Cebu Institute of Technology University

Analytical Chem CC

1. The boiling point of a substance is most strongly influenced by:

A. the molecular weight of a substance
B. the specific heat of the substance
C. melting point
D. the strength/ weakness of the intermolecular force
E. the amount of the substance involve
2. What mass of water must be used to make a 1.35 m solution that contains 8.20 mol of NaOH? (molar mass of
NaOH = 40.00 g/mol)
A. 6.07 kg B. 7.44 kg C. 11.1 kg D. 14.5 kg
3. Current acceptable EPA guideline for Cu in drinking water is 0. 027 mg/ L. How many ppm does this
corresponds to?
A. 2.7 x 10 6 ppm B. 27 ppm C. 2.7 x 10 4 ppm D. 0.027 ppm
4. How would you prepare 500.0 mL of a 2.00 mol/L solution of HCl from a concentrated solution
of 12.0 mol/L?
A. To some water in a 500.0 mL volumetric flask, add 83.3 mL of concentrated acid, then dilute to
the mark.
B. To some water in a 500.0 mL volumetric flask, add 8.33 mL of concentrated acid, then dilute to
the mark.
C. To some water in a 500.0 mL volumetric flask, add 3.00 mL of concentrated acid, then dilute to
the mark.
D. Pour 83.3 mL of concentrated acid into a 500.0 mL volumetric flask. Dilute with water to the
mark.

