IBONG TIRIRIT (PIPE 6)

The ratio of the actual vapor density to the

A vertical turbine pump with the jump and vapor density at saturation
motor closed coupled and design to be A. Relative humidity
installed underground, as in the case of a B. Absolute humidity
deepwell pump. C. Humidity ratio
A. Horizontal split case pump D. Saturation ratio
B. Booster pump
C. Submersible pump Answer: A
D. Vertical shaft turbines pump
An expression of the mass of water vapor per
Answer: C unit mass of dry air
A. Relative humidity
An underground formation that contains B. Absolute humidity
sufficient saturated permeable material to C. Humidity ratio
yield significant quantities of water. D. Saturation ratio
A. Aquifer
B. Ground water Answer: C
C. Wet pit
D. Well water Which of the following is equivalent to 1lb?
A. 5000 grains
Answer: A B. 6000 grains
C. 7000 grains
A timber, concrete or masonry enclosure having D. 8000 grains
a screened inlet kept partially filled with
water by an open body of water such as pond, Answer: C
lake, or steams.
A. Aquifer The bypass factor for large commercial units
B. Ground water A. Around 20%
C. Wet pit B. Around 30%
D. Well water C. Around 10%
D. Around 50%
Answer: C
Answer: C
Water which is available from well, driven
into water bearing subsurface strata (aquifer) Sometimes called specific humidity
A. Aquifer A. Relative humidity
B. Ground water B. Absolute humidity
C. Wet pit C. Humidity ratio
D. Well water D. Saturation ratio

Answer: B Answer: C

Imparts velocity to the liquid, resulting from For any given barometric pressure, the
centrifugal force as the impeller is rotated. humidity ratio is a function of the
A. Impeller A. Critical temperature
B. Stuffing box B. Dew point temperature
C. Casing C. Dry bulb temperature
D. Shaft sleeve D. Wet bulb temperature

Answer: A Answer: B

A means of throttling the leakage which would The humidity ratio corresponding to any given
otherwise occur at the point of entry of the dew point temperature varies with the total
shaft into the casing. barometric pressure, increasing as the
A. Impeller barometric pressure
B. Stuffing box A. Increases
C. Casing B. Decreases
D. Shaft sleeve C. Varies
D. Constant
Answer: B
Answer: B
Protect the shaft where it passes through the
stuffing box. The ratio of the mass of water vapor in the
A. Impeller air per unit mass of dry to the mass of water
B. Stuffing box vapor requires for saturation of the same air
C. Casing sample
D. Shaft sleeve A. Relative humidity
B. Absolute humidity
Answer: D C. Humidity ratio
 D. Saturation ratio

Answer: D The turbine, draft tube and all related parts

A closed channel excavated through an comprise what is known as
obstructiuon such as a ridge of higher land A. Powerhouse
between the dam and the powerhouse is called B. Forbay
A. Canal C. Setting
B. Headrace D. Surge chamber
C. Penstock
D. Tunnel Answer: C

Answer: D When a forbay is not part of the generating

plant’s design, it will be desirable to
The small reservoir in which the water level provide a _________ in order to relieve the
rises or falls to reduce the pressure swings effects of rapid changes in flowrate.
so that they are not transmitted to the closed A. Forbay
conduit is called B. Draft tube
A. Penstock C. Surge chamber
B. Power reservoir D. Penstock
C. Pressure tank
D. Tunnel Answer: C

Answer: D To keep the deflected jet out of the way of

the incoming jet, the actual angle is limited
The regulation of the water in the form of a to approximately
relatively small pond of reservoir provided at A. 90 deg.
the plant is called B. 135 deg.
A. Pondage C. 165 %
B. Water storage D. 175 deg.
C. Reservoir
D. Lake Answer: C

Answer: A The minimum fluid energy required at the pump

inlet for satisfactory operation is known as
A structure used to relieve the reservoir of A. NPSHR
excess water B. NPSHA
A. Spillway C. Velocity head
B. Diversion channel D. Friction head
C. Butress dam
D. Arch dam Answer: A

