CHEM 1212

Exam 2 Chapters 12 and 13

MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Which of the following compounds will be most soluble in ethanol (CH3CH2OH)?
A) acetone (CH3COCH3)
B) ethylene glycol (HOCH2CH2OH)
C) trimethylamine (N(CH3)3)
D) hexane (CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3)
E) None of these compounds should be soluble in ethanol.

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2) Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A) The solubility of a gas in water usually increases with decreasing pressure.
B) In general, the solubility of a gas in water decreases with increasing temperature.
C) The solubility of an ionic solid in water decreases with increasing temperature.
D) In general, the solubility of a solid in water decreases with increasing temperature.
E) None of the above statements are true.

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3) The phrase "like dissolves like" refers to the fact that ________.
A) polar solvents dissolve nonpolar solutes and vice versa
B) solvents can only dissolve solutes of similar molar mass
C) condensed phases can only dissolve other condensed phases
D) gases can only dissolve other gases
E) polar solvents dissolve polar solutes and nonpolar solvents dissolve nonpolar
solutes

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4) Which of the following concentration units are temperature dependent?

A) molarity
B) molality
C) mole fraction
D) mass percent
E) none of the above.

4)

5) How many moles of KF are contained in 102 mL of 0.135 m KF aqueous solution? The
density of the solution is 1.22 g/mL.
A) 3.99 10-2 mol KF
B) 1.67 10-2 mol KF
C) 2.32 10-2 mol KF
D) 4.31 10-2 mol KF
E) 3.29 10-2 mol KF

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6) Calculate the molality of a solution that is prepared by mixing 25.5 mL of CH3OH (d =

0.792 g/mL, Mwt= 32.04 g/mol) and 387 mL of CH3CH2CH2OH (d = 0.811 g/mL,
Mwt = 60.10 g/mol).
E) 2.01 m
A) 0.812 m
B) 1.57 m
C) 4.98 m
D) 0.630 m

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7) Commercial grade HCl solutions are typically 39.0% (by mass) HCl in water.
Determine the molarity of the HCl, if the solution has a density of 1.20 g/mL (Mwt HCl
= 36.46 g/mol).
A) 7.79 M
B) 9.35 M
C) 13.9 M
D) 10.7 M
E) 12.8 M

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8) A 4.55 L sample of water and salt contains 0.115 g of sodium ions. Determine the
concentration of sodium ions in ppm if the density of the solution is 1.00 g/mL.
A) 12.7 ppm
B) 25.3 ppm
C) 52.3 ppm
D) 36.5 ppm
E) 13.2 ppm

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9) To make a 0.500 M solution, one could take 0.500 moles of solute and add
A) enough solvent to make 1.00 L of solution.
B) 1.00 kg of solvent.
C) 1.00 L of solvent.
D) enough solvent to make 1.00 kg of solution.

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10) The concentration of CO2 in a soft drink bottled with a partial pressure of CO2 of 4.0
atm over the liquid at 25 C is 1.2 10-1 M. The Henry's law constant for CO2 at this

10)

temperature is ________.
A) 2.3 10-2 mol/L-atm
B) 3.0 10-2 mol/L-atm
C) 5.6 10-3 mol/L-atm
D) 4.5 10-3 mol/L-atm
E) More information is needed to solve the problem.
11) Determine the freezing point depression of a solution that contains 30.7 g glycerin
(C3H8O3, Mwt= 92.09 g/mol) in 376 mL of water. Some possibly useful constants for
water are Kf = 1.86C/m , Kb = 0.512C/m and density =1.00g/mL
A) 3.33C
B) 1.65C
C) 0.654C
D) 0.887C
E) -3.33C

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12) Which of the following aqueous solutions will have the lowest freezing point?
A) 0.010 m Na2CO3
B) 0.035 m CH3CH2OH
C) 0.015 m BaCl2

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D) 0.010 m K Br

13) Given the following balanced equation, determine the rate of reaction with respect to
[NOCl].

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2 NO(g) + Cl2(g) 2 NOCl(g)

A) Rate = +

1 [NOCl]
2
t

B) Rate = -

1 [NOCl]
2
t

C) Rate = -

1 [NO]
2 t

D) Rate = -

2 [NOCl]
t

E) It is not possible to determine without more information.

