Branch: B.E. Mechanical Engineering.

Year/Semester: 4th /VIII

Course Name: Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Unit No.-1
Question Statement (MCQ) Answer

1 A refrigerating system operates on the reverses Carnot cycle. The higher temperature
of the refrigerant in the sytem is 35°C and the lower temperature is -15°C.
Determine COP.
A. 5.16 A
B. 3.7
C. 2.3
D. 5.5
2 The COP of a refrigerator working as heat pump is given by :
A. (COP)HP=(COP)R + 2
B. (COP)HP=(COP)R – 1 C
C. (COP)HP=(COP)R +1
D. (COP)HP=(COP)R
3 For simple vapour compression cycle, enthalpy at suction = 1600 kJ/kg, enthalpy at
discharge from the compressor =1800 kJ/kg, enthalpy at exit from condenser = 600
kJ/kg. What is the COP?
A. 3.3 B
B. 5.0
C. 4.0
D. 4.5
4 In a vapour compression refrigeration plant, the refrigerant leaves the evaporator at
195 kJ/kg and the condenser at 65kJ/kg. For 1 kg/s of refrigerant, what is the
refrigeration effect?
A. 70 KW C
B. 100 KW
C. 130 KW
D. 160 KW
5 Environment friendly refrigerant R134a is used in the new generation domestic
refrigerators. Its chemical formula is:
A. CH ClF2
D
B. C2 Cl3 F3
C. C2 Cl2 F4
D. C2 H2 F4
6 One tone of refrigeration is equal to
A. 50 kJ/min
B. 210 kJ/min
C. 335 kJ/min
 D. 3.5 kJ/min
Latent heat of ice is
A. 210 kJ/kg
B. 335 kJ/kg B
C. 100 kJ/kg
D. 423 kJ/kg
Solve Ques 7-10 based on the data given below:
VCR cycle with enthalpy values at its various points is shown in the
P-h chart below.Mass flow rate of the refrigerant is 2kg/min.

7 The refrigeration effect produce will be___

A. 210kJ/min
B. 227 kJ/min D
C. 129 kJ/min
D. 250 kJ/min
8 The work required to run the system will be__
A. 25 kJ/min
B. 50 kJ/min B
C. 20kJ/min
D. 55kJ/min
9 The COP of the system will be___
A. 5
B. 3 A
C. 8
D. 2
10 The heat removing capacity of the refrigerating machine is
A. 1.19 TR
B. 2.19 TR A
C. 2.59 TR
D. 2.16 TR
11 The refrigerant used in vapour absorbtion refrigreration system is
A. Feon-12
B. CO2 C
C. Ammonia
D. R-143a
12 What is the value of the load on the evaporator in terms of TR if the power required
to drive the systemis 25 kW and C.O.P. is 4?
A. 30.75
D
B. 29.25
C. 27.15
D. 28.57
13 As regard to the P-h chart shown below , which of the following statement is correct
A
 A. condition of refrigerant at inlet to compressor is superheated vapour
B. condition of refrigerant at inlet to compressor is dry saturated vapour
C. condition of refrigerant at inlet to compressor is wet vapour
D. condition of refrigerant at inlet to compressor is dry saturated liquid

Unit No.-II
1 Flash chamber is used in refrigeration for which one of the following?
A. Decreasing the pressure during multistage compression
B. Increasing the compressor pressure ratio C
C. Effective inter-cooling medium for purpose of increasing COP
D. Maintaining the same pressure and temperature
2 A compound vapour compression refrigeration as compared to simple VCR
A. Gives more uniform torque
B. Reduces work done per kg D
C. Improves volumetric efficiency
D. All of the above
3 A compound vapor compression with a liquid subcooler and a liquid intercooler
system is used to take10 TR of refrigeration load (Q). The power required for the
refrigerating system P is 9.3 kW. What is itsCOP?
A. 6.87 C
B. 4.75
C. 3.76
D. 5.86
4 The complete desuperheating of the vapor refrigerant is not possible in case of water
intercooling.
A
A. True
B. False
5 If the compound vapour compression system is working under the load on the
evaporator of 15 TR, theenthalpies corresponding to the evaporator are 1400 and 400
kJ/kg respectively. What is the value of the mass flow rate through the evaporator?
A. 3.75 C
B. 3.25
C. 3.15
D. 3.45
6 In compound vapour compression refrigeration with flash chamber, refrigerant
before the evaporator is
A. Dry and saturated vapour
B. Superheated vapour D
C. Wet refrigerant
D. Saturated liquid

