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28. Driving force in precipitation
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29. Periodic trend: F, Cl, S; arrange in decreasing size, increasing electronegativity,
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30. For measurement of pressure, what conversion factor is needed?
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31. Which is a nonmetal ? a) Al b) Ni c) Rb d) Mg
32. How many s orbital for n level?
32. Which is the most electronegative?
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33. HOCl, H2O, H2C2O4 , H2SO4 : arrange according to the ability to release proton
34. About Graham’s law of diffusion
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES 35. Which transformation shows a reduction in kinetic energy?
General Chemistry a. liquid to gas b. gas to liquid c. solid to liquid d. solid to gas
1. What is the chemical name of muriatic acid? 36. Metals have electronegativity less than
2. Chemical name of sal soda/washing soda? a) 5 b) 4 c) 2 d) 3
3. Given half-life of C-14 to N-14 and initial rate of decay. What is the age of a sample 37. When 19.06 grams of CS2 is reacted with excess O2, CO2 and SO2, are formed. Find the
given its rate of decay? mass of SO2 formed.
4. What is Kf of MgO? (Problem on colligative property) a) 24 b) 48 c) 32 d) 16
5. Which comes primarily from sea MgO 38. Jellies and most paints are examples of
a) Ca b) Ba c) Cu d) Mg a) foam b) emulsion c) sol d) aerosol
6. Which will give a buffer of pH 2?
39. There are ______ kinds of pure substances.
7. Which element is dark, has metallic luster and sublimes a) 3 b) 2 c) 5 d) 4
a) chlorine b) fluorine c) iodine d) bromine
40. The contribution of the electron to the atomic weight is
8. Ionization Energy - trends
a) equal to that of the proton c) zero
9. Stoichiometry b) equal to that of the neutron d) 1/1837 time of proton and neutrons
10. Bonds, which are symmetrical with the line that connects the nuclei 42. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant?
11. Given n = 2. How many orbitals? a) 1.8 x 10-5 b) 3.6 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4 d) 1.2 x 10-5
43. Robert Boyle established the ________________
12. MW of a compound (tetrahydrate)
a) freezing point b) saturation temp c) boiling point d) dew point
13. Pale yellow gas used in pesticides 44. Hydrogen consists about ______ % of the earth’s crust
14. pOH of 0.018 M HCl a) less than 0.5% b) about 5% c) greater than 5% d) about 1%
15. Oil Of vitriol 45. Ernest Rutherford detected and named the radioactive element __________.
a) Thallium b) Selenium c) Scandium d) Thorium
16. If half life is independent of initial conc., the order is 46. Colligative properties depend on
17. Chemical equil: Given V, T, P Find n, total moles at equil. = 6.2 a) no. of solute particles c) nature of solute
2SO2 + O2 = 2SO3 [SO2] = [SO3] at equilibrium b) temperature of solution d) nature of solvent
18. What is needed in scaling mercury filled thermometer 47. ________ is the Greek word for “salt-forming”.
a) freezer b) beaker of water c) bunsen burner d) bucket of ice a) actinides b) halogen c) lanthanide d) transition
48. What weight of AgNO3 is required to precipitate the chlorides in a 750 ml solution of 14%
19. Artificial air for diving
BaCl2?
20. Find MW of protein from colligative property- osmotic pressure a) 256 mg b) 342 mg c) 86 mg d) 171 mg
21. Cheese- what type of mixture? 49. At equilibrium a 1-liter reactor contains 0.3 mol of A, 0.1 mol of B and 0.6 mol of C,
22. Combustion reaction is exothermic according to the equation.
a)all b)none c)some A+B C
If 0.4 mol of A was added to this system, how many moles of A was left after equilibrium was
23. Redox reaction: MnO4- + H+ + Cl- = Mn + Cl2 + H2O. Which is the reducing agent ? re-established?
oxidizing agent? The ratio of H+ to Cl2? a) 0.65 b) 0.05 c) 0.35 d) 0.70
24. %O2 in air 50. If 0.3 mol of B was added to the system described, how many moles of B was left at
25. Definition of foam equilibrium?
26. Stoichiometry: CaCO3 + HCl = CO2 ; Given volume of CO2, find mass of CaCO3 a) 0.15 b) 0.25 c) 0.4 d) 0.10
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51. If 0.2 mol of C was added how many moles of C was left at equilibrium? 74. At a given temperature, a liter reaction vessel contain 0.30 mole of A, 0.10 mole of B, and
52. The no. of degrees of freedom of an ethanol-water system in equilibrium with its 0.60 mole of C, which follows the reaction A + B C. Find the following:
vapor #mole of A when 0.40 mole of A added
a) 3 b) 1 c) 2 d) zero #mole of B when 0.30 mole of B added
53. A 0.0722 M acid has pH of 3.11, what is the Ka of the acid? #mole of C when 0.20 mole of C added
a) 4.2 x 10-6 b) 8.4 x 10-6 c) 8.4 x 10-7 d) 4.2 x 10-7 75. The equilibrium constant of the reaction 2x + y. 2z is 6.0 liter/mole at 600°C. A quantity
54. Aqua regia is a mixture of of “z” gas is placed in a liter reaction vessel at 600°C. When the system reached a state
a) HCl and perchloric acid c) Nitric and perchloric acid of equilibrium the vessel was found to contain 1.5 mole of “y” gas. How many moles of z
b) Nitric and HCl d) HCl, HNO3 and perchloric were originally placed in the reaction?
55. What weight in grams of KMnO4 is needed to form a 250 ml solution of 0.10 M? a. 6 b. 16 c. 3 d. 12
a) 47.5 b) 2.75 c) 3.95 g d) 89.5 g
56. A 1 liter vessel established equilibrium with the following reaction 76. A reaction system in equilibrium according to equation 2SO2 + O2 = 2SO3 in a liter
2SO2 + O2 2SO3 reaction vessel at a given temperature was found to contain 0.11 moles of SO2, 0.05
SO2 has 0.11 mole, O2 has 0.05 mole and SO3 has 0.12 mole. Another 1 liter vessel is used moles of O2, and 0.12 moles of SO3. Another liter reaction vessel contains 96 gm of SO2
and contains initially of 96 g of SO2 how much O2 (in grams) must be added, if at at the above temperature. How many gm of O2 must be added to the vessel in order that
equilibrium, one-half of SO2 will be converted to SO3. at equilibrium ½ of SO2 oxidized to SO3?
a. 48 b. 13.344 c. 9.340 d. 9.60
a) 6.0 b) 13.34 c) 9.304 d) 9.6
57. Who discovered the positron? 77. Ideal gas law calculation – unknown density
58. Who discovered oxygen? 78. Element with the least amount in the earth’s crust
a) W. Scheele b) Joseph Priestley c) John Dalton d)Antoine Lavosier a. Si b. Mg c. P d. S
59. Who stated that the properties of elements are periodic function of their atomic 79. Which does not react in acid?
weights not atomic number? a. Gold b. Iron
a) E. Rutherford b) D. Mendeleev c) H. Moseley d)Neils Bohr 80. What is the chemical name of chlorox?
60. Who discovered radium? a. Hydrochloric acid b. Sodium hypochlorite
a) Marie Curie b) Ernest Rutherford c) John Priestley d) John Dalton 85. What element is present in Epsom salt but not in milk of magnesia?
