Chem 1040 Exam 1 Review

Dr.Waddell

1) How many moles of alanine, C3H7NO2, are there in 159 g of alanine?

(a) 1.42 x 104
(b) 1.78
(c) 0.992
(d) 0.560
(e) 3.31

2) Analysis of a sample of a covalent compound showed that it contained 14.4%

hydrogen and 85.6% carbon by mass. What is the empirical formula for the
compound?
(a) CH
(b) CH2
(c) CH3
(d) C2H3
(e) none of these
3) Balance the following equation. NH3 + O2 à NO2 + H2O
(a) 3,7,8,2
(b) 4,5.5,5,3
(c) 4,7,4,6
(d) 2,3.5,2,3

4) The number 0.005436 has how many significant figures?

(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6

5) The number 10.00 has how many significant figures?

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5

6) For the reacSon CaCO3(s) + 2HCl(aq) à CaCl12(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l); 68.1 g solid CaCO3 is
mixed with 51.6 g HCl. What number of grams of CO2 will be produced?
(a) 69.4 g CO2
(b) 15.0 g CO2
(c) 29.9 g CO2
(d) 59.8 g CO2
7) Consider this reacSon: 2Na(s) + 2H2O(l) à 2NaOH(aq) + H2(g); What number of moles of H2
will be produced when 4 mol Na is added to 2 mol H2O?
(a) 4 mol
(b) 1 mol
(c) 3 mol
(d) 2 mol
(e) none of the above

8) Consider this unbalanced reacSon: N2 + H2 à NH3. What would the coefficients be?
(a) 1,3,2
(b) 3,2,1
(c) 4,3,2
(d) 2,1,3

8b) When NH3 is prepared from 28 g N2 and excess H2, the theoretical yield of NH3 is 34 g.
When doing the reaction in an experiment, only 30. grams was produced. What is the
percentage yield?
(a) 14%
(b) 6%
(c) 12%
(d) 82%
(e) 88%

9) How many moles of KNO3 are in 545.6 grams of KNO3? (molar mass of KNO3 = 162.2
g/mole)
(a) 3.364 moles KNO3
(b) 8.85x104 moles KNO3
(c) 16.82 moles KNO3
(d) 10.09 moles KNO3
(e) 1.12 moles KNO3

10) Consider the following chemical equation: 4 CuO + CH4 à 2 H2O + 4 Cu + CO2; What is the
limiting reactant AND what is the theoretical yield of Cu in grams (molar mass =63.55g/mole)
if 30.0 grams of CuO (molar mass = 79.5g/mole) and 20.0 grams of CH4 (16.0 g/mole) are
reacted? Show work:
11) Consider the same circumstances as question #16. How many grams of excess reactant do
you have?
Show work:

12) Consider a substance with the empirical formula of C2H3O. What is the molecular formula
of this substance if the molar mass is approximately 215 g/mole?
(C = 12.01 g/mole; H = 1.01 g/mole; O = 16.00 g/mole)

13) For each compound, give the name and indicate if it is ionic or covalent:
a) AlF3____________________________
b) Co2(CO3)3____________________________
c) (NH4)2SO4____________________________
d) ZnO____________________________
e) P2O5____________________________
f) Au2O3____________________________

14) For each compound, give the formula and indicate if it is ionic or covalent:
a) Dinitrogen triselenide____________________________
b) Hydrophosphoric acid____________________________
c) Magnesium arsenide____________________________
d) Titanium (II) phosphate____________________________
e) Lead (III) carbonate____________________________
f) Iodine pentafluoride____________________________
15) Chemistry unit conversions! When in doubt – mole it out!
a. How many atoms of S are there in 3.46 kg of S2F6?
b. How many kilograms are in 2.2 x 1022 molecules of CO2?
c. How many atoms of Rb are there in 421 milligrams of Rb2O?

16) Chemificin, a new drug, contains 47.0% potassium, 14.5% carbon, and 38.5% oxygen.
Chemificin has an actual molar mass of 332.4 g/mole. What is the empirical AND molecular
formula for this compound?

17) Convert 12.5 miles to millimeters (mm)? Conversions to know: 5280 j = 1.00 mile; 12.0 in.
= 1.00 j; 2.54 cm = 1.00 in

18) How many grams of CaCO3 (100.09 g/mole) are in 268mL of a 1.85M soluSon?

19) You diluted a 4.15 M soluSon of KNO3 to 555 mL of a 2.13M soluSon. What iniSal volume
of KNO3 soluSon did you start with?

20) How many atoms of C are in 2.35 grams of C2H4O2? (molar mass of C2H4O2 = 60.1 g/mole)
A) 2.35x1022 atoms of C
B) 1.70x1026 atoms of C
C) 7.82x10-2 atoms of C
D) 4.71x1022 atoms of C
E) 0.588 atoms of C