UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM

Morong, Rizal
Preliminary Examinations in Physics 1 (Thermodynamics)
Name:__________________________________________ Date:_________________
Section:_________________________________________ Score:________________
I. Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is true for a steady flow system?
a. mass entering = mass leaving
b. mass does not enter or leave the system
c. mass entering can be more or less than the mass leaving
d. none of the mentioned
2. In an open system, for maximum work, the process must be entirely
a. Irreversible
b. Reversible
c. Adiabatic
d. none of the mentioned
3. Which of the following is true for a closed system?
a. mass entering = mass leaving
b. mass does not enter or leave the system
c. mass entering can be more or less than the mass leaving
d. none of the mentioned
4. Which of the following is mostly neglected while doing calculations for finding
maximum work?
a. KE
b. PE
c. both of the mentioned
d. none of the mentioned
5. The work done by a closed system in a reversible process is always ___ that
done in an irreversible process.
a. less than or more than
b. equal to
c. less than
d. more than
6. One kg of diatomic Oxygen is present in a 500 L tank. Find the specific volume
on both mass and mole basis.
a. 0.6 m3/kg , 0.260 m3/mole
b. 0.5 m3/kg , 0.0160 m3/mole
c. 0.56 m3/kg , 0.0215 m3/mole
d. 0.7 m3/kg , 0.0325 m3/mole
7. A piston/cylinder with a cross-sectional area of 0.01 m^2 is resting on the stops.
With an outside pressure of 100 kPa, what should be the water pressure to lift
the piston?
a. 178kPa
b. 188kPa
c. 198kPa
d. 208kPa
8. A large exhaust fan in a lab room keeps the pressure inside at 10 cm water
relative vacuum to the hallway? What is the net force acting on the door
measuring 1.9 m by 1.1 m?
a. 2020 N
b. 2030 N
c. 2040 N
d. 2050 N
9. When a body A is in thermal equilibrium with a body B, and also separately with
a body C, then B and C will be in thermal equilibrium with each other.
a. True
b. False
c. neither a or b
10. The temperature interval from the oxygen point to the gold point is divided into
how many parts?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1
11. Which one of the following definitions best describes the concept of work?
a. the flow of energy from one object or substance to another due to a
difference in temperature
b. the flow of energy from one body to another through uniform molecular
motion
c. the force associated with molecular motion
d. the random motion of molecules in a gas at low pressure
12. An isolated system is best described by which one of the following statements?
a. Neither matter nor heat can pass into or out of the system
b. The system has a boundary which allows heat to be transferred but does
not allow material to pass into or out of the system
c. The system has a diathermic boundary
d. A system which has reached thermal equilibrium with its surroundings
13. Which one of the following statements describes a path function?
a. A property of a system that depends only on the current state of the
system, not on the path the system took to reach that state
b. A property of a system that depends on the path taken between the initial
and final states
c. The sum of kinetic and potential energy contained in a substance
d. The heat energy absorbed by a system at constant pressure
14. Consider the following thermodynamic properties.
i) work done on a system
ii) heat absorbed
iii) entropy
iv) enthalpy
Which of these properties are state functions?
a. i) and ii) only
b. i) and iii) only
c. i) only
d. iii) and iv) only
15. Which of the following statements best describes the Second Law of
Thermodynamics?
a. The internal energy of the universe is constant.
b. Energy can be neither created nor destroyed.
c. When an isolated system undergoes a spontaneous change, the entropy
of the system will increase.
d. At absolute zero, the entropy of a perfect crystal is considered to be zero.
16. A drug used to treat hypertension undergoes a decomposition reaction to give
an insoluble product. Calculate the temperature at which this reaction becomes
spontaneous if the enthalpy of the reaction at 298 K is 51 kJ mol-1 and the
entropy of the reaction at this temperature is 118.74 J K-1 mol-1.
a. 430 K
b. 2 300 K
