HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Objective Type Questions

1. Heat transfer takes place according to which law?

a) Newton’s second law of motion
b) First law of thermodynamics
c) Newton’s law of cooling
d) Second law of thermodynamics
2. Unit of the rate of heat transfer is
a) Watt
b) Pascal
c) Joule
d) Newton
3. Which of the following is an example of steady state heat transfer?
a) Electric bulb cools down by the surrounding atmosphere
b) Chilling effect of cold wind on a warm body
c) Boilers and turbines
d) Cooling of I.C engine
4. During a cold winter season, a person prefers to sit near a fire. Which of the following
modes of heat transfer provides him the maximum heat?
a) Convection and radiation together
b) Radiation will provide quick warmth
c) If it is near the fire, convection sounds good
d) Conduction from the fire
5. Convective heat transfer coefficient doesn’t depend on
a) Orientation of solid surface
b) Time
c) Surface area
d) Space
6. Heat transfer takes place in liquids and gases is essentially due to
a) Convection
b) Radiation
c) Conduction
d) Conduction as well as convection
7. The heat energy propagation due to conduction heat transfer will be minimum for
a) Copper
b) Air
c) Water
 d) Lead
8. The rate of heat transfer for a plane wall of homogenous material with constant thermal
conductivity is given by
a) Q = 2k/δ x
b) Q = 2kAδx
c) Q = kA (t1-t2)/δ
d) Q = 2kAx/ δ
9. On a heat transfer surface, fins are provided to
a) Pressure drop of the fluid should be minimized
b) Increase turbulence in flow for enhancing heat transfer
c) Surface area is maximum to promote the rate of heat transfer
d) Increase temperature gradient so as to enhance heat transfer
10. Radiation heat transfer is characterized by
a) Movement of discrete packets of energy as electromagnetic waves
b) Due to bulk fluid motion, there is a transport of energy
c) There is circulation of fluid by buoyancy effects
d) Thermal energy transfer as vibrational energy in the lattice structure of the material
11. Unit of thermal diffusivity is
a) m²/hr
b) m²/hr °c
c) kcal/m² hr
d) kcal/m. hr °c
12. The rate of energy transferred by convection to that by conduction is called
a) stanton number
b) nusselt number
c) biot number
d) peclet number
13. Thermal conductivity of wood depends on
a) moisture
b) density
c) temperature
d) all of the above
14. A designer chooses the values of fluid flow rates and specific heats in such a manner
that the heat capacities of the two fluids are equal. A hot fluid enters the counter flow
heat exchanger at 100°C and leaves at 60°C. A cold fluid enters the heat exchanger at
40°C. The mean temperature difference between the two fluids is
a) 20°c
b) 40°c
c) 60°c
d) 66.7°c
15. The unit of overall coefficient of heat transfer is
 a) w/m²k
b) w/m²
c) w/mk
d) w/m
16. The transfer of heat by molecular collision is smallest in
a) solids
b) liquids
c) gases
d) none of these
17. In a shell and tube heat exchanger, baffles are provided on the shell side to
a) improve heat transfer
b) provide support for tubes
c) prevent stagnation of shell side fluid
d) all of these
18. joule sec is the unit of
a) universal gas constant
b) kinematic viscosity
c) thermal conductivity
d) planck's constant
19. the value of prandtl number for air is about
a) 0.1
b) 0.3
c) 0.7
d) 1.7
20. The heat is transferred by conduction, convection and radiation in
a) melting of ice
b) boiler furnaces
c) condensation of steam in condenser
d) none of these
21. The value of the wave length for maximum emissive power is given by
a) kirchhoff's law
b) stefan's law
c) wine’s law
d) planck's law
22. Emissivity of a white polished body in comparison to a black body is
a) higher
b) lower
c) same
d) depends upon the shape of body
23. When absorptivity (α) = 1, reflectivity (ρ) = 0 and transmissivity (τ) = 0, then the body is
said to be a
 a) black body
b) grey body
c) opaque body
d) white body
24. A composite slab has two layers of different materials with thermal conductivities k₁ and
k₂. If each layer has the same thickness, then the equivalent thermal conductivity of the
slab will be
a) k₁ k₂
b) (k₁ + k₂)
c) (k₁ + k₂)/ k₁ k₂
d) 2 k₁ k₂/ (k₁ + k₂)
25. Depending on the radiating properties, body will be transparent when
(Where a = absorptivity, p = reflectivity, x = transmissivity)
(A) P = 0, x = 0 and a = 1
(B) P=1, x = 0, and a = 0
(C) P = 0, T= 1, and a = 0
(D) X = 0, a + p = 1
26. According to Stefan's law, the total radiation from a black body per second per unit area
