FINAL EXAMINATION IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1

NAME : _______________________________ DATE : _______________ SCORE: __________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION. Encircle the letter that BEST answers the question.

1. Waves are characterized by frequency and wavelength. Frequency

A. is the distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs in a wave.
B. is the number of cycles or complete oscillations that pass a given point per second.
C. the vertical distance from the midline of a wave to the peak or trough.
D. has units of J-s.
E. has units of cm/s.
2. What is the relationship between energy and wavelength of a photon?
A. direct relation D. inverse relation
B. logarithmic relation E. quadratic relation
C. cubic relation
3. Which of the following types of electromagnetic radiation will have the least energy?
A. gamma rays D. x-rays
B. visible light E. radio waves
C. microwaves
4. What is the energy in joules of one photon of microwave radiation with a wavelength 0.122
m?
A. 2.70 x 10-43 J D. 4.07 x 10-10 J
B. 5.43 x 10-33 J E. 2.46 x 109 J
C. 1.63 x 10-24 J
5. In the Bohr model of the H atom
A. The atom is a mass of positive charge with electrons embedded in it.
B. The electron energy increases as it gets closer to the nucleus.
C. The electron goes around the nucleus in certain allowed circular orbits.
 D. Energy is absorbed when an electron goes from an orbit of high energy to an orbit of low
energy
E. C and D
6. Complete this sentence: Atoms emit visible and ultraviolet light __________.
A. As electrons jump from lower energy levels to higher levels.
B. As the atoms condense from a gas to a liquid.
C. As electrons jump from higher energy levels to lower levels.
D. As they are heated and the solid melts to form a liquid.
E. As the electrons move about the atom within an orbit.
7. The line spectrum of hydrogen gives proof of the
A. Shape of the orbits of the electron
B. Quantized nature of the H energy levels
C. Uncertainty of the momentum of the electron
D. Continuous emission of energy
E. B and D
8. Calculate the energy, in joules, required to excite a hydrogen atom by causing an electronic
transition from the n = 1 to the n = 4 principal energy level. Recall that the energy levels of the
H atom are given by En = -2.18 10-18 J(1/n2)
A. 2.07 10-29 J
B. 2.19 105 J
C. 2.04 10-18 J
D. 3.27 10-17 J
E. 2.25 10-18 J
9. Suppose that a tennis ball, a neutron, an electron, and a pingpong ball are all moving at the
same speed. The wavelengths associated with them will be of the order:
A. tennis ball > pingpong ball> electron> neutron
B. pingpong ball> tennis ball > electron > neutron
C. neutron > electron > pingpong ball > tennis ball
D. electron > neutron > pingpong ball > tennis ball
E. tennis ball > pingpong ball > neitron > electron
10. Calculate the wavelength of a neutron that has a velocity of 200. cm/s. (The mass of a
neutron = 1.675 10-27 kg.)
A. 1.98 10-9 m B. 216 nm C. 1.8 1050 m D. 198 nm E. 5.05 mm
II. Rearrange the letters of the correct term that is described by the corresponding statement.
11~18. Write your answer on the space provided.
___________ a LAPNICRIP – It is the quantum number that represents the
energy level the electron is in.
___________ b LATOBRI – It is a representation of the wave function of a
hydrogen-like atom.
___________ c ALGANUR MUTMENMO – It is a quantum number that
represents the shape of orbitals.
___________ d NOTRECLE – It is the particle that can be described by
four quantum numbers
___________ e MEGATINC – It represents the quantum number that
describes the orientation of an orbital.
___________ f NEREGY EVELL – It is being represented by n.
___________ g RHEPES – It is the shape of the s orbital.
___________ h ROGUND EATTS – It is the most stable state of the
electron in the hydrogen atom.
19~22. Give the n and ℓ values for the following orbitals
a. 1s _______________________________
b. 3p _______________________________
c. 5f _______________________________
d. 4d _______________________________
23~26 What is the mℓ values for the following types of orbitals?
a. s _______________________________
b. p _______________________________
c. d _______________________________
d. f _______________________________
27~28 How many possible orbitals and how many electrons can inhabit the energy level n
a. 4 _______________________________
b. 5 _______________________________
29~32 State the number of possible electrons described by the following quantum numbers
a. n = 3, l = 0 _______________________________
b. n = 3, l = 1 _______________________________
 c. n = 3, l = 2, ml = -1 ________________________
d. n = 5, l = 0, mℓ =-2, ms =-1/2 _________________
33. Which of the following is not a valid set of quantum numbers? Explain your answer.
a. n = 2, l = 2, ml = 0, and ms = -1/2
b. n = 2, l = 1, ml = -1, and ms = -1/2
c. n = 3, l = 0, ml = 0, and ms = 1
d. n = 3, l = 2, ml = 3, and ms = ½
37~41What is the maximum electron pairs that can occupy an:
a. s orbital _______________________________
b. the subshell of p orbitals _______________________________
c. the subshell of d orbitals _______________________________
d. the subshell of f orbitals _______________________________
e. the subshell of g orbitals _______________________________

III. 42~86 Complete the table below with the appropriate information as asked.
(3 PTS PER ELEMENT)
IV. Using the periodic table, arrange the following atoms in order of increasing atomic radius.
87. C, Li, Be _______________________________
88. As, I, S _______________________________
89. P, Si, N _______________________________
Arrange the following set of ions and atoms in increasing size and explain your answer
90. K+, Cl-, S2-, Ca2+ _______________________________
91. N, Cs, As, Mg2+, Br- _______________________________

V. Fill up the blank periodic table with the Element as described by each statement below:
92. Element A is the biggest in Group 1A.
93. Element B forms the biggest anion in period 2.
94. Element C has complete d electrons in period 4.
95. Element D is the most electronegative in period 2.
96. Element E will be isoelectronic with the noble gas in period 3 when it loses two electrons.
97. Element F has the highest ionization energy in period 4.
98. Element G has the least electron affinity in group 6.
99. Element H has the 4f14 configuration
100. Element I is the first member of the actinide series