PSEM Review 2008

PRE BOARD FOR MINING ENGINEERING

Sunday, November 23, 2008 08:00 A.M. - 04:00 P.M.

MINING ENGINEERING II

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 on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

Multiple Choice

1. These are those most widely used collection in mineral

flotation and may be classified in two types according to the
structure of the polar group
A. Anionic collectors C. Sulphydryl
B. Oxyhydryl D. Cationic

2. The following are factors which affect screen performance

except:
A. Particle shape D. Vibration rate
B. Nature of feed material E. Number of screen aperture
C. Feed rate

3. The effectivity of the gravity concentration method is

determined by this expression: (Dh-Df)/(Dl-Df)

Where: Dh = specific gravity of heavy material

Dl = Specific gravity of light material
Df = specific gravity of the fluid medium

This is called __________.

A. Setting ratio D. Separation parameter

B. Newton’s constant E. Concentration criterion
C. Reynold’s number

4. In flotation, it is always harder to eliminate collector

already absorb than prevent its absorption. To prevent loss of
selectivity, which of the following will you recommend?
A. Increase the concentration of the collector
B. Use a collector with a longer hydrocarbon chain
C. Decrease the concentration of the collector
D. Use a shorter chain collector
E. None of the above

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5. Please complete the following statement: When the
concentration is less than 1.25,
A. gravity concentration is not commercially feasible.
B. Efficiency of separation decreases.
C. Efficiency of separation increases.
D. Gravity concentration is relatively easy.

6. It is a small amount which contains all the components in the

proportions in which they occur in the original lot.
A. Assay C. Representative
B. Sample D. Feed Split

7. This process involves the formation of much more agglomerates

and relies upon molecules of reagent reacting as bridges
between separate suspended particles. The reagents used to
form “bridges” are the long-chain organic polymer. What do you
call the process?
A. Coagulation C. Bridging
B. Flocculation D. Dispersion

8. The following are activators except;

A. Sodium sulfide C. Copper sulfate
B. Sodium hydrosulfide D. Sodium Carbonate

9. The molecules concentration in the surface layer with the non-

polar groups oriented towards the air and the polar groups
towards the water. This is the behavior of:
A. Frother molecule C. Regulator molecule
B. Activator molecule D. Depressant molecule

10. It is the theory on comminution which states that the

energy consumed in size reduction is proportional to the area
of new surface produced.
A. Kick’s Theory C. Bruce Berry Theory
B. Bond’s Theory D. Rittinger’s Theory

11. It is the theory in comminution which states that the

work required is proportional to the reduction in volume of
particles concerned.
A. Kick’s Theory C. Bruce Berry Theory
B. Bond’s Theory D. Rittinger’s Theory

12. It is a theory in comminution which states that the work

input is proportional to the new crack tip length produced in
particle breakage and equals the work represented by the
product minus that represented by fee.
A. Kick’s Theory C. Bruce Berry Theory

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 B. Bond’s Theory D. Rittinger’s Theory

13. A hand sampling technique wherein broken rocks are picked

at random at some convenient locations to form sample:
A. channel C. cut
B. grab D. chip

14. In hand sampling procedures, this technique provides the

smallest possible errors in sampling.
A. grab sampling C. channel sampling
B. cut sampling D. chip sampling

15. What is the most common associated element for porphyry

copper (island arc type)?
A. Au C. Mo
B. Fe D. Ni

16. Collector reagents used for flotation of sulfide ores:

A. sulphysdrylic D. sulphysurtacts
B. sulposinates E. none of the above
C. sulphyactants

17. Collector reagents used for flotation of salts and oxidized

ores A. oxygenactants D. oxygenoxization
B. oxhydraining E. none of the above
C. oxhydrylic

18. A process used to produce a concentrated gold-silver

solution from which these metals could be recovered by
electrowinning.
A. elution D. electrolation
B. elutriation E. none of the above
C. electrodissolution

19. The process of separating the ore minerals from the gangue
minerals is
A. Ore dressing C. milling
B. extractive metallurgy D. leaching

20. The main object of comminution is

A. liberation of ore minerals from the gangue minerals
B. establish uniform fineness of the feed
C. homogeneity
D. enhance solubility of ground product

