Oml751 Testing of Materials MCQ
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TESTING OF MATERIALS
OBJECTIVES
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To understand the various destructive and non destructive testing
methods of materials and its industrial applications.
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committee, Testing standards, Result Analysis, Advantages of testing.
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Introduction to mechanical testing, Hardness test (Vickers, Brinell, Rockwell),
Tensile test, Impact test (Izod, Charpy) - Principles, Techniques, Methods,
Advantages and Limitations, Applications. Bend test, Shear test, Creep and
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Fatigue test - Principles, Techniques, Methods, Advantages and Limitations,
Applications.
Plasma-Mass Spectrometry.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
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b) Malleability
c) Tensile Strength
d) Yield Strength
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b) Gold
c) Platinum
d) Aluminium
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3. Ductility of ceramics is ___
a) Less than 1%
b) 2 – 4% pa
c) 4 – 40%
d) More than 40%
a) 10%
b) 14%
c) 16%
d) 25%
a) Cold working
b) Annealing
c) Alloying
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d) Inclusions
b) HCP
c) BCC
d) SC
c) Grain refinement
d) Alloying
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10. Neutron irradiation by neutrons can ___ yield stress and ___ ductility.
a) Increase, increase
b) Increase, decrease
c) Decrease, increase
d) Decrease, decrease
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11. With the increase in the degree of stress triaxiality, ductility of material
decreases.
a) True
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b) False
d) 41%
c) 67%
d) 78%
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c) Compressive strength
d) Malleability
c) Silver
d) Aluminium
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c) Lead
d) Aluminium
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c) Remains constant
d) Varies independent of temperature
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a) Wires
b) Sheets
c) Bars pa
d) Billets
20. Malleable iron is made by heating white iron between _____ for a long time
period.
a) 200-300°C
b) 400-500°C
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c) 800-900°C
d) 1100-1200°C
a) Graphite flakes
b) Graphite nodules
c) Graphite clusters
d) Spheroidite
malleability.
a) True
b) False
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26. A material’s resistance to elastic deflection is known as ___
a) stiffness
b) toughness
c) hardness
d) elasticity
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27. What is the SI unit of stiffness?
a) N/m
b) N/m
c) Nm2
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d) N
30. Stiffness and strength of polymer ___ with an increase in the degree of
crystallinity.
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains constant
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a) True
b) False
a) True
b) False
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b) increases, decreases
c) decreases, increases
d) decreases, decreases
35. The property of a material which enables it to absorb energy and deform
plastically without fracture is ______
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a) Stiffness
b) Toughness
c) Hardness
d) Resilience
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36. What is the SI unit of tensile toughness?
a) N/m pa
b) in.lbf.in-3
c) Jm-3
d) Jm3
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41. Which factor decreases toughness of material?
a) Alloying
b) Temperature
c) Grain refinement
d) Strain rate
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42. What is the reason of low toughness of grey cast iron?
a) Strain rate
b) Notch effect
c) Grain size effect
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d) Crystal structure
43. Which material, would you choose for high toughness property on lower
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temperatures?
a) Steel
b) Aluminium
c) Zinc
d) SiC
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44. Stress intensity factor is not a function of _______
a) Loading
b) Crack size
c) Volume
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d) Structural geometry
45. Material has tensile strength 40 MPa and fracture strain 0.39. What will be
approximate value of toughness?
a) 10.2 MJ/m3
b) 15.6 MJ/m3
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c) 16.7 MJ/m3
d) 18.9 MJ/m3
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46. A material has tensile strength 210 MPa, yield strength 117 MPa and
fracture strain 0.45. What will be approximate value of toughness?
a) 54.8 MJ/m3
b) 67.4 MJ/m3
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c) 73.6 MJ/m3
d) 89.2 MJ/m3
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49. The toughness of the composite depends on the toughness of the matrix.
a) True
b) False
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a) Toughness
b) Resilience
c) Hardness
d) Stiffness
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51. What is SI unit of hardness?
a) kg/m3 pa
b) kg/m2
c) g/m2
d) N/m
c) Over aging
d) Tempering
a) 5-10 HV
b) 10-14 HV
c) 15-20 HV
d) 20-30 HV
a) Brinell
b) Rebound
c) Knoop
d) Rockwell
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______
a) Increases, increases
b) Increases, decreases
c) Decreases, increases
d) Decreases, decreases
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58. Which process increases the hardness of the material?
