Practice Test 20.

1 (vA pg 1 of 5) Electrochemistry
• This is practice - Do NOT cheat yourself of finding out what you are capable of doing. Be sure you
follow the testing conditions outlined below.
• DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR. You may use ONLY the green periodic table for questions 1-29.
• Work only for 40 minutes. Time yourself. It is important that you practice working for speed.
• Then when time is up, continue working without a calculator but use a different color writing utensil
so you will have a sense of how many you were able to complete under the time constraints and
without the calculator.
• After you have completed as many as possible without the calculator. Change to yet another color
utensil and continue with a calculator. Finish or change as many as you can/need to.

Consider this reaction: 3Au(s) + 8H+1 + 2NO3-1 → 3Au+2(aq) + 2NO(g) + 4H2O(L)

Mark each of the following statements (about the reaction above) as true or false.

1. T F Au(s) is reduced during the reaction.

2. T F The oxidation state of nitrogen changes from +6 to +2.
3. T F Hydrogen ions are oxidized when they form H2O(L).
4. T F 8 electrons are lost and 8 electrons are gained during this reaction.

5. Which substance is the oxidizing agent in the following 9. The half-reaction occurring at the anode in the balanced
reaction: reaction shown below is
Cr2O72- + 6S2O32- + 14H+ → 2Cr3+ + 3S4O62- + 7H2O 3MnO4-1 + 24H+ + 5Fe (s) → 3Mn2+ + 5Fe3+ + 12H2O
a. Cr2O72- a. Mn O4-1 + 8H+ + 5e- → Mn2+ + 4H2O
b. S2O32- b. 2MnO4-1 + 12H+ + 6e- → 2Mn2+ + 3 H2O
c. H+ c. Fe → Fe3+ + 3e-
d. Cr3+ d. Fe → Fe2+ + 2e-
e. S4O6 2- e. Fe2+ → Fe3+ + e-

6. What is the oxidation number of manganese in the 10. In a voltaic cell, electrons flow from the __________ to
KMnO4 the __________.
a. +1 a. salt bride, anode
b. +2 b. anode, salt bridge
c. +5 c. cathode, anode
d. +4 d. salt bridge, cathode
e. +7 e. anode, cathode

7. How many electrons appear in the following half-reaction

when it is balanced. 11. The oxidation half reaction occurring in the standard
hydrogen electrode is
Cr2O72- + 14H+1→ 2Cr+3 + 7H2O
a. H2 → 2H+1 + 2e-
a. 1 b. 2H+ + 2OH-1 → H2O
b. 2 c. O2 + 4H+ + 4e- → 2H2O
c. 3 d. 2H+ + 2e- → H2
d. 4 e. 2H+ + Cl2 → 2HCl
e. 6
12. The more __________ the value of E°red, the greater the
8. How many electrons appear in the following half-reaction driving force for oxidation.
when it is balanced. a. positive

S4O62- → 2S2O3-2 b. negative

c. exothermic
a. 6
d. endothermic
b. 2
e. extensive
c. 4
d. 1
e. 3
Practice Test 20.1 (vA pg 2 of 5) Electrochemistry

13. Given the following half reactions: 18. The standard cell potential (E°cell) for the reaction below
Sn4+ + 2e- → Sn2+ Eº = 0.15 V is +0.63 V. Determine the emf for this reaction when

Fe3+ + 1e- → Fe2+ Eº = 0.77 V [Zn2+] = 1.0 M and [Pb2+] = 1.0 × 10-4 M.

Determine the standard cell potential (E°cell) for the voltaic Pb2+ + Zn → Zn2+ + Pb
cell based on the reaction a. 0.39 V
Sn2+ + 2Fe3+ → 2Fe2+ + Sn4+ b. 0.51 V
a. +0.47 V c. 0.63 V
b. +0.62 V d. 0.75 V
c. +0.92 V e. 0.87 V
d. +1.39 V
e. +1.69 V 19. The reaction for the automobile lead/acid battery is
shown below. The lead-containing reactant(s) consumed
during recharging of a lead-acid battery is/are
14. When this reaction is balanced, the coefficient on the
Sn+2 is. PbO2(s) + Pb(s) + 2HSO4-2(aq) + 2H+1 → 2PbSO4(s) + 2H2O

Sn4+ + Cr → Cr3+ + Sn2+ a. Pb only

b. PbO2 only
a. 1
c. PbSO4 only
b. 2
d. both PbO2 and PbSO4
c. 3
e. both Pb and PbO2
d. 4
e. 6
20. How long will it take to plate out 2.19 g of chromium
metal from a solution of Cr3+ using a current of 35 amps
15. The relationship between the change in Gibbs free in an electrolyte cell?
energy and the emf of an electrochemical cell is given by
(2.19)(95,500)(52)(3)
a. ΔG = a. (35)

b. ΔG = (2.19)(35)(52)
b.
(96,500)(3)
c. ΔG = -nFE
d. ΔG = -nRTF (35)(52)
c.
(96,500)(3)(2.19)
e. ΔG =
(2.19)(96,500)(3)
d.
(52)(35)
16. The standard cell potential (E°cell) of the reaction below is
+0.126 V. The value of ∆G° for the reaction is (3)(96,500)
e.
Pb (s) + 2H+ (aq) → Pb2+ (aq) + H2 (g) (52)(35)(2.19)

