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1. Question:
The temperature at which mercury
starts to freeze is -35C. What is the
temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit,
at which a mercury thermometer can
not be used?

a. the two substances will surely

have different densities
b. the two samples are certainly
different pure substances
c. the two substances are certain to
have identical chemical formulas
d. the two substances are certain to
be compounds and not elements

a. -63 F
b. -35 F
c. -31 F
d. -5.4 F

6. Question:
Which of the following is a
compound?

2. Question:
A piece of stone weighs 0.05
pounds. When if is submerged in a
graduated cylinder containing 50 mL
of H2O, the level rose to 60 mL.
What is the density of the stone in
g/mL?

a. water
b. wine
c. soil
d. mercury
7. Question:
Which of the following processes is
an example of a chemical change?

a. 2.27
b. 2.72
c. 7.22
d. 7.27

a. evaporation of sea water to form

salt
b. melting of an ice cube
c. filtering of paper pulp from a liquid
slurry using a sieve tray
d. rusting of iron

3. Question:
A swimming pool 25m wide, 100m
long, and 3m deep is filled with water
up to a height of 2m. How many
kilograms of water have been placed
inside the pool? (The density of
3
water is 1000 kg/m .)

8. Question:
We know that air is a homogeneous
mixture and not a compound
because

a. 5 million
b. 7.5 million
c. 10 million
d. 12.5 million

a. it has no definite shape

b. it has no definite volume
c. it ca be compressed
d. its composition can vary

4. Question:
Which of the following not an
example of a compound?

9. Question:
What do you call a substance that is
composed of two or more elements
bonded chemically?

a. sugar
b. salt
c. ash
d. water

a. an isotope
b. an element
c. a compound
d. a mixture

5. Question:
If two pure substances have different
melting points, then

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a. a trunk of wood

10. Question:
Which of the following examples is a
physical change?

b. a sword
c. a smear of blood on a piece of
cloth
d. an ancient Egyptian scroll

a. crystallization of sugar from sugar

can juice
b. fermenting of ethanol to form wine
c. burning of a piece of candle
d. clotting of blood

15. Question:
What law states that the pressure of
a gas is directly proportional to its
absolute temperature at constant
volume?

11. Question:
Which of the following substances
cannot be further decomposed by
ordinary chemical means?

a. Charles Law
b. Gay-Lussacs Law
c. Boyles Law
d. Daltons Law

a. water
b. sugar
c. air
d. silver

16. Question:
To what conditions does a gas
behave like an ideal gas?

12. Question:
Which of the following not a
manifestation of a chemical change?

a. low temperature and low pressure

b. low temperature and high
pressure
c. high temperature and low
pressure
d. high temperature and high
pressure

a. reaction of a compound and an

element to form a new compound
and an element
b. breaking down of compound into
elements
c. combining of atoms of elements to
form a molecule
d. separation of the molecules in a
mixture

17. Question:
What law states that the pressure of
gas is inversely proportional to its
volume at constant temperature?

13. Question:
What do you call a nuclear reaction
resulting from the interaction of two
nuclei to form a bigger nucleus and
an accompanying release of
energy?

a. Charles Law
b. Gay-Lussacs Law
c. Boyles Law
d. Daltons Law
18. Question:
Which gas diffuses faster?

a. nuclear fission
b. alpha emission
c. nuclear fusion
d. natural radioactive decay

a. CH4
b. O2
c. CO
d. He

14. Question:
Which of the following materials
cannot be subjected to carbon
dating to determine its age?

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19. Question:
Which of the following best
describes heat?

23. Question:
Which of the following events is heat
exchange involved?

a. the capacity to do work

b. forces times distance
c. sum of thermal and chemical
energy
d. an energy transfer due to a
temperature difference

a. when there is a phase change

b. when there is a chemical reaction
c. when the gas expands
adiabatically
d. when there is difference in
temperature

20. Question:
What happens to water when it
begins to vaporize?

24. Question:
Who first predicted the wave-particle
dual property of electrons?

a. it increases in temperature
b. it decreases in temperature
c. no change in temperature
d. no change in thermal energy

a. Hund
b. Heisenberg
c. De Broglie
d. Schrdinger

21. Question:
Burning of gasoline initially requires
heat before it burns spontaneously.
Which of the following does not give
a good explanation of this
phenomenon?

25. Question:
Who postulated the wave equation
that describes the properties of
electrons in an atom?

not?

a. Bohr
b. Heisenberg
c. Pauli
d. Schrdinger

a. the initial heat rises the enthalpy

of the reactant
b. the initial heat lowers the
activation of energy of the
reactants
c. the enthalpy of the reactants is
lower that the enthalpy of the
products
d. the enthalpy of the product is
lower than the enthalpy of the
reactant.

26. Question:
Atoms of nonmetals generally reacts
with atoms of metals by
a. gaining electrons to form ionic
compounds
b. gaining electrons to form covalent
compounds
c. sharing electrons to form ionic
compounds
d. sharing electrons to form covalent
compounds

22. Question:
Which of the following is an
endothermic process?
a. melting of ice
b. burning of paper
c. neutralization of a strong acid and
a strong base
d. violent reaction of sodium metal
with water

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b. a proton acceptor

27. Question:
The addition of a nonvolatile solute
to a solvent will cause

c. a proton donor and a proton

acceptor
d. neither a proton donor nor a
proton acceptor

a. the vapor pressure of the solvent

to increase
b. the vapor pressure of the solvent
to decrease
c. the vapor pressure of the solvent
to remain unchanged
d. none of these

32. Question:
Which is not true of bases?
-

a. they always contain OH ions

b. they neutralize acid
c. the pH of their solution is greater
than 7
+
d. they react with H3O ions

28. Question:
Which of the following factors does
not affect the rate of reaction?

33. Question:
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of
compounds containing the element

a. the number of products formed

b. the nature of reactants
c. temperature
d. concentration of reactants

a. hydrogen
b. carbon
c. oxygen
d. nitrogen

29. Question:
Which of the following statements
about the catalyst is not true?

34. Question:
What is the mass in grams of 1 liter
of carbon monoxide (CO) at
standard temperature and pressure
(STP)? Note: The molecular weight
(MW) of CO is 28 g/mole, and at
STP, 1 mole of any gas occupies a
volume of 22.4 liters.

a. they may slow down the reaction

b. they may speed up the reaction
c. they are present in living
substances
d. the may become new substances
after the reaction
30. Question:
Which of the following statements
about equilibrium is TRUE?

a. 1.20
b. 1.35
c. 1.45
d. 1.25

a. it exists in a closed system at

varying temperature
b. it exist in an open system
c. it exists between a liquid and its
vapor in a closed system at
uniform temperature.
d. it may exist between a solid and a
liquid.

35. Question:
Two-thirds of the atom in a molecule
of water is hydrogen. What
percentage weight of a water
molecule if the weight of two
hydrogen atoms? The atomic weight
of hydrogen is 1.008 g/mol and
oxygen is 16.00 g/mole.

31. Question:
According to the Bronsted-Lowry
theory, an acid is

a. 19.12
b. 11.19
c. 19.11
d. 12.19

a. a proton donor

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36. Question:
How many protons (P) and neutrons
are there in the nucleus are present
in a Pb nucleus of atomic mass of
206?

b. 130
c. 135
d. 120
40. Question:
The molecular diameter of CO is
-8
3.19x10 at 300K and pressure of
100 mmHg. What is the mean free
path of the gas in cm?

a. P = 92, N = 156
b. P = 85, N = 160
c. P = 82, N = 124
d. P = 90, N = 150

-3

a. 6.86 x 10
-5
b. 6.86 x 10
-4
c. 2.86 x 10
-9
d. 6.86 x 10

37. Question:
A 0.064 kg. of octane vapor (MW =
114) is mixed with 0.91 kg of air
(MW =29.0) in the manifold of an
engine. The total pressure in the
manifold is 86.1 kPa, and a
temperature is 290 K. Assume
octane behaves ideally. What is the
partial pressure of the air in the
mixture in kPa?

41. Question:
How many moles are there in one
atom?
-23

a. 3.6 x 10
-24
b. 1.66 x 10
-4
c. 2.86 x 10
-9
d. 6.86 x 10

a. 46.8
b. 48.6
c. 84.6
d. 64.8

42. Question:
When 0.5g of liquid is completely
evaporated and collected in liter
manometer, the pressure is 0.25 atm
and the temperature is 27C.
Assume ideal gas behavior, find the
molecular weight if the gas constant
is 0.0821L.atm/mole.K.

38. Question:
Hydrogen peroxide solution for hair
bleaching is usually prepared mixing
5 grams of hydrogen peroxide
(H2O2), Molecular weight = 34
g/mole) per 100 ml of solution. What
is the molarity of this solution?

a. 49.2 g/mole
b. 12.3 g/mole
c. 2.2 g/mole
d. 64.0 g/mole

a. 1.0 M
b. 1.5 M
c. 1.95 M
d. 1.8 M

43. Question:
If the atomic weight of magnesium is
24.3 g/mol, calculate how many
magnesium atoms does 5g
represent?

39. Question:
A cylinder contains oxygen at a
pressure of 10 atm and a
temperature of 300K. The volume of
the cylinder is 10 liters. What is the
mass of oxygen in grams? Molecular
weight (MW) of oxygen is 32
g/mole?

23

a. 1.24 x 10 atoms
23
b. 1.76 x 10 atoms
23
c. 3.44 x 10 atoms
23
d. 2.76 x 10 atoms

a. 125

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44. Question:
How many moles of iron does 25 g
of Fe represent? Note: the atomic
weight of iron (Fe) is 55.8 g/mol.

49. Question:
What is the percentage composition
of a sodium in the sodium chloride
compound?

a. 0.356 mol
b. 0.564 mol
c. 0.448 mol
d. 0.247 mol

a. 60.7%
b. 34.6%
c. 39.3%
d. 50.7%

45. Question:
How many oxygen atoms are
present in 2.00 moles of oxygen
molecules considering that is a
diatomic?

50. Question:
What is the composition of oxygen of
potassium sulfate, K2SO4?
a. 53.2%
b. 36.7%
c. 50.4%
d. 43.4%

24

a. 2.40 x 10 atoms
25
b. 3.43 x 10 atoms
26
c. 5.67 x 10 atoms
24
d. 1.34 x 10 atoms

51. Question:
A 1.63 g of zinc when heated in air
combined with 0.40 g of oxygen to
form oxide of zinc. What is the
percentage composition of Zn in the
compound formed?

46. Question:
If the atomic mass of copper (Cu) if
63.5 g/mol, compute how many
grams does 0.252 mole of copper
(Cu) has?

a. 80.3%
b. 76.5%
c. 19.7%
d. 53.4%

a. 16 g
b. 18 g
c. 20 g
d. 12 g

52. Question:
Calculate how many moles of
ammonia can be produced from 8
mol of hydrogen reacting with
nitrogen?

47. Question:
What is the molecular weight of
calcium hydroxide or Ca(OH)2?
a. 74
b. 67
c. 80
d. 44

a. 4.53 mol NH3

b. 7.76 mol NH3
c. 5.33 mol NH3
d. 4.57 mol NH3

48. Question:
How many molecules are there in 25
g of hydrogen Chloride, HCl?

53. Question:
How many molecules of water can
be produced by reacting 0.010 mol
of oxygen with hydrogen?

23

a. 4.12 x 10 molecules
23
b. 4.32 x 10 molecules
23
c. 5.34 x 10 molecules
23
d. 3.45 x 10 molecules

22

a. 1.20 x 10 molecules
22
b. 1.32 x 10 molecules
22
c. 2.34 x 10 molecules

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d. 4.15 x 10

22

molecules

54. Question:
If 2 liters of gas measured at STP
weigh 3.23 g, what is the molecular
weight of the gas?

59. Question:
Compute how many moles of
oxygen has are in a 70 L tank at
25C if the pressure is 2000 psi?

a. 36.2 g/mol
b. 42.3 g/mol
c. 24.7 g/mol
d. 19.4 g/mol

a. 389.3 mol
b. 453.4 mol
c. 145.7 mol
d. 247.4 mol

55. Question:
An ethyl ether 691 L weighs 1.65 g
measured at 40C and 630 torr.
Compute the molecular weight of
ethyl ether.

60. Question:
What is the molality of the solution
that contains 65 g of sucrose
(C12H22O11) dissolved in 300 g of
water?

a. 34.5 g/mol
b. 43.5 g/mol
c. 73.9 g/mol
d. 67.5 g/mol

a. 0.89 mole/kg
b. 0.78 mole/kg
c. 0.54 mole/kg
d. 0.63 mole/kg

56. Question:
Calculate the specific gravity of Cl2
at STP. Note: the molecular weight
of Cl2 is 71 g/mol.

61. Question:
Calculate the number of moles of an
ideal gas sample at 0.6 atmosphere
and 87C occupies 0.450 liter.

a. 3.45
b. 1.23
c. 2.46
d. 1.76

a. 0.0091 mole
b. 0.0087 mole
c. 0.0076 mole
d. 0.0056 mole

57. Question:
Compute the volume of oxygen at
STP that can be formed from a 0.75
mole of potassium chlorate (KClO3).

62. Question:
One gram of hydrogen gas (H2) is
combined with 10 g of helium (He)
gas and confined at 20C and 5
atmospheres. What is the combined
volume in liters?

a. 18.6 liters
b. 16.8 liters
c. 25.2 liters
d. 23.2 liters

a. 14.4 liters
b. 17.5 liters
c. 16.4 liters
d. 12.7 liters

58. Question:
What pressure will be exerted by a
0.50 mol of gas in a 7 L container at
23C?
a. 1.74 atm
b. 2.05 atm
c. 3.04 atm
d. 1.32 atm

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63. Question:
What is the molarity of the solution if
150 g of KCl is dissolved in water to
make 800 mL solution?

