Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers – Laguna

Secretariat Office: Department of Chemical Engineering

University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Laguna, 4031 Philippines
Telefax (049)536-7759, e-mail: mmn@mudspring.uplb.edu.ph

SAMPLE BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS/PROBLEMS

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES

General Chemistry
1. What is the chemical name of muriatic acid?
2. Chemical name of sal soda/washing soda?
3. Given half-life of C-14 to N-14 and initial rate of decay. What is the age of a sample given its rate of
decay?
4. What is Kf of MgO? (Problem on colligative property)
5. Which comes primarily from sea MgO
a) Ca c) Cu
b) Ba d) Mg
6. Which will give a buffer of pH 2?
7. Which element is dark, has metallic luster and sublimes
a) chlorine c) iodine
b) fluorine d) bromine
8. Ionization Energy - trends
9. Stoich
10. Bonds which are symmetrical with the line that connects the nuclei
11. Given n = 2. How many orbitals?
12. MW of a compound (tetrahydrate)
13. Pale yellow gas used in pesticides
14. pOH of 0.018 M HCl
15. Oil Of vitriol
16. If half life is independent of initial conc., the order is
17. Chemical equilibrium. Given V, T, P Find n, total moles at equil. = 6.2
2SO2 + O2 = 2SO3 [SO2] = [SO3] at equilibrium
18. What is needed in scaling mercury filled thermometer
a) freezer b) beaker of water c) bunsen burner d) bucket of ice
19. Artificial air for diving
20. Find MW of protein from colligative property- osmotic pressure
21. Cheese- what type of mixture?
22. Combustion reaction is exothermic
a)all b)none c)some
23. Redox reaction: MnO4- + H+ + Cl- = Mn + Cl2 + H2O. Which is the reducing agent ? oxidizing agent?
The ratio of H+ to Cl2?
24. %O2 in air
25. Definition of foam
26. Stoichiometry: CaCO3 + HCl = CO2 ; Given volume of CO2, find mass of CaCO3
27. Def. of Temp (Ans: Ave KE)
28. Driving force in precipitation
29. Periodic trend: F, Cl, S; arrange in decreasing size, increasing electronegativity, increasing ionization
energy
30. For measurement of pressure, what conversion factor is needed?
31. Which is a nonmetal ?
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a. Al b. Ni c. Rb
32. How many s orbital for n level?
33. Which is the most electronegative?
34. HOCl, H2O, H2C2O4 , H2SO4 : arrange according to the ability to release proton
35. About Graham’s law of diffusion
36. Which transformation shows a reduction in kinetic energy?
b. liquid to gas b. gas to solid c. solid to liquid d. solid to gas
37. Metals have electronegativity less than
a) 5 b) 4 c) 2 d) 3
38. When 19.06 grams of CS2 is reacted with excess O2, CO2 and SO2, are formed. Find the mass of SO2
formed.
a) 24 b) 48 c) 32 d) 16
39. Jellies and most paints are examples of
a) foam b) emulsion c) sol d) aerosol
40. There are ______ kinds of pure substances.
a) 3 b) 2 c) 5 d) 4
41. The contribution of the electron to the atomic weight is
a) equal to that of the proton c) zero
b) equal to that of the neutron d) 1/1837 time of proton and neutrons

42. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant?
a) 1.8 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4
-5
b) 3.6 x 10 d) 1.2 x 10-5

43. Robert Boyle established the ________________

a) freezing point c) boiling point
b) saturation temp d) dew point

44. Hydrogen consists about ______ % of the earth’s crust

a) less than 0.5% c) greater than 5%
b) about 5% d) about 1%

45. Ernest Rutherford detected and named the radioactive element ________________.
a) Thallium c) Scandium
b) Selenium d) Thorium

46. Colligative properties depend on

a) no. of solute particles c) nature of solute
b) temperature of solution d) nature of solvent

47. ________ is the Greek word for “salt-forming”.

a) actinides c) lanthanide
b) halogen d) transition

48. What weight of AgNO3 is required to precipitate the chlorides in a 750 ml solution of 14% BaCl2?
a) 256 mg c) 86 mg
b) 342 mg d) 171 mg

49. At equilibrium a 1-liter reactor contains 0.3 mol of A, 0.1 mol of B and 0.6 mol of C, according to the
equation.
A+ B C
If 0.4 mol of A was added to this system, how many moles of A was left after equilibrium was re-
established?
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a) 0.65 c) 0.35
b) 0.05 d) 0.70

50. If 0.3 mol of B was added to the system described, how many moles of B was left at equilibrium?
a) 0.15 c) 0.4
b) 0.25 d) 0.10

51. If 0.2 mol of C was added how many moles of C was left at equilibrium?
52. The no. of degrees of freedom of an ethanol-water system in equilibrium with its vapor
a) 3 c) 2
b) 1 d) zero

53. A 0.0722 M acid has pH of 3.11, what is the Ka of the acid?

a) 4.2 x 10-6 c) 8.4 x 10-7
-6
b) 8.4 x 10 d) 4.2 x 10-7

54. Aqua regia is a mixture of

a) HCl and perchloric acid c) Nitric and perchloric acid
b) Nitric and HCl d) HCl, HNO3 and perchloric

55. What weight in grams of KMnO4 is needed to form a 250 ml solution of 0.10 M?
a) 47.5 c) 3.95 g
b) 2.75 d) 89.5 g

56. A 1 liter vessel established equilibrium with the following reaction

2SO2 + O2 2SO3
SO2 has 0.11 mole, O2 has 0.05 mole and SO3 has 0.12 mole. Another 1 liter vessel is used and contains
initially of 96 g of SO2 how much O2 (in grams) must be added, if at equilibrium, one-half of SO2 will be
converted to SO3.
a) 6.0 c) 9.304
b) 13.34 d) 9.6

57. Who discovered the positron?

58. Who discovered oxygen?
a) W. Scheele c) John Dalton
b) Joseph Priestley d) Antoine Lavosier

59. Who stated that the properties of elements are periodic function of their atomic weights not atomic
number?
a) Ernest Rutherford c) Henry Moseley
b) Dmitri Mendeleev d) Neils Bohr

60. Who discovered radium?

a) Marie Curie c) John Priestley
b) Ernest Rutherford d) John Dalton

61. 18.7 g of unknown acid is reacted with zinc to produce 800 cc of H2 gas at STP. What is the
equivalent weight of the acid?
a) 624 c) 173
b) 262 d) 131

62. Convert 60 ergs to microjoule

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a) 3 c) 600
b) 6 d) .06

63. What is the boiling point of O2?

64. What is the density of a 50% aqueous solution of H2SO4 at 20°C?

65. Colloidal dispersions has _______ phases while a suspension has ______ phases.
a) 1 and 2 c) 1 and 1
b) 2 and 1 d) 2 and 2

66. What is the formula of Epsom salt?

a) Na3SO4.10H2O c) Aluminum sulfate
b) Ferrous sulfate d) MgSO4.7H2)

67. What is kaolinite?

a) Aluminum silicate c) Potassium chloride
b) MgSO4.7H2O d) Magnesium silicate

68. What is green vitriol?

a) CuSO4 c) MgSO4.7H2O
b) Ferrous sulfate d) NasSO4.10H2O

69. Which of the following is covalently bonded?

a) MgO c) NaCl
b) KCl

70. Mayonnaise and milk are examples of

a) emulsion c) colloid
b) suspension d) mixture

71. Which of the following has no definite structure?

a) crystalline c) amorphous
b) amphoteric d) allotrope

72. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant?
a) 1.8 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4
-5
b) 3.6 x 10 d) 1.2 x 10-5

