1. The term “thermodynamics” which of the following  A.

Physical and composition does not change

comes from Greek words principles? chemical with time, i.e., no chemical
“therme” and “dynamis” which  A. Conservation of  B. Intensive and reaction occurs.
means _______. mass extensive  A. Chemical
 A. Heat power  B. Conservation of  C. Real and imaginary  B. Thermal
 B. Heat transfer energy  D. Homogeneous and  C. Mechanical
 C. Heat energy  C. Action and reaction heterogeneous  D. Phase
 D. Heat motion  D. The entropy- 18. The thermodynamic 27. “The state of a simple
2. The term “thermodynamics” temperature properties that are independent compressible system is
was first used in 1849 in the relationship on the size of the system is completely specified by two
publication of a 9. What is the mass or region called _____. independent, intensive
 A. Rudolph Clausius outside the system called?  A. Extensive property properties”. This is known as
 B. William Rankine  A. Surroundings  B. Intensive property ______.
 C. Lord Kelvin  B. Boundary  C. Open property  A. Equilibrium
 D. Thomas Savery  C. Volume  D. Closed property postulate
3. What law asserts that energy  D. Environment 19. The thermodynamic  B. State postulate
is a thermodynamic property? 10. What is the real or imaginary properties that are dependent on  C. Environment
 A. First law of surface that separates the system the size or extent of the system is postulate
Thermodynamics from its surroundings? called _____.  D. Compressible
 B. Second law of  A. Division  A. Extensive property system postulate
Thermodynamics  B. Wall  B. Intensive property 28. What is the unit of the total
energy of the system?
 C. Third law of  C. Boundary  C. Open property
Thermodynamics  D. Interface  D. Closed property  A. Kj
 D. Zeroth law of 11. A system which consists of 20. Which is NOT an intensive  B. Kj/Kg
Thermodynamics fixed amount of mass and no property of thermodynamics?  C. Kg
4. What law asserts that energy mass can cross its boundary  A. Temperature  D. g
has quality as well as quantity? called _____.  B. Mass 29. Without electrical,
 A. First law of  A. Equilibrium system  C. Pressure
mechanical, gravitational,
Thermodynamics  B. Thermal  D. Density
surface tension and motion
 B. Second law of equilibrium system 21. Which is NOT an extensive
effects, a system is called _____
system.
Thermodynamics  C. Open system property of thermodynamics?
 C. Third law of  A. Simple
 D. Closed system  A. Density
Thermodynamics  B. Simple
12. A system in which even  B. Mass
 D. Zeroth law of energy is not allowed to cross
 C. Volume
compressible
Thermodynamics the boundary is called ____.  C. Compressible
 D. Energy  D. Independent
5. The macroscopic approach to  A. Closed system 22. Extensive properties per unit
the study of thermodynamics  B. Exclusive system mass are called _____.
30. What refers to any change
does not require a knowledge of that a system undergoes from
 C. Isolated system  A. Specific properties
the behavior of individual one equilibrium state to another
particles is called _____.  D. Special system  B. Relative properties equilibrium state?
13. A system in which there is a
 A. Dynamic  C. Unit properties  A. Process
flow of mass is known as _____.
thermodynamics  D. Phase properties  B. Path
 A. Equilibrium system
 B. Static 23. A system is in ______  C. Phase
 B. Isolated system
thermodynamics equilibrium if the temperature is  D. Cycle
 C. Statistical  C. Open system the same throughout the entire 31. What refers to the series of
thermodynamics  D. Closed system system. state through which a system
 D. Classical 14. Open system usually  A. Static passes during a process?
thermodynamics encloses which of the following  B. Thermal  A. Path
devices?
6. What is the more elaborate  C. Mechanical  B. Phase
approach to the study of  A. Compressor  D. Phase  C. Cycle
thermodynamics and based on  B. Turbine 24. A system is in ______  D. Direction
the average behavior of large  C. Nozzle equilibrium if there is no change 32. How many independent
groups of individual particles?  D. All of the above in pressure at any point of the properties are required to
 A. Dynamic 15. The boundaries of a control system with time. completely fix the equilibrium
thermodynamics volume, which may either real or  A. Pressure state of a pure gaseous
 B. Static imaginary is called _____.  B. Thermal compound?
thermodynamics  A. Control boundary  C. Mechanical  A. 4
 C. Statistical  B. Control system  D. Phase  B. 3
thermodynamics  C. Interface 25. If a system involves two  C. 2
 D. Classical  D. Control surface
thermodynamics
phases, it is in ______  D. 1
16. Any characteristic of a equilibrium when the mass of 33. What is a process in which
7. What is defined a region in thermodynamics system is called each phase reaches an
space chosen for study? the system remains
a _____. equilibrium level and stays there. infinitesimally closed to an
 A. Surroundings  A. Property  A. Chemical equilibrium state at all times?
 B. System  B. Process  B. Thermal  A. Path equilibrium
 C. Boundary  C. Phase  C. Mechanical process
 D. Volume  D. Cycle  D. Phase  B. Cycle equilibrium
8. The first law of 17. How are thermodynamic 26. A system is in ______ process
thermodynamics is based on properties classified? equilibrium of its chemical
  C. Phase equilibrium
process
 D. Quasi-state or
quasi- equilibrium
process
34. A closed system may refer to
______.
 A. Control mass
 B. Control volume
 C. Control energy
 D. Control temperature
35. An open system may refer to
______.
 A. Control mass
 B. Control volume
 C. Control energy
 D. Control temperature
36. A system is said to be in
thermodynamic equilibrium if it
maintains ______ equilibrium.
 A. Mechanical and
phase
 B. Thermal and
chemical
 C. Thermal,
mechanical and
chemical
 D. Thermal, phase,
mechanical and
chemical
37. What is a process with
identical end states called?
 A. Cycle
 B. Path
 C. Phase
 D. Either path or phase
38. What is a process during
which the temperature remains
constant?
 A. Isobaric process
 B. Isothermal process
 C. Isochoric process
 D. Isometric process
39. What is a process during
which the pressure remains
constant?
 A. Isobaric process
 B. Isothermal process
 C. Isochoric process
 D. Isometric process
40. What is a process during
which the specific volume
remains constant?
 A. Isobaric process
 B. Isothermal process
 C. Isochoric or
isometric process
 D. Isovolumetric
process
41. The prefix “iso” used to
designate a process means
______.
 A. Cannot be
interchanged
 B. Remains constant
 C. Approximately
equal
 D. Slight difference
42. What does the term “steady”  A. Translational third body, they are also in
implies? energy equilibrium with each other?
 A. No change with  B. Spin energy  A. Zeroth law of
volume  C. Rotational kinetic thermodynamics
 B. No change with energy  B. First law of
time  D. Sensible energy thermodynamics
 C. No change with 50. The electrons in an atom  C. Second law of
location which rotate about the nucleus thermodynamics
 D. No change with possess what kind of energy?  D. Third law of
mass  A. Translational thermodynamics
43. What does the tem “uniform” energy 58. Who formulated the zeroth
implies?  B. Spin energy law of thermodynamics in 1931?
 A. No change with  C. Rotational kinetic  A. A. Celsuis
volume energy  B. A. Einstein
 B. No change with  D. Sensible energy  C. R.H. Fowler
time 51. The electrons which spins  D. G. Fahrenheit
 C. No change with about its axis will possess what 59. What is the thermodynamic
location kind of energy? temperature scale in the SI
 D. No change with  A. Translational system?
mass energy  A. Kelvin scale
44. What is defined as a process  B. Spin energy  B. Celsius scale
during which a fluid flows
 C. Rotational kinetic  C. Fahrenheit scale
through a control volume
steadily?
energy  D. Rankine scale
 D. Sensible energy 60. What is the thermodynamic
 A. Transient-flow
process
52. What refers to the portion of temperature scale in the English
the internal energy of a system system?
 B. Steady and uniform associated with the kinetic  A. Kelvin scale
process
energies of the molecules?  B. Celsius scale
 C. Uniform-flow  A. Translational
process  C. Fahrenheit scale
energy
 D. Steady-flow process  D. Rankine scale
 B. Spin energy 61. What temperature scale is
45. The sum of all the
 C. Rotational kinetic identical to the Kelvin scale?
microscopic form of energy is
energy  A. Ideal gas
called _____.
 D. Sensible energy
 A. Total energy temperature scale
53. What is the internal energy  B. Ideal temperature
 B. Internal energy
associated with the phase of a scale
 C. System energy system called?
 C. Absolute gas
 D. Phase energy  A. Chemical energy temperature scale
46. What type of system energy  B. Latent energy  D. Triple point
is related to the molecular
 C. Phase energy temperature scale
structure of a system?
 D. Thermal energy 62. The temperatures of the ideal
 A. Macroscopic form
of energy
54. What is the internal energy gas temperature scale are
 B. Microscopic form
associated with the atomic bonds measured by using a ______.
in a molecule called?  A. Constant-volume
of energy
 A. Chemical energy gas thermometer
 C. Internal energy  B. Latent energy  B. Constant-mass gas
 D. External energy  C. Phase energy thermometer
47. What form of energy refers
 D. State energy  C. Constant-
to those a system possesses as a
whole with respect to some 55. What is the extremely large temperature gas
thermometer
outside reference frame, such as amount of energy associated
potential and kinetic energies? with the strong bonds within the  D. Constant-pressure
nucleus of the atom itself called? gas thermometer
 A. Macroscopic form
of energy  A. Chemical energy 63. What refers to the strong
 B. Microscopic form  B. Latent energy repulsion between the positively
charged nuclei which makes
of energy  C. Phase energy
fusion reaction difficult to
 C. Internal energy  D. Nuclear energy attain?
 D. External energy 56. What are the only two forms
 A. Atomic repulsion
48. Who coined the word of energy interactions associated
 B. Nuclear repulsion
“energy” in 1807? with a closed system?
 A. Kinetic energy and  C. Coulomb repulsion
 A. William Rankine
heat  D. Charge repulsion
 B. Rudolph Clausius
 B. Heat transfer and 64. What gas thermometer is
 C. Lord Kelvin based on the principle that at low
work
 D. Thomas Young pressure, the temperature of a
 C. Thermal energy and
49. The molecules of a gas gas is proportional to its pressure
moving through space with some
chemical energy
at constant volume?
 D. Latent energy and
velocity possesses what kind of
thermal energy
 A. Constant-pressure
energy? gas thermometer
57. What states that if two bodies
are in thermal equilibrium with a
  B. Isobaric gas  D. Vacuum pressure  B. Kg ∙ m^2/s^2  D. Petit Law
thermometer 74. The difference between the  C. Kg ∙ m^2/s 92. What refers to the measure of
 C. Isometric gas absolute pressure and the  D. Kg ∙ m/s the disorder present in a given
thermometer atmospheric pressure is called 83. One calorie is equivalent to substance or system?
 D. Constant-volume the _____ pressure. how many joules?  A. Enthalpy
gas thermometer  A. Gage  A. 4.448  B. Entropy
65. What is the state at which all  B. Normal  B. 4.184  C. Heat capacity
three phases of water coexist in  C. Standard  C. 4.418  D. Molar heat
equilibrium?  D. Vacuum  D. 4.814 93. Entropy is measured in
 A. Tripoint of water 75. Which of the following is 84. One erg is equivalent to how ______.
 B. Triple point of NOT an instrument used to many joules?  A. Joule/Kelvin
water measure pressure?
 A. 10^-8  B. Joule-Meter/Kelvin
 C. Triple phase point  A. Bourdon tube  C. Meter/Kelvin
 B. 10^-7
of water  B. Pitot tube  D. Newton/Kelvin
 C. 10^-6
 D. Phase point of  C. Aneroid
 D. 10^-5 94. What is the energy absorbed
water  D. Manometer 85. The first law of during chemical reaction under
66. What is defined as the force 76. What instrument is used to constant volume conditions?
per unit area? thermodynamics is the:
measure atmospheric pressure?
 A. Law of  A. Entropy
 A. Pressure  A. Pitot tube conservation of  B. Ion exchange
 B. Energy  B. Wind vane momentum  C. Enthalpy
 C. Work  C. Barometer  B. Law of  D. Enthalpy of
 D. Power  D. Manometer conservation of mass reaction
67. The unit “pascal” is 77. Another unit used to measure  C. Law of 95. When water exists in the
equivalent to ______. atmospheric pressure is the liquid phase and is not about to
conservation of power
 A. N/m^2 “torr”. This is named after the  D. Law of vaporize, it is considered as
 B. N/m Italian physicist, Evangelista conservation of energy _____liquid.
 C. N-m Torrecelli. An average 86. What is the study of energy  A. Saturated
 D. N-m^2 atmospheric pressure is how and its transformations?  B. Compressed or
many torr?
68. Which of the following is  A. Thermostatics subcooled
NOT a value of the standard  A. 740  B. Thermophysics  C. Superheated
atmospheric pressure?  B. 750  C. Thermochemistry  D. Unsaturated
 A. 1 bar  C. 760  D. Thermodynamics 96. A liquid that is about to
 B. 1 atm  D. 770 87. What is considered as the vaporize is called ______ liquid.
 C. 1 kgf/cm^2 78. What states that for a heat content of a system?  A. Saturated
 D. 14.223 psi confined fluid, the pressure at a
 A. Enthalpy  B. Compressed or
point has the same magnitude in
69. What is the SI unit of
all directions?  B. Entropy subcooled
pressure?
