CM011 REVIEWER AQ2018-2019

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COURSE OUTCOME 1

1. What is the molar mass of 3.7 g of an unknown gas that occupies 450 mL at 20.0°C and 2.0
atm? The value of R = 0.0821 L atm mol−1 K−1.
Answer: 98.9 g/mol
2.

Which of the following is/are properties of acids?

I. Acids increase the hydrogen ion concentration in water.

II. Acids react with many metals to produce precipitates.
III. Acids are responsible for the bitter taste of some foods and beverages.

Answer: I only.
3. What is the maximum possible quantity of product obtained from a chemical reaction called?

Answer: Theoretical Yield

4. A 65.00 mL sample of HNO3 solution is neutralized by exactly 34.16 mL of 0.5841 M
Ba(OH)2. What is the molarity of the HNO3 solution?
Answer: 0.6139 M
5. If at 29°C and 2.50 atm of pressure, a gas occupies 5.99 L, what volume (in L) will the same
gas occupy at 19°C and 1.20 atm of pressure?
Answer: 12.1

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6. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of aqueous ammonia with aqueous
sulfuric acid.
Answer: 2 NH3(aq) + H2SO4(aq) → 2 NH4+(aq) + SO42-(aq)
7. What is the net ionic equation for the reaction of AlCl3 and NaOH?
Answer: Al3+ + 3OH− → Al(OH)3
8. A 50.0 mL sample of 0.108 M H2SO4 is diluted to 250.0 mL. What is its new molarity?
Answer: 0.0216 M
9. A balloon filled with gas is cooled from 75.0°C to 25.0°C at constant pressure. If the original
volume of the balloon was 1.80 L, what is the volume (in L) of the gas after cooling?
Answer: 1.54
10. How many grams of CuCl are formed from the complete reaction of 0.750 mol Cu?
Equation: 2 Cu + Cl2 → 2 CuCl
Answer: 74.5g
11. If a 45.0 mL sample of 2.20 M Na2SO4 is diluted to yield a final solution that is 0.110 M in
sodium ions, what is the volume of the final solution?
Answer: 1800mL
12. When the external pressure on a balloon is decreased at constant temperature, what happens
to the gas inside?
Answer: The volume increases
13. A solution is prepared by dissolving 20.0 g of NaI in enough water to make 300.0 mL of
solution. How many moles of ions are in 25.0 mL of this solution?
Answer: 0.0222 mol
14. In the reaction given below, how many grams of C14H9Cl5 will be produced by the reaction of
25.0 g of each of the starting materials?
C2HOCl3 + 2 C6H5Cl → C14H9Cl5 + H2O
Answer: 39.4 g

15. A 64.05 mL sample of 0.250 M CH3COOH is to be exactly neutralized with 0.500 M KOH.
How many milliliters of KOH will be required?
Answer: 32.0 mL

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16. Sodium reacts with water to produce sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas according to the
following equation.
2 Na(s) + 2 H2O(l) → 2 NaOH(aq) + H2(g)

How many grams of sodium are needed to produce 475 mL of hydrogen at 55.0 °C and 0.985
atm, if the hydrogen is collected over water? The vapor pressure of water at this temperature is
118 mm Hg.
Answer: 0.673
17. Hydrochloric acid reacts with magnesium to produce hydrogen gas and magnesium chloride.
Reacting magnesium with excess hydrochloric acid produces 1204 mL of hydrogen gas that is
collected over water. How many grams of hydrogen gas are produced at 25.0 °C and 1.00 atm?
The vapor pressure of water at 25.0°C is 23.8 mm Hg.
Answer: 9.61 × 10−2
18. What is the oxidation number of O in Fe2O3?
Answer: -2
19. If a 2.0-liter sample of gas experiences a decrease in pressure from 1.74 atm to 0.555 atm at
25°C, what is the resulting volume (in L) at 25°C?
Answer: 6.3 L
20. Suppose that 1.00 gram of each of the three inert gases, Ne, Ar, Kr, are combined in a 1.00-L
flask at 25.0°C. Determine the partial pressures of each of the three gases in the flask in torr.

