BRC – BANANAMAN REVIEW CENTER

PIPE ENHANCEMENT II

 Is the most common dryer used which consist of rotating cylinder inside which the  Modern way of detecting air compressor leak is by using
materials flow while getting in cont act with hot gas
- Acoustic Leak Detector
- Rotary Dryer
 For foundation of stacks, the maximum pressure on the soil is equal to the pressure
 Is the ratio of the mass of water – vapor in air and mass of air if it is saturated is due to weight and the ______.
called
- Wind Movement
- Relative Humidity
 Foundation of bolts of specified size should be used and surrounded by a pipe
 The refrigerant use in steam jet cooling is sleeve with an inside diameter of at least…

- Water - 3 times the diameter of engine bolt

 The total heat of air is a function of  For multi stage compression of an ideal Brayton Cycle, the back work ratio will

- WB temperature - Decrease

 Boiling point of Freon – 12 at atmospheric pressure is  Type of turbine that has a specific heat below 5

- 21 degree Fahrenheit - Impulse turbine

 Which of the following is NOT a type of water cooled condenser in refrigeration  A high discharge type of turbine

- Double Shell - Propeller turbine

 Component of absorption refrigeration system in which the solution is cooled by  Use to minimize the speed rise due a sudden load rejection
cooling water
- Jet Deflector
- Absorber
 Cascade refrigeration cycle is often used in industrial process where objects must  Is the speed of a turbine when the head on the turbine is 1 meter
be cooled to temperature below
- Unit Speed
- 46 deg C
 A fluid property which refers to the intermolecular attraction by which the
 Type of refrigerant control designed to maintained a pressure difference while the separate particles of the fluid arc held together
compressor is operating
- Cohesion
- Capillary tube  Which of the following is NOT the cause of black smoke in diesel?

 As a rule of thumb, for specified amount of compressed air, the power - High Compression Pressure
consumption of the compressor decreased by ___ for each 3C drop in the
temperature inlet air to the compressor  Which of the following is NOT a method of starting a diesel engine?

- 1% - Using another generator

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  In the cut – off ratio of diesel engine cycle increases the cycle efficiency will
 Two stroke engine performs ____ to complete one cycle.
- Decrease
- Compression and Power stroke
 The fuel used in a power plant that is used during peak periods
 A type of geothermal plant used when there is a presence of brine extracted from
underground - Liquid

- Binary geothermal plant  Typical compression ratio of Otto cycle is

 Is the most important safety device o the power boiler. - 8

 Joule Thompson coefficient is equal to zero, then the process will become
- Safety Valve
- Isothermal
 During hydrostatic test, the safety valves should be
 In the fluid passed through a nozzle its entropy will:
- Removed
- Remains the same
 Where deaerating heaters are not employed, it is recommended that the
temperature of the feed water be not less than ______.  Refrigerants consisting of mixtures of two or more different chemical compounds,
often used individually as refrigerants for other applications
- 197 deg C
- Blends
 Is a reaction during which chemical energy is released in the form of heat.
 Pairs of mating stop valves that allows sections of a system to be joined before
- Endothermic reaction opening these valves or separated after closing them
 By reheating the steam in an ideal Rankine cycle the moisture content at boiler - Companion Valve
exit will

- Increase  An enclosed passage way that limits travels to a single path

 Presently the highest steam temperature allowed at the turbine inlet is about - Corridor
_______.
 For immediate dangerous to life or health (IDHL), the maximum concentrating
- 620 deg C from which unprotected persons are able to escape within ___ without escape-
impairing symptoms or irreversible health.
 Two most common gases employed in Stirling and Ericsson cycles are
- 30 minutes
- Hydrogen and Helium
 The volume as determined from internal dimensions of the container with no
 In most common designs of Gas turbine, the pressure ratio ranges from allowance for the volume of internal parts.

- 11 to 16 - Internal Gross Volume

 The fuel injection process in diesel engine starts when the piston ___.  A waiting room or large hallway serving as a waiting room.

- Lobby
- Approaches TDC

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  A continuous and unobstructed path of travel of any point in a building or
structure to a public way.  Refrigerant number R-1150 is:

- Mean Of Aggress - Ethene

 Any device or portion of the equipment used to increase refrigerant pressure.  Refrigerant number R-40 is:

- Pressure-Imposing Element - Chloromethane

 The quantity of refrigerant stored at some point is the refrigeration system for  When the air duct system serves several enclosed spaces, the permissible quantity
operational, service, or standby purposes. of refrigerant in the system shall not exceed the amount determined by using the
total volume of those spaces in which the airflow cannot be reduced to less than
- Pump Down Charge ___ of its maximum when the fan is operating.

 Secondary refrigerant is a liquid use for the transmission of heat, without change
of state, and having no flash point or a flash point above ___ as determined from
ASTM.
- 150 degrees F
- One-Quarter
 The space above a suspended ceiling shall not be included in calculating the
permissible quantity of refrigerant in the system unless such space is continuous
and is part of the air return system.

 A service valve for dual pressure-relief devices that allows using one device while - Plenums
isolating the other from the system, maintaining one valve in operation at all
times.  Which with of the following is not possible location of service valve?
- Three-Way Valve
 Tubing that is unenclosed and therefore exposed to crushing, abrasion, puncture, - Outlet Of Condenser
or similar damage after installation.
 A coil in series with evaporator that is use to prevent the liquid refrigerant entering
- Unprotected Tubing the compressor.

 Refers to blend comprising multiple components of different volatile that, when
used in refrigeration cycles, change volumetric composition and saturation
temperature as they evaporate (boil) or condense at constant pressure.
- Zeotropic
- Drier Loop
 A type of valve connected from discharge of compressor directly to suction that is
normally closed and will open automatically only if there is high discharge
pressure.

 Is a premises or that portion of premise from which, because they are disabled, - Solenoid Valve
debilitated, or confined, occupants cannot readily leave without the assistance of
others.  Use to increase the capacity of condenser.

- Institutional Occupancy - Desuperheating Coils

 Is one of which a secondary coolant is in direct contact with the air or other  Is use to subcooled the refrigerant from the condenser.
substance to be cooled or heated.
- Liquid Subcooler
- Indirect Closed System
 Which of the following is NOT a part of low pressure side of the refrigeration
 Refrigerant number R-744 is: system?

- Carbon Dioxide - Liquid Line

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  The COP of actual absorption refrigeration system is usually.
 Which of the following is NOT a part of high pressure side of the refrigeration
system? - Less Than 1

- Suction Line  Sight glass is often located at:

 sub cooling the refrigerant in refrigeration system, the compressor power per unit - Liquid Line
mass will
 Use to detects vibration in current caused by the ionization of decomposed
- Remains the same refrigerant between two opposite-charged platinum electrodes.