a) Tempering
b) Annealing
c) Quenching
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d) Over aging
61. Cooling rate _____ with distance from the quenched end, and the hardness
_____
a) Increases, increases
b) Increases, decreases
c) Decreases, increases
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d) Decreases, decreases
a) True
b) False
a) Spheroidite
b) Pearlite
c) Bainite
d) Martensite
64. Coarse pearlite is harder than fine perlite for the same composition of Steel.
a) True
b) False
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a) 550 MPa
b) 220 MPa
c) 350 MPa
d) 760 MPa
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Tensile strength
Material
(in MPa)
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i) Annealed silver p) 15
ii) Rubber q) 33
iii) Brass r) 170
iv) Glass s) 550
c) Kg/m3
d) psi
68. The ability of the material to withstand tensile force, without breaking, is
known as ______
a) Yield strength
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b) Tensile strength
c) Compressive strength
d) Creep strength
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69. With an increase in the degree of cold working, tensile strength of material
______
a) Increases
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b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) First decreases then increase
70. Which one of the following factor decreases the tensile strength?
a) Cold working
b) Alloying
c) Temperature rise
d) Grain refinement
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b) UTS increases with a decrease in temperature.
c) UPS increases with an increase in grain size.
d) Larger the difference between the radius of solute and solvent atoms of
alloy, higher is the tensile strength.
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a) True
b) False
73. If the Brinell hardness of a steel specimen is measured 149 HBN. What will
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be the UTS?
a) 431 MPa
b) 514 MPa pa
c) 608 MPa
d) 637 MPa
74. Brinell hardness of a steel specimen is 151 HBN. Give the value of UTS of
Steel in psi.
a) 520 psi
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b) 42050 psi
c) 75500 psi
d) 86200 psi
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75. Find the minimum tensile strength of spring material ASTM A232 having
diameter 3 millimeter, exponent m = 0.155 and constant A = 173 kpsi.
a) 120 kpsi
b) 146 kpsi
c) 158 kpsi
d) 167 kpsi
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b) False
b) Molecular weight
c) Purity
d) Grain size
b) 1737 MPa
c) 3620 MPa
d) 3757 MPa
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b) 138 MPa
c) 450 MPa
d) 830 MPa
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b) N/m2
c) Nm2
d) g/cm2
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81. Strain offset of _____ is commonly used.
a) 0.002
b) 0.004 pa
c) 0.006
d) 0.008
82. _____ is the maximum stress that can be applied to the material without
causing plastic deformation.
a) Tensile strength
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b) Fatigue strength
c) Compressive strength
d) Yield strength
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83. As the temperature of a material is lowered, the yield stress _____ and the
fracture stress _____
a) Increases, increases
b) Increases, decreases
c) Decreases, increases
d) Decreases, decreases
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b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) First increases then decrease
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87. Yield point phenomenon creates problems in deep drawing operations of
sheet Steels.
a) True
b) False
88. Which one of the following, gives the relation between work hardening and
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yield strength of material?
a) Δσy = Gbρ
b) Δσy = Gb√ρ
c) Δσy = G√ρb
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d) Δσy = Gρ√b
90. _____ is the ability of a material to sustain impact forces without fracture.
a) Impact strength
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b) Toughness
c) Tensile strength
d) Compressive strength
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91. Moisture absorption causes ___ in impact strength and ___ in the strength
of polymers.
a) Increase, Increase
b) Increase, decrease
c) Decrease, Increase
d) Decrease, decrease
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b) 12-20 J/m
c) 50-100 J/m
d) 100-210 J/m
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95. Cleavage in bcc materials take place along ___ plane.
a) {001}
b) {110}
c) {123}
d) {112}
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96. Brittle fracture needs more energy than the ductile fracture.
a) True
b) False
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97. Ductile-brittle transition temperature increases with strain rate.
a) True
b) False pa
98. Which statement is false according to impact strength?
a) Notch serves as a stress concentration zone
b) Lowering the temperature reduces the impact strength in BCC materials
c) Generally, strong metals have a lower impact strength
d) In polymers, impact strength keeps on the increase with
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temperature
b) 10×12 mm
c) 12×12 mm
d) 8×10 mm
elevated temperature?
a) Fatigue
b) Creep
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c) Impact
d) Wear
a) Temperature
b) Time
c) Load
d) Stress cycle
b) Voids
c) Grain boundaries
d) Dislocations
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b) Creep strength
c) Fatigue strength
d) Rebound hardness
104. The ______ the melting point and the _____ the elastic modulus, the
higher is creep strength.
