RC EXAM GEAS03 4. All real processes are _____ processes.

Irreversible
1. How much energy must be transferred
through a heat interaction to raise the
5. Which of the following best describe a
temperature of a 4-kilogram sample of
perfectly inelastic collision free of
methane in a closed system from 15°C
external forces?
to 35°C? Use c_v = 1.74 kJ/kg-K
Kinetic energy is never conserved
139 kJ

6. What properties are independent of

Solution:
the mass of the system?
Intensive properties

7. If 4 kg of carbon monoxide gas is

introduced into a 5.3 m³ vessel at 25°C,
what is the pressure of the gas?
66.78 kPa

Solution:

2. A 70-kg man is standing in a 20-kg boat.

The man steps to the right thinking he
is stepping out onto the dock.
However, the following will actually
happen (ignore the friction of the water
or air on the boat or the man):
The man only moves a short distance
to the right while the boat moves a
larger distance to the left.

3. What is the coefficient of performance

8. A piston and cylinder system contains 3
of a Carnot refrigerator operating
kg of air at 15°C. In an isothermal
between 20°F and 75°F?
compression in which the final volume
8.7
is one-third of the initial volume, how
much boundary work has been
Solution:
performed?
– 272 kJ/kg
 Solution: 11. 1 atomic mass unit (u) is equal to how
many kilograms?
1.66 x 10¯²⁷

12. What properties are proportional to

the mass of the system?
Extensive properties

13. What properties are determined by

dividing the value of an extensive
property by the mass of the system?
Specific properties

14. Momentum is:

Mass times velocity.

15. An ideal gas (k = 1.4), with an initial

specific volume of 30 cubic meters per
kilogram, experiences an isothermal
compression from 200 kilopascals to
800 kilopascals. What is the final
specific volume of the gas?
9. What is the SI unit of pressure?
7.5 m³/kg
The Pascal

Solution:
10. What is the efficiency of an air standard
Brayton cycle that operates with a 4:1
pressure ratio?
33 %

Solution:

16. One kilogram of air undergoes an

isometric process, starting from 200°C
and 600 kilopascals, in which the
temperature drops to 110°C. What is
the final pressure?
486 kPa
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17. Calculate the rate of black body
radiation between two surfaces at 400
K and 300 K with an area of 05 m².
500 W
Solution:
18. What is the molar mass of the following
mixture where the composition is
defined in terms of mole fractions?
Argon – 0.28, Helium – 0.34, Neon –
0.38. Given: Molar mass of argon 40
g/mol, molar mass of Helium = 4 g/mol
and molar mass of neon = 20 g/mol
20 g/mol
Solution:
19. A beaker contains 0.1 kg of water,
initially at room temperature (20°C). If
the specific heat of water is 4.2 kJ/kg ×
°C and the latent heat of vaporization is
2,260 kJ/kg, how much thermal energy
would the water need to absorb to turn
completely to steam?
1.8 cm
Solution:
20. For uniform circular motion, the net
force:
Points toward the center of the
circle.
21. A cylinder contains 7.0 g of nitrogen
gas. How much work must be done to
compress the gas at a constant
temperature of 80°C until the volume is
halved?
508 J
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22. In a partially elastic collision between

two objects with unequal mass:
the momentum of one will increase
by the amount that the momentum
of the other decreases.

23. Which of the following situations is an

example of change in momentum?
A baseball is hit by a bat.

24. The most general thermodynamic

process is:
Polytropic

25. The SI unit for absolute temperature is

______.
Kelvin