CHEM 102 Winter 18 Exam 3 (B) Questions and Answers
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1. Please choose the letter “B” as your answer for
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2. Consider the following endothermic chemical equilibrium. What change below would cause an increase in the I2 (g) concentration?
2 NOI (g) ⇌ 2 NO (g) + I2 (g)
a) decreasing the temperature
b) adding more NO
c) increasing the pressure
d) adding more NOI
e) All of the above.
3. At 25 oC, an aqueous solution has [H3O+] = 3.1 × 10–9 M. What statement is CORRECT?
a) The solution does not contain any HO- ions.
b) The pH of the solution is 7.5.
c) The solution is basic.
d) The solution has a hydronium ion concentration greater than that of a neutral solution.
e) The solution has a hydroxide ion concentration less than 1.0 × 10–7 M.
4. Which of the following chemical species is amphoteric?
a) CO32-
b) CH3COOH
c) NH4⁺
d) CH4
e) HSO4-
5. In the chemical equilibrium below,
H2CO3 + F – HCO3– + HF
a) F –and HCO3– are Brønsted-Lowry bases.
b) F – is a Brønsted-Lowry base and H2CO3 is a Brønsted-Lowry acid.
c) H2CO3 is an acid and F – is its conjugate base.
d) both a) and b)
e) H2CO3 is a base and HCO3– is its conjugate acid.
6. Estimate the Kb for CN⁻ at 25 °C. The Ka for HCN is 4.9 × 10-10.
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a) 2.3 × 10
-14
b) 4.9 × 10
-5
c) 2.0 × 10
-5
d) 1.4 × 10
-7
e) 3.7 × 10
7. An amount of 23.7 g of CaCl2 is dissolved in 375 g of water. The concentration of CaCl2 in the resulting solution is % by mass.
a) 5.94 × 10-2
b) 6.32
c) 6.32 × 10-2
d) 5.94
e) 6.24
8. Which statement about the following equilibrium is CORRECT? (Ka =1.26 × 10–2 for HSO4- and Ka = 5.6 × 10–10 for NH4+)
HSO4- (aq) + NH3 (aq) SO42- (aq) + NH4+ (aq)
a) The equilibrium is reactant-favored because NH3 is a stronger base than SO42-.
b) Neither reactants nor products are favored, since all species are weak acids or bases.
c) The equilibrium is product-favored because HSO4- is a stronger acid than NH4+.
d) The initial [HSO4-] and [NH3] must be known in order to make a prediction.
e) No prediction can be made: the strong acid and the weak base appear on the same side of the equation.
9. Estimate the pOH of a 0.00598 M HClO4 solution at 25 oC.
a) 11.8
b) 6.43
c) 7.57
d) 2.22
e) 3.56
10. Consider the following reaction:
CH4 (g) + 2 H2S (g) ⇌ CS2 (g) + 4 H2 (g)
Initially, the reaction mixture contained 0.50 M CH4 and 0.75 M H2S. The equilibrium concentration of
H2 is 0.44 M. Estimate the equilibrium constant, Kc, for the reaction.
a) 0.23
b) 2.9
c) 10
d) 0.34
e) 0.038
11. Consider the chemical equilibrium below (Kc = 0.95) and a mixture that contains 0.45 M CH3CH2OH,
0.45 M CH3COOH and 1.1 M CH3COOCH2CH3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
CH3CH2OH (aq) + CH3COOH (aq) ⮀ CH3COOCH2CH3 (aq) + H2O (l)
a) Q < K, so the reverse reaction will proceed to form more reactants.
b) Q > K, so the reverse reaction will proceed to form more reactants.
c) Q > K, so the forward reaction will proceed to form more products.
d) The reaction mixture is at equilibrium.
e) Q < K, so the forward reaction will proceed to form more products.
12. Estimate the volume of 0.716 M KBr(aq) that can be made from 30.5 g of pure KBr.
a) 358 mL
b) 42.7 mL
c) 21.8 mL
d) 184 mL
e) 254 mL
13. In which of the following aqueous solutions does the weak acid exhibit the HIGHEST percent ionization?
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a) 0.01 M HF (Ka =6.8 × 10 )
b) 0.01 M NH + (K =5.6 × -10
-5
c) 0.01 M CH3COOH (Ka =1.8 × 10 )
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d) 0.01 M H2SO3 (Ka =1.6 × 10 )
e) Since the molar concentration is the same, all given acids will exhibit the same percent ionization.
