2014 U.S.

NATIONAL CHEMISTRY
OLYMPIAD
Local Section Exam


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Page 2 Property of ACS USNCO Not for use as a USNCO Local Section Exam after March 31, 2013
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS CONSTANTS
amount of substance n
ampere A
atmosphere atm
atomic mass unit u
Avogadro constant N
A

Celsius temperature C
centi prefix c
coulomb C
density d
electromotive force E
energy of activation E
a

enthalpy H
entropy S
equilibrium constant K
Faraday constant F
free energy G
frequency v
gas constant R
gram g
hour h
joule J
kelvin K
kilo prefix k
liter L
measure of pressure mm Hg
milli prefix m
molal m
molar M
molar mass M
mole mol
Plancks constant h
pressure P
rate constant k
reaction quotient Q
second s
speed of light c
temperature, K T
time t
vapor pressure VP
volt V
volume V


R = 8.314 Jmol
1
K
1

R = 0.0821 Latmmol
1
K
1

1 F = 96,500 Cmol
1

1 F = 96,500 JV
1
mol
1

N
A
= 6.022 10
23
mol
1

h = 6.626 10
34
Js
c = 2.998 10
8
ms
1
0 C = 273.15 K
1 atm = 760 mm Hg



EQUATIONS


o
ln
RT
E E Q
nF
=
1
ln constant
H
K
R T
A | || |
= +
| |
\ .\ .

2
1 1 2
1 1
ln
a
E k
k R T T
| | | |
=
| |
\ . \ .




1 PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS 18
1A 8A
1
H
1.008

2 13 14 15 16 17
2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A
2
He
4.003
3
Li
6.941
4
Be
9.012
5
B
10.81
6
C
12.01
7
N
14.01
8
O
16.00
9
F
19.00
10
Ne
20.18
11
Na
22.99
12
Mg
24.31

3
3B

4
4B

5
5B

6
6B

7
7B

8
8B

9
8B

10
8B

11
1B

12
2B
13
Al
26.98
14
Si
28.09
15
P
30.97
16
S
32.07
17
Cl
35.45
18
Ar
39.95
19
K
39.10
20
Ca
40.08
21
Sc
44.96
22
Ti
47.88
23
V
50.94
24
Cr
52.00
25
Mn
54.94
26
Fe
55.85
27
Co
58.93
28
Ni
58.69
29
Cu
63.55
30
Zn
65.39
31
Ga
69.72
32
Ge
72.61
33
As
74.92
34
Se
78.96
35
Br
79.90
36
Kr
83.80
37
Rb
85.47
38
Sr
87.62
39
Y
88.91
40
Zr
91.22
41
Nb
92.91
42
Mo
95.94
43
Tc
(98)
44
Ru
101.1
45
Rh
102.9
46
Pd
106.4
47
Ag
107.9
48
Cd
112.4
49
In
114.8
50
Sn
118.7
51
Sb
121.8
52
Te
127.6
53
I
126.9
54
Xe
131.3
55
Cs
132.9
56
Ba
137.3
57
La
138.9
72
Hf
178.5
73
Ta
180.9
74
W
183.8
75
Re
186.2
76
Os
190.2
77
Ir
192.2
78
Pt
195.1
79
Au
197.0
80
Hg
200.6
81
Tl
204.4
82
Pb
207.2
83
Bi
209.0
84
Po
(209)
85
At
(210)
86
Rn
(222)
87
Fr
(223)
88
Ra
(226)
89
Ac
(227)
104
Rf
(261)
105
Db
(262)
106
Sg
(263)
107
Bh
(262)
108
Hs
(265)
109
Mt
(266)
110
Ds
(281)
111
Rg
(272)
112
Cn
(285)
113
(Uut)
(284)
114
(Uuq)
(289)
115
(Uup)
(288)
116
(Uuh)
(293)
117
(Uus)
(294)
118
(Uuo)
(294)

58
Ce
140.1
59
Pr
140.9
60
Nd
144.2
61
Pm
(145)
62
Sm
150.4
63
Eu
152.0
64
Gd
157.3
65
Tb
158.9
66
Dy
162.5
67
Ho
164.9
68
Er
167.3
69
Tm
168.9
70
Yb
173.0
71
Lu
175.0
90
Th
232.0
91
Pa
231.0
92
U
238.0
93
Np
(237)
94
Pu
(244)
95
Am
(243)
96
Cm
(247)
97
Bk
(247)
98
Cf
(251)
99
Es
(252)
100
Fm
(257)
101
Md
(258)
102
No
(259)
103
Lr
(262)
1) A 4.369 g sample of metal is placed in a f lask. Water is
added t o th e f lask a nd th e to tal v olume in t he f lask is
read t o be 126.4 ml. The mass of the water, flask, and
metal is 268. 5 g. If the mass of the flask is 139. 3 g and
the d ensity o f water is 1.000 g/ mL, t he d ensity o f t he
solid is ________ g/cm
3
.

