1. What is an Industrial Process?
a) A small-scale procedure involving
chemical or mechanical steps
b) Large-scale procedures used in heavy
industries to manufacture specific items
c) A type of art form involving the creation
of unique products
d) A series of actions that lead to personal
growth
b) They make rare materials even more
expensive
c) They increase the economic feasibility of
using costly materials
d) They eliminate all by-products
7. Which of the following is NOT a type of
industrial process?
a) Chemical Processes
b) Manufacturing Processes
2. Which of the following is NOT an example
of a process industry?
a) Food and beverages
c) Heat Processes
d) Physical Processes
b) Pharmaceuticals
c) Electronics
d) Ceramics
8. Smelting is an example of which type of
industrial process?
a) Heat Process
b) Chemical Process
3. Which of the following is NOT considered
an input in an industrial system?
a) Raw materials
c) Physical Process
d) Distillation Process
b) Energy (electricity)
c) Labor (skilled/unskilled)
d) Finished products
4. What does "Processes" refer to in an
industrial context?
a) The raw materials used in manufacturing
b) The methods and operations used to
convert inputs into outputs
9. What is the main difference between
manufacturing and production?
a) Manufacturing involves converting raw
materials using machinery, while production
involves manual labor.
b) There is no difference; the terms are
interchangeable.
c) Manufacturing is a subset of production.
d) Production is a subset of manufacturing.
c) The transportation of goods
d) The communication links within a
company
5. What does "Output" encompass in an
industrial system?
a) The primary materials used in production
10. What does "Process Technology" refer to?
a) The use of science in everyday life
b) The machines, equipment, and devices
that create and deliver products and services
c) The study of industrial processes
d) The use of technology in cooking
b) The waste generated during the process
c) The products or by-products generated by
the system
d) The capital investment required for
production
11. Which of the following is NOT a category
of Process Technology?
a) Material-Processing Technology
b) Information-Processing Technology
6. What is one of the benefits of industrial
processes?
a) They always result in the production of
valuable products
c) Customer-Processing Technology
d) Environmental-Processing Technology
12. What is an example of InformationProcessing Technology?
a) A circular saw
d) Mining
b) E-commerce platforms
c) Mass transportation systems
d) Gym equipment
18. What is the definition of "Process"
according to the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary?
a) A type of machine
13. Which category of Customer-Processing
Technology involves customers using
technology to create the service?
a) Active
b) Passive
b) A series of actions that produce
something or lead to a particular result
c) The transformation of raw materials into
finished goods
d) A specific type of chemical reaction
c) One-way monitoring
d) None of the above
14. In the extractive industry, what is the main
focus?
19. What is the definition of "Technology"
according to the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary?
a) The use of science to invent new products
a) Production of goods using nature
b) The study of industrial processes
b) Reproduction and multiplication of plants
and animals
c) A specific machine used in manufacturing
c) Transformation of raw materials into
finished products
d) Extraction of resources from the soil, air,
or water
d) The use of science in industry and
engineering to solve problems
20. Which of the following is NOT a category
of Material-Processing Technology?
a) Forging
15. Which industry is responsible for
transforming raw materials into finished
products with the help of machines and
manpower?
b) Casting
c) E-commerce
d) Machining
a) Construction Industry
b) Service Industry
c) Manufacturing Industry
d) Extractive Industry
16. What is the primary focus of the service
industry?
21. What does a production system encompass?
a) Only the final product
b) All activities, procedures, inputs, and
outputs required for production
c) Only the inputs required for production
d) Policies communicated by management
a) Extraction of natural resources
b) Manufacturing of consumer goods
c) Providing various services like tourism
and entertainment
d) Construction of infrastructure
17. Which of the following is NOT an example
of a process industry?
a) Textiles
b) Pharmaceuticals
c) Food and beverages
22. How are production processes/systems
classified?
a) By the number of employees involved
b) Based on product/output variety and
product/operations/output volume
c) According to the geographical location of
production facilities
d) By the cost of production
23. Which of the following is NOT a type of
continuous production process?
b) Custom production for each order
a) Flow Shop
c) Production in response to specific
customer orders
b) Mass Production
d) Continuous production with no breaks
c) Job Shop
d) Project Production
24. What characterizes the Made-to-Order
Production Process (MTO)?
