2008MultipleChoice

PartA
Questions13refertothefollowingtypesofelementsintheperiodictable.
(A)

Noblegases

(B)

Alkalimetals

(C)

Halogens

(D)

Transitionelements

(E)

Actinides

1.

Arethemostdifficulttooxidizeinagivenperiodoftheperiodictable

2.

Arealwaysradioactive

3.

Arethemostlikelytoformanions

Questions46
Asolutionofaweakmonoproticacidistitratedwithasolutionofastrongbase,KOH.Considerthe
pointslabeled(A)through(E)onthetitrationcurvethatresults,asshownbelow.

4.

Thepointatwhichthemolesoftheaddedstrongbaseareequaltothemolesoftheweakacid
initiallypresent

5.

ThepointatwhichthepHisclosesttothatofathestrongbasebeingadded


6.

Thepointatwhichtheconcentrationsoftheweakacidanditsconjugatebaseare
approximatelyequal

Questions79refertothefollowingpuresubstances,whicharegasesat25oCand1atmosphere
(A)

NH3(g)

(B)

BH3(g)

(C)

H2(g)

(D)

H2S(g)

(E)

HBr(g)

7.

Hasmoleculeswithapyramidalshape

8.

Isastrongelectrolyteinaqueoussolution

9.

Istheslowesttoeffusethroughasmallopeningat25oCand1atm

Questions1011refertothefollowing
(A)

Activationenergy

(B)

Enthalpyofformation

(C)

Entropy

(D)

Gibbsfreeenergy

(E)

Latticeenergy

10.

Quantitythatwouldbezeroforapure,perfectcrystalat0K

11.

Quantitytypicallydeterminedbymeasuringthereateofareactionattwoormoredifferent
temperatures

Questions1214refertothefollowingcombinationsofenthalpychanges(H)andentropychanges
(S)forchemicalreactions.
(A)

H>0,S>0

(B)

H>0,S<0

(C)

H<0,S>0

(D)

H<0,S<0

(E)

H=0,S<0


12.

Mustbetrueforareactionthatisspontaneousatalltemperatures

13.

Truefortheevaporationofwaterat25oCand1atm.

14.

Trueforthecombustionofliquidpentane,C5H12(l),toformH2O(g)andCO2(g)at1atm

Questions1517refertothefollowingreactions
(A)

2Mg(s)+O2(g)2MgO(s)

(B)

Pb2+(aq)+CrO42(aq)PbCrO4(s)

(C)

SO3(g)+2H2OH3O+(aq)+HSO4(aq)

(D)

2H2O(g)2H2(g)+O2(g)

(E)

Ag+(aq)+2NH3(aq)[Ag(NH3)2]+(aq)

15.

Aprecipitationreaction

16.

ALewisacidbasereactionthatproducesacoordinationcomplex

17.

Anoxidationreductionreactionthatisalsoasynthesisreaction.

PartB

18.

Accordingtotheequationabove,howmanymolesofpotassiumchlorate,KClO3,mustbe
decomposedtogenerate1.0LofO2gasatstandardtemperatureandpressure?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)


19.

WhichofthefollowingionshasthesamenumberofelectronsasBr?

(A)

Ca2+

(B)

K+

(C)

Sr2+

(D)

(E)

Cl

20.

Insolidmethane,theforcesbetweenneighboringCH4moleculesarebestcharacterizedas

(A)

ionicbonds

(B)

covalentbonds

(C)

hydrogenbonds

(D)

iondipoleforces

(E)

London(dispersion)forces

21.

Ofthefollowingelectronconfigurationsofneutralatoms,whichrepresentsanatominan
excitedstate?

(A)

1s22s22p5

(B)

1s22s22p53s2

(C)

1s22s22p63s1

(D)

1s22s22p63s23p2

(E)

1s22s22p63s23p5

22.

Whichofthefollowingisanonpolarmoleculethatcontainspolarbonds?

(A)

F2

(B)

CHF3

(C)

CO2

(D)

HCl

(E)

NH3

23.

TheoxidationstatethatiscommontoaqueousionsofFe,Mn,andZnis


(A)

+1

(B)

+2

(C)

+3

(D)

+4

(E)

+5

24.

Whichofthefollowingshowsthecorrectnumberofprotons,neutrons,andelectronsina
neutralcesium134atom?

