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Question Paper for Shift Field Engineers

Maximum Marks: 50 Time Allowed: 1- Hour

Note: There are 50 Questions. Each question has ONE correct answer. One mark for
Each question. Please ( X ) mark in the answer sheet for marking the correct answer

1. Incident controller in Level 1 emergency is

a. Shift Superintendent
b. Plant HOD
c. HSE Chief
d. SSM

2. Flooding in a column results in

a. Low velocity of liquid

b. Low pressure drop
c. High pressure drop
d. High temperature

3. In a cooling tower water is cooled by

a. Loosing sensible heat

b. Heat transfer to surroundings
c. Vaporization due to heat loss to air.
d. Loosing latent heat.

4. In the heat transfer equation Q = U A T , T is

a. Geometric mean temperature difference

b. Arithmetic mean temperature difference
c. Logarithmic mean temperature difference
d. None of the above.

5. With increase in pressure the latent heat of steam

a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains unchanged
d. Data insufficient

6. Sundyne type pumps used in -____________ applications.

a. High pressure & low flow

b. High flow & high pressure
c. Low pressure & high flow
d. Low pressure & low flow

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7. Effective way for handling pyro-phoric material is

a. Soak it with Kerosene

b. Dry the material & dispose
c. Soak it with water
d. Through it into storm water channel

8. Diversion Chambers in the plant related to

a. SL header
b. SH header
c. OWS header
d. Storm water

9. Pump suction XVs normally

a. Fail Open
b. Fail Close
c. Fail in Position
d. None

10. Fire in a substation to be handled using

a. Foam
b. FM 200
c. CO2 extinguisher
d. Fire water

11. 1 kWh is equal to

a. 3413 Btu
b. 3.2 cal
c. 420 J
d. 746 horse power

12. Poise is the unit of:

a. Density
b. Pressure
c. Viscosity
d. Fluid specific volume

13. The Volume of right circular cone ( r is radius and h is height) is

a. 1/3 r3h
b. 1/3 r2 h
c. (/3) r2 h
d. /6 r3 h

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14. The temperature at which vapor above the substance will explode in presence of flame is called

a. auto ignition temperature

b. flash point
c. combustion point
d. smoke point

15. PID controller stands for

a. Proportional integer derivative

b. Proportional integral derivative
c. Proportional integral degree
d. Product integer derivative

16. The cooling water velocity in heat exchangers is generally

a. more than 1 m/sec but less than 5 m/sec

b. less than 0.5 m/sec
c. can be between 0.5 m/sec to 1 m/sec
d. more than 10 m/sec

17. If pA is a partial pressure of component A over a solution in which the mole fraction of A is x and
PA is vapor pressure of A at given temperature then, Raoult’s law can be written as:
a. pA = x * PA
b. PA = x* pA
c. PA * pA * x =1
d. None of above

18. Which of the following is not halogen

a. Chlorine
b. Bromine
c. Fluorine
d. Iron

19. The Temperature of a substance ______ during phase change

a. increases
b. decreases
c. does not change
d. none of the above

20. The acceleration due to gravity is

a. 9.8 m/sec2
b. 9.8 m/sec
c. 980 m/sec
d. 981 m/sec2

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21. Distillation is an operation, which involves the following.

a. Mass transfer
b. Heat transfer
c. Both a and b
d. Adsorption

22. The liquid with fouling / corrosive nature should be kept in which side of the exchanger?

a. Shell side
b. Tube side
c. None of the above

23. In case of fired heaters, the heat input is given to the coils by

a. Radiation
b. Conduction
c. Convection
d. Radiation and convection

24. In case of a batch reactor, which one of the following is correct?

a. Rate of reaction increases with respect to time

b. Rate of reaction is constant with respect to time
c. Rate of reaction decreases with respect to time
d. Rate of reaction is not a function of concentration

25. The Gas chromatography uses the following principle

a. Selective Adsorption
b. Crystallization of gases
c. Condensation of gases
d. Absorption of gases

26. The properties that change with respect to temperature in a fluid are

a. density
b. viscosity
c. mass
d. both a & b

27. A pump, when used for another heavier liquid service, which one of the following is wrong?

a. its head will remain same

b. Its discharge pressure will vary with respect to density
c. Its current will vary with respect to density
d. Its discharge pressure will remain same for same flow.

