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Basic Mechanical Engineering MCQ

1. Primary controls include the gearshift lever, steering wheel, and _______________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Accelerator

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2. In manufacturing, a(n) __________ is used to produce large quantities of a few types of products.

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Correct Answer: Assembly-line layout

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3. The flow rate of a liquid is _______.

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Correct Answer: Directly proportional to the pressure gradient

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4. In __________, materials are physically or chemically changed to produce a product.

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Correct Answer: Process manufacturing

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5. Prior to the implementation of total quality management, defective items were ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Scrapped or reworked

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6. The main goal of utilizing a mass customization production system is to ________.

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Correct Answer: Produce a customized product at almost the rate of mass production while achieving customer satisfaction

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7. The goal achieved by using mass production is to ________.

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Correct Answer: Produce large quantities of goods at a low cost

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8. When referring to flexible manufacturing, it is true that it ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Uses machines designed to perform multiple tasks so they can be used to produce a variety of products

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9. A shorter electromagnetic wave is _____.

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Correct Answer: More powerful

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10. A stone submerged in water displaces the _________.

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Correct Answer: Volume of water

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11. ________ involves the use of computers to direct manufacturing processes.

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Correct Answer: Computer-aided manufacturing

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12. The shear stress is a maximum where the velocity is __________.

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Correct Answer: One half

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13. The production manager is responsible for all of the following except ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Preparing financial reports

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14. Which of the following options are the correct characteristics of the oil-tempered wire?

Answer

Correct Answer: It is cold drawn and quenched.
It is tempered and general purpose spring steel.

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15. Consider the two timber posts that measure 150 millimeters square and 4 meters high. These posts are subjected to an axial load of 108 kN each. How much will they be shorten because of the load, if one post is made of pine timber (E = 7800 MPa)and the other of Australian blackwood (E = 15300 MPa)?

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Correct Answer: Pine = 4.5 mm, Blackwood = 0.9 mm

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16. Express the change in internal energy of the system when no work is done on the system but a certain amount of heat, say q, is taken out from the system and given to the surroundings.

Answer

Correct Answer: ∆U = - q

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17. Which of the following options can be exchanged in a closed system?

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy

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18. In relation to bending stress, what is the correct value of bending or flexural modulus (Eb), if P is the normal force, L is the beam length, w is the beam width, t is the beam thickness, and y is the deflection at load point?

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Correct Answer: Eb = PL3/4wt3y

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19. Consider a circular hollow tube made of steel which is used for supporting a compressive load of 600 kN. The inner diameter of the tube is 90 mm and the outer diameter is 130 mm. What is the compressive stress, if the length of the tube is 1000 mm?

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Correct Answer: -102.5 MPa

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20. What is the amount of heat absorbed if two litres of an ideal gas at a pressure of 10 atm expands isothermally into a vacuum until its total volume becomes 10 liters?

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Correct Answer: 8 liter-atm

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21. What is the value of the standard molar enthalpies of formation at 298K of NaCl(s)?

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Correct Answer: -411.15 kJ/mol

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22. What is the ratio of the lateral strain to the linear strain called?

Answer

Correct Answer: Poisson's ratio

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23. Calculate the angular velocity of a body whose rotations per minute is 60.

Answer

Correct Answer: 6.28 radians per second

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24. What is the value of the point angle of a twist drill?

Answer

Correct Answer: 118º

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25. A jig is a device which is used to:

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Correct Answer: hold and locate a workpiece as well as guide and control cutting tools.

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26. The ability of a material to embed small particles of dust, grit etc. is known as ___________.

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Correct Answer: embeddability

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27. The broaching operation in which the workpiece moves across the stationary tool is known as _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: continuous broaching

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28. In involute gears the pressure angle __________ as the gear engages or disengages.

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Correct Answer: remains constant

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29. The bolt and nut is an example of a:

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Correct Answer: screw pair

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30. The radius of a shaft is 5 millimeters. The shear stress on that shaft is 50 newtons per square millimeter and the polar moment of inertia is 10 (millimeters)4. Calculate the twisting moment on that shaft.

Answer

Correct Answer: 100 newton millimeters

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31. What type of gear is used to transmit power at constant velocity ratio between two shafts the axes of which intersect at an angle?

