Complete Test Bank Basic Physics Chapter 11 2nd Edition

Introduction to Process Technology (NAPTA)

Chapter 11 Basic Physics

1) What tasks might a process technician perform that requires a firm understanding of physics?

A) Opening valves

B) Checking pressures

C) Monitoring fluid and gas flows

D) All of the above

Page Ref: 150

Objective: 11.1 Define the application of physics in the process industries

Blooms Level: Remember

2) What could happen if a process technician does not understand fluid flow principles?

A) An opening of a new path

B) Closing of the original path

C) A decrease in backflow pressure that could damage the pump

D) An increase in backflow pressure that could damage the pump

Page Ref: 150

Objective: 11.1 Define the application of physics in the process industries

Blooms Level: Understand

3) Which state of matter is a substance with a definite volume and a fixed shape?

A) Solids

B) Liquids

C) Gases

D) Plasma

Page Ref: 150

Objective: 11.2 Describe matter and the states of matter (liquid, gas, and solid)

Blooms Level: Understand

4) Which state of matter is a substance with definite mass but no definite shape?

A) Solids

B) Liquids

C) Gases

D) Plasma

Page Ref: 150

Objective: 11.2 Describe matter and the states of matter (liquid, gas, and solid)

Blooms Level: Understand

5) What is it called when a substance changes from one physical state to another?

A) Baume gravity

B) Friction

C) Phase change

D) Boiling point

Page Ref: 151

Objective: 11.2 Describe matter and the states of matter (liquid, gas, and solid)

Blooms Level: Understand

6) What term is used to describe a phase change of solid to liquid?

A) Melting

B) Sublimation

C) Deposition

D) Vaporization

Page Ref: 151

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Understand

7) What term is used to describe a phase change of liquid to vapor?

A) Melting

B) Sublimation

C) Deposition

D) Vaporization

Page Ref: 151

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Understand

8) What is the amount of matter in a body or object measured by its resistance to change in motion?

A) Atom

B) Mass

C) Weight

D) Density

Page Ref: 151

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Understand

9) What is the ratio of an object's mass to its volume?

A) Elasticity

B) Mass

C) Viscosity

D) Density

Page Ref: 152

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Understand

10) What happens if you blow up a balloon so much that it is permanently deformed?

A) Elastic limit

B) Viscosity limit

C) Density limit

D) Specific gravity

Page Ref: 153

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Apply

11) What happens to materials that are lighter than water?

A) They sink

B) They float

C) They hover above water

D) The properties of the substance change when water is added

Page Ref: 153

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Apply

12) What is the ratio of the density of a liquid or solid to the density of pure water?

A) Buoyancy

B) Baume gravity

C) Specific gravity

D) API gravity

Page Ref: 153

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Understand

13) What principle states that a solid object will float if its density is less than the fluid in which it is suspended?

A) Buoyancy

B) Boyle's Law

C) Charles' Law

D) Combined Law

Page Ref: 154

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Understand

14) Why do objects and people float better in salt water?

A) Salt water has a higher specific gravity

B) Salt water has a lower specific gravity

C) Salt water has a higher API gravity

D) Salt water has a lower API gravity

Page Ref: 154

Objective: 11.3 Define and provide examples of the following terms: mass, density, elasticity, viscosity, buoyancy, specific gravity, flow, evaporation, temperature, British thermal unit (BTU), calorie, velocity, friction, electricity, pressure, force, leverage

Blooms Level: Apply

15) What term describes the movement of fluids?

A) Flow

B) Velocity

C) Friction

D) Calorie

Page Ref: 154

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Understand

16) What happens to molecular movement as the temperature decreases?

A) Molecular movement increases

B) Molecular movement decreases

C) Molecular movement does not change

D) Molecular movement cannot be measured

Page Ref: 155

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Apply

17) What is the distance traveled over time or change in position over time?

