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Chemistry 111A General Chemistry

Practice Exam 2

Useful equations: PV=nRT,

L.atm/mol.K, R = 8.314
urms =

J/mol.K,
√ 3 RT
M,
760 torr = 1 atm, R = 0.08206
E=q+w, q=mCsT, E=h, =c,

( 1 1
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ΔE=2 . 18×10−18 J 2 − 2
ni nf
Section 1 - Multiple Choice (mark correct answer on Scantron- 3 points each)
1. Which of the following statements is (are) TRUE?
a) Strong electrolytes produce only a few ions in aqueous solution
b) Molecular compounds remain intact in aqueous solution
c) Weak acids are fully ionized in aqueous solution
d) Reasonably concentrated solutions of salts are good conductors of
electricity
e) b) and d)

2. Which of the following solutions has the highest concentration of ions?

a) 0.2 M AlCl3
b) 0.2 M Fe2(SO4)3
c) 0.3 M Li2CO3
d) 0.3 M Cu(NO3)2
e) 0.4 M KClO4

3. How many of the following are oxidation-reduction reactions?

NaOH (aq) + HCl (aq)  NaCl (aq) + H2O (l)
Cu (s) + 2AgNO3 (aq)  2Ag (s) + Cu(NO3)2 (aq)
Mg(OH)2 (s)  MgO (s) + H2O (l)
N2 (g) + 3H2 (g)  2NH3 (g)
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
e) 4
4. Addition of Ca(NO3)2 (aq) to which solution produces a precipitate?
a) NH4C2H3O2 (aq)
b) Pb(NO3)2 (aq)
c) Na3PO4 (aq)
d) K2S (aq)
e) NaI (aq)

5. Which of the following is a weak acid?

a) H2SO4
b) HNO3
c) H3PO4
d) HCl
e) HBr
6. What is the oxidation number of Mn in potassium permanganate?
a) -1
b) +1
c) +3
d) +5
e) +7

7. Which species is the reducing agent in the reaction below?

Zn (s) + CuSO4 (aq)  Cu (s) + ZnSO4 (aq)
a) Zn
b) Cu2+
c) CuSO4
d) Zn2+
e) SO42-
8. If heat is transferred from the system to the surroundings then
a) q is positive
b) q is negative
c) w is positive
d) w is negative
e) both b and d
9. Of the following, which one is a state function?
a) H
b) q
c) w
d) heat
e) none of the above
10. If excess magnesium is added to 100. mL of 0.500 M hydrochloric acid,
how many moles of the following reaction occur?
Mg (s) + 2 HCl (aq) → MgCl2 (aq) + H2 (g)
a) 0.05
b) 0.025
c) 0.0025
d) 50
e) 25
11. A gas is considered "ideal" if
a) it is not compressible
b) one mole of it occupies exactly 1 liter at standard temperature and
pressure
c) it can be shown to occupy zero volume at 0C.
d) its behavior is described by the ideal-gas equation
e) one mole of it in a one-liter container exerts a pressure of exactly 1
atm at room temperature
12. Of the following gases, which will have the greatest rate of effusion at a
given temperature.
a) NH3
b) CH4
c) Ar
d) HBr
e) HCl
13. Cl2 and N2 react according to the following equation
3Cl2(g) + N2(g)  2NCl3(g)
If 4 L of a stoichiometric mixture of chlorine and nitrogen are converted
to nitrogen trichloride under conditions of constant temperature and
pressure what is the volume of NCl3(g) produced?
a) 1L
b) 2L
c) 3L
d) 4L
e) none of the above
14. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a) State functions do not depend on the path taken to arrive at a
given state.
b) Erxn can be determined using constant volume Calorimetry.
c) Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
d) Hrxn can be determined using constant pressure Calorimetry.
e) All of the above are true.
15. Given the equation S (s) + O2 (g)  SO2 (g), H = -296 kJ, which of the
following statements is FALSE?
a) The reaction is exothermic.
b) When 1 mole sulfur is reacted, 296 kJ of energy is released to the
surroundings.
c) This is a combustion reaction
d) The standard enthalpy of formation for SO2 (g) is –296 kJ
e) Heat is absorbed during the reaction
16. Calculate the value of E for your car’s engine when it does 370 kJ of
work to move the car and releases 840 kJ of heat to the cooling system.
a) -1210 kJ
b) -840 kJ
c) -470 kJ
d) 470 kJ
e) 1210 kJ
17. Which one of the following is an exothermic process?
a) ice melting
b) water evaporating
c) boiling soup
d) condensation of water vapor
e) Ammonium thiocyanate and barium hydroxide are mixed at 25°C:
the temperature drops.
18. The value of H° for the reaction below is -126 kJ. What is H° when 1.00
mol of Na2O2 is formed in the reaction?
2 Na2O2 (s) + 2 H2O (l)  4 NaOH (s) + O2 (g)
a) -63 kJ
b) 252 kJ
c) 126 kJ
d) 63 kJ
e) -126 kJ
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19. For which one of the following reactions is
ΔH rxn equal to the heat of
formation of the product?
a) N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g)  2 NH3 (g)
b) ½ N2 (g) + O2 (g)  NO2 (g)
c) 6 C (s) + 6 H (g)  C6H6 (l)
d) P (g) + 2 H2 (g) + Br (g)  PH4Br (l)
e) 12 C (s) + 11 H2 (g) + 11 O (g)  C12H22O11 (s)
20. Which of the following transitions in the Bohr hydrogen atom results in
the emission of the shortest wavelength photon.
a) n=1n=6
b) n=6n=1
c) n=6n=3
d) n=3n=6
e) n=1n=4
21. Which one of the following is an incorrect subshell notation?
a) 4f
b) 2d
c) 3s
d) 2p
e) 12s
22. All of the orbitals in a given subshell have the same value of which
quantum number(s)?
a) principal only
b) angular momentum only
c) magnetic only
d) principal and angular momentum
e) angular momentum and magnetic

