Test #221015 Directions: Write the letter of the best answer for each question on the answer sheet provided. Enter only one answer per question. Time limit is three (3) hours. 1. 5. Eddy current probes actually generate their own voltage? A. true B. false Why would an analyst elect to acquit Eddy Current probes installed? A. Acasing reading is used to verify the accuracy of the eddy current probes. B. Only a casing reading will show impacting C. The Eddy current probes only show shaft movement relative to the casing. D. There is no reason whatsoever to do this. casing readings on a bearing which already has As a simple, center hung rotor coasts down through a critical speed, the vibration amplitude will increase. At that same RPM, the phase will shift how many degrees? A. 45° B. 145° Cc. 90° D. 225° Along with multiple harmonics of turning speed in the spectrum associated with looseness, the presence of a raised noise floor and half harmonics indicates what? A. minor bearing defect B. oil whirl C. broken gear teeth D. a rub ora more severe looseness condition The vibration amplitude measured by a displacement probe is 5 mils at 1200 CPM. What should the relative amplitude be if measured by a velocity probe? A. 0,486 in/seo. B. 0.152 in/sec C. 0.314 in/sec D. The two measurements are not comparable ‘The capture of incomplete cycles in the time domain data can cause excessive noise in the vibration spectrum. What tool is used during data capture to minimize this problem? A. antialiasing filter B. Hanning window C, Multiple averages D. FFT What are sidebands? ‘A. Equally spaced peaks around a center frequency B. Groups of peaks that are harmonically related C. Harmonies of 1x turning speed D. Rotational markers in the time waveform‘Test #221015 8. What information might lead an analyst to believe a machine had a bent shaft as opposed to simple, static imbalance? ‘A. high 4x vibration amplitude in the radial direction B. high 1x vioration amplitude in the axial direction C. 180° phase shift across the coupling D. sinusoidal waveform shape 9. Which type of hammer is preferred for performing a single channel bump test? ‘A. nylon or rubber tipped hammer B, dead blow hammer C, ballpeen hammer D. claw hammer 10, Imbalance is always evident in the spectrum as a vibration peak at which frequency? A. 2x electrical line frequency B. 1x electrical line frequency Cc. tcpm D. 1xrpm 11, Natural frequency testing may be done by performing which of the following tests? ‘A. coast down using monitor peak and phase B. bump test C. coast down using peak hold averaging D. all ofthe above 42. A spectrum that contains a dominant vibration at 4x turning speed along with multiple harmonics of turning speed would be typical and acceptable on which type of machine? A. centrifugal fan B. process roll C. reciprocating compressor D. precision spindle 13. Which type of gear set is quieter than most others, but creates more axial loading? A. spur gears B. bevel gears C. helical gears D. planetary gears 14, Ifa machine is running at a very high amplitude of vibration, what might lead an analyst to suspect resonance is the problem? ‘A. 180° phase shift across the coupling B. more amplitude at 2x turing speed than at 1x tuning speed C. greater than a 3 to 1 difference in amplitude from horizontal to vertical direction D. amplitude changes periodically 15, Specifically, which kinds of vibrations are detected using PeakVue™? harmonies stress waves resonant frequencies sound waves pompTest #221015 analyzing gear defects? 16.Which spectrum character A. phase characteristics B. harmonies C. non-synchronous peaks D. sideband amplitude and spacing 17. What is integration? ‘A. the process used to convert time to frequency B. the process used to convert frequency to time C. the process used to convert acceleration to velocity D. the process used to convert velocity to acceleration 18, What does a 1x tuming speed band pass filter do? ‘A. Itallows for the measurement of only the vibration energy below 1x RPM B. Itallows for the measurement of only the vibration energy above 1x RPM C. It allows for the measurement of only the vibration energy at 1x RPM D. It allows for the measurement of only