Environmental Engineering exam

1. The aggregate of physical, chemical, biological and social components capable of causing direct
or indirect effects, in the short or long term, on living beings and human activities.

a) Environment
b) Environmental Engineering
c) Environmental engineer
d) Environmental Pollution

2. The application of science and engineering principles under limits to the protection and
enhancement of the quality of the environment, protect and enhance of public health and
welfare.

a) Environment
b) Environmental Engineering
c) Environmental engineer
d) Environmental Pollution

3. A professional trained in the art of applying scientific principles and technological means to
avoid or reduce forms of pollution by human activities.

a) Environment
b) Environmental Engineering
c) Environmental engineer
d) Environmental Pollution

4. Any alteration in the physical, chemical or biological properties of the environment (air, water
and land) which adversely affects its aesthetic quantity and/or beneficial use.

a) Environment
b) Environmental Engineering
c) Environmental engineer
d) Environmental Pollution

5. Published Silent Spring in 1962.

a) Rachel Carson
b) Rachel Carzong
c) Rachel Cardon
d) Rachel Cardong
6. Establishing the case that there may be reason to be concerned about the impacts of pesticides
and environmental pollution on natural systems and human health.

a) The Sea Around Us

b) Silent Spring
c) Silent Bird
d) The sky around us

7. Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the
future to meet its needs.

a) Sustainability
b) Sustainable development
c) Sustainable engineering
d) None of the above

8. Leaves future generations with a reach and full earth.

a) Sustainability
b) Sustainable development
c) Sustainable engineering
d) None of the above

9. is defined as the design of human and industrial systems to ensure that humankind’s use of
natural resources and cycles do not lead to diminished quality of life due either to losses in
future economic opportunities or to adverse impacts on social conditions, human health, and
the environment.

a) Sustainability
b) Sustainable development
c) Sustainable engineering
d) None of the above

10. Play a significant and vital role in nearly all aspects of our lives. The implementation of all of
these engineering achievements can lead to benefits.

a) Engineers
b) Sustainability
c) Sustainable Engineering
d) Sustainable development
11. What are the Issues that will Affect Engineering Practice in the future?

a) Health, Population and urbanization

b) Water Scarcity, conflict and Resolution
c) Energy, Climate, Toxic Chemicals and Finite Resources
d) All of the Above

12. Is where we live, work, shop, study and play.

a) build environment
b) Environmental Science
c) Society
d) Environmental Pollution

13. Can help us find balanced solutions to environmental problems.

a) build environment
b) Environmental Science
c) Society
d) Environmental Pollution

14. The triple bottom line that meets sustainable.

a) Environmental, social and economic

b) Environmental, science and sustainability
c) Social, economic and science
d) Science, social and environmental

15. Responsible for the conservation, management, and development of the country's environment
and natural resources Here in the Philippines.

a) National Water and Air Pollution Control Commission

b) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources
c) Environmental Impact Assessment Law
d) Ecological Solid Waste Management
16. The likelihood of injury, disease, or death.

a) Environmental Risk
b) Risk
c) Exposure
d) Ecotoxicity

17. The risk resulting from exposure to a potential environmental hazard.

a) Environmental Risk
b) Risk
c) Exposure
d) Ecotoxicity

18. The concept of environmental risk can be applied to the health of plants, animals, and entire
ecosystemswhich support human livelihood and enhance our quality of life.

a) Environmental Risk
b) Risk
c) Exposure
d) Ecotoxicity

19. One of the most fundamental fields related to science and technology for sustainability in that it
focuses at the molecular level to design chemicals and materials to be inherently nonhazardous.

a) Green engineering
b) Green Environment
c) Green Chemistry
d) Risk Perception

20. Are the design, discovery, and implementation of engineering solutions with an awareness of
these potential benefits and impacts throughout the lifetime of the design?

