ME 366 QUIZ 1 ONLINE DATE: 01/07/2022

INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS

1. The literature of heat transfer generally recognizes distinct modes of heat transfer. How many
modes are there?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

2. Convective heat transfer coefficient doesn’t depend on

a) Surface area
b) Space
c) Time
d) Orientation of solid surface

3. How many types of convection process are there?

a) One
b) Three
c) Four
d) Two
4. Regarding one dimensional heat transfer, choose the correct statement.
a) Steady – f (x), Unsteady – f (x, t)
b) Steady – f (x, t), Unsteady – f (x)
c) Steady – f (x, y, t), Unsteady – f (x)
d) Steady – f (y, z), Unsteady – f (y)

5. Which of the following is an example of steady state heat transfer?

a) Boilers and turbines
b) Cooling of I.C engine
c) Chilling effect of cold wind on a warm body
d) Electric bulb cools down by the surrounding atmosphere

6. Heat transfer takes place according to which law?

a) Newton’s law of cooling
b) Second law of thermodynamics
c) Newton’s second law of motion
d) First law of thermodynamics

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7. The appropriate rate equation for convective heat transfer between a surface and adjacent fluid
is prescribed by
a) Newton’s first law
b) Wein’s displacement law
c) Kirchhoff’s law
d) Newton’s law of cooling

8. 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) Conduction from the fire
b) If it is near the fire, convection sounds good
c) Convection and radiation together
d) Radiation will provide quick warmth

9. The famous Fourier series is named after

a) Diller and Ryan
b) J.B. Joseph Fourier
c) Stefan- Boltzmann
d) Wein’s

10. Here are some assumptions that are made for Fourier law. Identify the wrong one
a) No internal heat generation
b) Steady state heat conduction
c) Non- linear temperature profile
d) Isotropic and homogenous material

11. Transmission of heat i.e. molecular is smallest in case of

a) Gases
b) Liquids
c) Alloys
d) Solids

12. “Thermal conductivity represents the amount of heat conducted across the unit area when a
temperature difference of one kelvin”.
a) True
b) False

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13. Thermal conductivity is defined as the heat flow per unit time
a) When the temperature gradient is unity
b) Across the wall with no temperature
c) Through a unit thickness of the wall
d) Across unit area where the temperature gradient is unity

14. Which one of the following forms of water have the highest value of thermal conductivity?
a) Boiling water
b) Steam
c) Solid ice
d) Melting ice

15. Identify the very good insulator

a) Saw dust
b) Cork
c) Asbestos sheet
d) Glass wool

16. Heat conduction in gases is due to

a) Elastic impact of molecules
b) Movement of electrons
c) EM Waves
d) Mixing of gases

17. Cork is a good insulator because

a) It is flexible
b) It can be powdered
c) Low density
d) It is porous
18. Consider the following parameters
(i) Composition
(ii) Density
(iii) Porosity
(iv) Structure
Then, thermal conductivity of glass wool varies from sample to sample because of variation in
a) i and ii
b) i, ii, iii and iv
c) i and iii
d) i, ii and iii

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19. The relation Ϫ2 t =0 is referred to as
a) Poisson’s equation
b) Fourier heat conduction equation
c) Solution for transient conduction
d) Laplace equation

20. In Cartesian coordinates the heat conduction equation is given by

a) d2t/dx2 + d2t/dy2 + d2t/dz2 + q g = (1/α) (d t/d T)
b) 2d2t/dx2 + d2t/dy2 + d2t/dz2 + 34q g = (d t/d T)
c) d2t/dx2 + 3d2t/dy2 + d2t/dz2 = (1/α) (d t/d T)
d) 4d2t/dx2 + d2t/dy2 + d2t/dz2 + 1/2q g = (1/α) (d t/d T)

21. In case of homogeneous plane wall, there is a linear temperature distribution given by
a) t = t1 + (t2-t1) δ/x
b) t = t2 – (t2-t1) x/ δ
c) t = t1 + (t2-t1) x
d) t = t1 + (t2-t1) x/ δ
22. A composite wall generally consists of
a) One homogenous layer
b) Multiple heterogeneous layers
c) One heterogeneous layer
d) Multiple homogenous layers