68. Question:
What is the equivalent weight of
Mg(OH)2?
a. 23 g/mol
b. 29 g/mol
c. 58 g/mol
d. 20 g/mol

a. 2.51 moles/L
b. 2.25 moles/L
c. 2.87 moles/L
d. 1.53 moles/L

69. Question:
How many grams of H3PO4 are
confined in 700 mL container if its
normality is 0.5?

64. Question:
Compute how many grams of KCl
must be dissolved in water so that it
can produce a 400 L of 0.6 M
(molarity) solution?

a. 11.45 g
b. 12.34 g
c. 10.56 g
d. 9.35 g

a. 17.904 g
b. 14.281 g
c. 11.541 g
d. 12.653 g

70. Question:
Which of the following is the simplest
balanced equation of the given
reaction? Na2CO3 + HCl ! NaCl +
H2O + CO2

65. Question:
What is the atomic weight of calcium
if 2.25 g of pure calcium metal are
converted to 3.13 g of pure CaO?

a. Na2CO3 + 2HCl ! 2NaCl + H2O +

CO2
b. Na2CO3 + 2HCl ! NaCl + 2H2O +
CO2
c. 2Na2CO3 + HCl ! 2NaCl + H2O +
CO2
d. 2Na2CO3 + HCl ! NaCl + H2O +
2CO2

a. 49.8 g/mol
b. 54.3 g/mol
c. 23.7 g/mol
d. 40.9 g/mol
66. Question:
What is the equivalent weight of
Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4).

71. Question:
If the molecular formula of water is
H2O, then what is its molecular
mass?

a. 49
b. 98
c. 23
d. 100

a. 18 amu
b. 19 amu
c. 20 amu
d. 1 amu

67. Question:
If 60 g of H2SO4 is dissolved in water
to make a 1.5 L solution, find its
normality N?
a. 0.813 equiv/L
b. 0.576 equiv/L
c. 0.871 equiv/L
d. 0.765 equiv/L

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72. Question:
What is the molecular weight of
barium chloride dehydrate
BaCl22(H2O)?

76. Question:
What do you call a substance that
dissociates in solutions to produce
positive and negative ions?

a. 234.4 amu
b. 244.3 amu
c. 270.5 amu
d. 298.5 amu

a. base
b. acid
c. electrolyte
d. solute

73. Question:
Which of the following is the simplest
balanced equation of the given
Oxidation-Reduction Equation?
P + HNO3 + H2O ! NO + H3PO4

77. Question:
During a complete or partial
neutralization of acids, what is the
ionic compound formed?
a. salt
b. sugar
c. potassium
d. sulfur

a. 2P + HNO3 + H2O ! NO +
2H3PO4
b. 3P + HNO3 + H2O ! NO +
3H3PO4
c. 3P + 5HNO3 + 2H2O! 5NO +
3H3PO4
d. 3P + HNO3 + 2H2O ! 2NO +
3H3PO4

78. Question:
Which of the following is most likely
to prove that a substance is
inorganic?
a. the substance evaporates in room
temperature and pressure
b. the substance is heated together
with copper oxide and the
resulting gases are found to have
no effect on limestone
c. analysis shows that the substance
contains hydrogen
d. the substance floats in water

74. Question:
What type of bond results in form the
sharing of electrons by two atoms?
a. atomic bond
b. covalent bond
c. metallic bond
d. ionic bond
75. Question:
Which of the following statements
regarding organic substances is
FALSE?

79. Question:
Which of the following are found in
the nucleus of an atom?

a. Organic substances generally

dissolve in high concentration
acids
b. All organic matter contains carbon
c. Organic matter is generally stable
at very high temperatures
d. Organic substances generally do
not dissolve in water

a. electrons and protons

b. electrons and neutrons
c. protons and neutrons
d. electrons, protons and neutrons

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c. endothermic

80. Question:
Which of the following elements and
compounds is unstable in its pure
form?

d. efflorescent
85. Question:
What do you call materials that do
not conduct electric current?

a. Helium (He)
b. Neon (Ne)
c. Carbon dioxide (CO2)
d. Sodium (Na)

a. conductor
b. insulator
c. semi-conductor
d. intrinsic material

81. Question:
What refers to the negatively charge
component of an atom?

86. Question:
What element is known as the
lightest metal?

a. electron
b. proton
c. neutron
d. ion

a. aluminum
b. manganese
c. Magnesium
d. Lithium

82. Question:
Which of the following is the simplest
type of reaction where two elements
of compounds combine directly to
form a compound?

87. Question:
Which of the following is energy
removal being applied?
a. evaporation of water
b. changing water to steam
c. changing water to ice
d. all of these

a. directly combination or synthesis

b. decomposition or analysis
c. single displacement
d. double displacement

88. Question:
Halogens fall under what group in
the periodic table?

83. Question:
What do you call the bonding that
occurs in inert gases and other
elements with full shells, primarily
due to attraction between dipole
structures?

a. group VIA
b. group VA
c. group IVA
d. group VIIA

a. ionic
b. metallic
c. covalent
d. van de waals

89. Question:
Which of the following is added to
the drinking water distribution
system for disinfection?

84. Question:
If the heat of a solution is negative,
heat is given off when the solute
dissolves in the solvent. What type
of reaction is this?

a. Soda ash
b. Chlorine
c. Lime
d. Iodine

a. exothermic
b. ideal

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Sublimation is a direct change from:

90. Question:
What refers to the number of gram
equivalent weights of solute per liter
of solution?

a. solid to liquid phase

b. solid to gaseous phase
c. liquid to gaseous phase
d. gaseous phase to liquid phase

a. molarity (M)
b. normality
c. molality (m)
d. formality

96. Question:
What do you call hydrocarbons
containing carbon to carbon double
bonds?

91. Question:
Is the attraction between like
molecules.

a. Alkanes
b. Alkenes
c. Alkynes
d. None of these

a. absorption
b. diffusion
c. adhesion
d. cohesion

97. Question:
How are materials containing atoms
with less than 4-valence electrons
classified?

92. Question:
What do you call a substance that
cannot be decomposed any further
by a chemical reaction?

a. an insulator
b. a semi-conductor
c. a conductor
d. a compound

a. ion
b. element
c. molecule
d. atom

98. Question:
Which of the following has the
characteristics of both metals and
non-metals?

93. Question:
One of the following is the standard
pressure and temperature. Which
one?

a. conductors
b. insulators
c. metalloids
d. meteors

a. 0C and one atmosphere

pressure
b. 0C and zero pressure
c. 0F and one atmosphere
d. 32F and zero pressure

99. Question:
Which are oxidizing and reducing
agents in the following reactions?
2CCl4 + K2CrO4 ! 2Cl2CO +
CrO2Cl2 + 2 KCl

94. Question:
Which of the following is the
strongest type of bonds?

a. there are no oxidizing and

reducing agents in this reaction
b. oxidizing agent: chromium;
reducing agent: chlorine
c. oxidizing agent: chlorine; reducing
agent: carbon
d. oxidizing agent: oxygen; reducing
agent: chlorine

a. Van de Waals
b. Metallic
c. Covalent
d. Ionic
95. Question:

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100. Question:
How are elements numbered 58 to
71 in the periodic table called?

105. Question:
What device produces electrical
current by way of an oxidationreduction reaction?

a. Lanthanons
b. Actinons
c. Earth metals
d. Noble gas

a. generator
b. galvanic cell
c. metallic friction
d. all of these

101. Question:
What type of bonding in which
electrostatic attraction is
predominant?

106. Question:
What is the maximum number of
electrons that can be accommodated
in the valence shell of an atom?

a. Ionic bonding
b. Metallic bonding
c. Covalent bonding
d. Van der Waals bonding

a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 12

102. Question:
What term refers to the passage of
an electric current trough an
electrolyte caused by an external
voltage source?

107. Question:
Reactions generally proceed faster
at high temperatures because of
which of the following?

a. electrolysis
b. electromechanical action
c. electrolyte
d. piezoelectric effect

a. the molecules are less energetic

b. the molecules collide more
frequently
c. the activation energy is less
d. the molecules collide more
frequently and the activation
energy is less

103. Question:
When all of the atoms of a molecule
are the same, the substance is
called _____.

108. Question:
Which component of an atom has no
electric charge?

a. a compound
b. a chemical
c. an element
d. an ion

a. proton
b. neutron
c. coulomb
d. electron

104. Question:
Which of the following refers to the
measure of the amount of negative
ions in the water?
a. acidity
b. alkalinity
c. turbidity
d. molarity

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109. Question:
Adding more solute to an already
saturated solution will cause the
excess solute to settle to the bottom
of the container. What is this process
called?

114. Question:
How are elements numbered 90 to
103 in the periodic table called?
a. alkali
b. actinons
c. earth metals
d. transition elements

a. precipitation
b. hydration
c. dehydration
d. saturation

115. Question:
What is defined as a value equal to
the number of gram moles of solute
per 1000 grams of solvent?

110. Question:
What is formed when acids will react
with active metals?

a. Molality (m)
b. Normality
c. Molarity (M)
d. Formality

a. sulfur
b. oxygen
c. hydrogen
d. chloride

116. Question:
Which of the following is NOT a part
of an atom?

111. Question:
How much is the pH content of an
acid?

a. electron
b. proton
c. neutron
d. coulomb

a. between 4 and 6
b. between 2 and 7
c. between 1 and 5
d. between 0 and 7

117. Question:
An element maybe defines as a
substance, all atoms of which have
the same:

112. Question:
The condition of a liquid electrolyte is
measured in terms of its:

a. number of neutrons
b. radioactivity
c. atomic weight
d. atomic number

a. specific gravity
b. acid content
c. voltage output
d. current value

118. Question:
How does all B families and group
VII in the periodic table named?

113. Question:
What is a substance that speeds up
a chemical reaction without itself
undergoing a chemical change?

a. light metals
b. rare earth metals
c. non-metals
d. transition metals

a. ingredients
b. reactants
c. solvent
d. catalyst

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What do you call an atom that loses
some of its electron or accepts extra
electrons from another atom?

119. Question:
The device which measures the acid
content of the cell is called _____.

a. Intrinsic
b. Mole
c. Neutron
d. Ion

a. acid meter
b. hydrometer
c. hygrometer
d. pyrometer

125. Question:
A _____ is a cell designed to
produce electric current and can be
recharged.

120. Question:
The vertical columns in the periodic
table are called:

a. Secondary cell
b. electrolytic cell
c. chemical cell
d. battery

a. Groups
b. Sections
c. Batches
d. Families
121. Question:
What term is used to refer to a
negatively charged ion?

126. Question:
Which of the following groups in the
periodic table the most strongly
electronegative elements?

a. Anion
b. Cathode
c. Anode
d. Cation

a. Group IV
b. Group V
c. Group VIIA
d. Group VIA

122. Question:
In a copper atom, the valence ring
contains:

127. Question:
Which of the following statement is
FALSE?

a. no electrons
b. one electrons
c. two electrons
d. four electrons

a. In general, as reaction products

are formed, they react with each
other and reform reactants.
b. At equilibrium, the net reaction
rate is zero.
c. The differential rate is the
mathematical expression that
shows how the rate of reaction
depends on volume.
d. The net rate at which a reaction
proceeds from left to right is equal
to the forward rate minus the
reverse rate.

123. Question:
The elements along the dark line in
the periodic table are referred to as
_____.
a. Light metals
b. Metalloids
c. Non-metals
d. Heavy metals

128. Question:
What is the smallest part of matter?

124. Question:

a. molecule

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b. element
c. particle
d. atom

134. Question:
Which one is the positively charged
ion?
a. anion

129. Question:
The opposite of alkali

b. cathode
c. anode
d. cation

a. acid
b. fluid
c. substance
d. none of these

135. Question:
It is the number of protons in the
nucleus of an atom

130. Question:
What type of reaction has two
compounds as reactants and two
compounds as products?

a. Molecular number
b. Proton number
c. Mass number
d. Atomic number

a. Direct combination or synthesis

b. Decomposition or synthesis
c. Single displacement
d. Double displacement

136. Question:
What do you call the elements in the
first two groups in the periodic table?
a. Light metals
b. Noble gas
c. Non-metals
d. Heavy metals

131. Question:
If the heat of a solution is positive,
heat is absorbed when the solute
dissolves in the solvent. What type
of reaction is this?

137. Question:
Which one refers to the number of
gram-moles of solute per liter of
solution?

a. Exothermic
b. Ideal
c. Endothermic
d. Efflorescent

a. Molality (m)
b. Normality
c. Molarity (M)
d. Formality

132. Question:
The amount of electricity a battery
can produce is controlled by
a. the thickness of the plate
b. the plate surface area
c. the strength of the acid
d. the discharge load

138. Question:
What type of bonding is electrostatic
attraction most predominant?
a. Ionic
b. Metallic
c. Covalent
d. Van der Waals

133. Question:
What do you call the electrons in the
last orbit or shell of an atom?
a. Bound electrons
b. Free electrons
c. Valence electrons
d. External electrons

139. Question:
When the charge of an atom
becomes unbalanced, the charge
atom is called _____.

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a. an ion
b. a neutron
c. a proton
d. an electron

a. sulfuric acid
b. uric acid
c. nitric acid
d. formic acid

140. Question:
Which of the following type of
reactions in which bonds within a
compound are disrupted by heat or
other energy to produce simpler
compounds or elements?

145. Question:
Acids will turn blue litmus paper to
what color?
a. gray
b. yellow
c. violet
d. red

a. direct combination or synthesis

b. decomposition or analysis
c. single displacement
d. double displacement

146. Question:
How much is the pH content of a
base?

141. Question:
What do you call hydrocarbons
containing carbon to carbon triple
bonds?

a. between 6 and 10
b. between 2 and 7
c. between 7 and 14
d. between 10 and 16

a. alkanes
b. alkenes
c. alkynes
d. non of these

147. Question:
Applying a greater pressure causes
pure solvent to leave the solution.
What is the name of this process?

142. Question:
If an atom contains more than four
valence electrons, the material is
classified as _____.

a. cavitation
b. calcination
c. purification
d. reverse osmosis

a. insulator
b. semi-conductor
c. conductor
d. any of these

148. Question:
A deuteron is
a. a neutron plus two protons
b. a nucleus containing a neutron
and a proton
c. an electron with a positive change
d. a helium nucleus

143. Question:
Which of the following refers to a
measure of the quantity of an
element or compound?
a. Oxidation number
b. Atomic number
c. Avogadros number
d. Mole

149. Question:
Which of the following groups in the
periodic table the most weakly
electronegative elements?

144. Question:
The electrolyte is a solution of water
and _____.

a. Group IIA
b. Group IA
c. Group IIIA
d. Group IVA

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a. Isotonic solutions
b. Monohydroxic solutions
c. Dihydroxic solutions
d. Toxic solutions

150. Question:
What type of bonding that occurs in
metals when metal atoms lose
electrons and the metallic ions are
attracted to a sea of delocalized
electrons?

