Heat Transfer

HEAT TRANSFER

1. One of the reasons for insulating

the pipe is:
A. They may not break under pressure

B. There is minimum corrosion
C. Capacity to with stand pressure is increase
D. Heat loss from the surface is minimized
Answer: D. Heat loss from the surface is minimized

2. The rate of radiant energy, that is emitted by
a surface at any temperature and in small
wavelengths is found from the known rate
of energy, that under the same conditions
will be emitted from black surface, by
multiplying with the absorptivity. The
above enunciation is called:
A. Lambert’s law
B. Kirchhoff’s law
C. Planck’s law
D. Stefan Boltzmann’s law
Answer: B. Kirchhoff’s law

3. Which of the following generally used
to measure the temperature inside the
furnace:
A. Mercury thermometer
B. Alcohol
C. Ash thermometer
D. Optical pyrometer
Answer: D. Optical pyrometer

5. All heat transfer processes:
A. Involve transfer energy

B. Involve temperature difference
between the bodies
C. Obey first law of thermodynamics
D. Obey second law of thermodynamics
Answer: B. Involve temperature difference between the bodies

5. What is thermal diffusivity?
A. A mathematical formula
B. A physical property of the material
C. A configuration for heat conduction
D. A dimensionless parameter
Answer: B. A physical property of the material

6. Which of the following is a unit of
thermal diffusivity?
A. m2/hr
B. kcal/m2hr
C. kcal/m2hr oc
D. m2/hr oc
Answer: A. m2/hr
7. Non-isotropic conductivity is
shown by which of the
following?
A. Brass
B. Copper
C. Wood
D. Steel
Answer: C. Wood
8. For glass wool thermal conductivity
changes from sample to sample die
changes in:
A. Structure
B. Density
C. Composition
D. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above

9. Which of the following is the S.I.
unit of thermal conductivity?
A. W/m-hr-ok
B. W/m ok
C. KJ/m-hr-oc
D. W/m-hr-oc
Answer: B. W/m ok
10. What is the value of the Prandt’l
number for air?
A. 10
B. 6.7
C. 67
D. 0.7
Answer: D. 0.7
12. Thermal conductivity of wood depends
on which of the following?
A. Moisture
B. Temperature
C. Density
D. All of the above

14. The nature of flow of a fluid inside a
tube, whether it is turbulent or
laminar, can be ascertained by:
A. Flow velocity
B. Surface conditions
C. Viscosity of fluid
D. Reynolds numbers
Answer: D. Reynolds numbers

15. By which of the following modes of
heat transfer is the stefan-boltzmann
law applicable?
A. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Conduction and radiation combined
D. Convection and radiation combined
Answer: B. Radiation
16. At all wave lengths and temperature’s the
monochromatic emissivity of a white body is
equal to:
A. Zero
B. 0.5
C. Unity
D. 0.1 to 0.5
Answer: A. Zero
17. The radiation from flames is having
A. Continuous radiation from burning soot particles

of microscopic and submicroscopic dimensions
B. Radiation from suspended larger particles of
coal, coke, or ash contributing to flame
lumininossity
C. In fared radiation from water vapor and carbon
dioxide
D. All of the above

18. The statement that the emissivity and
absorptivity of a surface is surrounded
by its own temperature are the same both
monochromatic and total radiation is
called:
A. Lambert’s law
B. Kirchhoff’s law
C. D’ Alambart’s
D. Law of emissivity
Answer: B. Kirchhoff’s law

19. A reservoir that supplies energy in
the form of heat is called:
A. Source
B. Sink
C. Cold reservoir
D. Heat reservoir
Answer: A. Source
20. In regenerator type heat exchanger,
heat transfer occurs by:
A. Direct mixing of hot and cold fluids

B. A complete separation between hot
and cold fluids
C. Flow of hot and cold fluids alternately
over a surface
D. Generation of heat again and again
Answer: C. Flow of hot and cold fluids alternately over a surface

21. Least value of Prandt’l number can be
expected in case of __________.
A. Liquid metals
B. Sugar solution
C. Salt solution
D. Water
Answer: A. Liquid metals