7 When the food products or other hygroscopic materials kept in different

compartment are to be maintained at the same temperature then the evaporator A
A. at the same temperature with single compressor is used
 B. at different temperature with single compressor is used
C. at different temperature with individual compressor is used
D. none of above
Solve Ques 8-12 based on the data given below:

Refer p-H chart for a two stage compression ammonia refrigerating system with
water intercooler.
The temperature of the de-superheated vapour and sub-cooled liquid refrigerant are
limited to 30°C.

Q=10 TR

h1=1420 kJ/min
h2=1550 kJ/min
h3=1510 kJ/min
h4=1672 kJ/min
h6=323 kJ/min

8 The mass of refrigerant circulating through the system is

A. 1.91kg/min
B. 2.91kg/min A
C. 0.91kg/min
D. 3.91kg/min
9 Work required for low pressure compressor is
A. 288.3 kJ/min
B. 248.3 kJ/min B
C. 258.3 kJ/min
D. 268.3 kJ/min
10 Work required for high pressure compressor is
A. 388.3 kJ/min
B. 248.3 kJ/min C
C. 309.42 kJ/min
D. 268.3 kJ/min
11 Refrigerating effect of the sytem is
A. 2100
B. 2101 A
C. 2110
D. 4200
12 C.O.P of the system is
A. 3.76
B. 5.0 A
C. 4.6
D. 2.78
13 A hermetic compressor is
A. reciprocating compressor
B. valveless compressor
D
C. thermodynamically efficient compressor
D. compressor and motor operate on the same shaft and are enclosed in a
common.
14 The work requirement for a reciprocating compressor is minimum when the
compression process is
A
A. Isothermal
B. Isentropic
 C. Polytropic
D. Adiabatic
15 In compound compression refrigeration systems with intercooling, the optimum
intercooler or intermediate pressure p2, when the cooling ratio is fixed, is given by:
A. p2=p1/p3
B. p2=p3/p1 D
C. p2=p1xp3
D. p2=√
16 An evaporator is also known as
A. freezing coil
B. cooling coil D
C. chilling coil
D. all of these
17 The evaporator changes the low pressure liquid refrigerant from the expansion valve
into
A. high pressure liquid refrigerant
B. low pressure liquid and vapour refrigerant C
C. low pressure vapour refrigerant
D. none of the above

Unit- III
1 What is the prime consideration in the design of refrigeration system of Air craft.
a)High COP
b)low work input per ton of refrigeration C
c)low weight of refrigeration equipment
d)non –toxicity of the refrigerant
2 Identify the cooling system that is used to provide cooling effect in rocket and
supersonic
aircrafts.
a)Simple air cooling D
b)Boost-strap cooling
c)Regenerative cooling
d)Reduce ambient air cooling
3 Which of the following aspects is true in the context of reduce ambient air cooling
system.
a)one cooling turbine and one heat exchanger
D
b) one cooling turbine and two heat exchanger
c) two cooling turbine and one heat exchanger
d) two cooling turbine and two heat exchanger
4 In an air cycle refrigeration system, low temperatures are produced due to:
a) Evaporation of liquid air , b) Throttling of air , C
c) Expansion of air in turbine , d) None of the above
5 Air cycle refrigeration systems are most commonly used in: [CO1]
a) Domestic refrigerators , b) Aircraft air conditioning systems , B
c) Cold storages , d) Car air conditioning systems
6 The required input to the steam jet refrigeration systems is in the form of:
a) Mechanical energy , b) Thermal energy , C
c) High pressure, motive steam , d) Both mechanical and thermal energy
7 The materials used in thermoelectric refrigeration systems should have:
B
a) High electrical and thermal conductivity ,
 b) High electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity ,
c) Low electrical conductivity and high thermal conductivity ,
d) Low electrical and thermal conductivity
8 In air craft, the internal sources that causes the temperature to rise and explain the
need for aircraft refrigeration
a)heat release from the occupants ,
D
b)heat generated by the occupants and control devices operated on electrical energy
c)heat flow from the engine parts
d)all of the above
9 The higher we go, cooler it becomes. Then the refrigeration system that explain the
need of refrigeration in the aircraft when it is cruising at a high altitude is
a)heat through occupants , control devices & heat flow from the engine parts .
C
b) heat transfer from solar radiation ,through air resistance ,ramming of air
c)both a & b
d)only a
10 Which cycle is used in air conditioning of aeroplane in which air is used as
refrigerant? A
a) Reversed brayton cycle b)VCR cycle c) Bell coleman cycle. d) Carnot cycle
11 Identify the place of the evaporator in boat strap air evaporative
a)between second heat exchanger & cooling turbine.
b)between first heat exchanger & cooling turbine. A
c)at the end of cooling turbine
d)there is no evaporator
Refer T-S diagram of simple air cycle cooling system of aircraft refrigeration as
shown below (SOLVE QUES NO 12 -14),

