Chem 16 3rd LE Samplex (2nd sem 2018-2019)

I. Modified True or False

1. Alpha decay can be easily stopped by paper or clothing
2. The pH of water is always 7
3. The molar volume of gas at STP is 22.6 L
4. Beta decay does not change the mass of an element
5. The dissolution of a solid is exothermic when an increase in temperature leads
to an increase in its solubility.
6. In the acid-base reaction between BF3 and F producing BF4, BF3 is the Lewis
base and F is the Lewis acid.
7. Most unstable nuclides have a Z<83, making them suitable for Alpha emission.
8. Nuclear reactions can be affected by several factors such as concentration,
pressure, catalysts and temperature.

9. The Beta decay is a 100x more penetrating than the alpha particle.
10. As the gas molecules get compressed, the larger the intermolecular distance.
11. The Van Der Waals Equation accounts for the correction for molecular volume
and molecular attraction of real gases.
12. The Kinetic Molecular Theory applies for both real and ideal gases.
13. The nucleus of the atom changes when it decays.
14. As the vapor pressure of a substance increases, its boiling point also increases.
15. The critical point is the condition of temperature and pressure in which a liquid
and its vapor become indistinguishable.

II. Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following conditions will gases behave ideally?
a. Low pressure, low temperature
b. Low pressure, high temperature
c. High pressure, low temperature
d. Low pressure, high temperature
2. What kind of bonding is found between Nitrogenous Bases?
a. H-bonding
b. Covalent bonding
c. Metallic bonding
d. Van der Waals
3. Postulate in Kinetic Molecular Theory that says that collision of gas molecules
are elastic in nature
a. Postulate 1
b. Postulate 2
c. Postulate 3
d. Postulate 4

4. What is the kinetic order that describes the half-life of radioactive elements?
 a. Zero order
b. First order
c. Pseudozero order
d. Pseudofirst order
5. A gas sample held in a 1.0 L piston at 305 K has a pressure of 0.75 atm. The
piston was heated to 387 K at the same time the volume was expanded to 1.5 L.
What will happen to the pressure in the piston?
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Stay the same
d. Indeterminate
6. What will be the new volume of He compressed in a metal container if its original
volume if 273 L, and the temperature and pressure change from STP to 27
degrees Celsius and 10 atm, respectively?
a. 30 L
b. 300 L
c. 250 L
d. 20L
7. An LPG tanks contains 11 kg of C4H10 and is used in cooking by burning with
O2 gas producing CO2 and water. How much carbon dioxide will be produced, in
L, at 1.0 atm if all butane has been burned?
a. 33317.96 L
b. 202018.89 L
c. 18966.3 L
d. 32137.78 L
8. How long will it take for the 25% of a sample with a half-life of 4.468x10^9 years
to radioactively decay?
a. 7.89 x 10^9
b. 1.89 x 10^8
c. 1.124 x 10^9
d. 1.86 x 10^9

9. What is the percent by volume of a chlorinated pool if 3000 L of chlorine is added

to 300000 L of water?
a. 50%
b. 7%
c. 1%
d. 3%
10. In the phase diagram above, what is the phase of carbon dioxide in A, B and C
respectively?
a. Solid, liquid, gas
b. Supercritical point, critical point, triple point
c. Critical point, triple point, supercritical fluid
d. Triple point, solid, supercritical fluid

11. Which of the following describes a real gas?

a. They behave ideally at ordinary temperatures and pressures
b. They behave ideally at low temperatures and high pressures
c. Compressibility factor is less than 1
d. Compressibility factor is greater than 1
12. This postulate in the Kinetic Molecular Theory is exhibited through brownian
motion.
a. Postulate 1
b. Postulate 2
c. Postulate 1 and 3
d. Postulate 2 and 4
13. What is the approximate molar volume of a gas at STP?
a. 22.5 L
b. 22.6 L
c. 22.7 L
d. 22.8 L
14. All are instances where one would use the General Gas Law equation over the
Ideal Gas Law equation except:
a. Comparing two different gases
b. Comparing the initial and final states of a gas
c. Neither A nor B
d. Both A and B
15. When do gases behave non-ideally?
 a. High pressure and high temperature
b. High temperature and low volume
c. High pressure and low temperature
d. Low pressure and high temperature

16. Which decay doesn’t change the mass of the element?

a. Alpha decay
b. Beta decay
c. Alpha decay and Beta Decay
d. Beta decay and Gamma Decay

17. Which of the following is true?

a. Gamma particles can be accompanied by Alpha and Beta particles
b. Alpha particles can travel longer distance than Beta particles
c. Beta particles can travel longer distance than Alpha particles
d. A and C are correct

18. Which of the following IMFA is/are present in ethanol, C₂ H₅ OH?

i. Hydrogen bonds
ii. London dispersion
iii. Ion dipole
iv. Dipole-dipole
a. i only
b. i and ii
c. i, ii, and iii
d. i, ii, and iv

19. With which of the following bases will the ionization of acetic acid, CH₃ COOH,
proceed furthest toward completion (to the right?)
a. H₂ O
b. NH₃
c. Cl⁻
d. NO₃ ⁻

III. Problem Solving

1) At 500 mmHg and 25°C, a sample of sulfur dioxide gas with density 1.12 g/L
effuses through a pinhole at a rate of 4.63 mL/s.
a) A sample of diatomic gas effuses through the same pinhole at a rate of
2.36 mL/s. What is the density of the gas?
b) What is the molar mass of the gas in (a)?
c) What is the identity of the gas sample?

2) Urea, (NH2)2CO, is a metabolic waste produced by humans but has great

applications in the agricultural industry.
 a) 20.0 g urea was mixed with 250 mL pure water at 25°C. What is the vapor
pressure of the resulting solution? (vapor pressure of H2O at 25°C =
23.76 torr)
b) What is the freezing point of the solution?
c) What is the osmotic pressure of the solution?

3) Use both the ideal gas equation and the van der Waals equation to calculate the
pressure exerted by 1.50 mol of SO2(g) when it is confined at 298K to volume of
100.0L. Given aSO2= 6.803 in L2bar/mol2 and bSO2= 0.05636 L/mol.

4) Give the complete decay reaction for the following:

238 234 234 230
𝑈92 → 𝑇ℎ90 → 𝑈92 → 𝑇ℎ90
 ANSWER KEY
I. Modified True or False
1. True
2. Not always
3. 22.4
4. True
5. Endothermic
6. Lewis acid; lewis base
7. Z > 83
8. Chemical reactions
9. True
10. False; smaller
11. True
12. False; ideal gases
13. True
14. False; decreases
15. True

II. Multiple Choice

1. B or D
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. C
10. C
11. A
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. C
16. D
17. D
18. D
19. B

III. Problem Solving

1. Solution for 1 and 2

2.

3. Using Ideal Gas = 0.3668 atm

Using Van Der Waals = 0.2440 atm

4. Alpha decay → Beta decay (2x) → Alpha decay