Instructions: 1: Please answer Part A on the answer sheet, Parts B & C in the space provided,
Part D on foolscap and graph paper.
2: Use the proper problem solving format when completing problems that involve
calculations, including significant digits.
4: The only resources allowed are a calculator and the resource booklet provided.
5: At the end of the exam, detach Parts B and C from the exam booklet, and arrange
the pages in the following order: Answer sheet, Part B, Part C, foolscap, Part A,
Part D, reference booklet. DO NOT STAPLE PAGES.
WRITE YOUR NAME ON EVERY PAGE TO BE EVALUATED.
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8. Which element has the ground state electron configuration [Ne] 3s 23p x13p y1 for its valence electrons?
a. Mg
b. Al
c. Si
d. P
e. S
9. Which sublevel, when full, corresponds to the lanthanide series of elements?
a. 3d
b. 3f
c. 4d
d. 4f
e. 5f
10. How does atomic radius change from left to right across a period in the periodic table?
a. It increases.
b. It decreases.
c. It stays the same.
d. It increases and then decreases.
e. It decreases and then increases.
11. A solid compound consists of ions bound in a crystal lattice. Which property would you not expect this solid
to have?
a. high melting point
b. good conductivity in the solid state
c. hard
d. soluble in a polar solvent
e. brittle
12. Which process produces the most energy?
a. cooking
b. chemical reaction
c. physical change
d. dissolution
e. nuclear reaction
13. Which substance has a standard enthalpy of formation, DH 0f , equal to zero?
a. gold, Au (s)
b. water, H 2O (l)
c. carbon monoxide, CO (s)
d. zinc, Zn (g)
e. water, H 2O (g)
14. 150.0 mL of water absorbs 7.84 kJ of energy. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.184 J/gC. What is the
temperature change?
a. 0.0125C
b. 12.5C
c. 353 K
d. 80C
e. 80 K
15. When a sample of potassium nitrate is dissolved in water, the temperature of the water changes from 23.5C
to 20.3C. Which statement describes this process?
a. This process is exothermic, so the surroundings get cooler.
b. This process is exothermic, so the surroundings get warmer.
c. This process is endothermic, so the surroundings get cooler.
d. This process is endothermic, so the surroundings get warmer.
e. None of the above options can be known for sure.
16. Which statement does not represent a rate?
a. The speed of a car is 45 km/h.
b. The half-life of an element is 12.4 h.
c. A family consumes 4 L of milk every three days.
d. It takes 15 min to walk to the store.
e. A cat eats three cans of wet food per week.
17. Which statement about the factors that affect reaction rates is false?
a. Decreasing the concentrations of the reacting particles decreases the chance of collision.
b. A collision with poor orientation requires a higher activation energy than a collision with
optimum orientation.
c. Increasing the pressure in a gaseous reaction increases the chance of collision.
d. A reaction occurs every time particles of the reactants collide.
e. Increasing the temperature increases the reaction rate.
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18. Use the Potential Energy Diagram. What is shown by the letter B?
a. the activation energy of the forward reaction
b. the activation energy of the reverse reaction
c. the transition state
d. the heat of reaction
e. the entropy of the reaction
19. Use the Potential Energy Diagram. What is shown by the letter C?
a. the activation energy of the forward reaction
b. the activation energy of the reverse reaction
c. the transition state
d. the heat of reaction
e. the entropy of the reaction
20. The isotope has a half-life of 165 days. The isotope has a half-life of 330 days.
Which statement about these two isotopes is false?
a. One year represents slightly more than two half-lives of a sample of the calcium isotope.
b. Almost all of 100 g of the calcium isotope will decay in one years time.
c. 100 g of the vanadium isotope will decay to somewhat less than 50 g in a year.
d. The calcium isotope decays at twice the rate of the vanadium isotope.
e. All of these statements are true.
Redox Equation:
KMnO 4 + HCl KCl + MnCl2 + Cl2 + H 2O
21. Use the Redox Equation. Which reactant is the oxidizing agent?
a. K +
b. KMnO 4
c. HCl
d. Cl-
e. Cl2
22. Which substance is the reducing agent in the following equation?
PbO 2 + Pb + 4H + 2Pb 2+ + 2H 2 O
a. Pb
b. PbO 2
c. H +
d. Pb 2+
e. H 2O
23. In which redox equation is the substance on the left reduced? (The equations are not balanced.)
a. Fe 2+ Fe 3+
b. NO 2 N 2 O 2 -
c. NH 3 NH 4
d. H 2O O 2 + 4H +
e. H 2SO 4 + NaOH H 2O + Na + + SO 42-
24. Which substance is the strongest oxidizing agent?
a. Fe
b. Br2
c. Cu 2+
d. Zn 2+
e. H 2
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25. A galvanic cell has a solid lead electrode in a solution of 1.0 mol/L Pb(NO 3)2 and a solid zinc electrode in a
solution of 1.0 mol/L Zn(NO 3)2. What reactant will be reduced?
a. Zn 2+
b. Pb 2+
c. Pb
d. Zn
e. NO 3-
26. A galvanic cell involves the following reaction. If the silver-copper cell is run long enough for a change of
1.08 g at the silver electrode, what will the change in mass at the copper electrode be?
