A flange coupling is to be designed, using 25 mm

diameter bolts at a distance of 152 mm from the center

of the shaft. allowable shearing stress on the bolt is 103
Mpa. if the shaft is to transmit 5,600 hp at a speed of
1200 rpm, how many bolts are needed in the
connection?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
A flange bolt coupling consist of eight steel 20 mm
diameter steel bolts spaced evenly around a bolt circle
300 mm in diamter. if the coupling is subjected to a
torque of 15.1 KN-m, determine the maximum shearing
stress in the bolts?
A. 40450 kPa
B. 63320 kpa
C. 40054 kpa
D. 31298 kpa
An engine of a motor vehicle with a wheel diameter of
712 mm develops 50 kW at 2,000 rpm combined
efficiency of the differential and transmission is 75% with
an over-all speed reduction to. 1 determine he torque to
be delivered by the clutch N-m.
A. 239 N-m
B. 359 N-m
C. 432 N-m
D. 471 N-m
An engine of a motor vehicle with a wheel diameter of
712 mm develops 50 kW at 2,000 rpm. the combined
efficiency of the differential and tranmission is 75% with
an overall speed reduction of 25 is to 1. Determine the
speed reduction of travel of the vehicle in km/hr.
A. 10.74
B. 11.69
C. 12.58
D. 13.80
A multiple disc clutch of 10 steel disc and 9 bronze disc.
the effective outside and inside diameter are 20.32 cm
and 15.24 cm, respectively if the axial force of 450
Newton is applied and the shaft turns at 1200 rpm, find
the horsepower capacity, assume a coefficient of friction
of 0.27.

A. 39.566 hp
B. 40.482 hp
C. 37.456 hp
D. 35. 659 hp
A method whereby a gear is run with another gear that
has abrasive surface material.
A. hobbing
B. honing
C. lapping
D. milling
The ability of a material to absorb energy within is
proportional limit is known as
A. resilience
B. endurance
C. toughness
D. spring action
In pure torsion, the maximum stress is at the center of the

A. peripheral sides
B. long sides
C. ten times their diameter
D. twenty times their diameter
When tested in compression, ductile material usually
exhibit________ characteristics up to the yield strength
as they do when tested in tension.

A. the same
B. less than
C. more than
D. approximately the same
In a pressure vessel, the ratio of minimum strength of
joint to the strength of solid joint is known as

A. Efficiency
B. Performance factor
C. Joint efficiency
D. Relative strength
A tolerance where the size of a part is permitted to be
either larger or smaller than the given dimension.

A. Bilateral
B. Unilateral
C. Lateral
D. None of these
The process by which high pressure is applied to a
heated metal billet or blank which causes it to flow
through restricted orifice.

A. Extrusion
B. Intrusion
C. Forging
D. Hot rolling
A steel shaft transmits 40 hp at 1400 rpm. Considering
allowable shearing stress based on pure torsion to be 5000
psi, find the torsional deflection of the shaft in degrees per
foot.
A. 0.392 degrees/foot
B. 0.246 degrees/foot
C. 0.541 degrees/foot
D. 0.435 degree/foot
A 50 inches diameter diamond saw blade is mounted on a
pulley driven steel shaft, required a blade peripheral linear
speed of 150 ft/sec. Motor drive is 125 hp at 1,200 rpm, with
6 inches diameter pulley. Determine the shaft rpm to attain
blade peripheral speed required.

A. 716.2 rpm
B. 635.3 rpm
C. 539.10 rpm
D. 687.55 rpm
If the weight of 6” diameter by 48” long SAE 1030
shafting is 174.5 kg then what will be the weight of
chromium SAE 51416 of same size?

A. 305.79 lbs
B. 426.70 lbs
C. 347.96 lbs
D. 465.89 lbs
A steel shaft operates at 186 rad/s and must handle 2 kW
of power. The shearing stress is not to exceed 40 MN/m².
Calculate the minimum shaft diameter based on pure
torsion.

A. 9 mm
B. 11 mm
C. 13 mm
D. 15 mm
A round steel shaft transmits 373 watts at 1800 rpm. The
torsional deflection is not to exceed 1 deg in a length
equal to 20 diameters. Find the shaft diameter.

A. 6.53 mm
B. 8.72 mm
C. 12.84 mm
D. 18.16 mm
What is the recommended initial tension of the belt?

A. 75 lb/in of width
B. 71 lb/in of width
C. 73 lb/in of width
D. 80 lb/in of width
What factor of safety is needed for a 2 in. diameter
shaft with an ultimate strength of 50,000 psi to transmit
40,000 in-lb torque.
A. 2.25
B. 1.95
C. 2.14
D. 2.62
Two shaft at right angles to each other may be connected by
what arrangement?
A. Half turn
B. ¾ turn
C. Quarter turn
D. One turn
What is the minimum number of teeth on a smaller
sprocket for low speed?