5. If 26.5 g of methanol (CH3OH) is added to 735 g of water, what is the molality of the methanol?
A. 0.0348 m B. 2.03 m C. 1.13 m D. 3.61 m E. 36.1 m
7. What mass of Cu(NO3)2 (187.6 g/mol) is present in 25.0 g of 1.00 m Cu(NO3)2(aq)?
A. 63.94 g B. 25.0 g C. 13.8 g D. 4.49 g E. 3.95 g
8. 1.0 N NaOH is equivalent to 1.0 M NaOH . 12 N Ca(OH)2 is equivalent to
A. 12 M B. 6 M C. 4 M D. 3 M
9. Which of the following statements concerning osmosis is/are CORRECT?
1. Osmosis involves the movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane.
2. Solvents move from regions of high solute concentration to regions of lower solute concentration.
3. Osmotic pressure is a colligative property.
A. 1 only B. 2 only C. 3 only D. 1 and 3 E. 1, 2, and 3
10. An aqueous solution is composed of 7.50 g NaCl (MM = 58.44 g/mol) diluted to 0.100 L. Calculate the
osmotic pressure of the solution at 298 K. (R = 0.0821 L⋅atm/mol⋅K)
A. 9.22 atm B. 18.3 atm C. 31.4 atm D. 62.8 atm
11. A solution is prepared by dissolving 4.21 g of a nonelectrolyte in 50.0 g of water. If the boiling point
increases by 0.203°C, what is the molar mass of the solute? The boiling point elevation constant for water is
0.512°C/m.
A. 111 g/mol B. 172 g/mol C. 212 g/mol D. 810 g/mol
12. An isotonic solution will produce an osmotic pressure of 7.84 atm measured against pure
water at human body temperature (37.0 C). How many g of sodium chloride must be
dissolved in a liter of water to produce an isotonic solution?
A. 36.0 g B. 24.0 g C. 18.02 D. 9.01
13. Which best describes an acid?
A. [H+] > 1.0 x10-7 M at 25 oC C. pH > 7 at 25 o C
+ -
B. [H ] = [OH ] D. red litmus turns blue
14. Which has the largest pH?
A. 0.01 M HCl B. 0.01 M KOH C. 0.1 M HNO3 D. 0.001 M NaOH
 15. Which describes tap water that has a pH of 8?
A. acidic with [H+] = 10-8mol/L C. basic with [H+] = 10-8 mol
- -8
B. acidic with [OH ] = 10 mol/L D. basic with [OH-] = 10-8 mol/L
16.Seawater has a hydroxide ion concentration of 2.0 x10-6 M. What is the pH of seawater?
A. -8.30 B. 5.70 C. 6.99 D. 7.53 E. 8.30
17. An aqueous solution with a pH of 2.00 is diluted from 1.0 L to 3.0 L. What is the pH of the diluted
solution?
A. 0.67 B. 2.00 C. 2.48 D. 4.33 E. 6.00
18. If the solution X has a pH of 6 and solution Y has a hydronium ion concentration twice that of solution X, the
approximate pH of the solution Y is
A. 12.0 B. 8.3 C. 5.7 D. 9.0
19. The acidity constant for acetic acid is 1.8 x 10 -5 . Find pKa
A. 3.6 B. 4.2 C. 4.7 D. 5.4
20 . A solution of acetic acid whose analytical concentration was 0.100 M was found to have a hydrogen
ion concentration of 1.32 x 10 -3 M. Calculate the equilibrium constant for the dissociation of this acid.
A. 1.76 x 10 -5 B. 2.01 x 10 -4 C. 2.01 x 10 -5 D. 1.76 x 10 -4
21. A 0.20 M solution of a weak acid HA is 0.6% ionized. What is the value of ionization constant,
Ka , for this acid?
A. 7.2 x 10 -6 B. 7.2 x 10 -7 C. 7.9 x 10 -6 D. 7 x10 -5
22. Which of the following pairs will form a buffer when mixed together in an aqueous solution?
A. KCl and KH2PO4 D. HF and NaF
B. HCl and KOH E. None of the above will form a buffer.
C. Ca(OH)2 and NaOH
23. What is the pH of a solution that results from diluting 0.30 mol acetic acid (CH 3CO2H) and 0.20 mol
sodium acetate (NaCH3CO2) with water to a volume of 1.0 L? (Ka of CH 3CO2H = 1.8 × 10–5)
A. 4.35 B. 4.57 C. 4.74 D. 4.92 E. 5.14
24. The Ka of hypochlorous acid (HClO) is 3.0 x 10-8 at 25oC. What is the % ionization of hypochlorous
acid in a 0.015-M aqueous solution of HClO at 25oC?
A. 1.4x 10-3 B. 14 C. 2.1x 10-5 D. 4.5x 10-8 E. 0.14
25. A buffer may be prepared by mixing a weak acid with a roughly equivalent amount of strong base.
Which of the acids below is best for the preparation of a buffer with a pH of 9.00?
A. chlorous acid, HClO2; Ka = 2.8 × 10−8 D. dihydrogen phosphate ion, H2PO4−; Ka = 6.2 × 10−8
B. formic acid, HCO2H; Ka = 1.9 × 10−4 E. ammonium ion, NH4+; Ka = 5.6 × 10−10
