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____ 1. An ideal gas is 45 psig and 80 F is heated in a closed container to 130 F. What is the final pressure?
a. 73 psia c. 75 psia
b. 65 psia d. 63 psia

____ 2. What is the temperature in C of 2 liters of water at 30 C after 500 Calories of heat have been added?
a. 35.7 c. 38
b. 30.25 d. 39.75

____ 3. A volume of 450 cm3 of air is measured at a pressure of 740 mm Hg absolute and a temperature of 20 C.
What is the volume in cm3 at 760 mm Hg absolute and 0 C?
a. 516.12 c. 620.76
b. 408.25 d. 375.85

____ 4. Determine the force required to produce an acceleration of 0.9847 ft/s2 on a 0.11 lb mass.
a. 0.1083 lbf c. 0.015 lbf
b. 0.0034 lbf d. 3.542 lbf

____ 5. What is the total required heating energy in raising the temperature of a given amount of water when the
energy supplied is 1000 kJ with heat losses of 25%?
a. 800 kJ c. 999.99 kJ
b. 1000 kJ d. 1333.33 kJ

____ 6. A water temperature rise of 18 F in the water cooled condenser is equivalent in C to:
a. 32.4 C c. 10 C
b. 18 C d. - 7.77 C

____ 7. The maximum thermal efficiency possible for a power cycle operating between 1200 F and 225 F is
a. 8.73 % c. 57.4 %
b. 58 % d. 58.73 %

____ 8. What is the absolute pressure in psia of a 5 psi vacuum if the barometric reading is 14.25 psia.
a. 9.25 psia c. 14.7 psia
b. 19.25 psia d. 19.7 psia

____ 9. An air compressor delivers 0.20 m3 of air at a pressure of 850 kPa and 31 C into an air reservoir. Calculate
the mass of air delivered.
a. 1.59 kg c. 5.19 kg
b. 5.91 kg d. 1.95 kg

____ 10. Steam at 1000 lbf/ft2 pressure and 300 R has a specific volume of 6.5 ft3/lbm and a specific enthalpy of 9800
ft-lbf/lbm. Find the internal energy per pound mass of steam.
a. 2500 c. 5400
b. 3300 d. 6900

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____ 11. A manometer is used to measure the pressure in the tank. The fluid used has a specific gravity of 0.85 and the
manometer column height is 55 cm. Determine the absolute pressure if the local atmospheric pressure is 96
kPa.
a. 105.9 kPa c. 112 kPa
b. 92 kPa d. 100.6 kPa

____ 12. What is the temperature in Reaumur of 57.8 C?

____ 13. A body has a 60 lbm. Determine the corresponding weight in lbf.
a. 1932 lbf c. 1.86 lbf
b. 60 lbf d. 32.2 lbf

____ 14. A particle has a mass of 5 lb. At a given instant, it has a velocity of 2 ft/s and the location is 5 ft above the
reference point. Determine the sum of the kinetic and potential energies.
a. 815 ft-lbf c. 25.31 ft-lbf
b. 255.25 ft-lbf d. 72.3 ft-lbf

____ 15. If 10 lbs of water evaporated at atmospheric pressure until a volume of 288.5 ft3 is occupied, how much work
is done?
a. 610,358 ft-lb c. -610,358 ft-lb
b. 0 d. 550,000 ft-lb

____ 16. An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/m-C has a flat bottom whose diameter is 20 cm with
a thickness of 0.4 cm. If the heat is 500 W and the temperature at the inside surface is 105 C, determine the
temperature at the outer surface of the pan.
a. 105.3 C c. 150.3 C
b. 200 C d. 163.2 C

____ 17. A standing man can be modeled as a 30 cm diameter and 170 cm long cylinder with well-insulated top and
bottom surfaces. The average skin temperature is assumed to be 34 C. Determine the heat transfer rate if the
convection coefficient is 15 W/m2-C and the temperature of the surroundings is 20 C.
a. 550 W c. 380 W
b. 336 W d. 437.2 W

____ 18. Determine the heat rate of a 9 cm diameter spherical ball whose surface temperature is 110 C. The emissivity
is 0.8 and the temperature of the air is 20 C.
a. 0.17 W c. 3.85 W
b. 30 W d. 16.33 W

____ 19. How much heat is needed to be removed from a metric ton of water at a temperature of 22 C to cool it at
-10C.
a. 51.86 kW c. 22.75 kW
b. 60 kW d. 55.87 kW

____ 20. A 50 g ice with an initial temperature of -10 C is placed on a 400 g of 40 C water. What is the final
temperature of the mixture?
a. 27 C c. 32 C
b. 30 C d. 25 C

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