GENERAL CHEMISTRY C.

Burning of Wood : Combustion (Fuel

1. The study of matter + O2------CO2 +H2O
A. Chemistry D. Distillation of Water
B. Metteriology 8. Correctly balancing a chemical equation
C. Toxicology is a demonstration of which law?
D. Generalism A. Law of Conservation of Mass
2. What is the method used in the B. Law of Definite Proportion
production of dry ice? C. Law of Combining Moles
A. Sublimation D. Law of Combining Volumes
B. Condensation 9. Which of the following is correctly
C. Deposition matched?
D. Evaporation A. Dalton: energy states: solid sphere
3. Simplest forms of substances B. Bohr: Indestructible sphere: Dalton
A. Compound C. Democritus: indivisible particles
B. Elements D. Rutherford: 3D space: Schrodinger
C. Mixture 10. The mass of atom is highly dependent
D. None of the above on
4. Which of the following substance is A. Proton
pure? B. Electron
A. 5% Dextrose: 5mL of dextrose in C. Neutron
100ml of H2O D. A and B
B. Table Sugar: Sucrose (C12H22O11) E. A and C
C. Blood: plasma, hgb, platelets 11. Who was responsible for the
D. Rubbing Alcohol: mixture of 70% development of Periodic Table?
isopropyl alcohol & 30% water A. Avogadro
5. Homogenous mixture : uniform B. Le Chatelier
throughout the mixture C. Lavoisier
A. Solution D. Mendeleev
B. Air 12. Which quantum number determines the
C. Both A and B orientation in space of electrons?
D. None of the Above A. Principal
6. The following are properties of colloids, B. Azimuthal
except: C. Angular
A. Exhibit Brownian motion D. Magnetic
B. Exhibit Tyndall Effect 13. Dumbell-shaped orbital
C. Electrically neutral A. s
D. Include gels, sols, and emulsions B. p
7. Which of the following processes is a C. d
physical change? A(solid)-----A(liquid) D. f
A. Fermentation of Milk: Milk to lactic 14. A d subshell has how many orbitals?
acid (sour) A. 1
B. Neutralization HCl + NaOH – NaCl + B. 3
C. 5
H2O D. 7
E. 9
15. L= 2, which of the following is correct? 22. Compare Gallium and silicon in terms of
A. It can hold a maximum of 6 electronegativity
A. Gallium is more electronegative than Silicon
electrons B. Gallium is less electronegative than Silicon
B. It is an f orbital C. Both have comparable electronegativities
C. It can hold 14 electrons D. They cannot be compared, each is unique
D. It is a d orbital 23. All of the following are characteristics of
16. It is impossible to determine simultaneously the Nonmetals, except:
momentum and position of the electron A. Good conductors of electricity
according to : B. Often combine with each other by forming
A. Hund’s Rule covalent bonds
B. Pauli’s Exclusion Principle C. Tend to form negative ions in chemical
C. Aufbau’s Building Principle reactions with metals
D. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle D. Appear in the Right-hand corner of the
17. Which of the following statements about periodic table
quantum theory is incorrect? 24. Which of the following elements is the most
A. The energy and position of an electron metallic?
cannot be determined simultaneously- A. Br
Heisenberg B. I
B. Lower energy orbitals are filled with C. Cl
electrons before higher orbitals- Aufbau D. F
C. When filling orbitals of equal energy, two 25. Which of the following are metalloids?
electrons will occupy the same orbital A. Sc, Lr, Zn, Uub
before filling a new orbital- deviates hund’s B. B, O, F, Ne
rule C. Ge, As, Te
D. No two electrons can have the same four D. Ne, Ar, Kr
quantum numbers-Paulis exclusion 26. Produced by filling an orbital by an electron
18. Which of the following does not represent any which is not removed from its atom but is held
existing element? mutually by two atoms concerned
A. [Kr] 4d25s2 A. Ionic Bond
B. [Kr] 4d125s25p66s1 B. Covalent Bond
C. [Xe] 4f75d16s2 C. Chemical Bond
D. [Xe] 4f145d106s26p67s1 D. Hydrogen Bond
19. All halogens have the following number of 27. As the number of bonds between two carbons
valence electrons: increases, which of the following decreases?
