JIMMA UNIVERSITY

JIMMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Practice test of Chemical reaction Engineering I
Choose the best answer from the given alternatives.
1. In reactor the amounts of individual components may change due to reaction,
but not due to flow in or out of the system.
A. Continuous stirred tank reactor
B. Batch reactor
C. Plug flow reactor
D. Mixed flow reactor
2. Pick out wrong statement about chemical kinetics
A. Is concerned about the quantities of the reactants and the products, analyzing the
dynamics of chemical reactions, and their rates of change
B. Is related with analyzing the dynamics of chemical reactions, and their rates of
change
C. Provide information on the energetic state of the individual molecules
D. Its measured rate shows a statistical average state of the molecules taking part in the
reaction
3. The mechanism of the reaction:

The rate constant of the reaction is

A. K2 B. K2K1(K-1) C. K2K1 D. K2(K1/K-1)
4. Higher free energy of activation of a chemical reaction (at a given temperature) implies
A. Slower rate of reaction C. Higher equilibrium conversion
B. Higher rate of reaction D. Both B and C
5. The energy balance equation over a tubular reactor under transient conditions is
A. An ordinary non-linear differential equation
B. An algebraic differential equation
C. Linear partial differential equation
D. A non-linear partial differential equation
 6. is the number of units of mass of some participating reactants that is
transformed into a product per unit time and per unit volume of the system
A. Rate of reaction B. Kinetics of reaction C. Rate law D. Extent of reaction
7. Consider the nth order irreversible liquid phase reaction A → B. Which one of the following
plots involving half-life of the reaction (t1/2) and the initial reactant concentration (CA0)
gives a straight-line plot?
A. CA0 Vs t1/2 C. ln CA0 Vs t1/2
B. CA0 Vs lnt1/2 D. lnCA0 Vs lnt1/2
8. In which order of reaction, reaction rate/rate equation is independent of concentration
A. 1st order B. 2nd order C. Zero order D. 3rd order
9. The rate of reaction does not decrease appreciably as the reaction proceeds in case of
__________ reactions.
A. Autocatalytic B. Exothermic C. Endothermic D. Autothermal
10. The equilibrium constant of chemical reaction __________ in the presence of catalyst.
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unaffected
D. Can either increase or decrease (depends on the type of catalyst)
11. Which one of the following wrong about Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor
A. The rate of formation is constant throughout the reactor
B. The compositions throughout the reactor are the same and equal to the conditions
at the outlet
C. Contents are thoroughly mixed
D. The flow is necessarily at a constant rate
12. From the following statement which one true about Plug flow reactor
A. Content of the reactor is perfectly mixed in the axial direction.
B. No mixing takes place in radial direction
C. All particles that enter the reactor at the same time must not leave simultaneously
D. No axial diffusion or conduction, but axial gradient of concentration, temperature,
pressure
13. Changes in the composition of a reactor occurred due to
A. Advective change
B. due to material brought into the system or removed from it
C. The internal change due to chemical reactions
D. All
14. A first order irreversible reaction, A → B is carried out separately in a constant volume as
well as in a variable volume reactor for a particular period. It signifies that __________ in
the two reactors.
A. Both conversion as well as concentration are same
B. conversion in both will be the same but concentrations will be different
C. both the conversion as well as concentrations will be different
D. none of these
15. A typical example of an exothermic reversible reaction conducted at high pressure in
industry is
A. Dehydration of ethanol C. Methanol synthesis
B. Reformation of methanol D. Polymerization of ethylene
16. In case of __________ reactions, the reaction rate does not decrease appreciably as the
reaction proceeds.
A. Catalytic C. Parallel
B. Series D. Auto catalytic
17. Photochemical reaction rate does not depend significantly on temperature, because
A. It is a reversible reaction
B. It is an exothermic reaction
C. The energy of reacting molecules exceeds the activation energy by absorption of light
D. None of these
𝐾1 𝐾1 𝐾3
18. For a reaction of the type, , 𝐴 → B→ C→ 𝐷 the rate of reaction (- rB) is given by
A. (K1+K1)CB C. (K1+K2+K3)CB
B. K1CA - K2CB D. (K1-K2)CB
19. Which one of the following statements is wrong.
A. A negative order for a particular substance signifies that the rate decreases (is inhibited)
as the concentration of that substance increases
B. If the reaction order is zero for one reactant, it means that the rate is independent of the
reactant concentration
C. If the order of reaction for a product is positive, the effect is called product inhibition,
and is not uncommon in catalytic reactions
D. If the order of reaction for a product is positive, the reaction accelerates with increasing
conversion, and the effect is called autocatalysis
20. The reaction 2A+B+C→D+E is found to be first order in A second order in B and zero
order in C. How many times rate increases if concentrations of A, B and C increases by
two times?
A. 32 B. 8 C. 4 D. 16
21. The rate of a reaction increases four-fold when the concentration of reactant is increased
16 times. If the rate of reaction is 4×10−6 mol L−1 s−1 when the concentration of the reactant
is 4×10−4 mol L−1. The rate constant of the reaction will be:
A. 2x10-4 mol1/2L-1/2s-1 C. 2x10-2 mol1/2L1/2s-1
-2 -1
B. 2x10 s D. 25 mol-1/2L-1/2min-1
22. The dimensions of rate constant for reaction A B is (m3/s.mol). Therefore, the reaction
order is
A. 1st order B. 2nd order C. Zero order D. 3rd order
23. Pick out the wrong statement
A. Yield is directly proportional with selectivity and conversion
B. Selectivity is the formation of the desired product (species j) divided by the formation
of all products
 C. The conversion of XA is the number of moles of A that have reacted per mole of A fed
to the system.
D. Selectivity is directly proportional with both yield and conversion
24. During chemical reaction which of one following parameter is strongly affect the rate
constant
A. Temperature B. Concentration of the reactant.
C. Pressure D. Time of the reaction
25. How much does a reaction rate with an activation energy of 15,000 Cal/mole vary when
the temperature is increased from 300 to 310 K?
A. 3.12 B. 4.17 C. 2.24 D.1.14
26. The following data are for the reaction A+B→products:
Concentration of A, (M) Concentration of B, (M) Initial rate, molL−1s-1
0.1 0.1 4.0×10−4
0.2 0.2 1.60×10−3
0.5 0.1 2.0×10−3
0.5 0.5 1.0×10−2