A) Flow

B) Velocity

C) Friction

D) Calorie

Page Ref: 155

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Understand

18) In the simplest relationship between weight flow rate and fluid velocity, what happens to the velocity of fluid if the diameter of the pipe decreases?

A) Velocity will increase

B) Velocity will decrease

C) Velocity will not change

D) Velocity cannot be measured

Page Ref: 155

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Apply

19) What causes less friction, energy, and wear than sliding an object to produce friction?

A) Rolling an object

B) Bouncing an object

C) Rocking an object

D) Wobbling an object

Page Ref: 156

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Apply

20) What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

A) 100

B) 212

C) 373

D) 672

Page Ref: 156

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Understand

21) What is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius?

A) Calorie

B) Velocity

C) Temperature

D) British thermal unit (BTU)

Page Ref: 157

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Understand

22) What term describes the transfer of heat through matter via vibrational motion?

A) Conduction

B) Convection

C) Radiation

D) Calorie

Page Ref: 158

Objective: 11.5 Describe the three methods of BTU heat transfer: convection, conduction, radiation

Blooms Level: Understand

23) What type of heat results in a temperature change?

A) Specific heat

B) Sensible heat

C) Latent heat

D) Latent heat of fusion

Page Ref: 157

Objective: 11.4 Convert between scales using mass flow and temperature, which are commonly used in the process industry

Blooms Level: Understand

24) What term describes the transfer of heat through the circulation or movement of a liquid or a gas?

A) Conduction

B) Convection

C) Radiation

D) Calorie

Page Ref: 158

Objective: 11.5 Describe the three methods of BTU heat transfer: convection, conduction, radiation

Blooms Level: Understand

25) What term describes the transfer of heat energy through electromagnetic waves?

A) Conduction

B) Convection

C) Radiation

D) Calorie

Page Ref: 158

Objective: 11.5 Describe the three methods of BTU heat transfer: convection, conduction, radiation

Blooms Level: Understand

26) What is the energy that causes a change in the motion of an object?

A) Force

B) Pressure

C) Friction

D) Leverage

Page Ref: 158

Objective: 11.5 Describe the three methods of BTU heat transfer: convection, conduction, radiation

Blooms Level: Understand

27) What pressure does air exert at sea level?

A) 1 pound per square inch (psi)

B) 12.3 pounds per square inch (psi)

C) 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi)

D) 29.92 pounds per square inch (psi)

Page Ref: 159

Objective: 11.5 Describe the three methods of BTU heat transfer: convection, conduction, radiation

Blooms Level: Apply

28) What happens if a substance has low vapor pressure?

A) The boiling point will be low

B) The boiling point will be high

C) The evaporation speed will be low

D) The evaporation speed with be high

Page Ref: 160

Objective: 11.5 Describe the three methods of BTU heat transfer: convection, conduction, radiation

Blooms Level: Apply

29) What pressure measurement is any pressure below atmospheric pressure?

A) Vapor pressure

B) Gauge pressure (psig)

C) Absolute pressure (psia)

D) Vacuum pressure (psiv)

Page Ref: 160

Objective: 11.5 Describe the three methods of BTU heat transfer: convection, conduction, radiation

Blooms Level: Understand

30) If you double the absolute pressure of a gas sample, what happens to the volume?

A) The volume decreased by 50%

B) The volume increased by 50%

C) The volume remained the same

D) The volume decreased by 25%

Page Ref: 161

Objective: 11.6 Describe how Boyle's law explains the relationship between pressure and volume of gases

Blooms Level: Apply

31) What principle states that at a constant temperature, as the pressure of a gas increases, the volume decreases?

A) Boyle's Law

B) Charles' Law

C) Combined Law

D) Bernoulli's Principle

Page Ref: 161

Objective: 11.6 Describe how Boyle's law explains the relationship between pressure and volume of gases

Blooms Level: Understand

32) What happens to volume if you decrease the absolute pressure of a gas sample by 50%?

