Flow Review Questions

What type of fluid movement is smooth without obstruction?

• A) Buoyant
• B) Turbulent
• C) Floating
• D) Laminar

What does a Reynolds number of over 4,000 indicate?

• A) Turbulent flow
• B) Laminar flow
• C) Streamlined flow
• D) Corrupted flow

What type of flow is a Reynolds number of 1,000?

• A) Turbulent
• B) Transient
• C) Smooth
• D) Laminar

Which of the following is NOT a common way to indicate a flowing process?

• A) Positive flow rate
• B) Mass flow units
• C) Percentage flow rate
• D) Volumetric flow units

Measuring one variable of a process to infer another?

• A) Indirect flow measurement
• B) Secondary flow measurement
• C) Fluid flow measurement
• D) Primary flow measurement

What does the Bernoulli principle state?

• A) As the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid increases.
• B) As the speed of a moving fluid decreases, the pressure within the fluid increases.
• C) As the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.
• D) As the speed of a moving fluid decreases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.

Which of the following has four impact points spaced across the pipe?

• A) Flow nozzle
• B) Orifice plate
• C) Pitot tube
• D) Multiport pitot

What are rotameters designed to provide?

• A) Volumetric flow
• B) Density measurement
• C) Flow type
• D) Flow indication

Which of the following is determined by the difference between two velocity sensor signals?

• A) Mass Flow Meters
• B) Integral Flow Meters
• C) Vortex
• D) Target

List the kinds of flow measurement (page 101)

• A) Total flow, total fluid, total volume
• B) Flow per inch and total flow
• C) Flow rate, fluid rate, Volumetric total
• D) Flow rate, Total flow