CCC Pta 2023 Final Paper
CCC Pta 2023 Final Paper
1) Manganese dioxide, a black solid, catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen 4) Between which pair of molecules can hydrogen bonding occur?
peroxide according to the following chemical equation:
2H2O2(l) → 2H2O(l) + O2(g) A) H2O and HCl B) C2H5OH and CH2O C) HF and HCN
D) NH3 and CH3CONCl2 E) CH3NH2 and CH3OH
What chemical designation best characterizes the chemical properties of
manganese dioxide?
5) According to VSEPR Theory, which of the following pairs of chemical
species will have the same molecular shape?
A) Oxidizer B) Flammable C) Reactivity Hazard
A) BrCl4- and ClO4- B) TeCl4 and CH4 C) BrCl4- and CH4
D) NH4+ and ClO4- E) TeCl4 and NH4+
D) Toxic E) Corrosive
6) A 100 g piece of copper at 150°C is submerged in 100 mL of water at 20°C.
Which statement(s) is/are true as the water and copper system reaches a final
2) The Haber Process is the reaction used for the commercial production of temperature of 31°C?
ammonia
I) The process is endothermic for copper because the final temperature
N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g) → 2 NH3 (g) is lower than its initial temperature.
II) Copper experiences the greatest temperature change because it has
If 48.0 L of hydrogen gas are combined with 21.0 L of nitrogen gas at 300 the greatest change in heat energy (Q).
atm and 500°C, what volume of NH3 gas will be produced? III) Water experiences a smaller temperature change because it has a
higher specific heat capacity (c).
A) 42.0 L B) 32.0 L C) 96.0 L D) 14.0 L E) 63.0 L
A) I only B) II only C) III only D) I and III only E) I, II, and III
3) What volume of O2 at 22.0°C and 100.0 kPa will be produced if 0.378 g of
potassium chlorate is allowed to decompose completely on heating according to 7) Which of the following reaction coordinate diagrams of potential energy vs.
the following unbalanced chemical equation? time represents an endothermic reaction with one reaction intermediate?
KClO3(s) → KCl(s) + O2(g)
A) B) C) D) E)
A) 0.114 L B) 0.0504 L C) 0.0757 L D) 0.123 L E) 0.0730 L
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8) When 11.06 g of an unknown metal, M, reacts completely with excess 13) A space shuttle uses the reaction of H2 and O2 to power its processes as
chlorine gas 0.174 mol of the metal chloride is produced. What is the identity of follows:
the metal? 2𝐻2 + 𝑂2 → 2𝐻2 𝑂
The shuttle consumes 1730 kJ of energy daily. Calculate the total volume of H 2
A) Cu B) Na C) Ag D) K E) Au and O2 gases 27oC and 3.2 atm that the shuttle would need to operate for one
week at.
9) Changes in effective nuclear charge and electron shielding are two main
factors used to explain observed trends in the periodic table. Which of the Use the table below for any necessary values (at 27oC).
following trends is affected the most by electron shielding?
A) Electronegativity increases - Mg, Al, S, Cl H2 O2 H2O(l)
B) Radius decreases - F-, Ar, K+, Ca2+
ΔHf (kJ mol-1) 0 0 -285.8
C) Ionization energy decreases - Be, Mg, Ca, Sr
D) Electron affinity decreases - Br, Se, As, Ge S (J/mol⋅K) 130.6 205.0 69.9
E) Metallic character increases - P, Si, Al, Mg
16) The drug compound below is a painkiller which has also recently been used 19) The following system is at equilibrium:
in the treatment of the COVID-19 disease.
2 NO2Cl (g) ⇋ 2 NO2 (g) + Cl2 (g) ΔHrxn = -228 kJ mol-1
Which of the following would cause the equilibrium to shift towards the
reactants?
