Exergy Balance - MCQs with Answers

Q1. What is the value of exergy in general?

a. only negative
b. only positive
c. sometimes positive sometimes negative
d. cannot say

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ANSWER: b. only positive



Q2. Exergy is not conserved but destroyed in the process. What is the reason behind this?

a. reversibility
b. irreversibility
c. both reversibility and irreversibility
d. none of the above

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ANSWER: b. irreversibility



Q3. What does the exergy principle state?

a. The exergy of an isolated system can never decreases, but always increases
b. The exergy of an isolated system can never increases, but always decreases
c. The exergy of an isolated system can either increases or decreases
d. cannot say

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ANSWER: b. The exergy of an isolated system can never increases, but always decreases



Q4. People use electric energy to heat and light homes. What does it indicate?

a. People are destroying energy
b. People are creating energy
c. People are converting energy from more exergy value to less exergy value
d. People are converting energy from less exergy value to more exergy value

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ANSWER: c. People are converting energy from more exergy value to less exergy value



Q5. The ratio of minimum exergy which must be consumed to perform the task to the actual amount of energy consumed in performing the same task is called as

a. first law efficiency
b. second law efficiency
c. exergy efficiency
d. none of the above

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ANSWER: b. second law efficiency


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