Which of the following ceramic packing materials is the costliest of all?
Berl saddles
Raschig rings
Pall rings
Intalox saddles
Correct Answer :
A. Berl saddles
Related Questions
Which of the following is not a current asset of a chemical company?
Inventories
Marketable securities
Chemical equipments
None of these
Cost of piping in a fluid processing unit (e.g., distillation) of a chemical process plant is about __________ percent of the fixed capital investment.
4
13
22
34
Which of the following does not come under the sales expenses for a product of a chemical plant?
Advertising
Warehousing
Legal fees
Customer service
Depreciation
Costs (on annual basis) are constant when the straight line method is used for its determination
Is the unavoidable loss in the value of the plant, equipment and materials with lapse in time
Does figure in the calculation of income tax liability on cash flows from an investment
All (A), (B) and (C)
Which of the following is not a component of the fixed capital for a chemical plant facility?
Raw materials inventory
Utilities plants
Process equipment
Emergency facilities
Chemical engineering plant cost index is used for finding the present cost of a particular chemical plant, if the cost of similar plant at some time in the past is known. The present cost of the plant = original cost × (index value at present/ index value at time original cost was obtained). The most major component of this cost index is
Fabricated equipment and machinery
Process instruments and control
Pumps and compressor
Electrical equipments and material
Functional depreciation of an equipment is the measure of decrease in its value due to its
Ageing
Wear and tear
Obsolescence
Breakdown or accident
Payback period
And economic life of a project are the same
Is the length of time over which the earnings on a project equals the investment
Is affected by the variation in earnings after the recovery of the investment
All (A), (B) and (C)
__________ of depreciation calculation accounts for the interest on investment.
Straight line method
Declining balance
Both (A) and (B)
Neither (A) nor (B)
Which of the following is a component of working capital investment?
Utilities plants
Maintenance and repair inventory
Process equipments
Depreciation
In declining balance method of depreciation calculation, the
Value of the asset decreases linearly with time
Annual cost of depreciation is same every year
Annual depreciation is the fixed percentage of the property value at the beginning of the particular year
None of these
The payback method for the measurement of return on investment
Gives a correct picture of profitability
Underemphasises liquidity
Does not measure the discounted rate of return
Takes into account the cash inflows after the recovery of investments
The 'total capital investment' for a chemical process plant comprises of the fixed capital investment and the
Overhead cost
Working capital
Indirect production cost
Direct production cost
A shareholder has __________ say in the affairs of company management compared to a debenture holder.
More
Less
Same
No
Pick out the wrong statement.
Gross revenue is that total amount of capital received as a result of the sale of goods or service
Net revenue is the total profit remaining after deducting all costs excluding taxes
The ratio of immediately available cash to the total current liabilities is known as the cash ratio
Consolidated income statement based on a given time period indicates surplus capital and shows the relationship among total income, costs & profit over the time interval
Pick out the wrong statement.
Gross margin = net income - net expenditure
Net sales realisation (NSR) = Gross sales - selling expenses
At breakeven point, NSR is more than the total production cost
Net profit = Gross margin - depreciation - interest
Optimum economic pipe diameter for fluid is determined by the
Viscosity of the fluid
Density of the fluid
Total cost considerations (pumping cost plus fixed cost of the pipe)
None of these
__________ method for profitability evaluation of a project does not account for investment cost due to land.
Net present worth
Pay out period
Discounted cash flow
Rate of return on investment
The ratio of gross annual sales to the fixed capital investment is termed as the __________ ratio.
Cash reserve
Capital
Turnover
Investment
Optimum number of effects in a multiple effect evaporator is decided by the
Cost benefit analysis
Floor area availability
Terminal parameters
Evaporation capacity required
Which of the following relationship is not correct is case of a chemical process plant?
Manufacturing cost = direct product cost + fixed charges + plant overhead costs
General expenses = administrative expenses + distribution & marketing expenses
Total product cost = manufacturing cost + general expenses
Total product cost = direct production cost + plant overhead cost
Depreciation is __________ in profit with time.
Decrease
Increase
No change
None of these
Break-even point is the point of intersection of
Fixed cost and total cost
Total cost and sales revenue
Fixed cost and sales revenue
None of these
Scheduling provides information about the
Proper utilisation of machines
Means to minimise idle time for machines
Time of completion of job
Time of starting of job and also about how much work should be completed during a particular period
Out of the following, the depreciation calculated by the __________ method is the maximum.
Diminishing balance
Straight line
Sum of the years digit
Sinking fund
'Lang factor' is defined as the ratio of the capital investment to the delivered cost of major equipments. The value of 'Lang factor' for fixed capital investment, for a solid-fluid processing chemical plant ranges from
1.2 to 1.4
2.5 to 2.7
4.2 to 4.4
6.2 to 6.4
Manufacturing cost in a chemical company does not include the
Fixed charges
Plant overheads
Direct products cost
Administrative expenses
Operating profit of a chemical plant is equal to
Profit before interest and tax i.e., net profit + interest + tax
Profit after tax plus depreciation
Net profit + tax
Profit after tax
A balance sheet for an industrial concern shows
The financial condition at any given time
Only current assets
Only fixed assets
Only current and fixed assets
The amount of simple interest during 'n' interest period is (where, i = interest rate based on the length of one interest period, p = principal)
p.i.n.
p(1 + i.n)
p(1 + i)n
p(1 - i.n)