Explore topic-wise MCQs in Chemical Engineering.

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1.

What is added to the moist air in the combustion process?

A. Water
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Oxygen
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Carbon dioxide
2.

What is the work of drying process?

A. Decreases the moisture content
B. Vaporizes water
C. Increases the moisture content
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Vaporizes water
3.

What is the enthalpy change of 10oC system if the heat capacity of air at 20oC is 5 J/oC and heat capacity of water vapor at 20oC is 15 J/oC, enthalpy of vaporization is 10 J, and the humidity is 40%?

A. 58 J
B. 84 J
C. 114 J
D. 135 J
Answer» D. 135 J
4.

What is the temperature of the point of intersection of adiabatic cooling line and specific humid volume line?

A. Wet-bulb temperature
B. Dry-bulb temperature
C. Dew point temperature
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Dew point temperature
5.

What is the enthalpy change of the mixture if the enthalpy change of air is 10 J, enthalpy change of water vapor is 15 J, and the humidity is 40%?

A. 10 J
B. 12 J
C. 14 J
D. 16 J
Answer» E.
6.

What is the enthalpy change of 15oC system if the heat capacity of air at 20oC is 10 J/oC and heat capacity of water vapor at 20oC is 20 J/oC, enthalpy of vaporization is 20 J, and the humidity is 50%?

A. 50 J
B. 60 J
C. 80 J
D. 110 J
Answer» E.
7.

What is the work of the humidification process?

A. Vaporization
B. Freezing
C. Condensing
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Freezing
8.

What is the enthalpy change of 30oC system if the heat capacity of air at 38oC is 5 J/oC and heat capacity of water vapor at 38oC is 10 J/oC, enthalpy of vaporization is 10 J, and the humidity is 60%?

A. 14 J
B. 39 J
C. 65 J
D. 94 J
Answer» E.
9.

What is the enthalpy change of 20oC system if the heat capacity of air at 25oC is 5 J/oC and heat capacity of water vapor at 25oC is 10 J/oC, enthalpy of vaporization is 10 J, and the humidity is 20%?

A. 25 J
B. 37 J
C. 44 J
D. 51 J
Answer» C. 44 J
10.

In condensation, moist air is cooled below its which temperature?

A. Dew-point temperature
B. Dry-bulb temperature
C. Wet-bulb temperature
D. Saturation temperature
Answer» E.
11.

What is the specific humidity, if pressure of water is 2 atm and total pressure is 12 atm?

A. 0.2
B. 0.4
C. 0.5
D. 0.8
Answer» E.
12.

What is the humid volume of the system at 100oF with humidity 20%?

A. 18.6 ft3/lb
B. 22.4 ft3/lb
C. 26.5 ft3/lb
D. 29.4 ft3/lb
Answer» B. 22.4 ft3/lb
13.

What is the humid heat of a mixture of air (CP = 10 J) with water vapor (CP = 15 J), if the humidity is 40%?

A. 16 J
B. 20 J
C. 24 J
D. 32 J
Answer» B. 20 J
14.

What is the humid heat of a mixture of air (CP = 10 J) with water vapor (CP = 25 J), if the humidity is 20%?

A. 15 J
B. 20 J
C. 25 J
D. 30 J
Answer» B. 20 J
15.

What is the humid heat of a mixture of air (CP = 10 J) with water vapor (CP = 15 J), if the humidity is 60%?

A. 10 J
B. 14 J
C. 19 J
D. 23 J
Answer» D. 23 J
16.

Which of the following is the summation of a volume of 1 Kg of dry air and the water vapor in the air?

A. Humid volume
B. Partial volume
C. Dry volume
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Partial volume
17.

What is the computer code used in flow sheeting?

A. Process simulator
B. Process settler
C. Process developer
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Process settler
18.

Which of the following is not found in process simulators?

A. Heat exchangers
B. Compressors
C. Splitters
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» E.
19.

What are the number of equations associated with 4 process stream, if the number of species in the stream are 2?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 16
D. 24
Answer» D. 24
20.

What are the number of variables associated with a process stream, if the number of species in the stream are 5?

A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
Answer» E.
21.

What is the number of compositions associated with a process stream, if the number of species in the stream is 4?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» D. 4
22.

What are the number of equations associated with 3 process stream, if the number of species in the stream are 2?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 6
D. 12
Answer» E.
23.

What are the solution of appropriate process material and energy balances?

A. Flow sheeting
B. Flow processing
C. Flow Solving
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Flow processing
24.

What are the number of equations associated with 2 process stream, if the number of species in the stream are 3?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 10
Answer» E.
25.

What is the fundamental of the flow sheeting codes?

A. Calculation of mass balance
B. Calculation of momentum balance
C. Calculation of force balance
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Calculation of momentum balance
26.