Answer

Correct Answer: Bevel gear

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32. __________ is the angle made by the face of the tool and the parallel plane to the base of the cutting tool.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rake angle

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33. In a programmed evaluation and review technique, if the slack of an activity is negative, then what can be stated for the project completion?

Answer

Correct Answer: Additional resources are required to complete the project in time.

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34. Calculate the coefficient of friction of a body whose limiting friction of which is 10 newtons and the value of the normal reaction is 5.

Answer

Correct Answer: 2

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35. The smallest circle drawn to the cam profile is known as ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: base circle

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36. Which type of organization among the following has a straight flow of authority within a single unit?

Answer

Correct Answer: Line organization

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37. The shortest time in which an activity can be completed is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: optimistic time

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38. Calculate the circular pitch of a gear whose pitch circle diameter is 12.74 millimeters and the number of teeths on gear wheel are 20.

Answer

Correct Answer: 2 millimeters

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39. ___________ is that type of motion in which there is reduction in amplitude over every cycle of vibration.

Answer

Correct Answer: Damped vibration

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40. _______________ is a beam having its end portion extended beyond the support.

Answer

Correct Answer: Overhanging beam

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41. Within which angular range is the shear stress maximum if a body is subjected to tensile stress in one plane?

Answer

Correct Answer: 45º and 135º

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42. What effect does the grain size of a cutting tool have on the tool life?

Answer

Correct Answer: Tool life increases

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43. The milling operation of producing surfaces of irregular shape is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Form milling

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44. If M - bending moment, I - moment of inertia, E - young's modulus of elasticity and R - radius of curvature then, which of the following is the correct bending equation for a beam?

Answer

Correct Answer: M/I = E/R

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45. What is the value of entropy of a substance at absolute zero temperature?

Answer

Correct Answer: 0

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46. _____________ is the operation of enlarging a previously drilled hole.

Answer

Correct Answer: Boring

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47. If we have to choose a grinding wheel having the least hardness, which grade of grinding wheel should be chosen?

Answer

Correct Answer: Grade A to H

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48. In a simple harmonic motion, number of cycles produced per second is known as:

Answer

Correct Answer: frequency.

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49. Which type of welding is obtained if there is an excess of acetylene?

Answer

Correct Answer: Reducing flame

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50. A process in which gas is heated such that the product of its pressure and volume remains constant is known as

Answer

Correct Answer: hyperbolic process

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51. What is the value of universal gas constant in SI units?

Answer

Correct Answer: 8314 joules per kilogram mole kelvin

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52. If the motion between a pair takes place in more than one direction, then this kind of motion is termed as ___________.

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Correct Answer: incompletely constrained motion

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53. Calculate the mechanical efficiency of an engine whose brake power is 20 watts and indicated power is 40 watts.

Answer

Correct Answer: 50%

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54. The resultant of two forces A and B is Q. If A is doubled and the new resultant is perpendicular to A, then:

Answer

Correct Answer: A=Q

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55. In which, among the following scavenging methods, are the inlet and the outlet ports situated on the same side of the engine cylinder?

Answer

Correct Answer: Loop scavenging method

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56. Due to which of the following properties does molding sand adhere to the sides of the molding box?

Answer

Correct Answer: Adhesiveness

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57. The process to improve the fatigue resistance in metals by producing compressive stresses in its surface is known as ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: cold peening

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58. In which, among the following engine strokes, is the firing of the vaporized fuel carried out?

Answer

Correct Answer: expansion stroke

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59. In which among the following wage incentive plans is the worker paid according to the number of units of work produced by him?

Answer

Correct Answer: Straight piece work system

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60. In which, among the following governing methods, is a control valve fitted in the fuel delivery pipe in order to control the quantity of fuel mixed in the charge?

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Correct Answer: Qualitative governing

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61. Which type of thread is used in bench vices in manufacturing units?

Answer

Correct Answer: Acme thread

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62. How many revolutions of crankshaft does it take to complete one working cycle in a four stroke engine?

Answer

Correct Answer: 2

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63. The forces which meet at one point but whose lines of action lie on different points are known as ______________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Non co-planar concurrent forces

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64. In which type of welding is a mixture of Iron oxide and Aluminum used?

