1. What is the heat transfer due to density differential?
(a) Radiation
(b) Conduction
(c) Nuclear
(d) Convection
2. What do you call the passing of heat energy from molecule to molecule through a substance?
(a) Radiation
(b) Conservation
(c) Conduction
(d) Convection
3. The transmission of heat from one place to another by fluid circulation between the spots of different
temperatures is called
(a) Radiation
(b) Conduction
(c) Conservation
(d) Convection
4. Which of the following requires the greatest amount of heat per
kilogram for a given increase in temperature?
(a) Ice
(b) Water
(c) Copper
(d) Steam
5. What do you call the effectiveness of a body as a thermal radiator at a given temperature?
(a) Emissivity
(b) Absorptivity
(c) Reflectivity
(d) Conductivity
6. The natural direction of the heat flow between two reservoirs dependent on which of the following?
(a) Their pressures
(b) Their temperature difference
(c) Their internal energy
(d) Their states, whether solid, liquid and gas
7. If the freezing point of water is 0°C, which of the following is its melting
point?
(a) Slightly less than 0°C
(b) 32°C
(c) Slightly more than O'C
(d) 0°C
8. The amount of heat required to change the substance from solid to liquid state without change in
temperature is known as latent heat of
(a) vaporization
(b) condensation
(c) evaporation
(d) fusion
9. Why are metals good conductors of heat?
(a) Because their atoms collide infrequently
(b) Because their atoms are relatively far apart
(c) Because they contain free electrons
(d) Because they have reflecting surfaces
10. When the temperature of the surrounding is higher than the blood temperature of human body then the
transfer of heat will take place only by
(a) evaporation
(b) radiation
(c) cooling
(d) convection
11. In natural convection a heated portion of a fluids moves because
(a) of currents in the surrounding fluid
(b) its density is less than that of the surrounding fluid
(c) its molecular motions become aligned
(d) of molecular collisions within it
12. In order to emit electromagnetic radiation, an object must be at a
temperature
(a) above that of its surroundings
(b) above 0 K
(c) high enough for it to glow
(d) above 0°C
13. The rate at which an object radiates electromagnetic energy does not depend on is:
(a) surface area
(b) mass
(c) ability to absorb radiation
(d) temperature
14. Sublimation refers to:
(a) the melting of a solid
(b) the vaporization of a liquid
(c) the condensation of a gas into liquid
(d) the vaporization of a solid without first becoming liquid
15. In the process of freeze drying, ice goes directly into water vapor. What is the temperature at which this
process can take place?
(a) Below the triple point of water
(b) Any of the above, depending on the pressure
(c) Above the triple point of water
(d) At the triple point of water
16. What usually happen when a vapor condenses into a liquid?
(a) it boils with temperature less than 100°C
(b) It generates heat
(c) Its temperature increases
(d) It elvolves heat
17. In a cooling tower, the water is cooled mainly by:
(a) conduction
(b) evaporation
(c) ondensation
(d) convection
18. How do you classify a body that has an emissivity factor of 0.7?
(a) White body
(b) Black body
(c) Theoretical body
(d) Gray body
19. Which of the following provides the basis of conduction heat transfer?
(a) Fourier's Law
(b) Stefan-Boltzmann Law
(c) Newton's Law
(d) Torricelli's Principle
20. Which of the following provides the basis of radiation heat transfer?
(a) Torricelli's Principle
(b) Fourier's Law
(c) Stefan-Boltzmann Law
(d) Newton's Law
21. At what particular condition that no more heat can that be removed from a substance and the temperature
can no longer be lowered?
(a) Ground zero
(b) Critical point
(c) Freezing point
(d) Absolute zero
22. What refers to the heat transfer wherein the heat is transferred from one point to another by actual
movement of substance?
(a) Conduction
(b) Radiation
(c) Absorption
(d) Convection
23. The ratio of the radiation of actual body to the radiation of a blackbody is known as
(a) reflectance
(b) absorptance
(c) emittance
(d) transmittance
24. Which of the following is the usual geometric view factor for a black body?
(a) Zero
(b) Indeterminate
(c) Infinity
(d) One
25. What happens to the heat transferred radially across insulated pipe per unit area?
(a) Decrease from pipe wall to insulated surface,
(b) The heat will flow at constant rate.
(c) Partially increases from pipe wall to insulated surface.
(d) Decreases with the increase in thermal conductivity.
