Year 11 Chemistry Examination 2021

1. Which metal would you NOT expect to react with dilute hydrochloric acid?

A. Mg
B. Na
C. Fe
D. Ag

2. Which molecule below can form a hydrogen bond?

3. When methane (CH4) is burned with oxygen, the products are carbon dioxide and
water. If 9 grams of water and 11 grams of carbon dioxide are produced from 16
grams of oxygen, how many grams of methane are needed for the reaction?

A. 4.0
B. 20
C. 0.50
D. 0.25
 4. Which species correctly completes the following nuclear equation?

5. Consider the following precipitation reaction:

Which ions would be spectator ions?

D
 6. A fictional element is found to have three naturally occurring isotopes with the
abundances shown here:

The calculated atomic mass of this fictional element is:

A. 7.610 amu
B. 22.83 amu
C. 23.18 amu
D. 69.55 amu

7. our experiments involving the reaction between 100mL of HCl and 5g of calcium
carbonate were carried out at 25°C.
Determine the order of the reactions in terms of increasing rate of reaction (slowest to
fastest).

A. I, III, IV, II
B. II, IV, I, III
C. I, IV, III, II
D. II, IV, III, I
 8. The energy profile diagram for a reaction is shown below:

Which of the following options describes the change the catalyst produces to increase the
rate of reaction?
A. Only A is increased
B. Only B is increased
C. A, B and C are decreased
D. A and C are decreased

9. Determine the standard enthalpy change for the decomposition of 1 mole of SO3,
given the following equation:

A. +198 kJ
B. +99.0 kJ
C. -99.0 kJ
D. -396 kJ

10. Element X is in group 2 of the periodic table.

Element Y is in group 5.
Which of the following formula shows the ionic compound formed between elements X and
Y?
A. X2 Y 3
B. Y 2 X5
C. X3 Y 2
D. X2 Y 5
 11. Which of the graphs below shows the relationship between the volume (V) and
temperature (T) of a gas at constant pressure?
A

12. What is the correct electron configuration of Ca2+ ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
 13. Shown below is an experimental set-up of a separating technique.

What is the role of the component labelled ‘x’

A. To heat the starting liquid into a vapour

B. To follow the temperature progress of the distillation
C. To collect the distillate
D. To cool and condense the vapour into liquid

14. Which of the following gives the correct shape for each of the molecules listed?

A
Linear Bent Tetrahedral
CO2 H2 S CH4

B
Linear Bent Tetrahedral
H2 CO2 NH3

C
Linear Bent Tetrahedral
HF H2 O NH3

D
Linear Bent Tetrahedral
H2 O NH3 CH4
 15. A 0.366g piece of a fictional metal element X (relative atomic mass 26.5), is heated in
an excess of a fictional gas Z (relative atomic mass 17.2).
The mass of the final product is 0.524g.
What is the empirical formula of the final product?
A. XZ
B. XZ2
C. X2 Z 3
D. X3 Z 2

16. What volume of water should be added to 5.00 mL of 18.0M sulfuric acid to produce
a 0.10M sulfuric acid solution?

A. 900 mL
B. 895 mL
C. 36 mL
D. 0.9 mL

17. A student has been asked to prepare 500 mL of a 0.0250 mol/L standard solution of
sodium carbonate.
What mass of sodium carbonate is required to prepare this standard solution?
A. 0.0125 g
B. 12.50 g
C. 1.32 g
D. 1.038 g

18. What is the volume of a balloon filled with 2.50 moles of gas at 28°C at a pressure of
122 kPa?

A. 4.770 L
B. 56.78 L
C. 51.31 L
D. 61.98 L
 19. Identify the dominant intermolecular force between HBr molecules and whether the
intramolecular bonds of HBr will be polar or non-polar.

A
Intermolecular force Polarity of intramolecular bond
Hydrogen bonding Polar

B
Intermolecular force Polarity of intramolecular bond
Dipole-dipole interactions Polar

C
Intermolecular force Polarity of intramolecular bond
Hydrogen bonding Non-polar

D
Intermolecular force Polarity of intramolecular bond
Dispersion Non-polar

20. Using the bond energy data, determine the enthalpy change (ΔH) for the following
reaction of hydrogen burning in oxygen to form water vapour.

A. +425 kJ/mol
B. -509 kJ/mol
C. +509 kJ/mol
D. -425 kJ/mol
 21. Urea, CH4N2O, a common fertiliser, can be produced as shown:
2NH3(aq) + CO2(aq) à CH4N2O(aq) + H2O(l)
68.2 kg of ammonia and an excess of carbon dioxide are placed in a reaction vessel.
120.24 kg of urea forms from the resulting reaction.
How many moles of ammonia were added to the reaction?
A. 4004 mol
B. 2002 mol
C. 8008 mol
D. 1001 mol

22. A student has a sample of xenon fluoride, XeFy where y is a whole number.
If 9.03 x 1020 molecules of XeFy has a mass of 0.311 g, calculate y.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 3

23. 7.24g of carbon monoxide and 6.97g of oxygen gas are reacted together to form
carbon dioxide as shown in the equation below.
2CO(g) + O2(g) à 2CO2(g)
Calculate the mass of carbon dioxide that will form.
A. 14.2 g
B. 11.4 g
C. 7.11 g
D. 9.59 g
 24. A student conducts an experiment using the apparatus shown below.
Gas is trapped by mercury in the J-tube (a).
A student adds additional mercury to the right arm of the J tube and observes the effect on
the trapped gas (b).

Which option correctly describes the law demonstrated by this experiment?

A. Charles' Law
B. Boyle's Law
C. Gay-Lussac's Law
D. Combined Gas Law
 25. In the galvanic cell shown below, what would be the correct half-equations?

A
Oxidation Half Equation Reduction Half Equation

Zn(s) + 2e- Zn(s) Cu(s) Cu2 + 2e-

B
Oxidation Half Equation Reduction Half Equation

Cu+ + 2e- Cu(s) Zn(s) Zn2 + 2e-

C
Oxidation Half Equation Reduction Half Equation

Cu(s) Cu2+ + 2e- Zn2+ + 2e- Zn(s)

D
Oxidation Half Equation Reduction Half Equation

Zn(s) Zn2+ + 2e- Cu2+ + 2e- Cu(s)

 26. Determine the standard cell potential and spontaneity of reaction for a simple cell
containing a strip of silver metal in a magnesium nitrate solution.

A
Standard Cell Potential (V) Spontaneity of Reaction
+3.16 Spontaneous

B
Standard Cell Potential (V) Spontaneity of Reaction
-1.56 Spontaneous

C
Standard Cell Potential (V) Spontaneity of Reaction
-3.16 Non-spontaneous

D
Standard Cell Potential (V) Spontaneity of Reaction
+1.56 Non-spontaneous

27. Using the data given below, calculate the standard enthalpy of reaction for
photosynthesis.

A. + 2803 kJ
B. 2238 kJ
C. + 307.9 kJ
D. 1917 kJ
 28. Given the standard entropies below, determine the change in standard entropy,
ΔS°, for the formation of ammonia shown in the following reaction:

A. -198.7 kJ mol-1K-1
B. -129.8 J mol-1K-1
C.
-0.1987 kJ mol-1K-1
D. +129.8 kJ mol-1K-1

29. For the following reaction:

Use the following data to determine whether it is spontaneous at 25°C and 100kPa.

A. Spontaneous
B. Non-spontaneous
C. Spontaneous at all temperatures
D. Not enough information given
 30. 0.355g of methanol (CH3OH) underwent complete combustion.
The heat energy released was used to heat 100mL of water.
The temperature of the water changed from 20.25°C to 37.65°C.
What is the amount of energy used to heat the water?

A. 7.273 kJ
B. 15.74 kJ
C. 8.460 kJ
D. 661.2 kJ