61. 18.7 g of unknown acid is reacted with zinc to produce 800 cc of H2 gas at STP. a. H b. O c. S d. Mg
What is the equivalent weight of the acid? 82. Which among the following elements is not found in elemental form?
a) 624 b) 262 c) 173 d) 131 a. Na b. P c. N
62. Convert 60 ergs to microjoule 83. Common form of sugar
a) 3 b) 6 c) 600 d) .06 a. fructose b. glucose c. sucrose d. lactose
63. What is the boiling point of O2? 84. Which is true about atomic mass of an element?
64. What is the density of a 50% aqueous solution of H2SO4 at 20°C? a. mass of protons plus mass of neutrons
65. Colloidal dispersions has _______ phases while a suspension has ______ phases. b. mass of electrons plus mass of neutrons
a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 1 c) 1 and 1 d) 2 and 2 b. total number of nucleons in nucleus
66. What is the formula of Epsom salt? c. difference in neutrons and protons
a) Na3SO4.10H2O b) Ferrous sulfate c) Aluminum sulfate d) MgSO4.7H2) 85. What is the correct formula for Nitrogen(IV) oxide?
67. What is kaolinite? a. N2O4 b. N2O2 c. NO2 d. N2O
a) Aluminum silicate b) MgSO4.7H2O c) KCl d) Magnesium silicate 86. Compute for the heat of combustion of ethane.
68. What is green vitriol? 87. CH2O – Formaldehyde
a) CuSO4 b) Ferrous sulfate c) MgSO4.7H2O d) NasSO4.10H2O KOH –Lye
69. Which of the following is covalently bonded? 88. % Argon in the atmosphere – 0.93- 0.94%
a) MgO b) KCl c) NaCl 89. Karat of a pure Gold- 24K
70. Mayonnaise and milk are examples of 90. Gas Responsible for greenhouse effect- CO2
a) emulsion b) suspension c) colloid d) mixture 91. Harmful / toxic gas- Ammonia
71. Which of the following has no definite structure? 92. Foul Smelling Gas- H2S/ N2S
a) crystalline b) amphoteric c) amorphous d) allotrope 93. Two different thermometer used to measure the temp of a substance, When the
72. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant? thermometerare brought into contact, what will happen?
a) 1.8 x 10-5 b) 3.6 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4 d) 1.2 x 10-5 94. Phenolpthalein/ Other indicators
73. Robert Boyle established the ________________ -color in basic and acidic solution
a) freezing pt b) saturation temp c) boiling pt d) dew point 95. Which is the most reactive: K, Li
96. What element is used in making batteries, lead and _________; choice: antimony.
97. Periodic table, how many periods?
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98. What halogen is in period 3 a) 2,6-dimethyl-6-ethylhexane b) 2,6,6-trimethyloctane
99. Which has the largest electronegativity?
100. Which is the lightest metal? 23. Which of the following is a primary alcohol?
101. Which has high electronegativity: ionic, covalent, H-bonding, metallic a) isoamyl alcohol b) phenol c) tert-butyl alcohol d)
102. Force that hold oppositely charged: ionic isopropyl alcohol
103. Which is which? Ice is less dense than liquid water 24. Name the compound
104. Which has the largest kinetic energy? Choices: solid to liquid, gas to liquid CH3
105. Which is 3 dimentional? Graphite, diamond, coal, coke CH3 – CH3 – CH3
106. Choices: ozone, Ca, H2, graphite
107. Which is in its simplest form: element, solid, liquid, gas CH3
108. Lowest pH: NaCl, NaCH3COO-
109. Chemical name of Teflon a) iso-pentane b) neo-pentane c) n-pentane d) iso-butane
110. About Graham’s Law of Diffusion 25. How many sigma bonds are there in ethylene?
111. 6.02 x 1023 ions is equivalent to _________mole Na2CO3 a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) more than 3
112. Where can you extract magnesium: seawater, corals, seashells, balonite 26. Which of the following is a derivative of carboxylic acid?
Organic Chemistry a) arpine b) ester c) aldehyde d) alcohol
1. CaCl2 cannot be used as a desiccant for 28. How many isomers does pentane have?
a) alkane b) alkyne c) alcohol d) ether a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
2. In organic chemistry, what is reduction? 29. How many grams of C is found in formaldehyde?
3. Bonds which are symmetrical with the line that connects the nuclei 30. Alcoholic beverage from distilled wine/ fruit juice- BRANDY
4. Given n = 2. How many orbitals? 31. Polymer used in rubber- STYRENE
5. IUPAC name of ethylene 32. No. of Hydrogen given name of a compound (eg: 2,2- dimethylbutane)
6. No. of possible structures of 6-carbon-alkane 33. Aromatic Hydrocarbons
7. In organic chemistry, what is reduction? 34. No. of isomers of propane Zero
8. Bonds, which are symmetrical with the line that connects the nuclei 35. Reaction Undergone by alcohol (substitution and elimination)
9. Given n = 2. How many orbitals? 36. Lucas Reagents (HCl, ZnCl2)
10. IUPAC name of ethylene a. Components b. what for?
11. No. of possible structures of 6-carbon-alkane 37. Which of the following is the most acidic?
12. Nomenclature of acetic anhydride CH3CO-O-CH3About alkynes…. Liquid or gas at 38. Which is a polymer: Teflon
room temp ? 39. Enzyme in papaya: papain
13. About Lucas test 40. Which are 2 types of alkenes
14. C4H10O, about isomers 41. Which is a primary alcohol
15. About functional group (CH3) 42. Which is an intermediate prod of nucleophilic reaction: aldol, enol
16. About ascorbic acid (structure) 43. Choices: isoamylene, ethylethylene
17. Which is not a benzene derivative? Analytical Chemistry
a) phenanthrene b) anthracene c) bromoethene d) naphthalene 1. Hardest to filter
18. The formula of acrynitrile a) isomorphous b)gelatinous c)crystalline d) curdy precipitates
a) C3H4N b) C3H5N2 c) C3H3N d) C2H6N 2. Color of methyl orange at pH= 8
18. Wurtz synthesis 3. Driving force in precipitation
19. Obtained from methane on the action of Cl 2 4. Find density of a mixture given its molality
a) dichlorodifluoromethane c) carbon tetrachloride 5. Which among the following has the the highest purity?
b) chloroform d) chloromethane a. Primary standard b. USP reagent
20. Carbon number is ________ 6. What is the color f litmus paper in acid?
a) no. of carbon impurities c) no. of carbon compounds a. blue b. red c. orange d. colorless
b) no. of carbon atom d) no. of carbon mixtures 7. Calculate the molar analytical concentration of solute when 2.5 grams of KH(IO3)2 is
21. Structure of acetamide dissolved and diluted to 500 mL.
22. Give the name of the following structure a) 0.00641 M b) 0.01282 M c) 0.02564 M d) 0.03846 M
5. Brix scale is the hydrometer scale for
CH3 CH2CH3 a) gasoline b) sugar solution c) liquefied propane gas d) water
CH2-CH-CH2CH2-CH2C-CH3 6. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant?
CH3 a) 1.8 x 10-5 b) 3.6 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4 d) 1.2 x 10-5
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7. The most commonly used reagent in the standardization of acids 3. How many independent variables must be specified in order to define completely a
a) K2SO4 b) Borax c) BaCl2 d) Na2CO3 system of pure liquid water?
8. The practical method of coagulation is a) 2 b) 1 c) zero d) more than 3
a) increasing the temperature c) digestion 4. The no. of degrees of freedom of an ethanol-water system in equilibrium with its vapor
b) agitating or stirring d) all of the above a) 3 b) 1 c) 2 d) zero
9. A 0.0722 M acid has pH of 3.11, what is the Ka of the acid? 5. What is the relative humidity of air-water mixture if the vapor has a partial pressure of
a) 4.2 x 10-6 b) 8.4 x 10-6 c) 8.4 x 10-7 d) 4.2 x 10-7 11.6 mmHg at 20°C?
