1.

A colorless aluminum salt, soluble in

water which is used in paper industry, 9. An ideal gas in a piston at 5,000
tanning and water purification. psia expands isothermally against a
resisting pressure of 500 psia until its
2. As water boils, the temperature volume is doubled. Find the work
a. increases done.
b. remains constant at 100°C until all
is changed to vapor 10. Jellies and paints are examples of
c. ??? a. gel
d. ??? b. emulsion
c. sol
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4. Steps in the formation of PVC 1. Which is not a derivative of

a. calcium carbide -- vinyl chloride -- benzene?
PVC a. phenanthnene
b. calcium carbide -- acetylene -- vinyl b. ethylbromide
chloride -- PVC c. anthrocene
c. ??? d. ???
d. ???
2. Which determines the
5. Buffer solution resists changes in characteristics of a hydrocarbon?
acidity. If an acid is added to a buffer a. number of carbon atoms
solution, the ______ remains the same b. types of carbon bonds
a. pH c. number of hydrogen atoms
b. concentration d. ???
c. ???
d. ??? 3. 41.6 g of aluminum is mixed with
HCl. The hydrogen gas liberated from
Refer to handbook for nos. 6-8 this reaction is passed with copper
6. specific volume of compressed air oxide. How much copper is formed
at 150 bars and 160°K from this reaction?

7. viscosity of compressed air at 125 4. A 32 g of compound X is mixed with

bars and 200°K 450 g CCl4. Find the molecular weight
8. the temperature of compressed air of the compound if the boiling point
with a specific enthalpy of 50.05 kJ/kg rise is 6.210C. K6 = 5.03
and 70 bars
a. 150°K for nos. 5-7
b. nearly 160°K For the synthesis of ammonia
N2 + H2 = NH3
Percent Yield of Ammonia (by volume)
Temperature 30 atm 100 atm 200 atm
200°C............67.6 %...81.5%.....90.0%
400°C.............10.2%...25.1%.....47.0%
600°C...............1.7%.....4.5%.......3.8%
5. What is the partial pressure of
ammonia at 30 atm, 400°C?
6. What is the pressure exerted by
nitrogen at 100 atm, 200°C?
7. What is the Kp at 30 atm, 400°C?
8. Gave the name “oxygen”
a. Priestly
b. Scheele
c. ???
d. ???
9. Discovered water by exploding H2
+ O2
a. Lewis
b. Lavoisier
c. Scavendish
d. Usey
10. The most important component of
pitchblende
a. ???
b. ???
c. uranium
d. ???
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Practice Exams ChE - 4
1. What is the molarity of KH(IO3)2
with mass of 2.5 grams and volume of
500 ml?
2. What expressions of concentration
are independent of temperature?
a. molality and mole fraction
b. molarity and normality
c. molarity and mole fraction
d. ???
3. Which will dissolve fastest in coffee?
a. lump sugar in hot coffee
b. granular sugar in hot coffee
c. granular sugar in cold coffee
d. lump sugar in cold coffee
4. How many milliliters of 6.0M HCl is
needed to prepare 250ml of 1.2M HCl?
5. 184 g of ethanol is mixed with 1-
gmol glycerol. What is the vapor
pressure of the resulting solution if the
vapor pressure of ethanol at the
working temperature is 200 mmHg?
Assume that glycerol is nonvolatile.
6. How much heat is required to raise
4000g of methanol from 2 to 220C.
(Cp of methanol is 0.6 cal/g0C)
7. At equilibrium, a 1-L PCl5 is found to
contain (in mole/L)
PCl5 = 7.05
PCl3 = 0.54
Cl2 = 0.54
Find the equilibrium constant.
8. What is the color of nickel chloride?
a. white
b. yellow
c. ???
d. green
9. What is the molecular weight of
ammonium perchlorate?
10. Naming:
H2C = C - C = C
.................l
................CH3
a. isoamylene
b. isoprene
c. ???
d. ???
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1. A barometer is a ___________
a. sealed-end manometer
b. open-ended manometer
c. ???
d. ???
2. A carbonyl compound is
a. One carbon and one oxygen
bounded by a double bond.
b. One carbon and one oxygen
bounded by a single bond.
c. One carbon and two oxygen
bounded by one single and one double
bond.
d. One carbon and two oxygen
bounded by two double bonds.
3. Water flows down at 1000 gal/min.
If 80% of the energy produced can
light 100 75-W bulbs for 60 seconds,
what is the height of the pipe through
with the water flows?
a. 49.73 ft.
b. ???
c. ???
d. ???
4. The best indicator to be used in the
filtration of a weak acid by a strong
base is
a. phenolphthalein
b. methyl orange
c. ???
d. ???
5. It required 82 ml of H2SO4 to
neutralize 12.0g NaOH. What is the
molarity of the H2SO4?
6. A 620 mg ideal gas occupies 175 cc
at STP. What is the molecular weight of
the ideal gas?
a. 79
b. ???
c. ???
d. ???
7. A 0.1 M acetic acid is found to
contain 1.32 x 10-3 mol/L of H+ at
equilibrium. What is the ionization
constant?
8. A 2-L flask is filled with 0.2 mol of
HI. It is allowed to reach equilibrium at
high temperature. If at equilibrium the
flask was found to contain 0.078M HI,
what is the Kc?
9. The percentage abundance of Xe in
the atmosphere (% volume) is
a. 1.4 x 10-4
b. 8.0 x 10-6
c. 1.32%
d. 0.93%
10. Brix scale is used for
a. sugar solutions
b. LPG
c. petroleum
d. water
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1. The first step in precipitation is the
formulation of _________.
a. nuclei
b. ???
c. ???
d. ???
2. Cr(NH3)5SO4Cl represent ________
atoms.
a. 27 c.
b. 12
c. ???
d. ???
3. The mass contribution of an
electron in an atom is
a. 1/1,837 that of the proton
b. equal to that of a proton
c. equal to that of the neutron
d. ???
4. An atom is __________
a. Electrically positive spherical
species with a neutral center and
negatively charged electron.
b. An electrically positive spherical
species with a positive center and
negatively charged electron
c. An electrically neutral spherical
species with a neutral center and
negatively charged electron.
d. An electrically negative spherical
species with a positively charged
center and negatively charged
elections.
5. Along a row in the periodic table
elements have the same
a. energy
b. configuration
c. size
d. ???
6. The electrons of metals are free to
move in a solid. This explains why
a. metals are unstable
b. metals can be easily molded
c. metals have high reflectivity
d. metals have high conductivity
7. A 4.256 grams compound is
dissolved in 100 grams toluene. What
is the molecular weight (MW) of the
compound if the vapor pressure of the
solution in 28.209? The vapor pressure
of toluene at the working temperature
is 28.829 mmHg. Assume that the
compound is a nonvolatile, non-
dissociating solute.
8. A flue gas is analyzed to contain
(dry basis): 11.6% CO2, 6.8% O2,
0.5% CO and leaves the boiler at
5380K. The inlet air is at 2870K and
the fuel contains 29.4% C. What is the
amount of heat carried by the flue gas
per kg of fuel burnt? The mean heat
capacity of the flue gas is 1.005 kJ/kg
0K.
9. Which of the following represents
reduction?
a. ethanol ---> ethanaldehyde
b. acetylene ---> ethylene
c. ???
d. ???
10. What are the products of
destructive distillation?
a. coal tar, coal gas, ammonia
b. coal gas, ammonia, graphite
c. ???
d. ???
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Practice Exams ChE - 1
 c. Ca < Be < Mg
1. Which of the following is insoluble in d. Mg < Ca < Be
H20?
a. aluminum sodium silicate 7. Arrange Ca, Be and Mg according to
b. aluminum sulfate increasing ionization energy
c. ammonium oxalate a. Be < Mg < Ca
d. ammonium bromide b. Mg < Ca < Be
c. Ca < Mg < Be
2. A compound is found to contain by d. Ca < Be < Mg
mass: 22.79% C, 1.42% H and 75.9%
Br. What is the molecular formula of 8. Arrange Ca, Be and Mg according to
the compound if its molecular weight increasing electron affinity
is 422? a. Mg < Ca < Be
a. C4H6Br4 c. Ca < Be < Mg
b. C2H3Br2 c. Be < Mg < Ca
c. ??? d. Ca < Mg < Be
d. ???
9. 19.6 grams of Carbon Disulfide is
3. Defines a base as a compound that reacted with excess oxygen to form
dissolves in water to produce OH- is carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide.
a. Arrhenius What is the amount of sulfur dioxide
b. Bronsted-Lowry formed?
c. Lewis a. 32 grams
d. ??? b. ???
c. ???
4. Defines an acid as a compound that d. ???
dissolves in water to produce H+ ions
is 10. The ionization constant of NH4 OH
a. Arrhenius is 1.8 x 10-5. What is the formality of a
b. Bronsted-Lowry solution of NH4OH which is 1.3%
c. Lewis ionized?
d. ??? a. 0.10
b. ???
5. One gmole of a species is that c. ???
weight of the species equal to its d. ???
a. molecular weight
b. atomic mass
c. ???
d. ???

