Quiz 16

Multiple-choice questions on pressure in fluids

1. A force of 50 N acts uniformly over and at right angles to a surface. When the area of the surface is 5 m2 ,
the pressure on the area is:
(a) 250 Pa (b) 10 Pa (c) 45 Pa (d) 55 Pa
2. Which of the following statements is false? The pressure at a given depth in a fluid
(a) is equal in all directions
(b) is independent of the shape of the container
(c) acts at right angles to the surface containing the fluid
(d) depends on the area of the surface
3. A container holds water of density 1000 kg/m3 . Taking the gravitational acceleration as 10 m/s2 , the
pressure at a depth of 100 mm is:
(a) 1 kPa (b) 1 MPa (c) 100 Pa (d) 1 Pa
4. If the water in question 3 is now replaced by a fluid having a density of 2000 kg/m3 , the pressure at a depth
of 100 mm is:
(a) 2 kPa (b) 500 kPa (c) 200 Pa (d) 0.5 Pa
5. The gauge pressure of fluid in a pipe is 70 kPa and the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa. The absolute
pressure of the fluid in the pipe is:
(a) 7 MPa (b) 30 kPa (c) 170 kPa (d) 10/7 kPa
6. A U-tube manometer contains mercury of density 13,600 kg/m3 . When the difference in the height of the
mercury levels is 100 mm and taking the gravitational acceleration as 10 m/s2 , the gauge pressure is:
(a) 13.6 Pa (b) 13.6 MPa (c) 13 710 Pa (d) 13.6 kPa
7. The mercury in the U-tube of question 6 is to be replaced by water of density 1000 kg/m3 . The height of
the tube to contain the water for the same gauge pressure is:

(a) (1/13.6) of the original height

(b) 13.6 times the original height
(c) 13.6 m more than the original height
(d) 13.6 m less than the original height
8. Which of the following devices does not measure pressure?
(a) barometer (b) McLeod gauge (c) thermocouple (d) manometer
9. A pressure of 10 kPa is equivalent to:
(a) 10 millibars (b) 1 bar (c) 0.1 bar (d) 0.1 millibars

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10. A pressure of 1000 mbars is equivalent to:
(a) 0.1 kN/m2 (b) 10 kPa (c) 1000 Pa (d) 100 kN/m2
11. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) Barometers may be used for the measurement of altitude
(b) Standard atmospheric pressure is the pressure due to the mass of the air above the ground
(c) The maximum pressure that a mercury manometer, using a 1 m length of glass tubing, is capable of
measuring is in the order of 130 kPa
(d) An inclined manometer is designed to measure higher values of pressure than the U-tube manometer
In questions 12 and 13 assume that atmospheric pressure is 1 bar.
12. A Bourdon pressure gauge indicates a pressure of 3 bars. The absolute pressure of the system being
measured is:
(a) 1 bar (b) 2 bars (c) 3 bars (d) 4 bars
13. In question 12, the gauge pressure is:
(a) 1 bar (b) 2 bars (c) 3 bars (d) 4 bars
In questions 14–18 select the most suitable pressure-indicating device from the following list:
(a) Mercury filled U-tube manometer
(b) Bourdon gauge
(c) McLeod gauge
(d) aneroid barometer
(e) Pirani gauge
(f) Fortin barometer
(g) water-filled inclined barometer
14. A robust device to measure high pressures in the range 0–30 MPa
15. Calibration of a Pirani gauge
16. Measurement of gas pressures comparable with atmospheric pressure
17. To measure pressures of the order of 1 MPa
18. Measurement of atmospheric pressure to a high degree of accuracy
19. Figure 28.7(b), on page 289, shows a U-tube manometer connected to a gas under pressure. If atmospheric
pressure is 76 cm of mercury and h1 is measured in centimetres then the gauge pressure (in cm of mercury)
of the gas is:
(a) h1 (b) h1 + 76 (c) h1 − 76 (d) 76 − h1
20. In question 19 the absolute pressure of the gas (in cm of mercury) is:
(a) h1 (b) h1 + 76 (c) h1 − 76 (d) 76 − h1
21. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kN/ m2 is equivalent to 101.325 millibars
(b) An aneroid barometer is used as a standard for calibration purposes

(c) In engineering, ‘pressure’ is the force per unit area exerted by fluids

(d) Water is normally used in a barometer to measure atmospheric pressure

15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (f) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (c)
8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (b)
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (b)

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