Chapter 4b Quantum Mechanics Practice Test

Multiple Choice
1. Electromagnetic radiation travels through a vacuum at a speed of _____ m/s.
a. 186,000 b. 125 c. 3.00 x 108 d. 10,000 e. it depends on wavelength
2. The energy of a photon of light is ______ proportional to its frequency and _______ proportional to
its wavelength.
a. directly, directly b. inversely, inversely c. inversely, directly
d. directly, inversely e. indirectly, not
3. Of the following, __________ radiation has the shortest wavelength.
a. X-ray b. radio c. microwave d. ultraviolet e. infrared
4. How is the image below created by the hydrogen atom?

a.An electron jumps and absorbs a photon.

b. An electron drops and absorbs a photon.
c. An electron jumps and emits a photon.
d. An electron drops and emits a photon.
5. Of the following, _____ radiation has the longest wavelength and _____ radiation has the greatest
energy.
gamma ultraviolet visible
a. ultraviolet, gamma b. visible, ultraviolet c. gamma, gamma
d. visible, gamma e. gamma, visible
6. Of the following, _____ radiation has the shortest wavelength and _____ radiation has the greatest
energy. gamma ultraviolet visible
a. gamma, visible b. visible, gamma c. visible, ultraviolet
d. ultraviolet, gamma e. gamma, gamma
7. What color of visible light has the longest wavelength?
a. blue b. violet c. red d. yellow e. green
8. What color of visible light has the highest energy?
a. violet b. blue c. red d. green e. yellow
9. Which one of the following is considered to be ionizing radiation?
a. visible light b. radio waves c. X-rays d. microwaves e. infrared radiation
10. Of the following transitions in the Bohr hydrogen atom, the __________ transition results in the
emission of the highest-energy photon.
a. n = 1 to n = 6 b. n = 6 to n = 1 c. n = 6 to n = 3 d. n = 3 to n = 6 e. n = 1 to n = 4

11. A spectrum containing only specific wavelengths is called a ______ spectrum.

a. line b. continuous c. visible d. Balmer e. invariant
12. How many electrons are in the 3rd energy level of arsenic?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50
13. In the Bohr model of the atom, _____.
a. electrons travel in circular paths called orbits
b. electrons can have any energy
c. electron energies are quantized
d. electron paths are controlled by probability
e. both a and c
14. Which of the subshells below do not exist?
a. 2d b. 2s c. 2p d. all of the above e. none of the above

15. The lines in the emission spectrum of hydrogen result from ____________.
 a. energy given off in the form of visible light when an electron moves from a higher energy state
to a lower energy state
b. electrons given off by hydrogen when it burns
c. electrons given off by hydrogen as it cools
d. decomposing hydrogen atoms
e. protons given off when hydrogen burns
16. According to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, it is impossible to know precisely both the
position and the __________ of an electron.
a. mass b. color c. momentum d. shape e. velocity
17. Which one of the following is an incorrect subshell notation?
a. 4f b. 2d c. 3s d. 2p e. 3d

18. The uncertainty principle states that ____________.

a. matter and energy are really the same thing
b. it is impossible to know anything with certainty
c. it is impossible to know the exact position and momentum of an electron
d. there can only be one uncertain digit in a reported number
e. it is impossible to know how many electrons there are in an atom
19. The second shell in the ground state of atomic argon contains _____ electrons.
a. 2 b. 6 c. 8 d. 18 e. 36
20. [Ar]4s23d104p3 is the electron configuration of an _____ atom.
a. As b. V c. P d. Sb e. Sn
21. The ground state electron configuration of Ga is __________.
a. 1s22s23s23p64s23d104p1 b. 1s22s22p63s23p64s24d104p1
c. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p1 d. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104d1
e. [Ar]4s23d11
22. Which one of the following configurations depicts an excited oxygen atom?
a. 1s22s22p4 b. 1s22s22p36s1 c. 1s22s22p1 d. 1s22s22p3 e. [He]2s22p4
23. Which one of the following configurations depicts an excited carbon atom?
a. 1s22s22p13s1 b. 1s22s22p3 c. 1s22s22p1 d. 1s22s23s1 e. 1s22s22p2

24. There are _____ unpaired electrons are there in a ground state phosphorus atom.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4