6. Arrange Ca, Be and Mg according to

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b. Be < Mg < Ca
1. A uniform current deposits 0.6332 c. n-hexane
grams of Ag in 90 minutes. The 45.2 d. cyclohexane
mL volume of H2 at 25 degC and 740 e. isohexane
mm measured over water it would
liberate in 60 minutes is 6. Thermolar solubility of salt AB2 with
a. 50.8 mL Ksp = 10^-12 is
b. 60.2 mL a. 6.29 x 10^–5
c. 30.5 mL b. 1 x 10^–4
d. 45.2 mL c. 3.16 x 10^ –4
e. None of the above d. 7.93 x 10^–5
e. 2 x 10^–3
2. A compound has the following
percent composition: Na-19.3%, S- 7. A 0.2 molal solution of KCl freezes
26.9%, O-53.8%. Its molecular mass is at –0.680 degC. The osmotic P at 0
238. Derive its molecular formula. degC is
a. NaSO4 a. 7.3 atm
b. Na2SO4 b. 6.5 atm
c. Na2S2O8 c. 8.2 atm
d. Na2SO3 d. 5.6 atm
e. NaSO3 e. none of the above

3. In the flow processes, neglecting KE 8. Which of the following aqueous salt

and PE changes, the expansion -? PV solution will have a pH below neutral
represents value?
a. heat transfer a. NaACO
b. shaft work b. Na2CO3
c. closed system work c. Na2S
d. enthalpy change d. KCl
e. none of the above e. none of the above

4. If 0.680 gram of an unknown acid, 9. For HOAc, the melting point at 1

H2B, required 25 mL of 0.125 N NaOH, atm is 16.61 degC. Delta Hf = 2800
the equivalent weight of the acid is cal/mol, Delta Vf = 9.614 cal/mol.
a. 229.8 What is the melting point at 11 atm?
b. 459.6 a. 16.61 degC
c. 435.2 b. 17.24 degC
d. 217.6 c. 9.02 degC
e. 333 d. 16.85 degC
e. none of the above
5. From which of the given alkanes
should be easiest to prepare a single 10. In following pair of elements, the
pure monochloro product? pair belonging to metalloids is
a. n-butane a. B and C
b. isobutene b. Ca and Mg
c. P and S e. none of the above
d. As and Te
e. K and Sr 4. Which of the following gases has
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d. all of the above
1. In the titration of water sample e. none of the above
using double indicator, the volume of
standard acid required for the methyl 5. The relative abundance of 2
orange end point is equal to the naturally occurring isotopes of boron
volume required for the of atomic weights 11.009 and 10.01 is
phenolphthalein end point. The 80.80% and 19.80% respectively.
impurity (ies) is Calculate the relative average atomic
a. NaOH only weight of boron.
b. Na2CO3 only a. 19.5
c. NaHCO3 only b. 10.81
d. Na2CO3 and NaOH c. 10.00
e. Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 d. 11.4
e. 11.00
2. If equal volumes of saturated silver
chloride and silver bromide solution 6. A solution of a weak acid and its salt
are mixed which resists appreciable change In pH
a. silver chloride will precipitate value is called
b. silver bromide will precipitate a. normal solution
c. silver chloride and silver bromide b. colloidal solution
will precipitate c. neutral solution
d. there will be no precipitate d. buffer solution
e. none of the above e. molal solution

3. 3000 cfm of 65 degF air is required 7. Ideally, in a chromatographic

to maintain a house at 76 degF. 25%
of the air entering the air conditioner
is from outside at 90 degF and the
remainder is recycled from inside at
76 degF. Determine the rating in tons
of airconditions. (Assume sensible
heat changes only and ignore
dehumidification).
a. 3.95
b. 9.8
c. 2.68
d. 4.05
technique, the individual compound in
a sample will
a. leave the adsorbent on a different
physical state than in which they
entered it
b. become separated from each other
as they pass through the adsorbent
c. become bonded to one another
d. attach irreversibly to the adsorbent
e. none of the above
8. The atom with the highest first a. 6.37
ionization energy is b. 5.62
a. sodium c. 6.88
b. phosphorus d. 5.12
c. chlorine e. 7.3
d. aluminum
e. potassium 3. For all spontaneously occurring
processes in an isolated system, which
9. If the repulsive forces are dominant, expression best describes dS?
the compressibility factor, z, is a. dS = dQ/T
a. greater than 1 b. dS = 0
b. less than 1 c. dS > 0
c. equal to one d. dS < 0
d. cannot be determined e. none of the above
e. none of the above
4. The total number of possible
10. 10.5 L of N2 at 75 degC and 760 structures corresponding to the
mmHg are bubbled through an formula C4H7Br is
aqueous solution of a non-volatile a. 6
solute, whereby the solution loses b. 7
0.2455 grams in weight. If the total P c. 9
above the solution is 760 monthly, d. 10
what is the mole fraction of the solute e. 12
in the solvent?
a. 0.982 5. Which of the following quantum
b. 0.018 numbers for electrons could not occur?
c. 0.653 a. 3, 2, 2, +1/2
d. 0.347 b. 3, 0, -1, +1/2
e. none of the above c. 1, 0, 0, -1/2
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Practice Exams ChE - 16 6. Ortho and para orienting
substituents enhances the rate of
1. Mathematically, a thermodynamic electrophilic substitution reactions
property is except in the case of
a. A point function a. methyl group
b. A path function b. hydroxyl group
c. Exact differential c. carboxyl group
d. Discontinuous d. amino group
e. None of the above e. ethyl group

2. The pH of a 0.10 M ammonium 7. Equilibrium conditions exist in all

chloride solution is except which of the following?
a. in a reversible process
b. in processes where driving forces
are infinitesimal
c. in a steady state flow process
d. when nothing can occur without an
effect on the system
e. none of the above
8. What volume of 0.56 N HCl must be
added to 1 L of a 0.10 N HCl in order
to obtain a solution that is 0.15 N as
an acid?
a. 132 mL
b. 122 mL
c. 120 mL
d. 130 mL
e. 125 mL
9. Which of the following statements is
correct?
a. Galvanic cells can be used in
rechargeable batteries only when the
overall reaction is reversible.
b. Na+ his above Mg2+ in the
standard reduction potentials. This
means that Na+ will reduce Mg2+ to
Mg.
c. Cell diagrams generally give the
cathode first.
d. In the electrolysis of CuSO4, one
Faraday of electricity is required to
produce 1 mole copper
e. None of the above.
10. During the adiabatic expansion of
an ideal gas, work is done by the
system and its delta U
a. decreases
b. increases
c. does not change
d. all of these
e. none of the above
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1. Given the equilibrium reaction at
250 ?C and 1 atm, PCl5 (g) <-> PCl3
(g) + Cl2 (g). The density was found to
be 4.4 g/L. The fraction of PCl5
dissociates is
a. 0.81
b. 0.093
c. 0.103
d. 0.42
e. none of the above
2. The solubility product constant is
valid:
a. for all soluble compounds
b. for all insoluble salts
c. only of saturated solutions
d. only for fairly insoluble electrolytes
e. only for fairly soluble electrolytes
3. 55,000 gallons of water passes
through a heat exchanger and absorbs
28,000,000 Btu. The exit temperature
is 110 degF. The entrance water
temperature is nearest to
a. 49
b. 56
c. 68
d. 73
e. none of the above
4. If 5.0 grams of KMnO4 are dissolved
in 1 L solution, the normality when
used for titration in acid medium is
a. 0.0316
b. 0.2215
c. 0.1582
d. 0.0949
e. 0.4469
5. The maximum thermal efficiency
that can be obtained in an ideal
reversible heat engine operating d. polytropic
between 300 degC and 100 degC is e. none of the above
a. 0.67
b. 0.35 10. A 1.0 gram sample of impure
c. 0.54 K2CO3 is taken for analysis. The
d. 0.82 solution of the dissolved sample
e. none of the above required 58.10 mL of 0.14 N HCl.
However, 0.65 mL of NaOH was
6. Which of the following statements is needed for back titration (1 mL of HCl
not correct? is equivalent to 2.60 mL NaOH).
a. The absolute temperature of a gas Calculate the purity of the sample
is directly proportional to its volume at expressed as % K2O.
constant P. a. 38.14%
b. Nitrogen will diffuse faster than b. 40.23%
oxygen gas at fixed T & P. c. 34.4%
c. The product of P & V of a fixed d. 42.1%
amount of gas is constant. e. 36.7%
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7. A compound whose molecules are
not associated by H-bonding is 1. A carnot engine with thermal
a. CH3OH efficiency of 40% rejects 3000 KJ at a
b. CH3NH2 temperature of 1200 degC. The
c. (CH3)3N combustion of 1 L gasoline (sp. gr. =
d. HCOOH 0.8, cv = 46.8 KJ/g) furnishes heat to
e. HCONH2 the engine. The maximum work done
by the engine is
8. The most probable valence of an a. 5000 KJ
element with an electronic b. 3000 KJ
configuration of 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5 c. 2000 KJ
is d. 10,000 KJ
a. +1 e. none of the above
b. +2
c. +3 2. The percent sulfur in barium sulfate
d. –2 is:
e. –1 a. 34.30
b. 13.74
9. The process that has no heat c. 58.85
transfer is called d. 65.70
a. isentropic e. 76
b. isothermal
c. quasistatic
3. Which of the following is incorrectly e. none of the above
named?
a. p-chloro aniline 8. Following Markonikoff rule, when 1
b. 3-methyl pentane butene is reacted with HOCl, the main
c. methylbenzene product is:
d. ethyl benzene a. n-butane
e. 2-ethyl butane b. 1-chloro-2-butanol
c. 2-butanol
4. In the reaction H2O2 + KI -> KOH + d. 2-chloro-3-butanol
I2, hydrogen peroxide acts as: e. 2-chloro butane
a. catalyst
b. oxidizing agent 9. Equation of state for a single
c. solvent component can be any of the following
d. reducing agent except
e. none of the above a. ideal gas law
b. Z=PVm/RT
5. The Volhard method, a volumetric c. Any relationship interrelating 3 or
technique for the determination of more state functions
silver, uses which of the following d. A mathematical expression defining
indicators? a path between states
a. Eosin e. None of the above
b. Fluorescein
c. Ferric Alum 10. The percent of MnO2 (MW=86.94)
d. Potassium Chromate in a 0.5 gram sample, which after
e. Ferroin addition of 50.0 mL of 0.1 N ferrous
sulfate solution required 16.0 mL 0.08
6. The proper sequence of steps for N potassium dichromate for back
the conversion of benzene to 3-nitro titration.
toluene is: a. 16.17
a. nitration, then Friedel Crafts b. 32.34
Alkylation c. 48.51
b. Friedel Crafts Alkylation, then d. 64.68
nitration e. 40
c. Simultaneous nitration and
alkylation 1. If a man touches two metals w/c
d. Any order will do were kept together at room
e. None of the above temperature, why would one metal
feel colder than the other?
7. The state of a thermodynamic a. one has high heat transfer
system is always defined by its coefficient
a. absolute temperature b. one has a lower temperature
b. process c. one has a high thermal conductivity
c. degrees of freedom d. ???
d. nature
2. What is the center of the circle a. expense of training sales
defined by the equation x2 + y2 - 4x + representatives
8y = 5? b. expenses of training plant personnel
a. (-2,4) even if insured before start-up
b. (2,-4) c. costs associated with starting a new
c. ??? company
d. none of these d. Profit loss due to timing

