CHEM 1035

Practice Test 1

Fall, 2014

This exam was given as Test 1 in Fall 2013. Four problems were changed to create this
Practice Test because they involved content that is not covered until Test 2 this year.
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Avogadros number = 6.02 x 1023 entities/mol

1.

What length in pm is equivalent to 2.6x108 cm?

A. 2.6x1018 pm
D. 2.6x1022 pm

2.

B. 2.6x1020 pm
E. 2.6x1010 pm

The volume of a room is 1440 ft3. What is the volume in m3?

(1 in = 2.54 cm; 12 in = 1 ft)
A. 40.8 m3
D. 112 m3

3.

B. 439 m3
E. 56.8 m3

C. 63.2 m3

At 25C, the density of water is 0.997 g/mL, whereas the density of ice at 10C is
0.917 g/mL. If an open container with a volume of 250. mL is filled completely with
water at 25C and then frozen at 10C, what volume does the solid occupy?
A. 284 mL

4.

C. 2.6x106 pm

B. 251 mL

C. 229 mL

D. 272 mL

E. 273 mL

All three values in the following calculation are ones measured in the laboratory:
11.84 cm3
= __________. The result of this calculation, with the correct
19.7 cm - 13.8 cm
number of significant figures and units is:

A. 2.01 cm2
D. 2.0 cm3

B. 2.01 cm3
E. 2.007 cm

C. 2.0 cm2

A laboratory instructor gives samples of a particular metal to each of four students,

I, II, III, and IV, and they each weigh their sample three times. Their masses for the
three trials are:
Student I: 8.45 g, 8.60 g, 8.15 g
Student II: 8.38 g, 8.42 g, 8.40 g
Student III: 8.56 g, 8.66 g, 8.91 g
Student IV: 8.03 g, 8.03 g, 8.04 g
Given that the true mass of each of the metal samples is 8.40 g, which students values
demonstrated good accuracy but poor precision?
A. Student I

6.

D. Student IV

B. 83 mg

C. 56 mg

D. 22 mg

E. 69 mg

Which of the following has exactly 4 significant figures?

A. 0.0055

8.

C. Student III

Air over an urban area contains 12.0 L of carbon monoxide per 1x106 L of air. An
average person inhales about 0.50 L of air per breath and takes about 20 breaths per
minute. What mass (in mg) of CO does the average person inhale in an 8.0 hour period at
this level of CO pollution? The density of CO is 1.2 g/L.
A. 16 mg

7.

B. Student II

B. 1.410x104

C. 0.0006

Which one of the following is named correctly?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

calcium sulfide, CaSO3

bismuth(II) oxide, Bi2O3
aluminum nitride, AlN
ammonium nitrite, NH4NO3
bromic acid, HBrO2

D. 0.0144

E. all of these

9.

A sample of a compound of arsenic and chlorine contains 2.89 g of arsenic and

4.11 g of chlorine. How many grams of arsenic are there in 50.0 g of the compound?
A. 22.8 g
D. 45.9 g

10.

B. 29.4 g
E. 20.6 g

C. 35.2 g

A cation of an element has a charge of +2. Given that the ion has a mass number of 26
and has 14 neutrons, how many electrons are there in this ion?
A. 8

B. 10

C. 12

D. 14

E. 16

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11.

The ion X in the compound X2S3 has 23 electrons. What is element X?

A. Ca

12.

C. Fe

D. Al

E. Cr

The formula of chromium(II) phosphate is

A. Cr2(PO4)3

13.

B. V

B. Cr3P2

C. Cr2(PO3)3

D. Cr3PO4

E. Cr3(PO4)2

Choose the single best answer. Which of the following statements is (are) true?

B.

18
19
8 O and 9 F have the same number of
14
14
6 C and 7 N are isotopes of each other

C.
D.
E.

the same
has the same number of electrons as
Statements A and B are true.
Statements A and C are true.

A.

18 2
8O

neutrons.
because their mass numbers are
20
10 Ne

14.

Which of the following formulas is incorrect?

A. Li2O

15.

35 2

B.

E. KCO3

35

Cl

C.

37

Cl

D.

37

Cl

E.

37

Ar

B. 0.467 mol
E. 0.617 mol

C. 0.411 mol

How many moles of dinitrogen trioxide contain 1.773x1017 nitrogen atoms?

A. 5.890x107 mol
D. 8.836x107 mol

18.

D. BaSO4

The density of liquid benzene, C6H6 (molar mass = 78.1 g/mol), is 0.879 g/mL at 15C.
How many moles are there in 36.5 mL of benzene at 15C?
A. 2.43 mol
D. 0.532 mol

17.

C. AlBr3

Which of the following represents the species that contains 18 electrons, 17 protons,
and 20 neutrons?
A.

16.

B. Ca3P2

B. 2.945x107 mol
E. 9.817x107 mol

C. 1.473x107 mol

The percent by mass of a compound is 76.0% C, 12.8% H, and 11.2% O. The molar mass
of this compound is 284.5 g/mol. What is the molecular formula of the compound?
A. C18H36O2
D. C9H18O

B. C20H12O2
E. C10H6O

C. C16H28O4

19.

