The term “thermodynamics” comes from Greek  A. Closed system

words “therme” and “dynamis” which means _______.  B. Exclusive system
 A. Heat power  C. Isolated system
 B. Heat transfer  D. Special system
 C. Heat energy 13. A system in which there is a flow of mass is known as _____.
 D. Heat motion
2. The term “thermodynamics” was first used in 1849 in the
publication of a  A. Equilibrium system
 B. Isolated system
 C. Open system
 A. Rudolph Clausius  D. Closed system
 B. William Rankine 14. Open system usually encloses which of the following devices?
 C. Lord Kelvin
 D. Thomas Savery
3. What law asserts that energy is a thermodynamic property?  A. Compressor
 B. Turbine
 C. Nozzle
 A. First law of Thermodynamics  D. All of the above
 B. Second law of Thermodynamics 15. The boundaries of a control volume, which may either real or
 C. Third law of Thermodynamics imaginary is called _____.
 D. Zeroth law of Thermodynamics
4. What law asserts that energy has quality as well as quantity?
 A. Control boundary
 B. Control system
 A. First law of Thermodynamics  C. Interface
 B. Second law of Thermodynamics  D. Control surface
 C. Third law of Thermodynamics 16. Any characteristic of a thermodynamics system is called a _____.
 D. Zeroth law of Thermodynamics
5. The macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics does not
require a knowledge of the behavior of individual particles is called  A. Property
_____.  B. Process
 C. Phase
 D. Cycle
 A. Dynamic thermodynamics 17. How are thermodynamic properties classified?
 B. Static thermodynamics
 C. Statistical thermodynamics
 D. Classical thermodynamics  A. Physical and chemical
6. What is the more elaborate approach to the study of  B. Intensive and extensive
thermodynamics and based on the average behavior of large groups of  C. Real and imaginary
individual particles?  D. Homogeneous and heterogeneous
18. The thermodynamic properties that are independent on the size of
the system is called _____.
 A. Dynamic thermodynamics
 B. Static thermodynamics
 C. Statistical thermodynamics  A. Extensive property
 D. Classical thermodynamics  B. Intensive property
7. What is defined a region in space chosen for study?  C. Open property
 D. Closed property
19. The thermodynamic properties that are dependent on the size or
 A. Surroundings extent of the system is called _____.
 B. System
 C. Boundary
 D. Volume  A. Extensive property
8. The first law of thermodynamics is based on which of the following  B. Intensive property
principles?  C. Open property
 D. Closed property
20. Which is NOT an intensive property of thermodynamics?
 A. Conservation of mass
 B. Conservation of energy
 C. Action and reaction  A. Temperature
 D. The entropy-temperature relationship  B. Mass
9. What is the mass or region outside the system called?  C. Pressure
 D. Density
21. Which is NOT an extensive property of thermodynamics?
 A. Surroundings
 B. Boundary
 C. Volume  A. Density
 D. Environment  B. Mass
10. What is the real or imaginary surface that separates the system  C. Volume
from its surroundings?  D. Energy
22. Extensive properties per unit mass are called _____.

 A. Division
 B. Wall  A. Specific properties
 C. Boundary  B. Relative properties
 D. Interface  C. Unit properties
11. A system which consists of fixed amount of mass and no mass can  D. Phase properties
cross its boundary called _____. 23. A system is in ______ equilibrium if the temperature is the same
throughout the entire system.

 A. Equilibrium system
 B. Thermal equilibrium system  A. Static
 C. Open system  B. Thermal
 D. Closed system  C. Mechanical
12. A system in which even energy is not allowed to cross the  D. Phase
boundary is called ____. 24. A system is in ______ equilibrium if there is no change in pressure
at any point of the system with time.
 A. Pressure  C. Control energy
 B. Thermal  D. Control temperature
 C. Mechanical 36. A system is said to be in thermodynamic equilibrium if it maintains
 D. Phase ______ equilibrium.
25. If a system involves two phases, it is in ______ equilibrium when
the mass of each phase reaches an equilibrium level and stays there.
 A. Mechanical and phase
 B. Thermal and chemical
 A. Chemical  C. Thermal, mechanical and chemical
 B. Thermal  D. Thermal, phase, mechanical and chemical
 C. Mechanical 37. What is a process with identical end states called?
 D. Phase
26. A system is in ______ equilibrium of its chemical composition does
not change with time, i.e., no chemical reaction occurs.  A. Cycle
 B. Path
 C. Phase
 A. Chemical  D. Either path or phase
 B. Thermal 38. What is a process during which the temperature remains constant?
 C. Mechanical
 D. Phase
27. “The state of a simple compressible system is completely specified  A. Isobaric process
by two independent, intensive properties”. This is known as ______.  B. Isothermal process
 C. Isochoric process
 D. Isometric process
 A. Equilibrium postulate 39. What is a process during which the pressure remains constant?
 B. State postulate
 C. Environment postulate
 D. Compressible system postulate  A. Isobaric process
28. What is the unit of the total energy of the system?  B. Isothermal process
 C. Isochoric process
 D. Isometric process
 A. Kj 40. What is a process during which the specific volume remains
 B. Kj/Kg constant?
 C. Kg
 D. g
29. Without electrical, mechanical, gravitational, surface tension and  A. Isobaric process
motion effects, a system is called _____ system.  B. Isothermal process
 C. Isochoric or isometric process
 D. Isovolumetric process
 A. Simple 41. The prefix “iso” used to designate a process means ______.
 B. Simple compressible
 C. Compressible
 D. Independent  A. Cannot be interchanged
30. What refers to any change that a system undergoes from one  B. Remains constant
equilibrium state to another equilibrium state?  C. Approximately equal
 D. Slight difference
42. What does the term “steady” implies?
 A. Process
 B. Path
 C. Phase  A. No change with volume
 D. Cycle  B. No change with time
31. What refers to the series of state through which a system passes  C. No change with location
during a process?  D. No change with mass
43. What does the tem “uniform” implies?

