MACHINE DESIGN

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For ordinary steel, the modulus of elasticity usually
falls between ____ million pounds.

a. 20 to 31
b. 35 to 45
c. 20 to 35
d. 25 to 30
The modulus of elasticity for metals in compression
is usually taken as that in:

a. Tension
b. Bearing
c. Yield
d. Ultimate
Which of the following is the ratio of moment and
stress.

a. Strain
b. Section modulus
c. Contraction
d. Poisson’ ratio
What is the flexural stress when of a symmetrically
cross- section beam when the shear is maximum.

a. Infinity
b. Zero
c. Maximum
d. Minimum
The riveted joints in ASME Code has a design surface
compressive stress ____ higher than the design
tensile stress.

a. 70%
b. 60%
c. 35%
d. 50%
What is the ratio of the minimum strength of joint to
the strength of solid joint in the pressure vessel?

a. Efficiency
b. Relative strength
c. Performance factor
d. Joint efficiency
What is the usual factor for a pressure vessel?

a. 4
b. 1.5
c. 3
d. 5
It is the permissible variation of the size.

a. Tolerance
b. Limits
c. Fits
d. None of these
Considering that there is no fit, what is the
permissible liberal tolerance in machining work?

a. ± 0.010
b. ± 0.090
c. ± 0.020
d. ± 0.050
Which of the following is tolerance where the size of
a part may be larger only, or smaller only, than the
given dimension.

a. Unilateral
b. Lateral
c. Bilateral
d. None of these
A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted to
be either or smaller than the given dimension.

a. Unilateral
b. Lateral
c. Bilateral
d. None of these
Which of the following is the basis of ASA fits?

a. Basic number system

b. Basic hole system
c. Basic size system
d. Unit system
When the hole is smaller than the shaft, it will take
force or pressure to put the cold parts together. In
such case the allowance is negative. Which of the
following terms is appropriate for such allowance?

a. Negative fits of metals

b. Interference of metal
c. Positive fits of the shaft
d. Intangible fits
What is the direction of the predominant surface
pattern?

a. Smoothness
b. Waviness
c. Lay
d. Roughness
It is the irregularities of departures from the nominal
surface greater spacing than roughness?

a. Waviness
b. Roughness
c. Lay
d. Smoothness
It is the surface finish of micrometer in rms.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Which of the following gears has the simplest type of
teeth?

a. Helical gears
b. Spur gears
c. Bevel gears
d. Worm gears
In gears, an imaginary circle on which the lever arm
is based in:

a. Base circle
b. Pitch circle
c. Addendum circle
d. Clearance circle
It is the circle tangent to the addendum of the
meshing gears.

a. Clearance circle
b. Base circle
c. Addendum circle
d. Pitch circle
The distance from a point on one gear to the
corresponding point measured along the base circle.

a. Normal pitch
b. Circular pitch
c. Axial pitch
d. Diametral pitch
A line passing through the pitch point that is tangent
to both base circles of a gear is:

a. Pressure line
b. Perpendicular line
c. Tangent line
d. Center line
Which of the following is the contact ratio for a good
gear design?

a. 1.5 :1
b. 1 : 1.3
c. 1:3
d. 1. 2 : 2
In pressure vessels, which of the following resists
internal pressure through tension?

a. Shell – type element

b. Cam – type element
c. Plate – type element
d. Spherical – type element
It is the study of the body’s motion independent of
the forces of the body.

a. Kinetics
b. Dynamics
c. Kinematics
d. Mechanics
What is the reciprocal of the velocity ratio?

a. Train value
b. Ratio factor
c. Modular value
d. None of these
It is a type of bolt finished all over and has usually
having coarse threads.

a. Coupling bolt
b. Stud bolt
c. Machine bolt
d. Automobile bolt
It is a type of bolt distinguished by a short portion of
the shank underneath the head being square or
finned or ribbed.

