21. A storage tank contains oil with specific gravity of 0.88 and depth of 20 m.

What is the
hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of th tank in kg/cm2? Answer: A
A. 1.76
B. 2.0
C. 6.0
D. 3.0
22. A batch of concrete consisted of 200 lbs fine aggregate, 350 lbs coarse aggregate, 94 lbs, cement,
and 5 gallons water. The specific gravity of the sand and gravel may be taken as 2.65 and that of
the cement as 3/10/ What was the weight of concrete in place per cubic foot? Answer: D
A. 172 lbs
B. 236 lbs
C. 162 lbs
D. 153 lbs
23. A batch of concrete consisted of 200 lbs fine aggregate, 350 lbs coarse aggregate, 94 lbs, cement,
and 5 gallons water. The specific gravity of the sand and gravel may be taken as 2.65 and that of
the cement as 3.10. How much by weight of cement is required to produce one cubic yard?
Answer: D
A. 765
B. 657
C. 675
D. 567
24. A cylindrical tank 2 m diameter, 3 m high is full of oil. If specific gravity of oil is 0.9, what is the
mass of oil in the tank? Answer: A
A. 8482 kg
B. 4500 kg
C. 1800 kg
D. 7000 kg
25. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol (w = 790 kg/m 3). What is the specific volume of
the resulting mixtures, assuming the fluids mixed completely? Answer: D
A. 0.82 cm3/kg
B. 0.88 cm3/kg
C. 0.63 cm3/kg
D. 1.20 cm3/kg
26. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol (w = 790 kg/m 3). What is the specific gravity of
the resulting mixtures, assuming the fluids mixed completely? Answer: D
A. 0.96
B. 0.63
C. 0.82
D. 0.86
27. A spherical tank is full of water that has a total mass of 10,000 kg. If the outside diameter of the
tank is 2722 mm, how thick is the wall of the tank? Answer: B
A. 50 mm
B. 25 mm
C. 30 mm
D. 35 mm
28. A cylindrical tank is filled with water at the rate of 5000 gal/min. The height if the water in the
tank after minutes is 20.42 ft. What is the diameter of the tank? Answer: B
A. 30 ft
B. 25 ft
C. 20 ft
D. 9 m
29. Water is flowing through a 1 foot diameter pipe at the rate of 10 m/s. What is the volume flow of
water flowing? Answer: C
A. 7.50 ft3/sec
B. 7.95 ft3/sec
C. 7.85 ft3/sec
D. 0.22 ft3/sec
30. A certain fluid is flowing in a 0.5 m x 0.3 m channel at the rate of 3 m/sec and has a specific
volume of 0.0012 m3/kg. Determine the mass of water flowing in kg/sec. Answer: C
A. 380 kg/sec
B. 390 kg/sec
C. 375 kg/sec
D. 370 kg/sec
31. One useful equation used is the change of enthalpy of compressible liquid with constant specific
heat is:
hsub2 - hsub1 = c(Tsub2 – Tsub1) + v(Psu2 – Psub1)
where: Tsubn = Temperature at state n
Psubn = Pressure at state n
V = specific volume of liquid
Water with enthalpy with csubp = 4.187 KJ/kg-oK and v = 1.00 x 10 -3 m3/kg has the following
states:
State I: Tsub1= 19oC Psub1 = 1. 013 x 105
State II: Tsub2 = 30oC Psub2 = 0.113 Mpa
What is the change in enthalpy from state I to state II? Answer: C
A. 46.0 kpa/kg
B. 56.0 KJ/kg
C. 46.0 KJ/kg
D. 46.0 KN/kg
32. What is the potential energy of a 500 kg body if it is dropped to a height of 100 m? Answer: A
A. 490.50 KJ
B. 765.50 KJ
C. 560.50 KJ
D. 645.48 KJ
33. The flow energy of 124 li/min of a fluid passing a boundary to a system is 2 KJ/sec. What is the
pressure at this point. Answer: B
A. 100 kpa
B. 140.30 psi
C. 1000 kpa
D. 871 KJ
34. Steam at 1000 lb/ft3 pressure and 330oR has a specific volume of 6.5 ft3/lb and a specific enthalpy
of 9800 ft-lb/lb. Find the internal energy per pound mass of steam. Answer: B
A. 5400
B. 3300
C. 6400
D. 2500
35. Air and fuel enter a furnace used for home heating. The air has an enthalpy of 302 KJ//kg and the
fuel has an enthalpy of 43,207 KJ/kg. The gases leaving the furnace have an enthalpy of 616
KJ/kg. of fuel. The house requires 17.6 KW of heat. What is the fuel consumption per day?
Answer: B
A. 85 kg
B. 41 kg
C. 45 kg
D. 68 kg
36. The power plant furnace burns coal at the rate of 108,200 kg/hr. Air at 100.8 kpa, 28 oC is supplied
at the rate of 13.8 kg/kg coal. Determine the volume flow rate of air flow in m 3/min. Answer: A
A. 21,327 m3/min
B. 19,414.63 m3/min
C. 20,435.26 m3/min
D. 24,535.54 m3/min
37. The enthalpy of air is increased by 139.586 KJ/kg in a compressor. The rate of air flow is 16.42
kg/min. The power output is 48.2 KW. Which of the following values most nearly equals the heat
loss from the compressor in KW? Answer: A
A. -10
B. +10.2
C. -9.95
D. +9.95
38. A steam turbine receives 70 pounds of steam per minute with an enthalpy of 1600 Btu per pound
and velocity of 100 ft/sec. It leaves the turbine at 900 ft/sec and 1320 Btu/lb enthalpy. The
radiation loss is 84,000 Btu/hr. Find the horsepower output. Answer: A
A. 403 hp
B. 400hp
C. 380 hp
D. 410 hp
39. Steam enters a turbine stage with enthalpy of 3628 KJ/kg 70 m/sec and leaves the same stage with
an enthalpy of 2846 KJ/kg and a velocity of 124 m/sec. Calculate the work done by the steam.
Answer: A
A. 776.76 KJ/kg
B. 873 KJ/kg
C. 567.23 KJ/kg
D. 923.34 KJ/kg
40. Steam with an enthalpy of 800 kcal/kg enters a nozzle at a velocity of 80 m/sec. Find the velocity
of the steam at the exit of the nozzle if its enthalpy is reduced tp 750 kcal/kg. assuming the nozzle
is horizontal and disregarding heat losses. Take g(9.81) m/sec and J = 427 kg-m/kcal.
Answer: D
A. 561.24 m/s
B. 142.5 m/s
C. 52.41 m/s
D. 652.14 m/s
41. A volume of 450 cc