C. benzoic acid, HC7H5O2; Ka = 6.6 × 10−5
26. Consider the equilibrium of Ca(OH)2(s) in water. Ca(OH)2(s) === Ca 2+(aq) + 2OH−(aq)
What is the effect of raising the pH of the solution?
A. Ca 2+(aq) is reduced to Ca(s). D. Ca(OH)2(s) precipitates until equilibrium is reestablished.
B. The concentration of hydronium ion increases. E. Hydroxide ion is reduced to H2(g).
C. The concentration of Ca 2+ increases as Ca(OH)2 dissolves.
27. The Ksp of aluminum hydroxide, Al(OH)3, is 2 × 10−31.
What pH is required to limit the Al 3+ concentration to less than or equal to 1 × 10−10 M?
A. 3.6 B. 6.4 C. 6.9 D. 7.8 E. 11.5
28. For Ca(OH)2, Ksp = 4.0 × 10−6. What will occur if 1.0 L of 0.100 M Ca(NO3)2 is prepared in a solution
that is buffered at pH 12.50?
A. Q > Ksp. A precipitate will form. D. Q > Ksp. No precipitate will form.
B. Ksp > Q. A precipitate will form. E. Ksp > Q. No precipitate will form.
C. Q = Ksp. No precipitate will form.
29. The Ksp of Ca(OH)2 is 5.5 × 10–5 at 25°C. What is the concentration of OH–(aq) in a saturated
solution of Ca(OH)2(aq)?
A. 1.9 × 10–3 M B. 7.4 × 10–3 M C. 2.4 × 10–2 M D. 4.0 × 10–2 M E. 4.8 × 10–2 M
30. At pH 10.0, only 0.019 g of MgCl2 will dissolve per 1 L of solution. What is the Ksp of magnesium
hydroxide, Mg(OH)2?
A. 2 × 10−13 B. 2 × 10−12 C. 2 × 10−10 D. 2 × 10−8 E. 2 × 10−6
−10
31. What is the water solubility of AgCl (Ksp = 1.8 × 10 ) in 0.25 M NaCl?
A. 4.5 × 10−11 M B. 7.2 × 10−10 M C. 1.8 × 10−9 M D. 1.7 × 10−7 M E. 1.3 × 10−5 M
32. Given the following reactions,
AgBr(s) ===Ag+(aq) + Br– (aq) Ksp = 5.4 × 10–13
Ag+(aq) + 2 CN– (aq) ==== Ag(CN)2– (aq) Kf = 1.2 × 1021
determine the equilibrium constant for the reaction below.
AgBr(s) + 2 CN– (aq) == Ag(CN)2– (aq) + Br– (aq)
A. 4.5 × 10–34 B. 1.5 × 10–9 C. 6.5 × 108 D. 1.2 × 1021 E. 2.2 × 1033
33. Which of the following reaction is a redox reaction?
(a) K2CrO4 + BaCl2 →BaCrO4 + 2KCl
(b) Pb2 2+ + 2Br- →PbBr
(c) Cu + S → CuS
A. (a) only B. (b) only C. (c) only D. (a) and (c)
34. Which substance is the reducing agent in the reaction below?
Pb + PbO2 + 2H2SO4 → 2PbSO4 + 2H2O
A. Pb B. H2SO4 C. PbO2 D. PbSO4
35 . One of the product formed when concentrated nitric acid is reacted with metals
A. NO2 B. SO2 C. metallic sulfate D. NO
36. In which of the following the oxidation number of the underlined atom is maximum ?
(a)H4P2O7 (b)KAl(SO4)2.12H2O (c)K2MnO4 (d)Na2SO3
37. What happens to the reducing agent in an oxidation-reduction reaction?
A. It is oxidized as it gains electrons. C. It is reduced as it gains electrons.
B. It is oxidized as it loses electrons. D. It is reduced as it loses electrons.
38. What happens to the chlorine (in ClO3 - ) in the following redox reaction? ClO3 - + I- ----Cl- + I2
A. It is oxidized. C. Its oxidation number changes from +6 to -1.
B. Its oxidation number change is -6. D. Its oxidation number change is +6.
39. A sample of 61.8 g of H3BO3 , a weak acid is dissolved in 1000 g of water to make a 1.0 molal
solution. Which of the ff would be the best procedure to determine the molarity of the solution
(assume no additional information is available)
A. Titration of the solution with a standard acid
B. Measurement of the pH with a pH meter.
C. Determination of the boiling point of the solution
D. Measurement of the total volume of the solution
E. Measurement of the specific heat of the solution
40. After completing an experiment to determine gravimetrically the percentage of water in a hydrate, a
student reported a value of 38%, The correct value for the percentage of water in the hydrate is 51% . Which
of the following is the most likely explain for this difference?
A. Strong initial heating caused some of the hydrate sample to spatter out of the crucible
B. The dehydrated sample absorbed moisture after heating
C. The amount of the hydrate sample used was too small.
D. The crucible was not heated to constant mass before use
E. Excess heating caused the dehydrated sample to decompose