 C. Internal heat  C. Superheated
 A. Atm  A. Avogadro’s Law  D. Unsaturated
 B. Amagat Law  D. Molar heat
 B. Bar 88. What refers to the amount of 97. A vapor that is about to
 C. Pa  C. Pascal’s Law heat needed to raise the condense is called ______ vapor.
 D. Psi  D. Bernoulli’s temperature of an object by one  A. Saturated
70. 1 bar is equivalent to how Theorem degree Celsius or 1K?  B. Compressed or
79. What pressure measuring
many pascals?  A. Heat capacity subcooled
device consists of a coiled
 A. 10^3  B. Specific heat  C. Superheated
hollow tube that tends to
 B. 10^4 straighten out when the tube is  C. Latent heat  D. Unsaturated
 C. 10^5 subjected to an internal pressure?  D. Molar heat 98. A vapor that is not about to
 D. 10^6  A. Aneroid 89. What is the heat capacity of condense is called _____ vapor.
 A. Saturated
71. 1 atm is equivalent to how  B. Manometer one mole of substance?
many pascals?  A. Molecular heat  B. Compressed or
 C. Bourdon pressure
 A. 101,325 gage  B. Specific heat subcooled
 B. 101,689  C. Latent heat  C. Superheated
 D. Barometer
 C. 101,102 80. What is an energy that can be  D. Molar heat  D. Unsaturated
 D. 101,812 transferred from one object to 90. What is the heat capacity of 99. A substance that has a fixed
72. What is considered as the another causing a change in one gram of a substance? chemical composition is known
as ______ substance.
actual pressure at a given temperature of each object?  A. Molecular heat
position and is measured relative  A. Power  B. Specific heat  A. Monoatomic
to absolute vacuum?  B. Heat transfer  C. Latent heat  B. Heterogeneous
 A. Gage pressure  C. Heat  D. Molar heat  C. Homogeneous
 B. Absolute pressure  D. Work 91. “The enthalpy change for any  D. Pure
 C. Atmospheric 81. What is the SI unit of chemical reaction is independent 100. What refers to the
pressure energy? of the intermediate stages, temperature at which a pure
 D. Vacuum pressure  A. Newton provided the initial and final substance changes phase at a
given pressure?
73. What is the pressure below  B. Btu conditions are the same for each
 A. Equilibrium
atmospheric pressure called? route.” This statement is known
 C. Calorie
 A. Gage pressure as: temperature
 D. Joule  A. Dulong’s Law  B. Saturation
 B. Absolute pressure 82. One joule is equivalent to
 C. Atmospheric one _____.  B. Dalton’s Law temperature
pressure  A. Kg ∙ m/ s^2  C. Hess’s Law
  C. Superheated
temperature
 D. Subcooled
temperature
101. What refers to the pressure
at which a pure substance
changes phase at a given
temperature?
 A. Equilibrium
pressure
 B. Saturation pressure
 C. Superheated
pressure
 D. Subcooled pressure
102. What is the amount of heat
needed to turn 1 kg of the
substance at its melting point
from the solid to liquid state?
 A. Heat of fusion
 B. Heat of vaporation
 C. Heat of
condensation
 D. Heat of fission
103. What is the amount of heat
needed to turn 1kg of the
substance at its boiling point
from the liquid to the gaseous
state?
 A. Heat of fusion
 B. Heat of vaporation
 C. Heat of
condensation
 D. Heat of fission
104. What refers to the amount
of energy absorbed or released
during a phase-change process?
 A. Molar heat
 B. Latent heat
 C. Vaporization heat
 D. Condensation heat
105. What is the latent heat of
fusion of water at 1 atm?
 A. 331.1 kJ/kg
 B. 332.6 kJ/kg
 C. 333.7 kJ/kg
 D. 330.7 kJ/kg
106. What is the latent heat of
vaporization of water at 1 atm?
 A. 2314.8 kJ/kg
 B. 2257.1 kJ/kg
 C. 2511.7 kJ/kg
 D. 2429.8 kJ/kg
107. What refers to the point at
which the saturated liquid and
saturated vapor states are the
same or identical?
 A. Triple point
 B. Inflection point
 C. Maximum point
 D. Critical point
108. What is defined as the
direct conversion of a substance
from the solid to the vapor state
or vice versa without passing the
liquid state?
 A. Condensation
 B. Vaporization
 C. Sublimation
 D. Cryogenation
109. The amount of heat  D. Universal gas  B. No transfer
required to raise the temperature constant to number of  C. Not to be passed
of 1kg of water through 1 °C is moles  D. No transformation
called ______. 117. What is the value of the 126. How is heat transferred?
 A. Calorie universal gas constant in kJ/kmol
 A. By conduction
 B. Joule ∙ K?
 B. By convection
 C. BTU  A. 10.73
 C. By radiation
 D. Kilocalorie  B. 1.986
 D. All of the above
110. The amount of heat  C. 8.314 127. What refers to the transfer
required to raise the temperature  D. 1545 of energy due to the emission of
of 1 pound of water by 1°F is 118. The mass of one mole of a electromagnetic waves or
called ______. substance in grams is known as photons?
 A. Calorie ______.
 A. Conduction
 B. Joule  A. Molar weight  B. Convection
 C. BTU  B. Molar mass  C. Radiation
 D. Kilocalorie  C. Molar volume  D. Electrification
111. 1 British thermal unit  D. Molar constant 128. What refers to the transfer
(BTU) is equivalent to how 119. What is defined as the
many joules? energy required to raise the
of energy between a solid
surface and the adjacent fluid
 A. 1016 temperature of a unit mass of a that is in motion?
 B. 1043 substance by one degree?
 A. Conduction
 C. 1023  A. Latent heat of  B. Convection
 D. 1054 fusion
 C. Radiation
112. The term “enthalpy” comes  B. Molar heat
 D. Electrification
from Greek “enthalpen” which  C. Specific heat 129. What refers to the transfer
means ______. capacity
of energy from the more
 A. Warm  D. Specific heat energetic particles of a substance
 B. Hot 120. The ______ of a substance
to the adjacent less energetic
 C. Heat is the amount of heat that must ones as a result of interaction
be added or removed from a unit
 D. Cold between particles?
113. The ratio of the mass of
mass of the substance to change
 A. Conduction
its temperature by one degree.
vapor to the total mass of the  B. Convection
 A. Latent heat of
mixture is called ______.
fusion  C. Radiation
 A. Vapor ratio  D. Electrification
 B. Molar heat
 B. Vapor content 130. What states that the net
 C. Specific heat
 C. Vapor index mass transfer to or from a system
capacity
 D. Quality during a process is equal to the
114. The “equation of state”
 D. Specific heat net change in the total mass of
refers to any equation that relates
121. What is the specific heat the system during that process?
the ______ of the substance.
capacity of water in J/kg ∙°C?
 A. Third law of
 A. 4581
 A. Pressure and thermodynamics
temperature  B. 4185  B. Conservation of
 C. 4518
 B. Pressure, energy principle
temperature and  D. 4815  C. Second law of
specific weight 122. What is the SI unit of thermodynamic
 C. Temperature and specific heat capacity?  D. Conservation of
specific weight  A. J/kg mass principle
 D. Pressure,  B. J/kg∙ °F 131. Which of the following
temperature and  C. J/kg∙ °C statements is TRUE for an ideal
specific volume  D. J/°C gas, but not for a real gas?
115. In the equation Pv = RT, the 123. What is constant for a  A. PV = nRT
constant of proportionality R is substance that is considered  B. An increase in
known as ______. “incompressible”? temperature causes an
 A. Universal gas  A. Specific volume of increase in the kinetic
constant density energy of the gas
 B. Gas constant  B. Pressure  C. The total volume of
 C. Ideal gas factor  C. Temperature molecules on a gas is
 D. Gas index  D. All of the above
nearly the same as the
volume of the gas as a
116. The gas constant of a 124. If there is no heat
whole
certain gas is the ratio of: transferred during the process, it
 A. Universal gas is called a ______ process.  D. No attractive forces
exists between the
constant to molar mass  A. Static
molecule of a gas
 B. Universal gas  B. Isobaric 132. How does an adiabatic
constant to atomic  C. Polytropic process compare to an isentropic
weight
 D. Adiabatic process?
 C. Universal gas 125. The term “adiabatic” comes  A. Adiabatic heat
constant to atomic from Greek “adiabatos” which transfer is not equal to
number means ______. zero; isentropic heat
 A. No 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
133. Which of the following is
the Ideal gas law (equation)?
 A. V/T = K
 B. V= k*(1/P)
 C. P1/T1 = P2/T2
 D. PV = nRT
134. What is a measure of the
ability of a material to conduct
heat?
 A. Specific heat
capacity
 B. Coefficient of
thermal expansion
 C. Coefficient of
thermal conductivity
 D. Thermal
conductivity
135. What refers to the heating
of the earth’s atmosphere not
caused by direct sunlight but by
infrared light radiated by the
surface and absorbed mainly by
atmospheric carbon dioxide?
 A. Greenhouse effect
 B. Global warming
 C. Thermal rise effect
 D. Ozone effect
136. What is a form of
mechanical work which is
related with the expansion and
compression of substances?
 A. Boundary work
 B. Thermodynamic
work
 C. Phase work
 D. System work
137. Thermal radiation is an
electromagnetic radiation with
wavelengths in _____ range.
 A. 1 to 100 µm
 B. 0.1 to 100 µm
 C. 0.1 to 10 µm
 D. 10 to 100 µm
138. What refers to the rate of
thermal radiation emitter per unit
area of a body?
 A. Thermal
conductivity
 B. Absorptivity
 C. Emissivity
 D. Emissive power
139. What states that for any two
bodies in thermal equilibrium,
the ratios of emissive power to
the absorptivity are equal?
 A. Kirchhoff’s
radiation law
 B. Newton’s law of
cooling
 C. Stefan-Boltzmann
law
 D. Hess’s law
140. What is considered as a
perfect absorber as well as a
perfect emitter?
 A. Gray body
 B. Black body
 C. Real body
 D. White body
141. What is a body that emits a
constant emissivity regardless of
the wavelength?
 A. Gray body
 B. Black body
 C. Real body
 D. White body
142. At same temperatures, the
radiation emitted by all real
surfaces is ______ the radiation
emitted by a black body.
 A. Less than
 B. Greater than
 C. Equal to
 D. Either less than or
greater than
143. Which is NOT a
characteristic of emissivity?
 A. It is high with most
nonmetals
 B. It is directly
proportional to
temperature
 C. It is independent
with the surface
condition of the
material
 D. It is low with highly
polished metals
144. What is the emissivity of a
black body?
 A. 0
 B. 1
 C. 0.5
 D. 0.25
145. What is the absorptivity of a
black body?
 A. 0
 B. 1
 C. 0.5
 D. 0.25
146. 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’s law
147. 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 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
148. The equation Ein – Eout =
∆Esystem is known as ______.
 A. Energy
conservation
 B. Energy equation
 C. Energy balance
 D. Energy conversion
equation
149. 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
150. Thermal efficiency is the
ratio of:
 A. Network input to
total heat input
 B. Network output to
total heat output
 C. Network output to
total heat input
 D. Network input to
total heat output
151. 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
152. Which statement of the
second law of thermodynamics
states that no heat engine can
have a thermal efficiency of 100
percent?
 A. Kelvin-Planck
statement
 B. Clausius statement
 C. Kevin statement
 D. Rankine statement
153. What is the ratio of the
useful heat extracted to heating
value?
 A. Combustion
efficiency
 B. Phase efficiency
 C. Heat efficiency
 D. Work efficiency
154. What is defined as the ratio
of the net electrical power output
to the rate of fuel energy input?
 A. Combustion
efficiency
 B. Thermal efficiency
 C. Overall efficiency
 D. Furnace efficiency
155. 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
156. What law states that it is
impossible to build a device that
operates in a cycle and produces
no 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
157. 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 effect
other than the transfer of heat
from a lower-temperature body
to a higher-temperature body?
 A. Kelvin-Planck
statement
 B. Clausius statement
 C. Kelvin statement
 D. Rankine statement
158. 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
159. 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
160. 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
161. Carnot cycle is the best
known reversible cycle which
was first proposed in what year?
 A. 1842
 B. 1824
 C. 1832
 D. 1834
162. Who proposed the Carnot
cycle?
 A. Sammy Carnot
 B. Sonny Carnot
 C. Sadi Carnot
 D. Suri Carnot
163. The Carnot cycle is
composed of how many
reversible processes?
 A. 2
 B. 3
 C. 4
 D. 5
164. 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
165. What is the highest
efficiency of heat engine
operating between the two
thermal energy reservoirs at
temperature limits?
 A. Ericson efficiency
 B. Otto efficiency
 C. Carnot efficiency
 D. Stirling efficiency
166. What is a heat engine that
operates on the reversible Carnot
cycle called?
 A. Carnot heat engine
 B. Ideal heat engine
 C. Most efficient heat
engine
 D. Best heat engine
167. What states that thermal
efficiencies of all reversible heat
engines operating between the
same two reservoirs are the same
and that no heat engine is more
efficient than a reversible one
operating between the same two
reservoirs?
 A. Ericson principle
 B. Carnot principle
 C. Otto principle
 D. Stirling principle
168. 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
169. A process during which
entropy remains constant is
called ______ process
 A. Isometric
 B. Isochoric
 C. Isobaric
 D. Isentropic
170. “A reversible adiabatic
process is necessarily isentropic
but an isentropic process is not
necessarily reversible adiabatic
process.” This statement is:
 A. True
 B. False
 C. May be true and
may be false
 D. Absurd
171. 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
172. 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
173. What law provides an
absolute reference point for the
determination of entropy?
 A. Zeroth law of
thermodynamics
 B. First law of
thermodynamics
 C. Second law of
thermodynamics
 D. Third law of
thermodynamics
174. “The entropy change of a
system during a process is equal
to the net entropy transfer
through the system boundary and
the entropy generated within the
system”. This statement is
known as:
 A. Entropy generation
 B. Entropy change of a
system
 C. Entropy balance
relation
 D. Third law of
thermodynamics
175. What law states that
entropy can be created but it
cannot be destroyed?
 A. Zeroth law of
thermodynamics
 B. First law of
thermodynamics
 C. Second law of
thermodynamics
 D. Third law of
thermodynamics
176. Entropy is transferred by
______.
 A. Work
 B. Heat
 C. Energy
 D. Work and heat
177. During adiabatic, internally
reversible process, what is true
about the change in entropy?
 A. It is temperature-
dependent
 B. It is always greater
than zero
 C. It is always zero
 D. It is always less
than zero
178. Water boils when:
 A. Its saturated vapor
pressure equals to the
atmospheric pressure
 B. Its vapor pressure
equals 76cm of
mercury
 C. Its temperature
reaches 212 degree
Celsius
 D. Its vapor pressure is
1 gram per sq. cm
179. Which of the following is
standard temperature and
pressure (STP)?
 A. 0 degree Celsius
and one atmosphere
 B. 32 degree
Fahrenheit and zero
pressure
 C. 0 degree Kelvin and
one atmosphere
 D. 0 degree Fahrenheit
and zero pressure
180. What is the value of the
work done for a closed,
reversible isometric system?
 A. Zero
 B. Positive
 C. Negative
 D. Positive or negative
181. “At constant pressure, the
volume of a gas is inversely
proportional to the pressure”.
