MCQ in Machine Design and Shop Practice Part 8 | ME Board Exam

(Last Updated On: January 9, 2021)

This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 8 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.

351. When using a drill press, the work should be held with

A. the hand

B. a pair of pliers

C. a vise or clamp

D. gloves on

352. When drilling a hole in a piece of work held in a lathe chuck,

and would use the:

A. compound rest

B. cross-feed

C. tailstock and drill chuck

D. headstock

353. Copper is annealed by heating to a cherry red color and:

A. dousing in cold water

B. cooling slowly in air

C. dousing with oil

D. dousing in hot water

354. The purpose of “annealing” is to make a metal:

A. harder

B. medium – hard

C. Softer

D. shiny

355. The purpose of “tempering” is to make a metal:

A. harder

B. softer

C. less brittle

D. more brittle

356. The minimum diameter of a piece of round stock necessary to make a square key ¾” on a side is:

A. 1.5”

B. 1.06”

C. 1.0”

D. .75”

357. A fine grained, salty silica rock used for sharpening edge tools

A. Oilstone

B. Peeblestone

C. Surface grinder

D. Rocky oil

358. A hand tool used to measure tension on bolts

A. Hammer

B. Plier

C. Screw driver

D. Torque range

359. A hand tool used to measure engine crank web deflection

A. compound gage

B. dial gage

C. distortion gage

D. feeler gage

360. A kind of chuck, which has reversible jaws, which could be adjusted separately

A. Combination chuck

B. Independent chuck

C. Magnetic chuck

D. Universal chuck

361. A method whereby a gear is run with another gear that has abrasive surface material

A. Hobbing

B. honing

C. Lapping

D. milling

362. Is the process of cold works where a limited amount of material, resulted to a higher strength and it leaves a surface under compressive stress

A. surface finishing

B. smoothing

C. surfacing

D. surface rolling

363. Is largely used for low strength application such as elevator ropes not used for hoisting and for stationary guy ropes

A. steel rope

B. cast steel rope

C. nylon rope

D. iron wire rope

364. Nitriding process of surface treatment for steel tools is used for tools taking

A. heavy cuts

B. light cuts

C. medium cuts

D. straight cuts

365. They are mixtures of lard, cottonseed or rapeseed oils and mineral oils are called

A. Cooling oils

B. Cutting oils

C. Heating oils

D. Emulsions

366. How is the height of a bench vice adjusted?

A. By using a wooden plate form

B. By using a wooden packing piece under the vice base

C. By using a vice adjusting fixture

D. All of these

367. Why hacksaw blade teeth get dullness?

A. Coarse pitched blade is used on hard metal

B. Pressure is not released in return stroke

C. To much speed and pressure

D. Any of these

368. Files are classified according to

A. grade and cut

B. shape

C. size and length

D. all of these

369. How are rivets made?

A. Cold pressing

B. Drawing

C. Hot rolling

D. Rolling

370. What support the top rake?

A. Front clearance

B. Side clearance

C. Side rake

D. Top rake

371. Which of the following reduces the rubbing action?

A. Front clearance

B. Side clearance

C. Side rake

D. Top rake

372. Which of the following is used for all general purposes?

A. Forging

B. Production slotter

C. Puncher slotter

D. Tool room slotter

373. It is an operation of milling the complex surfaces with the help of a group of cutters mounted on the same arbor

A. Climb milling

B. Down milling

C. Gang milling

D. Straddle milling

374. It is an operation to divide the periphery of the job into number of equal parts

A. Dividing head

B. Indexing

C. Protractor

D. Slotting

375. The angle formed between the face of a tool and the work surface or the tangent to the work piece at the point of contact with the tool called

A. clearance angle

B. cutting angle

C. rake angle

D. wedge angle

376. A tool which when pressed into a finished hole in a piece of work, provides center on which the piece may be turned or otherwise machined called

A. butt

B. mash

C. Mandrel

D. wobble

377. Which of the following types of valves is used in the bilge manifold?

A. swing chuck

B. non – return

C. angle

D. globe

378. Which of the following groups of pipe sizes is correct?

A. ¼, ½, ¾, 7/8, 1

B. ¼, 3/8, ½, 5/8, ¾, 1

C. ¼, 3/8, ½, ¾, 1

D. ¼, ½, 5/8, ¾, 1

379. A brazed joint is:

A. stronger than a soldered joint

B. weaker than a soldered joint

C. the same strength as a soldered joint

D. three times as strong as a soldered joint

380. If the lips of a drill are of different lengths:

A. the drill will not cut

B. the hole will be larger than the drill

C. the hole will be smaller than the drill

D. some of these

381. One horsepower is equal to:

A. the amount of work a can produce in one hour

B. 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute

C. 33,000 foot-pounds of work per hour

D. the power delivered to a shaft in one hour

382. A plug gage is used to measure

A. cylindrical bores

B. screw threads

C. spherical holes

D. taper bores

383. Which of the following is the cutting speed of brass?

A. 30m/min

B. 40m/min

C. 50m/min

D. 80m/min

384. It is an operation of milling two opposite sides of work piece at a time by using two side milling cutters on the same arbor.

A. Face milling

B. Gang milling

C. Side milling

D. Straddle milling