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National Examinations, May 2016 — 98-Mar-A1 Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, 3 hours, open book (Part A: Thermodynamics, Part B: Heat Transfer; 5 of 8 questions required, all 8 answered below for full study coverage).
Reference texts: Cengel & Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach; Sonntag, Borgnakke & Van Wylen, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics; Incropera & DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer.