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Refresher Problem Set 1

Physical and Chemical Principles
1. Rubidium-87 decays to strontium-87 with a half-life of 48.8 billion years. How long will it take
for 1 mg of Rb – 87 to become 0.063 mg in billions of years?
A. 194.64 * B. 228.55 C. 244.14 D. 275.15
2. What is the specific gravity of nitrogen at 80 F and 745 mmHg compared to air at 80 F and 745
mmHg?
A. 0.79 B. 0.85 C. 0.92 D. 0.97 *
3. A certain reaction has a specific rate constant of 4.27E-3/s at 25ºC and 7.35E-2/s at 80ºC.
The energy of activation is
A. 5.44 kJ/mol B. 45.2 kJ/mol* C. 104 kJ/mol D. 860 kJ/mol
4. The air pollution control equipment on a municipal waste incinerator includes a fabric filter
particle collector (known as a baghouse). The baghouse contains 424 cloth bags arranged in
parallel, that is 1/424 of the flow goes through each bag. The gas flow rate into and out of the
baghouse is 47 m3/s, and the concentration of particles entering the baghouse is 15 g/m3. In
normal operation the baghouse particulate discharge meets the regulatory limit of 24 mg/m3.
During preventive maintenance replacement of the bags, one bag is inadvertently not
replaced, so only 423 bags are in place. Calculate the efficiency of particulate removal when
all 424 bags are in place and the emissions comply with the regulatory requirements. Assume
the efficiency for each individual bag is the same as overall efficiency.
A. 99.84% * B. 85.33% C. 79.81% D. 73.28%
5. From the above data, calculate the efficiency of particulate removal when one of the bags are
missing. Assume the efficiency for each individual bag is the same as the overall efficieny for
the baghouse.
A. 74.44% B. 83.88% C. 90.12% D. 99.61% *
6. How many moles are there in 1005.3 mg of acetaminophen?
A. 6.49E-2 B. 6.49E-3 * C. 6.49E-4 D. 6.49E-5
7. Find the empirical formula of a compound containing 24.2% Na, 33.7% S and 42.1% O?
A. Na2S2O5* B. Na2S3O5 C. NaS2O5 D. Na2S2O7
8. What is the molecular weight of sucrose?
A. 180 B. 240 C. 300 D. 342 *
9. Who coined the term serendipity?
A. Horace Walpole* B. Archimedes C. Wilhelm Roentgen D. Neils Bohr
10. Who discovered radioactivity?
A. Henri Becquerel * B. Piere& Marie Curie C. Wilhelm Roentgen D. Neils Bohr
11. How many hydrogen bonds are formed between adenine and thymine?
A. 2 * B. 5 C. 7 D. 8
12. How many hydrogen bonds are formed between adenine and uracil?
A. 2 * B. 5 C. 3 D. 8
13. How many hydrogen bonds are formed between guanine and cystosine?
A. 2 B. 5 C. 7 D. 3 *
14. Name the amino acid with the given formula NHOCCH2CH(NH2)COOH.
A. lysine B. glutamine C. asparagine* D. arginine
15. Which of the following amino acid is basic?
A. lysine * B. aspartic sacid C.tyrosine D. alanine
16. Which of the following amino acid is polar?
A. glutamine * B. arginine C. Proline D. Valine
17. Which of the following amino acid is nonpolar?
A. glutamic acid B. leucine * C. cysteine D. serine
18. Commercial sulfuric acid, H2SO4, is often purchased as a 93% weight solution. Find the
concentration of the solution if its specific gravity is 1.839.
A. 1.7E3 mg/L B. 1.745 M C. 34.9 N * D. 0.55 m
19. What is the change in the boiling point of water at 100 C per Pa change in atmospheric
pressure? The molar enthalpy of vaporization is 40.69 kJ/mol, the molar volume of steam is
30.199E-3 m3/mol and the molar volume of liquid water is 0.019E-3 m3/mol, all at 100 C and
1.01325 bar.
A. 2.768E-4 K/Pa * B. 1.455E-3 K/Pa C. 4.122E-2 K/Pa D. 0.188 K/Pa
20. Calculate the change in pressure required to change the freezing point of water by 1C. At 0 C
the heat of fusion of ice is 79.7 cal/g, the density of water is 0.9998 g/ml, and the density of ice
 is 0.9168 g/ml.
A. -89 atm/C B. -110 atm/C C. -133 atm/C * D. -142 atm/C
21. The boiling point of benzene is 80.1 C at one atm. Estimate the vapor pressure of benzene at
25C using Trouton’s rule.
A. 0.009 bar B. 0.055 bar C. 0.102 bar D. 0.143 bar *
22. Calculate the pH of a 0.2 M sodium benzoate? Ka = 6.3 E -5
A. 4.76 B. 6.87 C. 7.89 D. 8.75 *
23. When a real gas approaches an ideal gas, compressibility factor approaches
A. 0 C. infinity
B. 1* D. above zero
24. The reaction A + B + C → R + S has rate = k ABC , find the order of reaction.
R
A. 0 C. 2 *
B. 1 D. 3
25. A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which of the following is the main cause of
this phenomenon?