29. What are the primary reasons for using
Batch Manufacturing?
a) To eliminate the need for skilled operators
b) To maximize production rates
a) Production in response to specific
customer orders
c) To accommodate variations between
batches
b) Items completed and placed in stock
before receiving customer orders
d) To produce goods with low durability
c) High volume production of the same
products
d) Automation and special-purpose
equipment
30. What types of products are typically
produced using a Project Type production
process?
a) Mass-produced consumer goods
b) Highly standardized products
25. Continuous Manufacturing Systems are also
known as:
a) Custom Manufacturing Systems
b) One-time Production Systems
c) Custom, large-scale products like ships
and bridges
d) Small, identical items like screws and
bolts
c) Repetitive Manufacturing Systems
d) Discrete Manufacturing Systems
26. What is the primary focus of Continuous:
Flow Shop production?
a) Producing discrete products
b) High-volume production of custom
products
c) Standardization of product and process
sequence
d) Production in response to specific
customer orders
27. Which type of production process typically
uses dedicated special-purpose machines
with high production capacities?
a) Flow Shop
b) Batch Manufacturing
31. What is the primary objective of automation
in manufacturing?
a) Minimizing the quantity of production
b) Reducing the durability of produced
goods
c) Maximizing both quantity of production
and quality/durability of goods
d) Eliminating the need for skilled operators
32. What is an automated process?
a) A process that requires no machinery
b) A process that uses machinery but is not
controlled automatically
c) A sequence of production activities done
in an automatic manner
d) A process that requires human
intervention at all stages
c) Project Type
d) Mass Production
28. What distinguishes Batch Manufacturing
from other types of production?
a) High-volume production
33. How is manufacturing defined?
a) As the conversion of finished goods into
raw materials
b) As the joining of multiple parts to make
assembled products
c) As the extraction of raw materials from
nature
d) As the application of physical and/or
chemical processes to alter materials
a) To maximize equipment flexibility
b) To minimize variations between batches
c) To achieve high-speed production
d) To accommodate production interruptions
34. In which type of production process is
equipment exclusively used for a specific
product, ensuring uninterrupted output?
39. In the discrete manufacturing industries,
what does continuous production mean?
a) Flow Shop
a) Production of work units one at a time
b) Mass Production
b) Production with no breaks for product
changeovers
c) Batch Manufacturing
d) Project Type
c) Production of work units in large batches
d) Production of custom products in
response to specific orders
35. What is the origin of the term
"manufacturing"?
a) Latin words meaning "mass production"
b) Latin words meaning "made by hand"
c) Greek words meaning "automated
production"
d) French words meaning "factory
production"
36. What major shift occurred in the
manufacturing industry with the rise of
factories?
a) Production became more manual and
decentralized
b) Smaller workshops became more
prevalent
c) Mechanized processes and larger sites
replaced manual techniques
d) Craftsmanship and hand-made goods
became more popular
37. What does the term "Intermitted Production
Process" refer to?
a) Continuous production with no
interruptions
b) Production in response to specific
customer orders
c) Production of high-volume, standardized
products
d) Production of custom products with
unique set-ups
40. What was the shift that occurred in
manufacturing with the rise of factories?
a) Smaller workshops became more
prevalent
b) Production became more decentralized
and manual
c) Mechanized processes and larger sites
replaced manual techniques
d) Craftsmanship and hand-made goods
became more popular
41. What are the two major components of a
production system?
a) People and equipment
b) Facilities and manufacturing support
systems
c) Facilities and product design
d) Automation and manual labor
42. In production systems, who is responsible
for operating the facilities?
a) Professional staff
b) White-collar workers
c) Blue-collar workers
d) Automated machines
43. What is the primary function of
manufacturing support systems?
a) Operating machinery
38. What is the primary reason for using batch
production in manufacturing?
b) Managing production and solving
technical problems
c) Designing products
b) It requires constant human attention.
d) Marketing products
c) It operates for an extended period with no
human attention.
44. What type of manufacturing system consists
of a single production machine and a worker
assigned to it?
a) Automated system
d) It is manually operated.
50. In certain fully automated processes, what is
the role of human workers?
b) Worker-machine system
a) Continuously operate the machines
c) Manual work system
b) Monitor the operation and make
occasional adjustments
d) Production line
c) Perform all production tasks manually
45. In a worker-machine system, what does the
human worker operate?
a) Manufacturing support systems
b) Hand tools
c) Powered equipment
d) Automated machines
d) Manage manufacturing support systems
51. Which function is NOT part of
manufacturing support systems?
a) Business functions
b) Product design
c) Manufacturing planning
46. Which type of manufacturing system
involves no direct participation of human
workers?
a) Worker-machine system
b) Automated system
c) Manual work system
d) Production line
d) Product inspection
52. What is the beginning and end of the
information-processing sequence in
manufacturing support systems?
a) Manufacturing planning
b) Product design
c) Business functions
47. What are the two levels of automation
identified in automated systems?
