CLASS TEST Max.

Marks 20
ME 2304 (Each carries 1 mark)
Material Science and Metallurgy

1. The size of a unit cell is described by:

A. lattice parameters
B. a unit cell diagonal.
C. a crystallographic vector
D. (hkl) Miller indices
2. In a BCC structure, the lattice constant, a, and the atom radius, R, have the following relationship:
4
A. a =
2
4
B. a =
3

C. a = 2R

D. a = 2R2

3. In a FCC structure, the lattice constant, a, and the atom radius, R, have the following relationship:
4
A. a =
3
B. a = 2R
4
C. a =
2
D. a = 4R
4. The number of atoms in a unit cell of BCC, FCC and HCP metals are:
A. 4,2,6 respectively
B. 6,4,2 respectively
C. 2,4,6 respectively
D. None of the above
5. The body centered cubic (BCC) and face-centered cubic (FCC) lattices
A. have different packing factors
B. both have the same planar density
C. both are crystal structures of cubic unit cell.
D. both A and C.
6. The body diagonal of a BCC unit cell is
A. the lattice parameter a
B. equal to the diameter of two atoms
C. not a close packed direction
D. none of the above
7. The direction indices for the crystallographic direction indicated by the vector is
A. [111]
B. [100]
C. [110]
D. [101]
8. The direction indices for the crystallographic direction indicated by the vector is:
A. [101]
B. [111]
C. [110]
D. [101]
9. The miller indices for the shaded plane is:
A. (101)
B. (213)
C. (203)
D. (213)

10. The lattice parameter of copper is 0.362 nm. The atomic weight of copper is 63.54 g/mole. Copper
forms an FCC structure. Volume of the unit cell of copper in cubic centimeters is:
A. 0.047x10-21
B. 0.047x10-27
C. 0.13x10-12
D. 0.23x10-15

11. Density of copper with the lattice parameters given in previous question in g/cm3 is
A. 897.9
B. 8.98
C. 0.11
D. 3.56
12. A cube plane has the following axial intercepts: a=1/2, b= 1/3, c= 1. The miller indices of this plane
is
A. (231)
B. (326)
C. (132)
D. (213)
13. The figure given is a type of
A. vacancy
B. vacancy and interstitial atom
C. edge dislocation
D. screw dislocation
14. Two types of dislocations are:
A. Interstitial and substitutional
B. FCC and BCC
C. Edge and screw
D. None of the above
15. Substitutional diffusion
A. requires existence of vacancies
B. becomes faster with increasing temperature
C. needs to overcome an energy barrier
D. all of the above
16. With increasing melting point, the activation energy for diffusion generally becomes
A. higher
B. lower
C. same
D. does not affect melting point
17. For the diffusion of carbon in iron, Q=142 kJ/mol and Do=2x10-5 m2/s. The diffusion coefficient
of carbon in iron (D in m2/s) at 927oC is:
A. 1.32 x 10-11 m2/s
B. 3.2 x 10-12 m2/s
C. 0.63 x 10-10 m2/s
D. 0.5 x 10-14 m2/s
 18. Schottky-defect in ceramic material is
A. Interstitial impurity
B. Vacancy- interstitial pair of cations
C. Pair of nearby cation and anion vacancies
D. Substitutional impurity
19. Frenkel Defect is only for:
A. Covalent material
B. Ionic material
C. Both covalent and ionic
D. None of the above
20. Co-ordination number for closest packed crystal structure is:
A. 16
B. 12
C. 8
D. 4

Answer key:
1. A 11. B
2. B 12. A
3. C 13. A
4. C 14. C
5. D 15. D
6. B 16. A
7. D 17. A
8. B 18. B/C
9. (321) 19. C
10. A 20. B