3. A 1-Newton load is applied at the 2. All are methods for evaluating

midpoint of a rope attached to 2 posts. inventory except
If the load caused the rope to sag, the a. LIFO
rope can be brought back to the initial b. net present value
position if c. FIFO
a. the tension on the rope is increased d. market value
by 1 Newton
b. this is not possible 3. Which is not considered a variable
c. the tension on the rope is increased operating cost?
by 2 Newton’s a. administrative cost
d. the tension on the rope is increased b. cost of scrap
by 3 Newton’s c. none of the above

4. An unbiased coin is tossed 6 times. 4. What is the length of the base of a

What is the probability of getting triangle whose area is 1/3 and height
exactly 3 heads? is 4/5?
a. ???
b. ??? 6. The force exerted in dragging a
c. none of these marble block 1 ft-square and 1/2 ft
d. 5/16 thick is
a. least when it is dragged from one of
5. A expects to be paid P6 per month the edges
for every P5 borrowed. What is the b. least when it is dragged vertically
effective annual interest? (1/2 ft-thick surface on the floor)
a. none of these c. same regardless of which face is on
b. 240% the floor
c. 79.2% d.
d. 792%
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Practice Exams ChE - 10 position of the second bomb from the
first at the time of impact of the first
1. Which of the following is considered to ground?
a start-up cost? a. 117 m horizontally ahead of the first
bomb
b. 117 m horizontally behind the first balloon in air moving horizontally at
bomb 40 kph?
c. directly above the first bomb a. 90 kph
d. b. 65 kph
c. 40 kph
8. Sound wave does not travel in d. none of these
a. hot air
b. compressed air 3. What force is needed to move a
c. soft block weighing 100 kg if the
d. vacuum coefficient of friction is 0.3?
a. 294 N
9. Two sound waves produce a beat if b. ???
they have c. ???
a. same frequency d. none of these
b. slightly different frequencies
c. same amplitudes 4. A 3-g bullet moving at 3 km/s hits a
d. slightly different amplitudes 4 kg lump of clay. What is the final
velocity of the composite?
10. This law states that the current a. 2.2 m/s
through a metal conductor is b. ???
proportional to the potential difference c. ???
between its ends. d.none of these
a. Ohm’s Law
b. Kirchoff’s Second Law 5. The resultant of force A(8 lb) and
c. Kirchoff’s First Law force B(13 lb) is 5 lb. What is the angle
d. Coulombs Law between A and B?
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1. A deposits P1000 per month in a
bank giving 6% interest compounded
monthly for 2 years. He stopped
making deposits and withdrawals for 5
years. What is the amount of money in
the bank after 7 years?
a. 34,304
b. 50,2xx
c. ???
d. none of these
2. A balloon moves vertically at 50 kph
in still air. What is the velocity of the
6. The elastic limit of a rod is 2.6 x 104
lb/in2. What is the weight of a load
that a 2-inch rod can carry within this
elastic limit?
a. 8.16 x 104 lb
b. ???
c. ???
d. ???
7. Project A costs 5.5 M while Project B
costs 8.5 M. If the projects have
earnings of 1.8 M and 2.4 M
respectively for ten years, which of the d. none of these
projects is viable at a MARR of 25%?
a. A only 3 Evaluate: F(x)dx - G(x)dx
b. Both A & B a. [F(x)+G(x)] dx
c. B only b. 2F(x)dx
d. none of these c. [F(x)+G(x)] dx
d. ???
8. Which of the following is a more
modern measure of profitability? 4. What is the relative maximum of y
a. capital cost = 3x^3 + 4x + 7?
b. cash flow a. 0
c. profit b. 7/4
d. sales volume c. does not exist
d. 2/3
9. In choosing between 2 alternative
equipment, which of the following is 5. The distance of a body from its
not considered? initial position is given by s=t²+10t. If
a. operating cost the body has moved 39 meters from
b. machine reliability the initial position, find the time
c. none of the above elapsed.
a. 9
10. Which of the following is not b. ???
considered a long-term debt? c. ???
a. debentures d. none of these
b. bonds
c. retained earnings 6. A box contains 3 white, 7 blue, 2
d.mortgage red, and 9 green balls. What is the
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Practice Exams ChE - 8 b. ???
c. ???
1. Find the volume of the curves y=x2 d. none of these
and y=1 rotated around the y-axis
a. 2 pi 7. Two cars leave the same point at 9
b. pi/2 am. One car headed west at 60 kph
c. pi while the other car headed south at 80
d. none of these kph. What is the distance between the
two cars at 10 am of the same day?
2. Find the lim......t²- 4 a. 80km
.................t->3....2t+4 b. 100km
a. 1/2 c. ???
b. ??? d. none of these
c. ???
8. Two cars of equal weight moving at 2. The probability of getting heads or
the same direction collided. What is tails in an unbiased toss coin is 1/2. If
the final velocity of the wreckage if a coin is tossed thrice what is the
one car travels at 100kph and the probability of getting a tail on the third
other at 80kph? toss?
a. 80 a. 1/8
b. 180 b. ???
c. 90 c. 1/2
d. none of these d. none of these

9. Two cars A & B are moving in 3. The probability of a couple having a

opposite direction at a velocity of child with curly hair is 1/4, with thick
100kph and 80 kph respectively. What lips is 1/3 and with both
is the final velocity of the wreckage characteristics, 1/6. What is the
when the cars collided head-on? probability of having two consecutive
a. 10kph at the direction of A children with curly hair and thick lips if
b. 20 kph at the direction of A the two events are mutually exclusive?
c. 20 kph at the direction of B a. 1/6
d. 10 kph at the direction of B b. 25/144
c. ???
10. What fraction of an iceberg is d. none of these
immersed in sea-water?
Hint: density of iceberg=0.92 g/cc 4. The probability that a good
density of sea-water=1.03 g/cc component is obtained from a sample
a. ??? is:
b. 11% No. of good components in sample -
c. ??? probability
d. none of these 0 - 1/35
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Practice Exams ChE - 7
If a sample of 3 is taken infinite times,
1. The probability of getting heads or what is the average no. of good
tails in an unbiased toss coin is 1/2. If components in the sample?
a coin is tossed 2 times, what is the a. 1.5
probability of getting 2 consecutive b. 1.77
heads? c. 2.0
a. 1/2 d. none of these
b. ???
c. 1/4 5. A box contains 5 red, 3 green, 2
d. none of these white balls. What is the probability of
not getting a white ball?
a. 0.2
b. ??? 4. What horizontal force P can be
c. 0.8 applied to a 100 kg block in a level
d. none of these surface with a coefficient of friction of
0.20 that will cause an acceleration of
6. Solve the differential equation: 2.5 m/s^2?
dy = x^3 + 2x + 10 a. 446.2 N
dx b. 224.5 N
c. 53.8 N
7. Find dy for y = x d. 343.5 N
...........dx...........x-1 e. none of the above

