CAST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS CURRENTLY
TESTED | GRADED A+ | NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE
Identify some of the important advantages of casting processes.
a. complex part geometries are possible;
b. some casting operations are net shape processes, meaning that no further manufacturing
operations are
needed to accomplish the final part shape;
c. very large parts are possible;
d. applicable to any metal that can be melted;
e. All of the above - ANSWER e. All of the above
The limitations and disadvantages of casting?
a. limitations on mechanical strength properties;
b. porosity;
c. poor dimensional accuracy
d. Safety hazards and environmental problems.
e. All of the above - ANSWER e. All of the above
The factors affecting the fluidity of a molten metal during pouring into a mold cavity?
a. pouring temperature,
b. the type of sand binder used
c. heat transfer to the surroundings.
d. a & c
e. b & c - ANSWER d. a & c
The sources of contraction in a metal casting after pouring.
a. contraction of the molten metal after pouring,
b. solidification shrinkage during transformation of state from liquid to solid, and
c. the compressive forces applied by the contracting mold cavity.
d. a& b
, e. a & c - ANSWER e. a & c
Sand casting is which of the following types?
(a) Expendable mold, (b) permanent mold. (c) neither - ANSWER (a) Expendable mold
The upper half of a sand casting mold is called which of the following?
(a) flask, (b) drag. (c) cope - ANSWER (c) cope
In casting, a flask is which one of the following?
a. beverage bottle for foundrymen,
b. box which is composed of cope and drag,
c. container for holding liquid metal, or
d. metal which extrudes between the mold halves - ANSWER b. box which is composed of cope and
drag
In foundry work, a runner is which one of the following?
a. vertical channel into which molten metal is poured into the mold.
b. foundryman who moves the molten metal to the mold, or
c. channel in the mold leading from the down sprue to the main mold cavity,
d. None of the above - ANSWER c. channel in the mold leading from the down sprue to the main
mold cavity
Chvorinov's Rule states that total solidification time is proportional to which one of the following
quantities?
(a) (A/V), (b) Hf, (c) Tm, (d) V, (e) (V/A)n where A = surface area of casting, Hf = heat of fusion, Tm =
melting temperature, and V = volume of
casting. - ANSWER (e) (V/A)n where A = surface area of casting, Hf = heat of fusion, Tm = melting
temperature, and V = volume of
casting.
A riser in casting is not described by which of the following ?
(a). casting that inhibits buoyancy of the core,
TESTED | GRADED A+ | NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE
Identify some of the important advantages of casting processes.
a. complex part geometries are possible;
b. some casting operations are net shape processes, meaning that no further manufacturing
operations are
needed to accomplish the final part shape;
c. very large parts are possible;
d. applicable to any metal that can be melted;
e. All of the above - ANSWER e. All of the above
The limitations and disadvantages of casting?
a. limitations on mechanical strength properties;
b. porosity;
c. poor dimensional accuracy
d. Safety hazards and environmental problems.
e. All of the above - ANSWER e. All of the above
The factors affecting the fluidity of a molten metal during pouring into a mold cavity?
a. pouring temperature,
b. the type of sand binder used
c. heat transfer to the surroundings.
d. a & c
e. b & c - ANSWER d. a & c
The sources of contraction in a metal casting after pouring.
a. contraction of the molten metal after pouring,
b. solidification shrinkage during transformation of state from liquid to solid, and
c. the compressive forces applied by the contracting mold cavity.
d. a& b
, e. a & c - ANSWER e. a & c
Sand casting is which of the following types?
(a) Expendable mold, (b) permanent mold. (c) neither - ANSWER (a) Expendable mold
The upper half of a sand casting mold is called which of the following?
(a) flask, (b) drag. (c) cope - ANSWER (c) cope
In casting, a flask is which one of the following?
a. beverage bottle for foundrymen,
b. box which is composed of cope and drag,
c. container for holding liquid metal, or
d. metal which extrudes between the mold halves - ANSWER b. box which is composed of cope and
drag
In foundry work, a runner is which one of the following?
a. vertical channel into which molten metal is poured into the mold.
b. foundryman who moves the molten metal to the mold, or
c. channel in the mold leading from the down sprue to the main mold cavity,
d. None of the above - ANSWER c. channel in the mold leading from the down sprue to the main
mold cavity
Chvorinov's Rule states that total solidification time is proportional to which one of the following
quantities?
(a) (A/V), (b) Hf, (c) Tm, (d) V, (e) (V/A)n where A = surface area of casting, Hf = heat of fusion, Tm =
melting temperature, and V = volume of
casting. - ANSWER (e) (V/A)n where A = surface area of casting, Hf = heat of fusion, Tm = melting
temperature, and V = volume of
casting.
A riser in casting is not described by which of the following ?
(a). casting that inhibits buoyancy of the core,
