2-45. Whose law, simply stated, iS
interpreted as pressure exerted at any
point upon an enclosed liquid is
transmitted undiminished in all
directions?
1. Charles’s law
2. Pascal’s law
3. Boyle’s law
4. Newton’s law
2-46. What branch of mechanics deals with
the mechanical properties of gases?
1. Hydraulics
2. Thermal flow
3. Pneumatics
4. Mechanical potential energy
2-41. What are the four areas of operation
in a main steam system?
1. Generation, expansion,
condensation, and feed
2. Expansion, condensation, power, and
exhaust
3. Generation, expansion, rotation,
and feed
4. Condensation, expansion, feed, and
pressure
2-48. By the process of combustion in a
boiler furnace, the chemical energy
stored in the fuel oil is transformed
into what other type of energy?
1. Mechanical energy
2. Electrical energy
3. Steam energy
4. Thermal energy
2-49. In the basic steam cycle, when steam
enters the turbines and expands, the
thermal energy of the steam converts
to what other type of energy?
1. Steam energy
2. Mechanical energy
3. Electrical energy
4. Potential energy
2-50. The temperature at which a liquid
boils under a given pressure is known
by which of the following terms?
1. Saturation pressure
2. Equilibrium contact
3. Saturation temperature
4. Critical point
2-51. The amount by which the temperature
of superheated steam exceeds the
temperature of saturated steam at the
same pressure is known by which of
the following terms?
1. Degree of saturated vapor
2. Degree of superheat
3. Degree of saturated pressure
4. Degree of expansion
2-52. As the steam leaves or exhausts from
the LP turbine, what system does it
enter?
1. The auxiliary exhaust system
2. The condensate system
3. The HP turbine system
4. The main steam system
2-53. The main condenser, the main
condensate pump, the main air ejector
condenser, and the top half of the
DFT are components of what system?
1. The HP turbine system
2. The LP turbine system
3. The condensate system
4. The auxiliary steam system
2-54. The main condenser receives steam
from the
1. LP turbine
2. HP turbine
3. main feed pump
4. economizer
2-55. The main feed pump receives the water
(delivered from the booster pump) and
discharges it into what system?
1. The condensate system
2. The saturated steam system
3. The auxiliary steam system
4. The main feed piping system
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