1.
In turbine installation, the air is
removed from the condenser by
________.
• A. Air pump
• B. Air injector
• C. Air ejector
• D. Air jet
Answer: C
2. The primary purpose of a
turbine in a fluid loop is to:
• A. Add energy to the flow
• B. Add mass to the flow
• C. Extract energy from the
flow
• D. None of the above
Answer: C
3. A vena contract in a fluid jet
issuing through a hole in a plate
is located approximately:
• A. 10 diameters downstream of the
hole
• B. At jet’s minimum diameter
• C. At the orifice minimum diameter
• D. At the orifice maximum diameter
Answer: B
4.The following are all examples of
indirect (secondary) miscellaneous
methods to measure flow except:
• A. Turbine and propeller meters
• B. Magnetic flow meters
• C. Positive displacement meters
• D. Hot-wire anemometers
Answer: C
5. One could expect the
possibility of Reynolds number
similarity in all of the following
cases except:
A. Pumps
B. Fans
C. Turbines
D. Weirs Answer: D
7. One could expect the
possibility of Froude number
similarity in all of the following
cases except:
A. Motion of a fluid jet
B. Flow over spillways
C. Surge and flood waves
D. Subsonic airfoils
Answer: D
8. In fluid flow, linear
momentum is:
A. A vector quantity equal to the
product of mass and velocity
B. A scalar quantity equal to the
product mass and velocity
C. A scalar quantity equal to the
product of force and length of
time is applied
D. The change in impulse
Answer: A
9. All of the following fluid
phenomena are based on the
force momentum principle of a
flowing fluid except:
A. Turbines
B. Pelton wheels
C. Diesel automobile engines
D. Jet engines Answer: C
10. The fact that a fluid’s velocity
increases as the cross sectional
area of the pipe through which it
flow decreases is due to:
A. Bernoull’s equation
B. The continuity equation
C. The momentum equation
D. The perfect gas law
Answer: B
11. In the absence of any heat and
work interactions and any changes in
potential energy, the stagnation
enthalpy of a fluid remains constant
during _______.
A. Unsteady flow
B. Steady flow
C. Turbulent flow
D. Variable flow
Answer: B
12. When a falling object reaches a
speed at which the drag force equals
its weight, it has achieved:
A. Mach one
B. A laminar boundary layer
C. A turbulent boundary layer
D. Terminal velocity
Answer: C
13. The coefficient of contraction is the
ratio of the:
A. Area of vena contract to the orifice area
B. Actual discharge to the theoretical
discharge
C. Actual velocity to the theoretical
velocity
D. Effective head to the actual head
Answer: A
14. The coefficient of discharge is the
ratio of the:
A. Area of vena contract to the orifice area
B. Actual discharge to the theoretical
discharge
C. Actual velocity to the theoretical
velocity
D. Effective head to the actual head
Answer: B
15. The coefficient of velocity is equal
to the:
A. Product of the coefficient of discharge and
the coefficient of contraction
B. Actual velocity divided by the theoretical
velocity
C. Sum of the coefficient of discharge and the
coefficient of contraction
D. Difference of the coefficient of discharge and
the coefficient of contraction
Answer: B
16. Which of the following is not a
similarity between a submerged
culvert and a siphon?