the vibration energy below and above 1x rpm 19. How many poles does an AC motor have is its rated turning speed is 509 RPM? A. 10 B. 12 C14 D. 16 20. A common method of measuring True Phase involves using: A. an accelerometer and @ photo tach B, an accelerometer and a velocity transducer . an accelerometer and a phase gauge D. two accelerometers 21. Which of the following conditions cause impacting? A. anti-friction bearing defect B. looseness C. gear tooth damage D. allof the above 22. Anti-friction bearing defects generate which kind of vibration? ‘A. synchronous B. non-synchronous C. simple D. compound 23. What is the recommended percentage of data overlap when using a Hanning window with periodic vibration data collection? A. 57% B. 67% C. 33% D. 50%Test #221015 24, A bearing’s load zone is typically found where on horizontally installed machinery? ‘A. It depends on the direction of rotation. B. atthe top ©. at3 or 9 o'clock D. at the bottom 25, The spectrum taken from a vbelt-driven fan shows a dominant peak at 841 CPM. The motor RPM is 1760. The motor sheave diameter is 14” and the fan sheave diameter is 30”. The belt length is 184”. What is most likely the cause of the peak at 841 CPM? ‘A. bent fan shaft or eccentric fan sheave B. fan imbalance C. soft foot on the motor D. a defect on the belt 26, What must the analyst do before connecting a portable analyzer to a machinery supervisory system? A. Make sure that the route point has been properly set up specifically for connection to that system B. Get permission from whomever is in charge of operations C. Tum the sensor power off D. Allof the above 27. Sleeve bearings exhibit high frequency, non-synchronous vibration during the first stage of failure. A. te B. false 28. Displacement is typically expressed in which units? A. Mils, peak to peak B. Mills, absolute C. Mills, peak D. Mils, RMS 29, Which information about a piece of rotating equipment is most needed by the analyst in order to properly analyze vibration data? A. shaft rpm B. relative phase C. overall vibration amplitude D. direction of measurement 30. An AC induction motor with a stator fault would likely show which frequency? A. 2x electrical line frequency B. 2x rpm C. rotor bar pass frequency D. 1x rpm ration in the spectrum at 31. Soft foot is most similar to which problem? looseness phase sl loose bolt misalignment goneTest #221015 32. Impacting is best viewed in the waveform using which amplitude units? Ags B. in/sec C. mils D. milliseconds 33. What would an analyst look for in the spectrum to confirm that a motor had broken rotor bars? A. a high level of vibration at rotor bar pass frequency with sidebands at 2x line frequency B. a high level of vibration at stator slot pass frequency C. a high level of vibration at 2x line frequency with 1/3 line frequency sidebands D. ahigh level of vibration at 1x rpm with pole pass frequency sidebands 34, What is the most likely cause of a significant 3x rpm vibration on an in-line drive centrifugal pump with a 5 vane impeller? A. coupling defect or misalignment B. pump cavitation C. 3 broken impeller vanes 1D. Some kind of flow restriction in the system 35. Better resolution in the spectral data may be achieved by: ‘A. decreasing the fmax without changing the number of lines B. decreasing the number of lines without changing the fmax C. synchronous time averaging D. adding a spectrum low cut-off 36. What is the difference in phase lag between acceleration and velocity? A. 90° B. 180° 37. The motor sheave of a belt drive fan has a pitch diameter of 14”, The motor RPM is 1770 and the belt length is 156”. What is the belt frequency? A. 9.75 Hz B. 570 cpm C. 110.625 opm D. 499 cpm 38. A three phase AC induction motor has a rated RPM of 1770. The actual RPM is measured at 1750. What is the slip frequency? A. 30pm B. 50.cpm C. 420.cpm D. 20 opm 39. In North America, acceleration values are typically expressed how? g's, Pk-Pk. in/sec peak g's absolute g's ms com>Test #221015 40, The portable analyzer calculates a peak value after measuring an RMS value how? ‘A. by multiplying the RMS value by 1.414 B. by multiplying the RMS value by 2.56 C. by multiplying the RMS value by 0.707 D. by muttiplying