1. The term “thermodynamics” comes from the b.

Boundary
Greek words “therme” and “dynamis” which c. Volume
means . d. Environment
a. Heat power 10. What is the real or imaginary surface that
b. Heat transfer separates the system from its surroundings?
c. Heat energy a. Division
d. Heat motion b. Wall
2. The term “thermodynamics” was first used in c. Boundary
1849 in the publication of . d. Interface
a. Rudolph Clausius 11. A system which consists of fixed amount of
b. William Rankine mass and no mass can cross its boundaries are
c. Lord Kelvin called .
d. Thomas Savery a. Equilibrium System
3. What law asserts that energy is a b. Thermal Equilibrium System
thermodynamic property? c. Open System
a. First Law of Thermodynamics d. Closed System
b. Second Law of Thermodynamics 12. A system in which even energy is not allowed to
c. Third Law of Thermodynamics cross the boundary is called .
d. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics a. Closed System
4. What law asserts that energy has quality as well b. Exclusive System
as quantity? c. Isolated System
a. First Law of Thermodynamics d. Special System
b. Second Law of Thermodynamics 13. A system in which there is a flow of mass is
c. Third Law of Thermodynamics known as .
d. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics a. Equilibrium System
5. The macroscopic approach to the study of b. Isolated System
thermodynamics that does not require c. Open System
knowledge of the behaviour of individual d. Closed System
particles is called . 14. Open system usually encloses which of the
a. Dynamics Thermodynamics following devices?
b. Static Thermodynamics a. Compressor
c. Statistical Thermodynamics b. Turbine
d. Classical Thermodynamics c. Nozzle
6. What is the more elaborate approach to the d. All of the above
study of thermodynamics and based on the 15. The boundary of a control volume, which may
average behaviour of large groups of individual either real or imaginary, is called
particles? a. Control Boundary
a. Dynamics Thermodynamics b. Control System
b. Static Thermodynamics c. Interface
c. Statistical Thermodynamics d. Control Surface
d. Classical Thermodynamics 16. Any characteristic of a thermodynamics system
7. What is defined a region in space chosen for is called a .
study? a. Property
a. Surroundings b. Process
b. System c. Phase
c. Boundary d. Cycle
d. Volume 17. How are thermodynamic properties classified?
8. The first law of thermodynamics is based on a. Physical and chemical
which of the following principles? b. Intensive and extensive
a. Conservation of Mass c. Real and imaginary
b. Conservation of Energy d. Homogeneous and heterogeneous
c. Action and Reaction 18. The thermodynamic properties that are
d. The Entropy–Temperature Relationship independent on the size of a system are called
9. What is the mass or region outside the system .
called? a. Extensive Property
a. Surroundings b. Intensive Property
 c. Open Property 27. A system is in equilibrium of its
d. Closed Property chemical composition does not change with the
19. The thermodynamic properties that are time, i.e., no chemical reaction occurs.
dependent on the size or extent of the system a. Chemical
are called . b. Thermal
a. Extensive Property c. Mechanical
b. Intensive Property d. Phase
c. Open Property 28. “The state of a simple compressible system is
d. Closed Property completely specified by two independent,
20. Which is NOT an intensive property of intensive properties”. This is known as
thermodynamics? a. Equilibrium Postulate
a. Temperature b. State Postulate
b. Mass c. Environmental Postulate
c. Pressure d. Compressible System Postulate
d. Density 29. What is the unit of the total energy of a system?
21. Which is NOT an extensive property of a. kJ
thermodynamics? b. kJ/kg
a. Density c. kg
b. Mass d. g
c. Volume 30. What is the unit of specific impulse?
d. Energy a. kJ
22. Which of the following is NOT an extensive b. seconds
property of a substance? c. kJ/mole
a. Charge d. N-s/m
b. Temperature 31. Without electrical, mechanical, gravitational,
c. Mass surface tension and motion effects, a system is
d. Volume called system.
23. Extensive properties per unit mass are called a. Simple
. b. Simple Compressible
a. Specific Properties c. Compressible
b. Relative Properties d. Independent
c. Unit Properties 32. What refers to any change that a system
d. Phase Properties undergoes from one equilibrium state to
24. A system is in equilibrium if the another equilibrium state?
temperature is the same throughout the entire a. Process
system. b. Path
a. Static c. Phase
b. Thermal d. Cycle
c. Mechanical 33. What refers to the series of states through
d. Phase which a system passes during a process?
25. A system is in equilibrium if there is a. Path
no change in pressure at any point of the b. Phase
system with time. c. Cycle
a. Pressure d. Direction
b. Thermal 34. How many independent properties are required
c. Mechanical to completely fix the equilibrium state of a pure
d. Phase gaseous compound?
26. If a system involves two phases, it is in a. 4
equilibrium when the mass of each phase b. 3
reaches an equilibrium level and stays there. c. 2
a. Chemical d. 1
b. Thermal 35. What is a process in which the system remains
c. Mechanical infinitesimally closed to an equilibrium state at
d. Phase all times?
a. Path Equilibrium Process
b. Cycle Equilibrium Process
 c. Phase Equilibrium Process b. Remains constant
d. Quasi-State Or Quasi-Equilibrium c. Approximately equal
Process d. Slight difference
36. A closed system may refer to . 45. What does the term “steady” implies?
a. Control Mass a. No change with volume.
b. Control Volume b. No change with time.
c. Control Energy c. No change with location.
d. Control Temperature d. No change with mass.
