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18-Env-B9 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology: May 2016

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  1. Question 1 Five Chemistry Definitions
  2. Question 2 Moles of Na 2 SO 4
  3. Question 3 COD of C 5 H 7 NO 2
  4. Question 4 Five Chemical Unit Processes
  5. Question 5 Partial Pressures of Digester Gas Components
  6. Question 6 Oxygen Required for Complete Oxidation
  7. Question 7 Liquid Alum Dosing and Storage for Phosphorus Removal
  8. Question 8 Process Flow Diagram — Wastewater to Drinking Water
  9. Question 9 Ten Microbiology Definitions
  10. Question 10 True or False
  11. Question 11 Effect of Nitrification on the BOD Test
  12. Question 12 Phases of Microbial Growth
  13. Question 13 Diseases Transmitted by Water
  14. Question 14 UV Light and Microorganisms
  15. Question 15 The F/M Ratio in Biological Wastewater Treatment
  16. Question 16 Solids Retention Time (SRT)
  17. Question 17 Why and How the BOD Test Is Conducted
  18. Question 18 Causes of Sludge Bulking
  19. Question 19 Why Environmental Engineers Need Microbiology
  20. Question 20 Diseases Spread Through the Air

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National Exams — May 2016 — 04-Env-B9, Environmental Chemistry/Microbiology. 3 hours duration; closed-book exam (one 8.5×11" aid sheet, both sides, permitted; any non-communicating calculator permitted). The paper has two sections — Section 1: Chemistry (8 questions, 50 marks) and Section 2: Microbiology (12 questions, 50 marks) — twenty questions constitute the complete exam and all are answered below. Total examination mark 100.

Reference texts. Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (6th ed.) (water chemistry, disinfection, water/wastewater microbiology, indicator organisms); Metcalf & Eddy (Tchobanoglous, Stensel, Tsuchihashi & Burton), Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery (5th ed.) (chemical unit processes, chemical phosphorus precipitation, biomass stoichiometry, activated-sludge microbiology, BOD/SRT/F–M); Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (Health Canada); MWH's Water Treatment: Principles and Design (3rd ed.) (advanced treatment, UV disinfection, potable reuse).

Section 1: Chemistry (8 questions, 50 marks)