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2. What are the coefficients in front of NO3- (aq) and Cu(s) when the following redox equation is
balanced in an acidic solution: NO3- (aq) + Cu(s) NO(g) + Cu2+(aq)
(A) 2,3
(B) 2,6
(C) 3,4
(D) 3,6
3. Charcoal samples taken from holes dug at Stonehenge, England, have a carbon-14
specific activity of 9.50 dpm per gram carbon. Living wood has a specific activity of 15.3
dpm per gram of carbon. Given that the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 yr, how long ago (in
yr) was the wood part of living plant?
(A) 3940
(B) 3550
(C) 9230
(D) 5700
4. A saturated sodium carbonate 00C contains 7.1 g of dissolved sodium carbonate per 100
mL of solution. The solubility product constant for sodium carbonate at this temperature is
(A) 1.2
(B) 0.3
(C) 3.0 x 10-4
(D) 0.9
5. Calculate the standard molar enthalpy of formation for Na 2O(s), given that the standard
enthalpy of formation for Na2O2 is -505 kJ/mol and the enthalpy change for the following
reaction Na2O(s) + O2(g) Na2O2(s) is -89.0 kJ/mol
(A) 594 kJ/mol
(B) 416 kJ/mol
(C) -594 kJ/mol
(D) -416 kJ/mol
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7. The percent composition by mass of a compound is 76% C, 12.8% H, and 11.2% O. The
molar mass of this compound is 284.5 g/mol. What is the molecular formula of the
compound?
(A) C10H6O
(B) C9H18O
(C) C16H29O4
(D) C18H36O2
8. A 0.8715 g sample of sorbic acid, a compound first obtained from the berries of a certin ash
tree, is burned completely in oxygen to give 2.053 g of carbon dioxide and 0.5601 g of
water. The empirical formula of sorbic acid is
(A) CH2O
(B) C3H4O
(C) CH4O3
(D) C3H4O2
9. An aqueous fructose solution having a density of 1.049 g/cm 3 is found to have an osmotic
pressure of 17.0 atm at 250C. Find the temperature at which this solution freezes.
(A) -1.520C
(B) -1.410C
(C) -1.570C
(D) -1.690C
10. What volume of a 0.150 N KI solution is required to react in basic solution with 34.1mL of a
0.216 N solution of KMnO4? The products include MnO2 and IO3-
(A) 25.4 mL
(B) 37.9 mL
(C) 49.1 mL
(D) 98.2 mL
11. How many grams of solid KF (molar mass = 58.1 g/mol) should be added to 1.00 L of 0.250
M HF to make a buffer of pH = 3.143? (Ka for HF = 7.20 x 10 -4)
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(A) 14.5 g
(B) 15.4 g
(C) 6.95 g
(D) 10.2 g
12. A 488 mg sample of CuSO4.nH2O is heated to drive off the waters of hydration and then
reweighed to give a final mass of 319 mg. Given the sample contains 2.0 mmol of Cu, what
is the average number of water if hydration, n, is CuSO4.nH2O?
(A) 2.0
(B) 5.0
(C) 10
(D) 18
13. Calculate the approximate pOH in a solution that is 0.200 M in NaF, Ka for HF is 6.7 x 10 -4.
(A) 8.5
(B) 5.8
(C) 9.6
(D) 6.9
15. A 25 gram sample of oil as dissolved in 50 mL ethyl alcohol. The sample was titrated with
12mL of 0.08 M KOH using phenolphthalein indicator. Find the acid number.
(A) 2.15
(B) 1.89
(C) 4.80
(D) 4.30
16. Identify the major product in the reaction of ethanoyl chloride with butanol
(A) Butlychloride
(B) Ethyl butanoate
(C) Butyl ethanoate
(D) Butanoic acid
(A) Formalin
(B) Wood alcohol
(C) Dry Ice
(D) Acetic Acid
19. What is the net theoretical yield of ATP from 1 mole of glucose?
(A) 38
(B) 36
(C) 32
(D) 30
20. Energy is required to break the hydrogen bond holding the base together. Whoch pair will
be the most difficult to separate?
(A) A-T
(B) C-G
(C) A-C
(D) G-T
21. Trypsin cleaves peptide chains mainly at carboxyl side of amino acids ___ and ____ unless
either is followed by proline.