155. Question:
What is the term used to describe
hydrocarbons containing single
covalent bonds between carbon
atoms?
a. alkanes
b. alkenes
c. alkynes
d. allotrope

a. ionic bonding
b. metallic bonding
c. covalent bonding
d. van der waals bonding

156. Question:
The smallest whole unit of an
element like Uranium is:

151. Question:
Which of the following elements is
NOT radioactive?

a. molecule
b. atom
c. ion
d. electron

a. Plutonium
b. Californium
c. Uranium
d. Cobalt

157. Question:
What refers to the formation and
collapse of minute bubbles of vapor
in liquid which caused by a
combination of reduced pressure
and increased velocity in the fluid?

152. Question:
Which of the following refers to a
nucleic acid that stores genetic
information?
a. Cellulose
b. Codon
c. DNA
d. Buffer

a. cavitation
b. stress corrosion
c. fatigue corrosion
d. precipitation

153. Question:
During chemical reactions, bonds
between atoms are broken and new
bonds are usually formed. What do
you call the starting substances?

158. Question:
The elements in Group 0 in the
periodic table is called_____.
a. light metals
b. rare earth metals
c. noble gas
d. heavy metals

a. Products
b. Reactants
c. Catalyst
d. Ingredients
154. Question:
What do you call solutions having
the same osmotic pressure?

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b. it loses electrons
c. it becomes more negative
d. it gives off heat

159. Question:
A pair of electrical conductors of
dissimilar materials so joined as to
produce a thermal emf when the
junctions are of different
temperatures.

164. Question:
What type of reaction has one
element and one compound as
reactants?
a. direct combination or synthesis
b. decomposition of analysis
c. single displacement
d. double displacement

a. potentiometer
b. piezoelectric
c. thermocouple
d. solar heating

165. Question:
Which of the following is the atomic
number of silicon?

160. Question:
Bases will turn red litmus paper to
what color?

a. 32
b. 24
c. 14
d. 28

a. blue
b. yellow
c. violet
d. green

166. Question:
Dielectric is another name for _____.

161. Question:
Which of the following refers to the
diffusion of a solvent into a stronger
solution in an attempt to equalize the
two concentrations?

a. a conductor
b. an element
c. an insulator
d. a capacitor

a. purification
b. electrolysis
c. osmosis
d. hydrolysis

167. Question:
Which of the following refers to the
change from gaseous to liquid
phase?

162. Question:
The formula for Dinitrogen Pentoxide
is:

a. condensation
b. vaporization
c. sublimation
d. ionization

a. N2O5
b. (NO)5
c. NO
d. none of these

168. Question:
At the same, pressure and
temperature, equal volumes of all
gasses contain equal number of
molecules. This is known as

163. Question:
Which of the following will occur if a
substance is oxidized?

a. Boyles Law
b. Faradays Law
c. Avogadros Law

a. it absorbs energy

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d. Charles Law

What is the smallest subdivision of

an element of compound that can
exist in a natural state?
a. atom
b. molecule
c. ion

169. Question:
The galvanic cell is not dependent of
which factor?

d. element

a. temperature
b. pressure
c. volume
d. chemical substance

174. Question:
The sharing of one or more electron
pairs between nuclei. It usually
occurs when the electronegativity
difference between bonding species
is less than 1.5

170. Question:
Which of the following refers to the
number of protons and neutrons in
the nucleus of an atm?

a. Bridge Bonding
b. Ionic Bonding
c. Covalent Bonding
d. Valence Bonding

a. atomic weight
b. atomic mass
c. atomic constant
d. atomic number

175. Question:
The name of this group is the
chalcogen (oxygen) family.

171. Question:
One of the following statements is
wrong. Which one is it?

a. Group IIA
b. Group IVA
c. Group VIA
d. Group VIIIA

a. Electron is an elementary quantity

of negative electricity
b. proton is an elementary quantity
of positive electricity
c. an atom is composed of a central
nucleus and orbital electrons
d. the mass of an electron is heavier
than that of a proton

176. Question:
The amount of energy to change 1 g
of liquid to gas at its boiling point.
a. enthalpy of formation
b. enthalpy of fusion
c. enthalpy of reaction
d. enthalpy of vaporization

172. Question:
During a chemical reactions, bonds
between atoms are broken and new
bonds are usually formed. The
ending substance is called _____.

177. Question:
The fragmentation of a crystal along
a characteristic crystallographic
direction, caused by lines of
weakness in constituent atomic
groups.

a. products
b. reactants
c. catalyst
d. ingredients

a. cleavage
b. fracture
c. luster
d. streak

173. Question:

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a. Ligand Field Theory
b. Crystal Fields Theory
c. Chelate Effect
d. Molecular Orbital Theory

183. Question:
Known as fools gold.

178. Question:
A bond formed by the sideways
overlap of two parallel p orbitals.

a. Quartz
b. Cinnabar
c. Feldspar
d. Pyrite

a. Peptide Bond
b. Pi Bond
c. Saturated Bond
d. Delta Bond

184. Question:
It is the hardest substance known

179. Question:
This indicator turns into colorless if
the substance is acidic.

a. Wad
b. Graphite
c. Diamond
d. Adamantium

a. Phenolphthalein
b. Methyl orange
c. Litmus paper
d. Bromthymol blue

185. Question:
The splitting of water to form
hydrogen and oxygen

180. Question:
A chemical structure with definite
formula for which there exists one or
more distinct structures with the
same formula.

a. reduction
b. electrolysis
c. oxidation
d. hydrolysis

a. Isomer
b. Radical
c. Group
d. Colloid

186. Question:
Which is not an open chain
hydrocarbon classification?
a. alkenes
b. alkanes
c. cycloalkanes
d. alkynes

181. Question:
A substance that can be
decomposed into 2 or more simpler
substances by ordinary chemical
means.

187. Question:
The process of producing ions from
neutral species.

a. Element
b. Mixture
c. Compound
d. Solution

a. Fractional Distillation
b. Hydration
c. Recombination
d. Ionization

182. Question:
A theory which treats bonding as an
over lapping of ligand orbitals with
those of the central atom.

188. Question:

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A chemical bond with sausage roll

shape formed by the sideways
overlap of two d orbitals.

Any process that involves the loss of

electrons.
a. Reduction
b. Exsolution
c. Oxidation
d. Hydrolysis

a. Peptide Bond
b. Pi Bond
c. Saturated Bond
d. Delta Bond
189. Question:
Multidentate ligands have equal
probability of forming a coordination
bond as do monodentate ions.

194. Question:
Elements normally found in
combination with iron and nickel.

a. Ligand Field Theory

b. Paulings Rule
c. Chelate Effect
d. Molecular Orbital Theory

a. Noble Metals
b. Promethium
c. Tritium
d. Siderophile

190 Question:
It has no definite composition whose
members are composed of two or
more substances, each retaining its
own identifying properties.

195. Question:
Any substances that changes the
rate of a reaction without being used
up.
a. Catalyst
b. Enzyme
c. Reactor
d. Stimulus

a. Homogeneous Mixture
b. Heterogeneous Mixture
c. Aqueous Mixture
d. Ingeneous Mixture

196. Question:
A/An ____ of chemical substances
is, by definition, the number in grams
corresponding to the atomic or
molecular mass.

191. Question:
A chemical compound having one or
more unpaired electrons which is
capable of bonding with another
compound.

a. atiomic mass
b. atomic weight
c. mole
d. ion

a. Labile
b. Resonance Hybrid
c. Free Radical
d. Isodemic Crystal

197. Question:
A reaction in which an unstable
reaction intermediate is found

192. Question:
The mineral name for common table
salt

a. Coupled Substitution
b. Free Radical Reaction
c. Polar Reaction
d. Concentrated Reaction

a. Halite
b. Cassierite
c. Aragonite
d. Calcite

198. Question:
A reaction for which the difference
between enthalpies of formation

193. Question:

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between products and reactants is

positive.

203 Question:
The energy required to form
gaseous monatomic species.

a. Intrathermic
b. Exothermic
c. Endothermic
d. Isothermic

a. Bond Energy
b. Dissociation Energy
c. Activation Energy
d. Light Energy

199. Question:
The ______ is the heat released of
absorbed in a chemical reaction at
constant pressure when simple
substances combine into a more
complex substance.

204. Question:
The amount of energy released as
on mole of a given substance is
burned in the presence of oxygen.
a. Nuclear Energy
b. Enthalpy of Reaction
c. Trans Effect
d. Heat of Combustion

a. enthalpy of formation
b. enthalpy of fusion
c. enthalpy of reaction
d. enthalpy of vaporization

205. Question:
The most diamagnetic naturally
occurring material.

200. Question:
Characteristic based upon the
reaction of a substance with other
materials.

a. Iron
b. Gallium
c. Bismuth
d. Silicon

a. Chemical Property
b. Colligative Property
c. Nuclear Property
d. Physical Property

206. Question:
Any Process that involves the gain of
electrons.

201. Question:
A symmetrical intergrowth of two or
more crystals of the same
substance.

a. Reduction
b. Exsolution
c. Oxidation
d. Hydrolysis

a. Twin
b. Isomer
c. Epitaxis
d. Habit

207. Question:
The change of the thermodynamic
state function enthalpy due to a
chemical reaction.

202. Question:
A compound which is gaseous at
ambient temperature and pressure
and which is easily melted.

a. enthalpy of formation
b. enthalpy of fusion
c. enthalpy of reaction
d. enthalpy of vaporization

a. Volatile
b. Soluble
c. Liquidus
d. Solidus

208. Question:
A concept invented by Linus Pauling
to measure the tendency for atoms

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to form ionic instead of covalent

bonds.

The dissociation of a chemical

species resulting from its absorption
of a photon.

a. Electromagnetism
b. Electropositivity
c. Electronegativity
d. Electrodynamism

a. Photosynthesis
b. Photolithography
c. Photosensitization
d. Photodissociation

209. Question:
A substance whose particles are
strongly attracted to each other (e.g.,
gelatin)

214. Question:
_____ is the mineral name for lead
sulfide (PbS). It is the most important
ore of lead.

a. Colligative
b. Hydrophilic
c. Hydrophobic
d. Cohesive

a. Saltpeter
b. Gypsum
c. Galena
d. Silicate

210. Question:
The most common form of calcium
carbonate.

215. Question:
A substance that does not undergo
chemical reactions is said to be
_____.

a. Halite
b. Cassierite
c. Aragonite
d. Calcite

a. inert
b. labile
c. alkaline
d. amorphous

211. Question:
The substance that undergoes
phase change in the process of
dissolving

216. Question:
Which bond strength is weak?

a. Radical
b. Isomer
c. Solvent
d. Solute

a. Macromolecular covalent bonds

b. Ionic bonds
c, Hydrogen bonds
d. Van der Waals forces

212. Question:
A process in which water molecules
are attracted to and form weak
bonds with the solute species.

217. Question:
Occurs with the bonding electron
pair remaining intact.
a. Coupled Substitution
b. Free Radical Reaction
c. Polar Reaction
d. Concentrated Reaction

a. Hydration
b. Oxidation
c. Combustion
d. Reduction

218. Question:
A mixture composed of a suspended
and a mobile phase.

213. Question:

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a. Isomer
b. Radical
c. Suspension
d. Colloid

In orbitals of identical energy,

electrons remain unpaired if possible
in order to minimize electronelectron repulsion.
a. Spin Multiplicity Rule
b. Selection Rules
c. Hunds Rule
d. Paulings Rules
224. Question:
Elements with the same outermost
shell are said to belong to the same
_____.

219. Question:
A/An _____ is a biological catalyst.
a. Amino acids
b. Genes
c. DNA
d. Enzyme

a. spin
b. period
c. valence
d. slot

220. Question:
The first covalent bond formed
between two nuclei is always a
_____. They are formed when two s
orbitals, one s and one p orbital, two
p orbitals, or two d orbitals overlap.

225. Question:
An alkyl sulfate alkali.
a. Detergent
b. Acetone
c. Ethylene
d. Oil

a. Peptide Bond
b. Pi Bond
c. Sigma Bond
d. Bridge Bond

226. Question:
The process whereby an excited
species transfers its energy to
another excited species which
subsequently undergoes a reaction

221. Question:
The process by which solutions are
decomposed into their components
by using differences in their boiling
points.

a. Photosynthesis
b. Photolithography
c. Photosensitization
d. Photodissociation

a. Fractional Distillation
b. Filtration
c. Recombination
d. Ionization

227. Question:
_____ is the study of hydrocarbon
compounds, i.e. substances
consisting of the elements hydrogen,
carbon, and oxygen.

222. Question:
Filtration through a semi-permeable
membrane used to separate colloids.

a. Inorganic Chemistry
b. Organic Chemistry
c. Quantum Chemistry
d. Biochemistry

a. Dialysis
b. Hydrolysis
c. Electrolysis
d. Chromatography

228. Question:

223. Question:

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_____ displays all chemical

elements systematically in order of
increasing atomic number.

Which is not one of the periodic

properties?
a. electronegativity
b. electron affinity
c. radioactive decay coefficient
d. atomic radius

a. Phase Diagram
b. Polarization Spectrum
c. Periodic Table
d. Elements Archive

229. Question:
A substance composed of a single
type of atom

234. Question:
The reflection of light beam passing
through a colloid which identifies the
presence of suspended particles.

a. Atom
b. Compound
c. Solution
d. Colloid

a. Tyndall Effect
b. Brownian Movement
c. Raoults Law
d. Trans Effect

230. Question:
A group of elements which are
gaseous at room temperature and
pressure, and called so because
they rarely bond with other elements.

235. Question:
An ionic compound containing a
halogen.
a. Halide
b. Lanthanide
c. Alkalide
d. Sulfide

a. Tetratomic Elements
b. Noble Gases
c. Alkali
d. Lanthanide
231. Question:
An element which is not found
naturally on Earth. It has been found
in the star HR465 in Andromeda.