is proportional to
(a) absolute temperature
(b) t²
(c) t⁵
(d) t
27. An electric cable of aluminium conductor (k = 240 W/mK) is to be insulated with rubber
(k = 0.15 W/mK). The cable is to be located in air (h = 6 W/m²). The critical thickness of
insulation will be
a) 25 mm
b) 40 mm
c) 160 mm
d) 800 mm
28. A cube at high temperature is immersed in a constant temperature bath. It loses heat
from its top, bottom and side surfaces with heat transfer coefficients of h₁, h₂ and h₃
respectively. The average heat transfer coefficient for the cube is
a) h₁ + h₂ + h₃
b) (h₁.h₂.h₃)1/3
c) 1/h₁ + 1/h₂ + 1/h₃
d) none of these
29. absorptivity of a body will be equal to its emissivity
a) at all temperatures
b) at one particular temperature
c) when system is under thermal equilibrium
 d) at critical temperature
30. Two plates spaced 150 mm apart are maintained at 1000°C and 70°C. The heat transfer
will take place mainly by
a) convection
b) radiation
c) forced convection
d) free convection
31. A perfect black body is one which
a) is black in colour
b) reflects all heat
c) transmits all heat radiations
d) absorbs heat radiations of all wave lengths falling on it
32. Thermal diffusivity is a
a)function of temperature
b)physical property of a substance
c.)dimensionless parameter
d)all of these
33. Thermal conductivity of water __________ with rise in temperature.
a)remains same
b)decreases
c)increases
d)may increase or decrease depending upon temperature
34. According to Newton's law of cooling, the heat transfer from a hot body to a cold body
is
a)directly proportional to the surface area
b)directly proportional to the difference of temperatures between the two bodies
)c.either (a) or (b)
d)both (a) and (b)
35. Mark the system where heat transfer is given by forced convection
a) Heat flow from a hot pavement to surrounding atmosphere
b) Heat exchange on the outside of cold and warm pipes
c) Chilling effect of cold wind on warm body
d) Fluid passing through the tubes of a condenser and other heat exchange equipment
36. The radiant heat transfer from a plate of 2.5 cm2 area at 1250 K to a very cold enclosure
is 5.0 W. Determine the emissivity of the plate at this temperature
a) 0.244
b) 0.144
c) 0.444
d) 0.344
37. The convective heat transfer coefficient in laminar flow over a flat plate
a) Decreases with increase in free stream velocity
 b) Increases if a denser fluid is used
c) Increases with distance
d) Increases if a higher viscosity fluid is used
38. In spite of large heat transfer coefficient in boiling liquids, fins are used advantageously
when the entire surface is exposed to
a) Nucleate boiling
b) Film boiling
c) Transition boiling
d) All modes of boiling
39. Which one is having highest value of overall heat transfer coefficient?
a) Steam
b) Steam condensers
c) Feed water heaters
d) Alcohol condensers
40. Energy strikes a vertical hemispherical plate with an intensity of 640 W/m2. The
absorptivity is thrice the transmissivity and twice the reflectivity. Determine the rate of
transmission
a) 236.74 W/m2
b) 116.37 W/m2
c) 187.87 W/m2
d) 456.09 W/m2
41. Which quantity can be neglected for gases?
a) Transmissivity
b) Reflectivity
c) Absorptivity
d) None can be neglected
42. Heat is closely related with
a) liquids
b) energy
c) temperature
d) entropy
43. Metals are good conductors of heat because
(a) their atoms collide frequently
(b) their atoms are relatively far apart
(c) they contain free electrons
(d) they have high density
44. The automobile radiator is a heat exchanger of
(a) parallel flow type
(b) counter flow type
(c) cross flow type
(d) regenerator type
45. The insulation ability of an insulator with the presence of moisture would
a) increase
b) decrease
c) remain unaffected
d) may increase/decrease depending on temperature and thickness of insulation
46. Which of the following is a case of steady state heat transfer
a) I.C. engine
b) air preheaters
c) heating of building in winter
d) None of the above
47. Cork is a good insulator because it has
a) free electrons
b) atoms colliding frequency
c) low density
d) porous body
48. Thermal conductivity of water at 20°C is of the order of
a) 0.1
b) 0.23
c) 0.42
d) 0.51
49. Temperature of steam at around 540°C can be measured by
a) thermometer
b) radiation pyrometer
c) thermistor
d) thermocouple
50. Moisture would find its way into insulation by vapour pressure unless it is prevented by
a) high thickness of insulation
b) high vapour pressure
c) less thermal conductivity insulator
d) a vapour seal