Pumps in Plumbing and Drainlaying Quiz

What is the term used to describe fluids in motion?

• Hydrostatics

• Dynamics

• Hydraulics

• Kinetics

What is the pressure exerted by the earth’s atmosphere at mean sea level?

• 101.3 kPa

• 150.0 kPa

• 120.5 kPa

• 98.1 kPa

What is the force which tends to impel a thing or parts of a thing outward from a centre of rotation?

• Magnetic Force

• Centrifugal Force

• Gravitational Force

• Centripetal Force

What is the vertical distance from the center line of the pump to the point of free discharge called?

• Pressure Head

• Delivery Head, Static

• Total Suction Lift

• Static Suction Head

What is the term used to describe a system under pressure but at rest?

• Dynamic

• Kinetic

• Hydraulic

• Hydrostatic

What is the formula to calculate force?

• Force = mass x speed

• Force = mass x acceleration due to gravity

• Force = mass x velocity

• Force = pressure x area

What is the term for the vertical height to which a given pressure will force water?

• Pressure Head

• Delivery Head

• Static Suction Head

• Total Suction Lift

What is the term for the vertical distance from the centerline of the pump to the level of the liquid being pumped?

• Delivery Head

• Total Suction Lift

• Static Suction Head

• Pressure Head

What is the term for the head required to accelerate the water through the delivery pipe?

• Velocity Head

• Total Suction Lift

• Static Suction Head

• Pressure Head

What is the term for the vertical distance from the water level at the top of the system to the lowest point of measurement in the system?

• Head

• Pressure

• Velocity

• Flow Rate