22. “The boiling point of a solution is a
linear function of water at the same
pressure.” The above statement is called
_________.
A. Dubring’s rule
B. Petit and Dulong’s law
C. Fick’s rule
D. Reynolds law
Answer: A. Dubring’s rule

23. Floating heads are provided in heat
exchangers to
A. Increase the pressure drop

B. Decrease the pressure drop
C. Facilitate maintenance
D. Avoid deformation of tubes because of
thermal expansion
Answer: D. Avoid deformation of tubes because of thermal expansion

24. What do you call the first stage of
crystal formation?
A. Nucleation
B. Foaming
C. Separation
D. Vortexing
Answer: A. Nucleation
25. In heat exchanger design, one transfer
unit implies:
A. One fluid which is exchanging with another fluid of

the same chemical composition
B. The section of heat exchanger which will cause
temperature drop of one degree centigrade
C. The section of heat exchanger where heat transfer
surface area has been one square meter
D. Condition when the change in temperature of one
steam is numerically equal to the average driving
force
Answer: D. Condition when the change in temperature of one steam is numerically equal to the
average driving force
28. A 1-2 heat exchanger refers to which
of the following?
A. Single pass on shell side and double pass
on tube side
B. Single pass on tube side and double pass
on shell side
C. Single liquid cools two liquids at different
temperature
D. Two tubes of cold fluid pass through one
tube of hot fluid
Answer: A. Single pass on shell side and double pass on tube side
29. A correction of LMTD is essential in
case of:
A. Parallel flow heat exchanger

B. Counter current heat exchanger
C. Cross flow heat exchanger
D. None of the above.
Answer: C. Cross flow heat exchanger

30. Which of the following is used as
entrainer in acetic acid – water
separation?
A. Methyl alcohol
B. Phosphorus
C. Butyl acetate
D. Hexane
Answer: C. Butyl acetate

31. A type of radiation consisting of
singly charged particles that generate to
intermediate distances.
A. Nuclear radiation
B. Alpha radiation
C. Beta radiation
D. Gamma radiation
Answer: C. Beta radiation

32. An electrically charged atom or
radical which carries electricity through
an electrolyte is called:
A. Ion
B. Isotope
C. Molecule
D. Hole
Answer: A. Ion
33. The energy of a body that can be
transmitter in the form of heat.
A. Heat energy
B. Thermal energy
C. Entropy
D. Internal energy
Answer: B. Thermal energy

34. In an isometric process, the heat
transferred is equal to:
A. Change in enthalpy
B. Change in entropy
C. Thermal energy
D. Work nonflow
Answer: C. Thermal energy

35. A substance that is able to absorb
liquids or gases and is used for removing
them from a given medium or region.
A. Absorbent
B. Cohesive
C. Adsorbent
D. Adhesive
Answer: A. Absorbent
36.Radiant heat transfer is described by:
A. Newton’s law
B. Fourier’s law
C. The logarithmic mean temperature
D. Kirchhoff’s law
Answer: D. Kirchhoff’s law

37. A reservoir that absorbs energy in the form
of heat is called ______.
A. Source
B. Sink
C. Cold reservoir
D. Heat reservoir
Answer: B. Sink
38. When the entire heat exchanger is
selected as control volume, heat
becomes _______.
A. Unity
B. Zero
C. Undefined
D. Indeterminate
Answer: B. Zero
39. Heat is conducted in the direction of:
A. Increasing temperature
B. Decreasing temperature
C. Increasing and decreasing temperature
D. Constant temperature
Answer: D. Constant temperature

40. the heat transfer 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)
answer: D. Internal heat generation (e.g., chemical reaction)

41. All heat transfer processes require a
medium of energy exchange except:
A. Conduction
B. Natural convection
C. Forced convection
D. Radiation
Answer: D. Radiation
42. Thermal conduction is described by:
A. Newton’s law
B. The logarithmic mean temperature
difference
C. The Stefan – Boltzmann law
D. Fourier's law
Answer: D. Fourier's law