a) Green engineering
b) Green Environment
c) Green Chemistry
d) Risk Perception

21. Examines the judgments people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate
hazardous activities and technologies.
a) Green engineering
b) Green Environment
c) Green Chemistry
d) Risk Perception
22. Exposure to a toxic or hazardous chemical can result in death, disease, or some other adverse
impact such as a birth defect, infertility, stunted growth, or a neurological disorder.

a) Green engineering
b) Toxic or Hazardous Chemicals
c) Green Chemistry
d) Risk Perception

23. Also known as environmental health sciences, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the
effects of chemicals on living organisms.

a) Green engineering
b) Toxic or Hazardous Chemicals
c) Green Chemistry
d) Environmental toxicology

24. Promotes or induces tumors (cancer), that is, the uncontrolled or abnormal growth and division
of cells.

a) NonCarcinogen
b) Toxic or Hazardous Chemicals
c) Carcinogen
d) Risk Perception

25. Effects include all toxicological responses other than carcinogenic. Examples, Organ damage
(including kidney and liver), neurological damage, suppressed immunity, and birth and
developmental (harming an organism’s reproductive ability or intelligence) effects.

a) NonCarcinogen
b) Toxic or Hazardous Chemicals
c) Carcinogen
d) Risk Perception

26. The oxygen consuming property of the wastewater expressed in terms of oxygen that
consumed biologically is

a.) BOD b.) COD c.) TOC d.) All of these

27. The primary constituent of living matter which move through a gaseous cycle is

a.) Hydrogen b.) Carbon c.) Nitrogen d.) All of these

28. In an ecosystem, the flow of energy is

a.) Bi-directional b.) Cyclic c.) Unidirectional d.) Multidirectional

29. The primary producers in a forest ecosystem are

a.) Chlorophyll containing trees and plants

b.) Herbivores
c.) Carnivores
d.) Bacteria and other microorganisms

30. The Total Amount of dissolved salts present in water can be easily estimated by measuring

a.) Specific Conductivity c.) Turbidity

b.) Total Solids d.) None of these

31. The sedimentation of particle in water brought to rest is opposed by

a.) Velocity of Flow c.) Viscosity of water

b.) Size, Shape & specific gravity of particle d.) All of these

32. The method of removing temporary hardness is

a.) By boiling c.) By Lime-Soda Process

b.) By addition of Lime d.) By Chlorination

33. A treatment unit mainly provided to remove a large portion of suspended material which is
organic in nature

a.) Grit chamber c.) Flotation unit

b.) Primary sedimentation tank d.) Secondary sedimentation tank

34. The strength of industrial waste water may be reduced by

a.) Process changes c.) Equipment modifications

b.) By-product recovery d.) All of these
35. Solid wastes originating in households, commercial establishments and institutions, excluding
garbage & ashes.

a.) Trash b.) Bulky Wastes c.) Rubbish d.) None of these

36. The Primary pollutants is smog are

a.) Nitric Oxide & Hydrocarbons c.) Ozone & Organic Nitrates
b.) Photochemical Aerosols d.) All of these

37. The region of the atmosphere closest to the earth surface is

a.) Stratosphere b.) Mesosphere c.) Troposphere d.) Thermosphere

38. R.A. 8749- Clean Air Act of the Philippines was enacted in the year

a.) 1981 b.) 1999 c.) 2000 d.) 1974

39. The pollution gas, which is primarily responsible for causing the green house effect global
warming is

a.) Sulphur dioxide c.)Nitrous Oxide

b.) CO₂ d.) Sulfurhexa fluoride

40. The electrostatic precipitators remove

a.) Nitrogen oxide c.) Particulate matter

b.) Hydrocarbons d.) Both (a) and (b)

41. The analytical functions associated with environmental impact assessment is based on

a.) Defining scope of EIA c.) Prediction

b.) Impact evaluation and analysis d.) All of these

42. A storm drain inlet for a 2.7 acre parking area is to be designed. The rainfall intensity is 8.6 in/hr
and the runoff coefficient are 0.96. the peak discharge, in cubic feet per second, is most nearly;
a.) 18
b.) 19
c.) 20
d.) 22
43. Which of the following is associated with the corrosion of sanitary sewers?

