HVAC and Refrigeration Concepts Quiz
Topics covered
HVAC and Refrigeration Concepts Quiz
Topics covered
The refrigerant used in steam jet cooling is: Modern way of detecting air compressor leak is by using
A. Steam A. Soup and water
B. R-11 B. Air leak detector
C. Ammonia C. Acoustic leak detector
D. Water D. Ammonia leak detector
Ans: D Ans: C
The total heat of the air is a function of For foundation of stacks, the maximum pressure on the soil is equal to the
A. WB temperature pressure due to the weight and the ___________.
B. DP temperature A. Soil movement
C. DB temperature B. Wind movement
D. WB depression C. Ground movement
Ans: A D. Engine movement
Ans: B
Boiling point of Freon-12 at atmospheric pressure is:
A. 21 deg F Foundation bolts of specified size should be used and surrounded by a pipe
B. 15 deg F sleeve with an inside diameter of at least
C. 5 deg F A. 3 times the diameter of engine bolt
D. 28 deg F B. 2 times the diameter of engine bolt
Ans: A C. 3 times the diameter of anchor bolt
D. 2 times the diameter of anchor bolt
Which of the following is NOT a type of water cooled condenser in Ans: B
refrigeration?
A. Double pipe For multi stage compression of an ideal Brayton cycle, the back ratio will
B. Double shell A. Increase
C. Shell and coil B. Decrease
D. Shell and tube C. Remains the same
Ans: B D. None of these
Ans: B
Component of absorption refrigeration system in which the solution is
cooled by cooling water. Type of turbine that has a specific speed below 5.
A. Rectifier A. Impulse turbine
B. Generator B. Propeller turbine
C. Evaporator C. Francis turbine
D. Absorber D. Deriaz turbine
Ans: D Ans: A
A high discharge type of turbine A. Removed
A. Impulse turbine B. Open
B. Propeller turbine C. Closed
C. Francis turbine D. Partially closed
D. Deriaz turbine Ans. A
Ans: C
Where deaerating heaters are not employed, it is recommended that the
Use to minimize the speed rise due to a sudden load rejection temperature of the feed water be not less than ______
A. Needle valve A. 197 deg C
B. Wicket gate shut-off B. 102 deg C
C. Shut-off valve C. 104 deg C
D. Jet deflector D. 106 deg C
Ans: D Ans. A
Is the speed of a turbine when the head on the turbine is one meter Is a reaction during which chemical energy is released in the form of heat.
A. Specific speed A. Cosmic reaction
B. Rated speed B. Ethnic reaction
C. Utilized speed C. Endothermic reaction
D. Unit speed D. Exothermic reaction
Ans: D Ans. D
Is a fluid property which refers to the intermolecular attraction by which By reheating the steam in an ideal Ranking cycle the heat rejected will.
the separate particles of the fluid arc held together. A. Increase
A. Cohesion B. Decrease
B. Adhesion C. Remains the same
C. Surface tension D. None of these
D. Hypertension Ans. A
Ans: A
By increasing the boiler pressure in Rankine cycle the moisture content at
Which of the following is NOT the cause of black smoke in diesel engine? boiler exit will.
A. Fuel valve open too long A. Increase
B. High compression pressure B. Decrease
C. Carbon in exhaust pipe C. Remains the same
D. Overload on engine D. None of those
Ans: B Ans. A
Which of the following is not a method of starting a diesel engine? Presently the highest steam temperature allowed at the turbine inlet is
A. Manual: rope, crank and kick about ______.
B. Electric (battery) A. 340 deg C
C. Compressed air B. 520 deg C
D. Using another generator C. 620 deg C
Ans. D D. 1020 deg C
Ans. C
Two-stroke engine performs ________ to complete one cycle.
A. Suction and discharge stroke Two most common gases employed in Stirling and Ericsson cycles are.
B. Compression and power stroke A. Air and helium
C. Power and exhaust stroke B. Oxygen and helium
D. Suction and exhaust stroke C. Hydrogen and helium
Ans. B D. Nitrogen and helium
Ans. C
A type of geothermal plant used when there is a presence of brine
extracted from underground In most common design of gas turbine, the pressure ratio ranges from
A. Dry geothermal plant A. 10 to 12
B. Double-flash geothermal B. 11 to 16
C. Single flash geothermal plant C. 12 to 18
D. Binary geothermal plant D. 15 to 20
Ans. D Ans. B
Typical compression ratio of Otto cycle is A waiting room or large hallway serving as a waiting room
A. 6 a. Terrace
B. 8 b. Rest room
C. 10 c. Compound room
D. 12 d. Lobby
Ans. B Ans. d
If joule Thomson coefficient is equal to zero, then the process will become A continuous and unobstructed path of travel from any point in a building
A. Isentropic or structure to a public way
B. Isenthalpic a. Average of aggress
C. Isobaric b. Mean of aggress
D. Isothermal c. Hallway of aggress
Ans. D d. Pathway of aggress
Ans. B
If the fluid passed through a nozzle its entropy will:
A. Increase Any device or portion of the equipment used to increase refrigerant
B. Decrease pressure
C. Remains the same a. Pressure relief device
D. None of these b. Pressure-imposing element
Ans. C c. Pressure lift device
d. Pressure limiting device
Refrigerant consisting of mixtures of two or more different chemical Ans B
compounds, often used individuals as refrigerant for other applications.