43. Convection is described by which of
the following laws?
A. Newton’s law
difference
C. The Stefan – Boltzmann law
D. Fourier's law
Answer: A. Newton’s law

44. Radiation heat transfer is described
by:
A. Newton’s law
difference
C. Fourier’s law
D. Kirchhoff's law
Answer: D. Kirchhoff's law

45. The equivalent of ratio of emissive
power to absorptivity for bodies in
thermal equilibrium is described by:
A. Newton’s law
difference
C. Fourier’s law
D. Kirchhoff's law
Answer: D. Kirchhoff's law

46. The temperature potential between
temperature at two ends of a heat
exchanger are given by:
A. The logarithmic mean temperature

difference
B. The Stefan – Boltzmann law
C. Fourier’s law
D. Kirchhoff's law
Answer: A. The logarithmic mean temperature difference

47. The function of a heat exchanger is
to:
A. Increase the water temperature entering the
boiler and decrease requirements
B. Transfer heat from one fluid to another
C. Increase the total energy content of the flow
D. Exchange heat to increase energy to the
flow
Answer: B. Transfer heat from one fluid to another

48. The function of a super heater is to:

boiler and decrease combustion requirements
B. Transfer heat from one fluids to another
C. Increase the total energy content of the flow
D. Exchange heat to increase energy to the flow
Answer: D. Exchange heat to increase energy to the flow

49. What is the series of processes that
eventually bring the system back to its
original condition?
A. Reversible process
B. Irreversible process
C. Cycle
D. Isentropic process
Answer: C. Cycle
50. Past ME Board Question
A theoretical body which when
heated to incandescence would emit a
continuous light-ray spectrum
A. Black body radiation

B. Black body
C. Blue body
D. White body
Answer: B. Black body

Which of the following is the reason for
insulating the pipes?
A. They may not break under pressure
B. There is minimum corrosion
C. Capacity to with stand pressure
D. Heat loss from the surface is minimized
Answer: D. heat loss from the surface is minimized

Heat transfer due to density differential
A. Convection
B. Nuclear
C. Conduction
D. Radiation
Answer: A. Convection
the term “exposure” in radiological effects is
used as a measure of a gamma ray or an X-ray
field in the surface of the exposed object. Since
this radiation produce ionization of the air
surrounding the object, the exposure is obtained
as
A. Number of ions produce per mass of air x coulombs per kg
B. Mass of air x surface area of an exposed object
C. Mass of air over surface area of an exposed object
D. Number of ions produce per mass of air + coulombs per kg
Answer: A. Number of ions produce per mass of air x coulombs per kg

The passing of heat energy from
molecule to molecule through a
substance
A. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Conservation
D. Convection
Answer: A. Conduction
The radiant heat transfer depends
on:
A. Temperature
B. Heat rays
C. Heat flow from cold to hot
D. Humidity
Answer: B. heat rays

What kind of heat exchanger where
water is heated to a point that dissolved
gases are liberated?
A. Evaporator
B. Condenser
C. Intercooler
D. Deaerator
Answer: D. Deaerotor
57.Past ME Board Question
Heat transfer processes which include a
change of phase of a fluid are considered
A. Convection
B. Thermal radiation
C. Conduction
D. Radiation
A hot block is cooled by blowing cool air over its top surface. The heat that
is first transferred to the air layer is close to the block is by conduction. It is
eventually carried away from the surface by _______.
A. Convection
B. Radiation
C. Conduction
D. Thermal radiation
A body that is hot compared to its surrounding illuminates more energy than it receives,
while its surrounding absorbs more energy that they gave. The heat is transferred from
one to another by energy wave motion. What is this mode of heat trasnsfer?
A. Radiation
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. Condensation
Answer: A
60. What is the heat transfer due to density
differential?
A. Convection
B. Conduction
C. Nuclear
D. Radiation
Answer: A
61. What do you call the passing of heat energy
from molecule to molecule through a substance?
A. Conduction
B. Conservation
C. Radiation
D. Conduction
Answer: A
62. The transmission of heat from one place to another by fluid
circulation between the spots of different temperature is called
_________.
A. Convection
B. Conservation
C. Radiation
D. Conduction
Answer: A
63. Which of the following requirements the greatest amount
of heat per kilogram for a given increase in temperature?
A. Ice
B. Water
C. Steam
D. Copper
Answer: B
64. What do you call the effectiveness of the body
as a thermal radiator at a given temperature?
A. Absorptivity
B. Conductivity
C. Emissivity
D. Reflectivity
Answer: C
65. The natural direction of the heat flow between two
reserviors is dependent on which of the following?
A. Their temperature differences

