1. What is not a metal alloy type?

a) Steels

b) Cast Irons

c) Polymers

d) Copper

e) Titanium

2. What are low alloy steel types?

a) Low carbon

b) Medium carbon

c) High carbon

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

3. Medium carbon steel contains what percentage range carbon?

a) 0.25% - 0.60%

b) <0.25%

c) 0.6% - 1.4%

d) 1.4% - 2.0%

e) None of the above

4. What is hardenability?

a) The hardeness of a steel

b) The ability of a steel to form martensite

c) Hardness if the ability to resist indentation

d) The ability of a steel to not fracture upon impact

e) None of the above

5. As more carbon is added to a low alloy steel, what happens?

a) Strength increases

b) Ductility decreases

c) Hardenability increases

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

6. What applications are high alloy steels not used in?

a) Drills

b) Saws

c) Dies

d) Turbines

e) Automotive structural sheets

7. SAE 1060 steel contains how much wt% carbon ?

a) 6

b) 10

c) 0.6

d) 60

e) None of the above

8. Stainless steel contains at least how much wt% Cr ?

a) 1

b) 11

c) 22

d) 33

e) None of the above

9. Cast iron commonly contains how much wt% carbon ?

a) 0.03-0.045

b) 0.30-.45

c) 30-45

d) 3.0-4.5

e) None of the above

10. In cast Iron, cementite decomposes to what ?

a) Iron and Graphite

b) Bainite and Martensite

c) Tempered Martensite

d) Pearlite

e) None of the above

11. Graphite formation in Cast Iron is promoted by what element?

a) Platinum

b) Iridium

c) Composites

d) Silicon
e) None of the above

12. What are types of cast iron?

a) Gray

b) Ductile

c) White

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

13. Graphite formation in Cast Iron is promoted by what element?

a) Platinum

b) Iridium

c) Composites

d) Silicon

e) None of the above

14. What are some limitations of ferrous alloys?

a) High Density

b) Low conductivity

c) Poor corrosion resistance

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

15. What is not a non-ferrous alloy type?

a) Copper
b) Titanium

c) Steel

d) Aluminium

e) Magnesium

16. What heat treatment is shown for the line labelled 'a)' in Figure 1?

a) Annealing

b) Quenching

c) Tempering of Martensite

d) Rubberizing

e) None of the above

17. What heat treatment is shown for the line labelled 'b)' in Figure 1?

a) Annealing

b) Quenching

c) Tempering of Martensite

d) Rubberizing

e) None of the above

18. What heat treatment is shown for the line labelled 'c)' in Figure 1?

a) Annealing

b) Quenching

c) Tempering of Martensite

d) Rubberizing
e) None of the above

Figure 1. Different heat treatments

19. If the high carbon steel object shown in Figure 2 is quickly quenched from a temperature just below
melting point, how will the hardness of the inside (dark colour) vary from the outside (light colour)?

a) Inside will have higher hardness than outside

b) Outside will have higher hardness than inside

c) Inside and outside will have the same hardness

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

Figure 2.

20. Why are stress vs. strain curves used instead of load vs. deformation?

a) These curves standardize results across a range of sample sizes and loads.

b) These curves positively change the general shape of the load vs. deformation curve.

c) These curves account for impurities in the samples.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

21. What is elastic deformation?

a) Permanent deformation.

b) Non-reversible process.

c) Atomic bonds do not return to initial position upon removal of load.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

22. What is plastic deformation?

a) Permanent deformation.

b) Non-reversible process.

c) Atomic bonds do not return to initial position upon removal of load.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

23. What is engineering tensile stress?

a) Force divided by instantaneous cross sectional area.

b) Force divided by original sheared area.

c) Force divided by original cross sectional area.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

24. Stress has what units?

a) N/m.

b) N/m2.

c) N/m3.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

25. What is torsion?

a) Simple compression.

b) Simple tension.

c) A form of shear.
d) All of the above

e) None of the above

26. In Figure 3, the cable is experiencing what kind of stress state?

a) Simple compression.

b) Simple tension.

c) A form of shear.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

27. In Figure 3, the drive shaft is experiencing what kind of stress state?

a) Simple compression.

b) Simple tension.

c) A form of shear.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

 Figure 3.

28. What is tensile strain?

a) A dimensionless value.

b) The extension of a sample divided by its original length.

c) Not a change in width of a sample divided by its original width

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

29. The modulus of elasticity of a specimen is calculated from:

a) The plastic part of the stress vs. strain curve.

b) The maximum stress point of the stress vs. strain curve.

c) The non-reversible part of the stress vs. strain curve.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

30. Stress has what units?

a) N/m.

b) N/m2.

c) N/m3.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

31. Poisson's ratio is:

a) The negative of the lateral strain.

b) The negative of the lateral strain divided by the shear strain.

c) The negative of the lateral strain divided by the tensile strain.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

32. What is Yield Strength:

a) Tensile Strength.

b) Ultimate Tensile Strength.

c) Stress at which noticeable plastic deformation occurs.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

33. On the engineering stress vs. strain curve, what happens physically to a tensile specimen?

a) Necking occurs.

b) A localized reduction in cross-sectional area occurs.

c) Width of the specimen begins to vary along the length of the specimen.
d) All of the above

e) None of the above

34. What is a measure of ductility?

a) % elongation.

b) % reduction of area.

c) area divided by length.

d) All of the above.

e) a and b above

35. What is toughness?

a) Energy required at 0.002 strain.

b) Energy required at 0.2% strain.