A. Suspension The quantity of refrigerant stored at some point is the refrigeration system
B. Compound reaction for operational, service, or standby purposes/
C. Blends a. Pressure vessel
D. Mixing of refrigerant b. Pumpdown charge
Ans. C c. Liquid receiver
d. Accumulator
Ans B
Secondary refrigerant is a liquid used for the transmission of heat, without
a change of state, and having no flash point or a flash point above ______
as determined from ASTM
Pairs of mating stop valves that allow sections of a system to be joined a. 150 deg F
before opening these valves or separated after closing them b. 160 F
A. Check valve c. 180 F
B. Gate valve d. 200 F
C. Safety valve Ans A
D. Campanion valve
Ans. D A service valve for dual pressure-relief devices that allows using one device
while isolating the other from the system, maintaining one valve in
An enclosed passage way that limits travel to a single path. operation at all times.
a. Three-way valve airflow cannot be reduced to less than ____ of its maximum when the fan is
b. Two-way valve operating
c. One-way valve a. One-quarter
d. Four-way valve b. One half-quarter
Ans A c. Three-quarter
d. One-fourth-quarter
Tubing that is enclosed and therefore exposed to crushing, abrasion, Ans A
puncture, or similar damage after installation.
a. Protected tubing The space above a suspended ceiling shall not be included in calculating the
b. Bare tubing permissible quantity of refrigerant in the system unless such space is
c. Open tubing continuous and is part of the air return system
d. Unprotected tubing a. Partition
Ans D b. Plenums
c. Separator
Refers to blends comprising multiple components of different volatile that, d. Plate divider
when used in refrigeration cycles, change volumetric composition and Ans B
saturation temperature as they evaporate (boil) or condense at constant
pressure. Which of the following is not a possible location of service valve?
a. Zeolite a. Suction of compressor
b. Blending b. Discharge of compressor
c. Composition c. Outlet of liquid receiver
d. Zeotropic d. Outlet of condenser
Ans D Ans D
Is a premises or that of a premise from which, because they are disabled, A coil in series with evaporator that is use to prevent the liquid refrigerant
debilitated, or confined, occupants cannot readily leave without the entering the compressor
assistance of others a. Accumulator
a. Institutional occupancy b. Liquid superheater
b. Public assembly occupance c. Drier loop
c. Residential occupancy d. Liquid suction heat exchanger
d. Commercial occupancy Ans C
Ans A
A type of valve connected from discharge of compressor directly to suction
Is one in which a secondary coolant is in direct contact with the air or other that is normally closed and will open automatically only if there is high
substance to be cooled or heated. discharge pressure
a. Double indirect open spray system a. Check valve
b. Indirect open spray system b. Solenoid valve
c. Indirect closed system c. King valve
d. Indirected, verted closed system d. Relief valve
Ans B Ans B
Refrigerant number R-1150 is Is use to subcooled the refrigerant from the condenser
a. Propylene a. Liquid line
b. Ethane b. Condenser subcooler
c. Ethane c. Desuperheating coils
d. Methyl formate d. Liquid receiver
Ans B ans A
Refrigerant R-40 is Which of the following is NOT a part of low pressure side in refrigeration
a. Chlorodifluoromethane system?
b. Difluoromenthane a. Compressor
c. Ammonia b. Condenser
d. Chloromethane c. Liquid line
Ans D d. Suction line
Ans D
When the air duct system serves several enclosed spaces, the permissible
quantity of refrigerant in the system shall not exceed the amount Which of the following is NOT a part of condensing unit?
determined by using the total volume of those spaces in the which the a. Compressor
b. Discharge line
c. Condenser Dominant refrigerant used in commercial refrigeration system
d. Liquid line a. R11
Ans.D b. R22
c. R12
By subcooling the refrigerant in refrigeration system, the compressor d. R502
power per unit mass will Ans D
a. Increase
b. Decrease Cascade refrigerant system are connected in
c. Remains the same a. Series
d. None of these b. Parallel
Ans C c. Series-parallel
d. Parallel
Superheating the refrigerant in refrigeration system, the specific volume at Ans A
compressor suction will
a. Increase Is use to heat up the solution partially before entering the generator in
b. Decrease absorption refrigeration system
c. Remains the same a. Rectifier
d. None of these b. Absorber
Ans C c. Regenerator
d. Pump
By subcooling the refrigerant in refrigeration system, the specific volume at ans C
compressor suction will
a. Increase The COP of actual absorption refrigeration system is usually
b. Decrease a. Less than 1
c. Remains the same b. Less than 2
d. None of thes c. Less than 3
Ans c d. Less than 4
Ans A
Pressure loss due to friction at the condenser, the compressor power per
unit mass will Sight glass is often located at
a. Increase a. Discharge line
b. Decrease b. Liquid line
c. Remains the same c. Between condenser and liquid receiver
d. None of these d. Suction line
Ans c Ans B
Which of the following is NOT a type of air-cooled condenser? Use to detects a vibration in current caused by the ionization of
a. Shell and tube decomposed refrigerant between two opposite charged platinum
b. Natural draft electrodes
c. Forced draft a. Electronic detector
d. Induced draft b. Halide torch
Ans a c. Bubble method
d. Pressurizing
A type of refrigerant control typically used in household refrigeration Ans a
a. Thermostatic expansion valve
b. Automatic expansion valve The ability of oil to mix with refrigerants
c. Capillary tube a. Carbonization
d. High side float b. Purging
Ans C c. Mixing
d. Miscibility
Ans D
Type of condenser that operates like a cooling water Joints and all refrigerants-containing parts of a refrigerating system located
a. Air-cooled condenser in an air duct carrying conditioned air to and from an occupied space shall
b. Evaporative condenser be constructed to withstand a temperature of ____ without leakage into
c. Shell and tube condenser the airstream.
d. Water cooled condenser a. 550F
Ans b b. 600F
c. 650F
The major problem of heat pump is d. 700F
a. Refrigerant used Ans D
b. Outside air
c. Supply air Refrigerant piping crossing an open space that affords passageway in any
d. Frosting building shall be not loss than ______ above the floor unless the piping is
Ans D
located against the ceiling of such space and is permitted by the authority d. Diffuser
having jurisdiction Ans D
a. 2.2 m
b. 3.2 m Convert fossil fuels into the shaft work
c. 4.2 m a. Nuclear power plant
d. 5.2 m b. Gas turbine power plant
Ans A c. Dendrothermal power plant
d. Thermal power plant
Methyl chloride shall not be in contact with Ans d
a. Aluminum
b. Zinc Ultimate strength drops by 30% as steam temperature raises from ____ for
c. Magnesium unalloyed steel
d. All of these a. 300 to 400 c
Ans D b. 400 to 500 c
c. 600 to 700 c
Shall not be in contact with any halogenated refrigerants d. 700 to 800 c
a. Aluminum Ans B
b. Zinc
c. Magnesium Recent practice limits steam temperature to
d. All of these a. 438 c
Ans C b. 538 c
c. 648 c
Are suitable for use in ammonia system d. 738 c
a. Copper Ans a
b. Aluminum and its alloy
c. Plastic In a closed feed water heater, the feed water pass through
d. Cast iron a. Inside the tube
Ans B b. Outside the tube
c. Inside the shell
In a pressure-relief device is used to protect a pressure vessel having an d. Outside the shell
inside dimension of 6 in or less, the ultimate strength of the pressure vessel Ans a
so protected shall be sufficient to withstand a pressure at least ____ the
design pressure Is use if extracted steam upon condensation gets subcooled
a. 2 times a. Trap
b. 3 times b. Deaerator
c. 4 times c. Filter
d. 5 times d. Drain cooler
Ans B Ans D
Seats and discs shall be limited in distortion, by pressure or other cause, to Needs only single pump regardless of number of heaters
set pressure change of not more than ____ in a span of five years. a. Open heater
a. 1% b. Closed heater
b. 5% c. Mono heater
c. 10% d. Regenerative heater
d. 50% Ans B
Ans B
Known as drum less boiler. Which of the following head loss coefficient among the following types of