This is known as ______.
 A. Boyle’s Law
 B. Charles’s Law
 C. Gay-Lussac Law
 D. Ideal gas law
182. Which of the following is
the mathematical representation
of the Charles’s law?
 A. V1/V2= P2/P1
 B. V1/T1=V2/T2
 C. V1/T2=V2/T1
 D. V1/V2=√P2/√P1
183. Which of the following is
the formula for thermal
resistance?
 A. Thickness of
material/ thermal
conductivity of
material
 B. 2(thickness of
material)/thermal
conductivity of
material
 C. Thickness of
material/ 2(thermal
conductivity of
material)
 D. Thickness of
material x thermal
conductivity of
material
184. In the process of radiation,
energy is carried by
electromagnetic waves. What is
the speed of electromagnetic
waves?
 A. 182,000
miles/second
 B. 184,000
miles/second
 C. 186,000
miles/second
 D. 188,000
miles/second
185. For heat engine operating
between two temperatures
(T1>T2), what is the maximum
efficiency attainable?
 A. Eff = 1 – (T2/T1)
 B. Eff = 1 – (T1/T2)
 C. Eff = T1 – T2
 D. Eff = 1 - (T2/T1)^2
186. Which one is the correct
relation between energy
efficiency ratio (EER) and
coefficient of performance
(COP)?
 A. EER = 2.34 COP
 B. EER = 3.24 COP
 C. EER = 3.42 COP
 D. EER = 4.23 COP
187. The coefficient of
performance (COP) is the ratio
between the:
 A. Power consumption
in watts and heat
absorbed per hour
  B. Heat absorbed per
hour and the power
consumption in watts
 C. Work required and
the absorbed heat
 D. Absorbed heat and
work required
188. What predicts the
approximate molar specific heat
at high temperatures from the
atomic weight?
 A. Third law of
thermodynamics
 B. Law of Dulong and
Petit
 C. Mollier diagram
 D. Pressure-enthalpy
diagram
189. Considering one mole of
any gas, the equation of state of
ideal gases is simply the ______
law.
 A. Gay-Lussac law
 B. Dulong and Petit
 C. Avogadro’s
 D. Henry’s
190. An ideal gas whose specific
heats are constant is called
_____.
 A. Perfect gas
 B. Natural gas
 C. Artificial gas
 D. Refined gas
191. What are the assumptions
of the kinetic gas theory?
 A. Gas molecules do
not attract each other
 B. The volume of the
gas molecules is
negligible compared to
the volume of the gas
 C. The molecules
behave like hard
spheres
 D. All of the above
192. “The total volume of a
mixture of non-reacting gases is
equal to the sum of the partial
volumes.” This statement is
known as ______.
 A. Law of Dulong and
Petit
 B. Maxwell-
Boltzmann law
 C. Amagat’s law
 D. Avogadro’s law
193. An adiabatic process in
which there is no change in
system enthalpy but for which
there is a significant decrease in
pressure is called _____.
 A. Isochoric process
 B. Isobaric process
 C. Throttling process
 D. Quasistatic process
194. What is defined as the ratio
of the change in temperature to
the change in pressure when a
real gas is throttled?
 A. Rankine coefficient
 B. Kelvin coefficient
 C. Maxwell-
Boltzmann coefficient
 D. Joule-Thomson
coefficient
195. The low temperature
reservoir of the heat reservoirs is
known as ______.
 A. Source reservoir
 B. Heel reservoir
 C. Toe reservoir
 D. Sink reservoir
196. A ______ is a flow in
which the gas flow is adiabatic
and frictionless and entropy
change is zero.
 A. Isentropic flow
 B. Isobaric flow
 C. Steady flow
 D. Uniform flow
197. What refers to the minimum
temperature at which combustion
can be sustained?
 A. Burn temperature
 B. Kindle temperature
 C. Spark temperature
 D. Ignition
temperature
198. What law predicts the dew
point of moisture in the fuel gas?
 A. Dalton’s law
 B. Law of Dulong and
Petit
 C. Ringelman law
 D. Amagat’s law
199. What law states that one
energy from can be converted
without loss into another form?
 A. Amagat’s law
 B. Joule’s law
 C. Lussac’s law
 D. Henry’s law
200. Which is NOT a correct
statement?
 A. A superheated
vapor will not
condense when small
amount of heat re
removed
 B. An ideal gas is a gas
that is not a
superheated vapor
 C. A saturated liquid
can absorb as much
heat as it can without
vaporizing
 D. Water at 1 atm and
room temperature is
subcooled
201. Thermodynamics is the
study of heat and its
transformation which stems from
Greek words meaning
_________.
 a. transformation of
heat
 b. transformation of
energy
 c. movement of heat
 d. movement of matter
202. What is the Si unit for
temperature?
 a. Kelvin
 b. Celsius
 c. Fahrenheit
 d. Rankine
203. The energy that flows from
higher temperature object to a
lower temperature object
because of the difference in
temperature is called
 a. heat
 b. temperature
 c. thermodynamics
cycle
 d. energy flow
204. The amount of heat energy
per kilogram that must be added
or removed when a substance
changes from one phase to
another.
 a. specific heat
 b. heat of expansion
 c. latent heat
 d. useful heat
205. The change in physical size
of a substance when its
temperature changes.
 a. intensive property
 b. extensive property
 c. volume expansion
 d. thermal expansion
206. A stress which develops
within an object when it attempts
to expand or contract in response
to a temperature changes, but
cannot, due to being held rigidly
in place.
 a. elongation
 b. thermal stress
 c. expansion
contraction
 d. thermal expansion
207. The energy associated with
individual molecules in a gas,
liquid or solid.
 a. Specific Energy
 b. Molecular Energy
 c. Internal Energy
 d. Phase Energy
208. The heat Q per unit mass
per degree change in temperature
that must be supplied or removed
to change the temperature of a
substance.
 a. Specific Heat
Capacity
 b. Latent Heat
 c. Heat of
Transformation
 d. Internal Heat
209. The pressure of the vapor
phase of a substance that is in
equilibrium with the liquid or
solid phase.
 a. Phase Pressure
 b. Equilibrium Vapor
Pressure
 c. Specific Pressure
 d. Equilibrium Phase
Pressure
210. Vapor pressure depends
only on _________.
 a. pressure
 b. force
 c. volume
 d. temperature
211. A plot of pressure vs.
temperature for a given
substance showing the various
phases possible for that
particular substance.
 a. Phase diagram
 b. P-T diagram
 c. Wein Diagram
 d. Histogram
212. _________ is the grand
total of all energies inside a
substance.
 a. Internal Energy
 b. Grand Energy
 c. Atomic Energy
 d. Elemental Energy
213. The _________ is defined
as the amount of heat required to
change the temperature of 1
gram of water by 1 Celsius
degree.
 a. specific heat
 b. latent heat
 c. Joule
 d. calorie
214. _________ is a measure of
the average kinetic energy per
molecule in a substance.
 a. movement
 b. temperature
 c. heat
 d. mass
215. _________ the very small
KE still present in molecules at
absolute zero temperature.
 a. internal KE
 b. Atomic kinetic
energy
 c. Zero-Point Energy
 d. Subliminal Energy
216. Convert the change of
temperature from 20˚C to 30˚C
to Kelvin scale.
 a. 10 K
 b. 293 K
 c. 303 K
 d. 273 K
217. _________ is a
thermodynamic potential which
measures the “useful” work
obtainable from a closed
thermodynamic system at a
constant temperature and
volume.
 a. useful work
 b. energy consumed
 c. Helmholtz free
energy
 d. Kinetic Energy
218. How much will the length
of a 1.0 km section of concrete
highway change if the
temperature varies from -15˚C in
winter to 41˚C in summer?
 a. 0.67 m
 b. 2.2 m
 c. 3.1 m
 d. 0.47 m
219. Two 12 ft. sections of
aluminum siding are placed end
to end on the outside wall of
house. How large a gap should
be left between the pieces to
prevent buckling if the
temperature can change by
55˚C?
 a. 0.21 m
 b. 0.18 m
 c. 0.31 in
 d. 0.18 in
220. What is the amount of
radiant energy received each
second over each square meter
that is at right angles to the sun’s
rays at the top of the
atmosphere?
 a. 1400 J
 b. 6000 J
 c. 10000 J
 d. 800 J
221. _________ is a
thermodynamic potential that
measures the “useful” or
process-initiating work
obtainable from an isothermal,
isobaric thermodynamic system.
 a. Du-Pont Potential
 b. Gibbs free energy
 c. Rabz-Eccles Energy
 d. Claussius Energy
222. All the energy we consume
ultimately becomes _________.
 a. heat
 b. depleted
 c. exhausted
 d. work
223. _________is the partial
pressure of water vapor at the
existing temperature divided by
the equilibrium vapor pressure of
water at the existing temperature.
 a. vacuum pressure
 b. relative humidity
 c. absolute pressure
 d. vapor pressure
224. _________ is the transition
of a given substance from the
solid to the gas phase with no
intermediate liquid stage.
 a. Convection
 b. Conduction
 c. Radiation
 d. Sublimation
225. A process in which heat
energy is transferred by the flow
of fluid.
 a. Convection
 b. Conduction
 c. Radiation
 d. Sublimation
226. In order to use a substance
to make a thermometer the
substance must _________ with
a temperature change.
 a. expand
 b. contract
 c. change
 d. increase
227. For most solids, the
coefficient of volume expansion
is _________ the coefficient of
linear expansion.
 a. unrelated to
 b. proportional to
 c. twice
 d. three times
228. The volume of a given
amount of water _________ as
the temperature decreases from
4˚C to 0˚C.
 a. decreases
 b. increases
 c. remains constant
 d. none of the above
229. The gas in a constant gas
thermometer cooled to absolute
zero would have _________.
 a. no volume
 b. no pressure
 c. zero temperature at
all scales
 d. none of the above
230. On a day when the partial
pressure of water vapor remains
constant, what happens as the
temperature rises?
 a. the relative humidity
increases
 b. the relative humidity
decreases
 c. the relative humidity
remains constant
 d. the air would
eventually become
saturated
231. The flow of a fluid when
heat is transferred by convection.
 a. placidity
 b. mass flow
 c. convection current
 d. heat transfer
232. An idealized perfect
absorber and perfect emitter of
radiation.
 a. elastic material
 b. transponder material
 c. Teflon
 d. blackbody
233. A process by which heat is
transferred through a material
without a bulk movement of the
material.
 a. Convection
 b. Conduction
 c. Radiation
 d. Emission
234. Is the amount of a substance
that contains Avogadro’s number
of atoms/molecules.
 a. mass
 b. matter
 c. gram-mole
 d. volume
235. The distribution of particle
speeds in an ideal gas at a given
temperature.
 a. velocity of
propagation
 b. escape velocity
 c. Maxwell speed
Distribution
 d. terminal velocity
236. A convection process in
which an external device, such as
a fan, is used to produce the fluid
flow.
 a. Forced Convection
 b. External Convection
 c. Placid Convection
 d. Thermionic
Convection
237. A _________ is a quantity
whose value at any state is
independent of the path or
process used to reach that state.
 a. cycle
 b. path function
 c. point function
 d. process
238. A _________ is a quantity
whose value depends on the path
followed during a particular
change in state.
 a. path function
 b. point function
 c. process
 d. cycle
239. The contact surface shared
by both the system and the
surroundings is called
_________.
 a. wall
 b. boundary
 c. interface
 d. intersection
240. A closed system is also
known as _________.
 a. isolated system
 b. closed container
 c. control mass
 d. control volume
241. Open system is also known
as _________.
 a. isolated system
 b. closed container
 c. control mass
 d. control volume
242. Liquid hydrogen boils at 17
K. What is the temperature in
degrees Celsius?
 a. 290
 b. 63
 c. -120
 d. -256
243. When a solid melts,
 a. the temperature of
the substance
increases.
 b. the temperature of
the substance
decreases.
 c. heat leaves the
substance.
 d. heat enters the
substance.
244. How many kilocalories of
heat are required to heat 750 g of
water from 35˚C to 55˚C.
 a. 15
 b. 1500
 c. 1.5 x 10^4
 d. 6.3 x 10^4
245. Which of the following
does not determine the amount
of internal energy an object has?
 a. temperature
 b. amount of material
 c. type of material
 d. shape of the object
246. Which of the following
have the highest thermal
conductivities?
 a. liquids
 b. gases
 c. metals
 d. solids other than
metals
247. Identical objects of four
different materials are heated to
the same high temperature.
