CHEM 1071 Test 3 Sunday, 30th November 2008

Time: 1½ hours (5:15 – 6:45 pm)

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Question 1‐15  (15 marks)  

FILL IN THE CIRCLES ON THE SHEET PROVIDED. Your calculations are

not marked:

1. Which of the following reactions does not involve oxidation-reduction?

a) CH4 + 3O2 → 2H2O + CO2
b) Zn + 2HCl → ZnCl2 + H2
c) 2Na + 2H2O → 2NaOH + H2
d) MnO2 + 4HCl → Cl2 + 2H2O + MnCl2
e) All are oxidation-reduction reactions.

2. Which of the following statements is(are) true?

Oxidation and reduction....
a) …cannot occur independently of each other.
b) …accompany all chemical changes.
c) …describe the loss and gain of electron(s), respectively.
d) …result in a change in the oxidation states of the species involved.
e) a, c, and d are true.

3. For the reaction of sodium bromide with chlorine gas to form sodium chloride
and bromine, the appropriate half-reactions are:
(ox = oxidation and re = reduction)
a) ox: Cl2 + 2e– → 2Cl–; re: 2Br– → Br2 + 2e–
b) ox: 2Br– → Br2 + 2e–; re: Cl2 + 2e– → 2Cl–
c) ox: Cl + e– → Cl–; re: Br → Br– + e–
d) ox: Br + 2e– → Br2–; re: 2Cl– → Cl2 + 2e–
e) ox: 2Na+ + 2e– → 2Na; re: 2Cl– → Cl2 + 2e–

4. Given the following reaction in acidic media:

Fe2+ + Cr2O72– → Fe3+ + Cr3+
The coefficient for water in the balanced reaction is:
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7
e) None of these

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5. Some experiments are performed at ultra low pressures to avoid interactions
between molecules. The number of gas molecules in a 1 L container at 298 K
and a pressure of 1 × 10–10 torr is:
a) 2 × 1015 molecules
b) 5 × 1016 molecules
c) 2 × 1012 molecules
d) 8 × 10–39 molecules
e) 3 × 109 molecules

6. A gas sample is held at constant pressure. The gas occupies 645 mL of volume
when the temperature is 307 K.
Calculate the temperature at which the volume of the gas is 623 mL.
a) 294 K
b) 318 K
c) 306 K
d) 291 K
e) 297 K
7. A 2.65-L sample of carbon monoxide is collected at 65 ºC and 0.763 atm.
What volume will the gas occupy at 1.05 atm and 22 ºC?:
a) 0.65 L
b) 3.18 L
c) 2.21 L
d) 1.68 L
e) 2.01 L

8. Consider three gas cylinders at STP. Cylinder 1 contains NH3(g), Cylinder 2

contains NO2(g), gas, and Cylinder 3 contains N2(g). All three cylinders have
the same volume.
Which cylinder contains the largest number of molecules?
a) Cylinder 1
b) Cylinder 2
c) Cylinder 3
d) All contain the same number
e) Not enough information has been given

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9. A 4.4 g sample of an unknown gas occupies a volume of 2.24 L at STP.
The gas may be:
a) CO
b) CO2
c) O2
d) SO2
e) Ar

10. A 10.0 L gas cylinder contains 2.80 g of N2(g), 0.403 g of H2(g), and
79.9 g of Ar(g).
At 298 K, what is the pressure in the cylinder?
a) 0.471 atm
b) 6.43 atm
c) 3.20 atm
d) 5.62 atm
e) 2.38 atm

11. A 1.5 L gas cylinder containing He(g) at a pressure of 85 atm is to be used to

fill some balloons. Each of the balloons is to be filled to a volume of 395 mL
and a pressure of 760 torr.
How many balloons can be filled?
a) 0.5
b) 320
c) 126
d) 230
e) 32

12. How many of the following are state functions?

∆E, q, ∆H, w
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
e) 4

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13. For a particular process q = 20 kJ and w = 15 kJ.
Which of the following statements is true?
a) Heat flows from the system to the surroundings.
b) The system does work on the surroundings.
c) ∆E = 35 kJ.
d) All of the above are true.
e) None of the above are true.

14. Two metals of equal mass with different heat capacities are subjected to the
same amount of heat.
Which undergoes the smallest change in temperature?
a) The metal with the higher heat capacity.
b) The metal with the lower heat capacity.
c) Both undergo the same change in temperature.
d) You need to know the initial temperatures of the metals.
e) You need to know which metals you have.

