MACHINE DESIGN

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Which of the following is the allowable tensile
strength of the steel plates?

a. 396.41 N/𝑚2
b. 379.31 N/𝑚2
c. 296.12 N/𝑚2
d. 310.11 N/𝑚2
Which of the following standard SAE designation of
manganese steel?

a. 13XX
b. 11XX
c. 10XX
d. 8XX
Compute the torque received by the motor shaft
running at 4250 rpm. Transmitting 11 Hp, through a
10 in diameter 20 deg involute gear. The shaft is
supported by ball bearings at both ends and the gear
is fixed at the middle 8” shaft length.

a. 163 in. lb
b. 132 in. lb
c. 167 in. lb
d. 138 in. lb
The SAE 2340 shafting contains how many percent
nickel?

a. 3.85 Ni
b. 3.25 to 3.75% Ni
c. 4% Ni
d. 3.84% Ni
Which of the following standard SAE designation for
chromium steel?

a. 92XX
b. 3XXX
c. 5XXX
d. 11XX
In general, alloys with high nickel content retain
toughness to quiet low temperature up to how many
degrees Fahrenheit ?

a. -380
b. -260
c. -400
d. -320
The length of the hub should not be made lesser
than the face width of the gear. Hub lengths usually
vary from 1.24D to 2D is the shaft diameter. What
should be the reasonable diameter of steel hub?

a. 2D
b. 1.55D
c. 1.8D
d. 1.20D
Torsional deflection is a significant consideration in
the design of shaft and the limit should be in the
range of how many degree/ foot length?

a. 0.4 to 1
b. 0.08 to 1
c. 0.1 to 1
d. 0.6 to 1
If the pitch of a screw is 2/9 find the thread per inch.

a. 0.34
b. 5.4
c. 4.5
d. 17
Steel spring materials is usually hardened from 400
to 550 BHN and the carbon content is in the range of
how many percent?

a. 0.50 to 0.90%
b. 0.45 to 0.48
c. 0.96 to 0.48
d. All of these
Shafts readily available in the market are made in
many ways and wide variety of material composition.
It is likely be cold drawn carbon steel in size smaller
than ____ inches diameter.

a. 3.75
b. 5
c. 4
d. 51/2
Plain carbon steel standard designation SAE____.

a. 6XXX
b. 10XX
c. 13XX
d. 2XXX
If the inertia is 90 lb.𝑓𝑡 2 and the speed of the driven
shaft is to be increased from 0 to 2500 rpm in 5
seconds, shaft material is of SAE 4140 with yield
strength of 110000 lbs./ 𝑖𝑛2 , find the clutch starting
torque in in-lb-ft.

a. 159
b. 146
c. 128
d. 191
How many 5/16 inch holes can be punch in one
motion in a steel plate made SAE 1010 steel 7/16
inch thick using a force of 55 tons. The ultimate
strength for shear is 50 ksi and use 2 factor of safety.

a. 5.8
b. 5
c. 3.7
d. 6.5
Which of the following cannot be used in drilling
machine?

a. Reaming
b. Lapping
c. Spot facing
d. Broaching
A kilowatt is equal to:

a. 8851.2 in-lb/sec
b. 57 BTU/min
c. 1140 joule/sec
d. 44.200 ft-lb/min
Molybdenum-chromium- nickel steel designation.

a. SAE48XX
b. SAE56XX
c. SAE43XX
d. SAE46XX
Single forces which produces the same effect upon a
mass replacing two or more forces acting together is
called:

a. Vector
b. Component of forces
c. Resultant
d. Resolution
Permissible variation of the manufactured/ machined
dimension is called:

a. Intolerance fits
b. Allowance
c. Deviation
d. tolerance
Peculiar strength of the metal to resist being
crushed.

a. Shear strength
b. Compressive strength
c. Ultimate strength
d. Elastic limit
What pressure is required for punching a hole 2’ dia
thru ¼” steel plates?

a. 40 tons
b. 45 tons
c. 50 tons
d. 35 tons
What is the working strength of a 2” bolt which is
screwed up tightly in a packed joint when the
allowable working stress is 12,000 psi.

a. 20.4 ksi
b. 23.4 ksi
c. 22.4 ksi
d. 18 ksi
Determine the bursting steam pressure of a steel
shell with diameter of 10 inches and made of ¼ thick
steel plate. The joint efficiency is at 70% and the
tensile strength is 60 ksi.

a. 4200 psi
b. 42.8 psi
c. 10.5 psi
d. 8500 psi
Commonly used by steel melter as deoxidizer
because of its easy availability and cheap price.

