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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FIJI YEAR 13 CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 2014

CHEMISTRY PAPER 2

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Time Allowed: One Hour
(An extra ten minutes is allowed for reading this paper.)

HAND IN THIS QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK TO THE

SUPERVISOR BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE EXAMINATION ROOM.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your Index Number at the top of this page and inside the back flap of this Question and
Answer Book.
2. Write your answer to each question in the space provided in this book.
3. Answer all the questions with a blue or black ballpoint or ink pen. Do not use red ink.
Use a pencil only for drawing.
4. If you use extra sheets of paper, be sure to write clearly the question number(s) being answered
and to tie each sheet securely in this book in the appropriate places.
5. You may use a calculator, provided it is silent, battery-operated and non-programmable.
6. Working should be shown in questions involving calculations and final answers are to be
expressed in two decimal places.
7. There are eight questions altogether in this paper. All the questions are compulsory and each
one is worth five marks.
8. Spend approximately seven minutes on each question.
9. Before handing in this Question and Answer Book, make sure that your Index Number is at
the top of this page, inside the back flap and on any extra sheet(s) of paper you may have used.
Note : A Periodic Table of Elements is provided for your use during this examination.
Both the atomic number and the relative atomic mass for each element are given.

Marks
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QUESTION 1

(a) Explain why each of the following is considered as a good laboratory practice.

(i) Always add acid to water with constant stirring.

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(ii) When a lit bunsen burner is not in use, keep the flame luminous.
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(iii) Take the reading of a burette at eye level to the meniscus.
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(3 marks)

(b) During the course of Year 13 Chemistry, students would be taught a number of
laboratory skills.

(i) Explain clearly how a conical flask is cleaned during a titration experiment,
giving a reason.

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(1 mark)

(ii) State the steps needed in delivering an exact volume of liquid from a pipette.

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(1 mark)

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QUESTION 2

(a) A group of Year 13 students investigated the effect of intermolecular forces on

different liquids. They took equal volumes of water and cyclohexane in two
different test tubes and solidified them. The diagram below shows the result
obtained after warming the two test tubes in a water bath.
A B
solid . . .. ..
...... . ...
.. . .. . ....
..... .... ... .
. .

(i) Identify the test tube containing:

Water: _______________ (½ mark)
Cyclohexane: _______________ (½ mark)

(ii) Explain the result obtained for water.

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(1 mark)

(iii) Account for the position of the solid cyclohexane in terms of intermolecular
bonding.

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(1 mark)

(b) Upon recording the temperature of the samples of ethanol and cyclohexane before
and after mixing, it was noted that the temperature decreased.

(i) Explain why the temperature decreased.

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(1 mark)

(ii) Show using structural formula the intermolecular force present in ethanol.
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(1 mark)

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QUESTION 3
(a) The diagram given below shows the experimental set-up for determining the value
of the gas constant, R.
gas syringe

glass wool

potassium permanganate

heat

(i) Write the equation for the decomposition of potassium permanganate.

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(1 mark)
(ii) What is the advantage of collecting the gas in this way, instead of collecting
it over water?
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(1 mark)

(b) The molar mass of a volatile liquid like carbon tetrachloride can be found using
the modified Dumas method.
Give three ways in which the molar mass of the liquid under investigation can be
higher than expected.
1. _______________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________
(3 marks)

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QUESTION 4
(a) One of the important properties of transition metals is their ability to form coloured
compounds.
(i) State the colour change when vanadium (III), V3+ ion is reduced to vanadium
(II), V2+ ion.
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(1 mark)
(ii) Give a reason why transition metals are used as catalysts.

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(1 mark)
(b) A student dissolved 5 g of copper sulphate in 20 ml of water and then added 15 ml
of a 9.0 molL–1 ammonia solution.
(i) State the colour change observed in the series of reactions that took place.
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(ii) One of the species responsible for the final colour is a complex ion.
Write the formula of this complex ion.
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(1 mark)
(iii) Given below is the filtration set-up used in the above experiment.

Name apparatus A and B.

A: ____________________________________________
B: ____________________________________________
(1 mark)

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QUESTION 5

(a) Isomerism is very important in the study of organic compounds. Draw two
structural isomers of C3H5Cl.

1. 2.

(2 marks)

(b) Complete the following table showing two tests on organic compounds.

Test Reagent Functional Group Observation

Bromine water C C

R' C OH

R''

(3 marks)

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QUESTION 6

Esters are organic compounds with a sweet fruity smell. They can be hydrolysed under
an alkaline medium. The following extract shows the hydrolysis of methyl salicylate.

Step 1 Place 2 ml of methyl salicylate in a round bottomed distillation flask.

Step 2 Add 25 ml of sodium hydroxide and some ____________.

I

Step 3 Reflux the mixture gently for about 30 minutes, at which time any oily
drops of the ester should have disappeared.

Step 4 Distil the mixture slowly to collect about 1ml of distillate and retain this
for testing later.

Step 5 Add ____________

II to the cooled residual solution, with constant
stirring, until the mixture is just acidic.

Step 6 Filter off the crystals under suction and wash with water.

(i) Name the following substances:

I. _____________________________________
II. _____________________________________
(1 mark)

(ii) Name the distillate and the residue in Step 4.

Distillate: _________________________________________________________________
Residue: _________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

(iii) How would one know that the residual solution is acidic, in Step 5?

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(1 mark)

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(iv) Sketch a fully labelled diagram to show how the melting point of the crystals can
be obtained.

(2 marks)

QUESTION 7

(a) The dissociation constant of 0.1 molL–1 acetic acid (CH3COOH) was determined
by a group of students using a pH meter. The pH was found to be 3.4.

(i) Calculate the hydronium ion concentration [H3O+] from the pH

measurements.

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(1 mark)

(ii) Write the expression for the acetic acid dissociation constant.

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(1 mark)

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(iii) Calculate the value of dissociation constant of acetic acid, assuming that
the concentration of the acid has not changed markedly because of the
dissociation.

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(1 mark)

(b) Study the equilibrium equation for the dissociation of dilute ammonia solution.
+
NH3(aq) + H2O(l) NH4 (aq) + OH– (aq)

(i) If the solution is tested with phenolphthalein indicator, what would be the
colour of the solution?

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(ii) If some solid ammonium chloride is added to the ammonia solution and
shaken, explain how the concentration of ammonia will change.

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(1 mark)

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QUESTION 8

(a) The following diagram shows the experimental set-up by a group of Year 13 students to study
electrode potentials.

Electron flow battery

Cathode (Cu) Anode (Zn)

Salt bridge containing K2SO4 solution

. .. . . . .. . ... . . . . . . .
Cu2+ solution . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . . .. . ..
. . . . .. . . . . . . . . Zn2+ solution
. . . . . .. . . .. . .. ... . . . .
. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . ... .
. . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. .

E° (Cu 2+ / Cu) = + 0.34 V E° (Zn 2+ / Zn) = – 0.76 V

Identify two errors in the set-up above and write a solution for each error in the table
below.

Error Solution

1.

2.

(2 marks)

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(b) In another galvanic cell, the net ionic equation was written as:
2Fe3+(aq) + 2 I–(aq) 2Fe 2+(aq) + I2 (aq) E°cell = + 0.08 V

(i) Write the cell notation for the above reaction.

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(1 mark)
(ii) The theoretical E° cell is + 0.1 V. Give two reasons why the experimental E° cell
( + 0.08 V) was lower.
1. _______________________________________________________________________
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(1 mark)
2. _______________________________________________________________________
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(1 mark)

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