 A. Path
 B. Phase  A. No change with volume
 C. Cycle  B. No change with time
 D. Direction  C. No change with location
32. How many independent properties are required to completely fix  D. No change with mass
the equilibrium state of a pure gaseous compound? 44. What is defined as a process during which a fluid flows through a
control volume steadily?

 A. 4
 B. 3  A. Transient-flow process
 C. 2  B. Steady and uniform process
 D. 1  C. Uniform-flow process
33. What is a process in which the system remains infinitesimally  D. Steady-flow process
closed to an equilibrium state at all times? 45. The sum of all the microscopic form of energy is called _____.

 A. Path equilibrium process  A. Total energy

 B. Cycle equilibrium process  B. Internal energy
 C. Phase equilibrium process  C. System energy
 D. Quasi-state or quasi- equilibrium process  D. Phase energy
34. A closed system may refer to ______. 46. What type of system energy is related to the molecular structure
of a system?

 A. Control mass
 B. Control volume  A. Macroscopic form of energy
 C. Control energy  B. Microscopic form of energy
 D. Control temperature  C. Internal energy
35. An open system may refer to ______.  D. External energy
47. What form of energy refers to those a system possesses as a
whole with respect to some outside reference frame, such as potential
 A. Control mass and kinetic energies?
 B. Control volume
 A. Macroscopic form of energy  A. Condensation
 B. Microscopic form of energy  B. Vaporization
 C. Sublimation
 C. Internal energy
 D. Cryogenation
 D. External energy
109. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1kg of
48. Who coined the word “energy” in 1807?
water through 1 °C is called ______.

 A. William Rankine  A. Calorie

 B. Rudolph Clausius  B. Joule
 C. Lord Kelvin  C. BTU
 D. Thomas Young  D. Kilocalorie
49. The molecules of a gas moving through space with some velocity 110. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound
possesses what kind of energy? of water by 1°F is called ______.

 A. Translational energy  A. Calorie

 B. Joule
 B. Spin energy
 C. BTU
 C. Rotational kinetic energy  D. Kilocalorie
 D. Sensible energy 111. 1 British thermal unit (BTU) is equivalent to how many joules?
50. The electrons in an atom which rotate about the nucleus possess
what kind of energy?
 A. 1016
 B. 1043
 A. Translational energy  C. 1023
 B. Spin energy  D. 1054
 C. Rotational kinetic energy 112. The term “enthalpy” comes from Greek “enthalpen” which means
 D. Sensible energy ______.

Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part III of the  A. Warm

 B. Hot
Series  C. Heat
 D. Cold
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions. 113. The ratio of the mass of vapor to the total mass of the mixture is
101. What refers to the pressure at which a pure substance changes called ______.
phase at a given temperature?
 A. Vapor ratio
 A. Equilibrium pressure  B. Vapor content
 B. Saturation pressure  C. Vapor index
 C. Superheated pressure  D. Quality
 D. Subcooled pressure 114. The “equation of state” refers to any equation that relates the
102. What is the amount of heat needed to turn 1 kg of the substance ______ of the substance.
at its melting point from the solid to liquid state?
 A. Pressure and temperature
 A. Heat of fusion  B. Pressure, temperature and specific weight
 B. Heat of vaporation  C. Temperature and specific weight
 C. Heat of condensation  D. Pressure, temperature and specific volume
 D. Heat of fission 115. In the equation Pv = RT, the constant of proportionality R is
103. What is the amount of heat needed to turn 1kg of the substance known as ______.
at its boiling point from the liquid to the gaseous state?
 A. Universal gas constant
 A. Heat of fusion  B. Gas constant
 B. Heat of vaporation  C. Ideal gas factor
 C. Heat of condensation  D. Gas index
 D. Heat of fission 116. The gas constant of a certain gas is the ratio of:
104. What refers to the amount of energy absorbed or released during
a phase-change process?
 A. Universal gas constant to molar mass
 B. Universal gas constant to atomic weight
 C. Universal gas constant to atomic number
 A. Molar heat
 D. Universal gas constant to number of moles
 B. Latent heat
 C. Vaporization heat 117. What is the value of the universal gas constant in kJ/kmol ∙ K?
 D. Condensation heat
105. What is the latent heat of fusion of water at 1 atm?
 A. 10.73
 B. 1.986
 C. 8.314
 A. 331.1 kJ/kg
 D. 1545
 B. 332.6 kJ/kg
 C. 333.7 kJ/kg 118. The mass of one mole of a substance in grams is known as
 D. 330.7 kJ/kg ______.
106. What is the latent heat of vaporization of water at 1 atm?
 A. Molar weight
 A. 2314.8 kJ/kg  B. Molar mass
 B. 2257.1 kJ/kg  C. Molar volume
 C. 2511.7 kJ/kg  D. Molar constant
 D. 2429.8 kJ/kg 119. What is defined as the energy required to raise the temperature
107. What refers to the point at which the saturated liquid and of a unit mass of a substance by one degree?
saturated vapor states are the same or identical?
 A. Latent heat of fusion
 A. Triple point  B. Molar heat
 B. Inflection point  C. Specific heat capacity
 C. Maximum point  D. Specific heat
 D. Critical point 120. The ______ of a substance is the amount of heat that must be
108. What is defined as the direct conversion of a substance from the added or removed from a unit mass of the substance to change its
solid to the vapor state or vice versa without passing the liquid state? temperature by one degree.
 A. Latent heat of fusion  A. Adiabatic heat transfer is not equal to zero; isentropic heat transfer
 B. Molar heat is zero
 C. Specific heat capacity  B. Both heat transfer = 0; isentropic: reversible
 D. Specific heat  C. Adiabatic heat transfer = 0; isentropic: heat transfer is not equal to
121. What is the specific heat capacity of water in J/kg ∙°C? zero
 D. Both heat transfer is not equal to zero; isentropic: irreversible
133. Which of the following is the Ideal gas law (equation)?
 A. 4581
 B. 4185
 C. 4518  A. V/T = K
 D. 4815  B. V= k*(1/P)
122. What is the SI unit of specific heat capacity?  C. P1/T1 = P2/T2
 D. PV = nRT
134. What is a measure of the ability of a material to conduct heat?
 A. J/kg
 B. J/kg∙ °F
 C. J/kg∙ °C  A. Specific heat capacity
 D. J/°C  B. Coefficient of thermal expansion
123. What is constant for a substance that is considered  C. Coefficient of thermal conductivity
“incompressible”?  D. Thermal conductivity
135. What refers to the heating of the earth’s atmosphere not caused
by direct sunlight but by infrared light radiated by the surface and
 A. Specific volume of density absorbed mainly by atmospheric carbon dioxide?
 B. Pressure
 C. Temperature
 D. All of the above  A. Greenhouse effect
124. If there is no heat transferred during the process, it is called a  B. Global warming
______ process.  C. Thermal rise effect
 D. Ozone effect
136. What is a form of mechanical work which is related with the
 A. Static expansion and compression of substances?
 B. Isobaric
 C. Polytropic
 D. Adiabatic  A. Boundary work
125. The term “adiabatic” comes from Greek “adiabatos” which means  B. Thermodynamic work
______.  C. Phase work
 D. System work
137. Thermal radiation is an electromagnetic radiation with
 A. No heat wavelengths in _____ range.
 B. No transfer
 C. Not to be passed
 D. No transformation  A. 1 to 100 µm
126. How is heat transferred?  B. 0.1 to 100 µm
 C. 0.1 to 10 µm
 D. 10 to 100 µm
 A. By conduction 138. What refers to the rate of thermal radiation emitter per unit area
 B. By convection of a body?
 C. By radiation
 D. All of the above
127. What refers to the transfer of energy due to the emission of  A. Thermal conductivity
electromagnetic waves or photons?  B. Absorptivity
 C. Emissivity
 D. Emissive power
 A. Conduction 139. What states that for any two bodies in thermal equilibrium, the
 B. Convection ratios of emissive power to the absorptivity are equal?
 C. Radiation
 D. Electrification
128. What refers to the transfer of energy between a solid surface and  A. Kirchhoff’s radiation law
the adjacent fluid that is in motion?  B. Newton’s law of cooling
 C. Stefan-Boltzmann law
 D. Hess’s law
 A. Conduction 140. What is considered as a perfect absorber as well as a perfect
 B. Convection emitter?
 C. Radiation
 D. Electrification
129. What refers to the transfer of energy from the more energetic  A. Gray body
particles of a substance to the adjacent less energetic ones as a result  B. Black body
of interaction between particles?  C. Real body
 D. White body
141. What is a body that emits a constant emissivity regardless of the
 A. Conduction wavelength?
 B. Convection
 C. Radiation
 D. Electrification  A. Gray body
130. What states that the net mass transfer to or from a system  B. Black body
during a process is equal to the net change in the total mass of the  C. Real body
system during that process?  D. White body
142. At same temperatures, the radiation emitted by all real surfaces
is ______ the radiation emitted by a black body.
 A. Third law of thermodynamics
 B. Conservation of energy principle
 C. Second law of thermodynamic  A. Less than
 D. Conservation of mass principle  B. Greater than
131. Which of the following statements is TRUE for an ideal gas, but  C. Equal to
not for a real gas?  D. Either less than or greater than
143. Which is NOT a characteristic of emissivity?

 A. PV = nRT
 B. An increase in temperature causes an increase in the kinetic energy  A. It is high with most nonmetals
of the gas  B. It is directly proportional to temperature
 C. The total volume of molecules on a gas is nearly the same as the  C. It is independent with the surface condition of the material
volume of the gas as a whole  D. It is low with highly polished metals
 D. No attractive forces exists between the molecule of a gas 144. What is the emissivity of a black body?
132. How does an adiabatic process compare to an isentropic process?
 A. 0  B. Energy efficiency rating
 B. 1  C. Coefficient of performance
 C. 0.5
 D. Cost of performance
 D. 0.25
156. What law states that it is impossible to build a device that
145. What is the absorptivity of a black body?
operates in a cycle and produces no effect other than the transfer of
heat from a lower-temperature body to a higher-temperature body?
 A. 0
 B. 1
 C. 0.5  A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
 D. 0.25  B. First law of thermodynamics
146. What is sometimes known as the “Fourth-power law”?  C. Second law of thermodynamics
 D. Third law of thermodynamics
157. What statement of the second law of thermodynamics states that
 A. Kirchhoff’s radiation law
 B. Newton’s law of cooling
it is impossible to build a device that operates in a cycle and produces
 C. Stefan-Boltzmann law no effect other than the transfer of heat from a lower-temperature
 D. Hess’s law body to a higher-temperature body?
147. What states that the net change in the total energy of the system
during a process is equal to the difference between the total energy
entering and the total energy leaving the system during that process?  A. Kelvin-Planck statement
 B. Clausius statement
 C. Kelvin statement
 A. Third law of thermodynamics  D. Rankine statement
 B. Conservation of energy principle 158. A device that violates either the first law of thermodynamics or
 C. Second law of thermodynamics the second law of thermodynamics is known as _____.
 D. Conservation of mass principle
148. The equation Ein – Eout = ∆Esystem is known as ______.
 A. Ambiguous machine
 A. Energy conservation
 B. Universal machine
 B. Energy equation  C. Perpetual-motion machine
 C. Energy balance  D. Unique machine
 D. Energy conversion equation 159. A device that violates the first law of thermodynamics is called a
149. What remains constant during a steady-flow process? _____.

