Mechanic / Thermo Sample Questions

Fourth Class
1.

A four metre beam has a mass of 20kg per metre. It supports a distributed load of 50
kg and a concentrated load of 200 N. The distributed load is 0.5 m long and its left
edge is 1 m from the left end of the beam. The concentrated load is located 1m from
the right end of the beam. What are the values of the reactions at the ends of the
beam?
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B]
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D]
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2.

Calculate the work done in moving a 500kg machine 30 m using a 500 Newton
force.
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B]
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3.

630 watts
63 kilowatts
17.17 kilowatts
1717 watts
6.87 kilowatts

A 75 kg rock is teetering on the edge of a cliff 45 meters high. What potential

energy does it posses?
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B]
C]
D]
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250 kJ
250000 N
15.00 kJ
500 J
4500 kJ

A crate of mass 350 kg is winched 30 metres to the top of the boiler house. If this
takes 60 seconds, the power required is:
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B]
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D]
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4.

695.68N / 779.62N
333.94N / 356.56N
208.75N / 121.25N
664.25N / 809.88N
2047.44N / 1189.06N

33.11 kJ
3.34 kJ
735.75 kJ
73.58 kJ
75.94 kJ

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5.

When a body falls from a height, its potential energy is converted to:
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E]

6.

A 50 kg bomb is dropped from an airplane at 2000 meters altitude. What will be its
vertical velocity when it hits the ground?
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B]
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7.

9.17 cm
10.19 cm
9.17 cm
8.26 cm
40 cm

The Actual Mechanical advantage of the wheel and axle above is:
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B]
C]
D]
E]

9.

316 m/s
62 m/s
140 m/s
990 m/s
198 m/s

A wheel and axel is to be used to lift a 50kg load. If the maximum effort available is
60 N and the axle is 75 cm in diameters, what will the axle diameters have to be if
the machine is 90% efficient?
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B]
C]
D]
E]

8.

Power
Watts
Kinetic energy
Friction
M*g*h Joules

8.175
9.08
7.36
.53
1.88

What power is required to move a 600 kg crate 20 meters across a floor in 45

seconds if the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.41?
A]
246 watts
B]
11.15watts
C]
53.63 watts
4. 553.5 watts
E]
1073 watts

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10.

A hollow steel tube of square cross section, whose outside dimension is 10 cm on

side and 5 mm thick, is loaded with compressive forces of 120 kN. What is the
stress produced in the members?
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11.

Two strips of steel are bolted together by 5 bolts of 15 mm diameter and subjected to
tensile loads of 11.50 kN. What is the shear stress produced in the bolts.
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B]
C]
D]
E]

12.

117 kPa
117Gpa
23.4 kPa
1170 Gpa
11.7kPa

A steel bolt is to carry a shear force of 35 kN. Determine the minimum diameter of
bolt required if the allowable shear stress is the bolt is 125 Gpa.
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B]
C]
D]
E]

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0.0267 m/m
0.0167m/m
0.000625m/m
0.00267m/m
0.0333m/m

A strip of bronze 5 mm by 20 mm carries an axial tensile load of 30 kN. In a length

of 200 mm there is a deformation of 0.513 mm. Calculate the Modulus of Elasticity
of the bronze.
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B]
C]
D]
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14.

13.02 Mpa
13.015 kPa
65.08 Mpa
6508 Pa
460.82 kPa

A force of 75 kN is applied to a rod of 2 m in length. As a result the rod eleongates

by 1.25mm. What is the value of the strain produced?
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B]
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D]
E]

13.

12000kPa
63157.89 Pa
80.41 Mpa
220.0 Mpa
63.16 Mpa

18.9 mm
37.8 mm
75.5 mm
113.4 mm
9.45 mm

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15.

A steel bar of square cross section is to be designed to carry an impact type load
of 79 kN. What should the cross sectional dimensions be if the ultimate strength
of the steel is 700 Mpa?
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B]
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16.

Specific heat of water is:

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D]
E]

17.

Water
Ice
Steam
Superheated steam
Alcohol

If 2m of steel is heated to 1000oc from 200oC how much will it expand? The
coefficient of linear expansion for steel is 12 x10-6.
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B]
C]
D]
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MC (T1-T2)
MC (T2-T1)
MV (T1-T2)
PV (T2T1
MV (T1-T2)

2.135 kJ/kg/oC is the specific heat of:

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19.

4.2 kJ/kg/oC
4.2 J/kg/oC
2.04 kJ/kg/oC
1.99J/kg/oC
2.04.2 kg/g/oC

The formula used to calculate heat contained is:

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B]
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18.