a. Silicon
b. Zinc
c. Aluminum
d. Manganese
Curve formed by the path of a point on a straight line
as it rolls along a convex base curve. The base curve
is usually a circle and generally used as the profile of
gear tooth.

a. Axial plane
b. Arc of recess
c. Involute
d. Arc of action
Resultant of two component forces is called:

a. Composition of forces
b. Component
c. Resultant
d. Collinear of forces
A material having a high electrical resistance and
should not be used for conductor of electric current.

a. Alloyed magnesium
b. Nickel
c. Silicon base alloy
d. Zinc
It improves red hardness of steel.

a. Silicon
b. Cobalt
c. Lead
d. Manganese
Designated pipe color used in communication.

a. Silver grey
b. Bare
c. Aluminum gray
d. White
The design stress factor of safety are related in the
following manner.

a. Design stress = ultimate stress / factor of safety

b. Ultimate stress = factor of safety / design stress
c. Factor of safety = design stress / ultimate stress
d. Design stress = factor of safety x stress
concentration factor
Not adaptable to welding due to low tensile strength
and poor ductility etc.

a. Copper parts
b. Aluminum parts
c. Cast iron materials
d. Bronze parts
Bearing surface that completely surrounds the
journal is also called:

a. Offset bearing
b. Centrally loaded bearing
c. Full bearing
d. Babbitt bearing
The purpose of lubrication is as mentioned except:

a. To lighten the load

b. Prevent adhesion
c. Prevent corrosion/ oxidation
d. Cool the moving elements
Tools usually used in wood pattern making in foundry
shop:

a. Saws and chisel

b. Knives and drills
c. Band saw
d. Drill machine
It is a plane perpendicular to the axial plane and to
the pitch plane in gears and the plane of rotation
coincides.

a. Tangent plane
b. Transverse
c. Straight plane
d. Reference plane
A 36 tooth pinion with a turning speed of 300 rpm
drives 120 tooth gear of 14 ½ ° involute full depth
pressure angle. What would be the speed of the
driven gear?

a. 1000 rpm
b. 90 rpm
c. 100 rpm
d. 140 rpm
Several force which can be combined is called:

a. Resultants
b. Components
c. Composition of forces
d. Collinear forces
The surface along the fillet curves or between the
fillets radius of the two adjacent tooth or gear.

a. Bottom land
b. Fillet
c. Flank
d. Top land
Ideal herringbone gear helix is in the range of:

a. Bottom land
b. Fillet
c. Flank
d. Top land
Ideal herringbone gear helix is in the range of:

a. 30 to 45
b. 25 to 30
c. 35 to 50
d. 15 to 20
A three extension coil spring are hooked in series
that support a single weight of 100 kgs. The first
spring is rated at 0.400 kg/ mm and the other 2
lower spring is rated at 0.64 kg/ in. compute the total
deflection.

a. 263 mm
b. 156 mmm
c. 268 mm
d. None of these
The lack of backlash in a spur gear design/ operation
may result to:

a. Overloading
b. All of these
c. Jamming
d. Overheating
The distance from a point on a screw thread to a
corresponding point on the next thread measure
along the axis:

a. Flank
b. Crest
c. Lead
d. Pitch
As recommended the center to center distance
between sprockets should not be less than ___ times
the bigger sprocket:

a. 2.216
b. 1½
c. 1¾
d. 2.59
Machine shop instrument for checking the flatness of
plane surfaces to 10ths of thousandths of centimeter.

a. Blade type micrometer

b. Planimeter
c. Dial caliper
d. micrometer
Molybdenum steel standard designation SAE.

a. 88XX
b. 40XX
c. 48XX
d. 46XX
Also called eccentrically loaded bearing is:

a. Full bearings
b. Partial bearing
c. Offset bearing
d. Fitted bearing
In the selection of wire rope, regular lay means wires
and strands are arranged in the following manner.

a. Twisted in the same direction

b. Twisted in opposite direction
c. Twisted in any direction
d. Twisted in along direction
In involute teeth, the pressure angle is often defined
as the angle between the line of action and the line
of tangent to the pitch circle. It is also termed as:

a. Helix angle
b. Angle of obliquity
c. Angle of recess
d. Arc of action
Instantaneous center is also called:

a. Centro
b. Virtual center
c. Rotopole
d. All of these
What is the stress to strain ratio within the elastic
limit?

a. Elastic limit
b. Elasticity
c. Modulus of elasticity
d. Compressive ratio
A material plane was subjected to a load. When the
load was removed the strain disappeared. From the
structural change which of the following can be
considered about this material?

