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Instructions: Choose the letter of the best answer to each of the following questions. To
change your answer, cross (X) out the shaded letter and supply your new answer with your
signature beside the item. Any form of cheating in examinations or any act of dishonesty in
relation to studies, such as plagiarism, shall be subject to disciplinary action.
1. Scaling. The temperature of a metal is increased from 60.0 F to 78.0 F. What is the
corresponding temperature change in the Celsius scale?
A. 7.8 C
B. 10.0 C
C. 32.4 C
D. 64.4 C
2. Uncalibrated Linear Thermometer . An uncalibrated thermometer gives a temperature
of 5.0 C when immersed in an ice-water mixture and a temperature of 90.0 C when immersed in a boiling water. If you obtain a temperature of [65.0] C using this thermometer,
what must be the correct temperature?
A. 55.25 C
B. 60.25 C
C. 65.0 C
D. 70.6 C
3. Thermal Expansion 3. In the setup below, the copper ball has a diameter of 3.00 cm while the steel ring
has a diameter of 2.99 cm. What must be the minimum decrease in temperature of the cooper ball so that it
will fit into the steel ring? The temperature of the steel
ring is unchanged. Cu = 1.70 105 K1 , Steel =
1.20 105 K1 .
A. 65.19 K
B. 195.6 K
C. 196.1 K
D. 392 K
4. Specific Heat 1. To raise the temperature of a 2.0 kg piece of metal from 20 C to 100 C,
61.8 kJ of heat is added. What is the specific heat of the metal?
A. 0.39 kJ/(kg K)
B. 0.77 kJ/(kg K)
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C. 1.2 kJ/(kg K)
D. 1.6 kJ/(kg K)
5. Iced Steam. 1 kg of ice at 0 C is mixed with 3 kg of steam at 100 C in a thermally isolated
container and allowed to reach thermal equilibrium. What is the final temperature of the
resulting mixture?
A. 7.14 C
B. 86.13 C
C. 100 C
D. 459 C
6. Mechanisms of Heat Transfer 1. Heat is being transferred at a rate of 521 W through
a metal slab of cross sectional area 3.25 cm2 and length 13.1 cm from a heat source at
T = 1250 K to a heat sink at T = 242 K. What is the thermal conductivity of the metal?
A. 5.91 103 W/(cm K)
B. 0.128 W/(cm K)
C. 2.08 W/(cm K)
D. 3.22 W/(cm K)
7. Ideal Gas 1. The pressures p and volumes V of ideal gases in different containers are given
below. Each contains five moles. Which has the highest temperature?
A. p = 1 105 Pa and V = 10 cm3
B. p = 3 105 Pa and V = 6 cm3
C. p = 4 105 Pa and V = 4 cm3
D. p = 6 105 Pa and V = 2 cm3
8. Assumptions . Which of the following statements are assumptions of the kinetic model of
an ideal gas?
A. An ideal gas molecule has no mass.
B. A gas can be considered ideal when it is maintained at low temperature and high
pressure.
C. All gases are ideal gases as long as the temperature is absolute.
D. An ideal gas molecule has no volume.
9. Emissivity. Which one of the following statements concerning emissivity is true?
A. The emissivity is zero for a perfect radiator.
B. The emissivity is one for a perfect absorber.
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C. Emissivity has dimension W/m2 K4 .

D. Emissivity depends on the surface area of the object.
10. Speed Distribution. In an Oxygen gas with temperature
T, 21.8% of O2 molecules have speed less than 1500 m/s.
If the temperature is decrease to 1/4 its original temperature, what fraction of molecules now have speeds less
than 1500 m/s?
A. 97.9%
B. 77.1%
C. 22.9%
D. 60.8%

11. The Escape. The root-mean-square (rms) speed of the molecules of a gas in a container is
200 m/s. If 25 % of the gas leaks out of the container at constant temperature, what is the
rms speed of the remaining molecules?
A. 400 m/s
B. 150 m/s
C. 100 m/s
D. 200 m/s
12. Unknown Analysis. A rigid container contains 3 mol of an unknown ideal gas at 25.0 C.
If it takes 249 J to raise its temperature to 29.0 C, which of the following gases is inside
the box?
A. Argon (Ar)
B. Nitrogen gas (N2 )
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C. Water vapor (H2 O)