37. An open system may refer to . 46. What does the term “uniform” implies?
a. Control Mass a. No change with volume.
b. Control Volume b. No change with time.
c. Control Energy c. No change with location.
d. Control Temperature d. No change with mass.
38. A system is said to be in thermodynamic 47. What is defined as a process during which a
equilibrium if it maintains fluid flows through a control volume steadily?
equilibrium. a. Transient–flow Process
a. Mechanical in phase b. Steady and Uniform Process
b. Thermal and mechanical c. Uniform–flow Process
c. Thermal, mechanical and chemical d. Steady–flow Process
d. Thermal, phase, mechanical and 48. The sum of all the microscopic form of energy is
chemical called .
39. What is a process with identical end states a. Total Energy
called? b. Internal Energy
a. Cycle c. System Energy
b. Path d. Phase Energy
c. Phase 49. What type of system energy is related to the
d. Either path or phase molecular structure of a system?
40. What is a process during which the temperature a. Macroscopic form of energy
remains constant? b. Microscopic form of energy
a. Isobaric Process c. Internal energy
b. Isothermal Process d. Kinetic energy
c. Isochoric Process 50. What form of energy refers to those a system
d. Isometric Process possesses as a whole with respect to some
41. What is a process during which the pressure outside reference frame, such as potential and
remains constant? kinetic energies?
a. Isobaric Process a. Macroscopic form of energy
b. Isothermal Process b. Microscopic form of energy
c. Isochoric Process c. Internal energy
d. Isometric Process d. Kinetic energy
42. What is the variation of pressure in an isobaric 51. Who coined the word “energy” in 1807?
process? a. William Rankine
a. It is directly proportional to the volume b. Rudolph Clausius
and temperature. c. Lord Kelvin
b. It varies linearly with temperature. d. Thomas Young
c. It is zero. 52. The molecules of a gas moving through space
d. It is inversely proportional with respect with some velocity possess what kind of
to temperature. energy?
43. What is a process during which the specific a. Transitional Energy
volume remains constant? b. Spin Energy
a. Isobaric Process c. Rotational Kinetic Energy
b. Isothermal Process d. Sensible Energy
c. Isochoric Process or Isometric Process 53. The electrons in an atom which rotate about
d. Isovolumetric Process the nucleus possess what kind of energy?
44. The prefix “iso-” used to designate a process a. Transitional Energy
means . b. Spin Energy
a. Cannot be interchanged c. Rotational Kinetic Energy
 d. Sensible Energy c. Fahrenheit scale
54. The electrons which spin about its axis will d. Rankine scale
possess what kind of energy? 63. What is the thermodynamic temperature scale
a. Transitional Energy in the English system?
b. Spin Energy a. Kelvin scale
c. Rotational Kinetic Energy b. Celsius scale
d. Sensible Energy c. Fahrenheit scale
55. What refers to the portion of the internal d. Rankine scale
energy of a system associated with the kinetic 64. What temperature scale is identical to the
energies of the molecules? Kelvin scale?
a. Transitional Energy a. Ideal gas temperature scale
b. Spin Energy b. Ideal temperature scale
c. Rotational Kinetic Energy c. Absolute gas temperature scale
d. Sensible Energy d. Triple point temperature scale
56. What is the internal energy associated with the 65. The temperatures of the ideal gas temperature
phase of a system called? scale are measured by using a .
a. Chemical Energy a. Constant – volume gas thermometer
b. Latent Energy b. Constant – mass gas thermometer
c. Phase Energy c. Constant – temperature gas
d. Thermal Energy thermometer
57. What is the internal energy associated with the d. Constant – pressure gas thermometer
atomic bonds in a molecule called? 66. Which of the following thermometers has the
a. Chemical Energy widest range?
b. Latent Energy a. Thermoelectric
c. Phase Energy b. Radiation Type
d. Thermal Energy c. Optical Pyrometer
58. What is the extremely large amount of energy d. Mercury Thermometer
associated with the strong bonds within the 67. Mercury thermometer is used to measure
nucleus of the atom itself called? temperature based on the expansion of
a. Chemical Energy mercury as the temperature increases. What is
b. Latent Energy the temperature range of mercury
c. Phase Energy thermometer?
d. Nuclear Energy a. -35℃ to 350℃
59. What are the only two forms of energy b. 0℃ to 100℃
interactions associated with a closed system? c. -35℃ to 212℃
a. Kinetic energy and heat d. -38℃ to 350℃
b. Heat transfer and work 68. What type of thermometer is used principally at
c. Thermal energy and chemical energy temperatures above the first visible “red heat”?
d. Latent energy and thermal energy a. Radiation Type
60. What states that if two bodies are in thermal b. Mercury Thermometer
equilibrium with a third body, they are also in c. Pyrometer
thermal equilibrium with each other? d. Thermoelectric
a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics 69. What is the approximate temperature of the
b. First Law of Thermodynamics first visible “red heat”?