 Superheating the refrigerant in refrigeration system, the specific volume t - Electronic Detector
compressor suction will
 The ability of oil to mix with refrigerants
- Remains the same
 By subcooling the refrigerant in refrigeration system, the specific volume at - Miscibility
compressor suction will -
 Joint and all refrigerants containing parts of a refrigerant system located in an air
- Remains the same duct carrying conditioned air to and from an occupied space shall be constructed
to withstand a temperature of_______ without leakage into the airstream.
 Which of the following is NOT a type of air-cooled condenser?
- 700ºF
- Shell and Tube -
 Refrigerant piping crossing an open space that affords passageway I any building
 A type of refrigerant control typically used in household refrigeration. shall be not less than____ above the floor unless the piping is located against the
ceiling of such space and is permitted by the authority having jurisdiction.
- Capillary Tube
- 2.2m
 Type of condenser that operates like a cooling tower.
 Methyl chloride shall not be in contact with
- Evaporative Condenser
a. aluminum
 The major problem of heat pump is b. zinc
c. magnesium
- Frosting d. All of the above

 Dominant refrigerant used in commercial refrigeration system.  Shall not be in contact with any halogenated refrigerants

- R-502 - Magnesium

 Cascade refrigeration system are connected in  Are suitable for use if ammonia system

- Series - Aluminum and its alloy

 Is used to heat up the solution partially before entering the generator in absorption  If a pressure-relief device is used to protect a pressure vessel having an inside
refrigeration system. dimension of 6in or less, the ultimate strength of the pressure vessel so protected
shall be sufficient to withstand a pressure at least_____ the design pressure
- Regenerator
- 3 times

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  Seats and disc shall be limited in distortion, by pressure or other cause, to a set
pressure change of not more than _____ in a span of five years.  Which of the following is used for Binary cycle power generation for high
temperature application
- 5%
a. mercury
 Liquid receivers, if used, or parts of a system designed to receive the refrigerant b. sodium
charge during pump down charge. The liquid shall not more than________ of the c. potassium
volume when temperature of the refrigerant is 90ºF d. All the above

- 90%  Critical temperature of mercury is

 The discharge line(B4) shall be vented to the atmosphere through a______ fitted - 1460ºC
to its upper extremity.
 Critical pressure of mercury is
- Diffuser
- 108 Mpa
 Convert fossil fuel into shaft work.
 Method used in converting heat directly to electricity by magnetism
- Dendrothermal power plant
- Magnetodynamic
 Ultimate strength drops by 30% as steam temperature raises from _____ for
unalloyed steel.  Which of the following NOT a material used for thermoelectric elements

- 400 to 500ºC - Zinc telluride

 Recent practice limits steam upon condensation gets subcooled.  A type of coal formed after anthracite

- Drain cooler - Graphite

 Needs only single pump regardless of number of heaters  Which of the following has the lowest grade of coal?

- Closed heater - Lignite

 Is also known as daerator  Which of the following helps in the ignition of coal?

- Open heater - Volatile matter

 Dissolve gases like_____ makes water corrosive react with metal to form iron  Is the ratio of fixed carbon and volatile matter
oxide
- Fuel ratio
- O2 and N2
 A suspension of a finely divide fluid in another
 A cycle typically used in paper mills, textile mill, chemical factories, sugar
factories and rice mills. - Emulsion
 Contains 90% gasoline and 10% ethanol
- Cogeneration cycle
 Type of turbine employed where steam continuously extracted for process heating - Gasohol
- Passout turbine  Process used commercially in coal liquefaction
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  Show the variation of river flow(discharge) with time
- Fisher-tropsch process
- Hydrograph
 Is an organic matter produced by plants in both land and water
 Is an open channel erected on a surface above the ground
- Biomass
- Flume
 In thermal power plant, forced draft fans are located at the
 Type of turbine used up to 300m head
- Foot of the stack
- Deriaz turbine
 In thermal power plant, forced draft fans are installed at the
 A turbine that has a diagonal flow
- Inlet of the preheated
- Deriaz turbine
 Known as the drumless boiler  Oil is atomized either by air blast or pressure jet at about

- Once-through boiler - 70 bar

 Reduces the steam temperature by spraying low temperature water from boiler  Type of solid injection that use single pump supplies fuels under high pressure to a
drum fuel header

- Desuperheater - Common rail injection

 Carbon dioxide can be removed by  Water flow in diesel engine that is caused by density differential.

- Aerator - Thermosiphon cooling

 Is often used to absorb silica from water  Type of lubrication system in diesel engine in which oil from pump is carried to a
separate storage tank outside the engine cylinder and used for high capacity engine
- Magnesium hydroxide
- Dry sump lubrication system
 Presence of excess hydrogen ions makes the water
 Produces extreme pressure differentials and violent gas vibration
- Acidic
- Detonation
 Ph value of _____ is usually maintained for boiler water to minimized corrosion
 In a spark ignition engine, the detonation occurs near the____
- 10.5
- End of combustion
 What type of turbine that has a degree if reaction of ½?
 In a compression ignition engine, the detonation occurs near the____
- Rarsons turbine
- Beginning of combustion
 The cooling water is made to fall in series of baffles to expose large surface area
steam fed from below to become in direct contact.  Morse test is use to measure the_____ of multi-cylinder engine

- Barometric condenser - Indicated power

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  Ignition delay can be minimized by adding____ to decrease engine knocking.
• The energy of a fluid flowing at any section in a pipeline is a function of:
- Ethyl nitrate a. velocity of flow only
b. pressure only
 For the submerged plane surface, the point on the surface where the resultant force c. Height above a chosen datum, density, internal energy, pressure and
acts is called the velocity of flow
d. Pressure, height above a chosen datum, velocity of flow, density of
- Center of pressure fluid

• The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of the number of electrons in the
 At any point in fluid at rest, the pressure is the same in all directions. This orbit of an atom:
principle is known as: a. Atomic volume
b. Atomic number
- Pascal’s Law c. Atomic weight
d. Atomic mass
 The hot wire manometer is used to measure
• In a P-T diagram of a pure substance, the curve separating the solid phase from the
- Gas velocities liquid phase is:
a. vaporization curve
 The pitot static tube measures b. Fusion curve
c. Boiling point
- The static pressure d. Sublimation point

 The terminal velocity of a small sphere setting in a viscous fluid varies as the • Form of energy associated with the kinetic energy of the random motion of large
number of molecules:
- Inverse fluid viscosity a. Internal energy
b. Kinetic energy
 Pressure drag results from c. Heat of fusion
d. Heat
- Skin friction
• A Francis Turbine has what flow?
 The pressure coefficient is the ratio of pressure forces to a. Inward flow reaction
b. Outward flow reaction
- Inertia forces c. Outward flow impulse
d. Inward flow impulse

• Is the condition of pressure and temperature at which a liquid and its vapor are • Is the condition of pressure and temperature at which liquid and its vapor are
indistinguishable indistinguishable:
a. critical point
a. Relative humidity b. Dew point
b. Absolute humidity c. Absolute humidity
c. Critical point d. Relative humidity
d. Dew point
• When a substance in gaseous state is below its critical temperature, it is called:
• Ignition of the air fuel mixture in the intake of the exhaust manifold: a. vapor
• b. cloud
a. Backlash c. moisture
b. Backfire d. steam
c. Exhaust pressure
d. Back pressure • The final horsepower delivered to the equipment:

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 a. brake horsepower d. laminar
b. effective horsepower
c. indicated horsepower • What is the apparatus used in the analysis of combustible gases?
d. friction horsepower a. Calorimeter differential
b. Calorimeter gas
• Pump used to increased air pressure above normal, air is then used as a motive c. Calorimetry
power: d. Calorimeter
a. Air cooled engine
b. Sub-cooled liquid • What is the clockwork-operated device which records continuously the humidity
c. Air condenser of the atmosphere?
d. Air injection a. Hectograph
b. Hydrometer
• In sensible cooling process, the moisture content: c. Hygrograph
a. does not change d. Hydrograph
b. decrease
c. indeterminate • The ratio of the average load to the peak load over a designated period of time is
d. increases called:
a. Load factor
• The dividing point between the high-pressure and low pressure sides of the b. Reactive factor
refrigerating cycle occurs at the: c. Diversity factor
a. Expansion valve d. Plant use factor
b. Compressor
c. Condenser • When a system deviates infinitesimally from equilibrium at every instant of its
d. Cooking coil state, it is undergoing
a. Isobaric process
• What is the force which tends to draw a body toward the center about which it is b. Quasi-static process
rotating? c. Isometric process
a. Centrifugal force d. Cyclic process
b. Centrifugal in motion
c. Centrifugal advance • Heat transfer due to density differential:
d. Centripetal force a. convection
b. nuclear
• A simultaneous generation of electricity and steam (or heat) in a single power c. Conduction
plant: d. radiation
a. Steam turbine-gas turbine plant
b. Cogeneration • Work done per unit charge when charge is moved from one point to another:
c. Gas turbine plant a. Equipotential surface
d. Waste heat recovery b. Potential at a point
• Is one whose pressure is higher than the saturation pressure corresponding to its c. Electrostatic unit
temperature: d. Potential difference
a. Saturated pressure
b. Compressed liquid • What amount of air is required in a low by pass factor?
c. Saturated liquid a. greater
d. Compressed gases b. lesser
c. indeterminate
• If the fluid travels parallel to the adjacent layers and the paths of individual d. does not change
particles do not cross, the flow is said to be:
a. turbulent • Percent excess air is the difference between the air actually supplied and the
b. critical theoretically required divided by:
c. dynamic a. the theoretically air required

