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THERMODYNAMICS

1. How many independent properties are required to completely fix the equilibrium
state of a pure gaseous compound?
a.
b.
c.
d.

4
3
2
1

Answer: C
2. What is the value of the work done for a closed, reversible isometric system?
a.
b.
c.
d.

zero
positive
negative
positive or negative

Answer: A
3. The first law of thermodynamics is based on which of the following principles?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Conservation of mass
Conservation of energy
Action and reaction
The entropy-temperature relationship

Answer: B
4. Which of the following cycle is used in vapor cycle power plant?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Brayton cycle
Diesel cycle
Ericson cycle
Rankine cycle

Answer: D
5. Which of the following is not a thermodynamic property?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Pressure
Temperature
Volume
Phase

Answer: D
6. Which of the following compressibility factor of ideal gas
a.
b.
c.
d.

1
2
1.5
0

Answer: A
7. What refers to the thermodynamic properties which are dependent on the amount
of the substance present?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Extensive property
Intensive properties
Reversible properties
Irreversible properties

Answer: A
8. What refers to the thermodynamic properties which are independent on the
amount of the substance present?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Extensive property
Intensive properties
Reversible properties
Irreversible properties

Answer: B
9. What is known as the total heat and heat content at various times in the history?
a.
b.
c.
d.

enthalpy
entropy
internal energy
latent heat

Answer: A
10. What is the measure of the energy that is no longer available to perform useful
work within the current environment?
a. enthalpy
b. entropy
c. internal energy

d. latent heat
Answer: B
11. What is the temperature when water and vapor are in the equilibrium with the
atmospheric pressure?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Ice point
Steam point
Critical point
Freezing point

Answer: B
12. What is the unique state at which solid, liquid and gaseous phase can go co-exist
in equilibrium?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Triple point
Critical point
Boiling point
Pour point

Answer: A
13. What refers to the state at which liquid and gaseous phases are indistinguishable?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Triple point
Critical point
Boiling point
Pour point

Answer: B
14. What refers to the heat needed to change the temperature of the substances
without changing its phases?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Latent heat
Sensible heat
Specific heat
entropy

Answer: B
15. What is defined as the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of one
kilogram of water by one degrees Celsius?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Kilojoule
Btu
Kilocalorie
Latent heat

Answer: C
16. To what conditions does a gas behave like an ideal gas?
a.
b.
c.
d.

low temperature and low pressure


low temperature and high pressure
high temperature and low pressure
high temperature and high pressure

Answer: C

17. What Law states that the pressure of gas is inversely proportional to its volume at
constant temperature?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Charles law
Gay-Lussacs Law
Boyles Law
Daltons Law

Answer: C
18. What do you call a system in which there is a flow of matter through the
boundary?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Closed sysytem
Open system
Isolated sysytem
All of these

Answer: B
19. Which of the following best describes heat?
a.
b.
c.
d.

The capacity to do work


Forces times distances
Sum of thermal and chemical energy
An energy transfer due to temperature difference

Answer: D

20. The mechanical equivalent of heat is


a.
b.
c.
d.

joule
calorie
Btu
Specific heat

Answer: A
21. Burning of Gasoline initially requires heat before it burns spontaneously. Which
of the following does not give a good explanation of this phenomenon?
a.
b.
c.
d.

the initial heat rises the enthalpy of the reactant


the initial heat lowers the activation of energy of the reactants
the enthalpy of reactants is lower than the enthalpy of products.
The enthalpy of the product is lower than the enthalpy of the reactant

Answer: C
22. The phenomenon of melting under pressure and freezing again when the pressure
is reduced is known as
a.
b.
c.
d.

sublimation
condensation
deposition
regelation

Answer: D
23. Which of the following events is heat exchange involved?
a.
b.
c.
d.

when there is a phase change


when there is a chemical reaction
when the gas expands adiabatically
when there is difference in temperature

Answer: C
24. What is the entropy of a pure substance at a temperature of absolute zero?
a.
b.
c.
d.

unity
zero
infinity
undefined

Answer: B

25. What is the area under the curve on a temperature entropy diagram?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Heat
work
entropy
volume

Answer: A
26. What happens to the internal energy of water at reference temperature where
enthalpy is zero?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Becomes negative
Becomes positive
Remains constant
Cannot be defined

Answer: A
27. Which of the following is the work done for a closed reversible isometric system?
a.
b.
c.
d.

negative
positive
zero
undefined

Answer: C
28. If the initial volume of an ideal gas is compressed to one-half its original volume
and to twice its original temperature, the pressure:
a.
b.
c.
d.

doubles
halves
quadruples
triples

Answer: C
29. When the expansion of compression of gas takes place without transfer of heat or
from the gas the process is called;
a.
b.
c.
d.