10. What weight in grams of KMnO4 is needed to form a 250 ml solution of 0.10 M? 6. 1.05 x 106 KJ of heat is added to 22.8 Kmoles of methane flowing at steady state at a
a) 47.5 b) 2.75 c) 3.95 g d) 89.5 g temperature of 200°C. What is the change in enthalpy of KJ/k-mole?
11. In a redox reaction, you need 7. What is the heat needed to raise 1 molecule of water by 10°C (in ergs)?
a) a strong oxidizing agent and a weak reducing agent a) 1.3 x 10-14 b) 2.5 x 10-12 c) 2.6 x 10-14 d) 1.3 x 10-12
b) a strong reducing agent and a weak oxidizing agent 8. 5.28 cal of heat is needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of water from 100°C to
c) a strong oxidizing agent and a strong reducing agent 110°C. What is the molar heat capacity of water?
d) a weak oxidizing agent and weak reducing agent a) 9 b) 6 c) 12 d) 3.0
12. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant? 9. 18.7 g of unknown acid is reacted with zinc to produce 800 cc of H2 gas at STP. What is
a) 1.8 x 10-5 b) 3.6 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4 d) 1.2 x 10-5 the equivalent weight of the acid?
13. Sixteen grams of a mixture of sodium and potassium is neutralized with ____ moles a) 624 b) 262 c) 173 d) 131
of H2SO4. How many grams of potassium is present in the mixture? 10. Convert 60 ergs to microjoule
14. Twenty milliliters of a 0.125M HCl is mixed with 25 mL of 0.120M NH3. What is the a) 3 b) 6 c) 600 d) .06
resulting pH of the mixture? 11. What is the boiling point of O2?
15. Phenolpthalein/ Other indicators 12. The enthalpy is a function of
-color in basic and acidic solution a) Temp and pressure b) pressure only c) temp only d) none of these
16. Mohr Method 13. Given molecules of CO2, what is the volume of the gas at STP?
a. Definition ( a direct analysis of Halide) b. Analyte, titrant 14. Given 2 values in °F, what is the difference between the to values in Kelvin scale?
16. Volhard Method 15. Given ideal gas with constant heat capacity as follows:
15ml of acid is needed to reach the phenolphthalein endpoint, additional Cv = 5 Cp = 7 BTU/lbmole °F
30ml was used to reach the methyl orange. What is the combination?.
17. What is the color of methyl orange in acids? initial condition is at 1 atm (abs) and 60°F . It is compressed to a final condition of 6
18. Base color thymol blue atm and 60°F by cooling at constant temperature then heating at constant volume.
19. Acid color methyl orange Find work, final volume, and temperature after cooling.
20. What is the ratio of acetate to acetic acid if the pH of the solution is 4.5?
21. A 0.5L flask has 0.5 moles A, 0.3 moles B, and 0.6 moles C according to the reaction 14. Heat amounting to 1.055 x 106 kg is added to 22.68 kmole of CH3 initially at 260°C in a
AB  C. Find the equilibrium constant. steady flow heat exchanger at approximately atmospheric pressure. What is he change
22. Which falls sa range 0.1-1: choices: gravimetry, gasometry in enthalpy of CH3 in KJ/kmole?
23. Which is an emulsion: starch or butter a. 32560 b. 46577 c. 34562 d. 62340
24. Choices: reagent grade, analytical grade, USP
25. Problem using c1v1=c2v2 15. The most commonly used equation of state
26. Find normality a. Ideal gas equation b. van der Waals
27. Choices: elementary reaction, enzymatic reaction, catalytic reaction
16. Heat of Reaction- ENTHALPY
28. What is present in hard water: salt and minerals
29. What causes hardness in water: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus? 17. Problem which uses Q=mCpdT
30. What lowers activation energy?
31. Problem which uses ebullioscopic constant Kb 18. Choices: azeotropic, eutectic, critical point, triple point
Physical Chemistry Thermodynamics
1. A solution is prepared by dissolving 184 grams of ethanol in 1 gmol of glycerol. 1. Adiabatic const; Given W
What is the vapor pressure of the resulting solution if the vapor pressure of pure 2. Heat amounting to 1.055 x 106 kg is added to 22.68 kmole of CH3 initially at 260°C in a
ethanol at the working temperature is 200 mmHg? Assume that glycerol is non- steady flow heat exchanger at approximately atmospheric pressure. What is the
volatile at this temperature. change in enthalpy of CH3 in KJ/kmole?
a) 80 b) 160 c) 200 d) 120 a. 32560 b. 46577 c. 34562 d. 62340
2. The Cv of polyatomic substances like CH4, NO2 and NH3 3. Thermodynamics: Given P1,V1,T1 and P2,V2,T2
a) 4-8 cal/mol-°C b) less than 8 c) slightly greater than 6 d) about 8 4. Find Q and DH for polytropic process of compressed steam
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5. Given heat rejected, find work done 2. Sterilization of media can be done by any of the following except
6. 1000 gal/min of water is cascading down a height of 100 ft from a reservoir. If half a) centrifugation b)cold________ c) steam injection d) screening
of the energy generated is converted to electrical energy, how many 100-watts bulb 3. Which is the smallest microorganism
can be lighted in 30 seconds a) protozoa b) virus c) bacteria d) fungi
Environmental Engineering 4. Anaerobic fermentation
1. Octane number refers to the amount of this substance. 5. If the dilution rate exceeds the critical dilution rate , the concentration of the cell
a. Isooctane 6. The organisms with a temperature range of 7-45°C are called
b. 2,4,4-trimethylpentane a) psychrophiles b) hydrophiles c) mesophiles d) thermophiles
c. heptane
d. 2,3-dimethylhexane CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
2. Strong waste has a BOD of: Chemical Engineering Calculations
a. 1000 b. 2000 c. 3000 d. 4000 1. Mixture problem … mass balance
3. About digestion 2. A membrane is used to separate an equimolal gas mixture of O2 and He. 20% of the
4. Strong water in DAO 34 or 35: choices: 1000, 2000, 3000 ppm mixture passes through the membrane and is analyzed to contain 45% O2, 55% He.
5. COD means Determine the % O2, in the remaining mixture.
a) kind of fish c) biochemical oxygen demand a) 55 b) 51 c) 49 d) 53
b) Chemical oxygen demand d) cash on delivery
6. Def. of environmental management 3. In a batch process, 10,000 lb of 20% solution of acetone in water are distilled. Water
7. Shallow ponds less than 1 meter in depth, where dissolved oxygen is maintained residue contains 50 lb acetone, while the distillate contains 10% water. What is the total
throughout the entire depth mainly by the action of photosynthesis. weight of the distillate?
a)facultative ponds b)anaerobic ponds c) aerobic ponds d) aerated lagoons a) 6584 b) 1486 c) 2167 d) 3958

8. ________ is a general term denoting any wastewater partially, completely treated or in 4. A flow diagram, indicating the flow of materials, unit operations involved, equipment
its natural state flowing out of the manufacturing plant, industrial plant or necessary, and special information on operating temperature and pressure is a
treatment plant. a) schematic diagram c) process flow chart
a) Discharge b) Sewage c)Industrial waste d) Effluent b) qualitative flow diagram d) quantitative flow diagram
5. Pig iron is produced in a blast furnace from hematite ore containing 80% Fe2O3. The pig
9. _________ refers to public water supply, that will require complete treatment iron produced is 96% Fe. The slag contains 10% of iron present in the ore. How many
(coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection) in order to meet national tons of pig iron are produced per 500 tons of ore?
