1 Which of the following statements are TRUE?

a) When the enthalpy of air is equal to the enthalpy of saturated air at the wetted surface
temperature, then there is no sensible heat transfer between air and the wetted surface
b) When the enthalpy of air is equal to the enthalpy of saturated air at the wetted surface
temperature, then there is no latent heat transfer between air and the wetted surface
c) When the enthalpy of air is equal to the enthalpy of saturated air at the wetted surface
temperature, then there is no net heat transfer between air and the wetted surface
d) When the enthalpy of air is equal to the enthalpy of saturated air at the wetted surface
temperature, then the wet bulb temperature of air remains constant
Ans.: c) and d)
2. . Which of the following statements are TRUE?
a) In an air washer, water has to be externally cooled if the temperature at which it is
sprayed is equal to the dry bulb temperature of air
b) In an air washer, water has to be externally heated if the temperature at which it is
sprayed is equal to the dry bulb temperature of air
c) In an air washer, if water is simply recirculated, then the enthalpy of air remains nearly
constant at steady
d) In an air washer, if water is simply recirculated, then the moisture content of air
remains nearly constant at steady state
Ans.: b) and c)
3.An air stream at a flow rate of 1 kg/s and a DBT of 30 C mixes adiabatically with
another air stream flowing with a mass flow rate of 2 kg/s and at a DBT of 15o C.
Assuming no condensation to take place, the temperature of the mixture is
approximately equal to:
a) 20o C b) 22.5 o C c) 25o C d) Cannot be found
Ans.: a
4. Which of the following statements are TRUE?

a) As the by-pass factor (BPF) of the cooling coil increases, temperature difference
between air at the outlet of the coil and coil ADP decreases

b) The BPF of the coil increases as the velocity of air through the coil increases

c) The BPF of the coil increases as the fin pitch increases

d) The BPF of the coil decreases as the number of rows in the flow direction increase

Ans.: b), c) and d)

5. Which of the following statements are TRUE?

a) The sensible heat factor for a sensible heating process is 1.0

b) The sensible heat factor for a sensible cooling process is 0.0

c) Sensible heat factor always lies between 0.0 and 1.0

d) Sensible heat factor is low for air conditioning plants operating in humid climates

Ans.: a) and d)

6. Which of the following statements are TRUE?

a) During sensible cooling of air, both dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures decrease

b) During sensible cooling of air, dry bulb temperature decreases but wet bulb
temperature remains constant

c) During sensible cooling of air, dry and wet bulb temperatures decrease but dew point
temperature remains constant

d) During sensible cooling of air, dry bulb, wet bulb and dew point temperatures decrease

Ans.: a) and c)

7. A mixture of dry air and water vapour, when the air has diffused the maximum
amount of water vapour into it.

a)dry air b)Moist air c)Saturated air d)Specific humidity Ans: c 

8.  The temperature of air recorded by a thermometer, when it is not effected by the

moisture present in it,

a)wet bulb temperature

b)dry bulb temperature

c)dew pint temperature

d)none of these

Ans: b
9. For unsaturated air, the dew point temperature is ---- wet bulb temperature

a)Equal to

b)Less then

c)More than.

