1. The property of material that relates the lateral strain to longitudinal strain.

a) stress b) strain c) Poisson’s ration d) endurance limit

2. Also called eccentrically loaded bearing is________.

a) full bearing b) offset bearings c) partial bearings d) fitted bearing

3. 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 any direction
c) twisted in opposite direction d) twisted in along direction

4. In involute teeth, the pressure angle is often defined as the angle between the lines of action of tangent
to the pitch circle. IT is also termed as:
a) helix angle b) angle of recess c) angle of obliquity d) arc of action

5. A line shaft runs at 360 rpm. A 18” pulley on the same shaft is belt connected to a 12” pulley on the
countershaft. From a 15” pulley on the countershaft, motion is transmitted to the machine.
Compute/check the required diameter of the pulley on the machine to give a spindle speed of 660 rpm.
a) 16” b) 12 ¼ “ c) 10 ½” d) 8 ½”

6. Height of tooth above the pitch or the radial distance between pitch circle and top land of the tooth.
a) top root b) addendum c) land d) hunting tooth

7. The function of clutch in the machine tool is:

a) lowering of drive speed b) alignment of drive shaft
c) to disconnect or connect the drive at will d) to insure that two shaft lines up at high speed

8. It is normally recommended and a normal for a designer to add a hunting tooth evenly distribute the
wear on meshing teeth like a 53 teeth gears with 30 tooth oinion. Find the rotation of pinion to mesh
with same pair of teeth again.
a) 120 b) 81 c) 61 d) 53

9. The shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6000 in-lbs has a 1 ½ inches in diameter diameter and
60000 psi yield strength. Compute for the shaft mean average stress.
a) 6036 psi b) 6810 psi c) 5162 psi d) 5550 psi

10. the angle made by the helix of the thread(in a straight thread) ate the pitch diameter with a plane
perpendicular to the axis is called:
a) lead angle b) truncation c) lead d) angle of thread

11. The rule of thumb in journal bearing design, the clearance ratio/clearance should be:
a) 0.0092 b) 0.0042 c) 0.0010 d) 0.00120

12. The moment of inertia of a rectangle whose base is “b” and height “h” about its base is:
a) bh3/4 b) bh3/12 c) bh3/24 d) bh3/3

13. Cold rolled shafting is not available in diameter larger than_____.

a) 6 inches b) 5 inches c) 6 ½ inches d) 5 ½ inches

14. What power would a spindle 55 mm in diameter transmit at 480 rpm. Stress allowed for short shaft is
59 N/mm2.
a) 45.12 kw b) 50.61 kw c) 45 HP d) 96.88 kw

15. The caste iron flywheels are commonly designed with a factor of safety of______.
a) 14 to 15 b) 10 to 13 c) 8 to 9 d) 6 to 12
16. A pair and opposite(not collinear) forces that tend to cause a rotation of a body.
a) couple b) centroids c) equilibrium d) vector

17. The ratio of the pitch diameter in inches to the number of teeth.
a) pitch circle b) English modules c) module d) pitch diameter

18. When the motion is diminished/decreasing instead of increasing is called:

a) deceleration b) uniform negative impulse
c) retarded motion d) all of these

19. __________ is a unit of energy.

a) ft-lbs b) hp c) Btu/hr d) watt

20. When the high strength and the durability are a requirements for choosing gear materials it is
preferable to use____ material.
a) hardened bronze b) steel c) Phenolic laminated d) white iron

21. ____________ forces when action are parallel.

a) couple b) non collinear c) resultant d) non concurrent

22. The product of the mass and the velocity of the center of gravity of the body is called:
a) linear momentum b) angular impulse c) linear impulse d) angular momentum

23. Two parallel shaft connected by pure rolling turn in the same direction and having a speed ratio of
2.75. What is the distance of the two shaft if the smaller cylinder is 22 cm in diameter.
a) 16.60 cm b) 30.25 cm c) 25.25 cm d) 19.25 cm

24. The distance between similar, equally spaced tooth surfaces in a given and along a given line.
a) pitch circle b) pitch plane c) pitch d) pitch diameter

