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Key Facts: ENADE Engenharia Química Exam

46 items

Exam length

15 Formação Geral MCQs + 30 Componente Específico MCQs + 1 discursive item (Edital INEP nº 61/2026)

4 hours

Exam duration

Single session, Edital INEP nº 61/2026 item 3.7

29 November 2026

2026 exam date

Bachelor's and CST sitting, Edital INEP nº 61/2026

19 objetos de conhecimento

Official specific-component scope

Portaria INEP nº 166, de 14 de abril de 2026, Art. 6º

R$ 0

Candidate fee

ENADE is free; institutions register students through the Sistema Enade

1 to 5

Conceito Enade scale

Course-level result under SINAES (Lei nº 10.861/2004); no individual pass mark

Portuguese

Official exam language

INEP administers ENADE in Portuguese; this bank is an English study adaptation

ENADE Engenharia Química is INEP's mandatory capstone assessment for graduating chemical engineering students in Brazil: 46 items in 4 hours (15 Formação Geral MCQs, 30 specific MCQs and 1 discursive item), free of charge, with no individual pass mark. This page provides 100 free English-language practice MCQs as a study adaptation of the officially Portuguese-language exam.

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1Under Federal Law No. 5,194/1966 and CONFEA Resolution No. 1,025/2009, which document must a Chemical Engineer legally issue before starting any technical service, design project, or industrial consulting in Brazil to establish legal and civil responsibility?
A.Anotação de Responsabilidade Técnica (ART)
B.Certificado de Conformidade Ambiental (CCA)
C.Laudo de Vistoria e Inspeção Predial (LVIP)
D.Relatório de Impacto sobre o Meio Ambiente (RIMA)
Explanation: The Anotação de Responsabilidade Técnica (ART) is the mandatory instrument instituted by Federal Law No. 6,496/1977 and regulated by CONFEA Resolution No. 1,025/2009. It legally defines the technical and civil responsibility of professionals registered within the CONFEA/CREA system for any engineering service or contract.
2In a chemical process Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) study of an exothermic batch polymerization reactor, the study team applies the guide word 'MORE' to the parameter 'TEMPERATURE'. Which deviation and potential consequence are being evaluated?
A.Excessive temperature in the reactor, potentially triggering a thermal runaway reaction and overpressurization.
B.Lower coolant flow rate resulting in complete freezing of the cooling jacket fluid.
C.Reverse flow of initiator from the feed manifold back into the monomer storage vessel.
D.Phase separation of monomer and polymer due to insufficient mechanical agitation.
Explanation: Applying the guide word 'MORE' to the parameter 'TEMPERATURE' evaluates the deviation 'High Temperature' (More Temperature). In an exothermic polymerization reactor, higher temperature exponentially increases the reaction rate according to the Arrhenius law, leading to loss of heat removal capacity, thermal runaway, and catastrophic overpressurization.
3A chemical synthesis produces 1 mole of target product C (molar mass = 120 g/mol) from 1 mole of reactant A (molar mass = 100 g/mol) and 1 mole of reactant B (molar mass = 60 g/mol), generating 1 mole of byproduct D (molar mass = 40 g/mol). What is the theoretical atom economy (AE) of this reaction?
A.75.0%
B.66.7%
C.80.0%
D.33.3%
Explanation: Atom Economy is calculated as (Molar Mass of Desired Product / Total Molar Mass of All Reactants) × 100%. Here, AE = [120 / (100 + 60)] × 100% = (120 / 160) × 100% = 75.0%.
4In a biological wastewater treatment plant utilizing the conventional activated sludge process, which operational parameter directly controls the active microbial population age and nitrification performance?
A.Sludge Retention Time (SRT) or Mean Cell Residence Time (theta_c)
B.Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) in the primary clarifier only
C.Dissolved oxygen saturation pressure in the air compressor manifold
D.Chlorine dosage in the final disinfection contact basin
Explanation: Sludge Retention Time (SRT, or theta_c) represents the average time activated sludge microorganisms remain in the biological system. Maintaining an adequate SRT (typically >8-10 days at 20 °C) is essential for retaining slow-growing nitrifying bacteria (Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter) and optimizing BOD removal.
5Under Brazilian environmental regulation CONAMA Resolution No. 430/2011, which condition must industrial wastewater effluents satisfy before direct discharge into receiving water bodies?
A.Effluent pH must be maintained between 5.0 and 9.0, and temperature must not raise the receiving body by more than 3 °C outside the mixing zone.
B.Effluent must possess zero Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD = 0 mg/L) regardless of dilution.
C.Total dissolved solids must be completely removed by thermal evaporation to dry salt cake.