Isometric process
Isothermal process
Isobaric process
Adiabatic process

Answer: D
30. Which of the following best describes both Stirling and Ericson engines?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Internal combustion engine


External combustion engine
Diesel cycle
Rankine cycle

Answer: B
31. At steam point, the temperature of water and its vapour at standard pressure are:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Extremes or maximum
unity
in equilibrium
undefined

Answer: C
32. Who coined the word Entropy?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Rudolf Clausius
Lord Kelvin
Gabriel Volks
Rudolf Diesel

Answer: A
33. What is the temperature when water and vapor are in equilibrium with the
atmospheric pressure?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Ice point
Steam point
Critical point
Freezing point

Answer: B
34. When the expansion of compression of gas takes place without transfer of heat to
or from the gas the process is called
a. reversible
b. adiabatic
c. polytropic

d. isothermal
Answer: B
35. What refers to a liquid whose temperature is lower than saturation temperature
corresponding to the exisitng pressure?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Subcooled liquid
Saturated liquid
Pure liquid
Compressed liquid

Answer: A
36. Which law that states Entropy of all perfect crystalline solids is zero at absolute
zero temperature?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Zeroth law of thermodynamics


First law of thermodynamics
Second law of thermodynamics
Third law of thermodynamics

Answer: D
37. A 0.064 kg of octane vapor (MW = 114) is mixed with 0.91 kg of air (MW =
29.0) in the manifold of an Engine. The total pressure in the manifold is 86.1 kPa,
and a temperature is 290 K. assume octane behaves ideally. What is the partial
pressure of the air in the mixture in KPa?
a.
b.
c.
d.

46.8
48.6
84.6
64.8

Answer: C
38. Which of the following occurs in a reversible polytropic process?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Enthalpy remains constant


Internal energy does not change
Some heat transfer occurs
Entropy remains constant

Answer: C

39. The change that the system that undergoes from one equilibrium state to another
is known as
a.
b.
c.
d.

oath
process
enthalpy change
entropy change

Answer: B
40. What refers to the series of states through which a system passes during the
process?
a.
b.
c.
d.

path
quasi- static steps
reversibility moves
irreversibility moves

Answer: A
41. Which of the following relations is not applicable in a free expansion process?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Heat is rejected to zero


Work done is zero
Change in temperature is zero
Heat supplied is zero

Answer: C
42. What system in which neither mass nor energy cross the boundaries and is not
influenced by the surroundings?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Closed sysytem
Open system
Isolated system
All of these

Answer: C
43. What is referred to by control volume?
a.
b.
c.
d.

An isolated system
Closed system
Fixed region in space
Reversible process only

Answer: C
44. Which of the following is used in thermal power plant?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Brayton cycle
Reversed carnot cycle
Rankine cycle
Otto cycyle

Answer: C
45. A Bell-Coleman cycle is a reversed of which the following cycles?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Stirling cycle
Joule cycle
Carnot cycle
Otto cycle

Answer: B
46. An ideal gas is compresses isothermally. The enthalpy change is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Always negative
Always positive
zero
undefined

Answer: C
47. The state of a thermodynamic system is always defined by its:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Absolute temperature
process
properties
temperature and pressure

Answer: C
48. Entropy is the measure of:
a.
b.
c.
d.

The internal energy of a gas


The heat capacity of a substance
Randomness or disorder
The change of enthalpy of a system

Answer: C

49. What system in which there is no exchange of matter with the surrounding or
mass does not cross its boundaries?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Open system
Closed system
Isolated system
Non-flow system

Answer: B
50. What refers to a system in which there is a flow of mass across its boundaries?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Open system
Closed system
Isolated system
Non-flow system

Answer: A
51. Which of the following cannot be a property of a gas?
a.
b.
c.
d.

density
pressure
viscosity
temperature

Answer: C
52. During the adiabatic process, which of the following is the change in entropy?
a.
b.
c.
d.

zero
greater than zero
less than zero
infinity

Answer: A
53. Which of the following values characterize the state of the system?
a.
b.
c.
d.

cycle
process
property
enthalpy

Answer: D

54. Which of the following is least efficient?


a.
b.
c.
d.