the RMS value by 60 41, What condition is characterized by a 180° phase shift across the coupling as measured in the axial direction? resonance angular misalignment looseness offset misalignment A 8. c. D. 42. WI bearing defect has the highest calculated defect frequency? A. cage defect B. roller defect C. outer race defect D. inner race defect 43, A Peakvue® spectrum uses an Fmax of 1000 Hz. Which filter should typically be used? ‘A. 2000 Hz high pass filter B. 1000 Hz high pass filter C. 500 Hz high pass filter D. 1000 Hz low pass fitter 44, What are orders? A. periods of the waveform B, frequencies multiplied by the rpm €, frequencies expressed in cycles per minute D. frequencies expressed in cycles per shaft revolution 45. What would the waveform digital sample rate be if the spectrum specified an Fmax of 2000 Hz and used 1600 lines of resolution? A. 1,280 Hz B. 3.2Hz ©. 5120 Hz D. 4096 Hz 46. Assuming a rotor is unbalanced, when should a multi-plane balance be performed? ‘A. Whenever the rotor is twice as wide as its diameter B. Only when the rotor has two planes C. Only when the type of imbalance is predominantly couple imbalance D. Whenever the type of imbalance is anything other than static imbalance 47. The type of anti-friction bearing defect that typically causes modulation at 1x RPM ona horizontally mounted machine is what? cage defect roller defect outer race defect, inner race defect pomp‘Test #221015 48. How many revolutions of the shaft would be captured in the waveform under the following conditions? RPM = 1792; Fmax = 70 orders; Lines = 1600 ‘A. Less than 10 revolutions B. about 22 revolutions C. about 70 revolutions D. not enough information given 49. In reference to a waveform, what does the term “period” describe? ‘A. one shaft rotation B. all the time included in the waveform C, one complete cycle of vibration D. amount of time in milliseconds 50. What is resonance? a condition where any forcing function of a machine excites a natural frequency a condition where a shafts rotational frequency coincides with @ natural frequency a machine's critical speed a condition where two vibrations at nearly the same frequency go in and out of phase with each other pomp 51. A fan that typically runs at 500 RPM is modified to run at 1000 RPM. This causes the amplitude of vibration at 1x RPM to increase from .2 in/sec to .8 in/sec. What is probably causing this increased vibration amplitude? A. resonance around 1000 cpm B. resonance around 500 cpm ©. defective bearings D. imbalance 52. When measuring true phase, what is used as the referenc ‘A. the vibratory high spot of the "A" channel waveform B. the vibratory high spot of the "B” channel waveform C. top Dead Center D. The photo-tach pulse 53. Acceleration waveforms are usually converted into velocity spectra for analysis. Why? A. Bearing defects are more easily identified in velocity. B. Impacting can only be seen in velocity. C. Velocity gives more accurate frequency data. D. Velocity treats amplitudes at both low and high frequencies equally, 54, The period of a vibration is .025 seconds. What is the frequency? A. 025 Hz B. 40Hz C. 0.66 Hz D. 0.025 cpm 58. In which type of test is a vibration level trigger used? A. impact test B. coast down test C. PeakVue test D. alignment testTest #221015 56, Cross channel phase is also referred to as what? A. relative phase B. system phase lag C. true phase D. all ofthe above 57. What is differentiation? A. the process of converting velocity values into displacement B, the process of converting velocity values into acceleration C. the process of converting acceleration values into velocity D. both A and C. 58, What is broadband energy? ‘A. a waveform which exhibits more positive than negative energy B. an area of the spectrum above 5x shaft rotational frequency C. a case where the spectrum is abnormal due to the use of a band pass filter, D. a pattem of “raised floor amplitude” in the spectrum which is caused by random vibration in the waveform ‘59, During a single point, single plane balance, the reference amplitude at 1X turning speed was 5 mils. A trial weight of 12 grams was added to the rotor and a trial run was. measured. After graphing