Section 2 Short answers (points as indicated)

(12) 1. Write balanced molecular, complete ionic, and net ionic equations for the
reaction of
a) Al (s) and FeCl2 (aq)

b) H2SO4 (aq) and Ba(OH)2 (aq)

c) HClO (aq) and NaOH (aq)

(10) 2. 25.0 mL of 0.525 M AgNO3 are added to 25.0 mL of 0.300 M HCl solution.
Write a balanced equation for the reaction.

What ions are left in solution at the end, and what are their
concentrations?

(5) 3. The nitrogen pressure at the Venutian surface is 2050 torr and the
atmosphere of Venus is 3.0 mole% N 2. What is the surface pressure on
Venus in atm?

(5) 4. What is the RMS velocity of an ammonia molecule at STP?

(6) 5. Use the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases to explain why the pressure in
a container increases when the volume is reduced at fixed temperature.

(8) 6. The value of H for the reaction below is –336 kJ

CH4 (g) + 3 Cl2 (g)  CHCl3 (l) + 3 HCl (g)
Calculate the heat released to the surroundings when 23.0 g of HCl are
formed.
(8) 7. 52.5 g of Mg at a temperature of 98.5°C are added to 50.0 g of water at
21.7°C in a coffee cup calorimeter. What is the final temperature?
(Cs=1.024 J/g°C for Mg, Cs=4.184 J/g°C for H2O)

(8) 8. 10.5 g of KBr(s) at 24.2C is added to 125 g of H2O also at 24.2C in a

coffee cup calorimeter. After all the KBr has dissolved the final
temperature is 21.1C. Calculate the enthalpy change for dissolving this
amount of the salt in J, and kJ per mole of salt. Take the specific heat
capacity of the combined solution as 3.90 J/g.C and assume no heat is
lost to the surroundings.

(8) 9. Given the following reactions:

C(s) + O2(g)  CO2(g) H1 = -393.5 kJ
H2(g) + ½ O2(g)  H2O(l) H2 = -285.8 kJ
C4H6(g) + 5½ O2(g)  3 H2O(l) + 4 CO2(g) H3 = -2540.2 kJ
Find H for the reaction below:
4 C(s) + 3 H2(g)  C4H6(g)
(8) 10. The longest wavelength light able to cause the release of a photoelectron
from sodium metal is 452 nm. What is the workfunction (energy to
remove an electron) of sodium in J?

(8) 11. The visible emission spectrum of hydrogen involves lines ending in n f=2.
What is ni for the line at 434 nm?

(8) 12. Indicate in each case whether the following sets of quantum numbers are
permissible for a single electron. If they are not permissible explain what
is wrong.
a) n=2, ℓ=2, mℓ=1

b) n=0, ℓ=0, mℓ=0

c) n=3, ℓ=2, mℓ=-2

d) n=4, ℓ=2, mℓ=-3