Ungraded Assessment Questions for Basic Principles and Law of Conservation (Mass and

Energy)
Instructions: AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE, please answer the following question below to assess
your learning from our concluded discussions. You can answer the questions thru the attached
answer sheet and you may opt to have your notes as a guide during solving. PLEASE AVOID
COPYING OTHERS WORK.

1. What is the most probably the value of standard atmospheric pressure at sea
level? a. 764mmHg b. 29.92in-Hg c. 1.038kg/cm2 d. 14.6psi

2. A stone is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 10m/s in a diving cliff 25m
above the water level. Determine the velocity of the stone as it hits the water.
a. 23.0573m/s b. 24.7006m/s c. 24.3002m/s d. 25.0946m/s

3. An electric kettle was used to heat a 1kg of ice at freezing point. Determine the heat needed (kJ)
just to bring the temperature of the water to its boiling point.
a. 875.123kJ b. 753.7kJ c. 795.57kJ d. 833.253kJ

4. Estimate the Specific Gravity of a solid log having a mass of 200kg, an square cross sectional
side of 20cm and a length of 10m.
a. 0.4339 b. 0.4132 c. 0.2959 d. 0.3944

5. The barometer of a mountain hiker reads 14.7psi at the beginning of a hiking trip and 12.8psi at
the end. Neglecting the effect of altitude on local gravitational acceleration, determine the vertical
distance climbed. Assume an average air density of 1.20 kg/m3.
a. 1112.5067m b. 1229.6126m c. 1250.4535m d. 1190.9081m

6. Ice at -200C has been brought to an insulated container containing 2kg of commercial tungsten
having an specific heat of 138J/kg-K and a temperature of 780C. If equilibrium was attained at
250C, determine the mass of the ice placed in the container.
a. 30.3779grams b. 29.6058grams c. 31.1184grams d. 29.9868grams

7. One (1) statute mile is equivalent to:

a. 73,360in. b. 1962yards c. 1609.7561m d. 5580ft

8. Convert one (1) US gallon in ft3.

a. 230.8219 b. 0.0038 c. 3782.4936 d. 0.1336

9. Compute the probable density of a fluid inside a floating spherical balloon having a 2m
diameter if the tension in the balloon’s tie rope is observed to be 2kgf. Assume that the density of
air is 1.20kg/m3.
a. 0.7225kg/m3 b. 0.6225kg/m3c. 0.7025kg/m3 d. 0.5848kg/m3 10. A piece of unknown material
has an intricate shape and weighs 126g in free air and 83g when submerged into water. What is
the relative density of the piece?
a. 3.3243 b. 2.9302 c. 3.5143 d. 3.3158

11. Is a working substance whose chemical composition remains but ‘assumed’ that there is no
change of phase all throughout the working process of such substance.
a. Surroundings b. Working Substance c. Ideal gas d. Pure Substance

12. The acceleration of gravity is given as a function of elevation above sea level by the relation
g=9.81 - 3.32 X 10-6 h (m/s 2) with ‘h’ measured in meters. What is the weight of an airplane at
10,000ft elevation when its weight at sea level is 40 kN?
a. 39.9583kN b. 39.9584kN c. 39.9587kN d. 39.9522kN

13. How many kilojoules in one (1) BTU?

a. 778 b. 2.11 c. 0.2520 d. 1.055

14. A 2.5-m3rigid tank initially contains air whose density is 1.18 kg/m 3. The tank is connected to
a high-pressure supply line through a valve. The valve is opened, and air is allowed to enter the
tank until the density in the tank rises to 5.30 kg/m3. Determine the mass of air that has entered the
tank in lb.
a. 25.4678lb b. 25.3399lb c. 26.4865lb d. 22.7115lb

15. Three (3) adjacent bodies whose initial temperatures are 1500F, 3500F and 600F have specific
heats of 2lb-ft/lb 0R, 4lb-ft/lb 0R and 3.2lb-ft/lb 0R respectively. They are all placed inside a closed
adiabatic (perfectly insulated) container until the equilibrium condition. If the first two (2) objects
have a masses of 5lb, 3lb respectively, determine the mass of the 3 rd body if the equilibrium
temperature is attained at 87.50F
a. 39.2208lb b. 41.4787lb c. 42.8977lb d. 39.7227lb

16. A crystal of a chemical sodium weighs 6.43g in air and 2.83g when immersed in a fluid
having a specific gravity of 0.880. What is the density of this element?
a. 1.5718g/cm3 b. 1.5623g/cm3c. 1.5321g/cm3 d. 1.5410g/cm3

