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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Solar Energy knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Solar heat industrial systems are used for desalination. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
Solar concentrators are used for temperatures beyond 500 degree Celsius. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 3. |
Solar air collectors transfer sun s thermal energy to air via ______ |
| A. | conduction |
| B. | convection |
| C. | Seebeck effect |
| D. | Peltier effect |
| Answer» B. convection | |
| 4. |
Active solar drying systems control _______ by fans. |
| A. | water flow rate |
| B. | food flow rate |
| C. | electricity |
| D. | air flow rate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which of the following groups are types of solar drying technology? |
| A. | Indirect, direct and active, photovoltaic |
| B. | Photovoltaic, direct and indirect, active |
| C. | Indirect, direct and active, passive |
| D. | Indirect, passive and active, direct |
| Answer» D. Indirect, passive and active, direct | |
| 6. |
Which of the following is an example of solar air heating/collection technology? |
| A. | Drying food using hair dryer |
| B. | Drying food under direct sun |
| C. | Heating the food in oven |
| D. | Grilling food in a barbeque |
| Answer» C. Heating the food in oven | |
| 7. |
What is a solar cooling technology? |
| A. | Sun s thermal energy is transferred to a heat transfer fluid which passes through a heat exchanger |
| B. | Sun s thermal energy is transferred to a heat transfer solid which passes through a heat exchanger |
| C. | Sun s nuclear energy is transferred to a heat transfer fluid which passes through a cold exchanger |
| D. | Sun s thermal energy is transferred to a heat transfer fluid which passes through a cold exchanger |
| Answer» B. Sun s thermal energy is transferred to a heat transfer solid which passes through a heat exchanger | |
| 8. |
Which of the following are types of solar concentrators? |
| A. | Solar air collectors |
| B. | Flat-plate collectors |
| C. | Parabolic flat plate collectors |
| D. | Linear Fresnel collectors |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Which application is best suited for a solar water system? |
| A. | Food industry |
| B. | Semiconductor industry |
| C. | Residential applications |
| D. | Liquid adsorption |
| Answer» D. Liquid adsorption | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is a conventional solar water system? |
| A. | Solar air collectors |
| B. | Flat-plate collectors |
| C. | Parabolic dish collectors |
| D. | Linear Fresnel collectors |
| Answer» C. Parabolic dish collectors | |
| 11. |
How does using a solar air collector benefit food processing industry? |
| A. | Reduce gas-or-oil-based drying and/or reduce food spoilage |
| B. | Reduce food spoilage and increase gas-or-oil base drying |
| C. | Increase food spoilage |
| D. | Increase gas-or-oil-based drying and/or increase food spoilage |
| Answer» B. Reduce food spoilage and increase gas-or-oil base drying | |
| 12. |
Which industry primarily uses solar air collectors? |
| A. | Industries manufacturing plastic |
| B. | Industries melting metals |
| C. | Semiconductor industry |
| D. | Food processing industry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
What solar thermal technologies are useful for industrial processes? |
| A. | Photovoltaics and solar air collectors |
| B. | Solar air collectors and geothermal energy |
| C. | Solar air collectors and solar water systems |
| D. | Geothermal and photovoltaics |
| Answer» D. Geothermal and photovoltaics | |
| 14. |
What is a solar heating system? |
| A. | A system which uses heat to generate sunlight |
| B. | A system which uses sunlight to generate heat |
| C. | A system which uses earth s heat to generate sunlight |
| D. | A system which uses earth s heat to generate electricity |
| Answer» C. A system which uses earth s heat to generate sunlight | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is/are applications of solar heating systems? |
| A. | Pasteurisation and drying |
| B. | Wetting |
| C. | Rainfall |
| D. | Battery and capacitor technology |
| Answer» B. Wetting | |