MSE

1 Strength of polymers may be enhanced by

Select one:
a. All of the choices
b. Increasing degree of crytallinity
c. Radiation-induced crosslinking
d. Increasing molecular weight

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The correct answer is: All of the choices
2 Which

of the following enhances corrosion rate?

Select one:
a. Deformations
b. Process annealing
c. decreasing temperature
d. None of the choices

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The correct answer is: Deformations
3 Schottkey

and Frenkel defects are paint dislocations that result in the material:

Select one:
a. Gaining an increase in net charge
b. No change in net charge
c. Either a decrease or increase in net charge
d. Gaining a decrease in net charge

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The correct answer is: No change in net charge
4 Easily

drawn into fibers

Select one:
a. fiber glass
b. none of the choices
c. borosilicate
d. fused silica

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The correct answer is: fiber glass
5 The

fraction of solid sphere volume in a unit cell is known as:

Select one:
a. Coordination number
b. Atomic volume fraction
c. Atomic mass unit
d. Atomic packing factor

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The correct answer is: Atomic packing factor
6 Which

of the following glasses are easily formed?

Select one:
a. None of the choices
b. Borosilicate glass
c. Amorphous silica

d. Soda-lime gas

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The correct answer is: Soda-lime gas
7 External

surfaces are examples of these defects:

Select one:
a. volume defects
b. Linear Defects
c. Interfacial defects
d. Point defects

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The correct answer is: Interfacial defects
8 The

recrystallization temperature ranges between 0.3 to 0.7 of the absolute melting temperature. How
will large internal stresses in the material affect the actual temperature before recrystallization occurs?
Select one:
a. Increase significantly
b. Decrease significantly
c. Increase slightly
d. No effect

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The correct answer is: Decrease significantly
9 Inherently

corrosion resistant and frequently utilized at oxidizing, elevated temperatures.

Select one:
a. Metals
b. Ceramics

c. Semiconductors
d. Polymers

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The correct answer is: Ceramics
10 Coordination

number of Zinc blende ceramic crystal structure

Select one:
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8

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The correct answer is: 4
11Chemical

substance added to polymers to impart UV and oxidation resistance

Select one:
a. Inhibitors
b. Epoxies
c. Coatings
d. Stabilizers

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The correct answer is: Stabilizers
12 A furnace

whose heat and reactant are derived from one material only.

Select one:
a. Electric arc furnace

b. Bessemer furnace
c. Blast furnace
d. None of the choices

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The correct answer is: Blast furnace
13 Particle

coalescence of a powdered aggregate by diffusion that is accomplished by firing at elevated

temperature
Select one:
a. Isostatic compression
b. Sintering
c. Pressing
d. Uniaxial compression

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The correct answer is: Sintering
14 Porcelain,

tablewares and pottery are examples of

Select one:
a. Glass-ceramics
b. Pressing
c. whitewares
d. Structural clay products

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The correct answer is: whitewares
15 Which

does not belong to the group

Select one:
a. bakelite
b. polyethylene
c. PVC
d. teflon

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The correct answer is: bakelite
16 A homogenous

portion of a system that has uniform physical and chemical characteristics

Select one:
a. microstructure
b. phase
c. lattice
d. All of the choices

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The correct answer is: phase
17 It

is a material whose atoms are situated in a repeating or periodic array over large atomic distances
BUT found in varying orientations.
Select one:
a. Amorphous material
b. All of the choices
c. Polycrystalline material
d. Crystalline material

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The correct answer is: Polycrystalline material

18 It

refers to the series of possible alloys consisting of same components but without regard to alloy
composition.
Select one:
a. components
b. system
c. solution
d. matrix

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The correct answer is: system
19 Material

characterized by high electrical and thermal conductivity due to electron delocalization:

Select one:
a. Metals
b. Ceramics
c. Polymers
d. Composites

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The correct answer is: Metals
20 Internal

voids and foreign materials are examples of these.

Select one:
a. Volume defects
b. Point defects
c. Linear Defects
d. Interfacial defects

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The correct answer is: Volume defects

21 Stress

at fracture of ceramics

Select one:
a. Creep
b. Tensile Strength
c. Flexural strength
d. Modulus of elasticity

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The correct answer is: Flexural strength
22 For

metals, electrical resistivity increases with

Select one:
a. temperature
b. All of the choices
c. Impurity concentration
d. Plastic deformation

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The correct answer is: All of the choices
23 Which

of the following is/are true for a metal that is subjected to tensile or compressive stress?

Select one:
a. A metal that has NOT undergone plastic deformation will rebound slightly.
b. A metal will undergo elastic deformation D. A and B before plastic deformation
c. A metal that has undergone plastic deformation will return to its original form
d. None of the choices

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The correct answer is: A metal will undergo elastic deformation D. A and B before plastic deformation
24 Which

of the following transformations is not found in the Iron-iron carbide phase diagram?

Select one:
a. Eutectic
b. Eutectoid
c. Peritectic
d. Peritectoid

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The correct answer is: Peritectoid
25

examples of these.

Select one:
a. Point defects
b. Linear Defects
c. Interfacial defects
d. Volume defects

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The correct answer is: Volume defects
26 Which

of the following furnaces has the least amount of entrained gasses?

Select one:
a. Bessemer furnace
b. All of the choices
c. Blast furnace

d. Electric arc furnace

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The correct answer is: Electric arc furnace
27 In

metals, necking distorts the tensile strength test. phenomenon

Select one:
a. Plastic deformation
b. Increase in force
c. Area reduction
d. All of the choices

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The correct answer is: All of the choices
28 At

which part of the blast furnace does heat recovery between the incoming feed and outgoing gas
occur?
Select one:
a. Shaft
b. Hearth
c. All of the choices
d. Tuyeres

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The correct answer is: Shaft
29 Which

of the following applications will result in the most strain hardening?