a. -24,318 kJ 21. What mass of Ca metal is produced by the electrolysis of

b. +24,318 kJ molten CaBr2 using a current of 30.0 amp for 10.0 hours
c. -24.3 kJ (600)(40)(30)
d. +24.3 kJ (96,500)
a.
e. -12.1 kJ
(30)(600)(40)
17. Which transformation could take place at the anode of an b. (96,500)(2)
electrochemical cell?
a. Cr2O7-2 → Cr+2 (30)(10)(40)
c. (96,500)(2)
b. F2 to F-1
c. O2 to H2O (30)(600)(2)
d. HAsO2 to As d. (40)(96,500)
e. None of the above could take place at the anode.
(2)(96,500)
e. (30)(10)(40)
Practice Test 20.1 (vA pg 3 of 5) Electrochemistry

22. Which of the following reactions is a redox reaction? 27. Consider the half reactions shown below to answer the
i. K2CrO4 + BaCl2 → BaCrO4 + 2KCl following question:
Fe3+ + 1e- → Fe2+ Eº = 0.77 V
ii. Pb2+ + 2Br1- → PbBr2
Sn4+ + 2e- → Sn2+ Eº = 0.15 V
iii. Cu + S → CuS
Fe2+ + 2e- → Fe Eº = -0.44 V
a. i. only Cr3+ + 3e- → Cr Eº = -0.74 V
b. ii. only
Which of the following reactions will occur spontaneously
c. iii. only as written?
d. i. and iii. a. Sn4+ + Fe3+ → Sn2+ + Fe2+
e. ii. and iii. b. 3Fe + 2Cr3+ → 2Cr + 3Fe2+
c. Sn4+ + Fe2+ → Sn2+ + Fe
23. Which one of the following reactions is a redox reaction? d. 3Sn4+ + 2Cr → 2Cr3+ + 3Sn2+
a. NaOH + HCl → NaCl + H2O e. 3Fe2+ → Fe + 2Fe3+
b. Pb2+ + 2Cl-1 → PbCl2
c. AgNO3 + HCl → HNO3 + AgCl 28. Consider an electrochemical cell based on the reaction:
d. 2HC2H3O2 + Ca(OH)2 → 2H2O+ Ca(C2H3O2)2
2H+ + Sn → Sn2+ + H2
e. None of the above are redox reactions.
Which of the following actions would not change the
measured cell potential?
24. Which substance is the reducing agent in the following
a. lowering the pH in the cathode compartment
reaction?
b. addition of more metallic tin to the anode
Fe2S3 + 12HNO3 → 2Fe(NO3)3 + 3S + 6NO2 + 6H2O compartment
a. HNO3 c. increasing the tin(II) ion concentration in the anode
compartment
b. S
d. increasing the pressure of hydrogen gas in the
c. NO2
cathode compartment
d. Fe2S3
e. All of the above will change the measured cell
e. H 2O potential.

25. What is the coefficient of the permanganate ion when the 29. A concentration cell is constructed with two silver
following equation is balanced? electrodes, where the half-reaction is
MnO4-1 + Br-1 → Mn+2 + Br2 (acidic solution) AgCl(s) + e-1 → Ag(s) + Cl-1(aq) E° = +0.222 V
a. 1 The concentrations of chloride ion in the two
b. 2 compartments are 0.0222 M and 2.22 M. Determine the
cell emf.
c. 3
a. 0.212 V
d. 5
b. 0.118 V
e. 4
c. 0.00222 V
d. 22.2 V
26. It is possible to produce elemental iodine by electrolyzing
any of these iodine-containing compounds under the e. 0.232 V
proper conditions. Which compound will require the most
coulombs to produce one mole of iodine?
30. What mass of aluminum will be plated when 0.10 faraday
a. MgI2 is passed through out of an aqueous solution of
b. KIO aluminum sulfate.
c. Ba(IO2)2 a. 0.45 g
d. Al(IO3)3 b. 0.90 g
e. NaIO4 c. 2.7 g
d. 8.0 g
e. 16 g
Practice Test 20.1 (vA pg 4 of 5) Electrochemistry
Use your blue reduction charts to answer the following two questions.

31. Which of the halogens is the strongest oxidizing agent? 32. Using your Eº reduction chart, which substance can
a. Cl2 oxidize I-1 to I2 ?

b. Br2 a. Br2

c. F2 b. Ag

d. I2 c. Cu2+

e. All of the halogens have equal strength as oxidizing d. Ni2+

agents. e. Br-1

33. Balance the following redox reaction in a basic solution and answer the questions below

Cr2O7-2 + CH3OH → H2CO2 + Cr+3

a. Which element is reduced?

b. Which species is the reducing agent?
c. What is the number of electrons transferred?
d. What might color changes might you observe during the reaction
Practice Test 20.1 (vA pg 5 of 5) Electrochemistry

1 F
2 F
3 F
4 F
5 a
6 e
7 e
8 b
9 c
10 e
11 a
12 b
13 b
14 c
15 c
16 c
17 e
18 b
19 c
20 d
21 b
22 c
23 e
24 d
25 b
26 e
27 c
28 b
29 b
30 b
31 a
32 Cr
33 CH3OH
34 You would see a color change. Dichromate, Cr2O7-2 is orange and all the products are colorless.