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TEST 11

1. EE Board September 2002


Which of the following is the ideal gas law (equation)?
V P P
a. k c. 1  2
T T1 T2
1
b. V  k c. PV = nRT
P
2. EE Board October 1998
During adiabatic, internally reversible process, what is true about the change in
entropy?
a. It is temperature-dependent c. It is always zero
b. It is always greater than zero d. It is always less than zero
3. EE Board October 1999
How does an adiabatic process compare to an isentropic process?
a. Adiabatic: heat transfer is not equal to zero; isentropic: heat transfer is zero
b. Both: heat transfer = 0; isentropic: reversible
c. Adiabatic: heat transfer = 0; isentropic: heat transfer is not equal to zero
d. Both: heat transfer is not equal to zero; isentropic: irreversible
4. EE Board March 1998
Water boils when:
a. Its saturated vapor pressure equals to the atmospheric pressure
b. Its vapor pressure equals 76 cm of mercury
c. Its temperature reaches 212 centigrade
d. Its vapor pressure is 1 gram per sq. cm
5. EE Board March 1998
How many independent properties are required to completely fix the equilibrium state
of a pure gaseous compound?
a. 4 c. 2
b. 3 d. 1
6. EE Board March 1998
Pi Ti
a. c.
Pi  Pj Ti  Tj
Pi Vi Zi
b. d.
RT Zi  Z j
7. EE Board March 1998
Which of the following is standard temperature and pressure (STP)?
a. 0 degrees Celsius at one atmosphere
b. 32 degree Fahrenheit at zero pressure
c. 0 degree Kelvin at one atmosphere
d. 0 degree Fahrenheit at zero pressure
8. EE Board April 1997
For heat engine operating between two temperatures (T2 > T1), what is the maximum
efficiency attainable?
T
a. 1  1 c. T1 – T2
T2
2
T2 T1
b. 1  d. 1 
T1 T2
9. EE Board April 1997
What is the value of the work done for a closed, reversible isometric system?
a. Zero c. negative
b. Positive d. positive or negative
10. EE Board April 1997
Which of the following statements are TRUE for an ideal gas, but not for a real gas?
a. PV = nRT
b. An increase in temperature causes and increase in the kinetic energy of the
gas
c. The total volume of molecules on a gas is nearly the same as the volume of
the gas as a whole
d. No attractive force exists between the molecules of a gas
11. EE Board April 1996
The first law of thermodynamics is based on which of the following principles?
a. Conservation of mass c. Action of reaction
b. Conservation of energy d. The entropy – temperature
relationship
12. Which of the following cycle is used in vapor cycle power plant?
a. Brayton cycle c. Ericson cycle
b. Diesel cycle d. Rankine cycle
13. Which ideal cycle below is based on the concept that the combustion process is both
diesel and gasoline in the combustion of heat process that is constant pressure and
constant volume?
a. Ericson cycle c. Brayton cycle
b. Dual cycle d. Rankine cycle
14. Which of the following is not a thermodynamic property?
a. Pressure c. Volume
b. Temperature d. Phase
15. Which of the following compressibility factor of ideal gas?
a. 1 c. 1.5
b. 2 d. 0
16. The energy which includes all of the potential and kinetic energies of the atoms or
molecules in a substance is known as _____.
a. Internal energy c. Entropy
b. Enthalpy d. Total energy
17. What refers to the thermodynamic properties which are dependent on the amount of
the substance present?
a. Extensive properties c. Reversible properties
b. Intensive properties d. Irreversible properties
18. What thermodynamic properties are independent of the amount of substance present?
a. Intensive properties c. Reversible properties
b. Extensive properties d. Irreversible properties
19. What is known as the total heat and heat content at various times in the history? It also
represents the useful energy of a substance.
a. Enthalpy c. Internal Energy
b. Entropy d. Latent heat
20. What is the measure of energy that is no longer available to perform useful work within
the current environment? It is also known as measure of the randomness of molecules.
a. Entropy c. Internal Energy
b. Enthalpy d. Flow work
21. What is the temperature when water and vapor ate in equilibrium with the atmospheric
pressure?
a. Ice point c. Critical point
b. Steam point d. Freezing point
22. What is the unique state at which solid, liquid, and gaseous phase can co-exist in
equilibrium?
a. Triple point c. Boiling point
b. Critical point d. Pour point
23. What refers to the state at which liquid and gaseous phases are indistinguishable?
a. Triple point c. Boiling point
b. Critical point d. Pour point
24. What refers to the heat needed to change the temperature of the substance without
changing its phase?
a. Latent heat c. Specific heat
b. Sensible heat d. Entropy
25. What is defined as the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram
of water by one degree Celsius?