17. A 220-volt electrical heater is used to warm 6Li/hr of water from 25 0C to 980C. Assume heat
conversion loss of 23% of the total heat supplied, how much current in amperes must be supplied
to this heater.
a. 3.0072Amps b. 2.9957Amps c. 2.8012Amps d. 3.2160Amps

18. An escalator in a shopping center is designed to move 50people, 50kg each, at a constant
speed of 2 ft/s at 300slope. Determine the minimum power input needed to drive this escalator. a.
7.4771kW b. 21.4435kW c. 8.5774kW d. 19.8114kW

19. An electric stove having a rating of 3kW is use to boil a 10Li of tap water (Initially at 200C
and whose density at this temperature is 1020kg/m3). If useful energy is around 72% of the total
energy supplied by the stove. Determine how long would it take to vaporized all the water in the
pan. a. 3.2hours b. 3.4hours c. 3.3hours d. 3.5hours

20. What is the most probable value of universal gas constant?

a. 8.3142kJ/kmol-K b. 1548lb-ft/lbmol 0R c. 1545lb-ft/lb 0R d. 8.3195kJ/kmol-K

21. Convert 3hp in BTU/hr

a. 8,144BTU/hr b. 8,908BTU/hr c. 7,635BTU/hr d. 6,362.5BTU/hr

22. Covert 1Li in Fluid ounce (oz).

a. 57.4835fl. oz. b. 60.8649fl. oz. c. 40.5766fl. oz. d. 33.8138 fl. oz.

23. A sling shot was released in a vertical direction using a rubber band having an equivalent
spring constant of 2N/mm. If the deflection of the rubber band amounts to 10cm and the mass of
the stone is 21g, determine the maximum height (above the undeflected position of the sling) the
shot can reach.
a. 35.0506m b. 44.1703m c. 44.2203m d. 48.4413m
24. A 60kg seawater buoy having a volume of 6.3m3is to carry a load that is placed above the
loading pan of the buoy. Determine the maximum safe loading capacity of the buoy in order to
keep the load just above the water surface. The specific gravity of seawater is 1.28. a. 8644.0kg b.
7872.5kg c. 8004.0kg d. 7876.0kg

25. Calculate the vacuum pressure in kg/cm2if the absolute reading is 5psia. a.
0.6816kg/cm2 b. 0.6746kg/cm2c. 0.7027kg/cm2 d. 0.6324kg/cm3

26. Determine the pressure exerted on the surface of submarine cruising 175ft below the free
surface of the sea. Assume that the atmospheric pressure in the area is 14.7psi and the specific
gravity of sea water is 1.03.
a. 92.8083psia b. 111.7667psia c. 96.60psia d. 113.9853psia

27. A 65-kg woman wishes to walk on the muddy soil in able to cross her way but the mud cannot
withstand pressure greater than 0.45kPa. Determine the minimum area of shoe needed so that she
can walk safely above the mud.
a. 1.2523m2 b. 1.417m2c. 1.3567m2 d. 1.5182m2

28. Assuming that there are no heat effects and no frictional effects, find the kinetic energy of a
3520lb body after it falls 178ft from rest.
a. 573,160ft-lb b. 515,200ft-lb c. 626,560 ft-lb d. 557,060ft-lb

29. Determine the total energy required to accelerate a 1800-kg car from 10 to 60 km/h on an
uphill road with a vertical rise of 40 m.
a. 935.3493kJ b. 949.3756kJ c. 1,055.3236kJ d. 1,052.2680kJ

30. A classroom type room with 45students taking an exam in thermodynamics is expected to
release a body heat of about 8kJ/hr per person. In order to compensate this heat dissipation, an air
conditioning unit is to be installed. If specific heat capacity and density of air is 1.0062kJ/kg-K
and 1.2kg/m3, determine the volume of air flow required in examination room if the air is to be
cooled down from 290C to 200C.
a. 8.5177Li/s b. 9.1262Li/s c. 9.2022Li/s d. 9.0501Li/s

31. 1 Boiler hp is equal to:

a. 35,322kJ/hr b. 32,322kJ/hr c. 35,822kJ/hr d. 35,372kJ/hr

32. Three liquid substances of the same mass and have an S.G. of 1.50, 0.885 and 1.2 were being
mixed to form a new compound. Estimate the resulting density.
a. 1.1407g/cm3 b. 1.1121g/cm3 c. 1.1454g/cm3 d. 1.2232g/cm3

33. A 200kg box is laid down to a rough flat surface whose coefficient of friction is 0.39.
Determine the horizontal force needed to accelerate the box at the surface at the rate of 2.5m/s2. a.
1.2610kN b. 1.1463kN c. 1.2652kN d. 1.2052kN

