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General Instruction: Select the single best answer to each item. Write the CAPITAL LETTER of
your choice on the space provided in each item. Absolutely NO ERASURES and ALTERATIONS.
Answers with erasures will not be given credit. (50 points)

______1. A dilute aqueous potassium nitrate solution is best classified as a

A. Homogeneous compound. C. Heterogeneous compound.
B. Homogeneous mixture. D. Heterogeneous mixture.
______2. Which substance can be decomposed by chemical means?
A. Ammonia C. Phosphorus
B. Oxygen D. Silicon
______3. Which substance can not be broken down by chemical means?
A. Ammonia B. Antimony C. Methane D. Water
______4. Which two physical properties allow a mixture to be separated by chromatography?
A. Hardness and Boiling point C. Malleability and Heat conductivity
B. Density and Specific heat capacity D. Solubility and Molecular Polarity
______5. The two forms of oxygen, O2 (g) and O3(g), have
A. Different molecular structures and identical properties.
B. Different Molecular structures and different properties.
C. Identical molecular structures and identical properties.
D. Identical Molecular structures and Different properties.
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______6. In a reaction, 60 cm of gas were collected in 20 s. The average rate at which gas was
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given off in cm /s, was
A. 1/20. B. 1/60. C. 20/60. D. 60/20.
______7. What temperature scale is considered as an absolute scale?
A. Celsius B. Fahrenheit C. Kelvin D. Rankine
______8. An object has a mass of 200 grams and a volume of 125 ml. What is its density in
g/ml?
A. 0.620 B. 0.750 C. 1.60 D. 3.25
______9. What is the density of sulfuric acid whose specific gravity is 1.83?
A. 1,830 mg/L B. 183 g/L C. 18.3 mg/mL D. 1.83 g/mL
______10. Looking at the right rifle target, how would you describe the
shooting of this contestant?
A. Inaccurate and Imprecise
B. Accurate and Imprecise
C. Inaccurate and Precise
D. Accurate and Precise
______11. A molecular compound is formed when chemical reaction
occurs between atoms of
A. Chlorine and Sodium. C. Oxygen and Hydrogen.
B. Chlorine and Yttrium. D. Oxygen and Magnesium.
______12. How many electrons, neutrons, and protons are in an atom Cr-52?
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A. 24 electrons, 24 protons, and 24 neutrons

B. 27 electrons, 27 protons, and 24 neutrons
C. 24 electrons, 28 protons, and 24 neutrons
D. 24 electrons, 24 protons, and 28 neutrons
______13. If an element, X, can form an oxide that has the formula X 2O3, then element X would
most likely be located on the Periodic Table in the same group as
A. Barium. B. Cadmium. C. Indium. D. Sodium
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______14. An atom of any element must contain
A. An equal number of protons and neutrons.
B. An equal number of protons and electrons.
C. More electrons than neutrons.
D. More electrons than protons.
______15. What is the number of protons and neutrons in an atom with a mass number of 89
and atomic number of 39?
A. 50 protons and 50 neutrons C. 39 protons and 89 neutrons
B. 50 protons and 39 neutrons D. 39 protons and 50 neutrons
For item number 16, refer to the equation below:
Fe2O3 3CO
2 Fe 3CO2