Answer

Correct Answer: Thermit welding

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65.

A solar collector receiving solar radiation at the rate of 0.6 kW/m2 transforms it into the internal energy of a fluid at an overall efficiency of 50%. The fluid heated to 350 K is used to run a heat engine which rejects heat at 313 K. If the heat engine is to deliver 2.5 kW power, the minimum area (in sq. meters) of the solar collector required would be:

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Correct Answer:

79.36


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66. Up to which point in a stress-strain curve is Hooke's law applicable?

Answer

Correct Answer: Elastic limit

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67. A couple of two bodies produces which type of motion?

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Correct Answer: Rotational motion

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68. In which, among the following systems, does no heat or work cross its boundary?

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Correct Answer: Isolated system

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69. The petrol engine works on ___________.

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Correct Answer: Otto cycle

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70. The compression ratio of a diesel engine is:

Answer

Correct Answer: 15 to 25

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71. According to the Boyle's law:

Answer

Correct Answer: pressure is inversely proportional to volume.

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72. Which among the following types of chips is usually produced during the machining of brittle materials?

Answer

Correct Answer: Discontinuous chips

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73. Which plant layout is known as 'functional layout' or 'analytical layout'?

Answer

Correct Answer: Process layout

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74. Which among the following is a spring controlled governor?

Answer

Correct Answer: Hartnell governor

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75. Which among the following is the correct range of value for the included angle of a V-belt?

Answer

Correct Answer: 30º to 40º

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76. Calculate the centrifugal force for a body moving in a circular path, given that the mass of the body is 10 kilogram, its angular velocity is 10 radians per second and the radius of the circular path is 10 meters.

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Correct Answer: 10000 newtons

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77. Which branch of engineering mechanics deals with the force which acts upon bodies at rest?

Answer

Correct Answer: Statics

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78. Which of the following devices is used for atomizing and vaporizing the fuel before mixing it with air in varying proportions?

Answer

Correct Answer: Q = W + E

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79. What are the axes in Mohr's circle diagram?

Answer

Correct Answer: X - axis : Normal Stress, Y - axis : Shear Stress

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80. Which of these is a method for visualizing and analyzing fluid flow?

Answer

Correct Answer: Particle image velocimetry

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81. Which of these is NOT a type of truss?

Answer

Correct Answer: Thomas truss

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82. What is the function of unloaders in a reciprocating compressors design?

Answer

Correct Answer: To decrease the compressor capacity

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83. What type of loading is applied to a coil spring in compression?

Answer

Correct Answer: Torsion

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84. For a machine resting on four legs, how do you describe the leg not carrying equal weight to the other three?

Answer

Correct Answer: The soft foot

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85. What is the static head pressure of a column of water 2 ft high?

Answer

Correct Answer: .866 psi

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86. What is the SI unit for thermal resistance?

Answer

Correct Answer: Kelvins per Watt

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87. What is the term for the horizontal portion of a chimney draft system extending from combustion equipment?

Answer

Correct Answer: Breeching

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88. When dimensioning drawings with Inches which of these is the correct format?

Answer

Correct Answer: .05±.01

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89. For a completely isolated system, what is the entropy at thermodynamic equilibrium?

Answer

Correct Answer: maximum

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90. Which thermodynamic cycle is ideally isobaric?

Answer

Correct Answer: Brayton cycle

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91. What is the ratio of the molar volume of a gas to the molar volume of an ideal gas at the same temperature and pressure?

Answer

Correct Answer: Compressibility factor

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92. In relation to O-Ring sealing, what are back up seals.

Answer

Correct Answer: Additional rings which help prevent O-Ring extrusion

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93. Water can be raised in temperature by means of what type of energy?

Answer

Correct Answer: Sensible heat

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94. Doubling the thickness of a rectangular cantilever beam will do what to the stiffness?

Answer

Correct Answer: The beam becomes 8x stiffer.

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95. Cogeneration commonly combines the production of what two forms of energy?

Answer

Correct Answer: Electricity and Steam

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96. In a heat exchanger application, what value does the term "temperature delta" refer to?

Answer

Correct Answer: The difference in temperature between supply and return on one side of the system

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97. A four bar linkage system meets the Grashof condition if:

Answer

Correct Answer: The shortest link can rotate fully with respect to a neighboring link.