a. Coupling bolt
b. Stud bolt
c. Machine bolt
d. Carriage bolt
It is a type of threaded on both ends and can be used
where a through bolt impossible.

a. Coupling bolt
b. Carriage bolt
c. Stud bolt
d. Machine bolt
Which of the following is not a type of a bolt.

a. Stud bolt
b. Steel bolt
c. Machine bolt
d. Coupling bolt
It is a locking device that is used to maintain pressure
between threads of the bolt and nut.

a. Gasket
b. Lock washer
c. Lock nuts
d. Filler
What is the large wood screw used to fasten
machinery and equipment.

a. Lag screw
b. Loss screw
c. Wood screw
d. Cross screw
What is the minimum length of contact in a tapped
hole for cast iron?

a. 1.7D
b. 1.5D
c. 1.2D
d. 2.1D
It is the ratio of the mean diameter of coil over the
coil diameters.

a. Wahl factor
b. Spring index
c. Coil ratio
d. Lead scale
What is the overall length of the spring when it is
compressed until all adjacent coils touched?

a. Free length
b. Solid length
c. Compressed length
d. Expansion length
It is the length of a coil spring under no load.

a. Compressed length
b. Free length
c. Solid height
d. None of these
In general, the steel springs are made of relatively of
relative high carbon steel usually:

a. 5%
b. Less than 0.5%
c. More than 0.5%
d. 7.5%
It is a low cost spring material, suitable where service
is not severe and dimensional precision is not
needed.

a. Helical spring wire

b. Stainless steel
c. Hard draw wire spring
d. Copper
What is the hard drawn (80% reduction) spring wire
made of high carbon steel?

a. Oil tempered wire

b. Music wire
c. Tension wire
d. Chromium wire
Which of the following wires with good quality and is
used for impact loading.

a. Hard drawn wire

b. Song wire
c. Helical spring wire
d. Chromium – silicon wire
When heat – treated wire is coiled cold, it should be
stress relieved for bending stress and after cooling it
is heated at some:

a. 400 deg F
b. 600 deg F
c. 700 deg F
d. 500 deg F
Which of the following is not a function of spring?

a. Absorbs energy
b. Source of potential energy
c. Measure weight
d. Measure thickness
Which of the following is the type of spring made in
the form of dished washer?

a. Air spring
b. Bellevile spring
c. Volute spring
d. Motor spring
What is the type of failure due to unstability?

a. Buckling
b. Slenderness ratio
c. Stability
d. Euler’s failure
What type of formula that is best applied to a very
slender column?

a. Column formula
b. Slenderness formulas
c. Moment formulas
d. Euler formula
If two principal stresses is zero, the state of stress is:

a. Biaxial
b. Mono – axial
c. Uniaxial
d. Triaxial
What do you call the system that have finite values of
principal stresses?

a. Triaxial
b. Uniaxial
c. Monoaxial
d. Biaxial
A screw that requires positive torque to lower the
load, or to loosen the screw if it has been turned
tight against a resistance.

a. Self locking screw

b. Lock screw
c. Self screw
d. Power screw
What is the rotating member used in transmitting
power?

a. Shaft
b. Counter shaft
c. Axle
d. Washer
For machinery shafts, the permissible deflection is
approximately:

a. 0.02 in/ft
b. 0.03 in/ft
c. 0.01 in/ft
d. 0.05 in/ft
For shafts, the shear due to bending is a maximum at
the neutral plane where the normal stress is:

a. Minimum
b. Constant
c. Maximum also
d. Zero
The minimum value of numerical combined shock
and fatigue factor to be applied in every case to the
computed bending moment of the shaft is:

a. 2.0
b. 1.75
c. 1.5
d. 1.3
What is the other name given to short shafts on
machines?

