Trade Related Preparation Exam Questions
Correctly Solved to Score A+
What would be the metric equivalent of 1/2 in? - Answer 12.70 mm
What is the decimal equivalent of 17/64 millimeters? - Answer 0.2656 mm
If the length of a room is 20 feet and its width is 12 feet, the perimeter of the floor area is - Answer 64
feet
A piece of pipe is 30 3/4 inches long. If five pieces, each 4 1/3 inches long, are cut from the pipe, how
many inches of pipe remain? - Answer 9 1/2
How would you read 0.002 in.? - Answer Two thousandths of a inch
Decimal dimensions are used on shop drawings because - Answer Decimals are easier to add together
Convert 3.125" to millimeters - Answer 79.38
You need to check the squareness f a workpiece to within .0002 in. What tool would you use - Answer
Cylindrical square
In machine shops, the most common unit of measurement in the English system is - Answer Yard
What is precision? - Answer He ability to get the same answer each time you measure an object
When measuring an outside diameter with calipers, the correct reading is - Answer The largest reading
The ground and graduated main vial of a master precision level is of __________ accuracy - Answer 10
seconds
, What is a standard? - Answer An object that everyone agrees to use for the correct value for comparison
The sides of a cylindrical square are numbered from 0 to 12. Cylinders with a higher number will -
Answer Will have a steeper curve on the side
Which of the following correctly uses symbols to express the following: 59 degrees, 17 minutes, and 30
seconds? - Answer 59°17'30"
If you wanted to measure a 90° bend on a sheet-metal bracket, what instrument would you use? -
Answer Try square
What are the four kinds of measurements that can be made with most calipers? - Answer Step, inside,
outside, depth
tracebility is defined as - Answer An unbroken chain of comparisons from your measurement to the
national standard
A drill point gage is used to - Answer To ensure that the correct angle and lengths are grounded on the
drill
Abbe's error can be caused by - Answer Wear and poor geometry of the tool
A square head can be used - Answer As a height gage
Accuracy is defined as - Answer The ability to get the same answer when compared to reference
standard
How might the zero button be labeled on a electronic digital caliper? - Answer Set, reset, or absolute
You would determine the resolution of a measuring instrument by - Answer Looking at the smallest unit
on its scale
Correctly Solved to Score A+
What would be the metric equivalent of 1/2 in? - Answer 12.70 mm
What is the decimal equivalent of 17/64 millimeters? - Answer 0.2656 mm
If the length of a room is 20 feet and its width is 12 feet, the perimeter of the floor area is - Answer 64
feet
A piece of pipe is 30 3/4 inches long. If five pieces, each 4 1/3 inches long, are cut from the pipe, how
many inches of pipe remain? - Answer 9 1/2
How would you read 0.002 in.? - Answer Two thousandths of a inch
Decimal dimensions are used on shop drawings because - Answer Decimals are easier to add together
Convert 3.125" to millimeters - Answer 79.38
You need to check the squareness f a workpiece to within .0002 in. What tool would you use - Answer
Cylindrical square
In machine shops, the most common unit of measurement in the English system is - Answer Yard
What is precision? - Answer He ability to get the same answer each time you measure an object
When measuring an outside diameter with calipers, the correct reading is - Answer The largest reading
The ground and graduated main vial of a master precision level is of __________ accuracy - Answer 10
seconds
, What is a standard? - Answer An object that everyone agrees to use for the correct value for comparison
The sides of a cylindrical square are numbered from 0 to 12. Cylinders with a higher number will -
Answer Will have a steeper curve on the side
Which of the following correctly uses symbols to express the following: 59 degrees, 17 minutes, and 30
seconds? - Answer 59°17'30"
If you wanted to measure a 90° bend on a sheet-metal bracket, what instrument would you use? -
Answer Try square
What are the four kinds of measurements that can be made with most calipers? - Answer Step, inside,
outside, depth
tracebility is defined as - Answer An unbroken chain of comparisons from your measurement to the
national standard
A drill point gage is used to - Answer To ensure that the correct angle and lengths are grounded on the
drill
Abbe's error can be caused by - Answer Wear and poor geometry of the tool
A square head can be used - Answer As a height gage
Accuracy is defined as - Answer The ability to get the same answer when compared to reference
standard
How might the zero button be labeled on a electronic digital caliper? - Answer Set, reset, or absolute
You would determine the resolution of a measuring instrument by - Answer Looking at the smallest unit
on its scale