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98. What type of fuel oil pump will deliver consistent pressure and volume with minimal fluctuations to combustion eqiupment?

Answer

Correct Answer: A positive displacement pump

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99. What machinability rating has the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) given to AISI No. 1112 carbon steel?

Answer

Correct Answer: 100%

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100. What two fuel types are commonly incorporated into dual fuel burner design?

Answer

Correct Answer: Natural gas and fuel oil

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101. Cooling tons are calculated as the amount of heat energy needed to turn one ton of ice into water over what time period?

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Correct Answer: 24 hours

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102. What quality should shock resisting steel posses?

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Correct Answer: High Toughness

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103. According to Bernoulli's principle, what happens in an ideal fluid with a decrease in pressure?

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Correct Answer: increase in speed

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104. True or False: The force needed to extend a spring by a certain distance is inversely proportional to that distance.

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Correct Answer: False

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105. What are the units for a moment of inertia?

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Correct Answer: kg.m^2

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106. What is the name of the 3 valve configuration designed to continuously vent unwanted fuel away from it's point of use?

Answer

Correct Answer: Block and bleed

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107. According to Newton's first law, if the vector sum of all forces acting on a body is zero, then its:

Answer

Correct Answer: velocity is constant

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108. What is the force that prevents a material from being torn apart?

Answer

Correct Answer: Tensile strength

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109. Which law of thermodynamics captures the idea that higher temperature materials will always gravitate toward cooler temperatures?

Answer

Correct Answer: The second law of Thermodynamics

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110. How do we describe the process for determining the magnitudes of the components of a vector directed in two dimensions?

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Correct Answer: Vector Resolution

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111. What is the maximum allowable working pressure for a low pressure steam boiler?

Answer

Correct Answer: 15 psi

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112. Approximately how much does one gallon of water weigh?

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Correct Answer: 8.33 lbs

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113. Place these in the correct order for torsion: T,L,J,theta

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Correct Answer: TL/Jtheta

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114. Which of these is a method used to evaluate new product ideas?

Answer

Correct Answer: SWOT analysis

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115. What is the term for the cutting process where the tool and cutting surface are perpendicular to each other?

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Correct Answer: Orthogonal cutting

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116. Which is the most common stress used to evaluate the yielding of ductile materials?

Answer

Correct Answer: Von Mises Stress

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117. What is designed into gear sets to provide the proper amount of teeth clearance to avoid binding?

Answer

Correct Answer: Backlash

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118. What kind of an engine does an Otto cycle describe?

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Correct Answer: spark ignition

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119. What can be done to increase the capacity of a plate frame heat exchanger?

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Correct Answer: Install additional plates

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120. Which of these is NOT a state function?

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Correct Answer: heat

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121. What is another name for a gear traing's torque ratio?

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Correct Answer: mechanical advantage

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122. When a material is compressed in one direction, it tends to expand in the other two directions perpendicular to the direction of compression. What is this effect called?

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Correct Answer: Poisson Effect

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123. What is the function of a feeler gauge?

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Correct Answer: To check thickness of clearance

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124. What force describes the principle of Newton's second Law of Motion that objects naturally resist changes to their course of motion?

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Correct Answer: Inertia

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125. What is the purpose of simple machines such as pulleys and levers?

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Correct Answer: To create mechanical advantage.

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126. Which chemical can be added to a closed loop system to prevent freezing?

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Correct Answer: Glycol

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127. What type of deformation may take place when large amounts of tensile strain are localized in a small area of a material?

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Correct Answer: Necking

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128. Which term is used to describe the angle of the cutting face relative to the cutting work?

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Correct Answer: Rake angle

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129. Which of these factors least affects the heat dissipation by a heat sink?

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Correct Answer: mechanical pressure on heat sink

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130. What is constant in an isochoric process?

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Correct Answer: volume

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131. What is the unit of measurement defined as "the amount of heat needed to raise 1 pound of water 1 degree"?

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Correct Answer: BTU

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132. Which stress acts in parallell with the cross section of a material?

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Correct Answer: shear

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133. What is the simple mechanics description of a force acting upon an object to cause a displacement of the object?

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Correct Answer: Work

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134. Which mechanism can convert rotational motion to reciprocating motion?

