CHEM1020 Mid Semester Practice Examination, Semester 1, 2011

Page 1 of 16
VENUE:
SEAT NUMBER:


STUDENT NUMBER:



Mid Semester Practice EXAMINATION
St Lucia Campus First Semester, 2011
CHEM1020 General Chemistry

PERUSAL TIME 10 mins. During perusal, write only on this exam paper.
WRITING TIME 2:00 Hours
EXAMINER A/P Mark Riley
NO. OF PAGES (include title page and attachments) 16 Double Sided


Exam Type: Closed Book - No materials permitted

Calculator - EAIT approved only (must have label)
Dictionary - No
Other No electronic aids are permitted (e.g. laptops, phone)
Permitted Materials:
Insert any other Permitted Materials
None
On True/False Multiple Choice Answer Sheet Answer:


Number of Questions: 40 questions in total, 10 from each Module.

Weighting/Marks: Each question is worth 1 mark.

Special Instructions: Students must comply with the General Award Rules 1A.7 and 1A.8
which outline the responsibilities of students during an examination.

Answer all questions on the computer mark sheet provided.
All questions carry equal marks.
A periodic table and data sheet are provided at the end of this
paper. These may be detached.
Space is provided within the examination paper for rough work.
Anything written there will NOT be seen by examiners.
2
1. A balloon contains 1.00 10
-3
m
3
of helium at 23C and 101 kPa pressure. What is the
volume of the balloon if it rises to an altitude where the pressure is 20.0 kPa and the
temperature is -30.0C?

(a) 5.05 10
-3
m
3

(b) 1.63 10
-4
m
3

(c) 6.15 10
-3
m
3

(d) 1.01 10
-3
m
3

*(e) 4.15 10
-3
m
3


2. When full, a compressed gas cylinder contains 10.0 kg of argon gas and the
pressure gauge reads 14.0 MPa. How many moles of gas remains in the cylinder when
the pressure gauge reads 4.5 MPa?

(a) 1.03 mol
(b) 24.1 mol
(c) 28.0 mol
(d) 32.0 mol
*(e) 80.3 mol


3. Car air bags operate by the explosive reaction of NaN
3
:

) ( 3N ) ( 2Na ) ( 2NaN
2 3
g s s +

What mass of NaN
3
must be used to fill a 70.0 L air bag at 20.0C and 1.00 atm
pressure?

*(a) 126 g
(b) 189 g
(c) 205 g
(d) 417 g
(e) 532 g


4. In which of the following groups of substances would London dispersion forces be the
only significant factors in determining boiling points?

I. Cl
2
II. HF III. Ne IV. KNO
2
V. CCl
4


*(a) I, III, V
(b) I, II, III
(c) II, IV
(d) II, V
(e) III, IV, V
3
5. The following reaction takes place at 300 K under a constant external pressure of 10
6

Pa. What is the work done if 20 mol of NO
2
(g) is formed during the reaction?

2NO(g) + O
2
(g) 2NO
2
(g)

*(a) 24.9 kJ
(b) 2.49 kJ
(c) -2.49 kJ
(d) -24.9 kJ
(e) -49.8 kJ


6. The fermentation of glucose to alcohol at constant pressure is described by the
reaction:-

kJ 67.0 ) ( 2CO ) ( OH H 2C ) ( O H C
2 5 2 6 12 6
= + H g aq aq

Which of the following statements is true?

(a) The system absorbs heat during the reaction
(b) The system contracts during the reaction
(c) The reaction is endothermic
*(d) The system releases heat during the reaction
(e) The enthalpy change is zero


7. Use the following reaction:-

kJ 908 ) ( O 6H ) ( 4NO ) ( 5O ) ( 4NH
0
2 2 3
= + + H g g g g

and the standard enthalpy changes of formation
1 0
mol kJ 90 ) NO (

=
f
H ,

1
2
0
mol kJ -242 ) O H (

=
f
H to determine the standard enthalpy change of formation of
ammonia, ) NH (
3
0
f
H

*(a) -46 kJ mol
-1
(b) 189 kJ mol
-1
(c) 23 kJ mol
-1

(d) -184 kJ mol
-1

(e) 184 kJ mol
-1



4
8. The dissolution of CaCl
2
is described by the equation:-

kJ 81.5 ) ( 2Cl ) ( Ca ) ( CaCl
2
2
= +
+
H aq aq s

11.0 g of CaCl
2
is dissolved in 125 g of water and the solution is initially at 25.0C.
Assuming no heat loss to the surroundings, and that the combined 136 g of solution has
a specific heat capacity of 4.18 J C
-1
g
-1
, what is the final temperature of the solution?

(a) 22.4 C
(b) 24.3 C
(c) 25.8 C
*(d) 39.2 C
(e) 40.5 C


9. At a given temperature the equilibrium constant for the following reaction is K = 1.3
10
-2
.

) ( 3H ) ( N
2 2
g g + ) ( 2NH
3
g

What is the value of K for the following reaction?

) ( NH
3
g ) ( H ) ( N
2 2
3
2 2
1
g g +

(a) 0.026
(b) 0.11
*(c) 8.8
(d) 77
(e) 5900


10. A reaction at equilibrium is described by:-

) ( 4HF ) ( UO
2
g s + ) ( O 2H ) ( UF
2 4
g g +

Which of the following will shift the position of equilibrium from the left to the right?

(a) Add additional UO
2
(s)
(b) Add additional UF
4

*(c) Increase the pressure
(d) Remove HF
(e) Remove UO
2



5
11. Glacial acetic acid (CH
3
COOH) is pure liquid acetic acid which has a density of 1.05
g/cm
3
. 20 mL of glacial acetic acid is diluted to 250 mL in water (K
a
(CH
3
COOH) = 1.8
x 10
5
). The [H
3
O
+
] and pH of this solution are:-

[H
3
O
+
] pH
(a) 4.76 x 10
3
2.32
*(b) 5.00 x 10
3
2.30
(c) 5.51 x 10
3
2.25
(d) 6.27 x 10
3
2.20
(e) 6.95 x 10
3
2.15


12. The solubility of ferric hydroxide (Fe(OH)
3
; K
sp
= 4 x 10
38
) in a solution buffered at
pH 11.0 is:-

(a) 1.96 x 10
10
M
(b) 2.67 x 10
21
M
*(c) 4.0 x 10
29
M
(d) 4.0 x 10
35
M
(e) 4.0 x 10
38
M


13. The solubility of lead iodide (PbI
2
; K
sp
= 1.4 x 10
8
) in 0.010 M NaI is:-

(a) 1.18 x 10
4
M
(b) 0.01

M
(c) 1.40 x 10
6
M
*(d) 1.40 x 10
4
M
(e) 8.37 x 10
5
M


14. The pH at the equivalence point of the titration between 50.0 mL of 0.0426 M HOCl
(K
a
= 3.5 x 10
8
) and 0.1028 M NaOH is:-

(a) 4.03
(b) 7.00
*(c) 9.97
(d) 10.05
(e) 11.16


15. A 0.045 M solution of a monoprotic acid HA is 0.60% dissociated in aqueous solution.
The pK
a
for this acid is:-

(a) 2.22
*(b) 5.79
(c) 7.14
(d) 8.21
(e) 12.21
6

16. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is the active ingredient of almost all bleaches. NaOCl is
dissolved in a solution buffered to pH 6.20 (K
a
(HOCl) = 3.5 x 10
8
). The ratio of
[HOCl]/[OCl

] is:-

(a) 0.0290
(b) 0.0555
*(c) 18.030
(d) 33.889
(e) 50.000


17. Glutamic acid has the following structure and displays three pK
a
s at
2.16, 4.27 and 9.93. These pK
a
s can be described by the following
equilibria:-



















The pI of glutamic acid is:-

(a) 2.16
*(b) 3.21
(c) 6.04
(d) 7.10
(e) 9.93


18. What volume (in mL) of 0.36 M NaOH solution must be added to 150.00 mL of 0.10 M
acetic acid solution to give a buffer solution with pH 4.30?
(K
a
for acetic acid = 1.8 x 10
5
)
(a) 45.89 mL
*(b) 11.00 mL
(c) 13.78 mL
(d) 34.67 mL
(e) 9.54 mL
NH
3
+
CH COOH
(CH
2
)
2
COOH
+
H
2
O NH
3
+
CH
(CH
2
)
2
COOH
COO
+
H
3
O
+
NH
3
+
CH
(CH
2
)
2
COOH
COO
+
H
2
O
NH
3
+
CH
(CH
2
)
2
COO
+
H
3
O
+
COO
NH
3
+
CH
(CH
2
)
2
COO
COO
+
H
2
O
CH
(CH
2
)
2
COO
COO
+
H
3
O
+
NH
2
pKa
1
pKa
2
pKa
3
7

