Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions

1. Which one of the following is NOT characteristic of chemical

equilibrium?
A. The rate of forward reaction is equal to the rate of reverse reaction
B. The reaction proceeds only in one direction (irreversible)
C. All the reactants and products are present at equilibrium
D. The equilibrium is dynamic in nature
2. What is the overall reaction order for the rate expression
Rate = k [A][B]?
A. Zero
B. First
C. Second
D. Third
3. Any balanced chemical equation cannot provide information about:
A. Qualitative aspects
B. How fast or slow the reaction is
C. Quantitative aspects
D. Law of mass action
4. Which of the following is true for zero order reaction?
A. Change in the concentration of the initial reactant has no effect on
the reaction rate
B. If the initial concentration of the reactant is doubled rate also
doubles
C. If the initial concentration is tripled rate is also tripled
D. All are true
5. For the reaction
2NO(g) + 2H2 (g) N2(g) + 2H2O (g) the experimentally determined rate
law is
Rate = k[NO]2 [H2]then, what is the order of the reaction with respect
to NO and H2 respectively?
A. 1st and 2nd
B. 2nd and 2nd
C. 1st and 1st
D. 2nd and 1st
6. For question number 5 above what is the overall order of the reaction?
A. 4th
B. 3rd
C. 2nd
D. 1st
7. For the reaction
2HI (g) H2 (g) + I2 (g) the rate constant is 0.050s-1 and the reaction
is zero order. If the initial concentration of HI is 0.500M, then what is
the concentration of HI after 5 seconds?
A. 0.25M
B. 0.125M
C. 0.50M
D. 1.50M
8. Which of the following shows the correct equilibrium constant
expression for the reaction:
+¿¿ −¿ ¿
CO2 (g) + H2O (l) H (aq) + HCO3 (aq)
A. Kc =¿ ¿
B. Kc= [ 2 ] 2
CO [ H O]
¿¿
C. Kc = ¿ ¿
D. Kc = ¿ ¿
9. Which of the following factors can affect a chemical equlibrum?
A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Concentration
D. All
10. Consider the reaction
2CO2 (g) 2CO (g) + O2 (g), ∆ H =+566 J
Which of the following condition would increase the yield of carbon
monoxide?
A. Decreasing the concentration of CO2
B. Decreasing the temperature of the system
C. Increasing the partial pressure of the system
D. Increasing the temperature of the system
11. Which of the following is the correct functional group of carboxylic
acid?
A. –OH
B. –COOH
C. –COOR
O
D. - C-

12. What is the common name of

 CH3-CH-COOH?
CH3
A. α −¿ methyl propioc acid
B. γ −methylpropioc acid
C. β−methylprooioc acid
D. 2-methyl propionic acid
13. What is the IUPAC name of CH3COOH?
A. Ethane
B. Ethanoate
C. Ethanoic acid
D. Ethane
14. What is the common name of
COOH
Br?

A. P-bromobenzoic acid
B. O-bromobenzoic acid
C. m-bromobenzoic acid
D. 5-bromobenzoic acid
15. Which of the following I the correct structure of methylmethanoate?
A. HCOOCH3
B. CH3COOH
C. CH3COOCH3
D. CH3CH3
16. Consider the general reaction
A+B C+D
What happen to the system if there is increase in the concentration of
A and B?
A. The system shifts to the right
B. The system shifts to the left
C. The concentration of C and D will be decreased
D. Nothing happen to the system
Answer questions 17-20 based on the following information.
Ammonia is industrially manufactured according to the following
process (Haber process
N2 (g) + 3H2 (g) 2NH3(g) + heat
17. When the Habber process is at equilibrium?
A. The concentration of nitrogen, hydrogen and ammonia are equal
B. Nitrogen and hydrogen don’t combine to form ammonia
C. The equilibrium mixture doesn’t contain H2 and N2
D. The rate of forward reaction is equal to the rate of the reverse
reaction
18. What happens if more hydrogen is added to the equilibriums system?
A. The concentration of N2 increases
B. The temperature decreases
C. N2 and H2 combine to give more ammonia
D. Ammonia will decompose and hence the yield of ammonia
decreases
19. What happens if the temperature is increased?
A. Ammonia decompose to give N2 and H2
B. N2 and H2 combine to give more ammonia
C. The pressure decreases
D. The ammonia undergoes a spontaneous combustion
20. What happens if the pressure in the system is decreased?
A. N2 and H2 combine together to give more ammonia
B. The temperature decreases
C. The decomposition of ammonia takes place
D. There will be no net reaction
21. Which of the following is true bout fats and oils?
A. They are in the manufacture of soaps
B. They are originated from living things (plants and animals)
C. They are soluble in nom polar organic solvents
D. All
22. The process called ‘saponification’ refers to:
A. The synthesis of fat from soap
B. The synthesise of oil from soap
C. The hydrolysis of fats or oils under basic condition
D. The hydrolysis of polysaccharides under acidic condition
23. Which of the following structure is an example of simple ester?
O
A. CH3-CH2-C-O-CH3
O
B. CH3-CH2-C-CH3
O
C. CH3-C-CH3
D. CH3-CH2-OH
24. Consider the following reaction mechanism:
First step: N2O5 NO2 + NO3 (fast)
Second step: NO2 + NO3 NO +NO2 + O2 (slow)
Third step: NO3 + NO NO2
Which step is the rate determining step?
A. First step
B. Second step
C. Third step
D. All of these
 25. Which of the following is likely to happen when pressure is applied to
the following system at equilibriums?
H2O(s) H2O (l)
A. More water will be formed
B. More ice will be formed
C. Water will evaporate
D. No change occur
26. A chemical reaction occurs when reactant particles
A. Have no attractive forces between them
B. Collide with proper energy and proper orientation
C. Convert chemical energy into nuclear energy
D. Are separated by great distances
27. As the temperature of a reaction increases it is expected that the
reacting particles collide
A. Less often and with less force
B. More often and with greater force
C. Less often and with greater force
D. More often and with less force
28. Addition of catalyst can speed up a reaction by providing an
alternative reaction pathway that has a
A. Lower heat of reaction
B. Higher heat of reaction
C. Lower activation energy
D. Higher activation energy
29. Which of the following represents a chemical equilibriums?
A. NH3(l) NH3(g)
B. CO2 (s) CO2(g)
C. 2NO2(g) N2O4(g)
D. N2(l) N2(g)
30. Given the equation representing a system at equilibriums
−¿(aq )¿
KNO3 (s0 + energy H2O K +¿ (aq )+NO ¿
3

Which change causes the equilibrium to shift?

A. Increasing temperature
B. Adding a catalyst
C. Adding a noble gas
D. Increasing pressure
31. The equation below represents a reaction between two molecules, X 2
and Z2. These molecules form of ‘activated complex’ which then form
molecules of the product
key
= a molecule of x2
= a molecule of z2

+ +
Reactantactivated product
complex
Which diagram represents the most orientation of x2 and Z2 when the
molecules collide wt. proper energy, producing an activated complex?
A.
B.
C.
D.