a. Spindles
b. Head shafts
c. Core shafts
d. All of these
The other name given to a line shaft is:

a. Countershaft
b. Main shaft
c. Long shaft
d. Head shaft
The speed at which the center of mass will be equal
to the deflecting forces on the shaft with its attached
bodies then vibrate violently, since the centrifugal
force changes its direction as the shaft turns in:

a. Nominal speed
b. Critical speed
c. Relative speed
d. Mean speed
An old rule of thumb for transmission shafting is that
the deflection should not exceed ____ of length
between supports.

a. 0.01 in. per foot

b. 0.08 in. per foot
c. 0.02 in. per foot
d. 0.05 in. per foot
For transmission shafts the allowable deflection is 1
degree in a length ____ diameters.

a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 40
What is the limiting torsional deflection for
machinery shafts, if the criteria of limiting torsional
deflection vary from 0.08° per foot length.

a. 1°
b. 2.5°
c. 2°
d. 3.5°
Bevel gears of sizes 5 in. to 15 in. should not be lift or
depress more than ____, as Gleason statement.

a. 0.004
b. 0.003
c. 0.002
d. 0.001
What type of key that allows the hub to move along
the shaft but prevents the rotation of the shaft?

a. Woodruff key
b. Feather key
c. Gibbs key
d. Square key
What is the other name for Kennedy key?

a. Tangential key
b. Woodruff key
c. Saddle key
d. Rollpin
What type of fits used for involute spline?

a. Close fit
b. Press fit
c. Sliding fit
d. All of these
It is used for permanent fits and similar to involute
splines except that the pressure angle is 14.5° .

a. Separation load
b. Spline shaft
c. Stub serrations
d. Involute serrations
It is used a coupling, or in addition to another
couplings where, in case of overload, there is danger
in injury to machine or to material in process.

a. Shear pin
b. Flange coupling
c. Involute serrations
d. King pin
What is the maximum shaft for angle for a single
Hooke’s coupling?

a. 10°
b. 17°
c. 15°
d. 20°
What are the two principal parts of a journal
bearing?

a. Bearing and journal

b. Shaft and Babbitt
c. Clearance and fitted
d. Shaft and cylinder
When the line of action of the load, bisects the arc of
partial bearing, the bearing is said to be:

a. Eccentrically loaded
b. Fully loaded
c. Centrally loaded
d. Partially loaded
What is the difference in radii of the bearing and
journal?

a. Even clearance
b. Clearance ratio
c. Odd clearance
d. Radial clearance
When radii of both bearing and the journal are the
same, then the bearing is said to be:

a. Fitted bearing
b. Clearance bearing
c. Full bearing
d. Ambiguous bearing
What is the line that passes through the centers of
the bearing and the journals.

a. Line of action
b. Line of centers
c. Line of symmetry
d. Tangent line
Which of the following is considered advantageous
fro bearing materials?

a. Conformability
b. Compatibility
c. Embeddability
d. All of these
A conclusion repeatedly verified by experiment is
that the smoother surface:

a. Has the greater load capacity of the bearing

b. Has the lesser capacity of the bearing
c. Has constant load
d. None of these
Which of the following considers the 200 series of
bearing?

a. Heavy
b. Medium
c. Light
d. All of these
Which of the following considers the 300 series of
bearing?

a. Medium
b. Heavy
c. Light
d. All of these
A type of roller bearing in which the balls are
assembles by the eccentric displacement of the inner
ring:

a. Shallow groove ball bearing

b. Filling – slot ball bearing
c. Self – aligning ball bearing
d. Deep- groove ball bearing
Which of the following is not type of ball bearing?

a. Shallow groove ball bearing

a. Filling – slot ball bearing
b. Self – aligning ball bearing
c. Deep- groove ball bearing
Which of the following is the approximate density of
the leather belt?

a. 0.035 lb/in^3
b. 0.0135 lb/in^3
c. 0.025 lb/in^3
d. 0.0465 lb/in^3
Which of the following is the approximate density of
the fat rubber belt?

