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A Publication of the MARINA STCW Office OPERATIONAL LEVEL – ENGINE FUNCTION 3 – Competence 8
1. For mild steel and general work, the correct angle of a drill point is ______degrees.
2. What is the equivalent of 230°F to °C?
3. The jacket cooling temperature of the engine is 55.4 C, the equivalent to F is ______.
4. Safety precautions for the operator of the milling machine should be aware. If proper precautions are taken, dangers can be avoided and_____.
5. Which of the wrenches listed practically eliminates the possibility of its slipping off while tightening a nut or bolt?
6. In Lathe machine, the gear between the driver and the follower gears in a simple train is known as a/ an intermediate gear or _____.
7. The drill size is marked on the______.
8. Most modern lathes for feed and thread lead are provided with_____.
9. Before using an all-purpose electric measuring instrument (multimeter) utilizing internal batteries to supply power for resistance measurements, you should FIRST____.
10. Knowing the construction and the operating action of the milling machine will lessen the chance of the machine from being______.
11. To obtain a 1/2 inch per foot taper on an 18 inch work-piece, the tailstock of the lathe must be set over _____
12. Which type of the file will produce a fine finish when draw filing?
13. The maximum speed (surface feet per minute) for a rough machining of a carbon steel material if a high-speed cutter is used in the operation of the modern milling machine onboard is ______.
14. What is the correct hacksaw blade should be used in cutting angular iron and heavy pipe? OPERATIONAL LEVEL – ENGINE
15. Which of the following is the boiling point of water at sea level?
16. Which type of the file will produce a fine finish when draw filing?
17. Which of the following screwdrivers is designed to protect small screws from being over tightened?
18. A micrometer torque wrench has a correct torque value when reached ______.
19. In the event of power failure during cargo loading operations, the movement of an electric powered cargo winch will be stopped by_____.
20. When tightening the nozzle nut of fuel injector, which of the following tools is used?
21. Which of the listed tools should be used to remove a tapered roller bearing from a shaft?
22. A compound gage is used for measuring pressures both above and below ______.
23. In gas welding system, a hose with blue color indicates it contain ______.
24. An inert gas used as shielded gas in MIG and TIG welding is_____.
25. When renewing sections of pipe in a hydraulic system, the nominal pipe size of the piping always indicates the ____
26. Before measuring an unknown resistance with an ohmeter, you should_____.
27. Which of these spanners listed below is preferable to use?
28. Which of the listed punches can be properly used to free a tapered pin „frozen‟ in its hole?
29. Which of the nondestructive testing methods listed is most often used to accurately detect external defects in welded metals?
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30. Some heavy duty screwdrivers are made with a square shank to ______.
31. Round split dies are usually adjustable to _____.
32. The type of tooth set on a hacksaw blade where every third tooth remains straight, while the other two are alternately set is known as _____.
33. What kind of tool should used to remove a ball bearing from the shaft of a motor?
34. A hacksaw blade with 14 teeth per inch should be used to cut _____.
35. A hacksaw blade will start a cut more easily if you _____.
36. Pipe threads are made with the use of ______.
37. The taper produced by a lathe taper attachment is determined by setting the _____
38. Which part of the universal and plain type milling machine listed below can be found on both types?
39. Which of the following types of files will produce a fine finish when draw filing?
40. If you are cutting external threads by hand and you start the die at an angle, the threads will _____.
41. When cutting sheet metal too thin to be held in your hand while using a hand held hacksaw, the sheet metal should be placed between two _____.
42. In Lathe machine, what is the best thing to do to machine hard and irregular form of metal object to its designed shape?
43. What do you call an operation where one end of the product diameter is smaller than the other end?
44. A side from welding, the best material to use in bonding pipes carrying low temoerature liquids or fluids is ______.
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45. What would be the main criteria in soldering two metal surfaces?
46. Which of the following metal material has the lowest cutting speed for an effective rough cutting operation if a high-speed cutter is to be used in the modern milling machine onboard?
47. Increasing the feed pressure on a drill as the drill point begins to break through the bottom of the work piece will cause the drill to ______.
48. Failing to decrease the feed pressure on a drill as its point begins to break through the bottom of the work-piece will cause to drill to _____.
