Pre-board Chem Principles

TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Pre- Board Examination Chemical Engineering Principles 1.

Refuse that has essentially unburnt fixed carbon is a. wetted refuse b. coked refuse c. uncoked refuse d. mixture of coke and uncoked

2.

A certain manufacturing plant utilizes plenty of air in its operation. Ambient air passes through an adiabatic humidifier before being charge to the plant. The operation of an adiabatic humidifier is similar to a. cooling tower b. spray chamber c. coke packed dehumidifier d. gas absorber

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In a PFFP the rate of washing is equal to ________ of the final filtration rate. a. 1/2 b. 1/4 c. 1 d. 2

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In filtration operation involving incompressible cakes, the flow rate is directly proportional to a. viscosity of the filtrate b. thickness of the filter cake c. the pressure applied d. the size of the cake particles

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In PFFP the rate of filtration is directly proportional to the a. resistance of the filter cake b. the cross section of the filter surface c. resistance of the filter medium d. viscosity of the filtrate

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Equilibrium in crystallization process is reached when the solution is a. unsaturated b. saturated c. supersaturated d. none of the above

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The latent heat evolved when solid forms from solution and varies with both temperature and concentration is called a. heat of dilution b. heat of vaporization c. heat of crystallization d. heat of fusion

8. Copra producers labeled their product as “dry” copra which means a. their product does not contain any moisture b. their product contains very small amount of moisture c. their product contains equilibrium moisture d. the weight of their product is the same as the bone dry weight 8. The temperature of a vapor-gas mixture as ordinarily determined by immersion of a thermometer in the mixture. a. wet bulb temp. b. dew point temp. c. saturation temp. d. dry bulb temp. 9.

Air conditioning involves a. stripping b. humidification c. dehumidification d. evaporative cooling

10. The portion of water in the wet solid that cannot be removed by the air in its a. free moisture

contact is called

b. c. d.

final moisture equilibrium moisture content critical free moisture

11. This type of drier is used for drying pasty materials such as wet filter cakes and lumpy solids. a. rotary drier b. flash drier c. tray drier d. continuos drier 12. At the falling rate drying the rate at which moisture is removed from the solid material a. increase with time b. decrease with time c. remains constant d. no more drying takes place 13. A SWC is to be used to produce 1 ton/ h of copperas crystals by cooling of a sat’d solution which enters the crystallize at 120ºF. the slurry leaving the crystallize will be at 80ºF. cooling water enters the crystallize jacket at 60ºF and leaves at 70ºF. it may be assumed that U for the crystallization is 35. There are 3.5 ft2 of cooling surface per foot of crystallize length. DATA: Heat of solution = 4400 cal/ gmole Cp copperas = 0.7 BTU/ lb-ºF Solubility: @ 120ºF = 140 parts copperas / 100 parts water 80ºF = 74 parts copperas / 100 parts water Calculate the cooling water required. a. 52 gpm b. 50 gpm c. 60 gpm d. 45 gpm 14. A batch of 1000 kg of KCl is dissolved in sufficient water to make a sat’d solution @ 363 ºK, where the solubility is 35 w % KCl in water.the solution is cooled to 293 K which temp. The solubility is 25.4 w %. The weight of the crystal obtained if 5% of the original water evaporates on cooling is a. 400 kg b. 238 kg c. 200 kg d. 480 kg

15. A plate and frame filter press is used to filter certain sludge for 2 h at constant pressure. Washing is done by using 10% of the filtrate collected. The time of washing is a. 100 min b. 96 min c. 16 min d. 100 h 16. In the filtration of Al(OH)3 the following date were obtained 1. pump is operated at 50 psia 2. filtration was completed at constant pressure 3. the constant rate time is 15 min and 1/3 of the total volume is obtained during this period. If only ½ of the original filtrate volume were collected with the area remaining the same, the filtration time is a. 20.5 min c. 48.6 min b. 24.4 min d. 38.3 min 17. The rate of reaction is not influenced by : a. concentration of the reactants b. nature of reactants

c. molecularity of the reaction d. temperature

18. If the rate of reaction is independent of the concentration of the reactants, the reaction is said to be : a. second order c. first order b. zero order d. third order 20. The rate of formation of B in terms of rA (where rA = kCACB2 ) is a. 2rA c. ½ rA b. -½rA d. rA 21. The law governing the kinetics of a reaction is the law of

a. mass action b. constant temperature

c. chemical equilibrium d. constant composition

22. The unit of k for a / second order elementary reaction is a. 1 / time c. 1 / concentration b. concentration / time d. (concentration ) –1 (time)