29.27mmx 29.27mm
30.0mmx30.0mm
32.7mmx32.7mm
3.06cmx3.06cm
29.27cmx29.27mm

0.192
1.9x106
9.6x106
9.6x103
2.4x103

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20.

A tube sheet is heated from 200oc to 1400oC. Its initial diameter is 2m. What will
be the change in area? The coefficient of linear expansion is 12 x 10-6.
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B]
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21.

9.0 x 10 3
9.0 x 10 3
4.5 x 10 2
4.5 x 10 3
1.46 x 10 3

A tank with a diameter of 3m and a length of 8m is heated from 20 oc to 40oC.

What is the new volume of the tank? The coefficient of linear expansion is 12 x
10-6.
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B]
C]
D]
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0.0015 m3
56.55 m3
56.66 m3
56.59 m3
0.041 m3

22.

Calculate the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water from 0 oC to

its saturation temperature at 300 kPa.
561.2 kJ/kg

23.

How much heat is required to produce 5 kg of steam at 800 kPa from water at
0oC.
13843.2kJ

24.

A temperature device that uses EMF generated by dissimilar wires to produce an

output signal proportional to a temperature being sensed is:
A]
B]
C]
D]
E]
A]

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Glass thermometer
Resistance thermometer
Optical pyrometer
Thermocouple
Bi-metal thermomter

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Definitions:
Enthalpy:

The amount of heat or internal energy contained in a unit mass of

substance.

In Steam Tables:
Total enthalpy = sensible heat + dryness fraction x latent heat
Where:
Total enthalpy
= total heat content
= hg
Sensible heat
= enthalpy of H20 at 0oC to saturation temp
= heat of fluid
= hf
Latent heat
= enthalpy saturated H2O to saturated steam
= heat of fluid to gas
= hfg
Dryness Fraction
= DF
Therefore:
Total enthalpy

= sensible heat +

hg
25.

1934.8 kJ
16769.2 kJ
21799.8 kJ
16114.0 kJ
18957.6 kJ

How much heat must be added to 2kg of water at 30 oc to produce dry saturated
steam at 250 kPa?
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B]
C]
D]
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hf + DF x hfg

A boiler will generate 1600 kPa steam at .85% dry from feedwater at 77 oC. How
much heat will be required to produce 10kg of steam.
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B]
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D]
E]

26.

dryness fraction x latent heat

2715 kJ
718 kJ
127 kJ
5430 kJ
5178 kJ

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27.

How much heat will be required to produce 2 kg of water at 40 oC from ice at

10oC?
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28.

How much latent heat is required to produce 2 kg of dry saturated steam at 200
kPa from water at saturation temperature at the corresponding pressure?
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B]
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D]
E]

29.

238oC
234oC
100oC
134oC
230oC

A boiler generates 3000 kPa steam at 90% dry, when the feedwater enters at
100oC. Find the heat in the feedwater.
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B]
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126 kJ
2726 kJ
8169 kJ
7796 kJ
6589 kJ

A boiler generates 300 kPa 90% dry steam. The feedwater enters at 100 oC. find
the temperature of wet steam.
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B]
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D]
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31.

2750 kJ
4400 kJ
5500 kJ
335 kJ
1508 kJ

How much heat will be required to change 3 kg of water at 30 oC to dry saturated

steam at 300 kPa?
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B]
C]
D]
E]

30.

711 kJ
1048 kJ
168 kJ
330 kJ
335 kJ

419 kJ/kg
419 J/kg
1794 kJ/kg
1794 J/kg
801 kJ/kg

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32.

A boiler generates 3000 kPa steam at 90% dry, when the feedwater enters at
100oC. Find the Latent heat contained in the steam.
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B]
C]
D]
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33.

2520 kJ/kg
3081 kJ/kg
1793 kJ/kg
1615.5 kJ/kg
2308 kJ/kg

A boiler generates 3000 kPa steam at 90% dry, when the feedwater enters at
100oC. Find the heat added in the boiler..
A]
B]
D]
E]

2382 kJ/kg
1374 kJ/kg
3. 2205 kJ/kg
1195 kJ/kg
3221 kJ/kg

34.

Find the load on the safety valve 50mm in diameter when the steam pressure is
1225 kPa per square cm.
2405 N

35.

What will be the blowing off pressure of a 76.2 mm diameter safety valve, if the
compression on the spring is 5120 N.
1138 kPa

36.

