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1. Which of the following is classified as a non-ferrous light alloy?

Beryllium base

Zinc base

Tin base

Copper base
2. Of the following, which is considered the most important structural non-ferrous metal?

Copper

Zinc

Tin

Aluminium
3. Aluminium cannot be used in most areas where vibrations combine with high stress. There are
special care has to be taken to remove all stress raisers. Which below is considered a stress
rasier?

A notch

A scratch

A sudden change of section

A notch and a scratch

All of the above

4. When applying the term annealed to pure aluminium it is interpreted to mean?

Work hardenning

Re-crsytalisation

Stress releasing

Normalising
5. Which NDT method can be used to give general sorting of aluminium alloys?

UT

MT

RT

ET
6. Which metal is most used in electrical work, wiring, etc?

Copper

Brass

Aluminium

Steel
7. It is generally understood that the principal alloying elements of brass are?

Copper and tin

Copper and zinc

Bronze and tin

Tin and zinc

8. Which two NDT methods are usually used to inspect Magnesium components?

Radiography and penetrant

Radiography and magnetic particle

Ultrasonic and magnetic particle

Ultrasonic and penetrant

9. Wrought zinc and its alloys have very little NDT inspection on them, when a material is plated
with zinc it is known as?

Anodizing

Wrapping

Galvanising

Flashing
10. Thermoplasting can be?

Melted down and re-used without loss of properties

Softened by heat

Will char when heated

Melted down and re-used without loss of properties and softened by heat
11. Thermosetting plastics are?

Rigid

Deteriorated by heat

Charred by heat

All of the above

12. Which of the following non-ferrous metals is classed as a light alloy?

Beryllium base

Zinc base

Tin base

All of the above

13. Which of the metals listed below has the highest strength to weight ratio?

Beryllium

Titanium

Aluminium

Zinc
14. One of the major drawbacks of magnesium alloys is?

Poor corrosion resistance

Notch sensitivity

High density

More expensive than using beryllium which exhibits similar properties

15. Which of the following non-ferrous metals is almost exclusively die-cast?

Aluminium

Copper

Magnesium

Zinc
16. Cobalt is used as an alloying constituent in?

Bearing alloys

Solders

Permanent magnets

Dental alloys
17. Manufacturing is a term used generally to describe the ??? of a bulk material?

Designing

Production

Shape changing

Casting
18. Which of the following is classed as a manufacturing process?

Casting

Welding

Machining

Rolling

All of the above

19. Which of the following manufacturing processes is the most economical method of producing
complex shapes?

Casting

Forging

Rolling

Welding
20. In modern manufacturing industries which of the following factors are considered?

Markets

Product life

Design

Manufacturing process

All of the above

21. Which of the following is required when making a sand casting?

A mold

A pattern

A flask

All of the above

22. Shrinkage within a casting can occur in which of the following states?

Liquid state

Solidification

Solid state

Solidification and solid state

All of the above

23. Pattern makers shrinkage occurs in?

Liquid state of casting

Solidification state of casting

Solid state of casting

All of the above

24. When a change of wall thickness is required in a casting what would give the best design
results?

Sudden section change

Small radii

Large radii

All of the above

25. Metal is fed into the casting cavity through a ??? system?

Flow system

Gating system

Pouring system

Riser system
26. Wells outside the normal finished casting are there to allow for?

Gas evolution

Sand erosion

Shrinkage

Airlocks
27. Directional solidification in Castings is helped by the use of?

Cores

Feederheaders

Chills

Chaplets
28. Where holes or cavities are required in the finished casting a ??? is used in the modling
stage?

Chill

Ingate

Riser

Core
29. Green sand is a mixture of sand and?

Clay

Silicon

Water

Clay and water

All of the above

30. The upper half of a flask is called?

A drag

A cope

A draft

A mould
31. Small metal supports which become part of the casting during pouring are called?

Chills

Chaplets

Cores

Risers
32. Which of the following casting processes is best used for small intricate casting - upto 2kg -
requiring close tolerances?

Centrifugal casting

Investment casting

Continuous casting

Permanent mold casting

33. The casting process which gives improved material density towrads the outside of teh mold
is?

Centrifugal casting

Investment casting

Continuous casting

Permanent mold casting

34. The casting process which produces bar is known as?

Centrifugal casting

Last wax process

Continuous casting

Plaster mold casting

35. Splashed metal entrapped by molten metal that does not re-fuse is called?

Hot tear

Chill

Inclusion

Cold shut
36. The bottom part of the flask is known as the?

Cope

Bottom board

Drag

Runner
37. Which of the following is used to give preferential solidification of castings?

Chills

Chaplets

Cores

None of the above

38. In the casting process what name is given to the part which is used to represent the finished
item?

The mould

The spruce

The pattern

The shell
39. The crystal structure of a casting adjacent to the mould wall will be?

Fine equiaxed grains

Core equiaxed grains

Columnar grains

Dendritic
40. Shrinkage occuring in the casting process can be divided into how many stages?

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Here are the corrections:

1. Beryllium base
2. Aluminium
3. All of the above
4. Re-crsytalisation
5. ET
6. Copper
7. Copper and zinc
8. Radiography and penetrant
9. Galvanising
10. Will char when heated
11. Charred by heat
12. Beryllium base
13. Beryllium
14. Notch sensitivity
15. Zinc
16. Permanent magnets
17. Shape changing
18. All of the above
19. Casting
20. All of the above
21. All of the above
22. All of the above
23. Solid state of casting
24. Large radii
25. Gating system
26. Shrinkage
27. Chills
28. Core
29. Clay and water
30. A cope
31. Chaplets
32. Investment casting
33. Centrifugal casting
34. Continuous casting
35. Cold shut
36. Drag
37. Chills
38. The pattern
39. Fine equiaxed grains
40. 3