–1

23. A reaction is known to be first order in A. A straight line will be obtained by plotting a. 1 / CA versus time c. log CA versus reciprocal time b. CA versus time d. log CA versus time 24. The activation energy of a reaction can be obtained from the slope of a plot of a. k vs. log 1/T c. log k vs. 1/T b. log k vs. T d. k vs. log T 25. The half life of a material undergoing second order decay is a. inversely proportional to initial concentration b. proportional to the square of initial concentration c. independent of initial concentration d. proportional to initial concentration 26. A certain reaction is first order in A. The special rate constant is 3 x 10 –3 /S. The half is a. 231S c. 100S b. 768 S d. 2.1 x 10 –3 S 27. A certain reaction has an activation energy is 125 kJ/mole. The rate constant is 0.033/ S at 55 0 C. The value of the special rate constant at 1000 C is a. 0.088 / S c. 1.3 x 10-4 / S b. 8.3 / S d. 0.037 / S 28. A certain reaction has a special rate constant of 4.27 x 10 -3 / S at 250C and 7.35 x 10-2 / S at 800C. The energy of activation is kJ per mole is a. 45.2 c. 104 b. 5.44 d. 860 29. The isothermal irreversible aqueous phase reaction A + B E at 1000F obeys dCE / dt = rE = kCACB ; k = 15 ft3 / 1 lbmole-h. 3 Using a 1000 ft stirred tank reactor with an aqueous feed of 2000 ft3 / / h1 the outlet concentrate of E if the inlet concentrate of A + B are both 0.25 lbmole / ft3 is a. 0.4233 lbmole / ft3 c. 0.1332 lbmole / ft3 3 b. 0.1223 lbmole / ft d. 0.3122 lbmole / ft3 30. The composition of the reaction component vary from position to position along the path of a / an a. CFSTR c. batch reactor b. adiabatic reactor d. plug flow reactor 31. The reacting substance follow one or more path to give different products a. consecutive reaction c. parallel reaction b. reversible reaction d. back mix reaction 32. The reactants are charged at the same time and concentration of solution varies with time a. CFSTR c. batch reactor b. plug flow reaction d. flow reactor 33. For saturated steam at 1 atm. condensing outside tube at 60 C, surface temperature I in degree Celcius is a. 60 b. 70 c. 80 d. 90 34. A property of solid which is indicated by the conventional scratch criteria and can be measured by indention a. friability b. toughness c. hardness d. brittleness 35. It is the fraction of the radiation leaving from a surface that strikes to the other surface directly a. reflectivity b. transmissivity c. absorptivity

d. view factor 36. At 100 C the gaseous reaction A  B + C is observed to be first order. On starting with pure A, it is found that at the end of 10 minutes, the total pressure of the system is 176 mmHg and after a long time, the total pressure of the system is 270 mmHg. The half life of the reaction is a. 10.65 min b. 0.65 min c. 11 min d. 10 min e. 10.5 min 37. What is the initial pressure of A in problem 36 a. 100 mmHg b. 176 mmHg c. 0 mmHg d. 90 mmHg 38. Given a single horizontal oxidized steel pipe with an outer diameter of 1 in. and surface temperature of 180F. Determine the combined convective and And radiation film coefficient ( BTU/h-ft-F) if the enclosed ambient temperature is 80 F a. 2.5 b. 2.25 c. 2.15 d. 2.07 A single effect evaporator is operating under the following conditions: Feed----------------------- 40,000 lb/hr Xf--------------------------- 5% solid Tf--------------------------- 200F Xp-------------------------- 45% solid Separation temperature of the vapor going into condenser is 125 F. Specific heat of all solutions is 1 cal/gC. Overall heat transfer coefficient is 500 BTU/hr-ft.ft F. Assume no boiling point rise. 39. Calculate the rate of evaporation in pounds/hr a. 40,000 b. 41,000 c. 35,000 d. 33,500 40. Heating area required in feet square a. 535 b. 353 c. 355 d. 550 41. Steam economy a. 1 b. 0.8 c. 0.9 d. 0.75 42. It is normally the first step in the treatment of waste water a. clarification b. screening c. flotation d. comminution 43. A device used to move incompressible fluid a. blower b. compressor c. pump d. fan 44. A porous material dries in the open air at a rate approximately proportional to its moisture content. If a sheet hangs in the wind loses half of it free moisture in the first hour, when will it have lost 99% with the weather conditions remaining the same? a. 7.5 h b. 8.67h c. 6.67h d. 450 min.