25. A drop of hammer of 1 ton dead weight capacity is propelled downward by a 12 inch diameter
cylinder. At 100 psi air pressure what is the impact velocity if the stroke is 28 inches?
a) 47.4 ft/sec b) 36.6 ft/sec c) 15.8 ft/sec d) 63.2 ft/sec

26. Could be defined as simply push or pull.

a) power b) inertia c) work d) force

27. Opposite such as time, volume and density are completely specified when their magnitude is known is
also called_____.
a) couple b) resultants c) components d) scalar

28. Opposite directional forces equal in magnitude are parallel is called ________.
a) non coplanar b) centro c) couple d) coplanar

29. The use of hardened steel for the mating metal gear appears to give the best results and longer
operational life. The usual hardness is in the range of:
a) over 600 BHN b) 300 to 400 BHN c) below 350 BHN d) over 400 BHN

30. ________is product of the resultant of all forces acting on a body and the time.
a) linear momentum b) linear impulse c) angular momentum d) all of these

31. The separate forces which can be so combined are called.

a) concurrent forces b) non concurrent forces c) couple d) components forces

32. Continuous stretching under load even if the stress is less than the yield point.
a) plasticity b) elasticity c) creep d) ductility
33. The most known lubricants being utilized in whatever category of load and speed are oil, air, grease
and dry lubricants like:
a) bronze b) lead c) silicon d) graphite

34. A coupling that allows axial flexibility/movement in the operation. Made of alternate bolting of steel,
leather, fabric and/or plastic material into two flanges.
a) flexible disk coupling b) flexible toroidal spring coupling
c) flexible Oldham coupling d) elastic material bounded coupling

35. It consist of two cranks, a stationary piece called the line of centers and the connecting rod is a:
a) five-bar linkage b) four crank braces c) three crank linkage d) four bar linkage

36. Used to change rotary motion to reciprocating motion___________.

a) rack gears b) hypoid gears c) helical gears d) herringbone gears

37. The effective face width of a helical gear divided by gear axial pitch.
a) Approach ratio b) Arc of action c) Arc of recess d) Face overlap

38. Pitch diameter less the diameter of the roller chain is equal to:
a) top land b) bottom diameter c) addendum d) inside diameter

39. Generally applied on speed reducer due to larger speed ratio.

a) bevel gears b) helical gears c) worm gears d) hypoid gears

40. If the shaft size is specified as-diameter 2.00” max abd 1.99” min in diameter then the 0.010” could be
defined as_______.
a) allowance b) fit c) variance d) tolerance

41. 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 is a high modulus of elasticity b) it does not follow Hooke’s law
c) it is plastic d) it is elastic

42. Helix angle in the range of________ degrees is recommended for wide-face helical gears.
a) less than 15 b) less than 20 c) 20 to 35 d) 20 to 22

43. A step shaft made of SAE 1117 steel with an ultimate strength of 69.7 ksi. The notch sensitivity factor
is 0.983 and 0.00435 is the constant dependent upon the ultimate strength, check the radius of the
stress raise.
a) 0.192 b) 0.386 c) 0.250 d) 0.775

44. The concave portion of the tooth profile where it joins the bottom of the tooth.
a) root circle b) fillet radius c) fillet curves d) fillet

45. Difference between maximum material limits of mating parts. Or it is a minimum clearance or
maximum interference between parts.
a) tolerance b) fits c) variance d) allowance

46. The changes in shape or geometry of the body due to action of a force on it is called deformation or __.
a) shear stresses b) stresses c) compressive stress d) strains

47. For an evenly and uniform wear on each meshing gear tooth, the ideal design practice is to consider a
_______.
a) wear resistance alloy addition to tooth gears b) heat of the gears
c) hardening of each tooth d) hunting tooth addition
48. The reciprocal of a diametric pitch or the ratio of the pitch diameter to the no. of teeth.
a) lead b) module c) involute d) clearance

49. Ability to resist deformation under stress.

a) plasticity b) all of these c) stiffness d) toughness

50. Flat leather belting not recommended for use in a speed in excess of ______ fpm.
a) 3600 b) 4800 c) 6000 d) all of these