Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. Temperature of steam at around 540°C can be measured by
- (A) Thermometer
- (B) Thermistor
- (C) Thermocouple
- (D) None of these
2. Thermal diffusivity of a substance is
- (A) Directly
proportional to the thermal conductivity
- (B) Inversely
proportional to density of substance
- (C) Inversely
proportional to specific heat
- (D) All
of the above
3. Thermal conductivity of air at room temperature in kcal/m hr °C is of the order of
- (A) 0.002
- (B) 0.02
- (C) 0.01
- (D) 0.1
4. Fouling factor is used
- (A) In heat
exchanger design as a safety factor
- (B) In
case of Newtonian fluids
- (C) When
a liquid exchanges heat with a gas
- (D) None
of the above
5. The time constant of a thermocouple is
- (A) The time taken to attain the final
temperature to be measured
- (B) The time taken to
attain 50% of the value of initial temperature difference
- (C) The time taken to
attain 63.2% of the value of initial temperature difference
- (D) Determined by the time taken to reach 100°C
from 0°C
6. The natural convection air cooled condensers are used in
- (A) Domestic
refrigerators
- (B) Water
coolers
- (C) Room
air conditioners
- (D) All
of these
7. Thermal conductivity of air with rise in temperature
- (A) Increases
- (B) Decreases
- (C) Remain constant
- (D) May increase or decrease depending on
temperature
8. A heat exchanger with heat transfer surface area A and overall heat transfer coefficient U handles two fluids of heat capacities Cmax and Cmin. The number of transfer units (NTU) used in the analysis of heat exchanger is specified as
- (A) A.Cmin/U
- (B) U/A.Cmin
- (C) A.U.Cmin
- (D) A.U/Cmin
9. Heat flows from one body to other when they have
- (A) Different heat
contents
- (B) Different specific
heat
- (C) Different atomic
structure
- (D) Different
temperatures
10. Thermal diffusivity of a substance is given by (where h = Thermal diffusivity, ρ = Density of substance, S = Specific heat, and k = Thermal conductivity)
- (A) h = k/ ρS
- (B) h = ρS/k
- (C) h = S/ρk
- (D) h = kρ/S
11. The concept of overall coefficient of heat transfer is used in heat transfer problems of
- (A) Conduction
- (B) Convection
- (C) Radiation
- (D) Conduction and
convection
12. The use of heat exchangers is made in
- (A) Radiators
in automobile
- (B) Condensers
and boilers in steam plants
- (C) Condensers
and evaporators in refrigeration and air conditioning units
- (D) All
of the above
13. In heat transfer, conductance equals conductivity (kcal/hr/sq.m/°C/cm) divided by
- (A) Hr (time)
- (B) Sq. m (area)
- (C) °C (temperature)
- (D) K.cal (heat)
14. In a heat exchanger with one fluid evaporating or condensing, the surface area required is least in
- (A) Parallel
flow
- (B) Counter
flow
- (C) Cross flow
- (D) All
of these
15. The amount of heat flow through a body by conduction is
- (A) Directly proportional to the surface area
of the body
- (B) Directly proportional
to the temperature difference on the two faces of the body
- (C) Dependent upon the material of the body
- (D) All of the above
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