45. A separation process wherein a liquid solvent is used to dissolve a soluble solid from an insoluble solid a. solvent extraction b. absorption c. leaching d. adsorption 46. A distilling column is composed of 7 theoretical plates in the enriching section and 8 theoretical plates in the stripping section. The overall plate efficiency is 50%, then the actual number of plates is a. 15 b. 30 c. 16 d. 32 47. The ease or difficulty of separating components by distillation is determined by the a. relative volatility b. viscosity c. ]vapor pressure d. relative solubility 48. It is the Chemical Engineering Law a. R. A. 381 b. R. A. 318

c. R. A. 831 d. R. A. 813

49. Who is the current PRC Commissioner a. Alfonso Abad b. Hermogenes Pobre

c. Antonietta Fortuna -Ibe d. Avelina dela Rea-Tan

50. It is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. a. contract c. ethics b. obligation d. responsibility 51. It is the meeting of mind between 2 parties. a. contract b. obligation

c. ethics d. responsibility

52. It is the grant issued by the Philippine Government giving an inventor, maker or designer the right to exclude others from making, using or selling his invention, utility or design. a. trademark c. patent b. copyright d. trade names 53. The life of patent is a. 17 b. 20

c. lifetime d. 25

54. The life of trademark is a. 17 b. 20

c. lifetime d. 25

55. The Chairman of Board of Chemical Engineering is a. Lauro Guevarra c. Rizalino Nocon b. Francisco Avellano d. Lydia Tansinsin 56. It is a type of physical operation by which a desired step in an industrial process is controlled or conducted. a. unit process c. chemical process b. unit operation d. heating 57. The life of a copyright a. 17 b. 5

c. 20 d. 50 years after death of the author

58. Creation of PRC a. R.A. 223 b. PD 223

c. R.A. 332 d. PD 332

59. The chemical engineer shall uphold at all times the _________ of the chemical engineering profession and shall protect it from misinterpretation. a. standards c. impartiality b. integrity d. best

60. A set of using, selling and making of the invention without the consent of the inventor. a. infringement c. illegal use b. pirating d. licensing 61. US Patents are protective in the Philippines. a. false b. true

c. sometimes d. very true

62. Simplicity is a bar to n invention. a. true b. false

c. sometimes d. maybe true

63. PRC means a. Professional Regulatory Commission b. Professional Regulation Commission c. Professional Regulatory Command d. Professional Regulation Command 64. Necessity is the mother of __________. a. utility model b. industrial design

c. invention d. trademark

65. The right over protest, trademark and copyright is a. intellectual property right c. human right b. industrial property right d. industry right 66. It is also known as remedial law. a. private law b. public law

c. substantive law d. procedural law

67. Which of the following is not a source of obligation. a. Law c. Technical Specification b. contract d. quasi-delites 68. It means birth of contract. a. perfection of contract b. compliance with the contract

c. consummation of the contract d. start of the contract

70. It includes word, name, symbol, sign or device or any combination thereof. a. service mark c. goods b. trademark d. IPO mark 71. Who has the right to a patent? a. actual inventor b. inventors’ heirs

c. assignees d. all of the above

72. Patent and Trademark Laws were approved in the Philippines. a. 1927 c. 1947 b. 1937 d. 1957 73. The chemical engineer shall ______________ to give credit to those to whom credit is properly due. a. see to it c. endeavor at all times b. make sure d. act accordingly

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