A. 11
B. 17
C. 21
D. 12
Which of the following is the minimum number of teeth
on a smaller sprocket for moderate speed?

A. 15
B. 12
C. 21
D. 17
What is the minimum number of teeth on a smaller
sprocket for high speed?
A. 12
B. 21
C. 24
D. 14
What type of spring made in the form of dished washer?

A. Air spring
B. Volute spring
C. Belleville spring
D. Motor spring
Which of the following is the type of failure due to
unstability?
A. Buckling
B. Stability
C. Slenderness formulas
D. Euler formula
For very slender column, what type of formula that is best
applied?
A. Column formula
B. Moment formulas
C. Slenderness formulas
D. Euler formula
What is the term applied to the reciprocal of the velocity
ratio?
A. Train value
B. Modular value
C. Ratio factor
D. None of these
What type of bolt distinguished by a short potion of the
shank underneath the head being square or finned or
ribbed?
A. Coupling
B. Stud bolt
C. Carriage bolt
D. Machine bolt
What type of bolt threaded on both ends and can be
used where a through bolt impossible?

A. Coupling
B. Stud bolt
C. Carriage bolt
D. Machine bolt
What do you call the phenomenon occurring when two
touching surfaces have a high contact pressure and when
these surfaces have minute relative motion?
A. Prestressing
B. Friction
C. Fretting
D. Carving
In viscosity chart, Raimond-Boyd analysis assumed that
the viscosity of the lubricant is _________

A. Constant
B. Increasing
C. Decreasing
D. Vanishing
In what country that the present theory of hydrodynamic
lubrication originates from?
A. China
B. Germany
C. US
D. England
In ASTM standard, what is the instrument used in
determining viscosity?

A. Dynamic viscometer
B. Saybolt universal furol
C. Hagen-Poinsulle viscometer
D. Saybolt universal viscometer
Which of the following is not a form of bearing
lubrication?
A. Liquid-film lubrication
B. Hydrodynamic lubrication
C. Hydrostatic lubrication
D. Solid-film lubrication
A lubrication where lubricant is introduced between surfaces
which are in rolling contact such as roller gears or rolling
bearings?

A. Hydrostatic lubrication
B. Hydrodynamic lubrication
C. Elastohydrodynamic lubrication
D. Solid-film lubrication
What lubrication is usually used when bearings are operating
at extreme temperatures?
A. Hydrodynamic lubrication
B. Solid-film lubrication
C. Hydrostatic lubrication
D. Liquid-film lubrication
What load P which causea total deformation of 0.036 inch of
a steel rack which has a cross-section area of 4 sq. inches and
a length of 5 ft.

A. 55,000 lb
B. 72,000 lb
C. 60,000 lb
D. 50,000 lb
A railroad track is laid at a temperature of 10 degree F with
gaps of 0.01 feet between the ends of the rails. The rails are
33 feet long. If they are prevented from buckling, what stress
will result from a temperature of 110 degree F? Coefficient of
linear expansion = 6.5x per degree F.
A. 10,000 psi
B. 8,530 psi
C. 9,450 psi
D. 10409 psi
A solid transmission shaft is 4.0 inches in diameter. It is
desired to replace it with a hallow shaft of the same material
and same torsional strength but its weight should only be
half as much as the solid shaft. Find the outside diameter of
the hallow shaft in millimeters.
A. 107.315 mm
B. 112.231 mm
C. 122.940 mm
D. 131.204 mm
A 80 mm solid shaft is to be replaced with a hallow shaft of
equal torsional strength. Find percentage of weight saved, if
the outside of the hallow shaft is 100 mm.

A. 56.53%
B. 67.31%
C. 48.49%
D. 52.90%
A centrifugal pump is directly couple to a motor. The pump
rating is 3,600 liters per minute against a total head of 8
meters of water. Pump efficiency is 65% at shaft speed of
550 rpm. Calculate the torsional stress induced on the 40
mm diameter motor shaft.
A. 11,193.45 kPa
B. 12,420.72 kPa
C. 10,010.85 kPa
D. 13,113.83 kPa
The rapid cooling of steel to a temperature between 400 to
800 deg F in enough time, then austenite is transformed into
a materials called.
A. Bainite
B. Lignite
C. Quinite
D. Ferrite
Which of the following is the high-leaded brass used for
instrument, lock and watch parts?
A. Red brass
B. Commercial brass
C. Yellow brass
D. Engraver’s brass
It is a cold-working process in which metal is gathered or
upset.
A. Heading
B. Cold rolling
C. Spinning
D. Stamping
What is the other term used for die casting?
A. Thermosetting
B. Shell-molding
C. Metal-mold casting
D. Tangential casting
A cone-disk spring is also known as _____

A. Belleville Spring
B. Heavy duty spring
C. Helical spring
D. Conical spring
A term used to describe sudden applied force or disturbance.