15. A 4.0-g sample of Colorado oil shale is burned in a bomb calorimeter, which
causes the temperature of the calorimeter to increase by 5.0 ºC. The
calorimeter contains 1.00 kg of water and the heat capacity of the empty
calorimeter is 0.10 kJ/ºC.
Calculate the heat is released per gram of oil shale burned?
a) 21 kJ/g
b) 42 kJ/g
c) 0.13 kJ/g
d) 5.4 kJ/g
e) 5.2 kJ/g

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Question 16 (7 marks)
a) Consider the following redox reactions:

A. 2Sr(s) + O2(g) → 2SrO(s)

B. H3AsO4(aq) + Zn(s) → AsH3(g) + Zn2+(aq)

C. Si(s) + 2F2(g) → SiF4(s)

Complete the following statements:

i. For reaction B the oxidized element is ______________ and the
reduced element is __________________. The balanced oxidation
half reaction is_________________________________________ .

ii. For reaction C if 2.0 mols of the reducing agent is reacting with
excess of the oxidizing agent then __________________ g of SiF4
will be produced.

iii. In reaction A the oxidation number of Sr is changed from

____________ to ___________. While in reaction C the oxidation
number of fluorine changed from __________ to ___________.

b) For the following substances, circle those for which oxidation number of the
sulfur is –2:
H2S, S8, H2SO4, S2-, HS-, SO2, S2O2

c) In H4P2O7 the oxidation numbers of H, P and O are ________, _________, and

__________ respectively.

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Question 17 (11 marks)
a) Glucose decomposes to yield ethanol and carbon dioxide according to the
following reaction:
C6H12O6(aq) → 2C2H5OH(aq) + 2CO2(g)
Calculate the volume of carbon dioxide produced at 1.05 atm and 301 K from
108 g of glucose.

b) In a 10.0 L flask, 1.0 mol of C2H2(g) and 5.0 mols HF(g) react to produce
C2H4F2(g). Calculate the pressure in the flask at 22 ºC when the reaction is
complete.

c) The complete combustion of 3.22 g of an unknown hydrocarbon with the formula

C11Hx produces 5.42 L of CO2(g) at 25 ºC and 855 torr.
The value of x in the formula of the hydrocarbon is therefore:

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Question 18 (12 marks)
a) When 0.731 L·atm. work is done to compress a gas, 26 J of heat is given off to the
surroundings.
Calculate the change in the energy of the gas

b) Consider the following reaction:

2NO(g) + O2(g) →2NO2(g) ∆H = –114.6 kJ

If 1.26 × 104g of NO2(g) are produced. Calculate the amount of heat in kJ that will
be produced.

c) Calculate the specific heat of mercury if 3.31 kJ of heat is released when 366 g of
mercury is cooled from 77.0 ºC to 12.0 ºC.

d) A 0.1375 g sample of solid magnesium is burned in a constant volume calorimeter

that has a heat capacity of 3.024 kJ/ ºC. A temperature rise of 1.126 ºC was
measured.
Calculate the energy of combustion, ∆Ecombustion, of magnesium in kJ/mol.

End of Test

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Values of some constants:

R = 0.08206 L atm K–1 mol–1; NA = 6.022 × 1023 mol–1

Specific heat capacity of water, sw = 4.184 J/g ºC; 1 L atm = 101.3 J

Periodic Table

1 2
H He
1.008 4.003
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be B C N O F Ne
6.941 9.012 10.81 12.01 14.01 16.00 19.00 20.18
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
22.99 24.31 26.98 28.09 30.97 32.07 35.45 39.95
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
39.10 40.08 44.96 47.88 50.94 52.00 54.94 55.85 58.93 58.69 63.55 65.38 69.72 72.59 74.92 78.96 79.90 83.80
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
85.47 87.62 88.91 91.22 92.91 95.94 (98) 101.1 102.9 106.4 107.9 112.4 114.8 118.7 121.8 127.6 126.9 131.3
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba La* Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
132.9 137.3 138.9 178.5 180.9 183.9 186.2 190.2 192.2 195.1 197.0 200.6 204.4 207.2 209.0 (209) (210) (222)
87 88 89
Fr Ra Ac†
(223) 226 (227)

QUESTION MARKS SCORE

1-15 15

16 7

17 11

18 12

Total 45

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Answers:
Section A
1) e 6) e 11) b
2) e 7) d 12) c
3) b 8) d 13) c
4) d 9) b 14) a
5) e 10) d 15) d

Section B
16a)
i) Zn, As, Zn(s) → Zn2+(aq) + 2e-
ii) 210
iii) 0, +2 0, –1

b)
H2S, S2–, HS–

c)
+1, +5, –2

17a) 28.2 L

b) 9.7 atm

c) 10

18a) 48 J

b) –1.57 × 104 kJ

c) 0.139 J / g °C

d) –602.0 kJ/mol

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