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CAPE Chemistry 2014 U2 P1
CAPE Chemistry 2014 U2 P1
Paper 0l
I hour 30 minutes
l0 JUNE 2014 (p.m.)
|. This test consists of 45 items. You will have I hour and 30 minutes to answer them.
2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet and a data booklet.
3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
1' On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and
shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look atihe
sample item below.
Sample ltem
5. lf you want to change your answer, erase it completely and fill in your new choice.
6. when you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and
as carefully as you can. If
you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You
may retum to this item later. your score
will be the total number of correct answers.
7. You may do any rough work in this booklet.
8. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
9. You may use a silent, non-programmable calcurator to answer items.
(A) cHscH2CH2OH
(B) cHrcH2cH2cH3
(c) cH3CH(CH3)CH,
(D) cHpHrcH2cooH
d
cH2oH
(B) cHr-i-n I
HC
-
CH2
Compound J
I
OH
8. Which of the following statements are
correct concerning Compound J?
H
I. lt will decolourize aqueous
(c) CH, _ CHr_ _ o"
I
bromine.
f I
II. It will decolourize cold. acidified
potassium perrnanganate.
CH,
III. It will produce a silver mirror with
Tollen's reagent.
(D) l''
cH,-i-o"
(A)
(B)
I and ll only
I and III only
(c) ll and III only
(D) l, II and III
CH,
10. Which of the following compounds does ll. The complete reaction of phenol with
NOT give a white precipitate when shaken aqueous bromine is characterized by a
with cold ethanolic silver nitrate?
(A) white precipitate, a colourless
(A) 9H' solution and an antiseptic smell
(B) brown precipitate, a colourless
+-.,
ct
(c)
solution and a sweet smell
white precipitate, a brown solution
and an antiseptic smell
(D) brown precipitate, a brown solution
(B) cH2cl and a sweet smell
a
I
Item 13 refers to each of the three sets of structures shown below which are to be labelled as
showing the conjugative effect or the positive inductive effect or the negative inductive effect.
OE
,t
0-v rA H
o
I
H- c->cl
I
H
13. Which of the following options has the labels in the correct order to match the structures?
14. Which ofthe following statements is NOT 18. ln gravimetric analysis of a substance
true of addition polymerization? by precipitation, which of the following
outcomes would be FALSE for the
(A) Only one type of polYmer is precipitate fbrmed?
fbrmed.
(B) The molecular mass ofthe polYmer (A) It would be easily filtered and
is a multiple of the monomer washed free of contaminants.
unit. (B) Its composition would not have to
(c) Ihe polymer is readily hydrolyzed be known.
to the monomer. (c) It would be unreactive with the
(D) Ihe physical and chemical atmosphere.
properties of the polymer are (D) It would be essentially insoluble to
different from those of the prevent loss during washing.
monomer.
19. A 300-mg solid sample containing chloride
15. The product formed by the polymerization is dissolved in water. The chloride is then
of propene, CrHu, may be used as a precipitated as AgCl by the addition of
silver nitrate to the solution of the sample.
(A) fuel The precipitate is collected, washed, dried
(B) liquid and weighed, and found to have a mass of
(C) disinfectant 525 mg.
(D) plastic material
(RAM of Cl = 35.5, Ag = 108)
16. Which of the following inaccuracies may The mass of chloride present in the sample is
be eliminated by calibrating a measuring
instrument? (A) 74.2 mg
(B) I 18.0 mg
(A) Lack of precision (C) 129.9 mg
(B) Random erors (D) 208.0 mg
(C) Systematic errors
(D) Random and systematic errors 20. In an electronic transition in the UV/visible
region of the spectrum, a wavelength of
450 nm is absorbed.
17. The concentration of an ammonia solution
is determined by titrating25.0 cmr against
Planck constant (h) = 6.61 x l0'3a J s
0.2 mol dm-r sulfuric acid to eive an end
Velocity of light (c) = 3.00 x l0E m s-r
point of 27.5 cmr.
The energy of the corresponding photon (in
The concentration of ammonia Joules) is
(in mol dm-3) is given by
66.3x10-roxl08
0.2 x 27.5 (A)
(A) 4.50 x l0-5
25
0.2 x 27.5 4.50 x l0-7
(B) (B)
2x25 6.63 x lO-ra x 3 x 108
21. The structural'features which cause absorption in the UV/VIS region of the electromagnetic
spectrum are known as
(A) o bonds
(B) chromophores
(C) isolated n bonds
(D) lone pairs of electrons
22. which of the fbllowing alkenes has the wavelength of maximum absorption, 1,n'.*?
(A) ethanal
(B) ethanol
(C) ethanoic acid
(D) carbon dioxide
24. which of the following analytical techniques is considered MOST specific for identification
purposes?
(B) Cellulose
(c) Ninhydrin
(D) Ultraviolet light
Item 28 refers to the following boiling point-composition curves for three mixtures, I, II and III.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(c) I and ll
only
(D) ll and III only
(A) steel
(B) graphite
(c) platinum with a coating of asbestos
(D) titanium with an inert coating of
ruthenium(lV) oxide
35. For which TWO of the following industrial 38. In which of the following industries is
products is chlorine MOST widely used sulfuric acid used in the development of
during their manufacture? their products?
l. Solvents I. Fertilizer
ll. Sodium chloride II. Paint
Ill. Polyvinylchloride lll. Fibre
lV. Chlorofluorocarbons lV. Detergent
Items {0-41 refer to the following 43. Which of the fbllowing compounds is NOT
information. a primary pollutant?
(A) CH,F'CF,
(B) 'CH,CF,CI
(c) 'CHFCF,C|
(D) CH,F'CFCI
END OF TEST
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