a) Manual and semi-automated
b) Semiautomated and fully automated
c) Manual and worker-machine
d) Fixed automation and programmable
automation
d) Manufacturing control
53. What type of manufacturing system is suited
to high production quantities and is
relatively inflexible in accommodating
product variety?
a) Programmable automation
b) Flexible automation
c) Fixed automation
48. What does a semi-automated machine
require a human worker to do?
d) Worker-machine system
a) Perform all tasks in the work cycle
b) Continuously monitor the operation
c) Tend to the machine for part of the cycle
d) Operate the machine using hand tools
54. Which automation type is most suitable for
batch production?
a) Fixed automation
b) Programmable automation
c) Flexible automation
49. What is the key characteristic of a fully
automated machine?
a) It operates with no power source.
d) Automated integrated production
55. What is the key advantage of an automation
migration strategy?
a) Immediate implementation of full
automation
b) Gradual introduction of automation as
demand grows
c) Low initial investment in customengineered equipment
d) No need for any human workers in the
production process
60. Which type of tool relies on an external
power source to operate and is often used for
tasks requiring significant power?
a) Hand tool
b) Simple machine
c) Powered tool
d) Automated machine
61. What is the primary function of process
equipment in various industries?
a) Transportation of materials
56. What is the primary purpose of simple
machines?
a) To amplify or modify force
b) To operate without any external power
source
c) To perform complex mechanical tasks
d) To minimize the number of moving parts
b) Storage, transformation, or management
of materials
c) Electrical power generation
d) Communication between machines
62. Which of the following is NOT a function of
process equipment?
a) Storage
57. Which of the following is an example of a
complex machine?
a) Screwdriver
b) Flow Control
c) Chemical Reaction Containment
d) Transportation
b) Bicycle
c) Hammer
d) Wrench
63. What are the two main types of process
equipment based on their mobility during
operation?
a) Manual and automated
58. What is the primary distinction between
hand tools and powered tools?
a) Hand tools are manual, while powered
tools rely on external power.
b) Hand tools have more moving parts than
powered tools.
c) Hand tools are larger and stationary,
while powered tools are portable.
d) Hand tools require less force to operate
than powered tools.
b) Fixed/Stationary and Rotating/Rotary
c) Portable and stationary
d) Mobile and immobile
64. Which term is commonly used to describe
stationary equipment primarily used in the
oil, gas, and other process industries?
a) Mobile equipment
b) Rotating equipment
c) Fixed equipment
59. What is the purpose of a level as a tool?
d) Dynamic equipment
a) To measure the diameter of shafts
b) To perform complex machining
operations
65. What are examples of Fixed Equipment?
c) To indicate how parallel or perpendicular
a surface is
a) Pumps and compressors
d) To move cartons in a warehouse
c) Electric motors and control components
b) Heat exchangers and pipelines
d) Valves and boilers
66. What distinguishes certain components like
pumps and compressors from Fixed
Equipment?
a) They are smaller in size.
b) They have moving internal parts.
c) They are always mobile.
d) They are used primarily in the chemical
industry.
d) To enhance chemical reactions
72. What is the primary function of a valve in a
process piping system?
a) To create pressure in the system
b) To regulate the flow of fluid
c) To generate heat within the pipeline
d) To store materials
67. What is the common term used for
mechanical components that use kinetic
energy to move fluids, gases, and other
process materials?
a) Stationary equipment
b) Dynamic equipment
c) Fixed equipment
73. How can valves be operated in a process
system?
a) Manually or Using Actuator
b) Electronically only
c) Through heat generation
d) By gravitational forces
d) Mobile equipment
68. What type of equipment is most often used
to drive process fluids through a system?
a) Fixed Equipment
b) Rotating Equipment
c) Manual Equipment
d) Stationary Equipment
74. Which type of valve is suitable for scenarios
requiring low flow resistance when fully
open but not recommended for throttling
service?
a) Globe valve
b) Ball valve
c) Butterfly valve
d) Gate valve
69. How is Rotating Equipment distinguished
from Fixed Equipment?
a) By their circular movements
b) By their ability to rotate
c) By their small size
d) By their ability to transform materials
70. What are the three main components of
rotary equipment?
a) Blades, gears, and couplings
b) Driver, connectors, and driven equipment
c) Valves, pipes, and tanks
d) Motors, fans, and compressors
75. What is the distinctive feature of a globe
valve?
a) It has a ball-shaped obstructor.
b) It is operated by a screwed stem and
handwheel.
c) It is designed for both ON-OFF and
throttling applications.
d) It is leak-resistant under high pressure.