standards for drinking water a. 450 b. 156 c. 353 d. 272
a) Class AA b) Class B c) Class A d) Class C
6. NaOH is produced by reacting 20% aqueous solution of Na2CO3 and 25% Ca(OH)2. CaCO3
10. Which statement is incorrect is precipitated as the solution of NaOH is produced. The precipitate is made up of 94%
a) small concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is desirable because it CaCO3, 5% H2O and 1% NaOH. The number of grams of NaOH formed per 100 gm
regulates breathing precipitate is
b) CO2 result in complete combustion of fossil fuels a) 28.9 b) 75.2 c) 98.7 d) 21.2
c) CO2 is not poisonous even at very high concentrations
d) CO2 is a colorless and odorless gas 7. A suspension of a compound X (MW = 100) flow through a pipe. In an experiment, after
11. A sanitary landfill with an area of 21 hectares and an average depth of 10 meters. If collecting a sample of the suspension for 5 min. in a container, the following data were
850 cm3 solid waste is dumped daily, what would be the expected life of the landfill gathered:
in years? Assume solid waste are compacted twice their delivered density. wt. container = 100 gm container & slurry sample = 200 gm
12. What are the standard limits for the pH of fresh water? vol. of slurry = 550 ml density = 1.09 gm/cc
a. 6.00 to 9.00 b. 6.5 to 8.5 c. 6.8 to 7.2 8. The container and slurry were then oven-dried. The mass of container after drying was
13. Uses centrifugal force to separate particles in air found to be 250 gm. What mass fraction of the compound X is in the suspension?
14. Green House Gas
a. ½ b. 0.15 c. 0.30 d. 0.25
a) CO2 b) NH3 c) CO d) NH4
15. Pollutants Industrial Stoichiometry and Fuel
-dioxine, furans, lead
16. DAO 34 1. For Orsat analysis, cuprous chloride reacts with ____ to form a complex.
a. Fishing- Class C Water 2. a) CO2 b) O2 c) H2O d) CO
Requires primary treatment- Class A 3. Combustible product of the ultimate oxidation of sulfur
Biochemical Engineering a) H2S b) SO2 c) sulfur oxide d) sulfur trioxide
1. Which is present in prokaryotes: membrane, ribosome, cytoplasm? 4. __________ is normally used to determine the quality of combustion gases
a) stoichiometry b) Orsat analysis c) gravimetric analysis d) material balance
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5. A fuel gas is burned in 50% excess 9. The composition of the reaction component vary from position to position along a
a) 50% more oxygen in air reacted to completely burn ____/path of a/ an:
b) only theoretical oxygen in air needed to completely burn a) CFSTR b) adiabatic reactor c) batch reactor d) plugflow reactor
c) oxygen reacted is equal to the oxygen supplied 10. Rapid increase in the rate of chemical reaction even to small temperature increases is due
d) fuel gas will not burn to
6. A gas made by passing air and steam through a bed of hot coal or coke a) rapid increase on kinetic energy of molecules
a) LPG b) furnace gas c) water gas d) producer gas b)rapid increase with temperature of the fraction molecules with energies
7. Pure carbon is burned with theoretical amount of air for complete combustion in c) in excess of activation energy
lbmoles, 80% carbon burns, one-half of which formed CO2 and the rest CO. The d) rapid increase in collision frequency
percentage CO2, CO, and O2 in the combustion gases are respectively 11. In this reaction, the reacting substances, instead of proceeding along one path to yield a
a) 33.3, 33.3, 33.3 b) 8.1, 8.1, 8.1 c) 4.8, 8.1, 12.2 d) 81, 4.0, 12.0 given set of products, also follow one or more other paths to give different products
8. Given: CHONAS and H to C ratio a) consecutive reaction c) parallel reaction
Required: % CO2 if all the water was removed b) reversible reaction d) backmix reaction
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 12. A fluid flows through two stirred tank reactors in series with volume of 40,000 liters.
1. What is the enthalpy of equal volume of saturated liquid and vapor at 150˚C and 1m 3 Fluid enters at 100 li/hr. First order decay reaction and a half life of 24 hours. What is
volume? the percent conversion?
13. A fluid flow through 2 stirred tank reactor in series. Each reactor has a capacity of 40,000
2. How much work is needed if 5lb of an ideal gas entered a
liters and the fluid enters at 100 li/hr. The fluid undergoes 1st order decay with a half-life
Chemical Reaction Engineering
of 24 hrs. Find the % conversion of the fluid.
1. What is the order of the reaction if the graph C vs t gives a straight line?
a) 85.3 b) 74.7 c) 66.8 d) 99.4
2. A B C___
13. Given: A CSTR with 50% conversion. Its operating Cost and cost of raw materials are also
given.
a. 0.1 0.1 1
14. Req’d : Optimum Reactor Volume
b. 0.3 0.1 1
Given: A 50% conversion for CSTR, using the same volume for plug flow reactor, what is
c. 0.1 0.3 9
the % conversion?
What is the order wrt to A & B?
15. What is the equilibrium constant of the reaction below at 145˚C?
3. Order of reaction if rate is independent of conc.
C2H4 + H2O ↔ C2H5OH
4. The rate of reaction is dependent on…
16. What is the temperature difference if the activation energy is__ and k2 is 10 times k1?
5. The half-life of a material undergoing a first-order decay
17. What is the Arrhenius constant if K2 is twice K1 and the temperature difference is __?
varies with time
18. What is the activation energy if the ratio of the
is dependent of its initial concentration
Heat Transfer
is independent of its initial concentration
1. A wall is 95°F on one side and 25°F on the other side. Which of the following will give
is not affected by temperature
the highest rate of heat transfer?
6. When the rate of chemical reaction increases rapidly even for small rises in
a) triple area c) reduce cold temperature
temperature, there is a rapid increase with the temperature in the
b) double hot temperature
a) heat of reaction
2. Heat exchanger: find hc + hr
b) activation energy
c) kinetic energy of molecules 3. Find U0 ,heat exchanger given ho, hi
d) fraction of molecules with energies in excess of the activation energy 4. Best insulator a) asbestos b) Styrofoam c) corkboard d) acoustic board
7. A vessel contains 100 gal of concentration 1.5 lb/gal. Another solution of
concentration 1 flows into the vessel at 1.8 gal/min and the solution oveflows to 1.8 5. Conduction computation
gal/min. The vessel is well-stirred so that concentration is uniform and that the 6. Def. of conductionWhen equilibrium temperature is attained, the emissivity of a gray
overflow is the same as that in the tank. The solution undergoes chemical change body is a) zero b) equal to reflectivity c) equal to absorptivity d) equal to
according to the rate equation: r = 0.750 lb/gal/min. Determine how long it will take one
for the amount of solute to fall to 25% its original value. 7. Water at a rate of 0.8 kg/s is heated from 35 to 45°C in 2.5 cm diameter tube whose
a) 0.20 b) 0.12 c) 0.71 d) 0.55 surface is maintained at 90°C. The required length of tube to accomplish the heating is
a) 2.1 b) 2.7 c) 3.6 d) 1.0
8. The half-life of a material undergoing second order decay is
a) proportional to the square of initial concentration 8. In a counter flow heat exchanger, one stream enters at 200°F and leaves at 300°F
b) independent of the initial concentration which the other stream entered at 650°F and leaves at 450°F. The log mean
c) proportional to the initial concentration temperature difference in degrees Fahrenheit is
d) inversely proportional to the initial concentration a) 250 b) 297 c) 350 d) 273
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9. A pipe conducting superheated steam is lagged with several layes of insulation. c) Surface tension, s
The rate of radial heat flow _______ d) mass transfer coefficient
a) decreases from inner to outer layer 21. Conduction is a function of
b) increase from inner to outer a) heat transfer coefficient, h
c) equal through each layer b) thermal conductivity, k
d) varies across each layer c) Surface tension, s
10. For series of multi-layer conduction, the total ______ is the same as the _____ in d) mass transfer coefficient
each layer at steady state. Fluid Flow
a) temperature drop b) rate of heat flow c) resistance d) diffusivity 1. Which will have the highest pressure drop?