c) Energy required to break a unit volume of specimen.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

36. What is resilience?

a) Ability of a material to store elastic energy.

b) Ability of a material to store plastic energy.

c) Ability of a material to store elastic and plastic energy.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

37. What is elastic strain recovery?

a) The strain that is recovered upon release of load in the elastic region.

b) The strain that is recovered upon release of load in the plastic region.

c) The strain that is recovered upon release of load in the pearlitic region.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

38. What is hardness?

a) Resistance of a sample to be hardened.

b) Resistance to fracture a sample.

c) Resistance to permanently indent a surface.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

39. What is a hardness measurement?

a) Brinell

b) Rockwell

c) Vickers

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

40. To determine a material property such as elastic modulus, why is it important to repeat the tests on
multiple specimens?

a) It takes into account that the samples may not be of the correct specimen shape.

b) It takes into account that the samples may not be of the correct specimen size.

c) It takes into account that there may be flaws in the samples.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

41. A plain carbon steel has a yield strength of 200 MPa and tensile strength of 400MPa. What is the
allowable working stress if the factor of safety is 5?

a) 4 MPa

b) 80 MPa

c) 200 MPa

d) 40 MPa

e) None of the above

42. If a force of 1kN is applied to a sample of diameter 5mm, what is the approximate stress in N/m2?

a) 0.051

b) 51,000

c) 51,000,000

d) 51,000,000,000

e) None of the above

Lecture 7 (skip slide 15)

43. Brittle failure is associated with:

a) Large amounts of plastic deformation.

b) Warning of deformation before failure.

c) Little or no plastic deformation.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

44. Ductile failure is associated with:

a) Cup and cone fracture surface in the case of a tensile specimen.

b) Dimple shaped surface on the microstructural level.

c) Void nucleation, growth and linkage.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

45. In Figure 3, what kind of failure has most likely taken place in this specimen?

a) Brittle.

b) Ductile.

c) Pitting.

d) Erosion-corrosion.

e) Fatigue.

Figure 4.

46. In the micrograph of Figure 5, fracture by cleavage is observed. What kind of failure does this
represent?

a) Brittle.

b) Ductile.

c) Pitting.
d) Erosion-corrosion.

e) Fatigue.

Figure 5.

47. Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Temperature is best represented by what curve?

a) Stress vs. Strain

b) Impact Energy vs. Temperature

c) Load vs. Extension

d) Specific volume vs. Temperature

e) None of the above.

48. What is true about fatigue failure?

a) It is failure under cyclic stress

b) It is responsible for 90% of mechanical engineering failures

c) It can cause part failure, even though the maximum stress is less than the critical stress

d) All of the above

e) None of the above.

49. How can we improve fatigue life?

a) Impose a compressive surface stress

b) Remove stress concentrators

c) Carburizing
d) All of the above

e) None of the above.

50. What is creep?

a) Permanent deformation at a high temperature (relative to the melting temperature)

b) Elastic deformation at a high temperature (relative to the melting temperature)

c) Plastic deformation at a high temperature (relative to the melting temperature)

d) a and c above

e) All of the above

51. Creep consists of which stages?

a) Primary

b) Secondary

c) Tertiary

d) All of the above

e) a and b above

52. Which is a false statement?

a) Flaws in a material produce stress concentrations that cause premature failure

b) Sharp corners in an object produce large stress concentrations and premature failure

c) Engineering materials can reach their theoretical strength

d) Fatigue can be decreased by reducing the severity of cycles

e) Creep can be decreased by reducing temperature

 53. The word ‘polymer’ meant for material made from ______________.
(a) Single entity (b) Two entities (c) Multiple entities (d) Any entity

54. One of characteristic properties of polymer material __________ .

(a) High temperature stability (b) High mechanical strength
(c) High elongation (d) Low hardness

55. Polymers are ___________ in nature.

(a) Organic (b) Inorganic (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None

56. These polymers can not be recycled:

(a) Thermoplasts (b) Thermosets (c) Elastomers (d) All polymers

57. In general, strongest polymer group is __________ .

(a) Thermoplasts (b) Thermosets (c) Elastomers (d) All polymers

58. Strong covalent bonds exists between polymer chains in __________ .

(a) Thermoplasts (b) Thermosets (c) Elastomers (d) All polymers

59. Elastic deformation in polymers is due to _____________ .

(a) Slight adjust of molecular chains (b) Slippage of molecular chains
(c) Straightening of molecular chains (d) Severe of Covalent bonds

60. Kevlar is commercial name for ___________ .

(a) Glass fibers (b) Carbon fibers (c) Aramid fibers (d) Cermets

61. Composite materials are classified based on:

(a) Type of matrix (b) Size-and-shape of reinforcement (c) Both (d) None

62. Major load carrier in dispersion-strengthened composites

(a) Matrix (b) Fiber (c) Both (d) Can’t define

63. Usually softer constituent of a composite is

(a) Matrix (b) Reinforcement (c) Both are of equal strength (d) Can’t define

64. Usually stronger constituent of a composite is

(a) Matrix (b) Reinforcement (c) Both are of equal strength (d) Can’t define

65. Mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced composites depend on

(a) Properties of constituents
(b) Interface strength
(c) Fiber length, orientation, and volume fraction
(d) All the above

66. The following material can be used for filling in sandwich structures
(a) Polymers (b) Cement (c) Wood (d) All
12. Not an example for laminar composite
(a) Wood (b) Bimetallic (c) Coatings/Paints (d) Claddings