73. Robert Boyle established the ________________

a) freezing point c) boiling point
b) saturation temp d) dew point

74. At a given temperature, a liter reaction vessel contain 0.30 mole of A, 0.10 mole of B, and 0.60 mole
of C, which follows the reaction A + B C. Find the following:
#mole of A when 0.40 mole of A added
#mole of B when 0.30 mole of B added
#mole of C when 0.20 mole of C added

75. The equilibrium constant of the reaction 2x + y. 2z is 6.0 liter/mole at 600°C. A quantity of “z” gas is
placed in a liter reaction vessel at 600°C. When the system reached a state of equilibrium the vessel
was found to contain 1.5 mole of “y” gas. How many moles of z were originally placed in the
reaction?
a. 6 b. 16 c. 3 d. 12
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76. A reaction system in equilibrium according to equation 2SO2 + O2 = 2SO3 in a liter reaction vessel at a
given temperature was found to contain 0.11 moles of SO2, 0.05 moles of O2, and 0.12 moles of SO3.
Another liter reaction vessel contains 96 gm of SO2 at the above temperature. How many gm of O2
must be added to the vessel in order that at equilibrium ½ of SO2 oxidized to SO3?
a. 48 b. 13.344 c. 9.340 d. 9.60
77. Ideal gas law calculation – unknown density
78. Element with the least amount in the earth’s crust
a. Si b. Mg c. P d. S
79. Which does not react in acid?
a. Gold b. Iron c.
80. What is the chemical name of chlorox?
a. Hydrochloric acid c.
b. Sodium hypochlorite
85. What element is present in Epsom salt but not in milk of magnesia?
a. H b. O c. S d. Mg
82. Which among the following elements is not found in elemental form?
a. Na b. P c. N
83. Common form of sugar
a. fructose b. glucose c. sucrose d. lactose
84. Which is true about atomic mass of an element?
a. mass of protons plus mass of neutrons
b. mass of electrons plus mass of neutrons
c. total number of nucleons in nucleus
d. difference in neutrons and protons
85. What is the correct formula for Nitrogen(IV) oxide?
a. N2O4 b. N2O2 c. NO2 d. N2O
86. Compute for the heat of combustion of ethane.
87. CH2O – Formaldehyde
KOH –Lye
88. % Argon in the atmosphere – 0.93- 0.94%
89. Karat of a pure Gold- 24K
90. Gas Responsible for greenhouse effect- CO2
91. Harmful / toxic gas- Ammonia
92. Foul Smelling Gas- H2S/ N2S
93. Two different thermometer used to measure the temp of a substance, When the thermometerare
brought into contact, what will happen?
94. Phenolpthalein/ Other indicators
-color in basic and acidic solution
95. Which is the most reactive: K, Li
96. What element is used in making batteries, lead and _________; choice: antimony.
97. Periodic table, how many periods?
98. What halogen is in period 3
99. Which has the largest electronegativity?
100. Which is the lightest metal?
101. Which has high electronegativity: ionic, covalent, H-bonding, metallic
102. Force that hold oppositely charged: ionic
103. Which is which? Ice is less dense than liquid water
104. Which has the largest kinetic energy? Choices: solid to liquid, gas to liquid
105. Which is 3 dimentional? Graphite, diamond, coal, coke
106. Choices: ozone, Ca, H2, graphite
107. Which is in its simplest form: element, solid, liquid, gas
108. Lowest pH: NaCl, NaCH3COO-
109. Chemical name of Teflon
110. About Graham’s Law of Diffusion
111. 6.02 x 1023 ions is equivalent to _________mole Na2CO3
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112. Where can you extract magnesium: seawater, corals, seashells, balonite

Organic Chemistry
1. CaCl2 cannot be used as a desiccant for
a) alkane c) alcohol
b) alkyne d) ether
2. In organic chemistry, what is reduction?
3. Bonds which are symmetrical with the line that connects the nuclei
4. Given n = 2. How many orbitals?
5. IUPAC name of ethylene
6. No. of possible structures of 6-carbon-alkane
7. In organic chemistry, what is reduction?
8. Bonds, which are symmetrical with the line that connects the nuclei
9. Given n = 2. How many orbitals?
10. IUPAC name of ethylene
11. No. of possible structures of 6-carbon-alkane
12. Nomenclature of acetic anhydride CH3CO-O-CH3About alkynes…. Liquid or gas at room temp ?
13. About Lucas test
14. C4H10O, about isomers
15. About functional group (CH3)
16. About ascorbic acid (structure)
17. Which is not a benzene derivative?
a) phenanthrene b) anthracene c) bromoethene d) naphthaleneThe formula of
acrynitrile
a) C3H4N c) C3H3N
b) C3H5N2 d) C2H6N
18. Wurtz synthesis
19. Obtained from methane on the action of Cl2
a) dichlorodifluoromethane c) carbon tetrachloride
b) chloroform d) chloromethane
20. Carbon number is ________
a) no. of carbon impurities c) no. of carbon compounds
b) no. of carbon atom d) no. of carbon mixtures
21. Structure of acetamide
22. Give the name

CH3 CH2CH3

CH2-CH-CH2CH2-CH2C-CH3
CH3
a) 2,6-dimethyl-6-ethylhexane b) 2,6,6-trimethyloctane
23. Which of the following is a primary alcohol?
a) isoamyl alcohol c) tert-butyl alcohol
b) phenol d) isopropyl alcohol

24. Name the compound CH3

CH3 – CH3 – CH3

CH3

a) iso-pentane c) n-pentane
b) neo-pentane d) iso-butane

25. How many sigma bonds are there in ethylene?

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a) 2 c) 1
b) 3 d) more than 3

26. Which of the following is a derivative of carboxylic acid?

a) arpine c) aldehyde
b) ester d) alcohol

28. How many isomers does pentane have?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

29. How many grams of C is found in formaldehyde?

30. Alcoholic beverage from distilled wine/ fruit juice- BRANDY
31. Polymer used in rubber- STYRENE
32. No. of Hydrogen given name of a compound (eg: 2,2- dimethylbutane)
33. Aromatic Hydrocarbons
34. No. of isomers of propane
35. Reaction Undergone by alcohol (substitution and elimination)
36. Lucas Reagents (HCl, ZnCl2)
a. components
b. What for?
37. Which of the following is the most acidic?
38. Which is a polymer: Teflon
39. Enzyme in papaya: papain
40. Which are 2 types of alkenes
41. Which is a primary alcohol
42. Which is an intermediate prod of nucleophilic reaction: aldol, enol
43. Choices: isoamylene, ethylethylene

Analytical Chemistry
1. Hardest to filter
a) isomorphous b)gelatinous c)crystalline d) curdy precipitates
2. Color of methyl orange at pH= 8
3. Driving force in precipitation
4. Find density of a mixture given its molality
5. Which among the following has the the highest purity?
a. Primary standard b. USP reagent c.
6. What is the color f litmus paper in acid?
a. blue b. red c. orange d. colorless
7. Calculate the molar analytical concentration of solute when 2.5 grams of KH(IO 3)2 is dissolved and
diluted to 500 mL.
a) 0.00641 M b) 0.01282 M c) 0.02564 M d) 0.03846 M
5. Brix scale is the hydrometer scale for
a) gasoline b) sugar solution c) liquefied propane gas d) water

6. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant?

