Midterm Exam I

Name: _____________________________________ Student ID: _________________________________

This is a 4-choice multiple choice test with 20 questions, and there is only one correct answer for each question.
Students receive full credit for correct answers (5 pts/each), no credit for questions they do not attempt (0 pts/each),
and a penalty for questions they answered incorrectly (−1.25 pts/each). The total score is 100 points.

( ) 1) What is the percentage yield of potassium nitrate if 100 g of nitric acid reacts with 100 g of
potassium hydroxide to produce 140 g of potassium nitrate?
a. 87.25%
b. 90.36%
c. 12.75%
d. 9.64%

( ) 2) Consider the reaction between NaCl and AgNO3 to form silver chloride. How much of the
insoluble precipitate will be recovered if 582.4 g of AgNO3 reacts with excess NaCl?
a. 432.25 g
b. 291.4 g
c. 257.3 g
d. 472.83 g

( ) 3) Consider the following reaction: 3NO2(g) + H2O(l) → 2HNO3(aq) + NO(g). What quantity (L)
of NO2 is required to completely react with 125 g of water? Assume that the gases are at standard
temperature and pressure; hence, 1.00 mole occupies 22.4 L of volume.
a. 466 L
b. 155 L
c. 311 L
d. 4.82 L

( ) 4) Phosgene is produced in the reaction of carbon monoxide with chlorine gas in the following
reaction:

CO(g) + Cl2(g) → COCl2(g).

What is the theoretical yield of phosgene if 0.767 moles of CO react with excess Cl2 gas?
a. 76.0 g
b. 1.8 × 10−2 g
c. 31.9 g
d. 210 mg

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( ) 5) If 2.5 moles of each of these compounds are burned completely in O2, which will produce the
largest amount of CO2?
a. C2H5OH
b. CH4
c. C2H6
d. C3H8

( ) 6) The Haber process is used to synthesize ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen. How much
hydrogen gas is required to produce 42.8 kg of ammonia?
a. 5.02 kg
b. 4.8 kg
c. 2.25 kg
d. 3.8 kg

( ) 7) In the context of the second law of thermodynamics, one can say that:
a. it is impossible to completely convert heat to work.
b. every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
c. fire can never burn to completion.
d. force is equal to mass multiplied by acceleration.

( ) 8) An iron piston in a compressor has a mass of 3.62 kg. If the specific heat of iron is 0.449 J/g°C,
how much heat is required to raise the temperature of the piston from 12.0°C to 111.0°C?
a. 1.61 × 102 J
b. 7.08 × 108 J
c. 1.61 × 105 J
d. 4.35 × 105 J

( ) 9) If a 136.51 g Al rod (c = 0.900 J/g°C) is at 100.0 °C and placed into 250.0 g of water at 21.8 °C,
what is the temperature of the system (rod + water) at equilibrium assuming no losses to the
surroundings? Assume the specific heat of water to be 4.18 J/g°C.
a. 18 °C
b. 206 °C
c. 30 °C
d. 46 °C

( ) 10) The formation reaction for NaF(s) is _____.

a. Na(s) + F(g) → NaF(s)
b. 2 Na(s) + F2(g) → 2 NaF(s)
c. Na(s) + F2(g) → NaF(s)
d. 2Na(s) + 2F(s) → 2NaF(s)

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( ) 11) If a lighter contains 4.0 mL of liquid butane (density of butane = 0.8 g/cm3), how much potential
energy does the lighter contain according to the combustion of butane?

2 C4H10(g) + 13 O2(g)→ 8 CO2(g) + 10 H2O(l) ΔH = −5.75 × 103 kJ

a. −5 × 102 kJ
b. −1.6 × 102 kJ
c. −8 × 102 kJ
d. +4.8 × 103 kJ

( ) 12) A chemical reaction that transfers heat from the system (the reaction) to the surroundings is
always _____.
a. exothermic
b. endothermic
c. spontaneous
d. electrically charged

( ) 13) In the context of quantum numbers associated with atomic orbitals, the principal quantum
number (n) defines the _____.
a. shape of its orbits
b. shell in which a particular orbital is found
c. orientation of the atom
d. electron spin

( ) 14) The size of orbitals tends to decrease for large nuclei as a result of _____.
a. electron crowding
b. spinning
c. uncoupling leptons
d. large nuclear charge

( ) 15) An atom emits light at various wavelengths, two of which are 434 nm and 472 nm. Both of
these transitions are to the same final state. What is the energy difference between the two states
for each transition?
a. 1.2 × 10−19 J
b. 3.4 × 10−19 J
c. 3.7 × 10−20 J
d. 4.2 × 10−20 J

( ) 16) A photon with a frequency of 2.1 × 104 s−1 has an energy of _____.
a. 6.2 × 1012 J
b. 5.1 × 1011 J
c. 1.4 × 10−29 J
d. 1.9 × 10−19 J

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( ) 17) Suppose the first two quantum numbers assigned to an atom are n = 4 and l = 2. What are the
possible ml quantum numbers?
a. 0 only
b. −2, −1, 0, +1, +2
c. −3, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3
d. −1, −1/2, 0, +1/2, +1

( ) 18) If a 755 nm photon travels in vacuum, what is the frequency of this photon? Recall that the
speed of light in vacuum is 2.998 × 108 m/s.
a. 3.97 × 1014 s−1
b. 9.17 × 1013 s−1
c. 3.97 × 1016 s−1
d. 2.52 × 1015 s−1

( ) 19) What is the electron configuration of chlorine?

a. 1s22s22p63s23p6
b. 1s22s22p63s13p6
c. 1s22s12p63s23p6
d. 1s22s22p63s23p5

( ) 20) If a hydrogen atom undergoes a transition from n = 1 (E = 4.17  10−19 J) to n = 3 (E = 8.62 

10−19 J), what is the wavelength of the photon absorbed?
a. 4.47 × 10−7 m
b. 4.45 × 10−19 m
c. 4.47 × 10−14 m
d. 4.45 × 10−12 m

# of Corr Qs # of Incorr Qs # of Unansw Qs Score

Points Earn Points Deduct

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Correct Answers
1 2 3 4 5
A B A A D

6 7 8 9 10
D A C C C

11 12 13 14 15
B A B D C

16 17 18 19 20
C B A D A