D. Ozone (O3 )
13. Init! Two perfectly rigid containers each hold n moles of an ideal gas, one being hydrogen
(H2 ) and the other being neon (N e). If it takes 300 J of heat to increase the temperature of
H2 by T , how much heat is needed to raise the temperature of Neon by the same amount?
A. 500 J
B. 180 J
C. 100 J
D. 900 J
14. Give Us Free. A certain polyatomic gas has three rotational degrees of freedom as well
as three translational degrees of freedom. What is the molar heat capacity of the gas at
constant volume?
A. 0.25 J/mol K
B. 3.00 J/mol K
C. 24.9 J/mol K
D. 49.9 J/mol K
15. pV. An ideal gas expands at constant nonzero pressure from state a to
state b. If Ta is the temperature of the gas when it is in state a and
Tb is its temperature when it is at state b, then which of the following
statements is correct?

A. Ta is greater than Tb .
B. Ta is less than Tb .
C. Ta is equal to Tb .
D. The work done by the gas is zero.
For the next two items, consider the following pV diagram of 1.00 mol of an ideal gas undergoing a cyclic
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16. Maybe its True. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding an ideal gas
undergoing a cyclic process described by the pV diagram shown above.
I. Work done from c to a is positive.
II. Work done from a to b is positive.
III. The total work done is negative.
A. II only
B. II and III
C. III only
D. I, II, and III
17. Lets work it out. What is the total work done in one cycle? (Note that 1 L atm =
101.325 J.)
A. 913 J
B. 1.64 kJ
C. 2.36 kJ
D. 1.64 kJ
18. Now Showing. Consider the pV -diagram shown. What
is the ratio between the magnitudes of the work done during the process 2 3 and the work done during the process 4 1?
A. 1 : 2
B. 2 : 1
C. 3 : 1
D. 4 : 1

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19. KooL MaN. In the pV -diagram shown, a gas can be

taken from point K to point N in three different paths:
KMN, KN and KLN. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The same work is done for each path.
B. The same amount of heat is added to the gas
for each path.
C. The change in internal energy is the same for
each path.
D. There is no change in internal energy and no
work done in the process M N.
20. True or False na naman. From the first law of thermodynamics, which of the following
statements is/are true?
I. Work done in any process with Q = 0 is path independent.
II. For a cyclic process, the amount of heat added on the system is equal to work done by
the system on its surroundings.
III. The change in internal energy for any process is path dependent.
A. II only
B. I and II
C. II and III
D. I, II and III
21. I can do this. Five moles of a monatomic ideal gas with an initial temperature of 127 C
expand and, in the process, absorb 1500 J of heat and do 2100 J of work. What is the final
temperature of the gas?
A. 133 C
B. 121 C
C. 136 C
D. 117 C
22. Whats the difference? Two containers containing 1 mol of an ideal gas are heated from
20 C to 100 C. Container A is heated at constant volume while container B is heated at
constant pressure. Which of the following is true regarding the change in internal energy
and the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of the gas in containers A and B?
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A. UA = UB ; QA = QB
B. UA = UB ; QA > QB
C. UA = UB ; QA < QB
D. UA < UB ; QA = QB
23. Coz Im Compressed Adiabatically. 1.00 mol of Oxygen gas (O2 ), initially at temperature 350 K, is compressed adiabatically to one-third of its original volume. What is the
work done during this process?
A. 2.41 kJ
B. 4.01 kJ
C. 1.94 kJ
D. 3.20 kJ
24. ArctiUNO, ZapDOS, MolTRES. An ideal gas is taken
from state 1 to state 2 and then to state 3 as shown in the
pV -diagram. The process 1 2 is adiabatic and 2 3
is isothermal. Which of the following change in internal
energy of the respective processes is TRUE?
A. U12 < 0, U23 < 0
B. U12 = 0, U23 = 0
C. U12 = 0, U23 < 0
D. U12 < 0, U23 = 0
25. Ottorcycle! Which of the following compression ratios will yield the largest efficiency
for an Otto engine which uses an ideal diatomic gas as a working substance?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
26. Heangine. Consider a heat engine that draws 55 J of heat from a hot reservoir and discards
35 J of heat to a cold reservoir. If the cycle repeats itself every 2 s, what is the total amount
of work that can be obtained from the heat engine in 8 s?
A. 90 J
B. 20 J
C. 80 J
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D. 360 J
27. Gas guzzlers. A gasoline engine with an efficiency of 0.2 can do a 4000 -J of work per
second. If the heat of combustion of gasoline is Lc = 5.0 104 J/g, how much gasoline is
consumed per second?
A. 0.2 g
B. 0.4 g
C. 0.6 g
D. 0.8 g
28. Heat that was forgotten. A heat engine has an efficiency of 0.3. If the engine takes in
10000 J of heat per cycle, how much heat is discarded per cycle?
A. 3000 J
B. 5000 J
C. 7000 J
D. 9000 J
29. Refrigiraptor! What is the coefficient of performance of a refrigerator that discards 87 J
of heat to a hot reservoir and draws 68 J of heat from a cold reservoir?
A. 3.58
B. 2.31
C. 5.69
D. 0.28
30. ERM boyz! Which of the following
diagrams correctly describe a refrigerator that uses 330 J of work to run
and discards 1170 J of heat to a hot
reservoir?

