1. What retarding force (in N) is required to stop a 0.

45 caliber bullet of mass 18 grams and speed

of 431 m/s a depth of 3 inches?

A: 21,940.28

2. What is the ºAPI if the specific gravity at 15.6 ºC is 0.925?

A: 21.47

3. The jet discharges water at the rate of 8 m3/s and at a speed of 6 m/s to stationary plate.
Determine the f
A: 48
The jet discharges water at the rate of 12 m3/s and at a speed of 6 m/s to stationary
plate. Determine the force on the plate in kN.

4. A A rocket of mass 1.2x104 kg accelerates at 215 m/s2 for 26 s from an initial speed of 5,242
m/s. How much kinetic energy (in J) has the rocket gained?
A: 5.39E11

How fast will be rocket be travelling after the 26s?

KEinitial= KEfinal=

Change in KE:
5. Steam Steam flows into a turbine at the rate of 11 kg/s and 36 KW of heat are lost from the
turbine. Ignoring elevation and kinetic energy effects, calculate the power output from the
turbine in kW
A: 4,787.50
6. In an oil refinery, cylindrical tank of 22 m in diameter and 16 m height is used to store crude oil.
A process data.
Time: 6:00 AM
Oil level in the tank: 7.6 m
Flowmeter reading at inlet: 7,211 liter/minute
Flowmeter reading at outlet: 296 m³/hour
Assuming flow rates remain steady, estimate the level in the tank at 9:00 AM.
A: 8.68

7.

7.

7. A centrifugal pump uses a 135,412 rpm motor to pump 103,370 kg/min of standard temperature
water and 33 bar using a 0.1 cm diameter impeller. The inlet diameter is 0.37 cm and the outlet
diameter is 0.17 cm. level with each other. How much power input is needed if there is an
efficiency of 84 %?
A: 12,002.85 ± 1%

A centrifugal pump uses a 123,323 rpm motor to pump 112,213 kg/min of standard
temperature water and has a pressure rise from 4 bar to 35 bar using a 0.1 cm diameter
impeller. The inlet diameter is 0.38 cm and the outlet diameter is 0.17 cm. The inlet and
outlet are at the same level with each other. How much power input is needed if there is
an efficiency of 71 %?
8. Cal Calculate the amount of energy (in BTU) required to heat the air in a house 28 ft by 27 ft by
46 ft from 18 to 111 ºF. The density of air is 0.08 lb/ft3.
A: 62,096.03

Calculate the amount of energy (in BTU) required to heat the air in a house 29 ft by 20 ft
by 49 ft from 16 to 95 ºF. The density of air is 0.08 lb/ft3.
9. A ball dropped from the roof of a building 82 m high will hit the ground with a velocity of _____
m/s.
A: 40.11

A ball is dropped from the roof of a building 40 meters tall will hit the ground with the velocity
of;

10. A 46 kW electric furnace measures 1.1m x 1.5m x 0.9m. When the temperature inside the
furnace is 1,669 of 318 kg and a temperature of 19 ºC is placed inside. Assuming the heat loss
from the furnace walls is 58 heat the block to the furnace temperature? (Specific heat of
aluminum is 0.91 kJ/kg. K)
A: 190 ± 1
11. An ideal gas at 54 psig and 84 °F is heated in a closed container to 128°F. What is the final
pressure in psi.
A. 74.26

An ideal gas at 43 psig and 78 °F is heated in a closed container to 138°F. What is the
final pressure in psia?
 12. A liquid to liquid counterflow heat exchanger is used to heat a cold fluid from 83 ºF to 347 ºF.
Assuming tha leaves at 413 ºF, calculate the log mean temperature in ºF for the heat exchanger.
A. 260.19

A liquid-to-liquid counterflow heat exchanger is used to heat a cold fluid from 120 °F to 310
°F. Assuming that the hot fluid enters at 500 °F and leaves at 400 °F, calculate the log mean
temperature difference for the heat exchanger.

13. The maximum thermal efficiency (in %) possible for a power cycle operating between 1,317 °F
and 211°F
A: 23.91 ± 1

What is the maximum thermal efficiency possible for a power cycle

operating between 600°C and 110°C? (A) 47% (B) 56% (C) 63% (D)
74%
14. A A box has a mass of 7 kg. The box is lifted from the garage floor and placed on a shelf.
If the box gains 253 J of Potential Energy, how high is the shelf in meters?
A. 3.68

15. The The surface tension of water is 0.07 N/m. Find the weight of water supported by
surface tension in a capillary tube with a radius of 0.1mm. Assume the contact angle of
zero deg. (Given that circumference of circle of radius r is 2 x 3.14 x r)
A: 47.75 ± 1

