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ABSA 3rd TSSA Part 3A1 – Comprehensive Practice Questions with Verified Answers

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This document offers an extensive set of test questions with accurate answers for the ABSA 3rd Class TSSA Part 3A1 exam. Topics covered include heat transfer, physics, trigonometry, materials science, mechanical stress, pressure and temperature conversions, beam support reactions, steam tables, corrosion, and thermodynamic principles. An excellent study guide for mastering both theoretical and applied power engineering concepts.

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ABSA 3rd TSSA Part 3A1 - Test (I) questions with
accurate answers
_____ does not contain any neutrons in its nucleus. Ans✓✓✓ Hydrogen


_____ increases the toughness and ductility of steel when added to it.
Ans✓✓✓ Vanadium


_____ is a material's ability to be greatly lengthened and reduced in
cross-sectional area without breaking. Ans✓✓✓ Ductility


150°F is equivalent to: Ans✓✓✓ 65.6°C


82 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale is equal to _____ K on the Kelvin
scale: Ans✓✓✓ 300.5


A 1 kg pipe wrench is dropped from a height of 25 m. In km/h, its
velocity at impact will be: Ans✓✓✓ 79.7 km/h


A 6 m long cantilever beam carries a concentrated load of 45 kN at its
free end. What is the shear force at the wall? Ans✓✓✓ 45 kN


A beam 34 m long overhangs as shown. It carries a distributed load of
100 kN/m and a concentrated load of 400 kN as shown. Calculate the
reactions at the supports. https://ibb.co/yPcHt9x Ans✓✓✓ R1 =
1173.33 kN, R2 = 426.67 kN

,A beam is simply supported at both ends and carries a concentrated load
of 1000 N in the middle. The types of stress that are set up in the beam
are: Ans✓✓✓ Shear stress and bending stress


A body can be put into equilibrium by applying an additional force equal
in magnitude but opposite in direction to the: Ans✓✓✓ Resultant


A Cupola furnace is used to produce cast iron by: Ans✓✓✓ Melting pig
iron together with predetermined amounts of scrap iron, steel and
limestone.


A cylindrical tank has its axis vertical. It is 2 m in diameter and its mass
is 800 kg. When it is filled to 2 m high with oil, the total mass is 5050
kg. What is the relative density of the oil? Ans✓✓✓ 0.6764


A diagram that shows the stress caused by forces acting perpendicular to
the beam at every cross section along the length of a beam is called the
_____ diagram. Ans✓✓✓ Shear


A load exerted upon rivets will produce ________ stress in the rivets:
Ans✓✓✓ Shear


A man walks 3.2 km due east and then 4 km in a direction 20° west of
south. Find the distance between his final position and his starting point.
Ans✓✓✓ 4.18 km

, A mass of 50 kg is suspended as shown. Find the force in the suspension
cord P in Newtons. https://ibb.co/yPw7gqc Ans✓✓✓ 598.8 N


A mass of 50 kg is suspended as shown. Find the magnitude of force F
required to keep the load in equilibrium. https://ibb.co/yPw7gqc
Ans✓✓✓ 343.35 N


A material with a high Brinell number is: Ans✓✓✓ Very hard


A neutron has: Ans✓✓✓ No electrical charge


A number taken to the third power is said to be??: Ans✓✓✓ Cubed.


A perfect gas is compressed under conditions of constant temperature to
a volume of 30 m³. If the final pressure of the gas is 450 kPa gauge and
the initial volume was 135 m³, what was the initial pressure? (Assume
atmospheric pressure to be 101.3 kPa) Ans✓✓✓ 21.2 kPa gauge


A perfectly elastic material: Ans✓✓✓ Shows no sign of strain due to
loading when the load is removed


A piece of copper absorbs 50 kJ of heat while its temperature rises from
20°C to 70°C. Calculate the mass of the copper. Ans✓✓✓ 2.58 kg

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