236. Question:
A reaction for which the difference
between enthalpies of information
between products and reactants is
negative.

a. Adamantium
b. Promethuim
c. Tritium
d. Adolinium

a. Intrathermic
b. Exothermic
c. Endothermic
d. Isothermic

232. Question:
A form of elemental carbon which,
because of its sheet structure, is an
excellent lubricant.

237. Question:
The quantity of energy released as
one mole of bonds are produced
between atoms.

a. graphite
b. Carbon
c. Soot
d. Coal

a. Bond Energy
b. Light Energy
c. Activation Energy
d. Atomization Energy

233. Question:

238. Question:

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An ion with negative charge

a. Labile
b. Resonance Hybrid
c. Free Radical
d. Isodemic Crystal

a. Cation
b. Anion
c. Muon
d. Neutrino

244. Question:
The ______ is a system of reference
materials against whose hardness a
sample is compared.

239. Question:
_____ is a measure of the acidity of
alkalinity of a substance.

a. Richter scale
b. Mohs hardness scale
c. Cavendish balance
d. Brinell hardness model

a. HP
b. dB
c. pH
d. Pro-V

245. Question:
Magma with most of the gas
component escaped.

240. Question:
Two-phase mixture composed of a
dispersed and continuous phase.

a. Lava
b. Cinder
c. Sulphur
d. Coal

a. Isomer
b. Radical
c. Suspension
d. Colloid

246. Question:
Minerals having high melting
temperatures.

241. Question:
A solvent for atoms.

a. Endogenic
b. andesitic
c. Granitic
d. Basaltic

a. Flux
b. Water
c. Inert Gases
d. Kryptonite

247. Question:
_____ minerals are those having low
melting temperatures.

242. Question:
A class of matter with definite
properties whose members are
composed of two or more
substances, each retaining its own
identifying properties.

a. Endogenic
b. Andesitic
c. Granitic
d. Basaltic
248. Question:
The transfer of one or more
electrons from a metal to a
nonmetal. Electron transfer usually
occurs when the electronegativity
difference between bonding species
is 1.5 or more.

a. Homogeneous Mixture
b. Heterogeneous Mixture
c. Solid Solution
d. Ingeneous Matter
243. Question:
A crystal for which all bonds have
the same electrostatic valency.

a. Bridge Bonding

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b. Ionic Bonding
c. Covalent Bonding
d. Valence Bonding

It is the form of oxygen consisting of

three bound oxygen atoms.
a. Halogen
b. Halide
c. Oxide
d. Ozone
254. Question:
A group of elements with similar
properties in which the outer-most

249. Question:
The non-random overgrowth of two
compositionally different crystalline
substances.

electron shell is a partially filled f

sublevel.
a. Tetratomic Elements
b. Noble Gases
c. Alkali
d. Lanthanide

a. Twin
b. Isomer
c. Epitaxis
d. Habit

255. Question:
A substance whose particles are
only weakly attracted to each other
(e.g., water)

250. Question:
The angles between equivalent
faces of crystals of the same
substance, measured at the same
temperature, are constant.

a. Colligative
b. Hydrophilic
c. Hydrophobic
d. Refractory

a. Bravais Law
b. Hall Effect
c. Tyndall Effect
d. Steno Law

256. Question:
A class of homogeneous matter
which has a definite composition by
weight.

251. Question:
The chemical element having the
greatest binding energy per nucleon.

a. compound
b. mixture
c. element
d. substance

a. Iron
b. Gallium
c. Bismuth
d. Platinum

257. Question:
In the periodic table, Group IA is for
the:

252. Question:
Any type of reaction that involves the
pairing of unpairing of electrons.

a. Halogens
b. Light metals
c. Alkaline metals
d. Alkali metals

a. Coupled Substitution
b. Free Radical Reaction
c. Polar Reaction
d. Concentrated Reaction

258. Question:

253. Question:

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A covalent bond formed through a

condensation reaction that involves
removal of a water molecule.

The process whereby an initially

homogeneous solid solution
separates into two (or more) distinct
crystalline minerals without the
addition or removal of materials to or
from the system.

a. Peptide Bond
b. Pi Bond
c. Sigma Bond
d. Bridge Bond

a. Reduction
b. Exsolution
c. Oxidation
d. Hydrolysis

259. Question:
Which group is the nitrogen family?

264. Question:
The separation of component
particles from the bulk or mass.

a. Group VA
b. Group IVA
c. Group IIIA
d. Group IIA

a. Dissociation
b. Atomization
c. Fission
d. Reduction

260. Question:
Litmus paper turns into _____ is the
substance is basic.

265. Question:
An ion with positive charge.

a. colorless
b. yellow
c. red
d. blue

a. Cation
b. Anion
c. Muon
d. Neutrino

261. Question:
A property which depends only on
the number of particles present, and
not their chemical composition.

266. Question:
A cell which uses the flow of
electrons from a spontaneous
chemical reaction to do outside
work.

a. Chemical Property
b. Colligative Property
c. Nuclear Property
d. Physical Property

a. Daniel Cell
b. Gravity Cell
c. Concentration Cell
d. Galvanic Cell

262. Question:
The amount of energy to change 1g
of solid to liquid at its melting point.

267. Question:
The anion OH-.

a. enthalpy of formation
b. enthalpy of fusion
c. enthalpy of reaction
d. enthalpy of evaporation

a. Hydride
b. Oxide
c. Hydroxide
d. Nitrate

263. Question:

268. Question:

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A measure of the tendency of a gas

to escape or expand.

273. Question:
It is the code in which almost all
genetic information is encoded.

a. Compressibility
b. Fugacity
c. Vaporizability
d. Solubility

a. Transfer RNA
b. Ribosomal RNA
c. Ribonucleic Acid
d. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
274. Question:
A sample of glass is a supercooled
liquid rather than a true solid
because it has _____.

269. Question:
An ionic theory which is an offshoot
of electrostatic theory. It ignores all
covalent bonding effects.

a. a definite volume
b. no definite volume
c. a crystalline structure
d. no crystalline structure

a. Ligand Field Theory

b. Crystal Fields Theory
c. Chelate Effect
d. Molecular Orbital Theory

275. Question:
Two immiscible liquids, when shaken
together, may form a _______.
a. solution
b. sediment
c. hydrated solution
d. colloidal dispersion

270. Question:
A purple form of quartz whose color
+4
arises from Fe .
a. Amethyst
b. Ruby
c. Topaz
d. Peridot

276. Question:
Which of the following is not a pure
substance?
a. water
b. milk
c. hydrogen
d. oxygen

271. Question:
A/An _____ is a hydrocarbon
consisting only of single carboncarbon bonds
a. Alkyne
b. Alkene
c. Alkane
d. Amide

277. Question:
Which of the following is not an
isotope of hydrogen?
a. hydrogen
b. deuterium
c. tritium
d. uranium

272. Question:
A large polypeptide of the kind found
in living organisms.
a. Amino Acid
b. Protein
c. Minerals
d. Fatty Acid

278. Question:
Which of the following is formed by
the transfer of electrons from one
atom to another?

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a. allotrope
b. ion
c. isotope
d. molecule

b. a substance loses one or more

electrons
c. oxygen has been removed from
the reactants
d. oxygen is gained by the reactants

279. Question:
The modern periodic table is based
on atomic _______.

284. Question:
A bleach may work if it ______.

a. number
b. radius
c. charge
d. mass

a. adds hydrogen ions to the stain

b. removes electrons during
oxidation
c. adds electrons to reduce
coloration

280. Question:
The gram molecular mass for H2SO4
is ______ grams.

d. moves electrons between energy

levels
285. Question:
An organic compound ______.

a. 7
b. 64
c. 98
d. 196

a. contains carbon
b. can be produced synthetically
c. both a and b are correct
d. neither a nor b is correct

281. Question:
The rate of chemical reaction can be
increased by _______.

286. Question:
Which of the following can be used
to bombard atoms?

a. increasing the surface area of the

reactants
b. decreasing the reaction
temperature
c. decreasing the concentration of
the reactants
d. removing the catalyst

a. protons
b. neutrons
c. electrons
d. all three
287. Question:
An atom of which of the following
elements has the greatest ability to
attract electrons?

282. Question:
Which of the following is not a
characteristic of a base?
a. has a bitter taste
b. feels smooth and slippery
c. turns litmus from red to blue
d. typically reacts vigorously with
metals

a. silicon
b. bromine
c. sulfur
d. nitrogen

283. Question:
Oxidation involves reactions in which
______.

288. Question:
Given the same conditions of
temperature, which nobel gas will
diffuse most rapidly?

a. a substance gains one or more

electrons

a. Kr
b. He

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c. Ne
d. Ar

294. Question:
What is the empirical formula of a
compound that contains 85% Ag and
15% F by mass?

289. Question:
When most fuels burn, the products
include carbon dioxide and ______,

a. Ag2F
b. AgF2
c. Ag2F2
d. AgF

a. hydrogen
b. hydrocarbons
c. water
d. hydroxide

290. Question:
Which type of reaction is occurring
when a metal undergoes corrosion?

295. Question:
A gas has a pressure of 300 torr, a
temperature of 400 K, and a volume
of 50.0 milliliters. What volume will
the gas have at a pressure of 150
torr and a temperature of 200 K?

a. neutralization
b. polymerization
c. saponification
d. oxidation-reduction

a. 25.0 mL
b. 50.0 mL
c. 75 mL
d. 100 mL

291. Question:
Which part of the Periodic Table
contains elements with the strongest
metallic properties?

296. Question:
How many atoms are present in the
formula KAl(SO4)2?

a. upper left
b. lower left
c. upper right
d. lower right

a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 12

292. Question:
What is the most abundant element
in terms of the number of atoms?

297. Question:
How many liters of gas would 1.5
moles occupy at STP?

a. Hydrogen
b. Helium
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen

a. 15.0
b. 4.5
c. 33.6
d. 44.6

293. Question:
Which noble gas has the smallest
atomic number?

298. Question:
If an element has an atomic number
of 11, it will combine most readily
with an element that has an atomic
number of _____.

a. Argon
b. Krypton
c. Neon
d. Helium

a. 16

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b. 17
c. 18
d. 19

d. CHO6
304. Question:
Which of the following is the name of
the compound K2SO4?

299. Question:
Which of the following statements is
true?

a. potassium sulfate
b. sulphuric oxide
c. potassium oxide
d. silver nitrate

a. chlorine changes in color

b. chlorine changes in density
c. chlorine changes into liquid
d. chlorine reacts explosively to form
sodium chloride
300. Question:
Which of the following is a
compound?

305. Question:
Which of the following balances this
equation: Na(s) + H2O(l)
NaOH(aq) + H2(g)?

a. milk
b. gold
c. table salt
d. ink

a. Na(s) + 2H2O(l) NaOH(aq) +

H2(g)
b. 2Na(s) + 2H2O(l) 2NaOH(aq) +
H2(g)
c. Na(s) + 2H2O(l) NaOH(aq) +
H2(g)
d. Na(s) + 2H2O(l) NaOH(aq) +
H2(g)

301. Question:
Golds atomic number is 79. How
197
many neutrons are there in
Au?
a. 79
b. 118
c. 197
d. 276

306. Question:
What is the formula weight of
C12H22O11(sucrose)? The atomic
weights of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen are 12.0 amu, 1.0 amu and
16.0 amu, respectively.

302. Question:
Which of the following is an
element?

a. 29.0 amu
b. 47.0 amu
c. 76.0 amu
d. 342.0 amu

a. H2O
b. O3
c. CO2
d. C2H4

307. Question:
What is the mass of 1 mol of
glucose, C6H12O6? The atomic
weights of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen are 12.0 amu, 1.0 amu and
16.0 amu, respectively.

303. Question:
Which of the following is the
empirical formula for glucose, a
substance known as blood sugar,
whose molecular formula is
C6H12O6?

a. 180.0 amu
b. 360.0 amu
c. 53.0 amu
d. 90.0 amu

a. CH2O
b. CHO
c. C2H4O

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a. P4O10
b. Cl2
c. AgCl
d. I2

308. Question:
A 1M solution contains 20 grams of
solute in 500 milliliters of solution.
What is the mass of 1 mole of the
solute?

313. Question:
Which of the following will happen if
a gas in an enclosed container is
heated?

a. 10 g
b. 20 g
c. 40 g
d. 80 g

a. pressure increases
b. temperature decreases
c. volume increases
d. volume decreases

309. Question:
What is the kinetic energy in calories
of a 6.0 kg object moving at a speed
of 5.0 m/s?

314. Question:
How can a bigger crystals of table
salt be commercially produced?

a. 30 cal
b. 18 cal
c. 1.2 cal
d. 0.16 cal

a. slow solar evaporation

b. fast solar heating
c. boiling in a cauldron
d. heating over a sand bath

310. Question:
What is the formula for a compound
formed between aluminum and
oxygen? (The atomic number of
aluminum is 13 while that of oxygen
is 8).

315. Question:
The natural fragrance of plants is
attributed to the presence of ______.
a. alkanes
b. esters
c. alcohols
d. acetone

a. Al2O3
b. Al3O5
c. AlO2
d. Al3O4

316. Question:
A solution is made containing 6.9 g
of NaHCO3 per 100 g of water. What
is the weight percentage of solute in
this solution?

311. Question:
What is the volume of exactly 1 mol
of gas at 0C (273.15 K) and exactly
1 atm pressure?

a. 93.5%
b. 89.7%
c. 6.5%
d. 10.3%

a. 27.31 L
b. 31.32 L
c. 22.41 L
d. 17.42 L

317. Question:
In terms of total mass, carbon
monoxide (CO) is the most abundant
of all pollutant gases. The most
serious source of carbon monoxide
poisoning comes from ______.

312. Question:
Which of the following substances is
most likely to exist as a gas at room
temperature and normal atmospheric
pressures?

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a. cigarette smoking
b. smoke from factories
c. smoke from vehicles
d. smoke from forest fires

What kind of substance turns blue

litmus paper into red and is classified
as a proton donor?
a. a salt
b. an acid
c. a base
d. a metal

318. Question:
Which of the following is not a non
conventional source of biogas?
a. animal manure
b. petroleum
c. ipil-ipil
d. cassava

323. Question:
LPG or liquefied petroleum gas is a
mixture of C3H8 and C4H10. This
mixture is ______ and ______.
a. propane, butane
b. ethane, methane
c. propane, methane
d. propane, butane

319. Question:
When mercury is placed in a small
test tube, a convex surface may be
seen. This shows that ______.
a. cohesive force is stronger than
adhesive force
b. cohesive force is weaker than
adhesive force
c. cohesive and adhesive forces are
the same
d. cohesive force is stronger at the
bottom

324. Question:
Which unit is used to express the
amount of energy absorbed or
released during a chemical reaction?
a. calorie
b. torr
c. degree
d. kilogram

320. Question:
Which is a statement of quantitative
description?

325. Question:
A compound with an empirical
formula of CH2 has a molecular
mass of 70. What is the molecular
formula?

a. one bottle holds more liquid than

the other
b. the color of one liquid is darker
than the other
c. the liquid in one bottle is more
cloudy than the other
d. the liquid in one bottle is 5 mL
more than that in the other

a. C2H4
b. C4H8
c. CH2
d. C5H10
326. Question:
Which are the products of a
fermentation reaction?