11. The heat transferred radially across an insulated pipe per unit time per unit area. a) gate valve b) globe valve c) plug valve d) check valve
a) remains constant
b) decreases from pipe wall to insulated surface 2. Rank the pressure drop - orifice, flow nozzle and venturi tube.
c) inversely proportional to the thermal conductivity 3. Which uses the same principle as on orifice
d) increases from pipe wall to the insulated surface a) pitot b) venturi c) rotameter d) nozzle
12. In steady state heat conducting system, where there is no generation of heat is 4. Measure of pipe thickness
involved, which statement is always true a. Schedule No.
heat flux is always constant 5. Valves controlling flowrate
temperature gradient is constant a) gate valve b) glove valve c) check valve d)plug valve
rate of heat transfer is constant 6. Wetted perimeter, hydraulic radius, Deq
rate of heat transfer vary along the direction of transfer 7. Equivalent diameter of equilateral triangle with sides=12 in.
13. Two very large walls are at constant temperature T1 = 600°F and T2 = 900°F. 8. Velocity of air in pitot tube given DP and discharge coefficientFanning friction factor for
Assuming the wall behave like black bodies, what is the heat removed from the laminar flow
colder wall to maintain constant temperature: 9. Find linear velocity given m, r and A
14. A furnace with area of 1000 ft2 and thickness of 6 inches. Coefficient of brick is 10. Which of the following is indicative of the wall thickness of the pipe?
0.15 Btu/hr ft °F. CV of the fuel is 15000 Btu/lb. What is the weight of fuel a) log mean diameter c) nominal diameter
consumed per day (lbs/day) if temperature difference is 150°F. b) schedule diameter d) log mean area
15. Flat wall is composed of an insulation of steel and asbestos. Thickness of steel and 11. Which of the following pipes has the highest relative roughness?
asbestos are 0.5 feet and 0.1 feet with coefficient of 25 and 0.05 Btu/hr ft °F a) 4-in diameter wrought iron c) 1-in diameter tubing
respectively. What would be the overall coefficient of the wall? b) 4-in diameter riveted steel pipe d) 2-in diameter wrought iron pipe
16. In rebuilding a heat exchanger, the 12 BWG copper tubes are being replaced by 12. ________ is the relative viscosity of the fluid to that of water at 20°C.
aluminum tubes. To provide equal heat transfer rate after the rebuilding of the a) absolute viscosity c) relative viscosity
heat exchanger, what should be the thickness of the aluminum tubes, in inches, if b) kinematic viscosity d) Newtonian viscosity
the outer diameter is maintained in 2”? Note: use properties of materials at 100°C. 13. A head of 3 feet of water is equivalent to __ ft. of brine with a specific gravity of 1.5.
a. 0.085 b. 2.062 c. 0.109 d. 0.153 a) 0.5 b) 2 c) 4.5 d) 1.5

17. A copper cylinder 2” thick and 6” inside diameter is heated internally so that the 14. The pressure drop in a rotameter is
inside wall temperature is 300°C. While the outside wall temperature is maintained a) variable b) not measurable c) zero d) constant
at 100°C. Calculate the heat loss per feet of cylinder in BTU/hr. 15. When a solid object is placed across the path of fluid in motion. The pressure drop
a. 44 x 103 b. 925 x 103 c. 5760 d. 529 x 103 across the solid object is ____ proportional to _____
a) surface area of the solid object c) density of the fluid
18. The heat loss of an uninsulated steam pipe costs a company P 110.00 per meter b) velocity of the fluid d) volume of the solid object
length of pipe annually. A 4 cm insulation costing P 50.00 per meter length of pipe 16. The advantage of the orifice meter over venturi meter is
will reduce the heat loss by 90%. If the insulation last for 10 years, with zero a) lower coefficient of discharge c) lower pressure drop
salvage value, what would be the rate of return on investment on the insulation? b) easier to install d) more accurate
a. 372 b. 25 c. 92 d. 188% 17. A device used to move incompressible fluids is
a) blower b) compressor c) pump d) fan
19. Two very large walls are at constant temperature of 600°F and 900°F. Assuming
that the walls behave like black bodies, how much heat in BTU/hr ft2 must be 18. The orifice coefficient Co is always determined experimental. If the Reynold’s number
removed from the colder wall in order to maintain a constant temperature? at orifice is above 20,000 and the ratio of orifice diameter to diameter of conduit is less
a) 8956 b) 34210 c) 3734 d) 12625 than about _______, the value of Co is approximately 0.61.
a) ½ b) ¾ c) 1 d) ¼
20. Radiation heat transfer is a function of 19. The pressure drop of the fluid flowing through a conduit is
a) heat transfer coefficient, h a) zero, as the velocity is constant
b) thermal conductivity, k
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b) not affected by flow regime b. transfer resistance in the liquid phase is negligible
c) not affected by conduit material c. transfer resistance in the vapor phase is maximum
d) much higher during turbulent flow 4. Given partial pressure in air, Henry’s constant and diffusivity. Find rate of absorption
20. Engine oil with kinematic viscosity of 0.00024 m2/sec is flowing inside an annulus at 5. How much volume of dry air is required to fully vaporize 6 moles of ethanol? Total
0.5 m/sec. Annulus is made up of 3 in. Sch. 40 and 1 in. Sch 40 concentric pipes pressure is 100 kPa and the partial pressure of ethanol is 5.93 kPa.
10 m long. Pressure drop expressed in meters of oil is: 6. Determine the pressure drop when an ideal gas of velocity __ passed through 3 layers of
a) 2.33 b) 4.57 c) 1.98 d) 0.65 packing material, 1.5 mm in diameter given that the porosity is__.
Distillation
21. Oil with a viscosity of 300 cp and density of 60 lb/ft3 flow through a ½” inside 1. Distillation- use equilibrium data in Perry’s for pentane-hexane mixture.
diameter. Determine the velocity, in ft/s below which flow will be laminar. 2. When is D method invalid? (Distillation)
a. 87.2 b. 0.63 c. 13.1 d. 16.9 3. When you connect the two delta pts, it makes a straight line with? Explain method.
23. H2O at 60°F is flowing through a 3” inside diameter smooth horizontal pipe. If the 4. 30°C, propane and butane, equimolar composition…what is the comp. of vapor
Reynold’s number is 35300, calculate the ratio of maximum velocity to average condensedComponent A in an ideal binary solution is 20% mole of the liquid phase. If
velocity the vapor pressure of A is equal to ½ of the total pressure of the vapor mixture,
a. 1.89 b. 1.05 c. 1.22 d. 1.72 determine the mole fraction of A in the vapor phase.
a) 0.2 b) 0.5 c) 0.1 d) 0.4
24. The pressure after the pump in a 6” inside diameter smooth pipe conducting H2O is
20 is discharged at an open tank 100 ft from the pump. Calculate the rate of 5. The vapor and the liquid in the separator for flash distillation are always
discharge of H2O in ft3/s. Assume the H2O at 60°F. a) replenished mixture c) below the boiling point of the initial mixture
25. Flow in nozzle. D1=3 in. and D2=1 in. Find DP. b) in equilibrium d) of equal composition
26. Find velocity at 3 in. pipe at the bottom of a tank 10 m in height. 6. The _______ efficiency is the efficiency for a single plate of a distillation column.