Gas turbine
Diesel engine
Carnot engine
Gasoline engine

Answer: D
55. Which of the following engines is the most efficient?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gas turbine
Diesel engine
Carnot engine
Gasoline engine

Answer: C
56. Which of the following engines is the most efficient?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Isobaric expansion
Adiabatic compression
Adiabatic expansion
Isothermal expansion

Answer: A
57. Who coined the word energy?
a.
b.
c.
d.

James Joule
Thomas Young
Rudolf Diesel
Lord Kelvin

Answer: B
58. Which of the following laws of thermodynamic which leads to the definition of
entropy?
a.
b.
c.
d.

First law
Second law
Third law
Law of conservation of energy

Answer: B

59. Which of the following is the other term used for enthalpy-entropy diagram?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Enthalpy diagram
Mollier diagram
Steam diagram
Entropy chart

Answer: B
60. What is used for predicting the behavior of non-ideal gases?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Compressibility factor
Expansivity factor
Emissivity factor
Van-d-whals factor

Answer: A
61. Which of the following thermodynamic devices operates the reverse of the heat
engine?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Thermal pump
Thermal evaporator
Thermal condenser
Thermal equilibrant

Answer: A
62. What is another term used for isometric processes?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Isochoric process
Iolytropic process
Isothermal process
Reversible process

Answer: A
63. Which of the following engines was introduced by a German engineer, Nickolas
Otto?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gasoline engine
Diesel engine
Gas turbine
Thermal engine

Answer: A
64. If two systems are in the thermal equilibrium with a third system, then they must
be in thermal equilibrium with each other.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics


First Law of Thermodynamics
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Third Law of Thermodynamics

Answer: A
65. The heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its holding point in order to
convert the material into a gas at the same temperature.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Latent Heat of Sublimation


Latent Heat of Vaporization
Latent Heat of Fusion
Latent Heat Of Condensation

Answer: B
66. A thermodynamic process in which entropy is conserved
a.
b.
c.
d.

isentropic
adiabatic
isothermal
polytropic

Answer: A

67. A control volume refers to what?


a.
b.
c.
d.

A fixed region in space


A reversible process
an isolated system
a specified mass

Answer: A
68. Which of the following is commonly used as liquid absorbent?
a. Silica gel
b. Activated alumina
c. Ethylene glycol

d. None of these
Answer: C
69. One for which no heat is gained or lost
a.
b.
c.
d.

Isentropic
Adiabatic
Isothermal
Polytropic

Answer: B
70. A law relating the pressure, temperature and volume of an ideal gas
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gay-Lussacs Law
Ideal gas Law
Charles Law
Boyles Law

Answer: B
71. Occurs when the vapor pressure equals the atmospheric pressure
a.
b.
c.
d.

Boiling
Melting
Freezing
Vaporizing

Answer: A
72. As temperature goes to 0, the entropy approaches a constant
a.
b.
c.
d.

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics


First Law of Thermodynamics
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Third Law of Thermodynamics

Answer: D
73. An ideal gas is compressed ina cylinder so well insulated that there is essentially
no heat transfer. The temperature of gas
a. Remains constant
b. increases
c. decreases

d. is basically zero
Answer: B
74. Occuring at fixed temperature
a.
b.
c.
d.

isentropic
Adiabatic
Isothermal
polytropic

Answer: C
75. The changing of solid directly to vapor without passing through liquid state is
called
a.
b.
c.
d.

Evaporation
Vaporization
Sublimation
Condensation

Answer: C
76. The phase transition of a liquid to a solid
a.
b.
c.
d.

Solidification
Freezing
Fusion
All of these

Answer: D
77. It is an energy flux, equal to the rate of energy flow per unit area per unit time
across some surface.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Irradiance
Radiant Intensity
Luminosity
Brightness

Answer: C
78. The volume of a gas under constant pressure increases or decrease with
temperature.
a. Gay- Lussacs Law

b. Ideal Gas Law


c. Charles Law
d. Boyles Law
Answer: C
79. The molecular number density of an ideal gas at standard temperature and
pressure in cm3
a.
b.
c.
d.