B. Their internal energy
C. Their pressure
D. Their states, whether solid, liquid and gas
Answer: A
66. Why are metals are good conductors of
heat?
A. Because they contain free electrons
B. Because their atoms are relatively far apart
C. Because their atoms collide infrequently
D. Because they have reflecting surfaces
Answer: A
67. In natural convection a heated portion of a
fluids moves because:
A. Its molecular motion becomes aligned
B. Of molecular collision within it
C. Its density is less than that of surrounding
fluids
D. Of currents in the surrounding fluids
Answer: C
68. In order to emit electromagnetic radiation,
a object must be at a temperature:
A. Above 0 K
B. Above 0oC
C. Above that of its surrounding
D. High enough for it to glow
Answer: A
69. The rate at which an object radiates
electromagnetic energy does not depend on its:
A. Surface area
B. Mass
C. Temperature
D. Ability to absorb radiation
Answer: B
71. 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. At the triple point of water
C. Above the triple of water
D. Any of the above, depending on the
pressure
Answer: A. below the triple point of water

72. What usually happen when a vapor
condenses into a liquid?
A. It evolves heat
B. It generates heat
C. Its temperature increases
D. It boils with temperature less than 100oc
Answer: A. It evolves heat

73. In a cooling tower, the water is cooled
mainly by:
A. Condensation
B. Convection
C. Evaporation
D. Conduction
Answer: C. Evaporation
74. How do you classify a body that has
an emissivity factor of 0.7?
A. Gray body
B. Black body
C. White body
D. Theoretical body
Answer: A. Gray body

75. At what particular condition that no
more heat can that be removed from a
substance and the temperature can do
no longer be lowered?
A. Freezing point
B. Absolute zero
C. Critical point
D. Ground zero
Answer: B. absolute zero

76. What refers to the heat transfer
wherein the heat is transferred with one
point to another by actual movement of
substance?
A. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Convection
D. Absorption
Answer: C. Convection
77. The ratio of the radiation of actual
body to the radiation of blackbody is
known as ______.
A. Emittance
B. Reflectance
C. Absorptance
D. Transmittance
Answer: A. Emittance
78. Which of the following is the
geometric view factor for a black body?
A. Zero
B. Infinity
C. One
D. Indeterminate
Answer: C. One
79. What happens to the heat transferred
radially across insulated pipe per unit
area?
A. The heat will flow at constant rate.
B. Decreases with the increase in thermal
conductivity.
C. Decrease from pipe wall to insulated
surface.
D. Partially increase from pipe wall to insulated
surface.
Answer: C. decrease from pipe wall to insulated surface

80. What do you call a change of phase
directly from vapor to solid without
passing through the liquid state?
A. Sublimation
B. Solidification
C. Vaporization
D. Deposition
Answer: D. Deposition
81. Which of the following is the Stefan-
Boltzmann constant?
A. 5.57x10-7W/m2K4
B. 7.67x10-9W/m2K4
C. 4.78x10-10 W/m2K4
D. 5.67x10-8 W/m2K4
Answer: D. 5.67x10-8 W/m2K4

83. A body whose emissivity is less than
1 is known as a real body. What is the
other term for real body?
A. Gray body
B. White body
C. Black body
D. Theoretical body
Answer: A. Gray body

84. 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. White body
B. Black body
C. Gray body
D. Red hot body
Answer: B. Black body

85. 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. Linear
B. Exponential
C. Logarithmic
D. Trigonometric
Answer: C. Logarithmic
87. 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. Prandtl number
C. Nusselt number
D. Reynolds number
Answer: A. Biot number