a) 1.8 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4
-5
b) 3.6 x 10 d) 1.2 x 10-5

7. The most commonly used reagent in the standardization of acids

a) K2SO4 c) BaCl2
b) Borax d) Na2CO3

8. The practical method of coagulation is

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a) increasing the temperature c) digestion
b) agitating or stirring d) all of the above

9. A 0.0722 M acid has pH of 3.11, what is the Ka of the acid?

a) 4.2 x 10-6 c) 8.4 x 10-7
-6
b) 8.4 x 10 d) 4.2 x 10-7
10. What weight in grams of KMnO4 is needed to form a 250 ml solution of 0.10 M?
a) 47.5 c) 3.95 g
b) 2.75 d) 89.5 g

11. In a redox reaction, you need

a) a strong oxidizing agent and a weak reducing agent
b) a strong reducing agent and a weak oxidizing agent
c) a strong oxidizing agent and a strong reducing agent
d) a weak oxidizing agent and weak reducing agent

12. A 0.010 F weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is the ionization constant?
a) 1.8 x 10-5 c) 1.2 x 10-4
-5
b) 3.6 x 10 d) 1.2 x 10-5

13. Sixteen grams of a mixture of sodium and potassium is neutralized with ____ moles of H 2SO4. How
many grams of potassium is present in the mixture?

14. Twenty milliliters of a 0.125M HCl is mixed with 25 mL of 0.120M NH 3. What is the resulting pH of
the mixture?

15. Phenolpthalein/ Other indicators

-color in basic and acidic solution

16. Mohr Method

a. Definition ( a direct analysis of Halide)
b. Analyte, titrant

16. Volhard Method

15ml of acid is needed to reach the phenolphthalein endpoint, additional 30ml was used to
reach the methyl orange. What is the combination?.

17. What is the color of methyl orange in acids?

18. Base color thymol blue
19. Acid color methyl orange
20. What is the ratio of acetate to acetic acid if the pH of the solution is 4.5?
21. A 0.5L flask has 0.5 moles A, 0.3 moles B, and 0.6 moles C according to the reaction AB  C. Find
the equilibrium constant.
22. Which falls sa range 0.1-1: choices: gravimetry, gasometry
23. Which is an emulsion: starch or butter
24. Choices: reagent grade, analytical grade, USP
25. Problem using c1v1=c2v2
26. Find normality
27. Choices: elementary reaction, enzymatic reaction, catalytic reaction
28. What is present in hard water: salt and minerals
29. What causes hardness in water: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus?
30. What lowers activation energy?
31. Problem which uses ebullioscopic constant Kb
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Physical Chemistry
1. A solution is prepared by dissolving 184 grams of ethanol in 1 gmol of glycerol. What is the vapor
pressure of the resulting solution if the vapor pressure of pure ethanol at the working temperature is
200 mmHg? Assume that glycerol is non-volatile at this temperature.
a) 80 b) 160 c) 200 d) 120
2. The Cv of polyatomic substances like CH4, NO2 and NH3
a) 4-8 cal/mol-°C c) slightly greater than 6
b) less than 8 d) about 8

3. How many independent variables must be specified in order to define completely a system of pure
liquid water?
a) 2 c) zero
b) 1 d) more than 3

4. The no. of degrees of freedom of an ethanol-water system in equilibrium with its vapor
a) 3 c) 2
b) 1 d) zero

5. What is the relative humidity of air-water mixture if the vapor has a partial pressure of 11.6 mmHg
at 20°C?

6. 1.05 x 106 KJ of heat is added to 22.8 Kmoles of methane flowing at steady state at a temperature of
200°C. What is the change in enthalpy of KJ/k-mole?

7. What is the heat needed to raise 1 molecule of water by 10°C (in ergs)?
a) 1.3 x 10-14 c) 2.6 x 10-14
-12
b) 2.5 x 10 d) 1.3 x 10-12

8. 5.28 cal of heat is needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of water from 100°C to 110°C. What is the
molar heat capacity of water?
a) 9 c) 12
b) 6 d) 3.0

9. 18.7 g of unknown acid is reacted with zinc to produce 800 cc of H2 gas at STP. What is the
equivalent weight of the acid?
a) 624 c) 173
b) 262 d) 131

10. Convert 60 ergs to microjoule

a) 3 c) 600
b) 6 d) .06

11. What is the boiling point of O2?

12. The enthalpy is a function of
a) temperature and pressure c) temperature only
b) pressure only d) none of these

13. Given molecules of CO2, what is the volume of the gas at STP?
14. Given 2 values in °F, what is the difference between the to values in Kelvin scale?

15. Given ideal gas with constant heat capacity as follows:

Cv = 5 Cp = 7 BTU/lbmole °F
initial condition is at 1 atm (abs) and 60°F . It is compressed to a final condition of 6 atm and 60°F
by cooling at constant temperature then heating at constant volume.
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Find work, final volume, and temperature after cooling.

14. Heat amounting to 1.055 x 106 kg is added to 22.68 kmole of CH3 initially at 260°C in a steady flow
heat exchanger at approximately atmospheric pressure. What is he change in enthalpy of CH3 in
KJ/kmole?
a. 32560 b. 46577 c. 34562 d. 62340
15. The most commonly used equation of state
a. Ideal gas equation b. van der Waals c.
16. Heat of Reaction- ENTHALPY
17. Problem which uses Q=mCpdT
18. Choices: azeotropic, eutectic, critical point, triple point

Thermodynamics
1. Adiabatic const; Given W
2. Heat amounting to 1.055 x 106 kg is added to 22.68 kmole of CH3 initially at 260°C in a steady flow
heat exchanger at approximately atmospheric pressure. What is the change in enthalpy of CH3 in
KJ/kmole?
a. 32560 b. 46577c. 34562 d. 62340
3. Thermodynamics: Given P1,V1,T1 and P2,V2,T2
4. Find Q and DH for polytropic process of compressed steam
5. Given heat rejected, find work done
6. 1000 gal/min of water is cascading down a height of 100 ft from a reservoir. If half of the energy
generated is converted to electrical energy, how many 100-watts bulb can be lighted in 30 seconds

Environmental Engineering
1. Octane number refers to the amount of this substance.
a. Isooctane
b. 2,4,4-trimethylpentane
c. heptane
d. 2,3-dimethylhexane
2. Strong waste has a BOD of:
a. 1000 b. 2000 c. 3000 d. 4000
3. About digestion
4. Strong water in DAO 34 or 35: choices: 1000, 2000, 3000 ppm
5. COD means
a) kind of fish c) biochemical oxygen demand
b) chemical oxygen demand d) cash on delivery
6. Def. of environmental management
7. Shallow ponds less than 1 meter in depth, where dissolved oxygen is maintained throughout the
entire depth mainly by the action of photosynthesis.
a) facultative ponds c) aerobic bonds
b) anaerobic ponds d) aerated lagoons
8. ________ is a general term denoting any wastewater partially, completely treated or in its natural
state flowing out of the manufacturing plant, industrial plant or treatment plant.
a) Discharge c) Industrial waste
b) Sewage d) Effluent
9. _________ refers to public water supply, that will require complete treatment (coagulation,
sedimentation, filtration, disinfection) in order to meet national standards for drinking water
a) Class AA b) Class B c) Class A d) Class C
10. Which statement is incorrect
a) small concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is desirable because it regulates breathing
b) CO2 result in complete combustion of fossil fuels
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c) CO2 is not poisonous even at very high concentrations
d) CO2 is a colorless and odorless gas
11. A sanitary landfill with an area of 21 hectares and an average depth of 10 meters. If 850 cm 3 solid
waste is dumped daily, what would be the expected life of the landfill in years? Assume solid waste
are compacted twice their delivered density.
12. What are the standard limits for the pH of fresh water?
a. 6.00 to 9.00 b. 6.5 to 8.5 c. 6.8 to 7.2
13. Uses centrifugal force to separate particles in air
14. Green House Gas
a) CO2 b) NH3
c) CO d) NH4

