Manufacturing Engineering Mock 2026

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Making one unique item to a customer's order is

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Bottling soft drinks in very large numbers on an assembly line is an example of

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Making a set number of identical items, such as 500 school uniforms, and then switching to another product is

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Pouring molten metal into a mould to make a shape is

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Shaping hot metal by hammering or pressing it is

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Milling, turning and drilling are examples of

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3D printing is an example of

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CNC stands for

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Using machines and control systems to carry out tasks with little human input is

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A Gantt chart is used in manufacturing to

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Injection moulding is commonly used to make

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Forcing material through a shaped die to make long sections, such as aluminium window frames, is

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Which process joins metals by melting the parent metal at the joint?

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Coating steel with zinc to prevent rusting is

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Heating a metal and letting it cool slowly to make it softer and less brittle is

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A shaft is dimensioned 25 ± 0.05 mm. What is the largest acceptable size?

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A micrometer is commonly used to measure to an accuracy of

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Checking finished products and rejecting the faulty ones is

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In a batch of 2,000 bolts, 50 are faulty. What percentage is defective?

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A machine makes one part every 45 seconds. How many parts does it make in an 8-hour shift with no stops?

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Pressing metal powder in a die and heating it below its melting point so the particles bond is

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For a dimension of 40 ± 0.1 mm, what is the tolerance (the total variation allowed)?

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A product sells for GH¢15, costs GH¢10 per unit to make, and fixed costs are GH¢5,000. What is the break-even quantity?

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Failure of a part after many repeated cycles of loading, even below its breaking strength, is

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Joining metals with a filler metal that melts above 450 °C but below the parent metals' melting point is

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In MIG welding, the shielding gas protects the weld from

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Anodising is a finishing process mainly applied to

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A visual signal card used to trigger the restocking of parts in lean production is a

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First-angle projection is identified on a drawing by

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Brazing joins metals using a filler that melts

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Cellular manufacturing groups machines into

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Mass customisation means

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Laser sintering builds parts by

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Odd-leg calipers are used to

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Hardness can be tested by

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Shrinkage allowance is added to casting patterns because

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A part dimensioned 40 ± 0.05 mm measures 40.07 mm. It is

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Fixed costs GH¢50,000; variable cost GH¢30/unit; price GH¢55/unit. Break-even output is

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Economic order quantity balances

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The ultimate tensile strength of a bar of area 50 mm² that breaks at 20 kN is

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Strain is calculated as

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The cutting speed of a 50 mm diameter bar turned at 400 rpm is about

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Taper turning on a lathe can be done by

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In G-code, G02 commands a

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Absolute programming (G90) gives coordinates

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Statistical process control uses control charts to

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Six Sigma aims for no more than about

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Takt time is

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Feed rate in milling is

Question 50 of 50

A vernier caliper with main scale reading 23 mm and vernier coincidence at the 7th division (0.02 mm each) reads