Which of the following would
least likely burn your hand if
touched?
 a. aluminium
 b. brass
 c. glass
 d. concrete
248. As we heat a gas at constant
pressure, its volume
 a. increases
 b. decreases
 c. stays the same
 d. none of the above
249. The volume of an ideal gas
is directly proportional to its
 a. pressure
 b. Celsius temperature
 c. Kelvin temperature
 d. Fahrenheit
temperature
250. An ideal gas is maintained
at constant temperature. If the
pressure on the gas is doubled,
the volume is
 a. increased fourfold
 b. doubled
 c. reduced by half
 d. decreased by a
quarter
251. If the Kelvin temperature of
an ideal gas is doubled, what
happens to the rms speed of the
molecules in the gas?
  a. it increases by a
factor of square root of
2 weight of dry steam to the
 b. it increases by a
factor of 2
 c. it increases by factor
of 4
 d. none of the above
252. A function of state that is
associated with disorder in the
system and environment.
 a. enthalpy
 b. entropy
 c. law of diminishing
return
 d. Lenz’ Law
253. No volume changes occur
during this type of process
 a. Isobaric process
 b. Isomillimetric
process
 c. Isocaloric process
 d. Isochoric process
254. The boiling of water into
steam in an open container is an
example of a/an _________
process.
 a. adiabatic
 b. isochoric
 c. isobaric
 d. zero work
255. When liquid water is
converted to steam at 100˚C, the
entropy of water
 a. increases
 b. decreases
 c. remains the same
 d. none of the above
256. Only energy can cross the
boundaries.
 a. Closed system
 b. Open system
 c. Isolated system
 d. Isoenergetic system
257. The temperature at which
the vapor pressure exactly equals
one atm is called _________.
 a. boiling temperature
 b. normal boiling point
 c. triple point
 d. point of infliction
258. Mixture of liquid and steam
of the same substance in which
both are at saturation
temperature.
 a. dry steam
 b. current steam
 c. wet steam
 d. aerosol
259. The term _________ is
traditionally used to describe
steam issuing from condensate
receiver vents and open-ended
condensate discharge lines from
steam traps.
 a. dry steam
 b. wet steam
 c. phase steam
 d. flash steam
260. Defined as the ratio of
weight of stuff.
 a. dryness fraction
 b. Vaporization
 c. fusion
 d. super heated steam
261. What device measures
infrared radiation below?
 a. thermocouple
 b. thermopile
 c. thermodynamic
device
 d. thermos
262. When an object undergoes
thermal expansion,
 a. any holes in the
object expand as well
 b. any holes in the
object remain the same
 c. mass increases
 d. molecular activities
would cease
263. _________ is the quantity
of heat required to raise the
temperature of one pound of
water 1 F˚ from 63 ˚F to 64 ˚F.
 a. one Joule
 b. one calorie
 c. one watt
 d. one BTU
264. Boiling temperature of a
material is dependent on its
_________.
 a. volume
 b. power
 c. heat
 d. pressure
265. Thermos was invented by
_________.
 a. Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
 b. Sir Fredrich the
Great
 c. Thomas Edison
 d. Sir James Dewar
266. Most cooking activities
involve _________ process.
 a. Isochoric
 b. Isothermal
 c. Isobaric
 d. Isovolumic
267. Adiabatic heating and
Adiabatic cooling really means
_________ and _________
respectively.
 a. raising the temp and
lowering the temp
 b. maintaining the
pressure and changing
the temperature
 c. decreasing the
volume and increasing
the pressure
 d. lowering the temp
and raising the temp
268. The statement “heat cannot
by itself flow from one body into
a hotter body” is governed by
_________.
 a. the first law of
thermodynamics
 b. the second law of
thermodynamics
 c. the third law of
thermodynamics
 d. the zeroth law of
thermodynamics
269. It is impossible for any
process to have as its sole result
the transfer of heat from a cooler
to a hotter body
 a. Carnot’s statement
 b. Clausius statement
 c. Rankine statement
 d. Gauss statement
270. _________ is the average
distance a molecule moves
before colliding with another
molecule.
 a. mean free path
 b. path allowance
 c. compacting factor
 d. molecular space
271. Find the pressure due to a
column of mercury 74.0 cm
high.
 a. 91.80 x 10^3 N/m^2
 b. 73.56 x 10^2 N/m^2
 c. 9.86 x 10^4 N/m^2
 d. 87.2 x 10^4 N/m^2
272. Roughly what is the total
weight of air in the entire earth?
 a. 1 x 10^5 tons
 b. 2 x 10^6 tons
 c. 6 x 10^15 tons
 d. 8 x 10^10 tons
273. _________ is defined as
that equivalent to the pressure
due to a column of mercury
76cm long.
 a. surface pressure
 b. gage pressure
 c. standard
atmospheric pressure
 d. isobaric pressure
274. If any external pressure is
applied to a confined fluid, the
pressure will be increased at
every point in the fluid by the
amount of the external pressure
is known as _________.
 a. Torricelli’s law
 b. Barometric law
 c. Newton’s Second
law
 d. Pascal’s law
275. What type of pressure
cannot be used for Boyle’s Law?
 a. Atmospheric
Pressure
 b. Gauge Pressure
 c. Surface Pressure
 d. Isobaric Pressure
276. To displace a cubic foot of
fresh water, you need _________
force.
 a. 62.4 lb
 b. 9.81 lb
 c. 76 lb
 d. 760 lb
277. The force per unit length
across such a line in the surface
is called _________.
 a. force per length
 b. surface tension
 c. Pressure
 d. Density
278. The speed at which a liquid
escapes from a vessel through an
orifice is given by _________.
 a. Archimedes
Principle
 b. Evangelista’s Law
 c. Torricelli’s Theorem
 d. Bernoulli’s Equation
279. The process of one
substance mixing with another
because of molecular motion is
called _________.
 a. diffusion
 b. viscosity
 c. streamline flow
 d. solution
280. When was the Ninth
General Conference on Weights
and Measures decided to
abandon centigrade and used
Celsius Instead?
 a. 1950
 b. 1936
 c. 1957
 d. 1948
281. _________ is the
temperature to which the air
must be cooled, at constant
pressure, to produce saturation.
 a. relative humidity
 b. triple point
temperature
 c. dew point
 d. critical point
282. _________ is a succession
of changes that ends with the
return of the body or system to
its initial state.
 a. process
 b. system
 c. equilibrium
 d. cycle
283. Intensive properties of a
system are called _________.
 a. Bulk Properties
 b. Innate Properties
 c. Natural Properties
 d. Inside Properties
284. In thermodynamics, a
throttling process, also called a
_________, is a type of
isenthalpic process where a
liquid or gas is cooled as it
passes from a higher pressure
state to a lower pressure state.
 a. Rankine Process
 b. Carnot Cycle
  c. Joule-Thomson
process
 d. Refrigeration
process
285. Gasoline and Diesel
Engines are best described by the
_________.
 a. Otto Cycle
 b. Burnign Cycle
 c. Shikki Cycle
 d. Shapa R’ Elli Cycle
286. Twenty grams of ice at 0˚C
melts to water at 0˚C. How much
does the entropy of the 20g
change in this process?
 a. 30.5 J/K
 b. 24.6 J/K
 c. 21.3 J/K
 d. 15.7 J/K
287. The first law of
thermodynamics is based on
which of the following
principles?
 a. conservation of
mass
 b. the enthalpy-entropy
relationship
 c. action – reaction
 d. conservation of
energy
288. If a system absorbs 500 cal
of heat at the same time does
400J of work, find the change in
internal energy of the system.
 a. 1400 J
 b. 1700 J
 c. 1900 J
 d. 1500 J
289. A gas is enclosed in a
cylinder with a weighted piston
as the top boundary. The gas is
heated and expands from a
volume of 0.04 m3 to 0.10 m3 at
a constant pressure of 200 kPa.
Find the work done on the
system.
 a. 5 kJ
 b. 15 kJ
 c. 10 kJ
 d. 12 kJ
290. A simple steam engine
receives steam from the boiler at
180˚C and exhausts directly into
the air at 100˚C. What is the
upper limit of its efficiency?
 a. 11.28 %
 b. 36.77 %
 c. 20.36 %
 d. 17.66 %
291. Heat which causes a change
in temperature of a substance.
 a. Latent heat
 b. Sensible heat
 c. Specific heat
 d. Heat of Fusion
292. Who coined the term latent
heat?
 a. John Thompson
 b. Studey Baker
 c. Joe di Maggio
 d. Joseph Black
293. Which of the following
cannot be measured by a
thermometer?
 a. Latent Heat
 b. Sensible Heat
 c. Specific Heat
 d. Heat of Fusion
294. It is generally accepted as a
law of nature that although one
may closely approach 0 Kelvin it
is impossible actually to reach it.
 a. First Law of
thermodynamics
 b. Second Law of
thermodynamics
 c. Third Law of
thermodynamics
 d. Zeroth Law of
thermodynamics
295. One calorie is equal to
_________.
 a. 1/180 W.h
 b. 1/860 W.h
 c. 1/360 W.h
 d. 1/250 W.h
296. A _________ is a reversible
process in which there is transfer
of heat and takes place according
to the relation pVn = C where n
is any constant.
 a. Polytropic process
 b. Entropy
 c. Ideal Gas Law
 d. Carnot Cycle
297. The flow through an open
system is _________ if all
properties at each point within
the system remain constant with
respect to time.
 a. streamline flow
 b. steady flow
 c. constant flow
 d. algebraic flow
298. The most efficient cycle
that can operate between two
constant temperature reservoir is
the _________.
 a. Otto Cycle
 b. Lazare Cycle
 c. Isothermal Cycle
 d. Carnot Cycle
299. The flow energy of 150 L
of a fluid passing a boundary to a
system is 110 kJ. Determine the
pressure at this point
 a. 733.33 kPa
 b. 833.33 kPa
 c. 933.33 kPa
 d. 633.33 kPa
300. Who is the father of
thermodynamics?
 a. Lazare Carnot
 b. Sadi Carnot
 c. William Thompson
 d. Rudolf Classius
301. If air is at pressure, p, of
3200 lbf/ft2, and at a
temperature, T, of 800 ˚R, what
is the specific volume, v?
(R=5303 ft-lbf/lbm-˚R, and air
can be modeled as an ideal gas.)
 A.9.8 ft^3/lbm
 B.11.2 ft^3/lbm
 C.13.33 ft^3/lbm
 D.14.2 ft^3/lbm
Formula: pv = RT v = RT / p
302. Steam at 1000 lbf/ft^2
pressure and 300˚R has specific
volume of 6.5 ft^3/lbm and a
specific enthalpy of 9800 lbf-
ft/lbm. Find the internal energy
per pound mass of steam.
 A.2500 lbf-ft/lbm
 B.3300 lbf-ft/lbm
 C.5400 lbf-ft/lbm
 D.6900 lbf-ft/lbm
Formula: h= u+ pV u= h– pV
303. 3.0 lbm of air are contained
at 25 psia and 100 ˚F. Given that
Rair = 53.35 ft-lbf/lbm- ˚F, what
is the volume of the container?
 A.10.7 ft^3
 B.14.7 ft^3
 C.15 ft^3
 D.24.9 ft^3
Formula: use the ideal gas law
pV = mRT
T = (100 +460) ˚R
V = mRT/p
304. The compressibility factor,
x, is used for predicting the
behavior of non-ideal gases.
How is the compressibility ty
factor defined relative to an ideal
gas? (subscript “c”refers to
critical value)
 A. z = P / Pc
 B. z = pV/ RT
 C. z = T /Tc
 D. z = RT / pV
Hint: for an real gases the
compressibility factor, x, is an
dimensionless constant given by
pV= zRT. Therefore z = pV / RT
305. From the steam table,
determine the average constant
pressure specific heat (c) of
steam at 10 kPa and45.8 ˚C
 A.1.79 kJ/ kg-˚C
 B.10.28 kJ/ kg-˚C
 C.30.57 kJ/ kg-˚C
 D. 100.1 kJ/ kg-˚C
Formula: ∆h = c∆T
From the steam table
At 47.7 ˚C h= 2588.1 kJ/ kg
At 43.8 ˚C h= 2581.1 kJ/ kg
306. A 10m^3 vessel initially
contains 5 m^3 of liquid water
and 5 m^3 of saturated water
vapor at 100 kPa. Calculate the
internal energy of the system
using the steam table.
 A. 5 x10^5 kJ
 B. 8×10^5 kJ
 C. 1 x10^6 kJ
 D. 2 x10^6 kJ
Formula: fromthe steamtable
vƒ = 0.001043 m^3 / kg
vg = 1.6940 m^3 / kg
u ƒ= 417.3 kJ/kg ug= 2506kJ/kg
formula: Mvap = V vap/vg
M liq = Vliq/ vƒ
u =uƒM liq + ug M vap
307. A vessel with a volume of
cubic meter contains liquid water
and water vapor ion equilibrium
at 600 kPa. The liquid water has
mass of1kg. Using the steam
table, calculate the mass of the
water vapor.
 A. 0.99kg
 B. 1.57 kg
 C. 2.54 kg
 D. 3.16 kg
Formula: from the steam table at
600kPa
vƒ = 0.001101 m^3 / kg
vg = 0.3157 m^3 / kg
Vtot = mƒ vƒ + mg vg
mg = (tot-mƒ vƒ) / vg
308. Calculate the entropy of
steam at 60psiawith a quality of
0.8
 A. 0.4274 BTU/lbm-
˚R
 B. 0.7303 BTU/lbm-˚R
 C. 1.1577 BTU/lbm-˚R
 D. 1.2172 BTU/lbm-
˚R
Formula: fromthe steamtable at
60 psia:
sƒ = 0.4274 BTU/lbm-˚R
sƒg = 1.2172 BTU/lbm-˚R)
s = sƒ + x sƒg where x = is the
quality
309. Find the change in internal
energy of 5 lb. of oxygen gas
when the temperature changes
from 100 ˚F to 120 ˚F. CV =
0.157 BTU/lbm-˚R
 A.14.7 BTU
 B.15.7 BTU
 C. 16.8 BTU
 D. 15.9 BTU
Formula: ∆U= mcv∆T
310. Water (specific heat cv= 4.2
kJ/ kg ∙ K ) is being heated by a
1500 W h eater. What is the rate
of change in temperature of 1kg
of the water?
 A. 0.043 K/s
 B. 0.179 K/s
 C. 0.357 K/s
 D. 1.50 K/s
Formula: Q = mcv (∆T)
311. A system weighing 2kN.
Determine the force that
accelerate if to 12 m/s^2.
a. vertically upward when g =
9.7 m/s^2
 A. 4474.23 N
 B.5484.23 N
 C.4495.23 N
 D.5488.23 N
Formula: F = m/k (a +g)
312. Refer to problem # 11.
Determine the force that
accelerates if to 12 m/s^2.
horizontally along frictionless 1:4. Calculate the work done by  a. 335  d. None of the above
plane. the gas.  b. 416 335. A mass of 5kg is 100m
 A. 2474.23 N  A. –1454 BTU/lbm  c. 400 above a given datum where local
 B. 2574.23 N  B. -364 BTU/lbm  d. None of the above
g = 9.75 m/s2. Find the
 C. 3474.23 N  C.-187BTU/lbm 327. There are 1.36 kg of gas,
gravitational force in newtons.
