Heat Transfer Basics Mcqs
This set of Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “ Heat Transfer ”. These Mcqs are chosen from a collection of most authoritative and best reference books on Chemical Engineering. Our aim is to prepare an individual for competitive exams like NTS, GAT, ECAT, University and College entrance exams, Jobs and interviews. One should practice our MCQS to assimilate Heat Transfer comprehensively.
2. Which of the following is a form of energy?
Pressure
Momentum
Light
Power
3. When heats is transferred by a chain of molecules from the hot area of an object to a colder area the process of heat transfer is called
Natural convection
Forced convection
Conduction
Radiation
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4. Heat transfer by conduction is described to
Fouriers law
Newtons law of cooling
Stefan Boltzmann law
Ficks law
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5. Heat transfer by conduction is directly proportional to
(thermal potential difference)/(thermal resistance)
(thermal resistance)/(thermal potential difference)
(thermal potential difference)(thermal resistance)
Thermal resistance
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6. Whenever there is a temperature difference
Heat will be transferred from hotter object to colder object
Heat will be transferred from colder object to hotter object
Heat will not be transferred
None of these answers
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7. The units of thermal conductivity in SI unit are
W/(m.K)
J/(m.K)
W/(m2.K)
J/(m2.K)
8. The thermal conductivity of a gas
Decreases with increasing temperature
Increases with increasing temperature
Is independent of temperature and pressure
Is greater than the thermal conductivity of water at the same temperature
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9. The thermal conductivity of water
Remains unaffected with change in temperature
Decreases with increase in temperature upto about 300?F
Increases with increase in temperature upto about 300?F
Is less than the thermal conductivity of air at the same temperature
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10. If ks kl and kg are the thermal conductivities of aluminium water and air at the same temperature then
Ks > kl > kg
Kg > kl > ks
Ks > kg > kl
Kl > ks > kg
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11. Thermal conductivity is maximum for
Coke
Gasoline
Steel
Air
12. Thermal conductivity is minimum for
Asphalt
Water
Petroleum coke
Air
13. Heat transfer by conduction depends upon
Temperature difference and thermal conductivity only
Temperature difference and area only
Temperature difference and thickness only
Temperature difference thermal conductivity area and thickness
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14. Which one of the four factors would cause heat transfer rate by conduction to decrease if the value of that factor were increased?
Temperature difference
Thermal conductivity
Area
Thickness
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15. A sphere a cube and a thin circular plate all made of the same material and having the same mass are initially heated to a temperature 300?C. Which of these objects will cool slowest when left in air at room temperature ?
Sphere
Cube
Circular plate
All will cool at the same rate