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a) Lower, lower
b) Lower, higher
c) Higher, lower
d) Higher, higher
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105. In _____ creep, atoms diffuse along grain boundaries and grains elongate
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in stress axis.
a) Dislocation
b) Nabarro-Herring
c) Coble
d) Solute drag
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106. With which factor, a magnitude of creep doesn’t increase?
a) Temperature
b) Time
c) Grain size
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d) Stress
a) True
b) False
c) D-3
d) D-1
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Material Creep temperature
i) Carbon steel p) > 50-150°C
ii) Alloy steel q) > room temperature
iii) Light metal and alloy r) > 450°C
iv) tin r) > 420°C
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a) i-r, ii-s, iii-p, iv-q
b) i-s, ii-r, iii-p, iv-q
c) i-r, ii-s, iii-q, iv-p
d) i-s, ii-r, iii-q, iv-p
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112. The ability of a metal workpiece to undergo plastic deformation without
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being damaged is known as ____
a) Formability
b) Stiffness
c) Resilience
d) Yield strength
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113. Which instrument is used to measure formability?
a) Universal testing machine
b) Impact testing machine
c) Erichsen machine
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d) Impurities
a) Annealing
b) Cold working
c) Inclusions
d) Grain coarsening
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116. Erichsen value of formability ______ with the thickness of the metal
sheet.
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) First increases and then decreases
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118. In the _____ test, the specimen is bent between two rollers until an angle
between 30° to 45° is reached.
a) Free bending test
b) Olsen cup test
c) Swift cup test
d) Fukui conical cup test
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119. What is the value of lankford coefficient (r) for good deep drawable
material?
a) ≤ 1
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b) ≤ 2
c) ≤ 3
d) ≤ 4 pa
120. Inclusions don’t affect formability of materials.
a) True
b) False
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121. Lack of symmetry in crack shows anisotropy in a material.
a) True
b) False
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b) Percentage reduction
c) Poisson’s ratio
d) Elasticity
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126. What term is used for the ratio of lateral strain to linear strain?
a) Bulk modulus
b) Elastic modulus
c) Shear strain
d) Poisson’s ratio
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127. Material, if show identical properties in all directions, is said to be
_________
a) Isotropic
b) Elastic
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c) Ideal
d) Homogeneous
d) Copper
c) Modulus of elasticity
d) Proportional limit
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d) Plastic deformation
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a) Pu / Ai
b) Pu / A0
c) P / Ai
d) P / A0
135. True strain is ____ than the engineering strain corresponding to a given
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load.
a) Larger
b) Smaller
c) Equal
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d) Either smaller or equal
139. Plastic instability occurs when the slope of the true stress strain curve
____ the true stress at the point.
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a) Exceeds
b) Equals
c) Is less
d) Is less or higher
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140. True value of stress experience by material _____ than the conventional
one for a given load.
a) Higher
b) Lower
c) Equal
d) Higher or lower
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142. True stress strain curve _______
a) Continuously rises
b) After yield point comes down
c) After yield point remains constant
d) Uncertain after yield point
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143. The points on the true stress strain curve ______ the conventional stress
strain curves up to the onset of necking.
a) Lie on the left of
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b) Lie on the right of
c) Superimpose
d) May lie on left or right pa
144. Materials in general have higher elastic strain of 50% order.
a) True
b) False
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) First increases then decrease
a) 10 mm
b) 20 mm
c) 30 mm
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d) 50mm
b) Temperature
c) Load
d) Strain rate
149. For L/D ratio greater than ___________ the reduction in area is
independent of ratio.
a) 0.2
b) 2
c) 5
d) 10
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b) Lower
c) Equal
d) Higher or lower
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151. With an increase in strain rate, ductility ______ and tensile strength
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_____
a) Increases, increases
b) Increases, decreases
c) Decreases, increases
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d) Decreases, decreases
152. Yield and flow strength at lower plastic strain is more dependent on _____
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than ______
a) Strain rate, tensile strength
b) Tensile strength, strain rate
c) Strain rate, temperature
d) Temperature, tensile strength
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153. At strain rates _____ behaviour of the material is characterized by creep.
a) Low, 104 per second
b) Low, 10-4 per second
c) High, 104 per second
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154. Elastic modulus and strength ____ and ductility ___ as the temperature of
material increases.
a) Increases, increases
b) Increases, decreases
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c) Decreases, increases
d) Decreases, decreases
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156. In FCC metals, yield stress increases rapidly with decreasing temperature.
a) True
b) False
b) Zn
c) Fe
d) Sn
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b) Decreases
c) Remains constant
d) First Increases, then decreases
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a) Increases, increases
b) Increases, decreases
c) Decreases, increases
d) Decreases, decreases
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160. Softening process dominates over hardening process in ___________
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stage of creep.
