QUESTION PAPER

MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

HIGHER EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

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LEVEL: NATIONAL CERTIFICATE

IN

COURSE TITLE: MACHINESHOP, FABRICATION, DDT, REFRIGERATION, VBB,

MILLWRIGHT, POWER PLANT AND FOUNDRY WORK.

SUBJECT TITLE: ENGINEERING SCIENCE PAPER CODE: 340/13/S03

REQUIREMENTS

1. Answer booklet
2. Non-programmable scientific calculator

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Answer all questions in section A (40 marks)
2. Answer any FOUR questions out of SIX in section B. (60 marks)
3. Take g = 9.81 and π = 3.14

This question paper consists of 5 pages.

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SECTION A
QUESTION 1
1.1 (a) Give the symbol and meaning of each of the following prefixes:
i) Tera (1 mark)
ii) Micro (1 mark)
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(b) Convert the following
i) 2 litres to mm3 (1 mark)
ii) 300 GN/ µm2 to MN/ m2 (2 marks)

1.2 Define and state the SI unit of the following terms.

a. Pressure (1 mark)
b. Density (1 mark)
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c. Force (1 mark)
d. Time (1 mark)
e. Mass (1 mark)

1.3 A relative density bottle has a mass of 95 g when empty and weighs 135 g when filled with
water. When carefully dried and filled with oil, it is found to have a mass of 118 g. What is the 5
relative density of the oil?

1.4 The figure below shows a wheel of mass 15 kg and radius 1 m being pulled by a horizontal
force F against a step of 0.4 m high. Calculate the minimum force to overcome the step.

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F

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1.5 A girder is pulled along a horizontal floor by a rope at 450 to and above the floor. The force in
the rope is 1.5 kN. Calculate the coefficient of friction between the girder and the floor if the 5
mass is 250 kg

1.6 A hollow cast-iron column has an outside diameter of 250 mm and an inside diameter of 210
mm. if the compressive strength of the cast-iron is 960 MN/m2, determine the maximum load 5
that can be supported by the column, using a factor of safety of 12.

1.7 The power of a flywheel was switched-off when the flywheel had an angular velocity of 20
rad/s. In coming to rest, the flywheel made 82 revolutions. Determine;
i) the time taken for the flywheel to come to rest (3 marks) 5
ii) the angular retardation of the flywheel (2 marks)

1.8 An electric kettle contains 1.5 kg of water, initially at a temperature of 8 0C. If the mass of
kettle is 0.8 kg, determine the heat energy required to raise the water to boiling point assuming 5
there are no losses to the atmosphere. Take specific heat capacity of kettle as 0.45 KJ/kg K.

SECTION B
QUESTION 2
(a) State any two (2) laws of friction 2

(b) A force of 800 N parallel to a plane inclined at 30o to the horizontal is sufficient to pull a body
up the plane at uniform speed. What is the coefficient of friction? Find the force required to 13
prevent the body from moving down the plane if the body has a mass of 100 kg.

QUESTION 3
The following coplanar-concurrent forces act upon a pin joint. 70 kN due East, 100 kN at 450
NE, 400 kN due North, 20 kN at 200 NW and 500 kN at 300 SW. Find analytically the 15
magnitude and direction of the Resultant of these forces.

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QUESTION 4
A cylinder of mass 320 Kg is supported at two points 500 mm apart on its longitudinal axis by
two vertical wires. Each wire is 4 mm in diameter and 3 m long before attachment to the
cylinder. One wire is of brass and the other of steel. If the wires are fixed at the upper end to 15
the horizontal joist, what is the angle of inclination of the cylinder axis to the horizontal? Take
Young’s Modulus of Elasticity for steel to be 210 GN/m2 and for brass as 85 GN/m2.

QUESTION 5
(a) A lifting machine raises an engine of mass 270 kg by an effort of 210 N. If the effort moves
13.5 m to raise the engine by 450 mm, calculate the following:-
i. Mechanical advantage (2 marks) 5
ii. Velocity ratio (2 marks)
iii. Efficiency of the machine (1 mark)

(b) An electric motor provides 10 kW to a belt driven pulley 750 mm diameter. If the rotational
frequency of the pulley is 6 rev/s, determine the tight and slack side tensions in the belt if they 10
are in the ratio 3: 1

QUESTION 6
(a) In an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of copper, a specimen having a mass
of 0.2 Kg was transferred quickly from boiling water at 100 oC to a copper vessel of mass 0.3
kg, containing 0.25 Kg of water at 21 oC. The final temperature reached by the copper and 10
water was 26 oC. Calculate the value of the specific heat capacity of copper if the specific heat
of water is 4 200 J/ Kg K.

(b) In an experiment to determine the coefficient of linear expansion of brass, a rod of this metal
250 mm long is found to expand by 0.39 mm when heated to from 17oC to 98oC. Determine
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the value for the coefficient of linear expansion of brass.

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QUESTION 7
(a) State the law of conservation of energy 2

(b) The velocity of a body of mass 20 kg is increased from 5 m/s to 12 m/s in 12 seconds.
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Calculate the power required to produce the change in kinetic energy of the body.

(c) A milling machine cutter of diameter 100 mm rotates at 600 rev/ min while machining.
Calculate the work done per second when the cutter is exerting a 200 N force at the cutting 3
point.

(d) 2 A drop hammer is allowed to fall from rest through a height of 6 m on to a forging. Find the
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downward velocity of the hammer when it strikes the forging.

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