321. Question:
The mass number of an element is
16 and its atomic number is 8. How
many neutrons does it have?

a. a soap and a glycerol

b. an alcohol and carbon dioxide
c. an ester and water
d. a salt and water

a. 16
b. 8
c. 24
d. 48

327. Question:

322. Question:

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The number of calories per gram

required to melt ice at its melting
point is called ______.

have the most pronounced

nonmetallic properties?
a. upper right
b. lower right
c. upper left
d. lower left

a. sublimation
b. heat of fusion
c. vapor pressure
d. heat of vaporization

332. Question:
Which process occurs when dry ice
is changed into carbon dioxide?
a. crystallization
b. sublimation
c. condensation
d. solidification
328. Question:
A liquid has one phase, is colorless
and odorless and boils at a
temperature range of 110-120C.
This liquid is called _____.

333. Question:
What is the number of an atom
which contains 25 electrons, 25
protons, and 29 neutrons?
a. 50 amu
b. 342.0 amu
c. 25 amu
d. 54 amu

a. solution
b. colloid
c. substance
d. heterogenous mixture

334. Question:
Which electron dot formula
represents a nonpolar molecules?

329. Question:
A white solid that melts sharply was
observed to yield a colorless liquid
and a black solid when burned.
Which term best describes the solid?

H
a. H:C:Cl:
H
H
b. H:N:
H
H
c. H:C:H
H
H
d. H:Cl:C
H

a. element
b. mixture
c. substance
d. compound
330. Question:
The forces of attraction that exist
between nonpolar molecules are
called ____.
a. ionic
b. van der Waals
c. electrovalent
d. atomic

335. Question:
How many moles of water are
contained on 0.250 mole of CuSO4
5H2O?

331. Question:
Toward which corner of the Periodic
Table is located the elements that

a. 62.5
b. 0.5
c. 1.25

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d. 75

b. halved
c. tripled
d. quartered

336. Question:
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What is the mass of 3.0 x 10 atoms
of neon?

341. Question:
The number of electrons in a neutral
atom of every element is always
equal to the atoms _______.

a. 10 g
b. 7 g
c. 30 g
d. 5 g

a. number of nucleons
b. number of neutrons
c. number of positrons
d. number of protons

337. Question:
When a battery is in use, stored
chemical energy is first changed to
______ energy.

342. Question:
Which is a product of the hydrolysis
of an animal by a strong base?
a. gasoline
b. water
c. kerosene
d. soap

a. light
b. electrical
c. mechanical
d. nuclear

animal?

343. Question:
The atom of carbon-14 contains
_______.

338. Question:
2+
In the reaction Zn(s) + Cu (aq) +
Cu(s), the reducing agent is ______.

a. 6 protons, 8 neutrons, and 8

electrons
b. 6 protons, 8 neutrons, and 6
electrons
c. 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 8
electrons
d. 8 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6
electrons

a. Zn(s)
b. Cu(s)
2
c. Cu +(aq)
2+
d. Cu
339. Question:
Which compound contains both
covalent bonds and ionic bonds?

344. Question:
Which formula represents a binary
compound?

a. HCl(g)
b. N2O5(g)
c. NaCl(s)
d. NaNO3(s)

a. O2
b. Ne
c. 2C2H5OH
d. C3H8

340. Question:
When the pressure exerted on a
confined gas at constant
temperature is doubled, the volume
of the gas is _____.

345. Question:
Which temperature represents
absolute zero?

a. constant

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a. 0C
b. 273K
c. 0 K
d. 273C

351. Question:
What is the property of metals that
allow them to be rolled without
breaking?
a. ductility
b. malleability
c. luster
d. elasticity

346. Question:
When a salt dissolves in water, the
water molecules are attracted by
dissolved salt particles. This
attraction is called _______.

352. Question:
What is the property of metals that
reflect the light that strikes their
surfaces, making them appear
shiny?

a. atom-atom
b. molecule-ion
c. molecule-molecule
d. atom-molecule
347. Question:
An example of a heterogeneous
mixture is ______.

a. malleability
b. ductility
c. luster
d. plasticity

a. stainless steel
b. soil
c. sugar
d. carbon monoxide

353. Question:
An acid can react with a base to
produce a _____.

348. Question:
Water will boil at temperature of
40C when the pressure on its
surface is ______.

a. hydrogen gas
b. salt
c. oxide
d. hydroxide

a. 25.5 torr
b. 40 torr
c. 55.3 torr
d. 760 torr

354. Question:
Compounds that contain halogens
are called _____.
a. amines
b. halides
c. ethers
d. aldehydes

349. Question:
How are elements classified?
a. metals, non-metals and metalloids
b. homogeneous or heterogeneous
c. suspension, colloid, solution
d. gases, solids or liquids

355. Question:
The organic compounds that
contains oxygen but not in the
carbonyl group are called ___.

350. Question:
Compounds are mostly classified as

a. alcohols and ethers

b. amines and amides
c. halides
d. aldehydes

a. homogeneous and heterogeneous

b. acids and bases
c. gases, liquids and solids
d. metals and nonmetals

356. Question:

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Which of the following is NOT a

property of metals?

and are considered derivatives of

water?

a. metals are neither malleable nor

ductile
b. metals have high thermal
conductivity
c. metals have high electrical
conductivity
d. metals have more luster

a. alcohols
b. ethers
c. aldehydes
d. ketones
361. Question:
What organic compounds contain
nitrogen?
a. halides
b. amines and amides
c. alcohols
d. ethers

357. Question:
What are elements that have
properties intermediate between
metals and nonmetals?

362. Question:
What organic compounds in which
two hydrocarbon groups that can be
aliphatic or aromatic are attached to
one oxygen atom?

a. gases
b. solids
c. liquids
d. metalloids

a. amines
b. alcohols
c. ethers
d. halides

358. Question:
Which of the following is NOT a
property of acids?

363. Question:
Vinegar is a solution of water and
what acid?

a. taste sour
b. feel slippery on the skin
c. turn litmus paper to red
d. dissolve metals producing various
salts and hydrogen gas

a. Phosphoric acid
b. Sulfuric acid
c. Nitric acid
d. Acetic acid

359. Question:
Which of the following is NOT a
property of bases?

364. Question:
What acid is added to carbonated
drinks to produce a tart test?

a. feel slippery on the skin

b. turn litmus paper to blue
c. taste bitter
d. dissolve metals producing various
salts and hydrogen gas

a. Citric acid
b. Phosphoric acid
c. Sulfuric acid
d. Nitric acid
365. Question:
Table salt or sodium chloride may be
formed by the reaction of:

360. Question:
What organic compounds contain
the hydroxyl as the functional group

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a. Hydrochloric acid and sodium

bicarbonate
b. Sodium and chlorine
c. Hydrochloric acid and Sodium
carbonate
d. Hydrochloric acid and sodium
Hydroxide

a. Nuclide
b. Ion
c. Molecule
d. Fermion
371. Question:
The number of _____ in an atom
defines what element the atom is

366. Question:
The masses of elements in a pure
compound are always in the same
proportion. This statement is known
as _______.

a. neutrons
b. electrons
c. protons
d. protons and electrons

a. Law of multiple proportion

b. Law of definite proportion
c. The periodic table
d. Daltons atomic theory

372. Question:
The number of _____ in an atom
defines the isotopes of an element.

367. Question:
How does Joseph John Thomson
call his model of the atom?

a. neutrons
b. protons
c. electrons
d. protons and neutrons

a. Orbital model
b. Planetary model
c. Radioactive model
d. Plum-pudding model

373. Question:
What is the identity number of an
atom?

368. Question:
The discovery of radioactivity further
confirms the existence of subatomic
particles. Who discovered
radioactivity?

a. Atomic number
b. Mass number
c. Atomic mass
d. Atomic weight
374. Question:
When the elements are arranged in
the order of increasing atomic
number, elements with similar
properties appear at periodic
intervals. This statement is known
as ______.

a. Henri Becquerel
b. Marie Curie
c. Pierre Curie
d. Niels Bohr
369. Question:
Atoms of the same element which
have different masses are called
_______.

a. Law of multiple proportion

b. Law of definite proportion
c. The periodic law
d. Daltons atomic theory

a. molecules
b. ions
c. nuclides
d. isotopes

375. Question:
Who are the two chemists credited
for the discovery of the periodic law?

370. Question:
What is an atom of specific isotope
called?

a. Julius Lothar Meyer and Demitri

Ivanovich Mendeleev

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b. Humphrey Davy and Henri

Becquerel
c. Henri Becquerel and Ernest
Rutherford
d. Ernest Rutherford and Julius
Lothar Meyer

c. Group VA
d. Group VIA
381. Question:
What group in the periodic table is
the carbon group?
a. Group IIIA
b. Group IVA
c. Group VA
d. Group VIA

376. Question:
The elements with similar properties
are placed in columns of the periodic
table . This columns are commonly
called ______.

382. Question:
What is the second most abundant
element in the human body?

a. Periods
b. Transitions
c. Groups
d. Groups or families

a. Carbon
b. Hydrogen
c. Oxygen

377. Question:
What are the rows in the periodic
table called?

d. Nitrogen
383. Question:
Which of the following is not a
metalloid?

a. periods
b. transitions
c. groups
d. families

a. Antimony
b. Boron
c. Magnesium
d. Silicon

378. Question:
Elements in Group 1A in the periodic
table are ______.

384. Question:
Caustic soda is used making soap,
textiles and paper. What is another
term for caustic soda?

a. Boron group
b. Alkali earth metals
c. Alkali metals
d. Carbon group

a. Sodium benzoate
b. Sodium hydroxide
c. Potassium chlorate
d. Cesium bromide

379. Question:
Elements in Group IIA in the periodic
table are _______.
a. Halogens
b. Alkaline earth metals
c. Alkali metals
d. Nitrogen group

385. Question:
What is used for the manufacture of
explosives and fireworks?
a. Magnesium hydroxide
b. Potassium chlorate
c. Potassium perchlorate
d. Cesium bromide

380. Question:
The boron group is what group in the
periodic table?
a. Group IIIA
b. Group IVA

386. Question:

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All alkaline metals will tarnish in air

except ______.

What is regarded as the most unique

element in the periodic table?
a. Hydrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Carbon
d. Uranium

a. Magnesium
b. Barium
c. Radium
d. Beryllium

392. Question:
What is the most abundant element
in the atmosphere?

387. Question:
What alkali metal is usually used for
x-ray apparatus because of its ability
to allow x-rays to pass through with
minimum absorption?

a. Oxygen
b. Nitrogen
c. Helium
d. Inert gases

a. Magnesium
b. Radium
c. Beryllium
d. Barium

393. Question:
What is the only gas in Group VIA in
the periodic table?
a. Hydrogen

388. Question:
What element is used as a coating
for iron to make galvanized iron a
corrosion-resistant material?

b. Helium
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen

a. Magnesium
b. Titanium
c. Zinc
d. Chromium

394. Question:
What is the second most abundant
element in the atmosphere?
a. Hydrogen
b. Helium
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen

389. Question:
What element is used as electric
power source for pacemakers and
artificial hearts?

395. Question:
What element is used in advertising
signs?

a. Promethium
b. Neodymium
c. Uranium
d. Plutonium

a. Neon
b. Helium
c. Sodium
d. Xenon

390. Question:
What element is commonly used in
making lasers?

396. Question:
What principle stress about
fundamental limitation that, for a
particular as small as the electron,
one cannot know exactly where it is
and at the same time know its
energy or how it is moving?

a. Chromium
b. Neodymium
c. Promethium
d. Terbium
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a. Aufbau principle
b. Uncertainty principle
c. Pauli exclusion principle
d. Kinetic molecular theory

401. Question:
The _____ of the atom describes the
atom as having a nucleus at the
center around which electrons
move?

397. Question:
Who discovered the uncertainty
principle?

a. spin number
b. quantum mechanical model
c. quantum number
d. azimuthal number

a. Werner Karl Heisenberg

b. Louie de Broglie
c. Albert Einstein
d. John Newlands

402. Question:
What are the main energy level
where the valence electrons belong
called?
a. valence shells
b. azimuthal shells
c. spin shells
d. quantum shells
403. Question:
The size of the atom is dependent
on _______.

398. Question:
What principle states that the
electrons fill the orbitals, one at a
time, starting with the lowest energy
orbital then proceeding to the one
with higher energy?

a. The size of the nucleus

b. the region of space occupied by
its electrons
c. the number of protons and
neutrons
d. all of the choices above

a. Aufbau principle
b. Uncertainty principle
c. Pauli exclusion principle
d. Kinetic molecular theory

404. Question:
What happens to the atomic size of
the elements in a group when you
go from top to bottom of the group?

399. Question:
What principle states that no two
electrons in the same atom can have
the same set of quantum numbers?

a. it remains the same

b. it increases
c. it decreases
d. it becomes zero

a. Aufbau principle
b. Uncertainty principle
c. Pauli exclusion Principle
d. Kinetic molecular theory

405. Question:
The ionization energy is ______ to
the atomic size of atom.

400. Question:
What describes how the electrons
and distributed among the orbitals?

a. directly proportional
b. inversely proportional
c. equal to
d. not related

a. Electronegativity of the element

b. Electron configuration of an atom
c. Energy state of the atom
d. Pauli exclusion principle

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406. Question:
What alkaline earth metal has the
smallest atomic number?

What is made of gas atoms that

have been cooled to near absolute
zero at which temperature the atoms
slow down, combine and forma a
single entity known called a
superatom?

a. Beryllium
b. Magnesium
c. Calcium
d. Barium

a. Ionized gas
b. Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)
c. Plasma
d. Quark

407. Question:
The process of gaining or losing an
electron results in the formation of a
charged atom or molecule called
______.

