TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES, QC

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Evaluation Test in THERMODYNAMICS

NAME________________________ SCORE______________
Direction: Choose the best answer from among the choices given and write the CAPITAL LETTER of your choice on the answer sheet provided. If your answer is not among the choices,
write letter “N”. (Analyze the problem carefully).

1. A gas occupies 255 mL at 3.25 atm pressure and 33 0C. What pressure is needed to reduce its volume to
160 mL assuming no change in temperature?
A. 2.04 atm B. 5.18 atm C. 1.61 atm D. 0.490 atm
2. When a sample of hydrogen gas was held in a 546-mL rigid container at 0 0C, its pressure is 380 torr. What
will its pressure be at 1000C?
A. 519 mmHg B. 268 mmHg C. 556 mmHg D. 70 mmHg
3. A gas exerts a pressure of 500 mmHg at 127 0C. The volume being 500 mL initially. The volume at -23 0C
and 600 mmHg will now be:
A. 75 mL B. 308 mL C. 625 mL D. 260 mL
4. What is the volume at STP of an ideal gas for which the volume is 37.0 mL at 23 0C and 737 torr?
A. 39.0 mL B. 35.8 mL C. 33.1 mL D. 36.1 mL
5. Calculate the temperature when 64.0 grams of O 2 (MM = 32.00 g/mole) exerts a pressure of 998 kPa in a
container of 5.00-L capacity.
A. 26.90C B. 3000C C. 1250C D. 400C
6. A certain vapor has a density of 2.0 g/L at 740 mmHg and 200 0C. The molar mass of this substance is
approximately:
A. 44 g/mole B. 78 g/mole C. 80 g/mole D. 98 g/mole
7. Propane, C3H8 is an important component of natural gas. It burns in oxygen according to the balanced
equation: C3H8(g) + 5O2(g)  3CO2(g) + 3H2O(l)
What volume of O2 is needed to completely burn 2.50 L of C3H8 if all volumes are measured under the
same conditions?
A. 0.500 L B. 12.5 L C. 2.00 L D. 9.79 L
For numbers 8 & 9, refer to the problem:
A mixture of gases consists of 6.00 grams of CH4 (MM = 16.05 g/mole) and 9.00 grams of C2H6 (MM =
30.08 g/mole) confined in an 8.00-L vessel at 310C.
8. What is the total pressure in the vessel?
A. 2.14 atm B. 0.349 atm C. 46.8 atm D. 2.10 atm
9. What are the partial pressures of CH4 and C2H6 respectively in the vessel?
A. 0.193 atm CH4 & 0.155 atm C2H6 C. 17.5 atm CH4 & 29.3 atm C2H6
B. 1.17 atm CH4 & 0.933 atm C2H6 D. 1.19 atm CH4 & 0.951 atm C2H6
10. Hydrogen peroxide or “agua oxigenada” decomposes as follows:
2H2O2(aq)  2H2O(l) + O2(g)
If 6.06 L of O2 gas is collected over water at 25 0C (vapor pressure = 23.8 torr) and a barometric pressure
of 702 torr, the mass of H2O2 (MM = 34.02 g/mole) decomposed is:
A. 15.0 g B. 15.6 g C. 0.528 g D. 16.1 g
11. At standard conditions, 1.0 L of oxygen gas weighs almost 1.44 grams, whereas 1.0 L of hydrogen gas
weighs only 0.09 gram. The gas that diffuses faster and by what factor is:
A. H2, rH2 = 0.25 rO2 C. H2, rH2 = 4 rO2
B. O2, rO2 = 4 rH2 D. O2, rH2 = 4 rO2
12. Which of the following is an example of an “isolated” system?
A. an incubator C. a glass of water
B. a tree D. a box of Choco Mucho
13. A sample of gas expands 500 mL at a constant pressure of 0.500 atm while 60.0 J of heat flow into it.
The change in internal energy (U) of the system is:
A -34.7 J B. +34.7 J C. 85.3 J D. -85.3 J
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14. Given the following thermo chemical equations:
14.1 2CO2(g)  2C(s) + 2O2(g) H0 = +787.04 kJ
14.2 H2(g) + ½O2(g)  H2O(l) H0 = –285.83 kJ
 14.3 CH4(g) + 2O2(g)  CO2(g) + 2H2O(l) H0 = –890.37 kJ
Calculate the H for the reaction: C(s) + 2H2(g)  CH4(g)
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A. –74.81 kJ B. +74.81 kJ C. +389.16 kJ D. –389.16 kJ

15. A 2.00-L perfect gas at 0 0C and 5.0 atm pressure is expanded isothermally against a pressure of 1.0 atm
until the pressure of the gas is also 1.0 atm. The values of U, H, q and w (in calories) respectively,
are:
A. 0, 389, 0, 389 C. 389, 0, 0, 389
B. 0, 0, 389, 389 D. 389, 0, 389, 0

Solution:
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