OpenFoam Basic Test

OpenFOAM Basic Concepts (30% - 7 questions)

1. What is OpenFOAM primarily used for?
o a) Word processing
o b) Image editing
o c) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
o d) Database management
2. Which language is OpenFOAM written in?
o a) Python
o b) Java
o c) C++
o d) Fortran
3. What does the “FOAM” in OpenFOAM stand for?
o a) Fast Object-Oriented Application Model
o b) Field Operation And Manipulation
o c) Fluid Operations And Mechanics
o d) Finite Object Analysis Method
4. Which turbulence model is NOT available in OpenFOAM?
o a) k-epsilon
o b) k-omega
o c) k-alpha
o d) Spalart-Allmaras
5. In the PISO algorithm, what does PISO stand for?
o a) Pressure Implicit with Splitting of Operators
o b) Pressure Implicit with Sequential Operations
o c) Pressure Iterative with Splitting Operators
o d) Pressure Iterative Sequential Operation
6. Which of the following is NOT a type of boundary condition in OpenFOAM?
o a) fixedValue
o b) zeroGradient
o c) slip
o d) staticPressure
 7. In OpenFOAM, which boundary condition represents a wall where no-slip
condition is applied?
o a) noSlip
o b) fixedValue
o c) slip
o d) zeroGradient

Programming OpenFOAM (30% - 7 questions)

8. Which OpenFOAM dictionary contains discretization schemes for gradient,
divergence, and laplacian terms?
o a) fvSchemes
o b) fvSolution
o c) controlDict
o d) transportProperties
9. In custom function objects, which keyword is used to specify the libraries to load?
o a) libs
o b) functions
o c) operations
o d) methods
10. Which function in OpenFOAM is used to access the internal field of a
volScalarField?
 a) internalField()
 b) boundaryField()
 c) meshField()
 d) coreField()
11. To add a custom solver to OpenFOAM, you would primarily modify which
directory?
 a) applications/
 b) tutorials/
 c) src/
 d) bin/
12. Which file in OpenFOAM contains the initial and boundary conditions for a
simulation?
 a) controlDict
 b) transportProperties
 c) fvSchemes
  d) 0/
13. Which of the following is NOT a type of mesh refinement method in OpenFOAM?
 a) Surface refinement
 b) Region refinement
 c) Edge refinement
 d) Color refinement
14. If you want to run a parallel simulation in OpenFOAM, which utility should be run
after decomposing the domain?
 a) simpleFoam
 b) pimpleFoam
 c) mpiSimpleFoam
 d) simpleFoam -parallel

Running OpenFOAM (10% - 2 questions)

15. Which command is used to initialize a case in OpenFOAM?
 a) foamInit
 b) blockMesh
 c) foamStart
 d) decomposePar
16. Which utility is used to check the quality of the generated mesh in OpenFOAM?
 a) checkMesh
 b) meshQuality
 c) foamCheck
 d) meshInspect

Post-processing with ParaView (20% - 5 questions)

17. In ParaView, which filter allows you to visualize streamlines in a flow field?
 a) Glyph
 b) Stream Tracer
 c) Clip
 d) Contour
18. Which of the following is NOT a visualization feature in ParaView?
 a) Scalar Bar
 b) Vector Arrows
  c) Histogram
 d) Word Cloud
19. To visualize the pressure distribution on a surface in ParaView, you would use:
 a) Warp filter
 b) Slice filter
 c) Contour filter
 d) Glyph filter
20. In ParaView, which filter would you use to extract data along a line?
 a) Extract Line
 b) Plot Over Line
 c) Slice Along Line
 d) Data Over Line
21. To calculate the vorticity of a flow field in ParaView, which filter should be
applied?
 a) Gradient
 b) Calculator
 c) Vorticity
 d) Derivative

Meshing (10% - 2 questions)

22. In OpenFOAM, which utility is used to generate a block-structured hexahedral
mesh?
 a) blockMesh
 b) foamMesh
 c) snappyHexMesh
 d) tetraMesh
23. Which meshing utility in OpenFOAM is designed for complex geometries and can
handle both hexahedral and tetrahedral cells?
 a) blockMesh
 b) foamMesh
 c) snappyHexMesh
 d) tetraMesh
24. In snappyHexMesh, which keyword dictates the number of refinement levels
around a surface?
 a) nRefineLevels
 b) layers
 c) addLayers
 d) refinementSurfaces
25. In OpenFOAM, which utility is used to convert a mesh from another CFD software
format to OpenFOAM format?
 a) foamConvert
 b) meshTranslate
 c) foamToVTK
 d) ideasUnvToFoam