ICP CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN REVIEW

TEST BANK
LEILANI L. CRUCERO

ACIDS AND BASES

MULTIPLE CHOICE. WRITE THE LETTER OF THE BEST ANSWER ON THE SPACE
PROVIDED.

_________1. Under the Bronsted concept of acids and bases, a base is

A. a proton donor B. a proton acceptor
C. a hydroxide donor D. an electron pair donor
_________2. Under the Lewis concept of acids and bases, an acid is
A. a proton donor B. a proton acceptor
C. An electron pair donor D. an electron pair acceptor
_________3. Under the Bronsted concept of acids and bases, an acid is
A. a proton donor B. a proton acceptor
C. an electron pair donor D. an electron pair acceptor
_________4. Which of the following is NOT an acid-base conjugate pair?
A. HCN and CN− B. H2O and OH−
−
C. H2S and OH D. NH3 and NH4+
_________5. Predict the products of the following acid-base reaction: HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) →
A. H3O+(aq) + OH− B. Na+(aq) + Cl−(aq)
C. NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) D. no reaction takes place
_________6. Predict the products of the following acid-base reaction: NH3(aq) + HNO3(aq) →
A. NH2OH(aq) + HNO2(aq) B. NH4NO3(aq)
C. NH4OH(aq) D. no reaction takes place
_________7. What effect will addition of excess of HCl have on the pH of a solution of NH3?
A. increase the pH B. decrease the pH
C. no effect D. cannot tell from information given
_________8. What effect will addition of sodium acetate have on the pH of a solution of acetic acid?
A. increase the pH B. decrease the pH
C. no effect D. cannot tell from information given
_________9. A solution that causes only a relatively small change in pH upon addition of small amounts
of acids and bases is
A. saturated B. a salt
C. a buffer D. unsaturated
_________10. Which of the following is buffer?
A. NaCl/NH4Cl B. NH3/NH4Cl
C. NH3/CH3COOH D. CH3COOH/NaOH
_________11. A buffer solution may be a mixture of
A. a weak acid and its salt B. a weak base and its salt
C. an excess of a weak acid with a strong base D. all of the above
_________12. The conjugate base of acetic acid is
A. HCOOH B. NH3
C. CH3COO− D. OH−
_________13. The conjugate acid of ammonia is
A. H3O+ B. NH4+
C. HCOOH D. OH−
_________14. The effect produced by an ion, say from a salt, which is the same ion produced by the
dissociation of a weak acid or base is called
A. colloidal effect B. precipitation effect
C. common ion effect D. ligand effect
_________15. A principle which states that if stress is applied to a system at equilibrium, the equilibrium
is shifted in the direction that tends to reduce the stress.
A. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle B. Le Chatelier’s Principle
C. Hund’s Rule D. Debye-Huckel Principle
_________16. Water cannot function as which one of the following?
A. a Bronsted acid B. a Bronsted base
C. a Lewis acid D. a Lewis base
_________17. Given the following reaction: HCN(aq) + NH3(aq) ⇄ NH4+(aq) + CN−(aq)
The Bronsted acid on the left is
A. HCN B. NH3
_________18. And its conjugate base is
A. NH4+ B. CN−
_________19. The ammonium ion would be classified as a Bronsted
A. acid B. base
_________20. HCOOK is a/an
A. acid B. base C. salt D. oxide
_________21. When a strong acid is titrated with a weak base, the pH at the equivalence point is
A. basic B. acidic C. neutral
_________22. When a strong acid is titrated with a strong base, the pH at the equivalence point is
A. basic B. acidic C. neutral
_________24. When NH4Cl hydrolyzes, the resulting solution is
A. acidic B. basic C. neutral
_________25. We have a 5.43 x 10−4 M solution of HNO3 at 25oC. What is the [OH−] in this solution?
A. 1.84 x 10−11 M B. 5.43 x 10−10 M
C. 5.43 x 10−4 M D. 3.67 x 10−6 M
−3
_________26. What is the pH of a 5.82 x 10 M solution of NaOH at 25oC?
A. 4.76 B. 11.76
C. 7.00 D. 2.45
_________27. The pH of a 0.20 M NH3 solution is Kb (NH3) = 1.8 x 10‒5
A. 0.70 B. 2.73 C. 11.28 D. 6.99
_________28. The pH of a solution is 6.38. The hydrogen ion concentration is
A. 4.17 x 10−7 M B. 4.17 x 10−6 M
−6
C. 6.38 x 10 M D. 0.638 M
_________29. What is the [H3O+] of a 0.100 M solution of HCN at 25oC? Ka (HCN) = 4.0 x 10−10
A. 1.58 x 10−8 M B. 2.00 x 10−5 M
−6
C. 6.32 x 10 M D. 4.00 x 10−11 M
_________30. A 0.200 M solution of an acid, HA, has a pH of 2.70 at 25oC. What is Ka for this acid?
A. 2.21 x 10−4 B. 4.55 x 10−6
−4
C. 1.99 x 10 D. 2.00 x 10−5
_________31. What is the pH of a 0.52 M solution of CH3COONa at 25oC? Ka (CH3COOH) = 1.76 x
10−5
A. 9.23 B. 4.77
C. 9.37 D. 10.21

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1. Acids and Bases Which statement is true?
a. The value of the equilibrium constant increases with the addition of a catalyst
b. A catalyst speeds up both the forward and reverse reaction rates
c. The greater the activation energy, the faster the rate of reaction.
d. A catalyst increases the rate of reaction by decreasing the number of collisions
2. The lining of the stomach contains cells that secrete a solution of HCl. Which drink would best alleviate
heartburn (excess acid in the stomach)?
a. milk, pH = 6.5 b. wine, pH = 3.8
c. diet soda, pH = 4.3 d. milk of magnesia, pH = 10.5
3. Which species are acting as Bronsted acids in the reaction below?
HSO4− (aq) + H2O(l) ⇄ H3O+ (aq) + SO4−2(aq)
a. H2O b. H2O and H3O+
−2
c. H2O and SO4 d. HSO4− and H3O+
4. Which equation correctly describes the relationship between K b and Ka for a conjugate acid/base pair?
a. Kb = Kw Ka b. Kb = Ka / Kw
c. Kb = Kw / Ka d. Kb = Ka + Kw