21. A gyratory crusher is

A. primary C. tertiary
B. secondary D. fourth stage crusher

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22. The part of the crusher that determines the maximum size that
will enter the crusher
A. throat C. gape
B. mouth D. angle of nip

23. The purpose of close circuit grinding is

A. lengthen the residence of ore inside the mill
B. prevent over-grinding
C. reduce oversize in the product
D. reduce energy consumption

24. In Tyler standard series, the openings are regulated such that
the ratio in any screen to the next screen is
A. 1.414 C. 2.000
B. 1.750 D. 2.150

25. The mesh number of a screen is

A. no. of opening per linear inch
B. opening in cm
C. opening in in.
D. opening in mm

26. The method of separating a mixture of minerals into two or more

products on the basis of velocities at which the grains will fall
thru a fluid medium is called
A. classification C. heavy media separation
B. sedimentation D. elutriation

27. Hindered settling refers to

A. settling of minerals in the thick pulp
B. settling of minerals in water
C. settling of minerals in dilute pulp
D. settling after agitation

28. Cyclone is a
A. classifier C. mixing
B. dewatering D. thickening

29. A middling in concentration refers to

A. feed to concentration system
B. by products
C. contains ore and minerals locked together
D. discarded portion of the concentration system

30. One of this concentration process is not gravity method

A. panning C. tabling
B. jigging D. hand-picking

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31. In ore dressing, sulfide minerals most readily to
A. floatation C. gravity concentration
B. amalgamation D. hydraulic classification

32. The most common frother used in floatation is

A. ethyl alcohol C. minirec
B. pine oil D. solid hydrocarbon

33. The most widely used collectors are

A. xanthates C. thiosulfates
B. sodium sulfide D. cresylic acid

34. Substances that inhibits floatation of minerals are called

A. conditioner C. depress ore
B. activators D. modifiers

35. The floatation process of recovering two or more minerals as

separate concentrate is called
A. bulk sulfide floatation
B. selective floatation
C. differential flotation
D. stage floatation

36. The conditioner used to regulate alkalinity of the pulp is

A. NaCN C. soda ash
B. CaO D. Na2S

37. Calculated head refers to

A. assay of feeds
B. grams of metal in product / 100 feed
C. grams of metal covered in conc.
D. metal in by-product

38. Pulp density is the

A. weight of the unit volume of pulp
B. weight of dry solids in the pulp
C. ratio of the water to solids by weight
D. ave. spec. gr. of the components of the mixture

39. Avogadro’s number is the number of atoms in one gram atom which
is
A. 3.4 x 10 14 C. 5.0 x 10 32
B. 6.02 x 10 23
D. 22.4 x 10 2

40. One pound mole of gas at standard condition occupies

A. 22.4 cu-ft C. 22.4 liters
B. 359 cu-ft D. 22.4 cu-m

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41. The fundamental heat unit in the English system is
A. pound C. Btu
B. gram calorie D. kilo-calorie

42. The number of calories absorbed when one gram molecular weight
of a compound is formed from its element is called
A. heat of reaction C. heat of formation
B. exothermic reaction D. latent heat of reaction

43. The most common practice of reporting hardness of ore is

A. Bond’s work index C. Hardgrove index
B. Denver method D. BM method

44. Massive pyrite is mined primarily as a source of

A. metallic iron
B. blended with magnetite to increase grade
C. sulfuric for sulfuric acid production
D. production of pyrite cinder

45. Metallic aluminum is produced by

A. smelting pyrometallically Al2O3
B. electrolysis of fused salts
C. leaching with aluminum carbonate
D. calcination of Al(OH)2
46. The gangue mineral in a lead zinc complex ore is
A. galena C. siderite
B. sphalerite D. suriferous Au

47. In ore dressing seavenging refers to

A. recycling of middling
B. treatment of rougher tails to mixture recovery
C. treatment of cleaner tails
D. additional cleaning stage of the final concentrate

48. The Cu mineral that has the highest Cu content is

A. chalcopyrite C. enargite
B. bornite D. chalcocite

49. The most common method of concentrating chromite is by

A. jigging C. sluicing
B. classifying D. elutriation

50. The feed to concentrating system is called

A. concentrate C. tails
B. head D. middling

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