88. It refers to the ratio of the rate of heat
transferred by conduction to the rate of
energy stored.
A. Reynolds number
B. Fourier number
C. Biot number
D. Prandtl number
Answer: B. Fourier number

89. A hot block is cooled by blowing cool
air over its 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. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Thermal
D. Convection
Answer: D. Convection
90. It is the term used to describe the
energy of a body that can be transmitted
in the form of heat.
A. Enthalpy
B. Thermal energy
C. Entropy
D. Internal energy
Answer: B. Thermal energy

equivalent heat transferred of a gas
undergoing isometric process?
A. Change in enthalpy
B. Change in entropy
C. Change in internal energy
D. Work nonflow
Answer: C. change in internal energy

92. What do you call a substance that is
able to absorb liquids or gases and is
usually is used for removing liquids (or
gases) from a given medium or region?
A. Absorbent
B. Liquefier
C. Adsorbent
D. Adhesive
Answer: A. absorbent
93. In which direction that heat is
transferred through conduction?
A. Increasing temperature
B. Decreasing temperature
C. Increasing and decreasing temperature
D. Constant temperature
Answer: B. Decreasing temperature

emissivity of white body?
A. Zero
B. 0.5
C. 1
D. 0<e<1
Answer: A. Zero
96. The mechanism of heat transfer in
which there is no medium (i.e. water, air,
solid concrete) required for the heat
energy travels is:
A. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Convection
D. Diffusion
Answer: B. Radiation
97. The temperature potential between
temperature at the two ends of a heat
exchanger are given by:
A. The logarithmic mean temperature
difference
B. The Stefan-Boltzmann law
C. Fourier's law
D. Kirchhoff law
Answer: A. The logarithmic mean temperature difference

98. Which of the following best describe
function of heat exchanger
system
B. Transfer heat from one fluid to another
C. Evaluate the total energy content of the flow
D. Exchanger heat to increase energy to the
flow
Answer: B. Transfer heat from one fluid to another

99. What refers to a form of energy
associated with the kinetic random
motion of large numbers of molecules
A. Heat
B. Heat of fusion
C. Entropy
D. Internal energy
Answer: A. Heat
100. How much is the part of light that is
absorbed by the body that transmits and
reflects 80% and 10% respectively?
A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 20%
D. 5%
Answer: A. 10%
101. 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 will decrease
C. The heat transfer coefficient remains
constant
D. None of the above
Answer: B. The heat transfer coefficient will decrease

102. How do you call a phenomenon
wherein the heat is transferred by motion
of fluid under the action of mechanical
device?
A. Forced convection
B. Natural convection
C. Forced conduction
D. Thermal radiation
Answer: A. Forced convection

103. In conduction heat transfer, what
happens to the heat transfer per unit time
when the thermal conductivity
decreases?
A. The heat flow will increase
B. The heat flow remains constant
C. The heat flow will decrease
D. The heat flow will partially increase and
then will decrease
Answer: C. the heat flow will partially increase and then will decrease
104. Which of the following is the driving
force in heat transfer?
A. Temperature gradient
B. Thickness gradient
C. Viscosity gradient
D. Dielectric gradient
Answer: A. temperature gradient

measure of the relative effectiveness of
momentum and energy transport by
diffusion in the velocity and thermal
boundary layer?
A. Nusselt’s number
B. Prandtl number
C. Reynold’s number
D. Dimensional number
Answer: B. Prandtl number

property of the solid that provides the
measure of the rate of heat transfer to the
energy storage?
A. Thermal efficiency
B. Thermal diffusivity
C. Thermal conductivity
D. Thermal radiography
Answer: B. Thermal diffusivity

107. 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 lower temperature as compared to the
other
C. One metal is of higher temperature as to the other
D. The thermal conductivity of one metal is high as
compared to the other
Answer: D. The thermal conductivity of one metal is high as compared to the other
108. In convection heat transfer, what
happens to the heat transfer coefficient if
the viscosity of the fluid decrease?
A. The heat transfer coefficient also increases
B. The heat transfer coefficient also decrease
C. The heat transfer coefficient remains constant
D. The heat transfer coefficient partially increase
Answer: A. The heat transfer coefficient also increase