A. They both operate full
B. Torricelli's equation holds
C. Both can experience entrance and exit
losses
D. In both, the water flows downhill
S
Answer: B
17. In parallel pipe system originating and
terminating in common junctions
A. Mass flows through each branch are
equal
B. Pressure drops through each branch are
equal
C. Lengths of each branch are equal
D. Flow areas of each branch are equal
Answer: B
18. Flows through multi-loop systems
maybe computed by:
A. Any closed-form solution of
simultaneous equations
B. The Hardy-Cross method
C. Trial and error
D. All of the above
Answer: D
18. Flows through multi-loop systems
maybe computed by:
A. Any closed-form solution of
simultaneous equations
B. The Hardy-Cross method
C. Trial and error
D. All of the above
Answer: D
19. Flow measuring devices include all
of the following except:
A. Venturi meters
B. Static pressure probes
C. Turbine and propeller meters
D. Magnetic dynamometers
Answer: D
20. Flow measuring devices include all of
the following except:
A. Orifice plate meters
B. Hot-wire anemometers
C. Magnetic flow meters
D. Mercury barometers
Answer: D
22. The following are examples of indirect
(secondary) measurements to measure
flow rates using obstruction meters except:
A. Variable area meters
B. Venture meters
C. Volume tanks
D. Flow nozzles
Answer: C
23. The following are examples of indirect
(secondary) measurements to measure
flow rates using obstruction meters except:
A. Pilot static meters
B. Static pressure probes
C. Weight and mass scales
D. Direction-sensing probes
Answer: C
24. In series pipe system, all of the
following parameters vary from section to
section except:
A. Pressure drop
B. Friction loss
C. Head loss
D. Mass flow
Answer: D
25. Venturi meters, piton static gauges,
orifice meters, flow nozzles, and
differential manometers all depend upon
the relationship between:
A. Flow velocity and friction
B. Flow velocity and pressure
C. Friction and pressure
D. Pressure and mass flow
Answer: B
26. The combination of enthalpy and
kinetic energy of fluid is termed as:
A. Latent enthalpy
B. Heat enthalpy
C. Throttling enthalpy
D. Stagnation enthalpy
Answer: D
27. The coefficient of velocity, Cv, accounts
for the:
A. Effects on the flow area of contraction,
friction and turbulence
B. Small effect of friction and turbulence of
the orifice
C. Changes in diameters of a converging
pipe
D. Effects of compressibility
Answer: B
28. Expansion factors take into account
the:
A. Area of the vena contract
B. Small effect of friction and turbulence of
the orifice
C. Changes in diameters of a converging
pipe
D. Effects of compressibility
Answer: D
29. The matching of scale model and full-
scale results for a fluid dynamic
phenomena with a free surface requires
equality of:
A. Reynolds number
B. Weber number
C. Froude number
D. Cauchy number
Answer: C
33. The water hammer phenomenon is
primarily what kind of fluid mechanics?
A. Static (a phenomena independent
of time)
B. Dynamic (a time-dependent
phenomena)
C. Compressible
D. Incompressible
Answer: B
34. All of the following are forms of drag on
a body moving through a fluid except:
A. Skin friction
B. Wake drag
C. Profile drag
D. Alembert's paradox drag
Answer: D
35. The magnitude of the drag coefficient
of a sphere in water is dependent upon all
of the following except:
A. Fluid density
B. Fluid velocity
C. Units of measure (SI or English
Engineering System)
D. Drag force
Answer: C
36. The fact that there is no resistance to
bodies moving through an ideal (non-
viscous) fluids is known as:
A. Reynold’s analogy
B. D’Alembert’s paradox
C. Newton’s second law
D. The second law of thermodynamics
Answer: B
37. One could expect the possibility of
Reynold’s number similarity in all of the
following cases except:
• A. Submarines
• B. Torpedoes
• C. Seaplane hulls
• D. Supersonic aircraft
Answer: C
38. The function of a turbine is to:
• A. Transfer heat from one fluid to
another
• B. Increase the total energy content of
the flow
• C. Extract energy from the flow
• D. Exchange heat to increase energy to
the flow Answer: C
39. Pitot tube is used to measure the:
• A. Velocity of mass
• B. Velocity of pipe
• C. Flow
• D. Velocity of flow
Answer: D
40. Orifice coefficients are used to
determine:
A. Energy losses
B. Energy gains
C. Mass losses
D. Energy losses and mass gains
Answer: A
41. The coefficient of velocity is the ratio of
the:
• A. Area of vena contract to the orifice area
• B. Actual discharge to the theoretical
discharge
• C. Actual discharge velocity to the theoretical
discharge velocity
• D. Effective head to the actual head
Answer: C
42. The volume flow passes through a
venturimeter
• A. Increasing
• B. Decreasing
• C. Constant
• D. Varying
Answer: C
43. What must be done to change the
direction of rotation of a 440-volt, 3-phase
induction motor?
• A. Reverse lines to start winding
• B. Interchange any two power leads
• C. Replace any two wires to the rotor
• D. Remove any power leads
Answer: B
44. A draft tube is a part of which power
plants?
