ARC Coaching Flashcards
Are reversible processes frictionless? Why?
a. Because the processes are driven by forces which imbalance is differential in magnitude
b. Because when reversed, retraces its forward path and restores the initial state of the system and surroundings
c. None of these
d. Because only infinitesimal changes occur
b. Because when reversed, retraces its forward path and restores the initial state of the system and surroundings
Determine whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.
1. For all adiabatic processes, the entropy change of the system must be zero
2. For one component system, it is possible for two phases in equilibrium to have different chemical potentials
3. The change in Gibbs free energy can be negative for a cyclic process
4. A condition for equilibrium is that (ΔA)T,F=0
a. T, T, T, T
b. F, T, F, T
c. T, F, T, F
d. F, F, F, F
d. F, F, F, F
Determine the number of grams of C2H5N that will heat with 81.81 g of oxygen in the equation:
C2H5N + O2 → CO + H2O + NO
a. 40 g
b. Reaction will not proceed
c. None of these
d. 22.6 g
a. 40 g
For each of the following compounds, determine the weight percentage of the
following compounds:
A. Copper in Cupric Oleate
B. Beryllium in Emerald
C. Iron in Prussian Blue
D. Sulfur in Lapis Lazuli
a. 71.32%, 1.95%, 36.67%, 7.88%
b. 3.34%, 6.15%, 19.22%, 55.48%
c. 11.45%, 8.99%, 45.51%, 21.95%
d. 21.94%, 4.48%, 9.63%, 35.84%
c. 11.45%, 8.99%, 45.51%, 21.95%
A magician rotates a pail of water in a vertical circle with a radius of 0.5 m and amazes the audience because no water spilled out. What is the minimum speed at which no water will spill out?
a. 3.13 m/s
b. 1.23 m/s
c. 7.2 m/s
d. 6.4 m/s
a. 3.13 m/s
Determine the age of the mineral sample which contains 50.05 mg of 238 Uranium and 14.05 mg of 206 Lead. Assume a half-life for the process of 238 U and 206 Pb at 4.52x109 years.
a. K = 1.5x10-10 per year; 75.2 mg 238 U; 2.2x109 years old
b. K = 1.8x10-9 per year; 66.2 mg 238 U; 1.8x109 years old
c. K = 0.9x10-8 per year; 56.1 mg 238 U; 1.3x109 years old
d. K = 2.1x10-10 per year; 87.1 mg 238 U; 2.8x109 years old
b. K = 1.8x10-9 per year; 66.2 mg 238 U; 1.8x109 years old
The person’s senses of smell and taste depend on specific biochemical receptors present in a person’s nose and mouth. In 2004, a Nobel prize was given to the researchers who established this fact and identified the type of organic compound associated with the sense of smell and taste. The chemical identified was:
a. An alcohol
b. Rhodopsin
c. An ester
d. An isomer
b. Rhodopsin
Determine the number of days it will take for one milligram of rubidium to decay to 0.6 mg.
a. 132
b. 98
c. 63
d. 211
c. 63
Radon-222, a radioactive nuclide tends to undergo decay in order to become stable. If it undergoes two successive alpha emissions, followed by two successive beta emissions and one final alpha emission, what would be the stable nucleus formed?
a. 192Ir77
b. 137Cs55
c. 210Pb82
d. 179Hf72
c. 210Pb82
One mole of A at one bar and one mole of B at two bar are separated by a partition and surrounded by a heat reservoir. Determine the change in entropy when the partition is withdrawn.
a. 12.5 J/K
b. 18.41 J/K
c. 14.67 J/K
d. 16.33 J/K
a. 12.5 J/K
Identify the organic compounds in the following equation:
CH3CH(OH)CH2CHO → CH3CH=CHO + H2O
a. Butanol; cis/trans butanol
b. Butanoic acid; Butanoic acid
c. Carbonyl aldehyde; cis or trans isomer
d. Butanol; butaldehyde
d. Butanol; butaldehyde
As part of your inheritance, an antique wristwatch was bestowed upon you. After keeping it for one year and 6 months, you were informed that the dials were painted using pigments containing radioactive radium. Analysis showed that the dials had an activity of 0.5 counts per second of beta particles. If 1 microcurie exhibits a dosage of 1000 mrem per year, what would be your accumulative equivalent dose during your exposure when you were unaware of its radioactivity?
a. 0.0135 mrem
b. 0.0203 mrem
c. 0.0305 mrem
d. 0.0458 mrem
b. 0.0203 mrem
A manufacturing plant in Laguna that produces boron-based additives is sourcing minerals to use as raw materials for their process. Their standard run utilizes kernite as the source material. Due to the shortage of the aforementioned mineral, the Purchasing Department sourced borax instead. How much additional borax in kg must be processed in order to maintain the 1 MT Boron produced in a standard run of Kernite?