109. 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. Radiation
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. Condensation
Answer: A. Radiation
110. 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. Black body
D. Transparent body
Answer: D. Transparent body

structure designed to prevent the spread
of fire having a fire resistance rating of
not less than four hours?
A. Fire escape
B. Fire exit
C. Fire shield
D. Fire wall
Answer: D. fire wall

112. Which of the following heat
exchanger device used to provide heat
transfer between the exhaust gases and
air prior to the entrance of a combustor?
A. Generator
B. Economizer
C. Condenser
D. Reheater
Answer: A. Generator
113. Which of the following transfer of
heat is involved in the changing of
boiling water (at 100oC) to vapor at the
same temperature?
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Evaporation
Answer: B. Convection
114. Which of the following is the science
of low temperatures?
A. Cryogenics
B. Thermo-kinetics
C. Thermodynamics
D. Economics
Answer: A. Cryogenics
115. Which of the following thermal state
of the body considered as reference to
communicate heat to the other bodies?
A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Internal energy
D. Entropy
Answer: A. Temperature
116. The true mean temperature
difference is also known as:
A. The average mean temperature difference
difference
C. The trigonometric mean temperature
difference
D. The exponential temperature difference
Answer: B. the logarithmic mean temperature difference

117. Which of the following can be a
geometric view factor of a gray body?
A. Greater than one
B. Less than one
C. Equal to one
D. Greater than zero but less than one
Answer: D. greater than zero but less than one

118. The heat transfer by conduction
occurs in which of the following?
A. Only in liquids
B. Only in solids
C. Only in liquids and gases
D. In solids, liquids and gases
Answer: D. In solids, liquids and gases

119. Which of the following reasons why
one gram of steam at 100oC causes more
serious burn than q gram of water at
100oC ?
A. Steam is lee dense than boiling water
B. The steam has higher specific heat
C. Steam contains more internal energy
D. Steam is everywhere thus it strikes greater
force
Answer: C. the steam has higher specific heat

120 what usually happens when vapor
condenses into liquid?
A. It absorbs heat
B. It rejects heat
C. Its temperature increase
D. Its temperature decrease
Answer: B. it rejects heat

121. Which of the following has the
highest thermal conductivity?
A. Mercury
B. Gasoline
C. Water
D. Alcohol
Answer: A. Mercury
requirement of the temperature of a body
for it to emit radiation?
A. Above zero Celsius
B. Above zero Kelvin
C. Above of the temperature of the
surroundings
D. High enough for it to glow
Answer: B. above zero Celsius

123. Which of the following is the color of
iron when it is heated to a highest
temperature?
A. White
B. Red
C. Orange
D. Yellow
Answer: A. White
124. Which of the following is the reason
why metals are good conductors?
A. Metals contain free electrons
B. Metals have atoms the frequently collide
one another
C. Metals have reflecting surfaces
D. Atoms in metals are very far to each
other
Answer: A. metals contain free electrons

125. The rate at which heat flows through
a slab of some material does not depend
on which of the following?
A. The thickness of the slab
B. The area of the slab
C. The temperature difference between two
faces
D. The specific heat of the material
Answer: D. The specific heat of the material

126. 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 by allowing molecules to
vibrate one to another
D. To transfer heat with or without a medium
Answer: D. To transfer heat with or without a medium

127. 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. The structure of Styrofoam is a very
unstable and heat cannot flow
D. Styrofoam structure is very dense
Answer: A. Because it contains many tiny pockets of air

128. What usually happens to the
surrounding when water vapor
condense?
A. It warms the surrounding
B. The surrounding temperature decreases
C. It neither warm nor cold the surrounding
D. The surroundings will be dehumidified
Answer: D. The surroundings will be dehumidified

129. The rate of radiation does not
depend on which of the following?
A. Temperature of the radiating body
B. The emissitivity of the radiation surface
C. The area of the radiating body
D. The thickness of the radiating body
Answer: D. The thickness of the radiating body