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 b. the deficiency air supplied • The mass of water vapor per unit volume of air
c. the actually air supplied a. absolute humidity
d. None of these b. specific humidity
c. relative humidity
• The sum of the energies of all molecules in a system, energies appear in several d. critical humidity
complex forms, is the
a. Kinetic energy • The heat transfer due to motion of matter caused by a change in density is called:
b. Potential energy a. radiation
c. Internal energy b. convection
d. Frictional energy c. conduction
d. absorption
• At any instant, the number of particles passing every cross-section of the stream is
the same, the flow is said to be • When the expansion of compression of gas takes place without transfer of heat to
a. steady flow or from the gas, the process is called:
b. Uniform flow a. isothermal
c. Continuous flow b. isentropic
d. Turbulent flow c. adiabatic
• The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of some standard substance is d. reversible
called
a. relative density • The external pressure applied to a confined fluid increases the pressure of every
b. specific gravity point in the fluid by an amount equal to the external pressure. This is known as:
c. specific density a. Archimedes Principle
d. Relative gravity b. Torricelli’s Theorem
c. Bernoulli’s Theorem
• The total energy in a compressible or incompressible fluid flowing across and d. Pascal’s Law
suction in a pipeline is a function of:
a. pressure and velocity • Weight per unit volume is termed as:
b. pressure, density and velocity a. Specific gravity
c. pressure, density and velocity, and viscosity b. Density
d. flow energy, kinetic energy, height above datum and internal c. Weight density
energy d. Pressure
• The locus or elevations to which water will rise in the piezometer tube is termed
a. Energy gradient • The speed with which a liquid escapes from a vessel through an orifice is given
b. Friction head by:
c. Hydraulic gradient a. Archimedes Principle
d. Critical depth b. Torricelli’s Theorem
c. Bernoulli’s Theorem
• The heat per unit mass per degree change in temperature is called: d. Flow equation
a. Heat fusion
b. Heat of vaporization • When gas is heated at constant volume, the process is called:
c. Relative heat a. isotropic
d. Specific heat b. isobaric
c. isometric
• The temperature to which the air must be cooled at constant pressure to produce d. adiabatic
saturation is called:
a. Boiling point • When gas is heated at constant pressure, the process is called:
b. Dew point a. isometric
c. Critical point b. adiabatic
d. Triple point c. polytropic
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 b. Boyle’s Law
• An instrument that measures density c. Charles’ Law
a. Manometer d. Joule’s Law
b. Hydrometer
c. Barometer • If the temperature of a confined gas is constant, the product of the pressure and
d. Hydraulic meter volume is constant. This is known as:
a. Kelvin’s Law
• This law states that pressure applied at a point in a confined liquid is transmitted b. Boyle’s Law
equally to all other points. c. Charles’ Law
a. Boyle’s Law d. Joule’s Law
b. Charles’ Law
c. Len’s Law • At the same pressure and temperature equal volumes of all gases contain equal
d. Pascal’s Law number of molecules, this is known as:
a. Faraday’s Law
• The temperature at which its vapor pressure is equal to the pressure exerted on the b. Boyle’s Law
liquid c. Len’s Law
a. Absolute humidity d. Avogadro’s Law
b. Calorimeter
c. Boiling point • Amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 g of water 1⁰C
d. Thermal energy a. British thermal unit
b. Joules
• Type of turbine that has high pressure and low pressure is called c. Calorie
a. compound turbine d. Heat
b. gas turbine
c. impulse turbine • Evaluation of equipment performance requires
d. compound turbine a. constant supervision
b. daily log sheet
• The design of an air supply duct of an air conditioning system c. manufacturer’s representative
a. adds moisture to the air d. all of these
b. Lowers the temperature of the air
c. Does not affect the distribution of air • Atmospheric pressure at sea level is:
d. Affects the distribution of air a. 76 mm Hg
b. 29 ft H₂O
c. 14.7 psi
• The changing of solid directly to vapor, without passing through the liquid state is d. 101.325 kg/cm2
called:
a. Evaporization • Soot on tubes will result in:
b. vaporization a. loss of efficiency
c. Sublimation b. loss of steam
d. Condensation c. loss of water
d. lose of fire
• The volume of a liquid passing a cross section of a stream in unit time is called:
a. steady flow • Fuel oil mechanical atomization depends on:
b. uniform flow a. viscosity
c. discharge b. pressure
d. continuous flow c. temperature
d. volume
• If the volume of the confined gas is constant, the pressure is directly proportional
to the absolute temperature. This is known as: • Air contains by weight:
a. Kelvin’s Law a. 23% O2

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 b. 21% O2 • An unbalanced one in search of an equilibrium state or a steady state
c. 22% O2 a. ram effects
d. 20% O2 b. radiosity
c. equilibrium flow
• An instrument used to determine the specific gravity of a solution d. transient process
a. Tachometer
b. Sling psychrometer • The term velocity head is called:
c. Hygrometer a. friction head
d. Hydrometer b. head loss
c. fluid friction
• A boiler in which the products of combustion pass through the tube which is d. pressure head
surrounded by water.
a. water-tube boiler • When system is in the thermodynamic equilibrium with the natural environment it
b. vertical-tube boiler is in:
c. fire-tube boiler a. dead state
d. horizontal-tube boiler b. sink
c. equilibrium
• Work done in pushing a fluid across a boundary, usually into or out of a system d. neutral
a. torque
b. partial pressure • A body wholly or partly immersed on a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the
c. kinetic energy weight of the fluid it displaces. This is known as:
d. flow energy a. Bernoulli’s Theorem
b. Torrecelli’s Theorem
• If heat energy a gas at the bottom, the hotter gas expands, gets lighter per unit c. Pascal’s Theorem
volume and begins to be replaced by gravitational movements called: d. None of the above
a. free electrons
b. isobaric process • The ratio of the sum of individual maximum demands of the system to the total
c. free convection demand of the whole system:
d. isothermal process a. demand factor
b. Power factor
• This heated air, being lighter, rises and circulates through the house or is forced c. Utilization
through by a fan is called d. diversity factor
a. vacuum
b. vapor • The ratio of the average load over the designated period of time to peak load in
c. steam that period of time
d. forced convection a. Diversity factor
b. Plant use factor
• Is a chart on which enthalpy is the ordinate and entropy the abscissa. c. Capacity factor
a. Ericson cycle d. None of the above
b. Mollier Chart
c. Charles’ Law • The ratio of kWh generated to the product of the capacity of the plant in kW to the
d. Bernoulli’s Chart total number of hours the plant has been in actual use.
a. Diversity factor
• Is one with rigid boundaries exchanging neither energy nor mass with its b. Utilization factor
surroundings c. Load factor
a. Entropy d. Demand factor
b. ideal gases
c. isolated system • A type of water turbine where a jet of water is made to fall on the blades or
d. heat buckets and due to the impulse of the water, the turbine starts moving
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 b. Reaction turbine b. Treated
c. Francis turbine c. Soft
d. Kaplan turbine d. Hard

• The sum of the pressure head, elevation head, and the velocity head remains • A thermocouple is another name of:
constant. This is known as: a. two conductors
a. Torrecelli’s Theorem b. two insulators
b. Archimedes Principle c. two thermometers
c. Bernoulli’s Theorem d. two thermostats
d. Boyle’s Law
• Is the attraction between like molecules • The first act when taking over boiler watch is to:
a. Absorption a. check the system
b. adhesion b. clean strainers
c. diffusion c. check the water in the boiler
d. cohesion d. check the boiler feed pump