A. La Mont boiler entrance?
B. Fire tube boiler A. Bell mouth
C. Force circulation boiler B. Square edge
D. Once-through boiler C. Reentrant
Ans. D D. It depends
Ans. C
Reduces the steam temperature by spraying low temperature water from
boiler drum. What waste treatment method involves of algae from stabilization
A. Reheater pond effluents?
B. Preheater A. Sedimentation
C. Desuperheater B. Floatation
D. Superheater C. Filtration
Ans. C D. Microscreening
Ans. D
Carbon dioxide can be removed by:
A. Deaeration The number of nozzles will depend on the quantity of steam required by
B. Aeration the turbine. If nozzles occupy the entire ….. the ring, the turbine is said to
C. Evaporation have:
D. Vaporization A. Partially full peripheral admission
Ans. B B. One-half peripheral admission
C. Maximum peripheral admission
Is often used to absorb silica from water. D. Full peripheral admission
A. Sorbent Ans. D
B. Rectifier
C. Silica gel Tandem compound units may also have two low-pressure castings that
D. Magnesium hydroxide produces:
Ans. D A. Single flow
B. Double flow
Presence of excess hydrogen ions makes the water C. Triple flow
A. Acidic D. Quadruple flow
B. Alkalinity Ans. C
C. Base
D. Hydroxicity A type of turbine used for driving pumps, fans, and other auxiliaries
Ans. A in power plant commonly operate at exhaust pressure approximating
atmospheric.
PH of water varies with A. Tandem compound turbine
A. Pressure B. Passout turbine
B. Temperature C. Cross-compound turbine
C. Density D. Back pressure turbine
D. Volume Ans. D
Ans. B
What type of turbine that has a degree of reaction of ½? The speed regulation for most turbine-generators is adjustable from:
A. Impulse turbine A. 2 to 6%
B. Reaction turbine B. 4 to 8%
C. Rarsons turbine C. 6 to 10%
D. Deriaz turbine D. 8 to 12%
Ans. C Ans. A
Tranquil flow must always occur Poppet valves of steam turbine are used for extraction pressure of:
A. Above the normal depth A. 20 to 120 psig
B. Above the critical depth B. 20 to 150 psig
C. Below the normal depth C. 20 to 130 psig
D. 20 to 140 psig Ans. D
Ans. B
Which dam is best for weak foundation?
When both bearings of steam engines are on one side of the of the A. Gravity
connecting rod, the engine is referred to as: B. Arch
A. Center-crank engine C. Buttress
B. Side crank engine D. Earth
C. Under crank engine Ans. C
D. Standard crank engine
Ans. B What is the volume of water which will drain freely from the aquifer?
A. Specific yield
When the valve in steam engine is in mid-position of its travel, it will cover B. Reservoir yield
the steam port by an amount known C. Safe yield
D. Secondary yield
A. Steam lap Ans. A
B. Partial lap
C. Full lap What is the line defined by the water level in a group of artesian wells?
D. Angular lap A. Water table
Ans. A B. Peizometric surface
C. Specific yield
A type of governor in steam engine that do not control the actual admission D. All of the above
of steam to the cylinder but controls the pressure of the steam. Ans. B
A. Flyball governor
B. Variable cut-off governor Select the one that is a positive indication of pollution of a river.
C. Throttling governor A. Acidity
D. Shaft governor B. Oxygen content
Ans. C C. Chloride content
D. Nitrite content
By inter-cooling using two stage compressor of Brayton cycle, the backwork Ans. C
ratio will:
A. Increase The cooling water is made to fall in series of baffles to expose large surface
B. Decrease area for steam led from below to come in direct contact.
C. Remains constant A. Spray condenser
D. None of these B. Surface condenser
Ans. B C. Jet condenser
D. Barometric condenser
On dynamic similitude, the relation which represents the ratio of inertia Answer: D
force to pressure force is:
A. Froude number
B. Cauchy number
C. Euler number
D. Reynolds number
Ans. C Show the variation of river flow (discharge) with time
A. Hydrograph
What is the maximum velocity in a sewer flowing full? B. Hyctograph
A. 0.6 m/sec C. Mass curve
B. 0.9 m/sec D. Flow duration curve
C. 1.2 m/sec Answer: A
D. 1.8 m/sec
Ans. A Is an open channel erected on a surface above the ground.
