Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM

Morong, Rizal
College of Education

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN PHYSICS 1 (THERMODYNAMICS)

Name:__________________________________________ Date:_________________
Section:_________________________________________ Score:________________
Directions: Encircle all of the correct answer to the below questions.
One or more of the answers can be correct, if more than on one answer is correct,
circle all correct answers.
1) Temperature is a measure of ____ of the particles in an object.
a) the difference between the potential and kinetic energy
b) the sum of the potential and kinetic energy
c) the average potential energy
d) the average kinetic energy
2) A liquid thermometer works because liquid ____ when warmed.
a) expands
b) solidifies
c) contracts
d) condenses
3) An increase in heat in a system __________.
a) has less kinetic energy
b) increases entropy
c) decreases entropy
d) reduces temperature
4) The specific latent heat of melting for lead is 22.4 kJ/kg and that of oxygen is 13.9
kJ/kg. This means:
a) Lead melts at a higher temperature.
b) More energy is needed to heat lead than is needed to heat the same mass of
oxygen by the same amount.
c) More energy is needed to melt lead than is needed to melt oxygen.
d) Less energy is needed to heat lead than is needed to heat the same mass of
oxygen by the same amount.
5) Convert the temperature of 32 oC to degrees Rankline
a) -409 oR
b) -370 oR
c) 485 oR
d) 549 oR
6) Convert the temperature of 100 oF to degrees Celsius
a) 24 oC
b) 38 oC
c) 88 oC
d) 122oC
e) 148 oC
7) Convert the temperature of 32 oF to degrees Kelvin
a) 259 oK
b) 273 oK
c) 299 oK
d) 323 oK
8) The temperature of Lightening is 28000 oK. Convert this temperature to degrees
Fahrenheit.
a) 15644 oF
b) 15708 oF
c) 49940 oF
d) 50000 oF (SIG Fig’s)
9) An Object starts at 50 C, energy is added until the temperature increases to 60 C for
a total ∆T of 10 C. What is the temperature change as expressed in degrees Kelvin
a) -263 oK
b) 10 oK
 c) 50 oK
d) 283 oK
e) 510 oK
10)An Object starts at 85 C, energy is added until the temperature increases to 100 C
for a total ∆T of 15 C. What is the temperature change as expressed in degrees
Fahrenheit
a) 8.3 oF
b) 15 oF
c) 27 oF
d) 59 oF
11)Which of the following statement is/are correct?
a) Heat is a form of energy and it is contained inside a body
b) The temperature of a body does not depend on the internal energy it possesses
c) When two bodies of different temperatures are in thermal contact, internal
energy are transferred from the body of higher temperature to that of lower
temperature
d) It is impossible to transfer heat energy from one body to another if they are at
the same temperature
12)Which of the following statements about 'heat' is/are Correct?
a) it is the energy transferred due to temperature difference
b) if Object A has a higher temperature than Object B, Object A must have more
thermal energy than Object B.
c) it has the same meaning as work
d) it is related to degree of hotness
13)The specific heat capacity of a substance is the heat required to warm
a) it by 1 degree Celsius
b) 1 kilogram of water by one degree Celsius
c) 1 kilogram of it by one degree Celsius
d) an equal weight of water by one degree Celsius
14)Given the specific heat capacity of ice is 2100 Jkg-1oC-1, and the specific heat
capacity of water is 4200 Jkg-1oC-1. For the same mass of ice and water, if the same
amount of heat is added to the ice and water:
a) The temperature of the Ice will increase 2 times the temperature increase of the
water
b) The temperature of the Ice and water will increase the same amount.
c) The temperature of the Ice will increase 0.5 times the temperature increase of
the water
d) Not enough information is provided determine the relative temperature change
15)The specific heat capacity of a water is 4200 Jkg-1oC-1 means that if we have 1 kg of
water:
a) a heater of power 1 W would take 4200s to heat the water before it boils
b) a heater of power 4200 W would take 1 s to heat the water from 300 K to 301 K
c) the water contains 4200 J of internal energy
d) 4200 J are needed to turn the water into steam
16)In what year did Anders Celsius propose the international temperature scale bearing
his name?
a) 1614
b) 1655
c) 1703
d) 1742
e) 1821
17)This person is often called the father of thermodynamics
a) Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
b) George Brayton
c) Anders Celsius
d) Rudolf Diesel
e) Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
18)This person laid the ground work for the second law of thermodynamics
a) Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
 b) George Brayton
c) Anders Celsius
d) Rudolf Diesel
e) Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
19)Who is most known as the first engineer to prove that fuel can be ignited without a
flame or a spark, which he accomplished in the 1890s.
a) Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
b) George Brayton
c) Rudolf Diesel
d) James Prescott Joule
e) Nikolaus August Otto
20)Who invented the four stroke combustion cycle. He was the first to create a
practical multistroke engine. His working model was the first internal combustion,
four-stroke engine to efficiently burn fuel in a piston.
a) Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
b) George Brayton
c) Rudolf Diesel
d) James Prescott Joule
e) Nikolaus August Otto

