Basic 4
1. Electrons in an atom can exist?
Only in exact energy levels
Only in exact energy shells
At random throughout the atom
In Exact energy levels and in exact energy shells
All the above
2. A material that has high hardness and good electrical and thermal connectivity is known as?
A plastic material
A ceramic material
A metallic material
A liquid material
3. What term is used to define the change of state directly from solid to gas?
Crystalisation
Vaporisation
Sublimation
None of the above
4. Which of the following is a crystal lattice that has nine atoms, eight at each corner and one
centrally between them?
Hexagonal close packing
Body centred cubic
Face centred cubic
Body centred tetragonal
5. Which of the following materials is Body centred cubic at room temperature?
Copper
Gold
Iron
Nickel
6. A property of a fine grain material is that it will?
Machine more easily than corse grain
Case harden more easily than coarse grain
Have higher strength than coarse grain
All the above
7. Permanent deformation can occur in which of the following ways?
Static deformation
Twinning deformation
Elastic deformation
All of the above
8. Work done to produce plastic deformation below a materials re-crystallisation temperature is
known as?
Recovery work
Cold work
Twinning
Plasticity work
9. Solution heat treatment requires which of the following?
To dissolve maximum amount of equilibrium preciptant in the solid solution
Very high temperatures
Diffusion times in excess of 24 hours
All of the above
10. Preciptation hardening is most commonly carried out on which of the following materials?
Carbon steel
Lead
Copper
Alluminium
11. Altropic changes occur in the?
Liquid state
Solid state
Gaseous state
Liquid or solid state
12. Which of the following is an allotropic material?
Iron
Copper
Lead
Aluminium
13. A heat treatment process that requires a material to be heated above its critical temperature
for some period of time for carbon to unite in solid solution with iron in the gamma or F.C.C.
lattice is known as?
Spherodizing
Annealing
Austentitization
Normalising
14. A process used to decrease hardness, increase ductility and occasionally improve
machinability of high carbon steels is called?
Annealing
Austenitization
Spheroidizing
Stress relieving
15. A treatment that is used to give minimum hardness and maximum ductility of steel is?
Annealing
Austenitization
Spheroidizing
Normalising
16. Localised corrosion causing deep extend holes is known as?
Fisives
Pitting
Worm holes
None of the above
17. Which of the following is classed as permanent deformation?
Twinning
Rotational deformation
Slip
Twinning and Slip
All of the above
18. Annealing will achieve which of the following properties?
Increase ductility and decrease hardness
Increase ductility and increase hardness
Decrease ductility and increase hardness
Decrease ductility and decrease hardness
19. Of the following metals which is most suceptible to corrosion by sea water?
Gold
Copper
Zinc
Lead
20. During the hardening of steel which of the following quenching media will produce the
severest quench?
Water
Brine
Oil
Air
21. Which is the most common metallic element found on earth?
Iron
Titanium
Aluminium
Magnesium
22. The product of a blast furnace is known as?
Iron
Steel
Pig iron
A pig
23. What is the approproximate carbon content of Pig iron?
1-2%
2-3%
3-4%
4-5%
24. When the carbon content of iron is reduced below 2% it is called?
Steel
Gray iron
White iron
Ductile iron
25. A Bessemer converter is?
A method of producing cast iron
A method of producing pig iron
A method of producing wrought iron
A method of producing steel
26. Practically all steel is made with the use of?
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Helium
27. The carbon content of low carbon steel is?
6-25 points of carbon
25-50 points of carbon
0.06%-0.25% of carbon
6-25 points and 0.06%-0.25% of carbon
None of the above
28. The carbon content of high carbon steel is?
6-25 points of carbon
25-50 points of carbon
50-160 points of carbon
Over 160 points of carbon
29. An alloy steel is a steel containing one or more?
Elements
Atoms
Mixtures
Components
30. What do the letters AISI?
American Institute of Steel Industries
American Iron and Steel Industries
American Industries of Steel Institutes
American Iron and Steel Institute
31. Which of teh following is a classification of Stainless Steel?
Ferritic
Martensitic
Austenitic
Ferritic and Austenitic
All of the above
32. Austenitic stainless steel most typically contain?
18% Chromium 8% Nickel
15% Chromium 10% Nickel
10% Chromium 15% Nickel
8% Chromium 18% Nickel
33. Which of the following metals can be magentised?
Martensitic stainless
Ferritic stainless
Austenitic stainless
Martensitic stainless and Ferritic stainless
None of the above
34. Which of the following may be used as an alloying element of steel?
Copper
Nickel
Aluminium
None of the above
All the above
35. Steel has a carbon content of less than?
4%
3%
2%
1%
36. Which is the main alloying element of austenitic stainless steels?
Nickel
Manganese
Molybdenum
Chromium
37. Which of the following furnaces is NOT used to produce steel?
Blast furnace
Bessemer converter
Basic oxygen furnace
Open hearth furnace
38. Tool and die steels are classed as?
Low carbon steels
Medium carbon steels
High carbon steels
Alloy steels
39. Which of the following alloying additions are used to produce tool and die steels?
Nickel
Chromium
Manganese
All of the above
Both Chromium and Manganese
Here are the corrections:
1. In Exact energy levels and in exact energy shells
2. A metallic material
3. Sublimation
4. Body centred cubic
5. Iron
6. Have higher strength than coarse grain
7. Twinning deformation
8. Cold work
9. To dissolve maximum amount of equilibrium preciptant in the solid solution
10. Alluminium
11. Solid state
12. Iron
13. Austentitization
14. Annealing
15. Spheroidizing
16. Pitting
17. All of the above
18. Increase ductility and decrease hardness
19. Zinc
20. Brine
21. Aluminium
22. Pig iron
23. 3-4%
24. Steel
25. A method of producing steel
26. Oxygen
27. 6-25 points and 0.06%-0.25% of carbon
28. 50-160 points of carbon
29. Elements
30. American Iron and Steel Institute
31. All of the above
32. 18% Chromium 8% Nickel
33. Martensitic stainless and Ferritic stainless
34. All the above
35. 1%
36. Chromium
37. Blast furnace
38. High carbon steels
39. Both Chromium and Manganese