15. Pollutants
-dioxine, furans, lead

16. DAO 34
a. Fishing- Class C Water
Requires primary treatment- Class A

Biochemical Engineering
1. Which is present in prokaryotes: membrane, ribosome, cytoplasm?
2. Sterilization of media can be done by any of the following except
a) centrifugation c) steam injection
b) cold ____________ d) screening
3. Which is the smallest microorganism
a) protozoa c) bacteria
b) virus d) fungi
4. Anaerobic fermentation
5. If the dilution rate exceeds the critical dilution rate , the concentration of the cell
6. The organisms with a temperature range of 7-45°C are called
a) psychrophiles c) mesophiles
b) hydrophiles d) thermophiles

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering Calculations

1. Mixture problem … mass balance
2. A membrane is used to separate an equimolal gas mixture of O2 and He. 20% of the mixture passes
through the membrane and is analyzed to contain 45% O2, 55% He. Determine the % O2, in the
remaining mixture.
a) 55 b) 51 c) 49 d) 53
3. In a batch process, 10,000 lb of 20% solution of acetone in water are distilled. Water residue contains
50 lb acetone, while the distillate contains 10% water. What is the total weight of the distillate?
a) 6584 b) 1486 c) 2167 d) 3958
4. A flow diagram, indicating the flow of materials, unit operations involved, equipment necessary, and
special information on operating temperature and pressure is a
a) schematic diagram c) process flow chart
b) qualitative flow diagram d) quantitative flow diagram

5. Pig iron is produced in a blast furnace from hematite ore containing 80% Fe2O3. The pig iron
produced is 96% Fe. The slag contains 10% of iron present in the ore. How many tons of pig iron are
produced per 500 tons of ore?
a. 450 b. 156 c. 353 d. 272
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6. NaOH is produced by reacting 20% aqueous solution of Na2CO3 and 25% Ca(OH)2. CaCO3 is
precipitated as the solution of NaOH is produced. The precipitate is made up of 94% CaCO3, 5% H2O
and 1% NaOH. The number of grams of NaOH formed per 100 gm precipitate is
a) 28.9 b) 75.2 c) 98.7 d) 21.2
7. A suspension of a compound X (MW = 100) flow through a pipe. In an experiment, after collecting a
sample of the suspension for 5 min. in a container, the following data were gathered:
wt. container = 100 gm vol. of slurry = 550 ml
container & slurry sample = 200 gm density = 1.09 gm/cc

8. The container and slurry were then oven-dried. The mass of container after drying was found to be
250 gm. What mass fraction of the compound X is in the suspension?
a. ½ b. 0.15 c. 0.30 d. 0.25

Industrial Stoichiometry and Fuel

1. For Orsat analysis, cuprous chloride reacts with ____ to form a complex.
2. a) CO2 b) O2 c) H2O d) COCombustible product of the ultimate
oxidation of sulfur
a) H2S c) sulfur oxide
b) SO2 d) sulfur trioxide
3. __________ is normally used to determine the quality of combustion gases
a) stoichiometry c) gravimetric analysis
b) Orsat analysis d) material balance
4. A fuel gas is burned in 50% excess
a) 50% more oxygen in air reacted to completely burn
b) only theoretical oxygen in air needed to completely burn
c) oxygen reacted is equal to the oxygen supplied
d) fuel gas will not burn
5. A gas made by passing air and steam through a bed of hot coal or coke
a) LPG b) furnace gas c) water gas d) producer gas
6. Pure carbon is burned with theoretical amount of air for complete combustion in lbmoles, 80% carbon
burns, one-half of which formed CO2 and the rest CO. The percentage CO2, CO, and O2 in the
combustion gases are respectively
a) 33.3, 33.3, 33.3 c) 4.8, 8.1, 12.2
b) 8.1, 8.1, 8.1 d) 81, 4.0, 12.0
7. Given: CHONAS and H to C ratio
Required: % CO2 if all the water was removed

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

1. What is the enthalpy of equal volume of saturated liquid and vapor at 150˚C and 1m3 volume?
2. How much work is needed if 5lb of an ideal gas entered a

Chemical Reaction Engineering

1. What is the order of the reaction if the graph C vs t gives a straight line?
2. A B C___

a. 0.1 0.1 1
b. 0.3 0.1 1
c. 0.1 0.3 9

What is the order wrt to A & B?

3. Order of reaction if rate is independent of conc.
4. The rate of reaction is dependent on…
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5. The half-life of a material undergoing a first-order decay
varies with time
is dependent of its initial concentration
is independent of its initial concentration
is not affected by temperature

6. When the rate of chemical reaction increases rapidly even for small rises in temperature, there is a
rapid increase with the temperature in the
a) heat of reaction
b) activation energy
c) kinetic energy of molecules
d) fraction of molecules with energies in excess of the activation energy

7. A vessel contains 100 gal of concentration 1.5 lb/gal. Another solution of concentration 1 flows into
the vessel at 1.8 gal/min and the solution oveflows to 1.8 gal/min. The vessel is well-stirred so that
concentration is uniform and that the overflow is the same as that in the tank. The solution undergoes
chemical change according to the rate equation: r = 0.750 lb/gal/min. Determine how long it will take
for the amount of solute to fall to 25% its original value.
a) 0.20 b) 0.12 c) 0.71 d) 0.55
8. The half-life of a material undergoing second order decay is
a) proportional to the square of initial concentration
b) independent of the initial concentration
c) proportional to the initial concentration
d) inversely proportional to the initial concentration

9. The composition of the reaction component vary from position to position along a ____/path of a/ an:
a) CFSTR c) batch reactor
b) adiabatic reactor d) plugflow reactor

10. Rapid increase in the rate of chemical reaction even to small temperature increases is due to
a) rapid increase on kinetic energy of molecules
b)rapid increase with temperature of the fraction molecules with energies
c) in excess of activation energy
d) rapid increase in collision frequency

11. In this reaction, the reacting substances, instead of proceeding along one path to yield a given set of
products, also follow one or more other paths to give different products
a) consecutive reaction c) parallel reaction
b) reversible reaction d) backmix reaction

12. A fluid flows through two stirred tank reactors in series with volume of 40,000 liters. Fluid enters at
100 li/hr. First order decay reaction and a half life of 24 hours. What is the percent conversion?
159.A fluid flow through 2 stirred tank reactor in series. Each reactor has a capacity of 40,000 liters and
the fluid enters at 100 li/hr. The fluid undergoes 1st order decay with a half-life of 24 hrs. Find the %
conversion of the fluid.
a) 85.3 b) 74.7 c) 66.8 d) 99.4
13. Given: A CSTR with 50% conversion. Its operating Cost and cost of raw materials are also given.