 A. Mass  A. Perpetual-motion machine of the first kind

 B. Energy content of the control volume  B. Universal machine of the first kind
 C. Temperature
 D. Mass and energy content of the control volume
 C. Ambiguous machine of the first kind
150. Thermal efficiency is the ratio of:  D. Unique machine of the first kind
160. A device that violates the second law of thermodynamics is called
a ______.
 A. Network input to total heat input
 B. Network output to total heat output
 C. Network output to total heat input  A. Perpetual motion machine of the second kind
 D. Network input to total heat output  B. Universal machine of the second kind
 C. Ambiguous machine of the second kind
Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part IV of the  D. Unique machine of the second kind
161. Carnot cycle is the best known reversible cycle which was first
Series proposed in what year?

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

151. What law states that it is impossible to operate an engine  A. 1842
operating in a cycle that will have no other effect than to extract heat  B. 1824
from a reservoir and turn it into an equivalent amount of work?  C. 1832
 D. 1834
162. Who proposed the Carnot cycle?
 A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
 B. First law of thermodynamics
 C. Second law of thermodynamics  A. Sammy Carnot
 D. Third law of thermodynamics  B. Sonny Carnot
152. Which statement of the second law of thermodynamics states  C. Sadi Carnot
that no heat engine can have a thermal efficiency of 100 percent?  D. Suri Carnot
163. The Carnot cycle is composed of how many reversible processes?

 A. Kelvin-Planck statement
 B. Clausius statement  A. 2
 C. Kevin statement  B. 3
 D. Rankine statement  C. 4
153. What is the ratio of the useful heat extracted to heating value?  D. 5
164. The Carnot cycle is composed of ______ processes.

 A. Combustion efficiency
 B. Phase efficiency  A. One isothermal and one adiabatic
 C. Heat efficiency  B. One isothermal and two adiabatic
 D. Work efficiency  C. Two isothermal and one adiabatic
154. What is defined as the ratio of the net electrical power output to  D. Two isothermal and two adiabatic
the rate of fuel energy input? 165. What is the highest efficiency of heat engine operating between
the two thermal energy reservoirs at temperature limits?

 A. Combustion efficiency
 B. Thermal efficiency  A. Ericson efficiency
 C. Overall efficiency  B. Otto efficiency
 D. Furnace efficiency  C. Carnot efficiency
155. What refers to the amount of heat removed from the cooled  D. Stirling efficiency
space in BTS’s for 1 watt-hour of electricity consumed? 166. What is a heat engine that operates on the reversible Carnot
cycle called?

 A. Cost efficiency rating

 A. Carnot heat engine 177. During adiabatic, internally reversible process, what is true about
 B. Ideal heat engine the change in entropy?
 C. Most efficient heat engine
 D. Best heat engine
167. What states that thermal efficiencies of all reversible heat engines  A. It is temperature-dependent
operating between the same two reservoirs are the same and that no  B. It is always greater than zero
heat engine is more efficient than a reversible one operating between  C. It is always zero
the same two reservoirs?  D. It is always less than zero
178. Water boils when:

 A. Ericson principle
 B. Carnot principle  A. Its saturated vapor pressure equals to the atmospheric
 C. Otto principle pressure
 D. Stirling principle  B. Its vapor pressure equals 76cm of mercury
168. Who discovered the thermodynamic property “Entropy” in 1865?  C. Its temperature reaches 212 degree Celsius
 D. Its vapor pressure is 1 gram per sq. cm
179. Which of the following is standard temperature and pressure
 A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics (STP)?
 B. First law of thermodynamics
 C. Second law of thermodynamics
 D. Third law of thermodynamics  A. 0 degree Celsius and one atmosphere
169. A process during which entropy remains constant is called  B. 32 degree Fahrenheit and zero pressure
______ process  C. 0 degree Kelvin and one atmosphere
 D. 0 degree Fahrenheit and zero pressure
180. What is the value of the work done for a closed, reversible
 A. Isometric isometric system?
 B. Isochoric
 C. Isobaric
 D. Isentropic  A. Zero
170. “A reversible adiabatic process is necessarily isentropic but an  B. Positive
isentropic process is not necessarily reversible adiabatic process.” This  C. Negative
statement is:  D. Positive or negative
181. “At constant pressure, the volume of a gas is inversely
proportional to the pressure”. This is known as ______.
 A. True
 B. False
 C. May be true and may be false  A. Boyle’s Law
 D. Absurd  B. Charles’s Law
171. The term “isentropic process” used in thermodynamics implies  C. Gay-Lussac Law
what?  D. Ideal gas law
182. Which of the following is the mathematical representation of the
Charles’s law?
 A. Reversible adiabatic process
 B. Externally reversible, adiabatic process
 C. Internally reversible, adiabatic process  A. V1/V2= P2/P1
 D. Irreversible adiabatic process  B. V1/T1=V2/T2
172. What states that the entropy of a pure crystalline substance at  C. V1/T2=V2/T1
absolute zero temperature is zero?  D. V1/V2=√P2/√P1
183. Which of the following is the formula for thermal resistance?