49. Which of the following is the property of a material that enables it to resist strain when stress is applied?
50. Which of the following listed composes sets of hand taps?
51. All portable electric tools should have a ground connection to prevent ______.
52. Which of the following commercially available gas fuel, when mixed with the proper ratio of oxygen, produces a metallurgically neutral flame?
53. Which of the metal materials uses the highest cutting speed for an effective rough cutting in a modern milling machine?
54. Which of the following items below is the hardest tool's tip that can endure the highest speed and have the smallest wear when used in the operation of a center lathe or electric driven shaper onboard?
55. If all the metals listed below are two inches in diameter which of those listed can be cut with the highest operating lathe speed?
56. Which of the following material below does a zinc anode protects?
57. It is the cheapest of the cast metals and can be easily cast into any sizes and forms.
58. What refers to the production of shaped parts from metal powder?
59. A file coated with oil and stowed away will _____.
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60. On a blend hole the tapping threads should be finished by using a ______.
61. For a safe, smooth and effective operation of a modern lathe machine onboard, which of the listed tools below should be attached in the tool post?
62. The type of force that tends to move toward the center is ______.
63. Which among the cutting tool materials retains the lowest wear resistance when the tool bit is used in machining hard metal materials through the modern center lathe machine onboard?
64. Which among the materials listed below is used in the manufacture of cutting tools that retains hardness at the highest temperature?
65. The operation of machining a uniformly roughened or checked surface on round stock in a lathe is called_____.
66. A roughened checkered surfaced is machined by a lathe on round stock using a_____.
67. What shape or form of the metal material can the electric shaper onboard be used safely and effectively?
68. Cutting tools in a shaper can also be used in a ______.
69. A lathe dog, fitted with a headless set screw, is known as a_____,
70. After using a pipe cutter to cut a piece of pipe, the inside edge of the pipe should be ____.
71. It is easier to start for a thread die if the end of the piece of material to be work/threaded is slightly ______.
72. When drilling hole in a piece of work chuked in a lathe you should mount the drill chuck in the_____.
73. Which of the following is widely used to supply power to pneumatically- operated hand tools?
74. In electric arc welding, what purpose does the electrode coating serve? OPERATIONAL LEVEL – ENGINE
75. The dead center of a lathe can be properly used only after the end of the work piece has been ______.
76. Which of the saws listed would be more suitable for cutting metal in tight quarters or flush to a surface where a hand held hacksaw frame could not be used?
77. Which of the listed non-ferrous metal is not included on the group?
78. Brass is an alloy of_____.
79. What alloy is used as propeller material?
80. What kind of piping materials are used to produce piping in standard, extra strong and double extra strong weights?
81. Work that cannot readily be mounted between lathe centers is usually held in a ______.
82. If the speed of the drill is too great, the drill will ______.
83. Before making up a flanged joint, you should _____.
84. The tool used for cutting external pipe threads is called a pipe _____.
85. Flux is used when soldering in order to ______.
86. While carrying out electric arc welding, there is always the danger of ______.
87. Which of the chisels listed should be used for cutting oil grooves?
88. Which of the following sensing device in a pressure gauge using the Bourdon Principle?
89. Oil mist detector is an instrument used to detect an oil mist formation in the engine crankcase caused by ______.
90. To safely change spindle speeds on a lathe, you must first ______.
91. The terms rough, coarse, bastard, second cut, smooth and dead smooth refer to the _____. OPERATIONAL LEVEL – ENGINE
92. Why should you avoid increased pressure on a drill as the drill point begins to break through the bottom of the work piece?
93. What precautions should be followed when using a chisel having a mushroom head?
94. The tang of a file is the part that _____.
95. Mill files are always _____.
96. In machine shop practice, a center gauge is used for checking the angle of______.
97. If a drill press is used to completely bore through a metal plate, feed pressure on the drill bit should be eased as the bit breaks through the bottom of the hole to prevent _____.
98. When a lathe is used for thread cutting, the number of threads per inch produced is determined by the speed relationship between the ______.
