1.

The gas bubble rises from the bottom of a the sea where the temperature is 27C, to the
surface where the temperature is 30C. Find the percent increase in the volume of the
bubble if the depth of the sea is 8 m.
A. 79.23%
B. 49.30%
C. 63.63%
D. 69.98%
ANSWER: A
2. Chemical Lab. provide with a 3500 cm^3 of compressed hydrogen tank. Hydrogen
pressure in the tank drops from 850 kPa to 160 kPa while the temperature remains
unchanged at 26C. What percentage has the mass of hydrogen in the tank been
reduced.
A. 74.29%
B. 81.18%
C. 45.98%
D. 67.98%
ANSWER: B
3. How much work is necessary to compress helium in an insulated cylinder from 0.45 m^3
to 0.09 m^3. Use initial temperature and pressure 22C and 101 kPa, respectively.
A. 115.72 kJ
B. 154.78 kJ
C. 131.21 kJ
D. 109.76 kJ
ANSWER: C
4. What is the temperature in deg. C of 3.5L of water at 33C after 650 Calories of heat have
been added?
A. 30.25C
B. 33.19C
C. 35.56C
D. 36.17C
ANSWER: B
5. What is the effectiveness of the steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2000 kPa,
400 kPa, 250C in percent assuming an atmospheric temperature of 15C. Neglect
changes in kinetic and potential energy. Note: Use steam table
A. 67.98%
 B. 79.60%
C. 56.09%
D. 87.68%
ANSWER: B
6. Methane weighing 25 kg is confined inside a cylinder equipped with a piston has an
initial pressure of 423 kPa at 36C. If 3000 kJ of heat is added to the methane until its
pressure and temperature are 423 kPa and 98C, respectively. What is the amount of
work done by the fluid in kJ.
A. 667 kJ
B. 805 kJ
C. 785 kJ
D. 889 kJ
ANSWER: B
7. A vessel of 0.068 m^3 capacity is well insulated and is divided equally by rigid
conducting diaphragm. Initially both halves contain nitrogen at pressure of 140 kPa and
400 kPa and a temperature of 30C and 180C, respectively. What is the increase of
entropy of system in kJ/C.
A. 0.00173
B. 0.000897
C. 0.000643
D. 0.000795
ANSWER: D
8. Steam enters a throttling calorimeter at a pressure of 1.03 Mpa. The calorimeter
downstream pressure and temperature are respectively 0.1 MPa and 125C. What is the
percentage moisture of the supply steam? Note: Use steam table.
A. 2.62
B. 4.32
C. 1.87
D. 3.65
ANSWER: A
9. The power input is 50.3 kW. The enthalpy of air increased by 140 kJ/kg in a compressor.
The rate of air flow is 18.56 kg/min. which of the following values most nearly equals the
heat loss from the compressor in kW.
A. -7 kW
B. -10 kW
C. -9 kW
D. -12 kW
 ANSWER: A
10. A tank contains 76 ft^3 of oxygen at a pressure of 347 psi. if the oxygen is cooled until its
pressure and temperature decrease to 210 psi and 75F respectively, what is the
decrease in internal energy?
A. -5507.35 Btu
B. -3425.98 Btu
C. -7646.98 Btu
D. -4877.86 Btu
ANSWER: D
11. If 15 lbs of water evaporated at atmospheric pressure until a volume of 297 ft^3 is
occupied, how much work is done?
A. 969.54 Btu
B. 807.26 Btu
C. 643.09 Btu
D. 786.98 Btu
ANSWER: B
12. A reverse Carnot cycle requires 4.5 Hp and extracts energy from a lake to heat a house.
If the house is kept at 80F and requires 2500 Btu/min, what is the temperature of the
lake?
A. 36.29C
B. 38.79C
C. 34.87C
D. 33.09C
ANSWER: B
13. The pump discharges 45 tons of water per hour to a height of 10 m, the overall
efficiency of the pumping system being 73%. Calculate the output power.
A. 1.09 kW
B. 1.23 kW
C. 1.86 kW
D. 1.58 kW
ANSWER: B
14. The pump discharges 45 tons of water per hour to a height of 10 m, the overall
efficiency of the pumping system being 73%. Calculate the input power.
A. 1.71 kW
B. 1. 23 kW
C. 1.09 kW
 D. 1. 58 kW
ANSWER: A
15. A closed vessel contains air at a pressure of 150 kPag and temperature of 25C. Find the
final gauge pressure if the air is heated at constant volume to 45C.
A. 156.46 kPag
B. 166.67 kPag
C. 143.87 kPag
D. 187.98 kPag
ANSWER: B
16. Calculate the internal energy of the 10 m^3 vessel initially contains 5 m^3 of liquid
water and 5 m^3 of saturated vapor at 100 kPa. Note: use steam table
A. 2.01 x 10^6 kJ
B. 3.29 x 10^6 kJ
C. 1.09 x 10^6 kJ
D. 2.19 x 10^6 kJ
ANSWER: A
17. An air with mass of 0.564 kg and an unknown mass of CO2 occupy an 90L tank at 2132
kPaa. If the partial pressure of the CO2 is 321 kPaa. Determine its mass in kg.
A. 0.138
B. 0.123
C. 0.169
D. 0.153
ANSWER: D
18. Argon is compressed isothermally from 18 psia and 70F. The compression ratio is 5.
Calculate the change in entropy in Btu/lbm-R.
A. -0.688
B. -0.08
C. -0.987
D. -0.451
ANSWER: B
19. For an ideal gas, what is the specific molar entropy change in J/mol-K during an
isothermal process which the pressure changes from 220 kPa to 130 kPa?
A. 2.39
B. 1.27
C. 4.37
D. 3.89
 ANSWER: C
20. An otto cycle has a clearance volume of 8.5%. It produces 350 kW of power. What is
the amount of heat rejected in kW?
A. 152 kW
B. 198 kW
C. 201 kW
D. 148 kW
ANSWER: B
21. An air standard engine has a compression ratio of 18 and a cut-off ratio of 7. If the
intake air pressure and temperature are 110 kPa and 28C, find the work in kJ/kg.
A. 2165.06
B. 2676.04
C. 5437.09
D. 2134.87
ANSWER: B
22. Determine the air standard efficiency of an engine operating on the diesel cycle when
the suction pressure is 1 atm and the fuel is injected for 7.5% of the stroke, the
clearance volume is 9% of the stroke.
A. 60.07%
B. 55.98%
C. 52.09%
D. 57.78%
ANSWER: D
23. A diesel engine is operation on four stroke cycle, has a heat rate of 12,967.23 kJ/kW-hr
brake. The compression ratio is 12. The cut-off ratio is 2.5. use k = 1.35, what is the
engine efficiency?
A. 63.34%
B. 56.2%
C. 49.4%
D. 59.98%
ANSWER: B
24. At the beginning of compression an ideal dual combustion cycle using air has a pressure
of 15 psia, a temperature of 75F and a specific volume of 13.2 ft3 per pound. For a
compression ratio of 12 and a heat addition of 176 Btu/lb at constant volume and 176
Btu/lb at constant pressure. Calculate the temperature at the beginning of heat
rejection R.
A. 1527
B. 1423
C. 1893
D. 1317
ANSWER: D
25. At the beginning of compression an ideal dual combustion cycle using air has a pressure
of 15 psia, a temperature of 75F and a specific volume of 13.2 ft3 per pound. For a
compression ratio of 12 and a heat addition of 176 Btu/lb at constant volume and 176
Btu/lb at constant pressure. Calculate The horsepower developed by an ideal engine
operating on the cycle using 0.50 lb of air per second.
A. 154.2 Hp
B. 156.4 Hp
C. 65.4 Hp
D. 185.4 Hp
ANSWER: A
26. In an ideal Brayton cycle, air enters the compressor at 15 psia and 75˚ F. The
temperature of the air at turbine inlet is 1600˚ F. For maximum theoretical net work,
find the temperature of the air leaving the compressor, F;
A. 670F
B. 590F
C. 347F
D. 560F
ANSWER: B
27. In an ideal Brayton cycle, air enters the compressor at 15 psia and 75˚ F. The
temperature of the air at turbine inlet is 1600˚ F. For maximum theoretical net work,
find the net work, Btu/lb;
A. 167.5
B. 132.4
C. 118.9
D. 120.8
ANSWER: C
28. In an ideal Brayton cycle, air enters the compressor at 15 psia and 75˚ F. The
temperature of the air at turbine inlet is 1600˚ F. For maximum theoretical net work,
find if the end conditions remain unchanged but the pressure ratio is increased to 15,
find the thermal efficiency.
 A. 55.8%
B. 53.9%
C. 49.6%
D. 59.2%
ANSWER: B
29. A tank contains 80 ft3 of air at a pressure of 350 psi. If the air cooled until its pressure
and temperature decrease to 200 psi and 70°F respectively, what is the decrease in
internal energy?
A. 5552 Btu
B. 0
C. 4575 Btu
D. – 5507 Btu
ANSWER: D
30. What is the temperature of a pure substance at a temperature of absolute zero ?
A. Unity
B. Infinity
C. Zero
D. Undefined
ANSWER: C

