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Environmental Quality – Monitoring and Analysis

NPTEL Course
Week 3 – Assignment
Total – 15 Marks
Note: Multiple choice questions may have multiple answers

1. Which of the following is the first step in the sequence of operations in a


sampling routine? (1 Mark)
(a) Sampling collection
(b) Sampling Objective
(c) Analytical measurement
(d) Data Analysis
(e) Sample processing

Ans : b

2. What does QA/QC stand for? (1 Mark)


(a) Quality Assurance and Queuing Check
(b) Quality Acceptance and Quality completion
(c) Quality Assurance and Quality control
(d) Quality Adjustment and Quality control
(e) Quality Appreciation / Quality Course

Ans: c

3. The closeness of a measurement to its true value (standard value) is a measure


of its: (1 Mark)
(a) reproducibility
(b) precision
(c) sensitivity
(d) accuracy

Ans : d

4. Three different analysts, weigh a standard mass of 2.00 g on the same weighing
balance. Each person obtains a reading of exactly 3.5272 g for the mass of the
standard. These results imply that the balance that was used is: ( 1 Mark)
(a) neither accurate nor precise
(b) accurate but not precise
(c) precise but not accurate
(d) both accurate and precise

Ans : c
5. _______________ is a plot of response of analytical instrument as a function of
measured variable. ( 1 Mark)
(a) response curve
(b) calibration curve
(c) analyte curve
(d) method curve

Ans: b

6. Sample volume required for sampling of an analyte of interest is determined


by (1 Mark)
(a) Concentration of analyte in the sample
(b) Sampling location
(c) Precision of the analytical instrument
(d) Method detection limit or Minimum detection limit

Ans: a , d

7. if the standard deviation of seven non consecutives samples is 0.5, What is the
method detection limit (MDL)? ( 1 Mark)
(a) 2
(b) 2.5
(c) 1
(d) 1.5
(e) 3

Ans: 1.5 (Range: 1.25 – 1.75)

Solution :

MDL = 3σ = 3*0.5= 1.5

8. 50 mL of a water sample is filtered through a 0.3-micron glass fiber filter. If the


mass of the empty filter was 75 mg and that of the loaded filter (after filtration)
was 200 mg. What is the estimate of the total suspended solids (in mg/L)? (2
marks)

Ans : 2500 (Range: 2250-2750)

Solution:

TSS = (Mf1-Mf0)/V2
TSS = (200– 75)/(0.05) = 2500 mg/L

9. Estimate the minimum sample volume (in L) required, if the method detection
limit (MDL) of an instrument is 1 mg and the analyte concentration in the
collected water sample is 0.5 mg/L. (2 Marks)

Ans : 2 (range: 1.5 – 2.5)


Solution
Analyte concentration (ρA2) = 0.5 mg/L
MDL = 1 mg
0.5 (mg/L) * V (L) > 1 mg
V > 1/0.5 >2 L= 2 L

10. Which of the following objectives can be evaluated directly (without using
any other additional data) using a time series analysis of PM10 on a road side
location? (2 marks)
(a) Daily average concentration of pollutants on the road
(b) Spikes (or short intervals of high concentration) implying a specific source on
the road
(c) Differences in pollution patterns between different times of the day or week
or year
(d) Difference in emission contribution from different vehicles
(e) Effect of any emission control measures in cars

Ans: a, b, c

11. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE with reference to analysis of
organic or inorganic chemicals in environmental matrices? (2 Marks)

(a) Soil can be directly introduced into an analytical instrument for the analysis
of semi-volatile organic chemicals associated with it.
(b) In the analysis of any chemical species using an instrument, interferences to
measurement of the target species can occur due to the presence of another
chemical species.
(c) Surrogate standards are used to measure the recovery efficiency (or the
losses) during entire analytical procedure from sampling to instrument analysis.
(d) Blank analysis is used to estimate false positives in samples
(e) All the analytes of interest are measured directly as collected using the
analytical instrument

Ans: a , e

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