Answer: A Throttling the input line to a pump and

venting or evacuating the receiving tank
The fluid pressure difference created by A. Both increase cavitation
column of heated gas, as by7 chimney is called B. Both decrease cavitation
A. Natural draft C. Both eliminate cavitation
B. Forced draft D. Both drive cavitation
C. Induce draft
D. Required draft Answer: A

Answer: A Traditional reciprocating pumps with pistons

and rods can be either single-acting or double
The pressure rise from greater to a lesser acting and are suitable up to approximately
vacuum, created in a gas loop between stream A. 2000 psi
generator outlet and chimney by means of a fan B. 4000 psi
is called C. 8000 psi
A. Forced draft D. 10,000 psi
B. Induced draft
C. Required draft Answer: A
D. Balanced draft
In a sensible heating process the final
Answer: B humidity ratio is:
a. Increased
Also known as Francis turbines or radial flow b. Decreased
turbines c. The same
A. Impulse turbines d. Cannot be determined
B. Tangential turbines
C. Reaction turbines Answer: C
D. Axial flow turbines

Answer: C
 Answer: C
In an adiabatic saturation process the final Which of the following cycle is bulky and
relative humidity is: involves toxic fluids hence it is unsuitable
A. Increased for home and autocooling
B. Decreased A. Carnot refrigeration cycle
C. The same B. Absorption cycle
D. Cannot be determined C. Vapor and compression cycle
D. Air refrigeration cycle
Answer: A
Answer: B
Cooling and dehumidifying process is commonly
used for: Which of the following refrigeration cycle is
A. Summer air conditioning practical when large quantities of waste or
B. Ice making inexpensive heat energy are available?
C. Winter cooling A. Heat driven refrigeration cycle
D. Heat pumping B. Absorption cycle
C. Vapor compression cycle
Answer: A D. Air refrigeration cycle

An adiabatic saturation process is also known Answer: A

as:
A. Constant WB temperature process A product of computer-aided manufacturing and
B. Constant DB temperature process precision machining were introduce
C. Constant DP temperature process commercially in the late 1980’s as
D. Constant vapor temperature process replacements for reciprocating compressors in
small residential air conditioners
Answer: A
A. Reciprocating compressors
The process of simultaneous heating and B. Centrifugal compressors
dehumidifying is known as: C. Rotary compressors
A. Sensible heating D. Scroll compressors
B. Cooling and dehumidifying
C. Sensible cooling Answer: D
D. Chemical dehumidifying
Condensers used in small and medium sized up
Answer: D to approximately 100 tons refrigerators.
A. Air-cooled condensers
The process in increasing the dry-bulb B. Water cooled condensers
temperature without changing the humidity C. High side condensers
ratio is known as: D. Low side condensers
A. Sensible heating
B. Cooling and dehumidifying Answer: A
C. Sensible cooling
D. Heating and dehumidifying For efficient operation, the condensing
temperature should not be lower than
Answer: A A. 5 C
B. 17 C
The process of simultaneous cooling and C. 10 C
decreasing of humidity ratio is known as: D. 20 C
A. Sensible cooling
B. Cooling and humidifying Answer: A
C. Cooling and dehumidifying
D. Heating and dehumidifying For efficient operation, the condensing
temperature should not be more than
Answer: C A. 5 C
B. 17 C
The process of cooling without changing the C. 10 C
humidity ratio is known as: D. 20 C
A. Sensible heating
B. Cooling and dehumidifying Answer: B
C. Sensible cooling
D. Heating and humidifying An evaporator in a refrigeration unit makes
use of which heat transfer modes?
Answer: C A. Conduction
B. Convection
The process of simultaneous heating and C. Radiation
humidifying ratio is known as: D. All of the above
A. Sensible cooling
B. Cooling and humidifying Answer: D
C. Heating and humidifying
D. Heating and dehumidifying
Energy added to a vapor is known as a latent Forced draft fans are run at relatively high
heat of vaporization speeds in the range of
A. Latent heat of vaporization A. 1200 to 1800 rpm
B. Sensible heat of vapor B. 1500 to 2000 rpm
C. Superheat C. 1000 to 1600 rpm
D. B and C D. 900 to 1500 rpm