• A. Diesel engine power plant
• B. Gas turbine power plant
• C. Steam power plant
• D. Hydro-electric power plant
Answer: D
45. Past ME Board Question
In the hydro-electric plant having a
medium head and using a Francis turbine,
the turbine speed may be regulated
through:
• A. Deflector gate
• B. Nozzle
• C. Wicket gate
• D. Forebay
Answer: C
46. Past ME Board Question
A Francis turbine has what flow?
• A. Inward flow reaction
• B. Outward flow impulse
• C. Outward flow reaction
• D. Inward flow impulse
Answer: A
47. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following is a type of water
turbine?
• A. Parson
• B. Hero
• C. Pelton
• D. Blank
Answer: C
48. Past ME Board Question
What is the use of a Hydraulic jump?
• A. Increase the flow rate
• B. Reduce the flow rate
• C. Reduce the velocity of flow
• D. Reduce the energy of flow
Answer: D
49. Past ME Board Question
A Kaplan turbine is:
• A. A high head mixed flow turbine
• B. An inward flow impulse turbine
• C. An outward flow reaction turbine
• D. Low head axial flow turbine
Answer: D
50. Past ME Board Question
The locus of elevation is:
• A. Critical point
• B. Hydraulic gradient
• C. Energy gradient
• D. Friction gradient
Answer: B
51. Past ME Board Question
The locus of elevation to which water will
rise in the piezometer tube is termed:
• A. Energy gradient
• B. Friction head
• C. Hydraulic gradient
• D. Critical path
Answer: C
52. Past ME Board Question
The intake pipe to a hydraulic turbinefrom
a dam is:
• A. Tailrace
• B. Spiral casing
• C. Surge tank
• D. Penstock
Answer:D
53. Past ME Board Question
A type of water turbine where a jet of water is
made to fall on the blades or buckets and due to
the impulse of water, the turbine starts to
move.
• A. Pelton wheel
• B. Steam turbine
• C. Francis turbine
• D. Reaction turbine
Answer: A
54. Past ME Board Question
The lowest portion to storage basin from
where the water is not drawn is:
• A. Bottom storage
• B. Sub-soil storage
• C. Spring reserve
• D. Dead storage
Answer: D
55. Past ME Board Question
In a hydro-electric plant using a Francis
turbine with medium head, the speed can
be regulated using the:
• A. Deflector gate
• B. Nozzle
• C. Wicket gate
• D. Weir
Answer: C
56. Past ME Board Question
In the deep well installation or operation,
the difference between static water level
and operating water level is known as
_______.
• A. Suction lift
• B. Drawdown
• C. Priming level
• D. Clogging
Answer: B
57. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following is a characteristic of
an impulse turbine?
• A. Steam striking blades on angle
• B. No steam reaction to velocity
• C. Steam striking blades at zero
angle
• D. Steam reversing direction
Answer: C
58. Past ME Board Question
What is the pressure at the exit of a
draft tube in a turbine?
• A. Below atmospheric
• B. Vacuum
• C. Atmospheric
• D. Gage
Answer: C
59. Past ME Board Question
An impulse turbine are used for:
• A. Low head
• B. Medium head
• C. High head
• D. Very low head
Answer: C
60. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following is used as high
head turbine?
• A. Impulse
• B. Francis
• C. Réaction
• D. Pro peller
Answer: A
61. In pumped storage plant
• A. Power is produced by pumps
• B. Water is stored by pumping to high
pressures
• C. Pressure accumulators are used
• D. Downstream water is pumped
upstream during offload periods
Answer: D
62. Past ME Board Question
What is the pressure at the exit of a
draft tube in a turbine?
