CHEMISTRY

1. The temperature at which mercury starts to freeze is 35C. What is the

temperature in degrees Fahreheit at which a mercury can not be used?

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

Answer: C

2. A piece of stone weighs 0.05 pounds. When it 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. 2.27
b. 2.72
c. 7.22
d. 7.27

Answer: A

3. 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 water is 100 kg/m3.)

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

Answer: A

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

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

Answer: C

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

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

Answer: B

6. Which of the following is a compound?

a. water
b. wine
c. soil
d. mercury

Answer: A

7. Which of the following processes is an example of a chemical change?

a. evaporation of seawater to form salt

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

Answer: D

8. We know that air is a Homogeneous mixture and not a compound because

a. it has no definite shape

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

Answer: D

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

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

Answer: C

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

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

Answer: A

11. Which of the following cannot be further decomposed by ordinary chemical

means?

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

Answer: D

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

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

Answer: D

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

Answer: C

14. Which of the following materials cannot be subjected to carbon dating to

determine age?

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

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

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

Answer: B

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

a. low temperature and low pressure

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

Answer: C

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

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

Answer: C

18. Which gas diffuses faster?

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

Answer: D

19. Which of the following best describes heat?

a. The capacity to do work

b. Forces times distances
c. Sum of thermal and chemical energy
d. An energy transfer due to temperature difference
 Answer: D

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

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

Answer: C

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

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 reactants is lower than the enthalpy of products.
d. The enthalpy of the product is lower than the enthalpy of the reactant

Answer: C

22. 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

Answer: A

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

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

Answer: C

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

a. Hund
b. Heisenberg
c. De Broglie
d. Schrodinger
 Answer: C

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

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

Answer: D

26. Atoms of nonmetals generally reacts with a toms 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.

Answer: A

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

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

Answer: B

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

a. the number of products formed

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

Answer: A

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

a. they may slow down the reaction

b. they may speed up the reaction
c. they are present in living substances
d. they may become new substances after the reaction
 Answer: D

30. Which of the following statements about equilibrium is TRUE?

a. it exists in a closed system at varying temperature

b. it exists 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.

Answer: C

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

a. a proton donor
b. a proton acceptor
c. a proton donor and a proton acceptor
d. neither a proton donor nor a proton acceptor

Answer: A

32. 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

Answer: A

33. Organic Chemistry is the chemistry of compounds containing the element

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

Answer: B

34. 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
28g/mole, and at STP, ! mole of any gas occupies a volume of 22.4 liters.

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

Answer: D

35. 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.

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

Answer: B

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

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

Answer: C

37. 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?

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

Answer: C

38. Hydrogen Peroxide solution for hair bleaching is usually prepared mixing 5 grams
of hydrogen peroxide (H202). Molecular weight = 34g/ mole) per 100 ml
solution. What is the molarity of this solution?

a. 1.0 M
b. 1.5 M
c. 1.95 M
d. 1.8 M
 Answer: B

39. A cylinder contains oxygen at a pressure of 10 atm and a temperature of 300 K.

The volume of the cylinder is 10 liters. What is the mass of the oxygen in grams?
Molecular weight (MW) of oxygen is 32g/mole?

a. 125.02
b. 130.08
c. 135.05
d. 120.04

Answer: B {(10atm)(10)(32)/(0.0821)(300K)}

40. The molecular diameter of CO is 3.10 x 10-8 at 300K and pressure of 100mmHg.
What is the mean free path of the gas in cm?