8. Given F(x) = x+1 find dy 5. An object falls from a height of 92 m

....................................dx and strikes the ground with a speed of
19 m/s. What is the acceleration?
9. Evaluate: 6x (x + 2x²) dx a. 1.96 m/s^2
b. 9.81 m/s^2
10. Find dy given y= (y-7) c. x + y = 3
..............dx...............(y+2) d. 3x + 4y = -3
1. If the roots of the equation are zero, e. 2y – 33 x = 11
then they are classified as
a. conditional solution 6. A cable weighing 60 N, is
b. extraneous roots suspended between 2 supports on the
c. hypergolic solution same level at 300 m apart. The sag is
d. trivial solution 60.0 m. Compute the distance of the
e. none of the above lowest point of the cable from the
ground level.
2. The sum of the interior angles of a a. 188.2 m
polygon is 2700 degrees. How many b. 196.8 m
sides are there? c. 205.5 m
a. 15 d. 200.5 m
b. 16 e. none of the above
c. 17
d. 18 7. The volume of any solid of
e. none of the above revolution is equal to the generating
area times the circumference of the
3. The volume of a sphere is circle described by the centroid of the
increasing at the rate of 6 cm^3/hr. At area. This is known as
what rate is its surface area increasing a. 1st Proposition of Pappus
when radius is 40 cm? b. 2nd Proposition of Pappus
a. 0.4 sqcm/hr c. Simpson’s rule
b. 0.3 sqcm/hr d. Cavalier’s principle
c. 0.2 sqcm/hr
d. 0.9 sqcm/hr 8. The curve represented by the
equation r = 6 is
a. a circle d. t^2 + 25
b. parabola e. none of the above
c. ellipse
d. line 5. A tank contains 100 gal water. A salt
e. none of the above solution containing 2 lb salt per gal
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Practice Exams ChE - 25 b. 1.18 lb/gal
c. 1.18 lb
1. The cost of a product is a function d. 1.8 lb/gal
of the quantity x of the product is e. none of the above
given by the relation C(x) = x^2 -
40000x + 50. Find the quantity for 6. 75 students went to SM West where
which the cost is minimum. they could watch 3 films (A, B, & C).
a. 1000 20 of them watched all 3 films. 55 of
b. 2000 them watched at least 2 films.
c. 15000 Because it was QC day, each film cost
d. 3000 only P5.00 per head. If the total
e. none of the above receipt was P700, how many students
did not watch any movie?
2. When all odd numbers from 1 to a. 9
101 is added, what will be the sum? b. 11
a. 2500 c. 10
b. 2601 d. 12
c. 2510 e. none of the above
d. 5601
e. none of the above 7. What is the value of x for which y =
2x^3 – 3x^2 – 36x +25 will have an
3. If y = x/2 + [sin(2x)]/4; find x for inflection point?
which dy/dx = 0. a. 1/3
a. Pi/4 b. ¼
b. Pi/2 c. ½
c. Pi/3 d. 1/5
d. Pi/6 e. 2/3
e. Pi/12
8. A steel rod is stretched between 2
4. Which of the following is not rigid walls and carries a tensile load of
factorable? 5000 N at 20 degC. What T will the
a. 2m^2 + mn + 3n^2 stress be zero? The cross-sectional
b. –x^2 – x + 12 area is 150 mm2.
c. s^12 – 1 a. 34.2 degC
b. 45.5 degC a. 3x – 4y = 6
c. 30.0 degC b. x - 4y = -8
d. 42.9 degC c. 4 - 4y = -10
e. none of the above d. 3x - 3x = -3
e. 3x - 4y = -6
9. The locus of a point that move so
that its distance from fixed point and 3. Is the graphical visualization of the
fixed line is always equal is known as: moment equation plotted on M-x axis
a. parabola a. Maxwell diagram
b. hyperbola b. Force-body diagram
c. ellipse c. Shear diagram
d. circle d. Moment diagram
e. none of the above
10. The area of a triangle are formed
by points A(4,-3), B(7,4), C(-3,6) is 4. A housewife bought a brand new
a. 28 sq units washing machine costing P12,000 if
b. 38 sq units paid in cash. However, she can
c. 48 sq units purchase it on installment basis to be
d. 58 sq units paid within 5 years. If money is worth
e. none of the above 8% compounded annually, what is her
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Practice Exams ChE - 24 c. 2872.58
d. 2827.55
1. A series of equal quarterly receipts e. none of the above
of P1000 extends over a period of 5
yrs. What is the present worth of this 5. The curve represented by the
quarterly payment series at i=8%, equation r = 6 is
compounded continuously? a. a circle
a. 16,351 b. parabola
b. 15,971 c. ellipse
c. 6,320 d. line
d. 15,345 e. none of the above
e. none of the above
6. If the 1st and 4th terms of a
2. Lines drawn from the focus to any harmonic progression are 1/3 and 1/9,
point of an ellipse are called the focal respectively, find the 8th term.
radii of the ellipse. Find the equation a. 1/17
of the focal radii drawn to the point b. 1/11
(2,3) one the ellipse 3x^2 + 4y^2 = c. 1/14
48. d. 1/13
e. 1/19 passenger paid P100 extra while the
other paid P150 extra. A 3rd
7. A 0.3 kg mass attached to a 1.5 m passenger in the same trip has 105 kg
long string is whirled around a baggage and was charged P650 extra.
horizontal circle at a speed of 6 m/s. Find A in kg.
Considering a centripetal acceleration, a. 40
what is the tension in the string? b. 60
a. 7.2 N c. 50
b. 720 N d. 70
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repay the loan in 5 equal annual
installments of P5548.19, determine 1. What is the area of a rhombus
the banks annual interest rate on this whose diagonals are 10 cm and 16 cm
loan transaction. respectively?
a. 11 % a. 160 sq cm
b. 12 % b. 80 sq cm
c. 4.5 % c. 100 sq cm
d. 27.74% d. 120 sq cm
e. none of the above e. none of the above