A. Shock
B. Impact
C. Creep
D. Load
It refers to the collision of two or more masses with initial
velocities.
A. Shock
B. Impact
C. Creep
D. Load
A cast iron flywheel is rotated at a speed of 1200 rpm and
having a mean rim radius of 1 foot. If the weight of the rim is
30 lbs. What is the centrifugal force? Use factor C=41.
A. 14,800 lbs
B. 70,000 lbs
C. 14 860 lbs
D. 14,760 lbs
The maximum-strain theory which apples only in elastic
range of stresses are also known as _______

A. Hooke’s Law
B. Saint Venant’s Theory
C. Stress-strain Theory
D. Cataligno’s Theory
Find the rim thickness for a cast iron flywheel with a width of
200 mm, a mean diameter of 1.2 in a normal operating speed
of 300 rpm, a coefficient fluctuation of 0.05 and which is
capable of hanging 3000 N-m of kinetic energy. Assume that
the hub and arms represent 10% of the rim weight and the
specific weight of cast iron is 7200 kg/m³

A. 25.28 mm
B. 28.82 mm
C. 28.25 mm
D. 25.25 mm
An ammonia compressor is driven by a 20kW motor. The
compressor and the motor RPM are 380 and 1750,
respectively. The small sheave has a pitch diameter of 152.4
mm. If the bolt to be used is standard C-120 (L=122.9in.).
Determine the center distance between sheaves

A. 709 mm
B. 865 mm
C. 806 mm
D. 686 mm
A flywheel has a mean diameter of 4 ft and is required to
handle 2200 ft-lb of kinetic energy. The flywheel has a width
of 8in. Normal operating speed is 300 rpm and the coefficient
of fluctuation is to be 0.05. Find the weight of the rim
assuming that the arms and hub are equivalent is 10% of the
specific weight.

A. 412 lb
B. 334 lb
C. 452.4 lb
D. 533 lb
Find the horsepower required to drive a power screw lifting a
load of 4000 lbs. A 2 and ½ inches double square thread with
two threads/in is to be used. The friction radius of the collar
is 2 inches and the coefficients of friction are 0.1 for the
threads and 0.15 for the collar. The velocity of the nut is 10
ft/min.

A. 5.382 HP
B. 4.395 HP
C. 3.683 HP
D. 6.472 HP
A single square thread power screw is to raise a load of 70
kN. The screw has a major diameter of 36 mm and a pitch of
6 mm. The coefficient of thread friction and collar friction are
0.13 and 0.10 respectively. If the collar mean diameter is 90
mm and the screw turns at 60rpm, find the combined
efficiency of screw and collar.

A. 13.438%
B. 15.530%
C. 14.526%
D. 12.526%
Determine the diameter of the stud bolt that are required to
fasten down the cylinder head of a 203 mm x 304 mm gas
engine. There are ten bolts on the block. The explosion
pressure is 31 kg/sq.cm and studs are made of ordinary bolts
material SAE 1020. How deep should the bolt be drilled?

A. 38.1 mm
B. 40.2 mm
C. 37.3 mm
D. 35.5 mm
A safety valve spring having 9 and ½ coils has the ends
squared and ground. The outside diameter of the coil is 115
mm and the wire is 13 mm. It has a free length of 203 mm.
Determine the length of the wire to which this spring must
be initially compressed to hold a boiler pressure of 1.38 MPa
on the seat of 32 mm diameter. Modulus of rigidity is taken
as G=80GN/m².

A. 172 mm
B. 179 mm
C. 192 mm
D. 158 mm
A solid transmission shaft is 4.0 inches in diameter. It is
desired to replace it with a hallow shaft of the same material
and same torsional strength but its weight should only be
half as much as the solid shaft. Find the outside diameter of
the hallow shaft in millimeters.
A. 107.315 mm
B. 112.231 mm
C. 122.940 mm
D. 131.204 mm
A single threaded trapezoidal metric thread has a pitch of 4
mm, and a mean diameter of 18 mm. It is used as a
translation screw in conjunction with a collar having an
outside diameter of 37 mm and an inside diameter of 27
mm. Find the required torque in N-m to raise a load of 400 kg
if the coefficient of friction is 0.3 for both thread and collar.
A. 34.6 N-m
B. 32.6 N-m
C. 39.1 N-m
D. 38.5 N-m
A 100 mm diameter solid shaft is to be replaced with a
hollow shaft equally strong (torsion) and made of the same
material. The outside diameter of the hollow shaft is to 27
mm. What should be the inside diameter? The allowable
shearing stress is 41.4 MPa?
A. 109.60 mm
B. 107.42 mm
C. 105.82 mm
D. 291.53 mm
Which of the following is the most common alloying
elements used in cast iron?

A. Nickel
B. Chromium
C. molybdenum
D. All of these
A line shaft is to transmit 200 hp at 900 rpm. If the line shaft
is connected with a speed of 1600 rpm find the horsepower
transmitted.
A. 493 hp
B. 465 hp
C. 365 hp
D. 200 hp
A steel shaft is subjected to a constant torque of 2500 N-m.
the ultimate strength and yield strength of the shafting
material are 668 MPa and 400 MPa respectively. Assume a
factor of safety on the yield point and endurance strength in
shear, determine the diameter of the shaft.
A. 1.980 in
B. 1.915 in
C. 2.321 in
D. 2.417 in