C.

Decrease the kinetic energy, decrease

the mass
D. Apply pressure, decrease the
temperature
11. Which of the following shows physical
change only?
A. Rusting of iron
B. Photosynthesis
C. Melting of ice
D. Digestion
12. When matter undergoes chemical change,
which sub-atomic particles are directly
involved?
A. Proton
B. Nucleus
C. Neutron
D. Electron
13. Suppose you are instructed to melt ice.
Which of the following should you avoid
doing?
A. Expose ice to sunlight
B. Increase the temperature of ice
C. Place the ice in the freezer
D. Pour hot water to the ice
14. Which particle of an atom has a positive
charge and is located inside the nucleus?
A. Proton
B. Neutron
C. Electron
D. All of the above
15. Suppose you were asked to separate iron
filings from milk powder. Which of the
following is the best thing to do?
A. Add water to the mixture and stir.
B. Blow hot air into the mixture
C. Expose the mixture to sunlight.
D. Magnetize the iron filings.
16. Suppose you are asked to make a diagram
of the classification of matter. Which two
concepts/words are you going to place
under mixture?
A. Organic and Inorganic
B. Metals and non-metals
C. Heterogeneous and Homogeneous
D. Elements and Compounds
17. Which of the following statements is a
correct definition of matter?
A. Matter occupies space and has
mass is matter.
B. Matter refers to everything with mass
and weight.
C. Matter is defined as anything that has
life and energy.
D. Matter is something that exists and
can transform.
18. Which of the following concepts is defined
as the amount of matter present in a
substance?
A. Volume
B. Weight
C. Mass
D. Gravity
19. Which state of matter is composed of
particles that are neatly and closely
packed together?
A. Solid
B. Plasma
C. Liquid
D. Gas
20. Which state of matter has definite volume
and follows the shape of its container?

1. Which of the following is a pure

substance?
A. A serving of kare-kare
B. A liter of mercury
C. A cup of red tea
D. A block of cement
2. An element is composed of ______ that
cannot be decomposed _________.
A. Atoms; chemically
B. Atoms; physically
C. Ions; electrically
D. Molecules; chemically
3. A mixture is composed of substances that
are joined physically. The components can
be separated by ordinary means like the
following, except:
A. Straining
B. Picking
C. Magnetizing
D. Electrolysis
4. You were asked to make an example of a
homogeneous mixture that involves the
dissolving of one solid substance in a
liquid substance. Which of the following
will you use for this demonstration?
A. Water and ice
B. Sugar, Milo and water
C. Sago, sugar and water
D. Halo-halo
5. Which of the following best exemplify the
physical properties of matter?
A. Volume, mass, density
B. Flammability, reactivity
C. Density, melting point, reactivity
D. Combustibility, boiling point
6. When matter undergoes chemical change,
which properties are affected or involved?
A. Physical
B. Intensive
C. Extensive
D. Chemical
7. A student wants to determine whether a
particular substance is flammable. Which
of the following is the best thing for him to
do?
A. Study its physical properties.
B. Read about flammable substances.
C. Consult experts in the field
D. Conduct a simple experiment
8. Which state of matter is composed of
particles that are neatly and closely
packed?
A. Solid
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Plasma
9. A sample of a substance which has an
indefinite shape but a definite volume
would be properly classified as:
A. Gas
B. Plasma
C. Liquid
D. Solid
10. Suppose you want to make a gaseous
substance such as oxygen into liquid.
Which of the following must you do?
A.Increase the temperature, decrease the
pressure
B. Increase the mass, decrease the
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B. Plasma
C. Liquid
D. Gas
21. When examining the physical properties of
an unknown substance, which of the
following characteristics is unsafe to
observe?
A. Color
B. Form
C. Taste
D. Weight
22. A sample of substance X was found to
have no fixed shape but its volume was
measured to be 300 mL. Based on these
properties, how would you classify
substance X?
A. Solid
B. Plasma
C. Liquid
D. Gas