a. It does not follow Hooke’s Law

b. It is elastic
c. It has high modulus of elasticity
d. It is plastic
Allowance added in the casting pattern to
compensate for the contraction of metal

a. Tapering allowance
b. Finish allowance
c. Shrinkage allowance
d. Draft pattern
Ratio of the angle of action to the pitch angle

a. Contact ratio
b. Ratio of gearing
c. Approach ratio
d. Module
General purpose grade of steel used for broiler parts
structural etc. usually with carbon content of:

a. 0.20 to 0.30%
b. 0.35 to 0.50%
c. 0.15 to 0.25%
d. All of these
The angle made by the helix of the thread ( in a
straight thread) at the pitch diameter with a plane
perpendicular to the axis called:

a. Angle of thread
b. Lead angle
c. Truncation
d. Lead
The principle materials use din the production of
metal working tools:

a. High carbon steel

b. Titanium, phosphorous
c. Tungsten, silicon, hadfield Mn
d. Vanadium, chromium, molybdenum
In the interest of design simplification and good
kinematic compounds bevel gears adopted a
standard pressure angle of __ degrees.

a. 20° involute stub

b. 14 ½ involute full depth
c. 20°
d. 17 1/2
The property of material that relates the lateral strain
to longitudinal strain.

a. Stress
b. Poisson’ ratio
c. Strain
d. Endurance limit
It is generally recommended and normal for a
designer to add hunting tooth to evenly distribute
the wear on meshing teeth like 53 teeth gears mesh
with 30 teeth pinion. Find the rotation of pinion to
mesh with same pair of teeth again.

a. 120
b. 61
c. 81
d. 53
The shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6000 in
lbs has 1 ½ inch in diameter and 60000 psi yield
strength. Compute for the shaft mean average stress.

a. 6036 psi
b. 5162 psi
The angle made by the helix of the thread ( in a
straight thread ) at the pitch diameter with a plane
perpendicular to the axis is called:

a. Lead angle
b. Lead
c. Truncation
d. Angle of thread
The rule of thumb in journal bearing design; the
clearance ratio/ clearance should be.

a. 0.0090
b. 0.0010
c. 0.0042
d. 0.00120
The moment of inertia of a rectangle whose base is
“b” height “h” about its base is:

a. 𝑏ℎ3ൗ
4
b. 𝑏ℎ3ൗ
24
c. 𝑏ℎ3ൗ
12
d. 𝑏ℎ3ൗ
3
 cold rolled shafting is not available in diameter
larger than:

a. 6 inches
b. 6 ½ inches
c. 5 inches
d. 5 ½ inches
Height of tooth above pitch circle or the radial
distance between pitch circle and top land of the
tooth.

a. Top root
b. Land
c. Addendum
d. Hunting tooth
The function of clutch in the machine tool is?

a. Lowering of drive speed

b. To disconnect or connect at will the drive
c. Alignment of drive shaft
d. To insure that two shaft line up at high speed
A resulting force that replace two or more forces
acting together.

a. Vector
b. Resultant
c. Couple
d. Equilibrant
Stress relieving is also ____ for the purpose of
reducing the internal stresses of steel material/
metal.

a. Normalizing
b. Annealing
c. Tempering
d. All of these
Martensite (stainless steel) contains 4 to 26% Cr. And
a maximum of ____% nickel.

a. 2.5
b. 3.5
c. 3.25
d. 2.0
Martensite (stainless steel) contains 4 to 26% Cr. And
a maximum of ____% nickel.

a. 2.5
b. 3.5
c. 3.25
d. 2.0
Compute the deflection of a 18 coils helical soring
having a load of 100 kgs. The modulus of elasticity in
shear spring is 96.62 Gpa, OD of 9. 256 cm and with
diameter of 9525 mm. the spring is square and
ground ends.

a. 9mm
b. 112mm
c. 101mm
d. 14mm
A flanged bolt coupling has ten(10) steel 25.4mm
diameter bolts evenly tighten around a 415mm bolt
circle. Determine the torque capacity of the
connection if the allowable shearing stress in the bolt
is 50MN/m^2.

a. 59.95 kN-m
b. 46.15 kN-m
c. 52.6 kN-m
d. 43.8 kN-m
The material that can cut/ wear hardest substance
subjected to:

a. Carbide
b. Tungsten
c. Abrasive
d. Vanadium
A ridge of uniform section in the form of a helix cut
around the circumference of a cylinder and
advancing along the axis.

