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EXAMINATION SET A CHEMISTRY 5072/01 For GCE ‘O’ Level Paper 1 Multiple Choice 1 hour Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No additional materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST There are forty questions in this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible answers A, B, C and D. Choose the one you consider correct and circle your choice on the Question Paper. Each correct answer will score one mark. Marks will not be deducted for wrong answers. ‘Any rough working should be done on the Question Paper. copy of the Data Sheet is printed on page vii Acopy of the Periodic Table is printed on page vili. 2 1 The graph below shows how a number changes for the elements from sulfur to calcium. number for the element S Ci Ar K Ca element What is this number? A B c D the number of electron shells in an atom the number of valence electrons in an atom the number of protons in an atom the number of neutrons in an atom 2 Nitrogen and hydrogen react to form ammonia. Which of the following sets of diagrams best represents the reactants and the product? Reactants Product ° Oe? o % oo of Paty eh 8 eS 38 Examination Set A 3 3 Which of the following shows the most suitable set-up to purify gas X using liquid Y? gas X gas X A A liquid Y } : [sy hauid D liquid YRt= & B c 4 Inan experiment to find the empirical formula of copper(I!) sulfate crystals, a known mass of crystals is gently heated in a crucible and stirred occasionally. Which of the following statements is correct? A. Gentle heating is necessary to reduce the size of the crystals. B_ Gentle heating is necessary to evaporate the water of crystallisation. C Occasional stirring is necessary to prevent the crystals from sticking to the crucible. D Occasional stirring is necessary to speed up the reaction. 5 Silver nitrate and potassium iodide react according to the following equation AgNO,(aq) + — Ki(aq) > Aglis) + KNOs(aq) colourless colourless. yellow colourless Which method could be used to separate the products? A chromatography B crystallisation C distillation D filtration 6 Anion X** has 24 nucleons and 10 electrons. How many protons and neutrons are present in the nucleus of X**? Number of protons Number of neutrons A 13 abl B 12 12 c WW 13 D 10 14 Examination Set A 7 10 4 Which of the following correctly represents the electronic configuration of a potassium ion? A 287 B 288 Cc 289 D 28.8.1 Which of the following has the highest electrical conductivity? A carbon dioxide gas B solid graphite C solid sodium chloride D sugar solution The diagram below shows a simplified structure for asbestos. Da ° °. 6 66 6 6 & Mg? Mg?" Mage What type(s) of bonding is/are found in asbestos? A. covalent and ionic B covalent and metallic purely covalent D purely ionic An element A of atomic number 20 reacts with an element B of atomic number 17. Which of the following statements is correct? A Acovalent compound of formula AB» is formed. B_ Acovalent compound of formula A2B is formed. © Anionic compound of formula ABz is formed D An ionic compound of formula A,B is formed. Examination Set A 5 11 The following is the structure of a compound containing element Z, oxygen and hydrogen. xx xOx xx Zz x 8x HH Which group of the Periodic Table does element Z belong to? A Group Il B_ Group IV C GroupV D Group VI 12. Which of the following statements comparing one mole of water and one mole of ammonia, both at the same temperature and pressure, is correct? A They have the same mass. B_ They have the same volume. They have the same number of atoms. D_ They have the same number of molecules. 13 Methane reacts with steam to form hydrogen and carbon monoxide according to the following equation. CH,(g) + HeO(g) > CO(g) + 3H2(9) What would be the total volume of gaseous products obtained when 100 cm? of methane reacts? A 100cm° B 300 cm? C 400 cm D 500 cm? 14 An unknown metal M forms a compound of formula MsCOs. Which of the following statements is correct? A Mreacts with oxygen to form MO. B_ Mmust be a highly reactive metal C1 mole of MCs contains 6 moles of ions D The percentage composition by mass of M in MjCOg is greater than 10%. Examination Set A 15 16 7 18 19 6 Which of the following would be most suitable for placing 24.7 cm? of liquid into a beaker? A aburette B_ a graduated syringe ameasuring cylinder D apipette When liquid J and liquid K are mixed, a solution with pH 7 is formed. Which of the following are the pH values of J and K? J K A 2 5 B 2 9 c 6 1 D 14 7 Astudent puts a tick (v) in the following table to indicate that all the 4 properties between sulfuric acid and ethanoic acid are the same. Which of the properties, A, B, C or D, is not common for both acids? | Sulfuric acid | Ethanoic acid A | Itbums in air, [ov v| B | itreacts with copper(li) oxide. | v | v | ¢ | Itreacts with magnesium. a v | D It reacts with sodium carbonate. v v When substance L was heated, an amphoteric oxide was produced. What is substance L? A. copper(l) nitrate