Seat No.

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Republic of the Philippines
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISION
Manila

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

R.E. E. Licensure Examination

Tuesday, Sep 2011 08:00 a.m - 04:00 p.m.
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ESAS - CHEMISTRY SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one
answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice to the answer
sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 1 only

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. How much is the pH content of an acid? (BP Sept.’08)

A. between 1 and 5 C. between 2 and 7
B. between 0 and 7 D. between 4 and 6

2. A household cleaning solution has a hydronium ion concentration of 10–11M (Molarity).

What is the pH of the solution?
A. 10 C. 9
B. 12 D. 11

3. What theory of atomic structure which stated that no two electrons in a given atom can
have the same set of four quantum numbers ? (BP May ’08)
A. Bohr C. Pauli
B. de Broglie D. Heisenberg

4. Calculate the energy in Joule of an electron in the first Bohr orbit of hydrogen.
A. –2.178 x10–18 C. –4.358x10–18
B. –2.341 x10 –18
D. –6.537 x10–18

5. Which one of the following is The Ideal Gas Law? (BP Sept.’06)
A. PV = nRT C. P1/T1 = P2/T2
B. V = k x (1/P) D. (V/T) = k

6. What volume occupied by 4.0 g oxygen at STP?

A. 2.8 L C. 5.6 L
B. 1.4 L D. 0.7 L

7. A sample of unknown gas has a mass of 28.1 g and occupies 4.8 Liters at STP. What is
its molecular mass ? (BP Apr.’03)
A. 121 g/mol C. 224 g/mol
B. 141 g/mol D. 131 g/mol
8. A gas has a density of 0.094 lb/cu.ft at 100 oF and 2 atm. What pressure is needed to
change the density to 0.270 lb/cu.ft at 250oF ? (BP Sept.’02)
A. 5.25 atm C. 6.26 atm
B. 3.23 atm D. 7.28 atm

9. A refrigerator tank holding 5.00 L Freon gas (C2Cl2F4) at 25oC and 3.00 atm pressure
developed a leak. When the leak was discovered and repaired, the tank had lost 76.0 g
of the gas. What was the pressure of the gas remaining in the tank at 25oC?
A. 0.83 atm C. 0.38 atm
B. 2.17 atm D. 1.27 atm

10. A 0.064 kg of octane vapor (M.W. = 114) is mixed with 0.91 kg of air (M.W. = 29.0) in the
manifold of an engine. The total pressure in the manifold is 86.1 kPa, and the
temperature is 290 K. Assume octane behaves ideally, What is the partial pressure of
the air in the mixture? (BP Sept.’02)
A. 84.6 kPa C. 48.6 kPa
B. 64.6 kPa D. 46.8 kPa