BASIC QB 2

1. Electrons in an atom can exist?

a. Only in exact energy levels
b.Only in exact energy shells
c.At random throughout the atom
d.In Exact energy levels and in exact energy shells
e.All the above
2. A material that has high hardness and good electrical and thermal
connectivity is known as?
a.A plastic material
b.A ceramic material
c.A metallic material
d.A liquid material
3. What term is used to define the change of state directly from solid to
gas?
a.Crystalisation
b.Vaporisation
c.Sublimation
d.None of the above
4. Which of the following is a crystal lattice that has nine atoms, eight at
each corner and one centrally between them?
a.Hexagonal close packing
b.Body centred cubic
c.Face centred cubic
d.Body centred tetragonal
5. Which of the following materials is Body centred cubic at room
temperature?
a. Copper
b. Gold
c. Iron
d.Nickel
6. A property of a fine grain material is that it will?
a.Machine more easily than corse grain
b.Case harden more easily than coarse grain
c.Have higher strength than coarse grain
d.All the above

7. Permanent deformation can occur in which of the following ways?

a.Static deformation
b.Twinning deformation
c.Elastic deformation
d.All of the above
8. Work done to produce plastic deformation below a materials recrystallisation temperature is known as?
a.Recovery work
b.Cold work
c.Twinning
d.Plasticity work
9. Solution heat treatment requires which of the following?
a.To dissolve maximum amount of equilibrium preciptant in the solid solution
b.Very high temperatures
c.Diffusion times in excess of 24 hours
d.All of the above
10. Preciptation hardening is most commonly carried out on which of the
following materials?
a.Carbon steel
b.Lead
c.Copper
d.Alluminium
11. Altropic changes occur in the?
a.Liquid state
b.Solid state
c.Gaseous state
d.Liquid or solid state
12. Which of the following is an allotropic material?
a.Iron
b.Copper
c.Lead
d.Aluminium
13. A heat treatment process that requires a material to be heated above its
critical temperature for some period of time for carbon to unite in solid
solution with iron in the gamma or F.C.C. lattice is known as?
a.

Spherodizing
Annealing
Austentitization
Normalising

14. A process used to decrease hardness, increase ductility and

occasionally improve machinability of high carbon steels is called?
Annealing
Austenitization
Spheroidizing
Stress relieving
15. A treatment that is used to give minimum hardness and maximum
ductility of steel is?
Annealing
Austenitization
Spheroidizing
Normalising
16. Localised corrosion causing deep extend holes is known as?
a.Fisives
b.Pitting
c.Worm holes
d.None of the above
17. Which of the following is classed as permanent deformation? n
a.Twinning
b.Rotational deformation
c.Slip
d.Twinning and Slip
e.All of the above
18. Annealing will achieve which of the following properties?
a. Increase ductility and decrease hardness
b.Increase ductility and increase hardness
c.Decrease ductility and increase hardness
d.Decrease ductility and decrease hardness
19. Of the following metals which is most suceptible to corrosion by sea
water?
a.Gold
b.Copper
c.Zinc
d.Lead
20. During the hardening of steel which of the following quenching media
will produce the severest quench?
a.Water
b.Brine
c.Oil
d.Air

21. Which is the most common metallic element found on earth?

a.Iron
b.Titanium
c.Aluminium
d.Magnesium
22. The product of a blast furnace is known as?
a.Iron
b.Steel
c.Pig iron
d.A pig
23. What is the approproximate carbon content of Pig iron?
a.1-2%
b.2-3%
c.3-4%
d.4-5%
24. When the carbon content of iron is reduced below 2% it is called?
a.Steel
b.Gray iron
c.White iron
d.Ductile iron
25. A Bessemer converter is?
a.A method of producing cast iron
b.A method of producing pig iron
c.A method of producing wrought iron
d.A method of producing steel
26. Practically all steel is made with the use of?
a.Hydrogen
b.Oxygen
c.Nitrogen
d.Helium
27. The carbon content of low carbon steel is?
a.6-25 points of carbon
b.25-50 points of carbon
c.0.06%-0.25% of carbon
d.6-25 points and 0.06%-0.25% of carbon
e.None of the above
28. The carbon content of high carbon steel is?
a.6-25 points of carbon
b.25-50 points of carbon
c.50-160 points of carbon
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d.Over 160 points of carbon

29. An alloy steel is a steel containing one or more?
a.Elements
b.Atoms
c.Mixtures
d.Components
30. What do the letters AISI?
a.American Institute of Steel Industries
b.American Iron and Steel Industries
c.American Industries of Steel Institutes
d.American Iron and Steel Institute
31. Which of teh following is a classification of Stainless Steel?
a.Ferritic
b.Martensitic
c.Austenitic
d.Ferritic and Austenitic
e. All of the above
32. Austenitic stainless steel most typically contain?
a.18% Chromium 8% Nickel
b.15% Chromium 10% Nickel
c.10% Chromium 15% Nickel
d.8% Chromium 18% Nickel
33. Which of the following metals can be magentised?
a.Martensitic stainless
b.Ferritic stainless
c.Austenitic stainless
d.Martensitic stainless and Ferritic stainless
e.None of the above
34. Which of the following may be used as an alloying element of steel?
a.Copper
b.Nickel
c.Aluminium
d.None of the above
e.All the above
35. Steel has a carbon content of less than?
a.4%
b.3%
c.2%
d.1%

36. Which is the main alloying element of austenitic stainless steels?

a.Nickel
b.Manganese
c.Molybdenum
d.Chromium
37. Which of the following furnaces is NOT used to produce steel?
a.Blast furnace
b.Bessemer converter
c.Basic oxygen furnace
d.Open hearth furnace
38. Tool and die steels are classed as?
a.Low carbon steels
b.Medium carbon steels
c.High carbon steels
d.Alloy steels
39. Which of the following alloying additions are used to produce tool and
die steels?
Nickel
Chromium
Manganese
All of the above
Both Chromium and Manganese

BASIC QB 2
BASIC 2 ANS
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