Top 150+ Solved Water Supply Engineering MCQ Questions Answer

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Q. What are the pumps that operate by alternately filling a cavity and then displacing a given volume of liquid called?

a. centrifugal pump

b. rotating pump

c. positive displacement pump

d. roto-dynamic pump

  • c. positive displacement pump

Q. A steam pump is a type of centrifugal pump.

a. true

b. false

  • b. false

Q. What are the pumps with one or more impellers called?

a. ansi process pumps

b. api process pumps

c. centrifugal pumps

d. positive displacement pumps

  • c. centrifugal pumps

Q. Why are booster pumps used?

a. higher flow

b. boost pressure

c. chop solids

d. maintain flow

  • b. boost pressure

Q. Why are cryogenic pumps used?

a. boost pressure

b. handle low temperature liquids

c. handle high temperature liquids

d. pump small quantities of liquids

  • b. handle low temperature liquids

Q. End suction pumps are the common type of                    pumps.

a. drum pumps

b. centrifugal pumps

c. positive displacement pumps

d. grinder pumps

  • b. centrifugal pumps

Q. Which pump among the ones mentioned below can be located above the suction reservoir without an external priming system?

a. slurry pumps

b. self-priming pumps

c. submersible pumps

d. trash pumps

  • b. self-priming pumps

Q. Which type of pump is designed to handle rocks and other solids?

a. trash pumps

b. submersible pumps

c. slurry pumps

d. self-priming pumps

  • a. trash pumps

Q. Which type of pump should be used in order to handle low viscosity fluids?

a. centrifugal pump

b. displacement pump

c. submersible pump

d. end suction pump

  • a. centrifugal pump

Q. Which type of pump should be selected in order to pump the sewage from a septic tank to the water treatment system?

a. vertical sump pump

b. progressive cavity pump

c. submersible pump

d. screw pump

  • c. submersible pump

Q. In an activated sludge process which type of pump is used to recirculate the sludge?

a. booster pump

b. centrifugal pump

c. vane pump

d. vertical turbine pump

  • b. centrifugal pump

Q. Which type of pump is used while handling the sludge disposal system?

a. screw pump

b. multistage pump

c. self-priming pump

d. vertical pump

  • a. screw pump

Q. In which unit operation, gases are released or absorbed in the water?

a. gas transfer

b. ion transfer

c. solute stabilization

d. solids transfer

  • a. gas transfer
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