c. 0.5 K
d. 430oC
17. Which one of the following equations defines the enthalpy of reaction, ΔH, for a
reaction occurring at constant pressure that does expansion work? All terms
have their usual meanings.
a. ΔH = ΔU
b. ΔH = ΔU + pΔV
c. ΔH = ΔG – TΔS
d. ΔH = q + w
18. Once heats enter a body, it becomes its
a. constant energy
b. negative energy
c. external energy
d. internal energy
19. Heat is also called
a. energy in stress
b. energy in power
c. energy in transit
d. energy in elasticity
20. Normal human body's temperature is
a. 30 °C
b. 37 °C
c. 42 °C
d. 32 °C
21. Heat is also called
a. Temperature
b. absence of heat
c. energy in transit
d. none of above
22. Which of the following is the fastest process of heat transfer?
a. Conduction
b. Convection
c. Radiation
d. insolation
23. The factors directly proportional to the amount of heat conducted through a
metal rod are
a. Time of flow of Heat
b. Area of cross section
c. Temperature gradient
d. All the above
24. 3. 1 gm of ice at 0° C is mixed with 1 gm of steam at 100° C. After thermal
equilibrium, the temperature of the mixture is
a) 0° C
b) 50° C
c) 80° C
d) 100° C
25. What would be the thermal resistance of an ideal conductor?
a) Zero
b) One
c) Infinity
d) Ten
26. Why does the bottom of a lake not freeze in severe winter even when the
surface is all frozen?
a) The water has large specific heat
b) The conductivity of ice is low
c) The water has large latent heat of fusion
d) The temperature of the earth at the bottom of the lake is high.
27. A cooking pot is coated black because -
a) black substances absorb more heat
b) black substances reflect more heat
c) black surfaces are easier to clean
d) the material of the pot would not be damaged
28. Specific heat is -
a) the specific temperature at which the substance is in solid state.
b) the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of a substance
by 1 degree Celsius.
c) the amount of heat conducted in 1 minute.
d) the heat needed to increase the temperature of 1 gallon of water by 1
degree Fahrenheit.
29. How will a metal container full of hot water in vaccum lose heat?
a) by conduction
b) by convection
c) by radiation
d) will stay hot for ever
30. A block of ice
a) cannot radiate heat
b) can radiate heat but cannot absorb heat
c) can absorb heat but cannot radiate heat
d) can radiate as well as absorb heat
31. As a solid undergoes a phase change to a liquid state, it
a) releases heat while remaining at a constant temperature.
b) absorbs heat while remaining at a constant temperature.
c) releases heat as the temperature decreases.
d) absorbs heat as the temperature increases.
32. A cup of hot tea on a metal table in a room loses heat by
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) All the above
33. Which among the following is true of a sphere, a cube and circular plate of same
material and same mass heated to same temperature?
a. Sphere cools the slowest
b. Circular plate cools the fastest
c. Cube cools the fastest
d. Circular plate cools the slowest
34. At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
a) +40o
b) -40o
c) -0o
d) +100o
35. What would happen to a hole in a metal sheet when the sheet is heated?
a) It decreases in size
b) It increases in size
c) No change is seen
d) First increases and then decreases
36. Which of the following is equivalent of a calorie?
a) the specific heat of water.
b) the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water 1
degree Celsius.
c) equivalent to a little over 4 joules of mechanical work.
d) all of the above.
37. In which of the following processes of heat transfer no medium is required?
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) All
38. In which of the following processes is heat transferred directly from molecule to
molecule?
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d) all of the above
39. When a solid, liquid, or a gas changes from one physical state to another, the
change is called
a) melting
b) enthalpy
c) a phase change
d) sublimation
40. The surface which radiates more heat at a given temperature is
a) Black and Polished
b) White and polished
c) White and Rough
d) Black and Rough
41. Compared to warm air, cool air can hold
a) more water vapour
b) less water vapour
c) the same amount of water vapour
d) temperature is unimportant here

