1.

Of the following name/symbol combinations of elements,

which one is WRONG?
(a) uranium/U (c) nitrogen/N (e) iron/I
(b) sulfur/S (d) potassium/K

4. The number 0.005436 has how many significant figures?
(a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (e) 6

9. Identify the INCORRECT statement.
(a) Helium in a balloon: an element (c) Tap water: a
compound
(b) Paint: a mixture (d) Mercury in a
barometer; an element

10. An unused flashbulb contains magnesium and oxygen.
After use, the contents are changed to magnesium oxide
but the total mass does not change. This observation can
best be explained by the
(a) Law of Constant Composition. (c) Avogadro's
Law.
(b) Law of Multiple Proportions. (d) Law of
Conservation of Mass.

11. Which answer includes all the following that are
chemical changes and not physical changes?
I. freezing of water
II. rusting of iron
III. dropping a piece of iron into hydrochloric acid (H
2

is produced)
IV. burning a piece of wood
V. emission of light by a kerosene oil lamp
(a) III and IV (c) I, II, III, IV, and V (e) II, III, IV,
and V
(b) II and V (d) II, III, and V

1. The formula weight of the compound, Al
2
(SO
4
)
3
18H
2
O
is:
(a) 394.4 g (b) 666.4 g (c) 110,900 g (d) 466.8 g (e)
561.2 g

3. How many moles of alanine, C
3
H
7
NO
2
, are there in 159 g
of alanine?
(a) 1.42 x 10
4
(b) 1.78 (c) 0.992 (d) 0.560 (e) 3.31

5. The mass in grams of 2.6 x 10
22
chlorine atoms is:
(a) 4.4 (b) 11 (c) 0.76 (d) 1.5 (e) 3.2

9. Which one of the samples has the largest mass?
(a) 1 mol of CO
2
(g) (c) 1 mol of CH
3
COCH
3
(l) (e)
all have the same mass
(b) 1 mol of UF
6
(g) (d) 1 mol of He(g)

12. Calculate the percent, by weight, of carbon in 154 g of
C
4
H
8
O
3
?
(a) 46% (b) 31% (c) 72% (d) 27% (e)
55%
13. Analysis of a sample of a covalent compound showed
that it contained 14.4% hydrogen and 85.6% carbon by
mass. What is the empirical formula for the compound?
(a) CH (b) CH
2
(c) CH
3
(d) C
2
H
3
(e) none of
these

14. An oxide of lead contains 90.65% Pb, by weight. The
empirical formula is:
(a) Pb (b) PbO (c) Pb
3
O
4
(d) Pb
2
O
3
(e) PbO
2


17. What mass of cerussite, PbCO
3
, would contain 35.0
grams of lead?
(a) 27.1 g (b) 45.1 g (c) 42.4 g (d) 35.6 g (e) 51.7 g
1. Balance the following equation with the smallest whole
number coefficients. Choose the answer that is the sum of
the coefficients in the balanced equation. Do not forget
coefficients of "one."
PtCl
4
+ XeF
2
PtF
6
+ ClF + Xe

(a) 16
(b) 22
(c) 24
(d) 26
(e) 32

3.
Balance the following equation using minimum integral
coefficients:
NH
3
+ O
2
NO
2
+ H
2
O

The stoichiometric coefficient for oxygen gas O
2
is:
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 7
(e) 5
5.
How many moles of KBrO
3
are required to prepare
0.0700 moles of Br
2
according to the reaction:
KBrO
3
+ 5KBr + 6HNO
3
6KNO
3
+ 3Br
2
+ 3H
2
O

(a) 0.210
(b) 0.0732
(c) 0.0704
(d) 0.220
(e) 0.0233
7.
Calcium carbide, CaC
2
, is an important preliminary
chemical for industries producing synthetic fabrics
and plastics. CaC
2
may be produced by heating
calcium oxide with coke:
CaO + 3C CaC
2
+ CO

