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CHEM
PAPER 1B B Name of Candidate

HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY

EDUCATION EXAMINATION Candidate Number

Mock Examination

CHEMISTRY PAPER 1

SECTION B: Question-Answer Book B

This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTION B

(1) After the announcement of the start of the

examination, you should first write your name and
Candidate Number in the space provided on Page 1 and
stick barcode labels in the space provided on Pages 1, 3,
5, 7 and 9.

(2) Refer to the general instructions on the cover of the

Question Paper for Section A.

(3) This section consists of TWO parts, Parts I and II.

(4) Answer ALL questions in both Parts I and II. Write your
answers in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer
Book. Do not write in the margins. Answers written in
the margins will not be marked.

(5) An asterisk (*) has been put next to the questions where
one mark will be awarded for effective communication.

(6) Supplementary answer sheets will be provided on

request. Write your name, candidate number and mark
the question number box.

(7) No extra time will be given to candidates for writing

name, Candidate Number or filling in the question
number boxes after the ‘Time is up’ announcement.
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PART I
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 Sodium, magnesium and chlorine are elements in the same period of the Period Table.

(a) Draw the three-dimensional structure of the compound of sodium and chloride.

(1 mark)

(b) What is the increasing order of the melting point of above three elements?
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(2 marks)

(c) Complete the table below by starting the nature source

Element Extraction method with nature source

Sodium

Magnesium

Chlorine

(3 marks)

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2 For each of the following experiments, state the expected observation, and write the chemical
equation(s) for the reaction(s) involved.

(a) adding aluminium nitrate to sodium hydroxide until in excess.

(3 marks)

(b) passing ethene to bromine dissolved in organic solvent.

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3 Tin and iron are commonly used in manufacture of cans.

(a) Suggest why tin instead of zinc is used to make cans?

(1 mark)

(b) A mixture contains tin oxide and zinc oxide only. In an experiment for determining the empirical
formula of tin oxide, 49.89 g of the mixture was heated with carbon. Upon complete the reaction,
carbon dioxide, 9.81 g of zinc and 29.68 g of tin were formed.

(i) Calculate the empirical formula of tin oxide.

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(3 marks)

(ii) Write the chemical equations for the reaction involved in the experiment.

(2 marks)

(c) Suggest and explain the observation when the tin coating on the iron is scratched off.

(2 marks)

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4 Silver oxide cell is a primary cell containing potassium hydroxide. It is commonly used in small electric
device such as a watch.

(a) What is meant by the term ‘primary cell’ ?

(1 mark)

(b) Suggest why a silver oxide cell is suitable for a watch.

(1 mark)

(c) A student want to find out the mass of potassium hydroxide in the silver oxide cell with the
following steps.
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(I) The electrolyte of the cell is extracted and dissolves in 0.1 mol of HCl.
(II) The resulting solution is diluted to 100 cm3.
(III) 25 cm3 of the diluted solution is completely titrated by 45.5 cm3 of 0.5 mol dm-3 NaOH.

(i) Suggest a suitable indictor and state the colour change at the end point of the titration.

(ii) Calculate the mass of potassium hydroxide in the silver oxide cell.

(5 marks)

(d) Suggest a test to show the presence of hydroxide ion in the cell.

(2 marks)

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5 The equation below involves the reaction of ethene with chlorine.

(a) Name the type of reaction of ethene with chlorine.

(1 mark)

(b) Suggest and explain another chemical instead of chlorine can be used in the reaction that has
similar observation.
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(2 marks)

(c) Which chemical, chlorine or the chemical suggested in (b), has higher rate of reaction with ethene?
Explain your choice.

(2 marks)

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5 (d) Ethene is also a raw material for making plastic.

(i) Name the plastic produced from ethene and suggest one use of it.

(ii) Write the chemical equation for the polymerization of ethene.

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(3 marks)

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6 Refer to the set-up for electroplating a teapot shown in the diagram below.

(a) Suggest a suitable electrolyte for the electroplating.

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(1 mark)

(b) Small amount of copper(II) ion are found in the electrolyte but Tom claims that it would not affect
the process. Do you support Tom’s statement?