18) The reaction below takes place to form a product that contains two new A) k = 7.5 x 10-3 L2 mol-2 min-1 B) k = 1.1 x 10-3 L mol-1 min-1
functional groups: C) k = 1.1 x 10-3 L2 mol-2 min-1 D) k = 1.1 x 10-2 L2 mol-2 min-1
E) k = 7.5 x 10-2 L mol-1 min-1
Which two terms can be used to appropriately describe this type of reaction?
21) All but one of the following oxo-acids have been paired with the correct 24) Consider the carbon atom indicated by the arrow in the structure of the
pKa. Based on their comparative structure, which acid has an incorrect pK a? indicator phenolphthalein
Note that some or all of the structures have lone pairs that are not depicted.
A) B) C)
D) E)
The structure on the left is phenolphthalein in acidic solution and on the right is
the structure of phenolphthlalein in basic solution. As the colourless structure
pKa = 1.9 pKa = 2.2
of phenolphthalein in acidic solution on the left changes to the structure on the
right which appears fuschia in basic solution, which of the following statements
22) The relationship between the following two organic compounds is best would be FALSE?
described as
A) The hybridization on the marked carbon changes from sp 3 to sp2.
B) The bond angles surrounding the marked carbon change from
approximately 109.5° to approximately 120°.
C) On the marked carbon, a sigma bond is lost and a pi bond is formed.
D) The number of occupied unhybridized p orbitals in the marked carbon
increases from 1 to 2.
A) non-superimposable mirror images D) identical E) The deprotonation of a hydroxyl group leads to the transfer of
B) geometric isomers E) structural isomers electrons that creates a carboxylate ion.
C) compounds with different molecular formulae
25) A saturated solution of an alkaline earth metal hydroxide was prepared by
23) When 0.50 g Mg (s) reacts in a calorimeter with excess HCl (aq) at volume adding 5.00 g of the solid hydroxide to 1.00 L of deionized water with
V and concentration C, the temperature of the solution increases by 13 °C. How continuous stirring. The pH of the solution was determined to be 10.35. What is
much would the temperature of the solution in the calorimeter increase if 0.50 g the value of the solubility product constant, Ksp, for the alkaline earth metal
Mg (s) was combined with HCl (aq) with a volume of 2V and a concentration hydroxide according to this experiment?
of 2C?
Assume the mass of the magnesium is negligible compared to the mass of the A) 5.61 x 10-12 B) 4.49 x 10-11 C) 1.12 x 10-11
solution and the heat lost or absorbed by the calorimeter is negligible. D) 1.40 x 10-12 E) 2.80 x 10-12
A) 6.5 oC B) 13 oC C) 26 oC D) 39 oC E) 52 oC
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Data Sheet
Fiche de données
1 18
1 2
H He
1.008 2 13 14 15 16 17 4.003
Relative Atomic Masses (2012, IUPAC) Masses Atomiques Relatives (UICPA, 2012)
3 4 *For the radioactive elements the *Dans le cas des éléments radioactifs, la masse
5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic mass of an important isotope is given atomique fournie est celle d’un isotope important
B C N O F Ne
6.941 9.012 10.81 12.01 14.01 16.00 19.00 20.18
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
22.99 24.31 26.98 28.09 30.97 32.07 35.45 39.95
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
39.10 40.08 44.96 47.87 50.94 52.00 54.94 55.85 58.93 58.69 63.55 65.38 69.72 72.61 74.92 78.96 79.90 83.80
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
85.47 87.62 88.91 91.22 92.91 95.96 (98) 101.1 102.9 106.4 107.9 112.4 114.8 118.7 121.8 127.6 126.9 131.3
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
132.9 137.3 138.9 178.5 180.9 183.9 186.2 190.2 192.2 195.1 197.0 200.6 204.4 207.2 209.0 (209) (210) (222)
87 88 89 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
Fr Ra Ac Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
(223) (226) (227) (261) (262) (266) (264) (277) (268) (269) (272) (285) (284) (289) (288) (292) (294) (294)
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
140.1 140.9 144.2 (145) 150.4 152.0 157.3 158.9 162.5 164.9 167.3 168.9 173.0 175.0
Symbol Value
Symbole Quantité numérique