PILAR COLLEGE OF ZAMBOANGA CITY, INC.

R.T. Lim Boulevard, Zamboanga City

Basic Education Department (SHS)
First Semester, A.Y. 2019-2020

PART A. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write your
answer on a separate piece of paper.
1. Which of the following statements is true about the given chemical equation?
HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H2O
A. The chemical equation is not balanced.
B. The reactants of this reaction are salt and water.
C. Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide are the reactants in this reaction.
D. The reaction yields 2 moles of dihydrogen monoxide and 1 mole of sodium chloride.
2. What is wrong in the given Lewis dot structure of ammonia?
A. It lacks one hydrogen atom.
B. The structure shows ammonium ion and not ammonia.
C. Each hydrogen atom should be given eight valence electrons.
D. The nitrogen atom should be given a lone pair to make it octet.
3. How many electrons are there in the “p” orbitals of the last shell (principal energy level)
of silicon with atomic number 14?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
4. Which of the following does NOT have the same configuration as 1s2 2s2 2p6?
A. O-2 B. Na+1 C. Ne D. Ca2+
5. Which of the following would have its valence electrons paired in its Lewis structure
representation?
A. O B. Xe C. Na D. Ca
6. When the given chemical reaction C2H6 + O2 → CO2 + H2O is properly balanced, the
number of moles for oxygen will be __________.
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 7
7. Which of the following statements is NOT true about balancing chemical equations?
A. It is generally required that the coefficients are whole numbers.
B. The formulae of the reactants and products can be changed.
C. A coefficient is assumed to be one if there is not a number in front of the molecule
of atom.
D. The only numbers that can be changed are the numbers indicating how many
molecules of atoms are there in a given chemical formula.
8. A lithium atom has an atomic number of 3 and a mass of 7 a.m.u. The number of electrons
which it has in the second shell (principal energy level) is ______
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
9. Which solution has a concentration of 1 molarity? (The molar mass of sucrose is 342 g)
A. 342 g sucrose in 658 g of water
B. 342 g of sucrose in 1000 g of water
C. 342 g of sucrose in 1000 ml solution
D. 342 g of sucrose in 1000 g solution

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 10. What do you call the reagent that is totally consumed in a reaction?
A. limiting reactant C. theoretical yield
B. excess reactant D. actual yield
11. What do you call the maximum amount of product that can be obtained from a specific
chemical reaction given specific amount of reactants?
A. limiting reactant C. theoretical yield
B. excess reactant D. actual yield
12. What is the percent yield of a product in a reaction if 56.64 g of the product was recovered
from supposed 76 g theoretical yield?
A. 74.5% B. 76% C. 93.2% D. 98.3%
13. Which of the following correctly gives the proper order of increasing energy sublevels?
A. 3d, 3p, 4s B. 4s, 3d, 4p C. 3d, 4p, 4s D. 3d, 4s, 4p
14. What is the percent yield of a product in a reaction if 56.64 g of the product was recovered
from supposed 76 g theoretical yield?
A. 74.5% B. 76% C. 93.2% D. 98.3%
15. Which of the following describes atomic mass?
A. number of protons an atom has C. number of protons and electrons
B. number of neutrons an atom has D. number of protons and neutrons
16. Assuming constant pressure, what will happen to the volume of the balloon filled with a
gas when temperature will be increased?
A. volume is still the same C. temperature will decrease
B. volume increases D. volume decreases
17. What gas law governs the given situation above?
A. Gay-Lussac’s Law C. Boyle’s Law
B. Charles Law D. Graham’s Law of Effusion
18. When iron pyrite (FeS2) is heated in air, the process known as "roasting" forms sulfur
dioxide and iron(III) oxide. When the equation for this process is completed and balanced,
using the smallest whole number coefficients, what is the coefficient for "O2"?
___ FeS2 + ___ O2 ___ SO2 + ___ Fe2O3
A. 2 B. 4 C. 7 D. 8
19. What gas law governs the given situation above?
A. Gay-Lussac’s Law C. Boyle’s Law
B. Charles Law D. Graham’s Law of Effusion

PART B. IDENTIFICATION
Directions: Complete the information on the table given.

20. Electron Configuration

Atom/ion Electron configuration Valence Number

shell of valence
electrons

a. sodium ion

b. chlorine ion

c. neon

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 21. Lewis structure

Total number of
Compound LEWIS DOT STRUCTURE
valence electrons

a. carbon monoxide

b. water

22. Chemical Nomenclature

Chemical formula Chemical name

MgCl2

dihydrogen monoxide

H2SO4

hydrochloric acid

N2O5

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