A. Canal
B. Tunnel
A temporary structure constructed to exclude water from the side of the C. Pentstock
foundation during its excavation and construction is called. D. Flume
A. Calsson Answer: D
B. Retaining wall
C. Coffer dam Type of turbine used up to 300 m head
D. Earth dam A. Impulse turbine
Ans. C B. Francis turbine
C. Propeller turbine
Which is not a physical characteristic of water? D. Deriaz turbine
A. Total suspended and dissolve solids Answer: D
B. Tubidity
C. Color Oil is atomized either by air blast or pressure jet at about
D. Hardness A. 60 bar
B. 70 bar At any point in fluid at rest, the pressure is the same in all directions. This
C. 80 bar principle is known as:
D. 90 bar A. Bernoulli principle
Answer: B B. Archimedes principle
C. Pascal’s law
Type of solid injection that use single pump supplies fuel under high D. Torricelli’s law
pressure to a fuel header. Answer: C
A. Common rail injection
B. Individual pump injection system The hot-wire manometer is used to measure
C. Distributor system A. Pressure in gasses
D. Single rail injection B. Pressure in fluids
Answer: A C. Wind velocities at airports
D. Gas velocities
Water flow in diesel engine that is caused by density differential. Answer: D
A. Thermosiphon cooling
B. Thermostat cooling The pitot static tube measures
C. Pressure water cooling A. The static pressure
D. Evaporative cooling B. The gage pressure
Answer: A C. The total pressure
D. The dynamic pressure
Typo of lubrication system in diesel engine in which oil from pump is carried Answer: A
to a separate storage lank outside the engine cylinder and used for high
capacity engine. The terminal velocity of a small sphere setting in a viscous fluid varies as the
A. Mist lubrication system A. First power of its diameter
B. Wet sump lubrication B. Inverse of fluid viscosity
C. Splash system C. Inverse square of the diameter
D. Dry sump lubrication system D. Inverse of the diameter
Answer: D Answer: B
Produces extreme pressure differentials and violent gas vibration. Pressure drag results from
A. Vibration A. Skin friction
B. Detonation B. Deformation drag
C. Explosion C. Breakdown of potential flow near the forward stagnation point
D. Knocking D. Occurrences of wake
Answer: B Answer: A
The amount of moisture in air depend on its Is the mode of energy transfer between a solid surface and the adjacent
A. Pressure liquid or gas which is in motion, and it involves combine effects of
B. Volume conduction and fluid motion.
C. Temperature A. Conduction
D. Humidity B. Convection
Answer: C C. Radiation
D. None of these
The deep body temperature of healthy person is maintained constant at Answer: B
A. 27⁰C
B. 37⁰C Radiation is usually considered as
C. 47⁰C A. Surface phenomenon
D. 48⁰C B. Surface interaction
Answer: B C. Surface corrosion
D. None of these
Air motion also plays important role in Answer: A
A. Surroundings
B. Cooling Work is ____ between the system and the surroundings.
C. Human comfort A. Work interaction
D. None of these B. Energy interaction
Answer: C C. Heat interaction
D. None of these
During simple heating and cooling process has a ____ humidity ratio Answer: B
A. Increasing
B. Decreasing
C. Constant
D. None of these Is a process during which the system remains in equilibrium at all times
Answer:C A. Quasi-equilibrium
B. Static equilibrium
The _____ follows a line of constant wet-bulb temperature on the C. Dynamic equilibrium
psychrometric chart. D. None of these
A. Evaporative cooling process Answer: A
B. Condensive cooling process
C. Direct cooling process In the absence of any work interactions between a system and its
D. None of these surroundings , the amount of net heat transfer is equal
Answer: A A. The change in total energy of a closed system
B. To heat and work
A vapor which is not about to condensate is called a C. Energy interactions
A. mixture of vapor and liquid D. none of these
B. critical vapor Answer: A
C. Superheated vapor
D. None of these The constant volume and constant pressure specific heats are identical for
Answer: C A. compressible substance
B. incompressible substance
Passing from the solid phase directly into vapor phase is called C. compressible gas
A. Condensation D. none of these
B. Fusion Answer: B
C. Sublimation
D. None of these The velocity of fluid is zero at wall aand maximum at the center because of
Answer: C the
A. velocity effect
Robert Boyle observed during his experiments with a vacuum chamber that B. viscous effect
the pressure of gases is inversely proportional to their C. temperature effect
A. Temperature D. none of these
Answer: B As the air passes through a nozzle, which of the following will decrease?
a. Temperature
For steady flow devices, the volume of the control volume is b. Enthalpy
A. increase c. Internal energy
B. decrease d. Mach number
C. constant Ans. C
D. none of these
Answer: C As the air passes through a diffuser, which of the following will increase?
a. Density
Work done in turbine is ____ since it is done by the fluid. b. Entropy
A. Positive c. Mach number
B. Negative d. Velocity
C. Zero Ans. A
D. None of these
Answer: A As the air passes through a diffuser, which of the following will NOT be
affected?
Reheating process in Brayton cycle, the turbine work will a. Density
a. Increase b. Entropy
b. Decrease c. Mach number
c. Remains the same d. Velocity
d. None of these Ans. B
Ans. A
After passing through a convergent-divergent nozzle the temperature of air
Which of the following is the chemical formula of ethanol? will:
a. C7H16 a. Increase
b. C2H6O b. Decrease
c. C7H8 c. Remains the same
d. C6H12 d. None of these
Ans. B Ans. B
Which of the following is the chemical formula of heptane? After passing through a convergent-divergent nozzle the density of air will:
a. C7H16 a. Increase
b. C2H6O b. Decrease
c. C7H8 c. Remains the same
d. C6H12 d. None of these
Ans. A Ans. B
Which of the following is the chemical formula of hexane? After passing through a convergent-divergent nozzle the mach number of
a. C7H16 air will:
b. C2H6O a. Increase
c. C7H8 b. Decrease
d. C6H12 c. Remains the same
Ans. D d. None of these
Ans. B
Which of the following is the chemical formula of toluene?
a. C7H16 By increasing the temperature source of Carnot cycle, which of the
b. C2H6O following will not be affected?
c. C7H8 a. Efficiency
d. C6H12 b. Work
Ans. C c. Heat added
d. Heat rejected
As the air passes through a nozzle, which of the following will increase? Ans. D
a. Temperature
b. Enthalpy By decreasing the temperature source of Carnot cycle, which of the
c. Internal energy following will not be affected?
