Chem 1127 Final Practice Problems

These problems were made to reflect the MAIN points of each chapter, while providing
questions in a similar format and length to the real final. The length and material on the
real final may be different from the questions below.

1. Sugar water, with all the sugar dissolved, would be classified as a(n) ______.
a. Element
b. Compound
c. Homogenous mixture
d. Heterogenous mixture

2. How many squared centimeters is 1.47 yards2?

1 yrd= 3 ft 1 ft= 12 in 1 in= 2.54 cm

a. 134 cm2
b. 403 cm2
c. 4840 cm2
d. 12,300 cm2

3. How many significant figures should the answer include for: (33.76/5.93) + 4.226?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four

4. Students measure the length of a string. They get the following measurements: 11.9 cm,
12.1 cm, 11.6 cm, 11.9 cm and 11.8 cm. The true length was 15.0 cm. Which of the
following describes these measurements?
a. They are not precise, nor accurate
b. They are relatively precise but not accurate
c. They are not precise, but are relatively accurate
d. They are both precise and accurate

5. What is the name of P2Cl8?

a. Phosphorus Chloride
b. Phosphorus octachloride
c. Biphosphorus octachloride
d. Diphosphorus octachloride

6. What is the name of HClO?

a. Hypochlorous acid
b. Hydrochlorous acid
c. Hypochloric acid
 d. Perchloric acid

7. Which of the following is the formula for Iron (II) phosphate?

a. Fe(PO4)
b. Fe3(PO4)2
c. Fe2(PO4)3
d. Fe2(PO4)

8. Which of the following have the same number of neutrons? 14N, 12B, 19Ne, 16O
a. 14N and 12B
b. 12B and 16O
c. 19Ne and 16O
d. 14N and 16O

9. What element is an alkali earth metal that is in the same period as bromine?
a. K
b. Mg
c. Ca
d. S

10. How many protons are in 4.23 g of N?

a. 1.74 * 1023
b. 1.82 * 1023
c. 1.09* 1024
d. 1.27 * 1024

11. Average atomic mass of Ti is 47.867 amu. Ti has two isotopes, 45Ti (45.879 amu) and 48Ti
(48.498 amu). What is the percent abundance of 45Ti?
a. 24.1%
b. 50.0%
c. 75.9%
d. Need more information

12. What is the molar mass of Calcium perbromate?

a. 183.98 g/mol
b. 224.06 g/mol
c. 231.88 g/mol
d. 327.88 g/mol

13. A molecule has a molar mass 222.23 g/mol. This molecule is 43.20% oxygen, 48.64%
carbon and 8.16% hydrogen by mass. What is the molecular formula for this molecule?
a. C3H6O
b. C3H6O2
c. C6H12O4
 d. C9H18O6

14. If a 35 mL of 2.4 M calcium chloride solution is diluted to 200 mL, what is the new
concentration of the solution?
a. 0.42 M
b. 0.84 M
c. 2.4 M (dilution does not change concentration)
d. 13.71 M

Balance the redox reaction in base and answer the following questions (15-17):
Cr2O72- (aq) + Fe2+ (aq)  Fe2O3 (aq) + Cr3+ (aq)

15. What is the oxidizing agent?

a. Fe3+ (aq)
b. Cr6+ (aq)
c. Fe2O3 (aq)
d. Cr2O72- (aq)

16. What is the coefficient of water in the overall balanced reaction?

a. 2; on reactant side
b. 2; on product side
c. 4; on reactant side
d. 4; on product side
e. 8; on reactant side
f. 8; on product side

17. What is the coefficient of hydroxide in the overall balanced reaction?

a. 2; on reactant side
b. 2; on product side
c. 4; on reactant side
d. 4; on product side
e. 8; on reactant side
f. 8; on product side

Use the information provided for the next two questions (18-19):

25.5g BaCl2 is added to a beaker that contains 46.5g of K3PO4 in water. A precipitate
forms from this reaction.

18. What is the net ionic equation for the reaction?

a. K+ (aq) + Cl- (aq)  KCl (s)
b. K+ (aq) + Cl- (aq)  KCl (aq)
c. 3Ba2+ (aq) + 2PO43- (aq)  Ba3(PO4)2 (s)
d. 3Ba2+ (aq) + 2PO43- (aq)  Ba3(PO4)2 (aq)
 e. 3BaCl2 (aq) + 2K3PO4 (aq)  Ba3(PO4)2 (s) + 6KCl (aq)
f. 3BaCl2 (aq) + 2K3PO4 (aq)  Ba3(PO4)2 (aq) + 6KCl (s)

19. How much precipitate forms?

a. 24.57 g
b. 36.85 g
c. 65.93 g
d. 73.71 g

20. 225 mL of 0.35 M phosphoric acid is required to titrate 575 mL of calcium hydroxide
solution. What is the molarity of the calcium hydroxide solution?
a. 0.16 M
b. 0.21 M
c. 0.24 M
d. 0.32 M

21. What is standard temperature?

a. 0 degrees Celsius
b. 25 degrees Celsius
c. 27 degrees Celsius
d. 273 degrees Celsius

22. How many moles of hydrogen gas are present when the gas exerts a pressure of 840
torr in a 1.6 L container at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius?
a. 0.069 moles
b. 0.539 moles
c. 0.845 moles
d. 5.23 moles

23. Five moles of Nitrogen gas occupies 1.40 L and 1.24 atm at standard temperature. If
moles and volume do not change, what is the new pressure if the temperature increases
to 45 degrees Celsius?
a. 1.44 atm
b. 1.57 atm
c. 2.02 atm
d. 2.23 atm