26. What do you call a change of phase directly from vapor to solid without passing through the liquid state?
(a) Sublimation
(b) Solidification
(c) Deposition
(d) Vaporization
27. Which of the following provides the basis of convection heat transfer?
(a) Newton's Law
(b) Fourier's Law
(c) Stefan-Boltzmann Law
(d) Torricelli's Principle
28. Which of the following is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant?
(a) 5.77 x 10 W/m^2K^4
(b) 5.67 x 10 W/m^2K^4
(c) 4.78 x 10 W/m^2K^4
(d) 7.67 x 10 W/m^2K^4
29. What is the usual value of transmissivity for opaque materials?
(a) Indeterminate
(b) infinity
(c) 0
(d) 1
30. A body whose emissivity is less than 1 is known as a real body. What is
the other term for real body?
(a) Theoretical body
(b) Gray body
(c) Black body
(d) White body
31. What refers to an ideal body that absorbs all of the radiant energy that intrudes on it and also emits the
maximum possible energy when acting as a source?
(a) Black body
(b) White body
(c) Gray body
(d) Red hot body
32. The thermal resistance for one-dimensional steady conduction heat transfer through cylindrical wall in the
radial direction is expressed in which of the following functions?
(a) Exponential
(b) Trigonometric
(c) Logarithmic
(d) Linear
33. The law which states that "the ratio of the emissive powers to absorptivities are equal when the two bodies
are in thermal equilibrium is known as
(a) Newton's Law of Convection
(b) Fourier's Law
(c) Kirchhoff's Law of Radiation
(d) Stefan-Boltzmann Law
34. It refers to the ratio of the internal thermal resistance of a solid to the boundary layer thermal resistance
(or external resistance of the body).
(a) Biot number
(b) Reynolds number
(c) Nusselt number
(d) Prandtl number
35. It refers to the ratio of the rate of heat transferred by conduction to the rate of energy stored.
(a) Reynolds number
(b) Biot number
(c) Prandtl number
(d) Fourier number
36. A hot block is cooled by blowing cool air over its top surface. The heat that is first transferred to the air layer
close to the block is by conduction. It is eventually carried away from the surface by:
(a) radiation
(b) thermal
(c) convection
(d) conduction
37. It is the term used to describe the energy of a body that can be transmitted in the form of heat.
(a) Internal energy
(b) Entropy
(c) Enthalpy
(d) Thermal energy
38. Which of the following is the equivalent heat transferred of a gas undergoing isometric process?
(a) Work nonflow
(b) Change in enthalpy
(c) Change in entropy
(d) Change in internal energy
39. What do you call a substance that is able to absorb liquids or gases and is usually used for removing liquids(or
gases) from a given medium or region?
(a) liquifier
(b) Adhesive
(c) Absorbent
(d) Adsorbent
40. What is the term used to describe a reservoir that absorbs energy in the form of heat?
(a) Source
(b) Sink
(c) Heat reservoir
(d) Cold reservoir
41. In which direction that heat is transferred through conduction?
(a) Increasing and decreasing temperature
(b) Increasing and decreasing temperature
(c) Increasing temperature
(d) Decreasing temperature
42. Which of the following is the S.I. unit of thermal conductivity?
(a) W/m-hr-°C
(b) KJ/m-hr-°C
(c) W/m-hr-°K
(d) W/m°K
43. Which of the following statements is based on Prevost theory of heat exchange?
(a) The substance moves because of the application of power such as that of a fan
(b) Heat transfer in most of the cases occurs by combination of conduction, convection and radiation
(c) The substance moves because of the decrease in its density which is caused by increase in temperature
(d) All bodies above absolute zero emit radiation
44. Which of the following is the SI unit of thermal diffusivity?
(a) kJ/m² hr
(b) m²/hr "C
(c) W/m² hr C
(d) m²/hr
45. Which of the following mechanism of heat transfer where Stefan Boltzmann law is applicable?
(a) Convection, conduction and radiation
(b) Radiation
(c) Convection
(d) Conduction
46. Which of the following is the emissivity of white body?
(a) 0<e<1
(b) zero
(c) 0.5
(d) 1
47. The mechanism of heat transfer in which there is no medium (ie water, air, solid concrete) required for the
heat energy to travel is:
(a) Convection
(b) Radiation
(c) Diffusion
(d) Conduction
48. The temperature potential between temperature at the two ends of a heat exchanger are given by
(a) the Stefan-Boltzmann law
(b) Fourier's law
(c) Kirchoff's law
(d) the logarithmic mean temperature difference
49. Which of the following best describe function of heat exchanger?
(a) Increase the water temperature entering the system
(b) Evaluate the total energy content of the flow
(c) Transfer heat from one fluid to another
(d) Exchange heat to increase energy to the flow
50. What refers to a form of energy associated with the kinetic random motion of large numbers of molecules?
(a) Internal energy
(b) Entropy
(c) Heat of fusion
(d) Heat
51. How much is the part of light that is absorbed by the body that transmits and reflects 80% and 10%
respectively?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 10%
(d) 5%
52. Which of the following heat exchangers wherein water is heated so that it reaches to a point that dissolved
gases are liberated?