9. A cast iron column supports an axial 2. In two years, Ara will be as old as
compressive load of 250 kN. Rico is now. In 26 years, Rico will be
Determine the inside diameter of the twice as old as Ara is now. How old is
column if its outside diameter is 200 Ara now?
mm and the limiting compressive a. 27
stress is 50 Mpa. b. 28
a. 150 mm c. 29
b. 183.4 mm d. 30
c. 253.34 mm e. 40
d. 143.2 mm
e. none of the above 3. (x^2 + 3y)dx – xdy = 0 is
a. linear in x
10. Super Ferry allowed A kg of b. non-linear in y
baggage for free with additional c. linear in y
charge for baggage in excess of the d. variable separable
limit. The combined weight of the e. none of the above
baggages of passengers on one
particular trip was 105 kg. One
4. A sequence of numbers where a. 169.5 kN
every term is obtained by adding all b. 107.9 kN
the preceding terms such as 1, 5, 14 c. 138.7 kN
and 30 is called d. 186.5 kN
a. Triangular number e. none of the above
b. Euler’s number
c. Pyramidal number 9. Find the area of a circle whose
d. Tetrahedral number equation is: x^2 + y^2 + 4x + 6y – 23
e. none of the above = 0.
a. 36 pi
5. It is caused by forces acting along b. 30 pi
or parallel to the area resisting the c. 40 pi
forces. d. 45 pi
a. shearing stress e. none of the above
b. bearing stress
c. tensile stress 10. A car dries off a horizontal
d. bending stress embankment and land 11 m from the
e. none of the above edge of the embankment in a field
that is 3 m lower than the
6. What is the future worth of an equal embankment. With what speed was
quarterly payment series of P2,500 for the car traveling when it left the
10 years if the interest rate is 9% embankment?
compounded monthly? a. 15 m/s
a. F=P158,653 b. 14.1 m/s
b. F=P154,718 c. 14.1 m/s
c. F=P151,930 d. 13.99 m/s
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a. 6 ft/s 1. Find the equation of the line passing
b. 8 ft/s through (-1,2) and (3,5).
c. 2 ft/s a. 2x - 5y - 12 = 0
d. 4 ft/s b. x + y = 7
e. none of the above c. 3x - 11 = 2y
d. 3x - 4y + 11 = 0
8. Find the total water pressure on a e. 3x - 4y - 11 = 0
vertical circular gate 2.0 m in
diameter, with its top 3.5 meters 2. The square of the sum of two
below the water surface. positive numbers is 45 and their
product is 6. the sum of their squares
is? 6. The major and minor axis of an
a. 44 ellipse measures 10 and 8 units
b. 33 respectively. The distance between the
c. 22 foci is
d. 55 a. 3
e. none of the above b. 6
c. 5
3. You have been offered a credit card d. 7
by an oil company that charges e. none of the above
interest at 1.8% / month compounded
monthly. What is the effective annual 7. When 0.0019448 is corrected to 3
interest rate that this oil company significant figures, it becomes
charges? a. 0.00190
a. 21.6 % b. 0.002
b. 23.87 % c. 0.00194
c. 22.34 % d. 0.00195
d. 18 % e. none of the above
e. none of the above
8. How many sides has a polygon if
4. A machine purchased for P45,000 the sum of interior angles is 2520??
had a depreciable life for 4 years. It a. 12
will have n expected salvage value of b. 15
P5,000 at the end of the depreciable c. 16
life. Using the straight line method, d. 14
what is the book value at the end year e. none of the above
2?
a. 27,500 9. It is a stress that acts tangent to the
b. 35,000 surface of the cylinder.
c. 20,000 a. longitudinal stress
d. 25,000 b. bearing stress
e. none of the above c. tangential stress
d. shearing stress
5. A 100 ohm resistor, a 0.0001F e. none of the above
capacitor and a 0.1H inductor are
connected in series to a 120-V rms 10. Mixtures of oxygen and helium can
generator. If the generator frequency be tolerated by divers. What
is 60Hz, find the impedance and proportion should oxygen be if the
effective current. diver works 5.0 m below the surface
a. 101 ohm, 1.19 A and the partial pressure of oxygen
b. 105 ohm, 1.5 A should be 0.30 atm?
c. 111 ohm, 1.8 A a. 5.12 %
d. 116 ohm, 2.15 A b. 4.88 %
e. none of the above c. 6.00 %
d. 5.86 % c. torque
e. none of the above d. stress
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Practice Exams ChE - 21 a. 4
b. 6
1. A body whose temperature is 180 c. 5
degF is immersed in a liquid which is d. 7
kept at a constant temperature of 60 e. none of the above
degF. In one minute, the temperature
of the immersed body is 120 degF. The 6. A series of equal semi-annual
time it will take the body’s payments of P1000 for 3 years is
temperature to decrease to 90 degF is equivalent to what present amount at
a. 2 min an interest rate of 12% compounded
b. 3 min annually? (All answers are rounded to
c. 1.5 min the nearest peso).
d. 2 hrs a. 4944
e. none of the above b. 4500
c. 4804
2. A line 2x + ky - 11 = 0 is d. 5401
perpendicular to 5x - 3y + 4 = 0. The e. none of the above
value of k is
a. 4/3 7. In a pile of logs, each layer contains
b. 3/5 1 more log than the layer above and
c. 5/12 the top layer contains 1 log. If there
d. 10/3 are 171 logs, how many layers are
e. none of the above there?
a. 20
3. The area in the second quadrant of b. 16
the circle x^2 + y^2 = 36 is revolved c. 18
about the line y + 10 = 0. What is the d. 14
volume generated? e. none of the above
a. 2208.53
b. 2218.33 8. The driver of a car traveling at 24
c. 2228.83 m/s sees a cow on the road. Calculate
d. 2233.43 the stopping distance if the driver’s
reaction time before applying the
4. It measures the resistance to brakes is 0.75 sec and the car’s
twisting the member. deceleration after the brakes are
a. force applied is 3.6 m^2/s.
b. shear a. 89.0 m
b. 85.5 m 2. Which of the following is not a unit
c. 93.0 m of work?
d. 98.0 m a. Joules
e. none of the above b. KWatt-hr
c. Erg
9. A garden hose with a cross- d. Slug
sectional area of 2 sq cm has flow of e. none of the above
200 cm^3/s. What I the average
velocity of water? 3. A debt of P5000 with 12% interest
a. 1.5 m/s compounded semi-annually is to be
b. 2.5 m/s amortized by equal semi-annual
c. 2.0 m/s payments over the next 3 yrs; the first
d. 1.0 m/s due is 6 months. What will be the
e. none of the above semi-annual payment?
a. 1006.82
10. A series of equal quarterly b. 1061.81
deposits of P1000 extends over a c. 1016.82
period of 3 years. What is the future d. 1826.82
worth of this quarterly deposit series e. none of the above
at % interest compounded monthly?
a. 13,160 4. How many diagonals does a ten-
b. 13,615 sided convex polygon have?
c. 12,590 a. 45
d. 13,112 b. 40
e. none of the above c. 35
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section of all loads and reactions
1. A water tank is 8m in diameter and applied to the portion of the beam on
12m high. If the tank is completely either side of the cross-section.
filled, determine the minimum a. bending moment
thickness of the tank plating if the b. shear
stress is limited to 40 MPa. c. deformation
a. 12.5 mm d. elongation
b. 13.7 mm e. none of the above
c. 11.8 mm
d. 14.1 mm 6. The cost C of a product is a function
e. none of the above of the quantity x of the product: C(x) =
x^2 – 4000x +50 . Find the quantity
for which the cost is minimum.
a. 3000 10. If you invest P2000 today in a
b. 1000 saving account at an interest rate of
c. 2000 12% compounded annually, how much
d. 1500 principal and interest would you
accumulate in & years?
7. You obtained a loan of P20000 to a. 4242
finance the purchase of an b. 2300
automobile. Based on monthly c. 4422
compounding for 24 months, the end- d. 1400
of-the month equal payment was e. none of the above
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a. 10,498
b. 12,044 1. In a group of 40 executives 27
c. 11,075 prefer to drink San Miguel beer while
d. 12,546 25 Beer na Beer. How many prefer to
e. none of the above drink both?
a. 10
8. The length of the sides of a triangle b. 11
are 12, 15, 18. A circle tangent to the c. 12
longest and shortest side has its d. 13
center on the remaining side. Find the e. none of the above
distance from the center of the circle
to the midpoint of the side where the 2. In how many ways can a committee
center of the circle lies. of three consisting of two Chemical
a. 2.3 Engineers and one Mechanical
b. 1.5 Engineer can be formed from four
c. 3.4 Chemical Engineers and 3 Mechanical
d. 4.6 Engineers?
e. none of the above a. 18
b. 32
9. It is the highest ordinate on the c. 64
stress-strain curve. d. none of the above
a. Ultimate strength
b. Yield strength 3. He is the scientist that introduced a
c. Rupture point constant of proportionality in 1807
d. Proportional limit commonly known as modulus of
e. none of the above elasticity.
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Thomas Young
c. Albert Einstein amount of pure alcohol to make a 95%
d. Ferdinand Singer alcohol solution?
e. none of the above a. 5% or less
b. 5%
4. Which of the following statements is c. between 5% and 10%
incorrect? d. 50%
a. If two investors are considering the e. none of the above
same project, the payback period will
be longer for the investor with the 8. Water is pouring into a conical
higher MARR. vessel 15 cm deep and having a
b. If you were to consider the cost of radius of 3.75 cm across the top. If the
funds in payback period calculation, rate at which the water rises is 2 cm/s,
you would have to wait longer as you how fast is the water flowing into the
increase the interest rate. conical vessel when the water is 4 cm
c. Considering the cost of funds in a deep?
payback calculation is equivalent to a. 4.57 cu. m/s
finding the time period when the b. 6.28 cu. m/s
project balance becomes zero. c. 2.37 cu. m/s
d. The simplicity of the payback period d. 5.73 cu. m/s
methods is one of its most appealing
qualities even though it fails to 9. A hot air balloon rising straight up
measure project profitability. from a level field is tracked by a range
e. none of the above finder 5000 ft from the point of lift off.
At the moment, the range finder’s
5. If the moment of inertia of a circle is elevation angle is 45 ?. The angle is
500 m^4, its are is nearest to: increasing at a rate of 0.14 rad/min.
a. 74 sqm How fast is the balloon rising?
b. 80 sqm a. 120 ft/min
c. 76 sqm b. 160 ft/min
d. 78 sqm c. 130 ft/min
e. 98 sqm d. 140 ft/min
e. none of the above
6. How many signals each consisting
of 6 flags hang in a vertical line can be 10. It is the surface generated by
formed from 4 identical red flags and 2 moving a straight line (called
identical blue flags? generator) which is always parallel to
a. 5 a fixed line and which always intersect
b. 10 at a fixed plane curve is:
c. 15 a. cylindrical surface
d. 20 b. paraboloid
e. none of the above c. locus of a point
d. spherical surface
7. What part of 90% alcohol must be
removed and replaced by an equal
1. A solution of 30% by weight b. impermeable clay
Na2CO3 in water is cooled to 20 degC. c. ???
10% of the water in the solution is d. ???
evaporated. If the solubility of Na2CO3
is 21.5 grams for 100 grams of H2O, 6. Prandtl number is
how much Na2CO3•10H2O crystals in a. force/area
grams can be crystallized out of the b. work/momentum
solution for every kilogram of original c. dimensionless
solution? d. ???

