Chapter 3 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Multiple Choice Quiz

There are 24 correct answers in this multiple choice quiz (some questions have
multiple answers that are correct). To achieve a perfect score on the quiz, all correct
answers must be given. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. Each omitted answer
or wrong answer reduces the score by 1 point. Percentage score on the quiz is
based on the total number of correct answers.
3.1 Which of the following are the three basic types of static stresses to which a
material can be subjected (three correct answers): (a) compression, (b) hardness,
(c) reduction in area, (d) shear, (e) tensile, (f) true stress, and (f) yield?
3.2 Which one of the following is the correct definition of ultimate tensile strength,
as derived from the results of a tensile test on a metal specimen: (a) the stress
encountered when the stress-strain curve transforms from elastic to plastic
behavior, (b) the maximum load divided by the final area of the specimen, (c) the
maximum load divided by the original area of the specimen, or (d) the stress
observed when the specimen finally fails?
3.3 If engineering stress and true stress were measured simultaneously during a
tensile test, which would have the higher value: (a) engineering stress or (b) true
stress?
3.4 If engineering strain and true strain were measured simultaneously during a
tensile test, which would have the higher value: (a) engineering strain or (b) true
strain?
3.5 The plastic region of the stress-strain curve for a metal is characterized by a
proportional relationship between stress and strain: (a) true or (b) false?
3.6 Hookes Law defines which one of the following regions of the stress strain
relationship for engineering materials: (a) elastic region, (b) plastic region, or (c)
neither?
3.7 The modulus of elasticity is also known as which one of the following: (a) elastic
limit, (b) strain hardening exponent, (c) strength coefficient, or (d) Youngs
modulus?
3.8 Which one of the following materials has the highest modulus of elasticity: (a)
aluminum, (b) diamond, (c) steel, (d) titanium, or (e) tungsten?
3.9 The flow curve describes the property of metals known as which one of the
following: (a) ductility, (b) engineering strain, (c) fracture stress, (d) strain
hardening, or (e) tensile strength?
3.10 Which one of the following types of stress strain relationship best describes the
behavior of brittle materials such as ceramics and thermosetting plastics: (a) elastic
and perfectly plastic, (b) elastic and strain hardening, (c) perfectly elastic, or (d)
none of the above?

3.11 Which one of the following types of stress strain relationship best describes the
behavior of most metals at room temperature: (a) elastic and perfectly plastic, (b)
elastic and strain hardening, (c) perfectly elastic, or (d) none of the above?
3.12 Which one of the following types of stress strain relationship best describes the
behavior of metals at temperatures above their respective recrystallization points:
(a) elastic and perfectly plastic, (b) elastic and strain hardening, (c) perfectly
elastic, or (d) none of the above?
3.13 The transverse rupture strength is a property usually associated with which
one of the following material types: (a) ceramics, (b) metals, (c) plastics, or (d)
rubber?
3.14 The shear strength of a metal is commonly determined in which one of the
following tests: (a) bending test, (b) compression test, (c) flexure test, (d) tensile
test, or (e) torsion test?
3.15 The shear strength of a metal is usually (a) greater than or (b) less than its
tensile strength?
3.16 Hardness is best defined as which one of the following: (a) energy absorbed by
a material when an object strikes its surface, (b) resistance to bending, (c)
resistance to permanent indentation, or (d) resistance to scratching?
3.17 Most hardness tests involve pressing a hard object into the surface of a test
specimen and measuring the resulting indentation or its effect: (a) true or (b) false?
3.18 Which one of the following materials has the highest hardness: (a) alumina
ceramic, (b) gray cast iron, (c) hardened tool steel, (d) high carbon steel, or (e)
polystyrene?
3.19 The formation of new strain-free grains in a metal that has been heated to an
elevated temperature is called which one of the following: (a) hot hardness, (b)
recrystallization, (c) strain hardening, or (d) strain softening?
3.20 Viscosity can be defined as the ease with which a fluid flows: (a) true or (b)
false?
3.21 A Newtonian fluid is a fluid best defined by which one of the following: (a) its
viscosity decreases as shear rate increases, (b) its viscosity decreases as
temperature increases, (c) its viscosity increases as shear rate increases, (d) its
viscosity increases as temperature increases, (e) its viscosity remains constant as
shear rate changes, or (f) its viscosity remains constant as temperature changes?
3.22 Viscoelasticity can be defined as the property of a material that determines the
strain it experiences when subjected to combinations of stress and temperature
over time: (a) true or (b) false?