14. Req’d : Optimum Reactor Volume

Given: A 50% conversion for CSTR, using the same volume for plug flow reactor, what is the %
conversion?
15. What is the equilibrium constant of the reaction below at 145˚C?
C2H4 + H2O ↔ C2H5OH
16. What is the temperature difference if the activation energy is__ and k2 is 10 times k1?
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17. What is the Arrhenius constant if K2 is twice K1 and the temperature difference is __?
18. What is the activation energy if the ratio of the

Heat Transfer
1. A wall is 95°F on one side and 25°F on the other side. Which of the following will give the highest
rate of heat transfer?
a) triple area c) reduce cold temperature
b) double hot temperature
2. Heat exchanger: find hc + hr
3. Find U0 ,heat exchanger given ho, hi
4. Best insulator a) asbestos b) Styrofoam c) corkboard d) acoustic board
5. Conduction computation
6. Def. of conductionWhen equilibrium temperature is attained, the emissivity of a gray body is a) zero
b) equal to reflectivity c) equal to absorptivity d) equal to one
7. Water at a rate of 0.8 kg/s is heated from 35 to 45°C in 2.5 cm diameter tube whose surface is
maintained at 90°C. The required length of tube to accomplish the heating is
a) 2.1 b) 2.7 c) 3.6 d) 1.0
8. In a counter flow heat exchanger, one stream enters at 200°F and leaves at 300°F which the other
stream entered at 650°F and leaves at 450°F. The log mean temperature difference in degrees
Fahrenheit is
a) 250 b) 297 c) 350 d) 273
9. A pipe conducting superheated steam is lagged with several layes of insulation. The rate of radial
heat flow _______
a) decreases from inner to outer layer
b) increase from inner to outer
c) equal through each layer
d) varies across each layer
10. For series of multi-layer conduction, the total ______ is the same as the _____ in each layer at
steady state.
a) temperature drop c) resistance
b) rate of heat flow d) diffusivity
11. The heat transferred radially across an insulated pipe per unit time per unit area.
a) remains constant
b) decreases from pipe wall to insulated surface
c) inversely proportional to the thermal conductivity
d) increases from pipe wall to the insulated surface

12. In steady state heat conducting system, where there is no generation of heat is involved, which
statement is always true
heat flux is always constant
temperature gradient is constant
rate of heat transfer is constant
rate of heat transfer vary along the direction of transfer

13. Two very large walls are at constant temperature T1 = 600°F and T2 = 900°F. Assuming the wall
behave like black bodies, what is the heat removed from the colder wall to maintain constant
temperature:
14. A furnace with area of 1000 ft2 and thickness of 6 inches. Coefficient of brick is 0.15 Btu/hr ft °F.
CV of the fuel is 15000 Btu/lb. What is the weight of fuel consumed per day (lbs/day) if
temperature difference is 150°F.
15. Flat wall is composed of an insulation of steel and asbestos. Thickness of steel and asbestos are 0.5
feet and 0.1 feet with coefficient of 25 and 0.05 Btu/hr ft °F respectively. What would be the overall
coefficient of the wall?
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16. In rebuilding a heat exchanger, the 12 BWG copper tubes are being replaced by aluminum tubes. To
provide equal heat transfer rate after the rebuilding of the heat exchanger, what should be the
thickness of the aluminum tubes, in inches, if the outer diameter is maintained in 2”? Note: use
properties of materials at 100°C.
a. 0.085 b. 2.062 c. 0.109 d. 0.153
17. A copper cylinder 2” thick and 6” inside diameter is heated internally so that the inside wall
temperature is 300°C. While the outside wall temperature is maintained at 100°C. Calculate the
heat loss per feet of cylinder in BTU/hr.
a. 44 x 103 b. 925 x 103 c. 5760 d. 529 x 103
18. The heat loss of an uninsulated steam pipe costs a company P 110.00 per meter length of pipe
annually. A 4 cm insulation costing P 50.00 per meter length of pipe will reduce the heat loss by
90%. If the insulation last for 10 years, with zero salvage value, what would be the rate of return on
investment on the insulation?
a. 372 b. 25 c. 92 d. 188%
19. Two very large walls are at constant temperature of 600°F and 900°F. Assuming that the walls
behave like black bodies, how much heat in BTU/hr ft2 must be removed from the colder wall in
order to maintain a constant temperature?
a) 8956 b) 34210c) 3734 d) 12625
20. Radiation heat transfer is a function of
a) heat transfer coefficient, h
b) thermal conductivity, k
c) Surface tension, s
d) mass transfer coefficient

21. Conduction is a function of

a) heat transfer coefficient, h
b) thermal conductivity, k
c) Surface tension, s
d) mass transfer coefficient

Fluid Flow
1. Which will have the highest pressure drop?
a) gate valve b) globe valve c) plug valve d) check valve
2. Rank the pressure drop - orifice, flow nozzle and venturi tube.
3. Which uses the same principle as on orifice
a) pitot c) rotameter
b) venturi d) nozzle

4. Measure of pipe thickness

a. Schedule No.
5. Valves controlling flowrate
a) gate valve b) glove valve c) check valve d)plug valve
6. Wetted perimeter, hydraulic radius, Deq
7. Equivalent diameter of equilateral triangle with sides=12 in.
8. Velocity of air in pitot tube given DP and discharge coefficientFanning friction factor for laminar
flow
9. Find linear velocity given m, r and A

10. Which of the following is indicative of the wall thickness of the pipe?
a) log mean diameter c) nominal diameter
b) schedule diameter d) log mean area

11. Which of the following pipes has the highest relative roughness?
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a) 4-in diameter wrought iron c) 1-in diameter tubing
b) 4-in diameter riveted steel pipe d) 2-in diameter wrought iron pipe

12. ________ is the relative viscosity of the fluid to that of water at 20°C.
a) absolute viscosity c) relative viscosity
b) kinematic viscosity d) Newtonian viscosity

13. A head of 3 feet of water is equivalent to _____ ft. of brine with a specific gravity of 1.5.
a) 0.5 b) 2 c) 4.5 d) 1.5
14. The pressure drop in a rotameter is
a) variable c) zero
b) not measurable d) constant
15. When a solid object is placed across the path of fluid in motion. The pressure drop across the solid
object is __________ proportional to _______
a) surface area of the solid object c) density of the fluid
b) velocity of the fluid d) volume of the solid object
16. The advantage of the orifice meter over venturi meter is
a) lower coefficient of discharge c) lower pressuree drop
b) easier to install d) more accurate

17. A device used to move incompressible fluids is

a) blower b) compressor c) pump d) fan
18. The orifice coefficient Co is always determined experimental. If the Reynold’s number at orifice is
above 20,000 and the ratio of orifice diameter to diameter of conduit is less than about _______, the
value of Co is approximately 0.61.
a) ½ c) 1
b) ¾ d) ¼

19. The pressure drop of the fluid flowing through a conduit is

a) zero, as the velocity is constant
b) not affected by flow regime
c) not affected by conduit material
d) much higher during turbulent flow