d. Mach number a. Efficiency
Ans. D b. Work
c. Heat added
As the air passes through a diffuser, which of the following will decrease? d. Heat rejected
a. Temperature Ans. C
b. Enthalpy
c. Internal energy By superheating the refrigerant in vapor compression cycle with useful
d. Mach number cooling, which of the following will increase? (use per unit mass analysis)
Ans. D a. Condenser pressure
b. Evaporator pressure
c. Quality after expansion
d. Heat rejected from condenser By increasing the vaporizing temperature in vapor compression cycle, which
Ans. D of the following will decrease? (Use per unit mass analysis)
A. Refrigeration effect
By superheating the refrigerant in vapor compression cycle with useful B. COP
cooling, which of the following will decrease? (use per unit mass analysis) C. evaporator temperature
a. Refrigerated effect D. Temperature difference between evaporator and compressor
b. COP Answer: D
c. Compressor power
d. Mass flow rate By increasing the condenser pressure in vapor compression cycle, which of
Ans. D the following will increase? (Use per unit mass analysis)
A. moisture content after expansion
By superheating the refrigerant in vapor compression cycle without useful B. compressor power
cooling, which of the following will decrease? (use per unit mass analysis) C. heat rejected from condenser
a. Heat rejected D. mass flow rate
b. COP Answer: A
c. Compressor power
d. Specific volume at suction
Ans. B If the pressure drop in the condenser Increases in a vapor compression
cycle, which of the following will increase? (Use per unit mass analysis)
A. mass flow rate
B. compressor power
C. heat rejected in the condenser
D. specific volume of suction
Answer: C
By superheating the refrigerant in vapor compression cycle without useful
cooling, which of the following will increase? (use per unit mass analysis) If the pressure drop in the condenser increases in a vapor compression
a. Heat rejected cycle, which of the following will decrease? (Use per unit mass analysis)
b. COP A. Refrigeration effect
c. Compressor power B. mass flow rate
d. Specific volume at suction C. heat rejected in the condenser
Ans. C D. compressor power
Answer: B
By superheating the refrigerant in vapor compression cycle without useful
cooling, which of the following will not be affected? (use per unit mass If the pressure drop in the condenser increases in a vapor compression
analysis) cycle, which of the following will not be affected? (Use per unit mass
a. Refrigerated effect analysis)
b. COP A. compressor power
c. Compressor power B. mass flow rate
d. Mass flow rate C. heat rejection in the condenser
Ans. C D. COP
Answer: A
By sub-cooling the refrigerant in vapor compression cycle at condenser exit,
which of the following will increase? (use per unit mass analysis) If the pressure drop in the evaporator increases in a vapor compression
a. Refrigerated effect cycle, which of the following will increase? (Use per unit mass analysis)
b. Specific volume at suction A. Refrigerating effect
c. Compressor power B. vaporizing temperature
d. Mass flow rate C. heat rejected in the condenser
Ans. A D. COP
Answer: C
By sub-cooling the refrigerant in vapor compression cycle at condenser exit,
which of the following will decrease? (use per unit mass analysis) If the pressure drop in the evaporator increases in a vapor compression
a. Refrigerated effect cycle, which of the following will decrease? (Use per unit mass analysis)
b. Specific volume at suction A. specific volume at suction
c. Compressor power B. compressor power
d. Mass flow rate C. heat rejected in the condenser
Ans. D D. COP
Answer: D
By increasing the vaporizing temperature in vapor compression cycle, which
of the following will increase? (Use per unit mass analysis) By lowering the condenser pressure in Rankine cycle, which of the following
A. mass flow rate will decrease? (Use per unit mass analysis)
B. COP A. pump work
C. specific volume at suction B. turbine
D. compressor work C. heat rejected
Answer: B D. cycle efficiency
Answer: C Answer: D
By increasing the boiler pressure in Rankine cycle, which of the following A type of turbine used in desalination of sea water.
will decrease? (Use per unit mass analysis) A. back pressure turbine
A. heat rejected B. passout turbine
B. pump work C. peaking turbine
C. cycle efficiency D. reaction turbine
D. moisture Answer: A
Answer: A
States that when conductor and magnetic field move relatively to each
other, an electric voltage is induced in the conductor.
A. Maxwell’s law
B. Kirchoff’s law
By superheating the steam to a higher temperature in Rankine cycle, which C. Faraday’s law
of the following will decrease? (Use per unit mass analysis) D. Newtons law
A. moisture content at the turbine exhaust Answer:C
B. turbine work
C. heat added Transfers heat directly to electrical energy by utilizing thermionic emissions.
D. heat rejected A. Thermionic motor
Answer: A B. Thermionic generator
C. Thermionic converter
By superheating the steam to a higher temperature in Rankine cycle, which D. Thermionic cell
of the following will increase? (Use per unit mass analysis) Answer:B
A. moisture content at the turbine exhaust
B. pump work Is the largest group of coal containing 46-86% of fixed carbon and 20 to 40%
C. condenser pressure volatile matter.
D. cycle efficiency A. anthracite
Answer: B. sub-anthracite
C. Bituminous
By reheating the steam before entering the second stage in Rankine cycle, D. Sub-bituminous
which of the following will decrease? Ans. C
A. turbine work
B. moisture content after expansion When 1 gram of coal is subjected to a temperature of about 105⁰C for a
C. heat added period of 1 hour, the loss in weight of the sample gives the:
D. heat rejected A. volatile matter
Answer: B B. ash
C. Fixed carbon
When Rankine cycle is modified with regeneration, which of the following D. moisture content
will increase? Answer:D
A. turbine work
B. heat added When 1 gram of sample of coal is placed in a crucible and heated 950⁰C and
C. heat rejected maintain at that temperature for 7 minutes there is a loss in weight due to
D. cycle efficiency elimination of:
Answer: D A. volatile matter and moisture
B. ash
Is the combination of base load and peaking load. C. Fixed carbon
A. rated load D. moisture content
B. intermediate load Answer:A
c. combine load
D. over-all load Consist of hydrogen and certain hydrogen carbon compounds which can be
Answer: B removed from coal byheating.
A. moisture content
Sum of the maximum demand over the simultaneous maximum demand. B. product of combustion
A. use factor C. ash
B. capacity factor D. volatile matter
C. demand factor Answer:D
D. diversity factor
Answer: D By heating 1 gram of coal in an uncovered crucible until the coal is
completely burned, the __ will formed.