• A. Below atmospheric
• B. Vacuum
• C. Atmospheric
• D. Gage
Answer: C
63. Past ME Board Question
An impulse turbine has:
• A. Low head
• B. Medium head
• C. High head
• D. Very low head
Answer: C
64. Past ME Board Question
High head turbine is a/an:
• A. Impulse
• B. Francis
• C. Reaction
• D. Propeller
Answer: A
65. Past ME Board Question
The lowest portion to storage basin from
where the water is not drawn is:
• A. Bottom storage
• B. Sub-soil storage
• C. Spring reserve
• D. Dead storage
Answer: D
66. Past ME Board Question
In a hydro-electric plant using a Francis
turbine with medium head, the speed can
be regulated using the
• A. Deflector gate
• B. Nozzle
• C. Wicket gate
• D. Weir
Answer: C
67. Past ME Board Question
In the deep well installation or operation,
the difference between static water level
and operating water level is called
________.
• A. Suction lift
• B. Drawdown
• C. Priming level
• D. Clogging
Answer: B
68. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following is a characteristic of
an impulse turbine?
• A. Steam striking blades of angle
• B. No steam reaction to velocity
• C. Steam striking blades to zero angle
• D. Steam reversing direction
Answer: C
69. Past ME Board Question
A type of water turbine where a jet of
water is made to fall on the blades or
buckets and due to the impulse of water,
the turbine starts to move.
• A. Pelton wheel
• B. Steam turbine
• C. Francis turbine
• D. Reaction turbine
Answer: A
70. Past ME Board Question
The intake pipe to a hydraulic turbine from
a dam is:
• A. Tailrace
• B. Spiral casing
• C. Surge tank
• D. Penstock
Answer: D
71. Past ME Board Question
In the hydro-electric plant having a
medium head and using a Francis turbine,
the turbine speed may be regulated
through:
• A. Deflector gate
• B. Nozzle
• C. Wicket gate
• D. Forebay Answer: C
72. Past ME Board Question
A Francis turbine has what flow?
• A. Inward flow reaction
• B. Outward flow impulse
• C. Outward flow reaction
• D. Inward flow impulse
Answer: A
73. Past ME Board Question
Which of the following is a type of
water turbine?
• A. Parson
• B. Hero
• C. Pelton
• D. Bankl
Answer: C
74. Past ME Board Question
Hydraulic jump is used to:
• A. Increase the flow rate
• B. Reduce the flow rate
• C. Reduce the velocity of flow
• D. Reduce the energy of flow
Answer: D
75. Past ME Board Question
A Kaplan turbine is:
• A. A high head mixed flow turbine
• B. An inward flow impulse turbine
• C. An outward flow reaction turbine
• D. Low head axial flow turbine
Answer: D
76. Past ME Board Question
The locus of elevation is:
• A. Critical point
• B. Hydraulic gradient
• C. Energy gradient
• D. Friction gradient
Answer: B
77. Past ME Board Question
The locus of elevations to which water will
rise in the piezometer tube is termed:
• A. Energy gradient
• B. Friction head
• C. Hydraulic gradient
• D. Critical path
Answer: C
78. In turbine installation, the air is
removed from the condenser by:
• A. Air pump
• B. Air injector
• C. Air ejector
• D. Air jet
Answer: C
79. The primary purpose of a turbine in
a fluid loop is to:
• A. Add energy to the flow
• B. Add mass to the flow
• C. Extract energy from the flow
• D. None of the above
Answer: C
80. A vena contracta in a fluid jet
issuing through a hole in a plate is
located approximately:
• A. 10 diameters downstream of the hole
• B. At jet’s minimum diameter
• C. At the orifice minimum diameter
• D. At the orifice maximum diameter
Answer: B
81. The following are all examples of
indirect (secondary) miscellaneous
methods to measure flow except:
• A. Turbine and propeller meters
• B. Magnetic flow meters
• C. Positive displacement meters
• D. Hot-wire anemometers
Answer: C
82. One could expect the possibility of
Reynolds number similarity in all of the
following cases except:
• A. Pumps
• B. Fans
• C. Turbines
• D. Weirs
Answer: D
83. One could expect the possibility of
Froude number similarity in all of the
following cases except:
• A. Surface ships
• B. Surface wave motion
• C. Flow over weirs
• D. Closed-pipe turbulent pipe
flow
Answer: D
84. One could expect the possibility of
Froude number similarity in all of the
