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  • Question
  • In an ordinary chemical plant, electrical installation cost may be about


  • Options
  • A. 10-15% of purchased equipment cost.
  • B. 3-10% of fixed capital investment.
  • C. either (a) or (b).
  • D. neither (a) nor (b).

  • Correct Answer
  • either (a) or (b). 


  • Chemical Engineering Plant Economics problems


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    • 1. Direct costs component of the fixed capital consists of

    • Options
    • A. contingencies
    • B. onsite and offsite costs
    • C. labour costs
    • D. raw material costs
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following elements is not included in the scope of market analysis?

    • Options
    • A. Competition from other manufactures.
    • B. Product distribution.
    • C. Opportunities
    • D. Economics
    • Discuss
    • 3. Gross earning is equal to the total income minus

    • Options
    • A. total product cost
    • B. fixed cost
    • C. income tax
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pick out the wrong statement.

    • Options
    • A. Gross revenue is that total amount of capital received as a result of the sale of goods or service.
    • B. Net revenue is the total profit remaining after deducting all costs excluding taxes.
    • C. The ratio of immediately available cash to the total current liabilities is known as the cash ratio.
    • D. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Annual depreciation costs are constant, when the __________ method of depreciation calculation is used.

    • Options
    • A. declining balance
    • B. straight line
    • C. sum of the years digit
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is not a component of working capital?

    • Options
    • A. Raw materials is stock.
    • B. Finished products in stock.
    • C. Transportation facilities.
    • D. Semi-finished products in the process.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Most chemical plants use an initial working capital amounting to 10-20% of the total capital investment. But this percentage may increase to __________ percent in case of seasonal products manufacturing plant.

    • Options
    • A. 30
    • B. 50
    • C. 75
    • D. 95
    • Discuss
    • 8. Equipment installation cost in a chemical process plant ranges from __________ percent of the purchased equipment cost.

    • Options
    • A. 10 to 20
    • B. 35 to 45
    • C. 55 to 65
    • D. 70 to 80
    • Discuss
    • 9. In declining balance method of depreciation calculation, the

    • Options
    • A. value of the asset decreases linearly with time.
    • B. annual cost of depreciation is same every year.
    • C. annual depreciation is the fixed percentage of the property value at the beginning of the particular year.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. For a given fluid, as the pipe diameter increases, the pumping cost

    • Options
    • A. decreases.
    • B. increases.
    • C. remains the same.
    • D. may increase or decrease, depending upon whether the fluid is Newtonian or non-Newtonian.
    • Discuss


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