(1 mark)

(c) Write the chemical equation of the reaction that occur at the electroplating process.

(1 mark)

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(d) Suggest a method to show that the concentration of silver ion in the solution is constant.

(2 marks)

(e) It is known that 16.19 g of silver is plated on the teapot. Calculate the number of electrons that
have pass through the external circuit during the electroplating process.
(Relative atomic mass: Ag = 107.9 ; Avogadro’s constant = 6.02 x 1023 mol-1 )
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(2 marks)

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7 Petrol is widely used in most types of transportation such as taxis. It contains hydrocarbon with straight
chain ranging from C5H12 to C10H20.

(a) Suggest a molecular structure of C15H28 and write the chemical equation of combustion of this
molecule.

(2 marks)

(b) Explain whether C5H12 and C10H20 belong to same homologous series.
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(1 mark)

(c) The table shows the supply and demand of petrol and fuel oil.

(i) Suggest a reason why the demand of fuel oil is lower than petrol.

(1 mark)

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7 (c) (ii) Fuel oil can be converted to petrol through cracking. Pentacosane, C25H52, is one of the
components in fuel oil and can be cracked to produce C5H12 and C5H10 under suitable
conditions. Draw a diagram to show how the process is carried out in the school laboratory.

(2 marks)
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(iii) Calculate the standard enthalpy change of cracking of pentacosane, C25H52
(Standard enthalpy changes of combustion :
C5H10 (l) = -3349.0 kJ mol-1 ; C5H12 (l) = -3273.0 kJ mol-1 ; C25H52(s) = -15633.0 kJ mol-1)

(3 marks)

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PART II
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

8. Consider the reaction below :

H2O2(aq) H2O(l) + O2(g)

At room temperature and pressure, hydrogen peroxide undergoes decomposition in a conical flask
which contains 30 cm3 of 0.1 mol dm-3 of hydrogen peroxide and small amount of catalyst.
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(a) State one expected observation at the end of the reaction.

(1 mark)

(b) Calculate the theoretical volume of oxygen produced at room temperature and pressure.
(Molar volume of gas at room temperature and pressure = 24 dm3 ;
Relative atomic mass: O = 16 )

(3 marks)

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(c) Suggest how to measure the rate of reaction with syringe.

(2 marks)

(d) The graph below shows the variation of the volume of oxygen produced with time from start until
the completion of reaction. Curve X was obtained without any modification.
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Suggest how to modify the experiment can obtain curve Y and curve Z.

(2 marks)

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9 (a) For each of the molecule below, draw the three-dimensional structure.

(i) BH3

(ii) CH3Cl
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(2 marks)

(b) Compare the boiling point of BH3 and CH3Cl

(2 marks)

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9 (c) The graph below shows the variation in the atomic radii of elements across Period 2 of the periodic
table.

(i) Explain the trend of the curve above.

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(ii) Sketch on the same graph to show the trend of atomic radii of elements across Period 3.
Briefly explain your sketch.

(6 marks)

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10 Refer to the following chemical equation :

CH3COOH(aq) ⇄ CH3COO-(aq) + H+(aq) ∆H > 0

0.5 mol of ethanoic acid dissolve in water and dissociate as the above equation. The pH of solution
equals to 2.87 at 298 K.

(a) The pH of an aqueous solution is defined as -log[H+(aq)]. Find, at this temperature, the [H+(aq)]

(2 marks)

(b) Calculate the volume of water should be added to make the pH of solution equals to 5.1. Given
that the Kc equals to 1.85 x 10-5 mol dm-3.
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(3 marks)

(c) State the effect on pH value of the solution when the temperature raise to 398 K.

(2 marks)

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11 You are provided with , inorganic reagents and organic solvents.

Outline a synthetic route, with no more than three steps, to obtain the following compound :

For each step, give the reagent(s), reaction conditions (as appropriate) and structure of the organic
product.
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*12 Using CH3CHCHCH3 as an example, write a paragraph to illustrate the physical properties of a pair of
geometrical isomer (cis-trans isomer). Suitable diagram(s) should be included in your answer.

(5 marks)
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