1.
For shafts, the shear due to bending is maximum
at the neutral plane where the normal stress is:
A. Minimum
B. Constant
C. Maximum also
D. Zero
2. The minimum value of numerical combined
shock and fatigue factor to be applied in every
case to the computed bending moment of shaft
is:
A. 2.00
B. 1.75
C. 1.50
D. 1.30
3. What is the other name given to short shaft on
machines?
A. Spindle
B. Head Shafts
C. Core Shafts
D. All of these
4. What is the other name given to a line shaft?
A. Countershaft
B. Main shaft
C. Long shaft
D. Head shaft
5. The speed at which the center of mass will be
equal the deflecting forces on the shaft, the shaft
with its attached bodies will 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
6. 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
7. For transmission shafts the allowable deflection
is 1 degree in length of ___ diameters.
A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 40
8. What is the limiting torsional deflection for
machinery shaft, if the criteria of limiting
torsional deflection vary from 0.08⁰ per foot of
length?
A. 1 ⁰
B. 2.5 ⁰
C. 2 ⁰
D. 3.5 ⁰
9. 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
10. 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. Gibs key
D. Square key
11. What is the other name for Kennedy key?
A. Tangential key
B. Woodruff key
C. Saddle key
D. Rollpin
12. What type of fits used for involute spline?
A. Close fit
B. Press fit
C. Sliding fit
D. All of these
13.Which of the following is used for permanent
fits and similar to involute splines except that
the pressure angle is 14.5⁰?
A. Separation load
B. Spline shaft
C. Stub serrations
D. Involute serrations
14. It is used a coupling, or in addition to another
couplings where, in case of overload, there is
danger of injury to machine or to material in
process.
A. Shear pin
B. Flange coupling
C. Involute serrations
D. King pin
15. What is the maximum shaft angle for a single
Hooke’s coupling?
A. 10⁰
B. 17⁰
C. 15⁰
D. 20⁰
16. What are the two principal parts of a Journal
Bearing?
A. Bearing and Journal
B. Shaft and Babbit
C. Clearance and Fitted
D. Shaft and Cylinder
17. 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
18. What is the difference in radii of the bearing
and journal?
A. Even clearance
B. Clearance ratio
C. Odd clearance
D. Radial clearance
19. When radii of both the 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
20. 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
21. Which of the following is considered
advantageous for bearing materials?
A. Conformability
B. Compatibility
C. Embeddability
D. All of these
22. What is the recommended coefficient of
fluctuation of flywheels for punching, shearing,
pressing machine?
A. 0.005 – 0.1
B. 0.007 – 0.01
C. 0.03 – 0.05
D. 0.01 – 0.03
23. Which of the following considers the 200 series
of bearing?
A. Heavy
B. Medium
C. Light
D. All of these
24. Which of the following considers the 300 series
of bearing?
A. Heavy
B. Medium
C. Light
D. All of these
25. A type of roller bearing in which the balls are
assembled 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
26. Which of the following is not a type of ball
bearing?
A. Shallow groove ball bearing
B. Filling-slot ball bearing
C. Self-aligning ball bearing
D. Deep-groove ball bearing
27. What is the usual 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
28. Which of the following is the approximate
density of 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. What is the recommended speed for leather
belts?
A. 6000 to 7000 fpm
B. 5000 to 6000 fpm
C. 7000 to 8000 fpm
D. 4500 to 5600 fpm
34. What is the usual recommended speed for
fabric belts?
A. 4000 to 5000 fpm
B. 3000 to 4000 fpm
C. 2000 to 3000 fpm
D. 2000 and more fpm
35. Which of the following is the recommended
initial tension of the belt?
A. 75 lb/in of width
B. 73 lb/in of width
C. 71 lb/in of width
D. 80 lb/in of width
36. Two shaft at right angles to each other may be
connected by what arrangement?
A. Half turn
B. Quarter turn
C. ¾ turn
D. One turn
37. What is the minimum number of teeth on a
smaller sprocket for low speed?
A. 12
B. 21
C. 17
D. 14
38. What is the minimum number of teeth on a
smaller sprocket for moderate speed?
A. 17
B. 21
C. 12
D. 14
39. What is the usual minimum number of teeth on
a smaller sprocket for high speed?
A. 21
B. 24
C. 12
D. 14
40. Which of the following is the measure of
torsional stress?
A. Accuracy
B. Stiffness
C. Rigidity
D. Precision
41. When tested in compression, ductile materials
usually exhibit _____ characteristics up to the
yield strength as they do when tested in
tension.
A. The same
B. More than
C. Less than
D. Approximately the same
42. A tolerance where the size of a part is
permitted to be either larger or smaller than
the given dimension.
A. Bilateral
B. Unilateral
C. Lateral
D. None of these
43. A fit generally used on those dimensions
involved in a fit; such as pin in a hole.
A. Unilateral
B. Lateral
C. Bilateral
D. None of these
44. It is relatively finely spaced irregularities of the
surfaces.