25. There are _____ unpaired electrons in a ground state fluorine atom.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4
26. In a ground-state manganese atoms, the _____ subshell is partially filled.
a. 3s b. 4s c. 4p d. 3d e. 4d
27. How many electrons fill the 4 energy level?
th

a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50

28. All of the __________ have a valence shell electron configuration ns1.
a. noble gases b. halogens c. chalcogens
d. alkali metals e. alkaline earth metals
29. The valence shell of the element X contains 2 electrons in a 5s subshell. Below that shell, element
X has a partially filled 4d subshell. What type of element is X?
a. main group element b. chalcogen c. halogen
d. transition metal e. alkali metal
30. Elements in group _____ have p6 electron configuration in the outer shell.
a. 4A b. 6A c. 7A d. 8A e. 5A
31 In a px orbital, the subscripts x denotes the __________ of the electron.
a. energy b. spin of the electrons c. probability of the
shell
 d. size of the orbital e. axis along which the orbital is aligned

32. Which electron configuration represents a violation of the Pauli exclusion principle?
a. graph a b. graph b c. graph c d. graph d e. graph e

33. Which one of the following is the correct electron configuration for a ground-state nitrogen atom?
a. graph a b. graph b c. graph c d. graph d e. graph e

34. Which electron configuration represents an excited atom?

a. graph a b. graph b c. graph c d. graph d e. graph e

35. Which of these orbital designations are invalid?

a. 2s b. 3p c. 2d d. 3d e. 1s
36. Which of these orbital designations are invalid?
a. 4f b. 5d c. 5f d. 1p e. 3p
37. Which of these orbital designations are invalid?
a. 2s b. 3p c. 2s d. 3d e. 2f
38. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into a 3p orbital?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 10 d. 14 e. 18
39. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into a 4p subshell?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 10 d. 14 e. 18
40. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into a 5d orbital?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 10 d. 14 e. 18
41. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into the 2nd energy level?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 8 d. 14 e. 18
42. How many electrons fill the 3 energy level of xenon?
rd
 a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50
43. How many electrons are in the 2nd energy level of phosphorus?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50
Short Answer
44. State the Pauli Exclusion Principle.

45. State the Hund’s Rule

46. Write the electron configuration of iridium (#77).

47. Write the Nobel gas shortcut for the electron configuration of iridium.

48. How many electrons are unpaired for iridium?

49. Place these in order from lowest to highest energy: Infrared, green, TV, X-ray, gamma, radio, UV

50. Explain how the emission of a red photon of light is different from the emission of a violet photon of
light.
51. A red photon of light is absorbed by a certain solution whereas a green photo of light is transmitted
by the same solution. Explain why.

c =  c = 3.0 x 10 8 m/s E = h E = hc h = 6.63 x 10 –34 Js

λ
52. The atom is quantized. Explain fully.

53. What is the wavelength in nanometers of a photon of light that has 4.5 x 10-19 J of energy?

54. What is the frequency of a photon of light with a wavelength of 2.55 x 10-3 m.

55. What is the wavelength of a photon of light which has 2.4 x 10-15 J of energy?

56. What is the energy of a red photon which has a wavelength of 720 nm?

57. What is the frequency of a photon of light that has 3.6 x 10-19 J of energy?

58. What is the wavelength in nanometers of a photon that has a frequency of 9.8 x 1014 Hz?
59. What is the wavelength of a photon that has a frequency of 4.5 x 1022 Hz?
Chapter 5 Quantum Mechanics Practice Test
Multiple Choice
1. Electromagnetic radiation travels through a vacuum at a speed of _____ m/s.
a. 186,000 b. 125 c. 3.00 x 108 d. 10,000 e. it depends on wavelength
2. The energy of a photon of light is ______ proportional to its frequency and _______ proportional to
its wavelength.
a. directly, directly b. inversely, inversely c. inversely, directly
d. directly, inversely e. indirectly, not
3. Of the following, __________ radiation has the shortest wavelength.
a. X-ray b. radio c. microwave d. ultraviolet e. infrared
4. How is the image below created by the hydrogen atom?
 e.
An electron jumps and absorbs a photon.
f.
An electron drops and absorbs a photon.
g.
An electron jumps and emits a photon.
h.
An electron drops and emits a photon.
5. Of the following, _____ radiation has the longest wavelength and _____ radiation has the greatest
energy.
gamma ultraviolet visible
a. ultraviolet, gamma b. visible, ultraviolet c. gamma, gamma
d. visible, gamma e. gamma, visible
6. Of the following, _____ radiation has the shortest wavelength and _____ radiation has the greatest
energy. gamma ultraviolet visible
a. gamma, visible b. visible, gamma c. visible, ultraviolet
d. ultraviolet, gamma e. gamma, gamma
7. What color of visible light has the longest wavelength?
a. blue b. violet c. red d. yellow e. green
8. What color of visible light has the highest energy?
a. violet b. blue c. red d. green e. yellow
9. Which one of the following is considered to be ionizing radiation?
a. visible light b. radio waves c. X-rays d. microwaves e. infrared radiation
10. Of the following transitions in the Bohr hydrogen atom, the __________ transition results in the
emission of the highest-energy photon.
a. n = 1 to n = 6 b. n = 6 to n = 1 c. n = 6 to n = 3 d. n = 3 to n = 6 e. n = 1 to n = 4

