TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA
PRELIM EXAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL NGINEERING
NAME____________________________ DATE OF EXAM___________________________
SUBJECT/SECTION_________________ INSTRUCTOR_____________________________
A. Direction: Write the letter that corresponds to the correct answer in space provided
____1. Environmental engineers constantly need up to date information on topics like:
a) Advanced testing b) Innovative water treatment methods c) Human effect d) Summary of articles contents
____2. __________ generates greater consumption of natural resources and more pollution
a) increase number of humans on earth b) higher standard of living c) ecosystem d) technological advances
____3. In the hydrologic cycle, rain is a form of
a) transpiration b) run off c) precipitation d) infiltration
____ 4. Water movement in earth’s atmosphere powered by sun’s energy
a) Assimilation b.) Fixation c) Biodiversity d) Hydrologic cycle
____5. A circuit or pathway by which a chemical element or molecules move through both the biotic and abiotic
compartments of the ecosystem
a) wildlife habitat b) Biogeochemical cycle c) abiotic environment d) atmosphere
____ 6. An organism or group of organisms and their surroundings and basic study area for ecologists
a) outlands b) ecosystem c) predator d) aquatic species
____ 7. Consumers depend on ____________ for their energy and synthesis needs
a) producers b) decomposers c) abiotic environment d) synthetic chemicals
____ 8. __________ upset the balance of biodiversity like reduction of habitat and spread of pollution
a) environment b) wildlife c) humans d) system
____9. They consume both plants and animals
a) humans b) omnivores c) all of these d) none of these
____10. Human activities that are responsible for the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
a) from fossil fuel combustion in developed nations b) large amount of forest
c) none of these d) all of these
____11. Carbon is released back to the atmosphere
a) none of these b). through respiration performed by plants and animals
c) all of these d) downswelling
____12. Tropical rain forest, swamps and marshes, algae beds, estuaries are the highest producers of
a) mineral b) biomass c) wetland d) humans
____13. In predator-prey relationship , the predator decreases the prey population until so low that _______
begins to die due to starvation
a) predator b) prey c) interspecies d) none of these
____14. Bacterial species responsible for the oxidation of nitrates to nitrites
a) nitrosomonas b) nitrobacter c) pseudomonas d) haber bosch
____15. Some organisms can convert atmospheric nitrogen to nitrate by a process known as
a) nitrogen fixation b.) nitrification c) denitrification d) hydrologic
____16. It states that the amount of gas that dissolves in a liquid is proportional to the partial pressure that the gas exerts on the
surface of the liquid
a ) Ideal Gas Law b) Henry”s Law d) Dalton’s Law d) none of these
____17. Theoretical Oxygen Demand is simply the amount of _____ required to convert the material to carbon dioxide and water.
a) moles b) carbon c) oxygen d) all of these
____18. It is a surface phenomenon in which a solute (soluble material) concentrates or collects at a surface.
a) adsorption b) absorption c) absorbate d) adsorbent
____19. The ____ must also have a distinct pore structure which enables fast transport of the gaseous vapors.
a) adsorption b) absorption c) absorbate d) adsorbent
____20. This an example of adsorbent
a) silica gel b) zeolite c) activated carbon d) all of these
____21. The loss of water from plants through leaves and other parts
a) Evaporation b) Condensation c) Transpiration d) Precipitation
____22. Conversion of liquid water to water vapor.
a) Evaporation b) Condensation c) Transpiration d) Precipitation
____23. Falling to earth of condensed water vapor in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail.
a) Evaporation b) Condensation c) Transpiration d) Precipitation
____24. Water that flows overland to lakes or streams during and shortly after precipitation events
a) Infiltration b) Condensation c) Transpiration d) Run-off
____25. The movement of water from the surface of the land and through the unsaturated zone and into the ground water.
a) Infiltration b) Condensation c) Transpiration d) Run-off
B. Solve the following problems. Show your step by step solution. Write the balance equation for reactions.
1. An air-stripping tower is used to remove dissolved carbon dioxide from a groundwater supply. If the tower lowers the level to
twice the equilibrium concentration, what amount of dissolve gas in mg/L will remain in the water after treatment? The partial
pressure of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 1 x 10 -3.5 atm. Henry’s Law constant is 1x10-1.5mol/L atm.
MW: H=1 O = 16 C=12
2. Calculate the ThOD of the following:
a) 45 mg/L CH3OH b) 10 mg/L C6H12O6 c) mixture of a and b
C. The following are components of a trophic level in an ocean. Arrange the components in what trophic level they belong.
Seal
phytoplankton
Crustaceans
Fish
zooplankton