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) Quaternary
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161. Stress rupture curves show the variation in stress as a function of
___________
a) Temperature
b) Time
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c) Cycles
d) Notch depth
c) Flow
d) Tertiary
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d) Viscous
c) ε
d) t
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c) ε
d) t
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167. The most common creep rate corresponds to which the creep strength is
specified is _________
a) 1% in 100 hrs
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b) 1% in 1000 hrs
c) 1% in 10,000 hrs
d) 1% in 100,000 hrs pa
168. In what terms, fatigue life is measured?
a) Time of failures
b) Number of cycles of failure
c) Stress of failure
d) Appearance of fracture
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169. Fatigue curves are popularly known as __________ curves.
a) S
b) R
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c) N
d) S-N
170. What term is used for the maximum stress at which material fail on a
specified number of cycle?
a) Fatigue strength
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b) Fatigue life
c) Ultimate tensile strength
d) Endurance limit
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c) Nonferrous materials
d) Alloys
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c) Magnesium
d) Al-Mg alloys
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c) Dynamic recovery
d) Vacancy coalescence
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a) 102 – 103
b) 105 – 106
c) 107 – 108 pa
d) 1011 – 1012
176. What is the relation between stress at the tension side and diameter of the
fatigue test specimen?
a) σt α d
b) σt α d2
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c) σt α 1/d2
d) σt α 1/d3
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c) Pore
d) Soft spots
a) Grain boundaries
b) Weak crystal
c) Slip band
d) Gas pores
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b) Macro
c) Nano
d) Atomic
182. Which theory defines fatigue failure using microscopic slip bands?
a) Orowan’s theory
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b) Wood’s theory
c) Cottrell’s theory
d) Dislocation theory
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183. What term is used for initial crack formation during fatigue?
a) Cracking
b) Stage I fatigue pa
c) Stage II fatigue
d) Micro cracking
185. Material with a high surface to volume ratio have _________ fatigue life.
a) Very low fatigue life
b) Very high fatigue life
c) Lower fatigue life
d) Improved fatigue life
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186. Which of the following material fails by both hysteric heating and crack
propagation?
a) Nylon
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b) Polyethylene
c) Propylene
d) PMMA
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b) Toughness
c) Tensile strength
d) Compressive strength
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b) Rockwell
c) Shore
d) Knoop
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b) Rockwell hardness test
c) Shore hardness test
d) Vickers hardness test
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191. For hardness test, where test load is larger than 1 kgf, is categorized as
__________
a) Micro-hardness test pa
b) Macro-hardness test
c) Scratch hardness test
d) Reboud hardness test
a) Ductility
b) Plasticity
c) Stiffness
d) Ductility
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197. Vickers hardness test gives accurate readings.
a) True
b) False
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b) False
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b) Diamond ball
c) Diamond prism
d) Steel prism pa
200. What test force is applied for nonferrous materials in Brinell test?
a) 50 kgf
b) 500 kgf
c) 1000 kgf
d) 3000 kgf
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201. What test force is applied for steels and cast irons in Brinell test?
a) 500 kgf
b) 1000 kgf
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c) 2000 kgf
d) 3000 kgf
202. What is the most important source of error in the Brinell test?
a) Surface roughness
b) Indentation measurement
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c) Coarse structure
d) Indenter error
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203. What is the ball diameter taken for indenter of 500 kgf load in Brinell test?
a) 50 mm
b) 1 mm
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c) 5 mm
d) 10 mm
204. What is the ball diameter taken for 1 kgf test load in Brinell test?
a) 1 mm
b) 5 mm
c) 10 mm
d) 50 mm
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c) Surface roughness
d) Load
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c) ASTME10
d) ASTMB20
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a) P
b) P/D
c) P*D pa
d) P/D2
208. For very hard metals _________ ball is used in Brinell test.
a) Hardened steel
b) Alloyed steel
c) Tungsten carbide
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d) Diamond
209. A ball Indenter of _________ mm and _________ kgf load is used in case
of gray cast iron.
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a) 10, 3000
b) 5, 750
c) 10, 1000
d) 10, 500
a) True
b) False
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214. Which standards define Vickers hardness test?
a) ASTM E92-72
b) ASTME10
c) ASTME19-74
d) ASTME334-69
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215. Up to a Vickers hardness of _________ the VHN agrees with the BHN.
a) 30
b) 100
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c) 350
d) 1000
a) Accurate readings
b) One type indenter for all type materials
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216. What is the disadvantage of the Vickers test?