A. Smoothness
B. Waviness
C. Lay
D. Roughness
45. Which of the following is the surface finish of
heavy cuts or coarse feed?
A. 200 rms
B. 400 rms
C. 80 rms
D. 500 or greater rms
46. Which of the following is the most dominant
cause (approximately 80%) of machine failures?
A. Torsion
B. Negligence
C. Fatigue failures
D. Compression
47. For wrought steel in its commonly met
commercial forms, ir is often assumed that the
average endurance limit for an average
𝑆𝑈 50% 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 with the Brinell Hardness is
limited to:
A. 500
B. 400
C. 240
D. 450
48. What is the range of the endurance ratio or
Czaud quotes values for steel?
A. 0.23 to 0.65
B. 0.34 to 0.87
C. 0.63 to 0.93
D. 0.34 to 0.45
49. Which of the following indicates the degree of
concentration?
A. Power factor
B. Services factor
C. Stress factor
D. Stress concentration factor
50. The internal stresses that exist in any part of
the material that is subjected to temperature
and not acted upon by an external load.
A. Residual Stress
B. Form Stress
C. Superposed Stress
D. Control Stress
51. It is the process that cold works a limited
amount of material, thus giving a higher
strength, and it leaves a surface compression
stress.
A. Surface finishing
B. Tensioning
C. Surfacing
D. Surface rolling
52. Fatigue strength is increased by repeated loads
just below the normal fatigue limit, followed by
small step by step increase of the loading.
A. Coaxing
B. Triaxing
C. Mixing
D. Relieving
53. It is the diameter of the imaginary cylinder that
bounds the crest of an external thread and the
roots of an internal thread.
A. Mean diameter
B. Root diameter
C. Stress diameter
D. Major diameter
54. It is the distance in inches a screw thread (a
helix) advances axially in one turn.
A. Pitch
B. Mean Pitch
C. Lead
D. Circular Pitch
55. Which of the following bolts is recommended
for general use?
A. UNC
B. UNEF
C. UNF
D. NC
56. Which of the following is frequently used bolt
in automotive and aircraft industries?
A. UNC
B. UNEF
C. UNF
D. NC
57. Which of the following is a particular bolt used
in aeronautical equipment.
A. UNC
B. UNEF
C. UNF
D. NC
58. What type bolt usually used for high-pressure
pipe flanges, cylinder head studs etc.
A. UNC
B. UNF
C. UNEF
D. 8 UN I
59. It is the stress or load induced by the tightening
operation.
A. Initial stress I
B. Initial tension
C. Residual stress
D. None of these
60. For non-metallic gaskets, it has been found that
they should have a certain minimum amount of
compression as _______ for a certain cork
gasket.
A. 62% I
B. 86%
C. 68%
D. 76%
61. It is a screw fastening with a nut on it.
A. Bolt I
B. U-bolt
C. Rivet
D. Screw
62. A fastening which has no nut and turns in to a
threaded hole.
A. Bolt
B. Fastener
C. Rivet
D. Screw I
63. An old name for an unfinished through bolt
comes with a square.
A. Coupling bolt
B. Stud bolt
C. Machine bolt I
D. Automobile bolt
64. It is a type of coil where the helical coil is
wrapped into a circle forming an annular ring.
A. Volute spring
B. Hair spring
C. Motor spring
D. Garter spring I
65. It is a type of spring where thin flat strip wound
up on itself as a plane spiral, usually anchored
at the inside end.
A. Motor spring I
B. Garter spring
C. Volute spring
D. Helical spring
66. It is the ratio of the length of the column and
the radius of gyration of the cross-sectional
area about a centroidal axis.
A. Contact ratio
B. Slenderness ratio I
C. Centroidal ratio
D. Column ratio
67. Under the theories of failure, for static loading
ductile material, the design stress is:
A. Yield stress/Factor of safety
I
B. Ultimate stress/factor of safety
C. Ultimate stress/Proportional Limit
D. Yield Point/Proportional
68. Under theories of failure, the value of shear
stress is how many times that of the tensile
stress?
A. Four times
B. Half I
C. Double
D. One-fourth
69. The theory of mechanics of materials that the
result from the octahedral shear stress theory
and those from the maximum distortion-energy
theory are:
A. The same I
B. Less than
C. More than
D. Not related
70. It is the distance measure axially from a point
on one thread to the corresponding point on an
adjacent thread.
A. Axial pitch I
B. Z-pitch
C. Lead
D. Lead angle
71. It is the angle between a tangent to the pitch
helix and plane normal to the axis of the screw.
A. Helix angle
B. Lead angle I
C. Tangent angle
D. Vertical angle
72. It is suggested that the design factor on the
yield strength be about 1.5 for the smooth load,
2 to 2.2 for minor shock loading, and up to ____
for severe shock loads, especially when the
loading reverses during operation.
