Practice Test: Question Set - 10
1. The cam follower generally used in aircraft engines is
- (A) Knife
edge follower
- (B) Flat faced
follower
- (C) Spherical
faced follower
- (D) Roller
follower
2. The lower pair is a
- (A) Open pair
- (B) Closed pair
- (C) Sliding pair
- (D) Point
contact pair
3. Which of the following is an inversion of a double slider crank chain?
- (A) Oldham's
coupling
- (B) Elliptical
trammel
- (C) Scotch
yoke mechanism
- (D) All of these
4. The direction of linear velocity of any point on a link with respect to another point on the same link is
- (A) Parallel
to the link joining the points
- (B) Perpendicular
to the link joining the points
- (C) At
45° to the link joining the points
- (D) None
of the above
5. The example of higher pair is
- (A) Belt,
rope and chain drives
- (B) Gears, cams
- (C) Ball
and roller bearings
- (D) All
of the above
6. The Hooke's joint consists of:
- (A) Two forks
- (B) One fork
- (C) Three forks
- (D) Four forks
7. For S.H.M. cam, the acceleration of the follower at the ends of the stroke and aimed stroke respectively, is
- (A) Maximum
and zero
- (B) Zero
and maximum
- (C) Minimum
and maximum
- (D) Zero
and minimum
8. A disc is a spinning with an angular velocity ω rad/s about the axis of spin. The couple applied to the disc causing precession will be (where I = Mass moment of inertia of the disc, and ωP = Angular velocity of precession of the axis of spin)
- (A) (1/2).Iω²
- (B) Iω²
- (C) (1/2). I ω ωP
- (D) I ω ωP
9. A system of masses rotating in different parallel planes is in dynamic balance if the
- (A) Resultant
force is equal to zero
- (B) Resultant
couple is equal to zero
- (C) Resultant
force and resultant couple are both equal to zero
- (D) Resultant
force is numerically equal to the resultant couple, but neither of them need
necessarily be zero
10. A machine mounted on a single coil spring has a period of free vibration of tp . If the spring is cut into four equal parts and placed in parallel and the machine is mounted on them, then the period of free vibration of the new system will become
- (A) tp /16
- (B) tp /4
- (C) 4 tp
- (D) 16 tp
11. The critical speed of a shaft depends upon its
- (A) Mass
- (B) Stiffness
- (C) Mass and
stiffness
- (D) Stiffness
and eccentricity
12. The main disadvantage of the sliding pair is that it is
- (A) Bulky
- (B) Wears
rapidly
- (C) Difficult
to manufacture
- (D) Both (A) and (B) above
13. In the below figure, PC is the connecting rod and OC is the crank making an angle θ with the line of stroke PO and rotates with uniform angular velocity at ω rad/s. The Klien's acceleration diagram for determining the acceleration of the piston P is shown by quadrilateral CQNO, the acceleration of the piston is _________ when the crank OC and connecting rod PC are at right angles to each other.
- (A) Infinity
- (B) Zero
- (C) Any +ve
value
- (D) Any
-ve value
14. Inertia force acts
- (A) Perpendicular
to the acceleration force
- (B) Along
the direction of acceleration force
- (C) Opposite
to the direction of acceleration force
- (D) None
of the above
15. A circle passing through the pitch point with its center at the center of cam axis is known as
- (A) Pitch circle
- (B) Base circle
- (C) Prime
circle
- (D) Outer
circle
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