27. Which of the following requires cooling? A) fan b) blower c) compressor d) a) specificb) point c) Murphee d) local
piston pump 3. A mixture containing 60% mol n-pentane and 40% mol n-heptane is subjected to a single
stage batch distillation until 50 moles are distilled. If the average relative volatility is 7.6,
28. Arrange pressure drop: fan, blower, compressor the composition of the distillate collected in mole fraction with n-pentane is
29. Valve which prevents reversal of flow a) 0.75 b) 0.91 c) 0.68 d) 0.87
30. Which is a Newtonian fluid? A) water b) quicksand c)clay d) glycerine
31. Ratio of viscosity to density 4. If pressure on the fluid suction line drops, some liquid flashes into vapor.
32. Given strength of pipe is 10,000 psi and working pressure is 400 psi, find the
This flashing is called ______
schedule number.
a) diffusion b) vaporization c) boiling d) cavitation
33. A venturi meter with a 0.75 in. throat diameter is inserted in a 3 in. line carrying
water at 70°F. The head measured over the venturi (upstream to throat) is 20 in. 5. In __________ distillation, the vapor generated by boiling the liquid is withdrawn from
Hg. Assuming 12% of the total pressure drop as permanent loss, what is the contact with the liquid and condensed as fast as it is formed.
power loss to the venturi? a) multi-step b) fractional c) differential d) flash
34. Reynolds Number 6. In a batch process, 10,000 lb of 20% solution of acetone in water are distilled. Water
Diffusion residue contains 50 lb acetone, while the distillate contains 10% water. What is the total
1. The NH3 in an air-NH3 gas mixture is absorbed in liquid water. The concentration of weight of the distillate?
NH3 3 mm from the gas liquid interface is 5 mole %. At the interface the system is a) 6584 b) 1486 c) 2167 d) 3958
at 1 atm and 30°C. Calculate the rate of diffusion of NH3 in mol/hr-cm2.
a) 0.023 b) 1.33 c) 0.0058 d) 0.17 7. A binary azeotorope contains x% wt. A (MW = 100) and Y% wt. B (MW = 200). Express
the mole fracion of A in terms of X.
2. For a gas diffusing in a stagnant layer of another gas, the concentration decreases a) (X + 150)/2 c) X/150
_____ along the diffusion path. b) 200 X/X + 100 d) 2X/X + 1
a. linearly b. geometrically c. proportionally d. logarithmically
Gas Absorption 8. One component of an ideal binary solution has a vapor pressure equal to one-half the
1. Given: vapor pressures and total pressures, following Raoult’s law total pressure of the vapor mixture, the component constitutes 20 mole% of liquid phase.
Required: Mol fraction of components What is the mole fraction in the vapor phase?
a) 0.25 b) 0.20 c) 0.50 d) 0.10
2. Gas absorption: given % composition in gas phase, Kg, Kl, and equilibrium relation.
Find rate of mass transfer 9. In fractionation, an increase in reflux ratio
3. In a gas absorption tower where the transfer operation is liquid phase controlled the a) decrease in reboiler duty
transfer resistance in the vapor is similar to the resistance in the liquid phase b) increase in the number of theoretical plates
a. transfer resistance in the vapor is negligible c) increase in the amount of distillate
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d) increase in the condenser duty adding salt
14. Given amount of feed and bottoms and reflux ratio. Find flowrate at the top. decrease of the area exposed to the atmosphere
Humidification decrease of the surface pressure
1. Given dry-bulb temperature, humidity and enthalpy in SI units. Find %RH. 3. The total capacity of 4-effect evaporator is ________ that of a single effect evaporator of
2. Cooling approach of 10°C, wet-bulb temperature of 70°F,hot water temperature of the same heating surface equal to that of one of the effects when operated under the
110°C, what is the cold water temperature? same terminal conditions.
3. Why is it that it is hotter in a cloudy night than in a clear night? a) twice b) equal to c) 4 times d) ¼
4. Using Perry’s - Area of a cooling tower Crystallization
Given: Approach, wet-bulb temp, hot water temp, flow rate 1. Crystallization problem-about enthalpies
Required: area of cooling tower 2. NaCl exhibits immerse solubility, precipitation can be done by
5. Find relative humidity and dew point given dry bulb and wet bulb temp a) cooling with little vacuum b) simple cooling c) evaporation
6. A unit operation where solid may not be separated from liquid 3. A solution containing 30% wt Na2CO3 in water is slowly cooled to 20°C. During cooling,
a) sédimentation b)filtration c) humidification d) centrifugation 10% of the H2O is evaporated and crystals of Na2CO3•10H2O are precipitated. If the
7. Inefficiency for large packed tower is due to solubility of an anhydrous Na2CO3 at 20°C is 21.5 g/100 g of H 2O, how many grams of
a) channeling b) poor packing Na2CO3•10H2O crystallized out per kilogram of original solution?
a) 232 b) 124 c) 698 d) 596
8. Def. of dewpoint
9. Def. of saturation 4. Given solubility at T1 and T2, find amount of crystals formed at T2.
10. Given partial pressure, total pressure, vapor pressure and dry bulb T find %RH Leaching/ Extraction
11. The dew point of air indicates the 1. A slurry of slaked soybeans weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert solids and 25 kg
a) atmospheric pressure when precipitation occurs solution with 10% wt. oil and 90% wt. solvent hexane. This slurry is contacted with 100
b) initial temperature of air kg pure hexane in a single stage leaching equipment so that the value of retention for the
c) difference between the saturation temperature and the ambient outlet underflow is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid per kg solvent in the adhering solution. What
temperature is the composition of the underflow leaving that extraction stage in percent by weight oil?
a) temperature at which the water content will start to condense a) 1.5 b) 2.3 c) 0.3 d) 0.8
12. Humid aid at temperature 600°F and a total pressure of 1 atmosphere is passed
through a dehumidifier at a rate of 1000 ft3/min. The partial pressure of water vapor 2. Countercurrent extraction - def. of terms
in air is reduced from 45 mmHg to 10mmHg. How many lbs of water is removed per Screening
hour? 1. Std. Size of screen which will give the smallest product
a) 81.9 b) 65.4 c) 45.4 d) 76.3 Size Reduction
1. Use Rittinger’s formula: xF =21, x1=4.2 and xP=5.
13. Poor performance in large packed towers is due mainly to Filtration
a) poor packing c) cavitation 1. Filtration - trend in pressure drop and rate
b) inefficient heat transfer d) channeling 2. Which will give highest efficiency for filtration?
10. The ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor to the vapor pressure of water is: b) constant rate
a) equilibrium moisture c) relative humidity c) constant pressure
b) absolute humidity d) critical moisture d) constant rate follow constant pressure
Drying e) constant pressure follow constant rate
1. In adiabatic drying operation, the ______ Membrane Separation
a) dry bulb temperature of the air is increasing 1. What solid-solid separation uses a membrane as a molecular sieve?
b) humidity of the air is constant Sedimentation
c) wet bulb temperature of the air is constant 1. Drag force = given particle diameter, velocity, 
d) dew point of the air decreases Materials Handling
2. Def. of critical moisture content 1. What is used in transporting fine, non-abrasive materials in horizontal and vertical motion
3. Material balance a) pneumatic b) belt c) bucket d) screw
4. Radiation 2. What is the solid-conveying device that is made of rubber and cloth?
a. Transmisivity 3. Storage for cartons and boxes
b. Emmisivity Dimensionless Numbers
1. Which is not dimensionless?
Evaporation a) Atomic No. c) Reynolds No.
