Name:

Size Reduction
Write the letter of your answer before each number.
1. It involves the production of smaller mass units from larger mass units of the
same material.
A. Size Reduction
C. Size Enlargement
B. Particle Multiplication
D. All of the above
2. It is where particles are disintegrated by two rigid forces and mostly used for
coarse reduction of hard solids to give relatively few fines.
A. Compression
C. Impact
B. Attrition
D. Cutting
3. It is where single rigid force is used for particle concussion which generally gives
coarse, medium or fine products.
A. Compression
C. Impact
B. Attrition
D. Cutting
4. Rubbing is another word for?
A. Compression
B. Attrition
5.

C. Impact
D. Cutting

Increase the surface and will increase the reactivity of the solids like in
combustion, leaching, drying and other unit operations is an objective of size
reduction.
A. True
B. False

6. This law states that energy required to reduce a material was directly
proportional to the size-reduction ratio.
A. Rittingers law
C. Bonds law
B. Kicks law
D. Newtons law
7. It is only effective with high shearing gradients and low material strengths.
A. Strain by a surrounding medium C. shearing by cutting action
B. Strain by shearing action
D. Strain by pressure and friction
8. It involves strain between two or more sharp-edged surfaces.
A. Strain by a surrounding medium
C. shearing by cutting action
B. Strain by shearing action
D. Strain by pressure and friction
9. Strain is applied between two solid surfaces that either represent the grinding
tool surfaces directly or may be the surfaces of adjacent particles.
A. Strain by pressure
C. Strain by impact effects
B. Strain by shearing action
D. Strain by a surrounding medium
10. The following are the commonly used breaking mechanism by a size reduction
equipment except for:
A. Compression
C. Disintegration
B. Impact
D. Attrition
11. It employs a crushing head in the frame of truncated core, mounted on a shaft.
A. Jaw Crusher
C. Cone Crusher
B. Gyratory Crusher
D. Edge Runners

12. This class covers machines that will take indefinitely coarse feeds or produce
materials that will pass through 200 mesh screens.
A. Fine Size Reduction
C. Intermediate Size Reduction
B. Coarse Size Reduction for Soft Materials D. Coarse Size Reduction for
Hard Materials
13. Taggarts Rule states that if the hourly tonnage to be crushed divided by the
square of the gape in inches is less than 0.115, use a jaw crusher; otherwise, a
gyratory.
A. Jaw Crusher, Gyratory Crusher
B. Cone Crusher, Jaw Crusher

C. Gyratory Crusher,Jaw Crusher

D. Jaw Crusher, Cone Crusher

14. It combines the two features of breaking and screening.

A. Squirrel-Cage Disintegrator
B. Bradford Breaker for Coal

C. Edge Runners
D. Hammer Mill

15. The capacity of ball mills depends on the reduction ratio as well as on the
hardness of the material, and it cannot be accurately be calculated.
A. True

B. False

16. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

A. Toothed Roll Crusher
B. Hammer Mill

C. Edge Runner
D. Bradford Breaker for Coal

17. A dodge type jaw crusher has a swinging jaw pivoted at the top while a blake
type jaw crusher has a swinging jaw pivoted at the bottom.
A. True

B. False

18. States that the energy required for crushing is proportional to the new surface
created.
A. Kicks Law
B. Rittingers Law

C. Bond Law
D. Energy Law

19. For coarse reduction of hard solids, use

A. Impact
B. Attrition

C. Compression
D. Cutting

20. Soft and non-abrasive materials can be made into fines by

A. Attrition
B. Impact

C. Cutting
D Compression