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

(A)

55

55

55

(B)

55

79

55

(C)

55

79

79

(D)

79

55

79

(E)

134

55

134

25.
Thepressure,inatm,exertedto1.85molofanidealgasplacedina3.00Lcontainerat35oCis
givenbywhichofthefollowingexpressions?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

Experiment

[X]0

[Y]0

InitialrateofFormationofZ(molL1s1)

0.40

0.10

0.20

0.20

26.

ThetableaboveshowstheresultsfromaratestudyofthereactionX+YZ.Startingwith
knownconcentrationsofXandYinexperiment1,therateofformationofZwasmeasured.If
thereactionwasfirstorderwithrespecttoXandsecondorderwithrespecttoY,theinitialrate
offormationofZinexperiment2wouldbe

(A)

R/4

(B)

R/2

(C)

(D)

2R

(E)

4R

27.

Whichofthefollowingisacorrectlybalancednuclearreaction?

(A)

(B)

(C)
(D)

(E)

28.

Whichofthefollowingmoleculescontainsonlysinglebonds?

(A)

CH3COOH

(B)

CH3CH2COOCH3

(C)

C2H6

(D)

C6H6

(E)

HCN

29.

Whatisthemolalityofasolutionofphosphoricacid,H3PO4,thatcontains24.5gofphosphoric
acid(molarmass98.0g)in100.gofH2O?

(A)

0.245m

(B)

2.50m

(C)

4.00m


(D)

25.0m

(E)

40.0m

Emptyflask

18.990

Flask+liquid

39.493

30.

Thedensityofapureliquidat25oCwascalculatedbydeterminingthemassandvolumeofa
sampleoftheliquid.Astudentmeasuredthemassofaclean,dry25.00volumetricflask,filled
theflasktoitscalibrationmarkwiththeliquid,andthenmeasuredthemassoftheflaskand
liquid.Therecordedmeasurementsareshowninthetableabove.Onthebasisofthis
information,tohowmanysignificantfiguresshouldthedensityoftheliquidbereported?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

31.

Acompoundcontains30.percentsulfurand70.percentfluorinebymass.Theempirical
formulaofthecompoundis

(A)

SF

(B)

SF2

(C)

SF4

(D)

SF6

(E)

S2F

32.

Gaseouscyclobuteneundergoesafirstorderreactiontoformgaseousbutadiene.Ata
particulartemperature,thepartialpressureofcyclobuteneinthereactionvesseldropstoone
eighthitsoriginalvaluein124seconds.Whatisthehalflifeforthisreactionatthis
temperature?

(A)

15.5sec

(B)

31.0sec

(C)

41.3sec

Mass(g)


(D)

62.0sec

(E)

124sec

33.

If0.40molofH2and0.15molofO2weretoreactascompletelyaspossibletoproduceH2O,
whatmassofreactantwouldremain?

(A)

0.20gofH2

(B)

0.40gofH2

(C)

3.2gofO2

(D)

4.0gofO2

(E)

4.4gofO2

Ca3(PO4)2(s)+H3PO4(l)Ca(H2PO4)2(s)

34.

Whentheequationaboveisbalancedandallcoefficientsarereducedtolowestwholenumber
terms,whatisthecoefficientofH3PO4(l)?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

H2(g)+I2(g)2HI(g)

35.

Whichofthefollowingchangestotheequilibriumsystemrepresentedabovewillincreasethe
quantityofHI(g)intheequilibriummixture?

I.

AddingH2(g)

II.

Increasingthetemperature

III.

Decreasingthepressure

(A)

Ionly

(B)

IIIonly

(C)

IandIIonly

(D)

IIandIIIonly

H>0


(E)

I,II,andIII

36.

Howmanycarbonatomsarecontainedin2.8gofC2H4?

(A).

1.2x1023

(B)

3.0x1023

(C)

6.0x1023

(D)

1.2x1024

(E)

6.0x1024

37.

Whichofthefollowingelementscombineswithoxygentoformacovalentnetworksolid?

(A)

Si

(B)

(C)

(D)

Mg

(E)

Cs

38.

HowmanymLof10.0MHClareneededtoprepare500.mLof2.00MHCl?

(A).

1.00mL

(B)

10.0mL

(C)

20.0mL

(D)

100.mL

(E)

200.mL

39.