Ne Ar Kr Total

Answer: 923 465 222 1.61 × 103

21. If F = m × a and P = F/A, what is the pressure (in kPa) exerted by a 10.0 g cube that
measures 0.500 cm on each edge? Given: the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2.
Answer: 3.92
22. Determine the mass of BaSO4 that is produced by the reaction of 45.0 mL of 0.155 M
H2SO4 and 60.0 mL of 0.125 M BaCl2. Assume that BaSO4 is totally insoluble.

BaCl2(aq) + H2SO4(aq) → BaSO4(s) + 2HCl(aq)

Answer: 1.62g

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23. If 225 g of carbon reacts with excess sulfur dioxide to produce 195 g of carbon disulfide,
what is the percent yield for the reaction?
5 C + 2 SO2 → CS2 + 4 CO
Answer: 68.4%
24. When 3.000 g of a compound containing only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen is burned, 6.820
g CO2 and 2.792 g H2O are produced. What is the empirical formula of the compound?
Answer: C3H6O
25. A solution is made by dissolving 60.0 g of AlCl3 in enough water to make 250.0 mL of
solution. How many moles of chloride ions are in 5.00 mL of solution?
Answer: 2.70 × 10−2 mol
26. The efficiency of a particular synthesis method is evaluated by determining the:
Answer: percent yield
27. In the reaction shown below, which substances are dissolved in water?
Cu(s) + H2SO4(aq)  → CuSO4(aq) + H2(g)
Answer: H2SO4 and CuSO4
28. Hydrochloric acid solutions are often standardized by the reaction below. If 26.37 mL of
HCl(aq) is required to react completely with 0.2575 g Na2CO3(s), what is the molarity of the
HCl(aq)?
Na2CO3(s) + 2 HCl(aq) → 2 NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)
Answer: 0.1843 M
29. How many moles of H2O are formed from the complete combustion of 45.0 g of methanol,
CH3OH?
Answer: 2.81 mol
30.

A solution containing an unknown cation was added to three solutions and the following
observations were recorded:

SOLUTION OBSERVATION

NaI no precipitate

precipitate
Na2SO4
NaOH no precipitate

The unknown cation is

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Answer: Ca2+

31. How many grams of TiCl4 are needed to produce 0.132 moles of MgCl2?

2 Mg + TiCl4 → Ti + 2 MgCl2

Answer: 12.5g

COURSE OUTCOME 2

32. How much energy is required to convert 35.0 g of water at 27.5°C to steam at 155.0°C?
(specific heat of water = 4.184 J g−1 °C−1, specific heat of steam = 1.92 J g−1 °C−1, enthalpy of
vaporization of water = 2260 J/g)
Answer: 9.34 x 104 J
33. A small ball is dropped into a body of water. The text indicates that the temperature of the
water should increase, however your body does not detect a change. Explain why you don’t feel
the temperature change.
Answer: The small amount of energy is transferred to a large quantity of water, thus the
temperature change is very small.
34. Why is the concept of a STATE FUNCTION important in science?
A state function...
Answer: allows for indirect measurement of properties.

35. The temperature of a 15.4 g sample of a metal rises 6.75°C when 40.0 J of energy is applied
to it. What is the identity of the metal?

Answer: Copper

36. The temperature of 3.50 kg of water is raised by 1.17°C when 1.00 g of hydrazine N2H4 is
burned in a bomb calorimeter. The calorimeter has a heat capacity of 883 J/°C. How much heat
is given off by the sample?

Answer: 18.2 kJ

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37. When a reaction is carried out in a calorimeter the calorimeter should

Answer: absorb a known amount of heat

38. What is the enthalpy change when 22.5 g of CH4 are burned in excess O2?
CH4(g) + 2O2(g) → CO2(g) + 2H2O(l)
H°= −890 kJ

Answer: -1250 kJ
39. The complete combustion of 1.47 g of methanol produces 29.3 kJ of heat. Determine

the  H° for the reaction and its sign.