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics a. 100℃
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics b. 312℃
61. Who formulated the zeroth law of c. 500℃
thermodynamics in 1931? d. 273℃
a. A. Celsius 70. What refers to the strong repulsion between
b. A. Einstein the positively charged nuclei which makes
c. R.H. Fowler fusion reaction difficult to attain?
d. G. Fahrenheit a. Atomic Repulsion
62. What is the thermodynamic temperature scale b. Nuclear Repulsion
in the SI system? c. Coulomb Repulsion
a. Kelvin scale d. Charge Repulsion
b. Celsius scale
71. What gas thermometer is based on the d. Vacuum pressure
principle that at low pressure, the temperature 81. What is the pressure below atmospheric
of a gas is proportional to its pressure at pressure called?
constant volume? a. Gage pressure
a. Constant–pressure gas thermometer b. Absolute pressure
b. Isobaric gas thermometer c. Atmospheric pressure
c. Isometric gas thermometer d. Vacuum pressure
d. Constant–volume gas thermometer 82. The difference between the absolute pressure
72. All three phases of water coexist in equilibrium and the atmosphere pressure is called the
in which state? pressure.
a. Tripoint of water a. Gage
b. Triple point of water b. Normal
c. Triple phase point of water c. Standard
d. Phase point of water d. Vacuum
73. What is the pressure of water at tripoint? 83. Which of the following is NOT an instrument
a. 0.00412 atm used to measure pressure?
b. 0.00592 atm a. Bourdon tube
c. 0.00671 atm b. Pitot tube
d. 0.00781 atm c. Aneroid
74. What is defined as the force per unit area? d. Manometer
a. Pressure 84. What instrument is used to measure
b. Energy atmospheric pressure?
c. Work a. Pitot tube
d. Power b. Wind vane
75. The unit “Pascal” is equivalent to c. Barometer
a. N/m2 d. Manometer
b. N/m 85. Another unit used to measure atmospheric
c. N-m pressure is the “torr”. This is named after the
d. N-m2 Italian physicist, Evangelista Torricelli. An
76. Which of the following is NOT a value of the average atmospheric pressure is how many
standard atmospheric pressure? torr?
a. 1 bar a. 740
b. 1 atm b. 750
c. 1 kgf/cm2 c. 760
d. 14.223 psi d. 770
77. What is the SI unit of pressure? 86. What states that for a confined fluid, the
a. atm pressure at a point has the same magnitude in
b. bar all directions?
c. Pa a. Avogadro’s Law
d. psi b. Amagat’s Law
78. 1 bar is equivalent to how many Pascals? c. Pascal’s Law
a. 103 d. Bernoulli’s Theorem
b. 104 87. What pressure measuring device, consists of a
c. 105 coiled hollow tube that tends to straighten out
d. 106 when the tube is subjected to an internal
79. 1 atm is equivalent to how many Pascals? pressure?
a. 101,325 a. Aneroid
b. 101,689 b. Manometer
c. 101,102 c. Bourdon Pressure Gage
d. 101,812 d. Barometer
80. What is considered as the actual pressure at a 88. What is an energy that can be transferred from
given position and is measured relative to one object to another causing a change in
absolute vacuum? temperature of each object?
a. Gage pressure a. Power
b. Absolute pressure b. Heat transfer
c. Atmospheric pressure c. Heat
 d. Work a. Amagat’s Theorem
89. What is the SI unit of energy? b. Azamat’s Theorem
a. Newton c. Dulong and Petit Theorem
b. BTU d. Gibb’s Theorem
c. calorie 99. What refers to the amount of heat needed to
d. Joule raise the temperature of an object by one
90. One joule is equivalent to one . degree Celsius or 1K?
2
a. kg.m/s a. Heat Capacity
b. kg.m2/s2 b. Specific Heat
c. kg.m2/s c. Latent Heat
d. kg.m/s d. Molar Heat
91. One calorie is equivalent to how many joules? 100. What is the heat capacity of one mole of a
a. 4.448 substance?
b. 4.184 a. Molecular Weight
c. 4.418 b. Specific Heat
d. 4.814 c. Latent Heat
92. One erg is equivalent to how many joules? d. Molar Heat
a. 10-8 101. What is the heat capacity of one gram of a
b. 10-7 substance?
c. 10-6 a. Molecular Heat
d. 10-5 b. Specific Heat
93. The first law of thermodynamics is the c. Latent Heat
a. Law of Conservation of Momentum d. Molar Heat
b. Law of Conservation of Mass 102. For specific heat values, to change BTU/lbm-℉
c. Law of Conservation of Power to kJ/kg-K, multiply the value by what number?
d. Law of Conservation of Energy a. 4.1868
94. What is the study of energy and its b. 4.2318
transformations? c. 4.3168
a. Thermostatics d. 4.4898
b. Thermophysics 103. Which of the following has the highest
c. Thermochemistry specific heat?
d. Thermodynamics a. Lead
95. What is considered as the heat content of a b. Water
system? c. Mercury
a. Enthalpy d. Silver
b. Entropy 104. What refers to the product of the mass of a
c. Internal Heat body and its specific heat?
d. Molar Heat a. Thermal Heat
96. The thermodynamic variable that is a function b. Thermal Density
of enthalpy and entropy of the system is the c. Thermal Index
free energy. d. Thermal Capacity
a. Thomson’s 105. What refers to the energy that changes the
b. Young’s temperature of a substance?
c. Gibb’s a. Molar Heat
d. Miller’s b. Specific Heat
97. Helmholtz free energy is defined as the internal c. Latent Heat
energy of a system, less than a product of its d. Sensible Heat
and . 106. “The enthalpy change for any chemical
a. Enthalpy and temperature reaction is independent of the intermediate
b. Enthalpy and pressure stages, provided the initial and final conditions
c. Entropy and volume are the same for each route.” This statement is
d. Entropy and temperature known as:
98. What theorem states that “the total property of a. Dulong’s Law
a mixture of ideal gases is the sum of the b. Dalton’s Law
properties that the individual gases would have c. Hess’ Law
if each occupied the same temperature? d. Petit Law
107. What refers to the measure of the disorder 116. What refers to the temperature at which a
present in a given substance or system? pure substance changes phase, at a given
a. Enthalpy pressure?