19. Arrange the following 0.10 M solutions in order from most acidic to most basic:-

KOH, KBr, KCN, NH
4
Br, NH
4
CN, HCN

(K
a
(HCN) = 6.2 x 10
10
; K
a
(NH
4
+
) = 5.6 x 10
10
)

(a) KOH; KBr; KCN; NH
4
Br; NH
4
CN; HCN
(b) KOH; KCN; NH
4
CN; KBr; NH
4
Br; HCN
(c) NH
4
CN; HCN; KCN; KOH; NH
4
Br, KBr
(d) HCN; NH
4
Br; KBr; KCN; NH
4
CN; KOH
*(e) HCN; NH
4
Br; KBr; NH
4
CN; KCN; KOH


20. The K
a
for acetic acid (CH
3
COOH) is 1.8 x 10
5
. The K
a
for hypochlorous acid (HOCl)
is 3.5 x 10
8
. In aqueous solution, the strongest base is:-

(a) CH
3
COOH
(b) CH
3
COO

(c) HOCl
*(d) OCl

(e) H
2
O


21. 10.0 mg sample of a protein is dissolved in water to make 20.0 mL of solution. The
osmotic pressure is 6.44 10
-4
atm at 25C. What is the molar mass of the protein?

(a) 87 g mol
-1

(b) 349 g mol
-1

(c) 2,920 g mol
-1

*(d) 19,000 g mol
-1

(e) 230,000 g mol
-1



22. What statement is FALSE?

(a) H
fus
is the energy required to melt one mole of a solid
(b) Ice has a lower density than water
(c) At the triple point solid, liquid and gas coexists
(d) Solids have a vapour pressure
*(e) Solid carbon dioxide melts to form a liquid at 1 atm

8

23. The vapour pressure of ethanol (C
2
H
5
OH) was measured at two temperatures. At 15C
it was found to be 44 mmHg, and at 40C it was 160 mmHg. Calculate the enthalpy of
vapourisation for ethanol.

(a) 381 J mol
-1

(b) 381 kJ mol
-1

(c) 258 kJ mol
-1

*(d) 39 kJ mol
-1

(e) 39 kJ


24. Calculate the vapour pressure of solution prepared by dissolving 35.00 g of Na
3
PO
4

(MW 164 g mol
-1
) in 100 g water at 100C
(a) 13.5 kPa
(b) 3.7 kPa
(c) 97.6 kPa
*(d) 87.8 kPa
(e) 56.9 kPa


25. The molar enthalpy of fusion, H
fus
, and the molar enthalpy of vaporisation, H
vap
, of
water are 6.01 J mol
-1
and 40.79 J mol
-1
, respectively. What is the molar enthalpy of
sublimation, H
sub
?

(a) 34.78 J mol
-1

(b) -34.78 J mol
-1

*(c) 46.80 J mol
-1

(c) 4.68 J mol
-1

(d) -6.01 J mol
-1



26. Calculate G
0
for the following balanced reaction at 25C using the data in the table below.

CO(NH
2
)
2
(s) + H
2
O (l) CO
2
(g) + 2 NH
3
(g)

H
0
f
(kJ mol
-1
) S
0
(J K
-1
mol
-1
)
CO(NH
2
)
2
(s) -333.19 104.6
H
2
O (l) -285.9 69.96
CO
2
(g) -393.5 213.6
NH
3
(g) -46.19 192.5

*(a) 6.84 kJ
(b) -1.49 10
3
kJ
(c) -6.71 kJ
(d) 53.3 J K
-1

(e) 259.57 J K
-1

9

27. Calculate S
surr
for the following reaction at 25C and 1 atm.

2 H
2
(g) + O
2
(g) 2 H
2
O (l) H
0
= -571.8 kJ

(a) -8.37 10
3
J K
-1

(b) 6.45 10
-3
J K
-1

(c) -2.22 10
3
J K
-1

(d) 2.22 10
3
J K
-1

*(e) 1.92 10
3
J K
-1



28. For the oxidation of sulfur dioxide

2SO
2
(g) + O
2
(g) ' 2SO
3
(g)

the value of G
0
for this reaction at 25C is -140 kJ. What is the equilibrium constant K?

