Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. Pick out the correct statement.
- (A) Stainless
steel is nothing but chromium coated steel
- (B) Hardening
of a soft metal can be done by alloying it with another metal or non-metal
- (C) Plastic
deformation of a material is its temporary distortion under the action of
applied stress
- (D) Rusting of iron is
not electrochemical in nature
2. Condenser tubes are not made of
- (A) Cartridge brass
- (B) Muntz brass
- (C) Wood metal
- (D) Aluminium brass alloy
3. Nickel base alloys with __________ are known as monel metal.
- (A) Zinc
- (B) Tin
- (C) Copper
- (D) Molybdenum
4. Ball bearings are normally made of __________ steel.
- (A) High speed
- (B) High carbon
- (C) Chrome
- (D) Silicon
5. Glass is corroded by
- (A) Fluorine (dry or wet)
- (B) Sulphuric acid
- (C) Phosphoric acid
- (D) None of these
6. Most of the common metals have __________ crystal structure.
- (A) Cubic
- (B) Hexagonal
- (C) Orthorhombic
- (D) None of these
7. Tin base and lead base alloys are used for bearing materials. Tin compared to lead has lower
- (A) Price
- (B) Corrosion
resistance
- (C) Thermal
conductivity
- (D) Abundant
availability
8. Hastelloy C is a good material of construction in chemical process industry, since it is
- (A) Highly corrosion
resistant and is readily fabricated
- (B) Relatively
inexpensive although it can be fabricated with some difficulty
- (C) Corrosion
resistant to most alkalis, particularly because of its copper content
- (D) Light and resists
attack by acids
9. Nickel as a material of construction
- (A) Is used as an
alloying element for both ferrous & non-ferrous alloys
- (B) Is paramagnetic below
415° C (its Curie temperature)
- (C) Diamagnetic
- (D) Has a body centered cubic
(bcc) crystal lattice structure
10. Bell metal is an alloy of
- (A) Copper & zinc
- (B) Copper & tin
- (C) Copper & nickel
- (D) Zinc & tin
11. Lead pipes are not safe for carrying drinking water, because water, containing dissolved oxygen attacks lead thereby forming poisonous Pb(OH)2. Lead pipes are readily corroded by
- (A) Dilute HCl
- (B) Acetic acid
- (C) Concentrated H2SO4
- (D) None of these
12. The specific gravity of coal depends mainly on its __________ content.
- (A) Carbon
- (B) Volatile
matter
- (C) Ash
- (D) Moisture
13. Which of the following material of construction may be recommended by a chemical engineer for handling a gaseous chlorine (dry or wet) stream in a fluid flow system?
- (A) High silicon iron,
silicon rubber, Kel-F and Teflon
- (B) Mild
steel and stainless steel
- (C) Mild
steel and stainless steel
- (D) Cast
iron, tin and aluminium
14. Bog iron used for the adsorption of H2S from coke oven gas is
- (A) An intimate mixture
of saw dust and iron dust (i.e. moist ferric hydroxide)
- (B) Iron impregnated with
resin (usually Bakelite)
- (C) Carbon free iron
- (D) None of these
15. Beehive coke ovens are made of __________ bricks.
- (A) Silica
- (B) Fireclay
- (C) Silicon carbide
- (D) Corundum
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