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186.

Solubility of a gas in a liquid at small


concentration can be represented by which law?
A. Henry’s law
B. Clausius-Clapeyron’s equation
C. Dal ton’s law
D. Roult’s law
Answer: A
187. A compound pressure gauge is used to measure:
A. complex pressures
B. variable pressures
C. average pressure
D. positive and negative pressure
Answer: D
188. Which of the engine is used for fighter bombers?
A. Turboprop
B. Turbojet
C. Ramjet
D. Pulsejet
Answer: B
189. PAST BOARD QUESTION
The thermal efficiency of gas-vapor cycle as compared to steam turbine or gas turbine
A. greater than
B. less than
C. not comparable
D. equal
Answer: A
190. PAST BOARD QUESTION
The process in which heat energy us transferred to thermal energy storage device is known as:
A. adiabatic C. intercooling
B. regeneration D. heat transfer
Answer: B
191. PAST BOARD QUESTION
The absolute zero in cesius scale is:
A.100 C. -273
B. 0 D. 273
Answer: C
192. PAST BOARD QUESTION
What is the temperature when water and vapor are
in equilibrium with the atmospheric pressure?
A. Ice point C. Critical point
B. Steam point D. Freezing point
Answer: B
193. PAST BOARD QUESTION
The temperature of a pure substance at a temperature of absolute zero is:
A. unity C. infinity
B. zero D. 100
Answer: B

194. PAST BOARD QUESTION


When the number of reheat stage in a reheat cycle is Increased, the average temperature:
A. increases C. is constant
B. decreases D. is zero
Answer: A
195. PAST BOARD QUESTION
A temperature measurement in an ordinary thermometer which has constant specific humidity.
A. Critical temperature
B. Dew point temperature
C. Dry bulb temperature
D. Wet bulb temperature
Answer: B
196. PAST BOARD QUESTION
In closed vessel, when vaporization takes place, the temperature rises. Due to the rising temperature, the
pressure increases until an equilibrium is established between the temperature of equilibrium is called:
A. dew point
B. Ice point
C. Sperheated temperature
D. boiling point
Answer:D
197. PAST BOARD QUESTION
When not soup was served in a cup during dinner
are engineer was so eager to drink it. Since it was hot, its added cubes of iceto cool the soup and stirred it,
notived that dew starts to form on the
outterms surface of the cup. What is this temperature equal to?
A. superheated temperature
B. equal to zero
C. standard temperature
D. equal to air’s dew point temperature
Answer:D
198. PAST BOARD QUESTION
Is a measure of the energy that is no longer available to perform useful work within the current
environment.
A. Absolute entropy C. Fugacity
B. Absolute Enthalpy D. Molar value
Answer: A

199. A graph of enthalpy versus entropy for steam.


A. Mollier diagram
B. Moody diagram
C. steam table
D. Maxwell diagram
Answer:A
200. The reaction of entertain in an accelerated body is
called:
A. Kinetic reaction
B. Endothermic reaction
C. Kinematic reaction
D. Dynamic reaction
Answer: A
201. A Mollier chart of thermodynamic properties is
shown in which of the following diagrams?
A. T-S diagram
B. P-V diagram
C. h-S diagram
D. p-h diagram
Answer: C
202. The following are included in the first law of
Thermodynamics for closed system Except:
A. heat transferred in and of the system
B. work done by or on the system
C. internal energy
D. kinetic energy
Answer:C
203. All processes below are irreversible except one.
Which one?
A. Magnetization with hysteresis
B. Elastic tension and release of a steel bar
C. Inelastic deformation
D. Heat conduction
Answer: B

204. The condition of conditions that best describes


Themodynamic process is given by which of the following?
I. Has successive states through which the system
Passes
II. When reversed leaves no change in the system
III.When reversed leaves no change in the system or the sorroundings
IV. States are passes through so quickly that the
Sorroundings do not change
Answer: D

205. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The sum of the energies of all the molecules
in a system where energies appear in several
complex forms is the:
A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. Internal energy
D. frictional energy
Answer: C
206. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
The Carnot refrigeration cycle includes all of the foolowing process except.
A. isentropic expansion
B. isothermal heating
C. isenthalpy expansion
D. isentropic compression
Answer: C
207. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
The maximum possible work that can be obtained a cycle operating between two reservoirs to found
from:
A. process irreversibility
B. availability
C. Carnot effieciecy
D. Reversible work
Answer:C
208. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
The following factors are necessary to define a thermodynamics cycle except
A. the working substance
B. high and low temperature reservoirs
C. the time it takes to complete the cycle
D. the means of doing work on the system
Answer: C
209. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
All of the following terms included in the second law for open system except
A. shaft work
B. flow work
C. internal energy
D. average work
Answer: D

210. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The following terms are included in the first law of thermodynamics for open system except
A. heat transfer in and out of the system
B. work done by or in the system
C. magnetic system
D. internal system
Answer: C
211. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
The following terms are included in the first law of thermodynamics for closed system except:
A. heat transferred in and out of the system
B. work done by or on the system
C. internal energy
D. kinetic energy
Answer: D
212. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
Which of the following statements about a path function is not true?
A. On a p-v diagram, it can represent work done
B. On a t-s diagram, it can represent heat transferred
C. It is dependent on the path between states on thermodynamic equilibrium
D. It represents values of p, v, t, and s between states that are path functions
Answer: D

213. A constant pressure thermodynamic process


obeys:
A. Boyle’s law
B. Charle’s law
C. Amagat’s law
D. Dalton’s law
Answer:B

214. The first and second laws of thermodynamics are:


A. continuity equations
B. momentum equations
C. energy equations
D. equations of state
Answer: C

215. Represents the temperature an ideal gas will attain


when it is brought to rest adiabatically.
A. Absolute zero temperature
B. Stagnation temperature
C. Boiling temperature
D. Critical temperature
Answer: B

216. Gauge pressure and absolute pressure differ


from each other by:
A. the system units
B. atmospheric pressure
C. the size of the gauge
D. nothing they mean the same thing
Answer: B

217. Each of the following are correct values of


standard atmospheric pressure except:
A. 1000 atm
B. 14.962 psia
C. 760 torr
D. 1013 mm Hg.
Answer: D

218. All of the following are properties of an


ideal gas except:
A. density
B. pressure
C. viscosity
D. temperature
Answer: C
219. Which of the following is not the universal
gas constant?
A. 1545 ft-lb/lbmol-R
B. 8.314 J/mol.K
C. 8314 kJ/mol.K
D. 8.314 kJ/mol.K
Answer: C

220. The following are all commonly quoted


values of standard temperatures and pressure except:
A. 32 and 14.696 psia
B. 273.15 K and 101.325 kPa
C. 0 and 760 mm Hg.
D. 0 and 29.92 in hg.
Answer: D

221. The variation of pressure in an isobaric pro-


cess is:
A. linear with temperature
B. described by the perfect gas law
C. inversely proportional to temperature
D. zero
Answer: D

222. For fluid flow, the enthalpy is the sum of internal


energy and _______.
A. entropy
B. work flow
C. pressure
D. temperature
Answer: B

223. A thermodynamics process whose deviation from


equilibrium in infinitesimal at all time is ______.
A. reversible
B. isentropic
C. in quasi-equilibrium
D. isentropic
Answer: C

224. Which thermodynamic property best describes the


molecular activity of a substance?
A. Enthalpy
B. Entropy
C. Internal energy
D. External energy
Answer: C
225. Stagnation enthalpy represents the enthalpy of a
fluid when it is brought to rest ______.
A. isometrically
B. adiabatically
C. isothermally
D. disobarically
Answer: B

226. During stagnation process the kinetic energy of a


fluid is converted to enthalpy which result in an:
A. increase in the fluid specific volume
B. increase in the fluid pressure
C. increase in the fluid temperature and pressure
D. increase in the fluid temperature
Answer: C

227. The properties of fluid at the stagnation in the state


are called _______.
A. stagnation property
B. stagnation phase
C. stagnation state
D. stagnation vapor
Answer: C

228. All of the following are thermodynamics


properties except:
A. temperature
B. pressure
C. density
D. odulus of elasticity
Answer: D

