TESTCODE 01212010

FORM TP 2014054 MAY/JUNE 2014

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®
EXAMINATION
CHEMISTRY

Paper 01 - General Proficiency

1 hour 15 minutes

( 06 JUNE 2014 (p.m.))

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.

4. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item

. The SI unit of length is the Sample Answer

(A)
(B)
metre
newton
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(C) second
(D) kilogram

The best answer to this item is "metre", so answer space (A) has been shaded.

5. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.

6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If
you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to this item later. Your score
will be the total number of correct answers.
7. You may do any rough work in this booklet.

8. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

9. You may use a silent, non-programmable calculator to answer items.

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1. Which ofthe following movements depicts
Brownian motion?
(A) Pollen grains moving at random in
water
(B) Water nioving from sea water into
brine through cellophane
(C) The scent of perfume moving
through the air in a room
(D) The movement of sugar particles
into the blood stream through
the intestine wall
4. The mass number of an element is the
number of particles in the nucleus of an
atom ofthat element.
'Particles' refer to
(A) neutrons
(B) protons and electrons
(C) neutrons and protons
(D) protons, neutrons and electrons
5. Which of the following elements has 7
electrons in its outer shell?

(A) Hydrogen
2. The arrangements of electrons in atoms of
(B) Oxygen
X andY are 2, 8, 5 and 2, 8, 6 respectively.
(C) Nitrogen
Which of the following options represents
(D) Chlorine
X andY?

X y 6. In the equation
(A) Metal Nonmetal
xKOH + 3Br2 ~yKBr+ KBr0 3 +3H 20,
(B) Nonmetal Nonmetal
(C) Nonmetal Metal the values ofx andy respectively are
(D) Metal Metal (A) X= 5; y = 6
(B) X= 6; y = 5
(C) x=5;y=5
Item 3 refers to the following graph which (D) x = 6; y = 6
shows the changes in temperature with
time, for a suqstance that is heated until no
further physical change takes place. 7. . Of the following ions, the one which
requires the LARGEST number of moles
of electrons to liberate one mole of it is
Temp~rature

(A) AP+
(B) Cl-
(C) Cu2 +
(D) 0 2-

8. The quantity '1 mole of atoms of an

element', refers to the mass of

3. During which portion of the curve is the (A) 1 atom of the element
substance a liquid only? (B) the element which contains
6.0 x 1023 atoms
(A) I (C) the element which occupies
II 24.0 dm3 at STP
(B)
(C) III (D) the element which combines
completely with 12 g of
(D) IV
carbon -12

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9. Which of the following substances does 14. 'Which of the following separation
NOT have a giant structure? techniques is NOT used during the '
extraction of sucrose from sugar cane?
(A) Copper
(B) Graphite (A) Filtration
(C) Oxygen (B) Precipitation
(D) Sodium chloride (C) Centrifugation
(D) Chromatography
10. Which of the following statements BEST
describes the formation of a metallic bond? 15. Barium is below calcium in Group II of
A metallic bond is formed when the Periodic Table. When these metals
react with water, the main differences in
(A) anions are held together by negative observation is the
electrons
(B) metal atoms are held together by (A) gas evolved
molecular forces (B) rate of reaction
(C) cations are held together by a sea (C) colour of the product
of mobile electrons (D) colour change with litmus
(D) positive metal ions are held together
by a sea of anions
16. Graphite can be used as a lubricant because
of the
11. From which of the following substances
can a solid be obtained by the process of (A) loose electrons which can move
sedimentation? throughout the lattice
(B) weak attraction among the
(A) Gels hexagonal layers of carbon
(B) Foams atoms
(C) Emulsions (C) strong attraction among the
(D) Suspensions hexagonal layers of carbon
atoms
(D) ·strong attraction within the
12. The mass concentratibn of a potassium
hexagonal layers of carbon
chloride solution is 60 g dm-3 . What is the
atoms
mass of potassium chloride in 25 cm3 of
this solution?
17. Which of the following halogens is a liquid
(A) 0.0015 g at room temperature?
(B) , 0.15 g
(C) ·1.s.g (A) Bromine
(D) 15.0 g (B) Fluorine
(C) Chlorine
(D) Iodine
13. Separation of mixtures is based on specific
properties of the components in the
mixture. Which of the following properties 18. Which of the following terms BEST
is used to separate a mixture of oil and describes strong acids?
water?
(A) Concentrated
(A) Solubility
(B) Partially ionized
(B) Viscosity
(C) Ionized to a large extent
(C) Particle size
Boiling point
(D) Concentrated and partially ionized
(D)

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19. A solution has a pH of 1. This solution 23. In the electrolysis of aqueous copper(II)
would be expected to react with sulfate solution using copper electrodes, ·
the anode
(A) zinc metal to produce hydrogen
(B) zinc metal to produce a solution of (A) decreases in mass
. .
pH 10 (B) mcreases m mass
(C) hydrochloric acid to produce (C) undergoes no change in mass
chlorine (D) is the site where reduction occurs
(D) hydrochloric acid to produce a salt
and water
24. The equation for the reaction of silicon with
chlorine is
Item 20 refers to one mole ofEACH of the
following acids. Si(s) + 2Cl/g) ~ SiCl/1).