Answer: C Answer: A

The vaporization process that occurs at Chimneys that rely on natural draft are
temperature below the triple point of a sometimes referred to as
substance is called. A. Natural chimney
A. Evaporation B. Normal chimney
B. Boiling C. Gravity chimney
C. Sublimation D. Stack
D. Condensation
Answer: C
Answer: C
For realistic problems, the achievable stack
As the pressure increases, the amount of work effect probably should be considered to be
it can do increases and its enthalpy A. 75% of the ideal
A. Increases B. Equal to the ideal
B. Remained the same C. 80 % of the ideal
C. Decreases D. Half the ideal
D. Pressure and enthalpy has no relation at
all Answer: C

Answer: A In a balanced system, the available draft is

A. Unity
During the compression process, the internal B. 100
energy of the refrigerant vapor C. Zero
A. Increases D. Infinite
B. Decreases
C. Remain the same Answer: C
D. Internal energy has no relation to the
compression process It is a device used for atomizing or cracking
fuel oil and through which the fuel oil is
Answer: A injected into the working cylinders of Diesel
engines
The measure of the amount of thermal energy A. Atomizer
transfer occurring within the evaporator per B. Injector
unit mass under stated conditions. C. Fuel spray nozzle
A. Refrigeration capacity D. Cracker
B. Heat capacity
C. Refrigeration effect Answer: A
D. Heat absorptivity
The device that transfer thermal energy from
Answer: C one fluid to another
A. Condenser
The peak power that can be produced on an B. Feedwater
occasional basis C. Evaporator
A. Brakepower D. Heat exchanger
B. Intermittent rating
C. Continous duty rating Answer: D
D. Power rating
Undergrounds system of hot water and / or
Answer: B steam
A. Hydrothermal resource
A value of a property that includes the effect B. Geothermal resource
of friction is known as: C. Hot water resource
A. Brake value D. High pressure water system
B. Indicated value
C. Friction value Answer: A
D. Actual value
The process of returning spent geothermal
Answer: A fluids to the subsurface Is called
A. Injection
B. Returning
C. Rejection
D. Exhaustion

Answer: A
The simultaneous demand of all customers
required at any specified point in an electric Evaporation loss can be calculated from the
power system is called humidity ratio increase and is approximately
A. Demand _________ decrease in water temperature
B. Electrical demand A. 0.18% per C
C. Power demand B. 0.25% per C
D. Load C. 0.10% per C
D. 0.30% per C
Answer: D
Answer: A
The electricity generating plants that are
operated to meet the peak or maximum load on Water lost in small droplet and carried away
the system are called by the air flow
A. Peaking plants A. Range
B. High-load plants B. Approach
C. High demanding plants C. Drift
D. Add-on plants D. Bleed-off

Answer: A Answer: C

The capacity of a substance to transmit a The ratio of total dissolved solids in the
fluid is called recirculating water to the total dissolved
A. Fluidity solids in the make-up water.
B. Permeability A. Ratio of concentration
C. Porosity B. Cooling efficiency
D. Smoothness C. Coil efficiency
D. Bypass factor
Answer: B
Answer: A
The ratio of the aggregate volume pore spaces
in rock or soil to its total volume is called A dry-cooling tower where steam travels
A. Porosity through large diameter “trunks” to a cross-
B. Sphericity flow heat exchanger where it is condensed and
C. Permeability cooled by the cooler air
D. Salinity A. Direct condensing tower
B. Indirect condensing dry cooling tower
Answer: A C. Evaporative cooling tower
D. Atmospheric cooling tower
Cooling efficiency is typically
A. 75 to 80% Answer: A
B. 50 to 70%
C. 80 to 85% The minimum fluid energy required at the pump
D. 90 to 95% inlet for satisfactory operation is known as
A. NPSHR
Answer: B B. NPSHA
C. Velocity head
Forced draft towers can cool the water to D. Friction head
within
A. 10 to12 F Answer: A
B. 5 to 6 F
C. 20 to 24 F The actual fluid energy at the inlet
D. 2.5 to 3 F A. NPSHR
B. NPSHA
Answer: B C. Velocity head
D. Friction head
The higher the wet bulb temperatures
A. The higher the efficiency Answer: B
B. The lower the efficiency
C. The efficiency is limited Throttling the input line to a pump and
D. The efficiency is maximum venting or evacuating the receiver tank
A. Both increase cavitation
Answer: B B. Both decrease cavitation
C. Both eliminate cavitation
Define the relative difficulty in cooling, D. Both drive cavitation
essentially the relative amount of contact
area or fill volume required Answer: A
A. Heat load
B. Tower load
C. Cooling duty
D. Rating factor

