Chemistry Final Exam Review 1
Chemistry Final Exam Review 1
Chemistry Final Exam Review 1
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The study of chemicals that, in general, do not contain carbon is traditionally called what type of chemistry ?
a. bio c. physical
b. inorganic d. analytical
____ 3. A golf ball has more mass than a tennis ball because it ____.
a. takes up more space c. contains different kinds of matter
b. contains more matter d. has a definite composition
____ 4. An example of an extensive property of matter is ____.
a. temperature c. mass
b. pressure d. hardness
____ 5. All of the following are physical properties of matter EXCEPT ____.
a. mass c. melting point
b. color d. ability to rust
____ 6. Which state of matter has a definite volume and takes the shape of its container?
a. solid c. gas
b. liquid d. both b and c
____ 10. Separating a solid from a liquid by evaporating the liquid is called ____.
a. filtration c. solution
b. condensation d. distillation
____ 11. A substance that can be separated into two or more substances only by a chemical change is a(n) ____.
a. solution c. mixture
b. element d. compound
____ 15. Which of the following does NOT involve a physical change ?
a. mixing c. grinding
b. melting d. decomposing
____ 17. When an iron nail is ground into powder, its mass ____.
a. stays the same c. increases
b. decreases d. cannot be determined
____ 19. The closeness of a measurement to its true value is a measu re of its ____.
a. precision c. reproducibility
b. accuracy d. usefulness
____ 20. If the temperature changes by 100 K, by how much does it change in C?
a. 0 C c. 100 C
b. 37 C d. 273 C
____ 21. What is the density of an object having a mass of 8.0 g and a volume of 25 cm ?
a. 0.32 g/cm c. 3.1 g/cm
b. 2.0 g/cm d. 200 g/cm
____ 22. As the density of a substance increases, the volume of a given mass of that substance ____.
a. increases c. decreases
b. is not affected d. fluctuates
____ 23. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element is a(n) ____.
a. atom c. proton
b. electron d. neutron
____ 24. Which of the following is NOT a part of Dalton's atomic theory?
a. All elements are composed of atoms.
b. Atoms are always in motion.
c. Atoms of the same element are identical.
d. Atoms that combine do so in simple whole-number ratios.
____ 25. Which of the following is true about subatomic particles?
a. Electrons are negatively charged and are the heaviest subatomic particle.
b. Protons are positively charged and the lightest subatomic particle.
c. Neutrons have no charge and are the lightest subatomic particle.
d. The mass of a neutron nearly equals the mass of a proton.
____ 27. The particles that are found in the nucleus of an atom are ____.
a. neutrons and electrons c. protons and neutrons
b. electrons only d. protons and electrons
____ 28. As a consequence of the discovery of the nucleus by Rutherford, which model of the atom is thought
to be true?
a. Protons, electrons, and neutrons are evenly distributed throughout the volume of the atom.
b. The nucleus is made of protons, electrons, and neutrons.
c. Electrons are distributed around the nucleus and occupy almost all the volume of the atom.
d. The nucleus is made of electrons and protons.
____ 30. The atomic number of an element is the total number of which particles in the nucleus?
a. neutrons c. electrons
b. protons d. protons and electrons
____ 31. An element has an atomic number of 76. The number of protons and electrons in a neutral atom of
the element are ____.
a. 152 protons and 76 electrons c. 38 protons and 38 electrons
b. 76 protons and 0 electrons d. 76 protons and 76 electrons
____ 32. The sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom equals the ____.
a. atomic number c. atomic mass
b. nucleus number d. mass number
____ 33. What does the number 84 in the name krypton-84 represent?
a. the atomic number c. the sum of the protons and electrons
b. the mass number d. twice the number of protons
____ 34. All atoms of the same element have the same ____.
a. number of neutrons c. mass numbers
b. number of protons d. mass
____ 37. Which of the following sets of symbols represents isotopes of the s ame element?
a. J J J c. M M M
b. L L L d. Q Q Q
____ 38. In which of the following is the number of neutrons correctly represented?
a. F has 0 neutrons. c. Mg has 24 neutrons.
b. As has 108 neutrons. d. U has 146 neutrons.
____ 39. What unit is used to measure weighted average atomic mass?
a. amu c. angstrom
b. gram d. nanogram
____ 40. In the Bohr model of the atom, an electron in an orbit has a fixed ____.
a. position c. energy
b. color d. size
____ 41. How does the energy of an electron change when the electron moves closer to the nucleus?
a. It decreases. c. It stays the same.
b. It increases. d. It doubles.
