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Chemical & Polymer Engineering Department

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I (2009 session)
Quiz
Total Marks: 25 Time Allowed: 60 min
Qualifying %: 60%

Instruction to Examinees:
♣ Attempt “All” Questions.
♣ Cutting and overwriting, answers with lead pencil and use of
erasers/fluid deserve no credit.
♣ Indicate Correct Q. # and Part # and do not copy the questions.
♣ Insert diagrams, charts and graphs where appropriate.
♣ In marking paper examiner takes into account clarity of concepts,
exposition of logics, effective arrangement & presentation.

Candidate name: __________________________ Roll No. _______________

Section –I : OBJECTIVE
Max. Time: 30min. Max. Marks: 15

Q. # 01: Select the most appropriate answer out of these multiple choice questions

1. Heat and work --- (are/are not) --- thermodynamic properties.

2. ∆Ssurr = 0 , ∆Ssys > 0 is for

a) Open system
b) Close system
c) Isolated system
d) All of the above

3. The laws of thermodynamics can be applied

a) To generate a description of how that system will respond to changes in its

surroundings.
b) To enable to learn about the behavior of systems that we do not know, or cannot
bring into a laboratory to study.

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 c) To predict and describe a systems response to change in their surroundings
without having to test the system itself.
d) Both b & c
e) All of the above

4. "Heat does not rise; hot air rises." Which of the following proves that heat does not
rise?
a) Steam burns your hand over a boiling pot of water.

b) An upstairs room is warmer than a downstairs room.

c) You put your hand on a hot object and your hands get hot.

d) You put your hand under a heat lamp and still feel the heat.

5. A thermometer comes to thermal equilibrium with whatever it is place in; therefore a

thermometer actually registers its own temperature.

a) True
b) False
c) Either true or false
d) None of the above

6. At what temperature does the Rankine scale begin?

a) 273 K
b) 0K
c) 459
d) -273 K

7. What type of reaction produces heat?

a) Thermic
b) Endothermic
c) Exothermic
d) Thermogenic

8. Not including the Zeroth Law, how many laws of thermodynamics exist?

a) 4
b) 3
c) 2
d) 6

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 9. Which of the following is NOT a unit of heat?

a) Fahrenheit
b) Joule
c) Calorie
d) British Thermal Unit

10. Which has the more internal energy

a) Bath tub full of water

b) Hot water cup
c) Both of them have same
d) Either a or b

11. If there is no temperature difference between two bodies

a. Heat transfer occurs

b. Mass transfer occurs
c. No heat transfer takes place
d. Both heat and mass transfer occurs

12. Kienetic energy depends upon

a) Temperature w.r.t system

b) Velocity w.r.t surrounding
c) Velocity w.r.t system
d) Elevation w.r.t datum level

13. In thermodynamic calculations _________ is used.

a) Absolute pressure
b) Gauge pressure
c) Both a & b
d) Barometric pressure

14. The Laws of Thermodynamics dictate the specifics for the movement of
_____________ and ______________.

a) Energy, Motion
b) Heat, Work
c) Light, Heat
d) None of the above

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 15. There are three Laws of Thermodynamics. Which of the following is NOT one of these
laws?

a) Conservation of energy
b) Direction of conservation
c) Reaching absolute zero
d) None of the above.

Section –II : SUBJECTIVE

Max. Time: 30 min. Max. Marks: 10

Q. # 02 (5)

The turbines in a hydro electric plant are fed by water falling from 40 m height.
Assuming 93% efficiency for conversion of potential to electrical energy and 9% loss
of resulting power in transmission what mass flow rate of water required to power a
150 watt light bulb.

Q. # 03 (2+3)
a) Define thermodynamics.
b) Enlist the limitations of classical thermodynamics

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