A. gravity C. viscosity
B. air resistance D. surface tension *
26. Which of the following is a unit of fugacity?
A. mol/L C. L-atm/mol
B. bar * D. N/m
27. Property of a fluid to form droplets and assume the shape of a sphere and rise in a capillary
tube.
A. surface tension* C. abrasion
B. condensate D. vapor pressure
28. Which plot is linear for a first order reaction?
A. log [A] vs t * C. 1/[A] vs t
B. [A] vs t D. [A]² vs t
29. For the reaction 2NO(g) + O2(g) = 2NO2(g) ∆H = -14 kcal. Which of the following will cause
the formation of more products?
A. decreasing the pressure C. addition of oxygen *
B. increasing the temperature D. addition of catalyst
30. Which of the following is most likely to increase the rate of a reaction?
A. decreasing the temperature
B. increasing the volume of the reaction vessel
C. reducing the activation energy *
D. decreasing the concentration of the reactant in the reaction vessel
31.The migration of colloidal particles under the influence of electric field is
A. electrodialysis C. electrophoresis *
B. electrodispersion D. electro-osmosis
32. Oil, water and ___ will form a stable emulsion.
A. butter C. soap
B. starch * D. margarine
33. At triple point, what is the variance, F = __, where it is invariant?
A. 0 * C. 2
B. 1 D. 3
34. In a phase diagram for two miscible substances, composition of the liquid phase is equal to
that of the solid phase at which of the following?
A. eutectic point * C. freezing point
B. azeotropic point D. triple point
35. The transport number of an ion is determined using which method?
A. electrolysis C. viscosity measurement
B. Hittorf’s method * D. chromatography
36. How many independent variables must be specified in order to define completely a system of
pure liquid water?
A. 2 * C. 0
B. 1 D. more than 3
37. The number of degrees of freedom of an ethanol-water system in equilibrium with its vapor is
A. 3 C. 2 *
B. 1 D. 0
38. Hardness of diamond is due mainly to a large amount of
A. covalent bond * C. ionic bond
B. hydrogen bond D. sigma bond
39. Which of the following is an extensive property?
A. molar volume C. vapor pressure
B. enthalpy * D. boiling point
40.The property of a porous body which permits a gas or a liquid to flow through it is
A. diffusion C. permeability *
B. osmosis D. viscosity
41. Atoms of which element have the highest first ionization energy?
A. calcium C. sodium
B. potassium D. magnesium *
42. Alka-seltzer is an example of
A. antacid * C. neutralizer
B. depressant D. coolants
43. Enhances the flavor of many foods as meats, vegetables, etc.., without itself contributing any
significant taste.
A. MSG * C. TSG
B. DSG D. BHT
44. It is formed when CO reacts with the hemoglobin in the blood.
A. RBC C. carboxyhemoglobin *
B. WBC D. pepsin
45. Hydrogen is how many percent on the Earth’s crust?
A. 49.5% by mass C. 0.9% by mass *
C. 2.4% by volume D. 3.4% by volume
46. Deuterium is an isotope of ____.
A. nitrogen C. helium
B. oxygen D. hydrogen *
47. First ionization energy refers to
A. removal of an electron from a gas atom *
B. energy to form the most probable ion
C. trapping an ion in a lattice structure
D. formation of a -1 anion
48. A radioactive isotope that is now widely used in cancer treatment is
A. cobalt-60 * C. tritium
B. deuterium D. sodium-24
49. Which of the following types of radiation will be stopped by a piece of paper?
A. alpha * C. neutron
B. gamma ray D. x-ray
50. When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, ____ is formed.
A. carbon monoxide C. carbonic acid *
B. sodium carbonate D. calcium carbonate
51.Process of breaking down a large isotope into smaller isotopes.
A.nuclear fission * B. beta particle emission
C. nuclear fusion D. gamma ray emission
52. Notation of an alkane containing Cl.
A.chloro * B.chloride
C. chlorate D. chloric
53. Transition elements are found in the
A. d and f block ** C. p block
B. s block D. d block
54. An atomic bond resulting from the formation of a molecular orbital by the head-on collision of
atomic orbitals.
A. sigma bond** C. ionic bond
B. pi bond D. covalent bond
55.Which does not belong to the group?
A. Cu** C. B
B. Si D. As
56. What bond posses the highest thermal and electrical conductivity?
A. ionic bond C. metallic bond**
B. covalent bond D. hydrogen bond
57. A salt that is hammered into pieces is a characteristic of a material pertaining to its
A. brittleness ** C. malleability
B. ductility D. volatility
58.Bauxite is an oxide mineral of
A. Ba C. Bi
 C. B D. Al**
59. Hydrogen is how many percent on the earth’s crust?
A. 1% by volume C. 10% by weight
B. 10% by volume D. 1% by weight*
60. When the temperature of a solid is raised, it expands in all directions. Certain crystals are
found to have different expansivities along different axes. However, many of the common
materials have the same properties in all directions. The \latter substances are called
A. isotropic substances* C. isogonic substances
B. isotopic substances D. isothermal
61.The liquid oxygen boils at
A. 0ºC C. -184.6ºC
B. -365ºC D. -183ºC**
62. Among the intermolecular forces of attraction, which one is present in CCl4?
A. London dispersion forces** C. dipole-dipole force
B. hydrogen bonding D. network covalent
63.Which of the following when present in water can lead to brown staining in sanitary ware?