20. Engine oil with kinematic viscosity of 0.00024 m2/sec is flowing inside an annulus at 0.5 m/sec.
Annulus is made up of 3 in. Sch. 40 and 1 in. Sch 40 concentric pipes 10 m long. Pressure drop
expressed in meters of oil is:
a) 2.33 b) 4.57 c) 1.98 d) 0.65
21. Oil with a viscosity of 300 cp and density of 60 lb/ft3 flow through a ½” inside diameter. Determine
the velocity, in ft/s below which flow will be laminar.
a. 87.2 b. 0.63 c. 13.1 d. 16.9
23. H2O at 60°F is flowing through a 3” inside diameter smooth horizontal pipe. If the Reynold’s
number is 35300, calculate the ratio of maximum velocity to average velocity
a. 1.89 b. 1.05 c. 1.22 d. 1.72
24. The pressure after the pump in a 6” inside diameter smooth pipe conducting H 2O is 20 is discharged
at an open tank 100 ft from the pump. Calculate the rate of discharge of H2O in ft3/s. Assume the
H2O at 60°F.
25. Flow in nozzle. D1=3 in. and D2=1 in. Find DP.
26. Find velocity at 3 in. pipe at the bottom of a tank 10 m in height.
27. Which of the following requires cooling? A) fan b) blower c) compressor d) piston pump
28. Arrange pressure drop: fan, blower, compressor
29. Valve which prevents reversal of flow
30. Which is a Newtonian fluid? A) water b) quicksand c)clay d) glycerine
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31. Ratio of viscosity to density
32. Given strength of pipe is 10,000 psi and working pressure is 400 psi, find the schedule number.
33. A venturi meter with a 0.75 in. throat diameter is inserted in a 3 in. line carrying water at 70°F. The
head measured over the venturi (upstream to throat) is 20 in. Hg. Assuming 12% of the total
pressure drop as permanent loss, what is the power loss to the venturi?

34. Reynolds Number

Diffusion
1. The NH3 in an air-NH3 gas mixture is absorbed in liquid water. The concentration of NH3 3 mm from
the gas liquid interface is 5 mole %. At the interface the system is at 1 atm and 30°C. Calculate the
rate of diffusion of NH3 in mol/hr-cm2.
a) 0.023 b) 1.33 c) 0.0058 d) 0.17
2. For a gas diffusing in a stagnant layer of another gas, the concentration decreases _____ along the
diffusion path.
a. linearly b. geometrically c. proportionally d. logarithmically

Gas Absorption
1. Given: vapor pressures and total pressures, following Raoult’s law
Required: Mol fraction of components
2. Gas absorption: given % composition in gas phase, Kg, Kl, and equilibrium relation. Find rate of
mass transfer

3. In a gas absorption tower where the transfer operation is liquid phase controlled the transfer resistance
in the vapor is similar to the resistance in the liquid phase
a. transfer resistance in the vapor is negligible
b. transfer resistance in the liquid phase is negligible
c. transfer resistance in the vapor phase is maximum

4. Given partial pressure in air, Henry’s constant and diffusivity. Find rate of absorption
5. How much volume of dry air is required to fully vaporize 6 moles of ethanol? Total pressure is 100
kPa and the partial pressure of ethanol is 5.93 kPa.
6. Determine the pressure drop when an ideal gas of velocity __ passed through 3 layers of packing material, 1.5
mm in diameter given that the porosity is__.

Distillation
1. Distillation- use equilibrium data in Perry’s for pentane-hexane mixture.
2. When is D method invalid? (Distillation)
3. When you connect the two delta pts, it makes a straight line with? Explain method.
4. 30°C, propane and butane, equimolar composition…what is the comp. of vapor condensedComponent
A in an ideal binary solution is 20% mole of the liquid phase. If the vapor pressure of A is equal to ½
of the total pressure of the vapor mixture, determine the mole fraction of A in the vapor phase.
a) 0.2 b) 0.5 c) 0.1 d) 0.4
5. The vapor and the liquid in the separator for flash distillation are always
a) replenished c) below the boiling point of the initial mixture
b) in equilibrium d) of equal composition

6. The _______ efficiency is the efficiency for a single plate of a distillation column.
a) specific b) point c) Murphee d) local

3. A mixture containing 60% mol n-pentane and 40% mol n-heptane is subjected to a single stage batch
distillation until 50 moles are distilled. If the average relative volatility is 7.6, the composition of the
distillate collected in mole fraction with n-pentane is
a) 0.75 b) 0.91 c) 0.68 d) 0.87
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4. If pressure on the fluid suction line drops, some liquid flashes into vapor. This flashing is called
______
a) diffusion c) boiling
b) vaporization d) cavitation
5. In __________ distillation, the vapor generated by boiling the liquid is withdrawn from contact with
the liquid and condensed as fast as it is formed.
a) multi-step c) differential
b) fractional d) flash
6. In a batch process, 10,000 lb of 20% solution of acetone in water are distilled. Water residue contains
50 lb acetone, while the distillate contains 10% water. What is the total weight of the distillate?
a) 6584 b) 1486 c) 2167 d) 3958
7. A binary azeotorope contains x% wt. A (MW = 100) and Y% wt. B (MW = 200). Express the mole
fracion of A in terms of X.
a) (X + 150)/2 c) X/150
b) 200 X/X + 100 d) 2X/X + 1

8. One component of an ideal binary solution has a vapor pressure equal to one-half the total pressure of
the vapor mixture, the component constitutes 20 mole% of liquid phase. What is the mole fraction in
the vapor phase?
a) 0.25 b) 0.20 c) 0.50 d) 0.10
9. In fractionation, an increase in reflux ratio
a) decrease in reboiler duty
b) increase in the number of theoretical plates
c) increase in the amount of distillate
d) increase in the condenser duty
14. Given amount of feed and bottoms and reflux ratio. Find flowrate at the top.

Humidification
1. Given dry-bulb temperature, humidity and enthalpy in SI units. Find %RH.
2. Cooling approach of 10°C, wet-bulb temperature of 70°F,hot water temperature of 110°C, what is the
cold water temperature?
3. Why is it that it is hotter in a cloudy night than in a clear night?
4. Using Perry’s - Area of a cooling tower
Given: Approach, wet-bulb temp, hot water temp, flow rate
Required: area of cooling tower
5. Find relative humidity and dew point given dry bulb and wet bulb temp
6. A unit operation where solid may not be separated from liquid
a) sédimentation b)filtration c) humidification d) centrifugation
7. Inefficiency for large packed tower is due to
a) channeling b) poor packing
8. Def. of dewpoint
9. Def. of saturation
10. Given partial pressure, total pressure, vapor pressure and dry bulb T find %RH
11. The dew point of air indicates the
a) atmospheric pressure when precipitation occurs
b) initial temperature of air
c) difference between the saturation temperature and the ambient temperature
a) temperature at which the water content will start to condense

12. Humid aid at temperature 600°F and a total pressure of 1 atmosphere is passed through a dehumidifier
at a rate of 1000 ft3/min. The partial pressure of water vapor in air is reduced from 45 mmHg to
10mmHg. How many lbs of water is removed per hour?
a) 81.9 b) 65.4 c) 45.4 d) 76.3
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13. Poor performance in large packed towers is due mainly to
a) poor packing c) cavitation
b) inefficient heat transfer d) channeling

10. The ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor to the vapor pressure of water is:
a) equilibrium moisture c) relative humidity
b) absolute humidity d) critical moisture

Drying
1. In adiabatic drying operation, the ______
a) dry bulb temperature of the air is increasing
b) humidity of the air is constant
c) wet bulb temperature of the air is constant
d) dew point of the air decreases
2. Def. of critical moisture content
3. Material balance
4. Radiation
a. Transmisivity
b. Emmisivity

Evaporation
c. BPR of 20% HNO3 at 220°F?
d. BPR - NaOH Monographs The evaporation of boiling liquid may be indicated by
increase of the surface pressure
adding salt
decrease of the area exposed to the atmosphere
decrease of the surface pressure

8. The total capacity of 4-effect evaporator is ________ that of a single effect evaporator of the same
heating surface equal to that of one of the effects when operated under the same terminal conditions.
a) twice b) equal to c) 4 times d) ¼

Crystallization
d) Crystallization problem-about enthalpies
e) NaCl exhibits immerse solubility, precipitation can be done by
a) cooling with little vacuum c)
b) simple cooling d) evaporation
3. A solution containing 30% wt Na2CO3 in water is slowly cooled to 20°C. During cooling, 10% of the
H2O is evaporated and crystals of Na2CO3•10H2O are precipitated. If the solubility of an anhydrous
Na2CO3 at 20°C is 21.5 g/100 g of H2O, how many grams of Na2CO3•10H2O crystallized out per
kilogram of original solution?
a) 232 b) 124 c) 698 d) 596
4. Given solubility at T1 and T2, find amount of crystals formed at T2.