a. 0.055 lb/in^3
b. 0.0135 lb/in^3
c. 0.045 lb/in^3
d. 0.0465 lb/in^3
A toothed wheel whose tooth elements are straight
and parallel to the shaft axis or used to transmit
motion and power between parallel shafts.

a. Helical gear
b. Spur gear
c. Worm gear
d. Bevel gear
The breaking strength of oak-tanned beltings varies
from 3 to more than:

a. 5 ksi
b. 6 ksi
c. 7 ksi
d. 9 ksi
experience suggests that the most economical
designs are obtained for a belt speed of:

a. 6000 to 7500 fpm

b. 3000 to 5000 fpm
c. 3500 to 4700 fpm
d. 5000 to 1000 fpm
The tension in the belt due to centrifugal force
increasing rapidly above about:

a. 2500 fpm
b. 3000 fpm
c. 3500 fpm
d. 4000 fpm
For leather belts, recommended speed is:

a. 6000 to 7000 fpm

b. 5000 to 6000 fpm
c. 7000 to 8000 fpm
d. 4500 to 5600 fpm
The recommended initial tension of the belt is:

a. 75 lb/in of width
b. 73 lb/in of width
c. 71 lb/in of width
d. 80 lb/in of width
Two shafts at right angles to each other may be
connected by what arrangement?

a. Half turn
b. Quarter turn
c. 3/5 turn
d. One turn
The minimum number of teeth on a smaller sprocket
for low speed is:

a. 12
b. 21
c. 17
d. 14
The minimum number of teeth on a smaller sprocket
for moderate speed is:

a. 17
b. 21
c. 12
d. 14
The minimum number of teeth on a smaller sprocket
for high speed is:

a. 21
b. 24
c. 12
d. 14
The resultant of pair of equal forces but opposite in
direction is called:

a. Concurrent
b. Couple
c. Non- concurrent
d. Resultant
The helical and herringbone gear teeth cut after heat
treatment should have a hardness in the range of
210/300BHN. The pinion gear teeth hardness on the
other hand, ideally/ normally should be at ___ BHN.

a. 250/320
b. 350/380
c. 400
d. 340/ 350
As a rule the center to center distance between
sprocket should not be less than ___ times the
diameter of the bigger sprocket and not less than 30
times the pitch nor more than about 50 times to
pitch.

a. 1.5
b. 2
c. 2.5
d. 3
A single force, which produces the same effect upon
a mass as two or several forces acting together, is
called:

a. Components
b. Composition of forces
c. Resolution of forces
d. Resultant
All forces in the same plane are called:

a. Coplanar
b. Couple
c. Parallel
d. Resultant
Which of the following laws which states the force of
attraction between two bodies is directly
proportional to the product of their masses and
inversely proportional to distance square their
centers.

a. Hooke’s law
b. Law of gravitation
c. Law of motion
d. Newton’s law
Any object thrown upward will return to earth with
the magnitude of the terminal velocity equal to

a. 50% of the initial velocity

b. 80% of the initial velocity
c. About 90% of the initial velocity
d. The initial velocity
Flat belt that is too tight induce strain on the bearing
and belt ___.

a. Life will be shortened

b. Result to uneconomical operation
c. Suffer/ shatter
d. Will be sheared/ cut
The resulting cross- sectional area of the tensile that
specimen divided by the specimen original area is
called:

a. Charpy test
b. %elongation
c. Impact test
d. Izod test
SAE 51XXX belongs to the ____ steel family.

a. Carbon
b. Chromium
c. Manganese
d. Nickel
In itself. It is lubricant and usually one of the
important elements in casting non- ferrous metals
like bronze, for example

a. Antimony
b. Babbitt
c. Lead
d. Zinc
Gasket material, which should avoid hot liquid/
steam applications.

a. Asbestos fiber
b. Nylon fiber
c. Rubberized
d. Wool
The same material properties all over / direction and
at any particular point in a structural member is:

a. Heterogeneous
b. Homogenous
c. Isentropic
d. Isotropic