General Chemistry I CHEM 101 PRACTICE Second Exam

The format of this practice exam is the same as that for your 1 st exam

Student Name: ______________________________ QU ID: _____________Section: L___

This exam consists of two Parts I and II:
This exam consists of 21 multiple-choice questions (1 points each), is worth 21 points, and 2 show your work
question, worth 2 points each. Plus 1 bonus question, worth 2 points. Enter your MC answer in the supplied sheet.

Notice that when you are writing the “real” exam, you must transfer all your answers (A B C D E) to the final answer
sheet!

Periodic table will be provided.

Notice that when you are writing the “real” exam, you must transfer all your answers (A B C D E) to the final answer
sheet!

CONSTANTS:
Avogadro's constant: NA = 6.02 X1023 mol-1
Gas Law constant: R = 0.08206 L.atm/mol.K
Speed of light: c = 3.00x108 m/s
Planck’s constant: h = 6.626x10–34 J.s
0 oC = 273 K 1 atm = 760 mm Hg (torr)

1. What are the oxidation numbers of Cl (chlorine) in HClO3 and HClO4?

A. 5, 7 B. 3, 4 C. 1, 3 D. 4, 6 E. 4, 3
Answer A

2. Which of the following is a disproportionation reaction (note that all are redox reactions!)
A. 2Al(s) + 3H2SO4(aq) → Al2(SO4)3(aq) + 3H2(g)
B. C2H2(g) + O2(g) → 2CO2(g) + H2O(l)
C. 2H2O2 → 2H2O + O2(g)
D. 2KBr(aq) + Cl2(g) → 2KCl(aq) + Br2(l)
E. Mg + O2(g) → 2MgO
Answer C

3. Molarity (M) is defined as:

A. mol solvent/L solution B. g solute/L solution C. mol solute/kg solution
D. mol solute/L solution E. none of these
Answer D

4. What is the Molarity of the resulting solution when 0.40 g NaOH is dissolved in 200 mL water?
A. 2.0 mol/L B. 0.0020 mol/L C. 0.050 mol/L D. 20. mol/L E. 5.0x10-5 mol/L
Answer C

5. A 50.0 mL sample of 0.436 M NH4NO3 is diluted with water to a total volume of 250.0 mL. What is the
ammonium nitrate concentration in the resulting solution? 
A. 21.8 M B. 0.459 M C. 2.18  10–2 M D. 8.72  10–2 M E. 0.109 M
Answer D
6. 0.500 mole of ammonia gas (NH3) has a volume of 1.2 L at 150C. Calculate the pressure of the ammonia
gas. 
A. 6.91  10–2 atm B. 5.13 atm C. 12.2 atm D. 14.5 atm E. 22.4 atm
Answer D
 
7. Which of the following gases will have the greatest density when they are at the same temperature and
pressure? 
A. H2 B. CF4 C. CO2 D. C2H6 E.  CO
Answer B

8. 16.Which of the following has a ∆H°f = 0 kJ/mol?

A. NO(g) B. CS2(l) C. Fe2+(aq) D. H2O(l) E. N2(g)
Answer E
 
9. An endothermic reaction causes the surroundings to 
A. warm up. B. become acidic. C. condense.
D. decrease in temperature. E. release CO2.
Answer D
 
10. To which one of these reactions occurring at 25C does the symbol ΔHfo [H2SO4(l)] refer?  
A.  2H(g) + S(g) + 4O(g)  H2SO4(l)
B.  H2(g) + S(g) + 2O2(g)  H2SO4(l)
C.  H2SO4(l)  H2(g) + S(s) + 2O2(g)
D.  H2SO4(l)  2H(g) + S(s) + 4O(g)
E.  H2(g) + S(s) + 2O2(g)  H2SO4(l)
Answer E

11. Which of the following processes is endothermic?

A. O2(g) + 2H2(g)  2H2O(g) B. H2O(g)  H2O(l) C. H2O(s)  H2O(l)
D. 2CH3OH(g) + 2O2(g)  2CO2(g) + 2H2O(g) E. All these reactions are endothemic
Answer C