(A) Glutamine, threonine
(B) Tryptipgan, glycine
(C) Leucine, isoleucine
(D) Lysine arginine
24. Which of the following statements is/are true about endoplasmic reticulum
(A) It provides structural framework to the cell
(B) It acts as intracellular transporting system
(C) Smooth ER is involved in the synthesis of lipid
(D) All of the above
25. Process in central dogma wherein DNA is replicated in the form of mRNA
(A) Replication
(B) Transcription
(C) Translation
(D) Reverse Transcription
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
1. How many chemicals were added last May 2009 to the original list of POPs prohibited by
Stockholm Convention?
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12
2. A sanitary landfill has available space of 16.2 ha at an average depth of 10m. 765 cubic
meters of solid waste are dumped at the site 5 days per week. This waste is compacted to
twice its delivered density. Estimate the expected life of landfill in years.
(A) 8 years
(B) 12 years
(C) 16 years
(D) 24 years
3. It is the convention that convention that formally defined and introduced the concept of
Sustainable Development.
(A) Stockholm Convention
(B) Brundtland Commission
(C) Copenhagen Talks
(D) Basel Convention
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4. A specific town has a low-turbidity raw water and is designing its overflow weir at a loading
rate of 150 m3/day-meter. If its plant flow rate is 0.5 m3 per second, how many linear meters
of weir are required?
(A) 144 meters
(B) 216 meters
(C) 288 meters
(D) 432 meters
5. It is a tool for the systematic and exhaustive evaluation of the environmental aspects of a
product or service system through all the stages of its life stages.
(A) Life Cycle Analysis
(B) Life Cycle Evaluation
(C) Life Cycle Accommodation
(D) Life Cycle Optimization
6. An illegally buried drum of toluene has begun to leak into an unconfined drinking water
acquifer. A homeowners well is located 60 meters down from the leaking drum. If the soil
has a retardation coefficient of 17 for toluene and the linear speed of the water in the
acquifer is 4.7 x 10-6 m/s, how long will it take for the said contaminant to reach well?
(A) 8.7 days
(B) 10.3 months
(C) 3.4years
(D) 6.88 years
9. Determine the 1 day BOD of a sample wastewater if its BOD 5 is 135 mg/L with a rate
constant of 0.23/ day.
(A) 197.55 mg/L
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10. It is a type of biological unit processes that remove biodegradable organic substances
(whether colloidal or dissolved) in the wastewater either in the presence or absence of
oxygen.
(A) Aerobic
(B) Anaerobic
(C) Diaerobic
(D) None of the above
11. In the process of ozone depletion, it is the element that gets recycled thus rendering its
long lifetime in the atmosphere.
(A) Carbon
(B) Chlorine
(C) Oxygen
(D) Fluorine
12. It is an odorless and colorless gas that is lethal to humans with exposure as short as a few
minutes to concentrations exceeding 5000 ppm. It reacts with hemoglobin in the blood
rendering the latter incapable of carrying oxygen to the body.
(A) Carbon Monoxide
(B) Nitrogen Dioxide
(C) Sulfur Dioxide
(D) Sulfur Trioxide
13. In a BOD determination, 6 mL of wastewater are mixed with 294 mL of diluting water
containing 8.6 mg/ L of dissolved oxygen. After a 5 day incubation at 200C, the dissolved
oxygen content of the mixture is 5.4 mg/L, Calculate the BOD of the wastewater. Assume
that the initial DO of the wastewater is zero.
(A) 147.1 mg/L
(B) 156.8 mg/L
(C) 160 mg/L
(D) None of the above
14. It is the most common wastewater treatment disinfection method used due to its easy and
cheap implementation.
(A) Ozonation
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(B) Chlorination
(C) UV Disinfection
(D) Membrabe Separation
15. According to DENRs Administrative Order 34 on the Classification and Water Quality
Criteria for bodies of water, industrial water supply and fishery water is considered as class
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
CHE CALCULATIONS
2. A solid material with 15% w/w water is dried to 7% under the following conditions. Fresh air
is mixed with recycled air and it is blown over the solid. The fresh air contains 0.01 lb water/
lb dry air and the recycled air, which is part of the air leaving the dryer, contains 0.1 lb
water/ lb dry air. The proportions of fresh and recycled air are adjusted so that the mixture
entering the dryer contains 0.03 lbs water/ lb dry air. How many pounds of dry air are in the
fresh air feed per 100 lbs of wet materials.