99. Pinning is often caused by _____.
100. Why does the centre punch have a 60° point?
101. The most accurate method of measuring the setting of an inside caliper is to use a/an ______.
102. A thread chaser is a hand tool that should only be used for ______.
103. A continuous watertight bulkhead on a MODU may also be a/an______.
104. To commence cutting threads with a metal lathe, you should engage the ______.
105. What do you call that instrument use to take misalignment of the crankshaft?
106. What do you call a welding process using an electric arc developed between a flux covered electrode and the metal being welded? OPERATIONAL LEVEL – ENGINE
107. Which of the following items listed below is a force that tends to make the weight move out in a straight or fly off a target?
108. Which of the following involves the shaping of metals usually into a rod or tube cross section, by forcing a block of material through appropriate shape disc?
109. What is known as a welding done with a shielded or unshielded carbon or metal electrode?
110. A record of the types and strengths of steels used on a MODU is called ______.
111. Which of the following tools must be used with a small hole gage to get an accurate reading in order to determine the diameter of a small hole?
112. Which of the saw blades listed, when mounted in a hand held hacksaw frame, will cut on both the forward and reverse strokes?
113. The test of metals which measures the resistance of the metal to impact is called______.
114. The temper is likely to be drawn out from a chisel edge when you _____.
115. A drill that wobbles while the drill press is in operation may _____. I. be bent II. have a severly worn shank III. have been placed in the chuck off center
116. A Reed and Prince screwdriver should be used only on a Reed and Prince screw, and a Phillips screwdriver should only be used on a Phillips screw in order to avoid damaging the _____. I. Tool II. screwhead
117. Gasket material/s used in Freon system is/are ______. I - Asbestos II - Rubber III - Metallic
118. An offset screwdriver is a type of screw driver that is best used for ______.
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119. Which of the parts of the center lathe listed below is needed to turn a right head thread into a left head thread?
120. How do you call a welding process with the work in the positive pole and the electrode in the negative pole?
121. The proper use of a flat chisel is for cutting _____.
122. Rapid wear on the extreme outer corners to the cutting edges of a drill bit is the result of the drill having _____.
123. When welding mild steel with a shielded metal-arc electrode but you are getting only shallow penetration, you should ______.
124. How do you make it easier for a hand hacksaw to cut a work piece?
125. The change in length per unit, length per degree change in temperature is ______.
126. A follower rest should be used with a lathe to machine ______.
127. The diameter of a hole drilled for tapping threads into a piece of stock should be _____.
128. The proper method of stopping the progress of the drill boring through the work in a standard drill press is by ______.
129. What type of fits is necessary in the assembly of mating parts with the use of hydraulic press?
130. A tool used for measuring or laying out angles is called a______.
131. What is the kind of metal material to be given the highest revolution using the center lathe onboard with a high-speed tool bit without coolant for a safe and effective machining?
132. Joints in pipelines must be properly aligned before they are connected because ______.
133. A new file should be broken in carefully by filing a piece of _____.
134. One of the steps required to increase the drilling speed of a drill press is to _____. OPERATIONAL LEVEL – ENGINE
135. One of the steps required to increase the drilling speed of the drill press is to ______.
136. When drilling blind holes with a standard drill press, the proper method of stopping the progress of the drill boring through the work is by _____.
137. Ferrous metals are metals containing ______.
138. Shapers cutting tool and its tool slide are controlled by the ______.
139. When cutting with a handheld hacksaw, you should apply downward pressure on the hacksaw frame _____.
140. The terms rough, coarse, bastard, second cut, smooth and dead smooth refer to the _____.
141. .A thread die will be easier to start if the end of the shaft to be threaded is slightly _____.
142. Which of the devices is commonly used in measuring the clearances between the main engine bearings and the crankshaft?
143. In a simple machine gearing, which of the following is called the follower gear and driving gear?
144. Which of the following permits the freedom of the pinion to take up its correct alignment with the gear wheel?
145. The names plug, bottom, and taper refer to _____.
146. In order to tighten the bolts of a diesel engine crankpin bearing to the exact tension specified by the engine manufacturer, you should use a/an ______.
147. The term referring to the amount or degree the teeth of a hacksaw blade are pushed out or canted from the blade center is known as _____.
148. Which of the following devices should be used to reshape a grinding wheel?
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149. What kind of fault may occur when carrying out ARC WELDING if both filler and the material have INSUFICIENT MELTING.?