D.Effluent must be diluted with at least 10 volumes of municipal drinking water prior to discharge.
Explanation: CONAMA Resolution No. 430/2011 establishes effluent discharge conditions and standards in Brazil. Among its general criteria, the effluent pH must remain strictly between 5.0 and 9.0, temperature must be below 40 °C with thermal alteration not exceeding 3 °C in the receiving water body outside the mixing zone, and dilution with clean water is strictly prohibited.
6In Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) applied to chemical plant risk management, what is an Independent Protection Layer (IPL)?
A.A device, system, or action capable of preventing a scenario from proceeding to the undesired consequence, independent of the initiating event and other protection layers.
B.A backup communication line between the field operators and company executive management.
C.A routine maintenance procedure performed only during decennial complete plant turnarounds.
D.An insurance policy that covers financial losses following an industrial environmental incident.
Explanation: In CCPS LOPA methodology, an Independent Protection Layer (IPL) is defined as a safety device, automated system, or administrative action that is effective, independent of the initiating event and any other protection layers, and capable of being audited and validated to prevent or mitigate an accident scenario.
7A specialty pharmaceutical chemical process consumes 2,500 kg of raw materials, reagents, and solvents to produce 100 kg of isolated pure active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). What is the Sheldon Environmental Factor (E-factor) of this batch process?
A.24.0 kg waste / kg product
B.25.0 kg waste / kg product
C.0.04 kg waste / kg product
D.0.96 kg waste / kg product
Explanation: The E-factor defined by Roger Sheldon is (Total Mass of Waste Generated / Mass of Desired Product). Total waste = Total raw materials - Mass of product = 2,500 kg - 100 kg = 2,400 kg. Thus, E-factor = 2,400 kg / 100 kg = 24.0 kg waste / kg product.
8Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors are widely used in Brazil for treating high-strength organic agro-industrial wastewaters. What is the fundamental function of the three-phase separator located at the top of the UASB reactor?
A.To separate treated effluent, biogas (methane/carbon dioxide), and anaerobic sludge, returning the biomass to the digestion zone.
B.To inject compressed atmospheric air to maintain aerobic biological oxidation.
C.To physically strip toxic hydrogen sulfide by high-pressure steam injection.
D.To separate heavy inorganic sand and grit prior to biological reaction.
Explanation: The three-phase separator (gas-liquid-solid separator, GLS) is the core mechanical feature of a UASB reactor. It collects generated biogas (CH4 and CO2), directs settled biomass back down into the granular sludge blanket, and discharges the clarified treated liquid effluent.
9According to the ISO 14001:2015 standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS), what does adopting a 'life-cycle perspective' require an industrial organization to do?
A.Consider environmental aspects and impacts from raw material acquisition and design through end-of-life treatment and final disposal.
B.Limit environmental monitoring strictly to the legal boundaries of the manufacturing site fence line.
C.Guarantee zero financial operational cost across the design life of all chemical processing equipment.
D.Decommission the manufacturing facility every 10 years to completely replace all process technology.
Explanation: ISO 14001:2015 explicitly incorporates a life-cycle perspective, meaning organizations must consider how environmental aspects can be controlled or influenced throughout the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product (or service) system, from raw material procurement, design, manufacturing, distribution, use, to end-of-life disposal.
10Brazilian Regulatory Standard NR-13 establishes safety requirements for the operation, inspection, and maintenance of boilers, pressure vessels, piping, and metallic storage tanks. What safety device is mandatory on all NR-13 classified pressure vessels to prevent catastrophic rupture?
A.A calibrated pressure relief device (safety valve or rupture disc) set at or below the Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP/PMTA).
B.A bypass valve venting directly into the control room for continuous operator sniffing.
C.A high-pressure water deluge system activated solely by ambient room lighting.
D.A manual drain valve that must remain permanently open to the atmosphere during operation.
Explanation: NR-13 mandates that every pressure vessel subject to internal pressure must be equipped with at least one overpressure protection device (such as a spring-loaded safety relief valve or rupture disc) calibrated and set to discharge at a pressure not exceeding the Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (PMTA/MAWP).