I. H 2S04 In this reaction, silicon is the reducing agent

II. CH3 COOH and is
III. (COOH) 2
(A) oxidized with an increase 111
20. Which of the above acids would require oxidation state
MORE than one mole of NaOH(aq) for (B) oxidized with a decrease 111
complete neutralization? oxidation state
(C) reduced with an increase 111
(A) II only oxidation state
(B) I and III only (D) reduced with a decrease in oxidation
(C) II and III only state
(D) I, II and III

25. Which of the statements below is true for

21. Which of the following terms BEST the following equation?
describes the oxide of a metal?

(A) Sa,lt
(B) Base (A) Mg is reduced from oxidation state
(C) Alkali +2 to 0.
(D) , Acid (B) Mg is oxidized from oxidation state
0 to +2.
(C) Hydrogen is reduced from oxidation
22. Asolution, when reacted with the gas sulfur state -t-2 to 0.
dioxide, becomes green. The solution (D) Hydrogen is oxidized from
contains potassium oxidation state 0 to + 1.

(A) nitrate
(B) sulfate
(C) dichromate(VI)
(D) manganate(VII)

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26. 2.32 g pf an oxide of iron were heated 31. Which of the following statements about
in dry l,tydrogen. When the reaction was electrolysis is NOT correct?
completed, 1.68 g of iron were formed.
(A) The electrons leave the solution via
[RAM: Fe= 56; 0 = 16] the positive electrode.
(B) The electrons enter the solution via
The oxide of iron was the negative electrode.
(A) reduced (C) Decomposition of the electrolyte
(B) oxidized at the electrode produces an
(C) neutralized electric current.
(D) decomposed (D) Decomposition of the electrolyte at
the electrode is due to an electric
current.
27. Acidified potassium manganate(VII) is

(A) 32. How many coulombs (C) of electricity pass

a reducing agent
(B) an oxidizing agent through an electrolyte when a cmTent of
a dehydrating agent 100 A flows for 10 minutes?
(C)
(D) both an oxidizing agent and (A) 100
reducing agent (B) 600
(C) 1 000
(D) 60 000
28. During the electrolysis ofaqueous copper(II)
sulfate solution using inert electrodes, the
ions migrating to the cathode are 33. The rate of a chemical reaction does NOT
depend on the
(A) Cu2+ (aq) and SO/-(aq)
(A) presence of a catalyst
(B) H+(aq) and OH-(aq) (B) concentration of the reactants
(C) energy change of the overall
(C) S04 2-(aq) and OH-(aq) rt<action
(D) temperature of a reacting system
(D) Cu + (aq) and H+ (aq)
2

34. At a flour mill, there is the risk of an

Items 29"":"30 refer to the following options. explosive reaction occurring when a match
Each option may be used once, more than is struck. This is due MAINLY to the
once or not at all to answer the items below.
(A) increased pressure in the area
(A) Iron (B) increased concentration of flour
(B) Lead (C) high temperature caused by the
(C) Copper lighted match
(D) Magnesium (D) large surface area created by the
large number of small particles
Which element
35. Which of the following metals can be
29. forms an oxide which cannot be reduced extracted by electrolysis?
by hydrogen?
(A) Zn
(B) Ca
30. would be liberated from an aqueous
(C) Al
solution of its salts during electrolysis? (D) Fe

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36. When crystals of potassium nitrate are 37. Which of the following pairs of substances
dis-s olved in water, the temperature of the is MOST suitable for producing carbon '
solution decreases because dioxide?

(A) energy is required to break down the (A) Dilute hydrochloric acid and
crystal structure of the potassium calcium carbonate
nitrate (B) Dilute hydrochloric acid and
(B) heat is always absorbed when a calcium hydroxide
substance dissolves (C) Sodium hydroxide and calcium
(C) the water absorbs the energy from carbonate
the potassium nitrate (D) Dilute sulfuric acid and calcium
(D) the energy content of dissolved hydroxide
potassium nitrate is lower than
that of solid potassium nitrate

Items 38-39 refer to the following sequence of reactions involving iron compounds, where l, II,
III and IV represent progressive stages in the sequence.