Leaching/ Extraction
1. A slurry of slaked soybeans weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert solids and 25 kg solution with 10%
wt. oil and 90% wt. solvent hexane. This slurry is contacted with 100 kg pure hexane in a single stage
leaching equipment so that the value of retention for the outlet underflow is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid
per kg solvent in the adhering solution. What is the composition of the underflow leaving that
extraction stage in percent by weight oil?
a) 1.5 b) 2.3 c) 0.3 d) 0.8
2. Countercurrent extraction - def. of terms

Screening
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1. Std. Size of screen which will give the smallest product

Size Reduction
1. Use Rittinger’s formula: xF =21, x1=4.2 and xP=5.

Filtration
1. Filtration - trend in pressure drop and rate
2. Which will give highest efficiency for filtration?
b) constant rate
c) constant pressure
d) constant rate follow constant pressure
e) constant pressure follow constant rate

Membrane Separation
1. What solid-solid separation uses a membrane as a molecular sieve?
Sedimentation
1. Drag force = given particle diameter, velocity, 

Materials Handling
1. What is used in transporting fine, non-abrasive materials in horizontal and vertical motion
a) pneumatic c) bucket
b) belt d) screw
2. What is the solid-conveying device that is made of rubber and cloth?
3. Storage for cartons and boxes

Dimensionless Numbers
1. Which is not dimensionless?
a) Atomic No. c) Reynolds No.
b) Prandtl No. d) Lewis No.
2. Which of the following dimensionless numbers relates heat and mass transfer?
a) Sherwood No. c) Nusselt
b) Schmidt d) Lewis No.
3. Given acetic acid, velocity, 60°C; find viscosity, density, Reynolds no
4. Prandtl No. is
a) velocity/area c) dimensionless
b) momentum/time d) force/area

Chemical Process Industries

1. What is one process wherein SO2 is contacted with O2 to form H2SO4 in a lead chamber?
a) hydration c) contact process
b) sulfonation d) chamber process

2. Removal of O2 from steel

3. Which of the following does not belong?

a) MgO c) CaCO3
b) brimestone d) Lime

4. Process that extracts gold and silver from a metal ore

a) extraction c) decripitation
b) cupelation d) coprecipitation
5. Which process is used in making gasoline?
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a.catalytic cracking b. Kraft process

6. What is used to replace CFC

7. Mineralization is a) oxidation b) reaction with metal
8. Synthetic wintergreen oil contains
a) vinyl acetate c) benzyl acetate
b) methyl salicylate d) ethyl salicylate
9. To increase the life of an incandescent lamp it is
a) filled with neon gas c) filled with CO2 gas
b) filled with argon gas d) evacuated
10. Lanolin is widely used in cosmetics, is derived from _______
a) cottonseed oil c) sheep’s wool
b) coconut oil d) palm oi
11. Chemical Process Industries
a. Sulfuric Acid
b. Food Industries
12. Definition of Putrefaction
13. Definition of Eutrophication
14. What is the product of nitration of a cyclic hydrocarbon?
15. How much sulfuric acid is oleum acid?

Materials of Construction
1. About intrinsic semiconductor… resistivity as temp increases
2. Best electrical conductor
3. Pig iron is essentially the same as:
a) low carbon steel c) Bessemer steel
b) wrought iron d) cast iron

Process Equipment and Plant Design

1. Most economical pressure vessel
2. Design based on conditions giving the least cost per unit time or maximum profit per unit of
production
a) limit b) break even c) optimum economic design d) plant design
3. Compute the gauge number of a brass pipe if S=__.
4. What do you call the shaft whose axes do not cross each other?
5. Kinds of bearings, definition.
6. Kinds of gears, definition.

Instrumentation and Process Control

1. The capacitance of a material packed between two electrical plates
a) decreases with the surface area of the plate
b) increases with the surface area of the plate
c) is fixed regardless of the plate size or distance
d) increases as the distance between the plates is increased
2. Which is not a characteristics of a PI control
a) long period of oscillation
b) long response time
c) higher maximum deviation
d) smaller offset than with proportional only
3. Centrifuge
-thickness of the basket given rpm, allowable stress, thickness of cake
4. Cyclone
 Efficiency

What is the efficiency of the cyclone with a feed of :

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30% - 20mm particles
40% - 30mm Particles
30 % - 20mm Particles
5. Definition of automation
6. Definition of feed-forward control system
7. Definition of Open loop control system

Laws, Contracts and Ethics

1. Law which gives incentives to exporters
2. CPE requirement per year
3. Focus of Chemical Engineering… to obtain the highest efficiency of process with the least cost
4. An act for regulation, protections of trademarks, trade names and service works.
a) RA 1752 b) RA 166 c) RA 318 d) RA 6969
5. __________ is the condition where a 3rd person becomes a new debtor without the knowledge of
against the will of the debtor but always with the consent of the creditor.
a. Subrogation b. Delegation c. Rescission d. Expromission
6. Act which prohibits the use of leaded gasoline
a. Clean Air Act

GENERAL ENGINEERING

Algebra and Trigonometry

1. Given woman with tumor of 3” in diameter growing at a rate of 10% a month, operation can be
possible when the diameter is 3.5”. How long should she wait?
2. About polynomial factoring
3. Inflection point
4. Differential Calculus
5. Newtons Law of Cooling
6. Roots of equation
7. Realated Rates
8. Complex Numbers
9. If n=2, a= –Xn and b= (–X)n find the relationship bet. a and b
a) 30% b) 1/3
10. If a man paints 2/3 of a room and another man painted ¾ of what remains, what fraction remains to
be painted?
a) none of these b) 1/6 c) 1/12 d) 1/3
11. A housewife adds 5 cups of water for every 4 cups of uncooked rice. How many cups of water are
added to make 10 cups of cooked rice assuming each cup of uncooked rice results to two cups of
cooked rice?
a) none of these b) 6 c) 8 d) 6-1/4
12. ¼ of the employees of a company earn under P 12,000.00/mo. If 3/5 of the remaining employees
earn between P 12,000.00/mo. and P 18,000.00/mo, what fraction of the employees earn more than
P 18,000.00/mo.?
a) none of these b) 3/10 c) ¾ d) 9/20
13. 75 men can finish work in 100 days. 80 men worked for 40 days. After that 30 men has to transfer.
In how many days will the remaining fraction of work be finished?

14. 11. 100 Li tank with 50 gallons of salt, the comcentration however should be30 gallons/100Li.
Fresh water was allowed to flow at the rate of 3 Li/ min, assuming that the tank is perfectly mixed
and salt solution was allowed to flow at the rate of 3 Li/ min, in how many min will the
concentration be 30 gallons/ 100 Li?