 A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics

 B. First law of thermodynamics  A. Thickness of material/ thermal conductivity of material
 C. Second law of thermodynamics  B. 2(thickness of material)/thermal conductivity of material
 D. Third law of thermodynamics  C. Thickness of material/ 2(thermal conductivity of material)
173. What law provides an absolute reference point for the  D. Thickness of material x thermal conductivity of material
determination of entropy? 184. In the process of radiation, energy is carried by electromagnetic
waves. What is the speed of electromagnetic waves?

 A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics

 B. First law of thermodynamics  A. 182,000 miles/second
 C. Second law of thermodynamics  B. 184,000 miles/second
 D. Third law of thermodynamics  C. 186,000 miles/second
174. “The entropy change of a system during a process is equal to the  D. 188,000 miles/second
net entropy transfer through the system boundary and the entropy 185. For heat engine operating between two temperatures (T1>T2),
generated within the system”. This statement is known as: what is the maximum efficiency attainable?

 A. Entropy generation  A. Eff = 1 – (T2/T1)

 B. Entropy change of a system  B. Eff = 1 – (T1/T2)
 C. Entropy balance relation  C. Eff = T1 – T2
 D. Third law of thermodynamics  D. Eff = 1 -  (T2/T1)^2
175. What law states that entropy can be created but it cannot be 186. Which one is the correct relation between energy efficiency ratio
destroyed? (EER) and coefficient of performance (COP)?

 A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics  A. EER = 2.34 COP

 B. First law of thermodynamics  B. EER = 3.24 COP
 C. Second law of thermodynamics  C. EER = 3.42 COP
 D. Third law of thermodynamics  D. EER = 4.23 COP
176. Entropy is transferred by ______. 187. The coefficient of performance (COP) is the ratio between the:

 A. Work  A. Power consumption in watts and heat absorbed per hour

 B. Heat  B. Heat absorbed per hour and the power consumption in
 C. Energy watts
 D. Work and heat  C. Work required and the absorbed heat
 D. Absorbed heat and work required
188. What predicts the approximate molar specific heat at high 199. What law states that one energy from can be converted without
temperatures from the atomic weight? loss into another form?

 A. Third law of thermodynamics  A. Amagat’s law

 B. Law of Dulong and Petit  B. Joule’s law
 C. Mollier diagram  C. Lussac’s law
 D. Pressure-enthalpy diagram  D. Henry’s law
189. Considering one mole of any gas, the equation of state of ideal 200. Which is NOT a correct statement?
gases is simply the ______ law.

 A. A superheated vapor will not condense when small

 A. Gay-Lussac law amount of heat re removed
 B. Dulong and Petit  B. An ideal gas is a gas that is not a superheated vapor
 C. Avogadro’s  C. A saturated liquid can absorb as much heat as it can
 D. Henry’s without vaporizing
190. An ideal gas whose specific heats are constant is called _____.  D. Water at 1 atm and room temperature is subcooled

 A. Perfect gas
 B. Natural gas Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part V of the
 C. Artificial gas
 D. Refined gas Series
191. What are the assumptions of the kinetic gas theory?
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.
201. Thermodynamics is the study of heat and its transformation
 A. Gas molecules do not attract each other which stems from Greek words meaning _________.
 B. The volume of the gas molecules is negligible compared
to the volume of the gas
 C. The molecules behave like hard spheres  a. transformation of heat
 D. All of the above  b. transformation of energy
 c. movement of heat
192. “The total volume of a mixture of non-reacting gases is equal to
 d. movement of matter
the sum of the partial volumes.” This statement is known as ______. 202. What is the Si unit for temperature?

 A. Law of Dulong and Petit  a. Kelvin

 B. Maxwell-Boltzmann law  b. Celsius
 C. Amagat’s law  c. Fahrenheit
 D. Avogadro’s law  d. Rankine
193. An adiabatic process in which there is no change in system 203. The energy that flows from higher temperature object to a lower
enthalpy but for which there is a significant decrease in pressure is temperature object because of the difference in temperature is called
called _____.
 a. heat
 b. temperature
 A. Isochoric process
 c. thermodynamics cycle
 B. Isobaric process  d. energy flow
 C. Throttling process 204. The amount of heat energy per kilogram that must be added or
 D. Quasistatic process removed when a substance changes from one phase to another.
194. What is defined as the ratio of the change in temperature to the
change in pressure when a real gas is throttled?
 a. specific heat
 b. heat of expansion
 A. Rankine coefficient  c. latent heat
 B. Kelvin coefficient  d. useful heat
 C. Maxwell-Boltzmann coefficient 205. The change in physical size of a substance when its temperature
 D. Joule-Thomson coefficient changes.
195. The low temperature reservoir of the heat reservoirs is known as
______.  a. intensive property
 b. extensive property
 c. volume expansion
 A. Source reservoir  d. thermal expansion
 B. Heel reservoir 206. A stress which develops within an object when it attempts to
 C. Toe reservoir expand or contract in response to a temperature changes, but cannot,
 D. Sink reservoir due to being held rigidly in place.
196. A ______ is a flow in which the gas flow is adiabatic and
frictionless and entropy change is zero.
 a. elongation
 b. thermal stress
 A. Isentropic flow  c. expansion contraction
 d. thermal expansion
 B. Isobaric flow
207. The energy associated with individual molecules in a gas, liquid or
 C. Steady flow
solid.
 D. Uniform flow
197. What refers to the minimum temperature at which combustion
can be sustained?  a. Specific Energy
 b. Molecular Energy
 c. Internal Energy
 A. Burn temperature  d. Phase Energy
 B. Kindle temperature 208. The heat Q per unit mass per degree change in temperature that
 C. Spark temperature must be supplied or removed to change the temperature of a
 D. Ignition temperature substance.
198. What law predicts the dew point of moisture in the fuel gas?