a. Kilojoule c. Kilocalorie
b. BTU d. Latent heat
26. What do you call a system in which there is a flow through the boundary? This system
usually encloses the device that involves mass flow, such as: compressor, turbine, or
nozzle.
a. Closed system c. Isolated system
b. Open system d. All of these
27. The mechanical equivalent of heat is ________.
a. Joule c. BTU
b. Calorie d. Specific heat
28. The phenomenon of melting under pressure and freezing again when the pressure is
reduced is known as:
a. Sublimation c. Deposition
b. Condensation d. Regelation
29. What is the entropy of a pure substance at a temperature of absolute zero?
a. Unity c. Infinity
b. Zero d. Undefined
30. What is the area under the curve on a temperature – entropy diagram?
a. Heat c. Entropy
b. Work d. Volume
31. In a closed vessel, when vaporization takes place, the temperature rises. Due to the
rising temperature, the pressure increases until equilibrium is established between the
temperature and pressure. What do you call the temperature of the equilibrium?
a. Dew point c. Superheated point
b. Ice point d. Boiling point
32. What happens to the internal energy of water at reference temperature when enthalpy
is zero?
a. Becomes negative c. Remains constant
b. Becomes positive d. Cannot be defined
33. EE Board October 1990
Which of the following equations is the definition of enthalpy?
a. h = U + PV c. cc
P
b. h  U  d. h = U – PV
V
34. Which of the following is the work done for a closed, reversible, isometric system?
a. Negative c. Zero
b. Positive d. Undefined
35. Which of the following is the value of n for a perfect gas undergoing an isobaric process?
a. n > 0 c. n = 1
b. n = 0 d. n  
36. If an initial volume of an ideal gas is compressed to one – half its original volume, and to
twice its original temperature, the pressure:
a. Doubles c. Quadruples
b. Halves d. Triples
37. When the expansion or compression of gas takes place without transfer of heat from
another gas, the process is called
a. Isometric process c. Isobaric process
b. Isothermal process d. Adiabatic process
38. In the absence of any irreversibility/ies, a thermoelectric generator, a device that
incorporates both thermal and electric effects, will have the efficiency of a/an _______.
a. Carnot cycle c. Diesel cycle
b. Otto cycle d. Rankine cycle
39. Which of the following best describe both Stirling and Ericson engines?
a. Internal combustion engines c. Carnot engines
b. External combustion engines d. Brayton engines
40. Nozzles do not involve any work interaction. The fluid through this device experiences
which of the following?
a. No change in potential energy c. No change in enthalpy
b. No change in kinetic energy d. A vacuum
41. The convergent section of a nozzle increases the velocity of the flow of the gas. What
does it has to do on its pressure?
a. Pressure becomes constant c. It increases the pressure
b. Pressure equals the velocity d. It decreases the pressure
42. At steam point, the temperatures of water and its vapor at standard pressure are:
a. Extremes or maximum c. In equilibrium
b. Unity d. Undefined
43. In a two-phase system, 30% moisture means
a. 70% liquid and 30% vapor c. 30% liquid and 100% vapor
b. 70% vapor and 30% liquid d. 30% vapor and 100% liquid
44. The thermal efficiency of gas-vapor cycle is ______ the thermal efficiency of a steam
turbine or gas turbine.
a. Greater than c. Not comparable
b. Less than d. Equal
45. A property that indicates the natural direction of a process was first described by a
German physicist. This property is called entropy. Who coined the word entropy?
a. Rudolf Clausius c. Gabriel Volks
b. Lord Kelvin d. Rudolf Diesel
46. What is the temperature when water and vapor are in equilibrium with the atmospheric
pressure?
a. Ice point c. Critical point
b. Steam point d. Freezing point
47. When the expansion or compression of gas takes place “without transfer of heat” to or
from the gas, the process is called:
a. Reversible c. Polytropic
b. Adiabatic d. Isothermal
48. What refers to a liquid whose temperature is lower than the saturation temperature
corresponding to the existing pressure?
a. Subcooled liquid c. Pure liquid
b. Saturated liquid d. Compressed liquid
49. Which law that states “Entropy of all perfect crystalline solids is zero at absolute zero
temperature”?
a. Zeroth law of thermodynamics c. Second law of thermodynamics
b. First law of thermodynamics d. Third law of thermodynamics
50. What should be the temperature of both water and steam whenever they are present
together?
a. Saturation temperature for the existing pressure
b. Boiling point of water at 101.325 kPa
c. Superheated temperature
d. One hundred degrees centigrade
51. Which of the following occurs in a reversible polytropic process?
a. Enthalpy remains constant c. Some heat transfer occurs
b. Internal energy does not change d. Entropy remains constant
52. The change that the system that undergoes from one equilibrium state to another is
known as ______.