24. A container holds oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen gas. The nitrogen gas has a partial
pressure of 0.88 atm, while occupying 15% of the container’s volume. If the oxygen gas
occupies 57% of the container’s volume, what is the partial pressure of the hydrogen
gas in the container?
a. 0.88 atm
b. 1.64 atm
c. 3.34 atm
 d. 5.87 atm

25. Which of the following is true about the ideal gas law and real gas law?
a. The real gas law accounts for the increased volume we see when molecules are
assumed to occupy space.
b. The real gas law accounts for the increased pressure we see when molecules are
assumed to collide with one another.
c. The real gas law accounts for the increased temperature we see due to each
molecule’s higher kinetic energy.
d. A and B
e. A and C
f. B and C
g. All of the above

26. A 12 g piece of hot copper cools from 220 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius when
dropped into 125 mL of water. What was the initial temperature of this water?
Cwater= 4.186 J/ g C Ccopper= 0.385 J/g C

a. 1.70 degrees Celsius

b. 23.9 degrees Celsius
c. 26.3 degrees Celsius
d. 27.3 degrees Celsius
e. More information is needed

27. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Enthalpy is a state function, so it is dependent on the path of the reaction.
b. Enthalpy is measured under constant temperature.
c. The number of steps a reaction takes is irrelevant to the change in enthalpy, as
enthalpy is a state function.
d. To find the enthalpy change for a reaction, we add all the enthalpy of formations
of the reactants and subtract the enthalpy of formations of the products from it.

28. 35 mL of water is at 87 degrees Celsius. This water is heated, becomes steam and then
continues heating to a temperature of 106 degrees Celsius. How much heat was
absorbed due to this process?
Cwater= 4.186 J/g C Csteam= 2.02 J/g C Vaporization: 40.65 kJ/mol

a. -81.3 kJ
b. -80.9 kJ
c. -76.6 kJ
d. 2.33 kJ
e. 2.41 kJ
f. 80.9 kJ
g. 81.3 kJ
29. The formation of a mole of potassium permanganate from its components has an
enthalpy change of 157 kJ. What amount of energy is required to produce 5 g of
potassium permanganate?
a. 4.33 kJ
b. 4.48 kJ
c. 4.97 kJ
d. 5.12 kJ

30. The production of nitric acid is a three step process that releases a total of 258 kJ. The
first reaction requires an input of 34 kJ. The second step releases 123 kJ of energy. How
much energy does the third step evolve?
a. Absorbs 101 kJ
b. Absorbs 169 kJ
c. Releases 101 kJ
d. Releases 169 kJ
e. Releases 347 kJ

31. What is the electron pair geometry for ammonia?

a. Bent
b. Trigonal planar
c. Tetrahedral
d. Trigonal pyramid

32. What is the molecular geometry for XeF4?

a. Tetrahedral
b. Square planar
c. Trigonal bipyramid
d. Octahedral

33. What is the electron configuration for Ag+?

a. 1s22s22p63s23p64s03d10
b. 1s22s22p63s23p64s13d9
c. 1s22s22p63s23p64s13d10
d. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d8

34. Which of the following represents an electron configuration in an excited state?

a. 1s22s22p63s23p64s33d3
b. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d1
c. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d105s1
d. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s14d5

35. How many unpaired electrons do we see in Cr?

a. Zero
 b. One
c. Two
d. Three
e. Four
f. Five
g. Six

36. How many electrons can have the quantum number n=3?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 18

37. What is the frequency of light associated with a photon that has a wavelength of 312
nm?
a. 9.61*106
b. 9.61*108
c. 9.61*1011
d. 9.61*1014

38. How much energy is associated with 0.43 moles of light with a wavelength of 824 nm?
a. 1.41*10-19 J
b. 2.41*10-19 J
c. 7.43*104 J
d. 3.65*105 J
e. 6.24*105J
f. 62.4 kJ

39. Which of the following describes a sigma bond?

a. An overlap of two sphere orbitals
b. An overlap of a sphere orbital and a lobed orbital
c. An end to end overlap of two lobed orbital
d. All of the above

40. Which of the following atoms has the largest atomic radius?
a. Sr+
b. Sr
c. Ca
d. Fe
e. S

41. Which of the following atoms has the smallest ionization energy?
a. S
b. F
 c. Sr
d. Rb+

42. Which of the following is true about SF4?

a. The molecule is not polar because of its seesaw geometry
b. The molecule is not polar because of its tetrahedral geometry
c. The molecule is polar because of its seesaw geometry
d. The molecule is polar because of its tetrahedral geometry

43. Which of the following is true about the chlorines in the following molecule?
Cl2C=C=C=C=CCl2

a. They are in the same plane

b. They are in perpendicular planes

44. Which of the following statements are true about Intermolecular forces?
a. Dispersion forces are primarily found in polar molecules
b. Hydrogen bonds and dipole forces are only seen in polar molecules
c. Dispersion forces are weaker than hydrogen bonds and dipole forces
d. Both A and C
e. Both B and C
f. All of the above

45. On a phase diagram, the state of matter past the critical point is _______.
a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. Gas
d. Supercritical fluid

46. What is the molecular geometry of BrF5?

a. Seesaw
b. Square pyramid
c. Trigonal Bipyramid
d. Octahedral

47. What is the hybridization of BrF5?

a. Sp
b. Sp2
c. Sp3
d. Sp3d
e. Sp3d2