the trial run, the line drawn from the reference vector to the trial run vector is 8 mils. How much correction weight needs to be added to the rotor after the trial weight is removed? A. 7.5 grams B. 60 grams C. 19.2 grams D. 40.15 grams 60. What would the bin width be if a spectrum used an Fmax of 1000 Hz and 3200 lines of resolution? A, 0.3125 Hz B. 3.2Hz C. 32cpm D. 0.256 Hz 61. What are the three different units used to express frequency? A. Hertz, cpm, and cycles B. Hertz, cps, and rpm C. seconds, milliseconds, and cycles D. Hertz, cpm, and orders 62. What frequency is usually of most concern when measuring and analyzing phase information? All frequencies are usually measured 1x rpm 2x rpm 2x line frequency pop>Test #221015 63. Which type of vibration is caused by oil whirl? A. super-synchronous B. sub-synchronous C. synchronous D. non-synchronous 64, How is the time length in the waveform calculated? ‘A. by multiplying the number of averages by 707 B. by dividing the Fmax by the number of lines in the spectrum C. by multiplying the Fmax by the number of lines D. by dividing the number of lines in the spectrum by the fmax 65. For a spectrum using an fmax of 500 Hz and 3200 lines of resolution, how many points would need to be captured in the time waveform? A. 4,096 B. 1,024 C. 8,192 D. 2,048 66. Which amplitude units must be used when acquiring and viewing PeakVue® data? A. mils B. in/sec. C. g's D. He 67. How does adding mass affect a component's natural frequency? A. Itraises the natural frequency. B. It lowers the natural frequency. C. There is no way to change a natural frequency. D. Itinereases the amplitude. 68. While analyzing the waveform from a single reduction gearbox, a sharp impact can be seen every 0.017 seconds. The pinion turns 3529 rpm and has 19 teeth. The bull gear has 51 teeth. What would most likely be causing the impacting? A. defect or broken tooth on the pinion gear B. defect or broken tooth on the bull gear C. excessive backlash in the system D. eccentric bull gear 69. Although the drive belt defect frequency is calculated as 1x belt RPM, the significant peak in the spectrum caused by a belt defect is typically seen at: A. 1x 1pm of the motor B. 1x rpm of the driven component ©. 2x belt frequency D. 2x rpm of the motor 70, What does a 1 kHz high pass filter do? It allows for the measurement of only the vibration energy below 1,000 Hz. It allows for the measurement of only the vibration energy above 1,000 Hz. It allows for the measurement of only the vibration energy at 1,000 Hz, It allows for the measurement of only the vibration energy below and above 1,000 Hz, gopTest #221015 71. Vibrations which oceur in a repeatable, predictable manner are referred to as: A. periodic B. seismic ©. transient D. impacts 72. A gearbox has two shafts. The input pinion turning speed is 1780 RPM and has 17 teeth, The output bull gear has 53 teeth. What is the gear mesh frequency? A, 30,260 Hz B. 563.67 Hz C. 504.33 Hz D. 33,820 Hz 73. During normal data collection, which kind of filter is used to prevent aliasing? ‘A. low pass filter B. high pass filter C. band pass filter D. notch fiter 74. Where are radial Eddy Current probes usually installed? A. 45° in each direction from top dead center B. horizontal and vertical C. 90° in each direction from top dead center D. East and West 75, How many averages of the waveform are used to compute a Peakvue™ spectrum? Ad B. 2 c.3 D4 76. Which antifriction bearing defect frequency is always sub-synchronous? A. ETF 8. BSF C. BPFO D. BPFI 77. When does imbalance commonly cause excessive axial vibration amplitude? ‘A. When the RPM is lower than the critical speed B. When the design of the rotor is overhung C. When the length of the rotor is 4x the width D. When the dominant type of imbalance is static imbalance 78. A high amplitude of vibration in the axial direction on a center hung pump is typically a sign of what problem? angular misalignment imbalance looseness broken rotor bars goppTest #221015 79, What causes sidebands in the spectrum? A. Impacting in the waveform B. Modulation in the waveform CC. random energy in the waveform D. repetition in the waveform 80. During data collection, the analyzer