• Is the attraction between unlike molecules • Heat transfer by contact is called:

a. diffusion a. Convection
b. cohesion b. conduction
c. extraction c. radiation
d. adhesion d. none of the above

• The process of one substance mixing with another because of molecular motion • The part of the boiler designed for burning the fuel.
a. saturation a. chimney
b. absorption b. tube
c. adhesion c. gauge cock
d. diffusion d. furnace

• States that a heat engine cannot transfer heat from a body to another at a higher • The amount of heat passing through a body of 1 m2 cross section and 1 m thick in
temperature unless external energy is supplied to the engine 1 hour at a temperature difference of 1⁰C.
a. First Law of thermodynamics a. quantity of heat
b. Planck’s Law b. Specific heat
c. Second Law of thermodynamics c. Latent heat of solid
d. Third Law of thermodynamics d. Thermal conductivity

• The escape of burned gases from the combustion chamber through the piston rings • Is a substance that exists, or is regarded as existing, as a continuum characterized
and into the crankcase: by low resistance to flow and the tendency to assume the shape of its container.
a. blowby a. fluid
b. priming b. gas
c. scavenging c. ice
d. foaming d. volume

• The type of heat that changes the physical state of a substance • The weight of a body means the
a. specific heat a. mass of a body
b. latent heat b. volume of a body
c. sensible heat c. force of gravity of a body
d. over heat d. molecular weight

• Water containing a high proportion of chemicals is: • The negative sign is for a gage reading called:
a. Potable a. transmission of pressure

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 b. vapor pressure a. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. pressure head b. Third Law of Thermodynamics
d. vacuum pressure c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Fourth Law of Thermodynamics
• When property changes cease, the bodies are said to be in: • Form of energy, associated with the kinetic energy of the random motion of large
a. thermal equilibrium numbers of molecules
b. slug a. Heat of fusion
c. change in volume b. Kinetic energy
d. change in pressure c. Internal Energy
d. Heat
• When a certain mass of fluid in a particular state passes through a series of • Which property of fluids is of fundamental importance in the study of hydraulics?
processes and returns to its initial state, it undergoes a a. Unit weight
a. Cycle b. Mass density
b. reversible non-flow process c. Specific gravity
c. irreversible process d. All of the above
d. equilibrium
• Summation of all heads in one section is equal to the summation of all heads in
• Is an open system in which there is no change of stored mass another section.
a. cooling system a. Archimede’s Principle
b. steady flow system b. Bernoulli’s Principle
c. dew point c. Torrecelli’s Principle
d. elastic system d. Boyle’s Law
• Work per unit time is: • Absolute viscosity of a fluid varies with pressure and temperature and is defined
a. specific heat as a function of:
b. torque a. Density and angular deformation rate
c. specific mass b. Density, shear stress and angular deformation rate
d. power c. Density and shear stress
d. Shear stress and angular deformation rate
• The number of molecules in a mole of any substance is a constant called
a. Thompson’s constant • The hydraulic formula CA√2gh is used to find the
b. Rankine cycle a. Quantity of the discharge through an orifice
c. Otto cycle b. Velocity of flow in a closed conduit
d. Avogadro’s number c. Length of pipe in a closed network
d. Friction factor of pipe
• The gas constant per molecule, called
a. Archimedes constant • Entropy is the measure of
b. Mollier’s constant a. The change of enthalpy of steam C
c. Avogadro’s constant b. Randomness of disorder
d. Boltzmann’s constant c. The internal energy of gas
d. The heat capacity of a substance
• The kind of process, as the opening of water faucet and letting the water flow, is
called • Materials which are capable of absorbing moisture:
a. Throttling process a. Refractories
b. torrecelli’s constant b. hygroscopic
c. Orifice c. polymer
d. Pressure and velocity d. all of the above
• “At absolute zero, the entropy of a pure substance (in equilibrium at 0⁰R) in some
“perfect” crystalline form becomes zero”
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 • A vessel permanently connected to a system by inlet and outlet for storage of d. laminar
liquid refrigerant
a. refrigerant container • An air or gas handling unit which removes air:
b. flash tank a. Blower
c. liquid receiver b. Fan
d. surge tank c. Compressor
d. All of the above
• Are industrial equipments used to remove relatively small amount of water or
moisture from large amount of solids into a gas or air stream • Type of coal which is more widely used for firing boilers
a. Continuous driers a. lignite
b. current driers b. bituminous
c. batch driers c. anthracite
d. all of the above d. peat

• Ice plants are rated in terms of: • Term referring to the products of combustion
a. tons of refrigeration a. exhaust gas
b. coefficient of performance b. flue gas
c. tons of ice per day c. smoke
d. all of the above d. stack gas

• Flexible material used to seal pressurized fluids, normally under dynamic • Refers to the temperature at which all molecular motion ceases according to the
conditions. kinetic theory of heat.
a. packing a. flash point
b. polymer b. Critical point
c. gasket c. Saturation point
d. seal d. absolute zero

• An instrument that determines the heating value of fuel. • Heating fuel oil will reduce its:
a. Calorimeter a. volume
b. hydrometer b. viscosity
c. psychrometer c. valence
d. tachometer d. pressure

• A nuclear power reactor where heavy fuel atoms (U233 or U235) are split. • A pump that requires an internal or external relief is a:
a. fusion reactor a. centrifugal pump
b. fission reactor b. gear
c. solid reactor c. steam pump
d. none of these d. reciprocation pump

• A chemical substance used for softening feedwater. • To remove suspended solids from water, you need:
a. activated carbon a. filtration
b. sulfur b. atomization
c. zeolite c. precipitation
d. magnesium d. demineralization

• In fluid flow, if the fluid travels parallel to the adjacent layers and the paths of the • The soap solution test is recorded in:
individual particles do no across, the flow is said to be: a. cem
a. uniform b. ppm
b. turbulent c. mg/l
c. dynamic d. mg/cm3

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 • Based on PSME code, for piping identification, water pipes should be painted with
• If you cannot find water in a boiler, you shoud: what color?
a. add more water a. yellow
b. call a supervisor b. white
c. Shut down boiler c. green
d. run away immediately d. black

• The change of the state of a substance from gaseous to the liquid form • The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water to one
a. condensation degree centigrade.
b. sublimation a. Btu
c. evaporation b. Calorie
d. fission c. Joule
d. ft-lb
• Performance of cooling towers is commonly expressed in terms of:
a. air and water pressure • A fluid in which energy can be stored and from which energy can be removed
b. air and water temperature a. working substance
c. range and approach b. liquids
d. cooling draft c. gases
d. furnace
• In testing halocarbon refrigerant leaks:
a. A soap solution and water is used • The temperature scale wherein ice, liquid and vapor coexist is:
b. sulfur candle test is used a. boiling point
c. halide torch is used b. triple point
d. a digital meter is used c. flash point
d. critical point
• A receiver in an air compressor system is used to:
a. avoid cooling air before using • A property which is defined as the mass divided by the volume
b. reduce the work needed during the compression a. mass density
c. collect the water and grease suspended in air b. specific gravity
d. remove the air discharge pressure c. specific volume
d. relative density
• One ton of refrigeration is a heat equivalent to:
a. 2413 BTU/hr • The ability to do work is:
b. 2545 BTU/hr a. power
c. 990 BTU/hr b. force
d. 12000 BTU/hr c. energy
d. heat
• The science of a low temperature which deals with the liquefaction of gases
a. air conditioning • Weight per unit volume is termed as:
b. ventilation a. specific gravity
c. cryogenics b. weight density
d. psychrometry c. specific density
d. pressure
• Is one whose temperature is below the saturated temperature of one gram of water
to one degree centigrade. • What do you take by multiplying the force or weight by distance?
a. compressed a. Power
b. condensed b. Energy
c. superheated c. Work
d. subcooled d. Horsepower