following cases except:
• A. Motion of a fluid jet
• B. Flow over spillways
• C. Surge and flood waves
• D. Subsonic airfoils
Answer: D
85. In fluid flow, linear momentum is:
• A. A vector quantity equal to the product
of mass and velocity
• B. A scalar quantity equal to the product
mass and velocity
• C. A scalar quantity equal to the product of
force and length of time is applied
• D. The change in impulse
Answer: A
86. All of the following fluid
phenomena are based on the force
momentum principle of a flowing fluid
except:
• A. Turbines
• B. Pelton wheels
• C. Diesel automobile engines
• D. Jet engines
Answer: C
87. The fact that a fluid’s velocity increases
as the cross sectional area of the pipe
through which it flow decreases is due to:
• A. Bernoull’s equation
• B. The continuity equation
• C. The momentum equation
• D. The perfect gas law
Answer: B
88. In the absence of any heat and work
interactions and any changes in potential
energy, the stagnation enthalpy of a fluid
remains constant during:
• A. Unsteady flow
• B. Steady flow
• C. Turbulent flow
• D. Variable flow
Answer: B
89. When a falling object reaches a
speed at which the drag force equals
its weight, it has achieved:
• A. Mach one
• B. A laminar boundary layer
• C. A turbulent boundary layer
• D. Terminal velocity
Answer: C
90. The coefficient of contraction is the
ratio of the:
• A. Area of vena contracta to the orifice
area
• B. Actual discharge to the theoretical
discharge
• C. Actual velocity to the theoretical
velocity
• D. Effective head to the actual head
Answer: A
91. The coefficient of discharge is the
ratio of the:
• A. Area of vena contracta to the orifice
area
• B. Actual discharge to the theoretical
discharge
• C. Actual velocity to the theoretical
velocity
• D. Effective head to the actual head
Answer: B
92. The coefficient of velocity is equal
to the:
• A. Product of the coefficient of discharge and
the coefficient of contraction
• B. Actual velocity divided by the theoretical
velocity
• C. Sum of the coefficient of discharge and the
coefficient of contraction
• D. Difference of the coefficient of discharge
and the coefficient of contraction
Answer: B
93. Which of the following is not a
similarity between a submerged
culvert and a siphon?
• A. They both operate full
• B. Torricelli’s equation holds
• C. Both can experience entrance and
exit losses
• D. In both, the water flows downhill
Answer: B
94. In parallel pipe system originating
and terminating in common junctions:
• A. Mass flows through each branch are
equal
• B. Pressure drops through each branch
are equal
• C. Lengths of each branch are equal
• D. Flow areas of each branch are equal
Answer: B
95. Flows through multi-loop systems
may be computed by:
• A. Any closed-form solution of
simultaneous equations
• B. The Hardy-Cross method
• C. Trial and error
• D. All of the above
Answer: D
96. Flow measuring devices include all
of the following except
• A. Venturi meters
• B. Static pressure probes
• C. Turbine and propeller meters
• D. Magnetic dynamometers
Answer: D
97. Flow measuring devices include all
of the following except:
• A. Orifice plat meters
• B. Hot-wire anemometers
• C. Magnetic flow meters
• D. Mercury barometers
Answer: D
98. Flow measuring devices include all
of the following except:
• A. Flow nozzles
• B. Venture area meters
• C. Pitot tubes
• D. Precision tachometers
Answer: D
98. Flow measuring devices include all
of the following except:
• A. Flow nozzles
• B. Venture area meters
• C. Pitot tubes
• D. Precision tachometers
Answer: C
99. The following are examples of indirect
(secondary) measurements to measure
flow rates using obstruction meters except:
• A. Variable area meters
• B. Venture meters
• C. Volume tanks
• D. Flow nozzles
Answer: C
100. The following are examples of indirect
(secondary) measurements to measure
flow rates using obstruction meters except:
• A. Pitot static meters
• B. Static pressure probes
• C. Weight and mass scales
• D. Direction-sensing probes
Answer: D
101. In series pipe systems, all of the
following parameters vary from section to
section except:
A. Pressure drop
B. Friction loss
C. Head loss