 a. Specific Heat Capacity

 A. Dalton’s law  b. Latent Heat
 c. Heat of Transformation
 B. Law of Dulong and Petit
 d. Internal Heat
 C. Ringelman law
 D. Amagat’s law
209. The pressure of the vapor phase of a substance that is in  a. 1400 J
equilibrium with the liquid or solid phase.  b. 6000 J
 c. 10000 J
 d. 800 J
 a. Phase Pressure 221. _________ is a thermodynamic potential that measures the
 b. Equilibrium Vapor Pressure “useful” or process-initiating work obtainable from an isothermal,
 c. Specific Pressure isobaric thermodynamic system.
 d. Equilibrium Phase Pressure
210. Vapor pressure depends only on _________.
 a. Du-Pont Potential
 b. Gibbs free energy
 a. pressure  c. Rabz-Eccles Energy
 b. force  d. Claussius Energy
 c. volume 222. All the energy we consume ultimately becomes _________.
 d. temperature
211. A plot of pressure vs. temperature for a given substance showing
the various phases possible for that particular substance.  a. heat
 b. depleted
 c. exhausted
 a. Phase diagram  d. work
 b. P-T diagram 223. _________is the partial pressure of water vapor at the existing
 c. Wein Diagram temperature divided by the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at the
 d. Histogram existing temperature.
212. _________ is the grand total of all energies inside a substance.

 a. vacuum pressure
 a. Internal Energy  b. relative humidity
 b. Grand Energy  c. absolute pressure
 c. Atomic Energy  d. vapor pressure
 d. Elemental Energy 224. _________ is the transition of a given substance from the solid to
213. The _________ is defined as the amount of heat required to the gas phase with no intermediate liquid stage.
change the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 Celsius degree.

 a. Convection
 a. specific heat  b. Conduction
 b. latent heat  c. Radiation
 c. Joule  d. Sublimation
 d. calorie 225. A process in which heat energy is transferred by the flow of fluid.
214. _________ is a measure of the average kinetic energy per
molecule in a substance.
 a. Convection
 b. Conduction
 a. movement  c. Radiation
 b. temperature  d. Sublimation
 c. heat 226. In order to use a substance to make a thermometer the
 d. mass substance must _________ with a temperature change.
215. _________ the very small KE still present in molecules at
absolute zero temperature.
 a. expand
 b. contract
 a. internal KE  c. change
 b. Atomic kinetic energy  d. increase
 c. Zero-Point Energy 227. For most solids, the coefficient of volume expansion is
 d. Subliminal Energy _________ the coefficient of linear expansion.
216. Convert the change of temperature from 20˚C to 30˚C to Kelvin
scale.
 a. unrelated to
 b. proportional to
 a. 10 K  c. twice
 b. 293 K  d. three times
 c. 303 K 228. The volume of a given amount of water _________ as the
 d. 273 K temperature decreases from 4˚C to 0˚C.
217. _________ is a thermodynamic potential which measures the
“useful” work obtainable from a closed thermodynamic system at a
constant temperature and volume.  a. decreases
 b. increases
 c. remains constant
 a. useful work  d. none of the above
 b. energy consumed 229. The gas in a constant gas thermometer cooled to absolute zero
 c. Helmholtz free energy would have _________.
 d. Kinetic Energy
218. How much will the length of a 1.0 km section of concrete highway
change if the temperature varies from -15˚C in winter to 41˚C in  a. no volume
summer?  b. no pressure
 c. zero temperature at all scales
 d. none of the above
 a. 0.67 m 230. On a day when the partial pressure of water vapor remains
 b. 2.2 m constant, what happens as the temperature rises?
 c. 3.1 m
 d. 0.47 m
219. Two 12 ft. sections of aluminum siding are placed end to end on  a. the relative humidity increases
the outside wall of house. How large a gap should be left between the  b. the relative humidity decreases
 c. the relative humidity remains constant
pieces to prevent buckling if the temperature can change by 55˚C?
 d. the air would eventually become saturated
231. The flow of a fluid when heat is transferred by convection.
 a. 0.21 m
 b. 0.18 m
 c. 0.31 in  a. placidity
 d. 0.18 in  b. mass flow
 c. convection current
220. What is the amount of radiant energy received each second over
 d. heat transfer
each square meter that is at right angles to the sun’s rays at the top of
232. An idealized perfect absorber and perfect emitter of radiation.
the atmosphere?
 a. elastic material  b. 1500
 b. transponder material  c. 1.5 x 10^4
 c. Teflon  d. 6.3 x 10^4
 d. blackbody 245. Which of the following does not determine the amount of internal
233. A process by which heat is transferred through a material without energy an object has?
a bulk movement of the material.

 a. temperature
 a. Convection  b. amount of material
 b. Conduction  c. type of material
 c. Radiation  d. shape of the object
 d. Emission 246. Which of the following have the highest thermal conductivities?
234. Is the amount of a substance that contains Avogadro’s number of
atoms/molecules.
 a. liquids
 b. gases
 a. mass  c. metals
 b. matter  d. solids other than metals
 c. gram-mole 247. Identical objects of four different materials are heated to the
 d. volume same high temperature. Which of the following would least likely burn
235. The distribution of particle speeds in an ideal gas at a given your hand if touched?
temperature.

