Introduction to manufacturing process

Questions. More than one choice may be applicable:

1. What happens in the Decline phase of the product life cycle?

a) There is no such phase in the product life cycle.

b) The product is sold in niche markets
c) The price of the product is decreased
d) The product is replaced by new and improved products

2. Which of the following is not a joining process?

a) Welding
b) Knurling
c) Brazing
d) Soldering

3. Joining is a/an

a) Processing operation
b) Assembly operation
c) can be a or b
d) Neither a nor b

4. In sheet metal forming

a) The billet is passed through rolls

b) The billet is heated to high temperatures
c) The billet is hammered to decrease thickness
d) None of the above

5. Annual sales volume of a product increases during which phase of the product life cycle?

a) Maturity
b) Startup
c) Commodity
d) Rapid growth
6) Anodizing is a kind of

a) Surface treatment operation

b) Machining operation
c) Heat treatment operation
d) None of the above

Introduction to materials and material selection

More than one choice may be applicable:
1. If an existing material is no longer feasible, designers
a) Look for substitutes
b) Follow "capture-edit-search" methods
c) Browse product magazines
d) Discard the design and the product

2. What are mers?

a) Constituents of ceramics.
b) A phase of iron
c) Repeating units of polymers
d) A kind of epoxy

3. What percentage of carbon is present in steels?

a) 1.26% to 3%
b) 2% to 2.08%
c) .65% to 1.56%
d) 0.02% to 2.11%

4) Selection of materials by synthesis depends on

a) using existing databases
b) brainstorming with colleagues
c) experiments
 d) experience of the designer

5) Selection of materials by analysis requires

a) using databases
b) trying creative ideas
c) experiments
d) group discussions with designers

6) A ceramic is a
a) mixture
b) admixture
c) compound
d) colloidal solution
7) Polypropylene is a
a) Thermoplastic polymer
b) Elastomer
c) Thermoset polymer
d) Both a and c

Mechanical properties of materials

Answer the following questions:

1) The deformation per unit length is called

a) Tensile stress b) shear stress

c) Strain d) compressive stress

3) If stress values were measured during a tensile test, which of the following would have the
higher value: a) engineering stress or (b) true stress?
2) The plastic region of the stress–strain curve for a metal is characterized by a proportional
relationship between stress and strain: (a) true or (b) false?

4) The stress at which the extension of the material takes place more quickly as compared to
the increase in load, is called

a) Ultimate point b) yield point

c) Elastic limit d) breaking point

5) The hardness is the property of a material due to which it

a) Can be drawn into wires b) breaks with little permanent distortion

c) Can cut another metal d) can be rolled or hammered into thin sheets

Answers:

Introduction to manufacturing process

(1). d

(2). b

(3). b

(4). a

(5). d

(6). A
 Introduction to materials and material selection
(1). a, b
(2). c
(3). d
(4). c, d
(5). a
(6). c
(7). a

Mechanical properties of materials

(1). c

(2). b

(3). b

(4). b

(5). c