Name: __________________________
Date: _________________
Test I. Identification
______________1. Amount of fluid displaced by
the piston as it moves from top dead center to
the bottom dead center.
______________2. A machine used to increase
the pressure of a gas by decreasing its volume.
______________3. Ratio of actual gas drawn in
at intake condition to displacement volume.
______________4. Ratio of compressor power
to brake power.
______________5. Product of the mean
effective pressure and displacement volume
______________6. A positive-displacement
machine that uses a piston to compress a gas
and deliver it at high pressure.
______________7. These are substances
capable of flowing.
______________8. Pressure exerted by the
atmosphere on every surface with which it
comes contact and is measured by barometer.
______________9. Is the volume per unit mass
of a substance. It is reciprocal of the mass
density.
_____________10. Also known as “Relative
Density” is the ratio of the density or specific
weight of a substance to the density or specific
weight of some other standard substance.
Test II. Elements
1. The vertical difference between the
pumping water level and the static
water level.
A. Static water level
B. Pumping water level
C. Suction head
D. Drawdown
2. A type reciprocating pump having a
steam cylinder with no lap on valves, a
water cylinder and a common piston rod.
A. Direct acting steam pump
B. Crank and flywheel reciprocating pump
C. Power driven pump
D. Piston pump
3. In order to avoid cavitation the NPSH of
an installation should be:
A. At least equal or greater than the NPSH
of the pump
B. At least equal or less than the NPSH of
the pump
C. Equal to the NPSH of the pump only
D. Greater than the NPSH of the pump only
4. Find the velocity head for a velocity
of 18 m/s.
A. 33.0 m
B. 0.92 m
C. 1.8 m
D. 16.5 m
5. A single suction pump having its suction
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nozzle on the opposite side of the casing from
the stuffing box and having the face of the
suction nozzle perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis of the shaft.
A. Centrifugal pump
B. End suction pump
C. In line pump
D. Horizontal pump
6. Imparts velocity to the liquid,
resulting from centrifugal force as the
impeller is rotated.
A. Impeller
B. Casing
C. Stuffing box
D. Shaft sleeve
7. The power of portable air compressors
used for construction, mining, road
building, and painting ranges from:
A. 1 hp to 500 hp
B. ½ hp to 500 hp
C. 1 hp to 1000 hp
D. ½ hp to 1000 hp
8. Pump used to increase air pressure
above normal, air is then used as a
motive power.
A. Air cooled engine
B. Air compressor
C. Air condenser
D. Air injection
9. When a pump is opening at a vacuum
of 4 in Hg, which of the following is not
correct?
A. The pressure is 25.92 in Hg
B. The pressure is 10.721 psia
C. The pressure is 158.4 torr
D. The pressure is 0.8663 atm
10. Primary purpose of a pump in a fluid
loop is to
A. Add energy to the flow
B. Add mass to the flow
C. Extract energy from the flow
D. None of the above
11. The isentropic efficiency of a pump is
given by the
A. Ratio of actual to ideal energy extracted
B. Ratio of ideal to actual energy supplied
C. Ratio of ideal to actual energy extracted
D. Ratio of actual to ideal energy supplied
12. Centrifugal blowers can supply.
A. Large volumes of air at low pressures
B. Small volumes of air at high pressures
C. Large volumes of air at high pressures
D. Small volumes of air at low pressures
13. For a six compression of air set, the
minimum work conditions are:
A. Pressure rise per stage will be equal
B. Work done in successive stages will be in
geometrical progression
C. Cylinder volumes will be same
D. Temperature rise in the cylinders will be
the same
14. A vertical turbine pump with the pump
and motor closed coupled and design to
be installed underground, as in the case
of a deep well pump. A. Horizontal split case
pump
B. Submersible pump
C. Booster pump
D. Vertical shaft turbine pump
15. A timber, concrete or masonry
enclosure having a screened inlet kept
partially filled with water by an open
body of water such as pond, lake, or
steams.
A. Aquifer
B. Wet pit
C. Ground water
D. Well water
16. Water which is available from a
well, driven into water bearing
subsurface strata (aquifer)
A. Aquifer
B. Wet pit
C. Ground water
D. Well water
17. The level with respect to the pump,
of the body of water from which it
takes suction when the pump is not in
operation.
A. Static water level
B. Pumping water level
C. Suction head
D. Discharge head
18. The level with respect to the pump,
of the body of water from which it
takes suction when the pump is in
operation.
A. Static water level
B. Pumping water level
C. Suction head
D. Drawdown
19. A type of deep well pump wherein
compressed air is admitted to the well to lift
water to the surface, for successful operation
of the system, the discharge pipe must have its
lower end submerged in the well water.
A. Plunger pump
B. Turbine pump
C. Ejector centrifugal pump
D. Air lift
20. A type of deep well pump which are
refinement of the old hand pump that
have played such an important role in
country home and small town water
supply from wells.
A. Plunger pump
B. Turbine pump
C. Ejector centrifugal pump
D. Air lift
21. A type of deep well pump that represent the
application of vertical centrifugal pump to
deep well service and are built for heads up to
305 meters and for capacities up to 28,495
liters per minute.