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 • A positive displacement pump needs b. draft tube
a. a strong motor c. water tube
b. a relief valve d. tail race
c. purging
d. feedwater • The process of the substance mixing with another because of molecular motion
a. cohesion
• Anthracite is mostly: b. absorption
a. hydrogen c. adhesion
b. diamond d. diffusion
c. graphite • The effect of magnesium chloride in feedwater is:
d. carbon a. corrosion
b. hard scale
• The ratio of the refrigerating effect to the work of compression c. alkalinity
a. coefficient of performance d. electrolysis
b. thermal efficiency
c. tons of refrigeration • Strengthen and support walls of brick boiler settings:
d. all of the above a. buck stays
b. stay bolts
• In a gas-turbine plant, its cycle is based on: c. baffles
a. Joules or Brayton d. fire walls
b. Rankine
c. Ericson • The carrying-over of water slugs with the steam:
d. Carnot a. convection
• In a compression-ignition or Diesel cycle, the processes are: b. priming
a. SVSV c. foaming
b. SPSV d. run-off
c. SPSP
d. PSPS • An air compartment maintained under pressure with connections to one or more
distributing ducts
• Which one has the least generation cost among the following: a. purge
a. Solar Power Plant b. plenum chamber
b. Diesel Power Plant c. air receiver
c. Geothermal Power Plant d. air preheater
d. Hydroelectric Power Plant
• The maximum unit strength developed at any time before rupture
• Most commonly used condenser type in industries a. yield’s strength
a. surface type b. endurance limit
b. contact type c. ultimate strength
c. mixed type d. rupture strength
d. submerged type
• The negative sign is for a gage reading called:
• Temperature at which oil burns continuously is called: a. vapor pressure
a. flash point b. ambient pressure
b. pour point c. absolute pressure
c. fire point d. vacuum pressure
d. none of these
• An automatic device which allows the passage of water but prevents the passage
• It connects the turbine runner with the tail race water to prevent any loss of head of steam:
due to the elevation of the turbine wheel. a. steam trap
a. bucket b. safety valve

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 c. steam power • The speed required to pump one gallon of water thru a head of one foot in one
d. vapor accumulator minute.
a. specific head
• An apparatus for raising the temperature of boiler feedwater with exhaust steam b. peripheral speed
a. hotwater tank c. linear speek
b. feedwater heater d. angular speed
c. hotwell
d. steam heater • Dryer capacity if always based on the:
a. feed
• The part of a refrigerating unit in which refrigerant undergoes transformation from b. product
gas to liquid c. moisture
a. evaporator d. bone-dry mass
b. condenser
c. expansion valve • The ideal basis for refrigeration is:
d. compressor a. vapor compression
b. Carnot cycle
• Cleaning of cylinder of exhaust gases by forcing into it a current of air which c. Beau de Rochan
provides clearance for the next compression stroke of engine d. Reversed Carnot cycle
a. honing
b. tune up • Gasohols or alcogas is popularly known as:
c. boring a. green gasoline
d. scavenging b. LPG
c. Diesoline
• The expansion of contraction of a gas without any transfer of heat into it or out of d. LNG
it:
a. isobaric process • Among the effluents that may be released from the hydrothermal reservoir which
b. isometric process one is the most toxic?
c. isothermal process a. carbon dioxide
d. adiabatic process b. methane
c. hydrogen sulfide
• What is the force which tends to draw a body toward the center about which it is d. ammonia
rotating?
a. centrifugal force • Types of cooling tower where fan pressure is exerted at the outlet
b. centripetal force a. natural draft
c. gravitational force b. force draft
d. all of these c. induce draft
d. mechanical draft
• Measure of hotness or coldness of the body
a. pressure • Ammonia leaks in a refrigeration system maybe detected by
b. energy a. halide torch
c. temperature b. sulfur candle test
d. entropy c. oil of peppermint
d. acetylene torch
• Low capacity pump for high pressure application:
a. reciprocating pumps • The nominal capacity or the full load rating of steam turbine is:
b. rotary pump a. KVA x P.F.
c. centrifugal pump b. KW x Ng
d. turbine pump c. KVA x Ng
d. KW x P.F.

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 • It is a horizontal, externally fired fire-tube boiler. d. Boyle’s Law
a. Stirling
b. Marine • Feedwater lines to a boiler must always be equipped with:
c. HRT a. an OS and Y valve
d. dry-top b. gate valve
c. check valve
• A device which automatically controls the speed of an engine d. globe valve
a. accelerator
b. governor • Distributes lubrication in a pump
c. tachometer a. O-ring
d. piezometer b. lantern ring
c. bearing
• The temperature at which the water vapor in the air begins to condensed, or the d. sleave
temperature at which the relative humidity of air becomes 100%.
a. flash point • Dry ice is referred to:
b. dew point a. solid carbon dioxide
c. boiling point b. solid carbon monoxide
d. freezing point c. solid carbon monoxide
d. solid carbon peroxide
• The part of refrigerating unit in which the refrigerant vaporized to absorb heat
a. compressor • The most important piece of equipment in the refrigerating system:
b. expansion valve a. expansion valve
c. evaporator b. evaporator
d. condenser c. condenser
d. compressor
• It consists of a wet and dry bulb thermometers mounted on a strip of metal
a. manometer • An empty vessel which is located at the top of the penstock to store water when
b. pyrometer the turbine valve is suddenly closed.
c. gyrometer a. superheated
d. sling psychrometer b. daytank
c. hydrotank
• If the pressure of the confined gas is constant, the volume is directly proportional d. surge tank
to the absolute temperature
a. Boyle • A heat exchanger which increases the feedwater temperature using the flue gases.
b. Joule a. preheater
c. Charles b. economizer
d. Kelvin c. deaerator
d. separator
• A heat exchanger through which air passes between the first and second stage of a
two-stage air compressor is known as: • Which type of hydraulic turbine is used for medium-head hydroelectric power
a. Aftercooler plants
b. Baudelot a. Kaplan
c. Cooling tower b. Francis
d. Intercooler c. Impulse
d. Reaction type
• The sum of the pressure head, elevation head, and the velocity head remains
constant. This is known as: • Equal volumes of gases under identical conditions of pressure and temperature
a. Torrecelli’s Theorem contain the same number of molecules.
b. Archimede’s Principle a. Dalton’s Law
c. Bernoulli’s Theorem b. Keppler’s Law

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 c. Newton’s Law d. 720 degrees
d. Avogadro’s Law
• The power interval in a 4-stroke cycle of an 8-cylinder engine
• The most important valve on the boiler is: a. 60 degrees
a. safety valve b. 90 degrees
b. blowdown valve c. 180 degrees
c. feedwater valve d. 120 degrees
d. gate valve
• In a 4-stroke cycle, the number of crankshaft revolutions to complete a cycle is -
• Is a curve telling a history of the flow of water from month throughout the year a. one revolution
a. hydrograph b. two revolutions
b. William’s line c. three revolutions
c. bell curve d. none of the above
d. spot curve
• The stroke whereby burned gases are discharged through the upward movement of
• A short crank that moved the valve back and forth on its seat the piston of a valve which is open -
a. camshaft a. intake stroke
b. eccentric b. compression stroke
c. piston rod c. power stroke
d. crankshaft d. exhaust stroke

• Which of the following is not a cause of overheating?