A safety valve spring exerts a total load of 8918 N on the back of the safety valve.
The outside diameter of the valve at the seat is 88.9 mm. The throat diameter of
the valve is 73.66 mm. At what pressure will ;the valve lift?
1454
or possibly1640 kPA

37.

A safety valve spring is 30.48 cm long. It takes a force of 185.76 N to compress

the spring 25.4 mm. What would be the compression on this spring if the boiler
pressure were 875 kPa and the valve area were 0.000645 m2.
564N

38.

What load can be lifted on the end of a lever 381 mm long, if a man exerts a force
of 713 N at one end and the pivot point is 10.16 cm
200 kg

39.

A lever 183 cm long has a load at one end and a pivot pin at a distance of 152.4
mm from the load. A person exerts a force of 847 N at the other end to balance
the load. What is the value of the load.
950 kg

40.

A reciprocating pump water end has a 22.39 cm bore and a stroke of 30.48 cm.
During the length of the stroke an output pressure of 689.5 kPa is maintained.
Calculate the work done per stroke.
8625.6 J

41.

The delivery pressure from the water end of a reciprocating pump is 1586 kPa.
The bore and stroke is 15.3 and 30.4 cm respectively. When 200 strokes are made
per minute, find th power expended in pumping the water.
29.4 kw

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42.

How much work is done when 227 m3 of water are pumped from a lake to a tank
57.9 m above the lake? If it takes 10 hours to do this, what power is required?
3.59kW

43.

Find the work done in pumping 227kl through a condeser located 57.9 meters
above the mean tide level. If the condenser requires this amount of cooling water
in a ten hour period, what is the horse power exerted. Assume a cubic foot of sea
water weighs 64 lbs.
4.9 hp

44.

A pump delivers 4540 l of feed water into a boiler at a pressure of 1260kPa in 17

minutes. The efficiency of the pump is 69%. Find the power required to drive the
pump.
7.9939kW.

45.

What is the volume of a cube 12 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm with a hole 50.8 in diameter

drilled right through its centre?

46.

A cylindrical tank is 5m diameter and 10m long. If the tank is filled with a fuel
oil having a relative density of .85, find the mass of the oil in Tonnes.
166.89

47.

A simply supported beam is 3 m long and has a force of 6 newtons acting at 1 m

from the left hand support. Find the load on the right hand support.

48.

A column of water 1 meter high will create a pressure of:

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B]
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D]

49.

A mass = 10 kg at a height of 10 m possesses _____ of potential energy.

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B]
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50.

1 Newton
1 kilogram
9.8 kPa
1 kPa

1000kPa
981 Nm
1 Tonne
100 Nm

1 kg of dry and saturated steam at 275 kPa occupies a volume of _______ m3

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B]
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D]

1.0703
0.6573
548.89
657.3

51.

Calculate the enthalpy of 1 kg of steam at 700kPa with a quality of .95 dry.

52.

Find the Sensible heat required to raise 15 kg of water from 10oC to 90oC.

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53.

A 12cm pulley has a speed of 2000 rpm and is driven by a larger pulley having a
diameter of 18cm. What is the speed of the larger pulley?
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B]
C]
D]

1333
3000
111
2400

54.

A boiler produces steam at 1150 kPa from feedwater at a temperature =830C. If

the steam is 5% wet, how much heat is added by the boiler to each kg of steam?
2334.47

55.

Using the steam tables find the following:

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.

56.

A steel rod is 8m long and is subjected to a tensile stress of 9000kPa. If the

modulus of elasticity E is 200 x106 kPa calculate:
i.
ii.

57.

The saturation temperature of steam at 950 kPa

The latent heat of 1kg of dry saturated steam at 800 kPa
The total enthalpy of 1 kg of dry saturated steam at 375 kPa
The latent heat of 1 kg of .9 dry steam at 250 kPa
The pressure of steam having a saturation temperature of 220oC
The enthalpy of saturated water at a pressure of 300 kPa

The strain produced in the material

The amount of elongation produced.

A boiler contains 7000 litres of water at 83oC operates at 1750 kPa absolute.
Calculate the heat required to raise the water to the saturation temperature at the
operating pressure of the boiler.

The above boiler is 86% efficent and produces 2500kg of steam per hour by burning natural gas
with a heating value of 37,000 kJ / m3. How many cubic meters of gas will be burned per hour,
if feedwater enters the boiler at 85oC and the boiler operates at 17500 kPa absolute.
Using the above boiler operating conditions determine the following:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

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The boiler gage pressure

The saturation temperature of the boiler water
The sensible heat per kg in the boiler water
The total enthalpy of one kg of steam
The latent heat per kg of steam.

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