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1. The latest report from the safety D: All four individuals
officer showed that workers are, on
average, exposed to benzene in the 8. As part of your inheritance, an
atmosphere at concentrations of 10 ppm by antique wristwatch was bestowed upon you.
volume at 25 deg C. If a single drop of After keeping it for one year and 6
liquid benzene is about 0.05 cubic months, you were informed that the dials
centimeters, how much benzene will be were painted using pigments containing
deposited in a single workers lungs radioactive radium. Analysis showed that
during an 8-hour shift? Take into account the dials had an activity of 0.5 counts
that a single person breathes 500 mL of per second of beta particles. If 1
air per breath and would breath 12 times microcurie exhibits a dosage of 1000 mrem
per minute when performing routinary per year, what would be your accumulative
tasks. equivalent dose during your exposure when
A: 2 drops of benzene you were unaware of its radioactivity?
B: 19 drops of benzene A: 0.0135 mrem B: 0.0203 mrem
C: 27 drops of benzene C: 0.0305 mrem D: 0.0458 mrem
D: 38 drops of benzene
9. Which among the following set of
2. Radon-222, a radioactive nuclide tends reagents should be applied on 3-ethyl-2-
to undergo decay in order to become pentene to produce 3-ethyl-2-pentanol as
stable. If it undergoes two successive the major product?
alpha emissions, followed by two A: 50% Sulfuric Acid; 50% Water
successive beta emissions and one final B: Br2, CCl4
alpha emission, what would be the stable C: [a] B2H6, diglyme [b] H2O2, NaOH
nucleus formed? D: HCl, C6H6
A: 192Ir77 B: 210Pb82
C: 137Cs55 D: 179Hf72 10. A manufacturing plant in Laguna that
produces boron-based additives is
3. One mole of one bar and one mole of B sourcing minerals to use as raw materials
at two bar are separated by a partition for their process. Their standard run
and surrounded by a heat reservoir. utilizes kernite as the source material.
Determine the change in entropy when the Due to the shortage of the aforementioned
partition is withdrawn? mineral, the Purchasing Department
A: 12.50 J/mol K B: 14.67 J/mol K sourced borax instead. How much
C: 18.41 J/mol K C: 16.33 J/mol K additional borax in kg must be processed
in order to maintain the 1 MT Boron
4. In the study of fats and lipids, produced in a standard run of Kernite?
determine which of the two triglycerides A: 283 kg B: 717 kg
has a higher melting point? C: 2495 kg D: 6320 kg
Substance A – Lauric Acid and Glycerol
Substance B – Stearic Acid and Glycerol 11. What are the two most common
A: Substance A components of acid rain?
B: Substance B A: Phosphoric Acid and Carbonic Acid
C: Their Melting Points are equal B: Sulfuric Acid and Nitric Acid
D: Insufficient Information C: Oxalic Acid and Sulfuric Acid
D: Nitric Acid and Phosphoric Acid
5. What is the organic molecular formula
of lindane, a chlorinated pesticide which 12. Which among the following describes
has been banned. It is composed of the irreversible effect of toxicants to
24.781% carbon, 2.082% hydrogen, 73.142% cause birth defects:
chlorine and has a molecular mass of A: Nephrotoxic B: Mutagen
290.834? C: Teratogen D: Hemotoxic
A: C3H6Cl9 B: C6H12Cl6
C: (CHCl)6 D: C9H6Cl12 13. What is the molar density of liquid
butane and butane vapor in mol per cubic
6. Sherwood Roland and Mario Molina’s decimeters that are in equilibrium at 370
work on stratospheric ozone depletion K and 14.35 bar using:
garnered them the 1995 Nobel Prize in [I]: van der Waals Equation
Chemistry. Which among the following [II]: Redlich-Kwong Equation
species did they determine act as a [III]: Peng-Robinson Equation (Take alpha
catalyst for the decomposition of ozone? = 16.44 bar L^2 mol^-2 and beta = 0.07245
A: Refrigerants B: CClF3 L mol^-1)
C: Nitrogen Oxides D: Chlorine Atoms
A: 0.452, 0.616, 7.285
7. For a criminal case, two men are B: 2.111, 5.397, 9.305
interrogated in regards to an attempted C: 0.025, 1.697, 3.445
poisoning of a police officer. During the D: 3.547, 6,023, 8.116
investigation, it was found out that both
men had traces of Polonium-210 on their 14. Determine the percent atom economy of
hands while a third accomplice of theirs the Raschig Process.
