EGEE 101 exam 2 2025 Questions and
Answers
What percentage of the total fleet of vehicles on the road today in the US is responsible for emitting
35% of all hydrocarbon emissions coming from vehicle tailpipes? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-1%
Why do jet airplanes fly at high altitudes (on the order of 30,000 feet or greater!)? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-To take advantage of low density air, thus allowing the plane to travel more
efficiently
What is the name of the tax imposed upon vehicles which do not meet specified fuel economy
targets? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Gas Guzzler Tax
The Transportation sector is heavily dependent on petroleum. Approximately how much of the total
oil consumed in the United States is solely dedicated to the Transportation sector? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-2/3 (66%)
Which is the most popular method of getting to work? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-car
Cities are heavily polluted because? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Lots of vehicle traffic and vehicle
pollution
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, Most cargo boats (ships) use what type of fuel to power their engines? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-
Diesel or fuel oil
Select all of the advantages of driving gasoline powered vehicles: - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Existing
infrastructure, Existing technology, Public acceptance, Very large domestic fuel supply (50 years
worth of supply)
What percentage of the transportation market is fueled by oil? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-97%
Natural gas as a transport fuel is pollution free? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-False
The previous article seemed to put a lot of the blame of high oil prices on OPEC. Go to OPEC's
web page and click on the oil drop that says "Who Gets What From Imported Oil?" and download
the pdf file and answer the next TWO questions.
According to the article you just read, what is OPEC's view on why oil prices are so high? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-Taxes placed on the oil by the nations consuming the oil
The main reason for the United States to have Strategic Petroleum Reserve is what? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-It is a supply of oil that can run the country for 90 days in case of a national
emergency and imported oil supplies are cut off
The carbon content of a typical crude oil will range between? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-80% to 90%
True or False? A low quality crude oil will have a low viscosity, while a high quality crude oil will
have a high viscosity. - Correct Answer✔️✔️-False
In United States refineries, typically about what percentage of a barrel of crude oil is converted into
gasoline? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-50%
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Answers
What percentage of the total fleet of vehicles on the road today in the US is responsible for emitting
35% of all hydrocarbon emissions coming from vehicle tailpipes? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-1%
Why do jet airplanes fly at high altitudes (on the order of 30,000 feet or greater!)? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-To take advantage of low density air, thus allowing the plane to travel more
efficiently
What is the name of the tax imposed upon vehicles which do not meet specified fuel economy
targets? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Gas Guzzler Tax
The Transportation sector is heavily dependent on petroleum. Approximately how much of the total
oil consumed in the United States is solely dedicated to the Transportation sector? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-2/3 (66%)
Which is the most popular method of getting to work? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-car
Cities are heavily polluted because? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Lots of vehicle traffic and vehicle
pollution
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, Most cargo boats (ships) use what type of fuel to power their engines? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-
Diesel or fuel oil
Select all of the advantages of driving gasoline powered vehicles: - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Existing
infrastructure, Existing technology, Public acceptance, Very large domestic fuel supply (50 years
worth of supply)
What percentage of the transportation market is fueled by oil? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-97%
Natural gas as a transport fuel is pollution free? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-False
The previous article seemed to put a lot of the blame of high oil prices on OPEC. Go to OPEC's
web page and click on the oil drop that says "Who Gets What From Imported Oil?" and download
the pdf file and answer the next TWO questions.
According to the article you just read, what is OPEC's view on why oil prices are so high? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-Taxes placed on the oil by the nations consuming the oil
The main reason for the United States to have Strategic Petroleum Reserve is what? - Correct
Answer✔️✔️-It is a supply of oil that can run the country for 90 days in case of a national
emergency and imported oil supplies are cut off
The carbon content of a typical crude oil will range between? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-80% to 90%
True or False? A low quality crude oil will have a low viscosity, while a high quality crude oil will
have a high viscosity. - Correct Answer✔️✔️-False
In United States refineries, typically about what percentage of a barrel of crude oil is converted into
gasoline? - Correct Answer✔️✔️-50%
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