Refrigeration and Air conditioning MCQs

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126. Class II group of refrigerants absorb sensible heat while giving refrigeration
effect. Which of the following is a class II refrigerant
A. Ammonia
B. Carbondioxide
C. Freon 12
D. Methyl chloride
E. All of the above
Answer: D

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127. The critical pressure of a liquid is the pressure
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A. Below which a liquid will always be in vapour form
t
B. Above which a liquid will remain a liquid
a
M
C. Above which a liquid will always turn into a vapour
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c
D. Above which a liquid will explode
E. None of the above
Answer: B M
128. Frost on cooling coils
A. Increases heat transfer
B. Reduces evaporator temperature
C. Improves COP of the system
D. Acts as an insulation, increasing power consumption
E. Reduces power consumption
Answer: D

129. The coefficient of performance of a domestic refrigerator as compared to that

of an air conditioner is gererally
A. Less
B. Cannot be compared
C. More
 D. Air conditioner performance depends on whether conditions
E. Same
Answer: A

130. The leakage in a refrigeration system using freon is detected by

A. Acetylene torch
B. Halide torch
C. Sulphur stricks
D. Soap and water
E. Any of the above
Answer: B

131. The critical temperature for Freon 12 is

A. Above 100?C
B. Less than - 50?C
C. Around - 20?C
D. 0?C
E. Around 50?C
Answer: A

132. In a vapour compression cycle the lowest temperature occurs in

A. Evaporator
B. Expansion valve
C. Condenser
D. Receiver
E. Compressor
Answer: A

133. If dry bulb temperature is 25?C and wet bulb temperature is 18?C, then
which of the following temperatures could possibly represent dew point?
A. 14?C
B. 25?C
C. 40?C
D. 43?C
E. 18?C
Answer: A

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134. The effect of under cooling the refrigerant is to
A. Reducing the COP of the cycle
B. Increase the COP of the cycle
C. Reduce the refrigerating effect
D. Increase the super heat of vapour
E. None of the above
Answer: B

135. Clear ice

A. Is pure ice
B. Contains dissolved air
C. Contains dissolved gases
D. Is produced by blowing air during freezing
E. None of the above
Answer: D

136. Two thermometers are constructed in the same way except that one has a
spherical bulb and the other an elongated cylindrical bulb. Which one will respond
quickly to temperature change?
A. Spherical bulb thermometer
B. Cylindrical bulb thermometer
C. Both will respond in identical manner
D. Cannot be ascertained on the basis of information provided
E. None of the above
Answer: B

137. A low wet bulb temperature indicates

A. Very cool air
B. Very low humidity
C. Very low atmospheric temperature
D. (A) and (B) above
E. (A) and (C) above
Answer: D

138. On a psychrometric chart sensible heating or cooling is represented by

A. A horizontal line
B. A vertical line

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 C. Inclined line
D. Curved line
E. None of the above
Answer: A

139. During sensible heating of air

A. Dry bulb temperature increases while enthalpy of moist air decreases
B. 10,000 m height above the surface of earth
C. Both dry bulb temperature as well as enthalpy decrease
D. Both dry bulb temperature as well as enthalpy increase
E. Dry bulb temperature decreases while enthalpy of moist air increases
Answer: D

140. Air and other non-condensable gases (foul gases) get into a refrigeration
system through
A. Decomposition of refrigerant in contact with impurities
B. Breakdown of oil
C. Under vacuum operation or during maintenance work
D. Corrosion
E. Any of the above
Answer: E

141. Refrigerant 717 is

A. Freon 22
B. Air
C. Freon 12
D. Carbondioxide
E. Ammonia
Answer: E

142. The relation between vapour pressure to the enthalpy of vaporisation is

expressed in
A. Vander wall's equation
B. Energy equation
C. Maxwell's equation
D. Clausius Clapeyron equation
E. Lewis equation

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Answer: D

143. For a sensible heating the air is passed over a heating coil which may be
A. Heated by electric resistance
B. Heated by passing hot water through the coil
C. Heated by passing steam through the coil
D. Heated by direct solar radiations
E. Heated by any of the above methods
Answer: E

144. Cryogenics
A. Is same as refrigeration
B. Include heating and cooling of liquids
C. Is a thermodynamic analysis of low temperature systems
D. Is the field of engineering associated with development, production and use of equipment in
the range -180?C to absolute zero
E. None of the above
Answer: D

145. Dew point is

A. The temperature at which ice starts melting in presence of air without external aid
B. Percentage of moisture contained in a sample of air
C. The temperature of water vapour in air starts
D. Partial pressure of water vapour in a sample of air
E. The temperature at which condensation of water vapour in air starts
Answer: E

146. A refrigerant with lowest freezing point temperature is

A. Ammonia
B. Freon 12
C. Freon 22
D. Carbondioxide
E. Freon 11
Answer: C

147. A storage tank which receives liquid refrigerant from evaporator and
prevents it from flowing into suction line is known as

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 A. Accumulator
B. Agitator
C. Balancer
D. Condenser
E. None of the above
Answer: A

148. In a vapour compression refrigeration cycle using ammonia as a refrigerant

the temperature of ammonia after compression will be at the range
A. 40?C to 0?C
B. 70?C to - 110?C
C. 0?C to - 15?C
D. ? 15?C to - 40?C
E. 50?C to 40?C
Answer: B

149. The condition of refrigerant before and after compression in vapour

compression cycle is
A. Wet vapour, wet vapour
B. Dry saturated vapour, liquid
C. Dry saturated vapour, superheated vapour
D. Wet vapour, cry saturated vapour
E. Liquid, wet vapour
Answer: D

150. The ratio of water vapour to the mass of dry air in a given mixture is known
as
A. Humidity ratio
B. Relative humidity
C. Degree of saturation
D. Any of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: A

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