had Po-210 on his clothes. Through A: 17.3% B: 22.4% C: 34.7% D: 46.5%
analysis of the police officers stomach
content, it was confirmed that he had 15. Which among the following statements
ingested Po-210. Which among them is is true regarding Sb-122 and Xe-136?
likely to die if not properly treated? A: Sb-122 is more stable than Xe-136
A: The police officer only because of its atomic number
B: The two men and the third accomplice B: Xe-136 and Sb-122 are radioactive
C: The police officer and the two men
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C: Xe-136 is more stable than Sb-122 A: Between 65,000 to 70,000 years old
because of the amount of its neutrons. B: Between 70,000 to 75,000 years old
D: Sb-122 and Xe-136 are both stable. C: Between 75,000 to 80,000 years old
D: Between 80,000 to 85,000 years old
16. Which among the following is
comprised of polyhydroxyaldehydes, 26. Two beakers containing sulfuric acid
polyhydroxyketones, or compounds that and phosphoric acid separately was
will yield them upon hydrolysis? neutralized by the same base. If equal
A: Proteins B: Carbohydrates amounts of the alkali was used for the
C: Amino Acids D: Lipids neutralization reaction and it produced
sulfate ions and dihydrogen phosphate
17. A Chemical Engineer joined Pilipinas ions, what is the mass ratio of sulfuric
Got Talent as a Magician that can perform acid to phosphoric acid that was
marvelous feats. For the finals, he originally present in the beakers?
claims that he can make the audience A: 1/2 B: 3/7 C: 5/4 D: 6/11
instantaneously smile or cry by simply
waving his hand. To execute his trick, If For Numbers 27 to 29
he releases laughing gas from the front Consider the following sequence of
and tear gas at the rear of a 201 row reactions:
hall, which row will inevitably smile and (a.) A silver nitrate solution was mixed
cry at the same time? with 0.13 g of Copper where 0.433 g of
A: 67th Row B: 93rd Row silver is produced.
C: 108th Row D: 134th Row (b.) 0.47 g Cu was produced by mixing
0.13 g of Aluminum with a copper sulfate
For Numbers 18 to 20 solution
A hypothetical gas has a density of (c.) 0.13 g of hydrogen from an acid was
1.2504 g/L at STP. Calculate the produced after mixing the latter with
following in terms of cm/s: 1.17 g of Aluminum
18. Modal Speed Find the equivalent weight of the
A: 4.51x10^4 cm/s B: 4.33x10^4 cm/s following species in terms of grams.
C: 4.00x10^4 cm/s D: 4.90x10^4 cm/s
27. Equivalent Weight of Silver
19. Average Speed A: 5.45 g B: 9.01 g
A: 4.51x10^4 cm/s B: 4.33x10^4 cm/s C: 32.5 g D: 108.4 g
C: 4.00x10^4 cm/s D: 4.90x10^4 cm/s
28. Equivalent Weight of Copper
20. Root-Mean-Square Speed A: 5.45 g B: 9.01 g
A: 4.51x10^4 cm/s B: 4.33x10^4 cm/s C: 32.5 g D: 108.4 g
C: 4.00x10^4 cm/s D: 4.90x10^4 cm/s
29. Equivalent Weight of Aluminum
21. Determine the uncertainty in position A: 5.45 g B: 9.01 g
of a proton that moves at 1/10 the C: 32.5 g D: 108.4 g
velocity of light. Assume the velocity is
measured with a precision of 1%. 30. What is the concentration in g/L of a
A: 4.67 m B: 1x10^-13 m 12 cc solution of sulfuric acid that can
C: 0.001528 m D: 3x10^7 m be neutralized with 15 cc of 1/10 N
Sodium Hydroxide solution?
22. What is the color of the light of a A: 4.72 g/L B: 6.13 g/L
75-watt light source that was able to C: 9.45 g/L D: 13.81 g/L
emit 9.91x10^20 photons of a
monochromatic radiation for 5.0 s? 31. When steam condenses into water at 90
A: Red B: Yellow C: Blue D: Green deg C, the entropy of the system
decreases. What must be true if the
23. Halogens have the tendency to form second law of thermodynamics is to be
compounds with one another called satisfied?
