1. What type of bond exists predominantly in sodium chloride crystal?

a. ionic bond
b. metallic bond
c. covalent bond
d. polar bond

2. Pure metal A undergoes an isothermal transformation in which its crystal structure changes
from face centered cubic FCC to body centered cubic BCC. As a result, the volume of a piece of
metal A

a. increase
b. decrease
c. remains the same
d. decrease up to the midpoint of the transformation and then asymptotically reaches its original
value

3. Which of the following leads to a reduction in the electrical resistivity of a pure metal?
a. annealing
b. cold working
c. grain refinement
d. addition of alloying elements

4. The rigidity of polymer can be increased by

a. all of these
b. increase in degree of po1ymerization
c. increasing the extent of cross linking
d. crystallization

s. Which of the following properties of a metal is insensitive to the microstructure?

a. modulus of elasticity
b. tensile strength
c. ductility
d. hardness

6. The dominant charge carriers in a phosphorus-doped silicon crystal at room temperature are

a. electrons
b. electron holes
c. protons
d. silicon ions

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7. Metals are conductive because:

a. the electrons are loosely bound to the nuclei and therefore mobile
b. they have a characteristic metallic luster
c. they have extra electrons as exhibited by normally positive valence states
d. they are on the left side of the periodic table

8. An x-ray is

a. electromagnetic radiation
b. a ray of electrons
c. a ray of helium nuclei
d. it is not known what it is, hence the name “x” rays

9. An electron volt is

a. a unit of energy equal to the energy possessed by an electron accelerating through a potential
of one volt
b. a voltage unit commonly used when measuring the voltage of the electrons
c. the unit of electrical charge of one electron
d. none of the above

10. Group Ia are easily ionized because:

a. they have a single “s” electrons in the outer orbit

b. they are metals and therefore conductive
c. they react violently, in water to liberate hydrogen
d. they have relatively low melting points for metals

11. The rare earth metals all have very similar chemical properties because:

a. successive members of the series are formed by addingg 4f electrons which have little effect
on reactivity
b. they are rare, hence little is known about their chemistry
c. they melt at extreme temperatures, hence are nearly inert
d. they are in separate row at the bottom of periodic table

12. Which of the following group of elements all form crystals of diamond structural lattice?

a. carbon, silicon, germanium

b. carbon, boron, aluminum
c. carbon, cobalt, nickel
d. lithium, sodium, potassium

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13. The stress or load where a crystalline material fails is usually less than that predicted from
calculated bond strengths in the crystal lattice because

a. the strength at failure is governed by crystal defects of crystal bond strength

b. the stress at failure is not reproducible experimentally
c. plastic deformation occurs before failure
d. it is, to date, impossible to calculate something as complicated as the stress at failure

14. Which of the following material properties is adversely affected by grain refinement?

a. creep resistance
b. tensile strength
c. ductility
d. elastic module

15. Which of the following classes of materials exhibit a decreasing electrical conductivity with
increasing temperature?

a. metals
b. pure ionic materials
c. intrinsic semiconductors
d. p-type semiconductors

16. The property that characterizes a material’s ability to be drawn into a wire is its

a. ductility
b. tensile strength
c. fatigue endurance limit
d. impact strength

17. Which ofthe following treatthei will result in an increase in the fatigue strength of steel?
•a. shot peening
b. flflealing
C. cold working
d. surface roughening
18. lii P4YPCSemiconductor, conductivity is providc i
a. the motion of holes
b. the motion of electîon
C. the motion of ions
d. the motion Ofconductjvjty .
l9.Aphotonjs .
a. a particle of electromagtjc radiation
b. a neutral proton .

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C. a neutral electron .
. , d. a charge neuron
211 Isotopes ofan elemént are atomic species with
a. the Same number ofprotons and electrons, but differing numbers of neutrons
b. th same number ofprotons, but differing numbers ofneutro and electrons
C. the same number ofneutrons, but differing numbers Ofprotons and electrons
d the same number of valence electror, but differing numbers of protons, neurons and
flOflv&ence
electrons
2 1 . The separation of isotopes of an element alwgays requ I res a phys i cal, rather than che,j cai
, separa
because
a1 diffcrenc in isotopes show up as differences ¡n physica] properties
b. the atomic mass, a physicaj Characteristic, constitues the difference between the iSotopes
C. the C1etr conflgurato and, hence, chemical reactivity are the saine
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