Chemical Engineering Plant Economics MCQs | Page - 1

Q. 1) A balance sheet for an industrial concern shows

Q. 2) _______ taxes are based on gross earnings.

Q. 3) _____ of depreciation calculation does not take into account the interest on investments.

Q. 4) _____ of depreciation calculation accounts for the interest on investment.

Q. 5) _______ method for profitability evaluation of a project does not account for investment cost due to land.

Q. 6) 'Utilities' in a chemical process plant includes compressed air, steam, water, electrical power, oxygen, acetylene, fuel gases etc. Utility costs for ordinary chemical process plants ranges roughly from _________ percent of the total product cost.

Q. 7) 'Six-tenth factor' rule is used for estimating the

Q. 8) 'P' is the investment made on an equipment, 'S' is its salvage value and 'n is the life of the equipment in years. The depreciation for Rath year by the sum-of year‟s digit method will be

Q. 9) '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

Q. 10) "Break-even point" is the point of intersection of