NOVEMBER 2015 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BOARD EXAM

Do your best to prepare. Review all the basics. And remember na kahit gaano kadami ang naaral mo,
kulang padin. Be humble enough to recognize your limitations and accept na grace ni God
ang kelangan mo para pumasa. Trust in Him. He will direct you to the right answers.
Motto: Kung NAHIRAPAN ka aba’y wag kang mangamba dahil malamang nahirapan din sila kaya be
positive lang.

DAY 1 – PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES.

GUYS OPEN PERIODIC TABLE NA ☺ pag sinabing bawal i protest nyo na pwede na according to
examiners. Sa mga 7th Ed. na Perry’s mag print out kayo paste nyo gaya ng 8th Ed. Nakita ko kasi
ung handbook ni ate. Achieve na achieve! hahahaha☺

Envi Engg:

• Computation: k = k20θT , k20 =3.9 U3/2/H1/2 where k is the temp. at temperature T. U is in m/s
and H in m. Solve the value of k at 18 oC (may isa pang pinapasolve).
• Computation of DO. And BOD
• My mga situational questions dito na magkwekwento ng mahaba. Given naman ni
maam Bulaong ung equations pero mahirap gamitin. Ginamit ko dito ung formula ni sir
abulencia, applicable xa my sagot na lalabas.
• Aralin nyo industwaste na note ni sir abulencia, lalo na BOD and Hardness.

Org chem:

• What is true about alkyl halides and ordinary HC’s? (Answer king (not sure): Higher boiling
point lower density of alkyl halides compared dun sa ordinary)
• Given the drawing (lewis structure) of the products, find the reactants. (hindi maayos yung
formula kasi tinype writer) Technique: Kapag given yung name ng organic substance, search
for the formula in HB (chapter 2). Bilangin yung C atoms kung anong structure sa choices
yung may same number of atoms, yun yung sagot.
• Charge of N and O sa structure. (Pangit na drawing. Answer ko, N (+) at O (-) usually kasi
ganun diba?)
• Given: CH2=CH2 + 3O2 -> 2CO2 + H2O (hindi ganito kaayos yung pagtype ng equation) Find the
mole ratio of O2 needed and CO2 formed if 100% conversion. (Wala ng ibang given, kumusta
naman diba? Technique, the ratio of O 2 to CO2 is 3/2, kunin yung ratio ng mga sagot. Closest
answer, 12O2 7CO2)
• Dehydrogennation ng Propane- Propene
• Ung structure ng aspirin pinaka base nya structure benzene
• Reaction ng benzene na product is phenol. hydration

AnaChem:

• Stoich na simple lang. Mga 3 questions

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 • Computation of total proteins. Don’t forget ung technique ni Sir Kenneth sa Kjeldahl method
para winner! Mag ingat sa irreplaceable H+.
• There is 1 atom of Mg2+ in every molecules of glucose (ata). How many grams of Magnesium
is present in moles of glucose. Avogadros number ung gagamitin dito
• Given conc of CH3COOH and NaCH3COO, given mL of M NaOH added. find the pH. Hindi
given ang Ka ng CH3COOH. (Mag aral sa anachem ng maigi. May 3-5 questions about pH.)
• Find the pH ulet, HNO2 yung acid (hindi given yung Ka.) Kaya dapat alamin nyo including na rin
ung H2S04, Acetic acid, HNO3 at basic acids and bases.
• Find maximum Ca2+ and Mg2+ if concentration of CO 2- 3 was measured at 100 mg/L (Wala ng
ibang given, Wow. Fantastic baby!)
• Water covers 70% of the void space, 100 ft wide and 10 ft deep. 100 lb of H 2SO4 is added,
What is the concentration? (Aba malay ko. Hiyang hiya naman ako sa given mo.)
• Grams of Na2CO3 to neutralize H2SO4.
• Merong mga Ksp problems.
• Kjeldahl method, givenH2SO4 and NaOH hint: iaacount nyo ung h2so4 kasi ung f nya is 2.
Hindi given ung f, assume ka ng values.
• Karaniwan ng mga tanong sa Day 1 Isang tanong lang pero maraming pinapahanap,
maximum na ang apat na required
Ex.
Given .Find , , and
a) , _, ,
b) , _, ,
c) , _, ,
d) , _, ,
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• Given Ka, what conc. Will you observe a change in the color of the indicator. (Isolve ang pKa,
kung saan pasok sa range, yun na!)

