CHEMISTRY 102B

Practice Hour Exam I

Spring 2015
Dr. D. DeCoste

Name ________________________
Signature _____________________
T.A. _________________________

This exam contains 17 questions on 5 numbered pages. Check now to make sure you
have a complete exam. You have one hour and thirty minutes to complete the exam.
Determine the best answer to the first 15 questions and enter these on the special answer
sheet. Also, circle your responses in this exam booklet. Show all of your work and
provide complete answers to questions 16 and 17.
1-15

(30 pts.)

_________

16

(15 pts.)

_________

17

(15 pts.)

_________

(60 pts)

_________

Total

Useful Information:
1.000 L = 1000.0 mL
NA = 6.022 x 1023

Solubility Rules:
1. Most nitrate salts are soluble.
2. Most salts of sodium, potassium, and ammonium cations are soluble.
3. Most chloride salts are soluble. Exceptions: silver, lead(II), and mercury(I) chloride.
4. Most sulfate salts are soluble. Exceptions: calcium, barium, and lead (II) sulfate.
5. Most hydroxide salts can be considered insoluble. Soluble ones: sodium, potassium, and
calcium hydroxide.
6. Consider sulfide, carbonate, and phosphate salts to be insoluble.

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1.

Consider the measurements 8.74 m and 1.59 m. If we add these measurements we

should record the answer to ____ significant figures, and if we multiply these
measurements we should record the answer to ____ significant figures.
a) 3, 3

2.

b) 4, 4

c) 3,4

d) 4,3

e) none of these

The most stable ion for barium in a compound has ___ protons and ____ electrons.
a) 58, 56

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b) 54, 56

c) 56, 56

d) 56, 58

e) 56, 54

You purchase a 5.00 lb. bag of sugar (C12H22O11) at the grocery store. How many
grams of sodium chloride must you buy so that you have the same number of sodium
ions as sugar molecules? Note: 1 lb. = 1 pound = 453.59 g
a) 154 g

b) 387 g

c) 892 g

d) 2,270 g

e) None of these

4.

Which of the following compounds has the largest molar mass?

a) barium phosphate
b) aluminum phosphate
c) cesium phosphate
d) iron(III) phosphate
e) potassium phosphate

5.

You have a sample of zinc (Zn) and a sample of aluminum (Al). You have an equal
number of atoms in each sample. Which of the following statements concerning the
masses of the samples is true?
a) The mass of the Zn sample is more than twice as great as the mass of the Al sample.
b) The mass of the Zn sample is more than the mass of the Al sample, but it is not
twice as great.
c) The mass of the Al sample is more than twice as great as the mass of the Zn sample.
d) The mass of the Al sample is more than the mass of the Zn sample, but it is not
twice as great.
e) The masses of each sample are equal.

6.

The percent by mass of carbon is 20.0% for a species containing only carbon and
oxygen. Which of the following could be this species?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Carbon monoxide
c) The carbonate ion.
d) The oxalate ion (C2O42-)
e) None of these (a-d).

7.

Which of the following has the highest percent by mass of sulfur?

a) Sodium sulfate
b) Sulfur dioxide
c) Sulfuric acid (H2SO4)
d) Cobalt(III) sulfide
e) Sulfur tetrafluoride

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You find the following chemical equation scratched into the wall of your dorm room:
2A + ?B C + 4D
You cannot read the coefficient in front of B. However, you know that equal masses of
A and B are required so that there are no reactants left over and that the molar mass of
A is greater than the molar mass of B. Which of the following is true?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

9.

The coefficient in front of B must be greater than 2.

The coefficient in front of B must be less than 2.
The coefficient in front of B must be equal to 2.
More information is needed to answer this question.
None of the above choices (a-d) is true.

Consider the reaction as represented by the following unbalanced chemical equation

H2 (g) + O2 (g) H2O (g)
You react 10.0 g of hydrogen gas with 60.0 g oxygen gas. Determine the amount of
reactant in excess after the reaction is complete.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

10.

20.3 g of oxygen gas remains after the reaction is complete.

17.1 g of oxygen gas remains after the reaction is complete.
6.22 g of hydrogen gas remains after the reaction is complete.
2.44 g of hydrogen gas remains after the reaction is complete.
Neither reactant is in excess.

Which of the following statements is true concerning a reaction represented by the

following balanced chemical equation?
2C2H6(g) + 7O2(g) 6H2O(l) + 4CO2(g)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

11.

If we have equal masses of C2H6 and O2 there is no limiting reactant.