A) The volume decreased

B) The volume doubled

C) The volume remained the same

D) The volume decreased by 25%

Page Ref: 161

Objective: 11.6 Describe how Boyle's law explains the relationship between pressure and volume of gases

Blooms Level: Apply

33) Who was interested in the effect of temperature on a volume of gas?

A) Robert Boyle

B) John Dalton

C) Daniel Bernoulli

D) Jacques Alexander Cesar Charles

Page Ref: 161

Objective: 11.7 Describe how Charles' law explains the relationship between temperature and volume of gases

Blooms Level: Understand

34) What principle states that at a constant pressure the volume of a gas increases as the temperature of the gas increases?

A) Boyle's Law

B) Charles' Law

C) Combined Law

D) Bernoulli's Principle

Page Ref: 161

Objective: 11.7 Describe how Charles' law explains the relationship between temperature and volume of gases

Blooms Level: Understand

35) What constant did Charles' Law maintain?

A) Pressure

B) Temperature

C) Mass

D) Buoyancy

Page Ref: 161

Objective: 11.7 Describe how Charles' law explains the relationship between temperature and volume of gases

Blooms Level: Understand

36) Who discovered the relationship between gases when one or more were mixed together?

A) Robert Boyle

B) John Dalton

C) Daniel Bernoulli

D) Jacques Alexander Cesar Charles

Page Ref: 162

Objective: 11.8 Describe how Dalton's law explains the relationship between total and partial pressure of a gas

Blooms Level: Understand

37) What is the pressure that particular gas, contained in a mixture of gases, would have if it were alone in the container?

A) Vapor pressure

B) Gauge pressure

C) Partial pressure

D) Vacuum pressure

Page Ref: 162

Objective: 11.8 Describe how Dalton's law explains the relationship between total and partial pressure of a gas

Blooms Level: Understand

38) What principle states that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the individual partial pressures?

A) Boyle's Law

B) Charles' Law

C) Dalton's Law

D) Bernoulli's Principle

Page Ref: 162

Objective: 11.8 Describe how Dalton's law explains the relationship between total and partial pressure of a gas

Blooms Level: Understand

39) What law combines Boyle's Law and Charles' Law?

A) Bernoulli Principle

B) Dalton's Law

C) General Gas Law

D) Constant Law

Page Ref: 162

Objective: 11.9 Describe how the General (or Combined) Gas Law explains the relationships among temperature, pressure, and volume of gas

Blooms Level: Understand

40) What does the P stand for in the Combined Gas Law?

A) Pressure

B) Plasma

C) Phase Change

D) Temperature

Page Ref: 162

Objective: 11.9 Describe how the General (or Combined) Gas Law explains the relationships among temperature, pressure, and volume of gas

Blooms Level: Understand

41) What scale is the temperature measured in for the Combined Law?

A) Celsius

B) Fahrenheit

C) Kelvin

D) Rankine

Page Ref: 162

Objective: 11.9 Describe how the General (or Combined) Gas Law explains the relationships among temperature, pressure, and volume of gas

Blooms Level: Understand

42) Who formulated theories of fluid flow and aerodynamics?

A) Robert Boyle

B) John Dalton

C) Daniel Bernoulli

D) Jacques Alexander Cesar Charles

Page Ref: 163

Objective: 11.10 Describe how Bernoulli's law explains the flow of liquids and gases

Blooms Level: Understand

43) What principle states that as the speed of a fluid increases, the pressure inside decreases?

A) Boyle's Law

B) Charles' Law

C) Dalton's Law

D) Bernoulli's Principle

Page Ref: 163

Objective: 11.10 Describe how Bernoulli's law explains the flow of liquids and gases

Blooms Level: Understand

44) What happens to pressure as the speed of a fluid increases?

A) Pressure increases

B) Pressure decreases

C) Pressure does not change

D) Pressure cannot be measured

Page Ref: 163

Objective: 11.10 Describe how Bernoulli's law explains the flow of liquids and gases

Blooms Level: Understand