(Formula: Fg= mg/k )
 D. 2374.23 N  D.46.7 BTU/lbm for which R = 377 J/kg.k and k =
Formula : Formula: W = RT ln (V2/V1) 1.25, that undergo a nonflow  a. 48.75 N
M = wk / g 319. Gas is enclosed in a constant volume process from p1  b. 50 N
F = ma /k cylinder with a weighted piston = 551.6 kPa and t1 = 60°C to p2  c. 45 N
313. A problem Drum ( 3 ft. as the stop boundary. The gas is = 1655 kPa. During the process  d. None of the above
diameter ; 6 ft. height ) is field heated and expands from a the gas is internally stirred and 336. In the above problem, find
with a fluid whose density is 50 volume of 0.04 m^3 to 0.10 m^3 there are also added 105.5 kJ of the potential energy of the mass
lb/ft^3. Determine the total at a constant pressure of heat. Determine t2. with respect to datum.
volume of the fluid. 200kPa.Calculate the work done (Formula: T2= T1p2/ p1) (Formula: P = mgz/k )
 A. 42.41 ft^3 by the system.  a. 999 K  a. 4875 j
 B.44.35 ft^3  A. 8 kJ  b. 888 K  b. 0.51 j
 C.45.63 ft^3  B. 10 kJ  c. 456 K  c. 0.46 j
 D.41.23 ft^3  C.12 kJ  d. One of the above  d. None of the above
Formula: Vf = (pi d^2 h) / 4  D.14 kJ 328. 5 atm = ____mmHg 337. The combined mass of car
314. What is the resulting Formula: W = p(V2-V1)  a. 8300 and passengers travelling at 72
pressure when one pound of air 320. refer to problem no.13.  b. 3800 km/hr is 1500 kg. Find the
at 15 psia and 200 ˚F is heated at Determine the specific volume.
 c. 3080 kinetic energy of this combined
constant volume to 800 ˚F?  A. 0.02 ft^3/lbm  d. None of the above mass.
 A.15 psia  B. 0.05 ft^3/lbm 329. A certain gas, with cp =
(Formula: K =mv2/ 2k )
 B. 28.6 psia  C. 1.0 ft^3/lbm 0.529Btu/lb.°R and R = 96.2  a. 300 kJ
 C. 36.4 psia.  D. 1.2 ft^3/lbm ft.lb/lb.°R, expands from 5 cu ft  b. 200 kJ
 D. 52.1 psia Formula : and 80°F to 15 cu ft while the  c. 500 kJ
Formula : Vf = ( pi d^2 h) / 4 pressure remains constant at 15.5  d. None of the above
T1/p1 = T2/p2 Pf = mf / vf psia. Compute for T2. 338. 14.696 psia = _____ mmHg
p2= p1T2 / T1 Specific volume= Vf /mf (Formula: T2= T1V2/V1)  a. 760
315. What horse power is 321. What is the weight of a66-  a. 460°R  b. 1
required to isothermally kgm man at standard condition?  b. 270°R  c. 350
compress 800 ft^3 of Air per (Formula: Fg= mg / k)
 c. 1620 °R  d. None of the above
minute from 14.7 psia to 120  a. 66 kgf  d. None of the above 339. 212 °C = _____ K
psia?  b. 66 kgm
 A. 28 hp
330. In the above problem,  a. 485
 c. 66 lbm compute for the mass.
 B.108 hp  b. 435
 d. 66 gf (Formula: m = p1V1 / RT1)
 C.256 hp  c. 498
322. What is the specific weight  a. 0.2148 lb
 D.13900 hp  d. None of the above
of water at standard condition?  b. 0.2134 lb 340. 212 °F = _____R
Formula: W= p1V1 ln (p1/p2) (Formula: γ = ρg / k)
 c. 0.1248 lb  a. 567
Power = dW / dt  a. 1000 kgm/m3
 d. None of the above  b. 672
316. What is the equation for the  b. 9.8066 m/s2 331. 710°R= ______ °C
work done by a constant
 c. 1000 kgf/m3  c. 700
temperature system?  a. 214
 d. None of the above  d. None of the above
 A. W = mRTln(V2-  b. 121 341. An automobile tire has a
323. 746 °R = ______ °F
V1)  c. 213
 a. 254  d. None of the above
gauge pressure of 200 kpa at 0°C
 B. W = mR( T2-T1 ) assuming no air leaks and no
ln( V2/V1)  b. 345 332. 212 °F = _____ °C change of volume of the tire,
 C. W = mRTln  c. 286  a. 200 what is the gauge pressure at
(V2/V1)  d. None of the above  b. 150 35ºC.
 D. W = RT ln (V2/V1) 324. A 30-m vertical column of
 c. 100  a. 298.645
fluid (density 1878 kg/m3 ) is
Formula : W=∫ pdV lim1,2  d. None of the above  b. 398.109
р = mRT / V located where g= 9.65 mps2.
Find the pressure at the base of 333. Let a closed system execute  c. 291.167
317. Twenty grams of oxygen
the column. a state change for which the heat  d. 281.333
gas are compressed at a constant
(Formula: pg= gρhg/k ) is Q = 100 J and work is W = -25 Pg = Pabs – Patm
temperature of 30 ˚C to 5%of J. Find ∆E.
their original volume. What  a. 543680 N/m2 (Formula: ∆E = Q- W)
342. An ideal gas at 45psig and
80ºF is heated in the close
work is done on the system.  b. 543.68 kPa (gauge)  a. 125 J container to 130ºF. What is the
 A.824 cal  c. Both a & b  b. 123 J final pressure?
 B.924 cal  d. None of the above  a. 65.10 psi
 c. 126 J
 C.944 cal 325. Ten cu ft. of air at 300 psia
 d. None of the above  b. 65.11 psi
 D.1124 cal 400°F is cooled to 140°F at
334. A pressure gage registers 50  c. 65.23 psi
Formula: constant volume. What is the
final pressure? psig in a region where the  d. 61.16 psi
W = -mRTln (V2/V1) barometer is 14.25 psia. Find
(formula: p2 = p1T2/T1) P1V1/T1= P2V2/T2;V =
Where R = (1.98 cal/gmole·K) absolute pressure in psia, Pa.
(32 g/gmole)  a. 0 (Formula; p = patm+ pg)
Constant
343. A wall of the firebrick has
318. Helium ( R= 0.4698  b. 209 psia
 a. 433 kPa an inside temperature of 313ºF
BTU/lbm-˚R ) is compressed  c. – 420 psia
 b. 443 kPa and an outside temperature of
isothermally from 14.7 psia and  d. None of the above
68 ˚F. The compression ratio is  c. 343 kPa 73ºF. What is the difference in
326. 876 °R = _____ °F
the surface temperature in 350. A 600kg hammer of a pile it been heated to have this new formula: k= R / cv+1
Rankin? driver is lilted 2m the pilling volume? 364. Ten cu. ft of air at 300psia
 a. 70 head. What is the change of  a. 87°C and 400°F is cooled to 140°F at
 b. 68 potential energy? If the hammer  b. 85°C constant volume. What is the
is realest. What will be its transferred heat?
 c. 72  c. 76°C
 d. 94
velocity and the instant if it
 d. 97°C  a.-120Btu
ºR = ºF + 460
sticks the pilling?
t2= T2–T1  b. -220Btu
344. What is the force required
 a. 10,772 N-m and 357. Water flow to a terminal 3  c.-320Btu
5.26m/s
to accelerate amass of 30kg at a mm diameter and has an average  d. -420Btu
rate of 15m/s².  b. 13,200 N-m and speed of 2 m/s. What is the rate formula: Q= mcv(T2-T1)
5.26m/s
 a. 460 N of flow in cubic meter/mm? 365. Utilizing the answer to the
 b. 380 N  c. 11,772 N-m and  a. 0.0001m³/min previous problem, estimate the
6.26m/s
 c. 560 N  b. 0.076 m³/min overall or average increase in
 d. 11,77 2N-m  c. 0.085 m³/min temperature ( ΔT) of the
 d. 450 N and5.26m/s concrete roof from the energy
F = ma 351. A bayabas falls from a  d. 0.097 m³/min absorbed from the sun during
345. How much does an object branch 5m above the ground 358. Water flowing at a 6m/s a12hour day. Assume that all of
having the mass of 100kg weight with what speed in meter per through a 60 mm pipe is the radiation absorbed goes into
in newton. second does it strike the ground suddenly channeled into a 30 heating the roof. The specific
 a. 981 N assume g = 10m/s². mm pipe. What is the velocity in heat of concrete is about 900
 b. 991 N  a. 11m/s
the small pipe? J/kg, and the density is about
 c. 981.6 N  a. 34m/s
 b. 12m/s 2,300 kg/m3.
 d. 980.1N  b. 24m/s  a. 7.9 °C
 c. 13m/s
 c. 15m/s  b. 8.9°C
F = ma  d. 10m/s
346. The volume of the gas held ▲KE = mV2/2gc  d. 27m/s  c. 9.9°C
at constant pressure increases 4 352. While swimming a depth of 359. A vertical column of water  d. 10.9°C
cm² at 0°C to 5cm². What is the 13m in a fresh water lake a fish will be supported to what height formula: ΔQ = m c ΔT
final pressure? emits an air bubble of volume 2 by standard atmospheric 366. The concrete roof of a
 a. 68.65ºC mm² atmospheric pressure is pressure. house is 10 m by 8 m and 10 cm
 b. 68.25ºC 100kpa what is the original  a. 33.9 ft thick (4"). Estimate the total heat
 c. 70.01°C pressure of the bubble.  b. 45 ft the roof would absorb over the
 d. 79.1ºC  a. 217.17 kpa  c. 67 ft 12 day?
t2= T2–T1  b. 119 kpa  d. 25.46 ft  a. 1.3 x 108 J
347. A certain gas with cp =  c. 326.15 kpa ho= Po/Yo  b 2.3 x 108 J
0.529Btu/lb°R and R =  d. 210 kap 360. A fluid flows in a steady  c. 3.3 x 108 J
96.2ft/lbºR expands from 5 ft Pabs = Pg + Patm manner between two section in a  d. 4.3 x 108 J
and 80ºF to 15 ft while the 353. Oxygen at 15ºC and 10.3 flow line at section 1: A 1 = 1ft², formula: ΔQ = ΔQ/Δtx Δt
pressure remains constant at 15.5 Mpa gauge pressure occupies V1 = 100fpm, volume1 of 367. The value for the ΔU of a
psia. 600L. What is the occupied by 4ft³/lb. at sec2: A2 = 2 ft², p= system is -120 J. If the system is
 a. T2=1.620ºR, ▲H = the oxygen at 8.28 Mpa gauge 0.20 lb/ft³ calculate the velocity known to have absorbed 420 J of
122.83 Btu pressure and 35ºC? at section 2. heat, how much work was done?
 b. T2 = 2°R, ▲H =  a. 789.32 L  a. 625 fpm  a. -540 J
122.83 Btu  b. 796.32 L  b. 567 fpm  b. -640 J
 c. T2 = 2.620ºR, ▲H =  c. 699 L  c. 356 fpm  c. -740 J
122.83 Btu
 d. 588 L  d. None of the above  d. -840 J
 d. T2 = 1°R, ▲H = V2= P1V1/T1P2 361. The weight of an object is formula: ΔU = q +w
122.83 Btu 354. Water is flowing through a 50lb. What is its mass at 368. When the pressure on a 1
T2= V2(t2)/V1 and ▲H = mcp 1 foot diameter pipe at the rate of standard condition? kg liquid is increased
(T2-T1) 10ft/sec. What is the volume  a. 50 lbm isothermally from 1 bar to 3000
348. A vacuum is connected to a flow rate of water in ft³/sec?  b. 60 lbm bar the Gibbs free energy
tank reads 3kpa at a location w/
 a. 7.85  c. 70 lbm increases by 360 kJ. Estimate the
the barametric pressure reading
is 75mmhg. Determined the P  b. 6.85  d. 80 lbm density of the liquid.
absolute in the tank  c. 8.85 formula: m = Fgk /g  a. 0.66 kg liter-1
 d. 5.85 362. A vertical column of water  b. 0.77 kg liter-1
 a. 70.658 kpa
V = Aν will be supported to what height  c. 0.88 kg liter-1
 b. 68 kpa
355. A certain fluid is flowing in by standard atmospheric  d. 0.99 kg liter-1
 c. 58.78 kap pressure. If the Y w = 62.4lb/ft3
a 0.5m x 0.3 channel at the rate 369. A car whose mass is 2
 d. None of the above of 3 m/s and has a specific po = 14.7 psi. metric tons is accelerated
Pabs = Patm – Pvacuum volume of 0.012 m³/kg.  a. 44.9 ft uniformly from stand hill to 100
349. Calculate: Determined the mass of water  b. 33.9 ft kmph in 5 sec. Find the driving
a. Mass flow rate in lb/hr. flowing in kg/s.  c. 22.9 ft force in Newton’s.
b. The velocity at section 2 in fps
 a. 267 kg/s  d. 55.9 ft  a. 11,120 N
 a. 800,000lb/hr;625ft/s
 b. 378 kg/s formula: ho= po/Yw  b. 11,320 N
 b. 900,000lb/hr;625
ft/s
 c. 375 kg/s 363. For a certain gas R = 320  c. 11,420 N
 c. 888,000lb/hr;269  d. 456.5 kg/s J/kg.K and cv= 0.84kJ/kg.K.  d. 11520 N
m = Aν/V Find k? formula: F= ma / k
ft/s
356. A gas having a volume  a. 1.36 370. An ideal gas of volume
 d. 700,000lb/hr;269 of100 ft³ at 27ºC is expanded to  b. 1.37 1liter and pressure 10 bar
ft/s 120 ft³by heated at constant  c. 1.38 undergoes a quasistatic adiabatic
m = A1V!/V1 pressure to what temperature has  d. 1.39 expansion until the pressure
drops to 1 bar. Assume γ to be
1.4 what is the final volume?
 a. 3.18 l
 b. 4.18 l
 c. 5.18 l
 d. 6.18 l
371. Two masses, one of the
10kg and the other unknown, are
placed on a scale in a region
where g = 9.67 m/sec2. The
combined weight of these two
masses is 174.06 N. Find the
unknown mass in kg.
 a. 20 kg
 b. 19 kg
 c. 18 kg
 d. 17 kg
formula: m=Fg k / g
372. The flow energy of 5 ft3 of
a fluid passing a boundary to a
system is 80,000 ft-lb.
Determine the pressure at this
point.
 a. 222 psi
 b. 333 psi
 c. 444 psi
 d. 111 psi
formula: Ef= pV
373. Find и for steam at 100 psia
and 600°F.If h = 1329.6 and v =
6.216
 a. 1214 Btu / lb
 b. 1234 Btu /lb
 c. 1342 Btu / lb
 d. 1324 Btu /lb
formula: и = h– pv/ J
374. What mass of nitrogen is
contained in a10 ft3 vessel at a
pressure of 840atm and 820°R?