23. Consider system A at uniform temperature t and system B at another uniform temperature T
(t > T). Let the two systems be brought into contact and be thermally insulated from their
surroundings but not from each other. Energy will flow from system A to system B because of

a) Temperature difference
b) Energy difference
c) Mass difference
d) Volumetric difference
24. Unit of the rate of heat transfer is
a) Joule
b) Newton
c) Pascal
d) Watt
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25. The rate equation used to describe the mechanism of convection is called Newton’s law of
cooling. So rate of heat flow by convection doesn’t depend on
a) Convective heat transfer coefficient
b) Surface area through which heat flows
c) Time
d) Temperature potential difference

26. Thermal conductivity is maximum for which substance

a) Silver
b) Ice
c) Aluminum
d) Diamond
27. Which of the following is an example of forced convection?
a) Chilling effect of cold wind on a warm body
b) Flow of water in condenser tubes
c) Cooling of billets in the atmosphere
d) Heat exchange on cold and warm pipes

28. Which statement is true regarding steady state condition?

a) There is a variation in temperature in the course of time
b) Heat exchange is constant
c) It is a function of space and time coordinates
d) Internal energy of the system changes

29. Heat transfer in a long, hollow cylinder which is maintained at uniform but different
temperatures on its inner and outer surfaces may be assumed to be taking place in which
direction?
a) Axial only
b) Unpredictable
c) Radial only
d) No heat transfer takes place

30. Heat transfer takes place in liquids and gases is essentially due to
a) Radiation
b) Conduction
c) Convection
d) Conduction as well as convection

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31. Identify the wrong statement
a) The process of heat transfer is an irreversible process
b) For heat exchange, a temperature gradient must exist
c) A material medium is not necessary for heat transmission
d) Heat flow doesn’t depend on temperature
32. Most unsteady heat flow occurs
a) Through the walls of the refrigerator
b) During annealing of castings
c) Through the walls of the furnace
d) Through lagged pipe carrying steam
33. Fourier law of heat conduction is best represented by
a) Q = -k A d t /d x
b) Q = k A d x/d t
c) Q = -k A
d) Q = k d t/d x
34. Consider the following statements:
The Fourier heat conduction equation
Q = -k A d t /d x
Presumes
i) Steady state conditions
ii) Constant value of thermal conductivity
iii) Uniform temperature at the wall surface
iv) One dimensional heat flow
Which of these statements are correct?
a) i, ii and iii
b) i, ii and iv
c) i, iii and iv
d) i, iii and iv
35. Negative sign in Fourier heat conduction equation indicates
a) Heat always flow is in the direction of positive temperature gradient
b) Heat always flow in the direction of negative temperature gradient
c) No heat flow is there
d) Data is insufficient
36. Which one is not the unit of thermal conductivity?
a) kcal/m hr K
b) KJ/m hr K
c) W/m s K
d) Cal/cm s K

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37. Which of the following is the unit of thermal resistance?
a) degree/kcal
b) hour degree
c) s degree/kcal
d) degree/W
38. Mark the matter with least value of thermal conductivity
a) Air
b) Water
c) Ash
d) Window glass

39. The average thermal conductivities of water and air conform to the ratio
a) 50:1
b) 25:1
c) 5:1
d) 15:1

40. Most metals are good conductor of heat because of

a) Transport of energy
b) Free electrons and frequent collision of atoms
c) Lattice defects
d) Capacity to absorb energy
41. The heat energy propagation due to conduction heat transfer will be minimum for
a) Lead
b) Water
c) Air
d) Copper
42. Choose the false statement
a) For pure metal thermal conductivity is more
b) Thermal conductivity decreases with increase in the density of the substance
c) Thermal conductivity of dry material is lower than that of damp material
d) Heat treatment causes variation in thermal conductivity
43. The thermal conductivity and the electrical conductivity of a metal at absolute temperature
are related as
a) k/σ T
b) k/σ
c) k σ/T
d) k/T

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44. The unit of thermal diffusivity is
a) m2/hr-K
b) kcal/m2-hr
c) m2/hr
d) m/hr-K