1. BPR of 20% HNO3 at 220°F? b) Prandtl No. d) Lewis No.
2. BPR - NaOH Monographs The evaporation of boiling liquid may be indicated by 2. Which of the following dimensionless numbers relates heat and mass transfer?
increase of the surface pressure
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a) Sherwood No. c) Nusselt 2. Which is not a characteristics of a PI control
b) Schmidt d) Lewis No. a) long period of oscillation
3. Given acetic acid, velocity, 60°C; find viscosity, density, Reynolds no b) long response time
4. Prandtl No. is c) higher maximum deviation
a) velocity/area b) momentum/time c) dimensionless d) force/area d) smaller offset than with proportional only
Chemical Process Industries 3. Centrifuge
1. What is one process wherein SO2 is contacted with O2 to form H2SO4 in a lead -thickness of the basket given rpm, allowable stress, thickness of cake
chamber? 4. Cyclone (efficiency)
a) hydration process b) sulfonation c) contact process d) chamber process 5. What is the efficiency of the cyclone with a feed of :
2. Removal of O2 from steel 30% - 20mm particles
3. Which of the following does not belong? 40% - 30mm Particles
a) MgO b) brimestone c) CaCO3 d) Lime 30 % - 20mm Particles
4. Process that extracts gold and silver from a metal ore 6. Definition of automation
a) extraction b) cupelation c) decripitation d) coprecipitation 7. Definition of feed-forward control system
5. Which process is used in making gasoline? 8. Definition of Open loop control system
a.catalytic cracking b. Kraft process Laws, Contracts and Ethics
6. What is used to replace CFC 1. Law which gives incentives to exporters
7. Mineralization is a) oxidation b) reaction with metal 2. CPE requirement per year
8. Synthetic wintergreen oil contains 3. Focus of Chemical Engineering… to obtain the highest efficiency of process with the least
a) vinyl acetate b) methyl salicylate c) benzyl acetate d) ethyl salicylate cost
9. To increase the life of an incandescent lamp it is 4. An act for regulation, protections of trademarks, trade names and service works.
a) filled with neon gas c) filled with CO2 gas a) RA 1752 b) RA 166 c) RA 318 d) RA 6969
b) filled with argon gas d) evacuated 5. __________ is the condition where a 3rd person becomes a new debtor without the
10. Lanolin is widely used in cosmetics, is derived from _______ knowledge of against the will of the debtor but always with the consent of the creditor.
a) cottonseed oil b) coconut oil c) sheep’s wool d) palm oil a. Subrogation b. Delegation c. Rescission d. Expromission
11. Chemical Process Industries 6. Act which prohibits the use of leaded gasoline
a) Sulfuric Acid b) food industries a. Clean Air Act
12. Definition of Putrefaction
13. Definition of Eutrophication GENERAL ENGINEERING
14. What is the product of nitration of a cyclic hydrocarbon? Algebra and Trigonometry
15. How much sulfuric acid is oleum acid? 1. Given woman with tumor of 3” in diameter growing at a rate of 10% a month,
Materials of Construction operation can be possible when the diameter is 3.5”. How long should she wait?
1. About intrinsic semiconductor… resistivity as temp increases 2. About polynomial factoring
2. Best electrical conductor 3. Inflection point
3. Pig iron is essentially the same as: 4. Differential Calculus
a) low carbon steel b) wrought iron c) Bessemer steel d) cast iron 5. Newtons Law of Cooling
6. Roots of equation
Process Equipment and Plant Design 7. Realated Rates
1. Most economical pressure vessel 8. Complex Numbers
2. Design based on conditions giving the least cost per unit time or maximum profit per 9. If n=2, a= –Xn and b= (–X)n find the relationship bet. a and b
unit of production a) 30% b) 1/3
a) limit b) break even c) optimum economic design d) plant design 10. If a man paints 2/3 of a room and another man painted ¾ of what remains, what
3. Compute the gauge number of a brass pipe if S=__. fraction remains to be painted?
4. What do you call the shaft whose axes do not cross each other? a) none of these b) 1/6 c) 1/12 d) 1/3
5. Kinds of bearings, definition.
6. Kinds of gears, definition. 11. A housewife adds 5 cups of water for every 4 cups of uncooked rice. How many cups
Instrumentation and Process Control of water are added to make 10 cups of cooked rice assuming each cup of uncooked rice
1. The capacitance of a material packed between two electrical plates results to two cups of cooked rice?
a) decreases with the surface area of the plate a) none of these b) 6 c) 8 d) 6-1/4
b) increases with the surface area of the plate 12. ¼ of the employees of a company earn under P 12,000.00/mo. If 3/5 of the remaining
c) is fixed regardless of the plate size or distance employees earn between P 12,000.00/mo. and P 18,000.00/mo, what fraction of the
d) increases as the distance between the plates is increased employees earn more than P 18,000.00/mo.?
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a) none of these b) 3/10 c) ¾ d) 9/20 no. of good components in 0 1 2 3
a sample
13. 75 men can finish work in 100 days. 80 men worked for 40 days. After that 30 men
has to transfer. In how many days will the remaining fraction of work be finished? Probability 1/35 10/35 20/35 4/35
14. 11. 100 Li tank with 50 gallons of salt, the comcentration however should be30 14. If a sample of 3 is selected at random at infinite number of item, what would be the
gallons/100Li. Fresh water was allowed to flow at the rate of 3 Li/ min, assuming average number of good components in the sample?
that the tank is perfectly mixed and salt solution was allowed to flow at the rate of a) none of these b) 1.5 c) 1.77 d) 2.0
3 Li/ min, in how many min will the concentration be 30 gallons/ 100 Li? 15. In how many ways can you select 7 out of ten questions?
15. age problem 16. Roll 2 dice; find probability of getting sum of 8.
16. work problem 17. Three couples are to be seated in a circular table each couple side by side. In how
Analytical Geometry many ways can they be seated?
1. radius of sphere = radius of cylinder; given the vol of sphere, Area of cylinder =? Economics
2. What is the length of the base of a triangle whose area is 1/3 and height 4/5? 1. About depreciation (Economics)
a) none of these b) 5/6 c) 1/3 d) 2/5 2. Which does not belong to the working capital cost
3. What is the radius of the circular base of a cylinder whose volume is 45p and height 3. Given initial investment, MARR, profit/item
is 5? A) none of these b) 3 c) 6 d) 7 4. Required: Quantity for break-even
4. A tank with diameter 2m and length 6 m is placed above a platform parallel to the 5. Fixed Expense
ground. It is filled with water to the height of 1.5 m. Find volume of water. 6. Capitalized cost
Statistics 7. Straight line depreciationFixed cost …computation
1. Given rate of people entering ATM is 3 persons/min. What is the probability of at 8. Deposit computation
least 2 persons coming? Three persons? 9. Annuity computation
2. What is the probability distribution wherein 2 dice are repeatedly thrown and the no. 10. What is the effective interest rate of 3% compounded monthly?
of times wherein at matching pair is recorded “_______________”. 11. Definition of terms
3. Probability of getting two heads? ¼ 12. Depreciation Problem
4. How many permutations are there in SOMOS 13. BOI-registered project has the following financial data:
5. Probability (K,K) with replacement, 52 cards landed cost of equipment = P 50,000,000.00
6. Probability to get sum of 6 for two consecutive throws of dice installation cost = 20% of equipment
7. Poisson distribution applications work capital = 10% of installation cost
8. Binomial distribution applications equipment depreciation = 10 years straight line-method
9. The probability of getting heads or tails with an unbiased coin is ½. If the coin is cost of money = 20%
tossed three times, what is the probability of a tail on the third throw? expected sales revenue = P 30,000,000.00
a) 1/8 b) 1 c) ½. d) 1/6 direct cost = 15,000,000.00
indirect/overhead cost = 5,000,000.00
9. In an unbiased coin toss, the probability of getting heads or tails is exactly ½. What BOI incentive = no income tax
is the probability of consecutively getting heads in 2 tosses assuming an unbiased What is the rate of investment?