 a. aluminium
 a. velocity of propagation  b. brass
 b. escape velocity  c. glass
 c. Maxwell speed Distribution  d. concrete
 d. terminal velocity 248. As we heat a gas at constant pressure, its volume
236. A convection process in which an external device, such as a fan,
is used to produce the fluid flow.
 a. increases
 b. decreases
 a. Forced Convection  c. stays the same
 b. External Convection  d. none of the above
 c. Placid Convection 249. The volume of an ideal gas is directly proportional to its
 d. Thermionic Convection
237. A _________ is a quantity whose value at any state is
independent of the path or process used to reach that state.  a. pressure
 b. Celsius temperature
 c. Kelvin temperature
 a. cycle  d. Fahrenheit temperature
 b. path function 250. An ideal gas is maintained at constant temperature. If the
 c. point function pressure on the gas is doubled, the volume is
 d. process
238. A _________ is a quantity whose value depends on the path
followed during a particular change in state.  a. increased fourfold
 b. doubled
 c. reduced by half
 a. path function  d. decreased by a quarter
 b. point function
 c. process Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.
 d. cycle 251. If the Kelvin temperature of an ideal gas is doubled, what
239. The contact surface shared by both the system and the happens to the rms speed of the molecules in the gas?
surroundings is called _________.

 a. it increases by a factor of square root of 2

 a. wall  b. it increases by a factor of 2
 b. boundary  c. it increases by factor of 4
 c. interface  d. none of the above
 d. intersection
252. A function of state that is associated with disorder in the system
240. A closed system is also known as _________.
and environment.

 a. isolated system
 b. closed container  a. enthalpy
 c. control mass  b. entropy
 d. control volume  c. law of diminishing return
241. Open system is also known as _________.  d. Lenz’ Law
253. No volume changes occur during this type of process
 a. isolated system
 b. closed container  a. Isobaric process
 c. control mass
 d. control volume
 b. Isomillimetric process
242. Liquid hydrogen boils at 17 K. What is the temperature in  c. Isocaloric process
degrees Celsius?  d. Isochoric process
254. The boiling of water into steam in an open container is an
example of a/an _________ process.
 a. 290
 b. 63
 c. -120  a. adiabatic
 d. -256  b. isochoric
243. When a solid melts,  c. isobaric
 d. zero work
255. When liquid water is converted to steam at 100˚C, the entropy of
 a. the temperature of the substance increases.
 b. the temperature of the substance decreases. water
 c. heat leaves the substance.
 d. heat enters the substance.
244. How many kilocalories of heat are required to heat 750 g of water  a. increases
from 35˚C to 55˚C.  b. decreases
 c. remains the same
 d. none of the above
 a. 15 256. Only energy can cross the boundaries.
 a. Closed system 268. The statement “heat cannot by itself flow from one body into a
 b. Open system hotter body” is governed by _________.
 c. Isolated system
 d. Isoenergetic system
257. The temperature at which the vapor pressure exactly equals one  a. the first law of thermodynamics
atm is called _________.  b. the second law of thermodynamics
 c. the third law of thermodynamics
 d. the zeroth law of thermodynamics
 a. boiling temperature 269. It is impossible for any process to have as its sole result the
 b. normal boiling point transfer of heat from a cooler to a hotter body
 c. triple point
 d. point of infliction
258. Mixture of liquid and steam of the same substance in which both  a. Carnot’s statement
are at saturation temperature.  b. Clausius statement
 c. Rankine statement
 d. Gauss statement
 a. dry steam 270. _________ is the average distance a molecule moves before
 b. current steam colliding with another molecule.
 c. wet steam
 d. aerosol
259. The term _________ is traditionally used to describe steam  a. mean free path
issuing from condensate receiver vents and open-ended condensate  b. path allowance
discharge lines from steam traps.  c. compacting factor
 d. molecular space
271. Find the pressure due to a column of mercury 74.0 cm high.
 a. dry steam
 b. wet steam
 c. phase steam  a. 91.80 x 10^3 N/m^2
 d. flash steam  b. 73.56 x 10^2 N/m^2
260. Defined as the ratio of weight of dry steam to the weight of stuff.  c. 9.86 x 10^4 N/m^2
 d. 87.2 x 10^4 N/m^2
272. Roughly what is the total weight of air in the entire earth?
 a. dryness fraction
 b. Vaporization
 c. fusion  a. 1 x 10^5 tons
 d. super heated steam  b. 2 x 10^6 tons
261. What device measures infrared radiation below?  c. 6 x 10^15 tons
 d. 8 x 10^10 tons
273. _________ is defined as that equivalent to the pressure due to a
 a. thermocouple column of mercury 76cm long.
 b. thermopile
 c. thermodynamic device
 d. thermos  a. surface pressure
262. When an object undergoes thermal expansion,  b. gage pressure
 c. standard atmospheric pressure
 d. isobaric pressure
 a. any holes in the object expand as well 274. If any external pressure is applied to a confined fluid, the
 b. any holes in the object remain the same pressure will be increased at every point in the fluid by the amount of
 c. mass increases the external pressure is known as _________.
 d. molecular activities would cease
263. _________ is the quantity of heat required to raise the
temperature of one pound of water 1 F˚ from 63 ˚F to 64 ˚F.  a. Torricelli’s law
 b. Barometric law
 c. Newton’s Second law
 a. one Joule  d. Pascal’s law
 b. one calorie 275. What type of pressure cannot be used for Boyle’s Law?
 c. one watt
 d. one BTU
264. Boiling temperature of a material is dependent on its _________.  a. Atmospheric Pressure
 b. Gauge Pressure
 c. Surface Pressure
 a. volume  d. Isobaric Pressure
 b. power 276. To displace a cubic foot of fresh water, you need _________
 c. heat force.
 d. pressure
265. Thermos was invented by _________.
 a. 62.4 lb
 b. 9.81 lb
 a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  c. 76 lb
 b. Sir Fredrich the Great  d. 760 lb
 c. Thomas Edison 277. The force per unit length across such a line in the surface is
 d. Sir James Dewar called _________.
266. Most cooking activities involve _________ process.