Froude number
Loschmidt number
Mach number
Reynold number

Answer: B
80. A temperature scale whose zero point is absolute zero, the temperature of 0
entropy at which all molecular motion stops.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Celsius
Fahrenheit
Kelvin
Rankine

Answer: C
81. The thermal radiation emitted by a blackbody heated to a given temperature.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gamma Radiation
Black Body Radiation
Electromagnetic Radiation
Alpha Radiation

Answer: B
82. The radiation emitted by a body as a result of its temperature.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Blackbody Radiation
Thermal Inversion
Thermionic Inversion
Thermal Radiation

Answer: D
83. At Equilibrium, the radiation emitted must equal the radiation absorbed.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Boyles Law
Plancks Law
Kirchoffs Law
Joules Law

Answer: C
84. The theory that heat consisted of a fluid, which could be transferred from one
body to another, but not created or destroyed.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Clausius Theorem
Caloric Theory
Joules Law
Newtons Law of cooling

Answer: B
85. The volume of a gas is directly proportional to the number of molecules of the
gas.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Ideal gas law


Boyle-Mariotte Law
Avogadros Hypothesis
Gay-Lussacs Law of combining Volumes

Answer: C
86. For a body cooling in a draft, the rate of heat loss is proportional to the difference
in temperature between the body and its surroundings.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Nemst Effect
Caloric Theory
Joules Law
Newtons Law of Cooling

Answer: D
87. It is the intensity of a radiating source.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Specific Brightness
Radiance
Surface Brightness
All of these

Answer: D

88. This law of thermodynamics prohibits the construction of a perpetual motion


machine of the second kind
a.
b.
c.
d.

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics


First Law of Thermodynamics
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Third Law of Thermodynamics

Answer: C
89. A cylinder contains oxygen at a pressure of 10 atm and a temperature of 300 K.
The volume of the cylinder is 10 liters. What is the mass of the oxygen in grams?
Molecular weight (MW) of oxygen is 32g/mole?
a.
b.
c.
d.

125.02
130.08
135.05
120.04

Answer: B {(10atm)(10)(32)/(0.0821)(300K)}
90. It is the deposition of radiant energy as heat into an absorbing body.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Radiation
Ionization
Convection
Insolation

Answer: D
91. It is a process during which the pressure remains constant
a.
b.
c.
d.

Adiabatic
Isentropic
Isobaric
Isotropic

Answer: C
92. Diffusion due to thermal motion is called
a.
b.
c.
d.

dilation
infusion
effusion
dispersion

Answer: C
93. The rate at which this is quantity passes through a fixed boundary per unit time
a.
b.
c.
d.

Flux
Existence
Irradiance
All of these

Answer: D
94. Energy can neither created nor destroyed. It can only change forms.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Conservation of Mass Principle


Conservation of Energy Principle
Conservation of Momentum Principle
Conservation of Heat Principle

Answer: B
95. Executes the entire cycle in just two strokes the power stroke and the compression
stroke.
a.
b.
c.
d.

One-stroke engine
Two-stroke engine
Four-stroke engine
Eight-stroke engine

Answer: B
96. It is the unbalanced force developed in a turbo jet engine that is caused by the
difference in the momentum of the low-velocity air entering the engine and the
high velocity exhaust gases leaving the engine.
a. Fall
b. Lift
c. Drag
d. Thrust
Answer: D
97. Which of the engine is used for fighter bombers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Turbojet
Pulsejet
Rockets
Ramjet

Answer: A
98. The Science of Energy
a.
b.
c.
d.

Thermionics
Kinetics
Thermodynamics
Geophysics

Answer: C
99. It is used for gas turbines which operates on anopen cycle where both the
compression and expansion processes take place in rotating machinery.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Dual Cycle
Otto Cycle
Carnot Cycle
Brayton Cycle

Answer: D
100.
Which of the following laws of thermodynamic which leads to the
definition of entropy?
a.
b.
c.
d.

First law
Second law
Third law
Law of conservation of energy

Answer: B

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