Fitting Shop
Sessional Exam Viva Questions 1st Semester 2024-25
1. What is the material of Hacksaw blade?
HCS/HSS
2. Classify tools used in the Fitting Shop:
(i) Holding tools
(ii) Marking and measuring tools
(iii) Cutting tools
(iv) Striking tools
3. Surface plates are made of:
Grey Cast Iron or Granite
4. Name some holding tools:
Bench vice, hand vice, pin vice, pipe vice, and machine vice
5. Name some measuring instruments used:
Vernier height gauge, Vernier Caliper, micrometer, bevel protractor
6. Most important cutting tool in the Fitting Shop is:
File
7. Files are made up of:
High Carbon Steel (HCS)
8. How to classify a file:
A file is classified according to its (i) length, (ii) shape, (iii) grade, (iv) cut
9. Operation of making internal threads in the Fitting Shop is called:
Tapping
10. Operation of making external threads in the Fitting Shop is called:
Dieing
11. Which is the first standardized thread system in the world?
British Standard Whitworth (BSW) thread
12. Who standardized the BSW thread?
Sir Joseph Whitworth of England
13. Difference between iron and steel:
Iron is an element, soft and low in strength. Steel is an alloy of iron, carbon, and other alloying elements.
14. What is mild steel?
Steel with carbon up to 0.25%
15. What are different chisels used?
Flat chisel, cross-cut chisel, diamond chisel, etc.
16. Thread size M12 means:
Metric thread having 12mm major diameter with standard pitch.
17. What are the important thread parameters?
Major diameter, Minor diameter, and Pitch.
18. How to check the pitch of a thread?
By using a thread pitch gauge.
19. What is the use of a Feeler Gauge?
It is used to check the gap between two mating surfaces.
20. What is drilling?
Making a new hole or enlarging a pre-made hole using a multi-point cutting tool called Twist Drill.
21. What is reaming?
Operation of correcting the size and geometry of a drilled hole using a cutting tool called a Reamer.
22. Size of hole drilled before tapping:
Tap hole size.
23. What is the tap hole size for M12?
It is (major dia - pitch), i.e., 12.00 - 1.75 = 10.25mm.
24. Different methods of filing:
(i) Straight filing
(ii) Cross filing
(iii) Draw filing
25. File used for woodworking:
Rasp file
26. Function of a surface plate:
To check flatness of a surface.
27. What is a center punch?
Punch used to mark center for a drill to take exact position.
28. Point angle of center punch:
90 degrees
29. Prick punch/Dot punch:
Punch to mark dots for marking on a job.
30. A chisel is specified by its:
(i) Length
(ii) Width of cutting edge
31. What is meant by a grade of a file?
Number of teeth per unit length.
32. Name some files as per shape:
Flat file, round file, square file, half-round file, knife edge, and triangular file.
33. What is a safe edge file?
A file having no teeth on its edges.
34. What is the concept of interchangeability?
The ability to select components for assembly at random and fit them together within proper tolerances.
35. What is engineering tolerance?
It is the permissible limit of variation in a physical dimension.