coin? a. NOT b. 20% c. 15% d. 16.7%
a) 1/8 b) ¼ c) none of these d) 1/3 What is the net present value of the project?
a. about 20M b. NOT c. 30M d. 18
10. A bag contains 5 red, 3 green, and 2 white balls. What is the probability of not What is the payback period?
getting a white ball in the 1st draw? a. 3.3 b. 5 c. 3.1 yrs d. NOT
a) 0.2 b) 0.16 c) 0.8 d) 0.15 14. Acid test ratio
11. The probability of getting head or tail in tossing a coin is ½. If a coin is tossed 6 15. Future, present and Annual worth
times, what is the probability of getting exactly 3 heads? 16. Simplex method and simplex algorithm
a) none of these b) 1/64 c) 5/16 d) 1/8 Strength of Materials
1. 2 sails l2” apart, given , E and T. What is the stress?
12. A bag contains 3 white, 7 black, 2 red and 9 green balls. If one ball is drawn from 2. Torsion
the bag, what is the probability that it will be either be white or green? 3. Torque
a) none of these b) 4/7 c) 3/8 d) 1/7 4. Tension/ Tensile Stress
5. A balloon was filled with Helium of 3,000 L capacity. What should be thetension in the
13. The probability distribution that good components in a lot during sample will be string to hold the balloon down?
given,thus 6. A sail boat weighing 2000lbs. What torque was applied when the sailboat tilted at 20o.
Assuming seawater.
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7. elasticity coefficient a. NOT b. 50 c. 0 d. 100
8. yield coefficient
Physics 23. In -emission, energy produced is less than the actual energy that should be produced.
1. A woman is traveling at 60 kph. One hour after the woman left pt A, the man Why?
followed at the rate of 80 kph. How far from one origin did they meet. 24. A generator with speed 120 rpm has =65V. If the speed is reduced to half the initial
2. An astronaut weighing ____ kg moving at a rate of _____ collides with a meteor of value, what is the new ?
____ kg. Assuming perfectly elastic collision, at what rate would the total mass 25. A and B are running in a circular path. They started at the same point the same time.
travel? Velocity of A is 110 m/min and that of B is 88m/min. B overtakes A in 3 minutes. Find
3. Projectile motion the length of the path.
4. V = IR 26. What is the KE given mass and velocity?
5. Power 27. A bucket weighs 5 kg when empty and 20 kg when full. It is raised from a well at 2m/s.
6. Refraction… index of refraction Find the magnitude of the force at the rope.
7. Given g at Neptune and mass of object, what is the weight of the object? 28. Given mass H2. Remove all electrons and place 1 m away from the protons. Calculate
8. Hooke’s law the electrostatic force.
9. Acceleration 29. When is a body said to be in equilibrium?
10. Momentum-impulse…elastic 30. Pressure in an orifice is independent of what?
11. Friction 31. Optics
12. angular acceleration… computation -angle of incidence
13. Speedometer -critical angle of light from glass to air
14. Two cars leave the same location at 9:00 AM. If one car travels south at the rate 32. What kind of image is produced by a convex mirror
of 60 kph and the other travels west at the rate of 80 kph, how many kilometers a. inverted b. real c. smaller d. erect
are the two cars apart at 10:00 AM the same day?
a) 120 km b) 100 kmc) 140 km d) 50 km 33. Momentum problem
34. transformers
15. Sound waves do not travel in:
35. statement analyses, relationship of frequency and intensity
a) compressed air b) vacuum c) soft solids d) hot water
36. electrolysis problem
16. Electric field intensity due to a point charge varies inversely as the square of the
distance from the charge. If the field intensity at a given point is E, what is the
field intensity at a point 3 units away? Additional Board Questions( May 2003)
a) 1/3 E b) 3E c) 1/9 E d) none of these
Physical and Chemical Principles
17. The sound produces beats when they have:
a) slight difference in amplitude c) slight difference in frequency Physical Chemistry
b) same frequency d) same amplitude
2. problem which uses Q=mCpdT
18. Soldiers marching over a bridge must “break step” in order to avoid this
3. choices: azeotropic, eutectic, critical point, triple point
phenomenon
Biochemical Engineering
Ans. Resonance
4. which is present in prokaryotes: membrane, ribosome, cytoplasm
19. What upward acceleration of the elevator will cause the string to break?
Gravitational acceleration = 9.8 m/s2
Environmental Engineering
a. none of these (not) b. 10.2 m/s2 c. 19 m/s2 d. 20 m/s2
20. A man can walk up a stalled escalator in 90 sec. but he can walk up a running 5. Octane number refers to the amount of this substance.
escalator in 30 sec. If he were to stand on a moving escalator it would take him a. Isooctane
b. 2,4,4-trimethylpentane
a. b. 60 c. 45 sec d. NOT
c. heptane
21. A box slides down at constant speed of 5 m/s relative to a ramp inclined at 60° at d. 2,3-dimethylhexane
the horizontal which is mounted on the back of a truck. A man sees the box as if it 6. Strong waste has a BOD of:
was moving down vertically as the truck passed by. What is the speed of the truck a. 1000 b. 2000 c. 3000 d. 4000
relative to the man? 7. about digestion
a. 5 b. 4.33 c. NOT d. 2.5 m/s 8. strong water in DAO 34 or 35: choices: 1000, 2000, 3000 ppm

22. A 100-lb boy is riding a skate board with a weight-measuring scale down a 45° Chemical Engineering
inclined. What weight will the scale read as the boy is coming down the inclined? Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
SAMPLE BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS 13
1. What is the enthalpy of equal volume of saturated liquid and vapor at 150˚C and 11. definition of terms
1m3 volume? 12. depreciation problem
2. How much work is needed if 5lb of an ideal gas entered a
Chemical Reaction Engineering
3. What is the equilibrium constant of the reaction below at 145˚C?
C2H4 + H2O ↔ C2H5OH
4. Similar problem in kinetics
5. What is the temperature difference if the activation energy is__ and k 2 is 10
times k1?
6. What is the Arrhenius constant if K2 is twice K1 and the temperature difference is
__?
7. What is the activation energy if the ratio of the
Gas Absorption
8. Determine the pressure drop when an ideal gas of velocity __ passed through 3
layers of packing material, 1.5 mm in diameter given that the porosity is__.
Filtration and Fluidization
9. Filtration
Plant and Equipment Design
10. Compute the gauge number of a brass pipe if S=__.
11. What do you call the shaft whose axes do not cross each other?
12. Kinds of bearings, definition.
13. Kinds of gears, definition.
Chemical Process Industries
14. Definition of Putrefaction
15. Definition of Eutrophication
16. What is the product of nitration of a cyclic hydrocarbon?
17. How much sulfuric acid is oleum acid?
Process Control and Instrumentation
18. Definition of automation
19. Definition of feed-forward control system
20. Definition of Open loop control system

General Engineering
Algebra and Trigonometry
1. age problem
2. work problem

General Physics
3. Momentum problem
4. transformers
5. statement analyses, relationship of frequency and intensity
6. electrolysis problem
Engineering Mechanics
7. projectiles
Strength of Materials
8. elasticity coefficient
9. yield coefficient
10. strength of materials
Engineering Economics