General Chemistry 1A

Exam 2
November 7, 2016
University of California, Riverside
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) When power was turned off to a 30.0 gal. water heater, the temperature of the water dropped from 75.0C to
22.5C. How much heat was lost to the surroundings?
A) -2.49 10 10 kJ
B) -2.49 kJ
C) -2.49 10 4 kJ
D) -2.49 10 3 kJ
E) -2.49 10 7 kJ

2) 1674 J of heat are absorbed by 25.0 mL of NaOH (d = 1.10 g/mL, specific heat = 4.10 J/g C). The temperature
of the NaOH goes up how many degrees?
A) 14.2 C
B) 14.8 C
C) 18.0 C
D) 17.2 C
E) 19.1 C

3) How much heat is required to raise the temperature of 175 g of aluminum from 21.0C to 145C? The specific
heat of aluminum is 0.903 J g -1 C -1.
A) 22.9 kJ
B) 19.6 kJ
C) 24.0 kJ
D) 1.27 J

4) 100.0 g of nickel at 150 C was placed in 1.00 L of water at 25.0C. The final temperature of the nickel-water
mixture was 26.3C. What is the specific heat of the nickel?
A) 0.55 J/g C
B) 0.44 J/g C
C) 0.23 J/g C
D) 0.14 J/g C
E) 0.13 J/g C

5) 5.04 10 -3 mole of a compound is added to 41.0 g of water in a styrofoam cup and stirred until it dissolves.
The temperature of the solution changes from 23.460C to 23.420C. What is the heat of solution of the
compound expressed in kJ/mol? Assume the specific heat of the solution is 4.18 J/g C.
A) -0.035 J/mol
B) -1.4 kJ/mol
C) 2.8 kJ/mol
D) 1.4 kJ/mol
E) -2.8 kJ/mol

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 6) The specific heat of copper is 0.385 J/(g C). If 34.2 g of copper, initially at 25C, absorbs 4.689 kJ, what will
be the final temperature of the copper?
A) 356C
B) 381C
C) 25.4C
D) 27.8C

7) What is the final temperature in the bomb calorimeter if 1.785 grams of benzoic acid (HC 7H5O2) is
combusted in a calorimeter with a heat capacity of 5.02 kJ/C and initial temperature of 24.62 C? The heat of
combustion of benzoic acid is -26.42 kJ/g.
A) 31.2C
B) 51.0C
C) 29.8C
D) 15.5C
E) 33.7C

8) What volume of 6.0 M sulfuric acid is required for the preparation of 500.0 mL of 0.30 M solution?
A) 100 mL
B) 30 mL
C) 40 mL
D) 25 mL
E) 50 mL

9) If 5.97 mL of a solution of NaCl contains 2.54 mg of sodium ion, what is the molarity of the sodium chloride
solution?
A) 1.85 10 -2 M
B) 1.85 10 -5 M
C) 0.102 M
D) 7.28 10 -3 M
E) 0.425 M

10) What volume of 2.0 M HCl, in mL, is required to dissolve a 10.0 g piece of Zn?
Zn(s) + 2 HCl ZnCl2 + H2(g)
A) 170 mL
B) 310 mL
C) 330 mL
D) 76 mL
E) 150 mL

11) What is the molarity of methanol, CH3OH (d = 0.792 g/mL), if 150.0 mL is dissolved in enough water to
make 4.00 L of solution?
A) 1.17 M
B) 0.734 M
C) 3.71 M
D) 1.48 M
E) 0.927 M

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12) The molarity of a solution that contains 14.7 g of H2SO4 in 200.0 mL solution is ________.
A) 0.75 M
B) 0.77 M
C) 3.0 M
D) 7.4 M
E) 1.5 M

13) A solution is prepared by dissolving 17.75 g sulfuric acid, H2SO4, in enough water to make 100.0 mL of
solution. If the density of the solution is 1.1094 g/mL, what is the molarity?
A) 0.1775 M H2SO4
B) 1.810 M H2SO4
C) 0.1810 M H2SO4
D) 1.940 M H2SO4

14) Molarity is defined as moles of solute per

A) liter of solution.
B) total moles present.
C) mole of solvent.
D) kilogram of solvent.