Ans: b

10.. The difference between dry bulb temperature and wet bulb temperature

a)Dry bulb depression b)Wet bulb depression

c)Dew point depression d)Degree of saturation

Ans: b

11. The vertical and uniformly spaced lines on a psychrometric chart indicates

a)Dry bulb temperature b)Wet bulb temperature

c)Dew pint temperature d)Specific humidity

Ans: a

12. The curved lines on a psychrometric chart indicates

a)Dry bulb temperature b)Wet bulb temperature

c)Specific humidity d)Relative humidity

Ans:
d

13. During sensible cooling of air, the specific humidity

a)Increases b)Decreases c)Remains constant

Ans:
c

14. During sensible cooling of air, the dry bulb temperature

a)Increases b)Decreases c)Remains constant

Ans:
b
15. During sensible cooling of air, the wet bulb temperature

a)Increases b)Decreases c)Remains constant

Ans:
b

16. The process generally used in winter air conditioning to warm and humidify the
air

a)Humidification b)Dehumidification c)Heating and humidification d)Cooling

and dehumidification

Ans: c

17. For summer air conditioning, the relative humidity should not be less than

a)40% b)60% c)75% d)90%

Ans:
b

18. For winter air conditioning, the relative humidity should not be more than

a)40% b)60% c)75% d)90%

Ans: a

19. The sensible that factor for auditorium or cinema hall is generally kept as

a)0.6 b)0.7 c)0.8 d)0.9 Ans: b

20. The conditioned air supplied to the room must have the capacity to take up

a)Room sensible heat load only

b)Room latent heat load only

c)Both room sensible heat and latent heat load

Ans: c

21. Infiltration air in an air-conditioned room

a)Reduces heat load

b)Increases heat load

c)Leaks through the gaps

d)Both (b) and (c) Ans: d

22. Capacity of the cooling coil decreases with

a)Decrease in mass flow rate of air

b)Decrease in by-pass factor

c)Decrease in entry temperature of air

d)all

Ans: a

23. Air at 10˚C is heated to 15˚C using a heater with surface temperature of 20˚C.
the by-pass factor is

a)0.5

b)0.15

c)0.1

d)0.2 Ans: a

24. The by-pass factor of a cooling coil is 0.2. if the surface temperature is 5˚C and
the air enters at 40˚C, the air exit temperature is

a)5˚C

b)12˚C

c)20˚C

d)40˚C Ans: b

 25. In sensible heating or cooling,

a) work done remains constant
b) dry bulb temperature or air remains constant
c) both of the mentioned
d) none of the mentioned

 26. When humidity ratio of air ____ air is said to be dehumidified.

a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains constant
d) none of the mentioned
 27. Air can be cooled and dehumidified by
a) circulating chilled water in tube across air flow
b) placing evaporator coil across air flow
c) spraying chilled water to air
d) all of the mentioned

28. Cooling and dehumidification of air is done in summer air conditioning.

a) true
b) false

29. Cooling towers are rated in terms of

a) approach
b) range
c) both of the mentioned
d) none of the mentioned

30. The cooling tower uses the phenomenon of evaporative cooling to cool warm
water above the dbt of air.
a) true
b) false

 31.In adiabatic evaporative cooling, heat transfer between chamber and

surroundings is ____
a) zero
b) high
c) low
d) none of the mentioned

32. When air passes through silica gel,

a) it absorbs water vapour molecules
b) latent heat of condensation is released
c) dbt of air increases
d) all of the mentioned

 33. Which of the following is true?(here pa=partial pressure of dry air, pw=partial
pressure of water vapour, p=atmospheric pressure)
a) p=pw
b) p=pa
c) p=pw + pa
d) all of the mentioned
34. In a mixture of dry air and water vapour,
a) mole fraction of dry air = pa/p
b) mole fraction of water vapour = pw/p
c) both of the mentioned
d) none of the mentioned

35. Which of the following statement is true?

a) dew point temperature is the temperature at which water vapour starts condensing
b) dry bulb temperature is recorded by thermometer with dry bulb
c) wet bulb temperature is recorded by thermometer when bulb is covered with a cotton
wick which is saturated with water
d) all of the mentioned

 36. When unsaturated air flows over a sheet of water in an insulated chamber
a) specific humidity of air decreases
b) the water evaporates
c) both air and water are cooled during evaporation
d) all of the mentioned

37. A room is filled with saturated moist air at 25°Cand a total pressure of 100 kPa.
If the mass of dry air in theroom is 100 kg, the mass of water vapor is
(a) 0.52 kg
(b) 1.97 kg
c) 2.96 kg
(d ) 2.04 kg
(e) 3.17 kg

38. A room contains 50 kg of dry air and 0.6 kg of water vapor at 25°C and 95 kPa
total pressure. The relative humidity of air in the room is
(a) 1.2%
b) 18.4%
(c) 56.7%
(d ) 65.2%
(e) 78.0%

39. A 40-m3 room contains air at 30°C and a total pressure of 90 kPa with a relative
humidity of 75 percent. The mass of dry air in the room is
(a) 24.7 kg
(b) 29.9 kg
(c) 39.9 kg
(d ) 41.4 kg
e) 52.3 kg
40. A room contains air at 30°C and a total pressure of 96.0 kPa with a relative
humidity of 75 percent. The partial pressure of dry air is
(a) 82.0 kPa
(b) 85.8 kPa
(c) 92.8 kPa
(d ) 90.6 kPa
(e) 72.0 kPa