Electrochem:

• Which of the following is used as sacrificial lamb for Fe? (Answer ko: Zn because if
Zn protective layer is scratched, then the Zn will be oxidized first because it is active.
Other answers, Al and Zn combination (isa to sa pinagpipilian ko), Cu Ni (obviously mali kasi
activity series!) Hint! Punta kayo Material of Construction sa Handbook. Dun kayo magbasa!
Pak na pak nandun ang mga sagot!
Nuclear Chem:

• Given half life of Americium t1/2 = 492 yrs (ata), and the atomic weight, what is the % left after
1000 years and the new element formed if it emits 4 2He? (Tip: Open periodic table so
magbalance ng atomic weight at number. Kahit hindi mo alam icompute yung % na naiwan,
iba iba yung element. So ibalance isa2 ang choices. At pag nabalance mo, yun na ang sagot!)
Dapat alam mo yung mga positron, gamma, beta, alpha emission, etc.
• What element is bombarded to (I forgot the element) in order to produce: ? (Balance
lang)
• Positron definition
• Bombardment of two elements resulting two elements. Tapos hahanapin mo ung sagot sa
periodic table. Magreview ng ganito mga 3 din ang lumabas rare ung mga problems na
ganito.
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 Maghanap ng similar problems. Kaso kapag nahanap mo na naaral muna at alam mo na lahat.
Sa dulo’y masasaktan ka din kasi wala pa ring sagot. Ganon naman talaga paasahin ka lang!
Char!

Gen Chem:

• Given time of rates t1 t2 and their respective temp. T 1 T2, what is the value of activation
energy? ln (k1/k2) = Ea/R (1/T1 – 1/T2) = ln (t2/t1) (di ko sure kung alin yung taas at baba). Kahit
hindi mo alam alin yung sa taas at baba, negative lang naman yung lalabas, at iba2 ang values
so ok lang.
• Ung composition ng Baking soda alamin nyo ☺
• Which is true about ionic radius of positively charged and negatively charged ions?
Answer: Positively charged ions have smaller radius than neutral, negatively charged ions
have larger radius than neutral. (twice lumabas to)
• Ung helium and oxygen composition na nasa loob ng oxygen tank.
• Ionic Radii, kung sino daw mas malaki, ung positively charged or negatively charged or
neutral? - > 0 > +
• Constitutional isomers: Which is/are true statement/s? Answer: Same MW (T) Same M
formula (T) Same connectivity (F) same physical properties (F) (Sagot ko yan (king). Di ko alam
kung tama)
• Concept na nakakabobo, may mga 4-5 questions na ganito. Example: A one mole of gram
molecular weight is the molecular weight of one gram in one liter of water, then.. Answer ko:
One molar is one mole of gram molecular weight in one liter of water. (basta parang ganito.
Ang hirap nyang intindihin parang ginulo yung totoong definition.)
• Concept ulet na nakakabobo. about equivalent weight and formula weight
• Which of the following is the most brittle: (I forgot the choices pero ang sagot ko ay Silicon.
Since sya sa mga choices yung most NM, kasi yung Metals ductile and malleable). Ganern!

Biochem:

• Gluconeogenesis definition.
• Other biochemical processes aside from aerobic…
(answer ni john: photosynthetic, etc… answer ko (hula lang)- king: anaerobic, fermentation
etc… tama ata yung kay john)
• Ano yung naform from starch: Answer: glucose (pareho kami ni John ng sagot)
• Molecular formula ng glycine, trust the handbook wag ung formula sa question. Tricky.
• Decomposition ng starch.>>> glucose

PhyChem and Thermo:

• Given osmotic pressure, find freezing point depression.