Enthalpy of air is 15 J and enthalpy of water vapor is 20 J, if the total enthalpy of the system is 20 J, what is the humidity of the system?

A. 0.25
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 1
Answer» B. 0.5
27.

Enthalpy of air is 5 J and enthalpy of water vapor is 10 J, if the total enthalpy of the system is 25 J, what is the humidity of the system?

A. 0.5
B. 1
C. 1.5
D. 2
Answer» E.
28.

Enthalpy of air is 10 J and enthalpy of water vapor is 15 J, if the total enthalpy of the system is 25 J, what is the humidity of the system?

A. 0.2
B. 0.5
C. 1
D. 1.8
Answer» D. 1.8
29.

The humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 20oC is 40% and the humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 25oC is 25%, what is the slope of adiabatic cooling line?

A. 0.03
B. -0.03
C. 0.05
D. -0.05
Answer» C. 0.05
30.

Enthalpy of air is 15 J and enthalpy of water vapor is 20 J, if the total enthalpy of the system is 25 J, what is the humidity of the system?

A. 0.1
B. 0.5
C. 1
D. 2
Answer» C. 1
31.

Enthalpy of air is 20 J and enthalpy of water vapor is 6 J, if the total enthalpy of the system is 23 J, what is the humidity of the system?

A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.4
D. 0.5
Answer» E.
32.

In air conditioning process, what has to be done first to the moist air?

A. Heating
B. Cooling
C. Heating & Cooling
D. None of mentioned
Answer» B. Cooling
33.

The humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 23oC is 30% and the humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 28oC is 25%, what is the slope of adiabatic cooling line?

A. -0.01
B. -0.02
C. -0.03
D. -0.05
Answer» B. -0.02
34.

The humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 20oC is 10% and the humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 23oC is 4%, what is the slope of adiabatic cooling line?

A. -0.01
B. -0.02
C. -0.03
D. -0.05
Answer» C. -0.03
35.

The humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 20oC is 30% and the humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 22oC is 24%, what is the slope of adiabatic cooling line?

A. -0.01
B. -0.02
C. -0.03
D. -0.05
Answer» D. -0.05
36.

What are the number of degrees of freedom if the number of variables and number of equations are 15 and 10 respectively?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 25
Answer» B. 10
37.

What are the number of degrees of freedom if the number of variables and number of equations are 15 and 5 respectively?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
Answer» C. 15
38.

What are the number of degrees of freedom if the number of variables and number of equations are 18 and 7 respectively?

A. 7
B. 9
C. 11
D. 15
Answer» D. 15
39.

What are the number of compositions associated with a process stream, if the number of species in the stream are 2?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» B. 2
40.

What are the number of degrees of freedom if the number of variables and number of equations are 21 and 9 respectively?

A. 7
B. 9
C. 10
D. 12
Answer» E.
41.

Degrees of freedom calculation treat which kind of variables?

A. Intensive
B. Extensive
C. Both
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Extensive
42.

What are the number of variables associated with a process stream, if the number of species in the stream are 2?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» E.
43.

Which of the following cannot be treated as a variable for degrees of freedom calculation?

A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Volume
D. Work
Answer» D. Work
44.

The humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 20oC is 12% and the humidity at dry-bulb temperature of 23oC is 3%, what is the slope of adiabatic cooling line?

A. -0.01
B. -0.02
C. -0.03
D. -0.05
Answer» D. -0.05
45.

What are the number of degrees of freedom if the number of variables and number of equations are 10 and 8 respectively?

A. 2
B. 8
C. 10
D. 18
Answer» B. 8
46.

The input mass in a process simulator is 5 Kg, what will be the output mass?

A. 0
B. 5 Kg
C. 8 Kg
D. 10 Kg
Answer» C. 8 Kg
47.

The feed of a process simulator is 2 mole with enthalpy 4 J/mole, the heat input is 6 J, and the work performed is 10 J, what will be the product enthalpy if a mole of the product are 2?

A. 1 J/mole
B. 2 J/mole
C. 3 J/mole
D. 5 J/mole
Answer» C. 3 J/mole
48.

The feed of a process simulator is 5 mole with enthalpy 3 J/mole, the heat input is 15 J, and the work performed is 20 J, what will be the product enthalpy if a mole of the product are 2?

A. 1 J/mole
B. 2 J/mole
C. 3 J/mole
D. 5 J/mole
Answer» E.
49.

The input mass in a process simulator is 10 Kg, what will be the output mass?

A. 0
B. 5 Kg
C. 8 Kg
D. 10 Kg
Answer» E.
50.

The feed of a process simulator is 10 mole with enthalpy 2 J/mole, the heat input is 15 J, and the work performed is 10 J, what will be the product enthalpy if mole of the product are 5?

A. 2 J/mole
B. 3 J/mole
C. 4 J/mole
D. 5 J/mole
Answer» E.