Regenerative with feed heating cycle with infinite number of feedwater A. volatile matter and moisture
heaters thus efficiency is equal to: B. ash
A. otto cycle C. Fixed carbon
B. stirling cycle D. moisture content
C. erricson cycle Answer:B
D. carnot cycle
Caking coal are used to produce coke by heating in a coke oven in the Stirling cycle uses a ____ as working fluids.
absence of __ with volatile matter driven off. A. incompressible gas
A. air B. incompressible fluids
B. oil C. compressible refrigerant
C. oxygen D. compressible fluids
D. nitrogen Answer:D
Answer:A
In Striling process, the heat is added during
Grindability of standard coal is A. Isobaric process
A. 80 B. Isentropic process
B.90 C. Isothermal process
C. 100 D. Heat process
D. 110 Ans. C.
Answer:C
Brayton cycle is known as
Major constituent of all natural gases is A. Carnot cycle
A. ethane B. Joule cycle
B. methane C. Carnot cycle
C. propane D. Rankine cycle
D. Cethane Ans. B
Answer: B
It is applied to propulsion of vehicle because of certain practical
Two types of fans are: characteristics.
A. centrifugal and axial A. Diesel cycle
B. reciprocating and axial B. Otto cycle
C. centrifugal and rotary C. Carnot cycle
D. tangential and rotary D. Brayton cycle
Answer:A Ans. D
Enthalpy of substance at specified state due to chemical composition. Heat exchangers typically involve
A. enthalpy of reaction A. no work interaction
B. enthalpy of combustion B. no heat interaction
C. enthalpy of formation C. no energy interaction
D. enthalpy of product D. none of these
Answer:C Ans. D
A type of boiler used for duper critical pressure operation. A device that is used to convert the heat to work is called
A. La Mont boiler A. Adiabatic
B. Once through-circulation boiler B. Regenerator
C. Force circulation boiler C. Heat engines
D.Natural circulation boiler D. None of these
Answer:B Ans. C
Economizer in a water tube boiler is heated by: The objective of a heat pump is to maintain a heated space at
A. electric furnace A. Low temperature
B. electric current B. High temperature
C. incoming flue gas C. Medium temperature
D. outgoing flue gas D. None of these
Answer:D Ans. B
Receives heat partly by convection and partly by radiation. A device that violates the second law of thermodynamics is called
A.radiant superheater A. perpetual motion machine of second kind
B. desuperheater B. perpetual motion machine of third kind
C. convective superheater C. perpetual motion machine of the first kind
D.pendant superheater D. none of these
Answer:D Ans. B
Regenerative superheater is a storage type of heat exchangers have an A process is called _____ if no irreversibilities occur outside the system
energy storage medium called. boundaries during the process.
A. matrix A. externally reversible
B. regenerator B. internally reversible
C. Boiler C. reversible
D. Recuperator D. none of these
Answer:A Ans. A
An energy interaction which is not accompanied by entropy transfer is
A. energy
B. heat
C. work If Erickson cycle , the regeneration process occur during ______ process.
D. none of these A. constant volume
Ans. C B. constant temperature
A _____ is used in aircraft engines and some automotive engine. In this C. constant pressure
method, a turbine driven by the exhaust gases is used to provide power to D. none of these
compressor or blower at the inlet. Ans. C
A. discharging
B. turbocharging In Brayton cycle, the ____ during constant pressure process.
C. supercharging A. work is added
D. scavenging B. heat is transferred
Ans. B C. pressure is rejected
D. energy is added
The only device where the changes in kinetic energy are significant are the Ans. B
A. compressor
B. pumps The two major application areas of gas turbine engines are
C. nozzles and diffusers A. driving automotive engine and locomotives
D. none of these B. heating and generation
Ans. C C. aircraft propulsion and electric power generation
D. none of these
The distance between TDC and BDC in which the piston can travel is the Ans. C
A. right extreme position
B. displacement stroke The use of regenerator in is recommended only when the turbine exhaust
C. stroke of the engine temperature is higher than the compressor.
D. swept stroke A. exit temperature
Ans. C B. inlet temperature
C. mean temperature
In compression-engine the combustion of air-fuel mixture is self-ignited as a D. absolute temperature
result of compressing the mixture above its Ans. A.
A. self developed temperature
B. mixing temperature As the number of stages is increased, the expansion process becomes
C. self feed temperature A. isentropic
D. self ignition temperature B. isothermal
Ans. D C. isometric
D. polytropic
The thermal efficiency of an ideal Otto cycle depends _______ of the Ans. B
working fluid.
A. the pressure ratio of the engine and the specific ratio Aircraft gas turbines operate at higher pressure ratio typically between
B. the temperature ratio of the engine and the specific ratio A. 6 to 8
C. the moles ratio of the engine and the specific heat ratio B. 12 to 24
D. the compression ratio of the engine and the specific heat ratio C. 10 to 18
Ans. D D. 10 to 25
Ans: D
Using monoatomic gas, the thermal efficiency of Otto cycle
A. increases The first commercial high-pass ratio engines has a bypass ratio of
B. decreases A. 1
C. remains constant B. 3
D. none of these C. 5
Ans. A D. 7
Ans: C
In diesel engine, combustion process during combustion occurs during
A. isothermal process The single-stage expansion process of an ideal brayton cycle without
B. constant pressure process regeneration is replace by a multistage expansion process with reheating
C. isentropic process between the same pressure limits. As a result of modification, thermal
D. adiabatic efficiency will:
Ans. B A. Increase
B. Decrease
If the cutoff ratio decreases, the efficiency of diesel cycle C. Remain constant
A. increases D. none of these
B. decreases Ans: B
C. remains constant
D. none of these
Ans. A
Which of the following is/are the application of Brayton cycle In an ideal Rankine cycle with fixed boiler and condenser pressures. What is
A. Propulsion system the effect of superheating the steam to a higher temperature, the pump
B. Automotive Turbine Engines work input will:
C. Aircraft Turbine engines A. increase
D. all of these B. decrease
Ans. D C. remains the same
D. none of these
It used as working fluid in high-temperature application of vapor cycle? Ans. C
A. Helium
B. Deuterium How do the following quantities change when the simple ideal Rankine
C. Mercury cycle is modified with? The heat rejected:
D. Water A. increase
Ans. C B. decrease
C. remains the same
The superheat vapor enters the turbine and expands isentropically and D. none of these
produces work by the rating shaft. The _________ may drop, during the Ans. B
process.