A. fluorides C. iron and manganese*8
B. carbonates D. nitrates
64.In which of the following is the size of particles increasing?
A. colloids, solution, suspension C. solution, suspension, colloids*
B. colloids, suspension, solution D. suspension, solution, colloids
65. Which of the following is the most polar bond?
A. N - O C. C - C
B. C - H D. H – F *
66.The pair of electrons which do not participate in the bonding is called
A. lone pair of non-bonding electrons***
B. covalent bond
C. ionic bond
D. bonding electrons
67. Which is a semiconductor?
A. B C. Si
B. Ge D. all of these *
68. A chemical reaction which requires heat to produce products.
A. reversible reaction C. exothermic reaction
B. irreversible reaction D. endothermic reaction**
69. It is define as the tendency of an atom to attract electrons.
A. ionization energy C. electron affinity
B. electronegativity ** D. activation energy
70.Dispersion of solid or liquid particles of microscopic size in a gas media such as smoke is
A. a soot C. a vapor
B. a mist D. an aerosol *
71. It is a proton donor.
A. Arrhenius acid C. Lewis acid
B. Bronsted acid* D. Acetic acid
72. Which of the following has the greatest affinity to electrons?
A. Na C. Br
B. Cl** D. K
73. Elements in a given period have the same
A. atomic weight B. maximum azimuthal quantum number
C. maximum principal quantum number* D. valence electron structure
74. Electron affinity is defined as
A. the change in energy when a gaseous atom in its ground state gains an electron *
B. the pull an atom has on the electrons in a chemical bond
C. the energy required to remove a valence electron from a neutral gaseous atom in its
ground state
D. the energy difference between an electron in its ground and excited states
75. A triple bond consists of
A. 3 sigma bonds C. 1 pi & 2 sigma bonds
B. 3 pi bonds D. 1 sigma & 2 pi bonds***
76. Colligative properties depend on
A. number of solute particles * C. nature of solute
B. temperature of solution D. nature of solvent
77. A yellowish gas.
 A. chlorine * C. carbon dioxide
B. nitrogen D. hydrogen
78. Which of the following is the lightest?
A. alpha particle C. proton
B. beta particle * D. hydrogen
79. Group 1R elements are also known as
A. alkaline earth metals C. halogen
B. alkali metals * D. chalcogen
80. Ascorbic acid is
A. vitamin C * C. vitamin D
B. tocopherol D. vitamin E
81. Retinal, retinol and retinoic acid are stable form of
A. vitamin A * C. vitamin C
B. vitamin B D. vitamin D
82.Which of the following is a ketose?
A. fructose * C. glucose
B. sucrose D. maltose
83.Heat loving organisms are
A. psychrophiles C. thermophiles *
B. mesophiles D. chromogenes
84.It is derived from papaya and is a natural meat tenderizer.
A. papain * C. bromelia
B. pepsin D. lipase
85. Common microorganism used for penicillin manufacture is
A. mold * C. protozoa
B. bacteria D. algae
86.Synthetic oil of wintergreen contains
A. ethyl salicylate C. methyl salicylate *
B. benzyl acetate D. linalyl acetate
87. It brings about fermentation of milk.
A. lactobacilli * C. saccharomyces cerevesie
B. acetobacter D. penicillium
88. An example of water soluble vitamin is
A. vitamin C * C. vitamin E
B. vitamin A D. vitamin K
89.The fluid portion occupying the whole portion of a cell.
A. ribosomes C. vacuole
B. cytoplasm * D. lysosome
90.The simplest type of carbohydrate is
A. lactose C. glucose *
B. maltose D. sucrose
91.The product obtained from the hydrolysis of collagen is
A. keratin C. cortisol
B. gelatin * D. casein
92. What is the color of hemoglobin?
A. red * C. yellow
B. white D. green
93.Oxygen gas is prepared in the laboratory by heating ____.
A. manganese oxide C. salt solution in water
B. mercuric oxide D. potassium chlorate*
94. The most important component of pitchblende is
A. thorium C. Uranium *
B. radium D. polonium
95. The most abundant element in the solar system is
A. hydrogen * C. nitrogen
B. oxygen D. helium
P1V1 P2V2
96. = is
T1 T2
A. Charles law C. Combined Boyle’s & Charles law **
B. Ideal gas law D. Amagat’s law
97. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. B C. As
B. Mg**** D. Si
98. H+ is a/an ____.
A. proton*** C. electron
B. element D. neutron
99.Hydrocarbons that contain one or more carbon triple bonds.
A. alkynes * C. alkenes
B. alkyl D. alkanes
100.How many atoms are there in a molecule of sucrose?
A. 12 C. 11
B. 22 D. 45 *
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