11. A spectrum containing only specific wavelengths is called a ______ spectrum.

a. line b. continuous c. visible d. Balmer e. invariant
12. How many electrons are in the 3 energy level of arsenic?
rd

a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50

13. In the Bohr model of the atom, _____.

a. electrons travel in circular paths called orbits
b. electrons can have any energy
c. electron energies are quantized
d. electron paths are controlled by probability
e. both a and c
14. Which of the subshells below do not exist?
a. 2d b. 2s c. 2p d. all of the above e. none of the above

15. The lines in the emission spectrum of hydrogen result from ____________.
a. energy given off in the form of visible light when an electron moves from a higher energy state
to a lower energy state
b. electrons given off by hydrogen when it burns
c. electrons given off by hydrogen as it cools
d. decomposing hydrogen atoms
e. protons given off when hydrogen burns
16. According to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, it is impossible to know precisely both the
position and the __________ of an electron.
a. mass b. color c. momentum d. shape e. velocity
17. Which one of the following is an incorrect subshell notation?
a. 4f b. 2d c. 3s d. 2p e. 3d

18. The uncertainty principle states that ____________.

a. matter and energy are really the same thing
b. it is impossible to know anything with certainty
 c. it is impossible to know the exact position and momentum of an electron
d. there can only be one uncertain digit in a reported number
e. it is impossible to know how many electrons there are in an atom
19. The second shell in the ground state of atomic argon contains _____ electrons.
a. 2 b. 6 c. 8 d. 18 e. 36
20. [Ar]4s23d104p3 is the electron configuration of an _____ atom.
a. As b. V c. P d. Sb e. Sn
21. The ground state electron configuration of Ga is __________.
a. 1s22s23s23p64s23d104p1 b. 1s22s22p63s23p64s24d104p1
c. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p1 d. 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104d1
e. [Ar]4s23d11
22. Which one of the following configurations depicts an excited oxygen atom?
a. 1s22s22p4 b. 1s22s22p33s1 c. 1s22s22p1 d. 1s22s22p3 e. [He]2s22p4
23. Which one of the following configurations depicts an excited carbon atom?
a. 1s22s22p13s1 b. 1s22s22p3 c. 1s22s22p1 d. 1s22s23s1 e. 1s22s22p2

24. There are _____ unpaired electrons are there in a ground state phosphorus atom.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4

25. There are _____ unpaired electrons in a ground state fluorine atom.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4
26. In a ground-state manganese atoms, the _____ subshell is partially filled.
a. 3s b. 4s c. 4p d. 3d e. 4d
27. How many electrons fill the 4 energy level?
th

a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50

28. All of the __________ have a valence shell electron configuration ns1.
a. noble gases b. halogens c. chalcogens
d. alkali metals e. alkaline earth metals
29. The valence shell of the element X contains 2 electrons in a 5s subshell. Below that shell, element
X has a partially filled 4d subshell. What type of element is X?
a. main group element b. chalcogen c. halogen
d. transition metal e. alkali metal
30. Elements in group _____ have p6 electron configuration in the outer shell.
a. 4A b. 6A c. 7A d. 8A e. 5A
31 In a px orbital, the subscripts x denotes the __________ of the electron.
a. energy b. spin of the electrons c. probability of the
shell
d. size of the orbital e. axis along which the orbital is aligned