29. Which postulate of John Daltons atomic

theory is very similar to Democritus
atomic theory of matter?
A. All matter is composed of extremely
small particles called atoms.
B. All atoms of a given element are
identical size, mass, and other in
properties.
C. In chemical reactions, atoms are
combined, separated, or rearranged.
D. These atoms of matter cannot be
subdivided, created, or destroyed.
30. According to the Law of Conservation of
Mass, the total mass of materials after
a chemical reaction is the same as
the total mass before the reaction.
Which postulate of John Daltons atomic
theory can best explain the Law of
Conservation of Matter?
A. All elements are composed of indivisible
particles called atoms.
B. Atoms of the same element are the
same; atoms of different elements are
different.
C.
Atoms
are
not
created
or
destroyed in chemical reactions, they
simply rearrange.
D. Compounds are created when atoms
combine in fixed ratios.
31. An atom has 10 electrons. Into how many
electron shells or energy levels would you
distribute these electrons?
A. 1 (K)
B. 2 (K, L)
C. 3 (K, L, M)
D. 4 (K, L, M, N)
32. A student was asked to distribute the 8
electrons of an oxygen atom. The student
placed 2 electrons in the first energy level
and 6 atoms in the second energy level.
Is he correct?
A. No. S/he should have placed 4
electrons in the first and 4 in the second
energy level.
B. No. The first shell can have 2
electrons, the second 2, and the third,
also another 2.
C.Yes. The first shell can accommodate 2
electrons, while the second a maximum
of 6.
D. Yes. The first shell can have a
maximum of 2, while the second
shell a maximum of 8.
33. In order for an electron to move up from a
lower energy level to a higher energy
level, it has to ______ a specific amount of
light energy. In order for an electron to
move down from a higher energy level to
a lower energy level, it has to ____ a
specific amount of light energy.
A. release; absorb
B. release; release
C. absorb; release
D. absorb; absorb
34. An atom is now defined as the smallest
unit of a substance that retains the
properties
of that
substance.
It
is
composed of three important sub-atomic
particles. Which item below does not
correctly define these three sub-atomic
particles?

23. Which grouping identifies the chemical

properties of matter?
A. Malleability, ductility, conductivity
B. Luster, hardness, texture, color
C. Density, melting point, boiling point
D. Combustibility, flammability,
reactivity
24. If you were to make a heterogeneous
mixture, which of the following will you
choose?
A. Coffee with milk
B. Salt with water
C. Soil with water
D. Vetsin with water
25. What is the temperature at which an
element begins to turn from solid into
liquid phase?
A. Boiling point
B. Dew point
C. Kindling point
D. Melting point
26. Which of the following will you use in
proving that air is a mixture?
A. Air can be separated into several
components.
B. Living things are capable of breathing
in oxygen.
C. Nitrogen and oxygen in the air are both
gases.
D. Substances burn in the presence of
oxygen.
27. Seawater is mainly sodium chloride (table
salt) dissolved in water. If you need to
recover only the salt, which of the
following laboratory operations will you
perform?
A. Distillation
B. Evaporation
C. Filtration
D. Sublimation
28. Iodine crystals were heated. It was
observed that these converted directly to
gaseous form without passing through the
liquid phase. Which process has taken
place?
A. Sublimation
B. Precipitation
C. Liquefaction
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A. Proton positive charged and located in

the nucleus of the atom
B. Electrons negatively charged and
located in orbitals outside the nucleus
C. Neutrons neutral charge and located
inside the nucleus of the atom
D. Neutrino Positively charged and
located in the electronic orbitals
35. In a neutral atom or an atom in ground
state, which of the following is true
regarding its sub-atomic particles?
A. The number of protons and the
number of electrons are the same.
B. The number of protons is always equal
to the number of neutrons.
C. The charges of the electrons and
neutrons are equivalent to zero.
D. The number of protons, electrons and
neutrons are the same.