21)Which of the following were NOT credited with optimizing or improving thermal
engines?
a) Miller
b) Otto
c) Atkinson
d) Fahrenheit
22)A small candy bar has 52 calories. If all of its energy were converted to heat, by
how much would it raise the temperature of 1 L of water?
a) 1° C
b) 52° C
c) 104° C
d) 0° C
23)Who discovered the mechanical equivalent of heat?
a) Robert Boyle
b) Antoine Lavoisier
c) James Joule
d) James Watt
24)The average kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance is most closely
associated with
a) Heat
b) Temperature
c) Expansion
d) absolute zero
e) potential energy
25)The Celsius temperature at absolute zero is equal to
a) 0 C
b) 100 C
c) 273 C
d) – 273 C
e) – 100 C
26) When a body A is in thermal equilibrium with a body B, and also separately with a
body C, then B and C will be in thermal equilibrium with each other.
a) True
b) False
c) Either a or b
d) None of the above
27) Celsius temperature of the triple point of water is ( in degree Celsius)?
a) -0.00
 b) 0.00
c) 0.01
d) None of the mentioned
28)The specific heat of a substance at constant volume is defined as the rate of change
of ___ with respect to ___
a) specific internal energy, temperature
b) work, pressure
c) specific internal energy, pressure
d) heat, temperature
29)Heat transferred at constant _____ increases the _____ of a system.
a) pressure, increases
b) volume, increases
c) both of the mentioned
d) none of the mentioned
30)What is the unit of specific gravity?
a) Kg/m3
b) N/m3
c) m/s2
d) Dimensionless
31)What is the specific gravity of a substance with density 100 kg/m 3 with respect to
reference substance of density 100 lb/m3?
a) 1.1
b) 2.2
c) 3.3
d) 4.4

32)What is the specific gravity of a substance with mass 10 kg and volume 2 m 3, with
respect to the reference density 50 g/m3?
a) 0.1
b) 0.2
c) 0.3
d) 0.4
33)What is the mass of a cone of radius 1 m and height 3 m having specific gravity 0.1?
(Density of water = 1000 kg/m3)
a) 314.16 kg
b) 425.24 kg
c) 136.16 kg
d) 325.24 kg
34)What is the specific gravity of 10 Kg of water occupied in 5 m3 with respect to 100
g/m3?
a) 1
b) 5
c) 10
d) 20
35)What is the specific gravity of N2 at 27oC and 6 Pa with respect to 0.1 Kg/m 3?
a) 0.16
b) 0.33
c) 0.51
d) 0.89
36)Which of the following is not a unit of density?
 a) Kg/m3
b) N/m3
c) N.s2/m4
d) g/cm3
37)What is the density of a substance of mass 10 grams and volume 5 liters?
a) 2 kg/m3
b) 20 kg/m3
c) 200 kg/m3
d) 2000 kg/m3
38) What is the mass of a cube having surface area 24 m 2, and density 1 kg/m3?
a) 1 kg
b) 2 kg
c) 4 kg
d) 8 kg
39)An empty vessel has with mass 5 kg with volume 0.1 m3, is now completely filled
with a liquid of density 100 kg/m3, what is the final density of the cylinder?
a) 50 kg/m3
b) 100 kg/m3
c) 150 kg/m3
d) 200 kg/m3
40)A cylinder completely filled with water has density = 10 kg/m3 and volume 5 m3 ,
now a cube with side 1 m and density 25 kg/m3 is dipped into the cylinder with
some water dropping out, what is the final density of cylinder?(neglect the mass of
cylinder)
a) 13 kg/m3
b) 15 kg/m3
c) 17 kg/m3
d) 19 kg/m3