a.) H2S
b.) BOD
c.) Fats, oils, grease (FOG)
d.) NH3

44. For coal-fired steam electric power plants, control of SOx emissions is most commonly achieved by:

a.) lime scrubbing

b.) catalytic conversion
c.) electrostatic precipitation
d.) carbon adsorption

45. Oxygen composition of air by volume?

a.) 20.94%
b.) 19.94%
c.) 18.94%
d.) 18%

46. Nitrogen composition of air by volume?

a.) 81%
b.) 78.09%
c.) 79.09%
d.) 80.09%

47. Argon composition of air by volume?

a.) 0
b.) 0.93%
c.) 1.93%
d.) 2

48. Molecular weight of air?

a.) 29.699g/mol
b.) 28.966 g/mol
c.) 30 g/mol
d.) 27.966 g/mol
49. Prepare the wastewater for further treatment

a.) Primary Treatment

b.) Secondary Treatment
c.) Preliminary Treatment
d.) None of these

50. Also known as biological treatment where it utilize the microorganisms to decompose the
high energy molecule

a.) Primary Treatment

b.) Secondary Treatment
c.) Preliminary Treatment
d.) None of these

51. It prevent abrasion of piping and mechanical equipment

a.) Bar screen

b.) Grit Chambers
c.) Bar racks
d.) None of these

52. It utilize buoyancy to separate particle such as fats, oil, and greases

a.) Equalization
b.) Floatation
c.) Sedimentation
d.) None of these

53. Implemented to dampen the flow and organic loading rate to a wastewater treatment
facility

a.) Equalization
b.) Floatation
c.) Sedimentation
d.) None of these

54. Organisms that depend on organic matter produced by others to obtain their carbon, or
loosely translated as other feeders are termed?

a.) Autotrophs
b.) heterotrophs
c.) Methanogen
d.) Omnivores
55. Biotic Component that utilized sun’s energy to produce and store complex, energy rich
compounds, it is most often plants.

a.) Producers
b.) Consumers
c.) Decomposers
d.) None of these

56. An organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

a.) Producers
b.) Consumers
c.) Decomposers
d.) None of these

57. A quantitative measure of the amount of dissolved oxygen required for the biological
oxidation of nitrogenous material, for example, nitrogen in ammonia, and
organic nitrogen in waste water.

a.) CBOD
b.) BOD
c.) NOD
d.) ThoD

58. A continuous series of natural processes by which nitrogen passes successively from
air, soil, organisms and back to air or soil involving principally nitrogen fixation,
nitrification, decay, and denitrification.

a.) Carbon cycle

b.) Phosphorus cycle
c.) Sulphur cycle
d.) Nitrogen cycle

59. A process by which phosphorus moves through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and
biosphere.

a.) Carbon cycle

b.) Phosphorus cycle
c.) Sulphur cycle
d.) Nitrogen cycle
60. The quantity of solid materials floating in the water column?

a.) Total dissolve solid

b.) Total suspended solid
c.) Hardness
d.) Turbidit

61. Waste in water originates from food waste and petroleum products?

a.) Oil and Grease

b.) Microbes
c.) Heavy metals
d.) Chlorides

62. A chemical treatment whereby either acids or bases are added to the influent
wastewater in order to neutralize any acids or bases present and thus control pH.

a.) Chemical Precipitation

b.) Neutralization
c.) Chemical Flocculation
d.) Ozonization

63. A physic-chemical process used in the removal of finely divided solids, a polyelectrolyte
is added to wastewater which can form “bridges” that will join together the solids.