412. Question:
The fifth state of matter, the BEC
(Bose-Einstein condensate) was first
created in what year?

a. ion
b. cation
c. anion
d. crystal

a. 1992
b. 1993
c. 1994
d. 1995

408. Question:
Aside from liquid, gas and solid,
there are two other states of matter.
What are they?

413. Question:
The elements of groups IA, IIA, IIIA,
IVA, VA, VIA, VIIA and VIIIA are
called main group elements or
______.

a. Plasma and Quark

b. Quartz and Plasma
c. Quartz and Quasar
d. Plasma and Bose-Einstein
condensate

a. transitions
b. representatives
c. inner transitions
d. metals or nonmetals

409. Question:
Who first identified the plasma in
1879?

414. Question:
For the representative elements, the
number of valence electrons is the
same as the ______.

a. William Crookes
b. Irving Langmuir
c. Albert Einstein
d. Eric Cornell

a. number of electrons
b. number of neutrons
c. the rightmost digit of the group
number of element
d. number of electrons less the
number of neutrons

410. Question:
Who coined the term plasma in
1928?

415. Question:
For transition elements, the number
of valence electrons is the same as
______.

a. William Crookes
b. Irving Langmuir
c. Albert Einstein
d. Eric Cornell

a. the group number

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b. the rightmost digit of the group

number of the element
c. the number of electrons less the
number of neutrons
d. the number of electrons less the
number of protons

What element has a very high

melting point and ideal for filaments
of light bulbs?
a. Barium
b. Aluminum
c. Tungsten
d. Titanium

416. Question:
What is a high-energy, electrically
charged gas produced by heating
the gas until the electrons in the
outer orbitals of the atoms separate,
leaving the atoms with a positive
charge?

421. Question:
Metals can be drawn into wires. This
illustrates what property of metals?
a. Malleability
b. Ductility
c. Rigidity
d. Plasticity

a. Quartz
b. Quark
c. BEC
d. Plasma

422. Question:
Steel is the widely used construction
material because of its high tensile
strength. It is combination of what
elements?

417. Question:
Water has the biggest density when
it is in what state?

a. Iron and carbon

b. Iron and aluminum
c. Lead and carbon
d. Lead and aluminum

a. Liquid
b. Gas
c. Solid
d. Vapor

423. Question:
What refers to the electrostatic
attraction that holds together the
oppositely charged ions, the cations
and anions, in the solid compound?

418. Question:
What is the temperature of water in
solid state at 1 atm?

a. Electronic bond
b. Metallic bond
c. Covalent bond
d. Ionic bond

a. 4C
b. 25C
c. 0C
d. 5C

424. Question:
What states that atoms tend to gain,
lose or share electrons until they are
surrounded by eight valence
electrons?

419. Question:
The density of water is the largest in
what temperature?
a. 2C
b. 1C
c. 3C
d. 4C

a. Figure of 8 rule
b. Octet rule
c. Ionic rule
d. Lewis rule

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425. Question:
What indicates the number of
valence electrons in the atom
represented by dots scattered on
four sides of the atomic symbol?

b. electron group theory

c. molecular polarity theory
d. valence-shell electron-pair
repulsion theory
430. Question:
A covalent bond is formed by the
overlap of atomic orbitals. This
statement is the basic idea of which
theory?

a. Electron dot structure

b. Lewis structure
c. Crystalline structure
d. Electrons dot structure or Lewis
structure

a. Valence bond theory

b. Energy group theory
c. Molecular polarity theory
d. Valence-shell electron-pair
repulsion (VSEPR) theory

426. Question:
What is the distance between the
nuclei of two bonded atoms called?
a. bond length
b. molecular length
c. atomic distance
d. atomic radius

431. Question:
The Chalcogens are elements in
what group in the periodic table?
a. Group VA
b. Group VIA
c. Group VIIA

427. Question:
The overall shape of a molecule is
described by which two properties?

d. Group IVA
432. Question:
Halogens belong to what group in
the periodic table?

a. bond distance and bond size

b. bond distance and bond angle
c. bond radius and bond angle
d. bond angle and bond size

a. Group IVA
b. Group VA
c. Group VIA
d. Group VIIA

428. Question:
What is an angle made by the lines
joining the nuclei of the atoms in the
molecule?

433. Question:
The elements, germanium and
silicon, which are commonly used for
semiconductors belongs to what
group of elements?

a. atomic angle
b. bond angle
c. molecular angle
d. ionic angle

a. Boron group
b. Carbon group
c. Nitrogen group
d. Halogens

429. Question:
The best arrangement of a given
number of shared and unshared
electrons is the one that minimizes
the repulsion among them. This is
known as ______.

434. Question:
What group in the periodic table are
the noble gases?

a. valence bond theory

a. Group 0

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b. Group VIIIA
c. Group VIIA
d. Group 0 or VIIIA

b. when the centers of positive and

negative charge coincide
c. when there is no positive nor
negative charge
d. when there is only one charge,
either negative or positive

435. Question:
Which of the following is not a noble
gas?

440. Question:
What is the sum of the masses of
the atoms in the molecule of the
substance called?

a. Argon
b. Xenon
c. Radon
d. Antimony

a. atomic mass
b. molecular mass
c. formula mass
d. atomic weight

436. Question:
What refers to the ability of an atom
in a molecule to attract shared
electrons?

441. Question:
What refers to the number of atoms
in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12?

a. electronegativity
b. electron affinity
c. ionization energy
d. periodic number

a. Avogadros number
b. mole
c. molar mass

437. Question:
What type of bond occurs when the
difference in electronegativity is
greater than or equal to 2?

d. amu
442. Question:
Which one is the Avogadros
number?

a. ionic
b. non-polar covalent
c. polar covalent
d. either non-polar covalent or polar
covalent

23

a. 6.20 x 10
23
b. 6.02 x 10
23
c. 6.32 x 10
23
d. 6.22 x 10

438. Question:
Non polar covalent bond occurs if
the difference in electronegativity
ranges from

443. Question:
What is defined as the amount of
23
substance that contains 6.02 x 10
particles of that substance?

a. 0.00 to 0.40
b. 0.50 to 1.90
c. 1.90 to 2.00
d. 2.00 and up

a. mole
b. molar mass
c. avogadros number
d. amu

439. Question:
When can we say that a molecule is
polar?

444. Question:
What refers to the mass in grams of
one mole of a substance?

a. when the centers of positive and

negative charge do not coincide

a. molar mass
b. molecular mass

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c. atomic mass
d. atomic weight

450. Question:
What is the mixing of gases due to
molecular motion called?

445. Question:
What is the unit of molar mass?

a. diffusion
b. effusion
c. fission
d. fusion

a. amu
b. mole
c. grams
d. grams per mole

451. Question:
What refers to the passage of
molecules of a gas from one
container to another through a tiny
opening between the containers?

446. Question:
The total pressure of a mixture of
gases equals the sum of the partial
pressures of each of the gases in the
mixture. This statement is known as
______.

a. diffusion
b. Effusion
c. fusion
d. fission

a. Daltons law of partial pressure

b. Gay-Lussac law
c. Boyles law
d. Charles law

452. Question:
The rate of effusion of a gas is
inversely proportional to the square
root of its molar mass. Who
discovered this?

447. Question:
The dry air is composed of how
many percent nitrogen?

a. Gilbert Lewis
b. John Tyndall
c. Robert Brown
d. Thomas Graham

a. 73.1%
b. 74.4%
c. 76.1%
d. 78.1%

453. Question:
What law states that the rate of
effusion of a gas, which is the
amount of gas that moves through
the hole in a given amount of time, is
inversely proportional to the square
root its molar mass?

448. Question:
The dry air is composed of how
many percent oxygen?
a. 20.9%
b. 21.2%
c. 22.1%
d. 23.7%

a. Henrys law
b. Grahams law of effusion
c. Hunds law
d. Lewis theory

449. Question:
How much carbon dioxide is present
in dry air?

454. Question:
What is a poisonous gas generated
mostly by motor vehicles?

a. 0.003%
b. 0.03%
c. 0.3%
d. 3%

a. carbon monoxide
b. carbon dioxide

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c. hydroxide
d. nitric acid

c. Doe van der Waals

d. Eric van der Waals

455. Question:
Who revised the atomic theory by
replacing the hard, indestructible
spheres imagined by John Dalton
and proposed the rain bread model
of the atom?

460. Question:
a dipole has how many electrically
charged poles?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

a. Pierre Curie
b. Robert Andrews Milikan
c. Joseph John Thomson
d. Ernest Rutherford

461. Question:
Compounds containing hydrogen
and other element are known as
_______.

456. Question:
What is considered as one of the
pollutants responsible for smog and
acid rain?

a. hydroxides
b. hydrides
c. hydros
d. hydrates

a. sulfur dioxide
b. nitrogen dioxide
c. carbon dioxide
d. hydroxide
457. Question:
What refers to the forces of
attraction that exist between
molecules in a compound?

462. Question:
What is a special kind of dipoledipole interaction formed when a
hydrogen atom bounded to a highly
electronegative atom is attracted to
the lone pair of a nearby
electronegative atom?

a. interaction forces
b. dispersion forces
c. intermolecular forces
d. induction forces

a. Hydride bond
b. Hydro bond
c. Hydrogen bond
d. Hydrate bond

458. Question:
All are basic types of Van der waals
forces except

463. Question:
What is the process of changing gas
state to liquid state?

a. Dipole-dipole interaction
b. London dispersion forces
c. Heat bonding
d. Hydrogen bonding

a. Sublimation
b. Condensation
c. Deposition
d. Vaporization

459. Question:
The three types of intermolecular
forces exist in neutral molecules are
collectively known as van der waals
forces. This is named after ____

464. Question:
What is the process of changing
liquid state to solid state?

a. Diderik van der Waals

b. Derick van der Waals

a. Melting

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b. Freezing
c. Sublimation
d. Condensation

d. molar heat of fusion

470. Question:
What refers to the amount of heat
required by one mole of a substance
to change liquid to gas?

465. Question:
What is the process of changing
liquid state to gas state?

a. molar heat of vaporization

b. molar heat of solidification
c. molar heat of condensation
d. molar heat of fusion

a. Vaporization
b. Sublimation
c. Condensation
d. Deposition

471. Question:
Liquid that vaporizes easily are
called ____ liquids.

466. Question:
What is the process of changing
solid state to gas state?

a. volatile
b. non-volatile
c. surfactant
d. hydrophilic

a. Vaporization
b. Deposition
c. Sublimation
d. Condensation

467. Question:
What is the process of changing gas
state to solid state?

472. Question:
What is the component of the
solution in which the solute is
dissolved?

a. Deposition
b. Vaporization
c. Condensation
d. Sublimation

a. solvent
b. catalyst
c. reactant
d. medium

468. Question:
What is the process of changing
from solid state to liquid state?

473. Question:
Bronze is a solid solution of copper
and tin. Which of the following is
true?

a. Freezing
b. Melting
c. Condensation
d. Vaporization

a. Tin is the solvent

b. Copper is the solute
c. Copper is the solvent
d. The solution is called aqueous
solution

469. Question:
What refers to the amount of heat
absorbed by one mole of a
substance to change from solid to
liquid?

474. Question:
When the solvent of the solution is
water, it is a/an ______ solution.

a. molar heat of vaporization

b. molar heat of solidification
c. molar heat of fission

a. wet
b. liquid

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c. aqueous
d. fluid

a. solution
b. solute
c. solvent
d. colloid

475. Question:
What is the most common solvent in
medicines?

480. Question:
What is the component of the
solution that is dissolved?

a. Paracetamol
b. Acid
c. Ethanol
d. Starch

a. solvent
b. solute
c. catalyst
d. colloid

476. Question:
What is the term generally used to
described the combination of solute
molecules or ions with solvent
molecules?

481. Question:
When the maximum amount of
solute is dissolved in the given
solvent at a stated temperature, the
solution formed is ________.

a. Solubility
b. Solvation
c. Saturation
d. Transformation

a. unsaturated
b. saturated
c. supersaturated
d. undersaturated

477. Question:
What is the term used to describe
the maximum amount of solute that
a given solvent can dissolve to give
a stable solution at a given
temperature?

482. Question:
When the solution contains less
solute particles than the maximum
amount the solvent can dissolve at
that temperature, the solution is
_______.

a. Solubility
b. Solvation
c. Saturation
d. Transformation

a. unsaturated
b. saturated
c. supersaturated
d. undersaturated

478. Question:
What refers to the temperature
above which a gas cannot be
liquefied by an increase in pressure?

483. Question:
When the solution contains more
solute particles than the solvent can
normally hold, the solution is _____.

a. Absolute temperature
b. Absolute zero
c. Critical temperature
d. Maximum temperature

a. unsaturated
b. saturated
c. supersaturated
d. undersaturated

479. Question:
What is a homogeneous mixture
made of particles that exist as
individual molecules or ions?

484. Question:
What is the most common solution
on earth?
a. air

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b. seawater
c. blood
d. freshwater

d. it will cause an increase in

solubility
490. Question:
How will an increase in temperature
of gases dissolving in liquids affect
solubility?

485. Question:
Solutions composed of two or more
metals are called _______.
a. saturated solutions
b. supersaturated solutions
c. unsaturated solutions
d. alloys

a. it will cause a decrease in

solubility
b. it will not affect solubility at all
c. it will slightly affect solubility
d. it will cause an increase in
solubility

486. Question:
The solubility of a substance in
another substance is affected by the
following factors except _____.

491. Question:
How does pressure affects the
solubility of gases in liquids?

a. nature of solute and solvent

b. pressure
c. volume
d. temperature

a. it decreases solubility
b. it does not affect solubility at all
c. it slightly affects solubility
d. it increases solubility

487. Question:
Liquids that do not mix are said to be
_______.

492. Question:
How does pressure affects the
solubility in liquids or of liquids in
another liquid?

a. miscible
b. immiscible
c. soluble
d. nonsoluble

a. it decreases solubility
b. it does not affect solubility at all
c. it slightly affects solubility
d. it increases solubility

488. Question:
Water and alcohol are both liquids
that can be mixed in any proportion.
They are said to be ____.

493. Question:
The solubility of gas in a liquid is
directly proportional to the partial
pressure of the gas above the
solution. This is known as ______.

a. miscible
b. immiscible
c. soluble
d. nonsoluble

a. Hunds law
b. Pascals law
c. Henrys law
d. Daltons law

489. Question:
How will an increase in temperature
in solids affect solubility?

494. Question:
What is the common unit is used to
indicate the mass of a particle?

a. it will cause a decrease in

solubility
b. it will not affect solubility at all
c. it will slightly affect solubility

a. Atomic mass unit (amu)

b. Charge unit

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c. Coulomb
d. Gram

500. Question:
______ means there is a large
amount of solute dissolved in the
solution.

495. Question:
What is the unit for the charge of a
particle?

a. concentrated
b. dilute
c. saturated
d. unsaturated

a. Coulomb
b. charge unit
c. atomic mass unit
d. Lepton

501. Question:
What is the ratio of the number of
moles of solute to the volume of the
solution in liters?

496. Question:
The protons and neutrons are not
considered as fundamental particles
because they consist of smaller
particles called?

a. molarity
b. molality
c. formality
d. mole fraction

a. bosons
b. quarks
c. leptons
d. fermions

497. Question:
What refers to the measure of how
fast a substance dissolves?

502. Question:
What is the ratio of the number of
moles of solute per kilogram of
solvent?

a. rate of solubility
b. rate of agitation
c. rate of dissolution
d. rate of solution

a. molality
b. molality
c. formality
d. mole fraction

498. Question:
How can a rate of dissolution be
increased?

503. Question:
What is the process of making a
solution less concentrated as in the
addition of more solvent?

a. reduce particle size

b. agitation
c. application of heat
d. all of the above

a. concentration
b. dilution
c. saturation
d. colligation

499. Question:
______ means there is only a little
amount of solute dissolved in a
solution.

504. Question:
What is the process of changing the
liquid to gas that is usually
accompanied by the production of
bubbles of vapor in the liquid?

a. concentrated
b. dilute
c. saturated
d. unsaturated

a. vaporizing

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b. boiling
c. condensing
d. sublimation

a. hypertonic
b. hypotonic
c. isotonic
d. photonic

505. Question:
What is the temperature at which the
vapor pressure of the liquid equals
the prevailing atmospheric pressure?