B _iron(ti) nitrate C potassium nitrate D zinc nitrate Which of the following is the best method of making copper(II) sulfate? ‘A adding aqueous zinc sulfate to copper B adding aqueous sodium sulfate to copper(I!) carbonate C adding dilute sulfuric acid to copper D adding dilute sulfuric acid to copper!) oxide Examination Set A 7 20 When hydrochloric acid reacts with a substance P, only a colourless solution is formed. What is substance P? A B c D calcium carbonate iron(II) hydroxide potassium hydroxide silver nitrate 21 The following is an unbalanced equation showing the reduction of MnO,-, where v, w, x, ¥ and z are the whole-number coefficients. vMnO," + WH* + xe" > yMn? + ZH,O What is the sum of v, w, x, y, and z, given that v= 1 (ie. reduction of 1 mol of MnO.7)? A B c D 5 9 17 19 22. Which of the following represents oxidation? A B c D Fe*+(aq) > Fe**(aq) 2H*(aq) > H2(9) 1,{aq) > 2r-(aq) NO;(aq) > NHa(g) 23 What would be observed when sulfur dioxide gas is bubbled into acidified potassium dichromate (V1) solution? A B c D The solution remains green. The solution remains orange. The solution turns green. The solution turns orange. Examination Set A 24 25 26 In the extraction of iron, four substances are added into the blast furnace. Three of them are iron ore, coke and limestone. What is the fourth substance? A carbon monoxide B haematite Cc hotair D molten slag The following shows some typical properties of metals and non-metals. Which set of properties for a metal and a non-metal is correct? Metal Non-metal good conductor of electricity forms negative rather than positive ions usually has a high melting point good conductor of electricity forms negative rather than positive ions _usually dull in appearance vom > usually shiny in appearance usually has a high melting point ‘Two electrolytic cells are set up as shown below. In both cells, only carbon electrodes are used and the electrolytes are solutions of silver nitrate and aluminium nitrate respectively. —{i|—— silver nitrate aluminium solution nitrate solution Which of the following correctly gives the masses of the metals deposited at the cathode of each cell if 0.5 mol of electrons flow through the circuit? [A,: Ag = 108, Al = 27] Mass of Ag (g) Mass of Al (g) A 108 27 B 108 45 c 54 45 D 54 0 Examination Set A 9 27 The following diagram represents the electrolysis of a molten substance, using carbon electrodes. The circles represent ions, with their charges as indicated. What are the likely products at the electrodes? Anode sodium, bromine oxygen vooD> magnesium Cathode chlorine lead hydrogen oxygen 28 Solution Q is boiled with some aqueous sodium hydroxide. No precipitate or gas is formed Upon adding aluminium foil to the hot solution, ammonia gas is given off. What could Q be? A ammonium chloride B ammonium nitrate C potassium chloride D potassium nitrate 29 Excess nitric acid was added to some solid R in a test tube. Effervescence was observed and a solution was left in the test tube. When aqueous ammonia was added to this solution, white precipitate was formed. This precipitate dissolved in excess aqueous ammonia. What could solid R be? A aluminium carbonate B aluminium chloride zinc carbonate D zine chloride Examination Set A 10 30 When chlorine gas is bubbled into colourless sodium bromide solution, a brown solution is obtained. Which of the following is the best explanation for this observation? A B c D A coloured solution of sodium bromide is formed. Acompound is formed between chlorine and bromine. The chlorine oxidises bromide ions to bromine. The sodium bromide is reduced. 31. Flue gas desulfurisation is one way of reducing pollution. Which of the following is correct? c9oO D> Substance used Effect calcium carbonate reacts with sulfur dioxide calcium carbonate reacts with sulfuric acid platinum reacts with sulfur dioxide platinum reacts with sulfuric acid 32. Two experiments were carried out to measure the rate of production of hydrogen when two different concentrations of hydrochloric acid were each reacted with excess zinc. Experiment Solution used 1 100 cm? of 0.200 mol/dm? HC/ 2 20 om? of 1.00 molidm? HC? Agraph of volume of hydrogen against time was plotted for both experiments. Which graph best shows the results obtained? Examination Set A 4 33. Consider the following equation. CHg + 4Cl > CCl + 4HCI AH = ~460 kJ The bond energy of C-H bond is 412 kJ/mol, the bond energy of C/-C/ bond is 242 kJ/mol and the bond energy of H-C/ bond is 431 kJ/mol. What is the bond energy of C-C/ bond? A 108 kJ/mol B 338 kJ/mol C 432 ku/mol D 1352 kJ/mol 34 The diagram represents a typical fuel cell electrolyte substance X—> + electrode = electrode Which of the following is correct? Substance X Type of reaction A hydrogen oxidation B hydrogen reduction © oxygen oxidation D oxygen reduction 35 Octanol is an alcohol. Its molecules contain eight carbon atoms. What is its molecular formula? A CoHygOH B CgH,7OH © CeH,OH D CyH.

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