3. 4. In which of the following pairs of formulae is the molecular formula and empirical formula correct for butanoic acid? Molecular Empirical Formula Formula GH, cH,0 (B) CHO, cH,0 (©) CHO, CH0 ©) CH,0 CuO Items 2-3,efer to the following information about hydrocarbon Z. Hiydocarbon Z. has a relative molecular ass of 84. When 0.1 g of Z was burnt in oxygen, 0.316 g of carbon dioxide and 0.128 g of water were formed. “The empirical format of hydrocarbon Z is (a) cH (B) CH, © CH, (py CHO - ‘The molecular formula of hydrocarbon Z is a OH B) CH, © CH, D) CHO ‘Alkane molecules are cracked into smaller molecules which may include smaller alkanes, alkenes and hydrogen molecules. Which of the following equations shows the cracking of C,,H,,? (A) Cube > GH, + CH, @ Cy = CHA CH, (Calle > CH + CH, (©) Cay + CHA + CH, +H, w Item 5 refers tothe following structure owe I cH, inased on the IUPAC rules, the name of the compound above is (A) Fephenylbutan-T-amine (B)__J-phenylbutan-2-amine (C)_I-benzylpropan--amine ©) “Amaleoholis treated with acidified K,Cr,0, and the resulting mixture gives a positive tri-iodoform test, ‘Which of the following, structures BEST represents the alcohol used? (a) CH,— OH H \ 3) ca — CH, on HOH il © ch - 5 —H H OW cH, O) om cH,10. Which is i Seer it llowingreneton mechanisms enzene and ENOTGa and concentrated (A) Nucleophilie addition (B) _Electrophitie addition (C) _ Nucleophilie substi (D) __Electrophilie substitution Which of the following statements about polyunsaturated oils (triglycerides) is FALSE? (A) They unclergo saponification. (B) They ate hydrogenated to produce (©) They are hyrolyzed to prodace (D) Their shelf lives are prolonged with hydrogenation. Item 9 refers to the compounds, P, Q, R and S, with the following structures. C4H,OH P: CH,CH,,CH,OH CH,CH,),CH,COOH R: CH(CH,),CHCICOOH ‘The correct sequence of the compounds, in order of DECREASING acid strength, is (A) BSQR (B) QR SP © RQsP @M) §$RQP tem 10 refers to the following table which shows the results"of an investigation to analyse an organic liquid, Z. Test ‘Observation Inference 1. Solid Na,CO, was added to Z. 2, SOCI, is added to Z. Rapid effervescence, gas evolved | CO, gas liberated formed a white precipitate with Ca(OH), solution, White misty fumes OH group is present ‘The organic liquid Z is MOST likely (A) analeohol (B) — acarbonate (C) _ anacyl chloride (D) — acarboxylic acidi. 12, 13. 14. Hantane has the molecular formula Cy many possible isome, ‘this compound have? Be) dove ths (A) 1 (B) 2 (©) 3 (Dy) 4 Which of the following methods could NOT be used to differentiate ethanal from propanal? (A) Using Tollen’s reagent (B) Measuring boiling point (©) Determining mofeculer mass (@) Determining empirical formula The functional groups present on aa amion acid are the amine group (R-N#,) ancl carboxyl group (REOOH). This allow: amino acid to exist as (A) abase @) — anacid (©) anazo dye (D) — azwitterion ‘The product formed by the polymerization of propene, (C,H,), may be used as a (A) plastic material (B) disinfectant © liquid @) fuel 15, 16, What would be observed when aqueous bromine is added to the following compound? ou (A) There would beno visible reaction, {B) The colour of the bromine would be discharged leaving a yellow precipitate (C) The colour of the bromine would be discharged and a colourless solution is formed. {D) The colour of the bromine would be discharged and a white precipitate is formed. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the detection limit of an instrument? (A) __Itis related to the sensitivity. {B) _Itisequal to the standard deviation (C) tis usually expressed in parts per million. {D) _Itis the lowest concentration of an analyte that can be detected,17. lem m_17 refers to the following diagram Which represents a paper chromatogram of food dyes obtained using water as the Solvent. A spot of a sample was originally placed at Z.. It contained 1! he components X and Y. ® Solvent Front o xX | | \ ey Starting Point Which of the foliowing stateme regarding the components of X and Y is correct? (A)__ Y is more strongly adsorbed by the paper than X, and Y has a smaller R, value than X. X is more strongly adsorbed by the paper than Y, and X has a smaller R, value than Y. Yismore strongly adsorbed by the paper than X, and Y has a larger R, value than X. X ismore strongly adsorbed by the paper than Y, and X has a larger R, value than Y. (B) © @) 18, Ww, 20, Treatment of a 10 g sample containing a chloride salt with excess silver nitrate solution produced 8.08 gof silver chloride. (Ag= 108, Cl= 35.5) Which of the following expressions can be used to calculate the percentage of chloride in the sample? way TOBE oi00 oe © BER x 100 \ 300 mg solid sample containing a chloride is dissolved in water. The yride is then precipitated as AgCI by the «ldition of silver nitrate to the solution of the sample. The precipitate is collected, washed, dried and weighed, and found to have a mass of 525 mg. (RAM: C1 = 35.5, Ag = 108) ‘The mass of chloride present in the sample is (A) 742mg (B) 118.0 mg © 129.9mg (@) — 208.0mg Which of the following inaccuracies may be eliminated by calibrating a measuring instrument? (A) Lack of precision (B) Random errors only (C) Systematic errors only () _Bothvrandom errors and systematic errors,21, 23. 24, Which of the following sets of regions in the jectromagnetie spectrum isin the correct order of INCREASING wavelength? (A) UV VIS X-ray IR (B) X-ray UV VIS IR (© VIS UV IR Xaay (D) IR VIS UV X-ray Which of the following species is NOT 4 significant fragment from the mass anol? (Ay Ou By OE, (©) CH, ©) CH,OH' An unknown organic comp: molecular mass of 44 y is an: infrared radiation. ‘The bor 1700 cnr! and 2800 en ‘The compound is MOS’ (A) cthanal (B) ethanol (C) _ ethanoie acid (@) carbon dioxide In the infrared spectrum of an organic compound, a strong band is observed at 3000 em”, The MOST likely explanation is that (A) protons absorb infrared radiation at this frequency (B) the compound is being decomposed (C) radiation is absorbed and causes the C-H bonds to vibrate (D) bonding electrons absorb radiation and are excited to a higher level -6- 26. 27, - of Which of the following processes oceur in a mass spectrometer before isotopes can be detected? 1. Acceleration I. Amplification M1. Deflection (A) Tand IT only @) — Tand Mt only (©) Mand Mf only (D) 1, and Itt Item 26 refers to the following information. ‘A student carries out the gravimetric analysis of a soil sample taken from an area surrounding a garage. The soil sample is found to be contaminated with Pb ions. 100 em? of a solution obtained from the sample when mixed with 25 em? f6.100 mol dm HC! yields 0.010 g of lead chloride, [The relative formula mass ad chloride is 278.2.] ~ ‘The balanced equation for the reaction between lead ions and hydrochloric acid is (A) Pb (s) + 2HCI (aq) > PbCI, (s) + H, (@ (B)—_ 2Pb (Ss) + HCI (aq) > 2PHCI (s) +1) (©) Pb* (aq)-+2HCI (aq) > PCI, (aq) + 2H" (aq) (D)__Pb* (aq) + 2HCI (aq) > PCI, (s) +24" (aq) Which of the following features are advantages of steam distillation? I. Itprovides savings in fuel cost. IL Itoccurs under reduced pressure. IIT. Thecomponentsdo not decompose. (A) [and Tonly (B) [and IlLonly (C) Mand If only (D) 1, Wand IT GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE28. 