typically acquires four to six waveforms to compute the spectrum. Assuming the “acquire special time waveform” option is not used, which waveform actually gets stored to memory? A. the first waveform B. an average ofall the acquired waveforms ©, the last waveform D. it depends on the measurement point AL set 81. Which of the following forces cause vibration at 1x RPM? A. imbalance 8B. misalignment ©. bent shatt D. all ofthe above 82. Multiple turning speed harmonics in the spectrum are usually a sign of which mechanical fault? A. imbalance B. misalignment C. antifriction bearing defect D. looseness 83. What kind of plot may be displayed and analyzed after completing a monitor peak and phase coast down test? A. peak hold spectrum B. Bode plot . circular waveform D. none of the above 84, When acquiring vibration data using an Fmax of 1000 Hz and a digital overall, how is the overall value calculated? A. Itis calculated using only the energy from zero to 1000 Hz B. tis calculated using all the energy from zero to 80,000 Hz C. tis simply 2 measurement of the raw voltage value D. It starts with the raw voltage and then uses FFT 85. About how long will total data acquisition take using a 500 Hz Fmax, 1600 LOR, and 6 averages with 67% overlap? A. 8.5 seconds B. 13.9 seconds C. 0.83 seconds D, 4.24 seconds ulTest #221015 86. If the level of vibration at 1x RPM of a rotor is measured at .2 in/sec at 1800 RPM and that amplitude is totally due to imbalance, then what would the amplitude of vibration at 1x RPM be if the speed were reduced to 900 RPM? A. .4in/sec B, .2in/sec C. .1 in/sec D. .05 in/sec 87. When would an analyst be interested in axial phase measurements taken at dif positions around the same bearing housing? A. if bearing defects are suspected B. if looseness is suspected . ifimbalance is suspected D. if bearing misalignment or cocked bearing is suspected. 88. What is happening when a machine is running at its critical speed? A. tis running slower than its intended speed. B. It is running faster than its intended speed . Its rotor is resonating D. Itis wiping its bearings 89, When is the Hanning Window not used? ‘A. when performing a poor man’s coast down test, B. while performing negative averaging CC. when using synchronous avera D. when performing a static bump test ‘90, Which type of filter is normally used to collect Peakvue™ data? ‘A. low pass filter B. high pass filter ©. band pass filter D. notch fitter 91. Which kind of sensor would be best suited for acquiring Peakvue® data on an antifriction bearing with a turning speed of 35 RPM? A. velometer B. eddy current probe C. velocity transducer D. accelerometer 92, When using a polar plot for balancing, which two values are represented by a vector? ‘A. amplitude and phase B. phase and direction C. peak and amplitude D. location and direction 93. How is the vane pass frequency for a pump calculated? A. by multiplying the number of rotations by the number of vanes B. by multiplying the number of vanes by the pump rpm C. by dividing the Fmax by the number of vanes D. by dividing the rpm by the number of vanesTest #221015 94, Which of the following forcing functions would typically cause vibration at 2x RPM? A. offset misalignment B. angular misalignment C. belt defect D. soft foot 95. Ol Whirl only affects which type of machinery? ‘A. machines with antifriction bearings B. machines with sleeve bearings C. very massive, slow turning machines D. oil pumps 96. A gearbox has two shafts. The input pinion turning frequency is 1780 RPM and has 21 teeth. The output bull gear has 47 teeth. What is the output RPM? A. 623 rpm B. 663 pm C. 795 rpm D. 3,984 rpm 97. High frequency vibration is most commonly associated with which machinery fault? A. imbalance B. misalignment C. lubrication fault D. looseness 98. In most cases, what is electrical line frequency in North America? A. 60 Hz B. 120 Hz C. 7200 opm D. 30 Hz 99. What type of window is typically used during route data collection? A. Hanning window B. force window C. uniform window D. horizontal window 100. Which operational condition has the most effect on bearing life? A. shaft rpm B. bearing load C. ambient temperature D. direction of rotation 13