School of Technology

University of the Philippines Visayas

ChE125
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Pre-Exam Activity
Kindly write the appropriate letter for the best answer of your choice beside the number. In case your answer is not found in the
choices, write letter E.
1.

The equilibrium constant in a reversible chemical reaction at a given temperature

A. depends on the initial conc of the reactants
C. does not depend on the initial concentrations
B. depends on the conc of one of the products at
D. is not a characteristic of the reaction
equilibrium
2. If the volume of a reaction vessel is suddenly reduced to one half its original volume the rate will increase by a factor of
A. 2 .00
B. 4.00
C. 8.00
D. 16.00
3. A reaction is known to be first order in A. A straight line will be obtained by plotting
A. Log Ca vs time
B. Ca vs time
C. Log Ca vs 1/time
D. 1/Ca vs time
4. If the reaction 2A ---> B+C is second order, which of the following plots will give a straight line?
A. Ca^2 vs time
C. log Ca vs time
B. 1 /Ca vs time
D. Ca vs time
5. For the reaction A+B ---> 2C, when Ca is doubled the rate doubles, when Cb is doubled the rate increases fourfold. The rate
law is
A. -ra = k Ca^2 Cb^4
C. -ra = k Ca
B. -ra = k Ca Cb^2
D. -ra = k Cb^2
6. A first order reaction has a specific rate constant of 3e-3 per sec. The half life is
A. 0.0021 s
B. 100 s
C. 2 3 1 s
D. 768 s
7. A certain reaction is 1st order in A. In 30 min, the concentration of A decreases from 0.55 to 0.15 mol/L. The time it will t ake
for A to decrease from 0.35 to 0.15 mol/L is
A. 45.1 min
B. 1 9 .6 min
C. 19.1 min
D. 10.4 min
8. A gas decomposes at 900 degC according to 2A--->2R+S with a rate constant of 1000 cc/gmol-s using pure A. The time it will
take to react 80% of A in a batch reactor at 900 degC and 1 atm in min is
A. 3.83
B. 7.43
C. 8.33
D. 9.33
E (6.42 min)
9. When the 1st order homogeneous reaction (gas-phase) A--->2.5R is carried out in an isothermal batch reactor at 2 atm with
20% inerts present, the volume increases by 60% in 20 min. When the reaction is carried out in a constant volume reactor,
the time required for the pressure to reach 8 atm if the initial pressure is 5 atm, 2 atm of which consist of inerts in min i s
A. 43.10
B. 41.30
C. 37.10
D. 31.80
E (31.66 min )
10. The reaction A+2B--->R is 1st order with respect to each reactant. If equimolar amounts of A and B are introduced into a
constant-volume reactor and (1/m) th of A remains after t1, how much will remain after t2=2t1?
A. Cao/2m
B. Cao/(2m-1)
C. Cao/(1-2m)
D. Cao/2
E(

11. The set of data given below is for the parallel reaction: a---k1-->2R, a---k2-->S. At t=0, Ca=15 moles/cuft, Cr = 1 mole/cuft,
Cs=1 mole/cuft; At t=1 hr, Cr = 9 moles/cuft, Cs = 3 moles/cuft. The value of K2 per hour is
A. 0.17
B. 0.18
C. 0.34
D. 0.62
E (0 .220)
12. If the time required to complete a definite fraction of reaction varies inversely as the concentration of the reactants, then the
order of reaction is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
13. The dimensions of rate constant for reaction 3 are (l/gm mole)/min. Therefore the reaction order is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 0
D. 3