(a) 0
(b) 1.86 10
12

(c) -1.86 10
12

(d) 3.45 10
-24

*(e) 3.45 10
24


29. Which statement below is TRUE for a process with an equilibrium constant K and a reaction
quotient Q?

(a) If Q > K, then still more products will be produced before the equilibrium is reached
*(b) If Q < K, then still more products will be produced before the equilibrium is reached
(c) The process will spontaneously reach its equilibrium only if Q > K
(d) The process will spontaneously reach its equilibrium only if Q < K
(e) K is negative for every spontaneous process


30. Which statement below is TRUE for every spontaneous process?

(a) the systems enthalpy decreases
(b) the systems entropy increases
(c) the systems entropy decreases
(d) the entropy of the universe decreases
*(e) the systems free energy decreases

10

31. Consider the Galvanic cell based on a zinc electrode in a 1.0 M Zn
2+
aqueous solution
and a silver electrode in a 1.0 M Ag
+
aqueous solution.

Ag
+
+ e
-
Ag E = 0.80 V
Zn
2+
+ 2e
-
Zn E = -0.76 V

Which of the following statements is correct?

*(a) The zinc electrode is the anode and Ag
+
(aq) will be reduced
(b) The zinc electrode is the cathode and Zn
2+
(aq) will be oxidised
(c) The silver electrode is the anode and Ag
+
(aq) will be oxidised
(d) The silver electrode is the cathode and Ag
+
(aq) will be oxidised
(e) The silver electrode is the anode and Ag
+
(aq) will be reduced


32. A Galvanic cell is constructed with a zinc electrode immersed in 1.0 M Zn
2+
aqueous
solution and a nickel electrode immersed in 0.10 M Ni
2+
aqueous solution.

Zn
2+
+ 2e
-
Zn E = -0.76 V
Ni
2+
+ 2e
-
Ni E = -0.23 V

Calculate E for this cell

(a) 0.53 V
*(b) 0.50 V
(c) 0.56 V
(d) 0.47 V
(e) 0.59 V


33. The reduction potentials for Ni
2+
and Sn
2+
are as follows:
Ni
2+
+ 2e
-
Ni E = -0.23 V
Sn
2+
+ 2e
-
Sn E = -0.14 V

Calculate the equilibrium constant at 25C for the reaction
Sn
2+
+ Ni Sn + Ni
2+


(a) 1.9 x 10
-4

(b) 1.9
(c) 3.0
(d) 1.5 x 10
13

*(e) 1.1 x 10
3

11
34. Copper is electroplated from CuSO
4
solution. A constant current of 4.00 amp is applied
by an external power supply. How long will it take to deposit 100 g of Cu?

*(a) 21 h
(b) 10.0 min
(c) 1.60 days
(d) 11.2 s
(e) 2.91 h


35. A concentration cell is constructed with copper electrodes immersed in Cu
2+
aqueous
solutions. In one compartment the [Cu
2+
] = 1.0 x 10
-3
M and in the other compartment
the [Cu
2+
] concentration is 2.0 M. Calculate the potential for this cell at 25C. The
standard reduction potential for Cu
2+
is +0.34 V.

(a) 0.24V
(b) -0.24 V
*(c) 0.098 V
(d) -0.098 V
(e) 0.78 V


36. Based on the data below, find the rate law for the following reaction:

O H O N H 2NO
2 2 2
+ +

Experiment Initial [NO]
mol L
-1
Initial [H
2
]
mol L
-1
Initial rate
mol L
-1
s
-1
1 6.4 10
-3
2.2 10
-3
2.6 10
-5

2 3.2 10
-3
2.2 10
-3
6.5 10
-6

3 6.4 10
-3
4.5 10
-3
5.1 10
-5


(a) Rate = k[NO]
(b) Rate = k[NO]
2
*(c) Rate = k[NO]
2
[H
2
]
(d) Rate = k[NO][H
2
]
(e) Rate = k[N
2
O][H
2
O]

12

37. The balanced equation for the reaction of bromate ion with bromide in acidic solution is
given by:

O 3H 3Br 6H 5Br BrO
2 2 3
+ + +
+


At a particular instant in time, the value of -[Br
-
]/t is 2.0 10
-3
mol L
-1
s
-1
. What is
the value of [BrO
3
-
]/t?

(a) 1.2 10
-3
mol L
-1
s
-1

(b) 6.0 10
-3
mol L
-1
s
-1

(c) 3.3 10
-3
mol L
-1
s
-1

*(d) 4.0 10
-4
mol L
-1
s
-1

(e) 2.0 10
-3
mol L
-1
s
-1



38. The recombination of iodine atoms to form molecular iodine in the gas phase

I(g) + I(g) I
2
(g)

follows second order kinetics and has a rate constant of 7.0 10
9
L mol
-1
s
-1
at 25C.
Calculate the half-life of the reaction if the initial concentration of I(g) is 0.30 mol L
-1
.

