MCQ in Machine Design and Shop Practice Part 9 | ME Board Exam

(Last Updated On: January 11, 2021)

This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 9 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

Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part 9 of the Series

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

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

401. A correct cutting angle on a drill for ordinary work is:

a. 45°

b. 59°

c. 64°

d. 70°

402. When using a drill press, the work should be hold with:

a. glove hand

b. the hand

c. a vise and a clamp

d. pliers

403. A machining operation whereby the tool reciprocates and the feed is stationary.

a. reaming

b. shaping

c. planning

d. turning

404. A machining operation whereby the tool rotates and the feed is stationary.

a. shaping

b. milling

c. turning

d. reaming

405. A machine used in shaping metal by means of abrasive wheel or removal of metals with abrasive.

a. shaper

b. planer

c. grinder

d. power saw

406. To prevent leakage in dynamic seals, it is recommended to used

a. gaskets

b. seals

c. packings

d. felts

407. The process of checking or producing checkers on the surface of the piece by rolling checkered depressions in the surface.

a. indexing

b. soldering

c. knurling

d. quenching

408. Tooth width measured along the chord at the pitch circle.

a. chord space

b. chordal thickness

c. chord clearance

d. chord length

409. It is recommended for high speed application that the maximum number of teeth in small sprocket should be:

a. 10 to 20

b. 16 to 32

c. 14 to 28

d. 18 to 24

410. Cast iron flywheels are commonly designated with a factor of safety of:

a 8 to 10

b. 10 to 13

c. 5 to 6

d. 18 to 20

411. An agency handling assistance to all foundry, machine shop and metallurgical plant operation.

a. DOST

b. BOI

c. MIRDC

d. UNICEF

412. A metal characteristic that absorbs extreme deformation without rupture is called:

a. hardness

b. ductility

c. plasticity

d. toughness

413. The size of all the pipes from 1/16 inches to 12 inches is defined by _____ size.

a. design

b. external diameter

c. inside diameter

d. tubular

414. Cutting lubricants used in drilling, reaming and lapping of cast iron parts.

a. soda water

b. kerosene

c. soluble oil

d. dry

415. The angle developed between tooth profile and radial line at its pitch point is referred as:

a. approach angle

b. pressure angle

c. recess angle

d. base helix angle

416.The purpose of annealing is to make a metal:

a. harder

b. medium hard

c. softer

d. shiny

417. AISI numbering for silicon steel.

a. 85XX

b. 92XX

c. 93XX

d. 87XX

418. Specific weight of steel in lbs/inches³

a. 0.832

b. 0.328

c. 0.283

d. 0.823

419. Ratio of coil to wire diameter, a measure of coil curvature.

a. spring rate

b. spring index

c. Wahl’s factor

d. spring scale

420. When hole is smaller than the shaft, it will take pressure to pull the parts together, and the allowance is negative and is termed as:

a. negative fits

b. negative allowance

c. interference of metals

d. negative allowance

421. A kind of thread that is generally used.

a. UNF

b. UNEF

c. UNC

d. 8-Thread series

422. A machine tool used principally to machine flat or plane surfaces with a single point cutting tool.

a. shaper

b. planer

c. milling

d. lathe

423. The ratio of relative viscosities colliding bodies after impact to their velocity before impact.

a. coefficient of friction

b. coefficient of velocity

c. coefficient of restitution

d. coefficient of fluctuation

424. In machine shop forging operation of lengthening a piece of stock while reducing the cross sectional area of work is called:

a. reducing

b. upsetting

c. upgrading

d. desizing

425. It is the radial distance between the top of the tooth and the bottoms of the mating tooth space.

a. clearance

b. tolerance

c. lead

d. crest

426. An arc of the pitch circle through which a tooth travels from its contact to a mating tooth at the pitch point to the point where contact ceases.