electrons are the same. Suppose an atom

loses an electron from its outermost shell,
while another atom gains an electron to its
outermost shell. What would be the
respective charges of these two atoms?
A. -1, +1
C. +1, -7
B. +1, -1
D. -7, +1
41. Who is the Russian chemist who
contributed
much
to
the
initial
understanding of the periodic nature of
the properties of the elements?
A. Bohr
B. Dalton
C. Mendeleev
D. Millikan
42. Element Z belongs to period 3. Which
formula below will you use to determine
the maximum number of electrons in the
outermost shell of element Z?
A. 2n2
B. 2n + 2
C. 4n/2D. 4n-2n/2
43. At room temperature, chlorine exists as a
gas, bromine exists as a liquid, and iodine
exists as a solid. The physical states of
these elements indicate that melting point
A. decreases from top to bottom with
group 17 elements
B. is independent of periodic position
C. increases from top to bottom within
group 17 elements _
D. is constant within group 17 elements
44. An element has an electron configuration
of 1s22s22p63s2. Which of these will be in
the same group as this element?
A. 1s22s22p6
B. 1s22s22p63s23p64s2
C. 1s22s22p63s1
D. 1s22s22p63s23p6
45. Which of the following is the correct
electronic configuration of a Carbon atom?
[Atomic number = 6]
A. 1s2 2s2 2p2
B. 1s1 2s2 2p3
C. 1s2 2s3 2p1
D. 1s3 2s2 2p1
46. Which of the following electron
configurations is impossible?
A.1s22s22p63s23p1
B. 1s22s42p63s23p3
C. 1s22s22p63s23p5
D. 1s22s22p63s23p6
47. The atomic size of atoms
A. increases going across a period.
B. decreases going across a period.
C. decreases going down within a
group.
D. does not change going across a
period.
48. The ionization energy of atoms
A. decreases going across a period.
B. decreases going down within a
C. does not change going down within a
group.
D. increases going down within a group.
49. Of the elements: B, C, F, Li, and Na. The
element with the largest atomic radius is
A. B.
B. C.
C. F. D. Na.
51. Of the elements: B, C, F, Li, and Na. The
element with the smallest atomic radius is

36. Protium (1H1), deuterium (1H2), and Tritium

(1H3) are the three isotopes of Hydrogen.
Which of the following correctly points out
the difference among them?
A. They are different in terms of their
charges because they have different
electrons.
B. These isotopes have different atomic
numbers because their protons are not the
same.
C. Their atomic number is the same but
they differ in terms of their number of
electrons.
D. They differ in terms of their atomic
masses due to their different neutron
number.
37. An increase in atomic number is related to
an increase in atomic mass because more
A. electrons are present in the atomic
nucleus
B. electrons are orbiting the atomic
nucleus
C. protons are present in the atomic
nucleus _
D. protons are orbiting the atomic nucleus
38. A student was asked to give the number of
electrons present in an atom of Oxygen as
indicated in the Periodic Table of Elements.
Which of the following would you advice
him to do?
A. Take the atomic number of oxygen
as equal to number of electrons.
B. Round off the atomic mass of oxygen to
the nearest whole number.
C. Get the sum of the atomic mass and the
atomic number of oxygen.
D. Calculate the difference of the atomic
mass and the atomic number.
39. Which of the following provides the correct
number of particles in a neutral atom of
Carbon? [atomic number = 6; atomic
mass = 12.011]
A. 12 protons, 12 electrons,
16 neutrons
B. 12 protons, 6 electrons,
12 neutrons
C. 6 protons, 12 electrons,
6 neutrons
D. 6 protons, 6 electrons, 6 neutrons
40. In a neutral atom or atom in ground state,
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C. F.
D. Li.
52. What
is
the
abbreviated
electron
configuration for nickel (atomic number 28)?
A. [He] 2s22p3
B. [Ar] 4s23d8
C. [Kr] 4s23d8
D. [Ar] 4s24p4
53. What is the element with the abbreviated
electron configuration [Kr] 5s24d8?
A. Ni
B. Pd C. Pt
D. Kr
54. The number of electron levels in a
magnesium atom is
A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.
55. The element in this list with chemical
properties similar to magnesium is
A. sodium.
C. carbon.
B. boron.
D. strontium.
56. Which element would have physical and
chemical properties similar to chlorine?
A. Ar
B. Br C. S
D. O
57. What is the symbol of the element in
Period 4 and Group 2?
A. Be
B. Mg
C. Ca
D. C
58. The stock name of PbO is:
A. plumbic oxide
C. lead(II) oxide
B. plumbous oxide
D. lead(IV)oxide
59.

