1.

The slenderness ratio or a column is generally detined as the ratio ot

a.unsupported length to its least radius of gyration

b.length to its minimum width

c. unsupported length to its maximum radius of gyration

d.unsupported length to its maximum cross sectional area

2.Structural steel element subjected to torsion develop

a.tensile stress

b.shearing stress

c.compressive stress

d.moment

3. The differential of the shear equation is which one of the following?

a.tensile strength of beam

b.bending moment of the beam

c.load on the beam

d. slope of the elastic curve

4.Poisson's ratio is the ratio of thc

a unit stress to unit strain

b.elastic limit to proportional limit

c.shear strain to compressive strain

d.unit lateral deformation to unit

longitudinal deformation

5.Which of the following is the basis foe Bernoulli's law for fluid flow?

a.the principle of conservation of mass

b.the continuity equation

c.the principle of conservation of energy

d.Fourier's law

6.The first law of thermodynamics is based on which of the following?

a conservation of mass-

b.conservation of energy

c.the enthalpy-entropy relationship

d.action-reaction

7.Which of the following thermodynamic cycles is the most efficient?

a.Carnot

b.Brayton

c.Rankine

d.Diesel

8.Which of the following elements and compounds is unstable in its pure form?

a.helium,He

b.sodium,Na

c.carbon dioxide,CO2
d.hydrochloric acid,HCI
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a.9153
b.7920
c.9136
d.7638.
10.The property that characterizes a material's ability to be drawn into a wire is its
a. tensile strength
b.fatigue endurance limit
c.impact strcngth
d,ductility

11.A compression ignition cycle is modelled by which ideal cycle?

a.Otto cycle

b.Rankine Cycle
c.Diesel cycle

d.Brayton Cycle

12.An open system First Law should be utilized for all of the following except,

a,a nozzle

b.a piston-cylinder device

c.a turbine

d.a compressor

13.A rigid container is heated by the sun.There is no shaft work associated with the
container.From che First Law of Thermodynamics,you determine the resulting
work to be

a equal to zero

b.equal to the heat transfer

c.equal to the volume time the change in pressure

d.equal to the change in internal energy

14.Enthalpy of an ideal gas is a function only of

a.entropy

b.temperature

c.pressure

d,intemal energy

15.The three moment equation may be used to.analyze

a.beam loaded at the third point

b.a three clement composite beam

c.continuous beam

d.a step tapered column

16.What is the formula for a straight line depreciation rate?

a.% net salvage value/estimated service life

b.100% net salvage value/estimated service life

c.average net salvage value/estimated service life

d. (100%-% net salvage value)/ estimated service life

17.The commercially used pressure measuring device is,

a.Bourdon pressure gage

b.manometer

c.mercury manometer

d.piezometer

18.Thermodynamics focus its study on which of the following energy?

a.potential

b.internal

c.kinetic

d.solar

19.The purpose of copper in steel alloying

is to increase,

a.hardness

b.oxidation

c.atmospheric corrosion resistance

d.corrosion resistance

20.Which impurity in steel can cause "red shortncss" which means it becomes unworkable at
high temperature?

a.silicon

b.·manganese

c.phosphorus
d.sulfur

21.Aluminum is added to steel to produce

steel.

a.killed

b.white

c.dead

d.forged

22.Which of the following is an alkaline carth metal?

a.Na,sodium

b.Ba,barium

c.Li,lithium

d.K,potassium

23.A system in which there is no exchange of matter with the surrounding or mass does not
cross its boundaries.

a.open system

b.equilibrium system

c.closed system

d.thermal equilibrium system

24. A system that is completely impervious to its surrounding or neither mass nor energy
cross its boundaries.

a.closed system

b.exclusive system

c.special system

d.isolated system

25.It is known as the reversed Joule cycle.

a.Bell-Coleman

b.Rankine cycle

c.Stirling cycle

d.Camot cycle

26. Which of the following is an impulse turbine?

a.Francis

b.Pelton

c.Kaplan

d.Fourneyron

27. It is a system where in there is a flow of mass and it can cross a given boundary.

a.isolated system

b.closed system

c.open system

d.equilibrium system

28.The effective and safe means of releasing water in reservoir is by the use of

a.aqueduct

b.weir

c.canal

d.spillway

29. In the design of waterways, the “hydraulic jump is sometimes used for

a energy dissipation

c.prevention of sedimentation

b.elimination of turbulence

d.measurement of flow
30.The change in enthalpy occur at constant.
a.temperature

b.pressure

c.volume

d.velocity

31.The pressure exerted in a vesscl by a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the
pressures that each separate gas would exert if it alone oocupied the whole volume
of the vessel.

a.Boyle's law

b.Charles law

c.Dalton's law

d.Avogadro's law

32.All heal transfer processes require a medium of energy exchange except,

a. conduction

b.convection·

c.forced convection

d.radiation

33.What do you call the change of phase directly from vapor to solid without passing through
the liquid state?

a.deposition

b.sublimation

c.condensation

d.vaporization

34.Steel can be strengthened by the following except

a. quenching and tempering

b.annealing
c.work hardening
d.grain refinement

35.A thin walled pressurized vessel consists of a right circular cylinder with flat ends. Midway
between the ends the stress is greatest in what direction?

a.longitudinal

b.radial

c.circumferential

d.at an angle of 45° to the longitudinal and circumferential directions

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