What is the amount of CaC
2
which can be produced
from the reaction of excess calcium oxide and 10.2 g
of carbon? (Assume 100% efficiency of reaction for
purposes of this problem.)
(a) 18.1 g
(b) 28.4 g
(c) 20.8 g
(d) 19.8 g
(e) 27.2 g

8. What mass of ZnCl
2
can be prepared from the
reaction of 3.27 grams of zinc with 3.30 grams of HCl?
Zn +2HCl ZnCl
2
+ H
2


(a) 6.89 g
(b) 6.82 g
(c) 6.46 g
(d) 6.17 g
(e) 6.02 g
1. Which of the following has a positive charge?
(a) proton (b) neutron (c) anion (d) electron (e)
atom

2. Rutherford carried out experiments in which a beam of
alpha particles was directed at a thin piece of metal foil.
From these experiments he concluded that:
(a) electrons are massive particles.
(b) the positively charged parts of atoms are moving about
with a velocity approaching the speed of light.
(c) the positively charged parts of atoms are extremely
small and extremely heavy particles.
(d) the diameter of an electron is approximately equal to
that of the nucleus.
(e) electrons travel in circular orbits around the nucleus.

3. Consider the species
72
Zn,
75
As and
74
Ge. These species
have:
(a) the same number of electrons. (d) the same number of
protons and neutrons.
(b) the same number of protons. (e) the same mass
number.
(c) the same number of neutrons.

4. The neutral atoms of all of the isotopes of the same
element have
(a) different numbers of protons. (c) the same number of
electrons. (e) the same masses.
(b) equal numbers of neutrons. (d) the same mass
numbers.

5. What is the atomic weight of a hypothetical element
consisting of two isotopes, one with mass = 64.23 amu
(26.0%), and one with mass = 65.32 amu?
(a) 65.3 amu (b) 64.4 amu (c) 64.9 amu
(d) 65.0 amu (e) 64.8 amu

6. Naturally occurring rubidium consists of just two
isotopes. One of the isotopes consists of atoms having a
mass of 84.912 amu; the other of 86.901 amu. What is the
percent natural abundance of the heavier isotope?
(a) 15% (b) 28% (c) 37% (d) 72%
(e) 85%

7. What is the frequency of light having a wavelength of
4.50 x 10
-6
cm?
(a) 2.84 x 10
-12
s
-1
(c) 4.29 x 10
14
s
-1
(e) 6.67 x
10
15
s
-1

(b) 2.10 x 10
4
s
-1
(d) 1.06 x 10
22
s
-1


8. The emission spectrum of gold shows a line of
wavelength 2.676 x 10
-7
m. How much energy is emitted as
the excited electron falls to the lower energy level?
(a) 7.43 x 10
-19
J (c) 6.05 x 10
-19
J (e) 5.16
x 10
-20
J
(b) 5.30 x 10
-20
J (d) 3.60 x 10
-20
J

9. Which of the responses contains all the statements that
are consistent with the Bohr theory of the atom (and no
others)?
(1) An electron can remain in a particular orbit as long as it
continually absorbs radiation of a definite frequency.
(2) The lowest energy orbits are those closest to the
nucleus.
(3) An electron can jump from the K shell (n = 1 major
energy level) to the M shell (n = 3 major energy level) by
emitting radiation of a definite frequency.
(a) 1,2,3 (b) 2 only (c) 3 only (d) 1,2 (e) 2,3

10. The Heisenberg Principle states that _____________.
(a) no two electrons in the same atom can have the same
set of four quantum numbers.
(b) two atoms of the same element must have the same
number of protons.
(c) it is impossible to determine accurately both the
position and momentum of an electron simultaneously.
(d) electrons of atoms in their ground states enter
energetically equivalent sets of orbitals singly before they
pair up in any orbital of the set.
(e) charged atoms (ions) must generate a magnetic field
when they are in motion.