Make a computation by using
ideal gas equation.
 a. 194lb
 b. 214lb
 c. 394 lb
 d. 413lb
formula: m=pV /RT
375. A rotary compressor
receives 6m3/ min of a
gas(R=410J/ kgK, cp=1.03kJ
/kgK,k= 1.67) at 105 k/Paa,
27°C and delivers it at 630kPaa:
ΔP = 0, ΔK= 0. Find the work if
the process is isentropic?
 a. –1664 kJ/min
 b. –1774 kJ/min
 c. –1884 kJ/min
 d. –1994 kJ/min
formula: WSF = Q- ΔH
m=p1V1/RT1 T2= T1(p2/p1)(k-
1)/k
376. A carnot power cycle
operates on 2 lb of air between
the limits of 71 °F and 500°F.
The pressure at the beginning of
isothermal expansion is 400 psia
and at the end of isothermal
expansion is 185psig. Determine
the volume at the end of
isothermal compression.
 a. 7.849 ft3
 b. 7.850 ft3
 c. 7.851 ft3
 d. 7852 ft3
formula: V= mRT/ P P3= P2[T3/
T2]
377. During a polytropic
process,10lb of an ideal gas,
whose R= 40ft.lb/lb.R and cp =
0.25Btu/lb.R, changes state from
20 psia and 40°F to 120psia and
340°F. Determine n?
 a. 1.234
 b. 1.345
 c. 1.456
 d. 1.356
formula: [ p2/p1]n-1 / n = T2/T1
378. A perfect gas has a value of
R= 319.2 J/ kf.K and k= 1.26. If
120 kJ are added to 2.27 kfg of
this gas at constant pressure
when the initial temp is 32.2°C?
Find T2.
 a. 339.4 K
 b. 449.4 K
 c. 559.4K
 d. 669.4K
formula: cp = kR/ k-1 Q=
mcp(T2-T1)
379. A certain gas, with cp =
0.529Btu/ lb. °Rand R =
96.2ft.lb/lb. °R, expands from 5
cu ft and 80°F to 15 cu ft while
the pressure remains constant at
15.5psia. Compute for T2.
 a.1520°R
 b. 1620°R
 c. 1720°R
 d. 1820°R
formula: T2= T1V2/V1
380. A System has a temperature
of 250°F. Convert this Value to
°R?
 a. 740°R
 b.730°R
 c. 720°R
 d. 710°R
formula: °R= °F + 460
381. Steam with a specific
volume of 0.09596 m³/kg
undergoes a constant pressure
process at 1.70 MPa until the
specific volume becomes
0.13796 m³/kg. What are (a) the
final temperature, (b) ∆u, (c) W,
(d)∆s, and (e) Q?
 a) 265.4°C,
430.7kJ/kg, 71.4kJ/kg,
1.0327kJ/(kg)(K),502.
1 kJ/kg
 b) 204.2°C, -703.2
kJ/kg, -84.15 kJ/kg, -
1.7505 kJ/(kg)(K), -
787.4 kJ/kg
 c) 304.2°C, -803.2
kJ/kg, -89.15 kJ/kg, -
2.7505 kJ/(kg)(K), -
987.4 kJ/kg
 d) 279.4°C,
439.7kJ/kg, 79.4kJ/kg,
3.0327kJ/(kg)(K),602.
1 kJ/kg
382. Steam with an enthalpy of
2843.5 kJ/kg undergoes a
constant pressure process at 0.9
MPa until the enthalpy becomes
2056.1 kJ/kg. What are (a) the
initial temperature or quality, (b)
∆u, (c)W, (d) ∆s, and(e) Q?
 a) 265.4°C,
430.7kJ/kg, 71.4kJ/kg,
1.0327kJ/(kg)(K),502.
1 kJ/kg
 b) 204.2°C, -703.2
kJ/kg, -84.15 kJ/kg, -
1.7505 kJ/(kg)(K),-
787.4 kJ/kg
 c) 304.2°C, -803.2
kJ/kg, -89.15 kJ/kg, -
2.7505 kJ/(kg)(K), -
987.4 kJ/kg
 d) 279.4°C,
439.7kJ/kg, 79.4kJ/kg,
3.0327kJ/(kg)(K),
602.1 kJ/kg
Formula of #1and #2: ∆u = u2 –
u1, W = p(v2-v1), ∆s =s2-s1, Q
= h2 –h1
383. At throttling calorimeter
receives steam from a boiler
drum at0.11MPa and is
superheated by 10 degrees. If the
boiler drum pressure is 1.55
MPa, what is the quality of the
steam generated by the boiler?
 a) 95.20%
 b) 70.10%
 c) 65.60%
 d) 95.56%
Formula: h1 = hf1 + x1hfg1
384. A steam calorimeter
receives steam from a pipe at 0.1
MPa and 20°SH. For a pipe
steam pressure of 2 MPa, what is
the quality of the steam?
 a) 95.56%
 b) 70.10%
 c) 95.20%
 d) 85.10%
Formula: h1 = hf1 + x1hfg1
385. A 1-kg steam-water mixture
at 1.0 MPa is contained in an
inflexible tank. Heat is added
until the pressure rises to 3.5
MPa and the temperature to
400°. Determine the heat added.
 a) 1378.7 kJ
 b) 1348.5 kJ
 c) 1278,7 kJ
 d) 1246,5 kJ
Formula: Q = (h2 – p2v2) –(h1 –
p1v1)
386. Water vapor at 100 KPa and
150°C is compressed
isothermally until half the vapor
has condensed. How much work
must be performed on the steam
in this compression process per
kilogram?
 a) -1384.7 kJ
 b) 1384.7 kJ
 c) -2384.7 kJ
 d) 2384.7 kJ
387. Wet steam at 1 MPa
flowing through a pipe is
throttled to a pressure of 0.1
MPa. If the throttling
temperature is110°C, What is the
quality of the steam in the pipe?
 a) 96%
 b) 86%
 c) 76%
 d) 66%
388. Steam is throttled to 0.1
MPa with 20 degrees of
superheat. (a) What is the quality
of throttled steam if its pressure
is 0.75 MPa (b) What is the
enthalpy of the process?
 a) 97.6%,2713 kJ/kg
 b) -97.6%, 2713 kJ/kg
 c) 87.6%,3713 kJ/kg
 d) -87.6%, 3713 kJ/kg
389. The pressure gauge on a
2000 m³ tank of oxygen gas
reads 600 kPa. How much
volumes will the oxygen
occupied at pressure of the
outside air 100 kPa?
 a) 14026.5 m³
 b) 15026.5 m³
 c) 13026.5 m³
 d) 16026.5 m³
Formula: P1V1/T1 =P2V2/T2
390. Assuming compression is
according to the Law PV = C,
Calculate the initial volume of
the gas at a pressure of 2 bars
w/c will occupy a volume of 6m³
when it is compressed to a
pressure of 42 Bars.
 a) 130m³
 b) 136m³
 c) 120m³
 d) 126m³
Formula: P1V1/T1 =P2V2/T2
391. A Gas tank registers1000
kPa. After some gas has been
used, the gauge registers 500
kPa. What percent of the gas
remains in the tank?
 a) 64.40%
 b) 74.60%
 c) 58.40%
 d) 54.60%
Formula: Pabs = Patm + Pgage
& %= P2/P1 * 100%
392. The volume of a gas under
standard atmospheric pressure &
76 cmHg is 200m³. What is the
volume when pressure is 80
cmHg if the temperature is
unchanged?
 a) 180 in³
 b) 170 in³
 c) 160 in³
 d) 190 in³
Formula: P2V2 = P1V1
393. While swimming at depth
of120m in a fresh water lake, A
fish emits an air bubbles of
volume 2.0mm³ atmospheric
pressure is 100kPa. What is the
pressure of the bubble?
 a) 217.7 kPa
 b) 317.7 kPa
 c) 417.7 kPa
 d) 517.7 kPa
Formula: P= δh
394. How many joules of work is
the equivalent of 15000 cal of
heat?
 a) 62850 joules
 b) 3579.95 joules
 c) 14995.81 joules
 d) 15004.19 joules
Formula: J =Work/Heat
J = mechanical equivalent of
heat whose value is 4.19
joules/calorie
395. Two thick slices of bread,
when completely oxidized by the
body, can supply 200,000 cal of
heat. How much work is this
equivalent to?
 a) 4,190,000 joules
 b) 8,390,000 joules
 c) 839,000 joules
 d) 419 000 joules
Formula: J =Work/Heat
J = mechanical equivalent of
heat whose value is 4.19
joules/calorie
396. 3 horsepower (hp) =
_____________watts?
 a) 1492 watts
 b) 2238 watts
 c) 746 watts
 d) 2238 kilowatts
Formula: 1hp= 746 watts
397. How many Newton’s (N) in
900,000 dynes?
 a) 8 Newton’s
 b) 9 Newton’s
 c) 7 Newton’s
 d) 6 Newton’s
Formula: 1Newton
(N)=100,000dynes
398. Calculate the power output
in horsepower of an 80-kg man
that climbs a flight of stairs 3.8
m high in 4.0 s.
 a) 744.8 hp
 b) 0.998 hp
 c) 746 hp
 d) 1.998 hp
Formula: Power = Fd/t = mgh/t
F = W = mg
d=h
399. How many calories of heat
will be needed to raise the
temperature of 200 g of iron
from 27°C to 80°C? (c = 0.11
cal/g. °C)
 a) 1.16 kcal
 b) 2166 cal
 c) 3.16 kcal
 d) 4166 cal
Formula: H = mc∆T
400. 100g of iron was heated to
100°C and mixed with 22g of
water at 40°C. The final
temperature of the mixture was
60°C. Show that the heat given
off by the iron equals the heat
absorbed by the water.
 a) 440 cal
 b) 540 cal
 c) 340 cal
 d) 640 cal
401. An engineering science
primarily concerned with heat
and work conversions.
 a. Thermodynamics
 b. Mechanics
 c. Physics
 d. Electromagnetic
402. “If the temperature o f a
fixed quantity of a gas is held
constant during a change of
state, the volume varies inversely
with the absolute pressure.
 a. Charle’s Law
 b. Boyle’s Law
 c. Dalton’s Law
 d. Amagat’s Law
403. Avogadro’s Number NA
 a. 6.2205 x 10^23 mol-
1 fluid exerts a
 b. 6.2025 x 10^23 mol-
1
 c. 6.0225 x 10^23 mol-
1 418. Instrument used to measure
 d. 6.2250 x 10^23 mol-
1
404. The first law of
thermodynamics may be
expressed in the following
equivalent
 a. the net heat transfer
id equal to the network
 b. the sum of the total
energy forms leaving
the system boundary is
always equal to the
energy input
 c. energy can neither
be created nor
destroyed but only
converted from one
form to another
 d. all of the above
405. A system whose boundary
does not allow the exchange of
either matter or energy with the
surrounding
 a. open system
 b. closed system
 c. isolated system
 d. none of the above
406. The specific terms used in
phase transitions
 a. melting
 b. evaporation
 c. freezing
 d. sublimation
407. The density of water at 4°C
is
 a. 1 gm/cm³
 b. 2 gm/cm³
 c. 3 gm/cm³
 d. 4 gm/cm³
408. Archimedes principle states
that
 a. when a body is
inversed in a fluid, the
fluid exerts a
downward force on the
body whose magnitude
is equal to the weight
of the displaced fluid
 b. when a body is
inversed in a fluid, the
fluid exerts a upward
force on the body
whose magnitude is
equal to the weight of
the displaced fluid.
 c. when a body is
inversed in a fluid, the
fluid exerts a
downward force on the
body whose magnitude
is greater than the
weight of the displaced
fluid.
 d. when a body is
inversed in a fluid, the
downward force on the
body whose magnitude
is lower than the
weight of the displaced
fluid.
409. Types of system except one
 a. closed
 b. open
 c. isolated
 d. solid
410. Isometric process is
 a. T = P
 b. P = C
 c. V = C
 d. T = V
411. The ratio of the change in
energy in the form of the heat
 a. relative density
 b. specific heat
 c. specific gravity
 d. none of the above
412. Specific heat ratio is always
 a. > 1
 b. < 1
 c. = 1
 d. none of the above
413. It states that mass is a
commodity that can neither be
heated nor destroyed with the
exception of nuclear processes
where the conversion of mass
into energy is a fundamental
principle
 a. Law of
Conservation of Mass
 b. Law of
Conservation of
Energy
 c. Law of
Conservation of Power
 d. Law of
Conservation of Heat
414. The energy that stored in a
system as a result of its position
in the earth’s gravitational field
 a. elastic energy
 b. kinetic energy
 c. potential energy
 d. flow energy
415. It involves a force
deforming a solid body
 a. non-elastic work
 b. non-flow work
 c. flow work
 d. elastic work
416. Developed the Fahrenheit
scale
 a. Gabriel Daniel
Fahrenheit
 b. Daniel Gabriel
Fahrenheit
 c. Gabriel Danelle
Fahrenheit
 d. Danelle Gabriel
Fahrenheit
417. Developed the centigrade or
Celsius
 a. Andres Celsius
 b. Anders Celsius
 c. Andrew Celsius
 d. Anthony Celsius
the absolute pressure of the
atmosphere
 a. galvanometer
 b. thermometer
 c. barometer
 d. pressure gages
419. A vector quantity whose
direction is the same as the
direction of the velocity
 a. Force
 b. Momentum
 c. Friction
 d. Resultant
420. Conceptualize that the heat
was an energy form and that
there was a precise relationship
between heat and work.
 a. Count Rumford
 b. Sir Humpry Davey
 c. James Prescott
 d. all of the above
421. Which is true:
 a. Energy is a scalar
quantity
 b. Energy is a vector
quantity
 c. Energy is vector &
scalar
 d. None of the above
422. It is a region enclosed by
specified boundaries, which may
be imaginary, either fixed or
moving
 a. Isolated system
 b. Open system
 c. System
  d. None of the above
423. Amount or volume of liquid
that pass in a given limit of time
 a. Flow rate
 b. Volume
 c. Time
 d. None of the above
424. Ability to do work
 a. Power
 b. Energy
 c. Work
 d. None of the above
425. Amount of heat needed to
rate the temperature of a
substance by 1°C
 a. Heat Exchange
 b. Heat Engine
 c. Specific Heat
 d. None of the above
426. Study of transformation of
heat energy to mechanical
energy to other forms of energy.
 a. Thermodynamics
 b. Physics
 c. Mechanics
 d. None of the above
427.Heat cannot be created, nor
destroyed, but it can be changed
from one form to another. The
energy in the universe remains
constant.