____ 43. How many energy sublevels are in the second principal energy level?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
____ 44. What is the maximum number of d orbitals in a principal energy level?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 5
____ 45. The shape (not the size) of an electron cloud is determined by the electron's ____.
a. energy sublevel c. speed
b. position d. principal quantum number
____ 46. The letter "p" in the symbol 4p indicates the ____.
a. spin of an electron c. principle energy level
b. orbital shape d. speed of an electron
____ 47. What is the next atomic orbital in the series 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p?
a. 2d c. 3f
b. 3d d. 4s
____ 50. How many unpaired electrons are in a sulfur atom (atomic number 16)?
a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3
____ 51. How does the speed of visible light compare with the speed of gamma rays, when both speeds are mea sured
in a vacuum?
a. The speed of visible light is greater.
b. The speed of gamma rays is greater.
c. The speeds are the same.
d. No answer can be determined from the information given.
____ 52. Which color of visible light has the shortest waveleng th?
a. yellow c. blue
b. green d. violet
____ 53. Which of the following electromagnetic waves have the highest frequencies?
a. ultraviolet light waves c. microwaves
b. X-rays d. gamma rays
____ 55. How are the frequency and wavelength of light related?
a. They are inversely proportional to each other.
b. Frequency equals wavelength divided by the speed of light.
c. Wavelength is determined by dividing frequency by the speed of light.
d. They are directly proportional to each other.
____ 56. The light given off by an electric discharge through sodium vapor is ____.
a. a continuous spectrum c. of a single wavelength
b. an emission spectrum d. white light
____ 57. Which scientist developed the quantum mechanical model of the atom?
a. Albert Einstein c. Niels Bohr
b. Erwin Schrodinger d. Ernest Rutherford
____ 58. According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, if the position of a moving particle is known, what
other quantity CANNOT be known?
a. mass c. spin
b. charge d. velocity
____ 61. Which of the following elements is in the same period as phosphorus?
a. carbon c. nitrogen
b. magnesium d. oxygen
____ 63. The modern periodic table is arranged in order of increasin g atomic ____.
a. mass c. number
b. charge d. radius
____ 64. Of the elements Pt, V, Li, and Kr, which is a nonmetal?
a. Pt c. Li
b. V d. Kr
____ 65. To what category of elements does an element belong if it is a poor conductor of electricity?
a. transition elements c. nonmetals
b. metalloids d. metals
____ 67. Elements that are characterized by the filling of p orbitals are classified as ____.
a. groups 3A through 8A c. inner transition metals
b. transition metals d. groups 1A and 2A
____ 68. Which subatomic particle plays the greatest part in determining the properties of an element?
a. proton c. neutron
b. electron d. none of the above
____ 70. Which of the following groupings contains only representative elements?
a. Cu, Co, Cd c. Al, Mg, Li
b. Ni, Fe, Zn d. Hg, Cr, Ag
____ 71. How does atomic radius change from top to bottom in a group in the periodic table?
a. It tends to decrease. c. It first increases, then decreases.
b. It tends to increase. d. It first decreases, then increases.
____ 72. How does atomic radius change from left to right across a period in the periodic table?
a. It tends to decrease. c. It first increases, then decreases.
b. It tends to increase. d. It first decreases, then increases.
____ 74. What element in the second period has the largest atomic radius?
a. carbon c. potassium
b. lithium d. neon
____ 75. Which of the following elements has the smallest atomic radius?
a. sulfur c. selenium
b. chlorine d. bromine
____ 78. What is the element with the lowest electronegativity value?
a. cesium c. calcium
b. helium d. fluorine
____ 79. What is the element with the highest electronegativity value?
a. cesium c. calcium
b. helium d. fluorine
____ 80. What is the energy required to remove an electron from an atom in the gaseous state called?
a. nuclear energy c. shielding energy
b. ionization energy d. electronegative energy
____ 81. Compared with the electronegativities of the elements on the left side of a period, the electronegativities
of the elements on the right side of the same period tend to be ____.
a. lower c. the same
b. higher d. unpredictable
____ 82. Which of the following statements correctly compare s the relative size of an ion to its neutral atom?
a. The radius of an anion is greater than the radius of its neutral atom.
b. The radius of an anion is identical to the radius of its neutral atom.
c. The radius of a cation is greater than the radius of its neutral atom.
d. The radius of a cation is identical to the radius of its neutral atom.
____ 85. The octet rule states that, in chemical compounds, atoms tend to have ____.
a. the electron configuration of a noble gas
b. more protons than electrons
c. eight electrons in their principal energy level
d. more electrons than protons
____ 88. Which of the following is true about the melting temperature of potassium chloride?
a. The melting temperature is relatively high.
b. The melting temperature is variable and unpredictable.
c. The melting temperature is relatively low.
d. Potassium chloride does not melt.