a. Path c. Enthalpy change
b. Process d. Entropy change
53. What refers to the series of states through which a system passes during the process??
a. Path c. Reversibility moves
b. Quasi-static steps d. Irreversibility moves
54. The triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which:
a. The solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium
b. The solid and gaseous phases are in equilibrium
c. The solid, liquid, and gaseous phases are in equilibrium
d. The solid does not melt, the liquid does not boil, and the gas does not
condense
55. Which of the following relations is not applicable in a free expansion process?
a. Heat rejected is zero c. Change in temperature is zero
b. Work done is zero d. Heat supplied is zero
56. What is the system in which neither mass nor energy cross the boundaries and it is not
influence by the surroundings?
a. Closed system c. Isolated system
b. Open system d. All of these
57. Ericson cycle has:
a. Two isothermal and two constant pressure processes
b. Two isothermal and two constant volume processes
c. Two isothermal and two constant entropy processes
d. Two adiabatic, one constant volume, and constant pressure processes
58. A Stirling cycle has:
a. Two adiabatic and two constant volume processes
b. Two adiabatic and two constant pressure processes
c. Two isothermal and two constant pressure processes
d. Two isothermal and two constant volume processes
59. What is referred to by control volume?
a. An isolated system c. Fixed region in space
b. Closed system d. Reversible process only
60. Which of the following is used in thermal power plant?
a. Brayton cycle c. Rankine cycle
b. Reversed Carnot cycle d. Otto cycle
61. The elongation and compression of a helical spring is an example of which process?
a. Irreversible process c. Isothermal process
b. Reversible process d. Adiabatic process
62. A Bell-Coleman cycle is a reversed of which of the following cycles?
a. Stirling cycle c. Carnot cycle
b. Joule cycle d. Otto cycle
63. Brayton cycle has:
a. Two isentropic and two constant volume processes
b. Two isentropic and two constant pressure processes
c. One constant pressure, one constant volume, and two adiabatic processes
d. Two isothermal, one constant volume, and one constant pressure processes
64. Otto cycle consists of:
a. Two isentropic and two constant volume processes
b. Two isentropic and two constant pressure processes
c. Two adiabatic and two isothermal processes
d. Two isothermal and two constant volume processes
65. When a system deviates infinitesimally from equilibrium at every instant of its state, it is
undergoing what process?
a. Isobaric process c. Isometric process
b. Quasi-static process d. Cyclic process
66. An ideal gas is compressed isothermally. The enthalpy change is:
a. Always negative c. Zero
b. Always positive d. Undefined
67. The state of a thermodynamic system is always defined by its:
a. Absolute temperature c. Properties
b. Process d. Temperature and pressure
68. Entropy is the measure of:
a. The internal energy of a gas
b. The heat capacity of a substance
c. Randomness disorder
d. The change of enthalpy of a system
69. What system in which there is no exchange of matter with the surrounding or mass does
not cross boundaries?
a. Open system c. Isolated system
b. Closed system d. Nonflow system
70. Which one of the choices below refers to a system that is completely impervious to its
surrounding or neither mass nor energy cross its boundaries?
a. Open system c. Isolated system
b. Closed system d. Nonflow system
71. What refers to a system in which there is a flow of mass across its boundaries?
a. Open system c. Isolated system
b. Closed system d. Nonflow system
72. When two bodies, isolated from other environment, are in thermal equilibrium with a
third body, the two are in thermal equilibrium with each other. What do you call this
statement?
a. Zeroth law of thermodynamics c. Second law of thermodynamics
b. First law of thermodynamics d. Third law of thermodynamics
73. At equal volume, at the same temperature and pressure conditions, the gases contain
the same number of molecules. This refers to which of the following laws?
a. Boyle’s law c. Dalton’s law
b. Charle’s law d. Avogadro’s law
n
74. In the polytropic process, we have pv = constant, if the value of n is infinitely large, the
process is called:
a. Constant volume process c. Constant temperature process
b. Constant pressure process d. Adiabatic process
75. Which of the following cannot be a property of a gas?
a. Density c. Viscosity
b. Pressure d. Temperature
76. During adiabatic process, which of the following is the change in entropy?
a. Zero c. Less than zero
b. Greater than zero d. Infinity
77. Which of the following best describe an adiabatic process?
a. The system does no work nor work is done on it
b. The temperature of the system remains constant
c. The heat of the system is changing
d. No heat enters or leaves the system
78. Boiling occurs when the vapor pressure attains which of the following pressures?
a. The gage pressure c. The ambient pressure
b. The critical pressure d. One standard pressure
79. Which of the following systems where there is no transfer of matter across the
boundary? This system consists of a fixed amount of mass, and no mass can cross across
its boundary or no mass can enter or leave the system.
