Take air density to be 1.

2kg/, water density to be 100kg/ g to be 10 m/ and atmospheric pressure

to be 100kPa

1. A one metre wide flat plate is submerged such that its top horizontal edge is at the surface
of the water and the lower one is 2.0m below the water surface. What is the force exerted
by the water on side?
a) 125 N
b) 20.00 kN
c) 2500 kN
d) 1250 kN
e) This is a trick question; force is only exerted on one side

2. A 540-kg rock (=2700kg/) is dropped into a lake containing pure water. A person dives in
and tires to lift the rock. Determine how much force they need to apply to lift it for the
bottom of the lake
a) 3.4 kN
b) 340 kN
c) 540 kN
d) 2700kn
e) Again this is a trick question; it depends upon how deep the lake is

3. At forty metres below the surface of the pool of the water;

a) The absolute pressure is 400kpa
b) The differential pressure is 400kpa
c) The absolute pressure is 470kpa
d) The differential pressure is 470kpa
e) None of the above; third trick question in a row

4. Which statement is most correct?

a) Flow across an aircraft wing is one-dimensional but only far away from the wing tips
b) Flow across an aircraft wing is two-dimensional but only far away from the wing tips
c) Flow across an aircraft wing is three-dimensional but only far away from the wing tips
d) Fully developed pipe flow is three- dimensional
e) None of the above; how easy is this quiz!

5. Fluid at the surface of a flat plate placed parallel to a moving flow does not move, yet the
plate experiences drag;
a) This is incorrect-there can be no drag, since fluid must move at the surface to cause the drag
b) The stickiness of the fluid slipping at the surface causes the drag
c) The effect of viscosity in the free stream flow causes the drag
d) Pressure exerted normal to the surface causes the drag

6. The drag will increase the greatest for the flat plate in q5 if;
A) Kinematic viscosity and shear velocity gradient (du/dy) both reduce
B) Dynamic viscosity and shear velocity gradient increases
C) Kinematic viscosity and shear velocity gradient both increase
D) Dynamic viscosity and shear velocity gradient reduces
E) Kinematic viscosity increases and the shear velocity gradient decreases

7. Gasses are;
a) Compressible hence we need to take this into account in all fluid mechanical calculations
b) Compressible but only above the speed of the sound
c) Incompressible but only below the speed of the sound
d) Compressible and for engineering calculation we can generally ignore it for speeds less than
a third of the local speed of sound.

8. In a horizontal pipe carrying water, the cross-sectional area can generally reduce thus;
A) The velocity increases and the static pressure increases
B) The velocity increases and the static pressure decreases
C) The static pressure increases and the dynamic pressure increases
D) The velocity increases but the static pressure remains the same as the pipe is horizontal
E) The static pressure increases and the dynamic pressure reduces

9. In 2-D flow, streamlines are line showing;

a) Points of similar static pressure
b) Points of similar density
c) Are lines whose tangent aligns with the local flow direction; we can infer velocity changes
from the distance between adjacent lines.
d) Are lines whose tangent aligns with the local flow direction; we can infer density changes
from the distance between adjacent lines.
e) Direction of pressure vectors

10. Dynamic similarity

a) Helps to derive equations and condense experimental data
b) Helps in planning experiment
c) Is an efficient way of storing and retrieving experimental data
d) Is very helpful in determining speeds for dynamic similarity in model testing
e) All of the above
11. Drag coefficient is the force
A) /(half times fluid velocity ,density and plan form area)
B) /(half fluid velocity, density and plan from area)
C) /(half fluid velocity squared, density and frontal area)
D) X(half by fluid velocity, density and frontal area)
E) X(half fluid velocity squared , density and frontal area)

12. At the entrance to a small wind tunnel, air is drawn from the atmosphere into the duct by a
downstream fan. A total pressure tube is inserted into the duct and connected to one tube
of a manometer- the other tube is open to atmosphere, what will happen to the fluid
level(on the side of the total tube) when the is turned on?\
a) It will rise up the tube due to the energy from the fan giving an increase In total pressure
b) Its level will go down very slightly due to small energy gain in the duct
c) It will drop due to the energy from the fan being greater than the losses
d) Its level will go up very slightly due to small energy loss in the duct
e) It will drop due to the energy from the fan giving an increase in total pressure

13. This time the total pressure tube is removed and a static tube is connected. What happens
now (on the side of the static tube) when the fan is turned on??
a) Fluid will rise the tube
b) Fluid will go down due to energy losses
c) Fluid will remain completely unchanged
d) Fluid will drop if there are no leaks
e) None of the above

14. In a series piping system the head losses through different pipes;
a) Are always the same, but only if you ignore minor losses
b) Are always the same, even if you account for minor losses
c) Only vary with the Reynolds number and length of each pipe
d) Are only proportional to the and the inverse of the diameter
e) Are normally different but are always very dependent on the pipe internal diameter

15. A constant area pipe runs downhill then back up hill;

a) The total pressure remains the same irrespective of any energy losses
b) The dynamic pressure increases then reduces
c) The dynamic pressure remains constant even if there are energy losses
d) Why would anybody make a pipe go downhill then back uphill what a waste of a pipe!
16. If the volume flow rate and friction factor is kept the same ina pipe but the pipe diameter is
doubled, the pressure will drop;
a) Approximately doubled
b) Approximately halved
c) Reduced by a factor of approximately 8
d) Reduced by a factor of approximately 16
e) Reduced by a factor of approximately 32

17. In a developed laminar pipe flow;

a) The velocity profile Is flat across the pipe
b) Maximum velocity (Vmax ) is four times the average Vavg
c) Vmax changes down the pipe
d) Vmax is twice Vavg
e) The velocity profile depends upon the surface roughness

18. Which statement is most correct?

a) Static pressure only changes if the area of the pipe changes
b) Static pressure only changes if the elevation of a pipe changes
c) Dynamic Static pressure only changes if the elevation of a pipe changes
d) Losses are reflected in a drop of dynamic pressure
e) Losses are reflected in a drop of static pressure

19. Head loss in a pipe is;

a) Velocity loss divided by the density and the acceleration due to gravity
b) Pressure loss divided by the density and viscosity
c) Velocity loss divided by a dimension and kinematic viscosity
d) Pressure loss divided by the density and the acceleration due to gravity
e) Pressure loss divided by the density squared and the acceleration due to gravity

20. The friction factor for a pipe flow can be obtained from the moody diagram and is
dependent;
a) Just upon relative roughness, but only for turbulent flow
b) Only upon the Re No. for turbulent flow
c) Only on the flow velocity and pipe length
d) Only on the temperature and viscosity
e) On the Re No. and Relative roughness from some turbulent flows