____ 89. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of most ionic compounds?
a. They are solids.
b. They have low melting points.
c. When melted, they conduct an electric current.
d. They are composed of metallic and nonmetallic elements.
____ 90. Which of these elements does not exist as a diatomic molecule?
a. Ne c. H
b. F d. I
____ 93. Which of the following diatomic molecules is joined by a double covalent bond?
a. c.
b. d.
____ 94. When one atom contributes both bonding electrons in a single covalent bond, the bond is called a(n)
____.
a. one-sided covalent bond c. coordinate covalent bond
b. unequal covalent bond d. ionic covalent bond
____ 95. A bond formed between a silicon atom and an oxygen atom is likely to be ____.
a. ionic c. polar covalent
b. coordinate covalent d. nonpolar covalent
____ 96. Which of the following covalent bonds is the most polar?
a. H—F c. H—H
b. H—C d. H—N
____ 97. When placed between oppositely charged metal plates, the region of a water molecule attracted to the
negative plate is the ____.
a. hydrogen region of the molecule c. H—O—H plane of the molecule
b. geometric center of the molecule d. oxygen region of the molecule
____ 99. When naming a transition metal ion that can have more than one common ionic charge, the
numerical value of the charge is indicated by a ____.
a. prefix c. Roman numeral following the name
b. suffix d. superscript after the name
____ 100. An -ate or -ite at the end of a compound name usually indicates that the compound contains ____.
a. fewer electrons than protons c. only two elements
b. neutral molecules d. a polyatomic anion
____102. How are chemical formulas of binary ionic compounds generally written?
a. cation on left, anion on right
b. anion on left, cation on right
c. Roman numeral first, then anion, then cation
d. subscripts first, then ions
____ 104. Which element, when combined with fluorine, would most lik ely form an ionic compound?
a. lithium c. phosphorus
b. carbon d. chlorine
____ 108. In naming a binary molecular compound, the number of atoms of each element prese nt in the molecule is
indicated by ____.
a. Roman numerals c. prefixes
b. superscripts d. suffixes
____ 110. When naming acids, the prefix hydro- is used when the name of the acid anion ends in ____.
a. -ide c. -ate
b. -ite d. -ic
____ 111. When the name of an anion that is part of an acid ends in -ite, the acid name includes the suffix ____.
a. -ous c. -ate
b. -ic d. -ite
____113. Suppose you encounter a chemical formula with H as the cation. What do you know about this
compound immediately?
a. It is a polyatomic ionic compound. c. It is a base.
b. It is an acid. d. It has a 1 charge.
____ 114. What does an -ite or -ate ending in a polyatomic ion mean?
a. Oxygen is in the formula. c. Nitrogen is in the formula.
b. Sulfur is in the formula. d. Bromine is in the formula.
____ 115. What SI unit is used to measure the number of representative particles in a substance?
a. kilogram c. kelvin
b. ampere d. mole
____118. The atomic masses of any two elements contain the same number of ____.
a. atoms c. ions
b. grams d. milliliters
____122. The volume of one mole of a substance is 22.4 L at STP for all ____.
a. gases c. solids
b. liquids d. compounds
____ 124. What is the volume, in liters, of 0.500 mol of C H gas at STP?
a. 0.0335 L c. 16.8 L
b. 11.2 L d. 22.4 L
____125. If the density of a noble gas is 1.783 g/L at STP, that gas is ____.
a. Kr c. Ar
b. Xe d. He
____126. If 60.2 grams of Hg combines completely with 24.0 grams of Br to form a compound, what is the
percent composition of Hg in the compound?
a. 28.5% c. 71.5%
b. 39.9% d. 60.1%
____128. The lowest whole-number ratio of the elements in a compound is called the ____.
a. empirical formula c. binary formula
b. molecular formula d. representative formula
____ 129. What is the empirical formula of a compound that is 40% sulfur and 60% oxygen by weight?
a. SO c. SO
b. SO d. S O
____ 130. What does the symbol in a chemical equation mean?
a. Heat is supplied to the reaction. c. yields
b. A catalyst is needed. d. precipitate
____ 131. In the chemical equation H O (aq) H O(l) O (g), the is a ____.
a. catalyst c. product
b. solid d. reactant
____ 134. When the equation Fe Cl FeCl is balanced, what is the coefficient for Cl ?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
____ 136. In every balanced chemical equation, each side of the equation has the same number of ____.
a. atoms of each element c. moles
b. molecules d. coefficients
____ 137. What are the missing coefficients for the skeleton equation below?
Al (SO ) (aq) KOH(aq) Al(OH) (aq) K SO (aq)
a. 1, 3, 2, 3 c. 4, 6, 2, 3
b. 2, 12, 4, 6 d. 1, 6, 2, 3
____138. The type of reaction that takes place when one element reacts with a compound to form a new
compound and a different element is a ____.