510. Question:
What is in some aerosol products
that can cause harm to the
atmosphere?

a. boiling point
b. triple point
c. saturation point
d. critical point

a. smog
b. Chloroflurocarbons (CFC)
c. emulsifying agent
d. hydrocarbons

506. Question:
What is the temperature at which
liquid and solids are in equilibrium?

511. Question:
What are colloidal dispersions of gas
bubbles in liquids or solids?

a. Boiling point
b. Resting point
c. Freezing point
d. Critical point

a. emulsions
b. aerosols
c. foams
d. sols
512. Question:
What is a colloidal dispersion of a
liquid in either a liquid or a solid?

507. Question:
What refers to the decrease in the
freezing point of a pure liquid when
another substance is dissolved in the
liquid?

a. emulsions
b. gels
c. foams
d. sols

a. Freezing point compression

b. Freezing point extension
c. Freezing point depression
d. Freezing point dilution

513. Question:
What is a solid dispersed in either a
solid or liquid?

508. Question:
If two solutions have the same
concentration of solute, they are
______.

a. emulsions
b. gels
c. foams
d. sols

a. hypertonic
b. hypotonic
c. isotonic
d. photonic

514. Question:
What is defined as a substance
which, upon dissolution in or reacting
with water causes an increase in the
concentration of the solvent anion,
OH?

509. Question:
If one or two solutions has a higher
concentration of solute particles than
the other, the one with the higher
concentration is described as
_______.

a. Lewis acid
b. Lewis base
c. Arrhenius base

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d. Arrhenius acid

a. Nitric acid
b. Sulfuric acid
c. Hydrochloric acid
d. Phosphoric acid

515. Question:
What is the dissolution constant of
water at 25C?
-15

a. 1.8 x 10
-16
b. 1.8 x 10
-17
c. 1.8 x 10
-18
d. 1.8 x 10

520. Question:
Upon dissociation in water, acids
yield hydrogen ions while gases
yield hydroxide ions. What is this
statement commonly called?

516. Question:
What theory states that an acid is
any substance that donates a proton
to another substance, and a base is
any substance that can accept a
proton from any other substance?

a. Arrhenius theory
b. pH concept
c. Bronsted-Lowry theory
d. Le Chateliers principle
521. Question:
What is defined as the substance
which, upon reaction with water,
causes an increase in the
concentration of the solvent cation,
+
H 3O ?

a. Arrhenius theory
b. Bronsted-Lowry theory
c. Lewis theory
d. pH concept

a. Lewis acid
b. Lewis base
c. Arrhenius base
d. Arrhenius acid

517. Question:
What is a colloidal system in which
the dispersed phase consists of
fibrous, interwoven particles called
fibrils which exert a marked effect on
the physical properties of the
dispersing medium?

522. Question:
What theory states that an acid is a
substance that can accept a lone
pair from another molecule, and a
base is a substance that has a lone
pair of electrons?

a. emulsions
b. gels
c. foams
d. sols

a. Arrhenius theory
b. Bronsted-Lowry theory
c. Lewis theory
d. pH concept

518. Question:
Most cosmetics and ointments and
creams used in medicines are
_____.

523. Question:
An acid described as an electron
pair acceptor is the ______ acid.

a. emulsions
b. gels
c. foams
d. sols

a. Arrhenius
b. Pure
c. Lewis
d. Bronsted-Lowry

519. Question:
The substance usually used in
cleaning toilets bowls and tiles is
muriatic acid. What is another term
for muriatic acid?

524. Question:
The Bronsted-Lowry acid is:

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a. a proton donor
b. a proton acceptor
c. an electron pair acceptor
d. an electron pair donor

What acid is usually used in

vinegars?
a. Sulfuric acid
b. Acetic acid
c. Nitric acid
d. Carbonic acid

525. Question:
Acids consist of three elements,
hydrogen and two nonmetals are
called _______.

530. Question:
What acid is used in glass itching?

a. triacids
b. ternary acids
c. oxyacids
d. organic acids

a. Acetylsalicylic acid
b. Hydroflouric acid
c. Phosphoric acid
d. Hydrochloric acid
531. Question:
What acid is usually present in some
fruits?
a. citric acid
b. Carbonic acid
c. Organic acid

526. Question:
If one of two nonmetals of a ternary
acid is oxygen, the acid is called
_______.

d. Nitric acid
532. Question:
What acid is used in carbonated
drinks?

a. oxide
b. oxyacid
c. oxide acid
d. acidic oxide

a. Carbonic acid
b. Hydroflouric acid
c. Nitric acid
d. Citric acid

527. Question:
Which of thee following is the
formula of sulfuric acid?

533. Question:
What acid usually used to reduce
pain and inflammation such as
aspirin and other pain relievers?

a. H2SO4
b. H2SO3
c. H4SO2
d. HNO2

a. Carbonic acid
b. Acetylsalicylic acid
c. Nitric acid
d. Phosphoric acid

528. Question:
Which of the following is the formula
of nitric acid?

534. Question:
The Bronsted-Lowry base is

a. HNO4
b. H2SO3
c. H4SO2
d. HNO3

a. a proton donor
b. a proton acceptor
c. an electron pair acceptor
d. an electron pair donor

529. Question:

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535. Question:
According to Gilbert Lewis, an acidbase reaction as the sharing of an
electron pair will form what type of
bond?

540. Question:
What acid is usually used in the
manufacturer of fertilizers?
a. Carbonic acid
b. Acetylsalicylic acid
c. Sulfuric acid
d. Phosphoric acid

a. coordinate ionic bond

b. coordinate covalent bond
c. coordinate metallic bond
d. coordinate bond

541. Question:
What acid is used in the
manufacture of explosives?

536. Question:
What is the type of covalent bond in
which the shared electrons are
donated by one, not both, of the
atoms involved?

a. Carbonic acid
b. Acetylsalicylic acid
c. Nitric acid
d. Phosphoric acid

a. synchronous covalent bond

b. coordinate covalent bond
c. asynchronous covalent bond
d. translating covalent bond

542. Question:
What acid is used in the batteries of
cars or automobiles?
a. Carbonic acid

537. Question:
What is the term used for the
product of a Lewis acid-base
reaction?

b. Acetylsalicylic acid
c. Sulfuric acid
d. Phosphoric acid

a. oxyacids
b. binary acids
c. acibas
d. adduct

543. Question:
Bases are compounds consisting of
a. metal and oxide ion
b. nonmetal and oxide ion
c. metal and hydroxide ion
d. nonmetal and hydroxide ion

538. Question:
Acids composed of only two
elements, hydrogen and non metal,
are called ______.

544. Question:
Which base is used to remove
carbon dioxide from air?

a. binary acids
b. ternary acids
c. oxyacids
d. organic acids

a. Lithium hydroxide
b. Sodium hydroxide
c. Aluminum hydroxide
d. Magnesium hydroxide

539. Question:
What is added to hydrochloride to
form hydrochloric acid?

545. Question:
Which two substances have the
same pH, which is 6.5?

a. oxygen
b. sulfur
c. water
d. carbon

a. Saliva and milk

b. Orange juice and tomato juice
c. Vinegar and calamansi juice
d. Urine and apple juice

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d. OH

546. Question:
Which is the most acidic?

551. Question:
What is the pH of neutral solution?

a. vinegar
b. calamansi juice
c. carbonated drink
d. orange juice

a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

547. Question:
Which is the best description of
strong acids?

552. Question:
What is the pH of pure water?

a. They dissociate or ionize

completely in water
b. They dont dissociate or ionize
completely in water
c. They are normally found in
vinegars
d. They are the acids that do not
contain hydrogen

a. 6.1
b. 6.5
c. 7
d. 7.4
553. Question:
What refers to the reaction between
an acid and a base forming salt and
water?

548. Question:
Which is the best description of
weak acids?

a. Neutralization
b. Titration
c. Hydrolysis
d. Buffer

a. They dissociate or ionize

completely in water
b. They do not dissociate or ionize
completely in water
c. They are normally found in
hydrogen chloride form
d. They are the acids that not found
in vinegars

554. Question:
What is the process of measuring
the concentration of an acid or base
in one solution by adding a base or
acid solution of known concentration
until the acid or base in the solution
of unknown concentration is fully
neutralized?

549. Question:
+
What is a measure of the H3O
concentration of solution?

a. Neutralization
b. Titration
c. Hydrolysis
d. Buffer

a. pH
b. pOH
c. Indicator
d. OH

555. Question:
What group in the periodic table is
the nitrogen group?

550. Question:
What is the measure of the OH
concentration of a solution?

a. Group VA
b. Group VIA
c. Group VIIA
d. Group IVA

a. pH
b. pOH
c. Indicator

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556. Question:
What is the atomic number of
oxygen?

561. Question:
What is a substance that changes at
a certain pH range?

a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9

a. Litmus paper
b. Indicator
c. Balancer
d. Lichen

557. Question:
What is the atomic number of
germanium?

562. Question:
What base is used as an antacid
with no dosage restriction?

a. 14
b. 32
c. 18
d. 23

a. Magnesium hydroxide
b. Sodium hydroxide
c. Aluminum hydroxide
d. Lithium hydroxide
563. Question:
What refers to the reaction between
the ions of a salt and the ions of
water?

558. Question:
What is the most abundant element
in the human body?

a. salt titration
b. salt buffering
c. salt neutralization
d. salt hydrolysis

a. Hydrogen
b. Helium
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen

564. Question:
Magnesium hydroxide is a base
used as antacid if consumed in small
amounts and laxative if consumed in
large dosage. What is common term
for magnesium hydroxide?

559. Question:
What refers to the point at which the
added base or acid solution in
titration is enough to fully neutralize
the acid or base?

a. Skim of Magnesia
b. Oil of Magnesia
c. Cream of Magnesia
d. Milk of Magnesia

a. Neutral point
b. Titrant point
c. Central point
d. Equivalence point

565. Question:
What is the most convenient way of
expressing hydronium ion
concentration?

560. Question:
Which of the following is the most
basic?

a. Hydrometer reading
b. pH scale
c. Alkalinity
d. Basicity

a. pH 8
b. pH 9
c. pH 11
d. pH 13

566. Question:

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Who proposed the pH scale in

1909?

a. Chemical collision theory

b. Chemical dynamics
c. Chemical kinematics
d. Chemical kinetics

a. Albert Einstein
b. J. Willard Gibbs
c. Henri Hess
d. Soren Sorensen

571. Question:
What is the minimum amount of
energy need for a chemical reaction
to occur called?

567. Question:
What does the symbol pH stands
for?

a. initial energy
b. activation energy
c. ignition energy
d. catalystic energy

a. the power of the hydroxide

compound
b. the power of hydroxide ion
c. the power of hydrogen ions
d. The power of hydrogen

572. Question:
If the energy is released as the
reaction occurs, it is a ____ reaction.
a. instantaneous
b. spontaneous
c. exothermic
d. endothermic

568. Question:
What is a solution consisting of a
weak acid and its conjugate base, or
of a weak base and its conjugate
acid?

573. Question:
If the energy is absorbed as the
reaction occurs, it is a ____ reaction.
a. instantaneous
b. spontaneous
c. exothermic
d. endothermic

a. seawater
b. salt
c. buffer
d. aqueous solution

574. Question:
Most heterogeneous catalysts are

569. Question:
What is the most common chemical
reaction, which is the reaction of
materials with oxygen accompanied
by the giving off of energy in the
form of heat?

a. liquids
b. solids
c. gases
d. plasma
575. Question:
What quantity is use to determine
how far from equilibrium the
chemical reaction is?

a. combustion
b. exothermic reaction
c. endothermic reaction
d. kinetic reaction

a. Reaction index
b. Chemical quotient
c. Equilibrium quotient
d. Reaction quotient

570. Question:
What is the area of chemistry that
concerns with the rate at which
chemical reactions occur?

576. Question:

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What states that if a change in

conditions is imposed on a system at
equilibrium, the equilibrium position
will shift in the direction that tends to
reduce the effects of that change?

d. Composite catalyst
580. Question:
What type of catalyst exists in
separate phase as the reactants in
the reaction mixture?

a. Hess principle
b. Catalyst effect
c. Haber process principle
d. Le Chateliers principle

a. Homogeneous catalyst
b. Heterogeneous catalyst
c. Pure catalyst
d. Composite catalyst
581. Question:
What refers to the reaction of oxygen
with an element or compound? It is
also the loss of electron.
a. Reduction
b. Oxidation
c. Oxygenation
d. Oxygenization
582. Question:
The gain of electrons by a substance
is known as _____.

577. Question:
What is a substance that, when
added to a reaction mixture,
increases the rate of the reaction but
is itself unchanged after the reaction
is done?

a. oxidation
b. covalent process
c. reduction
d. ionic process

a. Hydroxide ions
b. Accelerators
c. Catalysts
d. Neutral substance

583. Question:
What represents the charge that the
atom would have if the electrons in
each bond belonged entirely to the
more electronegative atom?