Answer: D
Traditional reciprocating pumps with pistons A reactor that employs fast or high energy
and rods can be either single-acting or double neutrons and contains no moderator is called
acting and are suitable up to approximately A. High energy reactor
A. 2000 psi B. Fast reactor
B. 4000 psi C. High speed reactor
C. 8000 psi D. Turbo reactor
D. 10,000 psi
Answer: B
Answer: A
A reactor that utilizes slow moving neutrons
Plunger pumps are only single-acting and are A. Slow reactor
suitable up to approximately B. Intermediate reactor
A. 2000 psi C. Thermal reactor
B. 4000 psi D. Slow speed reactor
C. 8000 psi
D. 10,000 psi Answer: C

Answer: D The water bearing stratum of permeable san,

rock, or gravel is called
The ratio of the actual to the ideal heat A. Reservoir
transfer coefficient. B. Water source
A. Fouling factor C. Aquifer
B. Sensible heat ratio D. Well
C. Cleanliness factor
D. Biot number Answer: C

Answer: C The electricity generating units that are

operated to meet the constant or minimum load
The ratio of the maximum to minimum mass steam on the system is called
flow rates at which the temperature can be A. Constant load plants
accurately contained by the desuperheater. B. Baseload plants
A. Cleanliness factor C. Invariable load plants
B. Capacity factor D. Steady load plants
C. Turndown ratio
D. Fouling factor Answer: B

Answer: C The effectiveness of a body as a thermal

radiator at a given temperature,
With a reversible regenerator, the thermal A. Absorptivity
efficiency of the Ericsson cycle is ______ to B. Conductivity
that of the Carnot cyle C. Emissivity
A. Less than D. Reflectivity
B. Greater than
C. Proportional Answer: C
D. Equal
What are the main components in a combined
Answer: D cycle power plant?
A. Diesel engine and air compressor
The electro magnetic radiation emitted from B. Steam boiler and turbine
the daughter nucleus when an alpha particles C. Gas engine and waste heat boiler
leaves the patent atom D. Nuclear reactor and steam boiler
A. Neutron
B. Position Answer: C
C. Gamma ray
D. K-capture The size of a steam reciprocating pumps is
generally designed by a three-digits number
Answer: C size as 646. The first digit designates
A. Stroke of the pump in inches
Which of the following statement is a scheme B. Inside diameter of the steam cylinder
for energy storage? measured in inches
A. Pumped hydro C. Percent clearance
B. Magnetic energy storage D. Number of cylinder
C. Thermal energy storage
D. All of the above Answer: B

Answer: D The power required to deliver a given quantity

of fluid against a given head with no losses
in the pump is called
A. Wheel power
B. Brake power
C. Hydraulic power
D. Indicated power
Answer: C
Fluid that are pumped in processing work are
frequently more viscous than water. Which of
the following statement is correct?
A. Reynolds number varies directly as the
viscosity
B. Efficiency of a pump increases as the
viscosity increases
C. Increased fluid friction between the
pump parts and the passing fluid
increases useful work
D. Working head increases as the viscosity
Answer: C
The law that states “Entropy of all perfect
crystalline solids is zero at absolute zero
temperature”
A. Zeroth law of thermodynamic
B. First law of thermodynamics
C. Second law of thermodynamics
D. Third law of thermodynamics
Answer: D
An expression of the mass of water vapor per
unit mass of dry air
A. Relative humidity
B. Absolute humidity
C. Humidity ratio
D. Saturation ratio
Which of the following types of air dryers
works by absorbing moisture on a solid
dessicant or drying material such as activated
alumina, silicon gel or molecular sieve?
A. Regenerative dryer
B. Spray dryer
C. Deliquescent dryer
D. Refrigerated dryer
Answer: C
When two bodies, isolated from other
environment, are in thermal equilibrium with a
third body, the two are in thermal equilibrium
with each other.
A. Zeroth law of thermodynamic
B. First law of thermodynamics
C. Second law of thermodynamics
D. Third law of thermodynamics
Answer: A
The sum of the energies of all the molecules
in a system where energies appear in several
complex forms is the
A. Kinetic energy
B. Internal energy
C. Potential energy
D. Friction energy
Answer: B

