M. S.

RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BANGALORE 54

(Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU)
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT
MODEL QUESTION PAPER 1
IM402 MACHINE TOOLS OPERATION
Time: 3 hrs

Max.
Marks: 100

NOTE: 1) PART A is Compulsory

2) PART B Answer five full questions choosing one from each unit
PART A
(OBJECTIVE TYPE)
25 MARKS
1. In which of the following operation on lathe, the spindle speed will be
minimum
a) Knurling (b) Fine finishing (c) Taper turning (d) Thread cutting
2. The usual ratio of forward & return stroke in shaper is
a) 2:1
(b) 1:2
(c) 3:2
(d) 3:1
3 Which of the following lathe operation requires that the cutting edge of a tool
bit is placed
exactly on the work-center line
a) Boring
(b) Facing
(c) Drilling
(d) Chamfering
4. Flank wear occurs mainly on
a) nose part, from relief face & side face (b) nose part at top face (c) cutting
edges
d) all the above
5 The characteristic that enables one material to cut another is
a) Toughness (b) Hardness (c) Ductility (d) Resilience
6. The cutting tool used in spark erosion machining is
a) Arc (b) Capacitor (c) Electrode (d) Dielectric
7 The machining process which uses abrasive slurry is
a) EDM (b) USM (c) PAM (d) LBM
8. The type of chip produced while machining cast iron
a) Continuous (b) Discontinuous (c) Continuous with BUE (d) None of the
above
9. Which of the following is non chip removal process?
a) Milling (b) spinning on lathe (c) Thread cutting (d) Grinding
10. Which of the following abrasives is the hardest?
a) Aluminum oxide (b) Silicon carbide (c) Cubic boron nitride (d) Diamond
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11 Drilling is an example of
a) Simple cutting (b) Uniform cutting (c) Oblique cutting (d) Intermittent
cutting
12 The helical grooves which extend to full length of the drill bit is called as
a) Lip (b) Cutting edges (c) Flute (d) Shank
13 Tool signatures comprises of
a) 4 elements (b) 8 elements (c) 7 elements (d) 6 elements
14 Tool cutting forces with increase in cutting speed
a) remains constant (b) increases (c) decreases (d) unpredicted
15 Chips are broken efficiently due to following property
a) Ductility (b) Elasticity (c) Toughness (d) Work hardening
16 The cutting tool in milling machine is mounted on
a) tool holder (b) arbor (c) spindle (d) column
17. Counter boring is the operation of
a) enlarging the end of a hole cylindrically (b) cone shaped enlargement of
the hole
c) sizing and finishing of hole (d) none of the above
18 It is required to index 119 divisions. It can be done by
a) simple indexing (b) direct indexing (c) compound indexing (d) differential
indexing
19. Machinability depends on
a) microstructure, mechanical properties& composition of work piece (b)
cutting force
c) tool life (d) profile of work piece
20 Centering can be done more accurately by
a) 4 jaw chuck (b) 3 jaw chuck (c) collet chuck (d) magnetic chuck
21 In oblique cutting system, the chip thickness is
a. maximum at middle b. maximum at sides c. minimum at middle d. uniform
22 Negative rakes are used for
a) heavy loads (b) harder materials (c) carbide tools (d) all the above
23 The grit size of the abrasives used in grinding wheel is specified by
a) hardness number (b) size of wheel (c) mesh number (d) refractive index
24 In which of the milling operation maximum friction is caused
a) up milling (b) down milling (c) end milling (d) climb milling
25 In Taylors equation, value of index n is related to
a) work piece material (b) cutting tool material (c) working condition
d) temperature of chip

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