b. Entropy a. Equilibrium temperature
c. Heat Capacity b. Saturation temperature
d. Molar Heat c. Superheated temperature
108. Entropy is measured to . d. Subcooled temperature
a. Joule/Kelvin 117. What refers to the pressure at which a pure
b. Joule-meter/Kelvin substance changes phase, at a given
c. meter/Kelvin temperature?
d. Newton/Kelvin a. Equilibrium pressure
109. is a measure of the energy that b. Saturation pressure
is no longer available to perform useful work c. Superheated pressure
within the current environment. d. Subcooled pressure
a. Relative Entropy 118. What is the amount of heat needed to turn 1
b. Absolute Entropy kg of the substance at its melting point from the
c. Relative Enthalpy solid to the liquid state?
d. Absolute Enthalpy a. Heat of Fusion
110. What is the energy absorbed during chemical b. Heat of Vaporization
reaction under constant volume conditions? c. Heat of Condensation
a. Entropy d. Heat of Fission
b. Ion Exchange 119. What is the amount of heat needed to turn 1
c. Enthalpy kg of the substance at its boiling point from
d. Enthalpy of Reaction liquid to the gaseous state?
111. When water exists in the liquid phase and is a. Heat of Fusion
not about to vaporize, it is considered as b. Heat of Vaporization
liquid. c. Heat of Condensation
a. Saturated d. Heat of Fission
b. Compressed or subcooled 120. What refers to the amount of energy
c. Superheated absorbed or released during a phase-change
d. Unsaturated process?
112. A liquid that is about to vaporize is called a. Molar Heat
liquid. b. Latent Heat
a. Saturated c. Vaporization Heat
b. Compressed or subcooled d. Condensation Heat
c. Superheated 121. What is the heat fusion of ice in cal/g?
d. Unsaturated a. 80
113. A vapor that is about to condense is called b. 90
vapor. c. 60
a. Saturated d. 70
b. Compressed or subcooled 122. What is the heat fusion of ice in BTU/lb?
c. Superheated a. 134
d. Unsaturated b. 144
114. A vapor that is not about to condense is called c. 154
vapor. d. 164
a. Saturated 123. What is the latent heat of fusion of water 1
b. Compressed or subcooled atm?
c. Superheated a. 331.1 kJ/kg
d. Unsaturated b. 332.6 kJ/kg
115. What substance has a fixed chemical c. 333.7 kJ/kg
composition? d. 330.7 kJ/kg
a. Monoatomic substance 124. What is the latent heat of vaporization of
b. Heterogeneous substance water 1 atm?
c. Homogeneous substance a. 2314.8 kJ/kg
d. Pure substance b. 2257.1 kJ/kg
c. 2511.7 kJ/kg
 d. 2429.8 kJ/kg 133. 1 British thermal unit (BTU) is equivalent to
125. What is the heat of vaporization of water at how many joules?
its normal boiling point in BTU/lb? a. 1016
a. 940 b. 1043
b. 950 c. 1023
c. 960 d. 1054
d. 970 134. Which of the following is a set of common
126. Which of the following can raise the boiling units of heat?
point of a liquid? a. Calorie, BTU, Joule/C
a. Increase the heat supply. b. Calorie, Weber, BTU
b. Increase the pressure. c. BTU, Joule, Weber
c. Add more liquid d. Calorie, Joule, BTU
d. Reduce the pressure. 135. The term enthalpy comes from the Greek
127. What is the reason why latent heat is word “enthalpion” which means .
considered “hidden”? a. Warm
a. Because it is a form of internal kinetic b. Hot
energy. c. Heat
b. Because it goes into the – or – come d. Cold
out of internal potential energy. 136. The ratio of the mass of vapor to the total
c. Because it does not actually exist. mass of the mixture is called .
d. All of the above. a. Vapor Ratio
128. What is the freezing point of water in b. Vapor Content
absolute temperature? c. Vapor Index
a. 0 K d. Vapor Quality
b. 273 K 137. The “equation of state” refers to any equation
c. -273 K that relates the of the substance.
d. 4 K a. Pressure and temperature
129. What refers to the point at which the b. Pressure, temperature and specific
saturated liquid and saturated vapor states are weight
the same or identical? c. Temperature and specific weight
a. Triple Point d. Pressure, temperature and specific
b. Inflection Point volume
c. Maximum Point 138. In an equation PV=mRT, the constant of
d. Critical Point proportionally R is known as .
130. What is defined as the direct conversion of a a. Universal gas constant
substance from the solid to the vapor state, or b. Gas constant
vice versa, without passing the liquid state? c. Ideal gas factor
a. Condensation d. Gas index
b. Vaporization 139. The gas constant of a certain gas is the ratio
c. Sublimation of .
d. Cyrogenation a. Universal gas constant to molar mass
131. The amount of heat required to raise the b. Universal gas constant to atomic weight
temperature of 1 kg of water through 1℃ is c. Universal gas constant to atomic
called? number
a. Calorie d. Universal gas constant to number of
b. Joule moles
c. BTU 140. What is the value of the universal gas
d. Kilocalorie constant in kJ/kmol-K?