41. If the temperature of an aqueous solution of NaCl is increased from 28oC to 90oC, which of the
following statement is true.
A. The density of the solution remain unchanged
B. The molarity of the solution remain.
C. The molality of the solution remain
D. The mole fraction of the solution decrease
E. The mole fraction of the solute increases
42. Which of the following is used as an indicator for the titration between iodine and sodium
thiosulphate solution?
A. Potassium chromate B. Methyl orange C. Phenolphthalein D. Starch solution
43. Which of the following reactions can be applied for gravimetric analysis?
(1) The reaction between copper(II) sulphate solution and excess ammonia solution.
(2) The reaction between barium hydroxide solution and sodium sulphate solution.
(3) The reaction between calcium chloride solution and lead(II) nitrate solution.
A. (1) and (2) only B. (1) and (3) only C. (2) and (3) only D. (1), (2) and (3)
44. In the gravimetric analysis of a compound, the following data were obtained.
Mass of filter paper and precipitate after filtration = 4.5261 g Mass of filter paper before
filtration = 2.5874 g Which of the following statements are correct?
(1) The mass of precipitate formed in the experiment was 1.9387 g.
(2) Both masses were measured by an ordinary top-loading balance.
(3) The mass of precipitate formed should be found by weighing by difference.
A. (1) and (2) only B. (1) and (3) only C. (2) and (3) only D. (1), (2) and (3)
45. Which of the following ions CANNOT be determined quantitatively by gravimetric analysis?
(1) Ag+ (2) K+ (3) NO3 
A. (1) only B. (2) only C. (1) and (3) only D. (2) and (3) only
46. The molar mass of nitrogen (N2) is 28.0 g/mole. What is the mass of a single nitrogen atom?
A. 2.32 × 10−23 g B. 4.65 × 10−23 g C. 9.30 × 10−23 g D. 4.30 × 10−22 g E. 8.43 × 10−22 g
47. Combustion analysis of 0.800 grams of an unknown hydrocarbon yields 2.613 g CO 2 and 0.778 g
H2O. What is the percent composition of the hydrocarbon?
A . 66.6% C; 33.4% H B. 82.3% C; 17.7% H C. 89.1% C; 10.9% H
D. 92.4% C; 7.60% H E. not enough information given to solve the problem
48. A compound contains 42.9% C, 2.4 % H, 16.6 % N an 38.1 % O. The addition of 3.16 g
of this compound to 75.0 ml of cyclohexane (d= 0.779 g/cm3) gives a solution with a
freezing point at 0.0oC. What is the molecular formula of the compound. ( Freezing
point of cyclohexane is 6.50oC and Kf = 20.2oC/m.
A. C2H3NO B. C3H2NO2 C. C4H6N2O2 D. C6H4N2O4
49. A sample of washing soda (a hydrate of sodium carbonate) has the formula Na 2CO3.xH2O.
When 2.558 –g sample of washing soda is heated at 125 oC, all the water of hydration is lost,
leaving 0.948 g of Na2CO3, What is the value of x?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 10
50. What volume of hydrochloric acid (36.0% by mass , and specific gravity of 1.19) is needed to
prepare 250.0 ml of 0.25 N HCl solution?
A. 62.5 ml B. 21.3 C. 5.34 ml D. 5.21 ml
51. What is the milliequivalent weight of KHC2O4-H2C2O4.2H2O (mwt = 254.20) acting as reducing
agent,
A. 0.1271 B. 0.0847 C. 0.0646 D. 0.05084
52. What is the milliequivalent weight of KHC2O4-H2C2O4.2H2O (mwt = 254.20) acting as acid?
A. 0.1271 B. 0.0847 C. 0.0646 D. 0.05084
53. A solution containing 25.3 ml of 0.1065 N HCl is added to one containing 92.2 ml of 0.2715
M H2SO4 and 50.0 ml of 1.00 N KOH are added. The final solution _________.
A. is alkaline B. is acid C. is neutral D. cannot be determined
54. A 0.5000g sample of pure CaCO3 is dissolved in water to which 50.00 ml of HCl solution
have added. The solution then requires 6.20 ml of NaOH solution of which 1.000 ml is equivalent to
1.110 ml of HCl. What is the normality of the HCl solution?
A. 0.2307 B. 0.2284 C. 0.3125 D. 0.3540
55 . what is the percentage of total acid expressed as acetic acid in a sample of vinegar if 3.000
g of the vinegar require 20.50 ml of 0.1150 N KOH solution for an end point with
phenolphthalein indicator?
A. 3.21% B. 4.33 % C. 4.72 % D. 5.21 %

