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Engineering thermodynamics/Quizzes/Basic Definitions

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1 The classical thermodynamics can be understood as (select only one)

a) An elaborate study of thermodynamics that is based on the behavior of individual particles of the substance
b) A macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics that does not require the knowledge of the behavior of individual particles of the substance
c) A microscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics that is based on the average behavior of large groups of particles
d) A macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics that is based on the behavior of small number of particles
e) none of the above

2 The intensive properties are those that are independent of the mass of the system. Only one of the following groups of properties consist of intensive properties.

a) mass, weight, pressure
b) pressure, force, temperature
c) volume, temperature, weight
d) pressure, weight, mass
e) pressure, specific volume, temperature

3 The density is defined as

a) mass per unit volume
b) the weight of a unit volume
c) the weight of a unit mass
d) volume per unit mass
e) none of the above

4 The reciprocal of density is known as

a) specific weight
b) specific volume
c) specific mass
d) specific gravity
e) none of the above

5 The ratio of the density of a substance relative to the density of water is called

a) specific weight
b) specific volume
c) specific mass
d) specific gravity
e) none of the above