45. The diffusion equations

2
t + q g = (1/α) (d t/d r)
Governs the temperature distribution under unsteady heat flow through a homogeneous and
isotropic material. The Fourier equation follows from this expression when
a) Temperature doesn’t depends on time
b) There is no internal heat generation
c) Steady state conditions prevail
d) There is no internal heat generation but unsteady state condition prevails

46. The temperature distribution in a large thin plate with uniform surface temperature will be
(Assume steady state condition)
a) Logarithmic
b) Hyperbolic
c) Parabolic
d) Linear

47. Heat is transferred from a hot fluid to a cold one through a plane wall of thickness (δ),
surface area (A) and thermal conductivity (k). The thermal resistance is
a) 1/A (1/h1 + δ/k + 1/h2)
b) A (1/h1 + δ/k + 1/h2)
c) 1/A (h1 + δ/k + h2)
d) A (h1 + δ/k + 1/h2)

48. A 2-kW electric resistance heater in a room is turned on and kept on for 50 minutes. The amount of
energy transferred to the room by the heater is
(a) 2 kJ
(b) 100 kJ
(c) 6000 kJ
(d) 7200 kJ
(e) 12,000 kJ

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49. A 2-kW electric resistance heater submerged in 30-kg water is turned on and kept on for 10 min.
During the process, 500 kJ of heat is lost from the water. The temperature rise of water is
(a) 5.6°C
(b) 9.6°C
(c) 13.6°C
(d) 23.3°C
(e) 42.5°C

50. Eggs with a mass of 0.15 kg per egg and a specific heat of 3.32 kJ/kg·°C are cooled from 32°C to
10°C at a rate of 200 eggs per minute. The rate of heat removal from the eggs is
(a) 7.3 kW
(b) 53 kW
(c) 17 kW
(d) 438 kW
(e) 37 kW

51. A cold bottled drink (m = 2.5 kg, cp = 4200 J/kg·K) at 5°C is left on a table in a room. The average
temperature of the drink is observed to rise to 15°C in 30 minutes. The average rate of heat transfer to
the drink is
(a) 23 W
(b) 29 W
(c) 58 W
(d) 88 W
(e) 122 W

52. Water enters a pipe at 20°C at a rate of 0.50 kg/s and is heated to 60°C. The rate of heat transfer to the
water is
(a) 20 kW
(b) 42 kW
(c) 84 kW
(d) 126 kW
(e) 334 kW

53. Air enters a 12-m-long, 7-cm-diameter pipe at 50°C at a rate of 0.06 kg/s. The air is cooled at an
average rate of 400 W per m2 surface area of the pipe. The air temperature at the exit of the pipe is
(a) 4.3°C
(b) 17.5°C
(c) 32.5°C
(d) 43.4°C
(e) 45.8°C

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54. Heat is lost steadily through a 0.5-cm thick 2 m x 3 m window glass whose thermal conductivity is
0.7 W/m·K. The inner and outer surface temperatures of the glass are measured to be 12°C to 9°C.
The rate of heat loss by conduction through the glass is
(a) 420 W
(b) 5040 W
(c) 17,600 W
(d) 1256 W
(e) 2520 W

55. Steady heat conduction occurs through a 0.3-m-thick 9 m x 3 m composite wall at a rate of 1.2 kW. If
the inner and outer surface temperatures of the wall are 15°C and 7°C, the effective thermal
conductivity of the wall is
(a) 0.61 W/m·K
(b) 0.83 W/m·K
(c) 1.7 W/m·K
(d) 2.2 W/m·K
(e) 5.1 W/m·K

56. Heat is lost through a brick wall (k = 0.72 W/m·K), which is 4 m long, 3 m wide, and 25 cm thick at a
rate of 500 W. If the inner surface of the wall is at 22°C, the temperature at the midplane of the wall
is
(a) 0°C
(b) 7.5°C
(c) 11.0°C
(d) 14.8°C
(e) 22°C

57. A 10-cm-high and 20-cm-wide circuit board houses on its surface 100 closely spaced chips, each
generating heat at a rate of 0.12 W and transferring it by convection and radiation to the surrounding
medium at 40°C. Heat transfer from the back surface of the board is negligible. If the combined
convection and radiation heat transfer coefficient on the surface of the board is 22 W/m2·K, the
average surface temperature of the chips is
(a) 41°C
(b) 54°C
(c) 67°C
(d) 76°C
(e) 82°C