 a. force per length

 a. Isochoric  b. surface tension
 b. Isothermal  c. Pressure
 c. Isobaric  d. Density
 d. Isovolumic 278. The speed at which a liquid escapes from a vessel through an
267. Adiabatic heating and Adiabatic cooling really means _________ orifice is given by _________.
and _________ respectively.

 a. Archimedes Principle
 a. raising the temp and lowering the temp  b. Evangelista’s Law
 b. maintaining the pressure and changing the temperature  c. Torricelli’s Theorem
 c. decreasing the volume and increasing the pressure  d. Bernoulli’s Equation
 d. lowering the temp and raising the temp
279. The process of one substance mixing with another because of  a. 5 kJ
molecular motion is called _________.  b. 15 kJ
 c. 10 kJ
 d. 12 kJ
 a. diffusion 290. A simple steam engine receives steam from the boiler at 180˚C
 b. viscosity and exhausts directly into the air at 100˚C. What is the upper limit of
 c. streamline flow its efficiency?
 d. solution
280. When was the Ninth General Conference on Weights and
Measures decided to abandon centigrade and used Celsius Instead?  a. 11.28 %
 b. 36.77 %
 c. 20.36 %
 a. 1950  d. 17.66 %
 b. 1936 291. Heat which causes a change in temperature of a substance.
 c. 1957
 d. 1948
281. _________ is the temperature to which the air must be cooled,  a. Latent heat
at constant pressure, to produce saturation.  b. Sensible heat
 c. Specific heat
 d. Heat of Fusion
 a. relative humidity 292. Who coined the term latent heat?
 b. triple point temperature
 c. dew point
 d. critical point  a. John Thompson
282. _________ is a succession of changes that ends with the return  b. Studey Baker
of the body or system to its initial state.  c. Joe di Maggio
 d. Joseph Black
293. Which of the following cannot be measured by a thermometer?
 a. process
 b. system
 c. equilibrium  a. Latent Heat
 d. cycle  b. Sensible Heat
283. Intensive properties of a system are called _________.  c. Specific Heat
 d. Heat of Fusion
294. It is generally accepted as a law of nature that although one may
 a. Bulk Properties closely approach 0 Kelvin it is impossible actually to reach it.
 b. Innate Properties
 c. Natural Properties
 d. Inside Properties  a. First Law of thermodynamics
284. In thermodynamics, a throttling process, also called a  b. Second Law of thermodynamics
_________, is a type of isenthalpic process where a liquid or gas is  c. Third Law of thermodynamics
cooled as it passes from a higher pressure state to a lower pressure  d. Zeroth Law of thermodynamics
state. 295. One calorie is equal to _________.

 a. Rankine Process  a. 1/180 W.h

 b. Carnot Cycle  b. 1/860 W.h
 c. Joule-Thomson process  c. 1/360 W.h
 d. Refrigeration process  d. 1/250 W.h
285. Gasoline and Diesel Engines are best described by the 296. A _________ is a reversible process in which there is transfer of
_________. heat and takes place according to the relation pVn = C where n is any
constant.

 a. Otto Cycle
 b. Burnign Cycle  a. Polytropic process
 c. Shikki Cycle  b. Entropy
 d. Shapa R’ Elli Cycle  c. Ideal Gas Law
286. Twenty grams of ice at 0˚C melts to water at 0˚C. How much  d. Carnot Cycle
does the entropy of the 20g change in this process? 297. The flow through an open system is _________ if all properties at
each point within the system remain constant with respect to time.

 a. 30.5 J/K
 b. 24.6 J/K  a. streamline flow
 c. 21.3 J/K  b. steady flow
 d. 15.7 J/K  c. constant flow
287. The first law of thermodynamics is based on which of the  d. algebraic flow
following principles? 298. The most efficient cycle that can operate between two constant
temperature reservoir is the _________.

 a. conservation of mass
 b. the enthalpy-entropy relationship  a. Otto Cycle
 c. action – reaction  b. Lazare Cycle
 d. conservation of energy  c. Isothermal Cycle
288. If a system absorbs 500 cal of heat at the same time does 400J  d. Carnot Cycle
of work, find the change in internal energy of the system. 299. The flow energy of 150 L of a fluid passing a boundary to a
system is 110 kJ. Determine the pressure at this point

 a. 1400 J
 b. 1700 J  a. 733.33 kPa
 c. 1900 J  b. 833.33 kPa
 d. 1500 J  c. 933.33 kPa
289. A gas is enclosed in a cylinder with a weighted piston as the top  d. 633.33 kPa
boundary. The gas is heated and expands from a volume of 0.04 m3 300. Who is the father of thermodynamics?
to 0.10 m3 at a constant pressure of 200 kPa. Find the work done on
the system.
 a. Lazare Carnot
 b. Sadi Carnot
 c. William Thompson
 d. Rudolf Classius