31. If the specific heat for a certain process is given by the equation c = 0.2 + 0.00005T Btu
per lb – deg, how much heat should be transferred to raise the temperature of 1 lb from
500 R to 2000 R?
A. 394 Btu/lb
B. 590 Btu/lb
C. 788 Btu/lb
D. 187 Btu/lb
ANSWER: A
32. In an Otto cycle, the initial volume of 50 cc of air and petrol mixture is compressed to 10
cc isentropically with index of compression k = 1.4 . Calculate the thermal efficiency.
A. 47.5 %
B. 45.7 %
C. 37.5 %
D. 57.7 %
ANSWER: A
33. In a Brayton cycle that operates between temperature limits of 300K and 1773K with
k=1.4, determine the temperature at the end of the compression (isentropic) for
 maximum work of the cycle.
A. 700 K
B. 730K
C. 690.5 K
D. 300 K
ANSWER: B
34. At the beginning of compression in an ideal dual combustion cycle, the working fluid is 2
lbs of air at 14.7 psia and 85⁰F. The compression ratio is 8.5, the pressure at the end of
the constant volume addition of heat is 450 psia, and there are added 105 Btu during
the constant pressure expansion. Find the pressure ratio and the percentage clearance?
A. 1.53, 13.33%
B. 1.31, 12.42%
C. 1.53, 12.42%
D. 1.31, 13.33%

