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				This section includes 12 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Heat Transfer knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | A mercury thermometer with bulb idealized as a sphere of 1 mm radius is used for measuring the temperature of fluid whose temperature is varying at a fast rate. For mercury If the time for the temperature change of the fluid is 3 second, what should be the radius of thermocouple to read the temperature of the fluid?For the thermocouple materialk = 100 W/m Kα = 0.0012 m2/sh = 18 W/m2 K | 
| A. | .864 mm | 
| B. | .764 mm | 
| C. | .664 mm | 
| D. | .564 mmView Answer | 
| Answer» B. .764 mm | |
| 2. | An iron billet (k = 65 W/m K) measuring 20 * 15 * 80 cm is exposed to a convective flow resulting in convection coefficient of 11.5 W/m2 K. Determine the Biot number | 
| A. | 0.02376 | 
| B. | 0.008974 | 
| C. | 0.004563 | 
| D. | 0.006846 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | “Thermal radiation suffers no attenuation in a vacuum”. | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 4. | A low value of time constant can be achieved for a thermocouple by(i) Increasing the wire diameter(ii) Increasing the value heat transfer coefficient(iii) Use light metals of low density and low specific heat | 
| A. | ii and iii | 
| B. | i and iii | 
| C. | i and ii | 
| D. | i, ii and iii | 
| Answer» B. i and iii | |
| 5. | A thermocouple junction of spherical form is to be used to measure the temperature of the gas stream. The junction is at 20 degree Celsius and is placed in a gas stream which is at 200 degree Celsius. Make calculations for junction diameter needed for the thermocouple to have thermal time constant of one second. Assume the thermos-physical properties as given belowk = 20 W/ m Kh = 350 W/m2 Kc = 0.4 k J/kg Kp = 8000 kg/m3 | 
| A. | 0.556 mm | 
| B. | 0.656 mm | 
| C. | 0.756 mm | 
| D. | 0.856 mm | 
| Answer» C. 0.756 mm | |
| 6. | An iron billet (k = 65 W/m K) measuring 20 * 15 * 80 cm is exposed to a convective flow resulting in convection coefficient of 11.5 W/m2 K. Determine the Biot numbe? | 
| A. | 0.02376 | 
| B. | 0.008974 | 
| C. | 0.004563 | 
| D. | 0.006846 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. | The lumped parameter solution for transient conduction can be conveniently stated as | 
| A. | t – t <sub>a</sub>/t<sub> I</sub> – t<sub> a</sub> = 2 exponential (- B <sub>I</sub> F<sub> 0</sub>) | 
| B. | t – t <sub>a</sub>/t<sub> I</sub> – t<sub> a</sub> = exponential (- B <sub>I</sub> F<sub> 0</sub>) | 
| C. | t – t <sub>a</sub>/t<sub> I</sub> – t<sub> a</sub> = 3 exponential (- B <sub>I</sub> F<sub> 0</sub>) | 
| D. | t – t <sub>a</sub>/t<sub> I</sub> – t<sub> a</sub> = 6 exponential (- B <sub>I</sub> F<sub> 0</sub>) | 
| Answer» C. t ‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√ë‚àö¬® t <sub>a</sub>/t<sub> I</sub> ‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√ë‚àö¬® t<sub> a</sub> = 3 exponential (- B <sub>I</sub> F<sub> 0</sub>) | |
| 8. | How does the body temperature falls or rises with time? | 
| A. | Logarithmic | 
| B. | Parabolic | 
| C. | Linear | 
| D. | Exponentially | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. | “Thermal radiation suffers no attenuation in a vacuum”.$ | 
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 10. | Which of the following has units of time constant? (Where, P is density, A is area, c is specific heat and V is volume) | 
| A. | p V/h A | 
| B. | p c/h A | 
| C. | p V c/h A | 
| D. | V c/h A | 
| Answer» D. V c/h A | |
| 11. | A low value of time constant can be achieved for a thermocouple by | 
| A. | Increasing the wire diameter | 
| B. | Increasing the value heat transfer coefficient | 
| C. | Use light metals of low density and low specific heat | 
| D. | ii and iii | 
| Answer» B. Increasing the value heat transfer coefficient | |
| 12. | The time constant of a thermocouple is the time taken to | 
| A. | Minimum time taken to record a temperature reading | 
| B. | Attain 50% of initial temperature difference | 
| C. | Attain the final value to be measured | 
| D. | Attain 63.2% of the value of the initial temperature difference | 
| Answer» E. | |