1.

If a substance’s temperature is equal to its saturation temperature, the substance is a

A. Subcooled liquid.
B. Liquid and a vapour.
C. Saturated vapor.
D. Superheated vapor.

The answer is: B

2. If a substance’s temperature is greater than its saturation, the substance is a

A. Subcooled liquid.
B. Liquid and a vapor.
C. Saturated vapor.
D. Superheated vapor.

The answer is: D

3. Critical properties refer to

A. Extremely important properties, such as temperature and pressure.
B. Heats required for phase change and important for energy production.
C. Property values where liquid and gas phases are in distinguishable.
D. Properties having to do with equilibrium conditions, such as the Gibbs and Helmholtz functions.

The answer is: C

4. For a saturated vapor, the relationship between temperature and pressure is given by
A. The perfect gas law
B. Van der Waal’s equation
C. The steam table
D. A viral equation state

The answer is: C

5. Properties of a superheated vapor are given by

A. The perfect gas law
B. A superheat table
C. A one-to-one relationship, such as the properties of saturated steam
D. A viral equation of state

The answer is: B

6. Properties of non-reacting gas mixtures are given by

A. Geometric weighting
B. Volumetric weighting
C. Volumetric weighting for molecular weight and density, and geometric weight for all other properties except entropy
D. Arithmetic average

The answer is: C

7. A substance whose properties are uniform throughout is called a(n)

A. Idea substance.
B. Solid.
C. Standard substance.
D. Pure substance.

The answer is: D

8. All of the following are thermodynamic properties except

A. Temperature.
B. Pressure.
C. Density.
D. Modulus of elasticity.

The answer is: D

9. A process that is adiabatic and reversible is also

A. Isobaric.
B. Isothermal.
C. Isentropic.
D. Isometric.

The answer is: C

10. The volume of an ideal gas is halved, while its temperature is doubled. What happens to the pressure?
A. The pressure doubles.
B. The pressure is halved.
C. The pressure is unchanged.
D. The pressure is multiplied by 4.

The answer is: D

11. A liquid boils when its vapour pressure equals

A. The gage pressure.
B. The critical pressure.
C. The ambient pressure.
D. One standard atmosphere.

The answer is: C

12. A system composed of ice and water at 0°C is said to be

A. A multiphase material.
B. In thermodynamic equilibrium.
C. In thermal equilibrium.
D. All of the above.

The answer is: D

13. The heat of fusion for a pure substance is

A. The change in phase from solid to gas.
B. The change in phase from liquid to gas.
C. The energy released in a chemical reaction.
D. The energy required to melt the substance.

The answer is: D

14. The heat of vaporization involves the change in enthalpy due to

A. The change in phase from solid to gas.
B. The change in phase from liquid to gas.
C. The energy released in a chemical reaction.
D. The change in phase from solid to liquid.

The answer is: B

15. The heat of sublimation involves the change in enthalpy due to

A. The change in phase from solid to gas.
B. The change in phase from liquid to gas.
C. The energy released in a chemical reaction.
D. The change in phase from solid to liquid.

The answer is: A

16. A specific property

A. Defines a specific variable (e.g., temperature).
B. Is independent of mass.
C. Is an extensive property multiplied by mass.
D. Is dependent of the phase of the substance.

The answer is: A

17. A material’s specific heat can be defined as

A. The ratio of heat, Q, required to change the temperature of mass, m, by a temperature, ∆T.
B. Being different for constant pressure and constant temperature processes.
C. A function of temperature.
D. All of the above.

The answer is: D

18. If a substance’s temperature is less than its saturation temperature, the substance is a
A. Subcooled liquid.
B. Liquid and a vapor.
C. Saturated vapor.
D. Superheated vapor.

The answer is: A

19. The relationship between the total volume of a mixture of non-reacting gases and their partial volumes is given by
A. Gravimetric fractions
B. Amagat’s law
C. Dalton’s law
D. Mole fractions

The answer is: B

20. The relationship between the total pressure of a mixture of non-reacting gases and the partial pressures of constituents is given by
A. Gravimetric fractions
B. Volumetric fractions
C. Dalton’s law
D. Mole fractions

The answer is: C

21. Which of the following is the best definition of enthalpy?

A. The ratio of heat added to the temperature increases in a system
B. The amount of useful energy in a system
C. The amount of energy no longer available to the system
D. The heat required to cause a complete conversion between two phases at a constant temperature

The answer is: B

22. Which of the following statements is not true for real gases?
A. Molecules occupy a volume not negligible in comparison to the total volume of gas
B. Real gases are subjected to attractive forces between molecules(e.g., van der Waal’s forces)
C. The law of corresponding states may be used for real gases
D. Real gases are found only rarely in nature

The answer is: D

23. All of the following processes (↔ means one implies the other) are correct except
A. Throttling ↔ constant enthalpy
B. Isentropic ↔ constant temperature
C. Isobaric ↔ constant pressure
D. Adiabatic ↔ isentropic

The answer is: B

24. For a polytropic process in which p1(v1) n = p2(v2) n, all the values of n given below are correct except
A. n = 0, isobaric
B. n = 1, isothermal
C. n = k, isentropic
D. n = (k-1)/k, isenthalpic

The answer is: C

25. All of the following processes are irreversible except

A. A stirring of a viscous fluid
B. A isentropic deceleration of a moving, perfect fluid
C. An undertrained expansion of a gas
D. Phase changes

