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Module 2 5.

What is the force required to accelerate a

mass of 1 gram at a rate of 1 cm/sec/sec?


1. What are the main components in a
A. Dyne
combined cycle power plant?
B. Poundal
A. Diesel engine and air compressor
C. Slog
B. Gas engines and waste heat boiler
D. Kg force
C. Steam boiler and turbine
6. What type of turbine has low and high
D. Nuclear reactor and steam boiler
discharge?
2. What do you call the changing of an atom of
A. Pelton wheel
an element into an atom of different
B. Francis turbine
element with a different atomic mass?
C. Jonval turbine
A. Atomization
D. Kaplan turbine
B. Atomic transmulation
7. What is a Bull Head Tee?
C. Atomic pile
A. A pipe tee with head shaped like a bull
D. Atomic energy
B. A welded bull-up tee
3. What do you call the weight of the column
C. A pipe tee with its run larger than its
of air above the earth’s surface?
branch
A. Air pressure
D. A pipe tee the branch of which is
B. Aerostatic pressure
larger than the run
C. Wind pressure
8. What is the main power generating plant
D. Atmospheric pressure
that produces the most electricity per unit
4. Combined process of cooling and
thermal energy in the fuel input and has
humidifying is also known as:
greatest surplus of electricity for most
A. Heating and humidifying
cogenerating systems?
B. Cooling tower
A. Steam engine
C. Evaporative cooling process
B. Steam turbine
D. Moisture removal process
C. Gas turbine

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D. Diesel engine C. The wet bulb depression

9. What is the term as the ratio of the volume D. The dew point temperature of the air

at the end of heat addition to the volume at 13. The indicator used to determine the anti-

the start of heat addition? knock characteristics of gasoline:

A. Compression ratio A. Ahiline point

B. Air-fuel ratio B. Cetane no.

C. Volumetric ratio C. Octane no.

D. Cut-off ratio D. Diesel index

10. What is the ideal cycle for gas turbine 14. Dew point is defined as:

work? A. The temperature to which the air must

A. Brayton cycle be cooled at constant pressure to

B. Stage combined cycle produce saturation

C. Bottom cycle B. The point where the pressure and

D. Ericson cycle temperature lines meet

11. What do you call the passing of heat energy C. The temperature which dew is formed

from molecule to molecule through a in the air

substance? D. The pressure which dew is formed in

A. Conduction the air

B. Radiation 15. What type of lubrication oils are produced

C. Conservation entirely from the crudes chosen through

D. Convection elimination of undesired constituents by

12. What is the lowest temperature to which suitable refining processes?

water could possibly be cooled in a cooling A. Additives

tower? B. Inert

A. The effective temperature C. Straight

B. The temperature of adiabatic D. Premium

saturation

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16. In a liquid-dominated geothermal plant, D. 1:2:4

what process occurs when the saturated 20. How does the values for work per unit mass

steam passes through the turbine? flow of air in the compressor and turbine

A. Isobaric influenced by the addition of regenerator?

B. Polytropic A. Slightly increased

C. Isometric B. Unchanged

D. Isentropic C. Greatly decreased

17. Gas being heated at constant volume is D. Greatly increased

undergoing the process of: 21. The work done by a force of R newtons

A. Isotropic moving in a distance of L meters is

B. Adiabatic converted entirely into kinetic energy is

C. Isometric expressed by the equation:

D. Isobaric A. RL = 2MV2

18. A receiver in an air compression system is B. RL = RL N-m

used to: C. RL = ½ MV2

A. Avoid cooling air before using D. RL = ½ MV

B. Increase the air discharge pressure 22. In a steam generator with good combustion

C. Collect water and grease suspended in control, what occurs f the load is increased?

the air A. Air temperature leaving air heater

D. Reduce the work needed during decreases

compression B. Air temperature entering air heater

19. Foundations are preferably built of concrete increases

in the proportion of what measures of C. Furnace pressure is approximately

Portland cement: sand: crushed stones? constant

A. 1:2:5 D. Economizer gas outlet temperature

B. 2:4:6 decreases

C. 2:3:5 23. The color of lubricating oil indicates:

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A. Does not indicate contamination D. 3