2. Air is passed through a membrane 7. The mole fraction of a substance in

to separate O2 from N2. The final the liquid phase is 0.20. If its vapor
product is found to contain 15% O2 pressure is one-half the total pressure,
and 85% N2. Find the percentage of what is its mole fraction in the vapor
O2 in the remaining air if only 30% of phase?
air passed through the membrane. a. 0.10
a. 51% b. 0.50
b. 15% c. 0.20
c. ??? d. 0.70
d. 26.3%
8. How many per hour of H2O flows
3. A solution containing equimolal O2 through a 3-inch Sch. 40 steel pipe
and N2 is passed though a membrane with an average velocity of 8cm/sec?
to separate O2 from N2. The final a. 17,150
product is found to contain 45% O2 b. 21,500
and 55% N2. Find the percentage of c. 36,000
O2 remaining if only 205 of the d. 72,300
original solution passed through the
membrane. 9. Water at a rate of 0.80 kg/sec is
a. 51% heated from 35?C to 45?C in a 2.5 cm
b. 15% diameter tube whose surface is
c. 50% maintained at 90?C. The required
d. 45% length of tube, in meters, to
accomplish the heating is:
4. The equipment that uses the a. 3.6
principle that water cools when some b. 1.0
of it is evaporated. c. 2.1
a. evaporator d. 2.7
b. humidifier
c.crystallizer 10. The vapor and liquid in the
d. dryer separator for flash distillation are
always
5. The lowermost layer of a landfill a. in equilibrium
a. ??? b. replenished
c. of equal composition
d. below the boiling point of the
solution
11. Small ponds, less than 1 meter
deep, whose oxygen supply primarily
comes from photosynthetic activity
a. facultative ponds
b. anaerobic ponds
c. aerated lagoons
d. aerobic ponds
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1. Black Ash is treated with H2O to
extract the Na2CO3 that it contains.
The composition of black ash is
analyzed to be :
Na2CO3 - 42%
other soluble substances - 6%
Insoluble substances - 52%
The composition of the residue is:
Na2CO3 - 4%
Insoluble solids - 85%
other soluble solids - 0.5%
H2O - 10.5%
What is the amount of Na2CO3 in the
extract per 200 lb. of black ash ?
a. 791
b. ???
c. ???
d. ???
2. A composite wall consists of a 2”
corkboard (inner), 6” concrete and 3”
wood (outer). The thermal conductivity
of the materials are 0.025, 0.8 and
0.065 Btw/ ft-hr-degF. The temperature
of the inner surface of the wall is 40
degF while the outer surface of the
composite wall is 78 degF. What is the
temperature between cork and
concrete and concrete-wood.
a. ???
b. 62, 69
c. ???
d. ???
3. A composite wall consists of W1
(outer layer) and W2 (inner layer). W1
and W2 are both 5” thick. The thermal
conductivity of W1 is 1 Btw/ft-hr-degF
while that of W2 is 0.1 Btw/ft-hr-degF.
The temperature of the outer layer is
500 degF while that of the inner layer
is 1500 degF. Find qTOTAL in Btw/hr-
ft2.
4. Water flowing at 0.8 kg/sec is to be
heated from 5 degC to 45 degC. If the
outer surface temperature of the 2.5
cm thick pipe to which it flows is to be
kept at 90 degC, what should be the
length of the pipe ?
a. 1m
b. 2.1 m
c. ???
d. 2.7 m
5. The problem encountered in the use
of percolation filters is:
a. channeling
b. caking
c. ???
d. ???
6. The process of using water to
extract the juice from sugar cane is
called
a. Salvation
b. Maceration
c. Hydrolysis
d. Liquefaction
7. Ethane is produced by reacting b. mechanical defoamers only
ethylene with hydrogen. Given the c. antifoaming agents only
following data, find the heat of this d. mechanical defoamers and
reaction : antifoaming agents