FOR #56-57 REFER TO PROBLEM

A 10.0 ml sample of vinegar (CH3COOH) was pipetted into a flask , two drops of
HpH indicator were added , and the acid was titrated w/ 0.1008 N NaOH
if 45.62 ml of the base was required for the titration,
56. what was the molar concentration of
acetic acid?
A. 1.38 M B. 0.91M C. 0.46 M D. 0.23 M
57 . If the density of the pipetted acetic acid solution was 1.004 g/ml. What is the percentage
acetic acid in the sample?
A. 2.8% B. 4.2% C. 4.6% D. 5.6%
 58. Nitric acid is a good oxidizing agent. If the concentration of HNO3 is 3.0 N as an
oxidizing agent , what is its normality if it act as acid?
( It produces NO gas in the reaction)
A. 1.0 N B. 2.0 N C. 3.0 N D. 9.0 N

# 59-60 Refer to the problem

A 0.500 g sample may contain NaOH, NaHCO3, Na2CO3 or mixtures of these and
inert matter. A 0.10 N HCl and 0.125 N NaOH are used in the analysis. Determine the components of
the sample if it uses :
59. 15.0 ml of HCl using HpH and an additional of 25.0 ml using MOH indicator.
A pure Na2CO3 B. pure NaHCO3 C. pureNaOH D. NaHCO3 and Na2CO3
60. Turns colorless using HpH and uses 15.0 ml of HCl using MOH to reach the endpoint.
A pure Na2CO3 B. pure NaHCO3 C. pureNaOH D. NaHCO3 and Na2CO3
61. What is the percentage of Fe in an iron ore if 0. 5000g of the ore, after soln, in acid and complete
reduction of the iron , requires 25.50 ml KMnO4 ( 1.00 ml is equivalent t0 0. 0126 g H2C2O4.2H2O )
for oxidation?
A. 81.4% B. 62.5% C. 57.0% D. 49.8%
62 . A sample of nitrogenous material weighing 1.000 g is digested with conc. H 2SO4 plus a catalyst. The
resulting solution is made alkaline with excess NaOH, and the liberated NH 3 is caught in 25.0 ml of
0.2520 N HCl. The excess HCl then requires 2.75 ml of 0.2340 N NaOH for neutralization. What is the
percentage of nitrogen in the original sample?
A. 25.8% B. 16.6% C. 7.8 % D. 5.9%
63. What is the pH of the solution if 100.0 ml of 0.100 M HCl is titrated with 99.9 ml of 0.100 M KOH?
A. 2.6 B. 4.3 C. 9.7 D. 11.6
64. A sample consisting of Na2CO3, NaOH and inert matter weighs 1.179 grams. It is titrated
with 0.3000 N HCl with phenolthalein as the indicator, and the solution became colorless after
the addition of 48.16 ml. Methyl orange is then added and 24.08 ml more of the acid are
needed for the color change. What is the percentage of Na2CO3 in the sample?
A. 24.51% B. 64.95% C. 4.06% D. 76.15%
65. A student is titrating 50 ml of 0.20 N HCl solution with a solution of 0.2 N KOH. He accidentally
adds one ml too much titrant. What is the pH of the resulting solution?
A. 10.3 B. 11.3 C. 2.7 D. 7.3
66. A 1.2048 g of impure Na2CO3 is dissolved and allowed to react with a solution of CaCl 2. The
resulting CaCO3 after precipitation, filtration, and drying was found to weigh 1.0362 g. Assuming
that the impurities do not contribute to the weight of the precipitate, Calculate the percent
purity of Na2CO3.
A. 86.2% B. 88.9 % C. 91.1 % D. 93.2 %
67. A 48.4 ml sample of HCl solution requires 1.24 g of pure CaCO3 for complete neutralization .
Calculate the normality of the acid.
A. 0.512 B. 0.476 C. 0.412 D. 0.386
68. A sample of washing soda (a hydrate of sodium carbonate) has the formula Na 2CO3.xH2O. When
2.558 –g sample of washing soda is heated at 125 oC, all the water of hydration is lost, leaving 0.948
g of Na2CO3, What is the value of x?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 10
69. A 0.200g sample containing NaCl and impurities was dissolved and precipitated with AgNO3 . The
precipitate was heated and weighed. The percentage chlorine obtained in the analysis was
24.3% . Considering no loss in the amount of precipitate, what was the percentage NaCl in the
sample?
70. In the analysis of 0.7011 g of an impure chloride containing sample, 0.9805 g of AgCl were
precipitated. What is the percentage by mass chloride in the sample