It is a form of matter that has a definite

composition and distinct properties.
A. atom
C. mixture
B. element
D. molecule
60. The following are examples of compound,
EXCEPT:
A. penny
C. soil
B. salt
D. urine
61. Which of the following pairings of compound
name and compound formula is incorrect?
A. sodium acetate NaC2H3O2
B. barium sulfate BaSO4
C. magnesium nitrate MgNO3
D. more than one correct response
62. An element has an electronic configuration
of 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p5, what is
the period number of the element?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
63. Calculate the number of electrons of N -3 if
its atomic number is 7 and its mass atomic is
14?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 11
D. 14
64. How many moles in 100g Fe2S3?
A. 0.1 B. 0.5
C. 0.8
D. 1.0
65. How many electrons can the 3 energy level
hold:
A. 2
B. 10
C.18
D. 32
66. The formula mass of ammonium
phosphite, (NH4)3PO3, is
A. 97.01 amu
C.133.09 amu
B.125.01 amu
D.153.11 am
67. A mole of a chemical substance
represents
A. the mass of the substance that will
combine with 12.0 g of carbon
B. the mass of the substance that will
combine with 100.0 g of oxygen
C. 6.02 x 1023 chemical particles of
the substance
D. 6.02 x 1023 grams of the substance

68. In which of the following molar quantities of

sulfur would 5.95 10 24 atoms of sulfur be
present?
A. 9.69 moles S
B. 9.79 moles S
C. 9.89 moles S
D. 9.99 moles S
69. Which of the following pairings of compound
name and compound formula is incorrect?
A. sodium acetate NaC2H3O2
B. barium sulfate BaSO4
C. magnesium nitrate MgNO3
D. more than one correct response
70. In the given formula below, which is the
correct formula for calcium phosphate?
A. Ca2PO4
C. Ca3(PO4)2
B. CaPO4 D. Ca2(PO4)3
71. The formulas of the sulfate ion, the nitrate
ion, and the phosphate ion are, respectively,
A. SO32, NO32, PO32
B. SO42, NO42, PO42
C. SO42, NO3, PO42
D. SO42, NO3, PO43
72. Which of the following samples has the
largest mass, in grams?
A. 5 moles of CO2
B. 6 moles of CN
C. 7 moles of H2O
D. 8 moles of H2
73. Which of the following samples contains the
greatest number of atoms?
A. 9 mole of CO2
B. 10 moles of Xe
C. 11 moles of N2O
D. 12 moles of CO
74. How many molecules of CO2 are present in
33.6 g of CO2?
A. 1.27 x 1024
B. 4.60 x 1023
C. 8.90 x 1026
D. 7.22 x 1023
75. In which of the following unbalanced
equations are five moles of reactants
required to produce two moles of products?
A. Na + N2
NaN3
B. Al + S
Al2S3
C. N2 + H2
NH3
D. more than one correct response
76. Which of the following is the correct "setup"
for the problem "How many grams of H2O
will be produced from 2.1 moles of O2 and an
excess of H2S?" according to the reaction
2H2S + 3O2 2H2O + 2SO2
A.

18.02 g H 2 O

2 moles H 2O

2.1 moles O 2

32.00 g O2 18.02 g H 2 O

1 mole O 2 32.00 g O 2
2 moles H 2O 18.02 g H 2 O
2.1 moles O2

3 moles O2 1 mole H 2 O

B. 2.1 moles O 2
C.

D.

32.00 g O2 2 moles H 2 O

1 mole O2 3 moles O 2

2.1 moles O2

77. In the following reaction, how many grams of

H2O are produced if 6.13 g of N2H4 react? N2H4
+ 3O2 2NO2 + 2H2O

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B. 3.45 g

C. 12.3 g
D. 6.89 g

78. Which of the following is a property of both

gases and liquids?
A. definite shape
B. indefinite shape
C. definite volume
D. indefinite volume
79. When a substance undergoes a chemical
change it is always TRUE that
A. it liquifies
B. it changes from a solid to a gas
C. it is converted to a new kind of
matter with a different composition
D. the temperature of the substance
increases
80. Which of the following statements about
heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures
is CORRECT?
A. It is possible to have
heterogeneous mixtures in which
all the components are liquids.
B. A homogeneous mixture contains
visibly different parts, or phases.
C. All of the phases in a heterogeneous
mixture must be in the same state.
D. No two phases in a heterogeneous
mixture can be in the same state.
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