(A) 8.60
(B) 27.34
(C) 95.60
(D) None of the above
3. How many pounds of dry air are recycled per 100 lbs of wet material?
(A) 8.60
(B) 27.30
(C) 95.60
(D) None of the above
4. A furnace is fired with coal containing 6% moisture, 18%VCM, 67% FC, and 9% ash. The
refuse analysis shows 5% VCM, 23% FC, and 62% ash. The higher heating value of the
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coal as fired is 14.300 Btu/lb. Calculate the percentage of the heating value of the coal that
is lost in the refuse. Assume that the moisture in the refuse is due to the wetting down to
prevent dusting and not moisture from the original coal/
(A) 4.68%
(B) 7.02%
(C) 9.36%
(D) 15.0%
5. It is the temperature at which the Fahrenheit scale is equal to the Celsius scale.
(A) 40
(B) 32
(C) -40
(D) -32
7. There are the materials which do not directly participate in the actual process but they do
not come out as part of the product.
(A) Premium Materials
(B) Ancillary Materials
(C) Auxiliary Materials
(D) Primary Materials
8. A distillation column separates 10,000 kg/hr of a 50-50 benzene toluene mixture. The
product recovered from the condenser at the top of the column contains 95% benzene and
the bottom contains 96% toluene. The vapor stream entering the condenser from the top of
the column is 8000 kg/hr. A portion of the product from the condenser is returned to the
column as reflux and the rest is withdrawn for other use. What is the flow rate at the bottom
of the column?
(A) 2950 kg/hr
(B) 4950 kg/hr
(C) 5050 kg/hr
(D) 6450 kg/hr
(A) 46%
(B) 58%
(C) 60%
(D) 78%
11. It is the stream bled off to remove an accumulation of inerts or unwanted material that
might otherwise build up in the recycle stream.
(A) Bypass stream
(B) Screening stream
(C) Separation stream
(D) Purge stream
12. Butane is burned with 50% excess air. The percent conversion is 90% and 25% of which
reacts to form CO. What is the percentage carbon dioxide in the dry flue gas?
(A) 0.2%
(B) 2%
(C) 6%
(D) 10%
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15. One thousand kg/hr of wet solid containing 60% moisture is to be dried using 20, 000 kg/hr
air, whose humidity is initially at 0.01 kg water/ kg dry air.Find the final humidity of the air if
the solid needs to be reduced to 10% moisture.
(A) 0.0191 kg water/ kg dry air
(B) 0.0510 kg water/ kg dry air
(C) 0.0416 kg water/ kg dry air
(D) 0.0382 kg water/ kg dry air
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
The temperature dependence of the vapor pressure of solid and liquid SO 2 can be
approximated by the following relationships respectively:
3. If a 10.0 A of current were passed through a alead storage cell for 1.5 hours during a
charging process, how much PbSO4 would decompose?
(A) 85 grams
(B) 170 grams
(C) 255 grams
(D) None of the above
5. Given G298/kJ-mol-1= 0 for Zn(s) and Cu(s), -147.06 for Zn2+(aq) and 65.49 for
Cu2+(aq), calculate the cell potential at the given condition.
(A) 1.101 V
(B) 1.011 V
(C) 1.010 V
(D) 1.110 V
7. At the triple point of water, ice, liquid water and water vapor are in equilibrium pressure
of 4.58 mmHg. At this temperature, the heat of fusion and vaporization of water is 1436
cal/mol and 10, 767 cal/mol respectively. Find the heat of sublimation of ice.
(A) 9331 cal/mole
(B) 7895 cal/mole
(C) 13, 639 cal/mole
(D) 12, 203 cal/mole
9. Calculate the change in the molar Gibbs free energy of hydrogen gas when it is
compressed isothermally from 1 atm to 100 at, at 298K.
(A) 15 kJ/mole
(B) 11 kJ/mole
(C) -15 kJ/mole
(D) -11 kJ/mole
A sample of 3.0 moles of a perfect diatomic gas at 200 K is compressed reversibly and
adiabatically until its temperature reaches 250K. Given that Cv = 27.5 J/mol-K,
(A) 0 J
(B) -4.1x103 J
(C) 4.1x103 J
(D) 5.4x103 J
15. The fugacity coefficient of a certain gas at 200 K and 50 bar is 0.72. Calculate the
difference of its chemical potential from that of a perfect gas in the same state.