(a) Deaerator
(b) Evaporator
(c) Condenser
(d) Radiator
53. In convection heat transfer, what happens to the heat transfer coefficient if the viscosity of the fluid
increases?
(a) The heat transfer coefficient will increase
(b) The heat transfer coefficient remains constant
(c) The heat transfer coefficient will decrease
(d) None of the above
54. How do you call a phenomenon wherein the heat is transferred by motion of fluid under the action of
mechanical device?
(a) Thermal radiation
(b) Forced convection
(c) Forced conduction
(d) Natural convection
55. In conduction heat transfer, what happens to the heat transfer per unit time when the thermal conductivity
decreases?
(a) The heat flow will decrease
(b) The heat flow remains constant
(c) The heat flow will partially increase and then will decrease
(d) The heat flow will increase
56. Which of the following is the driving force in heat transfer?
(a) Dielectric gradient
(b) Viscosity gradient
(c) Thickness gradient
(d) Temperature gradient
57. Which of the following is the measure of the relative effectiveness of momentum and energy transport by
diffusion in the velocity and thermal boundary layer?
(a) Dimensional measurement
(b) Reynold's number
(c) Prandtl number
(d) Nusselt's number
58. Which of the following is the property of the solid that provides the measure of the rate of heat transfer to
the energy storage?
(a) Thermal diffusivity
(b) Thermal radiography
(c) Thermal efficiency
(d) Thermal conductivity
59. Two metals were kept together at room temperature and it was found out that one is colder than the other.
Which of the following is the best reason why one metal is colder than the other?
(a) The heat transfer coefficient of one metal is of higher
(b) One metal is of higher temperature as compared to the other
(c) The thermal conductivity of one metal is high as compared to the other
(d) One metal is of lower temperature as compared to the other
60. In convection heat transfer, what happens to the heat transfer coefficient if the viscosity of the fluid
decreases?
(a) The heat transfer coefficient will decrease
(b) The heat transfer coefficient also increases
(c) The heat transfer coefficient remains constant
(d) The heat transfer coefficient partially increases then decreases
61. A body that is hot compared to its surroundings illuminates more energy than it receives, while its
surrounding absorbs more energy than they give. The heat is transferred from one to another by energy of
wave motion. What is this mode of heat transfer?
(a) Condensation
(b) Radiation
(c) Condensation
(d) Conduction
62. What do you call theoretical body where absorptivity and emissivity are independent of the wavelength over
the spectral region of the irradiation and the surface emission?
(a) White body
(b) Opaque body
(c) Transparent body
(d) Black body
63. Which of the following is the structure designed to prevent the spread of fire having a fire resistance rating
of not less than four hours?
(a) Fire shield
(b) Fire wall
(c) Fire exit
(d) Fire escape
64. Which of the following heat exchange device used to provide heat transfer between the exhaust gases and
air prior to the entrance of a combustor?
(a) Condenser
(b) Reheater
(c) Regenerator
(d) Economizer-
65. What is the process of changing vapor directly to solid phase without passing the liquid state?
(a) Condensing
(b) Sublimation
(c) Vaporization
(d) Deposition
66. Which of the following transfer of heat is involved in the changing of boiling water (at 100°C) to vapor at the
same temperature?
(a) Conduction
(b) Convection
(c) Radiation
(d) Evaporation
67. At what state particular state where no more heat can be possibly transferred to or from the body?
(a) Freezing point
(b) Pour point
(c) Absolute zero
(d) Perfect zero
68. How do you call a solid form of Carbon dioxide?.
(a) Insoluble ice
(b) Dry ice
(c) White ice
(d) Carbon ice
69. Which of the following is the science of low temperatures?
(a) Ergonomics
(b) Thermodynamics
(c) Thermo-kinetics
(d) Cryogenics
70. Which of the following thermal state of the body considered reference to communicate heat to the other
bodies?
(a) Pressure
(b) Temperature
(c) Entropy
(d) Internal energy
71. The true mean temperature difference is also known as:
(a) the trigonometric mean temperature difference
(b) the average mean temperature difference
(c) the logarithmic mean temperature difference
(d) the exponential temperature difference
72. Which of the following can be a geometric view factor of a gray body?
(a) Greater than one
(b) Greater than zero but less than one
(c) Less than one
(d) Equal to one
73. The heat transfer by conduction occurs in which of the following?
(a) Only in liquids and gases
(b) Only in liquids
(c) Only in solids
(d) In solids, liquids and gases
74. Which of the following reasons why one gram of steam at 100°C causes more serious burn than 1 gram of
water at 100°C?