38. In which stage is the oxidation state of iron 39. A suitable reagent that could be used at IV
increased? is

(A) I (A) steam

(B) II (B) hydrogen
(C) III (C) solid copper oxide
(D) IV (D) aqueous sodium hydroxide

40. Wiii~h .ofthe following metals can displace zinc from a solution of zinc sulfate?

(A) · Iron
(B) Lead
(C) Copper
(D) Aluminium

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Items 41-42 refer to the properties of four metals, W, X, Y and Z, which are summarised in the
following table.

Metal Reaction With Water/Steam Products Formed When Nitrate is Heated

w There is no reaction. Metal, N0 2 and 0 2

X Reacts with steam but not with cold water. Oxide, N0 2 and 0 2
y Reacts rapidly with cold water. Nitrite and oxygen

z Reacts slowly with cold water. Oxide, N0 2 and 0 2

41. The order of reactivity of these metals, with 42. Which of these metals forms a carbonate
the MOST reactive FIRST, is which is stable to heat?

(A) W,X,Y,Z (A) w

(B) X,Y, Z,W (B) X
(C) Y,Z, W,X (C) y
(D) Y,Z,X,W (D) z
43. Which of the following substances forms Item 46 refers to the following equation
dense white fumes with ammonia gas?
H H H H
I I I I
(A) Oxygen H-C -c =c -c - H + Br 2 ~X
(B) Hydrogen I I
(C) Nitrogen dioxide H H
(D) Hydrogen chloride 46. What is the correct structural formula of
X?
H H H H
44. Which of the following observations is . I I I I
likely when EXCESS aqueous ammonia (A) H-C -C -C -C -H
is added to a solution of copper(II) sulfate I I
and the mixture is shaken? Br Br H H

(A) Green soiution

. i. H H H H
(B) Green precipitate I I I I
(C) D,eep blue solution (B) H-C -C -C -C -H
(D) Light blue precipitate I I I I
H Br H Br

45. Which of the following molecules could be

obtained by cracking the alkane, C 8H 18 ? H H H H
I I I
I. CzH4 (C) H-C -C -C -C -H
I I
II. C6H14 Br H H Br
III. cl6H34

(A) I only H H H H
(B) I and II only I I I
(C) II and III only (D) H-C-C-C-C -H
I I
(D) I, II and III
Br Br H
H

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47. Which of the following substances is a 51. The functional group present in carboxylic
I

product of a halogenation reaction with acids is

methane?
H
(A)
(A) Ammonia I
-C=O
(B) Water
(C) Hydrogen chloride
(D) Nitrogen(IV) oxide OH
(B) I
-c=o
Items 48--49 refer to the following options.

(A) C2H4 H
(B) C2H6 I
(C) CH3(CH2) 2 COOH (C) -c -OH

(D) CH3(CH2 ) 3CH20H I

H
Match EACH item below with ONE of the
options above. Each option may be used H
once, more than once, or not at alL (D) I
-C =C-OH
48. An alcohol I
H

49. An alkane
Items 52-55 refer to the following options.

50. Which of the following compounds can (A) Bitumen

form a polymer? (B) Paraffin oil
(C) Methane
H H
(A) (D) Propene
/
""C=C
/ Match EACH item below with ONE of the
H
"" H
above options. Each option may be used
once, more than once or not at all.
H H
(B)
I I
H-C-C-H
I I 52. The residue in the fractional distillation of
H H petroleum

H H H
(C)
I I I 53. Is a MAJOR constituent of natural gas
H-C-C-C-H
I I I
H H H
54. Is used in making plastics
H H H
(D)
I I I
H-C-C-C-OH 55. Requires the LEAST amount of oxygen per
I I I mole for complete combustion
H H H

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56. A polyamide is formed by a condensation 59. Which of the following statements is

reaction between a molecule containing TRUE?

(A) at least one -COOH group with The particles in a gas

another containing at least one
-NH2 group (A) are larger when heated
(B) at least one -OH group with another (B) are further apart when heated
containing at least one -COOH (C) are very closely packed together
group (D) have strong forces between them
(C) at least one -OH group with another
containing at least one -NH 2
group 60. Which of the following compounds can
(D) two -OH groups with another decolourize potassium manganate(VII)?
containing two -COOH groups
(A) H H

57. The compound, ethene, is described as

""'C=C /
being unsaturated. This means that the H/ ""' H

H H
(A) carbon atoms in ethene are linked (B)
by single bonds
I I
H-C-C-H
(B) carbon atoms in the molecule are I I
very reactive H H
(C) molecule has insufficient hydrogen
atoms H H H
(C)
(D) molecule contains at least one I I I
double bond H-C-C-C-H
I I I
H H H
58. Nylon is a macromolecule. which is held H H
together by the same linkage as a protein (D)
I I
molecule. What is the name given to this H-C-C-H

~ C=O
type of linkage?
I
(A) Amide' bond
(B) Double bond I
OR
(C) Ester linkage
(D) Ether linkage

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