28. Bellow joints are preferred in case of situations where

a. High thermal fluctuations in operations are faced.

b. High flow rate is handled
c. High pressure operations

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29. Efficiency of distillation column improves when

a. The column is operated under low pressure

b. The column is operated under very high pressure
c. The column is operated under low pressure and low reflux

30. Fin fan coolers have fins in order to

a. increase the heat transfer area

b. reduce the surface area
c. to reduce the resistance for air flow
d. none of the above

31. Thermocouple uses the following principle for measuring temperature

a. When certain combination of metallic junctions, kept at different temperatures, potential difference is
generated.
b. When certain combination of metallic junctions, kept at different temperatures, electric light is
generated.
c. Conductivity increases with temperature which is measured

32. The number that indicates the nature of turbulence in case of flow is

a. Reynold’s number
b. Reagan’s number
c. Nusselt’s number
d. Reinforcement number

33. The most optimal cracking that can result in better yield in a refinery is

a. Thermal cracking
b. Vis-breaking
c. Catalytic cracking

34. DCS in a refinery stands for

a. Document Control Scheme.

b. Digital control system
c. Distributed Control system
d. Diplomatic Control system

35. On-line analyzers are preferred mostly when

a. impurity level is comparatively very low

b. Impurity level is too high
c. Very hot reactions.
d. None of the above.

36. BOD in an effluent treatment plant stands for

a. Date of Birth
b. Boil over Design.
c. Biological Oxygen demand.
d. Burn out duration.

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37. Cavitation occurs in a centrifugal pump when

a) the suction pressure < vapour pressure of the liquid at that temperature
b) the suction pressure > vapour pressure of the liquid at that temperature
c) the suction pressure = vapour pressure
d) the suction pressure = developed head

38. Baffle in mixing tanks are provided

a) reduced swirling and vortex formation

b) increased in structural strength of the tank
c) aid to rotation flow
d) non of these

39. Head developed by centrifugal pump is depends on its

a) speed
b) impeller diameter
c) both ''a'' and "b"
d) neither á' nor 'b

40. which of the following factor contributing to the pressure drop in a pipe line

a) velocity of fluid
b) size of pipe
c) length of pipe and no of bends
d) all of above a, b, and c

41. Which of the following valve incur maximum pressure drop for the same discharge of water

a) globe valve
b) gate valve
c) butterfly valve
d) check valve

42. A centrifugal pump used to pump water is used to an oil with specific gravity .8 at the same
rate , the power consumption will be now

a) increase
b) decrease
c) remain same
d) not related with specific gravity

43. 200 mesh screen means

a) 200 opening/cm2
b) 200 opening/ cm
c) 200 opening/inch
d) 200 opening /inch2

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44. Kerosene should have

a) low smoke point

b) high smoke point
c) high aromatic content
d) low paraffin's

45. Smoke point of kerosene is the

a) time after which smoking started burning

b) temperature at which smoking start
c) maximum height of flame in mm without causing smoking when burnt in a standard lamp
d) non of these

46. What is the unit of thermal conductivity

a) kcal/hr. m2 .deg C
b) kcal/hr. m .deg C
c) kcal/hr. m
d) kcal/hr. .deg C

47. Flooding results in

a) High tray efficiency

b) Low tray efficiency
c) High gas velocity
d) good contact between the vapour and liquid

48. Boiling point diagram is

a) not affected by pressure

b) affected by pressure
c) a plot of temperature vs. Liquid composition
d) a plot of temperature vs. Vapour composition

49. Flow rate through an orifice is

a) inversely proportional to the square root of pressure differential

b) proportional to the pressure differential
c) proportional to the square root of pressure differential
d) inversely proportional to the square of pressure differential

50. Stripping is enhanced by

a) High pressure and low temperature

b) High temperature and low pressure
c) High pressure and high temperature
d) Low pressure and low temperature

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