41)Absolute zero temperature is approximately equal to?

a) -160oR

b) -273oR

c) -373oR

d) -460oR

42)If change in temperate is 212 degree Fahrenheit, what is the change in temperature
in degree Rankine?

a) 100oR

b) 212oR
 c) 273oR

d) 460oR

43)If change in temperate is 180 degree Rankine, what is the change in temperature in
degree Celsius?

a) 100oC

b) 180oC

c) 212oC

d) 273oC

44)Let us say temperature of a body in degree Celsius and degree Rankine are related
as TC = 50 + 3TR, what is the change in temperature in Kelvin, if the change in
temperature in degree Rankine is 100oR?

a) 300 K

b) 180 K

c) 100 K

d) 90K

45)What is the value of 100oC in degree Fahrenheit?

a) 212oF

b) 460oF

c) 672oF

d) 884oF

46)What is the value of 273 K in degree Rankine?

a) 0oR

b) 32oR

c) 492oR

d) 672oR

47)Volume of an object is dependent upon its temperature in degree Celsius as V = a +

bTC, what is the dependence of volume upon temperature in degree Rankine?

a) V = a + 32b + 9bTR/5

b) V = a + 492b + 9bTR/5

c) V = a + 492b + 5bTR/9

d) None of the mentioned

48)10. Mass and volume of an object is dependent on its temperature in kelvin as m =
5t2 kg and v = (400 + 600t) m 3 respectively, then what is the density of the object
at t = 27oC?

a) 5 kg/m3

b) 10 kg/m3

c) 15 kg/m3

d) 20 kg/m3
49)An open system is one in which......
a) A.Mass does not cross boundaries of the system,through energy may do so
b) Neither mass nor energy crosses the boundsries of the system
c) Both energy and mass cross the boundaries of the system
d) Mass crosses the boundary but not the energy
50)An closed system is one in which........
a) Mass does not cross boundaries of the system,through energy may do so
b) Neither mass nor energy crosses the boundsries of the system
c) Both energy and mass cross the boundaries of the system
d) Mass crosses the boundary but not the energy
51)A system which has neither mass nor energy transfer across the boundary is called
a(n):
a) Closed System
b) Open System
c) Isolated System
d) None of the above
52) A system can be defined as
a) A collection of parts that work together to complete a purpose
b) A system
c) A piece of a whole
d) A group that individually does work

53)Which of the following is constant in a closed system?

a) Energy

b) Mass

c) Temperature

d) Momentum

54)How is the boundary wall of a closed system?

a) Impermeable

b) Permeable

c) Rigid

d) None of the mentioned

55)3. Desert Cooler is an example of which of the following?

 a) Closed System

b) Open System

c) Isolated System

d) None of the mentioned

56)A jar filled with water is an example of which of the following?

a) Closed System

b) Open System

c) Isolated System

d) None of the mentioned

57)A pressure cooker is an example of which of the following?

a) Closed System

b) Open System

c) Isolated System

d) None of the mentioned

58)A country is an example of which of the following?

a) Closed System

b) Open System

c) Isolated System

d) None of the mentioned

59)An egg is an example of which of the following?

a) Closed System

b) Open System

c) Isolated System

d) None of the mentioned

60)The human body is an example of which of the following?

a) Closed System

b) Open System

c) Isolated System

d) None of the mentioned

Prepared by:

JOJIMAR SJ. JUIAN, M.A.T

Instructor

Checked by:

LENI V. AVECILLA, Ph. D.

BSE Program Head

Noted:

MARITES M. RIO, Ph. D.

Dean
College of Education