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CHEMISTRY
PRACTICAL
PAPER 3
July/August 2011

FORM FOUR MID YEAR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
CHEMISTRY
PRACTICAL

MARKING SCHEME

1. t1 ___ 25.60C √ ½ N/B Temperature range for initial temperature t1 -

200 30 C
0

t2 ___ 22.50C √ ½
∆t ___ 3.00C - Temp. change ∆t should be between 30 – 100C

Table II
( 5 marks )
I Complete table award - 1 mark
With 3 titres done - 1 mark
With 2 titres done - ½ mark
Incomplete with 1 titre - 0 mark

Penalise
- ½ mark for any of the following
(i) Wrong arithmetic / subtraction
(ii) Burette reading < 1.0 or greater than > 50.0

II Award 1 mark for consistence of decimals at 1 & 2 rows only otherwise

penalize if not consistent.

III Accuracy – Award 1 mark

- If candidates values are within  0.1 of teacher’s value otherwise
penalize fully.

IV Principle of averaging - 1 mark

Averaging e.g 1 + 2 + 3 √ as ½ mark
Answer √ ½ 3
N/B Penalize if titre values averaged are NOT within  0.2 units of each
other.

V Final answer - 1 mark

- Compare the candidate’s answer to S.V (school value) and
award 1 mark if within  0.2 otherwise penalize fully.

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2. Number of moles of NaOH
( 1 mark )
I 0.1 x titre value
1000 = Ans - Answer must be to at least 4
decimals.
No rounding off to less than 4
decimals
Penalize ½ mark for rounding
to 3rd decimals.

II Moles of HCl in 25cm3 ( 1 mark )

Mole ratio is 1 : 1

III In 250cm3 ( 1 mark )

Ans II x 250
25

IV HCl(aq) in 20.0cm3 of B ( 1 mark )

= 2 x 20 = 0.04 Ans must be intact
1000

V HCl(aq) that reacted with solid A ( 1 mark )

0.04 – Ans III = correct ans.

(b) Enthalpy of reaction ( 2 marks )

20cm3 x 4.2 x ∆t 1
Or 20 x 4.2 x 3 = 0.252KJ/Mol-1  ½
1000  ½ Penalize ½ mark if no
units are shown

2. (a)
Experiment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Solution R (cm3) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Solution Q(cm3) 15 13 10 8 6 4 2

Distilled water (cm3) 0 2 5 7 9 11 13 2 marks (atleast

four readings each
Concentration of 2.0 1.73 1.33 1.07 0.80 0.53 0.27 ½)
HCl (moles / litre)
Time (sec) 195 197 202 208 218 240 307 Each ½ mark
Total (3 ½ )
Reciprocal of time 0.0051 0.005 0.004 0.0048 0.0045 0.004 0.0032
(sec-1) 9 2 2 marks (atleast
four readings each
½)

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(b) Labelling 1 mark (c ) (i) Concentration of HCl
Scale 1 mark 1.6 mole / litre 1/t = 4.975 x 10-3 sec-1
Plots 1 mark t = 201 sec
Curve 1 mark (ii) Concentration of Hcl
0.667 mole/lit.
1
/t = 4.75 x 10-3 sec-
t = 210.5 sec
(d) When the concentration of the acid is increased without altering the concentration
of the thiosulphate it becomes a limiting factor. As the concentration
increases time decreases.

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3.
Observation Inferences
(a) - Burns with a smoky √ ½ yellow - Long chain carbon cpd √ ½
flame / smoky sooty flame Unsaturated / - C= C – or C = C
- Brown residue changes yellow as Pb2+ ions present √ ½ ( 1 mark )
it cools √ ½
( 1 mark )
(b) Dissolves to form a colourless - Polar organic cpd.
solution √ ½ Or
(½ - Soluble salt present ½ mark
mark )
(c ) No effervescence / fizzing / bubbles - Absence of H+ / -COOH √ ½
(i) Reject: Hizzing sound
(½
mark )
c (ii) KMNO4 is not decolourized
KMNO4 do not change from purple C = C Or -C = C- absent
to colourless. -Unsaturated cpds absent
√( ½ mark ) -Penalize for R – OH ( 1 mark
(1
mark )
c White precipitate formed √ ½ Presence of Pb2+, Al3+
(iii) Insoluble in excess √ ½ (Absence of Zn2+)1
( 1 mark
)
c A yellow precipitate is formed √ ½ Pb2+ confirmed present √1
(iv) Insoluble in excess √ ½ ( 1 mark
)
( 1 mark )