132. The amount of heat required to raise the a. 10.73
temperature of 1 pound of water by 1℉ is b. 1.986
called? c. 8.314
a. Calorie d. 1545
b. Joule 141. What is the value of the universal gas
c. BTU constant in BTU/lbmol-°R?
d. Kilocalorie a. 10.73
b. 1.986
 c. 8.314 c. By radiation
d. 1545 d. All of the above
142. The mass of one mole of a substance in grams 151. Which is true about the mode of heat transfer
is known as . in core reactors?
a. Molar weight a. It occurs mostly in air and in water.
b. Molar mass b. It occurs only in air.
c. Molar volume c. It occurs only in water.
d. Molar constant d. It rarely occurs in non-metal.
143. What is defined as the energy required raising 152. What refers to the transfer of energy due to
the temperature of a unit mass of a substance the emission of electromagnetic waves or
by one degree? photons?
a. Latent Heat of Fusion a. Conduction
b. Molar Mass b. Convection
c. Specific Heat Capacity c. Radiation
d. Specific Heat d. Electrification
144. The of a substance is the amount of 153. What refers to the transfer of energy
heat that must be added or removed from a between a solid surface and the adjacent fluid
unit mass of the substance to change its that is in motion?
temperature by one degree. a. Conduction
a. Latent Heat of Fusion b. Convection
b. Molar Mass c. Radiation
c. Specific Heat Capacity d. Electrification
d. Specific Heat 154. What refers to the transfer of energy from
145. What is the specific heat capacity of water in the energetic particles of a substance to the
J/kg-℃? adjacent less energetic ones a result of
a. 4581 interaction between particles?
b. 4185 a. Conduction
c. 4518 b. Convection
d. 4815 c. Radiation
146. What is the SI unit of specific heat capacity? d. Electrification
a. J/kg 155. Energy transfer is classified as what function?
b. J/kg-℉ a. Polytropic Function
c. J/kg-℃ b. Point Function
d. J/℃ c. Intrinsic Function
147. What is the constant for a substance that is d. Extrinsic Function
considered “incompressible”? 156. What states that the net mass transfer to or
a. Specific volume of density from a system during a process is equal to the
b. Pressure not change in the total mass of the system
c. Temperature during the process?
d. All of the above a. Third Law of Thermodynamic
148. If there is no heat transferred during the b. Conservation of Energy Principle
process, it is called a/an c. Second Law of Thermodynamic
process. d. Conservation of Mass Principle
a. Static 157. Which statement is true for an ideal gas, but
b. Isobaric not for a real gas?
c. Polytropic a. PV=nRT
d. Adiabatic b. An increase in temperature causes an
149. The term adiabatic comes from the word increase in the kinetic energy of the gas.
“adiabatos” which means . c. The total volume of molecules on a gas
a. No heat is nearly the same as the volume of the
b. No transfer gas as a whole.
c. Not to be passed d. No attractive force exists between the
d. No transformation molecules of a gas.
150. How is heat transferred? 158. How does an adiabatic process compare to an
a. By conduction isentropic process?
b. By convection
 a. Adiabatic: heat transfer is not equal to 166. What states that for any two bodies in
zero; isentropic: heat transfer is zero. thermal equilibrium, the ratios of emissive
b. Both: heat transfer is equals to zero; power to absorptivity are equal?
isentropic: reversible. a. Kirchhoff’s Radiation Law
c. Adiabatic: heat transfer is equals to b. Newton’s Law of Cooling
zero; isentropic: heat transfer is not c. Stefan – Boltzmann Law
equal to zero. d. Hess’ Law
d. Both: heat transfer is not equal to zero; 167. “For small temperature differences, the rate
isentropic: irreversible. of cooling due to conduction, convection and
159. Which of the following cannot be used to radiation combined, is proportional to the
supply heat to a thermodynamic system? difference in temperature. “ This is known as
a. Convection of heat .
b. Conduction of heat a. Newton’s Law of Cooling
c. Adiabatic heat expansion b. Plank’s Law of Cooling
d. Radiation of heat c. Stefan’s Law of Cooling
160. Which of the following is the ideal gas law d. Boltzmann’s Law of Cooling
(equation)? 168. What is considered as a perfect absorber as
𝑉 well as perfect emitter?
a. 𝑇
=𝑘
1 a. Gray body
b. 𝑉 = 𝐾 𝑃
b. Black body
𝑃1 𝑃2
c. = c. Real body
𝑇1 𝑇2
d. 𝑷𝑽 = 𝒏𝑹𝑻 d. White body
161. What is a measure of the ability of a material 169. What is a body that emits a constant
to conduct heat? emissivity regardless of the wavelength?
a. Specific heat capacity a. Gray body
b. Coefficient of thermal expansion b. Black body
c. Coefficient of thermal conductivity c. Real body
d. Thermal conductivity d. White body
162. What refers to the heating of the earth’s 170. What law states that the ratio of the emissive
atmosphere not caused by direct sunlight by power to the absorptive power of all bodies is
infrared light radiated by the surface and the same and is equal to the emissive power of
absorbed mainly by atmospheric carbon a perfect black body?
dioxide? a. Newton’s Law
a. Greenhouse Effect b. Boltzmann’s Law
b. Global Warming c. Pascal’s Law
c. Thermal Rise Effect d. Kirchhoff’s Law
d. Ozone Effect 171. At same temperature, the radiation emitted
163. What is a form of mechanical work which is by all real surfaces is the radiation
related with the expansion and compression of emitted by a black body.
substances? a. less than
a. Boundary Work b. greater than
b. Thermodynamic Work c. equal to
c. Phase Work d. either less than or greater than
d. System Work 172. Which is NOT a characteristic of emissivity?
