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1. Which of the following amino acids does not have a hydrophobic side chain?
a. Alanine c. Methionine
b. Isoleucine d. Serine
5. Which of the following indicators can be used for titration whose end
point is at extreme basicity?
a. Phenolphthalein c. Bromocresol
b. Methyl orange d. Bromothymol blue
6. Calculate the change in internal energy for the adiabatic and reversible
compression of 1 mol of He gas initially at 25 degC from 0.10 m3 to 0.01
m3. What is its corresponding change in enthalpy?
a. 0 kJ, 0 kJ c. 13.6 kJ, 22.6 kJ
b. 7.2 kJ, 12.5 kJ d. 15.1 kJ, 25.1 kJ
7. Predict which of the following compounds will have a lower boiling point
that 1-butanal?
a. 1-butanol c. 1-butene
b. 2-butanol d. Butanoic acid
12. What is the entropy change in converting 100 grams of ice at -10 degC
to steam at 130 degC under atmospheric conditions?
a. 87 cal/K c. 121 cal/K
b. 112 cal/K d. 211 cal/K
15. Which of the following statements is not true regarding fatty acids?
a. Fatty acids dissolve in nonpolar solvents.
b. Triglycerides are esters of fatty acids.
c. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have trans double bonds.
d. Fatty acids are biosynthesized from acetate.
17. The growth rate of E. coli in synthetic medium can be expressed by the
following Monod kinetics, r(X) = 0.941SX/(0.83 + S) g/L-hr. You are going
to cultivate E. coli in a CSTR (10 L) with a flow rate of 7 L/hr. The
initial substrate concentration is 10 g/L and the cell yield is 0.6. The
feed stream is sterile. What will be the substrate concentration of the
outlet stream?
a. 0.23 g/L c. 2.41 g/L
b. 1.45 g/L d. 4.29 g/L
18. Which of the following cycloalkanes has the most strain energy?
a. Cyclobutane c. Cyclohexane
b. Cyclopentane d. Cycloheptane
20. If 0.40 mole of H2 and 0.40 mole of CO2 are placed in a 1.0 liter
container at 986 degC, what is the final equilibrium concentration of
water vapor? H2 (g) + CO2 (g) = H2O (g) + CO (g), K = 1.60
a. 0.22 M c. 0.66 M
b. 0.44 M d. 0.88 M
21. Bone dry air is allowed to flow into a 750 mL water-filled saturator in
order to increase its moisture content. If the saturator is operating at
the equilibrium conditions of 50 degC and 1 atm, determine the mole
fraction of water in the exit air stream.
a. 0.03 c. 0.12
b. 0.07 d. 0.18
23. Which of the following physical properties differ for each of a pair of
enantiomers?
a. Boiling point and melting point
b. Direction of rotation of plane-polarized light
c. Index of refraction
d. Solubility in ethanol
24. Which among the following is the most abundant isotope of hydrogen?
a. Deuterium c. Protium
b. Elerium d. Tritium
27. What is the osmotic pressure of a solution that contains 0.10 mol of
sodium chloride dissolved in a liter of water at 25 degC?
a. 1.75 atm c. 3.02 atm
b. 2.29 atm d. 4.88 atm
30. In which part of the cell does the synthesis of lipids, phospholipids,
and steroids occur?
a. Lysosome c. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
b. Golgi apparatus d. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
32. The sweetener saccharin is a weak monoprotic acid with Ka = 2.1 x 10-
12. What is the pH of a 5 M saccharin solution in water?
a. 5.24 c. 6.63
b. 5.49 d. 8.05
33. For the following equilibrium reaction: 2SO2 (g) + O2 (g) -> 2SO3 (g),
dH = -45 cal. The number of moles of oxygen in equilibrium will decrease
if _____? The concentration of SO2 at equilibrium will increase if _____?
The concentration of SO3 at equilibrium will increase if _____?
a. A catalyst is added; temperature of the system is lowered; the
volume of the container is increased
b. An inert gas is added to the system; O2 is added to the system; SO2
is removed from the system
c. Oxygen is added to the system; SO2 is removed from the system; an
inert gas is added to the system
d. SO3 is removed from the system; the volume of the container is
increased; temperature of the system is lowered
37. This is the process that is used to treat sewage and industrial
wastewater by introducing air or pure oxygen, together with
microorganisms, to develop biological flocs that reduce organic content.
a. Activated sludge c. Aerobic digestion
b. Aeration d. Flocculation
39. A soap molecule has both a polar and a non-polar ends. The polar end
is soluble in water while the non-polar end is soluble in non-polar
solvents. Molecules like these are also called _____.
a. Amphiprotic c. Amphipathic
b. Amphoteric d. Ampholytic
42. A hazardous waste incinerator is to burn 100 kg/h of a PCB waste that
is 22% PCB, among other organic solvents. In a trial run, the
concentration of PCB in the emission is measured as 0.02 g/m3 and the
stack gas flow rate is 40 m3/min. No PCB is detected in the ash. What
destruction efficiency (destruction of PCB) does the incinerator achieve?