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58. A 40-cm-long, 0.4-cm-diameter electric resistance wire submerged in water is used to determine the
convection heat transfer coefficient in water during boiling at 1 atm pressure. The surface temperature
of the wire is measured to be 114°C when a wattmeter indicates the electric power consumption to be
7.6 kW. The heat transfer coefficient is
(a) 108 kW/m2·K
(b) 13.3 kW/m2·K
(c) 68.1 kW/m2·K
(d) 0.76 kW/m2·K
(e) 256 kW/m2·K

59. While driving down a highway early in the evening, the air flow over an automobile establishes an
overall heat transfer coefficient of 18 W/m2·K. The passenger cabin of this automobile exposes 9 m2
of surface to the moving ambient air. On a day when the ambient temperature is 33°C, how much
cooling must the air conditioning system supply to maintain a temperature of 20°C in the passenger
cabin?
(a) 670 W
(b) 1284 W
(c) 2106 W
(d) 2565 W
(e) 3210 W

60. Over 90 percent of the energy dissipated by an incandescent light bulb is in the form of heat, not light.
What is the temperature of a vacuum-enclosed tungsten filament with an exposed surface area of 2.03
cm2 in a 100 W incandescent light bulb? The emissivity of tungsten at the anticipated high
temperatures is about 0.35. Note that the light bulb consumes 100 W of electrical energy, and
dissipates all of it by radiation.
(a) 1870 K
(b) 2230 K
(c) 2640 K
(d) 3120 K
(e) 2980 K

61. On a still clear night, the sky appears to be a blackbody with an equivalent temperature of 250 K.
What is the air temperature when a strawberry field cools to 0°C and freezes if the heat transfer
coefficient between the plants and air is 6 W/m2·K because of a light breeze and the plants have an
emissivity of 0.9?
(a) 14°C
(b) 7°C
(c) 3°C
(d) 0°C
(e) 23°C

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62. A 25-cm-diameter black ball at 130°C is suspended in air, and is losing heat to the surrounding air at
25°C by convection with a heat transfer coefficient of 12 W/m2·K, and by radiation to the
surrounding surfaces at 15°C. The total rate of heat transfer from the black ball is
(a) 217 W
(b) 247 W
(c) 251 W
(d) 465 W
(e) 2365 W

63. A 3-m2 black surface at 140°C is losing heat to the surrounding air at 35°C by convection with a heat
transfer coefficient of 16 W/m2·K, and by radiation to the surrounding surfaces at 15°C. The total
rate of heat loss from the surface is
(a) 5105 W
(b) 2940 W
(c) 3779 W
(d) 8819 W
(e) 5040 W

64. A person’s head can be approximated as a 25-cm diameter sphere at 35°C with an emissivity of 0.95.
Heat is lost from the head to the surrounding air at 25°C by convection with a heat transfer
coefficient of 11 W/m2·K, and by radiation to the surrounding surfaces at 10°C. Disregarding the
neck, determine the total rate of heat loss from the head.
(a) 22 W
(b) 27 W
(c) 49 W
(d) 172 W
(e) 249 W
65. A room is heated by a 1.2 kW electric resistance heater whose wires have a diameter of 4 mm and a
total length of 3.4 m. The air in the room is at 23°C and the interior surfaces of the room are at 17°C.
The convection heat transfer coefficient on the surface of the wires is 8 W/m2·K. If the rates of heat
transfer from the wires to the room by convection and by radiation are equal, the surface temperature
of the wire is
(a) 3534°C
(b) 1778°C
(c) 1772°C
(d) 98°C
(e) 25°C
66. A person standing in a room loses heat to the air in the room by convection and to the surrounding
surfaces by radiation. Both the air in the room and the surrounding surfaces are at 20°C. The
exposed surface of the person is 1.5 m2 and has an average temperature of 32°C, and an emissivity of
0.90. If the rates of heat transfer from the person by convection and by radiation are equal, the
combined heat transfer coefficient is
(a) 0.008 W/m2·K
(b) 3.0 W/m2·K
(c) 5.5 W/m2·K
(d) 8.3 W/m2·K
(e) 10.9 W/m2·K

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