164. Thermal radiation is an electromagnetic a. It is high on most non-metals.
radiation with wavelength in range. b. It is directly proportional to
a. 1 to 100 μm temperature.
b. 0.1 to 100 𝛍𝐦 c. It is dependent with the surface
c. 0.1 to 10 μm condition of the material.
d. 10 to 100 μm d. It is low with highly polished metals.
165. What refers to the rate of thermal radiation 173. What is the emissivity of a black body?
emitter per unit area of a body? a. 0
a. Thermal Conductivity b. 1
b. Absorptivity c. 0.5
c. Emissivity d. 0.25
d. Emissive Power 174. What is the absorptivity of a black body?
 a. 0
b. 1
c. 0.5
d. 0.25
175. What is sometimes known as the “Fourth
Power Law “?
a. Kirchhoff’s Radiation Law
b. Newton’s Law of Cooling
c. Stefan – Boltzmann Law
d. Hess’ Law
176. What states that the net change in the total
energy of the system during a process is equal
to the difference between the total energy
entering and the total energy entering and the
total energy leaving the system during that
process?
a. Third Law of Thermodynamics
b. Conservation of Energy Principle
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Conservation of Mass Principle
177. The equation 𝐸𝑖𝑛 − 𝐸𝑜𝑢𝑡 = ∆𝐸𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 is
known as . device that operate in a cycle and produces no
a. Energy Conservation
b. Energy Equation
c. Energy Balance
d. Energy Conservation Equation
178. What remains constant during a steady-flow
process?
a. Mass
b. Energy content of the control volume.
c. Temperature
d. Mass and energy content of the
control volume.
179. Thermal efficiency is the ratio of:
a. Net work input to total heat input.
b. Net work output to the total heat
output.
c. Net work output to the total heat
input.
d. Net work input to the total heat output.
180. What law states that it is impossible to
operate an engine operating in a cycle that will
have no other effect than to extract heat from a
reservoir and turn it into an equivalent amount
of work?
a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
b. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics
181. Which statement of the second law of
thermodynamics states that no heat engine can
have a thermal efficiency of 100%?
a. Kelvin – Plank Statement
b. Clausius Statement
c. Kevin Statement
d. Rankine Statement
182. What is the ratio of the useful heat extracted
to heating value?
a. Combustion Efficiency
b. Phase Efficiency
c. Heat Efficiency
d. Work Efficiency
183. What is defined as the ratio of the net
electrical power output to the fuel energy
input?
a. Combustion Efficiency
b. Thermal Efficiency
c. Overall Efficiency
d. Furnace Efficiency
184. What refers to the amount of heat removed
from the cooled space in BTS’s for 1 watt-hour
of electricity consumed?
a. Cost Efficiency Rating
b. Energy Efficiency Rating
c. Coefficient of Performance
d. Cost of Performance
185. What law states that it is impossible to build a
effect other than the transfer of heat from a
lower-temperature body to a higher-
temperature body?
a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
b. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics
186. What statement of the second law of
Thermodynamics states that it is impossible to
build a device that operates in a cycle and
produces no effort other than the transfer of
heat from a lower-temperature body to a
higher-temperature body?
a. Kelvin–Plank Statement
b. Clausius Statement
c. Kelvin Statement
d. Rankine Statement
187. A device that violates either the first law of
Thermodynamics or the second law of
Thermodynamics is known as .
a. Ambiguous Machine
b. Universal Machine
c. Perpetual–motion Machine
d. Unique Machine
188. A device that violates the first law of
Thermodynamics is called a .
a. Perpetual–motion machine of the first
kind
b. Universal machine of the first kind
c. Ambiguous machine of the first kind
d. Unique machine of the first kind
189. A device that violates the second law of
Thermodynamics is called a .
 a. Perpetual–motion machine of the
second kind
b. Universal machine of the second kind
c. Ambiguous machine of the second kind
d. Unique machine of the second kind
190. Carnot cycle is the best known reversible
cycle which was first proposed in what year?
a. 1842
b. 1824
c. 1832
d. 1834
191. Who proposed the Carnot cycle?
a. Sammy Carnot
b. Sonny Carnot
c. Sadi Carnot
d. Suri Carnot
192. The Carnot cycle is composed of how many
reversible processes?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
193. The Carnot cycle is composed of
processes.
a. One isothermal and one adiabatic
b. One isothermal and two adiabatic
c. Two isothermal and one adiabatic
d. Two isothermal and two adiabatic
194. If a Carnot cycle is made to run backwards, it
will work as a . a. True
a. An aircon unit
b. A heat turbine
c. A liquid pump
d. A refrigerator
195. What is the highest efficiency of the heat
engine operating between the two thermal
energy reservoirs at temperature limits?
a. Ericson efficiency
b. Otto efficiency
c. Carnot efficiency
d. Stirling efficiency
196. What is the heat engine that operates on the
reversible Carnot cycle called?
a. Carnot heat engine
b. Ideal heat engine
c. Most efficient engine
d. Best heat engine
197. The efficiency of any engine is the
Carnot efficiency if the process is . a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
a. Less than, irreversible
b. Greater than, irreversible
c. Greater than, reversible
d. Less than, reversible
198. What states that the thermal efficiencies of a
reversible heat engines operating between the
same two reservoirs ate the same and that no
one operating between the same two
reservoirs?
a. Ericson Principle
b. Carnot Principle
c. Otto Principle
d. Stirling Principle
199. The automobile engine works in a cyclic
thermodynamic process consisting of five steps.
