ELEMENTS IN MACHINE DESIGN (J.T.) – MODULE 1 10.

The reciprocal of a diametral pitch or the ratio of pitch

diameter to the number of teeth.
1. The function of clutch in the machine tool is: a. Lead
a. Lowering of drive speed b. Module
b. Alignment of drive shaft c. Involute
c. To disconnect or connect at will the drive d. Clearance
d. To insure that two shafts line up at high speed 11. For an evenly distributed and uniform wear on each
2. Height of tooth above pitch circle or the radial distance meshing gear tooth, the ideal design practice is to
between pitch circle or the radial distance between pitch consider a _____________.
circle and top land of the tooth. a. Wear resistance alloy addition to tooth gear
a. Top root b. Heat treatment of gears
b. Addendum c. Hardening of each tooth
c. Land d. Hunting tooth addition
d. Hunting tooth 12. The changes in shape or geometry of the body due to
3. In involute teeth, the pressure angle is often defined as action of a force on it is called deformation or _____.
the angle between the line of action and the line tangent a. Shear stresses
to the pitch circle. It is termed as: b. Stresses
a. Helix angle c. Compressive stress
b. Angle of recess d. Strain
c. Angle of obliquity 13. Could be defined as simply push or pull.
d. Arc of action a. Work
4. In the selection of wire rope, regular lay means wires and b. Force
strands are arranged in the following manner: c. Inertia
a. Twisted in same direction d. Power
b. Twisted in any direction 14. The differential of the shear equation is which one of the
c. Twisted in opposite direction following:
d. Twisted in along direction a. Bending moment of the beam.
5. Also called eccentrically loaded bearing is ____________. b. Tensile strength of the beam.
a. Full bearing c. Slope of the elastic curfve
b. Offset bearing d. Load of the beam
c. Partial bearing 15. Gear used to transmit power at high velocity ratios
d. Fitted bearing between non-intersecting shafts that are usually but not
6. The property of material that related the lateral strain to necessarily at right angle.
longitudinal strain. a. Helical gear
a. Stress b. Bevel gear
b. Strain c. Worm gear
c. Poisson’s ratio d. Spiral gear
d. Endurance limit 16. The ratio of the moment of inertia of the cross section of
7. The angle included between the side of the thread the beam to the section modulus;
measured in an axial plane in a screw thread: a. Equal to the radius of gyration
a. Angle of thread. b. Equal to the area of the cross section
b. Angle between thread or 40o. c. Measure of a distance
c. Helix angle thread d. Dependent on the modulus of elasticity of beam
d. Half angle thread or 20o. measured
8. Flat leather belting not recommended for use in an 17. Opposite direction parallel forces:
excess of ______ fpm. a. Concurrent
a. 3600 b. Coplanar
b. 4800 c. Couple
c. 6000 d. Non-coplanar
d. All of these 18. Which of the following is the structural class of steel?
9. Ability to resist deformation under stress: a. High speed steel
a. Plasticity b. Tool and die
b. All of these c. Low carbon
c. Stiffness d. High carbon
d. Toughness 19. Continuous stretching under load even if the stress is
less than the yield point:

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 a. Plasticity 29. The following pertain to joining of metals except:
b. Elasticity a. Welding
c. Creep b. Soldering
d. Ductility c. Casting
20. It is recommended for high speed application that the d. Brazing
minimum number of teeth in small sprocket should be: 30. Killed steel is always associated with:
a. 26 to 30 a. Silicon
b. 12 to 16 b. Manganese
c. 26 to 28 c. Phosphorous
d. 18 to 24 d. Sulphur
21. In gear design, the ratio of pitch diameter in inches to the 31. The usual ratio of water to soluble oil used as cutting
number of teeth: fluid:
a. Module a. 50% water to 50% oil
b. Diametral pitch b. 2 water to 1 oil
c. English module c. 3 water to 1 oil
d. Circular d. 4 to 80 water to 1 oil
22. The concave portion of the profile where it joins the 32. The good deoxidizer in steel melting:
bottom of the tooth space: a. Manganese
a. Fillet curve b. Silicon
b. Fillet radius c. All of these
c. Bottom curve d. Aluminium
d. Fillet 33. Good stabilizer in stainless steel:
23. The distance of the tooth which is equal to the a. Columbium
addendum and dedendum” b. Titanium
a. Full c. All of these
b. Whole depth d. Tantalium
c. Working depth 34. What is/are the common cutting fluids used for cutting
d. Dedendum metals?
24. Stresses that are independent of loads: a. All of these
a. Working stress b. Water with soda or borax
b. Operating stress c. Light mineral oil
c. Residual stress d. Soluble oil
d. Shear stress 35. It is considered semi-solid lubricant:
25. It is used to change rotary motion to reciprocation a. All of these
motion: b. Lube oil
a. Helical gear c. Graphite
b. Rack gear d. Grease
c. Worm gear 36. Metals are conducive because:
d. Spur gear a. The electrons are loosely bound to the nuclei and
26. It is recommended not to have a direct drive and therefore mobile
sprockets if the ratio of their teeth exceeds ______, use b. Having a characteristics metallic cluster
two or more step combination. c. They are on the left side of the periodic table.
a. 10 times d. They have extra electrons as exhibited by normally
b. 8 times possible balance state.
c. 5 times 37. The purpose of these parts in application are to have
d. 6 times better bearings to seal the guard against marring, etc.
27. The motion of an object diminished/decreased speed: a. Bearing journal
a. Deceleration b. Metallic seal
b. All of the above c. Washer
c. Retarded motion d. Shaft seal
d. Negative impulse 38. The yield strength of a regular yellow brass (65 to 70%
28. Most popular soldering material: Cu, 30 to 35% Zn) can be increased/improved by:
a. 10/80 a. Cold working
b. 45/55 b. Tempering
c. 50/50 c. Chill casting
d. 60/40 d. Heat treatment

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39. Used in as cast condition steel casting with carbon shaft/countershaft, etc. With these allowable stresses
content less than __________ % C. what will be simplified formula to determine transmitted
a. 0.26 HP, diameter of the shaft or even the rpm (N)?
b. 0.15 to 0.18 a. HP = D3N/80
c. 0.20 b. HP = D3N/53.5
d. 0.25 c. All of these
40. Liners normally are made of: d. HP = D3N/38
a. Cast iron 49. Machine tool used for laying straight lines on metal
b. Alloyed bronze surfaces made of sharp tool steel is called:
c. Alloyed steel a. Plain scriber
d. Alloyed aluminium b. A trammel
41. Endurance strength is nearly proportional to the ultimate c. Hermaphrodite
strength but not with ________. d. Divider
a. Yield strength 50. It is the difference of addendum and dedendum which is
b. Design stress equivalent to the whole depth less working depth.
c. Shear stress a. Fillet space
d. All of the above b. Fillet radius
42. A furnace used in melting non-ferrous metals: c. Clearance
a. Cupola furnace d. Backlash
b. Crucible furnace 51. A lathe machine threading mechanism:
c. Induction furnace a. Reverse gear and lever
d. Normalizing furnace b. Spindle gear
43. Alloy that improves strength of steel at high temperature c. All of these
application: d. Change stud gear
a. Tungsten 52. Separate forces which can be so combined are called:
b. Molybdenum a. Non-concurrent forces
c. All of these b. Couple
d. Chromium c. Combined forces
44. In a gear design, the total work load must be equally d. Concurrent forces
shared by its arms. Rim must be rigid to support these 53. That property of matter which causes it to resist any
arms and also the bead is recommended for its stiffening change in its motion or state of rest:
value. The assumption in the detailed design of rim a. Brake
thickness and depth of bead is ____ circular pitch. b. Friction
a. 0.65 c. Inertia
b. 0.50 d. Impulse
c. 0.56 54. Negative allowance is also called:
d. 0.44 a. Interference of metal
45. Tooth width measured along the chord at the pitch circle: b. Clearance
a. Flank c. Advance
b. Face width d. Allowance of positive fit
c. Width of space 55. Which of the following is not used to resemble the shape
d. Chordal thickness of tool bit?
46. The best instrument for measuring a thousand of an inch: a. Round nose
a. Micrometer b. Center cut
b. Tachometer c. Square nose
c. Calliper d. Thread cutting
d. Pyrometer 56. A kind of thread in which the width of the thread is
47. All are associated with standard material specification, approximately equal to the depth of the thread and the
EXCEPT: space between threads are approximately equal.
a. American Iron and Steel Institute a. Square thread
b. Society of Automotive Engineers b. Acme thread
c. Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute c. Buttress thread
d. American Society for Testing Materials d. Whitworth thread
48. The allowable stresses that are generally used in practice 57. A shaft is to be checked for concentricity. A suitable
are 4 ksi for main power transmitting shaft, 6 ksi for method of performing the check is:
lineshaft carrying pulleys and 8.5 ksi for small, short a. Bench centers and dial indicator