A. density During a combustion process, the components which exist before the
B. Viscosity of fuel reaction are called
C. Temperature and pressure A. reaction
D. none of these B. combustion
Ans. C C. reactants
D. product
Only________ of the turbine work output is required to operate the pump Ans. C
A. 0.01%
B. 0.02% In an obvious reason for incomplete combustion
C. 0.03% A. insufficient carbon
D. 0.04% B. insufficient air
Ans. D C. insufficient nitrogen
D. insufficient oxygen
Superheating the steam to higher temperature decreases the moisture Ans. D
content of the steam at the_______
A. turbine inlet Higher heating value when H20 in the product of combustion is in
B. compression inlet A. solid form
C. compressor exit B. vapor form
D. turbine exit C. gas form
Ans. D D. liquid form
Ans. D
Regeneration also provides a convenient means a dearating the feedwater
to prevent Device which transfer heat from low temperature medium to a higher
A. boiler explosion temperature one is a
B. boiler scale production A. adiabatic
C. boiler corrosion B. refrigerator
D. compressor damage C. heat exchanger
Ans. C D. heat pump
Ans. D
Can be apply in Steam turbine cycle (Rankine), gas turbine cycle (Brayton)
and combined cycle A rule of thumb is that the COP improves by ______ for each C the
A. Hydroelectric plant evaporating temperature is raised or the condensing temperature is
B. Nuclear power plant lowered.
C. Cogeneration plant A. 2 to 4%
D. Tidal power plant B. 6 to 7%
Ans. C C. 1 to 5%
D. 6 to 10%
In a Rankine cycle with fixed turbine inlet conditions. What is the effect of Ans. A
lowering the condenser pressure the heat rejected will.:
A. increase Are generally more expensive to purchase and install than other heating
B. decrease systems , but they save money in the long run.
C. remains the same A. Refrigerator
D. none of these B. Adiabatic
Ans. B C. Heat pumps
D. Humidifyer
Ans. C
The most widely used absorption system is the ammonia-water system, a system that is completely impervous to its surrounding. Neither mass nor
where ammonia is serves as a refrigerant and H20 as the energy cross its bounderies
A. cooling a. open system
B. heating b. closed system
C. heating and cooling c. adiabatic system
D. transport medium d. isolated system
Ans. D ans d
The efficiency of all reversible heat engines operating between the same a device used to measure small and moderate pressure difference
two reservoir________ a. manometer
A. Differ b.bourdon gage
B. Are the same c. barometer
C. Are Unequal d. piezometer
D. None of the above ans a
Ans. B
a vapor having a temperature higher than the saturation temperature
A process with no heat transfer is known as corresponding to its pressure.
A. isobaric process a. superheated vapor
B. adiabatic process b. saturated vapor
C. isothermal process c. super saturated vapor
D. isothermal process d. subcooled vapor
Ans. B ans a
The relative density of a substance is the ratio of its density of: the energy or stored capacity for performing work possessed by a moving
A. mercury body, by virtue of its momentum.
B. oil a. internal energy
C. gas b. work
D. water c. gravitational potential energy
Ans. D d. kinetic energy
ans D
This type of heat exchanger allows fluids to flow at right angles to each
other the thermodynamic process wherein temperature is constant and the
A. Series flow change in internal energy is zero
B. Parallel flow a. isobaric process
C. Cross flow b. isometric process
D. Counter flow c. isothermal process
Ans. C d. polytropic process
ans c
The fact the total energy in any one energy system remains constant is
called the principle of_____ the function of a pump and compressor is to
A. Conservation of Energy a. transfer heat from one fluid to another
B. Second Law of Thermodynamics b. increase the total energy content of the flow
C. Conservation of Mass c. extract energy from the flow
D. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics d. exchange heat to increase energy to the flow
Ans a ans b
A process for which the inlet and outlet enthalpies are the same this law states that ‘all energy received as heat by a heat-engine cannot be
A.isenthalpic converted into mechanical work’
B. enthalpy conservation a. 1st law of thermodynamics
c. throttling b. 2nd law of thermodynamics
d. steady state c. 3rd law of thermodynamic
ans c d. all of the above
ans b
the sum of energies of all the molecules in system, energies that appear in
several complex forms the intensity of pressure that is measured above absolute zero is called
a. kinetic energy a. gage pressure
b. internal energy b. absolute pressure
c. external energy c. vacuum pressure
d.flow work d. saturation pressure
ans B ans b
this is the ratio of the heat equivalent of the brake or useful horsepower
developed by an engine and available on its crankshaft to the heat during
the same time
a. brake engine efficiency c. calorimetry
b. indicated thermal efficiency d. none of the above
c. combined thermal efficiency ans c
d.brake thermal efficiency
ans d the rate of doing work per unit time
a. torque
flow work is equal to pressure times _______ b. power
a. temperature c. force
b. entropy d. moment
c. internal energy ans B
d. specific volume
ans d it an ideal rankine cycle with fixed boiler and condenser pressure. What is
the effect of superheating the steam to a higher temperature to the cycle
this form of energy is due to the position or elevation of the body thermal efficiency?
a. internal energy a. the cycle thermal efficiency will increase
b. kinetic energy b. the cycle thermal efficiency will decrease
c. potential energy c. the cycle thermal efficiency will remain constant
d. work d. none of the above
ans c ans a
another term for constant volume process a vapor having a temperature higher than the saturation temperature
a. isometic corresponding to the existing pressure
b. isochoric a. superheated vapor
c. isovolumic b. saturated vapor
d. all of the above c. wet vapor
ans D d. none of the above
ans a
work done by the steam during a reversible adiabatic expansion process in
the turbine it is the work done in pushing a fluid across a boundary, usually into or out a
a. brake work system
b. ideal work a. mechanical work
c. actual fluid work b. non flow woek
d. combine work c. flow work
ans b d. electrical work
ans c
the efficiency of carnot cycle depends upon the
a. pressure a liquid that has a temperature lower than the saturation temperature
b. entropy corresponding to the existing pressure.