A. 2 A. Number of Electrons
B. 5 B. Bond Energy
C. 3 C. Bond Length
D. 7 D. All of the above
20. The following increases across period except: 28. A certain bond in Compound J has an
A. Electronegativity electronegativity difference of 1.43, therefore
B. Non-metallic Character the bond is
C. Electron Affinity A. Nonpolar
D. Atomic Radius (along with metallic B. Polar Bond
property) C. Ionic Bond
21. Which pair of elements below have the highest D. None of the Above
and lowest electron affinities, respectively? 29. Substance A is polar while Substance B is non-
A. He and Rn polar, how does the solubility of A compared
B. F and Fr with that of B in hexane?
C. Ac and F A. Solubility A is Lower – since hexane is non-
D. Li and Nb polar, its solubility is greater in substance B.
Like dissolves like
B. Solubility of A is higher
 C. Solubilities are equal C. Flask C
D. No conclusion can be made D. All are the same
30. If hydrogen bonds in a molecule increased in 38. Which of the following states the relative
number, the polarity _____ and water-solubility velocities of gases?
_____ A. Henry’s Law
A. Increases; decreases B. Boyle’s Law
B. Increases; increases C. Dalton’s Law
C. Decreases; increases D. Graham’s Law
D. Decreases; decreases 39. Given the equation: C2H2 + O2 if 8g of O2 was
31. What intermolecular force/s exist between Cl2 present. What amount of Ethyne could have
and CBr4 reacted with all that O2 and how much CO2
A. Dipole-Dipole could have been produced? Use AW in whole
B. Ion-induced dipole number
C. London A. 13g Ethyne and 11g CO2
D. Both A and B B. 2.3g Ethyne and 7.3g CO2
32. The following substances can form H bond with C. 3.2g Ethyne and 6.4g CO2
water, except: D. 2.6g Ethyne and 8.8g CO2
A. NH3 40. When Barium Chloride reacts with Sodium
B. HCOOH Sulfate, the products are table salt and BaO4.
C. CH4 What type of reaction is this?
D. HF A. Combustion
33. A compound with the general formula AX2E2 has B. Neutralization
which geometry? C. Combination
A. Tetrahedral D. Metathesis
B. Bent BaCl2 + Na2SO4 ----NaCl + BaSO4
C. Square planar 41. Mg (s) + ZnCl2
D. See-saw A. ZnCl2 + MgCl2
34. Which of the following is correct? B. Zn + MgCl2
A. 1 atm = 760mmHg C. Zn + Mg + Cl2 (g)
B. 1 atm=760 torr D. No reaction occurs
C. 1 atm = 1.101x105 Pa 42. Absolute Zero Temperature
D. All of the above A. 0o C
35. Which of the following is not a value of the B. 0 K
universal gas constant R? C. 0o F
A. 0.0820 L.atm/K.mol D. 0oK
B. 0.0845 L.bar/K.mol 43. States that the entropy of a pure, crystalline
C. 8.314 J/K.mol solid at absolute zero temperature is zero
D. 8.3145 L.kPa/K.mol A. Third law of thermodynamics
36. The body temperature is about 308K. On a cold B. Second law of thermodynamics
day, what volume of air at 273K must a person C. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
with a lung capacity of 2.00L breathe in order to D. First law of thermodynamics
fill the lungs? This situation is governed by which 44. Gibbs Free Energy
law? A. G= H+T S
A. Avogadro’s Law B. G = H -T S
B. Boyle’s Law C. G= S–T H
C. Charle’s Law D. G= S + T H
D. Dalton’s Law 45. Which of the following has the highest entropy?
37. Consider three 1-L flasks at STP. Flask A contains A. Butter
NH3 gas, Flask B contains NO2 gas, and Flask C B. Coffee
contains N2 gas. Which contains the largest C. Mind
number of Molecules? D. Freon -GAS
A. Flask A 46. Positive H denotes a/an:
B. Flask B A. Exothermic Reaction
 B. Endothermic Reaction
C. Spontaneous Reaction
D. Non-spontaneous Reaction
47. Which of the following facts illustrates the effect
of the nature of reactants on the reaction rates?
A. In 0.1M HCl solution, powdered CaCO3
dissolves faster than a chunk of CaCO3
B. Mg dissolves faster in 6M HCl than in 1M
HCl --Concentration
C. In 3M HCl solution, Mg ribbon reacts faster
than Fe filling
D. Formation of cloudy mixture from
decomposition of sodium thiosulfate in
water takes shorter time at 50oC than at
25oC—Temperature
48. What statements apply for the energy diagram
presented?
A. Exothermic
B. A positive enthalpy
C. Spontaneous
D. Two of the above
49. A catalyst performs the following except:
A. Raises activation energy
B. Lowers activation energy
C. Favors formation of product
D. Two of the above
50. A system in which two opposing reactions are
proceeding at the same rate:
A. Chemical Equilibrium
B. Chemical Reaction
C. Chemical Kinetics
D. Chemical Thermodynamics