Select one:
a. Quenching
b. Hot-forging a connecting rod

c. Flattening a lead shot using a hammer

d. Isostatic powder metallurgy

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The correct answer is: Flattening a lead shot using a hammer
30 have

the ability to be deformed and then brought back to their original form

Select one:
a. elastomers
b. glass-ceramics
c. polyamides
d. polyesters

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The correct answer is: elastomers
31 Soften

when heated and hardened when cooled

Select one:
a. Vulcanized rubber
b. Epoxies
c. Thermoplasts
d. Thermosets

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The correct answer is: Thermoplasts
32 Failure

of the material as a result of high temperature stress is?

Select one:
a. Creep

b. Fracture
c. All of the choices
d. Fatigue

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The correct answer is: Creep
33 Which

is/are true from the statements below?

Select one:
a. Donor impurities introduces excess holes
b. None of the choices
c. Semiconductors are ionic bonded compounds
d. Acceptor impurities introduces excess

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The correct answer is: None of the choices
34 Which

material would have undergone the supercooled liquid state upon cooling from the liquid state?

Select one:
a. Crystalline glass
b. Amorphous glass
c. None of the choices
d. A metal

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The correct answer is: Amorphous glass
35 Which

does not belong to the group

Select one:

a. Lonsdaleite
b. fullerine
c. C70
d. C540

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The correct answer is: Lonsdaleite
36 Usually

observed in the welding of stainless steel

Select one:
a. Selective leaching
b. intergranular corrosion
c. Pitting
d. Stress corrosion

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The correct answer is: intergranular corrosion
37 Which

is/are true on vulcanization

Select one:
a. cross-linking in elastomers
b. all of the choices
c. non-reversible chemical reacion
d. carried out at velevated temperature

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The correct answer is: all of the choices
38 It

is not subject to creep

Select one:
a. None of the choices
b. Glass
c. Medium Carbon Steel
d. Bronze

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The correct answer is: None of the choices
39 A phenomenon

where some metals and non metals have more than one crystal structure.

Select one:
a. None of the choices
b. Alloying
c. Crystalization
d. Polymorphism

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The correct answer is: Polymorphism
40 Engineering

materials are characterized mainly by their

Select one:
a. All of the choices
b. Properties
c. Structure
d. Processing

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The correct answer is: All of the choices

41 Material

having an AX-type crystal structure.

Select one:
a. Rock-Salt
b. Perovskite
c. Zinc Blend
d. Cesium Chlonde

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The correct answer is: Rock-Salt
42 Which

statement/s/is/are true about ceramics

Select one:
a. Hardnest known materials are ceramics
b. All of the choices
c. Both cystalline and non crystalline states are possible for ceramics
d. Pores act as a stress concentrators

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43 Upsets

or changes the orderly array of atoms or molecules in the crystal structure.

Select one:
a. volume dislocation
b. point dislocation
c. all of the choices
d. surface dislocation

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The correct answer is: all of the choices

44 Which

has the least reinforcement efficiency

Select one:
a. Fiber randomly and uniformly distributed stress direction any direction
b. None of the choices
c. Parallel fiber orientation; stress direction perpendicular
d. Parallel fiber orientation; stress direction same direction

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The correct answer is: Parallel fiber orientation; stress direction same direction
45 Fire

retardants in polymers work by

Select one:
a. None of the choices
b. Interfering without the combustion process in the
c. Initiating a combustion reaction that produces
d. Being intrinsically non-combustible

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The correct answer is: Initiating a combustion reaction that produces
46 A piece

of aluminium wire is subjected to tensile stress. The initial length of the wire is 200mm which
has an Elastic ratio of 69GPa. What is the change in length if the applied stress is 400 MPa?
Select one:
a. 11.6mm
b. 1.16mm
c. 116mm
d. 0.116mm

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The correct answer is: 1.16mm
47 Consist

of two strong and stiff sheet faces that are separated by a core material.

Select one:
a. Laminar composites
b. Sandwich panels
c. Fiber-reinforced composites
d. None of the choices

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The correct answer is: Sandwich panels
48 Forming

technique whereby a material is forced by compression, through a die orifice

Select one:
a. Transfer molding
b. Casting
c. Extrusion
d. Blow molding

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The correct answer is: Extrusion
49 Increasing

the strength of glass by introduction of residual compressive stresses within the outer

surface
Select one:
a. firing
b. annealing
c. devitrification

d. tempering

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The correct answer is: tempering
50 Polymorph

of carbon used for grinding, cutting polishing.

Select one:
a. Graphite
b. Diamond
c. None of the choices
d. Fullerene

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The correct answer is: Diamond

51 The total number of atoms in a unit cell of a body-cerntered cubic lattice is:
Select one:
a. 4
b. 2
c. 0.54
d. 6

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The correct answer is: 2

52 Used for most chemical containers for its chemical resistance.

Select one:
a. rvc
b. ASS

c. HDPE
d. Polyester

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The correct answer is: HDPE

53 Which materials can be designed to become immune to fatigue?

Select one:
a. All of the choices
b. Ferrous alloys
c. Copper
d. Aluminum

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The correct answer is: Ferrous alloys

54 Pores and cracks are examples of these.

Select one:
a. Volume defects
b. Interfacial defects
c. Point defects
d. Linear Defects

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The correct answer is: Volume defects

55 Strengthening of alloys by physical or chemical changes in the external surface only.

Select one:
a. Precipitation hardening

b. Case hardening
c. Quenching
d. All of the choices

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The correct answer is: Case hardening