150. During cutting in milling when the chips begin to produce long and continuous, it is best that the feed is ______.
151. Which of the following measured with a pyrometer?
152. Which type of small fine tooth files listed, with various cross-sections and with integral handles, which is used for die making and general tool room work?
153. Which factor tends to increase scale formation on the salt-water side of the heat exchanger?
154. A taper tap is correctly used for _____.
155. Which of the following describes the purpose of a striker or doubler plate?
156. Which type of motion does a cutting tool of a shaping machine encounters in cutting a work secured in a vise?
157. A center gage is used for checking the angle of ______.
158. Which of the following devices listed below should be used to reshape a grinding wheel?
159. What drift with a small diameter end is used for driving pins out of shafts?
160. Which of the files listed will have coarsely spaced teeth?
161. Sewing faster than a rate of 40 to 50 strokes per minute while using a hand held hacksaw will generally _____.
162. When steel, cast iron, or other metals with surface scale are being turned, the first roughing cut should be taken ______.
163. How many degrees angle have a Reed and Prince Screw driver that has a sharp pointed end with flukes?
164. Which of the files listed is commonly referred to as a „rat-tail‟ file? OPERATIONAL LEVEL – ENGINE
165. Which of the metals listed below can be cut with the highest operating lathe speed?
166. Soldering flux aids the soldering process by ______.
167. Which of the following items below defines the amount of the tool advanced per revolution on a lathe machine?
168. For a safe and effective threading operation on a lathe machine, the desired number of threads can be perfectly attained by using the______.
169. Which of the screwdrivers listed is fastest and most convenient when tightening many screws?
170. With respect to machine shop “taps and dies”, a plug tap is correctly used for _____.
171. A man aboard a vessel is raising and lowering his outstretched arms sideways which would mean ______.
172. Which of the listed metals can usually be drilled without lubrication?
173. When coming to the end of a cut using a hand hacksaw, you should _____.
174. Pushing the file endways (or with axis), under pressure, against the work, is called _____.
175. Regarding MODU construction, bulkheads in the quarters are generally
176. A taper shank drill is removed from the drill press spindle with a ______.
177. To finish tapping a blind hole, it is best to use a _____.
178. A tool used for cutting external pipe threads is called ______.
179. Heavy pressure on the ends of a file will cause the work surface to become _____.
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180. A compound Bourdon tube type pressure gauge is capable of measuring ______.
181. A hand hacksaw blade is normally installed in the saw frame with the teeth pointing away from the saw handle, because _____.
182. Before power to a lathe is turned on, it is a good shop practice to first hand feed the carriage to ensure ______.
183. The size of the drill is marked on the ______.
184. For cutting thin tubing or sheet metal, the proper hacksaw blade should have _____.
185. Which angle are you looking for when center gage is used?
186. What is the correct angle of a drill point for a mild steel and general work?
187. Why must a close fitting, buttoned up overall be wprn using a lathe?
188. When using a centre lathe, why should you short sleeves or close fitting sleeves be worn?
189. Why is the acetylene working pressure being kept below 15 psig when making gas welding or burning?
190. Rapid wear on the extreme outer corners to the cutting edges of a drill bit is the result of the drill having _____.
191. Heavy duty screwdrivers are made with a square shank to____.
192. The aligning punch tools are used to ______.
193. What precaution should you do in using the hydraulic press to prevent damage of parts?
194. An allowance may be made for expansion and contraction in piping with the use of expansion joints or______.
195. To properly drill an oil hole in a bushing in a lathe machine, you would mount the crotch center in the ______.
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196. How is the proper storage of oxygen and acetylene cylinders should be considered?
197. Soft solders have relatively low melting points. These consist mainly of ______base alloys.
198. Before boring a blind tapered hole, a good shop practice to follow is to _____.
199. When draw filing, the best file to use in order to create a fine finish is the ______.
200. For the prevention of distortion or springing of the work fastened to the Shaper‟s table, an important consideration is to tighten the clamp bolts holding the work ______.
201. When using a chisel, you should _____.
202. Hoses are easily damaged and require special care for long, but what are they reinforced with?
203. What type of gasket is used on high pressure steam flange joints?
204. Which of the following presents the greatest danger when sharpening a chisel on a grinding machine?
205. Using a file without a handle may result in _____.