About the ENADE Engenharia Química Exam

ENADE Engenharia Química is the Brazilian national assessment of graduating chemical engineering students, run by INEP under the Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior (SINAES, Lei nº 10.861/2004). Portaria INEP nº 166 of 14 April 2026 sets the Componente Específico for this area from the 2026 edition: 30 multiple-choice items plus 1 discursive item, built on the course's Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais and on the professional legislation that governs engineering practice. A common 15-item Formação Geral block (Portaria INEP nº 154/2026) is shared with every course assessed in the same cycle, giving 46 items in a 4-hour session. The official scope names 19 objetos de conhecimento, including Balanços de massa e energia, Termodinâmica, Transferência de quantidade de movimento, de calor e de massa, Operações unitárias, Engenharia das reações químicas, Engenharia de bioprocessos, Engenharia de meio ambiente, Modelagem, simulação, otimização e controle de processos and Projeto e segurança de processos. The 2026 paper is sat on 29 November 2026. This page offers 100 free English-language multiple-choice practice questions as a study aid, not an official-format simulation.

Assessment

One 4-hour session: 15 Formação Geral MCQs, 30 Componente Específico MCQs and 1 Componente Específico discursive item

Time Limit

4 hours

Passing Score

No individual pass mark. ENADE is a mandatory curricular component: sitting it is required to graduate, and scores are aggregated into the course Conceito Enade (1 to 5) and the CPC/IGC quality indicators rather than producing a personal pass or fail.

Exam Fee

Free — no candidate fee (INEP — Ministério da Educação)

ENADE Engenharia Química Exam Content Outline

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Professional ethics, legislation, safety and sustainability

Professional conduct and legal duties drawn from the Componente Específico's 'normativas associadas à legislação profissional': the CONFEA/CREA Código de Ética (Resolução 1.002/2002) and ART registration under Lei nº 5.194/1966 and Resolução 1.025/2009, process hazard analysis (HAZOP guide words, LOPA independent protection layers, fault tree analysis), pressure equipment relief requirements under NR-13, occupational exposure limits (TLV-TWA) under NR-15, effluent discharge standards under CONAMA 430/2011, activated sludge and UASB wastewater treatment, coagulation chemistry, ISO 14001 life-cycle perspective, green-chemistry atom economy and the Sheldon E-factor. Maps to the official objetos 'engenharia de meio ambiente', 'projeto e segurança de processos' and 'administração e economia'.

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Balanços de massa e energia e Termodinâmica

Steady-state balances with recycle, bypass and purge, single-pass versus overall conversion, selectivity in parallel reactions, evaporation and crystallisation yields, humidity blending; standard enthalpies of formation and heats of combustion, adiabatic flame temperature, cubic equations of state and corresponding states, vapour-liquid equilibrium under modified Raoult's law, fugacity and chemical potential criteria, activity coefficient models (Wilson, NRTL), excess enthalpy, Maxwell relations, the van 't Hoff equation, Gibbs phase rule, Rankine and refrigeration cycle performance and the Joule-Thomson effect. Covers the official objetos 'balanços de massa e energia', 'termodinâmica' and 'química'.

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Fenómenos de transporte

Newtonian and power-law rheology, Couette and Poiseuille flow, Reynolds number and friction factors, the Ergun equation for packed beds, pump hydraulic power and NPSH; conduction through composite and cylindrical walls, critical insulation radius, convection correlations and the physical meaning of Nu, Re, Pr and Gr, radiation exchange, LMTD and the effectiveness-NTU method; Fick's laws, equimolar counterdiffusion, Stefan-tube diffusion through a stagnant film, two-film theory and the Chilton-Colburn analogy. Covers the official objeto 'transferência de quantidade de movimento, de calor e de massa'.

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Operações unitárias de separação

McCabe-Thiele construction and the q-line, total reflux and Fenske's minimum stages, Underwood minimum reflux, Murphree tray efficiency, azeotropes and relative volatility; absorption HTU and NTU and the minimum liquid-to-gas ratio; liquid-liquid extraction and the plait point; membrane processes including reverse osmosis flux, ultrafiltration and concentration polarisation; drying periods, cake filtration under the Ruth equation, crystallisation supersaturation, leaching, adsorption isotherms, cyclone cut diameter, Stokes settling, psychrometrics, supercritical fluid extraction and multiple-effect evaporator economy. Covers the official objeto 'operações unitárias de transferência de quantidade de movimento, de calor e de massa'.