a. Closed system c. Isolated system
b. Open system d. All of these
80. Which of the following values characterize the state of the system?
a. Cycle c. Property
b. Process d. enthalpy
81. In a complete heat engine cycle, which of the following is the area enclosed by the PV-
diagram?
a. The work done by the engine per cycle
b. The heat transferred to the engine
c. The enthalpy of the per cycle
d. The volume of exhaust gas per cycle
82. Which of the following engines is least efficient?
a. Gas turbine c. Carnot engine
b. Diesel engine d. Gasoline engine
83. Which of the following engines is the most efficient?
a. Gas turbine c. Carnot engine
b. Diesel engine d. Gasoline engine
84. Which of the following is the process that cannot be found in a Carnot engine cycle?
a. Isobaric expansion c. Adiabatic expansion
b. Adiabatic compression d. Isothermal expansion
85. In any process, the maximum amount of heat that can be converted in to mechanical
energy:
a. Depends only on the exhaust temperature
b. Depends on the intake and exhaust temperatures
c. Is always 100%
d. Depends on the involvement of kinetic and potential energy involved
86. Who coined the word energy?
a. James Joule c. Rodulf Diesel
b. Thomas Young d. Lord Kelvin
87. An ideal heat engine can be 100% efficient only and only if its exhaust temperature is:
a. Same as the input temperature c. less than the input temperature
b. Greater than the input temperature d. 0 K temperature
88. What is the most frequent term used in thermodynamic heat engines which indicate
how well an energy conversion or transfer process is accomplished?
a. Cycle c. Heating effect
b. Efficiency d. Reversibility
89. Which of the following diagrams was introduced by German scientist R. Mollier?
a. Enthalpy–entropy (h-s) diagram c. Pressure–volume (p-v) diagram
b. Temperature–entropy (t-s) diagram d. Pressure–enthalpy (p-h) diagram
90. Which of the following laws of thermodynamics which leads to the definition of
entropy?
a. First law c. Third law
b. Second law d. Law of conservation of energy
91. Which of the following is the other term used for enthalpy – entropy (h-s) diagram?
a. Enthalpy diagram c. Steam diagram
b. Mollier diagram d. Entropy chart
92. Which of the following defines the work output for every heat engine?
a. Work output is a function of exhaust temperature only
b. Work output is a function of intake temperature only
c. Work output is the difference between its heat intake and heat exhaust
d. Work output is the difference in entropy always
93. Which of the following is the value of n (from PVn = C) for a period of gas undergoing
isothermal process?
a. 0 c. Infinity
b. 1 d. n > 1
94. What is used for predicting the behavior of non-ideal gases?
a. Compressibility factor c. Emissivity factor
b. Expansivity factor d. Vann-d’ Waal’s factor
95. For any reversible thermodynamic process, which of the following statements is true
regarding the change in entropy?
dQ
a. dS  c. dS < 0
T
b. dS = 0 d. dS > 0
96. Which of the following process where the equation dQ = Tds is applicable?
a. Irreversible c. Reversible
b. Isometric d. Isothermal
97. Which of the following thermodynamic relations is not correct?
a. Q = U + W c. dH = Tds + VdP
b. Tds = dU + pdV H = U – pV
98. Which of the following thermodynamic devices operates the reverse of the heat engine?
a. Thermal pump c. Thermal condenser
b. Thermal evaporator d. Thermal equilibrant
99. What is another term used for isometric processes?
a. Isochoric process c. Isothermal process
b. Polytropic process d. Reversible process
100. Which of the following engines was introduced by a German engineer, Nickolas Otto?
a. Gasoline Engine c. Gas Turbine
b. Diesel Engine d. Thermal Engine
KEY TO TEST 11
1. D 26. B 51. C 76. A
2. C 27. A 52. B 77. D
3. B 28. D 53. A 78. C
4. A 29. B 54. D 79. A
5. C 30. A 55. C 80. C
6. A 31. D 56. C 81. A
7. A 32. A 57. A 82. D
8. A 33. A 58. D 83. C
9. A 34. C 59. C 84. A
10. A 35. B 60. C 85. B
11. B 36. C 61. B 86. B
12. D 37. D 62. B 87. D
13. B 38. A 63. B 88. B
14. D 39. B 64. A 89. A
15. A 40. A 65. B 90. B
16. A 41. D 66. C 91. B
17. A 42. C 67. C 92. C
18. A 43. B 68. C 93. B
19. A 44. A 69. B 94. A
20. A 45. A 70. C 95. D
21. B 46. B 71. A 96. C
22. A 47. B 72. A 97. D
23. B 48. A 73. D 98. A
24. B 49. D 74. A 99. A
25. C 50. D 75. C 100. A

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