AP ECET MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
AP ECET Mechanical Engineering - Unit VII MCQs
AP ECET Mechanical Engineering - Unit VII MCQs
91. What is the property of steam that defines its ability to do work?
- a) Temperature
- b) Pressure
- c) Enthalpy
- d) Volume
Answer: c) Enthalpy
92. Which of the following is NOT a common type of boiler?
- a) Fire-tube boiler
- b) Water-tube boiler
- c) Shell-and-tube heat exchanger
- d) La-Mont boiler
Answer: c) Shell-and-tube heat exchanger
93. What is the primary function of a steam nozzle?
- a) To increase steam pressure
- b) To decrease steam pressure
- c) To increase the velocity of steam
- d) To reduce steam temperature
Answer: c) To increase the velocity of steam
94. The condition for maximum discharge in a steam nozzle occurs when:
- a) Steam velocity is minimum
- b) Steam velocity is maximum
- c) Pressure drop is maximum
- d) Velocity of approach is zero
Answer: b) Steam velocity is maximum
95. Which of the following is a characteristic of an impulse steam turbine?
- a) The rotor blades move in a tangential direction
- b) The steam expands through fixed nozzles only
- c) The steam expands in both fixed and moving blades
- d) It has high efficiency at low speeds
Answer: b) The steam expands through fixed nozzles only
96. What type of steam turbine is classified based on the expansion of steam?
- a) Impulse turbine
- b) Reaction turbine
- c) Axial flow turbine
- d) Both impulse and reaction turbines
Answer: d) Both impulse and reaction turbines
97. In a single-stage impulse turbine, the steam expands in:
- a) Moving blades
- b) Fixed blades
- c) Both moving and fixed blades
- d) No blades
Answer: b) Fixed blades
98. Which of the following velocity diagrams represents a reaction turbine?
- a) Inlet velocity = Exit velocity
- b) Inlet velocity > Exit velocity
- c) Inlet velocity < Exit velocity
- d) No change in velocity from inlet to exit
Answer: c) Inlet velocity < Exit velocity
99. The function of a steam condenser is to:
- a) Convert steam into water
- b) Increase steam pressure
- c) Decrease steam temperature
- d) Increase the steam velocity
Answer: a) Convert steam into water
100. In a steam condenser, the heat is rejected by:
- a) Air cooling
- b) Water cooling
- c) Radiation
- d) Evaporation
Answer: b) Water cooling
101. The performance of a boiler can be measured in terms of:
- a) Efficiency
- b) Output pressure
- c) Output temperature
- d) Heat content only
Answer: a) Efficiency
102. The main disadvantage of fire-tube boilers compared to water-tube boilers is:
- a) Lower efficiency
- b) Higher maintenance cost
- c) Limited steam generation capacity
- d) Larger physical size
Answer: c) Limited steam generation capacity
103. Which of the following factors affects the performance of a steam turbine?
- a) Steam pressure
- b) Steam temperature
- c) Blade design
- d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
104. In a steam nozzle, the mass flow rate is directly proportional to:
- a) The area of the nozzle
- b) The temperature of steam
- c) The velocity of steam
- d) The pressure of steam
Answer: a) The area of the nozzle
105. The efficiency of a reaction steam turbine depends on:
- a) The number of stages
- b) The condition of steam at entry and exit
- c) The speed of the turbine
- d) The design of fixed blades
Answer: b) The condition of steam at entry and exit
 
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