a. arc of action

b. arc of recess

c. arc of approach

d. backlash

427. The distance a helical gear would thread along its axis one revolution of it were free to move axially.

a. crest

b. lead

c. module

d. clearance

428. Ability of a material to absorb energy when deformed elastically and return to it when unloaded is:

a. toughness

b. creep

c. resilience

d. plasticity

429. A weld made to hold the parts of a weldment in proper alignment until final welds are made.

a. fusion weld

b. tack weld

c. electric weld

d. oxy-acetylene weld

430. It is a machine used for testing of very thin steel or surface layers.

a. Charpy test

b. Izod test

c. Description test

d. Rockwell test

431. A machine tool in which an abrasive wheel is used as a cutting tool to obtain a very smooth finish.

a. Broaching machine

b. Planer

c. Tool grinder

d. Lathe machine

432. A machine tool used to produce a variety of surfaces by using a circular type cutter with multiple teeth

a. lathe machine

b. milling machine

c. broaching machine

d. grinding machine

433. A cutting tool used to finish internal and external surfaces by the use of a cutter called a broach, which has a series of cutting edges of teeth.

a. lathe machine

b. broaching machine

c. planer

d. shaper

434. A kind of chuck, which should not be used where accuracy is required called

a. collet chuck

b. magnetic chuck

c. four jaw chuck

d. universal chuck

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

a. mesh

b. butt

c. mandrel

d. wobble

436. A machine tool which is very similar to a shaper except that the ram reciprocates vertically rather than horizontally.

a. lathe

b. grinder

c. planer

d. slotter

437. A cylindrical bar of steel with threads formed around it and grooves or flutes running lengthwise in it, intersecting with threads to form cutting edges. It is used to cut internal threads.

a. Groove

b. Lap

c. Tap

d. Flute

438. The operation of making a cone-shaped enlargement of the end of a hole, as for a recess for a flat head screw.

a. Counter sinking

b. Knurling

c. Squaring

d. Performing

439. It is an operation of sizing and finishing a hole by means of a cutting tool having several cutting edges.

a. Notching

b. Piercing

c. Turning

d. Reaming

440. The hop term used to include the marking or inscribing of center points circle area of straight lines upon metal surface either curve or flat, for the guidance of the worker called:

a. Shaping

b. Hobbing

c. Laying out

d. Shaping

441. It is used to true and align machine tools fixtures and works to test and inspect size trueness of finished work and compare measurements either heights or depths or many other measurements.

a. dial gage

b. dial indicator

c. tachometer

d. speedometer

442. The process of forming metals by the use of dies after the metal is heated to its plastic range.

a. Rolling

b. Forging

c. Turning

d. Casting

443. A machine tool used to cut metals a lift, medium and large section using a reciprocating hacksaw blade.

a. Tool grinder

b. Shaper

c. Planer

d. Power saw

444. The usual value of helix angle of a drill is:

a. 30°

b. 60°

c. 110°

d. 120°

445. Wiping is the process of:

a. applying flux during welding process

b. cleaning the welded surface after the welding operation is over

c. connecting load pipes by soldering alloy

d. low temperature welding

446. In Carthias process

a. molten metal is fed into the cavity in metallic mould by gravity

b. metal is poured into die cavity and after a predetermined time the mould is inverted to permit a part of main steel in molten state to flow out of cavity

c. cavity is filled with a precalculated quantity of metal and a core or plunger is inserted to force the metal into cavity

d. metal is forced into mould under high pressure

447. What is the purpose of riser?

a. Feed the casting at a rate consistent with the rate of solidification

b. Act as a reservoir for molten metal

c. Help feed the casting until oil solidification takes place*

d. Feed molten metal from pouring basin to gas

448. The mould for casting  ferrous materials

a. Copper

b. High carbon steel

c. Low carbon steel

d. Medium carbon steel

449. A plug gage is used to measure

a. cylindrical bores

b. screw thread

c. spherical holes

d. taper bores

450. When large number of components are turned and parted off a bar the chuck generally used is the _____.

a. collet chuck

b. four jaw chuck

c. magnetic chuck

d. two jaw chuck