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31. K. A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 0.2. If run in reverse, what is the coefficient of
performance of the resulting refrigerator?
A. 0.8
B. 1.8
C. 4
D. 5
32. Heat from a refrigerator. A refrigerator requires 200 J of work per cycle and has a coefficient of performance of 2. How much heat does it release per cycle?
A. 1000 J
B. 1200 J
C. 600 J
D. 800 J
33. Tonrac. Which of the following heat engines labelled by {QH (heat input), W (work done)}
working between hot and cold reservoirs at temperatures of 400 K and 300 K, respectively,
can occur?
I {50 J, 30 J}
II {330 J, 50 J}
III {90 J, 10 J}
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. III only
34. Tonrac II. A Carnot engine absorbs 190 kJ of heat from a hot reservoir and discards 30 kJ
of heat to a cold reservoir. If the temperature of the hot reservoir is 400 K, what is the
temperature of the cold reservoir?
A. 300 K
B. 241 K
C. 63 K
D. 198 K
35. Maximum Efficiency. A heat engine is coupled to cold and hot reservoirs with temperatures 127 C and 327 C, respectively. What is the maximum efficiency of the engine?
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B. 0.39
C. 0.64
D. 0.61
36. elbisreveR. Which of the following is a reversible process?
A. A book slides across a rough table.
B. Ice initially at 10 C melts under the hot sun.
C. A gas expands isothermally.
D. A gas expands freely.
37. Entrops. An amount of heat 120 J is taken from a hot reservoir at a temperature of 393 K
and discarded to a cold reservoir at a temperature of 293 K. What is the entropy change of
the universe?
A. 0.104 J/K
B. 0.714 J/K
C. 0.511 J/K
D. 1.309 J/K
38. Condensation. What is the entropy change associated with the complete conversion of
1 kg of steam at 110 C to water at 90 C?
A. 6213 J/K
B. 6213 J/K
C. 6045 J/K
D. 6045 J/K
39. Konti nalang. Which of the following processes have an associated zero entropy change
for the system?
I Adiabatic expansion of a gas from a higher to a lower temperature
II Isothermal expansion of a gas at 393 K
III Free expansion of a gas
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only

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40. Counting Microstates II. A container has two identical compartments. One compartment
is initially empty while the other holds two moles of ideal gas. The separation between
the compartments is removed and the gas freely expands. What is the ratio between the
number of microstates before and after free expansion?
A. 2NA
B. 22NA
C. 2
D. (1/2)NA

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