Heat of combustion 1. The over-all heat transfer coefficient

Ethane = -670,000 of the above cooler is Btu/hr-ft^2-degF
Ethylene = -600,000 is
Hydrogen = -120,000 a. 91
b. 102
a. -50,000 c. 85
b. -60,000 d. 200
c. 50,000 e. none of these
d. 60,000
2. Which of the following does not
8. The chemical name of Wintergreen affect the amount of dissolve oxygen
oil is in water?
a. benzyl acetate a. heat
b. methyl silicilate b. chlorides
c. linalyl acetate c. dissolved minerals
d. ??? d. bio-degradable organics
e. none
9. What is the relative humidity of air
at 80 degF with a moisture content of 3. In binary distillation, the first
0.018 pounds H2O per pound of dry component to condense in the
air ? distillate flask will be
a. 68% a. the one with the lower melting point
b. 82% b. the one with the higher melting
c. ??? point
d. ??? c. the one with the lower boiling point
d. the one with the higher boiling point
10. The advantage of packed columns e. none of these
over plate columns is
a. less back pressure 4. The Reynolds number of a cylinder
b. less problem with channeling settling through a liquid is 1.0. The
c. higher temperature estimated drag coefficient for the
d. more contact between vapor and cylinder is
liquid phases a. 10
b. 3
11. One of the problems encountered c. 20
in permutation process is foaming. d. 1
Which of the following are used to e. none of these
prevent foaming in fermenters?
a. ???
5. The coal analysis which is based on
the volatilization characteristics of the
fuel is
a. proximate
b. modified
c. ultimate
d. elemental
e. none of these
6. One metric ton per hour of palay is
to be dried in a tunnel dryer from
180% moisture to 10% moisture dry
basis. How much water must be
removed?
a. 3,400 lb
b. 3,400 lb/h
c. 110,000 lb/h
d. 2 metric ton/h
e. 1,214 lb/h
7. The capacity of rotary vacuum filter
(Ve=0) is 10 L/h. What will be the new
capacity if the fraction submerged in
the slurry is increased by 20%
maintaining speed and pressure?
a. 12
b. 10.95
c. 15.5
d. 13
e. none of these
8. To have a more accurate value of
the boiling point of liquid is a
distillation process, the thermometer
bulb should be placed
a. just above the liquid surface
b. in boiling the boiling liquid itself
c. in the receiving flask
d. outside the distillation apparatus
e. none of the above
9. A single stage extraction is
performed in which 400 kg of a
solution containing 35wt.% acetic acid
in water is contacted with 400 kg of
pure isopropyl ether. The % HOAc in
the extract layer is
a. 11%
b. 86%
c. 72%
d. 3%
e. none of these
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1. A furnace with glass float (s.g. =
2.165) gives a reading of 5 L/min for
water flowing at a T=30 degC. If
C2H5OH is flowing through the same
flow meter, what will be the actual
flow rate if the reading is 5 L/min?
a. 3.6
b. 7.0
c. 6.2
d. 7.8
e. none of these
2. A certain substance A is mixed with
equal amounts of B and C. After 1000
seconds ½ of A has reacted. How
much will be unreacted after 2000
seconds, if the reaction is 2nd order
with respect to A?
a. 0.25 CAo
b. 1/3 CAo
c. 0.38 CAo
d. 0
e. none of these
3. The Buckingham Pi Theorem is
applied to
a. Pressure-velocity relationships in
compressible flow
b. Heat transfer by natural convection
c. Dimensional analysis of a physical
system
d. Stability of control systems
e. None of these
4. The pipe size of a pneumatic
conveyor to convey plastic pellets with
bulk density of 30 lb/ft^3 using a
blower with a capacity of 600 ft^3/min
is ____ inches.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 8
d. 2
e. none of these
5. Crystals of Na2CO3.10 H2O are
dropped into a saturated solution of
Na2CO3 in H2O at 100 degC, what %
of the Na2CO3 is in the Na2CO3.10
H2O.
Data at 100 degC = saturated solution
is 31.2 % Na2CO3
Mw Na2CO3 = 106
6. A flotation modifier which assists in
selectivity (sharpness of separation) or
stop unwanted mineral from floating is
a. depressants
b. activators
c. alkalinity regulators
d. promoter
e. none
7. A cash flow refers to
a. the flow of money through a
pipeline
b. the sum of positive and negative
movements of cash
c. the rate of cash deposits and
withdrawal in a bank
d. the assets and liabilities of a
company
e. none of these
8. A pipe conducting superheated
steam is lagged with several layers of
insulation. The rate of radial heat flow:
a. decreases from inside to outside
layer
b. increases from inside to outside
layer
c. equal to each other
d. varies across each layer
e. none of these
9.
a. Sedimentation
b. Precipitation
c. Cooling
d. Activated Sludge Process
e. Chlorination
is a physical method of water
treatment.
10. The degrees of freedom associated
with a humidification process is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. none of these
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1. In a batch process, 10,000 lbs of
205 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. 6,584
b. 1,486
c. 2,167
d. 3,958
e. none of these
2. A laboratory leaf filter is run at
constant rate. The initial pressure after
30 minutes is 65 psig during which 5
ft^3 of filtrate is collected. The
resistance of the filter medium in
terms of ft3 of filtrate is:
a. 0.42
b. 0.95
c. 2
d. 3
e. none of these
3. A plate and frame press delivers 50
liters of filtrate in one hour at a
constant pressure of 50 psig. The
washing time at constant pressure of
20 psig using 10 liters of wash water is
: c. 353
a. 1.6
b. 3.2
c. 4
d. 2.5
e. none of these
4. From what mineral is radium
obtained?
a. limestone
b. rutile
c. pitch blende
d. hematite
e. none of these
5. In gas absorption, if the mass
transfer coefficient in the liquid phase
is very much greater than the mass
transfer coefficient in the gas phase,
which of the following is not true?
a. Liquid film resistance is negligible.
b. Mass transfer operation is controlled
by the gas phase resistance.
c. Solute in the gas mixture is very
soluble in the liquid.
d. The liquid film resistance controls
the rate of mass transfer.
e. None of these
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1. Pig iron is product in a blast furnace
from hematic 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 produced per 500 tons of ore?
a. 450
b. 156
d. 272
e. none of these
2. If pressure on the fluid in the
reaction line drops, some liquids
flashes into vapor. This flashing is
called
a. diffusion
b. vaporization
c. boiling
d. cavitation
e. none of the above
3. A glass sphere having a diameter at
1.554 x 10^-4 m in water at 293.2 K
and the slurry contains 60% wt. solids.
The density of the glass sphere is
2467 kg/m^3. The settling velocity of
the glass sphere is
a. 3.05 x 10^-3 m/s
b. 0.205 m/s
c. 1.525 x 10^-3 m/s
d. 5.125 x 10^-4 m/s
e. none of the above
4. A solution is prepared at 20 degC
containing 7.8% wt. benzene in non-
soluble oil (MW =922). Vapor pressure
of benzene at 20 degC is 75 mm Hg.
What is the equilibrium pressure of
benzene vapor in mm Hg above the
solution?
5.
a. Allosteric enzymes
b. Isoenzymes
c. Identical enzymes
d. Endoenzymes
e. Exoenzymes are represented with
sigmoidal curves.
6. Humid air at temperature 600 degF
and a total pressure of 1 atm passed
through a dehumidifier at the rate of
1000 cfm. If the partial pressure of
water vapor in air is reduced from 44
mmHg to 10 mmHg. How many
pounds of water are removed per
hour?
a. 81.4
b. 65.2
c. 45.4
d. 76.3
e. none of these
7. ___________ is normally used to
determine the quality of combustion
gases.
a. Stoichiometry
b. Orsat analysis
c. Gravimetric analysis
d. Material Balance
e. None of these
8. The greater the surface area of the
packing of the fractionating or
absorption column,
a. the greater the efficiency
b. the lower its efficiency
c. efficiency does not depend on the
surface area of the column
d. the faster the distillation will
proceed
e. none of these
9. The pipe size of a pneumatic
conveyor to convey plastic pellets with
bulk density of 30 lb/ft^3 using a
blower with a capacity of 600 ft^3/min
is ____ inches.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 8
d. 2
e. none of these
10. A furnace has an area of 1000 ft^2
exposed to the surroundings. The
furnace is made of 6 inch thick
insulating bricks with a thermal
conductivity of 0.15 Btu/h-ft^2(F/ft).
The change in temperature across the
brick is 150 degF. How much fuel is
required in lb/day t heat the furnace if
the fuel has a heating value of 15,000
Btu/lb?
a. 342
b. 26
c. 72
d. 610
e. none of these
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1. A gaseous mixture containing 50%
mol H2 and 50% mol acetaldehyde is
initially contained in a rigid vessel at 1
atm. The formation of ethanol occurs. 4. Poor performance in large packed
After a time, it was noted hat the towers is due mainly to:
pressure had dropped to 700 mmHg. a. channeling
Calculate the degree of completion of b. inefficient heat transfer
the reaction. c. cavitation
a. 15.8% d. flashing
b. 17.2% e. none of the above
c. 7.8%
d. 9.2% 5. Tertiary treatment of wastewater
e. none of the above includes the following operation
except:
2. In rebuilding a heat exchanger, the a. adsorption
12 BWG copper tubes are being b. ion-exchange
replaced by aluminum tubes. To c. disinfection
provide equal heat transfer rate after d. reverse osmosis
the rebuilding of the heat exchanger, e. filtration
what should be the thickness of the
aluminum in inches, if the outer 6. Dehydroginase is a(n)
diameter is maintained at 2 inches? a. oxidase
Note: Use the properties of materials b. reductase
at 100 degC. c. lyase
a. 0.085 d. ligase
b. 2.062 e. transferase
c. 0.109
d. 0.153 7. For turbulent flow of a fluid in a
e. none of the above pipe, all are true except:
a. The average velocity will be nearly
3. A three effect evaporator uses the same as at the pipe center.
original steam at a saturation pressure b. Energy lost due to turbulence and
of 174.4 kPa gage. The total boiling friction varies with K.E.
point rise is 8.3 degK in the first effect, c. Pipe resistance affects the ƒ.
13.9 degK in the second effect and d. Reynolds number < 2,000
22.2 degK in the third effect. The e. Flow of gases and low viscosity
limiting pressure which must be liquids is usually turbulent.
maintained in the vapor space of the
third effect pressure in order for the 8. For the completely corrosion
evaporator to operate is: resistant stainless steel the minimum
a. 60.2 kPa % of Cr in the alloy required is:
b. 58.5 kPa a. 1.1%
c. 68.7 kPa b. 3.2%
d. 50.7 kPa c. 8.3%
e. none of the above d. 11%
e. none of the above
9. a. (X+150)/2
a. ADP b. 200X/(X+100)
b. ATP c. X/150
c. NAD d. 2X/(X+1)
d. UDP e. none of these
e. CDP
is the hydrogen carrier in metabolic 3. In ____ distillation the vapor
reactions. generated by boiling the liquid
withdrawn from contact with the liquid
10. In case of a straight or concave and condensed as fast as it is formed
down operating line and a straight or a. multi-stages
concave down equilibrium line, the b. fractional
maximum liquid rate is that at which c. differential
a. The operating line just touches the d. flash
equilibrium line at the bottom of the e. none of these
tower.
b. The operating line just touches the 4. Two very large walls are at constant
equilibrium line on the top of the temperatures of 600ºF and 900ºF.
tower Assuming that the walls behave like
c. The operating line intersects the black bodies, how much heat in Btu/hr
equilibrium line at the middle of the ft^2 must be removed from the colder
tower. wall to maintain a constant
d. The slope of the operating line is temperature?
smaller that of the equilibrium line. a. 8,956
e. None of these b. 34,10
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decreases ___ along the diffusion path
1. The enthalpy content of air at 150ºF a. linearly
and 20% RH is b. geometrically
a. 74.8 Btu/lb d.a. c. proportionally
b. 74 Btu/lb d.a. d. logarithmically
c. 78 Btu/lb d.a. e. none of these
d. 71 Btu/lb d.a.
e. none of these 6. States that the energy is
proportional to the new surface
2. A binary azeotrope contains X% - wt produced
A (MW = 100) and Y% - wt B (MW = a. Pittinger’s law
200). Express mol fraction of A in b. Kick’s law
terms of X, c. Bond law
d. Energy law
e. none
7. An act for regulation, protection of
trademarks, tradenames and service
works
a. RA 1752
b. RA 166
c. RA 318
d. RA 6969
e. none of these
8. Cavitation is the result of:
a. static pressure in a fluid becoming
less than fluid vapor pressure
b. rivets under impact load
c. exposure of concrete to salt water
d. heat treatment of a low carbon steel
e. improper welding technique
9. a. Lactobacilli
b. Saccharomyces cenerisiae
c. Penicillum chrysogenum
d. Saccharomyces griseus
e. Acetobacter
is used to bring about fermentation of
milk
10. The standard equipment
recommended for automatically
carrying out sieve test procedures with
accuracy and dependability is
a. End-Shak Sieve Shaker
b. Braum Sieve Shaker
c. Ro-tap Shaker
d. Dynamic Sieve Shaker
e. None of these
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1. NaOH is produced by reacting 20%
aqueous solution of Na2CO3 and 25%
Ca(OH)2CaCO3 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 100g
precipitate is
a. 28.9
b. 75.2
c. 98.7
d. 21.2
e. none of these
2. A viscous solution containing
particles with density = 1461 kg/m^3
is to be clarified by centrifugation. The
solution density = 801 kg/m^3 and
viscosity = 100 cp. The centrifuge has
a bowl with r2 = 0.0225 m, r1 =
0.00716 m and height, b = 0.1970 m.
The critical particle diameter of the
largest particles is the air stream of N
= 23,000 rev/min and flow rate q =
0.002832 m^3/hr is
a. 0.746 m
b. 0.476 x 10-6
c. 4.076 x 10-5
d. 0.736 x 10-6
e. none of these
3. The fixed cost for a steam line per
meter of pipe is 350x +18; P/year and
the cost for loss of heat from the pipe
per meter is 1.6/x; P/year, where x is
the thickness of insulation in meters.
The optimum thickness of the
insulation is
a. 0.068 m
b. 0.68 m
c. 0.088 m
d. 0.072 m
e. none of these
4. a. Pyschrophile 8. An axial flow propeller pump with a
b. Thermophile total developed head of 20 feet will
c. Halophile have a capacity, in gal/min of:
d. Osmophile a. 7000
e. Microaerophile b. 8500
c. 4000
is a heat-loving organism d. 2000
e. none of these
5. 2320 g of tetra-methanol
cyclopentane is detonated in the 9. A membrane required** process
absence of air in a 1000 L closed where the component from a liquid
bomb. The temperature in the bomb if phase, which is heated, permeates
the pressure rises to 300 kPa is through the membrane and is
a. 425 K removed under low pressure
b. 365 K a. reverse osmosis
c. 285 K b. dialysis
d. 345 K c. pervaporation
e. none of these d. micro-filtrate
e. none of these
6. The temperature of a certain
material is 0ºC. If the temperature of 10. Which is the indicator of sewage
another material is 1/3 hotter than the pollution?
first, its temperature is a. coliform
a. 0ºC b. salmonella typhora
b. 91ºC c. streptococci
c. 182ºC d. staphylococcus aureus
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adjustment will be made if the quality
is different. How much should the 1. If CA is plotted versus time and a
buyer pay for 1 tonne of paper with straight line is observed, the reactions
8% moisture content? Freight cost is is said to be
P45/tonne. a. 1st order
a. 458 b. 2nd order
b. 434.16 c. zero
c. 405 d. fractional order
d. 424.26 e. none of these
e. none of these
2. The order of magnitude of d. natural sources such as fires and
diffusivities of gases is volcanic eruptions
a. 10^-5 m^2/s e. crushing of cemented roads
b. 10^-3 m^2/s
c. 10^-9 m^2/s 7. The US standard sieve series
d. 10^-14 m^2/s equivalent to 24 mesh Tyler standard
f. none of these is ___ microns
a. 606
3. Heat-loving organisms that exist at b. 400
minimum temperature range of 25- c. 805
45ºC to optimum temperature range d. 707
of 50-55ºC and maximum temperature e. none of these
range of 60-85ºC
a. psycrophiles 8. A slurry of flaked soybeans
b. mesophiles weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert
c. thermophiles solids and 25 kg solution with 10% oil
d. chromagenes and 90% weight solvent hexane. This
e. none of these slurry is contacted with 100 kg pure
hexane in a single stage so that the
4. The pressure drop of the fluid value of retention for the outlet
flowing through a conduit is underflow is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid
a. zero as the velocity is constant per kg solvent in the adhering
b. not affected by flow regime solution. What is the composition of
c. not affected by conduit material underflow leaving the extraction stage
d. much higher during turbulent flow in percent by weight oil?
e. none of these a. 1.5
b. 2.3
5. a. papase c. 0.3
b. pepsin d. 0.8
c. bromelin e. none of these
d. lipase
e. hydrase 9. The amount of radiation emitted in
all directions and overall wavelengths
is derived from papaya as natural by a perfect emitter is proportional to
meat tenderizer. the fourth power of the absolute
temperature of the emitter. This is the
6. The source that gives the highest statement of:
percentage of CO and NOx emission to a. Stefan-Boltzman law
the atmosphere is: b. Kirchoff’s law
a. transportation facilities c. Wein’s law
b. stationary sources d. Planck’s law
c. industrial plants excluding e. None of these
stationary sources therein
10. In the removal of a solute from a a. peroxy acetylnitrate
water phase by liquid extraction using b. benzopyrene
a membrane, it is advantageous to c. aldehydes
use d. hydrocarbons
a. polymer membrane e. none of these
b. any porous membrane
c. hydrophobic membrane 4. XF = 0.45
d. asymmetric membrane XP = 0.65
e. none of these XR = 0.75
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d. 62.8%
1. A 300 cu. ft. reactor, initially full of e. none of these
air needs to be purged of its O2
content. N2, containing 15% O2 is 5. The orifice coefficient Co is always
blown into the reaction while an determined experimentally. If NRe at
equivalent amount is purged. If the the orifice is above 30,000 and the
concentration of the O2 must be ratio of the orifice diameter to the
brought to less than 1% in 24 hours, at diameter of the conduit is less than
what rate must the N2 enter the about ___, the value of Co is
reactor? approximately 0.61
a. 78.2 a. ½
b. 40 b. ¾
c. 23.4 c. 1
d. 6.9 d. ¼
e. none of these e. none of these