32. Which electron configuration represents a violation of the Pauli exclusion principle?
a. graph a b. graph b c. graph c d. graph d e. graph e

33. Which one of the following is the correct electron configuration for a ground-state nitrogen atom?
 a. graph a b. graph b c. graph c d. graph d e. graph e

34. Which electron configuration represents an excited atom?

a. graph a b. graph b c. graph c d. graph d e. graph e

35. Which of these orbital designations are invalid?

a. 2s b. 3p c. 2d d. 3d e. 1s
36. Which of these orbital designations are invalid?
a. 4f b. 5d c. 5f d. 1p e. 3p
37. Which of these orbital designations are invalid?
a. 2s b. 3p c. 2s d. 3d e. 2f
38. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into a 3p orbital?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 10 d. 14 e. 18
39. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into a 4p subshell?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 10 d. 14 e. 18
40. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into a 5d orbital?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 10 d. 14 e. 18
41. What is the maximum number of electrons that fit into the 2nd energy level?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 8 d. 14 e. 18
42. How many electrons fill the 3rd energy level of xenon?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50
43. How many electrons are in the 2 energy level of phosphorus?
nd

a. 2 b. 8 c. 18 d. 32 e. 50
Short Answer
44. State the Pauli Exclusion Principle.

Each orbital can hold 2 and only 2 electrons of opposite spin.

45. State the Hund’s Rule

 Electrons fill orbitals one at a time until half full.

46. Write the electron configuration of iridium (#77).

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s24f145d7

47. Write the Nobel gas shortcut for the electron configuration of
iridium.

[Xe]6s24f145d7

48. How many electrons are unpaired for iridium?

49. Place these in order from lowest to highest energy: Infrared,

green, TV, X-ray, gamma, radio, UV

Radio < TV < infrared < green < UV < X-ray < Gamma

50. Explain how the emission of a red photon of light is different from the emission
of a violet photon of light.

Violet = further quantum drop than the red photon.

51. A red photon of light is absorbed by a certain solution whereas a green photon
of light is transmitted by the same solution. Explain why.

The energy of the red photon match a quantum in the atom.

The green photon does not.
c =  c = 3.0 x 10 8 m E = h E = hc h = 6.63 x 10 –34
Js
λ

52. The atom is quantized. Explain fully.

Electrons in the atom can only exist on certain energy levels and
thus emit only discrete photons of light.

53. What is the wavelength in nanometers of a photon of light that

has 4.5 x 10-19 J of energy?
E = hc


 = hc= (6.63 x 10 –34 Js)(3.0 x 108 m/s) = 4.4 x 10-7 m

E 4.5 x 10-19 J

4.4 x 10-7 m 1 x 109 nm = 440 nm = violet!

m

54. What is the frequency of a photon of light with a wavelength of

2.55 x 10-3 m.

ν =c = 3.00 x 108 m/s = 1.18 x 1011 /s

λ 2.55 x 10-3 m

55. What is the wavelength of a photon of light which has 2.4 x 10-15 J
of energy?
E = hc

 = hc= (6.63 x 10 –34 Js)(3.0 x 108 m/s) = 8.3 x 10-11 m
E 2.4 x 10-15 J

56. What is the energy of a red photon which has a wavelength of

720 nm?
720 nm m = 7.2 x 10-7 m = red
109 nm

E = hc = (6.63 x 10 –34 Js)(3.0 x 108 m/s) = 2.8 x 10-19 J

 7.2 x 10-7 m
57. What is the frequency of a photon of light that has 3.6 x 10-19 J
of energy?

E = hν

ν= E
h

ν = 3.6 x 10-19 J = 5.4 x 1014 /s

6.63 x 10 –34 Js

58. What is the wavelength in nanometers of a photon that has a

frequency of 9.8 x 1014 Hz?

c = ν

=c
ν

 = 3.0 x 108 m/s = 3.1 x 10-7 m

9.8 x 1014 /s

3.1 x 10-7 m 1 x 109 nm = 310 nm UV

m
59. What is the wavelength of a photon that has a frequency of 4.5 x
1022 Hz?

c = ν

=c
ν

 = 3.0 x 108 m/s = 6.7 x 10-15 m

4.5 x 1022 /s