a. 6.86 x 10-3
b. 6.86 x 10 -5
c. 2.86 x 10 -4
d. 6.86 x 10 -9

Answer: D

41. How many moles are there in one atom?

a.
3.6 x 10-23
b.
1.66 x 10-24
c. 2.86 x 10-4
d. 6.86 x 10-9

Answer: B

42. What is equivalent weight of Sulfuric Acid?

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

Answer: A

43. 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

Answer: B

44. What do you call a substance that disassociates in solutions to produce positive
and negative ions?

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

Answer: C

45. During the complete or partial neutralization of acids. What is the ionic
compound formed?

a. salt
b. sugar
c. potassium
d. sulfur

Answer: A

46. Which of the following are found in the nucleus of an atom?

a. electrons and protons

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

Answer: C

47. Which of the following elements and compounds is unstable in its pure form?

a. Helium
b. Neon
c. Carbon Dioxide
d. Sodium

Answer: Sodium

48. What refers to the negatively charge component of an atom?

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

Answer: A

49. What element is known as the lightest metal?

a. Aluminum
b. Manganese
c. Magnesium
d. Lithium

Answer: D

50. Halogens fall under what group in the periodic table?

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

Answer: D

51. Which of the following is added to the drinking water distribution system for
disinfection?

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

Answer: B

52. What refers to the number of gram equivalent weights of solute per liter of
solution?

a. molarity
b. normality
c. molality
d. formality

Answer: B

53. It is the attraction between like molecules

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

Answer: D

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

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

Answer: B

55. Which of the following is the strongest type of bonds?

a. Van de Waals
b. Metallic
c. Covalent
d. Ionic

Answer: C

56. Sublimation is direct change from

a. Solid to liquid phase

b. Solid to gaseous phase
c. Liquid to gaseous phase
d. None of the following

Answer: B

57. What do you call hydrocarbons containing carbon to carbon double bonds?

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

Answer: B

58. How are materials containing atoms with less than valence electrons classified?

a. An insulator
 b. A semi conductor
c. A conductor
d. A compound

Answer: C

59. Which of the following has the characteristics of both metals and non-metals?

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

Answer: C

60. How are elements numbered 58 to 71 in the periodic table called?

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

Answer: A

61. What type of bonding in which electrostatic attraction is predominant?

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

Answer: A

62. What term refers to the passage of an electric current by way of an oxidation-
reduction reaction?

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

Answer: A

63. When all atoms of a molecule are the same, the substance is called

a. A compound
 b. A chemical
c. An element
d. An ion

Answer: A

64. 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

Answer: B

65. What device produces electrical current by way of an oxidation-reduction

reaction?

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

Answer: B

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

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

Answer: B

67. Which component of an atom has no electric charge?

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

Answer: B
68. What is formed when acids will react with active metals?

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

Answer: C

69. How much is the pH content of an acid?

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

Answer: D

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

a. Specific gravity
b. Acid content
c. Voltage output
d. Current value

Answer: A

71. What is the substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without itself
undergoing a chemical change?

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

Answer: D

72. How are the elements numbered 90 to 103 in the periodic table called?

a. alkali
b. actinons
c. earth metals
d. transition metals

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

a. molarity
b. molality
c. normality
d. formality

Answer: A

74. Which of the following is NOT a part of an atom?

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

Answer: D

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

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

Answer: D

76. How does all B families and group VII in the periodic table named?

a. Light metals
b. Rare earth metals
c. Non-metals
d. Transition metals

Answer: D

77. The device which measures the acid content of the cell is called

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

Answer: B
78. The vertical columns of the periodic table are called:

a. Groups
b. Sections
c. Batches
d. Families

Answer: A

79. What term is used to refer to a negatively charged ion?

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

Answer: A

80. In copper atom, the valence ring contains:

a. No electrons
b. One electron
c. Two electrons
d. Four electrons

Answer: B

81. 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

Answer: B

82. What do you call an atom that losses some of its electrons or accepts extra
electrons from another atom

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

Answer: D
83. What is the smallest part of matter?

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

Answer: D

84. The opposite of alkali

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

Answer: A

85. 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

Answer: C

86. Which one is a positively charged ion?

a. anion
b. cathode
c. anode
d. cation

Answer: D

87. It is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

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

Answer: D
88. Hydrogen Peroxide solution for hair bleaching is usually prepared mixing 5 grams
of hydrogen peroxide (H202). Molecular weight = 34g/ mole) per 100 ml
solution. What is the molarity of this solution?

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

Answer: B

89. A cylinder contains oxygen at a pressure of 10 atm and a temperature of 300 K.

The volume of the cylinder is 10 liters. What is the mass of the oxygen in grams?
Molecular weight (MW) of oxygen is 32g/mole?

a. 125.02
b. 130.08
c. 135.05
d. 120.04

Answer: B {(10atm)(10)(32)/(0.0821)(300K)}

90. The molecular diameter of CO is 3.10 x 10-8 at 300K and pressure of 100mmHg.
What is the mean free path of the gas in cm?

a. 6.86 x 10-3
b. 6.86 x 10 -5
c. 2.86 x 10 -4
d. 6.86 x 10 -9

Answer: D

91. The electrolyte is the solution of water and

a. Sulfuric acid
b. Uric acid
c. Nitric acid
d. Formic acid

Answer: A

92. 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

Answer: D

93. Acids will turn blue lithmus paper to what color?

a. gray
b. yellow
c. violet
d. red

Answer: D

94. What do you call a substance that disassociates in solutions to produce positive
and negative ions?

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

Answer: C

95. During the complete or partial neutralization of acids. What is the ionic
compound formed?

a. salt
b. sugar
c. potassium
d. sulfur

Answer: A

96. Which of the following are found in the nucleus of an atom?

a. electrons and protons

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

Answer: C

97. Which of the following elements and compounds is unstable in its pure form?

a. Helium
 b. Neon
c. Carbon Dioxide
d. Sodium

Answer: Sodium

98. What refers to the negatively charge component of an atom?

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

Answer: A

99. What element is known as the lightest metal?

a. Aluminum
b. Manganese
c. Magnesium
d. Lithium

Answer: D

100. Halogens fall under what group in the periodic table?

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

Answer: D