Y13 Mock exams 2020- total marks 45, time 1hr and 15 min

Questions

Q1.
 
A student carried out an experiment to determine the equilibrium constant for the reaction to form ethyl
ethanoate from ethanol and ethanoic acid. \

Different amounts of each substance were added to conical flasks, each containing 2.0 cm3 of 1.0 mol
dm−3 hydrochloric acid.

The flasks were then stoppered and left for a week to reach equilibrium.

Each mixture was then titrated with 1.0 mol dm−3 sodium hydroxide.

(a)  In which flask(s) was the equilibrium approached from the right-hand side of the equation?
(1)
   A    flask 1 only
   B    flask 4 only
   C    flasks 1 and 4 only
   D    flasks 2 and 3 only

(b)  Which of these statements explains why it is possible to titrate the reaction mixture directly to find the
equilibrium concentrations?
(1)
   A    the equilibrium reaction is slow
   B    the sodium hydroxide quickly hydrolyses the ester
   C    all the reactant concentrations remain constant during the titration
   D    a buffer solution forms in the reaction

 
(Total for question = 2 marks)
 

Q2. Which indicator should be used to determine the end point in a titration of a strong acid with a weak
base?
 (1)
   A    universal indicator
   B    methyl orange
   C    phenolphthalein
   D    litmus

 
(Total for question = 1 mark)
 Q3.
 

A reactant Q is converted into two products. Which of these graphs shows that this reaction is first order
with respect to Q?

   A    Graph 1
   B    Graph 2
   C    Graph 3
   D    Graph 4

 
(Total for question = 1 mark)
 

 
 

Q4.
 
Lithium tetrahydridoaluminate(III), LiAlH4, is used to reduce the compound shown.

The product formed is:

(1)
   A    a saturated alcohol
   B    a saturated carboxylic acid
   C    an unsaturated alcohol
   D    an unsaturated ketone

 
(Total for question = 1 mark)
 
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Q6.
 
Which reaction does not produce a carboxylic acid?
(1)
   A    hydrolysis of an acyl chloride with cold water
   B    hydrolysis of an ester by refluxing with dilute hydrochloric acid
   C    hydrolysis of a nitrile by refluxing with aqueous potassium hydroxide
   D    oxidation of a primary alcohol by refluxing with excess acidified potassium dichromate

 
(Total for question = 1 mark)
 
Q7.
 
Which compound gives a pale yellow precipitate on warming with a solution of iodine and sodium
hydroxide?
(1)
   A    CH3OH
   B    CH3CH2CH2CHO
   C    CH3CH2COCH3
   D    CH3CH2COCH2CH3

 
(Total for question = 1 mark)
 

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Total marks for MCQs = 17

Q15.
Barium oxide is an ionic compound that reacts with water to form barium hydroxide.

(a)  A Born-Haber cycle for barium oxide, BaO, is shown.

Some of the detail is missing. The letters R, W and Z represent some missing information.
(i)  Identify the missing detail represented by the following letters.
(2)
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W ...........................................................
(ii)  Use the following data to calculate a value for the quantity ΔZ shown on the Born-Haber cycle.
Include a sign and units in your answer.
(3)

(iii)  The table gives some information about the lattice energies of barium oxide and magnesium
 iodide and shows the % difference between the theoretical and experimental values.

Explain why there is closer agreement for barium oxide than for magnesium iodide.
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(b)  The table gives some information about Group 2 ions, M2+, and their hydroxides.

(i)  Calculate the enthalpy change of solution, ΔsolH, of Ba(OH)2 using a fully-labelled Hess's cycle.
[The hydration enthalpy of the hydroxide ion, OH– = –460 kJ mol–1.]
(4)

 
(Total for question = 12 marks)
 
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Q17.

When nitrogen(II) oxide, NO, reacts with hydrogen at high temperatures, the products are nitrogen and
water.

(a)  Write an equation for this reaction. State symbols are not required.
(1)

(b)  The table shows the results of a series of experiments to measure the rate of this reaction.

(i)  Deduce the order of reaction with respect to nitrogen(II) oxide and to hydrogen.
Justify your answers by referring to data from the table.
(3)
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Order with respect to H2 .............................................................................................

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(ii)  Write the rate equation for the reaction.
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(iii)  Calculate the value of the rate constant and give its units.
(2)

(c)  There is more than one step in the reaction mechanism.

(i)  Suggest why the reaction is unlikely to take place in a single step.
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(ii)  The first step of a three-step reaction mechanism is shown.

The second step of the mechanism is the rate determining step.

Suggest an equation for the rate determining step.
Justify your suggestion.
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(Total for question = 10 marks)
 Questions

Q1.
 
This question is about ethanoic acid and some of its compounds.

(a)  Three students, A, B and C, carried out an investigation to determine the amount of isoamyl acetate,
an ester of ethanoic acid, in a banana food flavouring.
They hydrolysed the ester with excess sodium hydroxide solution.
 The amount of sodium hydroxide remaining was determined by titrating the reaction mixture with
hydrochloric acid.
(i)  Give the systematic name for isoamyl acetate.
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(ii)  6.06 × 10–3 mol of sodium hydroxide reacted with the ester present in 1.07 g of the flavouring.
Calculate the percentage by mass of the ester in the food flavouring.
(3)

(iii)  The students used 25.0 cm3 of sodium hydroxide solution with concentration 0.980 mol dm–3 for
the hydrolysis.
Calculate the pH of the reaction mixture when the hydrolysis is complete. Assume the total volume is
25.0 cm3.

(3)

(iv)  Two indicators, methyl orange and phenolphthalein, were available for this titration.
Student A thought only methyl orange could be used.
Student B thought only phenolphthalein could be used.
Student C suggested either indicator could be used.
Explain which student is correct.
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(v)  Describe how the sodium ethanoate in the final reaction mixture could be converted into ethanoic
acid.
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(b)  Ethanoic acid can be used to form buffer solutions.

(i)  Calculate the pH of the buffer solution formed when 50.0 cm3 of ethanoic acid with concentration of
0.150 mol dm–3 is mixed with 30.0 cm3 of sodium hydroxide solution with concentration of 0.142 mol
dm–3.

(5)

(ii)  Small amounts of sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid are added to separate samples of the
buffer solution in (b)(i).
Explain why these samples resist change in pH.
Illustrate your answer with at least two equations.
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(Total for question = 20 marks)
 

Mark Scheme

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