1. A liter of water weighs about 9.75 N. Compute its mass in kilograms. d) 82.

448 kPa
a) 0.944 kg
b) 0.994 kg Convert 760 mm of mercury to:
c) 0.494 kg 12. Oil of specific gravity 0.82
d) 0.449 kg a) 12.605 m
b) 12.655 m
If an object has a mass of 22 kg at sea level, c) 12.600 m
2. What will be its weight at a point where the acceleration due to gravity d) 12.665 m
g=9.75 m/s2? 13. Water
a) 241.5 N a) 10.44 m
b) 215.4 N b) 10.43 m
c) 215.1 N c) 10.54 m
d) 214.5 N d) 10.34 m
3. What will be its mass at that point?
a) 22 kg A drum 700 mm in diameter and filled
b) 21 kg with water has a vertical pipe, 20 mm in
c) 20 kg diameter, attached to the top.
d) 23 kg 14. How many Newtons of water
must be poured into the pipe to exert a
4. If the specific volume of a certain gas is 0.7848 m3/kg, what is its specific force of 6500 N on top of the drum?
weight? a) 5.13 N
a) 15.5 N/m3 b) 5.31 N
b) 12.2 N/m3 c) 3.15 N
c) 12.5 N/m3 d) 3.51 N
d) 15.1 N/m3 15. What is the value of h?
a) 1.732 m
5. Water in a hydraulic press, initially at 137 kPa absolute, is subjected to a b) 1.723 m
pressure of 116,280 kPa absolute. Using EB = 2.5 GPa, determine the c) 1.273 m
percentage decrease in the volume of water. d) 1.237 m
a) 4.65% decrease
b) 4.56% increase A vertical rectangular gate 1.5 m wide and 3 m high is submerged in water
c) 4.56% decrease with its top edge 2 m below the water surface.
d) 4.65% increase 16. Find the total pressure acting on one side of the gate.
a) 154.51 kN
6. Estimate the capillary depression for mercury in a glass capillary tube 2 b) 154.15 kN
mm in diamter. Use σ=0.514 N/m and θ=140°. c) 145.51 kN
a) 5.6 mm d) 145.15 kN
b) 5.4 mm 17. Find the location of the total pressure from the bottom.
c) 5.1 mm a) 1.268 m
d) 5.9 mm b) 1.862 m
c) 1.286 m
7. Benzene at 20°C has a viscosity of 0.000651 Pa-s. What shear stress is d) 1.628 m
required to deform this fluid at a strain rate of 4900/s?
a) 3.91 Pa 18. A vertical circular gate is submerged in a liquid so that its top is flushed
b) 3.19 Pa with the liquid surface. Find the ratio of the total force acting on the lower half
c) 3.99 Pa to that acting on the upper half.
d) 3.11 Pa a) 2.745
b) 2.754
8. If a depth of liquid of 1 m causes a pressure of 7 kPa, what is the specific c) 2.457
gravity of the liquid? d) 2.475
a) 0.741
b) 0.714 A 30-m long dam retains 9 m of water
c) 0.417 as shown in the figure.
d) 0.471 19. Find the total resultant force acting
on the dam.
9. Find the absolute pressure in kPa at a depth of 10 m below the free a) 13,663 kN
surface of oil of specific gravity 0.75 if the barometric reading is 752 mmHg. b) 13,763 kN
a) 173.9 kPa c) 13,773 kN
b) 137.9 kPa d) 13,673 kN
c) 179.3 kPa 20. Find the location of the center of
d) 177.3 kPa pressure from the bottom
a) 3.466 m
An open tank contains 5.8 m of water covered with 3.2 m of kerosene (γ = 8 b) 3.644 m
kN/m3). c) 3.464 m
10. Find the pressure at the interface of water and kerosene. d) 3.446 m
a) 26.6 kPa
b) 26.5 kPa
c) 25.6 kPa
d) 25.5 kPa
11. Find the pressure at the bottom of the tank.
a) 82.488 kPa
b) 82.498 kPa
c) 82.489 kPa