CH3OH(l) + 3/2O2(g) → CO2(g) + 2H2O(g)
Answer: -638kJ

40. The standard enthalpies of formation for several substances are given below:

FeS2(s) = −178.2 kJ/mol FeCl2(s) = −341.8 kJ/mol

FeCl3(s) = −399.5 kJ/mol HCl(g) = −92.3 kJ/mol
HCl(aq) = −167.1 kJ/mol H2S(g) = −20.6 kJ/mol
H2O(g) = −271.8 kJ/mol  

Calculate the  H° for the reaction below.

2FeCl2(s) + 2HCl(g)  → 2FeCl3(s) + H2(g)
Answer: 69.2kJ
41. Determine the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a 153 g bar of gold by
50.0°C. (specific heat of gold = 0.128 J g−1 °C−1)
Answer: 979 J
42. What is the average caloric value of fat?

Answer: 9 Cal/g
43.

What is the enthalpy change when 175 g of C3H8 are burned in excess O2?
C3H8(g) + 5 O2(g) → 3 CO2(g) + 4 H2O(l)
H° = −2220 kJ

Answer: -8.82 × 103 kJ

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44. Determine if each of the four processes below describes positive or negative changes to the
internal energy of the system.

I. water absorbs heat from the surroundings and becomes steam

II. steam expands and pushes against the surrounding air
III. fuel molecules burn and heat the surroundings
IV. air is compressed into an inner tube by an external pump

I II III IV
Answer: positive negative negative positive
45. If q = –91 kJ for a certain process, that process
Answer: exothermic
46. A 0.100 mole sample of CH4 reacts completely in a calorimeter having a heat capacity of 783
J/°C. The calorimeter contains 254 g of water. Determine the temperature increase of the
calorimeter.
CH4(g) + 2O2(g) → 2H2O(g) + CO2(g)
H° = −802.3 kJ
Answer: 43.5°C
47.

The standard enthalpies of formation for several substances are given below:

CO(g) −110.5 kJ/mol CO2(g) −393.5 kJ/mol

H2O(l) −285.8 kJ/mol H2O(g) −241.8 kJ/mol
H2O2(l) −187.8 kJ/mol CH3OH(g) −200.7 kJ/mol
C2H5OH(l) −277.7 kJ/mol C2H5OH(g) −235.1 kJ/mol

Determine the heat of vaporization for H2O and C2H5OH.

Answer: 44.0 and 42.6 kJ

48. What is the average caloric value of a carbohydrate?

Answer: 4 Cal/g
49. A bomb calorimeter has a heat capacity of 783 J/°C and contains 254 g of water. How much
energy is evolved or absorbed when the temperature of the calorimeter goes from 23.73°C to
26.01°C?
Answer: 4.21 kJ evolved.
50. Which term refers to a quantity of heat transferred at constant pressure?
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Answer: enthalpy
COURSE OUTCOME 3
51. 90Sr is an isotope produced from atmospheric testing of nuclear bombs. If nuclear testing was
stopped in 1960, what percentage of radioactivity due to 90Sr remained in 2000? The half-life
of 90Sr is 28.5 years.
Answer: 37.8%
52. Which unit allows for the varying effects of different types of radiation on human tissue?
Answer: rem
53. How many Bq correspond to an activity of 7.4 μCi?
(1 mCi = 3.7 × 107 dps and 1 Bq = 1 dps.)
Answer: 2.7 × 105
54. A radioactive isotope that decomposes by beta particle emission loses
Answer: an electron

55. Alpha particles are best described as

Answer: positive particles that are identical to the nucleus of an atom of 4He
56. Beta particles are best described as _____, ejected at high speeds from a radioactive nucleus.

Answer: electrons
57. The rule that the mass number of stable isotopes is always at least twice the atomic number is true for
all nuclides except hydrogen-1 and
Answer: Helium-3
58. Assuming two samples of radioisotopes both contain the same number of atoms, the activity of the
shorter-half-life isotope would be initially _____ and decay _____.

Answer: higher ; more quickly

59. Americium-241 is used in smoke detectors. If 15% of the americium-241 in a smoke detector decays
in 101 years, what is the half-life of the isotope?
Answer: 4.3× 102 yrs
60. A radioactive isotope that decomposes by K-electron capture emission
Answer: combines one of its electrons with one of its protons creating an additional neutron.
61. How many of these do not involve nuclear fusion: a nuclear power station, the sun, Positron Emission
Tomography, a hydrogen bomb?
Answer: 2
62. The force holding the protons and neutrons together in a nucleus is known as

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Answer: binding energy
63.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

I. Positron emission decreases the mass number of a nucleus by one.

Positron emission decreases the number of protons in a nucleus by
II.
one.
When a nuclei undergoes positron emission, a neutron is converted to
III.
a proton.
Answe II only
r:

64. The rad is a radiation unit that describes the

Answer: amount of energy absorbed per kilogram of tissue
65. The fission reaction exploited in nuclear power stations involves
Answer: neutron bombardment of uranium-235
66. The half-life of radon-222 is 2.8 days. A homeowner used a radon test-kit to sample the air in his
home, but forgot to send it for processing for 30 days. If the level of radon was actually 100 counts, what
value would be reported by the test lab?
Answer: 0.060 counts
67. A process for disposing of nuclear waste by converting it to an inert glass-like substance is called
Answer: vitrification
68. If polonium-210 emits an alpha particle, the other product will be

Answer: lead-206
69. What nucleus decays by successive α,β,β,α emission to produce uranium-236?
Answer: plutonium-244
70. All elements in the Periodic Table beyond _____ have only radioactive isotopes; these mostly decay
by _____ emission.
Answer: Bi; alpha

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COURSE OUTCOME 4.

71. Consider the cell reaction

Sn(s) + Cu2+(aq) → Sn2+(aq) + Cu(s).
The value of E°cell is 0.447 V at 25°C. Calculate the value of ΔG° and K for this cell.

Answer: −86.3 kJ; 1.34 × 1015

72.

Exhibit 17-1
Use this list of half-reactions to\ answer the following question(s).

MnO4−(aq) + 8H+(aq) + 5e− → Mn2+(aq) + 4H2O(l) +1.51 V

Cr2O72−(aq) + 6e− → 2Cr3+(aq) + 7H2O(l) +1.33 V
Cu2+(aq) + 2e− → Cu(s) +0.34 V
Pb2+(aq) + 2e− → Pb(s) −0.13 V
Fe2+(aq) + 2e− → Fe(s) −0.44 V
Al3+(aq) + 3e− → Al(s) −1.66 V

Refer to Exhibit 17-1. Determine E°cell for the electrochemical cell designated by the cell notation below.
Al(s) | Al3+(aq) || Cu2+(aq) | Cu(s)

Answer: +2.00 V

73.

Which of the following statements concerning lead storage batteries is/are correct?

I. Sulfuric acid serves as the electrolyte.

II. In order to provide 12 volts, the battery consists of 6 cells in series.
III. The cathode reaction involves the conversion of Pb 4+ to Pb2+.

Answer: I, II, and

III

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74.

Exhibit 17-1
Use this list of half-reactions to answer the following question(s).

MnO4−(aq) + 8H+(aq) + 5e−  →Mn2+(aq) + 4H2O(l) +1.51 V

Cr2O72−(aq) + 6e− → 2Cr3+(aq) + 7H2O(l) +1.33 V
Cu2+(aq) + 2e− → Cu(s) +0.34 V
Pb2+(aq) + 2e− → Pb(s) −0.13 V
Fe2+(aq) + 2e− → Fe(s) −0.44 V
Al3+(aq) + 3e− → Al(s) −1.66 V

Refer to Exhibit 17-1. Which of these combinations would result in reaction?

Answe Cu(s) and MnO4−

r: (aq)

75. If cadmium metal and the Fe(III) ion are mixed in aqueous solution, a solution containing Cd(II) and
Fe(II) results. The balanced equation for this process is

Answer: Cd(s) + 2 Fe3+(aq) → 2 Fe2+(aq) + Cd2+(aq).

76. When iron ore is refined to pure iron using coke (a form of carbon), the oxidizing agent is _____, and
the substance which is reduced is _____.

Answer: Fe3+; Fe3+

77. The relationship between Gibbs free energy and E°cell is ΔG° =
Answer: −nFE°cell
78. The value of E°cell for an aluminum-nickel electrochemical cell is +1.41 V at 25°C.
The value of K° for this cell under standard conditions is
Answer: >>100
79. A fuel cell is
Answer: an electrochemical cell that converts chemical energy directly into electricity

80. The value of Ecell at 25°C for the cell shown below is +1.27 V. What is the value of E°cell?
Cd(s) | Cd2+(aq), 2.0 M || Ag+(aq), 2.0 M | Ag(s)

Answer: 1.26V

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81. Calculate the mass of cobalt that will be deposited when a current of 2.00 A is passed through a
solution of CoSO4 for 10.0 hours.
Answer: 22.0g
82. Although aluminum is a moderately reactive metal, it can be regarded as unreactive in everyday use
because a layer of aluminum oxide coats the surface and prevents further oxidation. This is an example of
Answer: anodic inhibition.
83. An electrolytic reaction is a system in which
Answer: electricity is used to produce a chemical reaction.
84. How many of these battery designs involve zinc: Leclanche cell, alkaline, mercury, lithium-ion?
Answer: 3
85. When the reaction shown below is balanced, the coefficients are _____, and _____ electrons are
transferred.
Al(s) + Hg2+(aq) → Al3+(aq) + Hg(l)
Answer: 2, 3, 2, and 3; 6

86. What is the correct cell notation based upon the product-favored reaction below?

2 Ag+(aq) + Sn(s) → 2 Ag(s) + Sn2+(aq)

Answer: Sn(s) | Sn2+(aq) || Ag+(aq) | Ag
87. A concentration cell is a cell in which
Answer:
the voltage is generated because of a difference in concentrations.
88. A mass of 0.250 g of a divalent metal is plated out of a solution of the divalent metal ion. This takes
581 seconds at a current of 0.822 A. What is the metal? (Hint: find its atomic mass.)

Answer: Ru
89. In the glass electrode used for pH measurement, what substance is connected to the external circuit?
Answer: Silver

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COURSE OUTCOME 5
90 A polymer that returns to its original size and shape after being stretched is said to be
Answer: elastomeric
91. The chemical name for the pain reliever aspirin is _____ acid.
Answer: acetylsalicylic
92. Monomers used to produce addition polymers usually contain _____ in their molecular structure.

Answer: double bonds

93. The peptide linkage found in proteins is chemically the same as a(an)

Answer: amide linkage

94. Proteins consist of amino acids joined together by
Answer: Amide linkages
95. The polymer used to make food and drink coolers and building insulation material is
Answer: polystyrene
96. How many of these functions is/are carried out by proteins: catalysis, transport, protection against
disease, physical motion?

Answer: 4
97. What is the primary function of cellulose?
Answer: structural support for plants
98. All polysaccharides consist of sugar monomers joined together by
Answer: glycosidic linkages.
99. Polyester" (poly(ethylene terephthalate)) is produced by a(an) _____ reaction between terephthalic
acid and _____.
Answer: condensation; ethylene glycol
100. A primary alcohol oxidizes in two stages to produce a(an) _____. This same product can also be
obtained by oxidation of a(an) _____.
Answer: carboxylic acid ; aldehyde

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