Fundamentals of Materials Science Quiz 1

Name: Student Number:

1. There are five classes of engineered materials. They are , ceramics,

polymers, semiconductors, and composite materials.

(a) rocks (b) minerals (c) metals (d) fossil fuels

2. Materials Science and Engineering studies the relationship between processing,

, property, and performance.

(a) heat treatment (b) solidification (c) structure (d) phase

3. The above relationship stated in problem 2 is called the _____________ of

Materials Science and Engineering.

(a) octahedron (b) tetrahedron (c) heptahedron (d) hexahedron

4. 15 Angstroms = ________________ micrometers.

(a) 1.510-3 (b) 1.510-6 (c) 1.5103 (d) 1.5106

5. __________ property is the response of material to mechanical forces.

(a) Mechanical (b) Electrical (c) Thermal (d) Optical (e) Magnetic

6. __________ properties are related to transmission of heat and heat capacity.

(a) Mechanical (b) Electrical (c) Thermal (d) Optical (e) Magnetic

7. Missing _______ times in the whole semester will result in a failing grade of this

course.

8. The class hours for this course are Mondays from _________ to 11:30 AM in

room ___________, and Thursdays from __________ in room ____________.

9. All students enrolled in University courses are expected to complete coursework

responsibilities with fairness and honesty. This is considered as student academic

_________________.

10. What can be inferred from the following figure? _____________

(a) Adding “impurity” atoms to Cu decreases resistivity.

(b) Deforming Cu increases resistivity.

(c) The electrical resistivity of Cu increases with decreasing temperature.

(d) The electrical resistivity of Cu is higher than that of Ni.

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