CHEM1040 - Midterm Test #2 Practice

1. Pure acetic acid (HC2H3O2, 60.052 g·moL-1) is a liquid known as glacial acetic acid.
Calculate the molarity of a solution prepared by dissolving 50.00 mL of glacial acetic
acid at 25°C in sufficient water to produce 500.0 mL of solution. The density of glacial
acetic acid at 25°C is 1.05 g·mL–1.

2. What volume of 0.50 M KOH is required to neutralize completely 500 mL of 0.25 M

H3PO4?

3. Which one of the following salts gives a basic aqueous solution?

A) FeCl3
B) CH3NH3Cl
C) NaHCO3
D) NH4ClO4
E) NaHSO4

4. List all species present in a 1.00L solution of NaHCO3 from highest to lowest molar
amounts.

5. The following 0.10M aqueous solutions are arranged in order of increasing pH.
C6H5NH3I < HClO < unknown < CH3NH2
Which one of the following 0.10 M aqueous solutions is the unknown?
A) HF
B) (CH3)3N
C) (C2H5)3N
D) CH3COOH
E) C5H5NHBr

6. The pH of 0.10 M CH3COOH is 2.87. What is the percent ionisation of

CH3COOH(aq)?

7. Calculate the equilibrium constant for the reaction

2A+B⇌C+3D
given the following information:
Rxn 1:A+B⇌D
Rxn 2:A+E⇌C+D+F
Rxn 3:C+E⇌B
Rxn 4:F+C⇌D+B
K1=0.40 K2=0.10 K3=2.0 K4=5.0
8. The ionization constant of water at a certain temperature above 25 °C is 4.1x10-14.
What is the pH of pure water at this temperature?

9. Which of the following pairs does not show an acid and its conjugate base?
A) HNO3 and NO3-
B) H2SO4 and HSO4-
C) H2SO4 and SO42-
D) HSO4- and SO42-

10. Which pairs of ions can exist in large concentrations simultaneously in aqueous
solution?
A) Ag+ and Cl–
B) Ca2+ and CO32-
C) H3O and I–
D) Ba2+ and SO42–
E) H3O+ and CN-

11. Given the equilibrium constants for the following reactions:

4Cu(s) + O2(g) ⇌ 2Cu2O(s) K1
2CuO(s) ⇌ Cu2O(s) + ½O2(g) K2
What is K for the system: 2Cu(s) + O2(g) ⇌ 2CuO(s)?

12. A 50.0L reaction vessel contains 1.00 mol N2, 3.00 mol H2, and 0.500 mol NH3. Will
more ammonia, NH3, be formed or will it decompose when the mixture goes to
equilibrium at 300 oC?

13. Determine the pH of a 0.20M Ba(OH)2 solution.

14. Predict the direction of reaction when chlorine gas is added to an equilibrium
mixture of PCl3, PCl5, and Cl2. The reaction is:
PCl3(g) + Cl2(g) ⇌ PCl5(g)