a. combination reaction c. single-replacement reaction
b. decomposition reaction d. double-replacement reaction
____139. Which of the following is a balanced equation representing the decomposition of lead(IV) oxide?
a. PbO Pb 2O c. Pb O 2Pb O
b. PbO Pb O d. PbO Pb O
____140. In the activity series of metals, which metal(s) will displace hydrogen from an acid?
a. only metals above hydrogen c. any metal
b. only metals below hydrogen d. only metals from Li to Na
____ 141. If a combination reaction takes place between rubidium and bromine, the chemical formula for the
product is ____.
a. RuBr c. RbBr
b. Rb Br d. RbBr
a. 1.00 g c. 2.88 g
b. 2.00 g d. 32.0 g
____ 146. Iron(III) oxide is formed when iron combines with oxygen in the air. How many grams of Fe O are formed
when 16.7 g of Fe reacts completely with oxygen?
a. 12.0 g c. 47.8 g
b. 23.9 g d. 95.6 g
____ 147. How many grams of chromium are needed to react with an excess of CuSO to produce 27.0 g Cu?
2Cr(s) + 3CuSO (aq) Cr (SO ) (aq) + 3Cu(s)
a. 14.7 g c. 33.2 g
b. 18.0 g d. 81.5 g
____ 148. When an equation is used to calculate the amount of product that will form during a reaction, t hen the value
obtained is called the ____.
a. actual yield c. theoretical yield
b. percent yield d. minimum yield
____149. How does the gas propellant move when an aerosol can is used?
a. from a region of high pressure to a region of lower pressure
b. from a region of high pressure to a region of equally high pressure
c. from a region of low pressure to a region of higher pressure
d. from a region of low pressure to a region of equally low pressure
____ 151. When the Kelvin temperature of an enclosed gas doubles, the particles of the gas ____.
a. move faster
b. strike the walls of the container with less force
c. decrease in average kinetic energy
d. decrease in volume
____154. As the temperature of a fixed volume of a gas increases, the pressure will ____.
a. vary inversely c. not change
b. decrease d. increase
____ 155. If a sealed syringe is plunged into cold water, in which direction will the syring e piston slide?
a. in c. No movement will occur.
b. out d. The direction cannot be predicted.
____156. A gas occupies a volume of 2.4 L at 14.1 kPa. What volume will the gas occupy at 84.6 kPa?
a. 497 L c. 14 L
b. 2.5 L d. 0.40 L
____ 157. A sample of gas occupies 17 mL at –112 C. What volume does the sample occupy at 70 C?
a. 10.6 mL c. 36mL
b. 27 mL d. 8.0mL
____158. At high pressures, how does the volume of a real gas compare with the volume of an ideal gas under
the same conditions?
a. It is much greater. c. There is no difference.
b. It is much less. d. It depends on the type of gas.
____159. Under what conditions of temperature and pressure is the behavior of real gases most like that of
ideal gases?
a. low temperature and low pressure c. high temperature and low pressure
b. low temperature and high pressure d. high temperature and high pressure
____ 160. A breathing mixture used by deep-sea divers contains helium, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. What is the partial
pressure of oxygen at 101.4 kPa if = 82.5 kPa and = 0.4 kPa?
a. 82.9 kPa c. 18.5 kPa
b. 19.3 kPa d. 101.0 kPa
____161. The tendency of molecules to move toward areas of lower concentration is called ____.
a. suffusion c. effusion
b. suspension d. diffusion
____ 162. Which of the following gases will effuse the most rapidly?
a. bromine c. ammonia
b. chlorine d. hydrogen
____163. If a crystal added to an aqueous solution causes many particles to come out of the solution, the
original solution was ____.
a. unsaturated c. an emulsion
b. saturated d. supersaturated
____ 165. What is the molarity of a solution that contains 6 moles of solute in 2 liters of solution?
a. 6M c. 7M
b. 12M d. 3M
____166. What is the molarity of a solution containing 7.0 moles of solute in 569 mL of solution?
a. 81M c. 12M
b. 0.081M d. 4.0M
____ 167. If an atom is reduced in a redox reaction, what must happen to another atom in the system?
a. It must be oxidized.
b. It must be reduced.
c. It must be neutralized.
d. Nothing needs to happen to another atom in the system.
____ 171. Cu Cu + 2 e-
The equation above represents the type of reaction called ____.
a. redox c. reduction
b. hydrolysis d. oxidation
____174. The oxidation number of hydrogen when it is in a compound other than a hydride is ____.
a. –2 c. 0
b. –1 d. +1
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