229. A liquid boils when its vapor pressure equal


A. the gauge pressure
B. the critical pressure
C. the ambient pressuer
D. one standard atmosphere
Answer: C

230. A system composed of ice and water at 0


A. a multiplephase material
B. in thermodynamic equilibrium
C. in thermal equilibrium
D. all of the above
Answer: D
231. The heat of fusion of a pure substance is:
A. the change in phase from solid to gas
B. the change in phase from liquid to gas
C. the energy released in chemical reaction
D. the energy released to melt the substance
Answer: D
232. The heat of vaporization involves the change
In enthalpy due to:
A. the change in phase from solid to gas
B. the change in phase from liquid to gas
C. the energy released in chemical reaction
D. the change in phase from solid to liquid
Answer: B
233. The heat of sublimation involves the change
In enthalpy due to ____.
A. the change in phase from solid to gas
B. the change in phase from liquid to gas
C. the energy released in chemical reaction
D. the change in phase from solid to liquid
Answer: A
234. A specific property
A. defines a specific variable(e.g.,tempera-
ture)
B. is independent of mass
C. is an extensive property multiplied by mass
D. is dependent of the phase of the
substance

235. A material’s specific heat can be defined as:


A. the ratio of heat required to change the temp.
of mass by a change in temperature
B. being different for constant pressure and cons-
constant temperature processes
C. a function of temperation
D. all of the above
Answer: D

236. If a substance temperature is less than its saturation


temperature, the substance is:
A. subcooled liquid
B. wet vapor
C. saturated vapor
D. superheated vapor
Answer: A

237. If a substance temperature is equal to its saturation


temperature substance is a ________.
A. subcooled liquid
B. wet vapor
C. saturated liquid and vapor
D. superheated vapor
Answer: C

238. If a substance’s temperature is greater than is


saturation temperature, the substance is a _____.
A. subcooled liquid
B. wet vapor
C. saturated vapor
D. superheated vapor
Answer: D

239. Critical properties re fer to:


A. extremely important properties, such as temp.
and pressure
B. heat required for phase change and important
for energy production
C. property values where liquid and gas phase are
indistinguisable
D. properties having to do with equilibrium
conditions, such as the Gibbs and Helmholtz
function
Answer: C

240. For a saturated vapor, the relationship between


temperature and pressure is given by:
A. the perfect gas law
B. Van der Waal’s equation

C. the steam table


D. a Viral equation of state
Answer: C

241. Properties of a superheated vapor are given by:


A. the perefect gas law
B. a superheated table
C. a one to relationship, such as the properties
of saturation steam
D. a Viral of state
Answer: B

242, Properties of non-reacting gas mixture are given


by:
A. geometric weighting
B. volumetric weighting
C. volumetric weighting for molecular weight
density, and geometric weighting for all
other properties except entropy
D. arithmetic average
Answer: C

243. The relationship between the total volume of a


mixture of non-reacting gases ang their partial
volume is given by:
A. gravimetric fraction
B. Amagat’s law
C. Dalton’s law
D. mole fraction
Answer: B

244. The relationship between the total pressure of


a non-reacting gases and the partial pressures
of constituents given by:
A. gravimetric fraction
B. Amagat’s law
C. Dalton’s law
D. mole fraction
Answer: C
255. Which of the following is the best definition of
enthalpy?
A. The ratio of the heat added to the temp.
increases in a system
B. The amount of useful energy is a system
C. The amount of energy no longer available to
the system
D. The heat required to cause a complete
conversion between two phases at a
constant temperature
Answer: B
246. Which of the following statements is not true for real gases
A. Molecules occupy a volume not negligible
in comparison to the total volume of gas
B. Real gases are subjected to attractive forces bet-
ween molecules(e.g., Van der Wall’s forces)
C. The law of corresponding states may be used
for real gasses
D. Real gases are found only rarely in nature
Answer: D

247. The stagnation state is called the isentropic stagnation


state when the stagnation process is:
A. reversible as well dynamic
B. isotropic
C. adiabatic
D. reversible as well as adiabatic
Answer: D

248. The entropy of a fluid remains constant during what


process?
A. polytropic stagnation process
B. unsteady stagnation process
C. combustion process
D. isentropic stagnation process
Answer: D

249. All of the following processes are irreversible except


A. stirring of a viscous fluid
B. as isentropic decelerationof a moving perfect
Fluid
C. an unrestrained expansion of a gas
D. phase changes
Answer: B