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Correct Answer: slider-crank

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135. How many degrees of freedom does a rigid body have in three dimensional space?

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Correct Answer: six

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136. Which type of gear meshing should be employed to transmit torque to a linear force?

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Correct Answer: Rack and Pinion

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137. Which of these is a turbine for hydro power?

Answer

Correct Answer: Pelton wheel

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138. What is one advantage of multi-stage centrifugal pump configurations over single-stage centrifugal pump configurations?

Answer

Correct Answer: Higher pressures can be derived

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139. What is a tool used for stamping metal by a press?

Answer

Correct Answer: die

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140. What term describes the calculations related to objects with greater than zero velocity?

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Correct Answer: Dynamics

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141. What are the three basic methods of heat tranfser?

Answer

Correct Answer: Conduction, Convection and Radiation

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142. How do we describe the property of an object or material which will restore it to its original shape after distortion?

Answer

Correct Answer: Elasticity

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143. True or False: All matter with a temperature greater than absolute zero emits thermal radiation.

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Correct Answer: True

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144. Total mechanical energy is the sum of what two forms of energy?

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Correct Answer: Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy

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145. Which of these manufacturing processes involves pouring liquid metal into a mould?

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Correct Answer: casting

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146. Newton's law of cooling states that the rate of heat loss of a body is proportional to:

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Correct Answer: the difference in temperatures between the body and its surroundings

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147. True or False: A perfect Carnot heat engine cannot be built in reality.

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Correct Answer: True

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148. True or False: Silicon can be used to make microelectromechanical systems.

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Correct Answer: True

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149. The set of equations used to describe motion?

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Correct Answer: Kinematic

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150. What is the result of continous cyclic loads on a metal object?

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Correct Answer: Metal fatigue

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151. Which value must be calculated into piping system designs?

Answer

Correct Answer: Expansion coefficient

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152. What is defined as the ratio of tensile stress to tensile strain?

Answer

Correct Answer: Young's modulus

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153. What are the units for Reynold's number?

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Correct Answer: no dimensions

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154. What is the measure of a fluid's resistance to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress?

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Correct Answer: viscosity

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155. Which if these is NOT a component of aerodynamic force?

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Correct Answer: pinch

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156. Which device is used to store rotational energy?

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Correct Answer: flywheel

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157. What is the rotational force exerted by a spinning shaft?

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Correct Answer: Torque

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158. What does ASME stand for?

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Correct Answer: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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159. How is the heat energy that changes the state of an object but not its temperature described?

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Correct Answer: Latent heat

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160. True or False: Vapour compression used in most household refrigerators is a non-cyclic process.

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Correct Answer: False

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161. Why are fan assemblies usually designed with spring isolators?

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Correct Answer: To minimize vibration

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162. What is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object?

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Correct Answer: buoyancy

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163. What is the density of water?

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Correct Answer: 1000 kg/m^3

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164. What describes the effect of a material expanding in the directions perpendicular to its direction of compression?

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Correct Answer: Poisson Effect

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165. Which fieldlines are instantaneously tangent to the velocity vector of flow?

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Correct Answer: streamlines

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166. Which machine tool rotates the workpiece on its axis?

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Correct Answer: lathe

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167. What is the lowest stress that produces a permanent deformation in a material?

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Correct Answer: Yield strength

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168. Which of these processes involves melting the workpieces?

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Correct Answer: welding

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169. The reduction in effectiveness of a vehicular brake is called:

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Correct Answer: brake fade

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170. What is a term for heat transfer between two objects in contact, driven by a constant temperature difference?

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Correct Answer: steady state conduction

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171. What is the term for the ability of a material to withstand the force of being pulled apart?

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Correct Answer: Tensile strength

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172. What must happen to fuel oil at the burner for efficient combustion?

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Correct Answer: Atomization

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173. Which fan configuration is designed to add energy to airflow passing straight through the fan blades?

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Correct Answer: Axial fan configuration

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174. As related to steam production, what do the letters BHP stand for?

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Correct Answer: Boiler horsepower

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175. Creep is the tendency of a solid to:

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Correct Answer: deform permanently under mechanical stress

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176. What aspect of machine virabtion is described in cycles per second?

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Correct Answer: Frequency

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