If we have an equal number of moles of C2H6 and O2 there is no limiting reactant.
If we have more mass of C2H6 than O2, then O2 must be limiting.
If we have more mass of O2 than C2H6, then C2H6 must be limiting.
At least two of the above (a-d) are true.

Which of the following solutions contains the greatest number of ions?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

600.0 mL of 1.00 M sodium chloride

400.0 mL of 1.00 M magnesium chloride
300.0 mL of 1.00 M iron(III) chloride
400.0 mL of 1.00 M cobalt(II) chloride
All of the above solutions (a-d) contain the same number of ions.

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12.

You have equal masses of different solutes dissolved in equal volumes of solution. Which
of the solutes would make the solution with the highest concentration measured in
molarity?
a) LiCl

13.

c) KOH

d) NaOH

e) All the same

calcium ion, chloride ion, silver ion, nitrate ion

chloride ion, silver ion, nitrate ion
calcium ion, chloride ion, nitrate ion
calcium ion, nitrate ion
calcium ion, silver ion, nitrate ion

Calculate the concentration of chloride ions when 100.0 mL of 0.200 M sodium

chloride is mixed with 250.0 mL of 0.150 M magnesium chloride.
a) 0.095 M

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b) KCl

You mix 100.0 mL of 0.100 M calcium chloride with 100.0 mL of 0.100 M silver
nitrate. Which ions are in solution when the reaction is complete?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

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b) 0.164 M

c) 0.271 M

d) 0.350 M

e) none of these

You mix 100.0 mL of 0.100 M aqueous sodium phosphate with 100.0 mL of 0.100 M
aqueous calcium nitrate. What mass of solid forms?
a) 0.852 g

b) 1.03 g

c) 1.35 g

d) 1.55 g

e) 3.10 g

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Copper metal reacts in a solution of silver nitrate according to the following unbalanced
equation
AgNO3(aq)

Cu(s) +

Ag(s) +

Cu(NO3)2(aq)

You place 5.00 g of copper in a large beaker with 60.0 mL of 3.00 M aqueous silver
nitrate solution. Determine what is left in the beaker after the reaction has gone to
completion. That is, the mass(es) of any solid(s) and the concentration(s) of any ion(s)
present in the water. Show all work.

5.00 g Cu x

60.0 mL x

Initial

1 mol Cu
= 0.0787 mol Cu
63.55 g Cu

3.00 mol AgNO3

= 0.180 mol AgNO3
1000.0 mL
2Ag+(aq)
0.180 mol

Cu(s) +
0.0787 mol

Change -0.0787 mol

End
0 mol

0.1574 mol Ag x
[Ag+] =
[NO3]

-0.1574 mol
0.0226 mol

+0.1574 mol
0.1574 mol

107.87 g Ag
= 16.98 g Ag
1 mol Ag

0.0226 mol Ag +
= 0.377 M Ag+
0.060 L

0.180 mol NO 3
=
0.060 L

= 3.00 M NO3

0.0787 mol Cu 2+
[Cu ] =
= 1.31 M Cu2+
0.060 L
2+

2Ag(s)
0

Cu2+(aq)
0
+0.0787mol
0.0787 mol

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A 10.00-g sample consisting of a mixture of sodium chloride and potassium sulfate is

dissolved in water. This aqueous mixture then reacts with excess aqueous lead(II)
nitrate to form 21.75 g of solid.
Calculate the percent by mass of sodium chloride in the original mixture. Show all work.

The lead(II) ions for solids with both the chloride ions and sulfate ions (see Solubility
Rules 3 and 4). The reactions are:
Pb2+ (aq) + 2Cl- (aq) PbCl2 (s)
Pb2+ (aq) + SO42- (aq) PbSO4 (s)
We want to determine the percent by mass sodium chloride, which is:
mass NaCl
mass NaCl
x 100% =
x 100%
mass mixture
10.00 g

So, we need to know the mass of NaCl.

Let x = mass of NaCl and let 10.00-x = mass K2SO4.
molar mass of NaCl = 58.44 g/mol
molar mass of K2SO4 = 174.27 g/mol
molar mass of PbCl2 = 278.1 g/mol
molar mass of PbSO4= 303.27 g/mol

x
= moles NaCl
58.44

mass of PbCl2
x

58.44

(278.1)()

and

10 - x
= moles K2SO4
174.27

mass PbSO4

total mass of solid

10 - x
(303.27)

174.27

21.75

x = 6.807 g NaCl
6.807 g
mass NaCl
x 100% = 68.07% NaCl by mass
x100% =
10.00 g
10.00 g