Bahir Dar institute of Technology

Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering Chemical

Engineering
Reaction Engineering I & II Model Questions

Multiple choice
1. The rate of reaction of any component is a function of
A. Temperature of the system
B. Pressure of the system only
C. Composition of the component only
D. Temperature, pressure and composition
2. What is Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE)?
A. It is the field that studies the rates of reaction
B. It is the field that studies the mechanisms of chemical reactions
C. It is the field that studies the design of the reactors the design of the reactors and
selection of operating conditions using the best knowledge available
D. All
3. The Core objective of Chemical Engineer is/ are
A. To design appropriate reactor
B. Analysis of performance of chemical reactors
C. All
4. The rate constant of a chemical reaction is depending on;
A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Reactant's concentration
D. All
5. For a homogeneous reaction of nth order, the dimension of the rate constant is given by A.
(concentration)1−n /time
B. 1/(time)n
C. (concentration)n−1 /time
D. None of these

6. With increase in initial concentration, the fractional conversion of a first order reaction in
a given time
A. Remains constant
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. Unpredictable
7. Equilibrium conversion____________for an exothermic reversible chemical reaction,
when the temperature is increase.
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B. Increase
C. Constant
D. Unpredictable
8. If the time required to change the concentration of reactant to half its original value is
independent of the initial concentration the order of reaction is
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. ½
9. Liquid A decomposes by irreversible first-order kinetics and the half-life period of this
reaction is 12 min. The time(minute) required for 75% conversion of A is
A. 18 B. 24 C. 36 D. 48
10. Suppose doubling the concentration of a reactant increases the rate of reaction by a factor
of 4, and tripling the concentration of the reactant increases the reaction rate by a factor
of 9, the order of reaction is;
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. ½
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11. For a 1 order isothermal chemical reaction in porous catalyst the effectiveness factor is
0.2, the effectiveness factor will increase if the
A. Catalyst size is reduced or the catalyst diffusivity is increased
B. Catalyst size is reduced or the catalyst diffusivity is reduced
C. Catalyst size is increased or the catalyst diffusivity is increased
D. Catalyst size is increased or the catalyst diffusivity is reduced Use the following
information for question 5-7

12. To maximize the formation of U in the reaction, we should have

A. High CA, high CB C. Low CA, high CB
B. High CA, low CB D. Low CA, low CB
13. To maximize the formation of T in the reaction, order the contacting schemes of
contacting pattern from best desirable to least desirable
A. i, ii, iii, iv B. i, iii, ii, iv C. iv, ii, iii, i D. iv, i, iii, ii E. None
14. To maximize the formation of R in the reaction, order the contacting schemes of
contacting pattern from best desirable to least desirable
A. i, ii, iii, iv B. i, iii, ii, iv C. iv, ii, iii, i D. iv, i, iii, ii E. None
15. Which one of the following is true statement
A. The rate controlling step in a reaction involving many steps is the fastest step.
B. A higher temperature favors the reaction of lower activation energy.
C. Reactions with high activation energies are very temperature sensitive.
D. None
16. The space-velocity of 2 hr-1 means

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treated by the reactor
B. that two reactor volumes of feed at specified conditions are being fed into the
reactor per hour
C. that the actual reactor volume is double that of the optimum reactor volume
D. that one-half reactor volume of feed at specified conditions are being fed into the
reactor.
17. A first order reaction requires two unequal sized mixed flow reactors, which of the
following gives higher yield?
A. Smaller reactor followed by larger one
B. Either of the arrangement A or B will give the same yield
C. Large reactor followed by smaller one
D. Data insufficient, can't be predicted\
18. In ideal mixed flow reactor the
A. Space time is equivalent to holding time for constant density systems
B. Composition throughout the reactor remains same
C. Exit stream has the same composition as the fluid within the reactor
D. All of the above
19. Fluid flow in a real packed bed reactor can be approximated as _____model
A. Tank in series
B. Mixed flow
C. Plug flow
D. Dispersion
20. N number of plug flow reactors in series with a total volume (V) gives the same
conversion as single
A. PFR of volume V
B. PFR of volume V/N
C. CSTR of volume V
D. PFR of volume N*V
21. The space time is equivalent to the holding time in a steady state mixed flow reactor for
A. Variable fluid density systems
B. Constant fluid density systems
C. Non-isothermal gas reaction
D. Gas reactions with changing no. of moles
22. The order of a chemical reaction is
A. Always equal to the total stoichiometric number of reactants
B. An experimentally determined quantity
C. Never fractional
D. None of these
23. Catalyst deactivation may NOT be caused by

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24. The equilibrium constant of a catalytic chemical reaction __________ due to the
presence of a catalyst.
A. Remain unchanged B. Decrease C. Increase D. Can't be predicted
25. Which one of the following is false about Fluid-Fluid reaction?
A. Reaction may take place in gas film
B. Reaction may take place in liquid film only
C. Reaction may take place in main body of liquid only
D. Reaction may take place in both liquid film and main body of liquid E. None
26. Lower activation energy of a chemical reaction (at a given temperature) means
a. Higher rate of reaction b. lower rate of reaction c. lower equilibrium constant
d. higher equilibrium conversion 25.
Which one of the following is true statement about catalyst?
a. It speeds up a rate of reaction by increasing activation energy
b. It speeds up a rate of reaction by reducing activation energy
c. It increases equilibrium constant for the reaction d. b&c
26. Hatta modulus is much smaller than one (i.e MH<<1) implies,
a. No reaction takes place in liquid film
b. No reaction takes place in gas film
c. It may be infinitely slow reaction d. a&c e. all
27. Which one of the following is false about Fluid-Fluid reaction?
a. Gas film resistance controls for highly soluble gases
b. If the resistance is in the main body, it needs large volume of liquid
c. Bubble contactor is preferable for very soluble gases
d. All
28. Which one of the following is odd?
a. The manufacture of carbon disulfide from the elements
b. The manufacture of sodium thiosulfate from sulfur and sodium sulfite
c. The nitrogenation of calcium carbide to produce cyanamide
d. The manufacture of sodium cyanide from sodium amide
29. Which one of the following is not step involved in a solid catalyzed fluid reaction?
a. Desorption c. Surface Reaction
b. Adsorption d. None
30. For the non-catalytic reaction of spherical particles with surrounding fluid, the same needed
to achieve the same fractional conversion for particles of different unchanging sizes is
proportional to the particle diameter, when the __________ is the controlling resistance.
a. film diffusion c. chemical reaction
b. diffusion through ash layer d. all
31. Rate of a chemical reaction is not influenced by the
A. Temperature

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C. Reactant concentration
D. Catalyst
32. The batch reactor has the disadvantage(s) of
A. High labour and handling cost
B. Poorer quality control of the product
C. Considerable shutdown time to empty, clean out and refill
D. All of the above
33. Consider the following reaction:
At a certain temperature the rate of decomposition of N2O5 is 2.5 ×10-6 mol/s. The rate of
formation of NO2 is:

A. 1.0 ×10-5 mol/s B. 1.25 ×10-6 mol/s C. 2.5 ×10-6 mol/s D. 5.0 ×10-6 mol/s
34. If the reaction rate constants at two temperatures T₁ and T₂ are k₁ and k₂ respectively, the
energy of activation, E can be calculated using the equation