13. The maximum number of electrons that can be
accommodated in a sublevel for which l = 3 is:
(a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 14 (e) 8

14. The ground state electron configuration for arsenic is:
(a) [Ar] 4s
2
4p
13
(c) 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
6
3d
12
4s
2
4p
1
(e) 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
6
4s
2
3d
10
4p
3

(b) [Kr] 4s
2
4p
1
(d) 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
6
4s
2
3d
8
4p
5


15. Which of the following electron configurations is
correct for nickel?
(a) [Ar] 4s
1
3d
8
(c) [Kr] 4s
1
3d
8
(e) [Ar] 4s
2
3d
8

(b) [Kr] 4s
1
4d
8
(d) [Kr] 4s
2
3d
8


1.
The atom having the valence-shell configuration 4s
2

4p
5
would be in:
(a) Group VIA and Period 5
(b) Group IVB and Period 4
(c) Group VIB and Period 7
(d) Group VIIA and Period 4
(e) Group VIIB and Period 4
2.
Select the term best describing the series of elements:
Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu.
(a) d-transition metals
(b) representative elements
(c) metalloids
(d) alkaline earth metals
(e) halogens
3.
Which element has the largest atomic radius?
(a) Li
(b) Na
(c) Rb
(d) F
(e) I
4.
Which of the following terms accurately describes the
energy associated with the process:
Li(g) Li
+
(g) + e
-

(a) electron affinity
(b) binding energy
(c) ionization energy
(d) electronegativity
(e) none of these
1.
Choose the molecule that is incorrectly matched with
the electronic geometry about the central atom.
(a) CF
4
- tetrahedral
(b) BeBr
2
- linear
(c) H
2
O - tetrahedral
(d) NH
3
- tetrahedral
(e) PF
3
- pyramidal
2.
Choose the species that is incorrectly matched with
the electronic geometry about the central atom.
(a) NO
2
-
- trigonal planar
(b) ClO
4
-
- tetrahedral
(c) SO
3
2-
- pyramidal
(d) ClO
3
-
- tetrahedral
(e) BrO
4
-
- tetrahedral
3.
Which of the following pairs of molecules and their
molecular geometries is WRONG?
(a) NF
3
- trigonal planar
(b) H
2
O - bent
(c) BF
3
- trigonal planar
(d) AsF
5
- trigonal bipyramidal
(e) SeF
6
- octahedral
4.
Which molecule has a linear arrangement of all
component atoms?
(a) CH
4

(b) H
2
O
(c) CO
2

(d) NH
3

(e) BF
3


1. Which statement is false?
(a) The density of a gas is constant as long as its
temperature remains constant.
(b) Gases can be expanded without limit.
(c) Gases diffuse into each other and mix almost
immediately when put into the same container.
(d) The molecular weight of a gaseous compound is a
non-variable quantity.
(e) Pressure must be exerted on a sample of a gas in order
to confine it.
4. Under conditions of fixed temperature and amount of
gas, Boyle's law requires that
I. P
1
V
1
= P
2
V
2

II. PV = constant
III. P
1
/P
2
= V
2
/V
1

(a) I only (b) II only (c) III only (d) I, II, and III (e)
Another combination

7. What pressure (in atm) would be exerted by 76 g of
fluorine gas in a 1.50 liter vessel at -37
o
C?
(a) 26 atm (b) 4.1 atm (c) 19,600 atm (d) 84 (e)
8.2 atm

15. Which one of the following statements is not consistent
with the kinetic-molecular theory of gases?
(a) Individual gas molecules are relatively far apart.
(b) The actual volume of the gas molecules themselves
is very small compared to the volume occupied by the
gas at ordinary temperatures and pressures.
(c) The average kinetic energies of different gases are
different at the same temperature.
(d) There is no net gain or loss of the total kinetic
(translational) energy in collisions between gas
molecules.
(e) The theory explains most of the observed behavior
of gases at ordinary temperatures and pressures.

18. A real gas most closely approaches the behavior of an
ideal gas under conditions of:
(a) high P and low T (b) low P and high T (c) low
P and T (d) high P and T (e) STP

23. The ideal gas law predicts that the molar volume
(volume of one mole) of gas equals:
(a) gRT/PV (b) (MW)P/RT (c) 1/2ms
-2
(d) RT/P (e)
22.4 L at any temperature and pressure