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Day 1 mock board exam

1. Organisms that thrive within a temperature range of 7-45° C are called __?

A. mesophiles
B. thermophiles
C. hydrophiles
D. psychrophiles

2. Which of the following is not a precursor to poly(vinyl chloride)?

A. acetylene
B. propylene
C. dichloroethane
D. ethylene

3. Determine the reaction rate constant at 410K for a reaction with reaction rate constant of 31.1 s-1 at
430K and an activation energy of 86.52 kJ/mol.

A. 86.5 s-1

B. 0.833 s-1

C. 9.55 s-1
D. 1.03 s-1

4. The combustion of 0.0222 g of isooctane (C8H18) vapor at constant pressure raises the temperature of a
calorimeter by 0.400° C. The heat capacity of the calorimeter and the water surrounding combined is
2.48 kJ/° C. What is the molar enthalpy of combustion in kJ/mol of isooctane vapor?

A. 5100
B. 3200
C. 1500
D. 5500

5. A closed vessel contains a mixture of NO2 and N2O4 at a certain tempeature. The average molecular
weight of the mixture was found to be 61.22 g/mol. What is the equilibrium constant of the mixture?
The reaction is a reversible decomposition/dimerization: N2O4 ...... 2NO2.

A. 0.74
B. 0.47
C. 1.35
D. 1.53
6. Which of the following represents the formula of Red Lead?

A. PbO2
B. Pb2O4
C. Pb2O3
D. Pb 3 O4

7. Which among the following is the most common way of differentiating between alkanes, alkenes, and
alkynes?

A. reaction with sodium metal

B. flame test
C. reaction with bromine
D. calorimetry

8. Class __ water refers to public water supply that requires complete treatment in order to meet the
Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water.

A. B
B. A
C. C
D. AA

9. Jellies and most paints are examples of __.

A. aerosols
B. sols
C. foams
D. emulsions

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10. Ag2co 3 has a Ksp of 8.2x10-1 . How many milligrams of silver ions are present in lL of water saturated
with Ag2CO 3 ?

A. 27
B. 33
C. 24
D. 30

11. What is the primary purpose of Lucas' reagent?

A. differentiating between primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols

B. differentiating between alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes
C. differetntiating between aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids
D. detection of N in organic compounds
12. 2.0 g of naphthalene is dissolved in 50.0 ml of benzene (0.876 kg/L). What is the vapor pressure of this
solution at 25 ° C?
normal boiling point of benzene = 80.1 ° c
enthalpy of vaporization of benzene = 32.34 kJ/mol

A. 99.3 mmHg
B. 93.9 mmHg
C. 96.6 mmHg
D. 69.6 mmHg

13. Who was the first to discover and describe radioactivity?

A. Lise Meitner
B. Marie Curie
C. Wilhelm Roentgen
D. Henri Becquerel

14. Determine the mass of copper deposited on a metal plate if a 100-A current is supplied for 15 minutes
on the plate dipped on an aqueous Cu{II) solution.

A. 20 g
B. 25 g
C. 35 g
D. 30 g

15. A 0.0722-M acid solution has a pH of 3.11. What kind of acid is this?

A. unidentifiable
B. strong
C. amphoteric
D. weak

16. Benzene boils at 80.1 ° C at sea level. What is its vapor pressure at 22.0 ° C? It's average enthalpy of
vaporization is 32.34 kJ/mol.

A. 48.3 mmHg
B. 80.7 mmHg
C. 87.0 mmHg
D. 43.8 mmHg

17. Which among the following can you not use CaCl2 as a dessicant?

A. alcohols
B. alkynes
C. ethers
D. alkanes
18. The process of breaking down a large nucleus into smaller nuclei is called __.

A. nuclear fusion
B. positron emission
C. nuclear fission
D. gamma ray emission

19. Which of the following halogens has a metallic luster at room temperature?

A. chlorine
B. bromine
C. fluorine
D. iodine

20. 20.0 ml of a 0.125 M HCI solution is mixed with 25.0 ml of 0.120 M NH3 solution. What is the pH of the
final solution?

A. 8.75
B. 10.78
C. 6.99
D. 9.96

21. Given with 1 g of each of the substances below, which would contain the most number of atoms?

A. H2
B. Hg
C. CO2
D. ZnS04

22. 1500 hectares of ancestral farmland is facing wind erosion problems, losing up to 4.1 m 3 of soil per
hectare per year. The topsoil has an average free phosphorus concentration of 76 mg/L. How much 16-
20-0 fertilizer needs to be applied back to the land to make up for the lost phosphorus?

A. 6000 kg/year
B. 5400 kg/year
C. 2300 kg/year
D. 4500 kg/year

23. Which of the following is the main difference between primary and secondary electrochemical cells?

A. Primary cells are rechargeable, secondary cells are nonrechargeable

B. Primary cells are wet (aqueous), secondary cells are dry (solid-state)
C. Primary cells are dry (solid-state), secondary cells are wet (aqueous)
D. Primary cells are nonrechargeable, secondary cells are rechargeable
24. How many isomers does pentane have?

A. 2
B. 1
C. 4
D. 3

25. Oxygen gas initially stored in a 16-L pressure tank at 25° c and 1500 psi was adiabatically expanded to a
previously evacuated, fully insulated 1-m 3 tank. What is the final temperature of the gas?

A. -216° C

B. 216 ° C
C. -286° C

D. 286 ° C

26. A 0.010 M monoprotic weak acid is 4.17% ionized. What is its dissociation constant?

A. 1.8x10-5
B. 1.2x10-4
C. 3.6x10-s
D. 1.2x10-s

27. One of the oldest rock samples ever found, presumably as old as Earth, contains 0.9 g Pb-206 and 1.2 g
U-238. Assuming all the Pb-206 present in the rock came from the radioactive decay series of U-238,
estimate the age of Earth. The half-life of U-238 is 4.5x10 9 years.

