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MIDTERM EXAM
Second Semester, School Year 2020-2021

NAME: TRAJANO, JONVER ERIC I. SCORE: ___________

SECTION: BSME-3B
SUBJECT: ME-324 COMBUSTION ENGINEERING
DATE: JUNE 01, 2021

Multiple choice: Choose the best answer.

1. A hydrocarbon-based fuel, which comes from refined natural gas and crude oil is commonly known as
____________.
a. Propane C8H3
b. Methane C8H3
c. Propane C3H8
d. LNG

2. How is a fuel being handled usually when outside a power plant?

a. Mechanically
b. Robotic technology
c. Direct contact
d. Manually

3. Natural gas is odorless. For safety precautions, it is intentionally odorized by adding a mixture of what?
a. Ethyl butane
b. Amyl methane
c. Hexane
d. Thiophane

4. This is a mixture of hydrocarbon with alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide,
nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.
a. Natural gas
b. Crude oil
c. Petroleum
d. Fat

5. Which of the following has an appropriate action in handling gases/ fuels?

a. Smoking is unprohibited in the vicinity of a gasoline station.
b. If you should detect an odorous gas smell in your home, immediately open windows, leave the
house and call.
c. Gases or fuels need not to be odorized because it contains its own natural scent.
d. Fuels can be kept in an container.

6. What component has an energy content of 49% compared to a gasoline?

a. Ethanol

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b. Methanol
c. CNG
d. LNG

7. A transparent, petroleum-derived flammable liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in most spark
ignited internal combustion engine is known as,
a. Petroleum
b. C3H8
c. C8H16
d. Mercaptan

8. Compressed natural gas has how many energy contents comparing to a gasoline?
a. 75%
b. 50%
c. 25%
d. 49%

9. Gas in solution with crude oil in the reservoir is a/an _______ .

a. Dissolved gas
b. Associated gas
c. Liquefied Petroleum gas
d. Petroleum gas

10. Which among the following you think is the most commonly/frequently used biofuels?
a. methanol and formaldehyde
b. ethanol and biodiesel
c. formaldehyde and acetaldehyde
d. methanol and crude oil

11. All are component of a natural gas except,

a. Propanol amine
b. Hexane
c. Ethane
d. Nitrogen

12. Pick out the correct statement among these choices.

a. CNG is an eco-friendly fuel and more efficient than gasoline and diesel.
b. At higher pressure, propane will remain in a gaseous state.
c. As natural gas turns from a gas to a liquid its volume is reduced by 600 times.
d. Methane has a chemical component of C2H6.

13. ____________ is a fuel which can be known as a potable alcohol.

a. Amyl alcohol
b. Methanol
c. Ethanol
d. Butanol
14. Which is true about CNG?
a. It is not eco-friendly like other fuels.
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b. It does not contaminate the ground water.

c. Gasoline fuels are safer than CNG.
d. all of the above

15. This process is an inefficient, nonviable method of production.

a. Methanol produced from a natural gas
b. Methanol production from coal
c. Methanol conversion from biomass
d. Ethanol production from coal derivatives

16. Ethanol is an ______ chemical compound and a simple alcohol with the chemical formula _____. a.
Simple … C2H40
b. Organic … C2H60
c. Complex … C2H80
d. Potent … C2H50

17. Diesel has higher energy content compared to gasoline by how many percent? a. 50%
b. 25%
c. 10%
d. 5%

18. Why is the LPG, LNG and CNG are considered much safer than diesel or gasoline?
a. Because it is odorized for safety reasons
b. Because in terms of auto-ignition temperature, it has a higher temperature compared to gasoline
c. Because it has wider flammability range compared with other fuels
d. None of the above

19. LPG will become a liquid at _________ and/or ___________ .

a. Higher pressures and/or lower temperatures
b. Higher pressures and/or higher temperatures
c. Lower pressures and /or higher temperatures
d. Lower pressures and/or lower temperatures

20. Which of the following is not included in the safety of fuel handling?
a. A fire extinguisher should be kept away from the fuel storage
b. All materials used in cleaning fuel leakage must be disposed properly
c. Warning signs and safety signals must be placed where fuel is kept
d. In handling fuels, proper training must be rendered

21. Pick out the wrong statement.

a. Water and propane in a liquid form cannot be compressed.

b. At sea level propane begins to boil at -6.67 oC.

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c. A propane storage container uses density to keep it in its liquid form above the normal boiling
point
d. Propane expands 270 times (liquid volume), from a liquid to a vapor

22. The Motor Octane # for both LNG and CNG is the same.
a. True
b. False
c. It varies
d. Both A and B

23. This can be produced from fermentation from crops like sugar and corn.
a. CH4
b. CH2O5H
c. C12H26
d. C2H5OH

24. When propane boils, it becomes ________ .

a. Natural gas
b. Propane vapor
c. Water vapor
d. Steam

25. Which of the following is true about a gasoline?

a. It can be known as petrol
b. It comes from crude oil and petroleum
c. It has an energy content of 100%
d. All of the above

26. Methanol that are derived from coal produces higher __________ emissions, making it poisonous for
human consumption. a. CO2
b. Oxygen
c. Carbon monoxide
d. Nitrogen

27. How much is the volume percentage of propane as a natural gas component? a. 2%
b. 0.3%
c. 1%
d. 1.6%

28. What type of gasoline has the highest octane fuel?

a. Regular gasoline
b. Premium gasoline
c. Unleaded gasoline
d. Petrol
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29. This is the most efficient type of fuel for automobile engines.
a. Gasoline
b. CNG
c. Diesel
d. LPG

30. All are derivatives or byproducts of Ethanol, except

a. Wine
b. Rice alcohol
c. Ethyl alcohol
d. Isopropyl alcohol

31. Biomass provides a short-term supply for the fabrication of methanol.

a. True
b. False
c. It varies
d. Both A and B

32. What differs a propane from a water?

a. It cannot be compressed in liquid form
b. Its boiling point in liquid form expands when heated
c. It can be compressed if it is in vapor form
d. It expands 270 times its liquid volume when turning from liquid to vapour

33. ___________ has the highest energy content per unit of fuel.
a. LPG
b. Gasoline
c. Diesel
d. Ethanol

34. Methanol has comparatively the same flammability range with what type of fuel?
a. LPG
b. Gasoline
c. Diesel
d. Ethanol

35. Which of the following product is excluded In methanol formation? A. Methane

b. Oxygen
c. Carbon dioxide
d. Water

36. How can we obtain ethanol from crops and cellulose?

a. Through fermentation
b. Through refining
c. Through distillation
d. Through catalytic hydrolysis

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37. At what temperature does a methanol be converted from a liquid state to a vapor?
a. 70%
b. 57%
c. 68%
d. 78%

38. Which of the following is not a hydrocarbon fuel?

a. Ethanol
b. CNG
c. Diesel
d. Kerosene

39. Cooling containers may have carbon deposits on its inside. Carbon deposits on the inside of cooling
passages will have a ____________.
a. decrease in wall temperature and decrease in heat transfer
b. decrease in wall temperature and increase in heat transfer
c. increase in wall temperature and increase in heat transfer
d. increase in wall temperature and decrease in heat transfer

40. What is the advantage of gaseous fuel?

a. it can be stored easily
b. it can mix easily with air
c. it can displace more air from the engine
d. all of the above

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