Chemical engineering

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for chemical engineering selection in the engineering, technical, and design sector with 5 skill areas: technical reasoning, numerical reasoning, situational judgment, safety judgment and critical thinking. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Technical reasoning — Applied technical principles, diagrams, tools, systems, measurements, and troubleshooting.
• Numerical reasoning — Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Safety judgment — Hazard recognition, safe sequencing, escalation, and risk controls.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. A chemical engineer's primary focus is to:

   • A. Ignore mass balances
   • B. Only draft architectural elevations
   • C. Design and operate processes that transform materials safely and efficiently
   • D. Sell lab coats exclusively

2. Relief valve blocked during startup. What is best?

   • A. Proceed carefully
   • B. Stop; restore overpressure protection before continuing
   • C. Raise set pressure by gagging
   • D. Disable alarms

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.