76. What type of valve is commonly used for
system shut-off or isolation and provides
precise flow control when fully closed?
a) Globe valve
b) Ball valve
71. What is the primary purpose of Damage
Mechanisms in process equipment?
c) Butterfly valve
d) Gate valve
a) To improve equipment performance
b) To identify maintenance needs
c) To cause problems or failures within the
equipment
77. Which type of valve is small in size and
requires a quarter turn to open or close it
completely?
a) Globe valve
a) Conduction
b) Ball valve
b) Convection
c) Butterfly valve
c) Radiation
d) Gate valve
d) All of the above
78. What is the primary function of a relief
valve?
a) To control fluid flow
b) To regulate temperature
c) To respond automatically to sudden
pressure increases
d) To store materials
79. What is a control valve's primary function in
an industrial system?
a) To generate heat
b) To regulate the flow of fluid
c) To store chemicals
d) To increase kinetic energy
84. In a heat exchanger with a conductive
partition, how does heat transfer occur
between the hot and cold fluids?
a) Through direct fluid contact
b) By radiation
c) Through the partition by conduction
d) Through magnetic fields
85. What are the main flow configurations used
in heat exchangers?
a) Co-current flow, counter flow, crossflow,
hybrid flow
b) Upward flow, downward flow, sideways
flow
c) Inflow, outflow, reverse flow
d) Single flow, double flow, triple flow
80. Which principle of thermodynamics is
related to the heat balance equation used in
heat exchangers?
a) Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
b) First Law of Thermodynamics
c) Second Law of Thermodynamics
d) Third Law of Thermodynamics
86. Which flow configuration typically exhibits
the highest heat transfer efficiency in heat
exchangers?
a) Co-current flow
b) Counter flow
c) Crossflow
d) Hybrid flow
81. What is the definition of fluid?
a) A solid material that can change its shape
b) A substance that changes its shape under
force
c) A gas that remains stationary
d) A liquid that cannot flow
82. What are the two main types of fluids
described in the context of heat transfer?
a) Hot and cold fluids
b) Working fluid and process fluid
c) Solid and gas
d) Liquid and gas
83. Which heat transfer mechanism is primarily
involved in a heat exchanger?
87. How are heat exchangers categorized based
on construction method?
a) By color
b) By flow rate
c) By material composition
d) By recuperative vs. regenerative and
direct vs. indirect
88. What is the fundamental difference between
recuperative and regenerative heat
exchangers?
a) Recuperative heat exchangers allow fluid
mixing, while regenerative heat exchangers
do not.
b) Recuperative heat exchangers alternate
between heating and cooling modes, while
regenerative heat exchangers do not.
c) Recuperative heat exchangers use direct
contact heat transfer, while regenerative heat
exchangers use indirect contact.
d) Recuperative heat exchangers have fewer
components than regenerative heat
exchangers.
c) Radiation
d) Evaporative cooling
94. What is the fundamental working principle
of a boiler?
a) To cool water
b) To heat water
c) To evaporate water
89. In which type of heat exchanger do fluids
remain separated by thermally conductive
components throughout the heat transfer
process?
a) Recuperative
d) To separate water and oil
95. Which type of boiler is typically designed
for large industrial applications and uses
water as the working fluid?
b) Regenerative
a) Fire-tube boiler
c) Direct contact
b) Water-tube boiler
d) Indirect contact
c) Condenser boiler
d) Evaporator boiler
90. What are the two main types of heat transfer
mechanisms employed by heat exchangers?
a) Conduction and radiation
96. What is the primary function of a fired
heater or furnace in a chemical process?
b) Convection and radiation
a) To produce electricity
c) Single-phase and two-phase heat transfer
b) To generate steam
d) Direct and indirect heat transfer
c) To heat hydrocarbons
d) To cool down fluids
91. Which type of heat exchanger typically
requires more complex design
considerations due to its two-phase heat
transfer mechanism?
97. What is a reactor used for in a chemical
process?
a) Shell and tube heat exchanger
a) To separate mixtures
b) Double pipe heat exchanger
b) To transfer heat
c) Plate heat exchanger
c) To convert raw materials into products
through chemical reactions
d) Condenser
92. What is the primary purpose of a cooling
tower in an industrial process?
a) To generate steam
d) To produce steam
98. In which type of heat exchanger does the
heaviest component undergo stripping in a
reboiler?
b) To produce electricity
a) Shell and tube heat exchanger
c) To remove heat from water
b) Double pipe heat exchanger
d) To cool the surrounding air
c) Plate heat exchanger
d) Distillation column
93. Which principle does a cooling tower
primarily operate on?
a) Conduction
b) Convection
99. What is the primary method of separation in
the process of extraction?
a) Distillation
b) Filtration
c) Evaporation
d) Introducing a third material that dissolves
one of the two materials
100.