• It converts mechanical energy into electrical energy a. wrong timing
a. generator b. low oil level
b. motor c. low water level
c. turbine d. battery overcharge
d. engine
• The main purpose of a cooling system -
• The kind of fuel injected to the combustion chamber of diesel engine - a. to cool the engine
a. atomized b. to avoid overheating
b. vaporized c. to maintain engine-working temperature
c. evaporized d. none of the above
d. energized
• The abnormal wearing-out of parts due to excessive friction -
• The degrees of power interval in a 4-stroke cycle of a four-cylinder engine - a. tear
a. 60 degrees b. wear
b. 90 degrees c. score
c. 180 degrees d. seizure
d. 120 degrees
• The main purpose of lubricating system is -
• The degrees of power interval in a 4-stroke cycle of a six-cylinder engine - a. to reduce friction
a. 60 degrees b. to reduce noise
b. 90 degrees c. to reduce excessive heat
c. 180 degrees d. to reduce wear
d. 120 degrees
• The part that provides sufficient supply of diesel fuel to the engine during
• The power interval in single-cylinder engine - operation
a. 360 degrees a. gasoline tank
b. 480 degrees b. diesel fuel reservoir
c. 560 degrees c. diesel fuel system

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 d. diesel fuel pump a. Intake is more important than compression
b. Power is the most important stroke
• When both valves are close and the piston is moving upward - c. Exhaust is next to power in importance
a. intake volume d. Compression occurs when the fuel charge is compressed into smaller
b. compression stroke volume
c. power stroke
d. exhaust stroke • Which of the following is not a property of lubricating oil?
a. carbon residue
• In a two-stroke cycle engine, the number of crankshaft revolutions to complete b. flash paint
one cycle is - c. acidity
a. one revolution d. combustion
b. two revolution
c. three revolution • Pressure filter that builds up working pressure is -
d. none of the above a. 100 psi
b. 125 psi
• An internal combustion engine converts chemical energy to - c. 150 psi
a. heat energy d. 200 psi
b. mechanical energy
c. chemical energy • The type of cooler extensively used for medium and large size engines -
d. sound energy a. plate cooler
b. radiator cooler
• The assemblage of equipment that produces and delivers a flow of mechanical to c. shell and tube cooler
electrical energy - d. disk cooler
a. generator
b. regulator • The type of pump where oil is being carried away by two vanes during operation
c. diesel electric power plant a. gear type
d. stationary engines b. rotary type
c. lobe type
• The source of power which act as the prime mover for the generator, with d. oil pump
horsepower ranging from 100 to 500 -
a. motor • Which of the following is not a part of the air intake system?
b. gasoline engine a. blower with supercharging
c. diesel engine b. thermometer
d. steam engine c. air intake silencer
d. air filter with piping connection
• Which valve is close during power stroke?
a. intake valve • Which of the following engines use vane blowers?
b. exhaust valve a. aircraft engines
c. intake and exhaust valve b. marine engines
d. none c. locomotive
d. all of the above

• Which of the following is not one of the purposes of the lubricating system? • Hand-starting is used only for small engines having a bore diameter not exceeding
a. to act as coolant a. 2 inches
b. to act as sealant b. 4 inches
c. to act as detergent c. 3 inches
d. to act as contaminant d. 6 inches

• Which of the following requires large filter to handle oil for a medium-sized
• Which of the following statements is correct? engine?

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 a. continuous filtering b. Third Law of Thermodynamics
b. shunt filtering c. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. bypass filtering d. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. hatch filtering
• A goose-neck is installed in the line connecting a steam gauge to a boiler to:
• The function of an unloader on an electric motor-driven compressor is to: a. maintain constant steam flow
a. reduce the speed of the motor when the maximum pressure is reached. b. protect the gauge element
b. Drain the condensate from the cylinder c. prevent steam knocking
c. Release the pressure in the cylinders in order to reduce the starting load. d. maintain steam pressure
d. Prevent excess pressure in the receiver
• A heat transfer device that reduces a thermodynamic fluid from its vapor phase to
• The power required to deliver a given quantity of fluid against a given head with its liquid phase such as in a vapor-compression refrigeration plant or in a
no losses in the pump is called: condensing steam power plant.
a. wheel power a. flash vessel
b. brake power b. cooling tower
c. hydraulic power c. condenser
d. indicated power d. steam separator

• An engine indicator is generally used to measure • President F. V. Ramos approved on February 12, 1998 a Republic Act which is an
a. steam temperature act to regulate the practice of Mechanical Engineering in the Philippines,
b. heat losses otherwise known as the new M.E. Law. What is this act?
c. steam cylinder pressure a. RA No. 9645
d. errors to gauge reading b. RA No. 8495
c. RA No. 8594
d. RA No. 8945
• Measure of ability of a boiler to transfer the heat given by the furnace to the water
and steam is: • A manometer is an instrument that is used to measure:
a. grate efficiency a. air pressure
b. stoker efficiency b. heat radiation
c. furnace efficiency c. Condensate water level
d. boiler efficiency d. air volume

• What is the color code for air pressure?

• How do you describe a non-flow process where in the volume remains constant? a. red
a. isometric b. light blue
b. isentropic c. brown
c. isobaric d. violet
d. isenthalpic
• The carbon dioxide percentage in the flue gas of an efficiently fired boiler should
• In the processing section, there is an instrument frequently used to measure the be approximately
flow rate of fluids. What is the instrument consisting of a venical passage with a. 15%
variable cross-sectional area, a float and a calibrated scale? b. 12%
a. rotameter c. 16%
b. pitot-tube d. 20%
c. rota aire
d. manometer • Which material should be used for the construction of a ducting system?
a. steel
• The law states that entropy of all perfect crystalline solids is zero at absolute zero b. iron
temperature c. Aluminum
a. Newton’s Law d. All of these