Answer: C The Carnot refrigeration cycle includes all of

the following process except
Which of the following is equivalent to 1 lb? A. Isentropic expansion
A. 5000 grains B. Isenthalpic expansion
B. 6000 grains C. Isothermal expansion
C. 7000 grains D. Isentropic compression
D. 8000 grains
Answer: B
Answer: C
The maximum possible work that can be obtained
a cycle operating between two reservoirs is
The locus of states that the same value of found from
stagnation enthalpy and mass flux is called. A. Process irreversibility
A. Fanno line B. Carnot efficiency
B. Rayleigh line C. Availability
C. Willian’s line D. Reversible work
D. Mollier’s line
Answer: B
Answer: A
The following factors are necessary to define
Combining the conservation of mass and a thermodynamic cycle expect
momentum equations into a single equation and A. The working substance
plotting it on the h-s diagram yield a curve B. High and low temperature reservoirs
called C. The time it takes to complete the cycle
A. Fanno line D. The means of doing work on the system
B. Rayleigh line Answer: C
C. Willian’s line
D. Mollier’s line A temperature above which a given gas cannot
be liquefied
Answer: B A. Cryogenic temperature
B. Absolute temperature
Across the shock, the stagnation temperature C. Vaporization temperature
of an ideal gas D. Critical temperature
A. Increases
B. Decreases Answer: D
C. Remains constant
D. Proportional

Answer: C
The geometrical electricity generating plants After the water passes through the turbine, it
that employs a closed-loop heat exchange is discharges through the draft tube to the
system in which the heat of the primary fluid receiving reservoir known as the
is transferred to a secondary fluid, which is A. Tail race
thereby vaporized and used to drive a turbine B. Tailwater
generator set C. Draft tube
A. Binary cycle plant D. Setting
B. Dual cycle plant
C. Double cycle plant Answer: B
D. Cascade cycle
If a draft tube is not employed, water maybe
Answer: A returned to the tailwater by way of a channel
is known as the
The geothermal solution which contains A. tail race
appreciable amounts of sodium chloride or B. tailwater
other salts is called C. draft tube
A. Sulfur dioxide D. setting
B. Potassium silicate
C. Sea water Answer: A
D. Brine
The turbine, draft tube and all related parts
Answer: D comprise what is known as
A. Powerhouse
The quantity of heat required to raise the B. Forbay
temperature of one pound of water one degree C. Setting
Fahrenheit at standard conditions. D. Surge chamber
A. Btu
B. Calorie Answer: C
C. Joule
D. Centigrade When a forbay is not part of the generating
plant’s design, it will be desirable to
Answer: A provide a ________ in order to relieve the
effects of rapid changes in flowrate.
The process that uses a stream of geothermal A. Forbay
of hot water or stream to perform successive B. Draft tube
task requiring temp is called C. Surge chamber
A. Diminishing heat D. Penstock
B. Decreasing heat
C. Cascading heat Answer: C
D. Negative gradient process
To keep the deflected jet out of the way of
Answer: C the incoming jet, the actual angle is limited
to approximately
The water formed by condensation of steam is A. 90 deg.
called B. 135deg.
A. Distilled water C. 165%
B. Condensate D. 175deg.
C. Dew
D. Condenser Answer: C