D. Mass flow
Answer: D
101. In series pipe systems, all of the
following parameters vary from section
to section except:
• A. Pressure drop
• B. Friction loss
• C. Head loss
• D. Mass flow
Answer: D
102. Venturi meters, pitot static gauges,
orifice meters, flow nozzles, and
differential manometers all depend upon
the relationship between:
• A. Flow velocity and friction
• B. Flow velocity and pressure
• C. Friction and pressure
• D. Pressure and mass flow
Answer: B
103. The combination of enthalpy and
kinetic energy of fluid is termed as:
• A. Latent enthalpy
• B. Heat enthalpy
• C. Throttling enthalpy
• D. Stagnation enthalpy
Answer: D
104. The coefficient of velocity, C_v
accounts for the:
• A. Effects on the flow area of
contraction, friction and turbulence
• B. Small effect of friction and
turbulence of the orifice
• C. Changes in diameter of a
converging pipe
• D. Effects of compressibility
Answer: B
105. Expansion factors take into
account the:
• A. Area of the vena contracta
• B. Small effect of friction and
turbulence of the orifice
• C. Changes in diameter of a
converging pipe
• D. Effects of compressibility
Answer: D
106. The matching of scale model and full-
scale results for a fluid dynamic
phenomena with a free surface requires
equality of:
• A. Reynolds number
• B. Weber number
• C. Froude number
• D. Cauchy number
Answer: C
107. The matching of scale model and full-
scale results for a fluid dynamic
phenomena involving compressible fluids
requires equality of:
• A. Reynolds number
• B. Froude number
• C. Cauchy number
• D. Mach number
Answer: D
108. The matching of scale model and full-
scale prototype results for a fluid dynamic
phenomena involving surface tension
requires equality of:
• A. Reynolds number
• B. Weber number
• C. Froude number
• D. Cauchy number
Answer: B
109. The matching of scale model and
full-scale prototype results for a fluid
dynamic phenomena involving a fully
submerged body requires equality of:
A. Reynolds number
B. Weber number
C. Froude number
D. Mach number
Answer: A
110. The water hammer phenomenon
is primarily what kind of fluid
mechanics?
• A. Static (a phenomena independent
of time)
• B. Dynamic (a time-dependent
phenomena)
• C. Compressible
• D. Incompressible Answer: B
111. All of the following are forms of
drag on a body moving through a fluid
except:
• A. Skin friction
• B. Wake drag
• C. Profile drag
• D. D’Alembert’s paradox drag
Answer: D
112. The magnitude of the drag coefficient
of a sphere in water is dependent upon all
of the following except:
• A. Fluid density
• B. Fluid velocity
• C. Units of measure (SI or English
Engineering System)
• D. Drag force
Answer: C
113. The fact that there is no resistance
to bodies moving through an ideal
(non-viscous) fluids is known as:
• A. Reynold’s analogy
• B. D’Alembert’s paradox
• C. Newton’s second law
• D. The second law of
thermodynamics
Answer: B
114. One could expect the possibility of
Reynolds number similarity in all of the
following cases except:
• A. Submarines
• B. Torpedoes
• C. Seaplane hulls
• D. Supersonic aircraft
Answer: C
115. The function of a turbine is to:
• A. Transfer heat from one liquid to
another
• B. Increase the total energy content
of the flow
• C. Extract energy from the flow
• D. Exchange heat to increase energy
to the flow Answer: C
116. Pitot tube is use to measure the:
• A. Velocity of mass
• B. Velocity of pipe
• C. Flow
• D. Velocity of flow
Answer: D
117. Orifice coefficients are used to
determine
• A. Energy losses
• B. Energy gains
• C. Mass losses
• D. Energy losses and mass gains
Answer: A
118. The coefficient of velocity is the
ratio of the:
• A. Area of vena contracta to the orifice
area
• B. Actual discharge to the theoretical
discharge
• C. Actual discharge velocity to the
theoretical discharge velocity
• D. Effective head to the actual head
Answer: C
119. The volume flow passes through a
venturimeter is:
• A. Increasing
• B. Decreasing
• C. Constant
• D. Varying
Answer: C
120. Which of the following devices used
to measure the discharge of outflow from a
vessel?
• A. Pitot tube
• B. Orifice
• C. Pump head
• D. Obstruction meter
Answer: B