______16. When 3 moles of Fe2O3 are allowed to completely react with 56 grams of CO
according to the equation above, approximately how many moles of Iron, Fe, are
produced?
A. O.70 moles B. 1.33 moles C. 2.00 moles D. 2.70 moles
______17. The gram formula mass of sodium carbonate is 106 grams. How many moles are
present in 5.3 g of sodium carbonate?
A. 0.05 mole B. 0.50 mole C. 2.00 moles D. 20 moles
______18. The sum of the atomic masses of the atoms in one molecule of 2,3-dibromopropane
is called the
A. Formula mass. B. Isotopic Mass. C. Atomic Weight. D. Binding Mass.
______19. Which pair consists of a molecular formula and its corresponding empirical formula?
A. C2H2 and CH3CH3 C. P4O10 and P2O5
B. C6H6 and C2H2 D. SO2 and SO3
______20. What is the approximate percent composition by mass of the element Oxygen in the
compound HClO4?
A. 16% B. 32% C. 50% D. 64%
______21.When a fixed amount of gas has its Kelvin temperature doubled and its pressure
doubled, what is the new volume of the gas?
A. Four times greater than its original volume
B. Twice its original volume
C. Unchanged
D. Half of its original volume
______22. Under which conditions of temperature and pressure does carbon dioxide gas
behave most likely an ideal gas?
A. Low Temperature and Low pressure C. High Temperature and High Pressure
B. Low Temperature and High pressure D. High Temperature and Low Pressure
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______23. An ideal gas has a volume of 10 liters at 20 C and a pressure of 750 mmHg. Which of
the following expressions is needed to determine the volume of the same amount
of gas at STP?
A. C. 10 760
750 273
293
L
760 293
750 273 B. 750
1010 760
273
0 L
D. 760
750 293
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______24. Helium effuses through a pinhole 5.33 times faster than an unknown gas. That gas
is most likely
A. CO2. B. CH4. C. C5H12 . D. C8H18.
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______25. A 600-milliliter container holds 2 moles of O 2, 3 moles of H2, and 1 mole of He. Total
pressure within the container is 760 torr. What is the partial pressure of of O 2?
A. 127 torr B. 253 torr C. 380 torr D. 507 torr
______26. Which element is most chemically similar to chlorine?
A. Argon B. Fluorine C. Francium D. Sulfur
______27. The Pauli Exclusion Principle states that
A. No two electrons can have the same energy.
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 B. No two electrons can have the same four quantum numbers.
C. No two electrons can occupy separate orbitals.
D. No two electrons can pair up if there is an empty orbital available.
______28. Which electron configuration represents the electrons of an atom in an excited
state?
A. 2-1 B. 2-7-4 C. 2-8-7 D. 2-4
______29. Compared to an electron in the first energy level, an electron of the third energy
level has
A. Less mass. C. More mass.
B. Less energy. D. More energy.
______30. Which of the following configuration can be an electron arrangement for a metal?
A. 2-8-1 B. 2-8-5 C. 2-8-7 D. 2-8-8
______31. An element has the following properties: shiny, brittle, poor electrical conductivity,
and high melting point. This element can be best classified as a/an
A. Alkali Metal. B. Halogen. C. Semi-Metal. D. Metal.
______32. Which list of elements contains a metal, a metalloid, a nonmetal, and a noble gas?
A. Be, Si, Cl, Kr B. C, N, Ne, Ar C. K, Fe, B, F D. Na, Zn, As, Sb
______33. All of the following ions have the same electron configuration EXCEPT
1+ 2- 5+ 2+
A. Rb B. Se C. As D. Sr
______34. The electronic 1s 2 s 2 p 3s 3 p 4s
2 2 6 2 6 2

configuration signifies the ground

state of the element
A. Vanadium. B. Titanium. C. Cobalt. D. Calcium.
______35. The elements in the Periodic Table are arranged in order of increasing
A. Atomic Mass. B. Atomic Number C. Ionization energy D. Oxidation State
______36. An oxygen molecule contains a double bond because the two atoms of oxygen
shared a total of
A. 1 electron. B. 2 electrons. C. 3 electrons. D. 4 electrons.
______37. An atom in the ground state contains a total of 5 electrons, 5 protons and 5
neutrons. Which Lewis Electron Dot Structure represents this atom X?
A. B. C.
X X D. X X

______38. What is the total number of electron pairs shared between the two atoms of a
diatomic oxygen molecule?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
______39. What is the molecular geometry of water?
A. Tetrahedral B. V-shaped C. Octahedral D. Linear
______40. What type of bond is exhibited when there is an electron transfer?
A. Electrovalent B. Electron Pair C. Coordinate D. Metallic
______41. Which of the following is expected to be a polar molecule?
A. PCl4F B. BF3 C. CO2 D. Si(CH3)4
______42. In which of the following is the negative end of the bond written last?
A. O---S B. Br---N C. N---C D. P---Cl
______43. Which molecule has a non-polar covalent bond?
A. H2 B. NH3 C. H2O D. HCl
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______44. If two atoms that differ in electronegativity combine by chemical reaction and share
electrons, the bond that joins them will be
A. Electrovalent. B. Metallic. C. Nonpolar Covalent. D. Polar Covalent.
______45. The shape of a PCl3 molecule is described as
A. Bent B. Trigonal Pyramid C. Linear D. Tetrahedral

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______46. Which of the following groups can react together to form an amide (peptide) link?
A. -O-H and H2-N- C. -N-H2 and HO-O-C-
B. -O-H and HO-O-C- D. -N-H2 and H2-N-
______47. One way in which ethanol is produced industrially is shown below:
C2 H 4 H 2O Catalyst
C2 H 5OH

What name is given to this type of reaction?

A. Condensation B. Hydration C. Hydrolysis D. Oxidation
______48. Which of the following molecules has the strongest carbon-carbon bond?
A. C2H2 B. C2H4 C. C2H6 D. C3H8
______49. A double carbon-carbon bond is found in a molecule
A. Pentane. B. Pentene. C. Pentyne. D. Pentadiene-yne.
______50. The simplest alkene has
A. At least two pi bonds.
B. At least four sigma bonds.
C. A tetrahedral configuration.
D. Cis-trans isomers.

Pigmae Gigantum Ipse Gigantes Vident (We are dwarfs

standing on the shoulder of the giants) - St. Paul of Chartres

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