Chemistry 20 Final Exam C

Multiple choice – choose the best answer

1. Using the Arrhenius theory, a base is best defined as a compound that readily

A. dissociates in water to give hydroxide ions.

B. dissociates in water to give hydrogen ions.
C. reacts with hydrogen ions in solutions.
D. reacts with hydroxide ions in solutions.

2. What will occur when HOOCCOOH(s) is added to water?

A. The pH will increase.

B. The OH– ion concentration will decrease.
C. Hydrogen gas will be released.
D. Red litmus will turn blue in solution.

3. If 50 mL of 0.30 mol/L HCl(aq) is added to 99 mL of water, then the final hydrogen ion
concentration will be

A. 1 × 10 mol/L
B. 1 × 10–1 mol/L
C. 1 × 10–13 mol/L
D. 1 × 10–15 mol/L

4. During an experiment to classify substances as acids or bases it is most important to

determine the

A. percent dissociation of the solute.

B. conductivity of the solution.
C. concentration of the solution.
D. pH of the solution.

5. A solution with a pH of 5 is said to be

A. corrosive
B. acidic
C. basic
D. neutral

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6. The formula for hydroiodic acid is

A. HI(aq)
B. HIO(aq)
C. HIO2(aq)
D. HIO3(aq)

7. When H+ (aq)is 1.0 × 10-8 mol/L, it can be concluded that

A. the pH is 6.
B. the pH is 8.
C. a weak acid is present.
D. a strong base is present.

8. The reaction of an acid with a base is classified as

A. equilibrium
B. decomposition
C. formation
D. neutralization

9. The predominant types of molecular motion found in a solid and a gas respectively are

A. rotational and vibrational.

B. vibrational and translational.
C. rotational and translational.
D. translational and rotational.

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Use the following statements to answer the next three questions.

1. All gas samples of the same volume, temperature and pressure contain the same
number of molecules.
2. The volume of a gas varies with the temperature.
3. The volume of a gas varies with the pressure.
4. The volume of a gas varies with the amount of gas.
5. The pressure of a gas varies with the temperature.
6. The pressure of a gas varies with the type of gas present.

10. The correct statement of Charles' law is:

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

11. The correct statement of Avagadro's theory is:

A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6

12. The correct statement of Boyle's law is:

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
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Use the following to answer the next four questions.

1. p
2. T
3. v
4. n
5. R

13. Which of the above remain constant for Boyle's law?

A. 1 and 3 only
B. 2 and 4 only
C. 3, 4 and 5 only
D. 2, 4 and 5 only

14. Which of the above remain constant for Charles' law?

A. 1, 4 and 5 only
B. 3, 4 and 5 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 2 and 3 only

15. Which of the above remain constant for the combined gas law?

A. 1, 2 and 3 only
B. 4 only
C. 5 only
D. 4 and 5 only

16. Which of the above remain constant for the ideal gas law?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 4 only
E. 5 only
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17. In a cylinder is a piston which can move easily. If the temperature of the gas within the
cylinder were to be increased by a factor of five, what would be the result?

A. The gas pressure would decrease as the gas expanded.

B. The gas volume would increase by a factor of five.
C. Some of the gas would likely escape.
D. The gas pressure would increase by a factor of 10.

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18. The pressure of a car tire is 310 kPa. If the pressure reading was made at 25oC, the reading
of the tire pressure at –30oC would be

A. 260 kPa
B. 0.0039 kPa
C. 0.0027 kPa
D. 370 kPa

19. According to the kinetic molecular theory pressure is a result of:

A. the collisions between gas particles.

B. holding a gas within a small container.
C. the translational, vibrational, and rotational motion of the gas particles.
D. the collisions between the gas particles and a surrounding object.

20. The temperature of a gas is a measure of its

A. vibration rate.
B. potential energy.
C. kinetic energy.
D. translational rate.

21. If a tank contains 7.0 g of nitrogen gas, the volume this amount of gas would occupy at
STP is

A. 5.6 L
B. 11.2 L
C. 22.4 L
D. 157 L

22. In a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen gases, 50.5 L of gas is produced at 625oC and
120 kPa. How many moles of water vapour was created?

A. 2.07 mol
B. 1.17 mol
C. 0.812 mol
D. 0.532 mol

23. Under the same conditions of temperature and pressure, equal volumes of nitrogen gas and
helium gas contain equivalent

A. moles
B. bonding forces
C. atoms
D. masses

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 Use the following information for question 1.

A laboratory technician has forgotten to put labels on four solutions he made yesterday. The
solutions made up were
KCl (aq)
H2SO4 (aq)
C12H22O11 (aq)
Ba(OH)2 (aq)

To identify them he has carried out some tests with the following results:

Solution Color of Color of Conductivity

Blue Litmus Red Litmus

A Red Red Yes

B Blue Blue Yes

C Blue Red No

D Blue Red Yes

1. Use the results to match the solutions listed above to the letters A, B, C and D.

(4)
Solution A is _______________

Solution B is _______________

Solution C is _______________

Solution D is _______________

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2. What mass of HBr(g) is required to make 100.0 mL of a 1.85 pH solution?

(3)

3. A helium balloon is being used for high altitude atmospheric testing. When the balloon is
high above the clouds where the temperature is –60 oC, its volume is 150 L. When the
balloon is brought down to SATP conditions, the volume decreases to 25 L. What was
the pressure above the clouds?

(3)

4. When a rigid hollow sphere containing 600 L of helium gas is heated from 25 oC to
325 oC, the pressure of the gas increases to 1800 kPa. What mass of gas does the sphere
contain?

(5)

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5. In a titration experiment, the following results were obtained when 0.75 mol/L
hydrochloric acid was used to neutralize 25.0 mL of a barium hydroxide solution using
bromothymol blue as the indicator. What is the concentration of the base?

Trial 1 2 3 4

Final buret reading (mL) 48.8 41.5 38.9 39.2

Initial buret reading (mL) 10.0 0.7 0.4 0.5

Colour at endpoint light dark light light

green yellow green green

(5)

6. When gasoline (C9H20 (l)) burns in an automobile engine, carbon dioxide is one of the
products. What volume, at SATP, of carbon dioxide would be produced from the complete
combustion of 15.0 g of gasoline?

C9H20 (l) + 14 O 2 (g) → 9 CO 2 (g) + 10H2 O (g)

(3)