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HL Topics 4 & 14 Chemical Bonding & Structure (First Test)
HL Topics 4 & 14 Chemical Bonding & Structure (First Test)
1. What are the correct formulas for magnesium sulfate and aluminium phosphide?
2. Metal M shows only one oxidation state when it forms compounds. The formula of
the oxide of M is M2O3?
Which is the correct formula for another of the compounds M forms?
A. M3P2
B. MP
C. M2P
D. M2P3
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4. Which statements accurately describe the structure of solid sodium chloride?
I. It is an ionic lattice
III. The sodium ions are arranged octahedrally around each chloride ion
A. I and II only
D. I, II and III
A. CO2
B. C2H4
C. OH-
D. NH4+
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7. Which statements are correct about carbon to oxygen bond lengths?
III. The C to O bond lengths in the ethanoate ion, CH3COO- , are equal.
A. I and II only
D. I, II and III
8. What is VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion theory) used for?
A. 109.5o
B. 120o
D. 90o
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10. How many bonding pairs and non-bonding pairs of electrons are around the sulfur atom in
a molecule of SCl4?
11. According to VSEPR theory which molecules or ion are predicted to contain a bond angle
less than 109o?
I. NH3
II. CCl4
III. H3O+
A. I and II only
D. I, II and III
12. Which shows the increasing order of oxygen to oxygen bond lengths in oxygen, ozone
and hydrogen peroxide?
A. Tetrahedral
B. Square pyramidal
C. Octahedral
D. Square planar
14. Which combination shows the number of non-bonded electron pairs in the Lewis structure,
the shape of the molecule and the type of hybridization present in a molecule of
dichloromethane, CH2Cl2?
D. There are double bonds between the N atom and the two O atoms
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16. What is the geometry of the bonds around an atom that is sp hybridised?
A. 4 bonds at 90o
B. 4 bonds at 109.5o
C. 3 bonds at 120o
D. 2 bonds at 180o
17. Which types of hybridization are shown by the carbon atoms in propene?
I. sp3
II. sp2
III. sp
A. I and II only
D. I, II and III
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18. Which contain delocalized electrons?
I. CO
II. O3
III. CH3COO-
A. I and II only
D. I, II and III
A. Hg(l)
B. NaCl(s)
C. PbBr2(l)
D. HCl(aq)
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