I. What is the order with respect to A and B for the reaction?

II. Calculate the rate constant.
A. I Rate, r=CACB II K=4×10-2M-1s−1
B. I Rate, r=C2ACB II K=8×10-2M-1s−1
C. I Rate, r=CAC2B II K=2×10-4M-1s−1
D. I Rate, r=C2AC3B II K=4×10-4M-1s−1
27.
28. Rate of a gaseous phase reaction is given by (-rA)=kP2A if PA is given in atm, rA is in
mol/m3.s what is the units of rate constant
A. atm.mol/m3. s. B. mol/m3.atm.s. C. mol/m3.atm2.s D. atm/m3.mol.s
𝑑𝐶𝑅
29. Reaction rate equation for the reaction, 2R+S→X+Y is =K.C2R.CS. If S at is present in
𝑑𝑡
large excess, what is the order of this reaction?
A. 3rd order B. 2nd order C. 4th order D. Zero order
30. ____________is the time required for the reactant concentration to drop to one – half of its
initial value, or the time taken for 50% reaction to occur (50% conversion)
A. Space time C. Half-life time
B. Residence time D. Integral time
31. The fractional volume change of the system for the isothermal gas phase
reaction, A 3B , between no conversion and complete conversion if 50% A fed to the
reactor is
A.3 B. 2 C. 4 D. 1
32. Consider the following figure
 From the above reaction what is the CB and XA respectively
A. 50 and 40% B. 50 and 50% C. 40 and 50% D. 40 and 40%
33. For the reaction A+B→ Products, it is found that the order of A is 2 and of B is 3 in the
rate expression. When the concentration of both is doubled, the rate will increase to:
A. 32 B. 8 C. 4 D. 16
34. For every 10°C rise in temperature, the rate of chemical reaction doubles. When the
temperature is increased from 30 to 70°C, the rate of reaction increases __________ times.
A. 8 B. 12 C. 16 D. 32
35. 6 gm of carbon is burnt with an amount of air containing 18 gm oxygen. The product
contains 16.5 gms CO2 and 2.8 gms CO besides other constituents. What is the degree of
conversion on the basis of disappearance of limiting reactant?
A. 100% B. 95% C. 75% D. 20%
36. An isothermal aqueous phase reversible reaction, P R, is to be carried out in a mixed
3
flow reactor. The reaction rate in k.mole/m .h is given by, r = 0.5CP - 0.125CR. A stream
containing only P enters the reactor. The residence time required (in hours) for 40%
conversion of P is
A. 0.8 B. 1.33 C.1.60 D. 2.67
37. Design of heterogenous catalytic reactor involves consideration of __________ steps.
A. only chemical C. only physical
B. both (a) & (b) D. neither (a) nor (b)
𝐾1 𝐾2
38. A consecutive reaction, 𝐴 → B→ 𝐶, is characterized by
A. Maximum in the concentration of A. C. maximum in the concentration of B.
B. minimum in the concentration of B. D. maximum in the concentration of C
39. There is no correspondence between stoichiometry and the rate equation in case of a/an
__________ reaction
A. Elementary B. autocatalytic C. Multiple D. Non elementary
40. The half-life period of a first order reaction is given by (where, K = rate constant.)
0.693
A. 1.5 K B. 2.5 K C. D. 6.93 K
𝐾
41. The point selectivity of the product 'Y' in the reaction