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 b. Bench bottom and calliper 67. When two elastic bodies collide, which of the following
c. Bench top and tachometer laws can be used to solve for the resulting velocity?
d. Bench vise and planer a. Dalton’s law
58. For moderate speed of mating gears, the ideal ratio of b. Avogadro
contact is: c. Conservation of energy
a. 1.25 – 4 d. Conservation of momentum and conservation of
b. 1.2 – 1.45 energy
c. 1.0 – 1.3 68. The ability of a metal to be deformed considerably
d. 1.35 – 1.45 without rupture is called:
59. Nominal diameter of bolts is the: a. Plasticity
a. Major diameter b. All of these
b. Minor diameter c. Ductility
c. Mean diameter d. Malleability
d. Average diameter 69. Permanent deformation or strain may occur without
60. A lathe with multiple cutting stations: fracture:
a. Turret lathe a. Malleability
b. Lathe machine b. Elasticity
c. Milling machine c. Ductility
d. Grinding machine d. Plasticity
61. Major and minor diameter are commonly used in: 70. It is the science of motion that can be solved in terms of
a. Screw threads scalar or vector algebra.
b. Bolts a. Kinematics
c. Gear b. Curvilinear translation
d. All of these c. Projectiles
62. The distance a helical gear or worm would thread along d. Acceleration
its axis in one revolution if it were free to move axially is 71. A system of forces in space is in equilibrium. If two equal
called: and opposite collinear forces are added, which of the
a. Length of action following if any is true?
b. Line of action a. Equilibrium is destroyed
c. Land b. Equilibrium is maintained
d. Lead c. None of these is true
63. Length of contact between two mating parts in a screw d. An unbalance of moment exit
and nut threads measured axially is called: 72. Metal that assists lubrication or lubricant itself:
a. Arc of contact a. Zinc
b. Depth of engagement b. Antimony
c. Length of engagement c. Babbitt
d. Axis of contact d. Lead
64. If the velocity of a mass is the same all the time during 73. A mechanism which is usually do the indexing in a
which motion takes place is called: machine tool:
a. Deceleration a. Universal chuck
b. Uniform motion b. Slotter
c. Acceleration c. Dividing head
d. None of these d. Indexing
65. Device used to measure accurately speed: 74. It equalizes the energy exerted and the work done thus
a. Speedometer preventing excessive or sudden changes of speed.
b. Dial indicator a. Flywheel
c. Tachometer b. Balance wheel
d. Dial gauge c. All o these
66. When the hole is smaller than the shaft, it will take d. Flywheel pulley
pressure to put the parts together. The allowance is said 75. The smallest area at the point of rupture of a tensile
to be negative and is termed as: specimen divided by the original area is called:
a. Negative tolerance a. Percentage elongation
b. Negative allowance b. Isod test
c. Negative fits c. Charpy test
d. Interference of metal d. Percentage reduction of area