a. 26.7% c. 89.1%
b. 60.6% d. 99.8%
43. EDTA is a very widely-known chelating agent. What does it stand for?
a. Ethyldimethyltetraldehyde c. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
b. Ethyldimethyltriamine d. Ethylenediaminetetraldehyde
45. Which of the following compounds does not give a tertiary alcohol upon
reaction with methylmagnesium bromide?
a. 3-methylpentanal c. 4,4-dimethylcyclohexanone
b. Ethyl benzoate d. 4-heptanone
46. What is the organic nitrogen to protein ratio for meat products used as
sample for Kjeldahl analysis?
a. 8:100 c. 20:100
b. 16:100 d. 32:100
47. What is the enthalpy associated with the burning of propane with pure
oxygen to carbon dioxide and water vapor?
a. -1655 kJ c. -1940 kJ
b. -1762 kJ d. -2043 kJ
50. Which among the following chemists is responsible for the Law of
Definite Proportions?
a. Amedeo Avogadro c. Joseph Louis Proust
b. Dmitri Mendeleev d. Ernest Rutherford
54. 100 grams of hydrochloric acid reacts with 100 grams of calcium to form
hydrogen and calcium chloride. Which of the following is the limiting
reagent? How much of the excess reagent is found in the product?
a. Calcium; 1.26% c. Hydrochloric acid; 22.52%
b. Calcium chloride; 4.43% d. Hydrogen; 76.05%
55. What is the change in the internal energy for the solid phase change of
lithium sulfate from one crystalline form (S1) to another (S2)? The
reaction takes place at 298 K with an enthalpy change of 27.2 kJ. The
densities of S1 and S2 are 2.07 x 10^3 kg/m3 and 2.221 x 10^3 kg/m3
respectively.
a. 0.36 kJ c. 14.6 kJ
b. 8.24 kJ d. 27.2 kJ
58. In what form does the product of glycolysis enter the TCA cycle?
a. Acetyl COA c. Pyruvate
b. NADH d. Glucose
62. The empirical formula of a compound is CH. At 200 degC, 0.145 g of this
compound occupies 97.2 mL at a pressure of 0.74 atm. What is the molecular
formula of the compound?
a. C2H2 c. C4H4
b. C3H8 d. C6H6
64. How many kilograms of acetic acid will be obtained from the hydrolysis
of 100 kg of ethyl acetate?
a. 20 kg c. 68 kg
b. 52 kg d. 100 kg
65. Which of the following occurs while charging a lead storage battery?
a. The amount of sulfuric acid decreases
b. Sulfuric acid is regenerated
c. The lead electrode becomes coated with PbSO4
d. Lead dioxide dissolves
69. An isotope which has too high a neutron-proton ratio can gain stability
by:
a. Beta-emission c. Gamma-emission
b. Proton emissions d. K-capture
71. The results of a water analysis are: calcium 29.0 mg/L, magnesium 16.4
mg/L, potassium 17.5 mg/L, bicarbonate 171 mg/L (as HCO3), sulfate 36.0
mg/L and chloride 24.0 mg/L. Calculate hardness as mg/L of CaCO3 for this
water.
a. 80 mg/L c. 120 mg/L
b. 100 mg/L d. 140 mg/L
72. A buffer was prepared by dissolving 0.100 mol of the weak acid HA plus
0.050 mol of its conjugate base NaA in 1.00 L. Find the pH of the
solution. Ka = 0.00001
a. 3.4 c. 7.9
b. 4.7 d. 9.5
75. This is a pale yellow explosive solid compound which was first made in
1863 by German chemist Joseph Wilbrand.
a. Ammonium nitrate c. Glyceryl trinitrate
b. Diazomethane d. Trinitrotoluene
76. Which among the following elements plays a major role in cellular
respiration, specifically by acting as a transport medium for electrons
within the cells?
a. Calcium c. Iron
b. Sodium d. Potassium
79. How many grams of ozone were degraded if a certain CFC pollutant was
able to capture 2.37 moles of atomic oxygen?
a. 37.92 g c. 56.88 g
b. 45.50 g d. 113.76 g
86. A Carnot engine, operating between 70 degF and 2000 degF, is modified
by raising the high temperature to 2150 degF and raising the low
temperature to 180 degF. What is the new efficiency of the engine?
a. 75.5% c. 91.6%
b. 78.5% d. 96.5%
87. How many kilograms of water should be used to dissolve 293 g of NaCl to
produce a 0.25 molal solution?
a. 0.25 kg c. 5 kg
b. 0.5 kg d. 20 kg
89. Which among the following is not a major contributor to the greenhouse
effect?
a. Carbon dioxide c. Methane
b. Carbon monoxide d. Nitrous oxide
91. Sewage containing organic waste should not be disposed in water bodies
because it causes major water pollution. Fishes in such a polluted water
die because of:
a. Large number of mosquitoes
b. Increase in the amount of dissolved oxygen
c. Decrease in the amount of dissolved oxygen
d. Clogging of gills by mud
99. Calculate the change in Gibbs Free Energy of hydrogen gas when it is
compressed isothermally from 1 atm to 100 atm at 298K.
a. 11 kJ/mol c. -11 kJ/mol
b. 15 kJ/mol d. -15 kJ/mol