Answer: B The spontaneous vaporization of the fluid,

resulting in a degradation of pump
A structure that removes heat from condensate performance.
is called A. Cavitation
A. Desuperheater B. Vapor lock
B. Cooling tower C. Available head
C. Evaporator D. Net head
D. Condenser
Answer: A
Answer: B
A dry cooling tower where steam is condensed
In a typical hydroelectric generating plant by cold water jets (surface or jet condenser)
using reaction turbines, the turbine is A. Direct condensing tower
generally housed in a B. Indirect condensing dry cooling tower
A. Powerhouse C. Evaporative cooling tower
B. Penstock D. Atmospheric cooling tower
C. Forbay
D. Setting Answer: B

Answer: A
If the heat is being removed from water, the The vent or hole in the Earth surface, usually
device is known as in a volcanic region, from which, gaseous
A. Chiller vapors, or hot gasses issue.
B. Cooler A. Fumaroles
C. Air conditioner B. Crater
D. Air cooler C. Hot spot
D. Hot spring
Answer: A
Answer: A
Which of the following is the refrigerant “of
choice” in uniting air conditioners? The earth interior heat made available to man
A. R-22 by extracting it from hot water or rocks.
B. R-123 A. Geological heat
C. R-11 B. Geothermal heat
D. R-502 C. Volcanic heat
D. None of these
Answer: A
Answer: B
In new equipment, which of the following
replace R-11? Device that takes advantage of the relatively
A. R-12 constant temperature of the Earth’s interior,
B. R-123 using it as a source and sink of heat for both
C. R-502 heating and cooling.
D. R-22 A. Geothermal devices
B. Geothermal generator
Answer: B C. Geothermal heat pumps
D. Geothermal turbines
The mass flow rate produces by the compressor
is Answer: C
A. Proportional to the mass of the suction
vapor that the compressor takes in at The spring that shoots jets of hot water and
the suction inlet per unit time steam into the air is called
B. Equal to the mass of the suction vapor A. Geyser
that the compressor takes in at the B. Hot jet
suction inlet per unit time C. Thermal jet
C. Less than the mass of the suction vapor D. Guyshen
that the compressor takes in at the
suction inlet per unit time Answer: A
D. Greater that the mass of the suction
vapor that the compressor takes in at What is the power seat width of a spray valve?
the suction inlet per unit time A. 1/16 in.
B. 1/32 in.
Answer: B C. 1/8 in.
D. 1/4 in.
A boiler operated at pressure not exceeding
1.055kg/cm2 gage steam, or water temperature Answer: A
no exceeding 121˚C.
A. Low pressure heating boiler A device which automatically governs or
B. Hot water supply boiler controls the speed of an engine.
C. Miniature A. Servomotor
D. Power boiler B. Indicator
C. Governors
Answer: A D. Speedometer

The very hot steam that doesn’t occur with a Answer: C

liquid
A. Pure steam The useful energy transfer in Btu/hr divided
B. Saturated vapor by input power in watts. This is just the
C. Critical steam coefficient of performance expressed in mixed
D. Dry steam units.
A. Energy efficient ratio
Answer: D B. Coil efficient
C. Bypass factor
The steam produced when the pressure on a D. Sensible heat ratio
geothermal liquid is reduced
A. Low pressure steam Answer: A
B. High quality steam
C. Sub pressure steam
D. Flashed steam