14. Identify the STRONGEST acid.
a) H2O
b) H2Se
c) H2Te
d) H2S
e) Not enough information to determine.
15. Choose the TRUE statement: “A solution will form between two substances if .”
a) the solute-solute interactions are strong enough to overcome the solvent-solvent interactions
b) the solute-solvent interactions are weaker than the solute-solute and solvent-solvent interactions
c) the solute-solute interactions are weaker than the solvent-solvent interactions
d) the solvent-solvent interactions are strong enough to overcome the solute-solvent interactions
e) the solute-solvent interactions are stronger than the solute-solute and solvent-solvent interactions
16. Choose the equilibrium for which an increase in pressure will shift the equilibrium to the right.
a) CO (g) + H2O (g) ⇌ CO2 (g) + H2 (g)
b) 2 NO (g) + Cl2 (g) ⇌ 2 NOCl (g)
c) 3 S (s) + 2 H2O (g) ⇌ 2 H2S (g) + SO2 (g)
d) CO2 (g) + C(graphite) ⇌ 2 CO (g)
e) 2 SO3 (g) ⇌ 2 SO2 (g) + O2 (g)
17. Estimate the [H3O+] in a 0.265 M HClO solution (Ka of HClO is 2.9 × 10-8).
a) 8.8 × 10-5 M
b) 7.7 × 10-9 M
c) 1.3 × 10-6 M
d) 4.9 × 10-4 M
e) 1.1 × 10-10 M
18. Consider the following reaction at equilibrium. What happens if the temperature increases?
Fe3O4 (s) + CO (g) ⇌ 3 FeO (s) + CO2 (g) ΔH = +35.9 kJ
a) The equilibrium will shift towards the products.
b) The equilibrium will shift towards the least number of moles of solid.
c) The equilibrium will shift towards the reactants.
d) No effect will be observed.
e) The equilibrium will shift towards the least number of moles of gas.
19. Which statement is FALSE for a strong acid?
a) The acid dissociates completely in aqueous solutions.
b) The ionization equilibrium in water is product-favored.
c) The conjugate base of a strong acid in water is a very small anion.
d) The ionization equilibrium in water is characterized by a large Ka.
e) The acid has at least one weak polar bond to a hydrogen atom.
20. A potential Brønsted-Lowry acid is a compound that .
a) contains a H atom with a partial positive charge
b) becomes a proton acceptor in aqueous solutions
c) becomes a proton donor in aqueous solutions
d) both a) and c)
e) contains a H atom in a nonpolar covalent bond
21. A solution containing less than the equilibrium amount of solute is called .
a) supersaturated
b) dilute
c) concentrated
d) unsaturated
e) saturated
22. Estimate the [OH – ] in a 1.0 × 10–3 M aqueous solution of Sr(OH)2.
a) 1.0 × 10–2 M
b) 2.0 × 10–3 M
c) 0.5 × 10–3 M
d) 1.0 × 10–3 M
e) 0.02 M
23. Which compound below is MOST soluble in octane?
a) HOOC-CH2-COOH
b) H2S
c) CBr4
d) H2O
e) CH3-OH
24. Consider the ionization of phosphoric acid, H3PO4, in water and the pKa values associated with each ionization step. Rank the pKa values for H3PO4 from LOWEST to HIGHEST.
a) pKa3 < pKa2 < pKa1
b) pKa3 ≈ pKa2 < pKa1
c) pKa1 < pKa2 ≈ pKa3
d) pKa1 < pKa3 < pKa2
e) pKa1 < pKa2 < pKa3
25. In an acidic solution at 25 oC, .
-7
3 ] > 1.0 × 10 M
- -14
3 OH ] < 1.0 × 10
c) pKb = pKa
d) pH = pKa
- -7
OH ] > 1.0 × 10 M
26. Consider the reaction below in a closed flask. At 200 oC, the equilibrium constant (Kp) is 2.40 × 103.
2 NO (g) ⮀ N2 (g) + O2 (g)
If 36.1 atm of NO (g) is added to the closed flask at 200 oC, what is the approximate partial pressure of O2
at equilibrium?
a) 36.0 atm
b) 294 atm
c) 6.00 atm
d) 1.50 × 10-2 atm
e) 18.0 atm
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