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Unit 2 - Week 1: SI
Unit, Definitions & Concepts:

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outline Assignment-1
Due date for this assignment: 2017-08-06, 23:59 IST.
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1) Question 1 & 2 are linked 1 point
the portal

Week 1: SI Unit, A mass of 4 lb initially at rest is accelerated by a force of 5N for 4 seconds. Determine
Definitions & the acceleration (m/s2)
Concepts:
4.25
Lecture 01-
Thermodynamics 2.75
and its 3.25
Applications
4.75
Lecture 02 -
System and its 2) A
mass of 4 lb initially at rest is accelerated by a force of 5N for 4 seconds. 1 point
Surroundings Determine final kinetic energy (J)
Lecture 03-
110.17
Property of
System 150.15
180.25
Quiz :
Assignment-1 85.12

3) Question
3 & 4 are linked 1 point
3
A box having a volume of 0.30 m contains 2.25 kg of gas. What is the specific
volume (m3/kg) of the gas?
0.233
1.33
0.133
0.538

4) A box having a volume of 0.30 m3 contains 2.25 kg of gas. If 0.92 kg of 1 point

gas escapes, determine the final density (kg/m3) of the system.

5.37
1.68

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3.48
4.43

5) What is the absolute pressure (in bar) of the fluid in the chamber indicated 1 point
in the accompanying figure if atmospheric pressure Pa is 1.013 bar, Y2 = 0.9 m, Yl =
0.61 m, density of the manometer fluid is 0.0136 kg/cm3 and g = 9.81 m/s2

2.56
1.78
0.75
1.40

6) Which of the following is correct? 1 point

Absolute pressure = Gauge pressure + Atmospheric pressure

Gauge pressure = Absolute pressure + Atmospheric pressure
Atmospheric pressure = Absolute pressure + Gauge pressure
Absolute pressure = Gauge pressure - Atmospheric pressure
7) The unit of temperature in S.I. units is 1 point

Centigrade
Celsius
Fahrenheit
Kelvin
8) The unit of energy in S.I. units is 1 point

watt
Joule
joule/s
joule/m
9) Absolute zero pressure will occur 1 point

At sea level
When molecular momentum of the system becomes zero
Under vacuum conditions
At a temperature of 273K
10)Intensive property of a system is one whose value 1 point

depends on the mass of the system, like volume

does not depend on the mass of the system, like temperature, pressure, etc.
is not dependent on the path followed but on the state
is dependent on the path followed and not on the state
An isolated system is one
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11)An isolated system is one in which 1 point

Mass does not cross boundaries of the system, though energy may do so
Neither mass nor energy crosses the boundaries of the system
Both energy and mass cross the boundaries of the system
Mass crosses the boundary but not the energy
12)Properties
of substances like pressure, temperature, and density, in 1 point
thermodynamic coordinates are
Path functions
Point functions
Cyclic functions
Real functions
13)Which of the following is not the intensive property? 1 point

Pressure
Temperature
Density
Heat
14)Which of the following items is not a path function? 1 point

Heat
Work
Kinetic energy
Thermal conductivity
15)Zeroth law of thermodynamics 1 point

Deals with conversion of mass and energy

Deals with reversibility and irreversibility of process
States that if two systems are both in equilibrium with a third system, they
are in thermal equilibrium with each other
Deals with heat engines
16)The basis for measuring thermodynamic property of temperature is given 1 point
by
Zeroth law of thermodynamics
First law of thermodynamics
Second law of thermodynamics
Third law of thermodynamics
17)Calorie is a measure of 1 point

Specific heat
Quantity of heat
Thermal capacity
Entropy
18)One Joule (J) is equal to 1 point

1 kN-m
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1 N-m
10 kN-m/s
10 N-m/s
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