a. 283 kg
b. 717 kg
c. 2495 kg
d. 6320 kg
c. 2495 kg
A BMW is travelling along the North Luzon Expressway towards Tarlac. If the fuel tank contains high octane gasoline, density equal to 0.71 gm/mL, How much carbon dioxide was emitted by the vehicle if its gas mileage is 19.75 miles/gal for a distance of 125 miles?
a. 52 kg CO2
b. 66 kg CO2
c. 78 kg CO2
d. 93 kg CO2
a. 52 kg CO2
Determine how many milligrams of rubidium-84 remains after 99 days from a 10 mg sample if rubidium has a half life of 33 days.
a.2.5 mg remains
b.5 mg remains
c.0.1 mg remains
d.1.25 mg remains
d.1.25 mg remains
Determine the percent atom economy of the Raschig Process.
a. 17.3%
b. 22.4%
c. 34.7%
d. 46.5%
a. 17.3%
Calculate the number of moles of hydrogen ion that is required to form 1.24 moles of hydrogen. What is the mass in grams of zinc to form 0.621 mole of hydrogen?
a. None of these
b. 2.44 moles hydrogen; 40.6 grams zinc
c. 4.88 moles hydrogen; 60.3 grams zinc
d. 1.22 moles hydrogen; 60.3 grams zinc
b. 2.44 moles hydrogen; 40.6 grams zinc
In a precipitation reaction, determine the volume of AgNO3 solution needed when 5.05 grams of AgNO3 per liter is mixed with 5.1 grams BaCl2 in a 25 mL solution.
a.40.8 mL
b.50.2 mL
c.38.2 mL
d.45.6 mL
a.40.8 mL
If Raoult’s Law applies for dilute solutions and osmotic pressure at equilibrium is estimated using the relationship (RT/Va) x ln(Pa°/Pa) where R is 0.0881 atm/mol- K, T is in Kelvin and Pa° and Pa are the vapor pressures in dilute and concentrated solutions, given that the Va is 0.018 L for water, estimate the osmotic pressure difference across a semi-permeable membrane with brackish water on one side and mineral free water on the other at 25 deg C. If a yield of 75% is required, what is the minimum pressure needed to balance the osmotic pressure difference that will develop?
a. 46.1 psi, 120 psi
b. 52.2 psi, 131 psi
c. 30.2 psi, 99 psi
d. 26.8 psi, 108 psi
d. 26.8 psi, 108 psi
If a labelled fatty acid with radioactive Carbon-14 is fed to an experimental animal, in what type of compounds contained in the breath of the animal would the radioactive material appear?
a. As nitrogen
b. As CO2
c. As water vapor
d. As hydrogen
Define gluconeogenesis.
a. Positive ions are smaller and negative ions are smaller than their corresponding atoms
b. Positive ions are larger and negative ions are larger than their corresponding atoms
c. Positive ions are smaller and negative ions are larger than their corresponding atoms
d. Positive ions are larger and negative ions are smaller than their corresponding atoms
c. Positive ions are smaller and negative ions are larger than their corresponding atoms
A Chemical Engineer joined Pilipinas Got Talent as a Magician that can perform marvelous feats. For the finals, he claims that he can make the audience instantaneously smile or cry by simply waving his hand. To execute his trick, If he releases laughing gas from the front and tear gas at the rear of a 201 row hall, which row will inevitably smile and cry at the same time?
a. 67th row
b. 93rd row
c. 108th row
d. 134th row
d. 134th row
Calculate the mass of titanium in kilograms in 0.4011 million grams of TiCl4.
a. 401
b. 101
c. 4.01
d. 1.1
b. 101
What is the Nujol Mull in organic chemical reactions?
a. It is a mass spectrum technique and is obtained by grinding up a solid which is mixed with mineral oil to form a suspension for IR spectroscopy
b. It is the name of a type of paraffin oil from India and most often used in gas chromatography to enhance the mass transfer properties of compounds
c. It is a process applied for inorganic compounds to determine the effervescence of the compound under study
d. It is suspension in mineral oil which is placed in between HgCl, AgI and KCl or stainless steel plates to obtain a good spectrum
a. It is a mass spectrum technique and is obtained by grinding up a solid which is mixed with mineral oil to form a suspension for IR spectroscopy
The lead acid battery offers a great advantage over the common flashlight battery. Balance the equation:
PbSO4 + H2O → Pb + PbO2 + H2SO4
a. 2, 2, 1, 1, 2
b. 6, 3, 9, 9
c. 1, 4, 2, 2, 6
d. 4, 4, 2, 8
a. 2, 2, 1, 1, 2
When travelling at NLEX at 80mph, a stopped car in front causes you to suddenly skid to stop. What happened to the kinetic energy of the moving car?