2. A berl saddle is used 6. A block of wood floats in water with

a. so that one can easily ride a horse
b. to resolve a personal problem
c. to increase mass transfer rate
d. to increase heat transfer rate
e. none of these
3. Secondary air pollutants, also called
photochemical smog, are the result of
the synergestic reaction of primary air
pollutants in the presence of UV
radiation. Which of the following is not
a photochemical smog?
6 inches projecting above the water
surface. If the same block were placed
in alcohol of specific gravity of 0.82,
the block would project 4 inches above
the surface of the alcohol. The specific
gravity of the wood block is
a. 0.8
b. 0.9
c. 0.6
d. 0.7
e. none of these
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c. 44%
d. 14.5% 1. An adiabatic tunnel dryer handles
e. none of these 100 kg of banana chips per batch,
reducing the moisture content from
8. What would be the thickness 50% to 12% wet basis. Drying takes
required of a welded cone head with 10 hours to complete by blowing air at
maximum inside diameter of 48 82ºC and 5% RH. The air leaves the
inches, half an apex angle of 30º, dryer saturated. Assuming that the
double-welded butt joints with no rate of drying is constant, the volume
radiography employed, P = 500 psi of air blown is
and S=12,500 lb/sq. in.? a. 7840 m^3/hr
a. 1.16 in b. 222 m^3/hr
b. 1.12 in c. 250 m^3/hr
c. 1.5 in d. 7000 m^3/hr
d. 0.98 in
e. none of these 2. A solution containing equimolal O2
and N2 is passed through a membrane
9. The adsorbent used in the to separate O2 from N2. The final
purification of hydrocarbon products is product is found to contain 45% O2
a. alumina and 55%N2. Find the percentage O2
b. bone char remaining if only 20% of the original
c. fuller’s earth solution passed through the
d. silica gel membrane.
e. none of these a. 51%
b. 15%
10. 90% of the NH3 entering an NH3- c. 50%
oxidation unit is converted to HNO3 d. 45%
and 10% NH3 is due to conversion
losses, NO in the stack gases & 3. An aqueous solution is absorbing
miscellaneous losses. The kg of NH3 NH3 from an air-NH3 mixture. The air
necessary to produce 60000 kg of 62 1 inch above the water surface
wt % NH3 is: contains 40% of NH3, while the air at
a. 11 150 the water surface is 0%. The total
b. 12 000 pressure of the system is 400 mm Hg
c. 12 150 and the temperature is 85ºF. The rate
d. 11 000 of absorption of NH3 across the ½ ft2
e. none of these of water surface us
a. 0.0155 lbmols/hr
b. 0.0155 lbmols/hr e. none of these
c. 0.00774 lbmols/hr
d. 0.00774 kg/hr 8. The solubilities of NaNO3 at 40ºC
e. none of these and 10ºC are 51.4% by weight and
44.5% by weight respectively. How
4. The point at which a distinct break many grams of NaNO3 may be
in the curve during the FRP occurs crystallized from a 10 kg solution
a. equilibrium moisture content initially saturated at 40ºC, if the
b. free moisture content temperature of the solution is lowered
c. critical moisture content to 10ºC?
d. second critical moisture content a. 6900
e. none of these b. 4089
c. 3897
5. The spectral distribution of a perfect d. 1243
emitter has a maximum and the e. none of these
corresponding wavelength depends on
the temperature. The maximum 9. A 2nd order reaction involving 2
spectral emissive power is displaced reactants initially present at 0.10
to shorter wavelengths with increasing mol/L is found to be 20% complete in
temperature. These statements refer 40 minutes when the reaction
to: temperature is 25ºC and 40%
a. Stefan – Boltzmann law complete in 35 minutes when the
b. Kirchoff’s law reaction temperature is 50ºC. The
c. Wien’s law frequency factor for this reaction is
d. Planck’s law a. 1.12 x 10^5 L/mol-min
e. none of these b. 1.12 x 10^5 cal/gmol
c. 1.12 x 10^6 L/mol-min
6. The osmotic pressure of a solution d. 9 x 10^4 L/mol-min
containing 0.10 gmol NaCl/1000 g e. none of these
water at 25ºC is
a. 2.44 atm 10. If 20% of pulverized limestone is
b. 1.22 atm retained by a 150 mesh screen from
c. 4.88 atm an original uniform size of 35 mesh,
d. none of these the energy required in Kw to process 1
ton/hr is
7. The equivalent of 45ºTw in the a. 6.25
Baumé scale is b. 2.65
a. 28.32 c. 8.3
b. 32.48 d. 3.8
c. 26.63 e. none of these
d. 42.56