12. Calculate ΔHo for the following reaction: 2H2O2(l)  2H2O(l) + O2(g)

ΔHfo [H2O(l)] = -285.8 kJ/mol; ΔHfo [H2O2(l)] = –187.6 kJ/mol.  
 A.  –196.4 kJ B.  +98.2 kJ C.  –98.2 kJ D.  +196.4 kJ E.  –396.4 kJ
Answer A
 
13. Given the thermochemical equation: 2SO2 + O2  2SO3 ΔHrxno = –198 kJ/mol,
What is the standard enthalpy change ΔH for the reaction SO3 → SO2 + ½O2 ?
A.  +198 kJ/mol B.  –99 kJ/mol C.  +99 kJ/molD.  +396 kJ/mol E.  –198 kJ/mol
Answer C
 
14. What is the wavelength of light with a frequency of 3.0x1013 s−1?
A. 1.0x1021 m B. 1.0x105 m C. 9.0x10−21 m D. 1.0x10−5 m E. 9.0x10−5 m
Answer D

15. What is the energy in joules of a photon of visible light of wavelength 486 nm? 
A. 4.09x10–12 JB. 6.17x105 J C. 4.09x10–28 JD. 4.09x10–21 JE. 4.09x10–19 J
Answer E
16. What is maximum number of electrons in the atomic orbitals with quantum numbers n = 2 and l = 1? 
A. 1 B. 14 C. 2 D. 6 E. 10
Answer D
  
17. Which one of the following sets of quantum numbers is not possible?

    
 A. Row 1 B. Row 2 C. Row 3 D. Row 4 E. Row 5
Answer B
 
18. How many electrons are there in all the orbitals of the 3rd principal energy level (n = 3) of a phosphorus
atom? 
A. 5 B. 3 C. 6 D. 8 E. 10
Answer A
 
19. The orbital diagram for a ground-state nitrogen atom is

    
A. Row 1 B. Row 2 C. Row 3 D. Row 4.
Answer A
 
 20. Which one of the following sets of quantum numbers represents an electron with the highest energy?
A. n = 2, l = 1, ml = 0, ms = +1/2 B. n = 3, l = 0, ml = 0, ms = -1/2 C. n = 3, l = 1, ml = 1, ms = -1/2
D. n = 2, l = 0, ml = 0, ms = +1/2 E. n = 3, l = 2, ml = 1, ms = +1/2
Answer E

21. Which is the correct electron configuration for the ground state of copper, Cu, element 30:
A. [Ar] 4s23d9 B. [Ar]4s14p10 C. [Ar]3s23d9 D. [Ar]4s23d94p1 E. [Ar]4s13d10
Answer E

Part II, 2 questions "show your work", each worth 2 points.

Your answer must include every detail and all the necessary steps, balanced chemical equations, units, rules of
significant figures, conversion factors and using dimensional analysis method of calculation.

22. Calculate the chloride ion Molarity, M when 35.0 mL 0.200 M NaCl(aq) is added to 65.0 mL 0.100 M
CaCl2(aq) (2 points)
23. The Enthalpy of Combustion, ΔHcomb of propane, C3H8, = –2,220 kJ/mol. The products of the reaction are
carbon dioxide and water. What is the value of ΔH when 88 g propane is combusted with excess oxygen?  
(2
points)
 End of the Practice 2nd Exam
Answer sheet for Multiple Choice questions

Student Name: QU ID :
Professor: Dr. Section L____
_________
Correct Answers: __________ X2.5
Points/75
Circle the correct answers to questions 1-30 in this table.
You must use a pen!
1 A B C D E 13 A B C D E

2 A B C D E 14 A B C D E

3 A B C D E 15 A B C D E

4 A B C D E 16 A B C D E

5 A B C D E 17 A B C D E

6 A B C D E 18 A B C D E

7 A B C D E 19 A B C D E

8 A B C D E 20 A B C D E

9 A B C D E 21 A B C D E

10 A B C D E 22
SWQ
11 A B C D E 23
12 A B C D E

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