MSE 250 TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The central tenet of Materials Science and Engineering is to determine the
inter-relationships between:
(a) Beauty-Synthesis-Microstructure
(b) Composition-Synthesis-Performance
(c) Structure-Processing-Properties
(d) Composition-(Performance-to-cost ratio)-Microstructure - ANSWER (c)
Structure-Processing-Properties
The four important classes of materials relevant to this class include:
(a) Metallic, Organic, Insulator and Inorganic
(b) Ceramic, Organic, Conductor, Insulator
(c) Semiconductor, Conductor, Insulator and Polymer
(d) Metallic, Ceramic, Polymer and Composites - ANSWER (d) Metallic, Ceramic,
Polymer and Composites
Which class of material is generally associated with the highest density values at room
temperature?
(a) Composites
(b) Ceramics
(c) Metals
(d) Polymers - ANSWER (c) Metals
Which of the following is the best example of material processing?
(a) Crystalline
(b) Amorphous
, (c) Extrusion
(d) Elastic modulus - ANSWER (c) Extrusion
Cladding is an example of ______ type of processing:
(a) Phase change
(b) Mass change
(c) Deformation
(d) Structural change - ANSWER (b) Mass change
Which of the following is the best example of material property?
(a) Annealing
(b) Single-crystal
(c) Elastic modulus
(d) Forging - ANSWER (c) Elastic modulus
By how many orders of magnitude (powers of ten) does density vary for metals? (choose
the closest value/ approximate value)
Note: Density of metals ranges from 1 g/cm3to about 30 g/cm3
(a) 0.13
(b) 1.3
(c) 13
(d) 130 - ANSWER (b) 1.3
Which of the following is not an example of quantitative property?
(a) Conductivity
The central tenet of Materials Science and Engineering is to determine the
inter-relationships between:
(a) Beauty-Synthesis-Microstructure
(b) Composition-Synthesis-Performance
(c) Structure-Processing-Properties
(d) Composition-(Performance-to-cost ratio)-Microstructure - ANSWER (c)
Structure-Processing-Properties
The four important classes of materials relevant to this class include:
(a) Metallic, Organic, Insulator and Inorganic
(b) Ceramic, Organic, Conductor, Insulator
(c) Semiconductor, Conductor, Insulator and Polymer
(d) Metallic, Ceramic, Polymer and Composites - ANSWER (d) Metallic, Ceramic,
Polymer and Composites
Which class of material is generally associated with the highest density values at room
temperature?
(a) Composites
(b) Ceramics
(c) Metals
(d) Polymers - ANSWER (c) Metals
Which of the following is the best example of material processing?
(a) Crystalline
(b) Amorphous
, (c) Extrusion
(d) Elastic modulus - ANSWER (c) Extrusion
Cladding is an example of ______ type of processing:
(a) Phase change
(b) Mass change
(c) Deformation
(d) Structural change - ANSWER (b) Mass change
Which of the following is the best example of material property?
(a) Annealing
(b) Single-crystal
(c) Elastic modulus
(d) Forging - ANSWER (c) Elastic modulus
By how many orders of magnitude (powers of ten) does density vary for metals? (choose
the closest value/ approximate value)
Note: Density of metals ranges from 1 g/cm3to about 30 g/cm3
(a) 0.13
(b) 1.3
(c) 13
(d) 130 - ANSWER (b) 1.3
Which of the following is not an example of quantitative property?
(a) Conductivity