34. Determine water jet velocity at the bottom hole of the tank if the column of water inside the
tank is 100ft.
a. 76.1315ft/s b. 74.4204ft/s c. 78.6282ft/s d. 80.2496ft/s
35. At 45° latitudes, the gravitational acceleration as a function of elevation ‘z’ above sea level is
given g = a - bz, where a = 9.807 m/s2and b = 3.32 x 10-6 m/s-2. Determine the height above sea
level in meters where the weight of an object will decrease by 0.3 percent. a. 9,756.0248m b.
9,146.2733m c. 8,861.7470m d. 8,870.7831m
36. Steam enters a turbine with an enthalpy of 1292Btu/lb and leaves with an enthalpy of 1098
Btu/lb. The transferred heat is 13 Btu/lb. what is the work in hp for a flow of 2 lb/sec? a.
1,280.1636hp b. 1,350.8909hp c. 1,315.5273hp d. 512.0655hp

37. What is the most probable equivalent of 1hp?

a. 550ft-lb/s b. 0.756kW c. 567BTU/hr d. 0.675Mhp

38. The known value for the universal Gas Constant in metric unit is?
a. 778ft-lb/lbmol 0R b. 8.3145kJ/kmol-K c. 1545ft-lb/lbmol 0R d. 1245ft-lb/lbmol 0R

39. The mass of fluid is 0.311slug, its density is 30lb/ft3and g = 32.2 ft/s2. Find the total volume
of the fluid.
a. 698.7859in3 b. 524.0894in3c. 576.8179in3 d. 688.1011in3

40. A 100g of water is mixed to 150g of alcohol (ρ = 0.79 g

3
cm ). Calculate the resulting density
of the solution assuming that it is mixed completely.
a. 0.8407g/cm3 b. 0.8379g/cm3c. 0.8624g/cm3 d. 0.8153g/cm3

41. Supposed that you eat Skyflakes Cracker having a food calorific value of 120kcal and 18% of
this energy was converted into useful body work. If you are weighing 65kg, how high uphill can
you walk neglecting other energy loss during the activity?
a. 181.7382m b. 189.3105m c. 173.3503m d. 141.8320m

42. Determine the average velocity of a water flowing inside a 2in diameter pipe having a mass
flow rate of 5lb/s.
a. 2.3506ft/s b. 2.0153ft/s c. 3.6728ft/s d. 1.6122ft/s

43. A 30ft x 5ft diameter storage tank containing water at its maximum level is being drained by a
drain valve located at the bottom of the tank. It was seen that the velocity of exit water changes as
the height of the water level in the tank. At the instant the water level is at 10ft from the bottom of
the tank, determine the instantaneous time required to empty the tank if the drain pipe diameter is
25mm.
a. 24.7184mins. b. 25.7277mins. c. 22.5647mins. d. 24.4060mins.

44. Determine the minimum power required for a hoist crane that will lift a 20metric tons of load
at the speed of 0.5m/s
a. 117.72kW b. 86.33kW c. 129.49kW d. 98.10kW

45. Is a thermodynamic property of a certain substance which does not depend the mass. a.
Extensive Property b. Density c. Intensive Property d. Specific Volume

46. Determine the absolute pressure required to lift the column of water from 2m depth. Assume
atmospheric condition of 101,325Pa and density of water at 1000kg/m3.
a. 81,705Pa b. 52,275Pa c. 49,803Pa d. 50,313Pa
47. Determine the absolute pressure required to push the column of water to 2m height. Assume
atmospheric condition of 101,325Pa and density of water at 1000kg/m3.
a. 152,847Pa b. 120,945Pa c. 150,375Pa d. 152,337Pa

48. Compute the absolute pressure in kPa underneath the surface of the seawater which is 200m
below the surface assuming that the density of seawater is 1200kg/m3. Let Patm = 101.325kPa a.
2494.965kPa b. 2475.345kPa c. 2455.725kPa d. 2734.329kPa

49. Assuming that the density of air is constant at 1.22kg/m3, determine the height of air to
represent the normal barometric pressure of 101.325kPa
a. 8466.1854m b. 8132.8710m c. 9653.0338m d. 9475.9139m

50. A bullet with a mass of 25grams and a velocity 2000m/s has been brought to rest by a
bulletproof vest having a mass of 3kg and an specific heat of 2.02kJ/kg-K. Treating the bodies as
a system and neglecting any energy loss, determine the change in temperature of the bulletproof
vest right after the scenario.
a. 8.25080C b. 7.26070C c. 4.15840C d. 4.35640C

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