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1. Which of the following describes a covalent
bond?
a. an electrostatic attraction between ions
b. an electrostatic attraction between two atoms
due to the sharing of electrons
c. an electrostatic attraction between two atoms
due to the transfer of electrons
d. an electrostatic attraction between atoms
where electrons are donated by one of the
atoms
2. What are the electrons that participate in
chemical bonding?
a. Kernel electrons
b. valence electrons
c. unstable inner electrons
d. electrons in fully occupied orbitals
3. What is the type of bonding whose products
conducts electricity in the solid state?
a. Ionic
c. metallic
b. nonpolar covalent
d. polar covalent
4. Which characteristic is a property of molecular
substances? a. low melting point
c.
high melting point
b. good heat
conductivity
d. good electrical
conductivity
5. Which of the following atoms is likely to form a
metallic bond?
a. carbon b. copper
c. fluorine
d. sulfur
6. Which pair of elements is most likely to form a
covalent compound if allowed to react together?
a. barium and oxygen
b. sodium and barium
c. sodium and chlorine
d. nitrogen and oxygen
7. Which of the following matches together to form
an ionic bond?
a. one that has low ionization energy and
another that has low electron affinity
b. one that has low ionization energy and
another that has high electron affinity
c. one that has high ionization energy and
another that has low electron affinity
d. one that has high ionization energy and
another that has high electron affinity
8. Which of the following is a property of an ionic
compound?
a. It is soft and waxy.
b. It has a low melting point.
c. It conducts electricity in the solid state.
d. It conducts electricity when dissolved in
water.
9. Which factor is used to determine if a bond is
considered ionic?
a. Size
c. Charge
b. Electronegativity
d. Number of
atoms bound
10. Which one of the following is NOT true about
metallic bonding?
a. It gives rise to excellent electrical
conductivity.
b. Electrons are free to move throughout the
structure
c. The strength of metallic bonds increases
down a group.
d. The strength of metallic bonding affects the
boiling point of metals.
11. Why do atoms share electrons in covalent
bonds?
a. to become more polar

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b. to increase their atomic numbers
c. to become ions and attract each other
d. to attain a noble-gas electron
configuration

12. What do metal atoms have that causes

conductivity in a metal?
a. high electronegativity
b. high ionization energy
c. highly mobile protons in the nucleus
d. d. highly mobile electrons in the valence
shell
13. How does calcium obey the octet rule when
reacting to form compounds?
a. It gains electrons.
b. It gives up electrons.
c. Calcium does not obey the octet rule.
d. It does not change its number of electrons.
14. A scientist is interested in the study of
atmosphere. He finds out that the most
abundant gases are diatomic like nitrogen. He
wanted to know the other gases that are also
diatomic because he wanted to sort their varied
characteristics. However, his scope of study is
limited only to the ones that are joined by a
single covalent bond. If you are his colleague,
what can you suggest him to focus at so that he
can easily spot the gases he needs for his
research?
a. halogens only
b. hydrogen and the halogens only
c. halogens and members of the oxygen group
only
d. hydrogen, halogens, and members of the
oxygen group
15. You draw the Lewis structure of NO3 ion while
your co-worker is also doing the same. You find
out that both your illustrations are right. How
would you explain this?
a. NO3 ion has 3 resonance structures.
b. NO3 ion has 4 resonance structures.
c. NO3 ion is an exemption to the octet rule.
d. NO3 ion is not a compound so different
Lewis structures may fit.
16. A chemist performs the same tests on two white
crystalline solids, A and B. The results are shown
in the table below.
SOLID A
SOLID B
MELTING
801
95
POINT (C)
SOLUBILITY IN
high
low
H2O
ELECTRICAL
Good
Nonconductor
CONDUCTIVIT
Y WHEN
MELTED
What do the results of these tests suggest?
a. Both solids contain ionic bonds.
b. Both solids contain covalent bonds.
c. Solid A contains covalent bonds and solid B
contains ionic bonds.
d. Solid A contains ionic bonds and solid B
contains covalent bonds.

17. A chemist conducted an experiment on the

melting point, boiling point and conductivity of 4
unknown substances. If you are to analyze the
data, which substance is an ionic compound
according to the observations and inferences he
summarized in the table below?

a. A
D

b. B

c. C

d.