a. Some of it were converted to internal energy and some transferred to the road and surroundings
b. It was transferred to the internal energy of the road
c. All of it transferred to the road and surroundings
d. All of it are still in the car
a. Some of it were converted to internal energy and some transferred to the road and surroundings
What is the empirical formula of a sample of cement found to contain 14.21 g of molybdenum and 8.31 g of silicon?
a. MoSi
b. Mo2(SiO2)2
c. Mo3(SiO3)3
d. MoSi2
d. MoSi2
In the combustion of 26 g of methane gas, determine the volume of oxygen needed at a temperature of 25.5 ̊C and 0.22 atm.
a. 365 L
b. 267 L
c. 550 L
d. 465 L
a. 365 L
What is the average temperature of the moon if the solar radiation currently reaching the earth’s top temperature is 1.34 W/m2 and the greenhouse effect of the atmosphere applies and emissivity is the same for all kinds of electromagnetic waves at no atmosphere?
a. 5,800 K
b. 277 K = 4 deg C
c. -12 deg C
d. 300 K
b. 277 K = 4 deg C
A certain solid compound was tested in a laboratory and was analyzed to contain 6.5% hydrogen, 42.2% carbon, and 5.5% oxygen, with a molecular weight of approximately 341.2. Determine the chemical formula.
a. C10H14O16
b. C12H12O11
c. C6H12O6
d. C11H16O22
b. C12H12O11
Determine the uncertainty in position of a proton that moves at 1/10 the velocity of light. Assume the velocity is measured with a precision of 1%.
a. 4.67 m
b. 1x10^-13 m
c. 0.001528 m
d. 3x107 m
b. 1x10^-13 m
Balance the following equation: 225Ac82 = ? + 4He2; when one alpha particle is lost from actinium.
a. 221Ac85 = 217Fr83 + 4He2
b. 225Ac89 = 221Fr87 + 4He2
c. 225Ac82 = 226Fr83 + 4He2
d. 223Ac91 = 233Fr91 + 4He2
b. 225Ac89 = 221Fr87 + 4He2
When a thorium-230 atom undergoes alpha decay, the products of the reaction are usually:
a. Radium and an alpha particle
b. Actinium and an alpha particle
c. Actinium and a positron
d. Radium and a positron
a. Radium and an alpha particle
What is the theory in two or three dimensional collision to be applied when playing billiard balls and in order to sink the target ball in the corner pocket?
a. The center of the mass theory where the center of the mass of the system moves as all the mass in the system wereconc entrated at that point, and one of them is initially at rest, and they were in perpendicular direction of the collision
b. Proton-proton elastic collision
c. The component of momentum an isolated system in each of the directions (x, y, z) are conserved independently
d. Where two equal masses undergo a glancing elastic collision
d. Where two equal masses undergo a glancing elastic collision
In the study of fats and lipids, determine which of the two triglycerides has a higher melting point: substance A –containing only lauric acid and glycerol, or substance B – containing only stearic acid and glycerol.
a. Both have the same melting points
b. B
c. A
d. None of these
b. B
To which subatomic particle does each statement refer to?
1. Has a positive charge
2. Is found outside the nucleus
3. Has the smallest mass
4. Has a negative charge
a. Proton, electron, electron, electron
b. Proton, electron, proton, electron
c. Electron, electron, proton, proton
d. Electron, proton, electron, proton
a. Proton, electron, electron, electron
What is the color of the light of a 75 W light source that was able to emit 9.91x10^20 photons of a monochromatic radiation for 5 s?
a. Red
b. Yellow
c. Blue
d. Green
d. Green
What is the formula of the ionic compound that is formed between the following ions: lithium and chloride ions; lithium and oxide ions; lithium and nitride ions?
a. Li3Cl; Li3O2; LiN
b. Li4Cl2; Li3O3; LiN3
c. Li2Cl2; LiO2; LiN3
d. LiCl; Li2O; Li3N
d. LiCl; Li2O; Li3N
In the collision theory of chemical kinetics, it is suggested that reaction rate is governed by the relationship rate=Pze-E/RT. What can an enzyme do to the activation energy of the reaction E?
