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962/1 STPM 2023

MODUL g -CAKNA STPM PAPER 1

CHEMISTRY 1 (KIMIA)

One and a half hours (Satu jam setengah)

SIJIL TINGGI PERSEKOLAHAN MALAYSIA

(MALAYSIA HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE)
Instructions to candidates:
For examiner‟s
DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE
use
TOLD TO DO SO.
(Untuk kegunaan
pemeriksa)
Answer all questions in Section A. Section A
Answer all questions in Section B.
Answer two questions only in Section C. Section B
All working should be shown. For numerical answers, unit should be quoted (Bahagian B)

wherever appropriate. 16
Answers may be written in either English or Malay.
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Arahan kepada calon
Section C
JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA ANDA DIBENARKAN
(Bahagian C)
BERBUAT DEMIKIAN

Jawab semua soalan dalam Bahagian A.

Jawab semua soalan dalam Bahagian B.
Jawab dua soalan sahaja dalam Bahagian C.
Semua kerja yang hendaklah ditunjukkan. Bagi jawapan berangka, unit hendaklah Total
(Jumlah)
dinyatakan di mana-mana yang sesuai.
Jawapan boleh ditulis dalam bahasa Inggeris atau Bahasa Malaysia.

This question paper consists of 10 printed pages

(Kertas soalan ini terdiri daripada 10 halaman bercetak )

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Section A [15 marks]

Answer all questions.

Indicate the correct answer on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet provided.

1 and are two isotopes of silicon. The relative atomic mass of Si is 28.1. Which
statement is true about these isotopes?

A is smaller than .

B and are radioactive.

C is more abundant than .

D The total number of sub-atomic particles in and is the same.

2 The mass spectrum of an element is shown below.

Which statement is true about the element?

A The element has two isotopes.
B Peak X is due to a dipositive ion.
C The element is a diatomic molecule.
D The relative atomic mass of element is 38.

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3 All the lines of the Lyman series in the emission spectrum of a hydrogen atom are shown in the
diagram below.

Which is true about the line marked Y on the spectrum?

A Appears in the visible region of the emission spectrum
B The wavelength is shorter than that of the convergent limit
C Resulted from the electronic transition of energy levels n= 4 to n= 1
D The frequency can be used to determine the ionisation energy of hydrogen

4 The proton number for species X is 8 and its nucleon number is 18. Species X has two electrons
less than the number of neutron. What is the charge on X?
A 0
B -1
C +1
D +2

5 Which of the following species would have the smallest M-A-M bond Angle?
[L= lone pair, A= central atom, M= terminal atom]
A AM4
B AM3
C AM3L
D AM2L2

6 Which of the following statements regarding π-bond is correct?

A It consists of four electrons.
B It is formed by the overlap of unhybridized orbital.
C It is stronger than a σ-bond
D It cannot be formed unless the two atoms are already joined by a double bond.

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7 Which of the following compounds contains more than four bonding electrons?
A BeCl2
B H2O
C SnCl2
D CO2

8 What are the lattice structure of solid diamond, iodine and silicon (IV) oxide?

Giant molecular Simple molecular

A Diamond, silicon (IV) oxide Iodine
B Diamond, iodine Silicone (IV) oxide
C Iodine Diamond, silicone (IV) oxide
D Silicone (IV) oxide Diamond, iodine

9 Which phase diagram is correct for water?

A

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10 The density of ice is 1.00 g dm-3. What is the volume of steam produced when 1.00 cm3 of ice
heated to 323°C at a pressure of 1 atm.
(1 mole gas occupies 24.0 dm3 at 25°C and 1 atm)
A 0.27 x 10-3 dm3
B 1.33 x 10-3 dm3
C 2.72 x 10-3 dm3
D 4.80 x 10-3 dm3

11 The rate of a first order reaction is 6.9 x 10-4 mol dm-3 s-1 when the concentration of the reactant
is 0.30 mol dm-3. Which statement is true about the reaction?
A The rate-determining step of the reaction involves two species.
B The half-life for the reaction is 2.5 x 102
C The activation energy for the reaction is low
D The rate constant for the reaction is 2.3 x 10-3 s-1

12 The acid catalysed reaction between propanone and iodine is:

The result of an experiment is shown in Figure 2 below:

From this, it can be concluded that

A The acid is not involved in the reaction.
B It is a third order reaction overall.
C The rate of reaction does not depend on the concentration of iodine.
D The rate-determining involve only iodine.

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13 The industrial process for the manufacture of ammonia is represented by the equation below:

Which of the following can be deduced for the following reaction:

A The reaction is exothermic.

B Catalyst will increase the value of equilibrium constant.
C The equilibrium constant increases as temperature decreases.
D The production of nitrogen increases with decreasing pressure.

