Alcohols multiple choice questions

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Question 1) What class of organic compound is one of the products of the acid catalyzed
reaction of an alcohol with a carboxylic acid?
a) nitrile
b) amide
c) ester
d) thiol
e) ether
Question 2) Which oxidation reaction produces an incorrect product?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

primary alcohol carboxylic acid

secondary alcohol ketone
tertiary alcohol carboxylic acid
All of these are correct
none of these is correct

Question 3) Which of the following is a secondary alcohol?

a. CH3 CH2 CH2 CH2 OH
d.

CH2 CH2 OH

CH3
CH3 CH2 CH2 CH2
OH

Question 4) Name:
OH

Br

b. CH3 CH

Br

a) 1,3-dibromophenol
b) 2,4-dibromophenol

e.

c. CH3 CH2 CH2 CH

CH3

CH3 CH2 C OH
CH3

CH3

OH

c) 3,5-dibromophenol
d) 1,5-dibromophenol
e) alcoholicdibromobenzene

Question 5) Oxidation of a secondary alcohol produces a(n):

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

ketone
aldehyde
acid
ester
no reaction

CH3

CH3 C CH2 CH CH3

Question 6) Name:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

2-methylpentan-2-one
2-methylpentan-3-one
4-methylpentan-2-one
2-methylpentaket-4-one
ethylproply methyl ketone

Question 7) Alcohols have higher boiling points than alkanes of similar molecular mass
because:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Alcohols are ionic compounds and alkanes are covalent compounds.

Alkane molecules are polar and alcohols are not.
Hydrogen bonding occurs between alcohol molecules but not between alkanes.
Alcohols are acidic and alkanes are not.
All organic molecules that contain oxygen have high boiling points.

Question 8) Ketones are prepared by the oxidation of:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

primary alcohols
secondary alcohols
tertiary alcohols
phenols
aldehydes

f) carboxylic acids
Question 9) What two functional groups are never found at the end of a carbon chain?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

alcohol and aldehyde

ether and aldehyde
alcohol and ketone
ketone and acid
ether and ketone

Question 10) Which of the following statements concerning the structure of the functional
group present in carboxylic acids is incorrect?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Two oxygen atoms are present.

At least three carbon-hydrogen bonds are present.
A carbon-oxygen single bond and a carbon-oxygen double bond are present.
An oxygen-hydrogen bond is present.

Question 11) Name:

a) 1-methyl-1-ethanol
b) 1-methyl-2-ethanol
c) 2-methylethanol
d) 2-propanol
e) Propan-2-ol
Question 12) Carboxylic acids may be prepared by
oxidation of:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

primary alcohols
secondary alcohols
aldehydes
alkenes
more than one of the above answers is correct

Question 13) Name:

a) acetaldehyde
b) ethylhydroketone
c) 1-ethanal
d) Propanal
e) 3-propanal

the

CH3

CH3 CH CH2 C OH
Question 14) Name:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

2-methyl-4-butanoic acid
2-methyl-4-pentanoic acid
3-methylbutanoic acid
3-methylpentanoic acid
methylpropanoic acid

Question 15) What is the common feature to all aldehydes and ketones?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

a carboxylic acid group

substituted carbon chains
a carbonyl group
a hydrogen attached to the carbonyl
at least 6 hydrogen

Question 16) One method for preparing alcohols is the:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

hydration of alkenes
combustion of alkanes
combustion of ethers
hydrogenation of alkenes
substitution of alkanes

Question 17) The solubility of alcohols in water:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

decreases as the carbon chain length increases.

decreases as the number of OH groups increases.
increases with increasing molecular mass.
is virtually the same for all alcohols.
is much less than that of alkenes in water.

Question 18) Comparison of the boiling points of aldehydes and ketones with those of
other compounds of similar molecular mass shows that they are:
a) lower than those of alcohols and alkanes.
b) higher than those of alcohols and alkanes.

c) higher than those of alcohols but lower than those of alkanes.

d) higher than those of alkanes but lower than those of alcohols.
Question 19) The correct statement about the alcohol shown to the right is:
a)
b)
c)
d)

It can be reduced using NaBH4

It exists as geometric isomers.
It can be hydrogenated to ethane-1,2-diol.
It can undergo addition polymerisation.

Question 20) The correct statement about the alcohol shown to the right is:
a)
b)
c)
d)

It will react with aqueous sodium hydroxide.

It produces a colour change with iron III chloride.
It can be used to make an ester.
It is a phenol