 a. 1st Law of Energy
Conservation
 b. 2nd Law of Energy
Conservation
 c. 3rd Law of Energy
Conservation
 d. None of the above
428. Quantities that describe
both magnitude & direction
 a. Physical Quantity
 b. Scalar Quantity
 c. Vector Quantity
 d. None of the above
429. The sum of energies of all
the molecules in a system,
energies that appear in several
complex forms.
 a. External Energy
 b. Internal Energy
 c. Kinetic Energy
 d. None of the above
430. The value of atomic charge
e is
 a. 1.60210 x 10-19
coulomb
 b. 1.68910 x 10-19
coulomb
 c. 1.20160 x 1019
coulomb
 d. None of the above
431. p1V1= p2V2
 a. Charle’s Law
 b. Boyle’s Law
 c. Ideal Gas Law
 d. Joule’s Law
432. A _______ is used to
measure atmospheric pressure.
 a. Thermometer
 b. Barometer
 c. Manometer
 d. None of the above
433. Work done in pushing a
fluid across a boundary, Usually
into or out of a system
 a. Flow Work
 b. Flow Energy
 c. Both a & b
 d. None of the above
434. Which is not true about
Heat (Q):
 a. Q is positive when
heat is added to the
body or system
 b. Q is negative when
heat is rejected by the
body or system
 c. Q is positive when
heat is rejected by the
body or system
 d. None of the above
435. The standard reference
atmospheric pressure
 a. 760 mmHg
 b. 1 atm
 c. 14.696 psia
 d. All of the above
436. ______ is that property of a
substance which remains
constant if no heat enters or
leaves the substance, while it
does work or alters its volume,
but which increases or
diminishes should a small
amount of heat enter or leave.
 a. Entrophy
 b. Enthalpy
 c. Specific Heat
 d. None of the above
437.The acceleration of a
particular body is directly
proportional to the resultant
force acting on it & inversely
proportional to its mass.
 a. Pascal’s Law
 b. Joule’s Law
 c. Newton’s Law
 d. None of the above
438. Mass (not weight) per unit
volume
 a. Specific Weight
 b. Specific Volume
 c. Density
 d. None of the above
439. Composite property
applicable to all fluids
 a. Entropy
 b. Enthalpy
 c. Specific Heat
 d. None of the above
440. A classification of system
in which mass does not cross its
boundaries.
 a. Nonflow System
 b. Open System
 c. Closed System
 d. None of the above
441. Gas being heated at
constant volume is undergoing
the process of.
 a. isometric
 b. specific heat
 c. enthalpy
 d. isothermal
442. The heat per unit mass per
degree change in temperature
 a. specific heat
 b. isometric
 c. conservation of
energy
 d. none of the above
443. A unit of pressure used in
high vacuum technology, which
is equal to 1mmhg.
 a. specific heat
 b. isometric
 c. isobaric
 d. torr
444. The gas constant is equal to
 a. Cp – Cv
 b. Cp + Cv
 c. Cp – Cv + k
 d. None of the above
445. The 1st Law of
Thermodynamics on what
principle?
 a. Conservation of
Energy
 b. Conservation of
mass
 c. Enthalpy
 d. Isometric
446. A system having a rigid
boundary that energy, work and
mass does not cross its
boundaries
 a. Specific Heat
 b. Specific Gravity
 c. Isolated System
 d. Enthalpy
447. Sum of the internal energy
of a substance and the product of
pressure and volume.
 a. Specific Heat
 b. Specific Gravity
 c. Isolated System
 d. Enthalpy
448. The ratio of the weight of a
substance to the weight of some
standard substance is called?
 a. Specific Heat
 b. Specific Gravity
 c. Isothermal
 d. Specific Weight
449. Specific heat capacity in SI
unit.
 a. kJ / kg.k
 b. kJ / kg
 c. kN / kg
 d. None of the above
450. The Law of
Thermodynamics that provides
the basis for measuring the
thermodynamic property of
temperature.
 a. Charle’s Law
 b. Boyle’s Law
 c. Zeroth Law
 d. Gas Law
451. The pressure of the
confined gas is held constant, the
volume directly proportional to
the absolute temperature.
 a. Charle’s Law
 b. Boyle’s Law
 c. Zeroth Law
 d. Gas Law
452. Regardless of the process,
the change in enthalpy firm
moles of ideal gas is
 a. Heat
 b. Enthalpy
 c. Entropy
 d. Density
453. Ideal process are ________
process
 a. Irreversible
 b. Reversible
 c. Isothermal
 d. Isometric
454. A state occurs when a
system is in equilibrium
 a. Natural
Environment
 b. Closed System
 c. Surrounding
 d. Isentropic
455. A state occurs in isentropic
process
 a. The change in
entropy is 0
 b. The change in
entropy is 1
 c. The change in
enthalpy is 0
 d. The change in
enthalpy is 1
456. The SI unit of mass
 a. kg
 b. g
 c. N
 d. None of the above
457. Anything that is outside the
system boundary is called
________.
 a. Surrounding
 b. Natural
Environment
 c. Closed System
 d. Open System
458. A Thermodynamic Term
That refers to any fixed region in
a space
 a. Control Volume
 b. Volume
 c. Density
 d. Natural Gas
459. The process that has no heat
transfer
 a. Density
 b. Isentropic Process
  c. Isometric Process
 d. Adiabatic
460. Another name of reversible
adiabatic process
 a. Isentropic Process
 b. Isometric Process
 c. Isobaric Process
 d. Isothermal Process
461. ______ of a Body is the
absolute quantity of a matter in
it.
 a. Mass
 b. Weight
 c. Density
 d. Volume
462. _______ of a body means
the force of the gravity Fg on the
body
 a. Mass
 b. Weight
 c. Density
 d. Volume
463. The law of conservation of
mass states that ______.
 a. mass is
indestructible
 b. mass is destructible
 c. mass is
indestructible
 d. none of the above
464. __________ is the energy
stored within a body or
substance by virtue of the
activity and configuration of its
molecules.
 a. Internal Energy
 b. External Energy
 c. Kinetic Energy
 d. Potential Energy
465. The Product of the
displacement of the body and the
component if the force in the
direction of the displacement.
 a. Nonflow Work
 b. Flow Work
 c. Work
 d. None of the above
466. Is the energy in transit (on
the move) from the one body or
system to another solely because
of a temperature between the
bodies or systems.
 a. Work
 b. Heat
 c. Energy
 d. None of the above
467. A classification of a system
in which mass crosses its
boundaries.
 a. Closed System
 b. Open System
 c. Isolated System
 d. None of the above
468. The SI unit of pressure
 a. Pa
 b. N
 c. J
 d. None of the above
469. The volume of a confined
gas is held constant, the pressure
is directly proportional to the
absolute temperature.
 a. Charle’s Law
 b. Boyle’s Law
 c. Joule’s Law
 d. Specific Heat
470. The compression of the gas
in two or more cylinders in place
of a single cylinder compressor
 a. Single Staging
 b. Double Staging
 c. Multistaging
 d. None of the above
471 Is define as the ratio of the
actual pressure of the vapor
 a. Relative Humidity
 b. Humidity Ratio
 c. Dew Point
 d. Adiabatic Saturation
472. Heat engine deriving its
power from the energy liberated
by the explosion of a mixture of
some hydrocarbon, in a gaseous
or vaporized form.
 a. Dual Combustion
Engine
 b. Internal Combustion
Engine
 c. External
Combustion Engine
 d. None of the above
473. Also called absolute
humidity and specific humidity.
 a. Related humidity
 b. Humidity ratio
 c. Dew point
 d. Adiabatic ratio
474. Is a steady flow process at
total constant pressure through a
control volume for which there is
no heat?
 a. Adiabatic Saturation
Process
 b. Dew point
 c. Adiabatic Ratio
 d. None of the above
475. Fuels that may classified
conveniently in solid, liquid and
gaseous.
 a. Unleaded fuel
 b. Diesel fuel
 c. Fossil fuel
 d. All of the above
476. Is a general name, without
specific meaning unless the way
in which it is measured or define
by the context.
 a. Natural Value
 b. Heating Value
 c. Burning Value
 d. Internal Value
477. Is the force of gravity on
unit volume?
 a. Specific Weight
 b. Specific Heat
 c. Specific Pressure
 d. Specific Volume
478. Give a reading as the length
of some liquid column: water,
alcohol, etc.
 a. Banometer
 b. Nanometer
 c. Thermometer
 d. Manometer
479. If any one or more
properties of a system change,
the system is said to have
undergone a _______.
 a. Cycle
 b. System
 c. Process
 d. None of the above
480. Is a thermodynamic system
that operates continuously with
only energy (heat and work)
crossing its boundaries?
 a. Heat Engine
 b. Heat Reservoir
 c. Heat Source
 d. Heat Sink
481. _______________ is the
temperature at which liquids
start to boil or the temperature at
which vapors begin to condense.
 a. Saturation
Temperature
 b. Sub cooled Liquid
 c. Compressed Liquid
 d. Saturated Liquid
482. ________________ is one
which has a temperature lower
than the saturation temperature
corresponding to the existing
pressure.
 a. Saturation
Temperature
 b. Sub cooled Liquid
 c. Compressed Liquid
 d. Saturated Liquid
483. _________________ is one
which has a pressure higher than
the saturation pressure
corresponding to the existing
temperature.
 a. Saturation
Temperature
 b. Sub cooled Liquid
 c. Compressed Liquid
 d. Saturated Liquid
484. __________________ is a
liquid at the saturations which
has temperature equal to the
boiling point corresponding to
the existing pressure.
 a. Saturation
Temperature
 b. Sub cooled Liquid
 c. Compressed Liquid
 d. Saturated Liquid
485. __________________ is
the name given to a gaseous
phase that is in contact with the
liquid phase, or that is in the
vicinity of a state where some of
it might be condensed.
 a) Vapor
 b) Saturated Vapor
 c) Superheated Vapor
 d) Wet Vapor
486. ___________________ is a
vapor at the saturation conditions
(saturation temperature and
saturation pressure).
 a) Vapor
 b) Saturated Vapor
 c) Superheated Vapor
 d) Wet Vapor
487. ___________________ is a
vapor having a temperature
higher than the saturation
temperature corresponding to the
existing pressure.
 a) Vapor
 b) Saturated Vapor
 c) Superheated Vapor
 d) Wet Vapor
488. __________________ is a
combination of saturated vapor
and saturated liquid.
 a) Vapor
 b) Saturated Vapor
 c) Superheated Vapor
 d) Wet Vapor
489. ___________________
represents the highest pressure
and highest temperature at which
liquid and vapor can coexist in
equilibrium.
 a) Critical Point
 b) Boiling Point
 c) Quality Point
 d) None of the above
490. Heat that cause change in
temperature at without a change
in phase.
 a) Sensible Heat
 b) Latent Heat
 c) Thermo Heat
 d) None of the above
491. Heat that cause change in
phase without a change in
temperature.
 a) Sensible Heat
 b) Latent Heat
 c) Thermo Heat
 d) None of the above
492. What is the formula to
convert °C to °F?
 a) °F = °C + 273
 b) °F = 5/9 (°C – 32)
 c) °F = 9/5 (°C)+32
 d) None of the above
493. What is the formula to
convert °F to °C?
 a) °C = °F + 273
 b) °C = 5/9 (°F – 32)
 c) °C = 9/5 (°F)+32
 d) None of the above
494. ______________ is the
base unit of thermodynamics
temperature.
 a) Celsius
 b) Fahrenheit
  c) Kelvin
 d) None of the above
495. __________ is the unit of
force.
 a) Newton
 b) Pascal
 c) Hertz
 d) Joule
496. __________ is the unit of
pressure and stress.
 a) Newton
 b) Pascal
 c) Hertz
 d) Joule
97. _____________ is the
difference between the actual
temperature of superheated
vapor and the saturation
temperature for the existing
pressure.
 a) Degrees of
Superheat, °SH
 b) Degrees of Sub
cooled, °SB
 c) Both a and b
 d) None of the above
498. ____________is the
difference between the saturation
temperature for the given
pressure and the actual sub
cooled liquid temperature.
 a) Degrees of
Superheat, °SH
 b) Degrees of Sub
cooled, °SB
 c) Both a and b
 d) None of the above
499. ___________ is the percent
by weight that is saturated vapor.
 a) Quality, x
 b) Percent Moisture, y
 c) Vapor
 d) Liquid
500. ____________ is the
percent by weight that is
saturated liquid.
 a) Quality, x
 b) Percent Moisture, y
 c) Vapor
 c) Liquid
501. How many independent
properties are required to
completely fix the equilibrium
state of a pure gaseous
compound?
 a. 4
 b. 3
 c. 2
 d. 1
502. What is the value of the
work done for a closed,
reversible isometric system?
 a. zero
 b. positive
 c. negative
 d. positive or negative
503. The first law of
thermodynamics is based on
which of the following
principles?
 a. Conservation of
mass
 b. Conservation of
energy
 c. Action and reaction
 d. The entropy-
temperature
relationship
504. Which of the following
cycle is used in vapor cycle
power plant?
 a. Brayton cycle
 b. Diesel cycle
 c. Ericson cycle
 d. Rankine cycle
505. Which of the following is
not a thermodynamic property?
 a. Pressure
 b. Temperature
 c. Volume
 d. Phase
506. Which of the following
compressibility factor of ideal
gas
 a. 1
 b. 2
 c. 1.5
 d. 0
507. What refers to the
thermodynamic properties which
are dependent on the amount of
the substance present?
 a. Extensive property
 b. Intensive properties
 c. Reversible
properties
 d. Irreversible
properties
508. What refers to the
thermodynamic properties which
are independent on the amount
of the substance present?
 a. Extensive property
 b. Intensive properties
 c. Reversible
properties
 d. Irreversible
properties
509. What is known as the total
heat and heat content at various
times in the history?
 a. enthalpy
 b. entropy
 c. internal energy
 d. latent heat
510. 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
511. What is the temperature
when water and vapor are in the
equilibrium with the atmospheric
pressure?
 a. Ice point
 b. Steam point
 c. Critical point
 d. Freezing point
512. What is the unique state at
which solid, liquid and gaseous
phase can go co-exist in
equilibrium?
 a. Triple point
 b. Critical point
 c. Boiling point
 d. Pour point
513. What refers to the state at
which liquid and gaseous phases
are indistinguishable?
