Assignment No.

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1. Austempering of the medium carbon steel results in
a) Lower bainite
b) Upper bainite
c) Coarse pearlite
d) Fine pearlite

Correct answer- a) Lower bainite

2. With increase in tempering temperature, hardness of a plain carbon steel

a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) First increases then decreases
d) First decreases then increases

Correct answer- b) Decreases

3. Surface modification processes based on surface layer deformation and surface layer
transformation are
a) Shot peening and sand blasting respectively
b) Shot blasting and sand blasting respectively
c) Burnishing and Laser hardening respectively
d) PVD and CVD respectively

Correct answer- c) Burnishing and Laser hardening respectively

4. Diffusion based processes such as carburising, nitriding, vanadizing and boronizing etc.
differ from surface layer deformed based processes in respect of
a) Build-up of layer
b) Chemical composition
c) Deformed elongated structure
d) Internal defects

Correct answer- b) Chemical composition

5. Arrange the weld overlay, electrolytic plating, ion implantation and mechanical
working processes in increasing order of modified zone thickness;
a) Electrolytic plating< mechanical working< ion implantation< weld overlay
b) Ion implantation< electrolytic plating< mechanical working< weld overlay
c) Mechanical working< weld overlay< electrolytic plating< ion implantation
d) Weld overlay< mechanical working< ion implantation< electrolytic plating

Correct answer-
b) Ion implantation< electrolytic plating< mechanical working< weld overlay
6. The surface modification process for a metal system which does not respond to the heat
treatment, generally relies on
a) Grain Refinement
b) Mechanical working
c) Precipitation hardening
d) Both a and c

Correct answer- b) Mechanical working

7. Choose the correct combination of mechanisms for following surface modification

processes; Laser alloying, nitriding, ion implantation
a) Diffusion, melting, crystalline structure damaging
b) Crystalline structure damaging, melting, diffusion
c) Melting, diffusion, crystalline structure damaging
d) All of above

Correct answer- c) Melting, diffusion, crystalline structure damaging

8. Carbon, chromium, nitrogen and copper are introduced on the mild steel substrate
surface in order to improve
a) Corrosion resistance, wear resistance, hardness and electrical conductivity respectively
b) Hardness, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and electrical conductivity respectively
c) Hardness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity respectively
d) Wear resistance, hardness, corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity respectively

Correct answer-
b) Hardness, corrosion resistance, wear resistance and electrical conductivity
respectively

9. Lack of toughness, coating thickness restriction and limited bond strength are some of
the limitations of
a) Weld overlay
b) Ion implantation
c) Mechanical working
d) Thermal spraying

Correct answer- d) Thermal spraying

10. Weld surfacing process preferred for depositing large amount of filler material on large
surface area is
a) SAW
b) GTAW
c) SMAW
d) GMAW

Correct answer- a) SAW