15) If the percent yield is 82.0%, how many grams of silicon is needed to make 105 g of chromium by the
reaction: 3 Si (s) + 2 Cr203 (s) 3 SiO2 (s) + 4 Cr (l)?
A) 51.9 g
B) 42.5 g
C) 13.0 g
D) 92.2 g
E) 34.9 g

16) Cryolite is a compound needed for the Hall-Heroult process for producing aluminum. Cryolite is produced
by the following reaction:
6 HF + Al(OH)3 + 3 NaOH Na3AlF 6 + 6 H2O
How many grams of cryolite are produced if the reaction has a 67.3% yield and a limiting reagent of 35.4
grams of NaOH?
A) 186 g
B) 61.9 g
C) 20.2 g
D) 41.7 g
E) 125 g

17) In the following reaction:

2 KClO 3(s) 2 KCl(s) + 3 O2(g)
14.0 g KClO3 yielded 1.40 g KCl. What is the percent yield?
A) 32.9%
B) 10.0%
C) 16.4%
D) 6.08%
E) 11.0%

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18) Chromium in its +VI oxidation state is considered a hazardous, carcinogenic species, destruction of which
may be accomplished by the process symbolized as:
4 Zn + K2Cr2O7 + 7 H2SO4 4 ZnSO 4 + 2 CrSO4 + K2SO4 + 7 H2O
If 1.0 mol of each reactant is mixed, what is the limiting reagent, and what is the theoretical yield of
chromium(II) sulfate?
A) Zn, 0.50 mol
B) H2, 1.0 mol
C) K2Cr2O7, 2.0 mol
D) H2SO4, 0.29 mol
E) no limiting reagent, 1.0 mol

19) Write the complete balanced equation for the complete combustion reaction expected to occur between
C3H7OH and O2.
A) 2 C 3H7OH + 9 CO2 6 CO2 + 8 H2O + 9 C
B) 2 C 3H7OH + 9 O2 6 C + 8 H2 + 10 O2
C) 2 C 3H7OH + 9 O2 6 CO2 + 8 H2O
D) 2 C 3H7OH + 6 CO2 CO + 8 H2O
E) C3H7OH + O 2 3 CO2 + 4 H2O

20) What is the sum of the coefficients when the following equation is balanced with the smallest integer
coefficients?
H2SO3 + Al(OH)3 Al2(SO 3)3 + H2O
A) 12
B) 4
C) 14
D) 5
E) 11

21) Which of the following pairs react to give both a precipitation and a neutralization reaction?
A) Mg(OH)2(aq) and H2SO4(aq)
B) Sr(OH)2(aq) and HNO3(aq)
C) Ca(OH)2(aq) and H2SO4(aq)
D) Ba(OH)2(aq) and HNO3(aq)

22) Write the net ionic equation for the reaction of barium chloride and sodium sulfate.
A) Ba2+ + SO 42- BaSO4(aq)
B) BaCl(aq) + NaSO4(aq) BaSO4(s) + NaCl(aq)
C) Ba2+ + SO 42- BaSO4(s)
D) BaCl(aq) + SO 42- BaSO4(s) + Ba 2+
E) no reaction

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23) Write the net ionic equation for the reaction of lead(II) nitrate and sodium iodide.
A) Pb 2+ + 2 NaI(aq) PbI2(s) + 2 Na
B) Pb 2+ + 2 I- PbI2(s)
C) Pb 2+ + 2 I- Pb 2+ + 2 I-
D) Pb(NO3)2(aq) + 2NaI(aq) PbI2(s) + 2 NaNO 3(aq)
E) no reaction

24) Balance the following equation for an oxidation-reduction reaction occurring in an acidic solution:
HNO 3 + I2 HIO3 + NO 2 + H2O
The sum of the coefficients is ________.
A) 26
B) 28
C) 27
D) 33
E) 45

25) Balance the following equation for an oxidation-reduction reaction occurring in an acidic solution:
ClO4- + SO 32- SO 42- + Cl -
The sum of the coefficients is ________.
A) 6
B) 10
C) 12
D) 4
E) 8

26) Balance the chemical equation given below, and determine the number of milliliters of 0.0300 M phosphoric
acid required to neutralize 25.00 mL of 0.0150 M calcium hydroxide.
___ Ca(OH)2(aq) + ___ H3PO4(aq) ___ Ca3(PO4)2(s) + ___ H2O(l)
A) 8.33 mL
B) 1.69 mL
C) 18.8 mL
D) 12.5 mL

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Answer Key
Testname: F16 1A EXAM 2

1) C
2) B
3) B
4) B
5) B
6) B
7) E
8) D
9) A
10) E
11) E
12) A
13) B
14) A
15) A
16) D
17) C
18) D
19) C
20) A
21) C
22) C
23) B
24) C
25) B
26) A