c. volume a. subcooled liquid
d. temperature b. saturated liquid
ans D c. unsaturated liquid
d. water
is the heat required in a constant pressure process to completely vaporiz a ans a
unit-mass of liquid at a given temperature
b. latent heat vaporization this type of boiler, the water passes through the tubes while the flue gases
c. enthalpy of vaporization burn outside the tubes
d. all of the above a. water column
ans d b. try cocks
c. gauge glass
it is a commonly used device for measuring temperature differences or high d. all of the above
temperatures. ans c
a. thermistor
b. thermocouple it prevents damage to the boiler by giving warning of low water
c. bimetallic strip a. safety valve
d. mercury in glass b. fusible plug
ans b c. relief valve
d. try cocks
ans b
the science and technology concerned with precisely measuring energy and it has several functions. When necessary it empties the boiler for cleaning,
enthalpy inspection, or repair. It blows out mud scale, or sediment when the boiler is
a. thermodynamics in operation and prevents excessive concentration of soluble impurities in
b. chemistry the boiler
a. blow-down line c. parallel flow
b. boiler feedwater pump d. double flow
c. steam valve ans a
d. none of the above
ans a it is the subject that deals with the behavior of moist air
a. psychrometer
is a feedwater preheating and waste heat recovery device which utilizes the b. psychrometry
heat of the flue gases c. refrigeration
a. economizer d. pneumatics
b. open heater ans b
c. closed heater
d. waterwalls it is the ration of the mass of water vapor in a certain volume of moist air at
ans a a given temperature to the mass of hot water in the same volume of
it is a heat exchanger which utilizes the heat of the flue gases to preheat saturated air at the same temperature
the air needed for combustion a. humidity ratio
a. economizer b. specific humidity
b. feedwater heater c. humidity
c. reheater d. relative humidity
d. air preheater ans D
ans d
it is a sustem of furnace cooling tubes which can extend the evaporative air whose condition is such that any decrease in temperature will result in
capacity of the water-tube boiler and at the same time protect the furncace condensation of water vapor into liquid.
walls from high temperature. a. saturated air
a. reheater b. unsaturated air
b. waterwalls c.saturated vapor
c. superheater d. moist air
d. feedwater heater ans a
ans b
it is the warm water temperature minus the cold water temperature leaving
it is based on the generation of 34.5 lbm/hr of steam from water at 212F the cooling tower
and equivalent to 33500 btu/hr a. approach
a. one hp b. terminal difference
b. one kw c. cooling range
c. one Boiler Hp d. LMTD
d. none of the above ans c
ans c
the temperature where the relative humidity becomes 100 % and where
it prevents boiler pressure from rising above a certain predetermined the water vapor starts to condense is known as _____
pressure by opening to allow excess steam to escape into the atmosphere a. dry bulb temperature
when that point is reached, thus guarding against a possible expulsion b. dewpoint temperature
through excessive pressure. c. wet bulb temperature
a. relief valve d. saturated temperature
b. safety valve ans b
c. fusible plug
d. pressure switches the surrounding air ____ temperature is the lowest temperature to which
ans B water could possibly be cooled in a cooling tower
a. dry bulb
in a water tube boiler, the water will pass through _____ b. wet bulb
a. inside the tubes c. dew point
b. outside the tubes d. saturation temperature
c. inside the shell ans b
d. outside the shell
ans a which is not a major part of the vapor compression system?
a. compressor
it is the temperature to which the air becomes saturated at constant b. condenser
pressure c. evaporator
a. dry bulb temperatue d. refrigerant
b. wet bulb temperature ans d
c. dew point temperature
d. saturation temperature
ans C this refers to the rate of heat transfer attribute only to a change in dry-bulb
in a ______ cooling tower, the air moves horizontally through the fills as the temperature
water moves downward. a. sensible heating or cooling
a. cross flow b. humidification
b. counter flow c. dehumidification
d. cooling and dehumidifying ans C
ans a
the temperature at which the water vapor content of moist air begins to
it is a binary mixture of dry air and water-vapor condense when air is cooled at costant pressure
a. dry air a. dew point temp
b. saturated vapor b. wet bulb temp
c. moist air c. dry bulb temp
d. wet mixture d. condensing temp
ans c ans a
the temperature measured by an ordinary thermometer it is the index of performance of a refrigeration system which is a
a. wet bulb temp dimennless quantity
b. dry bulb temp a. coefficient of performance
c. dew point temp b. energy ratio
d. wet – bulb depression c. energy efficiency
ans b d. performance ratio
ans a
the mass of water interspersed in each kilogram of dry air
a. enthalpy it is simply the compression of the gas in two or more cylinders in place of a
b. humidity ratio single cylinder compressor
c. specific volume a. intercooled compression
d. relative humidity b. multistage compression
ans b c. efficient compression
d. performace compression
this system combines two vapor compression units with the condenser of ans b
the low temperature system
discharge its heat to the evaporator of the high temperature system the transfer of energy from the more energetic in two or more energetic
a. cascade systems particles of a substance to the adjacent less energetic ones as a result of
b.multistage system interaction between the particles
c. binary system a. heat transfer
d. multi pressure system b. radiation
ans a c. conduction
d. convection
a process of increasing the humidity ratio at constant dry bulb temperature ans c
a. dehumidifying process
b.cooling process what is the simultaneous control of temperature, humidity, air movement,
c. heating process and quantity of air in space?
d. humidifying process a. refrigeration
ans d b.psychometry
c. air conditioning
the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in the air to the saturation d. humidification
pressure corresponding to the ans c
temperature of the air
a. humidity ratio the non condensing component of the moist air
b. relative humidity a. hydrogen
c. specific humidity b. water vapour
d. moisture content c. nitrogen
ans b d. dry air
ans d
in an air conditioning process that involves heating without changing the
moisture content of air. The process is represented by a horizontal line in
the psychrometric chart, from left to right
a. sensible cooling process
b. sensible heating process
c.humidifying process
d. heating and dehumidifying process
ans b the substance used for heat transfer in a vapor compression refrigeratimg
system. It picks up heat by evaporating at a low temperature and pressure
it is an air conditioning process of increasing the humidity ratio without and gives up this heat by condensing at a higher temprerature and pressure
changing the dry-bulb temperature of air. The process is represented in the a. water
psychrometric chart by a vertical line, from up to down b. air
a. sensible cooling process c. ammonia
b. sensible heating process d. gas
c. humidifying process
d. heating and dehumidifying process
what is the pressure of the refrigerant between the expansion valve and
the intake of the compressor in a multi pressure refrigeration system?
a. high side pressure
b. dishcharge pressure
c. condensing pressure
d. low side pressure
ans D