218. One division of the main scale equals _________ in Vickers test.
a) 0.1 mm
b) 0.01 mm
c) 1.0 mm
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d) 0.001 mm
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222. Yield strength is given as HV/0.3.
a) True
b) False
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b) False
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b) Vickers
c) Shore
d) Rockwell pa
225. Rockwell test utilizes ___________ a measure of hardness.
a) Load
b) Depth of indentation
c) Diameter of indentation
d) Time of loading
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226. A minor load of _________ is applied to seat the specimen in the Rockwell
test.
a) 1 kg
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b) 5 kg
c) 10 kg
d) 150 kg
b) Personal error
c) Bigger size of indentation
d) Different indenters
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c) Indenter geometry
d) Heat-treatment
b) 0.02 mm
c) 0.002 mm
d) 0.0002 mm
230. Hardened steel is tested on the C scale with ________ indenter and a
_______ kg major load.
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a) Diamond, 100
b) Diamond, 150
c) 1.6 mm steel ball, 100
d) 3.2 mm steel ball, 150
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a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
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232. What is the hardness of low brass?
a) HRB 40 pa
b) HRB 55
c) HRC 55
d) HRC 60
b) False
a) 2-200 gmf
b) 5-1000 gmf
c) 60 gmf
d) 100 gmf
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239. What is the diagonals’ ratio of Knoop indenter?
a) 1:1
b) 1:2
c) 7:1
d) 10:1
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240. Which test is more preferred for testing hardness of electroplated surface?
a) Dynamic hardness test
b) Scratch hardness test
c) Macrohardness test
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d) Microhardness test
d) 9000 HK
a) 68 HK
b) 69 HK
c) 343 HK
d) 820 HK
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245. In microhardness test, Vickers test uses load less than 1 kgf.
a) True
b) False
b) False
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c) KHN = P/ D2
d) KHN = P/L2C
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c) Knoop
d) Vickers
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a) 125 mm
b) 250 mm
c) 500 mm pa
d) 750 mm
b) Decreases
c) First Increases and then decreases
d) Remains constant
b) Penetration
c) Inertial effect
d) Personal error
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c) Clamping problem
d) Heavy machinery
254. Which test should be preferred for finished lathe machine bed?
a) Brinell
b) Poldi
c) Shore
d) Rockwell
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c) 150 mm
d) 250 mm
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c) Not accurate
d) Can’t perform on heavy machinery
257. Poldi hardness test gives a value of ________ also along with dynamic
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hardness.
a) Yield strength
b) Tensile strength pa
c) Toughness
d) Young’s modulus
258. Tensile strength is given in tonnes per square inch in Poldi test.
a) True
b) False
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259. Hardness of heavy components can’t be measured by Poldi test.
a) True
b) False
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b) Simple
c) Complex
d) Internally defected
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264. __________ increases the visibility of the flaw in LPI.
a) Developer
b) Penetrant
c) Benzene
d) Spirit
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265. Developer is chosen such as benzene.
a) True
b) False
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266. Small components are dipped in penetrant.
a) True pa
b) False
b) Fe
c) Ni
d) Mg
269. What is Curie point for most of the ferrous magnetic materials?
a) 550˚C
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b) 760˚C
c) 910˚C
d) 1133˚C
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b) 1µm
c) 10µm
d) 1mm
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273. Plain carbon steels are applied with magnetic particles by a residual
method?
a) True
b) False
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274. What principle defines eddy current inspection (ECI)?
a) Lenz law
b) Biot-Savart Law
c) Electromagnetic induction principle
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d) Faraday’s law
276. What is the reason for the limitation of depth below 6mm in ECI?
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a) Surface coating
b) Electron hole pair generation
c) Skin effect
d) Residual stresses
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278. The density of eddy current ____________ with distance from the surface
in center.
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a) Increase linearly
b) Increase exponentially
c) Decrease linearly
d) Decrease exponentially
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b) Water
c) Air
d) Copper
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b) Aluminum
c) Steel
d) Copper
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283. What is the drawback of ultrasonic testing?
a) Low depth
b) High sensitivity pa
c) Shape restriction
d) Higher errors
b) False
a) Sound waves
b) AC
c) X-rays
d) Visible light
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290. ________ produce light area on film.
a) Inclusions
b) Pores
c) Voids
d) Blow holes
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291. Radiography don’t give ________
a) Thickness of material
b) Hardness
c) Blow holes in casting
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d) Pores in weldment
293. The amount of absorption of rays depends on the density and thickness of
the material.
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a) True
b) False
a) 10 picometers
b) 0.01 to 10 nanometers
c) 10 to 400 nanometers
d) 400 to 700 nanometers
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