Answer: D
If EER is the energy efficiency ratio, and COP
is the coefficient of performance then Answer: A
A. EER=3.41COP
B. COP=3.41EER To avoid freezing problems, entering
C. EERxCOP=3.41 refrigerant should be
D. 3.41EERxCOP=1 A. Below-2 C
B. Above-2 C
Answer: A C. Equal to-2 C
D. 0 C
Which of the following is a reversed Rankine
vapor cycle? Answer: B
A. Carnot refrigeration cycle
B. Vapor refrigeration cycle
C. Air refrigeration cycle Suction lines should not be sized too large,
D. Absoption cycle as reasonable velocity is needed to carry oil
from the evaporator back to the compressor.
Answer: B For horizontal suction lines, the recommended
minimum velocity is
The most common type of refrigeration cycle, A. 3.8 m/s
finding application in household B. 6.1 m/s
refrigerators, air conditioners for cars and C. 7.1 m/s
houses, chillers and so on. D. 4.8 m/s
A. Carnot refrigeration cycle
B. Vapor refrigeration cycle Answer: A
C. Air refrigeration cycle
D. Absoption cycle
Type of turbine used for low heads, high
Answer: B rotational speeds and larger flow rates
A. Axial flow turbines
Which of the following is a reserved Brayton B. Reaction turbines
cycle? C. Radial flow turbines
A. Carnot refrigeration cycle D. Impulse turbines
B. Vapor refrigeration cycle
C. Air refrigeration cycle Answer: A
D. Absoption cycle
To keep the deflected jet out of the way of
Answer: C the incoming jet, the actual angle is limited
to approximately
As the liquid changes phase to vapor, its A. 135 deg.
enthalpy B. 150 deg.
A. Increases C. 165 deg.
B. Decreases D. 175 deg.
C. Remains constant
D. Enthalpy has no relation to phase change Answer: C

Answer: A Which of the following turbines are

centrifugal pumps operating in reverse?
Which of the following processes does not A. Reaction turbines
alter the kinetic energy level of a substance? B. Impulse turbines
A. Fusion C. Tangential turbines
B. Adding sensible heat to a solid D. Axial flow turbines
C. Adding sensible heat to a liquid
D. Superheating a vapor Answer: A

Answer: A Weight per unit volume is termed as:

A. Specific gravity
Condensers used for larger capacities B. Specific density
refrigerators. C. Weight density
A. Air-cooled condersers D. Pressure
B. Water-cooled condensers
C. High side condensers Answer: C
D. Low side condenser
Measure of hotness or coldness of the body
Answers: B A. Pressure
B. Temperature
Coolers and chillers for water generally C. Energy
operate with an average temperature difference D. Entropy
of
A. 3 to 11 C Answer: B
B. 5 to 8 C
C. 6 to 22 C The temperature at which the water vapor in
D. 10 to 16 C the air begins to condensed, or the
temperature at which the relative humidity of The ratio of the actual to the ideal heat
air becomes 100%. transfer coefficient.
A. Flash point A. Fouling factor
B. Boiling point B. Sensible heat ratio
C. Dew point C. Cleanliness factor
D. Freezing point D. Biot number

Answer: C Answer: C

It consists of a wet and dry bulb thermometers The ratio of the maximum to minimum mass steam
mounted on a strip of metal flow rates at which the temperature can be
A. Manometer accurately contained by the desuperheater.
B. Gyrometer
C. Pyrometer A. Cleanliness factor
D. Sling psychrometer B. Capacity factor
C. Turndown ratio
Answer: D D. Fouling factor

A manometer is an instrument that is used to Answer: C

measure:
A. Air pressure Used to described the act of blowing the
B. Condensate water level exhaust product out with the air-fuel mixture
C. Heat radiation A. Supercharging
D. Air volume B. Scavenging
C. Honing
Answer: A D. Choking