A. Plunger pump
B. Turbine pump
C. Ejector centrifugal pump
D. Air lift
22. A type of reciprocating pump that receives
its forward and backward motion of the piston
and plunger from the rotary motion of a
revolving crankshaft by means of a crank and
connecting rod.
A. Direct acting steam pump
B. Crank and flywheel reciprocating pump
C. Power driven pump
D. Piston pump
23. A type reciprocating pump having a
steam cylinder with no lap on valves, a
water cylinder and a common piston rod.
A. Direct acting steam pump
B. Crank and flywheel reciprocating pump
C. Power driven pump
D. Piston pump
24. A type of rotary pump consists of an
eccentrically bored cam rotated by a shaft
concentric in a cylindrically bored casing, with
an aburment or follower so arranged that with
each rotation of the drive shaft a positive
quantity of liquid is displaced from the space
between the cam and the pump casing.
A. Cam and piston pump
B. Gear pump
C. Screw pump
D. Vane pump
25. A type of rotary pump consists of two or
more gears, operating in closely fitted casing so
arranged that when the gear teeth unmesh on
one side liquid fills the space between the gear
teeth and is carried around in the tooth space to
the opposite side and displaced as the teeth
mesh again.
A. Cam and piston pump
B. Gear pump
C. Screw pump
D. Vane pump
26. A positive displacement unit wherein
the pumping action is accomplished by
the forward and backward movement of
a piston or plunger inside a cylinder
usually provided with valves.
A. Rotary pumps
B. Reciprocating pumps
C. Deep well pumps
D. Centrifugal pumps 27. Provides a mechanical A. –32.02 kW C. 50.01 kW
sealing B. 33.02 kW D. –50.01 kW
arrangement that takes the place of 5. An air compressor takes air at 90 kPa and
the packing. discharges to 700 kPa. If the volume flow of
A. Packing discharge is 1.3 m3/s, compute the capacity of
B. Gland the air compressor. Assume isentropic
C. Seal gage compression.
D. Mechanical seal A. 5.63 m3/s C. 5.98 m3/s
28. Provides passage to distribute the B. 4.63 m3/s D. 4.9H8 m3/s
sealing medium uniformly around the 6. A single-acting, single-stage reciprocating
portion of the shaft that passes through compressor is required to deliver 50 kg per hour
the stuffing box. Also known as water seal from 100 kPa and 250C conditions to 900 kPa
of lantern ring. delivery pressure. The compression is expected
A. Packing to follow PV1.25 = C. Determine the required
B. Gland power of the compressor under ideal
C. Seal gage conditions.
D. Mechanical seal A. 3.28 kW C. 3.75 kW
29. Which of the following is a safety device B. 4.28 kW D. 4.75 kW
on a compressor? 7. An air compressor consumed 1200 kw-hr per
A. Relief valve day of energy. The electric motor driving the
B. Strainer compressor has an efficiency of 80%. If
C. Over speed shut down indicated power of the compressor is 34 kW,
D. Over pressure shut down find the mechanical efficiency of the
30. Which of the following is a displacement compressor.
compressor? A. 57 % C. 87%
A. Reciprocating air compressor B. 85% D. 95%
B. Vane blower 8. A single acting air compressor has a
C. Centrifugal blower volumetric efficiency of 87 % operates at 500
D. Axial flow compressors rpm. It takes in air at 100 kPa and 300C and
discharges it at 600 kPa. The air handled is 6
Test III. Problem Solving m3/min measured at discharge condition. If
1. An air compressor has a power of 40 kW at compression is isentropic, find the mean
4% clearance. If clearance will increase to 7%, effective pressure in kPa.
what is the new power? A. 203.59 kPa C. 253.64 kPa
A. 70 kW C. 53 kW B. 303.59 kPa D. 353.64 kPa
B. 40 kW D. 60 kW 9. A 5kW motor is used to drive an air
2. A single stage air compressor handles 0.454 compressor. Determine the compressor work if
m3/s of atmospheric pressure,270C air, and the compressor efficiency is 82%.
delivers it to a receiver at 652.75 kPa. Its A. 3.6 kW C. 6.09 kW
volumetric efficiency is 0.72, its compression B. 4.1 kW D. 4.3 kW
efficiency on an isothermal basis is 0.85 and its 10. The bore and stroke of an air compressor
mechanical efficiency is 0.90. If it rotates at 350 are 276mm and 164mm respectively. Running at
rpm, what power in kW is required to drive it? 20rad/sec. If the capacity of the compressor is
A. 95 C. 120 0.02436m3/s. What is the compressor
B. 112 D. 100 volumetric efficiency?
3. An ideal single stage air compressor without A. 0.80 C. 0.84
clearance takes in air at 100 kPa with a B. 0.78 D. 0.94
temperature of 160C and delivered it at 413 kPa
after isentropic compression. What is the
discharge work done by the compressor in
kJ/kg?
A. –59.22 C. –72.5
B. –118.44 D. –145
4. A rotary compressor receives 8 m3/min. of a
gas ( R = 0.410 kJ/kg-K, Cp =1.03 kJ/kg-K) at 108
kPa, 270C and delivers it at 650 kPa. Find the
work if compression is polytropic with PV1.3 =
C.