a. Thread roots
b. Screw threads
c. Helix thread
d. chamfers
Cast iron flywheels are commonly designed with
factor of safety of

a. 10 to 13
b. 10 to 14
c. 10 to 12
d. 8 to 13
Class of material exhibiting decreased electrical
conductivity with increasing temperature.

a. Aluminu
b. Metals
c. P-type semiconductors
d. N-type semiconductors
The welding made along the edges of two parallel
plates is called;

a. Groove joint
b. Edge joint
c. Fillet joint
d. Corner joint
Not part and in fact should not be used in the steel
melting process:

a. Coke
b. Zinc
c. Silicon
d. Aluminum
Rule of thumb in calculating the Equipment
foundation mass should be __ times the weight of
the machinery it is supposed to support.

a. 3-5
b. 3-9
c. 3-6
d. 2-4
The strength of non- ferrous alloys is at maximum at
room temperature while that of ferrous metal has a
maximum strength at ___ deg F.

a. 400
b. 450
c. 1200
d. 350
The ratio of stress acting on an elastic substance to
the decrease in volume per unit volume.

a. Bulk modulus
b. Elastic limit
c. Modules of resilience
d. Modules of elasticity
The normal helix angles in helical gear is
recommended in the range of __ degrees.

a. Less than 18
b. 15 to 25
c. 20 to 35
d. 20 to 30
Type of bolt commonly used in the construction that
is threaded in both ends.

a. Stud bolt
b. Hex bolt
c. Acme thread bolts
d. Square threaded bolts
It is rigid piece which serves to transmit force from a
piece another piece or to cause/ control motion.

a. Follower
b. Cam motion
c. Crank
d. Link
A 20 kgs. Cast iron piece rest on a plain horizontal
aluminum surface. To move the object it needs a
force of 7 lbs. the density of Al is 0.098 lb/in^3 and
iron is 0.260 lb/in^3.

a. 0.172
b. 1.601
c. 0.186
d. 0.160
Which of the following is an iron based alloy
containing 9- 16% chromium?

a. Mn Hadfield steel
b. Stainless steel
c. Chrome- moly steel
d. High chrome steel
Shafting up to 3 inches in diameter is usually made
from sold rolled steel and the common biggest
diameter of cold rolled steel is:

a. 4 ¼ inches
b. 6 ¾ inches
c. 6 7/8 inches
d. 5 inches
It is ideal for maximum quietness in sprockets drive
operation to choose ____ or more teeth.

a. 24
b. 27
c. 18
d. 21
All associated with standard material specification
except:

a. American Iron and Steel Institute

b. Society of Automotive Engineers
c. Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute
d. American Society for Testing Materials
For stable equipment foundation the total combined
engine driven equipment and foundation center of
gravity must be kept below the foundation’s too that
usually about ___ times the usual total combined
weight of the machinery it is supposed to support.

a. 3 to 4
b. 2 to 4
c. 3 to
d. 3 to 5
A cylinder tank with 10” diameter contains oxygen
gas at 2500 psi. calculate the required wall thickness
in (mm) under stress of 28 000 psi.

a. 11.34 mm
b. 12.44 mm
c. 10.24 mm
d. 10.54 mm
The process of peening the joint portion immediately
after the welding greatly improves the fusion
structures avoids possible cracking, avoids possible
distortion etc. peening can also ____ process at the
same time.

a. Tempering
b. Normalizing
c. Mar tampering
d. Annealing
What do you call the distance between rivet center
nearest each other in adjacent rows?

a. Pitch
b. Margin
c. Back pitch
d. Diagonal pitch
Which of the following is a major alloy of tool steel?

a. Cr
b. Cobalt
c. Fen
d. Mn
Should two equal and opposite collinear forces is
added to the forces already in equilibrium, which of
the following statement is true?

a. Unbalanced moment is maintained

b. Equilibrium is maintained
c. Equilibrium is disturbed
d. It creates an unbalances situation
In pressure vessels, which of the following resists
internal pressure through bending?

a. Shell –type element

b. Cam type element
c. Plate- type element
d. Spherical type element
Which of the following flanges is suitable for low and
moderate pressure?

a. ring- flange
b. Lap joint flange
c. Tapered- hub flange
d. Welding neck flange
It is the process of pre- stressing or over-stressing of
a hollow cylindrical member beyond the elastic
range.

a. Presstagge
b. Autofrettage
c. Stress relieving
d. Countersinking
It is the phenomenon occurring when two touching
surfaces have a high contact pressure and when
these surfaces have minute relative motion.

a. Prestressing
b. Fretting
c. Friction
d. Carving