12 Process 1- 2 represent
a)Cooling in the heat exchanger
b)ramming process B
c)compression
d)Refrigeration
13 In the TS diagram shown, process 2-3 represent
a)Cooling in the heat exchanger
b)ramming process C
c)compression
d)Refrigeration
14 In the TS diagram shown , process 3-4, represent
A
a)Cooling in the heat exchanger
 b)ramming process
c)compression
d)Refrigeration

Unit- IV
1 The limitations of VCR system to produce low temp are
A. VCR cannot produce low temperature due to solidification temp. of
refrigerant
A
B. COP is low because very high pressure ratio
C. Difficultly encountered in operation as equipment at low temp
D. all of above
2 Cryogenics deal with temperatures around
A. -50 deg C
B. -90 deg C C
C. -180 deg C
D. -250 deg C
3 Joule-Thomson effect is related to:
A. adiabatic compression
B. adiabatic expansion B
C. isothermal expansion
D. isothermal compression
4 The region inside the inversion curve has ____ Joule-Kelvin coefficient and the
region outside the inversion curve has ____ Joule-Kelvin coefficient.
A. positive, positive
B. negative, negative D
C. negative, positive
D. positive, negative

5 Why is the cascade system used?

A. To attain low C.O.P.
B. To decrease the refrigeration effect D
C. To increase leakage loss
D. To produce low temperatures
6 How is the cascade system achieved?
A. VCR system in a parallel combination.
B. VCR system in a series combination. B
C. VAR system in a series combination.
D. VAR system in a parallel combination.
7 Principle of liquefaction of a gas is
A. Free expansion
B. Isentropic expansion C
C. Throttling
D. None
8 Which method of air liquefaction is more efficient
A. Linde’s Method
B. Claude’s Method B
C. Cascade Method
D. None
9 Multiple refrigerants can be used in the cascade refrigeration system.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE A
C. Can be true or false
D. Can not say
10 What is Cryogenics?
C
A. C.O.P. reduction
 B. Work enhancement
C. Low-temperature refrigeration
D. High-temperature refrigeration

Unit- V
1 Dew point temperature is the temperature at which condensation begins when the air
is cooled at constant C
(a) volume (b) entropy (c) pressure (d) enthalpy.
2 For air with a relative humidity of 80%
(a) the dry bulb temperature is less than the wet bulb temperature
(b) the dew point temperature is less than wet bulb temperature B
(c) the dew point and wet bulb temperatures are equal
(d) the dry bulb and dew point temperatures are equal
3 If Pa and Pv denotes respectively the partial pressure of dry air and that of water
vapour in moist air, the specific humidity of air is given by:
C
a. b. c. d.

