Steam Boilers, Engines, Nozzles and Turbines
The function of a piston in a steam engine is

To convert heat energy of the steam into mechanical work id) to exhaust steam from the cylinder at proper moment
To guide motion of the piston rod and to prevent it from bending
To transfer motion from the piston to the cross-head
None of these

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Steam Boilers, Engines, Nozzles and Turbines
For a Parson's reaction turbine, if α₁ and α₂ are fixed blade angles at inlet and exit respectively and β₁ and β₂ are the moving blade angles at entrance and exit respectively, then

α₁ < β₁ and α₂ > β₂
α₁ = α₂ and β₁ = β₂
α₁ = β₂ and β₁ = α₂
α₁ = β₁ and α₂= β₂

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