Test Bank For Organic Chemistry 11th Edition Francis Carey Robert Giuliano Janice Smith
Test Bank For Organic Chemistry 11th Edition Francis Carey Robert Giuliano Janice Smith
Test Bank For Organic Chemistry 11th Edition Francis Carey Robert Giuliano Janice Smith
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3) What is the letter designation given to dumbbell shaped orbitals like the one depicted below?
A) s
B) p
C) d
D) f
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Atomic orbitals
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.04
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Types of bonds; Bond properties
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.04
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Types of bonds; Bond properties
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6) In which of the following compounds would you expect Cl to have a partial positive charge?
A) HCl
B) CCl4
C) NaCl
D) HOCl
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.04
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Types of bonds; Bond properties
7) In which of the following does hydrogen have a partial negative charge based on
electronegativity?
A) BH3
B) CH4
C) NH3
D) H2O
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.04
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Types of bonds; Bond properties
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8) What is the formal charge on the carbon atom?
A) +1
B) 0
C) −1
D) −2
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
9) What is the formal charge on the oxygen atom in the structure below?
A) −1
B) 0
C) +1
D) +2
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
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10) What is the formal charge on the nitrogen atom in the structure below?
A) −1
B) 0
C) +1
D) +2
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
11) The formal charges on the nitrogen and oxygen in the following structures are, respectively
A) +1, −1
B) 0, −1
C) +1, 0
D) 0, 0
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
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12) What are the formal charges of boron and nitrogen, respectively, in the following structure?
A) −1 and +1
B) −1 and 0
C) 0 and +1
D) 0 and 0
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
13) Which of the following species have a zero formal charge on its carbon atom?
A) I and II
B) II and IV
C) III and IV
D) I, II, and III
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
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14) A Lewis structure of the azide ion, N3¯, is shown below. The formal charge on the middle
nitrogen atom is
A) +2
B) +1
C) 0
D) −1
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.05
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges
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16) Identify the condensed formula of the following structure
A) (CH3)2CHCHClCH(CH3)2
B) CH3CH(CH3)CHClCH(CH3)2
C) (CH3)2CHCHClC(CH3)3
D) (CH3)3CCHClCH(CH3)3
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures; Condensed formula
17) What is the chemical formula of the following carbon skeleton diagram?
A) C8H14
B) C8H16
C) C8H18
D) C8H20
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
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18) Give the molecular formula of the compound shown below
A) C8H16O
B) C9H18O
C) C10H18O
D) C10H20O
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
19) How many hydrogen atoms are there on carbon atoms 1 and 2, respectively, in the structure
below?
A) 4, 1
B) 4, 0
C) 3, 1
D) 3, 0
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
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20) How many C3H8O constitutional isomers are possible?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Constitutional isomers
21) Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two structures?
A) identical compounds
B) resonance structures
C) constitutional isomers
D) different compounds with different constitutions
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
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22) How many constitutional isomers of C4H9Br are possible?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Constitutional isomers
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Constitutional isomers
24) Which of the following describes the relationship between the following two structures?
A) identical structures
B) resonance forms
C) constitutional isomers
D) different compounds with different compositions
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
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25) What is the molecular formula of aspirin?
A) C6H4O4
B) C8H8O4
C) C9H8O4
D) C9H10O4
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
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27) Which of the line-bond structures below cannot represent a stable molecule?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.06
Topic: Drawing Organic Molecules
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Skeletal/bond-line structures; Condensed formula
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29) Which of the following describes the relationship between the following two ions?
A) identical structures
B) resonance forms
C) constitutional isomers
D) different compounds with different compositions
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.07
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Resonance
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30) The most stable resonance contributor of this would be:
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.07
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Resonance
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31) Which of the electron-movement arrows below are NOT valid?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.07
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Resonance
32) The electron pair movement depicted below produces a second resonance form for the
species. What is the formal charge on the nitrogen atom for this second resonance form?
A) −2
B) −1
C) 0
D) +1
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.07
Topic: Structure and Bonding; Curved Arrows
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Formal charges; Resonance; Bond formation and bond breaking; Drawing and
interpretation
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33) Identify the resonance structure that results from the following "electron pair movements."
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.07
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Resonance
34) Which of the following atoms has vacant d orbitals that permit it to accommodate more than
eight electrons in its valence shell?
A) N
B) C
C) Ne
D) S
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.08
Topic: Structure and Bonding
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Octet rule exceptions
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35) Based on the VSEPR model, which of the following species has (have) a trigonal planar
geometry?
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.09
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: VSEPR theory
36) Based on VSEPR theory, which of the following species has (have) a trigonal pyramidal
geometry?
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.09
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: VSEPR theory
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37) Which of the following species has(have) a linear geometry?
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.09
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: VSEPR theory
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.09
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Hybridization
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.09
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Hybridization
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40) Which statement correctly describes the structures of BH3 and NH3?
A) Both are trigonal and planar.
B) Both are pyramidal.
C) BH3 is trigonal planar and NH3 is trigonal pyramidal.
D) BH3 is trigonal pyramidal and NH3 is trigonal planar.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.09
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: VSEPR theory
41) Which of the following molecules would you expect to have a dipole moment?
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.10
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Dipole moments; Polarity of molecules
42) Which of the following molecules would you expect to have a dipole moment?
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.10
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Dipole moments; Polarity of molecules
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43) Which one of the following is isoelectronic with CO2?
A) NO2¯
B) NO2+
C) NO2
D) O3
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.10
Topic: Molecular Shape
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: VSEPR theory; Dipole moments; Polarity of molecules
44) Which one of the following species is formed when diazomethane loses a nitrogen molecule?
diazomethane
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.11
Topic: Curved Arrows
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Bond formation and bond breaking; Drawing and interpretation
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45) Which species is formed when the CH3N2+ cation loses a nitrogen molecule?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.11
Topic: Curved Arrows
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Bond formation and bond breaking; Drawing and interpretation
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46) Which one of the following mechanistically depicts the protonation of methanol by hydrogen
bromide?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.11
Topic: Curved Arrows
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Curved arrow notation
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47) Identify the species that results from the following movement of electron pairs.
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.11
Topic: Curved Arrows
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Bond formation and bond breaking; Drawing and interpretation; Curved arrow
notation
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48) What structure would result from these electron movement arrows?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.11
Topic: Curved Arrows
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Bond formation and bond breaking; Drawing and interpretation; Curved arrow
notation
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.12
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Acid/Base definitions
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50) Which one of the following is the conjugate acid of ethanol?
A) CH3CH2O−
B) CH3CH2O+
C) CH3CH2OH2+
D) CH3CH2OH3+
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.12
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Acid/Base definitions
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.13
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Factors affecting acid strength
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52) Which one of the following is the strongest acid?
A) FCH2CO2H
B) ClCH2CO2H
C) BrCH2CO2H
D) ICH2CO2H
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.13
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Factors affecting acid strength
53) Which one of the following has the largest acid equilibrium constant, Ka?
A) CH3CO2H
B) CH2ClCO2H
C) CHCl2CO2H
D) CCl3CO2H
Answer: D
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.13
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Factors affecting acid strength; pKa
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54) In the equilibrium below, the strongest base is (pKa H2O = 15.7, pKa NH3 = 36).
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.14
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Predicting acid/base reaction equilibrium
55) Rank the following in order of decreasing acidity. (more acidic > less acidic)
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.13
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Acid/Base definitions; Factors affecting acid strength
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56) Using resonance principles, what atom is acid first protonated in the molecule shown?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.13
Topic: Structure and Bonding; Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Acid/Base definitions; Resonance; Factors affecting acid strength
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57) In the equilibrium below, which is the strongest acid?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.14
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Predicting acid/base reaction equilibrium; Factors affecting acid strength
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58) For which of the following does the equilibrium favor reactants?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Section: 01.14
Topic: Acids and Bases
Bloom's: 4. Analyze
Chapter: 01
Subtopic: Predicting acid/base reaction equilibrium
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