42. The change of state directly from solid to gas is called

a) evaporation
b) sublimation
c) condensation
d) deposition
43. Which of the following is used for measurement of high temperatures?
a) vapour thermometer
b) energy meter
c) resistance thermometer
d) pyrometer
44. If boiling water is taken to the dark side of the moon it will
a) immediately vaporize
b) immediately freeze
c) continue to boil
d) stop boiling but remain hot
45. Which two liquids are used in the construction of minimum and maximum
thermometers?
a) mercury and water
b) water and alcohol
c) mercury and alcohol
d) mercury and bromine
46. Which one among the following statements about thermal conductivity is
correct?
a) Steel > Wood > Water
b) Steel > Water > Wood
c) Water > Steel > Wood
d) Water > Wood > Steel
47. A hot object loses heat to its surroundings in the form of heat radiation. The rate
of loss of heat depends on the
a) temperature of the object
b) temperature of the surroundings
c) temperature difference between the object and its surroundings
d) average temperature of the object and its surroundings
48. Body A of mass 2 kg and another body B of mass 4 kg and of same material are
kept in the same sunshine for some interval of time. If the rise in temperature is
equal for both the bodies, then which one among the following in this regard is
correct?
a) Heat absorbed by B is double because its mass is double
b) Heat absorbed by A is double because its mass is half
c) Heat absorbed by Both A and B is equal because the quantity of heat
absorbed does not depend upon mass
d) Heat absorbed by B is four times than the heat absorbed by A because
the quantity of heat absorbed is proportional to square of the mass
49. A glass of water does not turn into ice as it reaches 0° C. It is because
a) water does not solidify at 0° C
b) a certain amount of heat must be supplied to the glass of water so as to
solidify
c) a certain amount of heat must be taken out from the glass of water so as
to solidify
d) water solidifies at 0° K only
50. Thermometer A and B have ice points marked at 15° and 25° and steam points
at 75° and 125° respectively. When thermometer A measures the temperature of
a bath as 60° the reading of B for the same bath is
a) 60°
b) 75°
c) 90°
d) 100°
51. Which one among the following waves are called waves of heat energy?
a) Radio waves
b) Infrared waves
c) Ultraviolet waves
d) Microwaves
52. In a pressure cooker cooking is faster because the increase in vapor pressure
a) increases the specific heat
b) decreases the specific heat
c) decreases the boiling point
d) increases the boiling point
53. If a heater coil is cut into two equal parts and only one part is used in the heater,
the heat generated will be:
a) doubled
b) four times
c) one-fourth
d) halved
54. The best and the poorest conductors of heat are respectively
a) silver (Ag) and lead (Pb)
b) copper (Cu) and aluminium (Al)
c) silver (Ag) and gold (Au)
d) copper (cu) and gold (Au)
55. Which one of the following is the mode of heat transfer in which warm material is
transported so as to displace a cooler material?
a) Conduction only
b) Convection only
c) Radiation
d) Both conduction and convection
56. Which one among the following denotes the smallest temperature?
a) 1° on the Celsius scale
b) 1° on the Kelvin scale
c) 1° on the Fahrenheit scale
d) 1° on the Reaumur scale
57. Which among the following thermometers is preferred for measuring
temperature around 1250° C?
a) Mercury thermometer
b) Constant volume gas thermometer
c) Optical pyrometer
d) Platinum resistance thermometer
58. What is temperature?
a. How high or low something is
b. How hot or cold something is
c. How fast or slow something is
d. How the weather work
59. Temperature is measured in many different scales, including __________,
___________ , _____________ and __________ scales.
60. The Fahrenheit scale was developed by_____________________.

Prepared by:

JOJIMAR SJ. JUIAN, M.A.T

Instructor

Checked by:

EVELYN P. MAGDALENA, Ph. D.

Program Head

Noted:

MARITES M. RIO, Ph. D.

Dean
College of Education