A. 4.5 billion years

B. 3.5 billion years
C. 4 billion years
D. 3 billion years

28. If a preserved plant sample was analyzed and found to contain only 5% of its original C-14 content,
approximately how old is the sample?

A. 15,000 years
B. 30,000 years
C. 20,000 years
D. 25,000 years

29. A 20,000 m 3 pond on a wastewater treatment facility contains 25,000 mg/m 3 of VSS. If we want to
lower this amount to 500 mg/m 3 by dilution, how much water was needed?

A. 60,000 m 3

B. 100,000 m 3

C. 80,000 m 3

D. 120,000 m 3
30. Arrange the following functional groups by increasing polarity:
I. R-OH
II. R-NH3
III. R-COOH
IV. C=C
V. C-C

A. V, IV, I, II, III

B. IV, V, II, III, I
C. V, IV, II, I, III
D. V, IV, III, I, II

31. A 0.1-L cylindrical tank kept at 20 ° c contains helium at atmospheric pressure. A small opening was
drilled on the side of the tank, allowing the gas to slowly escape. It was determined that all of the
helium dissipated after 4.5 hours. If the same tank was filled with chlorine gas and was allowed to
escpae with the same conditions, how long will it take?

A. 21.9h
B. 19.8h
C. 11.8h
D. 18.9h

32. What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

A. ionosphere
B. stratosphere
C. troposphere
D. thermosphere

33. The Brix scale is a hydrometer sclae used for determining concentration of __.

A. additives in gasoline
B. salt in water
C. sugar in water
D. sulfur in LPG

34. Estimate the density of a mixture made from 2.5 ml of CCl4 (sg=l.55) and 3.5 ml of CBr4 (sg=3.40).

A. 2.03 g/ml
B. 2.36 g/ml
C. 3.26 g/ml
D. 2.63 g/ml
35. The National Capital Region generates municipal solid waste at the rate of 0.7 kg per capita per day. If
the NCR has an estimated population of 12 million, how many trucks are needed to collect all the solid
waste from NCR twice weekly? Collection rate is at an average of 80%. Each truck operates for 5 days
per week, three hauls per day at 75% capacity. Each truck can carry 4.5 tons maximum.

A. 166
B. 67
C. 100
D. 133

36. Select the primary use of ethylene in the food industry.

A. retaining processed food color

B. preserving the crisiness of chips
C. ripening of fruits
D. preservative in packaged foods

37. 1 ton of manganese metal is to be produced from ground rock containing 29.5% pyrolusite (MnO2).
What is the minimum tons of ore needed?

A. 4.5
B. 4.3
C. 5.4
D. 3.4

38. A 0.125-M sodium acetate solution is at hand for the creation of a buffer solution. If it is desired to have
a buffer pH of 4, what concentration of acetic acid is needed in the sodium acetate solution?

A. 0.964 M
B. 0.649 M
C. 0.946 M
D. 0.694 M

39. How many carbon atoms are there in a molecule of the drug Olvanil?

A. 25
B. 28
C. 27
D. 26

40. 2.0 g of naphthalene is dissolved in enough benzene to create a 50.0 ml solution. What is the osmotic
pressure of this solution at 30 ° C?

A. 9.5 atm
B. 5.9 atm
C. 7.8 atm
D. 8.7 atm
41. A limestone sample containing calcium carbonate was fully reacted with HCI to liberate carbon dioxide
gas. The gas from the reaction was collected, yielding 2.5 L at 25° C and atmospheric pressure. What is
the purity of calcium carbonate if the sample originally weiged 12.5 g?

A. 87.1%
B. 71.8%
C. 78.1%
D. 81.7%

42. What mass of AgNO3 is required to precipitate the chlorides in a 750-ml solution of 14% BaCl 2?

A. 86 g
B. 342 g
C. 171 g
D. 256 g

43. A recently studied soil sample from a mining site was found to contain 2.35% alumina. How much pure
aluminum metal can be theoretically extracted from 100 tons of soil from the site?

A. 1420 kg
B. 2530 kg
C. 2350 kg
D. 1240 kg

44. What reaction did Friedrich Wohler perform to disprove the vital force theory?

A. synthesis of glutamic acid from methanol and ammonia

B. synthesis of urea from ammonium cyanate
C. synthesis of organometallic compounds from inorganic fertilizers
D. synthesis of glycine from CO 2, water, and air

45. Balance the following redox reaction: Mno4- + er --> Mn 2+ + HCIO

+
What is the lowest possible whole number coefficient of H ?

A. 10
B. 9
C. 12
D. 11

46. This synthesis is capable of producing a longer alkane from two alkyl halides by using sodium metal to
draw out the halide group.

A. Wurtz synthesis
B. Ullmann synthesis
C. Wohler synthesis
D. Lucas synthesis
47. At what temperature does an aqueous 8.7mol% ethanol solution freeze?

A. 265.7K
B. 267.3K
C. 269.6K
D. 263.3K

48. A 0.05-mole sample of a nonionic solute is dissolved in 108 ml of benzene (0.876 kg/L). If pure benzene
has a Kb of 2.52 K/m and boils at 80.1°c, at what temperature in °c will the solution boil?

A. 80.5
B. 81.4
C. 85.0
D. 78.8

49. These are shallow ponds used in wastewater treatemnt, generally less than 1 m in depth, where
dissolved oxygen is maintained mainly by photosynthetic action.

A. aerobic ponds
B. aerated lagoons
C. anaerobic ponds
D. facultative ponds

50. Find the mass of 502 generated when 19.06 g of CS2 is burned with excess oxygen.

A. 24 g
B. 16 g
C. 32 g
D. 48 g