What is the third step?
a. Power stroke
b. Exhaust stroke
c. Ignition
d. Compression
200. Who discovered the thermodynamic property
“Entropy” in 1865?
a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
b. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics
201. A process during which entropy remains
constant is called process.
a. Isometric
b. Isochoric
c. Isobaric
d. Isentropic
202. “A reversible adiabatic process is necessarily
isentropic but an isentropic process is not
necessarily reversible adiabatic process.” This
statement is:
b. False
c. May be true and may be false
d. Absurd
203. The term “isentropic process” used in
Thermodynamics implies what?
a. Reversible adiabatic process
b. Externally reversible, adiabatic process
c. Internally reversible, adiabatic process
d. Irreversible adiabatic process
204. What states that the entropy of a pure
crystalline substance at absolute zero
temperature is zero?
a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
b. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics
205. What law provides an absolute reference
point for the determination of entropy?
b. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics
206. “The entropy changes of a system during a
process are equal to the net entropy transfer
through the system boundary and the entropy
 generated within the system.” The statement is 214. What is the value of the work done for a
known as: closed, reversible isometric system?
a. Entropy generation a. Zero
b. Entropy changes of a system b. Positive
c. Entropy balance relation c. Negative
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics d. Positive or negative
207. What law states that entropy can be created 215. “At constant temperature, the volume of a
but it cannot be destroyed? gas is inversely proportional to the pressure”.
a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics This is known as .
b. First Law of Thermodynamics a. Boyle’s Law
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics b. Charles’ Law
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics c. Gay–Lussac’s Law
208. Entropy is transferred by . d. Ideal Gas Law
a. Work 216. Which of the following is the mathematical
b. Heat representation of the Charles’ Law?
c. Energy 𝑉1 𝑃
a. = 𝑃2
𝑉2 1
d. Work and heat 𝑽𝟏 𝑽
209. During adiabatic, internally reversible process, b. =𝑻
𝑻𝟏 𝟐
what is true about the change in entropy? 𝑉1 𝑉
c. =𝑇
𝑇2 1
a. It is temperature–dependent
𝑉1 √𝑃2
b. It is always greater than zero d. = √𝑃
𝑉2 1
c. It is always zero 217. The gas law formula P=kT, where P is
d. It is always less than zero pressure, k is the constant of proportionality
210. Water boils when: and T is temperature in Kelvin, is also known as
a. Its saturated vapor pressure equals to .
the atmospheric pressure. a. Gay –Lussac’s Law
b. Its vapor pressure equals to 76 cm of b. Boyle’s Law
mercury. c. Charles’ Law
c. Its temperature reaches 212 degree d. Graham’s Law
Celsius. 218. Which of the following is the formula for
d. Its vapor pressure is one gram per thermal resistance?
square centimetre. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍
a.
211. Which of the following is standard 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍
2(𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙)
temperature and pressure (STP)? b. 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙
a. 0 degree Celsius and one atmosphere 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙
c.
b. 32 degree Fahrenheit and zero pressure 2(𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙)

c. 0 degree Kelvin and one atmosphere d. (𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙)(𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙

219. In the process of radiation, energy is carried
d. 0 degree Fahrenheit and zero pressure
by electromagnetic waves. What is the speed of
212. What is defined as the temperature at which
electromagnetic waves?
carbon or graphite undergoes a weight loss less
a. 182,000 miles/second
than 1% in 24 hours when exposed to the
b. 184,000 miles/second
atmosphere?
c. 186,000 miles/second
a. Threshold temperature
d. 188,000 miles/second
b. Thermal decay
220. For heat engine operating between two
c. Oxidizing temperature
temperature (T1>T2), what is the maximum
d. Specific temperature
efficiency attainable?
213. The temperature of a gas is proportional to
𝑻
. a. Eff = 1 - 𝑻𝟐
𝟏
a. The average kinetic energy of the gas 𝑇1
b. Eff = 1 - 𝑇
molecules. 2

b. The internal potential energy of the gas.

c. Eff = 𝑇1 – 𝑇2
𝑇1
c. The number of gas molecules in a d. Eff = 1 – (___
𝑇
)
2
sample. 221. The work that heat engine is able to
d. The average velocity of the gas accomplish is ideally equivalent to the
molecules. .
a. Sum of the input and heat output.
 b. Difference between the heat supplied d. Too small
and the heat rejected. 229. “The total volume of a mixture of non-
c. Heat extracted from the exhaust. reacting gases is equal to the sum of the partial
d. Heat produced in the cycle. volumes.” This statement is known as:
222. Which one is the correct relation between a. Law of Dulong and Petit
energy efficiency ratio (EER) and coefficient of b. Maxwell–Boltzmann Law
performance (COP)? c. Amagat’s Law
a. EER= 2.34COP d. Avogadro’s Law
b. EER= 3.24COP 230. An adiabatic process in which there is no
c. EER= 3.42COP change in system enthalpy but for which there
d. EER= 4.23COP is significant decrease in pressure is called
223. The coefficient of performance (COP) is the .
ratio between the: a. Isochoric Process
a. Power consumption in watts and heat b. Isobaric Process
absorption per hour. c. Throttling Process
b. Heat absorbed per hour and the power d. Quasistatic Process
consumption in watts. 231. What is defined as the ratio of the change in
c. Work required and the absorbed heat. temperature to the change in pressure when a
d. Absorbed heat and the work required. real has is throttled?