is equal to
A. K1/K2 B. K2/K C. K1-K2 D. K2-K1
42. Pick out the odd
A. Fixed Bed Gas Reactors C. Batch Reactor
B. Suspended Bed Reactors D. Trickle Bed Reactors
43. Which one of the following is not main objective of the chemical reaction engineering?
A. To design appropriate reactor and or analysis of performance of chemical reactors
B. To secure quality of the wanted products with a minimum cost of production
C. To safe quality of the byproducts with a maximum cost of production
D. To determine something about the reactor like size, flow and thermal configuration,
and product distribution
44. Reactors performance is measured by
A. Fraction of unreacted, Conversion and yield
B. Selectivity, material balance equation and yield
C. Conversion
D. Material balance equation and rate equation
45. From the following statement which one true about Plug flow reactor
A. Content of the reactor is perfectly mixed in the axial direction.
B. No mixing takes place in radial direction
C. All particles that enter the reactor at the same time must not leave simultaneously
D. No axial diffusion or conduction, but axial gradient of concentration, temperature,
pressure
46. From the following elementary gas phase reactions in which reaction volume of the reactor
is constant.
𝐾 𝐾
A. R +X+ 3S → Q + T+2U C. 3R + S → Q + 2T
𝐾 𝐾
B. R +3Z+ 2S → 2Q + 3T+Y D. 2R + 3Z+ S → 2Q + 3T+2Y
47. Semi-batch reactor is inevitable when
A. It is essential to regulate the heat effect of high endothermic reaction.
B. It is possible to maximize the selectivity of the product especially in the liquid phase
reaction
C. To minimize wanted side products by maintaining low concentration of one of the
reactants
D. It is required to remove one of the products to decrease the equilibrium of the
reaction to the application of Le Chatelier’s principle.
48. _________defined as the time required to process one reactor volume of feed measured at
specified conditions
A. Spece velocity B. Space time C. Residence time D. half-life time
49. During a chemical reaction, especially those involving a net increase or decrease in the
total number of moles, we have to look the effects of pressure on the rate law. This is
occurred;
A. When we are interested to see the resistance to gas flow when a liquid is passing through a
reactor.
B. The resistance to the gas flow is not measured by the pressure drop across the reactor.
C. When the concentration of the reacting species is not proportional to the change of the total
pressure.
D. When, we should properly take into account the effect of pressure drops on the sizing of
chemical reactors.
50. As an advantage plug flow reactor (PFR) is easy to construct and produces the highest
conversion per reactor volume among any of the flow reactors. Its disadvantages is
A. Difficulty to control the temperature along the tube, as a result the so-called well-known
problem of hot spot can occur.
B. Easy to control the temperature when the reaction is exothermic since the composition of
the fluid varies from point to point along a flow path.
C. Difficulty to control the temperature along the tube, as a result the so-called well-known
problem of hot spot can occur when the reaction is endothermic.
D. Easy to control the temperature when the reaction is exothermic since the composition of
the fluid is constant from point to point along a flow path