15. age problem

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16. work problem

Analytical Geometry
1. radius of sphere = radius of cylinder; given the vol of sphere, Area of cylinder =?
2. What is the length of the base of a triangle whose area is 1/3 and height 4/5?
a) none of these b) 5/6 c) 1/3 d) 2/5
3. What is the radius of the circular base of a cylinder whose volume is 45p and height is 5? A) none
of these b) 3 c) 6 d) 7

4. A tank with diameter 2m and length 6 m is placed above a platform parallel to the ground. It is filled
with water to the height of 1.5 m. Find volume of water.

Statistics
1. Given rate of people entering ATM is 3 persons/min. What is the probability of at least 2 persons
coming? Three persons?
2. What is the probability distribution wherein 2 dice are repeatedly thrown and the no. of times wherein
at matching pair is recorded “_______________”.
3. Probability of getting two heads? ¼
4. How many permutations are there in SOMOS
5. Probability (K,K) with replacement, 52 cards
6. Probability to get sum of 6 for two consecutive throws of dice
7. Poisson distribution applications
8. Binomial distribution applications
9. The probability of getting heads or tails with an unbiased coin is ½. If the coin is tossed three times,
what is the probability of a tail on the third throw?
a) 1/8 b) 1 c) ½. d) 1/6
9. In an unbiased coin toss, the probability of getting heads or tails is exactly ½. What is the
probability of consecutively getting heads in 2 tosses assuming an unbiased coin?
a) 1/8 b) ¼ c) none of these d) 1/3
10. A bag contains 5 red, 3 green, and 2 white balls. What is the probability of not getting a white ball
in the 1st draw?
a) 0.2 b) 0.16 c) 0.8 d) 0.15
11. The probability of getting head or tail in tossing a coin is ½. If a coin is tossed 6 times, what is the
probability of getting exactly 3 heads?
a) none of these b) 1/64 c) 5/16 d) 1/8
12. A bag contains 3 white, 7 black, 2 red and 9 green balls. If one ball is drawn from the bag, what is
the probability that it will be either be white or green?
a) none of these b) 4/7 c) 3/8 d) 1/7

13. The probability distribution that good components in a lot during sample will be given,thus

no. of good components in a sample 0 1 2 3

Probability 1/35 10/35 20/35 4/35

14. If a sample of 3 is selected at random at infinite number of item, what would be the average number
of good components in the sample?
a) none of these b) 1.5 c) 1.77 d) 2.0
15. In how many ways can you select 7 out of ten questions?
16. Roll 2 dice; find probability of getting sum of 8.
17. Three couples are to be seated in a circular table each couple side by side. In how many ways can
they be seated?
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Economics
1. About depreciation (Economics)
2. Which does not belong to the working capital cost
3. Given initial investment, MARR, profit/item
4. Required: Quantity for break-even
5. Fixed Expense
6. Capitalized cost
7. Straight line depreciationFixed cost …computation
8. Deposit computation
9. Annuity computation
10. What is the effective interest rate of 3% compounded monthly?
11. Definition of terms
12. Depreciation Problem
13. BOI-registered project has the following financial data:
landed cost of equipment = P 50,000,000.00
installation cost = 20% of equipment
work capital = 10% of installation cost
equipment depreciation = 10 years straight line-method
cost of money = 20%
expected sales revenue = P 30,000,000.00
direct cost = 15,000,000.00
indirect/overhead cost = 5,000,000.00
BOI incentive = no income tax
What is the rate of investment?
a. NOT b. 20% c. 15% d. 16.7%
What is the net present value of the project?
a. about 20M b. NOT c. 30M d. 18M
What is the payback period?
a. 3.3 b. 5 c. 3.1 yrs d. NOT

14. Acid test ratio

15. Future, present and Annual worth
16. Simplex method and simplex algorithm

Strength of Materials
1. 2 sails l2” apart, given , E and DT. What is the stress?
2. Torsion
3. Torque
4. Tension/ Tensile Stress
5. A balloon was filled with Helium of 3,000 L capacity. What should be thetension in the string to
hold the balloon down?
6. A sail boat weighing 2000lbs. What torque was applied when the sailboat tilted at 20o. Assuming
seawater.
7. elasticity coefficient
8. yield coefficient

Physics
1. A woman is traveling at 60 kph. One hour after the woman left pt A, the man followed at the rate of
80 kph. How far from one origin did they meet.
2. An astronaut weighing ____ kg moving at a rate of _____ collides with a meteor of ____ kg.
Assuming perfectly elastic collision, at what rate would the total mass travel?
3. Projectile motion
4. V = IR
5. Power
6. Refraction… index of refraction
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7. Given g at Neptune and mass of object, what is the weight of the object?
8. Hooke’s law
9. Acceleration
10. Momentum-impulse…elastic
11. Friction
12. angular acceleration… computation
13. Speedometer

14. Two cars leave the same location at 9:00 AM. If one car travels south at the rate of 60 kph and the
other travels west at the rate of 80 kph, how many kilometers are the two cars apart at 10:00 AM the
same day?
a) 120 km b) 100 km c) 140 km d) 50 km
a) none of these b) 3/10 c) ¾ d) 9/20
15. Sound waves do not travel in:
a) compressed air b) vacuum c) soft solids d) hot water
16. Electric field intensity due to a point charge varies inversely as the square of the distance from the
charge. If the field intensity at a given point is E, what is the field intensity at a point 3 units away?
a) 1/3 E b) 3E c) 1/9 E d) none of these
17. The sound produces beats when they have:
a) slight difference in amplitude c) slight difference in frequency
b) same frequency d) same amplitude

18. Soldiers marching over a bridge must “break step” in order to avoid this phenomenon
Ans. Resonance
19. What upward acceleration of the elevator will cause the string to break? Gravitational acceleration
= 9.8 m/s2
a. none of these (not) c. 19 m/s2
2
b. 10.2 m/s d. 20 m/s2

20. A man can walk up a stalled escalator in 90 sec. but he can walk up a running escalator in 30 sec. If
he were to stand on a moving escalator it would take him
a. 60 b. 60 c. 45 sec d. NOT
21. A box slides down at constant speed of 5 m/s relative to a ramp inclined at 60° at the horizontal
which is mounted on the back of a truck. A man sees the box as if it was moving down vertically as
the truck passed by. What is the speed of the truck relative to the man?
a. 5 b. 4.33 c. NOT d. 2.5 m/s
22. A 100-lb boy is riding a skate board with a weight-measuring scale down a 45° inclined. What
weight will the scale read as the boy is coming down the inclined?
a. NOT b. 50 2 lb c. 0 d. 100 2
23. In -emission, energy produced is less than the actual energy that should be produced. Why?
24. A generator with speed 120 rpm has =65V. If the speed is reduced to half the initial value, what is
the new ?
25. A and B are running in a circular path. They started at the same point the same time. Velocity of A
is 110 m/min and that of B is 88m/min. B overtakes A in 3 minutes. Find the length of the path.
26. What is the KE given mass and velocity?
27. A bucket weighs 5 kg when empty and 20 kg when full. It is raised from a well at 2m/s. Find the
magnitude of the force at the rope.
28. Given mass H2. Remove all electrons and place 1 m away from the protons. Calculate the
electrostatic force.
29. When is a body said to be in equilibrium?
30. Pressure in an orifice is independent of what?
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31. Optics
-angle of incidence
-critical angle of light from glass to air
32. What kind of image is produced by a convex mirror
a. inverted b. real c. smaller d. erect

33. Momentum problem

34. transformers
35. statement analyses, relationship of frequency and intensity
36. electrolysis problem