29, 30... A) Paper (8) Column (©) Gas-tiguia (D) Thin-layer Which ofthe fottowing bondcwould show the STRONGEST absorption ink spectroscopic analysis? (A) (B) (©) @) Carbon-hydrogen Oxygen-hydrogen Nitrogen-hydrogen Which of the following statements about partition coefficient may be true? I. The partition coefficient does not vary with temperature. Hl. The two solutions have to be concentrated for the partition coefficient to be a constant, UI. The solute has to be in the same molecular state in both solvents for the partition coefficient to be a constant, (A) Tonly (B)— Honly (©) Monly (D) Land It only 31, 33. The extraction of aluminium is an cleetrolytic process where the electrolyte used is purified ore dissolved in eryoln Na, ATF, moe Which ofthe following descriptions is true for the use of cryolite? (A) Provides an additional source of aluminium (B) Reduces the melting point of the mixture (©) Increases the electrical conductivity of the melt (©) Provides an additional source of aluminium and reduces the melting point of the mixture {i one of the steps involved in the manu- ‘ure.of sulfurie acid, sulfur dioxide and oxy yen are mixed to form sulfur trioxide ‘sng to the following equation, 'SU48) + 0,8) == 280.2) Which of the following options describes the effect of adding the catalyst V,O, to the mixture? Equilibrium] Reaction Yield Rate (A) increases, Increases (@)_|No change ‘Increases (©)_[No change No change (D)__[Tnereases No change Chlorofluorocarbons undergo homolytic fission by being exposed to ultraviolet light in the stratosphere. Which radical could result from (A) ‘CE,CHF (8) “CHCF,CI (©) “CHECF,C! (@) ‘CFCICHF GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE34. 35, 36. 37. “O° ee isa process used to break down hydrocarbons int ' Res 'o smaller molecules, he following i: i 2 is a balance: equation for the crackin; honane and propene? A CHa > GH + C,H, ®) CH, ou +o, © CyHy > CH, + C,H, @) Cy Hy > 2C,H,, + CH, What is the product of the following (unbalanced) equation? A1,0,H,0 (8) 417,04) + OLY @ — AL,H,0~) ®) AIH, © Al, COW,{s) AL OH -G@q) ‘The essential con process are jons for the Haber (A) 2atmpressure, 400°C, iron catalyst (B) — 2atm pressure, 450°C, no catalyst (C) 200 atm pressure, 450 °C, iron catalyst (D) 200 atm pressure, 1000 °C, no catalyst ‘The presence of phosphate ions (PO,™) can be detected using, (A) sodium thiosuffate (8) ammonium molybdate (C) potassium thiocyanate solution {D) __ potassium hexacyanoferrate(Il) solution 1g of dodecane into” -8- 38. Which of the following methods are used in water purification? 1. Filtration I. Distillation I. UV radiation (A) Tand only (B) Land Il only (©) Wand 11 only () 1,Mand 39 From the reaction given below, a high pressure would give the best yield, but in industry, a moderate pressure is used. N,@) + 3H,(g) 5 2NH,@) Why isamoderate pressure used in industry rather than high pressure? (A) Itis too expensive to produce high pressure ~-(B) THE redétion would-be > uncontrollably fast. (©) The reaction would be too slow to generate adequate NH,. (D) _Itiseasierto remove the NH, fiom the reaction container. 40. Compounds of sulfur such as sulfites are used as food additives because they (A) __ improve the flavour of food (B)__helpto enhance the colour of food {C) __inhibitthe oxidation of unsaturated fats (D) _helptopreserve food by dehydration41, 42. M1, ML (A) (B) © @) tis tess energy efficient, . Itis more energy efficient, {tis less harmful to the envitonment, Tonly Tonly Tand Ill only Mand Il only Im which layer of the atmosphere does ozone act asa pollutant? (A) Troposphere @) — Mesosphere (C) Stratosphere () — Thermosphere (A) @y ~ © (p) Which of the following compounds is NOT a primary pollutant? Sulfur dioxide « ‘Nitrogen dioxide Carbon monoxide Nitrogen monoxide