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A.
B.
C.
D.

One molecule of C2H6 contains 6 atoms of hydrogen.

One mole of CCl4 contains 4 moles of chlorine atoms.
FeBr3 is an ionic compound.
The compound barium fluoride has twice as many barium ions as it does
fluoride ions.
E. A 10.0 g sample of H2O contains more molecules than a 10.0 g sample
of H2S.
20.

Suppose the element nickel has two isotopes, 58Ni (58.00 g/mol) and 60Ni (60.00 g/mol).
If the average mass of nickel is 58.60 g/mol, which of the following represents the natural
abundances of 58Ni and 60Ni?
A. 45% 58Ni and 55% 60Ni
C. 30% 58Ni and 70% 60Ni
E. 90% 58Ni and 10% 60Ni

21.

Iron can be obtained from iron ore by the reaction

Fe2O3(s) + C(s) Fe(s) + CO2(g)
What mass of Fe can be prepared from 25.0 g of Fe2O3 (molar mass = 160. g/mol) and an
excess of carbon?
A. 22.3 g
D. 14.2 g

22.

B. 10% 58Ni and 90% 60Ni

D. 55% 58Ni and 45% 60Ni
F. 70% 58Ni and 30% 60Ni

B. 6.08 g
E. 17.5 g

C. 8.73 g

Ammonia (NH3) is prepared commercially by the reaction

N2(g) + 3H2(g)

2NH3(g)

What mass of NH3 can be prepared from a mixture of 60.0 g of N2 and 20.0 g of H2?
A. 36.4 g
D. 112 g

B. 72.9 g
E. 67.6 g

C. 80.0 g

23.

Write a balanced equation for the following reaction: aqueous potassium hydroxide
reacts with aqueous iron(III) chloride to form solid iron(III) hydroxide and aqueous
potassium chloride. What are the coefficients in the balanced reaction (write the
substances in the order given)?
A. 1, 1, 3, 1
D. 2, 1, 1, 2

24.

C. 1, 2, 1, 2

A sample of the ionic compound potassium nitride contains 5.40x1022 nitride ions.
How many moles of potassium ions are there in this sample?
A. 0.179 mol of K+
D. 0.0299 mol of K+

25.

B. 1, 2, 2, 3
E. 3, 1, 1, 3

B. 0.0449 mol of K+
E. 0.0897 mol of K+

C. 0.269 mol of K+

How many hydrogen atoms are in 66.8 g of rubbing alcohol, C3H8O

(molar mass= 60.1 g/mol)?
A. 6.69x1023 H atoms
C. 8.04x1025 H atoms
E. 5.35x1024 H atoms

B. 4.02x1025 H atoms
D. 3.32x1024 H atoms

26.
A compound is found to contain 30.4% nitrogen and 69.6% oxygen. Which of the
following is the correct empirical formula?
A. N2O
D. N2O3

B. NO2
E. NO3

C. N2O5

27.

Which of the following sample contains the largest number of atoms?

Molar masses given in ( ).
A. 100. g NO (30.0 g/mol)
C. 30.0 g CH4 (16.0 g/mol)
E. 120. g N2 (28.0 g/mol)

28.

B. 60.0 g CO2 (44.0 g/mol)

D. 60.0 g H2O (18.0 g/mol)

Consider the following balanced reaction:

H2C2O4(aq) + 2 NaOH(aq) Na2C2O4(aq) + 2 H2O(l)
A student dissolves 0.45 g of oxalic acid (H2C2O4) in water and then cautiously adds a
solution of 0.32 g of sodium hydroxide, also dissolved in water. Which reactant is
present in excess and how many moles of this reactant will remain after the limiting
reactant is consumed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

29.

H2C2O4 is in excess; 0.0010 mol H2C2O4 remains

H2C2O4 is in excess; 0.0030 mol H2C2O4 remains
NaOH is in excess; 0.0030 mol NaOH remains
NaOH is in excess; 0.0020 mol NaOH remains
Neither reactant is in excess.

A compound is found to contain 70% carbon and 30 % chlorine by weight. Which of the
following is not consistent with this composition?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

A 28-g sample contains 8.4 g of chlorine

There are 3 chlorine atoms in the sample for every 7 carbon atoms
The ratio of carbon to chlorine, by mass, is seven thirds
A sample containing 42 g of carbon has a total mass of 60 g
All of the above are consistent with the composition provided

30.

What is the percent yield of the reaction in which 250. g of PCl3

(molar mass = 137.4 g/mol) reacts with excess water to produce 176 g of
HCl (molar mass = 36.5 g/mol)?
PCl3 + 3H2O 3HCl + H3PO3
A. 92.4%

Practice Test 1 Answers

1. A
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. E
7. B
8. C
9. E
10. B
11. C
12. E
13. E
14. E
15. D
16. C
17. C
18. A
19. D
20. F
21. E
22. B
23. E
24. C
25. E
26. B
27. D
28. A
29. B
30. D

B. 37.7%

C. 70.4%

D. 88.4%

E. 80.3%