Astudentmixesequalvolumesof1.0Msolutionsoftin(II)chlorideandcopper(II)sulfateand
observesthatnoprecipitateforms.Thenthestudentmixesequalvolumesof1.0Msolutionsof
zinc(II)sulfateandtin(II)fluorideandobservestheformationofaprecipitate.Theformulaof
theprecipitatemustbe

(A)

SnF2

(B)

SnSO4

(C)

Sn(SO4)2

(D)

ZnF


(E)

ZnF2

40.

Onthebasisofstrengthofintermolecularforces,whichofthefollowingelementswouldbe
expectedtohavethehighestmeltingpoint?

(A)

Br2

(B)

Cl2

(C)

F2

(D)

Kr

(E)

N2

41.

ThediagramaboverepresentsH2(g)andN2(g)inaclosedcontainer.Whichofthefollowing
diagramswouldrepresenttheresultsifthereactionshownbelowweretoproceedasfaras
possible?

N2(g)+3H2(g)2NH3(g)

42.

EqualmassesofHeandNeareplacedinasealedcontainer.WhatisthepartialpressureofHeif
thetotalpressureinthecontaineris6atm?

(A)

1atm

(B)

2atm

(C)

3atm

(D)

4atm

(E)

5atm

43.

Apureliquidinanopenvesselboilsatthetemperatureatwhichthe

(A)

molarentropyoftheliquidbecomesequaltothatofthegas

(B)

vaporpressureoftheliquidbecomesequaltotheequilibriumpressureatthetriplepoint

(C)

vaporpressureoftheliquidbecomesequaltotheatmosphericpressureonthesurfaceofthe
liquid

(D)

molarheatcapacityoftheliquidbecomesequaltothatofthegas


(E)

averagekineticenergyoftheliquidmoleculesbecomesequaltothatofthegasmolecules

Cl2(g)+2I(aq)2Cl(aq)+I2(aq)

44.

Whichofthefollowingbestaccountsforthefactthatagalvaniccellbasedonthereaction
representedabovewillgenerateelectricity?

(A)

Cl2caneasilylosetwoelectrons.

(B)

Cl2isastrongeroxidizingagentthanI2

(C)

IatomshavemoreelectronsthandoatomsofCl

(D)

IisamorestablespeciesthanI2

(E)

I2(s)ismoresolublethanCl2(g)

45.

Thecoolingcurveaboveshowshowthetemperatureofasamplevarieswithtimeasthesample
goesthroughphasechanges.Thesamplestartsasagas,andheatisremovedataconstantrate.
Atwhichtimedoesthesamplecontainthemostliquid?

(A)

t1

(B)

t2

(C)

t3

(D)

t4

(E)

t5

46.

Asolutionispreparedbyadding16gofCH3OH(molarmass32g)to90.gofH2O(molarmass18
g).ThemolefractionofCH3OHinthissolutionisclosesttowhichofthefollowing?

(A)

0.1

(B)

0.2


(C)

0.3

(D)

0.4

(E)

0.6

47.

WhendilutingconcentratedH2SO4,oneshouldslowlyaddacidtoabeakerofwaterratherthan
addwatertoabeakerofacid.Thereasonforthisprecautionistoensurethat

(A)

thereiscompleteionizationoftheH2SO4

(B)

thereissufficientvolumeofwatertoabsorbtheheatreleased

(C)

thewaterdoesnotsinkbeneaththeacidandremainunmixed

(D)

theaciddoesnotreactwithimpuritiesinthedrybeaker

(E)

anySO2releasedquicklyredissolvesinthewater

48.

WhichofthefollowingistheconjugateacidofNH2?

(A)

NH2

(B)

NH3

(C)

H+

(D)

NH4+

(E)

H2O

49.

Saltscontainingwhichofthefollowingionsaregenerallyinsolubleincoldwater?

(A)

Acetate

(B)

Ammonium

(C)

Potassium

(D)

Nitrate

(E)

Phosphate

2MnO4(aq)+10Br(aq)+16H+(aq)2Mn2+(aq)+5Br2(aq)+8H2O(l)

50.

Howmanyelectronsaretransferredinthereactionrepresentedbythebalancedequation
above?

(A)


(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

10

51.

Underwhichofthefollowingconditionsoftemperatureandpressurewould1.0molofthereal
gasCO2(g)behavemostlikeanidealgas?

Temperature(K)

Pressure(atm)

(A)

100

0.1

(B)

100

100

(C)

800

0.1

(D)

800

(E)

800

100

52.