578. Question:
What is a substance that slows down
a chemical reaction?

a. oxidation number
b. atomic number
c. atomic weight
d. electron affinity

a. Inhibitors
b. Retardant
c. Catalyst
d. Decelerators

584. Question:
A reduced substance is what type of
agent?

579. Question:
What type of catalyst exists in the
same phase as the reactants in a
reaction mixture?

a. oxidizing agent
b. redox agent
c. reducing agent
d. nonredox agent

a. Homogeneous catalyst
b. Heterogeneous catalyst
c. Pure catalyst

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585. Question:
The oxidized substance is what type
of agent?

590. Question:
What crystalline carbon is soft,
black, slippery solid that possess
metallic luster and conduct
electricity?

a. oxidizing agent
b. redox agent
c. reducing agent
d. nonredox agent

a. charcoal
b. graphite
c. diamond
d. coke

586. Question:
What reaction does not involve any
change in oxidation number?

591. Question:
What is formed when hydrocarbons
such as methane are heated in the
presence of very little oxygen?

a. redox reaction
b. nonredox reaction
c. reducing reaction
d. oxidizing reaction

a. carbon black
b. charcoal
c. coke
d. diamond

587. Question:
What is an apparatus that uses a
spontaneous redox reaction to
generate electricity?

592. Question:
Based on the type of bond existing
between two carbon atoms, how do
hydrocarbons classified?

a. voltaic cell
b. fuel cell
c. lead cell
d. nickel cadmium cell

a. Saturated and unsaturated

b. Pure and unpure
c. Organic and inorganic
d. Natural and artificial

588. Question:
What is a branch of chemistry which
is the study of carbon-containing
molecules known as organic
compounds?

593. Question:
What hydrocarbons contain only
single bond?
a. alkane
b. alkyne
c. alkene
d. benzene

a. Organic Chemistry
b. Inorganic chemistry
c. Stoichemistry
d. Biochemistry

594. Question:
When a hydrocarbon consists of
carbon links that form a long, straight
or branched chain, it is classified as
____ type.

589. Question:
It is a crystalline form of carbon.
a. diamond
b. graphite
c. fullerenes
d. all of the above

a. cyclic
b. chain
c. pole
d. linear

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595. Question:
When hydrocarbon consists of
carbon links that form a ring, it is
classified as ____ type.

600. Question:
What are hydrocarbons that contain
one or more double bonds?
a. alkyne
b. benzene
c. alkene
d. alkane

a. cyclic
b. chain
c. pole
d. linear

601. Question:
What is another term for alkenes?

596. Question:
The aromatic hydrocarbons contain
the structural unit called _____.

a. olefins
b. acetylene
c. paraffins
d. methyl

a. alkyne
b. benzene
c. alkene
d. alkane

602. Question:
What is the simplest alkene, which is
a plant hormone that plays important
role in the seed germination and

597. Question:
What is a six-carbon ring with three
alternating double bonds, or closely
related rings or rings of similar
nature where nitrogen replaces
carbon in one or more ring
positions?

ripening of fruits?
a. anthracene
b. propyl
c. ethyne
d. ethene
603. Question:
What are hydrocarbons that contain
one or more triple bonds?

a. alkyne
b. benzene
c. alkene
d. alkane

a. alkyne
b. benzene
c. alkene
d. alkane

598. Question:
What is another term for Alkanes?
a. olefins
b. acetylene
c. paraffins
d. methyl

604. Question:
What is the simplest alkyne which is
highly reactive molecule?
a. ethene
b. acetylene or ethyne
c. propyl
d. alkyl

599. Question:
What is the simplest alkane which is
a major component of nature gas?
a. methane
b. octance
c. olefin
d. acetylene

605. Question:
The compounds, benzene,
naphthalene and anthracene are
example of what hydrocarbon?

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a. aliphatic hydrocarbons
b. aromatic hydrocarbons
c. alkenes
d. alkynes

610. Question:
What are compounds with the same
molecular formula but with different
structural formula?

606. Question:
What aromatic hydrocarbon is used
as a component of mothballs?

a. aldehydes
b. amines
c. isomers
d. esters

a. benzene
b. naphthalene
c. anthracene
d. methyl

611. Question:
What is formed when a carboxylic
acid and an alcohol react, with water
as a bi-product?
a. amine
b. ester
c. polymer
d. teflon
612. Question:
What common carboxylic acid is
found in yogurt?

607. Question:
In 1956, the International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC) devised a systematic way
of naming organic compounds. What
is this called?

a. lactic acid
b. citric acid
c. tartaric acid
d. lauric acid

a. System Nomenclature
b. System of Identification
c. System of Verification
d. System of Unification

613. Question:
What carboxylic acid is found in
grapes?

608. Question:
In naming of hydrocarbons, what
refers to a side chain that is formed
by removing a hydrogen atom from
an alkane?

a. Lactic acid
b. Citric acid
c. Tartaric acid
d. Lauric acid
614. Question:
What carboxylic acid is found in
coconut oil?

a. alkyl group
b. alken group
c. methyl group
d. alkyn group

a. Lactic acid
b. Citric acid
c. Tartaric acid
d. Lauric acid

609. Question:
It is usually used as a refrigerant?
a. ketone
b. muscone
c. propyl ether
d. dimethyl ether

615. Question:
What do you call the distinct pattern
in space which the atoms of metals

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arranged themselves when they

combine to produce a substance of
recognizable size?

620. Question:
Oxidation in an electrochemical call
always takes place where?

a. space-lattice
b. crystal
c. grain
d. unit cell

a. at the anode
b. at the cathode
c. at the electron
d. at both cathode and anode

616. Question:
When a solid has a crystalline
structure, the atoms arranged in
repeating structures called ____.

621. Question:
Reduction in an electrochemical cell
always takes place where?

a. lattice
b. unit cell
c. crystal
d. domain

a. at the anode
b. at the cathode
c. at the electrode
d. at both cathode and anode

617. Question:
What refers to a crystal imperfection
characterized by regions of severe
atomic misfit where atoms are not
properly surrounded by neighbor
atoms?

622. Question:
What is equal to the fraction of the
isotope in a naturally occurring
sample of the element?
a. The chemical atomic weight of the
isotope
b. The relative abundance of the
isotope
c. The electronegativity of the
isotope
d. The quantum number of the
isotope

a. Discrystallization
b. Dislocation
c. Slip step
d. Dispersion
618. Question:
In electrochemistry, oxidation is a
loss of _____.

623. Question:
what refers to salts of weak bases
dissolving in water to form acidic
solution?

a. ion
b. electron
c. proton
d. anode

a. Hydrolysis
b. Neutralization
c. Bufferization
d. Titration

619. Question:
What is the process of putting back
the loss electrons to convert the ions
back to a metal?

624. Question:
Which of the following elements has
the highest atomic number?

a. Oxidation
b. Corrosion
c. Reduction
d. Ionization

a. Titanium
b. Plutonium

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c. Uranium
d. Radium

What is a reaction in which one

molecule adds to another?

625. Question:
All are properties of gaseous state
except one. Which one?

a. partial reaction
b. monomolecular reaction
c. molecular reaction
d. Additional reaction

a. may be expanded or may be

compressed
b. have low densities
c. indefinite shape
d. mixed uniformly when soluble in
one another

630. Question:
Oxygen comprises what percent in
mass in the earths crust?
a. 50.5
b. 49.5
c. 48.5
d. 47.5
631. Question:
What percent of the human body is
carbon?
a. 22%

626. Question:
All are properties of liquid state
except one. Which one?

b. 20%
c. 18%
d. 16%

a. Do not expand nor compress to

any degree
b. usually flow readily
c. indefinite shape
d. Do not mixed by diffusion

632. Question:
What refers to how closely individual
measurements agree with each
other?
a. accuracy
b. precision
c. relative precision
d. relative accuracy

627. Question:
What type of hydrocarbons that do
not contain the benzene group or the
benzene ring?

633. Question:
What is the physical appearance of
sodium?

a. aromatic hydrocarbon
b. aliphatic hydrocarbon
c. simple hydrocarbon
d. carbon hydrocarbon

a. silver metal
b. yellowish gas
c. white crystal
c. reddish gas

628. Question:
What is an organic compound that
contains the hydroxyl group?

634. Question:
What is the general term that refers
to an allowed energy state for an
electron in the atom?

a. base
b. acid
c. alcohol
d. wine

a. quantum orbital level

b. quantum energy level

629. Question:

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c. orbital
d. quantum theory

d. diamond
640. Question:
What carbon is produced when coal
is strongly heated in the absence of
air?

635. Question:
Who performed an experiment in
1887 that yielded the charge-tomass ratio of the electrons?

a. carbon black
b. charcoal
c. coke
d. diamond

a. Niels Bohr
b. Ernest Rutherford
c. J. J. Thomson
d. Max Planck

641. Question:
What type of carbon is used in the
manufacture of car tires?

636. Question:
What is an alloy of mercury with
another metal or metals?

a. carbon black
b. charcoal
c. coke
d. diamond

a. Amalgram
b. Amine
c. Allotrope
d. Alkynes
637. Question:
A compound that contains at least
one animo group and at least one
carboxyl group is called _____.

642. Question:
The organic compounds are related
to each other by a common feature
involving a certain arrangement of
atoms called _______.

a. allotrope
b. animo acid
c. alkenes
d. alkynes

a. hydrocarbons
b. chain
c. functional groups
d. alkanes

638. Question:
A molecular orbit that is of higher
energy and lower stability than the
atomic orbitals from which it was
formed is called _____.

643. Question:
What is the simplest and most
commonly encountered class of
organic compounds?

a. main molecular orbital

b. partial molecular orbital
c. bonding molecular orbital
d. antibonding molecular orbit

a. carbides
b. oxides
c. carbon oxides
d. hydrocarbons

639. Question:
What type of carbon is produced
when wood is heated intensely in the
absence of air? It is used to remove
undesirable odors from air.

644. Question:
A molecular orbit that is lower
energy and greater stability than the
atomic orbitals from which it was
formed is called ____.

a. carbon black
b. charcoal
c. coke

a. main molecular orbital

b. partial molecular orbital
c. bonding molecular orbit

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d. antibonding molecular orbital

Compounds containing CN ion are

called _____.

645. Question:
An ion containing a central metal
cation bonded to one or more
molecules or ions is called ____.

a. cyanides
b. cycloalkanes
c. carbides
d. carboxylic acids

a. compound ion
b. complex ion
c. simplex ion
d. buffer ion

651. Question:
A molecule that does not possess a
dipole moment is called ____.
a. polar molecule
b. nonpolar molecule
c. nonelectrolytic molecule
d. electrolytic molecule

646. Question:
Which one is a factor that affects the
rate of chemical reactions?
a. Temperature
b. Concentration and surface area of
reactants
c. Presence of a catalyst
d. all of the above

652. Question:
What is the ratio of the equilibrium
concentration of the products to the
equilibrium concentrations of the
reactants with each species

647. Question:
What refers to the state at which the
rates of the forward and backward
reactions are equal?

concentration raised to the

corresponding stoichiometric
coefficient found in the balanced
reaction?

a. Chemical equilibrium
b. Reversible equilibrium
c. Reaction equilibrium
d. Haber equilibrium

a. Equilibrium constant
b. Equilibrium concentration
c. Chemical equilibrium
d. Reaction quotient

648. Question:
What is the study of heat formed or
required by the chemical reaction?

653. Question:
What term is used as a qualitative
description of the extent of a
chemical reaction?

a. Stoichemistry
b. Thermochemistry
c. Thermodynamics
d. Enthalpy

a. Equilibrium position
b. Chemical equilibrium
c. Equilibrium
d. Reaction equilibrium

649. Question:
Who proposed the quantum theory
in 1900?

654. Question:
What is the physical appearance of
chlorine?

a. J.J. Thompson
b. Neils Bohr
c. Max Planck
d. Ernest Rutherford

a. silver metal
b. white crystal
c. yellowish gas
d. white metal

650. Question:

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655. Question:
What is the physical appearance of
sodium chloride?

660. Question:
How are mixtures classified?

a. silver metal
b. white crystal
c. yellowish gas
d. white metal

a. Elements and Compounds

b. Metals, Nonmetals or Metalloids
c. Homogenous or Heterogeneous
d. suspension, colloids and solutions

656. Question:
What refers to a substance that
when dissolved in water, gives a
solution that is not electrically
conducting?

661. Question:
The mixture of soil and water is an
example of what classification of a
mixture?
a. homogenous
b. suspension
c. colloid
d. solution

a. nonpolar
b. electrolyte
c. nonelectrolyte
d. polar

657. Question:
What refers to a chemical formula
that shows how atoms are bonded to
one another in a molecule?

662. Question:
A very fine particle of soil when
mixed to water will form a cloudy
mixture. How is the mixture
classified?

a. Molecular formula
b. Structural formula
c. Standard formula
d. Bonding formula

a. colloid
b. suspension
c. solution
d. compound

658. Question:
What refers to ions that are not
involved in the overall reaction?

663. Question:
The particles of sugar dispersed in
water are so small that a clear
homogeneous mixture results. What
is this homogeneous mixture called?

a. Guest ions
b. Special ions
c. Spectator ions
d. Extra ions

a. colloid
b. compound
c. suspension
d. solution

659. Question:
A compound distinguished by a high
molar mass, ranging into thousands
and millions of grams, and made up
of many repeating cells is called

664. Question:
If one of the two solutions has a
higher concentration of solute
particles than the other, the one with
the lower concentration is described
as ______.

a. electrolyte
b. polymer
c. nucleotide
d. oxoacid

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a. hypertonic
b. hypotonic
c. isotonic
d. photonic

solution to the total number of moles

of all the components?
a. molarity
b. molality
c. formality
d. mole fraction

665. Question:
The movement of solvent particles
through a semi-permeable
membrane from the region of lower
solute concentration to the region of
higher solute concentration is called
_______.
a. osmosis
b. hymolysis
c. crenation
d. dialysis

666. Question:
What are suspensions of liquid or
solid particles in a gas called?
a. emulsions
b. aerosols
c. foams
d. sols
667. Question:
What is the atomic number of
carbon?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 10
668. Question:
Who formulated the atomic theory?
a. John Dalton
b. Humphrey Davy
c. Henri Becquerel
d. Ernest Rutherford
669. Question:
What is the ratio of the number of
moles of one component of a

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