MSE 250 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Why study the principles of materials science? They help us to __ new __ for use in __ applications.
Answer:
a. develop; materials; engineering
Question:
2. Materials have an impact on __ and __
Answer:
b. civilization; our daily lives
Question:
3. The major materials families are __, __, and __.
Answer:
c. metals; polymers; ceramics
Question:
4. A material's __ and __ affect the __ of objects made of that material.
Answer:
d. structure; processing; properties
Question:
5. Knowledge of a material's __ enable us to select the right __ for an engineering __ based on its __
requirements.
Answer:
e. properties; material; component; design.
Question:
6. Materials benefit and advance civilization by providing the basis for __ and __ applications in a given
society and culture.
Answer:
e. technology; technological
Question:
7. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 9000 BC to 3000 BC? __ as a
material, and tools made of __.
Answer:
b. stone; stone
Question:
8. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 3000 BC to 1200 BC? __ as a
material, and tools made of __.
, Answer:
a. bronze; bronze
Question:
9. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 1200 BC to 1860 AD? __ as a
material, and tools made of __.
Answer:
c. iron; iron
Question:
10. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 1971 to the present day? __
as a material, and __ made of __.
Answer:
d. silicon; microchips; silicon
Question:
11. What technological materials are likely to most significantly impact human civilization in the 21st and
22nd centuries? __ and __.
Answer:
e. nanomaterials; nano-biomaterials
Question:
12. What are the requirements for materials used for hip implants? __, __, __, and __.
Answer:
b. strength; cyclic endurance; lubricity; biocompatibility
Question:
13. A hip implant needs a material __ to hold the acetabular cup in place.
Answer:
a. fixing agent
Question:
14. A hip implant needs a __ material to __ the acetabular cup in action.
Answer:
b. lubricating; lubricate
Question:
15. A hip implant needs a material __ to __ the femoral stem to the femoral bone.
Answer:
d. fixing agent; glue
Question:
16. The process for selections of a material (for a given application) include the material __ required in the
application, the material __ and __ that will fulfill the __ requirements, and the kind of __ that fit the
different materials for that application.
Answer:
e. properties; type; structure; property; shape processing
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Why study the principles of materials science? They help us to __ new __ for use in __ applications.
Answer:
a. develop; materials; engineering
Question:
2. Materials have an impact on __ and __
Answer:
b. civilization; our daily lives
Question:
3. The major materials families are __, __, and __.
Answer:
c. metals; polymers; ceramics
Question:
4. A material's __ and __ affect the __ of objects made of that material.
Answer:
d. structure; processing; properties
Question:
5. Knowledge of a material's __ enable us to select the right __ for an engineering __ based on its __
requirements.
Answer:
e. properties; material; component; design.
Question:
6. Materials benefit and advance civilization by providing the basis for __ and __ applications in a given
society and culture.
Answer:
e. technology; technological
Question:
7. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 9000 BC to 3000 BC? __ as a
material, and tools made of __.
Answer:
b. stone; stone
Question:
8. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 3000 BC to 1200 BC? __ as a
material, and tools made of __.
, Answer:
a. bronze; bronze
Question:
9. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 1200 BC to 1860 AD? __ as a
material, and tools made of __.
Answer:
c. iron; iron
Question:
10. What technological material and tools dominated human civilization from 1971 to the present day? __
as a material, and __ made of __.
Answer:
d. silicon; microchips; silicon
Question:
11. What technological materials are likely to most significantly impact human civilization in the 21st and
22nd centuries? __ and __.
Answer:
e. nanomaterials; nano-biomaterials
Question:
12. What are the requirements for materials used for hip implants? __, __, __, and __.
Answer:
b. strength; cyclic endurance; lubricity; biocompatibility
Question:
13. A hip implant needs a material __ to hold the acetabular cup in place.
Answer:
a. fixing agent
Question:
14. A hip implant needs a __ material to __ the acetabular cup in action.
Answer:
b. lubricating; lubricate
Question:
15. A hip implant needs a material __ to __ the femoral stem to the femoral bone.
Answer:
d. fixing agent; glue
Question:
16. The process for selections of a material (for a given application) include the material __ required in the
application, the material __ and __ that will fulfill the __ requirements, and the kind of __ that fit the
different materials for that application.
Answer:
e. properties; type; structure; property; shape processing