(A) 2.78 (B) 3.21
(C) 0.366 (D) 0.641


2) A cube of an unknown metal measures 0.250 cm on one
side. T he mass o f the c ube is 0 .095 g. Which o f t he
following is most likely the unknown metal?



(A) niobium (B) copper
(C) zirconium (D) vanadium


3) Solids have a __________ shape and are not appreciably
__________.

(A) definite, compressible
(B) sharp, convertible
(C) indefinite, incompressible
(D) definite, incompressible


4) An atom of
118
Xe contains __________ neutrons.

(A) 54 (B) 172
(C) 118 (D) 64


5) A certain mass of carbon reacts with 23.3 g of oxygen to
form carbon monoxide. __________ grams of oxygen
would react with that same mass of carbon to form
carbon dioxide, according to the law of multiple
proportions?

(A) 11.7 (B) 23.3
(C) 233 (D) 46.6


6) A correct name for Fe(NO
3
)
2
is __________.

(A) ferric nitrate (B) ferrous nitrate
(C) ferric nitrite (D) iron nitrite
7) What is the empirical formula of a compound that
contains 27.0% S, 13.4% O, and 59.6% Cl by mass?

(A) SO
2
Cl (B) SOCl
(C) ClSO
4
(D) SOCl
2


8) One mole of __________ contains the largest number of
atoms.

(A) Na
3
PO
4
(B) S
8

(C) Cl
2
(D) C
10
H
8



9) The c ombustion o f pr opane ( C
3
H
8
) i n the p resence o f
excess oxygen yields CO
2
and H
2
O:

C
3
H
8
(g) + 5O
2
(g) 3CO
2
(g) + 4H
2
O (g)

When 2. 5 mol of O
2
are co nsumed i n t heir r eaction,
__________ mol of CO
2
are produced.

(A) 5.0 (B) 1.5
(C) 2.5 (D) 3.0


10) How many grams of NaOH (MW = 40.0) are there in
500.0 mL of a 0.225 M NaOH solution?

(A) 4.50 (B) 114
(C) 0.113 (D) 0.00219


11) A weak electrolyte exists predominantly as _________
in solution.

(A) molecules (B) an isotope
(C) ions (D) atoms


12) Which of the following are weak electrolytes?

HCl
HC
2
H
3
O
2

NH
3

KCl

(A) HCl, HC
2
H
3
O
2
, NH
3
, KCl
(B) HC
2
H
3
O
2
, NH
3

(C) HCl, HC2H3O2, KCl
(D) HCl, KCl



13) When a queous solutions o f A gNO
3
and N aCl ar e
mixed, A gCl p recipitates. The b alanced n et i onic
equation is __________.

(A) Ag
+
(aq) + Cl
-
(aq) AgCl (s)
(B) Ag
+
(aq) + NO
3
-
(aq) AgNO
3
(s)
(C) AgNO
3
(aq) + NaCl (aq) AgCl (s) + NaNO
3
(aq)
(D) AgNO
3
(aq) + NaCl (aq) AgCl (aq) + NaNO
3
(s)


14) The value of E for a system that performs 151 kJ of
work on i ts s urroundings a nd l oses 79 k J of h eat i s
________ kJ.

(A) +72 (B) -151
(C) -230 (D) -72


15) A s ample o f aluminum metal a bsorbs 11. 2 J of heat,
upon which the temperature of the sample increases from
23.2 C t o 3 0.5 C. Since t he s pecific heat cap acity o f
aluminum is 0. 90 J /g-K, the mass o f the s ample i s
________ g.

(A) 1.7 (B) 72
(C) 10. (D) 65


16) Which one of the following conditions would always
result in an increase in the internal energy of a system?

(A) The system gains heat and does work on the
surroundings.
(B) The system loses heat and does work on the
surroundings.
(C) The system gains heat and has work done on it by
the surroundings.
(D) The system loses heat and has work done on it by
the surroundings.


17) Identify the color that has a wavelength of 700 nm.

(A) blue (B) green
(C) red (D) yellow


18) Choose the transition (in a hydrogen atom) below that
represents the absorption of the shortest wavelength
photon.