16. One kg of water initially at 17 ºC is to be freeze at –2ºC. Calculate the total amount of heat (in kJ)
to be rem Cp(ice) = 0.5(Cpw)
A: 409.37
One kg of water initially at 17 ºC is to be freeze at –1ºC. Calculate the total amount of
heat (in kJ) to be removed during the cooling process? Cp(ice) = 0.5(Cpw)
17. If the velocity of discharge from a fire hose is 13 m/s and the hose is oriented at 39º from the
horizontal, di maximum range of discharge (in m).
A: 16.86

18. In a diesel cycle, what is the expansion ratio if the % clearance is 1/19 while the cut-off ratio is
2.62?
A: 7.63

 In a diesel cycle, what is the expansion ratio if the % clearance is 1/15
while the cut-off ratio is 2.73?
19. Hot Hot gases at 280 C flow on one side of a metal plate of 10mm thickness and air at
35 C flows on the other side. The heat transfer coefficient of the gases is 31.5W/m2K
and that of the air is 32W/m2K. The thermal conductivity of the metal plate is 50W/mK.
Calculate (i) the overall heat transfer coefficient and (ii) the heat flux per unit area per
minute. (15.84 W/m2K, 232.55 kJ).
A: 15.11
20. A 663 kg hammer of a pile driver is lifted 3.3 meters above a piling head. If the hammer is
released, what w it strikes the piling?
A: 8.05

A 702 kg hammer of a pile driver is lifted 2.9 meters above a piling head. If the hammer
is released, what will be its velocity (in m/s) at the instant it strikes the piling?

21. If 3.6 kg metal with 103 ºC temperatures is immersed into 5 kg of water at 9 ºC, what will be the
final temp Cp metal = 0.911 KJ/kg-K
A: 21.73

If 3 kg metal with 94 ºC temperatures is immersed into 7 kg of water at 9 ºC, what will be

the final temperature of the water after immersion? Cp metal = 0.91 KJ/kg-K
22. The weight of 1 liter of gasoline is 7.09 N. Determine its density in kg/m3
A: 722.73

23. An Otto engine has clearance volume of 7%. It produces 300 KW power. What is the amount of
heat rejected in Kw?
A: 152
24. A 10-kg block is raised vertically 3 meters. What is the change in potential energy. Answer in SI
units Is
A: 294 J

25. What is the density of a stone that weighs 19.9 lbf (88 N) in air and 12.4 lbf (55 N) in water?
A: 2670 kg/m^3

26. The pressure drop across a turbine is 25 psi. The flow rate is 55 gallons per minute. Calculate the
power.
A: 0.802hp

27. Determine the resistance (in F-h/BTU) of a hollow cylinder with an inside and outside radius of 2
in and 2.1 in, respectively. The length of the cylinder is 4 ft while the thermal conductivity is 21
BTU/hr-ft-F
A: 9.2442807165E-5 ± 1%
Determine the resistance (in F-h/BTU) of a hollow cylinder with an inside and outside
radius of 2 in and 2.2 in, respectively. The length of the cylinder is 9 ft while the thermal
conductivity is 18 BTU/hr-ft-F
28. The % clearance of an Otto cycle is 0.161. If the initial pressure is 40 kPag, determine the final
pressure
A: 2,246.09 ± 1%
The % clearance of an Otto cycle is 0.128. If the initial pressure is 82 kPag, determine
the final pressure.

29. Steam flows into a turbine at the rate of 11 kg/s and 36 KW of heat are lost from the turbine.
Ignoring elevation and kinetic energy effects, calculate the power output from the turbine in kW.
A: 4,787.5

30. In a diesel cycle, what is the expansion ratio if the % clearance is 1/15 while the cut-off ratio is
2.73?
A: 5.86

31. How far below the water surface (in m) should the center of a vertical square 1.6 m on a side
with two sides horizontal to be immersed so that the center of pressure will be 113 mm below
the center of gravity?
A: 12.37
How far below the water surface (in m) should the center of a vertical square 0.7 m on a
side with two sides horizontal to be immersed so that the center of pressure will be 65
mm below the center of gravity?
32. In an oil refinery, cylindrical tank of 22 m in diameter and 16 m height is used to store crude oil.
A process technician notes down the following data.
Time: 6:00 AM
Oil level in the tank: 7.6 m
Flowmeter reading at inlet: 7,211 liter/minute
Flowmeter reading at outlet: 296 m³/hour
Assuming flow rates remain steady, estimate the level in the tank at 9:00 AM.