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 d. number of cylinders
• An ideal fluid is one that
a. is very viscous • Fluids that are pumped in processing work are frequently more viscous than water.
b. obeys Newton’s Law of Viscosity Which of the following statement is correct?
c. None of the above a. Reynolds number varied directly as viscosity
d. frictionless and is compressible b. Efficiency of a pump increases as the viscosity increases
• In industrial plant design, in calculating the working space requirement, the c. Increased fluid friction between the pump parts and the passing fluid
maximum number of persons working or will be working shall not exceed one increases useful work
person per _____ cubic meter. d. Working head increases as the viscosity increases
a. 12
b. 10 • The velocity at which the flow of a liquid reversibly changes from viscous to
c. 15 turbulent.
d. 18 a. low velocity
b. high velocity
• The blow off pressure of a safety valve is c. velocity heat
a. slightly more than atmospheric pressure d. critical velocity
b. equal to boiler working pressure
c. half of the boiler working pressure • The portion of sunlight, rich in ultraviolet rays, which has a strong effect on the
d. 106% of the boiler working pressure photographic plate.
a. gamma rays
• A type of firing in pulverized coal-fired furnaces which employs a turbulent b. beta rays
burner, the unit being located in the front or near wall. c. X-rays
a. vertical firing d. Actinic rays
b. horizontal firing
c. impact firing • Which of the following is more accurate about streamline?
d. tangential firing a. It is a path of fluid particle.
b. It is a line normal to the velocity vector everywhere
• Is the difference between saturation temperature and actual temperature c. It is fixed in space in steady flow
a. Degree subcooling d. It is perpendicular to the path line
b. Degree superheating
c. Compressed temperature • The function of the sharp seal in an open type refrigerating system is to prevent
d. Saturation temperature the gas from escaping the:
a. evaporator
• The actual horsepower delivered by the engine to the drive shaft - b. Compressor
a. indicated horsepower c. Condenser
b. brake horsepower d. Capillary tube
c. friction horsepower
d. none of the above • When the liquid boils at a pressure below atmospheric, the liquid has reached its:
a. boiling point
• Peak load for a period of time divided by installed capacity is: b. pressure point
a. capacity factor c. critical point
b. demand factor d. Vapor pressure
c. utilization factor
d. load factor • The cylinder head and the cylinder block is fitted to a water and gas tight seal
through -
• The size of a steam reciprocating pump is generally designated by three-digit a. the cylinder head’s bolts and nuts
number such as 646. What would be the first number designate? b. fitting the cylinder head and block
a. stroke of the pump in inches c. cylinder head gasket
b. inside diameter of the steam cylinder measured in inches d. none of the above
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 • Another term for sludge formation - d. draft
a. carbon residue
b. oxidation • One of the following tasks which is an example of preventive maintenance is:
c. water and sediments a. cleaning up the cup on a rotary cup burner
d. pour point b. cleaning a completely clogged oil strainer
c. replacing a leaking valve
• The hollowed spaces within the cylinder head directly above the piston where the d. replacing a blown fuse
fuel change is burned
a. piston head • What should be the temperature of both the water and steam whenever they are
b. top dead center present together?
c. combustion chamber a. saturation temperature for the existing pressure
d. valve head b. boiling point of water at 101.325 Kpa
c. super heated temperature
• The power output of the engine is increased through - d. one hundred degree centigrade
a. scavenging
b. turbo-charging • How many pounds of air are theoretically needed to burn one pound of diesel fuel
c. supercharging oil?
d. all of the above a. 28
b. 14
• The property of lubricating oil which indicates its relative fluidity - c. 18
a. viscosity d. 22
b. no gumming
c. waterless and free from sediments • An unloader is used on air compressor to:
d. verification of contents a. relief air pressure
b. start easier
• Factors which affects the efficiency of diesel power in stationary plant - c. stop easier
a. financial allocation d. run faster
b. space allotment
c. supply of power • The relationship of water vapor in the air at the dew point temperature to the
d. none of the above amount that should be in the air if the air were saturated at the dry-bulb
temperature is:
• The cooling system in which water under pressure flows through the engine a. partial pressure actual dew point
jackets and is drained off or recirculated through a cooling tower - b. percentage humidity
a. open cooling system c. relative humidity
b. closed cooling system d. run faster
c. open and closed cooling system
d. all of the above • The brake effective pressure of an internal combustion engine is:
a. obtained from the indicator card
• What kind of heat exchanger where water is heated to a point that dissolved gases b. greater than the indicated mean effective pressure
are liberated? c. a computed value from brake measurements
a. evaporator d. can be determined without knowing the engine speed
b. condenser
c. intercooler • A chemical action which causes destruction of the surface of metal by oxidation.
d. deaerator a. emulsification
b. scaling
• An air current in a confined space such as that in a cooling tower or chimney is c. formation
called: d. corrosion
a. variable flow • A device that changes electric current from high to low voltage
b. velocity profile a. alternator
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 c. transformer • Work of energy can be a function of all of the following, EXCEPT:
d. dynamometer a. temperature and entropy
b. torque and angular rotation
• An automatic device which allows the passage of water but prevents the passage c. force and time
of steam. d. power and time
a. steam trap
b. fusible plug • Which of the following thermodynamic cycle is the most efficient?
c. separator a. Carnot
d. blow-off b. Brayton
c. Otto
• A chart which compares visually smoke density with graded color bars. d. Diesel
a. Mollier’s chart
b. Achumann chart • Enthalpy in an ideal gas is a function only of:
c. control chart a. temperature
d. Ringleman chart b. entropy
c. Internal energy
• In the hydel plant classified as medium head pressure due to water backflow may d. pressure
be delivered by:
a. forehay • From the standpoint of thermodynamics, the best compressor follows which
b. Wicket gate compressor curve:
c. surge tank a. PV = C
d. draft tube b. PVk = C
c. PV1.3 = C
• The proportions of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and ash is known d. PV1.25 = C
as:
a. Proximate analysis • Temperature above which a given gas cannot be qualified:
b. Orsat Analysis a. Absolute temperature
c. Ultimate analysis b. Cryogenic temperature
d. Molal Analysis c. Critical temperature
d. Boiling temperature
• The ratio of the dynamic depression head to the total head of a pump.
a. Heat factor • The possibility of detonation in a spark ignition will be increased by:
b. Cavitation factor a. Lowering compression ratio
c. Discharge coefficient b. Lowering the inlet air temperature
d. Diagram factor c. Lowering the jacket water temperature
d. advancing the spark time
• A steam engine that has two or more cylinders, the exhaust steam from one
cylinder entering the next cylinder at a lower pressure is known: • Which of the following is a natural draft cooling tower.
a. compound engine a. Cooling pond
b. wankel engine b. Induced draft cooling tower
c. reciprocating engine c. evaporative cooling tower
d. otto engine d. Hyperbolic cooling tower

• (U + PV) is a quantity called:

a. flow energy • Cavitation is the result of:
b. shaft work a. Static pressure in a fluid becoming less than fluid vapor pressure
c. entropy b. Rivets under impact load
d. enthalpy c. Exposure of concrete to salt water
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 c. Freon 12
• Which of the metal is the best heat conductors? d. Freon 22
a. aluminum
b. copper • A material designed to reduce friction between surfaces.
c. gold a. Shims
d. silver b. Lubricant
c. Fuel
• When exposed to the atmosphere, which of the following liquids is the coldest? d. Bearing
a. oxygen
b. argon • An instrument designed to measure the rotational speed of a machine.
c. hydrogen a. Tachometer
d. helium b. Governor
c. Rotator
• The voltage of a galvanic cell does not depend on which of the following d. Anemometer
parameters?
a. concentration of solutions • When gas is heated at constant volume, the process is called:
b. temperature a. isotropic
c. pressure b. isobaric
d. volume c. isometric
d. adiabatic
• Brayton cycle cannot be used in reciprocating engine oven for the same
compression ratio and work output because: • An engine cycle containing two adiabatic and two isothermal preocesses.
a. Brayton cycle is more efficient a. Carnot cycle
b. Otto cycle is less efficient b. Rankine cycle
c. Brayton cycle is for slow speed engines only c. Diesel cycle
d. Large volume of low pressure gas cannot be efficiently handled in d. Otto cycle
reciprocating engines
• Cp = Cv + R applies to:
• Total sulfur content in a diesel fuel oil must not exceed: a. ideal gas
a. 0.1% b. two-phase states
b. 0.5% c. enthalpy
c. 0.2% d. all pure substance
d. 0.15%
• When droplets of water are carried by steam in the boiler
• The mean effective pressure of a diesel cycle having fixed compression ratio will a. priming
increase if cut-off ratio is: b. foaming
a. Increased c. carryover
b. decreased d. embrittlement
c. Independent of CR
d. depends on other factors • The chemical formula for methyl chloride
a. C2H5Cl
b. CH3Cl
• Boiling point of Freon 22 is: c. CH2Cl2
a. -33.33⁰C d. CHCl2
b. -29.8⁰C
c. -78.5⁰C • One type of pipe which is not recommended for use in ammonia refrigerating
d. -40⁰C system is:
a. steel
• Which refrigerant has the highest critical point temperature? b. brass
a. Ammonia c. seamless
b. Freon 11
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 d. iron a. chamber
b. heat balance
• A device that changes electric current from high to low voltage c. oxidation
a. carburetor d. evolution
b. separator
c. transformer • The evaporator constructed of pipe or tubing
d. regulator a. fusible plug
b. steam trap
• The part of the boiler design for burning the fuel c. expansion coil
a. oven d. sling
b. heater
c. furnace • A device having a pre-determined temperature fusible member for the relief of
d. gage cock pressure
a. fusible plug
• The first law of thermodynamics state that: b. stop valve
a. Heat energy cannot be completely transformed into work c. water column
b. Internal energy is due to molecular motion d. pressure valve
c. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed
d. Entropy of the universe is increased by irreversible process • The process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or
from any surface
• Clearing a cylinder of exhaust gases by forcing into it a current of air switch a. refrigeration
provides clean air for the next compression stroke of an engine. b. humidification
a. turbo charging c. circulation
b. purging d. ventilation
c. scavenging
d. emulsifying • The maximum load carried by a system or a unit of equipment over a designated
period of time
• Coals that become soft under the usual furnace temperature and merge into a. average load
undesirable masses of coke b. peak load
a. anthracite c. nominal rating
b. bituminous d. plant
c. lignite
d. caking • As commonly used, the PH value:
a. has no relation to the hydrogen – ion concentration
• A mechanical device used in refrigeration system for the purpose of increasing the b. for boiler water is usually kept at a value between 5 and 6
pressure upon the refrigerant. c. will be lower if boiler is treated with calistic soda
a. evaporator d. of 7 represent a neutral solution
b. condenser
c. expansion coil • Which of the following is not a viscosity rating?
d. compressor a. Centistroke
b. Redwood
• In power piping system, the corresponding piping color for proper fluid c. SSU
identification for steam is: d. Degree API
a. green
b. silver gray • Term not used in relation to lubrication oil:
c. light blue a. Cetane number
d. violet b. Condradson carbon
c. Neutralization number
• The name given to procedure by which efficiency of a combustion process is d. Demulsibility
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 • It is the temperature at which vapor forms above the liquid fuel:
a. Diesel index • A closed vessel in which pressure is obtained from an indirect application of heat.
b. Fire point a. low pressure boiler
c. Flash point b. unified pressure boiler
d. Critical point c. portable boiler
d. power boiler
• For which type of process does the equation dQ = TDS hold?
a. Irreversible • A refrigerating system using direct method in which refrigerant is delivered to two
b. Isothermal or more evaporators in separate rooms or refrigerators
c. reversible a. direct expansion
d. isobaric b. chilled water
c. flooded
• During an adiabatic, internally reversible process, what is true about the change of d. multiple
entropy?
a. it is always zero • The ratio of the energy removed at the evaporator to the energy supplied to the
b. it is always less than zero compressor
c. it is always greater than zero a. TOR
d. it is temperature - dependent b. Power ratio
c. Compression ratio
• A boiler furnishing hot water to be used externally to itself. d. COP
a. water heating
b. hot water supply boiler • Dichloromethane is known as:
c. low pressure heating boiler a. Methyl Chloride
d. portable boiler b. Methyl formula
c. Methylene chloride
• A refrigerating system in which the evaporator is in direct contact with the d. Ethyl Chloride
refrigerated material or space or is located.
a. direct expansion
b. chilled water • The alcohol most frequently considered as fuel for internal combustion engines
c. flooded a. Methanol
d. multiple b. Grain alcohol
c. isopropanol
• Trichloromonofluouromethane is also known as: d. isoprophyl alcohol
a. Freon 11
b. Freon 12
c. Freon 21 • The temperature at which the fuel gives off vapors ignited by an open flame.
d. Freon 114 a. pour point
b. power point
• Dichlorodifluouromethane is otherwise known as: c. flash point
a. Freon 11 d. boiling point
b. Freon 12
c. Freon 21 • In the vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant leaving the expansion
d. Freon 114 valve is:
a. liquid
• An internally fired boiler which is self-contained and primarily intended for b. partly vaporized
temporary location. c. saturated vapor
a. low pressure boiler d. superheated vapor
b. unified pressure boiler
c. portable boiler • The capacity of an air compressor is:
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 b. decrease with lower discharge pressure c. velocity of flow in a co=losed conduit
c. may be controlled by varying the clearance value d. friction factor of a pipe
d. increases with lower values of the polytropic constant