130. Which of the following is not a good
conductor of heat?
A. Metals
B. Rocks
C. Glass
D. Asbestos
Answer: D. Asbestos
131.Which of the following is not a unit of
the rate of heat transfer?
A. Watt
B. Btu per hour
C. Cal/s
D. Btu/Hp-hr
Answer: D. Btu/Hp-hr
132.The thermal conductivity does not
depend on which of the following?
A. Chemical composition
B. Physical state of texture
C. Temperature or pressure
D. Gravitational pull
Answer: D. Gravitational pull

135. For pure metals, what happens to
the thermal conductivity if the
temperature is extremely high?
A. Approaches infinity
B. Decreases except for ferrous metals
C. Almost constant expect for
ferromagnetic materials
D. Increases except for steel
Answer: C. Almost constant expect for ferromagnetic materials

136. Which of the following liquids that
has the highest thermal conductivity?
A. Gasoline
B. Glycerin
C. Water
D. Alcohol
Answer: C. water
137. Which of the following is not a heat
exchanger?
A. Condenser
B. Boilers
C. Evaporation
D. Water hammer
Answer: D. water hammer

138. Which of the following heat
exchangers where fluid flow in the same
direction and both are of changing
temperature?
A. Parallel flow
B. Cross flow
C. Counter flow
D. Mixed flow
Answer: A. parallel flow

139. What happens to the thermal
conductivity of diatomic gases if the
temperature is increase?
A. The thermal conductivity will also increase
B. The thermal conductivity decreases
C. The thermal conductivity remains constant
D. The thermal conductivity partially increases
then decreases.
Answer: A. the thermal conductivity will also increase

140. What device is used to measure the
amount of infrared radiation in each
portion of a person’s skin that is
emitted?
A. Thermograph
B. Thermometer
C. Pyrometer
D. Potentiometer
Answer: A. thermograph

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1. One of the reasons for insulating

A. They may not break under pressure

Answer: D. Heat loss from the surface is minimized

Answer: B. Kirchhoff’s law

Answer: D. Optical pyrometer

A. Involve transfer energy

Answer: B. Involve temperature difference between the bodies

Answer: B. A physical property of the material

Answer: D. All of the above

Answer: D. All of the above

Answer: D. Reynolds numbers

A. Continuous radiation from burning soot particles

Answer: D. All of the above

Answer: B. Kirchhoff’s law

A. Direct mixing of hot and cold fluids

Answer: C. Flow of hot and cold fluids alternately over a surface

Answer: A. Liquid metals

Answer: A. Dubring’s rule

A. Increase the pressure drop

Answer: D. Avoid deformation of tubes because of thermal expansion

A. One fluid which is exchanging with another fluid of

A. Parallel flow heat exchanger

Answer: C. Cross flow heat exchanger

Answer: C. Butyl acetate

Answer: C. Beta radiation

Answer: B. Thermal energy

Answer: C. Thermal energy

Answer: D. Kirchhoff’s law

Answer: D. Constant temperature

answer: D. Internal heat generation (e.g., chemical reaction)

Answer: D. Fourier's law

Answer: A. Newton’s law

Answer: D. Kirchhoff's law

Answer: D. Kirchhoff's law

A. The logarithmic mean temperature

Answer: A. The logarithmic mean temperature difference

Answer: B. Transfer heat from one fluid to another

A. Increase the water temperature entering the

Answer: D. Exchange heat to increase energy to the flow

A. Black body radiation

Answer: B. Black body

Answer: D. heat loss from the surface is minimized

Answer: A. Number of ions produce per mass of air x coulombs per kg

Answer: B. heat rays

A. Their temperature differences

Answer: A. below the triple point of water

Answer: A. It evolves heat

Answer: A. Gray body

Answer: B. absolute zero

Answer: C. decrease from pipe wall to insulated surface

Answer: D. 5.67x10-8 W/m2K4

Answer: A. Gray body

Answer: B. Black body

Answer: A. Biot number

Answer: B. Fourier number

Answer: B. Thermal energy

Answer: C. change in internal energy