(A) n = 1 to n = 2 (B) n = 6 to n = 5
(C) n = 3 to n = 1 (D) n = 4 to n = 6

19) Which one of the following represents an acceptable set
of quantum numbers for an electron in an atom?
(arranged as n, l, m
l
, and m
s
)

(A) 3, 3, -4, 1/2 (B) 3, 2, -2, -1/2
(C) 3, 4, 6, -1/2 (D) 3, 2, 0, 0


20) Which element would be expected to have chemical
and physical properties closest to those of rubidium?

(A) Fe (B) Cu
(C) K (D) Ca


21) 2F
2
(g) + 2H
2
O (l) ________

(A) 4HF (aq) + 2O
2-
(aq)
(B) 2F
-
(aq) + 2H
+
(aq) + H
2
O
2
(aq)
(C) 4HF (aq) + O
2
(g)
(D) 2HF
2
(aq) + 2OH
-
(aq)


22) The list that correctly indicates the order of metallic
character is ________.

(A) O > Se > S (B) Sr > Ca > Mg
(C) Li > Na > K (D) C > Ge > Si


23) Based on the octet rule, boron will most likely form a
__________ ion.

(A) B3+ (B) B1+
(C) B3- (D) B2-


24) A valid Lewis structure of __________ cannot be
drawn without violating the octet rule.

(A) SeF
4
(B) PO
4
3-

(C) SiF
4
(D) CF
4



25) The oxidation number of iron in Fe2O3 is __________.
(A) +2 (B) +1
(C) -2 (D) +3


26) Of the atoms below, __________ is the least
electronegative.

(A) Ca (B) Ba
(C) Sr (D) Be

27) Of the following, __________ cannot accommodate
more than an octet of electrons.

(A) Y (B) Ni
(C) C (D) As


28) Using the table of average bond energies below, the H
for the reaction is __________ kJ.

CO (g) + 2H
2
(g) H
3
C-O-H (g)

Bond: C-O C=O CO C-H H-H O-H
D (kJ/mol): 358 799 1072 413 436 463

(A) +735 (B) +276
(C) -735 (D) -116


29) The molecular geometry of t he l eft-most car bon at om
in the molecule below is __________.



(A) T-shaped (B) octahedral
(C) trigonal bipyramidal (D) tetrahedral


30) According to VSEPR theory, if there are s ix el ectron
domains i n t he valence shell o f a n a tom, t hey will b e
arranged in a(n) __________ geometry.

(A) octahedral
(B) tetrahedral
(C) linear
(D) trigonal bipyramidal


31) The L ewis s tructure o f c arbon m onoxide i s gi ven
below. T he hybridizations o f t he c arbon a nd o xygen
atoms i n c arbon monoxide a re ___ _______ a nd
__________, respectively.

: C O :

(A) sp
2
, sp
3
(B) sp
2
, sp
2

(C) sp
3
, sp
2
(D) sp, sp



32) There is/are __________ bond(s) in the molecule
below.



(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 12 (D) 13


33) A balloon originally had a volume of 4.39 L at 44 C
and a pressure of 729 torr. The balloon must be cooled to
________ C to reduce its volume to 3.99 L (at constant
pressure).

(A) 0.00 (B) 15.1
(C) 546 (D) 288


34) A gas mixture of Ne and Ar has a total pressure of 4.00
atm and contains 16.0 mol of gas. If t he partial pressure
of Ne i s 2. 75 a tm, how many moles of Ar a re i n t he
mixture?

(A) 5.00 (B) 11.0
(C) 12.0 (D) 9.25


35) One significant difference between gases and l iquids i s
that ________.

(A) a gas is made up of molecules
(B) a gas may consist of both elements and compounds
(C) gases are always mixtures
(D) a gas expands to fill its container












36) In liquids, the attractive intermolecular forces are
________.

(A) very weak compared with kinetic energies of the
molecules
(B) strong enough to hold molecules relatively close
together but not strong enough to keep molecules from
moving past each other
(C) strong enough to hold molecules relatively close
together
(D) strong enough to keep the molecules confined to
vibrating about their fixed lattice points


37) Which of the following has dispersion forces as its only
intermolecular force?

(A) C
6
H
13
NH
2
(B) CH
3
Cl
(C) NaCl (D) CH
4



38) What intermolecular force is responsible for the fact
that ice is less dense than liquid water?

(A) hydrogen bonding
(B) dipole-dipole forces
(C) London dispersion forces
(D) ionic bonding


39) In a saturated solution of a salt in water, ________.

(A) the rate of dissolution > the rate of crystallization
(B) the rate of crystallization = the rate of dissolution
(C) seed crystal addition may cause massive
crystallization
(D) the rate of crystallization > the rate of dissolution


40) Which one of the following is most soluble in hexane
(C
6
H
14
)?