14 An aqueous solution of a monobasic acid has pH of 3.5 . 25.0 cm3 of the acid solution is
completely neutralised by 27.5 cm3 of a 0.10 mol dm-3 alkaline solution. The value of the acid
dissociation constant , Ka of the acid is,

A 3.16 x 10-4 mol dm-3

B 3.48 x 10-5 mol dm-3
C 9.08 x 10-7 mol dm-3
D 9.98 x 10-8 mol dm-3

15 The boiling point composition phase diagram for a solution containing liquid mixture of X and
Y is below.

Which statement is true about the phase diagram?

A Liquid X is more volatile than liquid Y.
B Liquid X could be ethanol and liquid Y could be methanol.

C The solution shows the positive deviation from Raoult’s law.

D Fractional distillation of a solution containing 40% Y yields pure liquid Y and an azeotropic
mixture.

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Section B [15 marks]

Answer all questions.

Write the answers in the spaces provided.

16. a) Hypoflourous acid (HOF) is the only known molecules that contain element
hydrogen , oxygen and fluorine.

i) Draw a Lewis dot diagram for HOF molecules. [1]

ii) Identify the molecular shape ,bond angle and type of hybridisation in HOF molecules.
[3]

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iii) Determine the polarity of HOF molecules . Explain your answer. [3]

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iv) State one type of intermolecular force in HOF [1]

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17.a) In the offshore base oil drilling operation , methane gas (CH4 ) was found at the bottom of the sea

at 480O C and pressure of 12.8 atm.

i) Calculate the volume of the gas needed to be transferred to a container in the refinery mill with

the volume of 1.80 x 103 L at a pressure of 1.0 atm and temperature 27O C. [2]

ii) Determine the mass of the gas being transferred into a container [3]

b) Methane gas is real gas that deviates from ideality .

Why does methane gas behave as a real gas at room temperature ? [2]

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Section C [30 marks]

Answer two questions only.

Your may answer all the questions but, only the first two answers will be marked. Write the
answers on the answer sheets provided. Begin each answer on the new page of the answer sheet.

18 (a) Part of the Lyman series of the emission spectrum of hydrogen atom are shown in the diagram
below.

510.2 756.3
Wavelength, λ
Explain the formation of the emission spectrum above. [7]
(b) Explain how electron are filled in the orbitals of a fluorine atom by using Aufbau principle,
Pauli exclusion principle and Hund’s rule. [5]
(c ) The proton number of copper, Cu is 29.
i) Write the electronic configuration for Cu+ and Cu2+. [1]
ii) Based on the electronic configurations, which is more stable, Cu+ or Cu2+. Explain your
answer. [2]

19 (a)The decomposition of trichloroethanoic acid ( CCI3COOH) into carbon dioxide and

trichloromethane follows a first order mechanism with a half-life of 3 hours at 80 oC.

(i) Write the rate equation for the decomposition of trichloroethanoic acid. [1]
(ii) Calculate the fraction of the trichloroethanoic acid remain acid after 12 hours. [2]

(b) In another reaction, A → B, the initial rate is 1.7x10-4 moldm-3s-1 when the
concentration of A is 0.25 moldm-3.
(i) Calculate the rate of reaction when the concentration of A is 0.75 moldm-3 if the
reaction is second order with respect to [A] [4]

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(c ) The following data refers to the reaction between hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas to form
ammonia gas with and without catalyst.
∆H (kJ mol-1) Catalyst Activation energy (kJ mol-1)
-92 None 350
-92 Iron 160

(i) By using collision theory ,explain the effect of adding a catalyst (iron) to the rate of
reaction. [4]

(ii) This reaction involve a heterogenous catalysts , iron with nitrogen and hydrogen
gas .Explain how do heterogenous catalyst work . [4]

20. (a) State Le Chatelier’s principle. [2]

(b) Sulphur dioxide reacts with oxygen to produce sulphur trioxide which is then used to
manufacture sulphuric acid acid. Below is the equation for the reaction :

2SO2(g) + O2(g) 2SO3(g)

The forward reaction is exothermic.

(i) State the effect on the equilibrium if the temperature increase at constant pressure [1]
(ii) State the effect on the equilibrium if an inert gas is added to the reaction at constant
volume. [1]
(iii) What is the effect on this equilibrium if the volume of the reaction vessel is halved [3]

(c) Ethanoic acid is widely used in many industries. Commercially it is used in the
manufacturing esters, vinegar and many polymeric materials. When a 10.00 cm3 of a solution of
ethanoic acid was titrated with 0.050 mol dm-3 of sodium hydroxide solution, the following readings
were obtained.
Volume of 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00
3
NaOH/cm
pH 2.5 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.4 5.0 9.0 11.6 11.8

(i) Plot a graph of pH against of NaOH. [3]

(ii) From your graph, determine the equivalent point. Calculate the concentration and the
value of Ka for ethanoic acid . [5]

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