a. Enzymes can raise temperature to make the reaction proceed faster
b. None of these
c. Enzymes bind the reactants in close proximity for a longer period in order to get the reaction energy going
d. Enzymes provide an alternative reaction pathway in lowering the energy level of the reaction
d. Enzymes provide an alternative reaction pathway in lowering the energy level of the reaction
Give the technical names of: Sc3+; Ti2+ ; and Sr2+.
a. Transition metal ions
b. Scandium 3 plus ion; titanium 2 plus ion; strontium 2 plus ion
c. Scandium (III) ion; titanium (II) ion; strontium (II) ion
d. Scandium 44/31 ion; titanium 47/22 ion; strontium 87/38 ion
c. Scandium (III) ion; titanium (II) ion; strontium (II) ion
What is the molecular weight of a sample of cellulose acetate if its 0.2% (w/v) solution in acetone (sp. gr. = 0.80) shows an osmotic rise of 23.1 mm against pure
acetone at 27 deg C?
a. 19,900 g/mol
b. 27,500 g/mol
c. 32,600 g/mol
d. 44,800 g/mol
b. 27,500 g/mol
Determine the number of moles of sulfuric acid needed to form 66g of calcium sulfate using calcium carbonate.
a. 0.889
b. 0.49
c. 0.332
d. 1.243
b. 0.49
Whatever the compound, the gram molecular weight contains the same number of molecules, known as the Avogadro’s number. It is expressed as:
a. 6.02x10^23 particles per mole
b. 6.02x10^23 ions per mole
c. 6.02x10^23 atoms per mole
d. 6.02x10^23 electrons per mole
a. 6.02x10^23 particles per mole
The coexistence curve where the plot of pressure versus temperature along which the two phases coexist was shown by Clausius- Clapeyron. What did Clausius postulate?
a. The Clapeyron equation was simplified by assuming that the vapor obeys the ideal gas law and by neglecting the molar volume of the liquid VL in comparison with the molar volume of the gas VG
b. The Clausius-Clapeyron equation does not apply to this situation
c. The Clausius-Clapeyron theory is applicable only for vaporization and sublimation condition
d. Both scientists apply their postulates to linear and curvilinear representation
a. The Clapeyron equation was simplified by assuming that the vapor obeys the ideal gas law and by neglecting the molar volume of the liquid VL in comparison with the molar volume of the gas VG
What is the organic molecular formula of Lindane, a chlorinated pesticide which has been banned, if it is composed of 24.781% carbon, 2.082% hydrogen, and 73.142% chlorine and has a molecular mass of 290.834?
a. C3H6Cl12
b. (CHCl)6
c. C6H12Cl6
d. C3H6Cl6
b. (CHCl)6
Define the relationship between the number of electrons in the valence shell and the number of covalent
bonds it forms:
1. Carbon
2. Nitrogen
3. Oxygen
4. Hydrogen
a. C = 4 electrons, 4 bonds; N = 5 electrons, 3 bonds; O = 6 electrons, 2 bonds; H = 2 electrons, 2 bonds
b. C = 5 electrons, 2 bonds; N = 6 electrons, 4 bonds; O = 3 electrons, 1 bond; H = 2 electrons, 3 bonds
c. C = 6 electrons, 13 bonds; N = 4 electrons, 2 bonds; O = 2 electrons, 1 bond; H = 2 electrons, 1 bond
d. C = 2 electrons, 4 bonds; N = 3 electrons, 3 bonds; O = 2 electrons, 2 bonds; H = 4 electrons, 3 bonds
a. C = 4 electrons, 4 bonds; N = 5 electrons, 3 bonds; O = 6 electrons, 2 bonds; H = 2 electrons, 2 bonds
What organic product is formed when
C6H5CH2COOH is treated with CH3OH + H2SO4 (catalyst)?
a. C6H5CH2CH2OH
b. C6H5CH2COONa + CO2 + H2O
c. C6H5CH2COONH4
d. C6H5CH2CO2CH3 + H2O
d. C6H5CH2CO2CH3 + H2O
If the temperature at the beginning of the compression process of an air standard Otto cycle is 27 ̊C at a compression ratio of 8, pressure at 101.1kPa and cylinder volume of 566.2cm3 , determine the:
1. The thermal efficiency
2. The mean effective pressure using the PG model for air. Maximum temperature during the cycle is 1727 ̊C.
3. If the IG model was used, find the answers.
a. 56.5%, 710.2kPa, 51%, 806kPa
b. 43.2%, 620.5kPa, 61%, 906kPa
c. 58.5%, 750.2kPa, 71%, 760kPa
d. 65.8%, 810.8kPa, 81%, 660kPa
a. 56.5%, 710.2kPa, 51%, 806kPa