POWER AND INDUSTRIAL PLANT ENGINEERING-ALCORCON

THERMODYNAMICS
1. What is the pressure 8,000 ft. (2000m) below the surface of the ocean? Neglect the compressibility
factor, SI units. Answer: B
A. 21.4
B. 20.1
C. 21.0
D. 22.3
2. What temperature at which water freezes using the Kelvin scale? Answer: B
A. 373
B. 273
C. 278
D. 406
3. The SI units of temperature is: Answer: B
A. oF
B. oK
C. BTU
D. oR
4. The pressure reading of 35 psi in kpa is: Answer: A
A. 342.72
B. 724.00
C. 273.40
D. 427.30
5. 1 torr is equivalent to pressure Answer: D
A. 1 atm
B. 2mm Hg
C. 14.7
D. 1/760 atm
6. What is the standard temperature in the US? Answer: A
A. Fahrenheit
B. Rankine
C. Celsius
D. Kelvin
7. Given steam pressure of 900 lb/ft2, temperature of 300oF, specific volume of 5.8 ft3/lb. If the
specific enthalpy is 9500 ft-lb/lb, what is the internal energy per lb of the system? Answer: D
A. 4400
B. 3900
C. 3600
D. 4280
8. The barometer reads 29.0 inches (737 mm) of mercury. What is the absolute pressure if a vaccum
gage reads 9.5 psi (66 kpa) in SI? Answer: A
A. 32.02 kpa
B. 33.04 kpa
C. 31.36 kpa
D. 31.86 kpa
9. A fluid with a vapor pressure of 0.2 Pa and a specific gravity of 12 is used in a barometer. If the
fluid column height is 1m, what is the atmospheric pressure? Answer: D
A. 150.6 kpa
B. 115.5 kpa
C. 144.4 kpa
D. 117.7 kpa
10. What is the atmospheric pressure on a planet if the pressure is 100 kpa and the gage pressure is 10
kpa? Answer: D
A. 10 kpa
B. 100 kpa
C. 80 kpa
D. 90 kpa
11. A column of water 200 cm high will give a pressure equivalent to: Answer: D
A. 9810 dyne/cm2
B. 0.1 atm
C. 0.10 bar
D. 19,620 N/m2
12. What is the equivalent oR of 400ok? Answer: A
A. 720.60oR
B. 851.15oR
C. 670.27oR
D. 344.25oR
13. If the temperature inside the furnaces is 700 oK, what is the corresponding reading in oF? Answer:
D
A. 700.60
B. 750.60
C. 860.60
D. 800.60
14. If the oF scale is twice the oC scale, what will be the corresponding reading in each scale?
Answer: B
A. 22oC and 44oF
B. 160oC and 320oF
C. 40oC and 80oF
D. 100oC and 200oF
15. Water enters the condenser at 25oC and leaves at 40oC. What temperature difference in oF?
Answer: C
A. 25
B. 26
C. 27
D. 28
16. Water enters the heater with 28oC and leaves at 75oC. What is the temperature change in oF?
Answer: C
A. 74.80
B. 38.29
C. 84.80
D. 57.36
17. The specific gravity of mercury relative to water is 13.55. What is the specific weight of mercury?
The specific weight of water is 62.4 lb per cubic foot. Answer: B
A. 102.3 KN/m3
B. 132.9 KN/m3
C. 150 KN/m3
D. 82.2 KN/m3
18. An iron block weighs 5 N and has a volume of 200 cm3
. What is the density of the block? Answer:

C
A. 988 kg/m3
B. 1255 kg/m3
C. 2550 kg/m3
D. 800 kg/m3
19. The suction pressure of a pump reads 540 mmHg vaccum. What is the absolute pressure in kpa?
Answer: D
A. 40
B. 3.3
C. 60
D. 29.3
20. A boiler installed where the atmospheric pressure is 755 mmHg. Has a pressure 12 Kg/cm 2 . What
is the absolute pressure in Mpa? Answer: B
A. 1.350
B. 1.277
C. 1.200
D. 1,700