprocket.
2.26
1 ¼
1 ½
2.59
Machine shop instrument for checking the flatness of plane surfaces to 10ths of thousands of a centimeter.
blade type micrometer
dial caliper
planimeter
micrometer
Tools usually used in wood pattern making in a foundry shop.
saws and chisels
band saw
knives and drills
drill machine
Recommended design practice for steel lineshafting to limit the linear deflection to inch/foot of length (maximum).
0.020
0.010
0.012
0.150
Big chain sprocket wheels are designed with spokes/arms are generally elliptical in cross section with major axis ____ times the minor axis.
2
221
121
3
Molybdenum steel standard designation, SAE ________.
88xx
48xx
40xx
46xx
For acceptable ideal range of tightness which may result from the application of specific combination of allowances and tolerances.
allowance limit
tolerance limit
interference
fit
A radian is equal to _____.
57.020∘
57.706∘
57.296∘
57.190∘
The absolute viscosity of the fluid divided by its density expressed in the same terms of units is also called _____.
centistokes
kinematics viscosity
Petroff’s equation
light petroleum oil
Designated pipe color used in communication.
green
light blue
white
light orange
Stress relieving is also _____ for the purpose of reducing the internal stress of steel material/metal.
quenching
normalizing
tempering
drawing
Martensite (stainless steel) contains 4 to 26% Cr and a maximum of ____%.
1.5
3.5
2.5
4.5
Progressive change in position of a body is called:
acceleration
motion
force
momentum
It improves red hardness of steel:
silicon
lead
cobalt
manganese
It is required that pipes bigger than ____ mm should not be screwed but flanged.
76.2
63.5
2 1/4 inch
68.5
Formed by the interaction of the adjacent flanks of adjacent threads when extended is called.
crest apex
all of these
sharp root
sharp crest
In designing the spoke or wheel arm of the flywheel, it is ideal to consider that the cross-sectional area of the spoke at the rim side should not be less than ____ of the cross area at the hub side.
80%
2/3
90%
3/8
The cutting up to 70° is best for drilling extremely hard metals and for soft materials ____ degrees may be applied.
60
45
40
48
Single forces which produces the same effect upon a mass replacing two or more forces acting together is called:
vector
resultant
component of forces
resolution
_____ is the process necessary to reduce the brittleness in alloy steel.
martempering
carburizing
normalizing
tempering
The welded joints permit placing the added metal exactly where needed and produce an integral structure which can develop ____ % efficiency on any thickness section especially for mild steel materials.
95%
85%
100%
90%
The lack of backlash in a spur gear design/operation ma result to _____.
overloading
jamming
all of these
overheating