(Walang given na K f ng water. Imemorize pati K b. Pati Kf at Kb ng ibang solvents. Get, molality
using osmotic P, then get the FPD)
• Delta G and Delta H, concepts, which are spontaneous.
• Given molar conc ng dalawang substance, find the final temperature. Heat neutralization.
• Nag undergo ng isobaric expansion to T = 300 K, then isometric addition of heat. Find the
work if final pressure P2 = ¼ P1. (W =nRT ln (P2/P1) ata?) my example sa van ness
• At constant P of and volume of _, what is work? Answer ko: W=0.

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 • Hess law, given enthalpy of formation of CO 2, H2O, and ethane. Find the heat of combustion.
(Ibalance lang, baligtarin tas multiply yung coefficient sa ∆H value)
• Hess law ulet, given combustion of hydrocarbon, what is the value of ∆H if 3 moles of the
hydrocarbon is converted? (minultiply ko ng 3, hindi ko sure kung yun yung sagot or same
lang meron kasi sa choices, same lang yung value as ∆H)
• Find ∆H of combustion of ethanol 9.2 g. (Ewan ko dito. Nakita ko sa chap2 yung value of ∆H,
wala naman sa choices yung sagot.)
• ∆H sublimation of dry ice at Temp 50oC ∆H = ? spontaneous / nonspontaneous, ∆S = ? ∆G = ?
Wala ng ibang given. Wow, fantastic baby!

Out of nowhere questions:

• May isang tanong na pinapahanap pressure, hindi ko na matandaan. Usually, maghuhula ka

nalang, pero ang choices ay given in psia and torr. Kinonvert ko lahat sa torr. Iisa lang sa
choices yung tamang conversion, so yun yung sagot ko.
• Nakitang cloth (researchers believed) na nag wrap sa body ni Jesus Christ, anong nangyari
after sinubject sa C-14 dating? (Jesus Christ is with us. Hanggang sa exam question kasama
natin Siya! Answer ko: Nadisintegrate after ng C-14 dating so walang conclusion. Ibang sagot:
Mysteriously hindi nilabas ang result)
• What is the ratio of He to O 2 50 m below the water that the diver needs in order to breath.
(Alam ko yung % He at O2 sa atm, pero sa ilalim ng tubig hindi ko na alam yan. Hahaha)
• Use the logarithmic concentration data in Perry’s to solve lnE, etc. (Hindi ko alam kung saan
banda sa HB, hinulaan ko lang.)
• Structural formation of aspirin
• Molecular weight of chlorophyll
• Dehydrogenation of propane... propene ung sagot
• Zinc oxide for sunblock

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 DAY 2 – CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Ang masasabi ko lang, Regine, Wooh! Grabeng grabe talaga. Aanhin pa ang tiwala, kung ang hinala ay
laging tumatama?Di ba?

Super hanep. Walang distillation, checal2, wala lahat!

HEAT TRANSFER:

• Unit ng Stefan Boltzman sa ergs.

• Problem regarding sa heat exchangers. Makakatulong din formula sa perry kung d naalala
• Overall heat coefficient equation. Nasa perry lang to.

THERMO:

• What concept is not directly solved and there’s no exact definition? Internal energy
• What process in Otto Cycle is unique and is not present in other cycles? (Sagot namin: King,
Eman at Lester: Constant V heat addition/rejection)
• 10 lbs of H2O is vaporized, what is the internal energy, entropy and Gibbs free energy? (3 pts)
– latent heat lang daw to sabi ni Jherwin.
• Given table of Molar Volume, Volume expansion factor and isothermal compressibility (ß,κ),
what is the value of volume of expansion at constant temperature T-20°C? (3 pts) – Nasa
handbook yung formula nito. Para sa 7th waley yang formula kaya immemorize. May kamukha
naman ung formula n toh.
• My given na problem regarding sa work ng isothermal, close system, steady state and
unsteady state.

CHECAL:

• Find the value of Pc using Kay Equation.

• !@#$%^ walang combustion!
• Oil shale – ung my component daw ng kerogen
• Number of gasifiers needed for natural gas ( choices dito 3,4,5,6)
• Balancing:
6KMnO4 + 12H2SO4 + 1Fe2O3 = 12H2O + 3K2SO4 + 6MnSO4 + 5O3 + Fe2(SO4)3
Feel n feel ko p naman sagutan at the end makukuha ko ang sagot! Pero ang sarap palang
umasa, lasang Tanga! Walang sagot! hahahahahahaha
KINETICS

• What is the equation used for back-mix reactor?

