WEEKLYPRACTICEQUESTIONS

(MOREONERRORS&ATOMICTHEORY)

1. IftheenergyequationforthedeterminationofenergyoflinseedoilusingCalorimetrymethodisgiv
enasW=-4.00Cm/y2,deriveanexpressionforrelativeerrorinE,IfCisaconstant
2. Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesdeterminateerrors?
I. Theyarerandomerrors
II. Theyareconstantorsystematicerrors
III. Sourceoferrorcannotbetraced
IV. Determinateerrorscanbeminimizedbyindependentanalysis
V. Theyareoperative,instrumentalandpersonalerrors
3.InoneanalysisofPbnurinesampleofapatientsuspectedtohavebeeninfectedwithEbolavirusinaWH
OhospitalinIle-
ife,ThefollowingresultswereobtainedforlevelofPbfortriplicateanalysisofsampleusingamethodnewl
ydevelopedbyascientist:15.67mg/L,15.69mg/Land16.04mg/
L,ifthetruevalueusingWHOstandardmethodwas15.66mg/
L,calculatethepercentagerelativeerrorindetermination
A. 8.93%
B. 0.89%
C. 9.33%
D. 9.83%
E. Noneoftheabove
4.Carryoutthefollowingmathematicaloperationsandgiveeachresulttothecorrectnumberofsignifican
tfigures
I. 5.18X0.0208
II. 116.8-0.33
III. (3.60X10^-3)X(8.123)/43
IV. (0.65X10^-5)+(2.8x10^-5)

A. 0.108,116.5,6.8x10^-3and3.4x10^-5respectively
B. 0.108,116.4,6.8x10^-3and3.5x10^-5respectively
C. 0.108,116.5,6.8x10^-3and3.45x10^-5respectively
D. 0.107,116.5,6.8x10^-3and3.45x10^-5respectively
E. Noneoftheabove
5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsis/areamodificationtoDaltonsAtomifTheory?
I. Atomscontainfundamentalparticlessuchasprotons,electrons,Neutrons.
II. Moleculesofcompoundsconsistofatomscombinedinsimplewholenumberratios
III. Protonsandneutronshaveabutthesamemass;and
IV. Atomsofthesameelementsmaynotexactlybethesameduetotheexistenceofisotopes

A. IandI
B. Ii,iii,andiv
 C. Iandiv
D. I,iiiandiv
6.ThefollowingarethemaindeductionofJ.JThompsonexperimentexcept
I. Cathoderayscausefluorescenttoglowwithagreenlight
II. Cathoderaysarebenttowardspositiveelectrodewhenanelectricfieldisplacedonitspath
III. Cathoderayspenetratemetalfoulssuchaslininthickaluminumwithoutcastingashadow
IV. Cathoderayscanimpartmechanicalmotionontinypaddlewheeland
V. Thechangeonacathodeisapproximately1.602x10^-19C

7.whatmainevidencewasprovidedbytherutherford?AlphaScatteringexperiment
A. Anatomconsistsofanunchargedparticleofalmostthesameandssasproton
B. Anatomconsistofthecentraldense2ndpositivelychargednucleusinwhichallthepositivecharg
esandalmosttheentiremassoftheatomreside
C. Anoderaysarepositivelychargedandhaveanequalbutoppositechargetothecathoderaysparti
cles
D. Electronsmovearoundthenucleiofatomsinorbitalatvariousdistancesfromthenucleiwithelect
ronspreventedfromfallingintothenucleibycentrifugalforce
E. Noneoftheabove
8.Whatistheaveragedeviationofthemassofanobjectwhosecorrectmassis0.126gwhosemasshadbe
envariouslymeasuredas0.1021g,0.1025gand0.1023g?
A. 0.0002
B. 0.0003
C. 0.0004
D. 0.0005
E. Noneoftheabove
9.WhichofthefollowingatomictheoryproposedbyDaltonisstillvalidinthepresentdayscience?
I. Mattermadeupofsmalltinyparticlescalledatomsthatareindivisible
II. Atomsareindestructibleandcannotbecreated
III. Theatomsofaparticularearareexactlyidentical
IV. Combinationonlytakesplacebetweensmallwhilenoatoms

A. Iandiv
B. Iiionly
C. Iionly
D. Noneoftheabove
E. Alloftheabove

10.Evaluatethefollowingtotheappropriatenumberofsignificantfigurep.sfollowtherulesofsignificantfi
gure(2.77X0.0050)-(6.7X10^-3)+(0.036X0.0271)
A. 0.0082
B. 0.00816
C. 0.008156
D. 0.0081556
E. Noneoftheabove
11.Inwhatwayscanyouminimizedeterminateerrors?
A. Calibrationofapparatusandapplicationofcorrectivemeasures
B. Runningofablankdetermination
C. Useofindicatortodeterminetheendpoint
D. Alloftheabove
E. Noneoftheabove

12.InafiltrationofHCLagainstNaOH,astudentobtainedthefollowingreadingsinfourreplicatedetermin
ations26.5,26.0,26.00and26.05cm3ifthesupervisor'stirevalueis25.00cm3.Commentontheintegrity
oftheresults
A. Theresultsareaccurateandprecise
B. Theresultsareaccuratebutnoprecise
C. Theresultsareprecisebutnotaccurate
D. Theresultsareneitherprecisenoraccurate
E. Noneoftheabove
13.Thompsonatomicmodelfailedtoexplainwhichofthefollowingphenomenon?
A. Thelineandbandemissionspectradisplayedbyatomsandmoleculesrespectively
B. Photoelectriceffect
C. Thescatteringofalphaparticles
D. Emissionofelectromagneticwaves
E. AandC
14.Whichofthefollowingwas/weretheconclusion(s)drawnfromRutherford’sexperiment?
A. Atomscontainmassivepositivelychargedcenters
B. Negativelychargedelectronsrevolverroundtheneutron
C. Comparisonofthemassofprotonandelectronshowedthatmassofprotonisnegligible
D. Alloftheabove
E. Noneoftheabove

15.Whichofthefollowingcanbeusedtodetectandcorrectsystematicerrors
I. Analysisofstandardreferencesamples
II. AnalysisofblankSamples
III. Usingdifferentanalyticalmethodstomeasurethesamequantity
IV. Runningofreplicatedeterminations
V. Dolani’sblanksampleofdeterminationerror

A. I,iiandiii
B. Ii,iiiandiv
C. Vonly
D. Noneoftheabove
E. Alloftheabove

16.ThefollowingareBohr’spostulateexcept
I. Electronsrevolvearoundthenucleusinoneofmanypossibleorbitals
II. Theenergiesofelectronsarequantized
III. Eachorbitalisassignedanumbercalledprincipalnumber,n
IV. Eachoftheorbitalsdoesnothaveacertainenergyassociatedwithit
V. RadiationisemittedwhenanelectionundergoestransitionfromOrbitaloflowerenergyleveltoor
bitalofhigherenergylevel

A. Iandii
B. I,iiandiv
C. Iii
D. IiandV
E. Vonly