(a) The steam has higher specific heat
(b) Steam is less dense than boiling water
(c) Steam is everywhere thus it strikes greater force
(d) Steam contains more internal energy
75. What usually happens when vapor condenses into liquid?
(a) Its temperature increases
(b) It rejects heat
(c) Its temperature decreases
(d) It absorbs heat
76. Which of the following has the highest thermal conductivity?
(a) Water
(b) Gasoline
(c) Mercury
(d) Alcohol
77. The rate at which an object radiates electromagnetic energy does not depend on which of the following?
(a) Capacity absorb radiation
(b) Surface area
(c) Mass
(d) Temperature
78. Which of the following is the requirement of the temperature of a body for it to emit radiation?
(a) High enough for it to glow
(b) Above of the temperature of the surroundings
(c) Above zero Celsius
(d) Above zero Kevin
79. Which of the following is the color of iron when it is heated to a highest temperature?
(a) Yellow
(b) White
(c) Red
(d) Orange
80. Which of the following is the reason why metals are good conductors heat?
(a) Atoms in metals are very far to each other
(b) Metals have atoms the frequently collide one another
(c) Metals have reflecting surfaces
(d) Metals contain free electrons
81. The rate at which heat flows through a slab of some material does not
depend on which of the following?
(a) The temperature difference between two faces
(b) The thickness of the slab
(c) The specific heat of the material
(d) The area of the slab
82. Which of the following is the primary function of a thermal radiator?
(a) To transferring the heat by using moving fluids
(b) To transfer heat from hot to cold body by using a forced-draft fan
(c) To transfer heat with or without a medium
(d) To transfer heat by allowing molecules to vibrate one to another
83. What is the reason why styrofoam is a good insulating material?
(a) Because it contains many tiny pockets of air
(b) Styrofoam is a white object
(c) Styrofoam structure is very dense
(d) The structure of styrofoam is very unstable and heat cannot now
84. Which of the following is the heat transfer that is due to density differential?
(a) Convection
(b) Evaporation
(c) Radiation
(d) Conduction
85. What usually happens to the surrounding when water
vapor condenses?
(a) The surroundings will be dehumidified
(b) It neither warm nor cold the surrounding
(c) It warms the surrounding
(d) The surrounding temperature decreases
86. The rate of radiation does not depend on which of the following?
(a) The emissivity of the radiation surface
(b) Temperature of the radiating body
(c) The thickness of the radiating body
(d) The area of the radiating body
87. Which of the following is not a good conductor of heat?
(a) Rocks
(b) Asbestos
(c) Glass
(d) Metals
88. Which of the following is not a unit of the rate of heat transfer?
(a) Cal/s
(b) Btu per hour
(c) Btu/Hp-hr
(d) Watt
89. The thermal conductivity does not depend on which of the following?
(a) Temperature and pressure
(b) Chemical composition
(c) Physical state or texture
(d) Gravitational pull
90. In Maxwell's theory for thermal conductivity of gases and vapors, which of the following is the value of "a" for
triatomic gases?
(a) 1.7
(b) 2.4
(c) 2.4
(d) 1.3
91. Which of the following conductivities where Sutherland equation is used?
(a) Thermal conductivities of solids
(b) Thermal conductivities of metal
(c) Thermal conductivities of gases
(d) Thermal conductivities of liquids
92. For pure metals, what happens to the thermal conductivity if the temperature is extremely high?
(a) Increases except for steel
(b) Approaches infinity
(c) Decreases except for ferrous metals
(d) Almost constant except for ferromagnetic material
93. Which of the following liquids that has the highest thermal conductivity?
(a) Gasoline
(b) Water
(c) Glycerin
(d) Alcohol
94. If the term 85% magnesia used in insulating materials is magnesia then, what is the 15% of these materials?
(a) Steel
(b) Water
(c) Asbestos
(d) Styrofoam
95. Which of the following heat exchangers where fluid flow in the same direction and both are of changing
temperatures?
(a) Cross flow
(b) Mixed flow
(c) Counter flow
(d) Parallel flow
96. What happens to the thermal conductivity of diatomic if the gases temperature is increase?
(a) The thermal conductivity remains constant
(b) The thermal conductivity partially increases then decreases.
(c) The thermal conductivity decreases
(d) The thermal conductivity will also increase
97. What device is used to measure the amount of infrared radiation in each portion of a person's skin that is
emitted?
(a) Potentiometer
(b) Pyrometer
(c) Thermograph
(d) Thermometer
98. The heat transfer by convection occurs in which of the following?
(a) Only in gases
(b) Only in liquids
(c) Only in gases and liquids
(d) Only in gases and solids
99. In convection heat transfer, what mechanism heat transfer where the fluid moves due to the decrease in its
density caused by increase in temperature?
(a) Forced convection
(b) Density convection
(c) Natural convection
(d) Radial convection
100. Which of the following is not a heat exchanger?"
(a) Water hammer
(b) Condenser
(c) Boilers
(d) Evaporators