4 The humidity ratio of atmospheric air at 28°C dbt and 760 mm of Hg is 0.016 kg/kg-
da. What is the partial pressure of water vapour? B
(a) 2.242kN/m2 (b) 2.535kN/m2 (c) 3.535kN/m2 (d) 4.242kN/m2
5 Air at 35°C DBT and 25°C dew point temperature passes through the water shower
whose temperature is maintained at 20°C. What is the process involved?
C
(a) Cooling and humidification (b) Sensible cooling (c) Cooling and
dehumidification (d) Heating and humidification
6 The latent heat load in an auditorium is 25% of the sensible heat load. The value of
sensible heat factor (S H F) is equal to C
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.8 (d) 1.0
7 In a Psychrometric process, the sensible heat added is 30 kJ/sec and the latent heat
added is 20 kJ/sec. The sensible heat factor for the process will be B
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.67 (d) 1.5
8 Atmospheric air at dry bulb temperature of 15°C enters a heating coil whose surface
temperature is maintained at 40oC. The air leaves the heating coil at 25°C. What
will be the by-pass factor of the heating coil? C
(a) 0.376 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.6 (d) 0.67
9 Air is 20°C dry bulb temperature and 40% relative humidity is heated upon 40°C
using an electric heater, whose surface temperature is maintained uniformly at 45°C.
The bypass factor of the heater is A
(a) 0.20 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.88 (d) 1
10 In the case of sensible cooling of air, the coil efficiency is given by (BPF = Bypass
factor B
(a) BPF-1 (b) 1-BPF (c) BPF (d) 1 + BPF

Unit- VI
1 Which one of the following is correct? Equal friction method of designing ducts is
preferred
A
a) when system is balanced , b) when system is not balanced
 c) only for return ducts d) for any system
2 Which of the following method (s) is/are adopted in the design of air duct system?
a) Equal friction method b) Static regain method c) both of above , d) none of C
above.
3 Which one of the following statements is true for air conditioning duct design?
(a) Static regain method is used, when the duct work is extensive, total pressure drop
is low and flow is unbalanced
(b) Static regain method is used, when the duct work is extensive, total pressure drop
C
is high and flow is unbalanced
(c) Equal friction method is used, when the duct work is extensive, total pressure
drop is low and flow is balanced
(d) none of above
4 The equivalent diameter (D) of a circular duct corresponding to a rectangular duct
having longer side 'a' and shorter side ‘b', for the same velocity and pressure drop is
D
given by
(a) D =(a+b)/ab (b) D =ab/(a+b) (c) D =(a+b)/2ab (d) D =2ab/(a+b)
5 Following terms in list I & II are related to duct system. Match the terms in list I
with list II and select the correct answer
List I List II
A. Aspect ratio 1.Ratio of long side to short side of a duct
B. Aspect ratio for square section 2. Duct material
C. Galvanized iron /aluminium sheet metal 3. One
D. Static regain method 4.Duct size determination method A

a) A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4

b) A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4
c) A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4
d) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1

6 Following terms in list I & II are related to Air distribution system .Match the terms in list I
with list II and select the correct answer
List I List II
A. Grille 1. Type of air distribution system
B. Diffuser 2. Guide the direction of air
C. Throw 3. Distance that air stream travels on leaving the outlet.
B
D. Ejector system 4. Decorative or functional covering for outlet/inlet of air

a) A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4

b) A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1
c) A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
d) A-2 B-1 C- 3 D-4
7 Rectangular ducts are generally preferred over circular ducts in buildings as:
a) For a given flow rate, the pressure drop is less compared to a circular duct
b) For a given pressure drop, it requires less material compared to a circular duct D
c) Rectangular ducts match better with building profile
d)all of above
8 An opening through which air is supplied to the treated space is called as ____
A
a) outlet b) inlet c) grille d) none of above
9 State which of the following statements are TRUE?
a) Compared to other outlet types, a grille has lower entrainment ratio and greater drop
b) Sidewall diffusers are generally used in large spaces C
c) both a& b
d) none of the above
10 ------- of sizing the duct is usually adopted for very simple system
a) velocity reduction method b)equal friction method A
c)static regain method d) any of the above
11 The air coming out of the outlet is known as
A
a) Primary air b)secondary air c)total air d)none of above
12 An air handling system consists of which of the following
a)air distribution system b)duct system D
c)Fan d) all of the above
13 43A duct is said to be of lo velocity duct if the velocity of air in duct is up to
A
a) 600 m/min b) 1000 m/min c) 1200 m/min d) 1600 m/min
14 Air distribution system may be divided as
a) ejector system b) downward system c) upward system D
d) all of above