14) Give the characteristic of a first order reaction having only one reactant.
A) The rate of the reaction is proportional to the square root of the concentration of
the reactant.
B) The rate of the reaction is not proportional to the concentration of the reactant.
C) The rate of the reaction is directly proportional to the concentration of the reactant.
D) The rate of the reaction is proportional to the square of the concentration of the
reactant.
E) The rate of the reaction is proportional to the natural logarithm of the
concentration of the reactant.

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15) What is the overall order of the following reaction, given the rate law?

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NO(g) + O3(g) NO2(g) + O2(g) Rate = k[NO][O3]

A) 1

1
order
2

B) 3rd order
C) 0th order
D) 2nd order
E) 1st order

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16) Given the following balanced equation, if the rate of Cl2 loss is 4.24 10-2 M/s, what
is the rate of formation of NOCl?

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2 NO(g) + Cl2(g) 2 NOCl(g)

A) 4.24 10-2 M/s
B) 8.48 10-2 M/s
C) 1.06 10-1 M/s
D) 2.12 10-2 M/s
E) 1.61 10-2 M/s
17) Which one of the following is not a valid expression for the rate of the reaction below?

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4NH3 + 7O2 4NO2 + 6H2O

A)

1 [H2O]
6
t

B)

1 [NO2]
4
t

C) -

1 [NH3]
4
t

D) -

1 [O2]
7
t

E) All of the above are valid expressions of the reaction rate.

18) The reaction has the rate law Rate = k[A][B]2. Which will cause the rate to increase the
most?
A) lowering temperature
B) doubling [A]
C) tripling [B]
D) quadrupling [A]
E) doubling [B]

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19) Which of the following statements is true about the reaction 2A B + C which is first
order in A and first order overall?
A) The rate of the reaction will decrease at higher concentrations of B and C.
B) The rate of formation of B is the same as the rate of reaction of A.
C) The rate of formation of C is twice the rate of reaction of A.
D) The rate of the reaction is independent of A.
E) The initial rate doubles with doubling of initial concentration of A.

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20) Determine the rate law and the value of k for the following reaction using the data
provided.

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2 NO(g) + O2(g) 2 NO2(g) [NO]i (M)

0.030
0.030
0.060

[O2]i (M)
0.0055
0.0110
0.0055

Initial Rate (M-1s-1)

8.55 x 10-3
1.71 x 10-2
3.42 x 10-2

A) Rate = 3.8 M-1/2s-1[NO][O2]1/2

B) Rate = 57 M-1s-1[NO][O2]
C) Rate = 9.4 103 M-2s-1[NO][O2]2
D) Rate = 3.1 105 M-3s-1[NO]2[O2]2
E) Rate = 1.7 103 M-2s-1[NO]2[O2]
21) Of the following, all are valid units for a reaction rate except ________.
A) g/s
B) mol/L-hr
C) M/s
D) mol/hr
E) mol/L

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22) The first-order decomposition of cyclopropane has a rate constant of 6.7 x 10-4 s-1. If
the initial concentration of cyclopropane is 1.33 M, what is the concentration of
cyclopropane after 644 s?
A) 0.15 M
B) 0.94 M
C) 0.86 M
D) 0.43 M
E) 0.67 M

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23) The second-order decomposition of HI has a rate constant of 1.80 x 10-3 M-1s-1. How
much HI remains after 27.3 s if the initial concentration of HI is 4.78 M?
A) 4.55 M
B) 2.39 M
C) 3.87 M
D) 2.20 M
E) 0.258 M

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24) For a reaction, what generally happens if the temperature is increased?

A) a decrease in k occurs, which results in a slower rate
B) a decrease in k occurs, which results in a faster rate
C) an increase in k occurs, which results in a faster rate
D) there is no change with k or the rate
E) an increase in k occurs, which results in a slower rate

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25) Which one of the following graphs shows the correct relationship between
concentration and time for a reaction that is second order in [A]?
A)

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C)

D)

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Answer Key
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2) B
3) E
4) A
5) B
6) E
7) E
8) B
9) A
10) B
11) B
12) C
13) A
14) C
15) D
16) B
17) E
18) C
19) E
20) E
21) E
22) C
23) C
24) C
25) E
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