Interhalogens. which among the following A: Entropy of the universe also decreases
molecules has the LOWEST boiling point? B: Entropy of the surrounding increases
A: Bromine Chloride B: Iodine Bromide to the same extent to which entropy of
C: Chlorine Fluoride D: Bromine Fluoride the system decreases
C: Entropy of the surrounding also
24. What is the molecular weight of a decreases
sample of cellulose acetate if its 0.2% D: Entropy of the surrounding increases
(w/v) solution in acetone (sp. gr. = to a greater extent than the decrease in
0.80) shows an osmotic rise of 23.1 mm the entropy of the system
against pure acetone at 27 deg C?
A: 19,900 g/mol B: 27,500 g/mol 32. In which of the following cases does
C: 32,600 g/mol D: 44,800 g/mol entropy decreases?
A: Polymerization of Styrene and Butyl
25. Twenty-five bone samples from Mindoro Acrylate
is believed to have come from a new B: Dissolving Mohr’s salt in water
species of prehistoric humanoids. The C: Expansion of high purity hydrogen gas
activity of carbon-14 in a femur sample D: Melting silver ingots
was measured to be at 0.0019
disintegrations of C-14 per minute per 33. Assuming a situation where a strong
gram of C-12. What is the possible age acid is mixed with a strong base, if each
range of the retrieved prehistoric solution has a concentration of 1 N,
humanoid?
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which mixture will display the highest initially, how many atoms of it will
increase in temperature? decay on the fifteenth day in Curies?
A: 25 mL acid and 25 mL base A: 6.59x10^5 Ci B: 3.76x10^5 Ci
B: 20 mL acid and 30 mL base C: 2.87x10^5 Ci D: 7.11x10^5 Ci
C: 10 mL acid and 40 mL base
D: 35 mL acid and 15 mL base For Numbers 39 to 40
Researchers from the University of Santo
34. When benzene and naphthalene is mixed Domingo were able to create two new
in a single container at room compounds from two hypothetical elements
temperature, an ideal solution will be A and B. The compounds properties were
formed. Which among the following measured as follows
expressions does NOT describe the [a.] 64.5 grams of compound A2B3 were
aforementioned process? mixed with 135.18 grams of benzene. It
A: delta S_system is positive was then cooled until the solution froze
B: delta H_system = 0 at 0.734 deg Celsius.
C: delta G > 0 [b.] A solution comprised of 95.27 grams
D: delta S_surrounding is zero of AB4 in 41.77 grams of ethanol boiled
at 83.60 deg Celsius.
35. For the following process occurring
at 100 deg C and 1 atm: 39. What is the molecular weight of A2B3?
H2O (l) -----> H2O (g) A: 398 g/mol B: 507 g/mol
Which among the following statements is C: 612 g/mol D: 791 g/mol
correct?
A: delta S_system > 0 & delta 40. What is the molecular weight of AB4?
S_surrounding > 0 A: 172 g/mol B: 933 g/mol
B: delta S_system < 0 & delta C: 545 g/mol D: 467 g/mol
S_surrounding > 0
C: delta S_system < 0 & delta 41. A brain scan procedure performed at
S_surrounding < 0 St. Lukes Medical Center involves
D: delta S_system > 0 & delta injecting 20 mCi of metastable
S_surrounding < 0 Technetium-99m on a patient. Tc-99m
decays by gamma radiation and has a half
36. A 5 kg Thorium ore sample was shipped life of 6.0 hours. The energy of a gamma
from Sweden to the Philippines in order photon is 2.29x10^-14 J. The RBE of these
to be studied by the experts in the photons is 0.98 and only two-thirds of
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute. A the photons are absorbed by the body.
chemical engineer was assigned to Assuming all of the Tc-99m nuclei decay
determine the age of the ore sample. If inside the patients body, what is the rem
she was able to collect 7.32x10^-4 mL of dose received by a 70 kg patient?
helium gas at STP and detect 500 A: 0.49 rem B: 0.62 rem
nanograms of Thorium-232, what is the age C: 0.78 rem D: 0.91 rem
of the ore sample? The half-life of
Thorium-232 is 1.39x10^10 years. 42. Sphingolipids falls under which
A: 3.34x10^8 years old specific category?