The relationship of water vapor in the air at Answer: B

the dew point temperature to the amount that
should be in the air if the air were saturated Which of the following compresses and
at the dry-bulb temperature is: increases the amount of air that enters the
A. Partial pressure actual dew point cylinder per stoke
B. Percentage humidity A. Supercharging
C. Relative humidity B. Scavenging
D. Run faster C. Honing
D. Choking
Answer: A
Answer: A
All of the following statements about wet bulb
temperature are true, EXCEPT A form of supercharging in which the exhaust
A. Wet bulb temperature aequals adiabatic gases drive the supercharger
saturation temperature A. Lugging
B. Wet bulb temperature is the only B. Honing
temperature necessary to determine C. Turbocharging
grains water per lb of dry air D. Blower charging
C. Wet bulb temperature lies numerically
between dew point and dry bulb Answer: C
temperature for unsaturated systems
D. Wet bulb temperature equals both dry- The maximum speed of the turbine under no and
bulb and dew point temperature at 100% no governing action is called
relative humidity A. Runaway speed
B. Pre governing speed
Answer: C C. Governing speed
D. No load governing
Heat added to or removed from a substance that
cause a change of temperature: Answer: A
A. Absolute heat
B. Latent heat Which of the following statements is false
C. Specific heat when gasoline is used as diesel fuel.
D. Sensible heat A. Gasoline does not ignite
B. Gasoline wears the fuel-injection pumps
Answer: D because of its low viscosity
C. Addition of lubrication oil to gasoline
Plunger pumps are only single-acting and are will just severe the situation
suitable up to approximately D. All of the above
A. 2000 psi
B. 4000 psi Answer: C
C. 8,000 psi
D. 10,000 psi Which of the following is an advantage of
hydro-plants?
Answer: D
 A. Hydro plants provide ancillary benefits To obtain an accurate reading with a wet bulb
like irrigation, flood control, thermometer, the wick should be saturated with
aquaculture navigation etc. A. Clean air
B. Modern hydro generators give high B. Vapor
efficiency over considerable range of C. Moist
load. This helps in improving the system D. Clean water
C. Due to its great ease of taking up and
throwing off the load, the hydro power Answer: D
can be used as the ideal spinning
reserve in a system mix of the thermal, The amount by which the wet bulb temperature
hydro and power station is reduced below the dry bulb temperature
D. All of the above depends on the relative humidity of the air
and is collective
Answer: B A. Range
B. Approach
The hole area behind the dam draining into a C. Drify
stream or river across which dam has been D. Wet bulb depression
constructed is called
A. Lake Answer: D
B. Forebay
C. Catchment area The measure of the relationship between the
D. Reserve potential dry bulb and dewpoint temperature of the air
and as such, it provides a convenient means of
Answer: C Dewpoint temperature of the air when the dry
bulb temperature is known
Dams constructed primarily to store flood A. Wet bulb temperature
waters called B. Saturation temperature
A. Storge dams C. Humidity ratio
B. Diversion dams D. Relative humidity
C. Detention dam
D. None of the above Answer: A

Answer: C An index of the total heat (enthalpy) of the

air
A channel which lead water to a turbine is A. Wet bulb temperature
called B. Saturation temperature
A. Canal C. Dry bulb temperature
B. Tailrace D. Dewpoint temperature
C. Penstock
D. Headrace Answer: A

Answer: D The sensible heat of the air is a function of

the
Sometimes called percentage humidity A. Wet bulb temperature
B. Dry bulb temperature
A. Relative humidity C. Dewpoint temperature
B. Absolute humidity D. Saturation temperature
C. Humidity ratio
D. Saturation ratio Answer: B

Answer: D The latent heat of the air is a function of

When measuring ____________ of air, the bulb
of the thermometer should be shaded to reduce
the effect of direct radiation
A. Dry bulb temperature
B. Wet bulb temperature
C. Critical temperature
D. Saturation temperature
Answer: A
An ordinary thermometer whose bulb is enclosed
in a wetted cloth sac or wick
A. Dry bulb thermometer
B. Wet bulb thermometer
C. Ordinary thermometer
D. Mercury thermometer
Answer: B
the
A. Wet bulb temperature
B. Dry bulb temperature
C. Dewpoint temperature
D. Saturation temperature
Answer: C
The total heat of air is a function of the
A. wet bulb temperature
B. dry bulb temperature
C. dewpoint temperature
D. saturation temperature
Answer: A
A single suction pump having its suction
nozzle on the opposite side casing from the
stuffing box and having the face of the
suction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis
of the shaft.
A. Centifugal pump
B. In line pump
C. End suction pump
D. Horizontal pump

Answer: C

A centrifugal pump with one or more impellers

discharging into one or more bowls and a
vertical educator or column pipe used to
connect the bowls to the discharge head on
which the pump driver is mounted.
A. Horizontal split case pump
B. In line pump
C. End suction pump
D. Vertical shaft turbine pump

Answer: D

A pump that takes suction from a public

service main or private use water system for
the purpose of increasing the effective water
pressure.
A. Horizontal split case pump
B. Booster pump
C. Submersible pump
D. Vertical shaft turbine pump

Answer B