250. All of the following processes are irreversible except:


A. chemical reactions
B. diffusion
C. current flow an electrical resistance
D. an isentropic compression oa a ga
Answer: D

251. All of the floowing processes are irreversible except:


A. magnetization with hysteresis
B. elastic tension and releases of a steel bar
C. inelastic deformation
D. heat conduction
Answer: B

252. Which of the following states is/are necessary for a


System to be in thermodynamic equilibrium?
A. Chemical equilibrium
B. Thermal equilibrium
C. Mechanical equilibrium
D. All of the above
Answer: D

253.Adiabatic heat transfer within a vapor cycle refers


A. heat transfer that is atmospheric but not reversible
B. the transfer of energy from one steam to another
in a heat exchanger so that the energy of the input
streams equal the energy of the output streams
C. heat transfer that is reversible but not isentropic
D. there is no such thing as adiabatic heat transfer
Answer: B

254. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following gives polytropic under
n?
A. log P2/P1
-----------------

log V1/V2

B. log P1/P2
-----------------

log V1/V2

C. log V1/V2
-----------------

log P2/P1

D. log V1/V2
-----------------

log P1/P2

Answer: A

255. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The work done in an adiabatic process in a
system:
A. is equal to the change in total energy in
a closed system
B. is equal to the total net heat transfer plus
the entropy change
C. is equal to change in total energy of closed
system plus the entropy change
D. is equal to change in total energy of closed
system plus net heat trsnsfer
Answer: D

256. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Based on the thermodynamics, what is the following
is wrong?
A. the heat transfer equals the work plus energy
change
B. the heat transfer cannot exceed the work done
C. the net transfer equal the net work of the cycle
D. the net heat transfer equals the energy change if
no work done
Answer: B

257. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Assuming real processes, the net entropy change in
the universe:
A. must be calculated
B. equals zero
C. is negative
D. is positive
Answer: D

258. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following type of flowmeters is most
accurate?
A. Venturi tube
B. Pitot tube
C. Flow nozzle
D. Foam type
Answer :B

259. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What is reffered by control volume?
A. An isolated system
B. Closed system
C. Fixed region in space
D. Reversible process only
Answer: C

260. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What is the most efficient thermodynamic cycle?
A. Carnot
B. Diesel
C. Rankine
D. Brayton
Answer: A

261. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


How do you treat a statement that is considered a
Scientific law?
A. We postuate to be true
B. Accept as a summary of experiment observe
C. We generally observed to be true
D. Believe to be derived from mathematical theorem
Answer: B

262. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


An instrument commonly used in most
research are engineering laboratories because it is small and fast among other thermometers
A. Mercury thermometer
B. Liquidin-glass thermometer
C. Gas thermometer
D. Thermocouple
Answer: D

263. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


In a actual gases, the molecular collisions are
A. plastic
B. elastic
C. inelastic
D. inpalstic
Answer: C

264. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which pf the following is used in thermal
power plant?
A. Brayton
B. Reversed carnot
C. Rankine
D. Otto
Answer: C

265. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The elongation and compression of a helical spring is an example of
A. irreversible process
B. reversible process
C. isothermal process
D. adiabatic process

266. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Otto cycle consists of
A. Two isentropic and two constant volume
processes
B. Two isetropic and two constant pressure
Processes
C. Two adiabatic and two isothermal processes
D. Two isothermal and two constant volume
processes
Answer: A
267. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
Brayton cycle has:
A. Two isentropic and two constant volume
Processes
B. Two isentropic and two constant pressure
Prcessses
C. One constant pressure, one constant volume
And two adiabatic processes
D. Two isothermal, one constant volume and
One constant pressure processes
Answer:B

268. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


A. Bell-Coleman cycle is a reversed
A. Stirling cycle
B. Joule cycle
C. Carnot cycle
D. Otto cycle
Answer: B

269. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


A steam nozzle changes
A. kinetic energy into heat energy
B. heat energy into potential energy
C. heat energy into kinetic energy
D. potential energy into heat energy
Answer: C

270. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The pilot tube is a device used for measurement of
A. pressure
B. flow
C. velocity
D. discharge
Answer: C

271. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The continuity equation is applicable to
A. Viscous, unviscous fluids
B. Compressibility of fluids
C. Conservation of mass
D. Steady, unsteady flow
Answer: C

272. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The work done by a force of R Newton moving in
a distance of L meters is converted entirely into
kinetic energy and expressed by the equation:
A. RL=2MV2
B. RL=2MV
C. RL= ½ MV2
D. RL= ½ MV
Answer: C

173. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Gas being heated at constant volume is
undergoing the process of:
A. isentropic
B. adiabatic
C. isometric
D. isobaric
Answer: C

174. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Dew point is defined as
A. The temperature to which the air must
be cooled a constant to produce satu-
ration
B. The point where the pressure which dew
is formed in the air
C. The temperature which dew is formed
in the air
D. The pressure which dew in formed in the
air
Answer: A

175. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What do you call the changing of an atom of
element into an atom of a different element
with a different atomic mass?
A. Atomization
B. Atomic transmulation
C. Atomic pile
D. Atomic energy
Answer: B

176. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What do you call the weight of the column
Of air above the earth’s surface?
A. Air pressure
B. Aerostatic pressure
C. Wind pressure
D. Atmospheric pressure
Answer: D

177. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What keeps the moisture from passing through
the system?
A. Dehydrator
B. Aerator
C. Trap
D. Humidifier
Answer: A

178. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What condition exists in an adiabatic throtting
process?
A. Enthalpy is variable
B. Enthalpy is constant
C. Entropy is constant
D. Sprecific volume is constant
Answer: B

279. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio on
its density to the density of:
A. mercury
B. gas
C. air
D. water
Answer: D

280. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


A compound pressure gauge is used to measure:
A. complex pressures
B. variable pressures
C. compound pressures
D. positive and negative pressures
Answer: D

281. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Isentropic flow is
A. perfect gas flow
B. ideal fluid flow
C. frictionless reversible flow
D. reversible adiabatic flow
Answer: D

282. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Under ideal conditions, isothermal, isobaric,
Isochoric and adiabatic processes are:
A. dynamic processes
B. stable processes

C. quasi-staic processes
D. static processes
Answer: C

283. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Onwe Watt is:
A. 1 N.m/s
B. 1 N/m/min
C. 1 N.m/hr
D. 1 kN/s
Answer: A

284. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


A temperature above which a given gas cannot
be liquefied:
A. Crygenic temperature
B. Vaporization temperature
C. Absolute temperature
D. Critical temperature
Answer: D

285. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The effectiveness of a body as a thermal
radiator at a given temperature
A. absorvtivity
B. Emissivity
C. Conductivity
D. Reflectivity
Answer: B
286. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
Which of the following occurs in reversible polytropic process?
A. Enthalpy remains constant
B. Internal energy does not change
C. Some heat transfer occurs
D. Entropy remains constant
Answer: C
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287. ME BOARD Oct. 1997
The instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure is:
A. Rotameter
B. Manometer
C. Venturi
D. Barometer
Answer: D

288. ME BOARD Oct. 1997


A pneumatic tool is generally powered by
A. water
B. electricity
C. steam
D. air
Answer: D

289. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following gases can be used to measure the lowest temperature?
A. Nitrogen
B. Helium
C. Oxygen
D. Hydrogen
Answer: B

290. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The triple point of a substance is the temperature pressure at which:
A. The solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium
B.The solid and gaseous phases are in equilibrium
C. The solid liquid and gaseous phases are in
equilibrium
D. The solid does not melt, the liquid does not
Boil and the gas does not condense
Answer: D

291. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following relations is not applicable in a free expansion process?
A. Heat rejected is zero
B. Work done is zero
C. Change in temperature is zero
D. Heat supplied is zero
Answer: C

292. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Ericsson cycle has
A. Two isothermal and two constant pressure
processes
B. Two isothermal and two constant volume
processes
C. Two isothermal and two constant entropy
Processes
D. Two adiabatic one constant volume and
constant pressure processes
Answer: A

293. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


A Stirling cycle has
A. Two adiabatic and two constant pressure
processes
B. Two adiabatic and two constant volume
processes
C. Two isothermal and two constant pressure
processes
D. Two isothermal and two constant volume
processes
Answer: D

294. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The temperature of the fluid flowing under pressure through a pipe is usually measured by:
A. a glass thermometer
B. an electric resistance thermometer
C. a thermocouple
D. all of the above
Answer: D

295. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Specific heat capacity is an SI derived unit described as
A. J./kg
B. W/mK
C. kj/kgK
D. J/m
Answer: C

296. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following is mathematically a thermpdynamic property?
A. A point function
B. Discontinuous
C. A path function
D. Exact differential
Answer: A
297. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION
When the expansion or compression of a gas takes place “without transfer of heat” to or from the gas, the
procees is called:
A. reversible
B. adiabatic
C. polytropic
D. isothermal
Answer: B

298. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Another name for the liquid valve is:
A. Freon valve
B. Shut-off valve
C. King valve
D. Master valve
Answer: C

299. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


A liquid whose temperature is lower than the
saturation temperature corresponding to the
existing pressure;
A. Subcooled liquid
B. Saturated liquid
C. Pure liquid
D. Compressed liquid
Answer: A

300. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The law that states “Entropy of all perfect
crystallline solid is zero at absolute zero
temperature.
A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
B. First law of thermodynamics
C. Seconf law of thermodynamics
D. Third law of thermodynamics
Answer:D

301. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What should be the temperature of both water
and steam whenever they are present together?
A. Saturation temperature for the existing
pressure
B. Boiling point of water at 101.325 kPa
C. Superheated temperature
D. One hundred degrees centigrade
Answer: A

302. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


A manometer is an instrument that is used to
measure:
A. air pressure
B. heat radiation
C. condensate water level
D. air volume
Anwer: A

303. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What is the area under the curve of temperature
Entropy diagram?
A. Volume
B. Heat
C. Work
D. Entropy
Answer: B

304. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What do bodies at a temperature above absolute zero emit?
A. Energy
B. Heat of convection
C. Thermal radiation
D. Heat of compression
Answer: C

305. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


In the absence of any irreversible, a thermo-
electric generator, a device that incorporate both thermal an electric effects, will have the efficiency of
a/an.
A. Carnot cycle
B. Otto cycle
C. Diesel cycle
D. Rankine cycle
Answer: A

306. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Both Stirling and Ericsson engines are:
A. Internal combustion engines
B. external combustion engine
C. Carnot engines
D. Brayton engines
Answer: B

307. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Nozzles does not involve any work interantion.
The fluid through the device experiences:
A. no change in potential energy
B. no change in kinetic energy
C. no change in enthalpy
D. vacuum
Answer: A

308. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


If the actual kinetic energy of a nozzle is Ka
and Kj is the maximum value that can be
attined by an isentropic expansion from an
initial to final state, then the efficiency of the
nozzle is:
A. Kj/Ka
B. Ka-Ki/Ka
C. Ka-ki/Ki
D. Ka/Ki
Answer: D

309. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The convergent section of a nozzle increases from velocity if the flow of the gas. What does it do on
in pressure?
A. Pressure becomes constant
B. Pressure equal the velocity
C. It increases the pressure
D. It decreases the pressure
Answer: D

310. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


In a closed vessel, when vaporization takes place the temperature rises. Due to the rising temperature the
pressure increases until an equilibrium is established between the temperature and pressure. The
temerature.of equilibrium is called:
A. dew point
B. ice point
C. boiling point
D. superheated temperature
Answer: C

311. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


At steam point, the temperature of water and its
vapor at standard pressure are:
A. extremes or maximum
B. unity
C. in equilibrium
D. undefined
Answer: C

312. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


When hot soup was served in a cup during dinner, an engineer was so eager to drink it. Since it was hot, he
added cubes of ice to cool the soup and stirred it. He noticed that dew starts to fom on the outermost
surface of the cup. He wanted to check the temperature of the outermost surface of the cup. What is this
temperature equal to?
A. Superheated temperature
B. Equal to zero
C. Standard temperature
D. Equal to air’s dew point temperature
Answer: D

313. What do you call a conversion technology that


yields electricity from sunlight without aid of a working substance like gas or steam without use of
any mechanical cycle?
A. Power conversion
B. Stirling cycle conversion
C. Solar thermal conversion
D. Photovoltaic-energy conversion
Answer: D

314. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following property of liquid extend resistance to angular or shear deformation:
A. Specific gravity
B. Specific weight
C. Viscosity
D. Density
Answer: C

315. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What is the pressure at the exit of a draft tube in a turbine?
A. Below atmospheric
B. Above atmospheric
C. Atmospheric
D. Vacuum
Answer: C

316. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


When changes in kinetic energy of a compressed gas are negligible or insignificant, the work input
to a adiabatic compressor is _______.
A. negligible
B. zero
C. infinity
D. equal to change in enthalpy
Answer: D

317. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What is the area under the curve of a pressure-volume diagram?
A. Nonflow work
B. Steadyflow work
C. Heat
D. Power
Answer: A

318. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


In Stirling and Ericsson cycle, regeneration can
A. Increase efficiency
B. decrease efficiency
C. control efficiency
D. limit efficiency
Answer: A

319. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The first law of thermodynamics is based on which of the following principle?
A. Conservation of mass
B. Enthalpy-entropy relationship
C. Entropy-temperature relationship
D. Conservation of energy
Answer: D

320. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


In a two-phase system, 30% moisture means
A. 70% liquid and 30% vapor
B. 70% vapor and 30% liquid
C. 30% liquid and 100% vapor
D. 30% vapor and 100% liquid
Answer: B

321. ME Board Apr. 2002


At 101.325 kPa, the boiling point of water is 100
If the pressure is decreased, the following boiling temperature will:
A. increase
B. decrease
C. remain the same
D. drop to zero
Answer: B

322. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following is equivalent to 1 hp in btu/hr?
A. 778
B. 2545

C. 746
D. 3.41
Answer: B

323. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


What is the pressure above zero?
A. gage pressure
B. Absolute pressure
C. vacuum pressure
D. atmospheric pressure
Answer: A

324. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


One Newton-meter is equal to:
A. 1 Joule
B. 1 Btu
C. 1 calorie
D. 1 Ergs
Answer: A

325. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following is the instrument used to measure fluid velocity?
A. Pitot tube
B. Orsat apparatus
C. Anemometer
D. Viscosimeter
Answer: A

326. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Cryogenic temperature ranges from:
A. -150 to -359
B. -250 to -459
C. -100 to -300
D. -200 to -400
Answer: B

327. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Steam at 2 kPa is saturated at 17.5 . In what state will the state be at 40 if the pressure is 2.0 kPa?
A. Superheated
B. Saturated
C. Subcooled
D. Supersaturated
Answer: A

328. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Acceleration is popotional to force.
A. Newtons law
B. Arcgimedes principle
C. Law of gravitation
D. Theory of relativity
Answer: A

329. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


Which of the following could be defined as simple push and pull?
A. Power
B. Inertia
C. Work
D. Force
Answer: D

330. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


The true pressure measured above a perfect vacuum is:
A. absolute pressure
B. atmospheric pressure
C. gauge pressure
D. vacuum pressure
Answer: A

331. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


In an initial volume of an ideal gas is compressed to one-half its original volume and to twice its original
temperature, the pressure:
A. doubles
B. halves
C. quadruples
D. triples
Answer: C

332. PAST ME BOARD QUESTION


When the expansion or compression of gas takes
Place without transfer of heat to or from the gas, the process is called:
A. isometric process
B. isothermal process
C. isobaric process
D. adiabatic process
Answer:D

333. A body radiates heat proportional to the


fourth power of its absolute temperature:
A. Stefan-Boltzmann law
B. Planck’s law
C. Kirchhoff’s law
D. Maxwell’s law
Answer: A

334. All substances emit radiation, the quantity


And quality of which depends upon the absolute temperature and the properties of the material,
composing the radiating body.
A. Stefan-Boltzmann law
B. Planck’s law
C. Kirchhoff’s law
D. Maxwell’s law
Answer: B

335. For bodies in thermal equilibrium with the


environment, the ratio of total emissive power to the absorpvitty is constant at any temperature.
A. Stefan-Boltzmann law
B. Planck’s law
C. Kirchhoff’s law
D. Maxwell’s law
Answer: C

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