SET 1A

Practice Exams ChE - 6

1. A colorless aluminum salt, soluble in water which is used in paperindustry, tanning and water
purification.

2. As water boils, the temperature

a. increases
b. remains constant at 100C until all is changed to vapor
c. ???
d. ???

3. Saltwater boils at
a. slightly higher than 100C
b. 100C
c. slightly lower than 100C
d. ???

4. Steps in the formation of PVC

a. calcium carbide -- vinyl chloride -- PVC
b. calcium carbide -- acetylene -- vinyl chloride -- PVC
c. ???
d. ???

5. Buffer solution resists changes in acidity. If an acid is added to a buffer solution, the ______
remains the same
a. pH
b. concentration
c. ???
d. ???
Refer to handbook for nos. 6-8
6. specific volume of compressed air at 150 bars and 160K

7. viscosity of compressed air at 125 bars and 200K

8. the temperature of compressed air with a specific enthalpy of 50.05 kJ/kg and 70 bars
a. 150K
b. nearly 160K

9. An ideal gas in a piston at 5,000 psia expands isothermally against a resisting pressure of 500 psia
until its volume is doubled. Find the work done.

10. Jellies and paints are examples of

a. gel
b. emulsion
c. sol
d. ???
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Practice Exams ChE - 5

1. Which is not a derivative of benzene?
a. phenanthnene
b. ethylbromide
c. anthrocene
d. ???

2. Which determines the characteristics of a hydrocarbon?

a. number of carbon atoms
b. types of carbon bonds
c. number of hydrogen atoms
d. ???

3. 41.6 g of aluminum is mixed with HCl. The hydrogen gas liberated from this reaction is passed
with copper oxide. How much copper is formed from this reaction?

4. A 32 g of compound X is mixed with 450 g CCl4. Find the molecular weight of the compound if the
boiling point rise is 6.210C. K6 = 5.03

for nos. 5-7

For the synthesis of ammonia
N2 + H2 = NH3

Percent Yield of Ammonia (by volume)

Temperature 30 atm 100 atm 200 atm

200C............67.6 %...81.5%.....90.0%
400C.............10.2%...25.1%.....47.0%
600C...............1.7%.....4.5%.......3.8%

5. What is the partial pressure of ammonia at 30 atm, 400C?

6. What is the pressure exerted by nitrogen at 100 atm, 200C?

7. What is the Kp at 30 atm, 400C?

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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Practice Exams ChE - 3

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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Practice Exams ChE - 2

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

1. Which of the following is insoluble in H20?
a. aluminum sodium silicate
b. aluminum sulfate
c. ammonium oxalate
d. ammonium bromide

2. A compound is found to contain by mass: 22.79% C, 1.42% H and 75.9% Br. What is the molecular
formula of the compound if its molecular weight is 422?
a. C4H6Br4
b. C2H3Br2
c. ???
d. ???

3. Defines a base as a compound that dissolves in water to produce OH- is

a. Arrhenius
b. Bronsted-Lowry
c. Lewis
d. ???

4. Defines an acid as a compound that dissolves in water to produce H+ ions is

a. Arrhenius
b. Bronsted-Lowry
c. Lewis
d. ???
5. One gmole of a species is that weight of the species equal to its
a. molecular weight
b. atomic mass
c. ???
d. ???

6. Arrange Ca, Be and Mg according to increasing size

a. Ca < Mg < Be
b. Be < Mg < Ca
c. Ca < Be < Mg
d. Mg < Ca < Be

7. Arrange Ca, Be and Mg according to increasing ionization energy

a. Be < Mg < Ca
b. Mg < Ca < Be
c. Ca < Mg < Be
d. Ca < Be < Mg

8. Arrange Ca, Be and Mg according to increasing electron affinity

a. Mg < Ca < Be
c. Ca < Be < Mg
c. Be < Mg < Ca
d. Ca < Mg < Be

9. 19.6 grams of Carbon Disulfide is reacted with excess oxygen to form carbon dioxide and sulfur
dioxide. What is the amount of sulfur dioxide formed?
a. 32 grams
b. ???
c. ???
d. ???

10. The ionization constant of NH4 OH is 1.8 x 10-5. What is the formality of a solution of NH4OH
which is 1.3% ionized?
a. 0.10
b. ???
c. ???
d. ???