ANSWER: A

35. An improved steam power cycle in which steam are extracted from the turbine for
feedwater heating.
A. Rankine cycle
B. Topping cycle
C. Binary cycle
D. Regenerative cycle
ANSWER: D
36. A device that is meant to extract power from waste process steam starts with steam of
75% quality at 100 psia. The exit conditions of the steam are 70% quality at 14.7 psia.
Which of the following statements are true?
A. This device violates the 1st law of thermo
B. This device violates the 2nd law of thermo
C. The device generates positive net power
D. The device generates no net power
ANSWER: C
37. As a gas is cooled in an isobaric process, its volume___
A. increases
B. remains the same
C. decreases
D. constant
ANSWER: C

38. As a liquid changes phase to a solid , its entropy_____

A. increases
B. remains the same
C. decreases
D. constant
ANSWER: C
39. When a solid material is said to be “dry” it means that
A. the solid does not contain any moisture
B. the solid still contains very small amount of moisture
C. the solid contains equilibrium moisture
D. the weight of the solid is the same as the bone dry weight
ANSWER: B
40. Indicator used to determine the anti-knock characteristics of gasoline
A. octane number
B. heptane number
C. cetane number
D. dodecane number
ANSWER: A
41. A solidified form of carbon dioxide is termed as
A. clear ice
B. pure ice
C. white ice
D. dry ice
ANSWER: D
42. After series of changes, the pressure and volume of 2.172 kg of Octane are each
doubled. What is change in entropy?
A. 2.807 kJ/K
B. 5.334 kJ/K
C. 3.865 kJ/K
D. 4.974 kJ/K
ANSWER: B
43. Phase change processes are constant ______ processes
A. temperature
B. heat
C. energy
D. none of the above
ANSWER: D
44. Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalpy of 3628 kJ/kg at 70 m/s and leaves the
same stage with an enthalpy of 2846 kJ/kg and a velocity of 124 m/s. Calculate the
power if there are 5 kg/s steam admitted at the turbine throttle ?
A. 4597.45 kW
B. 3883.81 kW
C. 3976.55 kW
D. 1675.42 kW
ANSWER: B
45. The polytropic exponent approaches one when the change in the process _______
approaches zero.
A. Temperature
B. pressure
C. volume
D. work
ANSWER: A

46. The final temperature of an isobaric process decreases if the system work is a _______
quantity and the surroundings transfer heat to the system
A. Positive
B. negative
C. linear
D. nonlinear
ANSWER: A
47. Steam is expanded through a nozzle and the enthalpy drop per kg of steam from the
initial pressure to the final pressure is 60 kJ. Neglecting friction, find the velocity of
discharge and the exit area of the nozzle to pass 0.20 kg/s if the specific volume of the
steam at exit is 1.5 m3/kg.
A. 346.4 m/s , 879 m2
B. 765.6 m/s , 467 m2
C. 356.7 m/s , 278 m2
D. 346.4 m/s , 866 m2
ANSWER: D
48. If air, hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide undergo adiabatic expansion process
having identical initial and final values of pressure and volume, which gas will do more
work on the surroundings?
A. air
B. carbon dioxide
C. hydrogen
D. oxygen
ANSWER: B
49. With three different quantities x, y, and z of the same kind of liquid of temperatures 9,
21 and 38 oC respectively, it is found that when x and y are mixed together the
resultant temperature is 17 oC and when y and z are mixed together the resultant
temperature is 28 oC. Find the resultant temperature if x and z were mixed.
 A. 25.92 oC
B. 20.85 oC
C. 29.87 oC
D. 24.86 oC
ANSWER: A

50. The compression ratio in an air – standard Otto cycle is 10. At the beginning of the
compression stroke the pressure is 120 kPa and the temperature is 15 oC. Calculate the
pressure and the temperature at the end of the compression process.
A. 4,000 kPa
B. 3,500 kPa
C. 3,014 kPa
D. 3,200 kPa
ANSWER: C