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76. The product of the resultant of all forces acting on a body 86. In shear pin or breaking pin design, we may use the data
and the time that the resultant acts: experienced by link-belt for 1/8 inch to 1 pin and the
a. Angular impulse breaking stress is ____ ksi.
b. Angular momentum a. 40
c. Linear impulse b. 55
d. Linear momentum c. 50
77. Which of the following is not a structural class of steel? d. 48
a. Low carbon steel 87. Deals only with the motion of bodies without reference
b. Tool and die steel to the forces that causes them:
c. High chrome alloy steel a. Dynamics
d. High strength low alloy steel b. Kinetics
78. Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of: c. Statics
a. Shear strain to compressive strain d. Kinematics
b. Elastic limit to compressive strain 88. The property that characterizes a material ability to be
c. Lateral strain to longitudinal limit drawn into a wire.
d. Elastic limit to proportional limit a. Ductility
79. All are associated with the grade of steel, EXCEPT: b. Thermal conductivity
a. SAE 43XX c. Tensile strength
b. SAE 13XX d. Endurance limit
c. SAE 10XX 89. The three-moment equation may be used to analyze:
d. SAE 74XX a. Tapered column
80. The property of material which relates the lateral strain b. Continuous beam
to the longitudinal strain: c. Composite beam
a. Stress d. Axially end loaded beam
b. Strain 90. What is the common shop practice to prevent solder
c. Poisson’s ratio from running away from its surface to be joined?
d. Strength a. All of these
81. The maximum stress to which a material may be b. Surround the work with clay
subjected before failure occurs: c. Introduce around the work rolled with cloth
a. Ultimate strength d. Put asbestos sheeting around the work
b. Ultimate stress 91. Non-ferrous filler metal is melted into grooves or as fillet
c. Endurance limit on the mother metal; the base metal is not melted. This
d. Tensile stress commonly used for joining iron based machine parts or
82. Hypoid gear is a special type of gear llike: in repair works of some materials. It is called:
a. Worm gear a. Spot welding
b. Spur gear b. Braze welding
c. Herringbone gear c. Brazing
d. Bevel gear d. Gas Welding
83. Considered a maximum safe center distance of sprockets 92. It is advised that in rubber belts application/mounting, it
should be _____ pitches. Vey long center distance cause should have an initial tension of ________ inch/ply.
catenary tension in the chain. a. 18 to 24
a. 70 b. 15 to 20
b. 80 c. 12 to 15
c. 60 d. 10
d. 50 93. Normal stress relieving temperature for cast steel:
84. Cold working of steel plates makes the metal: a. 200 to 350 F
a. Tougher b. 400 to 500 F
b. More ductile c. 300 to 400 F
c. Harder d. 450 to 550 F
d. More malleable 94. Most effective alloying element for reducing brittleness
85. Recommended best cutting angle of drill for work on of steel at very low temperature:
steel or cast iron is ______ degrees. a. Manganese
a. 48 b. Molybdenum
b. 63 c. Silicon
c. 59 d. Nickel
d. 50

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95. Statement that a given body is in static equilibrium
means that the body cannot:
a. Have any type of motion
b. Be acted upon by more than one force
c. Undergo any displacement
d. Have any acceleration
96. Ordinary steel begins to lose strength and elasticity
significantly at about _________ F.
a. 900 – 1000
b. 800 – 900
c. 750 – 850
d. 600 – 700
97. Clearance to a new boiler installation to the existing or
old plant building should follow a minimum clearance of
__________ between top of the boiler proper and the
ceiling as stated in the PSME Code.
a. 2000 mm (max)
b. 1000 mm (max)
c. 2130 mm (max)
d. 2150 mm (max)
98. For a high corrosion resistant stainless steel, what
minimum chromium content is required?
a. 8%
b. 4.3%
c. 1.1%
d. 5.8%
99. V-belts operate efficiently at speed of about:
a. 4500
b. 4400
c. 4200
d. 3600
100. What type of gear is used for high speed operation?
a. Helical
b. Spur
c. Bevel
d. Worm
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