A: 8.68

33. What is the weight (in lbf) of a 441 lb mass object?

A: 441
1 lbm = 1lbf
441 lbm = 441lbf

34. An open tank 1.21 meter in diameter and 1.5 m height is filled with diesel oil (S.G. = 0.85).
Assuming 75% of its capacity is occupied by the diesel; calculate the absolute pressure (in kPa) of
the fluid at the bottom of the tank.
A: 110.71
An open tank 1.05 meter in diameter and 1.3 m height is filled with diesel oil
(S.G. = 0.83). Assuming 71% of its capacity is occupied by the diesel; calculate the
absolute pressure (in kPa) of the fluid at the bottom of the tank.

35. What retarding force (in N) is required to stop a 0.45 caliber bullet of mass 17 grams and speed
of 375 m/sec as it penetrates a wooden block to a depth of 3 inches?
A: 15,686.52
36. What is the kinetic energy if the mass is 35 lb and the 21is 2 ft/s in ft-lbf?
A: 239.67

37. Determine the change in entropy (BTU/R) in an isothermal process having an initial volume of 15
cu ft and a final volume of 16 cu ft. The mass is 14 lb and the specific heat is 0.24 BTU/lb-R.
A: 0.06

38. The fluid in a manometer tube is 60 % water and 40 % alcohol (S.G. = 0.83). What is the
manometer fluid height difference (in ft) if a 13.7 psi pressure is applied across the two ends of a
manometer?
A: 39.09
39. An ideal gas at 46 psig and 76 °F is heated in a closed container to 121°F. What is the final
pressure in psia?
A: 65.8
An ideal gas at 43 psig and 78 °F is heated in a closed container to 138°F. What is the
final pressure in psia?

40. The thermal conductivity of a fluid is 0.09 BTU/ft-h-F having a kinematic viscosity of 0.0211 ft2/h.
If the density and specific heat at constant pressure are 53.3 lbm/ft3 and 0.411 BTU/lb-F,
respectively, determine the Prandtl number
A: 5.14
41. Calculate the enthalpy in kJ of 2.2 kg of fluid that occupy a volume of 0.615 m3 if the internal
energy is 517.6 kcal per kg and the pressure is 1.9 atm.
A: 4,885.66
Calculate the enthalpy in kJ of 2 kg of fluid that occupy a volume of 0.619 m3 if the
internal energy is 580.1 kcal per kg and the pressure is 1.5 atm.

42. In an exothermic process, the volume of a system expanded from 284 mL to 2,091 mL against a
constant pressure of 750 torr. During the process, 20.5 calories of heat energy were given off.
What was the internal energy change for the system in joules?
A: 266.46
43. What is the absolute pressure (kPa) if the vacuum pressure is 39 kPa?
A: 62.33

44. A centrifugal pump uses a 139,170 rpm motor to pump 112,052 kg/min of standard temperature
water and has a pressure rise from 3 bar to 37 bar using a 0.1 cm diameter impeller. The inlet
diameter is 0.38 cm and the outlet diameter is 0.15 cm. The inlet and outlet are at the same
level with each other. What will be your total dynamic head (in m)?
A: 902.00

45. A rocket of mass 1.2x104 kg accelerates at 215 m/s2 for 26 s from an initial speed of 5,242 m/s.
How much kinetic energy (in J) has the rocket gained?
A: 5.39E11

46. Calculate the amount of energy (in BTU) required to heat the air in a house 28 ft by 27 ft by 46 ft
from 18 to 111 ºF. The density of air is 0.08 lb/ft3.
A: 62,096.03
47. What is the Reynolds number of a fluid flowing in a tube with an inside diameter of 1 inches?
The viscocity is 1.353 x 10^ -5 lb/ft-s and the mass flow rate is 79 lb/h.
A: 24,780.96
What is the Reynolds number of a fluid flowing in a tube with an inside diameter of 1
inches? The viscocity is 1.368 x 10^ -5 lb/ft-s and the mass flow rate is 60 lb/h.
48. Steam enters a nozzle steadily with a velocity of 125 m/s and enthalpy of 1,363 KJ/kg and leaves
with an enthalpy of 1,154 KJ/kg. Neglecting heat transfer, what is the velocity of steam at the
nozzle outlet in m/s?
A: 658.50
Steam enters a nozzle steadily with a velocity of 137 m/s and enthalpy
of 1,345 KJ/kg and leaves with an enthalpy of 1,140 KJ/kg. Neglecting
heat transfer, what is the velocity of steam at the nozzle outlet in m/s?

49. A 542 kg hammer of a pile driver is lifted 3.1 meters above a piling head. If the hammer is
released, what will be its velocity (in m/s) at the instant it strikes the piling?
A: 7.8
A 702 kg hammer of a pile driver is lifted 2.9 meters above a piling head. If the hammer
is released, what will be its velocity (in m/s) at the instant it strikes the piling?
50. Calculate the logarithmic mean temperature difference for a condenser if the temperature
difference between condensing steam and water inlet is 790C and that steam inlet and water is
100C.
A: 334C