224. What predicts the approximate molar specific a. Rankine coefficient
heat at high temperatures from the atomic b. Kelvin coefficient
weight? c. Maxwell–Boltzmann coefficient
a. Third Law of Thermodynamics d. Joule–Thomson coefficient
b. Law of Dulong and Petit 232. The low-temperature reservoir of the heat
c. Mollier Diagram reservoir is known as .
d. Pressure–enthalpy Diagram a. Source reservoir
225. Considering one mole of any gas, the b. Heel reservoir
equation of state of ideal gas is simply the c. Toe reservoir
law. d. Sink reservoir
a. Gay–Lussac 233. A/An is a flow in which the gas flow
b. Dulong and Petit is adiabatic and frictionless and entropy change
c. Avogadro’s is zero.
d. Henry a. Isentropic Flow
226. An ideal gas whose specific heats are constant b. Isobaric Flow
is called . c. Steady Flow
a. Perfect Gas d. Uniform Flow
b. Natural Gas 234. What refers to the minimum temperature at
c. Artificial Gas which combustion can be sustained?
d. Refined Gas a. Burn temperature
227. What are the assumptions of the kinetic gas b. Kindle temperature
theory? c. Spark temperature
a. Gas molecules do not attract each d. Ignition temperature
other. 235. The is the temperature at which
b. The volume of the gas molecules is the water vapor in the fuel gas begins to
negligible compared to the volume of condense in a constant pressure process.
the gas. a. Tripoint
c. The molecules behave like hard b. Dew point
spheres. c. Vapor point
d. All of the above. d. Gas point
228. The kinetic gas theory also assumes that the 236. What law predicts the dew point of moisture
container volume is that in the fuel gas?
interactions with the wall are not a a. Dalton’s Law
predominant activity of the molecules. b. Law of Dulong and Petit
a. Large enough c. Ringleman Law
b. Lust enough d. Amagat’s Law
c. Small
237. If the temperature of an ideal gas is doubled 244. Which of the following explains the theory of
and the pressure is held constant, the rms combustion as a result of loss of a substance?
speed of the molecules is the original a. Burning
speed. b. Fission
a. The square root of 2 times c. Phlogiston
b. Two times d. Combustion
c. Four times 245. Which one refers to the statement that no
d. The same as heat engine can have a thermal efficiency of
238. Which is NOT a correct statement? 100% or as far as power plan to operate is
a. A superheated vapor will not condense concern, the working fluid must exchange heat
when small amount of heat are with the environment as well as the furnace?
removed. a. Kelvin–Plank Statement
b. An ideal gas is a gas that is not b. Plank Statement
superheated vapor. c. Clausius–Plank Statement
c. A saturated liquid can absorb as much d. Clausius Statement
as it can without vaporizing. 246. The equation T=dO/dS (where Q is heat; T is
d. Water at 1 atm and at room temperature; and S is entropy) is used in what
temperature is subcooled. process?
239. The amount of water which will require the a. Adiabatic Process
same amount of heat as the substance to be b. Isometric Process
heated through the same temperature is called c. Irreversible Process
the of the substance. d. Reversible Process
a. Water equivalent 247. The variation of the heat of reaction is best
b. Water coefficient described in equation.
c. Water gradient a. Hoff’s
d. Water relativity b. Kirchhoff’s
240. What two elements are used in thermocouple c. Joule’s
in order to produce a higher thermo- d. Van der Waal’s
electromotive force? 248. Who developed the third law of
a. Antimony and Bismuth Thermodynamics during the year 1906 – 1912?
b. Bismuth and Baron a. Gilbert Lewis
c. Antimony and Baron b. Merle Randall
d. Antimony and Argon c. Walther Nernst
241. How engines that use gas fuel are be d. Martin Goldstein
classified? 249. Which statement regarding efficiency of any
a. Otto engines engine and Carnot efficiency is true?
b. Internal combustion engines a. The efficiency of any engine is less than
c. External combustion engines the Carnot efficiency if the process is
d. Carnot engines irreversible.
242. Considering the thermodynamic equation b. The efficiency of any engine is less than
Q – W = ∆U, where Q= heat; W=Work and U is the Carnot efficiency if the process is
the internal energy, which of the following reversible.
statements is correct? c. The efficiency of any engine is greater
a. Work and heat transfer represent than the Carnot efficiency if the process
energy crossing a boundary. is reversible.
b. Work and heat transfer are integral of a d. The efficiency of any engine is greater
path. than the Carnot efficiency if the process
c. For a given cycle, the net work and heat is irreversible.
transfer are equal. 250. Which of the following devices was invented
d. All of the above. by Evangelista Torricelli?
243. An increase in temperature of a reaction will a. Mercury Barometer
result in an increase of . b. Noise Thermometer
a. The kinetic energy of molecules. c. Manometer
b. The activation energy. d. Aneroid Barometer
c. The saturation energy.
d. All of the above.