a.) Chemical Flocculation

b.) Chemical Precipitation
b.) Neutralization
d.) Ozonization

64. It involves the addition of chemicals like (Lime –Ca (OH)2)for the express purpose of
improving plant performance and removing specific components contained in the waste
water.

a.) Chemical Precipitation

b.) Neutralization
c.) Chemical Flocculation
d.) Ozonization

65. Harmful substance that is emitted directly into the atmosphere?

a.) Secondary Air Pollutant
b.) Primary Air Pollutant
c.) Particulate matter
d.) None of these
66. Primary Air Pollutant except

a.) Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

b.) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
c.) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
d.) Ozone (O3)

67. Strong oxidant that damages cells lining the respiratory system?

a.) Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

b.) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
c.) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
d.) Ozone (O3)

68. Main product of fossil fuel combination, major green house gas when a displace O2 in
the air causes suffocation?

a.) Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

b.) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
c.) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
d.) Ozone (O3)

69. Primary Air Pollutant that produced acid rain when combine with the droplets of water in
air?

a.) Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

b.) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
c.) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
d.) Ozone (O3)

70. It uses water to effect particulate separation from the gas in a spray tower.
Recommended for particulates of 5 to 20 microns and must have high affinity for water.

a.) Scrubber
b.) Settling Chamber
c.) Cyclone Collector
d.) Electrostatic Precipitators
71. The most efficient method. Recommended for all sizes of particulates especially those
below to microns. Gas is given an electrical charge as it enters the device. The gas
stream that passes between charged plates which electrically attract the particulates.

a.) Scrubber
b.) Settling Chamber
c.) Cyclone Collector
d.) Electrostatic Precipitators

72. Air Pollution Control device where particulate removal is by gravity. Recommended for
particulate sizes in the range of 50 microns and higher.

a.) Scrubber
b.) Settling Chamber
c.) Cyclone Collector
d.) Electrostatic Precipitators

73. A device that removal particulate by centrifugal impaction on the cyclone wall from
where it falls to the bottom. Recommended for particulates of 20 to 45 microns in size.

a.) Scrubber
b.) Settling Chamber
c.) Cyclone Collector
d.) Electrostatic Precipitators

74. Clean Water Act of the Philippines

a.) R.A. 9003

b.) R.A. 8749
c.) R.A. 6969
d.) R.A. 9275

75. An act to Control Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes providing
penalties for violation

a.) R.A. 9003

b.) R.A. 8749
c.) R.A. 6969
d.) R.A. 9275
76. Clean Air Act of the Philippines

a.) R.A. 9003

b.) R.A. 8749
c.) R.A. 6969
d.) R.A. 9275

77. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act

a.) R.A. 9003

b.) R.A. 8749
c.) R.A. 6969
d.) R.A. 9275
78. Philippine Environmental Policy

a.) P.D. 856

b.) P.D. 1151
c.) P.D. 1152
d.) P.D. 1586

79. Environmental Impact Assessment Law

a.) P.D. 856

b.) P.D. 1151
c.) P.D. 1152
d.) P.D. 1586

80. Philippine Environmental Code

a.) P.D. 856

b.) P.D. 1151
c.) P.D. 1152
d.) P.D. 1586

81. Code on Sanitation of the Philippines

a.) P.D. 856

b.) P.D. 1151
c.) P.D. 1152
d.) P.D. 1586
82. It requires all industries, factories, agencies, organizations, on public or private to
provide a pollution control officer.

a.) L.O.I. 558

b.) L.O.I. 551 under P.D. 984-gave N.P.C.C.
c.) Commonwealth Act
d.) All of these

83. The power to close industries violating policy for pollution control including land
pollution.

a.) L.O.I. 558

b.) L.O.I. 551 under P.D. 984-gave N.P.C.C.
c.) Commonwealth Act
d.) All of thes

84. An act to punish the dumping into any river or refuse wastewater or substances of any
kind whatsoever that may bring about the rise of filing in of river beds or cause artificial
alluvial formations.