2Ag + (aq) + Cu (s) 2Ag (s) + Cu 2+ (aq)
a. 1.08 g loss
b. 1.08 g gain
c. 0.32 gain
d. 0.63 g gain
e. 0.32 g loss
27. Which redox reaction is not spontaneous under standard conditions?
a. 2Fe + 3Br2 2Fe 3+ + 6Br-
b. 2Fe 3+ + 3Ni 2Fe + 3Ni2+
c. Fe 2+ + Ni Fe + Ni2+
d. 2Fe 3+ + Ni 2Fe 2+ + Ni2+
e. All of these reactions are spontaneous.
28. Which statement about electrolytic cells is not correct?
a. Electrons always flow from the anode.
b. The standard cell potential of an electrolytic cell is negative.
c. In an electrolytic cell, electroplating occurs at the cathode.
d. Reduction occurs at the cathode.
e. Oxidation occurs at the cathode.
29. Which situation represents an equilibrium system?
a. Water is running out of a tap into a bathtub at the same rate as water is draining out of the
bathtub.
b. CFCs are catalyzing the breakdown of ozone into oxygen gas at the same time as lightning
is creating ozone from oxygen gas.
c. Water is evaporating from a lake, and water vapour is condensing at the surface of the
lake.
d. Sugar in tea is dissolving into solution at the same rate as sugar is crystallizing out of
solution.
e. Rain falling on the ground makes mud puddles.
30. What is the correct equilibrium constant expression for the following reaction?
2NCl3(g) N 2(g) + 3Cl2(g)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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2. What are the three different molecular shapes that can occur with a tetrahedral geometric arrangement of
electron groups? (3)
5. The neutralization of nitric acid with potassium hydroxide has an enthalpy change of -53.4 kJ/mol. Write a
thermochemical equation for this reaction. (3)
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6. The reactant concentration of a first-order reaction is 0.05 mol/L, and the rate constant is 0.25 s- 1. What is the
rate of this reaction? (3)
7. What is the equilibrium constant expression for the following equilibrium reaction?
H 2O (g) + Cl2O (g) 2HOCl(g) (1)
8. If an acid dissolves a metal, has a redox reaction occurred? If so, what has been reduced and what has been
oxidized? Use Mg and HCl as reactants. (3)
9. Describe how cathodic protection prevents the corrosion of iron. Provide an example of a metal that is used in
cathodic protection. (3)
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2-fluoro-3,3-dimethylbutanal
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4-methylpentanamide
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meta-dimethylbenzene
CH 3 CH 2 )O)CH 2 CH 2 CH 3
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1. Balance the following redox reaction using the half-reaction method under acidic conditions.
FeAsS + NO 3- Fe 3+ + SO 42- + H 3AsO 4 + NO (5)
2. How long does it take to deposit 1.35 g of nickel from a solution of Ni(NO 3)2 onto the cathode of an
electrolytic cell, using a current of 1.50 A? Express your answer in minutes.
(Faraday Constant = 96 000 C/mol) (5)
3. Plants produce glucose from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. (5)
6CO 2(g) + 6H 2O (l) C 6 H 12O 6(s) + 6O 2(g)
a) The heat of formation of glucose is -1274.5 kJ/mol. Use this heat of formation, and standard enthalpies of
formation, to determine how much energy is needed from the Sun to make one mole of glucose.
b) Plants produce about 7.0 10 14 kg of glucose a year, using solar radiation. How much solar radiation is
used?
4. The two substances in the following table have similar molecular masses but very different boiling points.
Explain how this is possible. (5)
5. The data in the table below were collected for the following reaction.
2HI(g) H 2(g) + I2(g) (5)
At the end of the exam, detach Parts B and C from the exam booklet, and arrange
the pages in the following order:
Answer sheet, Part B, Part C, foolscap, Part A, reference booklet.
DO NOT STAPLE PAGES.
WRITE YOUR NAME ON EVERY PAGE TO BE EVALUATED
ANSWER SHEET
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MARKS
PART B ___________/10
PART C ___________/25
PART D ___________/25
TOTAL __________/90
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