Hydrodynamics MCQs
1. What is the primary focus of hydrodynamics?
a) Study of fluid flow and forces acting on fluids
b) Study of sound waves in water
c) Study of the composition of water
d) Study of the chemical properties of liquids
Answer: a
2. What is the term used for the resistance of a fluid to flow?
a) Viscosity
b) Density
c) Pressure
d) Temperature
Answer: a
3. Which equation is fundamental in hydrodynamics and relates to the conservation of mass?
a) Bernoulli's equation
b) Continuity equation
c) Navier-Stokes equation
d) Reynolds equation
Answer: b
4. The velocity of a fluid at a point in steady flow is always:
a) Zero
b) Constant at all points
c) Varying with time
d) Tangential to the streamlines
Answer: d
5. What is the unit of dynamic viscosity in SI units?
a) Pascal-second (Pa·s)
b) Newton (N)
c) Joule (J)
d) Meter (m)
Answer: a
6. Which principle explains why the pressure decreases as the speed of a fluid increases?
a) Pascal's principle
b) Archimedes' principle
c) Bernoulli's principle
d) Newton's law of motion
Answer: c
7. What is the term for a flow in which the fluid velocity at any point is constant over time?
a) Steady flow
b) Turbulent flow
c) Compressible flow
d) Irrotational flow
Answer: a
8. The Reynolds number is used to predict:
a) The viscosity of a fluid
b) The type of flow (laminar or turbulent)
c) The density of a fluid
d) The pressure in the fluid
Answer: b
9. In which flow does the fluid move in layers, with no mixing between them?
a) Turbulent flow
b) Laminar flow
c) Compressible flow
d) Incompressible flow
Answer: b
10. What does the Navier-Stokes equation describe?
a) Heat transfer in fluids
b) The motion of incompressible fluids
c) The velocity of waves in a medium
d) The change in temperature of a fluid
Answer: b