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Cinética, Reatores e Controlo de processos

Arrhenius activation energy, CSTR and PFR design equations and volume comparison, reactors in series, recycle reactors, consecutive reactions and optimum batch time, catalyst effectiveness factor and the Thiele modulus, Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics, the pseudo-steady-state hypothesis, Michaelis-Menten saturation and multiple steady states in non-isothermal CSTRs; FOPDT process dynamics, PID actions, Ziegler-Nichols tuning, Routh-Hurwitz gain ranges, gain and phase margins, cascade control and control-valve trim selection. Covers the official objetos 'engenharia das reações químicas', 'engenharia de bioprocessos' and 'modelagem, simulação, otimização e controle de processos'.

How to Pass the ENADE Engenharia Química Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: No individual pass mark. ENADE is a mandatory curricular component: sitting it is required to graduate, and scores are aggregated into the course Conceito Enade (1 to 5) and the CPC/IGC quality indicators rather than producing a personal pass or fail.
  • Assessment: One 4-hour session: 15 Formação Geral MCQs, 30 Componente Específico MCQs and 1 Componente Específico discursive item
  • Time limit: 4 hours
  • Exam fee: Free — no candidate fee

Keys to Passing

  • Work through all 100 available questions
  • Review every answer and explanation
  • Track weak areas and revisit them
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

ENADE Engenharia Química Study Tips from Top Performers

1Read Portaria INEP nº 166 of 14 April 2026: it lists the 19 objetos de conhecimento that define the Componente Específico, and it replaced the pre-2026 guidance.
2Master recycle, bypass and purge balances — the inert balance alone fixes the purge rate, and single-pass versus overall conversion is a recurring trap.
3Practise vapour-liquid equilibrium numerically with modified Raoult's law, and know why Wilson cannot predict liquid-liquid splitting while NRTL can.
4Drill transport calculations in all three modes: friction factors and NPSH, composite-wall conduction and LMTD, and diffusion flux through a stagnant film.
5Know the separation shortcut methods cold: Fenske for minimum stages, Underwood for minimum reflux, Z = HTU x NTU for packed towers and t proportional to V squared for constant-pressure filtration.
6Compare reactor types quantitatively: for positive-order kinetics a CSTR always needs more volume than a PFR at the same conversion, and the ratio grows sharply with order and conversion.
7Do not neglect the 15-item Formação Geral block; it is not engineering-specific and draws on the transversal themes listed in Portaria INEP nº 154/2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official structure of the 2026 ENADE Engenharia Química exam?

Under Edital INEP nº 61/2026 and Portaria INEP nº 166/2026, the paper runs for 4 hours and contains 46 items: 15 Formação Geral multiple-choice questions common to every course in the cycle, plus a Componente Específico of 30 multiple-choice questions and 1 discursive question. The 2026 sitting is on 29 November 2026.

Is there a pass mark for ENADE?

No. ENADE produces no individual pass or fail. It is a mandatory curricular component, so a graduating student who is registered and fails to sit it cannot graduate, but the scores are used to build the course's Conceito Enade on a 1 to 5 scale and feed the CPC and IGC quality indicators for the programme and institution.

Who has to sit ENADE Engenharia Química?

Graduating (concluinte) students of Bacharelado em Engenharia Química whose institution registers them through the Sistema Enade. Entering (ingressante) students are no longer required to sit the paper but must complete the Questionário do Estudante Ingressante to stay in good standing.

Is there a fee to take ENADE?

No. ENADE is free for students. Registration is handled by the higher education institution (IES) through INEP's Sistema Enade, not by the student individually.

How does ENADE differ from CREA registration?

ENADE is an academic assessment run by INEP/MEC to measure course quality. Professional registration with the Conselho Regional de Engenharia e Agronomia (CREA/CONFEA) is the separate legal licence, obtained after graduation, that allows you to practise engineering in Brazil.

Do these practice questions match the official exam format?

Not exactly. The official exam is written and answered in Portuguese and includes a discursive item plus a broad Formação Geral block on transversal themes such as human rights, climate change and social inclusion. This bank is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation built from the official objetos de conhecimento; it is a study aid, not an official translation or a format simulation.