Whichofthefollowingmeasuresofconcentrationchangeswithtemperature?

(A)

Masspercentage

(B)

Molefraction

(C)

Molarity

(D)

Molality

(E)

Partspermillionbymass

53.

Asampleof10.0molofbutyricacid,HC4H7O2,aweakacid,isdissolvedin1000.gofwaterto
makea10.0molalsolution.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebestmethodstodetermine
themolarityofthesolution?(Ineachcase,assumethatnoadditionalinformationisavailable)

(A)

Titrationofthesolutionwithstandardacid

(B)

MeasurementofthepHwithapHmeter

(C)

Determinationofthefreezingpointofthesolution

(D)

Measurementofthetotalvolumeofthesolution

(E)

Measurementoftheelectricalconductivityofthesolution


54.

Thenonvolatilecompoundethyleneglycol,C2H6O2,formsnearlyidealsolutionswithwater.
Whatisthevaporpressureofasolutionmadefrom1.00molofC2H6O2and9.00molesofH2Oif
thevaporpressureofpurewateratthesametemperatureis25.0mmHg?

(A)

2.50mmHg

(B)

7.50mmHg

(C)

12.5mmHg

(D)

22.5mmHg

(E)

27.5mmHg

2X(g)+Y(g)3Z(g)

55.

Thereactionmixturerepresentedaboveisatequilibriumat298K,andthemolarconcentrations
are[X]=2.0M,[Y]=0.5M,and[Z]=4.0M.Whatisthevalueoftheequilibriumconstantfor
thereactionat298K?

(A)

0.50

(B)

2.0

(C)

4.0

(D)

16

(E)

32

56.

TheLondon(dispersion)forcesareweakestforwhichofthefollowinggasesunderthesame
conditionsoftemperatureandpressure?

(A)

H2

(B)

O2

(C)

Xe

(D)

F2

(E)

N2

HCCH

57.

Whatisthehybridizationofthecarbonatomsinamoleculeofethyne,representedabove?

(A)

sp


(B)

sp2

(C)

sp3

(D)

dsp3

(E)

d2sp3

58.

A360.mgsampleofaspirin,C9H8O4,(molarmass180g),isdissolvedinenoughwaterto
produce200.mLofsolution.Whatisthemolarityofaspirinina50.mLsampleofthissolution?

(A)

0.0800M

(B)

0.0400M

(C)

0.0200M

(D)

0.0100M

(E)

0.00250M

59.

ThediagramaboverepresentsamixtureofNO2(g)andN2O4(g)ina1.0Lcontaineratagiven
temperature.Thetwogasesareinequilibriumaccordingtotheequation2NO2(g)N2O4(g).
Whichofthefollowingmustbetrueaboutthevalueoftheequilibriumconstantforthereaction
atthistemperature?

(A)

K=0

(B)

0<K<1

(C)

K=1

(D)

K>1

(E)

ThereisnotenoughinformationtodeterminetherelativevalueofK.

60.

WhenaqueousNH3isfirstaddedtoasolutioncontainingNi2+,aprecipitateforms,butwhenan
excessofaqueousNH3isadded,theprecipitatedissolves.Whichofthefollowingbestexplains
whytheprecipitatedissolves?

(A)

Ni2+formshydrogenbondswithNH3


(B)

Ni2+formsacomplexionwithNH3

(C)

Ni2+actsasaBronstedLowrybase

(D)

Ni2+isoxidizedtoNi3+

(E)

Ni2+isreducedtoNi+

61.

Thestructureofamoleculeofbananaoilisshownabove.Thisorganiccompoundisan
exampleof

(A)

analcohol

(B)

anamine

acarboxylicacid

(D)

anester

(E)

aketone

62.

Whichofthefollowingpiecesoflaboratoryglasswareshouldbeusedtomostaccurately
measureouta25.00mLsampleofasolution?

(A)

5mLpipet

(B)

25mLpipet

(C)

25mLbeaker

(D)

25mLErlenmeyerflask

(E)

50mLgraduatedcylinder

63.

WhichofthefollowingbesthelpstoaccountforthefactthattheFionissmallerthantheO2
ion?

(A)

FhasalargernuclearmassthanO2has

(B)

FhasalargernuclearchargethanO2has

(C)

FhasmoreelectronsthanO2has

(D)

FismoreelectronegativethanO2is


(E)

FismorepolarizablethanO2is

64.

