Exam 1 C111

SUMMER 2011

Name __________________________

Multiple choice, 5 points each. Circle the letter of the best response for each question. Partial credit MAY be awarded for certain problems if some work or th ought process is shown. 1. Choose the best example of what is meant by a "compound": a) a sample of water, H2O b) a block of gold c) a salt water solution d) milk 2. A sample of silicon has mass 5.00742 g. How many moles of silicon are in thi s sample? ol a) 8.31 x 1024 mol d) 5.610 mol b) 0.1561 mol c) 0.1783 m

3. Compute the density of a cube of aluminum having a mass of 14.8827 g. The le ngth of each edge is 1.7600 cm. a) 0.323 g/cm3 b) 2.73 g/ cm3 d) 3.10 cm3 e) 8.46 g/ cm3 c) 2.82 g/cm3

4. The melting point of 1 dodecyne is 19 oC. What is this temperature expressed as Kelvins? a) 19 K K

5. What is the answer, using the correct number of significant figures, when th e following calculation is performed: = ? (all of the an swers are computed correctly) 0.57 a) 0.57406 e) 0.6 b) 0.5740 c) 0.574 d)

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342 nanometers (nm) is how many millimeters (mm)? a) 3.42 x 106 mm d) 3.42 x 104 mm b) 3.42 x 104 mm c) 3.42 x 101 mm

7. For the chemist, precision is best defined as: a) How close repeated measurements are to each other.

b) 14 K

c) 254 K

d) 292

b) When the most often obtained value is the "true" value in repeated m easurements. c) How carefully the experiment or measurement is performed. d) How close a measurement is to the "true" value. 8. A chemist reported 52.4784 g of product for a certain reaction. The chemist also reported this represented a 73.00 % yield. How much product had been t heoretically predicted? a) 14.17 g d) 66.65 g b) 20.52 g e) 71.89 g c) 38.31 g

9. A stream of sub atomic particles escapes through a tiny hole in a lead box. T he particle beam is passed between electrically charged plates, as illustrated. A sheet of target material shows the locations where the particles strike. After some time, three regions of impact are observed, indicated by the letters A, B and C in the drawing. Which of the following statements best explains this obse rvation? a) the particles had different trajectories out (+) of the source block and strike the target randomly. B b) this stream of particles consists of three kinds: one positive, one negative, and one with no charge. A c) the nucleus is very dense and occupies relatively particle beam little of the atom's volume. Particle d) the particles all have very different masses and C travel at very different velocities. () target source

10. The elements F, Cl, Br, I, and At are all members of the group called.. a) halogens c) alkali metals gases 11. A sample of pure platinum contained 7.50 x 1021 atoms. What is the mass of this sample, in milligrams? (platinum is atomic number Z = 78.) a) 2.43 x 103 mg d) 62.7 mg b) 2.43 mg c) 971 mg b) chalcogens d) alkaline earth metals e) inert

12. Compute the molar mass of the compound, (NH4)2CO3 est integer.) a) 46 g/mol d) 96 g/mo b) 52 g/mol

(Round to the near c) 78 g/mol

13. What is the mass of a sample of pure osmium, if the sample consists of 4.12 x 103 moles? The atomic mass of osmium is 190.20 g/mol. a) 4.12 x 103 g d) 0.784 g b) 2.17 x 105 g c) 4.72 g

14. What element is produced by this nuclear reaction? + _?_ + a) b) c) d)

15. Isotopes are.? a) the radioactive forms of an element b) unstable forms of an element that give off harmful radiation. c) atoms that have either an excess or a deficiency of electrons compar ed to the number of protons in the nucleus. d) different forms of an element, for example O2 and O3, are two forms of oxygen e) Forms of an element having different numbers of neutrons in the nucl eus and different masses.

16. A atom sized particle consists of the following sub atomic particles: protons, 40 neutrons, 29 electrons. What is this particle? a) 17. A mixture a) two b) two c) two d) the mixture eans b) c) d)

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of two substances would be called "heterogeneous" if.. or more elements were present or more compounds were present or more phases of matter were present could not be separated by physical means, but only by chemical m

Short Answer Question. 18. (5 pts) Fill in the table below, writing the one or two letter chemical sy mbol for the elements named, and writing the names for the symbols given. Chemical Symbol Element Name Ne beryllium S K P

Computations: Show work. No credit given if no work or set up is shown. 19. (5 pts) Mystery element "M" has three naturally occurring isotopes that acc ount for essentially all of the element in nature. The percent abundance and exa ct mass of each are as shown in the data table. What is the calculated average mass of element "M"? Identify element "M" from the periodic table. (Caution: th e calculated average mass may not exactly match your periodic table; note the pe rcents do not quite add to 100%.) Mass spec peak # 1 5.8 #2 91.72 #3 2.3 Abundance, % 53.939612 55.934939 56.935396 Exact mass, g/mole

20. (5 pts) The percent composition by mass of a compound composed of chromium, Cr, and sulfur, S, is given below. Determine the formula for this compound. % chromium = 51.945 % ( atomic mass of chromium = 51.996 g/mol) % sulfur = 48.055 % (atomic mass of sulfur = 32.066 g/mol)