Student Name: Solution Student JU ID: __________ Section #:_____

Question 1 (CLO’s (1.1, 1.2, 2.1)):

Choose the correct answer from the following multiple choices questions: 9 marks

1. Water of density  is filled to a height H behind a dam of width W, the average pressure
Pavg exerted by the water over the face of the dam equals: H
𝟏 1 1
a) 𝝆𝒈𝑯 b) 𝜌𝑔𝐻 c) 4 𝜌𝑔𝐻 d) 2 𝜌𝑔𝑊
𝟐

W
2. The height of mercury column in a barometer that equals Po is:
(Where, Po = 1 atm = 1.013×105 Pa, mercury = 13.6×103 kg/m3 and g = 9.8 m/s2)
a) 0.33 m b) 1 m c) 0.5 m d) 0.76 m

3. A liquid flows in a Venturi tube. When the liquid's speed increases, the pressure of
the liquid………
a) is constant b) decreases c) increases d) equals one atmosphere

𝟏
4. The expression 𝑷 + 𝟐 𝝆𝒗𝟐 + 𝝆𝒈𝒚 = 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 (P: pressure, 𝝆: density, v: velocity and y: height) represents
what equation or law from the following?
a) Continuity equation b) Pascal’s law c) Bernoulli’s equation d) Archimedes’ principle

5. A state of a gas is changed on a pressure-volume diagram (as in figure) through the path
1-2-3-4-1. According to the first law of thermodynamics this process is called:
a) Isobaric b) Isovolumetric c) Adiabatic d) Cyclic

6. Stefan’s law P =AeT4 is the rate of heat energy transfer by………..

a) conduction b) convection c) radiation d) fluid

7. It is impossible to construct a heat engine that, operating in a cycle, produces no effect other than the input of
energy by heat from a reservoir and the performance of an equal amount of work. This is the form of what
law in thermodynamics?
a) Zeroth law b) First law c) Second law d) Third law W

8. According to the first law of thermodynamics, by performing work (W) and input heat energy
(Q) to the gas inside the piston as in the right figure. The internal energy of the gas Eint…….
a) increases b) decreases c) remains constant d) equals zero
Q
9. The input energy Qh for a heat engine equals 4 times the performed work W by the engine. What is the
efficiency of this heat engine?
a) 4% b) 25% c) 33% d) 50%
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Question 2 (CLO (1.2)):

A nurse measures the temperature of a patient to be 38.5oC. What is this temperature on the 1 mark
Fahrenheit scale and kelvins scale?
Fahrenheit scale 38.5oC kelvins scale

𝟗𝒐 𝟗
𝑻𝑭 = 𝑪 + 𝟑𝟐 = ( 𝟑𝟖. 𝟓) + 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟏. 𝟑𝒐 𝑭 38.5 + 273.15 = 311.65oK
𝟓 𝟓

Question 3 (CLO (1.2)):

A 3-mol sample of an ideal gas is kept at 273 K during an isothermal expansion from 2 L to 2 marks
8 L. (The universal gas constant R = 8.314 J/mol.K)
a) How much work (W) is done on the gas during the expansion?
b) How much energy transfer by heat (Q) occurs between the gas and its surroundings in this process?
Solution:
a)

𝟐
𝑾 = 𝟑 × 𝟖. 𝟑𝟏𝟒 × 𝟐𝟕𝟑 × 𝒍𝒏 ( ) = −𝟗𝟒𝟑𝟗. 𝟓 𝑱
𝟖
b)

9439.5 J

Question 4 (CLO (2.2)):

What is the flow rate of a liquid with velocity v = 3 m/s in a pipe of crossectional area 1 mark
A = 7×10-3 m2.

Flow rate = A v = Constant v = 3 m/s

= 7×10-3 × 3 = 0.021 m/s
A = 7×10-3 m2

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Question 5 (CLO (2.2)):

Calculate the buoyant force on a submerged object of volume V= 0.3 m3 in sea water of 1 mark
density  = 1030 kg/m3. (g = 9.8 m/s2)

B = fluid g Vobj 1030 kg/m3

= 1030 × 9.8 × 0.3 0.3 m3

Question 6 (CLO (2.2)):

According to Pascal’s law, the small piston of a hydraulic lift has a cross-sectional area of 1 mark
3.2×10-4 m2, and its large piston has a cross-sectional area of 0.025 m2. What downward
force of magnitude F1 must be applied to the small piston to raise a load whose weight is
Fg = 20 kN? Fg = 20 kN

P1 = P2
𝑭𝟏 𝑭𝟐
= 3.2×10-4 m2
𝑨𝟏 𝑨𝟐
𝑭𝟐
𝑭𝟏 = × 𝑨𝟏 0.025
𝑨𝟐
(𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝑵) m2
𝑭𝟏 = × 𝟑. 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎 −𝟒 = 𝟐𝟓𝟔 𝑵
𝟎. 𝟎𝟐𝟓

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