B. Does not indicate qualities 27. Heat exchanger used to provide heat

C. Qualities transfer between the exhaust gases and the

D. Viscosity air prior to its entrance to the combustor:

24. For design stability, the center of gravity of A. Evaporator

the total combined engine, driver B. Combustion chamber

equipment and foundation should be kept: C. Regenerator

A. Anywhere D. Heater

B. Above the foundation top 28. Heat normally flowing from a high

C. In line with the surface of the temperature body to a low temperature

foundation body wherein it is impossible to convert

D. Below the foundation top heat without other effects is called the:

25. Most commercially available petroleum A. Second law of thermodynamics

lubrication oil deteriorates staring from B. First law of thermodynamics

operating temperature of: C. Third law of thermodynamics

A. 150°F D. Zeroth law of thermodynamics

B. 200°F 29. What are the immediate products from the

C. 300°F petroleum-based lubricating oil when

D. 250°F subjected to high pressure and

26. What is the suggested maximum temperature?

permissible dose (MPD) of gamma ray A. Gums, resins, and acids

exposure for general individuals not B. Sulfur

working in a nuclear setting, by choice, in C. Soots and ashes

rem/year? D. Carbon residue

A. 1 30. The intake pipe to a hydraulic turbine from

B. 5 a dam is:

C. ½ A. Tailrace

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B. Spiral casing 35. The ratio of the sum of individual maximum

C. Surge tank demands of the system to the overall

D. Penstock maximum demand of the whole system:

31. Whem 1 mol of carbon combines with 1 A. Demand factor

mol of oxygen: B. Diversity factor

A. 2 mols carbon dioxide C. Power factor

B. 1 mol carbon dioxide D. Utilization factor

C. 1 mol carbon and 1 mol carbon dioxide 36. Percent excess air is the difference between

D. 1 mol carbon monoxide the air actually supplied and the theoretical

32. A device used for measuring the velocity of divided by:

wind A. The deficiency air supplied

A. Aneroid B. The actually air supplied

B. Anemometer C. None of these

C. Anemoscope D. The theoretically air supplied

D. Anemograph 37. Mechanism designed to lower the

33. Air standard efficiency of dieselengine temperature of air passing through it:

depends on A. Air cooler

A. Speed B. Air defense

B. Compression ratio C. Air spillover

C. Fuel D. Air cycle

D. Torque 38. The term “exposure” in radiological effects

34. Heavy water is: is used as a measure of Gamma ray or an X-

A. B2O(2 is written as subscript) ray field in the surface of an exposed object.

B. H2O(2 is written as subscript) Since this radiation produces ionization of

C. W2O(2 is written as subscript) the air surrounding the object, the exposure

D. D2O(2 is written as subscript) is obtained as:

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A. X = number of ions produced per mass 42. The dividing point between the high-

of air x coulombs per kg pressure and low-pressure sides of the

B. X = mass of air x surface are of an refrigeration cycle occurs at the:

exposed object A. Expansion valve

C. X = mass of air over surface are of an B. Compressor

exposed object C. Condenser

D. X = number of ions produced per mass D. Cooling oil

of air + coulombs per kg 43. What is the force which tends to draw body

39. The viscosity of most commercially available toward the center about which it is

petroleum lubricating oil changes rapidly rotating?

above: A. Centrifugal force

A. 120°F B. Centrifugal in motion

B. 180°F C. Centrifugal in advance

C. 150°F D. Centripetal force

D. 130°F 44. The simultaneous generation of electricity

40. What is the process that has no heat and steam (or heat) in a single power plant:

transfer? A. Steam turbine-gas turbine

A. Reversible B. Cogeneration

B. Isothermal C. Gas turbine plant

C. Polytropic D. Waste heat recovery

D. Adiabatic 45. Percent excess air is the difference between

41. The internal combustion engine never work the air actually supplied and the

on __________ cycle: theoretically required divided by:

A. Rankine A. The theoretically air supplied

B. Diesel B. The deficiency air supplied

C. Dual combustion C. The actually air supplied

D. Otto D. None of these

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46. What amount of air is required in a low C. Isometric process

bypass factor? D. Cyclic process

A. Greater 51. The ratio of the average load to the peak

B. Lesser over a designated period of time is called:

C. Indeterminate A. Load factor

D. Does not change B. Reactive factor

47. Work done per unit charge when charge is C. Diversity factor

removed from one point to another: D. Plant use factor

A. Equipotential surface 52. What is the clockwork-operated device

B. Potential at a point which records continuously the humidity of

C. Electrostatic unit the atmosphere?

D. Potential difference A. Hetrograph

48. A pressure of 1 millibar is equivalent to: B. Hygrometer

A. 1000 dynes/[Link] C. Hygrodelk

B. 1000 cm of Hg D. Hygrograph

C. 1000 psi 53. What is an apparatus used in the analysis of

D. 1000 kg/ sq. cm. combustible gases?

49. Heat transfer due to density differential: A. Calorimeter differential

A. Convection B. Calorimeter gas

B. Nuclear C. Calorimetry

C. Conduction D. Calorimeter

D. Radiation 54. If the fluid travels parallel to the Adjacent

50. When a system deviates infinitesimally from layers and the path of individual particles

equilibrium at every instant of its state, it is do not corss, the flow is said to be:

undergoing: A. Turbulent

A. Isobaric process B. Critical

B. Quasi-static process C. Dynamic

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D. Laminar D. Flow energy, kinetic energy, height

55. What equation applies in the first law of above datum and internal energy

thermodynamics for and ideal gas in a 59. The ratio of the density of a substance to

reversible open steady-state system? the density of some standard substance is

A. Q – W = U2 – U1 called:

B. Q + V dP = H2 – H1 A. Relative density

C. Q - V dP = H2 – H1 B. Specific gravity

D. Q - P dV = H2 – H1 C. Specific density

56. Is one whose pressure is higher than the D. Relative gravity

saturation pressure corresponding to its 60. At any instant, the number of particles

temperature: passing every cross-section of the stream is

A. Saturated liquid the same, the flow is said to be:

B. Compressed liquid A. Steady flow

C. Saturated liquid B. Uniform flow

D. Compressed gas C. Continuous flow

57. The locus of elevations to which water will D. Turbulent flow

rise in the piezometer tube is termed: 61. The hydraulic formula CA√ 2 gH is used to

A. Energy gradient find:

B. Friction head A. Quantity of discharge through and

C. Hydraulic gradient orifice

D. Critical path B. Velocity of flow in a closed conduit

58. The total energy in a compressible or C. Length of pipe in a closed network

incompressible fluid flowing across any D. Friction factor of a pipe

section in a pipeline is a function of: 62. The sum of the energies of all molecules in

A. Pressure and velocity a system, energies appear in several

B. Pressure, density and velocity complex forms, is the:

C. Pressure, density, velocity and viscosity

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A. Kinetic energy B. Vaporization

B. Potential energy C. Sublimation

C. Internal energy D. Condensation

D. Frictional energy 67. The volume of fluid a cross section of a

63. The temperature at which its vapor stream in unit time is called:

pressure is equal to the pressure exerted on A. Steady flow

the liquid: B. Uniform flow

A. Absolute humidity C. Discharge

B. Calorimeter D. Continuous flow

C. Boiling point 68. Weight per unit volume is termed as:

D. Thermal energy A. Specific gravity

64. Type of turbine that has high pressure and B. Density

low pressure is called: C. Weight density

A. Compound engine D. Specific gravity

B. Gas turbine 69. S.I. unit of force:

C. Impulse turbine A. Pounds

D. Compound turbine B. Newton

65. The design of an air supply duct of an air C. Kilograms

duct conditioning system: D. Dyne

A. Adds moisture to the air 70. When a substance in gaseous state is below

B. Lowers the temperature of the air the critical temperature, it is called:

C. Does not affect the distribution of air A. Vapor

D. Affects the distribution of air B. Cloud

66. The changing of solid directly to vapor, C. Moisture

without passing through the liquid state is D. Steam

called:

A. Evaporation

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71. Is the condition of pressure and 75. Form of energy associated with the kinetic

temperature at which a liquid and its vapor energy of the random motion of large

are indistinguishable: number of molecules:

A. Critical point A. Internal energy

B. Dew point B. Kinetic energy

C. Absolute humidity C. Heat of fusion

D. Relative humidity D. Heat

72. If the temperature is held constant and the 76. In a P-T diagram of a pure substance, the

pressure is increased beyond the saturation curve separating the solid phase from the

pressure, we have a: liquid phase is:

A. Saturated vapor A. Vaporization curve

B. Compressed liquid B. Fusion curve

C. Saturated liquid C. Boiling point

D. Subcooled liquid D. Sublimation

73. Francis turbine has what flow: 77. The number of protons in the nucleus of an

A. Inward flow reaction atom of the number of electrons in the

B. Outward flow impulse orbit of an atom:

C. Outward flow reaction A. Atomic volume

D. Inward flow impulse’ B. Atomic number

74. The latent heat of vaporization if joules per C. Atomic weight

kg is equal to: D. Atomic mass

A. 5.40x102 78. The energy of a fluid flowing at any section

B. 4.13x103 in a pipeline is a function of:

C. 22.6x105 A. Velocity of flow only

D. 3.35x105 B. Pressure only

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C. Height above a chosen datum, density, B. Backfire

internal energy, pressure and velocity C. Exhaust pressure

of flow D. Back pressure

D. Pressure, height above a chosen 83. When a substance in gaseous state is below

datum, velocity of flow, density of fluid its critical temperature it is called:

79. A type of water turbine: A. Steam

A. Parson B. Cloud

B. Hero C. Moisture

C. Pelton D. Vapor

D. Banki 84. Number of molecules in a mole of any

80. If the pressure of the confined gas is substance is a constant called:

constant, the volume is directly A. Rankine cycle

proportional to the absolute temperature: B. Avogrado’s number

A. Boyle C. Otto cycle

B. Joule D. Thompson constant

C. Charles 85. Is one whos temperature is below the

D. Kelvin saturation temperature corresponding to its

81. A theoretical body which when heated to pressure:

incandescence would emit a continuous A. Compression

light-ray spectrum: B. Condensation

A. Black body radiation C. Constant volume process

B. Black body D. Subcooled liquid

C. Blue body 86. Pump used to increase air pressure above

D. White body normal, air is then used as a motive power:

82. Ignition of the air fuel mixture in the intake A. Air cooled engine

of the exhaust manifold: B. Air compressor

A. Backlash C. Air condenser

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D. Air injection B. Nozzle

87. The locus elevations: C. Wicked gate

A. Critical point D. Forebay

B. Hydraulic gradient 92. The chemical formula for methyl chloride:

C. Energy gradient A. C2H5Cl

D. Friction gradient B. CH3Cl

88. In sensible cooling process, the moisture C. CClF3

content: D. CHCL2F

A. Does not change 93. Which is not a viscosity rating:

B. Decrease A. Redwood

C. Indeterminate B. Entropy degrees API

D. Increases C. SSU

89. Cp = Cv + R applies to: D. Centipoise

A. All pure substances 94. The chemical formula for butane:

B. Enthalpy A. C2H5Cl

C. Two phase states B. C 3H 8

D. Ideal gases C. C 2H 4O 2

90. What air pressure is needed for air starting D. C4H10

a Diesel engine, about: 95. When droplets of water are carried by

A. 350 psi steam in the boiler:

B. 250 psi A. Priming

C. 450 psi B. Foaming

D. 150 psi C. Carryover

91. In the hydro-electric plant having a medium D. Embrittlement

head and using a Francis turbine, the 96. Mechanical energy of pressure transformed

turbine speed may be regulated thru: into energy of heat:

