MCQ in Machine Design and Shop Practice Part 6 | ME Board Exam

(Last Updated On: December 29, 2020)

This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 6 of the Series in Machine Design and Shop Practice – MDSP as one of the Mechanical Engineering topic. In Preparation for the ME Board Exam make sure to expose yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here taken from various sources including but not limited to past Board Exam Questions in Mechanical Engineering field, Mechanical Engineering Books, Journals and other ME References. I assume you are looking for a reviewer that will help you achieve your goal to become a License Mechanical Engineer very soon. Yes, you are in the right place to make your dream come true. Make sure to familiarize each and every questions to increase the chance of passing the Mechanical Board Examination.

MCQ Topic Outline included in ME Board Exam Syllabi

• MCQ in Stress and Analysis – Simple Stresses
• MCQ in Materials and their Properties
• MCQ in Tolerances and Allowances
• MCQ in Variable Loads and Stress Concentration
• MCQ in Columns and Central Loads
• MCQ in Combine Stresses
• MCQ in Ball and Roller Bearings
• MCQ in Journal and Plane-Surface Bearings
• MCQ in Flexible transmission, flat belts, v-belts, and chains
• MCQ in Screw Fastening and Rivets
• MCQ in Springs
• MCQ in Shafts
• MCQ in Keys and Couplings
• MCQ in Journal and Plane-Surface Bearings
• MCQ in Spur Gears
• MCQ in Helical Gears
• MCQ in Bevel Gears
• MCQ in Worm Gearing
• MCQ in Brakes and Clutches
• MCQ in Welding
• MCQ in Thin Cylinders and Cylindrical Cylinders
• MCQ in Steel Tubes
• MCQ in Flat Plates
• MCQ in Flywheels
• MCQ in Punch Press
• MCQ in Pipe and Fittings
• MCQ in Engineering Drawings Practices

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Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

251. A piece of cast iron held against an emery wheel will give off

A. bright shiny sparks

B. dull yellow sparks

C. no sparks

D. red sparks

252. Which of the following is not a common term relating to the classification of fits

A. Bound

B. medium force fit

C. snug

D. tunking

253. An oversize hole is produced by a drill if

A. cutting speed is too high

B. feed is too high

C. insufficient coolant is used

D. lips of drill are of unequal length

254. The studs used as a coolant in general machine shop consist of

A. a chemical solution

B. an emulsion of oil and water

C. a solution of detergent and water

D. a straight mineral

255. Sometimes used for soldering bright tin

A. rosin

B. sal ammoniac

C. tallow

D. tinning

256. A very effective flux for soldering galvanized iron and zinc

A. cut acid

B. muriatic acid

C. soldering pastes

D. zinc chloride

257. The process of checking the surface of a piece by rolling depressions into the surface

A. honing

B. Knurling

C. reaming

D. snagging

258. The process of cutting internal threads by means of a cutting tool.

A. chamfering

B. honing

C. reaming

D. Tapping

259. The surface below the cutting edge

A. face

B. Flank

C. nose

D. side relief

260. Which one is the hardest material?

A. brass

B. bronze

C. diamond

D. steel

261. The movement of belt upon the face of rim or outer of the driver and driven pulleys within the area of arc of contact is called

A. Creep

B. crowning

C. dressing

D. slip

262. It is a device, which hold the job firmly

A. clamp

B. Fixture

C. grip

D. jig

263. It is the outer surface of face or rim of the pulley is made in convex form to keep the belt in center when it is in motion

A. creep

B. Crowning

C. Dressing

D. slip

264. It is used to transmit motion at high speed without producing noise.

A. bevel gear

B. helical gears

C. hypoid gears

D. worm gears

265. It is used to transmit motion at high speed with heavy load without producing noise

A. bevel gear

B. herring bone gear

C. spur gear

D. worm gears

266. It connect the shafts with soft materials such as rubber, leather and canvass

A. flexible coupling

B. Oldham coupling

C. rigid coupling

D. universal coupling

267. One of the most important factors that is often overlooked when soldering is the fact that:

A. the surface to be soldered must be clean

B. the two metals to be soldered must not be the same

C. the two metals to be soldered must be the same

D. all surfaces should be dipped in acid first

268. A surface should be prepared for soldering by

A. filing the surfaces

B. scraping the surfaces

C. acid-cleaning the surfaces

D. any of these

269. The hand tool used for cutting threads on round stock is the:

A. stock and die

B. die wrench

C. stock

D. stock cutter

270. A tapered piece of stock is 2” long, 1-1/8” diameter at one end and ½ diameter at the other end. The taper per foot is:

A. 2”

B. 2-1/2”

C. 2-1/4”

D. 2-1/16”

271. Sweating is the process of:

A. soldering two different kinds of metal together

B. separating two pieces of metal that have been soldered together

C. tinning two surfaces, applying, flux between them, holding the two together and heating

D. none of these

272. If muriatic acid is used as a flux, the soldered area must be cleaned thoroughly afterwards to prevent:

A. anyone touching it from getting burned

B. remaining acid from eating the metal

C. the acid from evaporating the solder disintegrating

D. none of these

273. It cannot be forged because it will break if heated and beaten by hammer.

A. Carbon steel

B. Cast iron

C. High speed steel

D. Tool steel

274. Shaper tools are made of what type of material?

A. Babbitt

B. Brass

C. Bronze

D. High speed steel

275. It is the operation of beveling the mouth of a hole.

A. Counter boring

B. Counter broaching

C. Counter sinking

D. Spot facing

276. The size of abrasive grains produced by crushing process is called

A. Grade

B. Grid

C. Grit

D. None of these

277. It is the combination of iron, carbon and other alloying elements.

A. Alloy steel

B. Brass

C. Carbon steel

D. Cast iron

278. It is the process to divide the periphery of the job in degrees.

A. Angular indexing

B. Differential indexing

C. Direct indexing

D. Plain indexing

279. It consists of surface irregularities, which result from the various manufacturing process.

A. Flaws

B. Lay

C. Roughness

D. Waiveness

280. A piece of tool steel held against an emery wheel will give off:

A. White sparks with stars on the ends

B. Yellow sparks

C. No sparks

D. Green sparks

281. Grinding wheels have a range of soft to hard abrasive materials depending on the use. Most manufacturers latter their wheels from A to Z. The hardest is marked:

A. E

B. A

C. Z

D. El

282. The main difference between a planer and shaper is that:

A. The planer has an offset table and the shaper has a horizontal table.

B. The shaper has a rotting table and the planer has a horizontal table.

C. The table of planer has a reciprocating motion past the tool head white the table of the shaper is stationary and the tool head has a reciprocating motion.

D. Ones is larger than the other

283. One of the factors involved in the choice of a grinding wheel is:

A. The kind of material to be ground

B. The amount of stock to be removed

C. The kind of finish required

D. All of these

284. The “tang” of a file is the part that:

A. Does the cutting

B. Fits into the handle

C. has no teeth

D. is opposite the handle

285. The best method of avoiding accident is by observing _______ related to job, machine and work piece.

A. Cleanliness

B. Emery

C. Opponent

D. Safety precautions

286. The size of try square is measured from the inner edge of stock to the end of its

A. Base

B. Blade

C. Body

D. Edge

287. Angle of center punch is

A. 30°

B. 45°

C. 60°

D. 90°

288. Staggering of hacksaw blade teeth on both sides alternatively is called

A. Arrangement of teeth

B. Positioning to teeth

C. Setting of teeth

D. None of these

289. It is the distance measured parallel to the axis from a point on a screw thread to the corresponding point on the next thread.

A. Chord

B. Lead

C. Linear

D. Pitch

290. Solder is an alloy of

A. Lead and antimony

B. Lead and tin

C. Lead and tungsten

D. Lead and zinc

291. It’s a square key with the bottom two corners are beveled.

A. Saddle key

B. Barth key

C. Woodruff key

D. Gib head key

292. Change in metal structure by which the surface structure recover from its unstable condition

A. annealing

B. normalizing

C. Aging

D. tempering

293. A tapered square key is known as

A. Gib head

B. Woodruff

C. Kennedy

D. Barth

294. The process of welding two dissimilar metals is known as

A. Friction welding

B. Flash welding

C. Oxyacetylene welding

D. Cold welding

295. A nonmetal considered as undesirable impurity in steel is

A. lead

B. Sulfur

C. phosphorous

D. cyanide

296. An alloying element which improves the tensile strength of steel and make it harder

A. vanadium

B. carbon

C. cobalt

D. Chromium

297. An alloying element which reduces deformation of configuration and sulfuric brittleness.

A. molybdenum

B. Manganese

C. nickel

D. chromium

298. What is the lip clearance angle of twist drill for generated work?

A. 3 – 6°

B. 8 – 10°

C. 12 – 15°

D. 18 – 22°

299. It is a milling method in which parts are placed in a row parallel to the axis of the cutting tool end are milled simultaneously.

A. Abreast milling

B. Angular milling

C. Helical milling

D. Straddle milling

300. A core drill with hardened steel shot pellets that revolve under the rim of the rotating tube, employed in rotary drilling in very hard ground.

A. Adamantive drill

B. Automatic drill

C. Double core barrel drill

D. Flat drill