• Mol ratio is proportional to the volumetric ratio is known as: • If gas is expanded isothermally in a cylinder
a. Amogat’s Law a. No work is done
b. Pascal’s Law b. Heat must have been abstracted to make the process possible
c. Avogadro’s Law c. Heat must have been added during the process
d. Archimedes’ Law d. It must have been completely insulated
• Heat movement through space by shining, just as light is radiated.
a. Convection • All of the following statements about wet bulb temperature are true, EXCEPT
b. Circulation a. Wet bulb temperature equals adiabatic saturation temperature
c. Conduction b. Wet bulb temperature is the only temperature necessary to determine
d. Radiation grains water per lb of dry air
c. Wet bulb temperature lies numerically between dew point and dry bulb
• The primary object of the washing of coal is to decrease temperature for unsaturated systems
a. dustiness d. Wet bulb temperature equals both dry-bulb and dew point temperature at
b. ash fusion temperature 100% relative humidity
c. ash and sulphur
d. volatile matter
• In a four-cycle gasoline engine, when properly tuned, the value operation will be
• A periodic, time-scheduled inspections to detect wear and tear in advance of actual such that the:
equipment breakdown with subsequent replacement of worn-out parts before they a. Intake-opens after the dead center
fail in order to minimize interference in operation b. Exhaust opens before bottom dead center
a. routine maintenance c. Intake closes before bottom dead center
b. preventive maintenance d. Exhaust closes before bottom dead center
c. corrective maintenance
d. general maintenance
• Which of the following is member of the halogen family?
a. sodium
• A part of the generating capacity of a hydro-electric plant that is connected to the b. fluorine
bus and ready to take load. c. hydrogen chloride
a. cold reserve d. phosphorus
b. hot reserve
c. standing reserve • A sample substance to which a chemical formula can be assigned, whose weight is
d. spinning reserve equal to its formula weight is formed a:
a. molecule
b. mole
• Which of the following statements about Mach number (M) is false? c. grain equivalent weight
a. Mach number is the ratio of velocity to the sonic velocity d. atom
b. Mach 11 is the maximum attainable velocity in a nozzle throat
c. Supersonic velocities (M>1) are achievable in the diffuser section of a • Hydrogen is common to all:
rocket nozzle if expansion ratio is great enough a. acids
d. Mach no. has the dimension of velocity b. salts
c. oxides
d. metals
• The hydraulic formula CA√2gh is used to find the:
a. quantity of discharge through an orifice • Which of the following does not illustrate the effect of temperature or pressure on
b. length of pipe in a closed network gas solubility?

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 a. Air bubbles form on the sides of a warm glass of water a. quadrupled
b. Soda pop is bottled under pressure b. doubled
c. Boiling frees water gases c. remains the same
d. Air is more humid on rainy days d. increases exponentially

• The chemical process which occurs when water is added to cement is • A closed vessel intended for application of heat to generate steam or other vapor
a. oxidation to be used externally to itself
b. Brownian movement a. boiler
c. plastic flow b. furnace
d. hydration c. oven
d. heater
• To determine the chemical formula of a compound, we need to know all of the
following EXCEPT the:
a. elements that compose the compound • Mixture of hydrocarbon liquefied under pressure for efficient transportation,
b. atomic weights of the elements in a compound storage, and use
c. molecular weight of the compound a. gasoline
d. density of the compound b. LPG
c. TIG
• From the 1993 PSME Code, electricity is represented by the color: d. Tar
a. light blue
b. Violet • A valve held closed by a spring or other means and designed to automatically
c. White relieve pressure in excess of its setting
d. Light orange a. stop valve
b. pressure relief device
• For the steam jet refrigeration system, the refrigerant used is: c. spring valve
a. Freon 11 d. stop cock
b. Freon 12
c. Refrigerant 718 • Transfer of heat between a fluid and a surface by the circulation or mixing of the
d. None of these fluid.
a. Convection
• Heat added to or removed from a substance that causes a change of temperature: b. Conduction
a. absolute heat c. Friction
b. specific heat d. Fusion
c. latent heat
d. sensible heat • A substance that absorbs heat through expansion or vaporization
a. lubricant
• The ratio of the maximum load to the plant capacity is: b. relaxant
a. plant capacity factor c. refrigerant
b. use factor d. fuel
c. utilization factor
d. demand factor • Which of the following statements about Mach number (M) is false?
a. Mach number is the ratio of velocity to the sonic velocity
• Orsat analysis is: b. Mach 11 is the maximum attainable velocity in a nozzle throat
a. volumetric analysis of the wet gas c. Supersonic velocities (M>1) are achievable in the diffuser section of a
b. dry exhaust gas volumetric analysis rocket nozzle if expansion ratio is great enough
c. ultimate analysis of fuel d. Mach no. has the dimension of velocity
d. molal analysis of fuel

• If the rpm of the pump is doubled, the power required is:

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