A. 4.5 I
B. 3.5
C. 3.0
D. 4.0
73. A typical hub length fall between _____.
A. 1.25D to 2.5D I
B. 1.3D to 3.4D
C. 1.25D to 4.0D
D. D to 7.0D
74. A key with one several patented methods of
keying is driven or pressed into a hole that is
small enough to close the slit, assembled in
radial direction.
A. Fit key
B. Roll pin I
C. Saddle key
D. Pin key
75. A key that allows the hub to move along the
shaft but prevents the rotation of the shaft.
A. Woodruff key
B. Gibs key
C. Feather key I
D. Square key
76. For involute spline, the type of fits used:
A. Close fit
B. Sliding fit
I
C. Press fit
D. All of these
77. A coupling that transmit power via the
frictional forces induced by pulling the flange
toward each other over slotted tapered sleeves.
A. Flange coupling
B. Ribbed compression coupling
C. Rigid coupling
D. Flanged compression Icoupling
78. A coupling used for absorbing some shock and
vibration that may appear on one shaft and of
preventing the occurrence of reversed stresses
caused by the shaft deflecting at the coupling
prevent at the coupling
A. Rigid coupling
B. Flange coupling
C. Flexible coupling I
D. None of these
79. It is the difference in the radii of the bearing
and the journal.
A. Even clearance
B. Clearance ratio
C. Fit clearance
D. Radial clearance I
80. A bearing in which the radii of the journal and
the bearing are the same.
A. Fitted bearing I
B. Full bearing
C. Partial bearing
D. Clearance bearing
81. What is the approximate length to diameter
ratio of hydrodynamic bearings?
A. 1 I
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
82. The opening temperature of oil films in the
bearing must approximately:
A. 140⁰F to 150⁰F
B. 140⁰F to 160⁰F I
C. 120⁰F to 190⁰F
D. 120⁰F to 190⁰F
83. At higher temperature, oil oxidizes more rapidly
above:
A. 120⁰F
B. 200⁰F I
C. 140⁰F
D. 160⁰F
84. For thrust bearing, the speed at moderate
operating condition is:
A. 50 < Vm > 200 fpm I
B. 50 < Vm > 250 fpm
C. 50 < Vm > 220 fpm
D. 50 < Vm > 250 fpm
85. If the ends are joined by wire lacing with
machine, the usual efficiency of joint is:
A. 100%
B. 75%
C. 85%
D. 88% I
86. On high speed centrifugal blowers, it has been
observed that the arc of contact is reduced
from 180⁰ at rest to _____ in motion.
A. 100⁰
B. 90⁰
C. 95⁰
D. 110⁰ I
87. The recommended net belt pull for rubber belt
is:
A. 11.34 lb/ply per inch of width
B. 13.75 lb/ply per inch of
I
width
C. 16.35 lb/ply per inch of width
D. 20.34 lb/ply per inch of width
88. For minimum quietness, use sprockets with
____ or more teeth.
A. 21
B. 23
C. 25
D. 27 I
89. If two intersecting shafts are to be belt
connected guide pulleys are to be used.
A. 1
B. 2 I
C. 3
D. 4
90. Wire ropes are made from cold-drawn with
more teeth.
A. 21
B. 23
C. 25
D. 27 I
91. A wire rope that the wires and strands are
twisted in the opposite direction.
A. Long lay
B. Perform
C. Regular lay I
D. Lang lay
92. A wire rope that the wires and strand are
twisted in the same direction.
A. Long lay
B. Perform
C. Regular lay
D. Lang lay I
93. Which of the following ropes is used for
haulage, rigging, guard rails.
A. 6 X 35 IWRC
B. 6 X 15 IWRC
C. 7 X 8 IWRC
D. 7 X 7 IWRC I
94. Which of the following has been considered as
general purpose rope?
A. 6 X 19 IWRC I
B. 7 X 25 IWRC
C. 7 X 25 IWRC
D. 6 X 9 IWRC
95. Which of the following ropes is used for lines,
hawsers, overhead cranes, and hoist.
A. 6 X 37 IWRC I
B. 6 X 35 IWRC
C. 6 X 25 IWRC
D. 7 X 26 IWRC
96. The regular materials for wire ropes are made
of:
A. Chromium
B. Wrought iron
C. Cast steel
D. High-carbon iron I
97. What is the minimum suggested design factor
of wire ropes for miscellaneous hoisting
equipment is:
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5 I
D. 4
98. To avoid excessive wear rate the recommended
limiting pressure for 6 X 19 rope is ____ for cast
steel.
A. 700 psi
B. 900 psi I
C. 1000 psi
D. 1200 psi
99. To avoid excessive wear rate recommended
limiting pressure for 6 X 19 rope is ______ for
manganese cast steel.
A. 2500 psi I
B. 2000 psi
C. 3000 psi
D. 2300 psi
100. What friction that are used to connect shafts?
A. Clutches I
B. Spring
C. Brakes
D. Holders