When is extraction a preferred
method of separation over distillation?
a) When the boiling points of the materials
are close together
b) When the materials are in solid form
c) When the materials are immiscible
d) When the materials are in gaseous form
Answers:
1. b) Large-scale procedures used in heavy
industries to manufacture specific items
2. c) Electronics
3. d) Finished products
4. b) The methods and operations used to
convert inputs into outputs
5. c) The products or by-products generated by
the system
6. c) They increase the economic feasibility of
using costly materials
7. b) Manufacturing Processes
8. a) Heat Process
9. a) Manufacturing involves converting raw
materials using machinery, while production
involves manual labor.
10. b) The machines, equipment, and devices
that create and deliver products and services
11. d) Environmental-Processing Technology
12. b) E-commerce platforms
13. a) Active
14. d) Extraction of resources from the soil, air,
or water
15. c) Manufacturing Industry
16. c) Providing various services like tourism
and entertainment
17. d) Mining
18. b) A series of actions that produce
something or lead to a particular result
30. c) Custom, large-scale products like ships
and bridges
31. c) Maximizing both quantity of production
and quality/durability of goods
32. c) A sequence of production activities done
in an automatic manner
33. d) As the application of physical and/or
chemical processes to alter materials
34. a) Flow Shop
35. b) Latin words meaning "made by hand"
36. c) Mechanized processes and larger sites
replaced manual techniques
37. d) Production of custom products with
unique set-ups
38. b) To minimize variations between batches
39. b) Production with no breaks for product
changeovers
40. c) Mechanized processes and larger sites
replaced manual techniques
41. b) Facilities and manufacturing support
systems
42. c) Blue-collar workers
43. b) Managing production and solving
technical problems
44. b) Worker-machine system
45. c) Powered equipment
46. b) Automated system
47. b) Semiautomated and fully automated
48. c) Tend to the machine for part of the cycle
19. d) The use of science in industry and
engineering to solve problems
49. c) It operates for an extended period with no
human attention.
20. c) E-commerce
50. b) Monitor the operation and make
occasional adjustments
21. b) All activities, procedures, inputs, and
outputs required for production
22. b) Based on product/output variety and
product/operations/output volume
23. c) Job Shop
24. a) Production in response to specific
customer orders
25. c) Repetitive Manufacturing Systems
51. d) Product inspection
52. c) Business functions
53. c) Fixed automation
54. b) Programmable automation
55. b) Gradual introduction of automation as
demand grows
56. a) To amplify or modify force
26. c) Standardization of product and process
sequence
57. b) Bicycle
27. d) Mass Production
58. a) Hand tools are manual, while powered
tools rely on external power.
28. b) Custom production for each order
29. c) To accommodate variations between
batches
59. c) To indicate how parallel or perpendicular
a surface is
60. c) Powered tool
61. b) Storage, transformation, or management
of materials
96. c) To heat hydrocarbons
62. d) Transportation
97. c) To convert raw materials into products
through chemical reactions
63. b) Fixed/Stationary and Rotating/Rotary
98. d) Distillation column
64. c) Fixed equipment
99. d) Introducing a third material that dissolves
one of the two materials
65. b) Heat exchangers and pipelines
66. b) They have moving internal parts.
67. b) Dynamic equipment
68. b) Rotating Equipment
69. a) By their circular movements
70. b) Driver, connectors, and driven equipment
71. c) To cause problems or failures within the
equipment
72. b) To regulate the flow of fluid
73. a) Manually or Using Actuator
74. d) Gate valve
75. c) It is designed for both ON-OFF and
throttling applications.
76. b) Ball valve
77. c) Butterfly valve
78. c) To respond automatically to sudden
pressure increases
79. b) To regulate the flow of fluid
80. b) First Law of Thermodynamics
81. b) A substance that changes its shape under
force
82. b) Working fluid and process fluid
83. d) All of the above
84. c) Through the partition by conduction
85. a) Co-current flow, counter flow, crossflow,
hybrid flow
86. b) Counter flow
87. d) By recuperative vs. regenerative and
direct vs. indirect
88. a) Recuperative heat exchangers allow fluid
mixing, while regenerative heat exchangers
do not.
89. d) Indirect contact
90. c) Single-phase and two-phase heat transfer
91. d) Condenser
92. c) To remove heat from water
93. d) Evaporative cooling
94. b) To heat water
95. b) Water-tube boiler
100.
a) When the boiling points of the
materials are close together