(A) CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
OH
(B) CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
OH
(C) CH
3
CH
2
OH
(D) CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
2
OH


41) As the concentration of a solute in a solution increases,
the freezing point of the solution ________ and the
vapor pressure of the solution ________.

(A) decreases, increases
(B) decreases, decreases
(C) increases, decreases
(D) decreases, is unaffected
42) Nitrogen dioxide decomposes to nitric oxide and oxygen
via the reaction:

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

In a particular experiment at 300 C, [NO
2
] drops from
0.0100 to 0.00800 M in The rate of appearance of O
2
for
this period is ________ M/s.

(A) 2.0 10-3 (B) 1.0 10-5
(C) 4.0 10-5 (D) 4.0 10-3


43) The graph shown below depicts the relationship
between concentration and time for the following
chemical reaction.



The slope of this line is equal to __________.

(A) -k (B) ln[A]
o

(C) -1/k (D) k


44) A r eaction was f ound t o be zer o order i n A. I ncreasing t he
concentration o f A b y a f actor o f 3 will cau se t he r eaction
rate to __________.

(A) increase by a factor of 27
(B) decrease by a factor of the cube root of 3
(C) triple
(D) remain constant


45) According to the Arrhenius concept, an acid is a substance
that __________.

(A) tastes bitter
(B) is capable of donating one or more H
+

(C) causes an increase in the concentration of H
+
in
aqueous solutions
(D) reacts with the solvent to form the cation formed by
autoionization of that solvent




46) The conjugate base of H
2
PO
4
-
is __________.

(A) HPO
4
-2
(B) H
2
PO
4

(C) PO
4
-3
(D) H
3
PO
4



47) What is the pOH of an aqueous solution at 25.0
C that contains 3.98 10
-9
M hydronium ion?

(A) 5.600 (B) 7.000
(C) 9.000 (D) 3.980


48) Which one of the following pairs cannot be
mixed together to form a buffer solution?

(A) KOH, HNO
2
(B) H
2
SO
3
, KHSO
3

(C) NaCl, HCl (D) RbOH, HF


49) S is positive for the reaction ________.

(A) 2NO
2
(g) N
2
O
4
(g)
(B) BaF
2
(s) Ba
2+
(aq) + 2F
-
(aq)
(C) 2H
2
(g) + O
2
(g) 2H
2
O (g)
(D) 2Hg (l) + O
2
(g) 2HgO (s)


50) For the reaction

C
2
H
6
(g) C
2
H
4
(g) + H
2
(g)

H is +137 kJ/mol and S is +120 J/K mol.
This reaction is ________.

(A) spontaneous only at high temperature
(B) nonspontaneous at all temperatures
(C) spontaneous only at low temperature
(D) spontaneous at all temperatures


51) Which one of the following processes produces a
decrease in the entropy of the system?

(A) dissolution of LiOH(s) in water
(B) freezing of Fe(l) into Fe(s)
(C) melting ice to form water
(D) evaporation of liquid ethanol into gaseous ethanol








52) Which element is reduced in the reaction below?

Fe(CO)
5
(l) + 2HI (g) Fe(CO)
4
I
2
(s) + CO (g) + H
2
(g)

(A) I (B) O
(C) Fe (D) H


53) What is the coefficient of the permanganate ion when
the following equation is balanced?

MnO
4
-
+ Br
-
Mn
2+
+ Br
2
(acidic solution)

(A) 2 (B) 1
(C) 3 (D) 4


54) Which one of the following reactions is a redox
reaction?

(A) Pb
2+
+ 2Cl
-
PbCl
2

(B) NaOH + HCl NaCl + H
2
O
(C) AgNO
3
+ HCl HNO
3
+ AgCl
(D) None of the above is a redox reaction.


55) Isotopes of hydrogen ________.

(A) have different atomic numbers and different mass
numbers
(B) have the same atomic number and different mass
numbers
(C) are exactly alike
(D) have the same atomic number and the same mass number


56) Which halogen is the most easily oxidized?

(A) Cl (B) Br
(C) I (D) F


57) Which condensed structure below representing an
alkane is not correct?

(A) CH
3
CH
2
CH
3
(B)




(C) CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
(D)





58) Give the number of covalent bonds that a carbon
atom can form.

(A) 2 (B) 1
(C) 4 (D) 3


59) Identify the formula for an alkyne.

(A) C
n
H
2n
(B) C
n
H
2n+4

(C) C
n
H
2n+2
(D) C
n
H
2n-2



60) Molecules with the same formula but different
structures are called.

(A) achiral. (B) diastereomers.
(C) structural isomers. (D) enantiomers.




END OF TEST