BrainMEsh

(ELIMINATION OF QUIZZERS)
About the Eliminations:
1. Questions are all related to Mechanical
Engineering Subjects.
2. The elimination is divided into three parts: Easy (1
point), Average (2 points), Difficult (3 points).
3. To check the answers, participants should flash
their answers on the camera.
4. The highest tallies on the elimination will represent
the school in the forthcoming quiz show
competitions.
Rules:
1. Always open your camera.

2. Search engines and books are

prohibited during the
elimination.

3. You can only use clean sheet

of papers, pen and calculator.
Easy (1 point)
for 30 secs
1. Steam enters the turbine with an enthalpy
of 1500Btu/lb and leaves with an enthalpy
of 1100 Btu/lb. The transferred heat is 15
Btu/lb. What is the work in hp for a flow of
1 lb/s?

a. 534.80 hp
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d. 455.82 hp
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a. -100i + 80j – 60k

b. -100i – 80j – 60k 27
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c. 80i +60j -100k
d. 60i -80j +100k
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3. Find x.
xx= 22048

a. 400
b. 8
c. 256
d. 60,249

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5. The radius of a circle whose arc of length 15
cm makes an angle of ¾ radian at the center
is___.

a. 21 cm
b. 22 cm
c. 20 cm
d. 19 cm
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6. Find the gage pressure at point A. Units in
psi.
a. 6.54 psig
b. 4.66 psig
c. 6.64 psig
d. 21.34 psia

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7. A stone is dropped from the top cliff. It
is seen to hit the ground below after 3.5
s. How high is the cliff?

a. 50.09 m
b. 60.09 cm
c. 60.09 m
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8. It states that the entropy of a system
approaches a constant value as the
temperature approaches absolute zero. 

a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

b. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics 27
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9. An object with a mass of 5 lbm is
accelerated to 10 fps2. Calculate the
force in which the object is subjected to.
Unit in pounds.

A. 15.5 lbf
B. 1.55 lbf
C. 50 lbf 27
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D. 5.51 lbf
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10. Temperature scale X has boiling and
freezing point 140o X and 20oX repectively.
Temperature scale Y has boiling and freezing
point 400oY and 10oY respectively. Convert 30
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X to oY.
a. 10 oY
b. 62.5 oY
c. 13.6 oY
d. 42.5 oY
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Average (2pts) for 45 secs
1. For a certain interval of motion a pin is forced to move in a
fixed parabolic slot of equation x= y2/6 by the horizontal
slotted arm which is elevated in the y-direction at the
constant rate of 3 in/s. All measurements are in inches and
seconds. Calculate the velocity of the pin when x=6 in.

a. 6.66 in/s
b. 666 in/s
c. 6.71 in/s
d. 0.671 in/s

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2. A block of wood that weighs 71.2 N and of
specific gravity 0.75 is tied by a string to the bottom
of a tank of water in order to have the block totally
immersed. Determine the tension in the string.

a. 27.37 N
b. 23.73 N
c. 2.73 N
d. 32.73 N

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5. An ideal gas turbine operates with a
pressure ratio of 10 and the energy input in
the high temperature heat exchanger is 300
kW. Calculate the air flow rate for a
temperature limits of 30oC and 1200 o C. Units
in kg/s

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Ans. 0.34 kg/s
Difficult (3pts) for
75 secs.
1. A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a
density of 62 lb/ft3. The suction and discharge
gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the
suction gage. If pump efficiency is 70%, what is
the motor power in Hp?

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 Ans.
4.32 hp
2. Calculate the minimum volume of a day tank of
28oAPI fuel having a fuel consumption of 1kg/s.

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 Ans.
97.41 m3
3. The general formula of a paraffin fuel is__.

a. CnH2n
b. CnH2n-6
c. CnH2n+2
d. CnH2n-2

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