WhichofthefollowingsolutionshasapHgreaterthan7.0?

(A)

0.10MKBr

(B)

0.10MNH4Cl

(C)

0.10MHC2H3O2

(D)

0.10MNaF

(E)

0.10MHI

65.

Inalaboratoryexperiment,H2(g)iscollectedoverwaterinagascollectiontubeasshowninthe
diagramabove.Thetemperatureofthewateris21oCandtheatmosphericpressureinthe
laboratoryisdeterminedtobe772torr.Beforemeasuringthevolumeofthegascollectedin
thetube,whatstep,ifany,mustbetakentomakeitpossibletodeterminethetotalgas
pressureinsidethetube?

(A)

tiltthetubetothesideenoughtoletsomeairintobreakthepartialvacuuminthetube

(B)

liftthetubeupwarduntilitisjustbarelyimmersedinthewater

(C)

movethetubedownwarduntilthewaterlevelisthesameinsideandoutsidethetube

(D)

Adjustthetemperatureofthewaterto25oC

(E)

Nofurtherstepsneedtobetakenaslongasthetemperatureofthewaterisknown

66.

Factorsthataffecttherateofachemicalreactionincludewhichofthefollowing?

I.

Frequencyofcollisionsofreactantparticles

II.

Kineticenergyofcollisionsofreactantparticles

III.

Orientationofreactantparticlesduringcollisions

(A)

IIonly

(B)

IandIIonly

(C)

IandIIIonly

(D)

IIandIIIonly

(E)

I,II,andIII

H+(aq)+NO2(aq)+Cr2O72(aq)Cr3+(aq)+NO3(aq)+H2O(l)

67.

Whentheequationaboveisbalancedandallcoefficientsarereducedtolowestwholenumber
terms,thecoefficientforH2O(l)is

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

68.

ThepHofasolutionpreparedbytheadditionof10.mLof0.002MKOH(aq)to10.mLof
distilledwaterisclosestto

(A)

12

(B)

11

(C)

10

(D)

(E)

69.

Atstandardtemperatureandpressure,a0.50molsampleofH2gasandaseparate1.0mol
sampleofO2gashavethesame

(A)

averagemolecularkineticenergy

(B)

averagemolecularspeed

(C)

volume


(D)

effusionrate

(E)

density

70.

NaturallyproducedaminoacidstypicallycontainallofthefollowingelementsEXCEPT

(A)

nitrogen

(B)

chlorine

(C)

oxygen

(D)

hydrogen

(E)

carbon

71.

Ofthefollowingsinglebonds,whichistheLEASTpolar?

(A)

NH

(B)

HF

(C)

OF

(D)

IF

(E)

OH

72.

Whenmixed,eachofthefollowingpairsofreactantsgivesvisibleevidenceofachemical
reactionEXCEPT

(A)

Na2CO3(s)+HCl(aq)

(B)

Zn(s)+HCl(aq)

(C)

Ba(NO3)2(aq)+Na2SO4(aq)

(D)

FeCl3(aq)+KOH(aq)

(E)

NH4Cl(aq)+HCl(aq)


73.

Thefigureaboveshowstwoclosedcontainers.Eachcontainsthesamevolumeofacetonein
equilibriumwithitsvaporatthesametemperature.Thevaporpressureofacetoneis

(A)

higherincontainer1becausethesurfaceareoftheliquidisgreater

(B)

higherincontainer1becausethevolumeofvaporisgreater

(C)

lowerincontainer1becausetheleveloftheliquidislower

(D)

thesameinbothcontainersbecausethevolumeoftheliquidisthesame

(E)

thesameinbothcontainersbecausethetemperatureisthesame

74.

Anelectriccurrentof1.00ampereispassedthroughanaqueoussolutionofNi(NO3)2.Howlong
willittaketoplateoutexactly1.00molofnickelmetal,assuming100percentcurrent
efficiency?

(1faraday=96,500coulombs=6.02x1023electrons)
(A)

386,000sec

(B)

193,000sec

(C)

96,500sec

(D)

48,200sec

(E)

24,100sec

75.

Whichofthefollowingmoleculeshasanangular(bent)geometrythatiscommonlyrepresented
asaresonancehybridoftwoormoreelectrondotstructures?

(A)

CO2

(B)

O3

(C)

CH4

(D)

BeF2

(E)

OF2