41. The air in a house is at 20°C and 50 percent relative humidity. Now the air is
cooled at constant pressure. The temperature at which the moisture in the air will
start condensing is
(a) 8.7°C
(b) 11.3°C
(c) 13.8°C
(d ) 9.3°C
(e) 10.0°C

42. On the psychrometric chart, a cooling and dehumidificationprocess appears as a

line that is
(a) horizontal to the left
(b) vertical downward
(c) diagonal upwards to the right (NE direction)
(d ) diagonal upwards to the left (NW direction)
(e) diagonal downwards to the left (SW direction)

43. On the psychrometric chart, a heating and humidification process appears as a

line that is
(a) horizontal to the right
(b) vertical upward
(c) diagonal upwards to the right (NE direction)
(d ) diagonal upwards to the left (NW direction)
(e) diagonal downwards to the right (SE direction)

44. An air stream at a specified temperature and relative humidity undergoes

evaporative cooling by spraying water into it at about the same temperature. The
lowest temperature air stream can be cooled to is
(a) the dry bulb temperature at the given state
(b) the wet bulb temperature at the given state
(c) the dew point temperature at the given state
(d ) the saturation temperature corresponding to the humidity ratio at the given state
(e) the triple point temperature of water
45. Air is cooled and dehumidified as it flows over the coils of a refrigeration system
at 85 kPa from 30°C and a humidity ratio of 0.023 kg/kg dry air to 15°C and a
humidityratio of 0.015 kg/kg dry air. If the mass flow rate of dry air is 0.7 kg/s, the
rate of heat removal from the air is
(a) 5 kJ/s
(b) 10 kJ/s
(c) 15 kJ/s
(d ) 20 kJ/s
(e) 25 kJ/s

46. Air at a total pressure of 90 kPa, 15°C, and 75 percentrelative humidity is

heated and humidified to 25°C and 75 percent relative humidity by introducing
water vapor. If
the mass flow rate of dry air is 4 kg/s, the rate at which steam is added to the air is
(a) 0.032 kg/s
(b) 0.013 kg/s
(c) 0.019 kg/s
(d ) 0.0079 kg/s

(e) 0 kg/s

47. In an unsaturated air the state of a vapour is

(a) wet
(b) Superheated
(c) saturated
(d) Unsaturated

48. For saturated air

(a) Wet bulb depression is zero

(b) Wet bulb depression is negative

(c) Wet bulb depression is positive

(d) Wet bulb depression can be either positive or negative.

49. Which one of the following statements is correct ?

(a) Dew point temperature can be measured with the help of thermometer

(b) Dew point temperature is the saturation temperature corresponding to the partial
pressure of the water vapour in moist air.
(c) Dew point temperature is the same as the thermodynamic wet bulb temperature.

(d) For saturated air, dew point temperature is legs than the wet bulb temperature.

50. During sensible heating of moist air, enthalpy

(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains constant
(d) none of the above.

51. During sensible cooling, wet bulb temperature

(a) decreases

(b) remains constant

(c) increases

(d) can decrease or increase.

52. Which one of the following statements is correct ?

(a) Evaporative cooling and sensible cooling is the same
(b) Evaporative cooling is a cooling and humidification process
(c) Evaporative cooling is a cooling and dehumidification process
(d) Evaporative cooling is not effective for hot and dry climates.
53. An air washer can work as a
(a) filter only
b) humidifier only
(c) dehumidifier only
(d) all of the above.

54. The relative humidity, during sensible heating,

(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
(c) can increase or decrease
(d) Remains constant
55. The vapour pressure, during sensible heating of moist air,
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
(c) can increase or decrease
(d) Remains constant

56. The relative humidity , during heating and humidification,

(a ) increases
(c) may increase or decrease
(b) decreases
(d) remains constant.

57. The relative humidity, during cooling and dehumidification Of moist air
(a) increases
c) can increase or decrease
(b) decreases
(d) remains constant.