B: 2.51x10^10 years old A: Neutral Glycerides
C: 1.95x10^12 years old B: Fatty Acids
D: 7.38x10^14 years old C: Non-Glyceride Lipids
D: Complex Lipids
37. Two solutions are being tested
separately the first solution in test 43. For each of the following, determine
tube A and the second solution in test the main physiological active substance
tube B, for the presence of sugars. The obtain derived from them:
results are as follows: [a] Pituitary Gland
Test tube A – Upon adding an appreciable [b] Sap of Opium Seeds
amount of the Tollen’s reagent, a silver [c] Belladonna Plant
mirror was observed to appear on the test [d] Bark of a Willow Tree
tubes surface A: Opium, Beta Endorphin, Salicin,
Test tube B – Upon mixing the sugar Atropine
solution with a solution comprising of B: Atropine, Salicin, Opium, Beta
cupric sulfate pentahydrate, sodium Endorphin
carbonate, and sodium citrate, a clear C: Salicin, Atropine, Beta-Endorphin,
blue solution was observed Opium
Which among the following combinations D: Beta-Endorphin, Opium, Atropine,
are the most likely to be present in the Salicin
test tubes respectively?
A. Fructose and Dextrose 44. An experiment conducted by the
B. Galactose and Sucrose Philippine Nuclear Research Institute
C. Levulose and Maltose involves the usage of a 265 g laboratory
D. Glucose and Lactose rat. The said specimen absorbs 1.77x10^10
beta particles, each with an energy of
38. A new radioisotope, represented has 2.20x10^-13 J. If the RBE is 0.75, what
been isolated by scientists from CERN. A is the absorbed dose and equivalent dose
nuclear chemist was given the of radiation the laboratory rat had
responsibility of studying its decay. By absorbed?
performing tests, he observed that the A: 1.469 Gy and 1.10 Sv
half-life of the isotope is 5 days. If he B: 0.147 Gy and 100 Sv
had 0.1 moles of the radioisotope C: 0.0147 Gy and 0.011 Sv
D: 146.9 Gy and 110 Sv
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activity for an additional 30 meters away
45. Which among the following is from it?
improperly grouped? A: 0.57 mCi B: 0.78 mCi
A: Tryptophan, Methionine, Valine C: 0.43 mCi D: 0.96 mCi
B: Serine, Tyrosine, Cysteine
C: Arginine, Histidine, Aspartate
D: Glycine, Proline, Alanine
46. Menthol is used to flavor a variety
of food products. Its most stable
configuration is 2-isopropyl-5-
methylcyclohexanol where the hydroxyl
functional group is in the equatorial
position. Which among the following does
not describe this configuration?
A: The isopropyl group is attached on the
equatorial position and is trans to the
hydroxyl functional group
B: The methyl group is attached on the
axial position and is trans to the
hydroxyl group
C: The methyl group is attached to the
equatorial position and is trans to the
isopropyl group
D: The isopropyl group is attached to the
equatorial position and is trans to the
methyl group
47. Consider the following statements:
[I]- The autoignition temperature is the
lowest temperature at which a liquid will
give off enough vapor to form an
ignitable mixture with air
[II] – Temperatures below the flash point
would exhibit vapors above liquids that
can be ignited and would be able to
sustain it for a prolonged amount of
time.
[III] – a vapor-air mixture well above
the Upper Flammable Limit poses more
danger due to its combustible nature
Which among the following statements is
TRUE?
A: Statement III
B: Statement I and III
C: Statement II and I
D: None of the above
48. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is
planned to be retrofitted in hopes of
using it for the first time. One point of
concern is the material that would be
used in the outer portions of the room
housing the fuel rods. If the radiation
coming from the fuel rods would be a
strong beta emission, which material
should be utilized?
A: 1.00 cm of Aluminum
B: 7.50 m of Concrete
C: 8.0 mm of Lucite
D: 35.0 m of Lead
49. The mutations in a gene observed
through a species evolution will
inevitably result from parallel changes
in which structure of the protein?
A: Primary Structure
B: Secondary Structure
C: Tertiary Structure
D: Quaternary Structure
50. A nuclear engineer is recalibrating a
Geiger counter for detecting the neutrons
within the immediate vicinity of used
control rods. If the measured activity is
at 28 mCi, five meters away from the
control rods, what would be the expected