 a. Triple point
 b. Critical point
 c. Boiling point
 d. Pour point
514. What refers to the heat
needed to change the
temperature of the substances
without changing its phases?
 a. Latent heat
 b. Sensible heat
 c. Specific heat
 d. entropy
515. What is defined as the
quantity of heat needed to raise
the temperature of one kilogram
of water by one degrees Celsius?
 a. Kilojoule
 b. Btu
 c. Kilocalorie
 d. Latent heat
516. To what conditions does a
gas behave like an ideal gas?
 a. low temperature and
low pressure
 b. low temperature and
high pressure
 c. high temperature
and low pressure
 d. high temperature
and high pressure
517. What Law states that the
pressure of gas is inversely
proportional to its volume at
constant temperature?
 a. Charles’ law
 b. Gay-Lussac’s Law
 c. Boyle’s Law
 d. Dalton’s Law
518. What do you call a system
in which there is a flow of matter
through the boundary?
 a. Closed system
 b. Open system
 c. Isolated system
 d. All of these
519. Which of the following best
describes heat?
 a. The capacity to do
work
 b. Forces times
distances
 c. Sum of thermal and
chemical energy
 d. An energy transfer
due to temperature
difference
520. The mechanical equivalent
of heat is
 a. joule
 b. calorie
 c. Btu
 d. Specific heat
521. Burning of Gasoline
initially requires heat before it
burns spontaneously. Which of
the following does not give a
good explanation of this
phenomenon?
 a. the initial heat rises
the enthalpy of the
reactant
 b. the initial heat
lowers the activation
of energy of the
reactants
 c. the enthalpy of
reactants is lower than
the enthalpy of
products.
 d. The enthalpy of the
product is lower than
the enthalpy of the
reactant
522. The phenomenon of melting
under pressure and freezing
again when the pressure is
reduced is known as
 a. sublimation
 b. condensation
 c. deposition
 d. regelation
523. Which of the following
events is heat exchange
involved?
 a. when there is a
phase change
 b. when there is a
chemical reaction
 c. when the gas
expands adiabatically
 d. when there is
difference in
temperature
524. What is the entropy of a
pure substance at a temperature
of absolute zero?
 a. unity
 b. zero
 c. infinity
 d. undefined
525. What is the area under the
curve on a temperature –entropy
diagram?
 a. Heat
 b. work
 c. entropy
 d. volume
526. What happens to the
internal energy of water at
reference temperature where
enthalpy is zero?
 a. Becomes negative
 b. Becomes positive
  c. Remains constant
 d. Cannot be defined
527. Which of the following is
the work done for a closed
reversible isometric system?
 a. negative
 b. positive
 c. zero
 d. undefined
528. 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. doubles
 b. halves
 c. quadruples
 d. triples
529. When the expansion of
compression of gas takes place
without transfer of heat or from
the gas the process is called;
 a. Isometric process
 b. Isothermal process
 c. Isobaric process
 d. Adiabatic process
530. Which of the following best
describes both Stirling and
Ericson engines?
 a. Internal combustion
engine
 b. External combustion
engine
 c. Diesel cycle
 d. Rankine cycle
531. At steam point, the
temperature of water and its
vapor at standard pressure are:
 a. Extremes or
maximum
 b. unity
 c. in equilibrium
 d. undefined
532. Who coined the word
Entropy?
 a. Rudolf Clausius
 b. Lord Kelvin
 c. Gabriel Volks
 d. Rudolf Diesel
533. What is the temperature
when water and vapor are in
equilibrium with the atmospheric
pressure?
 a. Ice point
 b. Steam point
 c. Critical point
 d. Freezing point
534. 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
535. What refers to a liquid
whose temperature is lower than
saturation temperature
corresponding to the existing
pressure?
 a. Subcooled liquid
 b. Saturated liquid
 c. Pure liquid
 d. Compressed liquid
536. Which law that states
“Entropy of all perfect
crystalline solids is zero at
absolute zero temperature”?
 a. Zeroth law of
thermodynamics
 b. First law of
thermodynamics
 c. Second law of
thermodynamics
 d. Third law of
thermodynamics
537. A 0.064 kg of octane vapor
(MW = 114) is mixed with0.91
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. 46.8
 b. 48.6
 c. 84.6
 d. 64.8
538. Which of the following
occurs in a reversible
polytrophic process?
 a. Enthalpy remains
constant
 b. Internal energy does
not change
 c. Some heat transfer
occurs
 d. Entropy remains
constant
539. The change that the system
that undergoes from one
equilibrium state to another is
known as
 a. oath
 b. process
 c. enthalpy change
 d. entropy change
540. What refers to the series of
states through which a system
passes during the process?
 a. path
 b. quasi- static steps
 c. reversibility moves
 d. irreversibility moves
541. Which of the following
relations is not applicable in a
free expansion process?
 a. Heat is rejected to
zero
 b. Work done is zero
 c. Change in
temperature is zero
 d. Heat supplied is
zero
542. What system in which
neither mass nor energy cross the
boundaries and is not influenced
by the surroundings?
 a. Closed system
 b. Open system
 c. Isolated system
 d. All of these
543. What is referred to by
control volume?
 a. An isolated system
 b. Closed system
 c. Fixed region in
space
 d. Reversible process
only
544. Which of the following is
used in thermal power plant?
 a. Brayton cycle
 b. Reversed carnot
cycle
 c. Rankine cycle
 d. Otto cycle
545. A Bell-Coleman cycle is a
reversed of which the following
cycles?
 a. Stirling cycle
 b. Joule cycle
 c. Carnot cycle
 d. Otto cycle
546. An ideal gas is compresses
isothermally. The enthalpy
change is
 a. Always negative
 b. Always positive
 c. zero
 d. undefined
547. The state of a
thermodynamic system is always
defined by its:
 a. Absolute
temperature
 b. process
 c. properties
 d. temperature and
pressure
548. Entropy is the measure of:
 a. The internal energy
of a gas
 b. The heat capacity of
a substance
 c. Randomness or
disorder
 d. The change of
enthalpy of a system
549. What system in which there
is no exchange of matter with the
surrounding or mass does not
cross its boundaries?
 a. Open system
 b. Closed system
 c. Isolated system
 d. Non-flow system
550. What refers to a system in
which there is a flow of mass
across its boundaries?
 a. Open system
 b. Closed system
 c. Isolated system
 d. Non-flow system
551. Which of the following
cannot be a property of a gas?
 a. density
 b. pressure
 c. viscosity
 d. temperature
552. During the adiabatic
process, which of the following
is the change in entropy?
 a. zero
 b. greater than zero
 c. less than zero
 d. infinity
553. Which of the following
values characterize the state of
the system?
 a. cycle
 b. process
 c. property
 d. enthalpy
554. Which of the following is
least efficient?
 a. Gas turbine
 b. Diesel engine
 c. Carnot engine
 d. Gasoline engine
555. Which of the following
engines is the most efficient?
 a. Gas turbine
 b. Diesel engine
 c. Carnot engine
 d. Gasoline engine
556. Which of the following
engines is the most efficient?
 a. Isobaric expansion
 b. Adiabatic
compression
 c. Adiabatic expansion
 d. Isothermal
expansion
557. Who coined the word
energy?
 a. James Joule
 b. Thomas Young
 c. Rudolf Diesel
 d. Lord Kelvin
558. Which of the following
laws of thermodynamic which
leads to the definition of
entropy?
 a. First law
 b. Second law
 c. Third law
 d. Law of conservation
of energy
559. Which of the following is
the other term used for enthalpy-
entropy diagram?
 a. Enthalpy diagram
 b. Mollier diagram
 c. Steam diagram
 d. Entropy chart
560. What is used for predicting
the behavior of non-ideal gases?
 a. Compressibility
factor
 b. Expansivity factor
 c. Emissivity factor
  d. Van-d-whal’s factor
561. Which of the following
thermodynamic devices operates
the reverse of the heat engine?
 a. Thermal pump
 b. Thermal evaporator
 c. Thermal condenser
 d. Thermal equilibrant
562. What is another term used
for isometric processes?
 a. Isochoric process
 b. Iolytropic process
 c. Isothermal process
 d. Reversible process
563. Which of the following
engines was introduced by a
German engineer, Nickolas
Otto?
 a. Gasoline engine
 b. Diesel engine
 c. Gas turbine
 d. Thermal engine
564. If two systems are in the
thermal equilibrium with a third
system, then they must be in
thermal equilibrium with each
other.
 a. Zeroth Law of
Thermodynamics
 b. First Law of
Thermodynamics
 c. Second Law of
Thermodynamics
 d. Third Law of
Thermodynamics
565. 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. Latent Heat of
Sublimation
 b. Latent Heat of
Vaporization
 c. Latent Heat of
Fusion
 d. Latent Heat Of
Condensation
566. A thermodynamic process
in which entropy is conserved
 a. isentropic
 b. adiabatic
 c. isothermal
 d. polytropic
567. A control volume refers to
what?
 a. A fixed region in
space
 b. A reversible process
 c. an isolated system
 d. a specified mass
568. Which of the following is
commonly used as liquid
absorbent?
 a. Silica gel
 b. Activated alumina
 c. Ethylene glycol
 d. None of these
569. One for which no heat is
gained or lost
 a. Isentropic
 b. Adiabatic
 c. Isothermal
 d. Polytropic
570. A law relating the pressure,
temperature and volume of an
ideal gas
 a. Gay-Lussac’s Law
 b. Ideal gas Law
 c. Charles’ Law
 d. Boyle’s Law
571. Occurs when the vapor
pressure equals the atmospheric
pressure
 a. Boiling
 b. Melting
 c. Freezing
 d. Vaporizing
572. As temperature goes to “0”,
the entropy approaches a
constant
 a. Zeroth Law of
Thermodynamics
 b. First Law of
Thermodynamics
 c. Second Law of
Thermodynamics
 d. Third Law of
Thermodynamics
573. An ideal gas is compressed
in a 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
574. Occurring at fixed
temperature
 a. isentropic
 b. Adiabatic
 c. Isothermal
 d. polytropic
575. The changing of solid
directly to vapor without passing
through liquid state is called
 a. Evaporation
 b. Vaporization
 c. Sublimation
 d. Condensation
576. The phase transition of a
liquid to a solid
 a. Solidification
 b. Freezing
 c. Fusion
 d. All of these
577. It is an energy flux, equal to
the rate of energy flow per unit
area per unit time across some
surface.
 a. Irradiance
 b. Radiant Intensity
 c. Luminosity
 d. Brightness
578. The volume of a gas under
constant pressure increases or
decrease with temperature.
 a. Gay- Lussac’s Law
 b. Ideal Gas Law
 c. Charles’ Law
 d. Boyle’s Law
579. The molecular number
density of an ideal gas at
standard temperature and
pressure in cm3
 a. Froude number
 b. Loschmidt number
 c. Mach number
 d. Reynold number
580. A temperature scale whose
zero point is absolute zero, the
temperature of “0” entropy at
which all molecular motion
stops.
 a. Celsius
 b. Fahrenheit
 c. Kelvin
 d. Rankine
581. The thermal radiation
emitted by a blackbody heated to
a given temperature.
 a. Gamma Radiation
 b. Black Body
Radiation
 c. Electromagnetic
Radiation
 d. Alpha Radiation
582. The radiation emitted by a
body as a result of its
temperature.
 a. Blackbody
Radiation
 b. Thermal Inversion
 c. Thermionic
Inversion
 d. Thermal Radiation
583. At Equilibrium, the
radiation emitted must equal the
radiation absorbed.
 a. Boyle’s Law
 b. Planck’s Law
 c. Kirchoff’s Law
 d. Joule’s Law
584. The theory that heat
consisted of a fluid, which could
be transferred from one body to
another, but not “created” or
“destroyed”.
 a. Clausius Theorem
 b. Caloric Theory
 c. Joules Law
 d. Newton’s Law of
cooling
585. The volume of a gas is
directly proportional to the
number of molecules of the gas.
 a. Ideal gas law
 b. Boyle-Mariotte Law
 c. Avogadro’s
Hypothesis
 d. Gay-Lussac’s Law
of combining Volumes
586. 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. Nemst Effect
 b. Caloric Theory
 c. Joule’s Law
 d. Newton’s Law of
Cooling
587. It is the intensity of a
radiating source.
 a. Specific Brightness
 b. Radiance
 c. Surface Brightness
 d. All of these
588. This law of
thermodynamics prohibits the
construction of a perpetual
motion machine “of the second
kind”
 a. Zeroth Law of
Thermodynamics
 b. First Law of
Thermodynamics
 c. Second Law of
Thermodynamics
 d. Third Law of
Thermodynamics
589. 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 32
g/mole?
 a. 125.02
 b. 130.08
 c. 135.05
 d. 120.04
590. It is the deposition of
radiant energy as heat into an
absorbing body.
 a. Radiation
 b. Ionization
 c. Convection
 d. Insolation
591. It is a process during which
the pressure remains constant
 a. Adiabatic
 b. Isentropic
 c. Isobaric
 d. Isotropic
592. Diffusion due to thermal
motion is called
 a. dilation
 b. infusion
 c. effusion
 d. dispersion
593. The rate at which this is
quantity passes through a fixed
boundary per unit time
 a. Flux
 b. Existence
 c. Irradiance
 d. All of these
594. Energy can neither created
nor destroyed. It can only change
forms.
 a. Conservation of
Mass Principle
 b. Conservation of
Energy Principle
 c. Conservation of
Momentum Principle
 d. Conservation of
Heat Principle
595. Executes the entire cycle in
just two strokes the power stroke
and the compression stroke.
 a. One-stroke engine
 b. Two-stroke engine
 c. Four-stroke engine
 d. Eight-stroke engine
596. 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
597. Which of the engine is used
for fighter bombers?
 a. Turbojet
 b. Pulsejet
 c. Rockets
 d. Ramjet
598. The Science of Energy
 a. Thermionics
 b. Kinetics
 c. Thermodynamics
 d. Geophysics
599. It is used for gas turbines
which operates on an open cycle
where both the compression and
expansion processes take place
in rotating machinery.
 a. Dual Cycle
 b. Otto Cycle
 c. Carnot Cycle
 d. Brayton Cycle
600. Which of the following
laws of thermodynamic which
leads to the definition of
entropy?
 a. First law
 b. Second law
 c. Third law
 d. Law of conservation
of energy