Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

Sorsogon Campus

FINAL EXAMINATION in INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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Name: _______________________________Yr & Sec: _______________ Date: ________________

I. Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter that corresponds to your BEST answer.

1. The first list of 23 elements was compiled in the late 1790s by which French scientist?
a. Dmitri Mendeleev
b. Lothar Meyer
c. Antione Lavoisier
d. John Newlands
2. Which of these is NOT shown in the periodic table?
a. Atomic number
b. Atomic mass
c. Element Name or Symbol
d. Atomic Orbital Radius
3. The scientists who classified the elements into groups of three called Triads.
a. John Newlands
b. Johann W. Dobeiner
c. Julius Lothar Meyer
d. John Dalton
4. The largest section of the periodic table commonly known as d-block is called by what name?
a. Lanthanide series c. Representative elements
b. Actinide series d. Transition metals
5. The electrons involved in chemical bonding are
a. found closest to the nucleus c. in the highest occupied energy level
b. found in the nucleus d. in the middle portion of the shell
6. How are atoms in a molecule held together?
a. By electrostatic force c. gravity
b. By chemical bond d. none of these
7. Ionic bonds form between which elements in the periodic table?
a. Form between two metals
b. Form between metals and metalloids
c. Form between nonmetals and metal
d. Form between nonmetals and metalloids
8. Which characterizes the bonding in covalent molecular compounds?
a. It is formed by the release of electrons between atoms of the same element
b. It is formed by the transfer of electrons from one atom to another of the same element
c. It is formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms in the compound
d. It is formed by the transfer of electron from one atom top another atom of a different
element
9. When two atoms form a chemical bond, the expected result is that the electrons
a. will be in an excited state
b. will be completely removed from both atoms
c. will form a noble gas configuration for both atoms
d. All of these
 10. Which block on the rightmost side of the periodic table can occupy a maximum no. of six
electrons can be accommodated?
a. s block b. p block c. d block d. f block

II. MODIFIED True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if the statement is FALSE change
the underlined word with its appropriate term.

_______________ 11. Carbon group has the highest melting point and boiling point because it exists in
a network of crystals.

_______________ 12. Many transition metals can be flattened into sheets.

_______________ 13. Alkaline metals are hard but less reactive

_______________ 14. Noble gases can form combinations or bond with other atoms.

_______________ 15. Alkali metals have four electrons in their outer shell.

_______________ 16. Halogens easily form chemical bonds for each element in the group needs only
one electron to complete the outer energy level.

_______________ 17. Metalloids have the characteristics of both metals and nonmetals.

_______________ 18. Nitrogen group exhibit properties of both metals and nonmetals.

_______________ 19. Transition metals take their name from their role as a transition between
chemically active metals groups I and II and the much less active metals of groups III and IV.

_______________ 20. Calcium is present in milk, cheese and other dairy products

_______________ 21. Boric acid comes mainly from the element Barium together with a combination
with other element

_______________22. Oxygen family includes the elements oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and
polonium.

_______________ 23. Chlorine is a nonpoisonous element which it is used as ingredients in some food
products.

_______________24. Transition elements (group B) are the most useful elements in the Human Body.

_______________ 25. Helium is the lightest element in the periodic table.

III. Write the ground state electron configuration of the following elements given already its atomic
number and draw the orbital diagram.

a) Silver (47) b.) Vanadium (23) c.) Bromine (35) d.) Tantalum (73)
IV. Calculate the atomic mass, atomic number, number of protons, neutrons and electrons and identify
its charge.

Isotope Element # of # of # of Charge

Name p+ e- n0
B-6 Boron 5 1 0
N-14 Nitrogen 7 0
Fluorine 9 10 -1
Neon 10 10
Mg-24 12 10
Al-27 +3
Si-28 Silicon 14
S-32 Sulfur 0
K-35 +1

V. Solve for the ff. problems using your knowledge in stoichiometry.

1. Given the equation

CO2 + H2 CH4 + H2O
a. How many moles of water can be produced from 25 moles of carbon dioxide?

b. How many moles CH4 of will be produced along with 12.0 g of water?

2. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were formerly used in the manufacture of electrical
transformers, are environmental and health hazards. They break down very slowly in the
environment. The decomposition of PCBs can be represented by the equation

2 C12H4Cl6 + 23 O2 + 2 H2O 24 CO2 + 12 HCl

a. How many moles of water are needed to react 10.0 mol O 2?

b. How many grams of HCl are produced when 15.2 mol H 2O react?

c. How many moles of CO2 are produced when 76.5 g HCl are produced?

d. How many grams of HCl are produced when 2.5 g C 12H4Cl6 react?