(A) -0.25 kJ/mole
(B) 0.25 kJ/mole
(C) -0.55 kJ/mole
(D) 0.55 kJ/mole
PLANT DESIGN
1. In plant and equipment design, our role as chemical engineer are the following except:
(A) To design new plant and expansion lines
(B) To modify existing lines and processes
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4. It describes the general sequence of materials, unit operations and processes involved,
equipment, and operating parameters.
(A) Qualitative flow diagram
(B) Quantitative flow diagram
(C) Combined-detail flow diagram
(D) Detailed-estimate flow diagram
5. The following are main considerations for choice of material of construction except:
(A) Chemical compatibility
(B) Resale Value
(C) Working pressure/ temperature range
(D) Cost
6. This is the most suited material of construction for a vessel containing hydrochloric acid:
(A) Stainless steel
(B) Monel
(C) Aluminum
(D) Carbon Steel
7. The general term for steel alloy containing high contents of chromium and nickel is:
(A) Galvanized steel
(B) Mild steel
(C) Monel
(D) Stainless steel
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8. The 18-8 stainless steel is the most commonly used stainless steel. It contains:
(A) 18% chromium, 8% nickel
(B) 18% nickel, 8% chromium
(C) 18% copper, 8% nickel
(D) 18% nickel, 8% copper
10. This is the most important part of a feasibility study un the eyes of an investor.
(A) Market Study
(B) Technical Study
(C) Economic Study
(D) Financial Study
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6. The fatty acid has 12 carbons, no double bond, and normally found in coconut oil and
palm kernel
(A) Lauric Acid
(B) Myristic Acid
(C) Palmitic Acid
(D) Stearic Acid
8. This process of metal preparation creates a layer of chromium oxide in stainless steel,
making it more resistant to corrosion
(A) Passivation
(B) Oxidation
(C) Chrome Plating
(D) None of the above
9. When you buy RBD oil, it means that the oil has been subjected to
(A) Refining, bleaching, degumming
(B) Refining, blanching, degumming
(C) Reconstruction, blanching, deodorization
(D) Refining, bleaching, deodorization
(A) Gums
(B) Soaps
(C) Waxes
(D) All of the above
THERMODYNAMICS
1. As pressure approaches zero, the ratio of fugacity to pressure (f/P) for a gas
approaches
(A) Unity
(B) Zero
(C) Infinity
(D) An indeterminate value
2. When a system is in equilibrium for all possible processes, the differential or finite
change of entropy is
(A) None of these
(B) <0
(C) =0
(D) >0
3. A supply line carries a two phase liquid vapour mixture of steam at 300 lb/in 2. A small
fraction of the flow in the line is diverted through a throttling calorimeter and exhausted
to the atmosphere at 14.7 lb/in2 and a temperature of 2500F. Determine the quality of
the supply steam.
(A) 0.74
(B) 0.86
(C) 0.91
(D) 0.96
4. Fifty five gallons of water passes through a heat exchanger and absorbs 28, 000 BTU of
heat. The exit temperature is 570 R. What is the inlet water temperature in F?
(A) 68
(B) 56
(C) 49
(D) 42
5. The kind of process does not involve any amount of heat transfer.
(A) Isothermal
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(B) Reversible
(C) Isentropic
(D) None of the Above
6. A system consists of moist air and water inside a closed container. What is this
systems degree of freedom?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
8. A tank holds nitrogen gas at 820C and 940mmHg. After releasing 2 grams of the gas,
the remaining contents inside the tank then exerts a pressure of 480 mmHg at 30 0C.
How much nitrogen gas was originally in the tank?
(A) 3.0 g
(B) 5.0 g
(C) 139.4 g
(D) 154.3 g
10. If 6 liters of a gas at a pressure of 100 kPa are compressed erversibly according to PV 2
= C until the volume is a third of its original amount, how much work was sued for
compression?
(A) +600 J
(B) 600 J
(C) + 1200 J
(D) 1200 J
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12. In a constant volume, non-flow process, this quantity may be considered zero.
(A) Internal energy
(B) Enthalpy
(C) Heat
(D) Work
13. What is the maximum thermal efficiency of an ideal reversible heat engine operating
between 15400F and 340 0F?
(A) 22%
(B) 40%
(C) 60%
(D) 78%
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