• Ano yung equation back mix reators, 1 st order variable volume.

FLUID makiging kay sir Kenneth. ☺ salamats sir sa wisdom

• Concept about fluid flow. (Turbulent flow about eddies)

• Orifice, hinahanap ung velocity ng meter at diameter ng meter. Simultaneous equation daw
to sabi ni lester. Then Reynolds number daw ng ORIFICE hindi ng pipe. Power loss ng meter.
1.45 kw ung sagot dito share lang. Itanong nyo kay Jherwin nasagutan nya to.
• Problems regarding sa pumps.

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PARTICULATE TECHNOLOGY:

• Given yung xu xf at xo, what is the efficiency of the oversized, undersized, overall? (3 pts)

UNIT OPERATIONS:

• Gas Abs. Given lbmoles of feed % of SO 3 in the feed and the rest is inert. Given % of H 2SO4 in
product. Given % H2SO4 in the absorbing stream, may isa pang make up stream given din %
H2SO4 dun, (a) what is the amount of make up stream required? (b) what is the amount of
absorbing stream? (c) may isa pang tanong sa product ata. Salamats kay sir albert maginhawa
ang buhay. wahaha
• Distillation. Q for subcooled liquid is? Answer q>1
• Drying and Humidifaction: Given moisture x 1 & x2, and the lbmoles of wet solid fed to dryer.
Given H of entering dry air. (ask Lester, nakuha nya to). Sir albert din ang daan dito.

PDC:

• What is the distinction between integral and differential control?

• Please basahin nyo before board ung buong process control sa perry para my idea kayo kung
san hahanapin ung concepts na lalabas
• Simplest type of pressure measuring device? (Choices: piezometer, barometer, etc.)
• Ultrasonic flow meters is based on: Answer: sound waves (pg. 8-60)
• Proportional controller, what additional (controller) is added? Answer king: automatic reset
• Doppler shift ultrasonic accurately measure flow rates even when is clamp on
nonintrusive types. (di ko na maalala masyado yung tanong at choices)
PLANT DESIGN:

• Hydrogen, anong gagamiting equipment? (Answer king: Pt-Ni)

UNIT ECO

• My given na cost ng production tapos given ng price ng product pati variable cost

Out of Nowhere Questions:

• Lang factor Ans: nina John, Eman and Lester: 4.7

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Note: Practice this kind of Problem in Chapter 6 Van Ness. Almost 12 problems din ung lumabas na
ganito.

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 DAY 3 – GENERAL ENGINEERING

Natuwa ako after day 2 kasi alam ko madali na yung day 3. Pero pagkabasa ko ng tanong, BOOM!
Anyare? Nabago lahat. Mag aral ng maigi sa day3.

• Walang clock problem. Isa lang, anong angle pag 11:30? 165 degrees
• Volume of octahedron with 2m length
• Volume of pyramid with altitude 54 in and hexahedron base with side 2 m.
• RA 6969?
• Given yung diameter ng butas sa tank, gaano katagal maempty yung tank.
• RA dun sa Water Quality
• Force on each leg of tripod
• Ratio of decibels if the difference is 10 dB.
• Integral calculus. Madaming ganito. May mga merong sagot. Meron naman, walang sagot.
Meron din, mali yung fnx so hulaan mo.
• Pinapahanap yung function kung saan magfifit in yung given points. Pero, walang given na
points. Choices lang. Ang saya saya diba? (Tip: sa mga choices, isa lang yung may
whole number roots)
• Aralin ang annuity, book value, sum of the year, “double whatever” yung method sa unit eco.
• Aralin ang concepts ng statics at mechanics! Madaming ganito.

Mag Focus sa:

Che Cal Basics: Himmelblau

Thermo: Van Ness
Unit Ops: Mc Cabe.
Sagutin nyo lahat ng sample problems. Mahilig silang kumuha directly
sa mga sample problem.

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