(a) 2.4 10
-6
s
(b) 1.2 10
-6
s
*(c) 4.8 10
-10
s
(d) 2.4 10
-10
s
(e) 4.2 10
9
s


39. The rate constant of a first-order reaction is 3.46 10
-2
s
-1
at 25C. What is the rate
constant at 450 K if the activation energy for the reaction is 48.6 kJ mol
-1
?

(a) 0.702 s
-1

(b) 4.86 s
-1
(c) 1.7 10
-3
s
-1
(d) 0.035 s
-1
*(e) 26.1 s
-1


13

40. Which of the following statements about a catalyst is FALSE?

(a) A catalyst lowers the activation energy of a reaction
(b) A catalyst will speed up the reaction be allowing it to go by a different pathway
(c) An enzyme is an example of a homogeneous catalyst
(d) A catalyst has no effect on the equilibrium constant
*(e) A catalyst does not participate in the reaction





SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Question B1:
Exactly 8.0 g of O
2
and 2.00 g of He was placed in a 5.00 L tank at 298 K.
(a) What is the total pressure of the gas mixture?

(b) What are the partial pressures due to the O
2
and He gases?

(c) What is the total pressure if the temperature is raised to 400 K?

(d) The standard enthalpies of formation for CO and CO
2
are given by:

f
H(CO)=-110.5 kJ mol
-1
and
f
H(CO
2
)=-393.5 kJ mol
-1
respectively.
Calculate H for the following reaction?
CO + 1/2 O
2
CO
2




14

(1 out of 4 marks)
(1 out of 4 marks)
(1 out of 4 marks)
P (O
2
) = n RT / V = 0.250.08206298 / 5 = 1.22 atm
P (He) = n RT / V = 0.500.08206298 / 5 = 2.44 atm

(1 out of 4 marks)
n(O
2
)=8.00/32.0 = 0.25 n(He) = 2.00 / 4.00 = 0.500 n(Tot) = 0.75
P = n RT / V = 0.750.08206298 / 5 = 3.67 atm
or V= 5 L = 510
-3
m
3

n RT / V = 0.758.314298 / 510
-3
= 3.7210
5
Pa
P
1
/T
1
= P
2
/T
2

P
2
= 3.67 / 298 400 = 4.93 atm

CO(g) C(s) + 1/2 O
2
(g)

H=+110.5 kJ

C(s) + O
2
(g) CO
2
(g)

H= -393.5 kJ

CO(g) + 1/2 O
2
(g) CO
2
(g)

H= -283.0 kJ

Question B2:
(a) What is the pH of the solution when 10 mL of 0.1 M HCl acid is added to 100
mL of pure water?

(b) For a particular experiment a buffer solution was made so that [CH
3
COO
-
] =
0.11 M and [CH
3
COOH] = 0.09 M. K
a
(CH
3
COOH) = 1.8 10
-5
. What is the pH
of this buffer solution?

(c) What is the pH of the solution when 10 mL of 0.1 M HCl acid is added to 100
mL of the buffer solution given in (b) above?



END OF EXAMINATION
TURN OVER FOR DATA SHEET AND PERIODIC TABLE

15
(1 out of 4 marks)
(1 out of 4 marks)
(2 out of 4 marks)
HCl H
+
+ Cl
-

moles =
10
1000
u.1 = 10
-3

[H
+
] = 10
-3
moles / 0.11 L = 9.09 10
-3

pH=2.04
pH = pK
a
+ log
10

|CH
3
COO
-
]
|CH
3
COOH]

= 4.74 + log
10
[
0.11
0.9
= 4.83
CH
3
COOH + H
2
O CH
3
COO
-
+ H
3
O
+

inital moles: 0.09 x 0.1 0.11 x 0.1 0.1 x 0.01
0.009 0.011 0.001
assume H
+
reacts completely:
0.010 0.010 0.0
concs 0.010/0.11 =0.091 0.010/0.11=0.091
allow equilibrium to re-establish:
0.091-x 0.091+x x
[
x(0.091+x)
(0.091-x)
= 1.8 10
-5
assume x << 0.091
[
x(0.091)
0.091
= 1.8 10
-5
, x = 1.8 10
-5
, pH = 4.74