The answer is: B

26. All of the following processes are irreversible except

A. Chemical reactions
B. diffusion
C. current flow through an electrical resistance
D. an isentropic compression of a perfect gas

The answer is: D

27. All of the following processes are irreversible except

A. Magnetization with hysteresis
B. Elastic tension and release of a steel bar
C. Inelastic deformation
D. Heat conduction

The answer is: B

28. Each of the following is a point function (values independent of the path) except
A. p, pressure
B. T, temperature
C. W, work
D. s, entropy

The answer is: C

29. Which of the following state(s) is (are) necessary for a system to be in thermodynamic equilibrium?
A. Chemical equilibrium
B. Thermal equilibrium
C. Mechanical equilibrium
D. Chemical, mechanical and thermal equilibrium

The answer is: D

30. The first law of thermodynamics for a closed system is Q= ∆𝑈+W. The sign convention is
A. Q positive in, W positive in, and ∆𝑈 positive for increased internal energy.
B. Q positive out, W positive in, and ∆𝑈 negative for decreased internal energy.
C. Q positive out, W positive out, and ∆𝑈 negative for increased internal energy.
D. Q positive in, W positive out, and ∆𝑈 negative for decreased internal energy.

The answer is: D

31. The heat transfer term in the first law of thermodynamics may be due to any of the following except
A. conduction
B. convection
C. radiation
D. internal heat generation (e.g., chemical reaction)

The answer is: D

32. A system that experiences no mass crossing the system boundaries (in or out) is most properly called a(n)
A. Open system
B. Closed system
C. Quasi-steady system
D. Ideal system

The answer is: B

33. A system in which a substance is allowed to enter and leave is most properly called a(n)
A. Open system
B. Closed system
C. Quasi-steady system
D. Unsteady (dynamic) system

The answer is: A

34. The first and second laws of thermodynamics are

A. Continuity equations
B. Momentum equations
C. Energy equations
D. Equations of state

The answer is: C

35. A constant pressure thermodynamic process obeys

A. Boyle’s law
B. Charle’s law
C. Amagat’s law
D. Dalton’s law

The answer is: B

36. A constant temperature thermodynamic process obeys

A. Boyle’s law
B. Charles law
C. Amagat’s law
D. Dalton’s law

The answer is: A

37. A series of processes that eventually bring the system back to its original condition is called a
A. Reversible process
B. Irreversible process
C. cycle
D. isentropic process

The answer is: C

38. An inventor proposes to develop electrical power by withdrawing heat from the geyser fields of northern California and converting it
all to work in power turbines. This scheme will not work because

A. The geyser fields have only a limited lifetime

B. The salinity of the steam is too great
C. It violates the first law of thermodynamics
D. It violates the second law of thermodynamics

The answer is: D

39. A process that is adiabatic and reversible is also

A. isometric
B. isobaric
C. isentropic
D. isothermal

The answer is: C

40. Which of the following statements about a path function is not true
A. On a p-V diagram, it can represent work done
B. On a T-s diagram, it can represent heat transferred
C. It is dependent on the path between states of thermodynamic equilibrium
D. It represents values of p, V, T, and s between states that are path functions

The answer is: D

41. The following terms are included in the first law of thermodynamics for closed systems except
A. Heat transferred in and out of the system
B. Work done by or on the system
C. Internal energy
D. Kinetic energy

The answer is: D

42. The following terms are included in the first law of thermodynamics for open systems except
A. Heat transferred in and out of the system
B. Work done by or in the system
C. Magnetic system
D. Internal system

The answer is: C

43. All of the following terms included in the second law for open systems except
A. Shaft work-work a steady flow device does on the surroundings
B. Flow work – p-V work
C. Internal energy
D. Mixing work

The answer is: D

44. Which of the following is not correct statement about the graphical representation of work and heat
A. The values of p, V, T, and s are point functions because their values are independent of the path taken to the thermodynamic
state
B. Work and heat are also point functions because their values are independent of the path taken to the thermodynamic state
C. The work done by or on the system can be found by integrating the area under the path of the p-V curve
D. The amount of heat absorbed or released from a system can be found by integrating the area under the path on a T-s diagram

The answer is: B

45. Which of the following is not a correct statement of the laws of thermodynamics?
A. During a process, the net heat transfer out of a system is equal to the net work output less the change in energy
B. It is impossible to construct a refrigerator that, operating in a cycle, will produce not affect other than transfer of heat from a
cooler to a hotter body
C. A natural process that starts in one equilibrium state and ends in another will go in the direction that increases the entropy of
the system and the environment
D. It is impossible to operate an engine in a cycle that will have no other effect than to extract heat from a reservoir and turn it into
an equivalent amount of work

The answer is: A

46. The following factors are necessary to define a thermodynamic cycle except
A. The working substance
B. High and low temperature reservoirs
C. The time it takes to complete the cycle
D. The means of doing work on the system

The answer is: C

47. The maximum possible work that can be obtained from a cycle operating between two reservoirs is found from
A. Process irreversibility
B. availability
C. carrot efficiency
D. reversible work

The answer is: C

48. All of the following mechanisms can supply heat to a thermodynamic system except
A. conduction
B. natural convection
C. adiabatic expansion
D. radiation

The answer is: C

49. All heat transfer processes require a medium of energy exchange except
A. conduction
B. natural convection
C. force convection
D. radiation

The answer is: D

50. thermal conduction is described by

A. Newton’s law
B. The logarithmic mean temperature difference
C. The Stefan-Boltzmann law
D. Fourier’s law
The answer is: D