A. Deflector gate A. Kinetic energy

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B. Enthalpy D. Mean effective pressure

C. Heat exchanger

D. Heat of compression

97. The chemical formula for methylene

chloride:

A. CHCl2F

B. CH2Cl2

C. CClF3

D. CH3Cl

98. The theory of changing heat into

mechanical work:

A. Horsepower

B. Inertia

C. Kinematics

D. Thermodynamics

99. If the flow process, neglecting KE and PE

changes, ∫ V dP represents:
A. Flow energy

B. Heat transfer

C. Enthalpy change

D. Shaft work

[Link] pressure on a surface when a

changing pressure condition exist:

A. Back pressure

B. Partial pressure

C. Pressure drop

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The conversion of heat into mechanical work within the framework of the second law of thermodynamics implies that not all heat can be fully converted to work without other effects, such as a heat sink for waste energy. This limitation introduces inefficiencies and necessitates efficiency optimization, such as heat exchange, within practical thermodynamic cycles, emphasizing that some energy is always dispersed rather than fully converted .

Neglecting kinetic (KE) and potential energy (PE) changes in calculations using ∫V dP assumes that changes in internal energy are the dominant factors affecting the work done in a flow process. This simplification is often valid in processes where the pressure-volume work predominates, for instance, in closed systems with minimal height differences or speed changes. However, it may lead to inaccuracies in high-speed or high-altitude processes where KE or PE are significant .

The temperature of adiabatic saturation, also known as the wet bulb temperature, represents the lowest temperature that can be achieved by evaporative cooling with unsaturated air because it reflects the point at which the air can no longer absorb more water vapor, thus it cannot cool down further without additional heat losses, making it a limit in cooling tower operations .

The addition of a regenerator in a system slightly increases the work per unit mass flow of air in both the compressor and the turbine by recovering some energy from the turbine's exhaust to preheat the air entering the combustor, thus reducing fuel consumption and increasing efficiency .

Atmospheric pressure, the weight of the air column above Earth's surface, plays a crucial role in weather systems by influencing wind patterns and precipitation. High pressure generally leads to clear skies, while low pressure may cause stormy weather. These pressure differences drive the global wind circulation patterns affecting weather on a regional scale .

The energy of fluid in a pipeline is a function of pressure, density, and velocity due to the Bernoulli principle. Increased pressure contributes to potential energy per unit volume, while higher density impacts mass flow rates and fluid dynamic properties. Changes in flow velocity impact kinetic energy. Collectively, these factors dictate the total hydraulic and mechanical energy, and they must be balanced to achieve optimal fluid transport efficiency .

In thermodynamic cycles, isobaric processes (constant pressure) are typically used for processes where heat energy is added or released, allowing significant volume changes. Isentropic processes (constant entropy) are idealized to achieve maximum efficiency by minimizing entropy change during expansion or compression phases. These different processes interplay to optimize energy conversion efficiency in both steam and gas turbines .

The Brayton cycle is considered the ideal cycle for gas turbine work because it efficiently describes how gases operate within a turbine, emphasizing continuous compressive and expansive processes which maximize work output, ideal for applications like power generation and jet engines .

The air standard efficiency of a diesel engine is strongly dependent on the compression ratio because it influences the thermal conversion efficiency of the engine processes. A higher compression ratio typically increases engine efficiency by enabling higher temperatures and pressures before combustion, leading to more complete fuel combustion and better energy conversion .

Isentropic expansion in a geothermal plant turbine refers to the ideal adiabatic process where steam expands through the turbine without any entropy change, maximizing efficiency by converting thermal energy into mechanical work at a constant entropy . This yields maximum work output from the energy source, enhancing plant efficiency and lowering operational costs.

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