a.) L.O.I. 558

b.) L.O.I. 551 under P.D. 984-gave N.P.C.C.
c.) Commonwealth Act
d.) All of these

85. Artificial gases, used as coolants in refrigerators and air conditions

a.) Photochemical Smog

b.) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
c.) Chlorofluorocarbons, CFCs
d.) Troposphere Ozone

86. Products of incomplete combustion, evaporation of liquid fuels, atmospheric reactions,

and release from vegetation (both primary and secondary)

a.) Troposphere Ozone

b.) Photochemical Smog
c.) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
d.) Chlorofluorocarbons, CFCs
87. Brownish-orange haze formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight, nitrogen oxide,
and hydrocarbons

a.) Chlorofluorocarbons, CFCs

b.) Troposphere Ozone
c.) Photochemical Smog
d.) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

88. Known as upper atmosphere

a.) Troposphere
b.) Stratosphere
c.) Ozone
d.) Smog

89. What is risk?

a.) risk=f(exposure)
b.) risk=f(hazard)
c.) risk=(hazard, exposure)
d.) risk=f(hazard, exposure)

90. Water pollution is mainly caused by:

a.) Sewage water

b.) Precipitation
c.) Rain water
d.) Drainage

91. Which act is responsible to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can
exist in harmony?

a) EIA
b) RCRS
c) CERCLA
d) NEPA

92. By NEPA process, federal agencies assess social and ______ effects of proposed actions.

a) Industrial
b) Health
c) Economic
d) Chronic
93. The total organic matter available in an ecosystem is called:
a.) Flora
b.) Fauna
c.) Biomass
d.) BOD

94. It causes the depletion of the ozone layer.

a.) NO
b.) SO
c.) Chlorofloro carbon
d.) NO2

95. Find the ThOD of 5 mg/L C7H8 that will produce CO2 and water

a.) 16 mg/L
b.) 15mg/L
c.) 17 mg/L
d.) 14 mg/L

96. Find the ThOD of 0.5 mg/L C6Cl5OH that react with water that will produce CO2 and HCl

a.) 0.5 mg/L

b.) 0.4 mg/L
c.) 0.3 mg/L
d.) 0.2 mg/L

97. A waste contains 100 mg/L ethylene glycol (C2H6O2). Determine the theoretical carbonaceous
oxygen demand of the waste.

a.) 129 mg/L

b.) 130 mg/L
c.) 131 mg/L
d.) 132 mg/L

98. A waste contains 50 mg/L NH3-N. Determine the theoretical nitrogenous oxygen demand of the
waste.

a.) 129 mg/L

b.) 229 mg/L
c.) 329 mg/L
d.) 429 mg/L
99. A waste has an ultimate CBOD of 1,000 mg/L and a kL of 0.1/day. What is its 5-day CBOD?

a.) 336 mg/L

b.) 339 mg/L
c.) 393 mg/L
d.) 363 mg/L

A municipal waste water treatment plant treats an average flow of 12000m3/day. Two
circular clarifiers are to be designed, using a depth 4meters and over average flow rate of
40m3/m2.day.

100. Calculate the surface area required for clarification:

a.) 300 m2
b.) 525 m2
c.) 700 m2
d.) 1050 m2

101. What is the area for each circular clarifier?

a.) 150 m2
b.) 262m2
c.) 350 m2
d.) 525 m2

102. What is the clarifier diameter?

a.) 12 m
b.) 13 m
c.) 14 m
d.) 15 m

103. What will be the volume capacity of each clarifier?

a.) 615 m3
b.) 616 m3
c.) 617 m3
d.) 618 m3

104. What is the hydraulic detention time to each clarifier?

a.) 7 hours
b.) 5.2hours
c.) 3.8hours
d.) 2.46 hours
105. What is the over flow rate

a.) 35 m3/m2.day
b.) 37 m3/m2.day
c.) 39 m3/m2.day
d.) 41 m3/m2.day