FURA MODEL

Chemistry Model Examination (I)

ACADEMY Hawassa
Chemistry Worksheet for Acid _Base equilibria
for Grade 12 , october 2015

Direction: Answer the following multiple choice questions and you may refer your lecture note
when you work on more difficult problems.
Chemistry Model Examination (I)
1. Which response contains all the statements true of buffer solutions, and no false statements?
I. A For
bufferGrade
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could consist of equal concentrations of ammonia and ammonium bromide.
II. A buffer solution could consist of equal concentrations of perchloric acid, HClO4, and sodium
perchlorate.
III. A buffer solution will change only slightly in pH upon addition of acid or base.
IV. In a buffer solution containing benzoic acid, C6H5COOH, and sodium benzoate, NaC6H5COO, the
species that reacts with added [OH-] is the benzoate ion.
A. II, III, and IV B. I and III C. I and IV D. II and III
2. What is the pH of a solution that is 0.15 M in HOCl and 0.25 M NaOCl after 0.050 mol HCl per liter has
been bubbled into the solution? Ka of HOCl = 3.5 × 10-8
A. 7.46 B. 7.23 C. 6.15 D. 7.93 E. 6.98
3. What is the pH of a solution that is 0.080 M in aqueous ammonia and 0.040 M in NH4Cl? Kb = 1.8 × 10-5
A. 2.92 B. 9.56 C. 4.44 D. 11.08. E. 7.00
4. A solution is initially 0.100 M in HOCl and 0.300 M in NaOCl. What is the pH if 0.030 mol of solid NaOH is
added to 1.00 L of this solution? Assume no volume change. Ka of HOCl = 3.5 × 10-8
A. 5.24 B. 8.13 C.5.38 D. 9.06 E. 8.02
5. What is the [H3O+] of a solution resulting from the mixture of 10.0 mL of 0.200M KF with 20.0 mL of 0.100
M hydrofluoric acid, HF? Ka = 7.2 × 10-4
A. 5.6 × 10-5 M B. 4.1 × 10-3 M C. 3.4 × 10-2 M D. 7.2 × 10-4 M E. 1.7 × 10-3 M
6. One of the following buffer solutions has pOH = 5.05. Which one?
A. 0.10 M NH3 and 0.10 M NH4Cl D. 0.050 M NH3 and 0.20 M NH4Cl
B. 0.10 M NH3 and 0.20 M NH4Cl E. 0.20 M NH3 and 0.050 M NH4Cl
B. 0.20 M NH3 and 0.10 M NH4Cl
7. A formic acid buffer containing 0.50 M HCOOH and 0.50 M HCOONa has a Ph equal to 3.77. What will
be the pH of the solution formed by adding 0.010 mol of NaOH to 100.0 mL of the buffer? Ka = 1.8 × 10-5
A. 3.36 B. 3.59 C. 3.95 D. 4.18
8. Which solution has the greatest buffer capacity?
A. A solution 0.1M in HF and 0.005 M in NaF. C. A solution 0.1M in HF and 0.05 M in NaF.
B. A solution 0.001M in HF and 0.0005 M in NaF. D. A solution 0.01M in HF and 0.500 M in NaF.
9. What is the [CH CO -]/[CH CO H] ratio necessary to make a buffer solution with a pH of 4.44? The Ka for
acetic acid is 1.8 x 10-5 .
A. 0.30:1 B. 0.50:1 C. 1.07:1 D. 1.33:1
10. What is the change in pH when 0.005 moles of HCl is added to 0.100 L of a buffer solution that is 0.100
M in CH3COO H and 0.100 M CH3COONa ? The Ka for acetic acid is1.8 x 10-5 .
A. 0.20 B. 0.00 C. 0.47 D. 1.30.
11. What is the percent dissociation of acetic acid if the solution has a pH = 4.74 and a pKa = 4.74?
A. 100% B. 50% C. 10% D. 1%
12. What ratio of NaOCN/ HOCN will produce a buffer with pH = 3.70? The Ka of HOCN is 3.5 × 10-4
A. 0.50 B. 1.1 C. 0.44 D. 2.3 E. 1.8
13. Which one of the following combinations cannot produce a buffer solution?
A. HNO2 and NaNO2 B. NH3 and (NH4)2SO4 C. HCN and NaCN D. HClO4 and NaClO4
14. Which of the following is NOT a buffer?
A) CH3COOH and NaCH3CO2 B) NH3 and NH4Cl
C) H2S and NaHS D) H3PO4 and NaH2PO4 E) none
15. Consider a buffer solution prepared from HOCl and NaOCl. Which is the net ionic equation for the
reaction that occurs when NaOH is added to this buffer?
A. OH- + HOCl → H2O + OCl- B. OH- + OCl- → HOCl + O2- C. Na+ + HOCl → NaCl + OH-
D. H+ + HOCl → H2 + OCl- E. NaOH + HOCl → H2O + NaCl
16. What is the pH of a solution made by mixing 200 milliliters of a 0.20-molar solution of NH3 with 200
milliliters of a 0.20-molar NH4Cl solution? (The base dissociation constant, Kb, for NH3 is 1.8 X10-5)
A) between 3 and 4 B) between 4 and 5 C) between 5 and 6
D) between 8 and 9 E) between 9 and 10
17. A student prepared a 0.025 M HCN solution (Ka = 4.9 x 10 -10). Calculate the percent ionization for HCN?
A) 3.74% B) 1.32 % C) 0.57% D) 0.014 % E) 0.94%
18. Which of the following salts would form a basic solution in water?
A) NaCl B) KNO3 C) NaC2H3O2 D) NH4Cl E) none
19. HA is a weak acid. An aqueous solution of HA is prepared by dissolving 0.020 mol of HA in sufficient
water to yield 1.0 L of solution. The pH of the solution was 4.93 at 25.0 °C. The Ka of HA is __________.
A) 9.9 × 10-2 B) 1.2 × 10-5 C) 2.8 × 10-12 D) 6.9 × 10-9 E) 1.4 × 10-10
20. What is the hydroxide ion concentration in a solution that has a pH = 4.80?
A) 1.6 X10–5 M B) 1.0 x 10 7 M C) 6.3 x 10–10 D) 9.5 x 10–12M E) 3.3 x 10 7 M
21. The acid-dissociation constant, Ka, for gallic acid is 4.57 × 10-3. What is the base-dissociation constant,
Kb, for the gallate ion?
A) 7.81 × 10-6 B) 4.57 × 10-3 C) 2.19 × 102 D) 2.19 × 10-12 E) 5.43 × 10-5
22. The pH of a 0.15 M aqueous solution of NaA (the sodium salt of HA) is 10.7. What is the Ka for HA?
A) 1.6 × 10-6 B) 1.3 × 10-12 C) 6.0 × 10-9 D) 3.3 × 10-8 E) 8.9 × 10-4
23. The Ka of hypochlorous acid (HClO) is 3.00 × 10-8 at 25.0 °C. Calculate the pH of a 0.0385 M
hypochlorous acid solution.
 A) 8.94 B) 4.47 C) 7.52 D) 1.41 E) -1.41
24. The acid-dissociation constants of sulfurous acid (H2SO3) are Ka1 = 1.7 × 10-2 and Ka2 = 6.4 × 10-8 at
25.0 °C. Calculate the pH of a 0.163 M aqueous solution of sulfurous acid.
A) 1.8 B) 1.3 C) 1.4 D) 4.5 E) 7.2
25. The Ka for formic acid (HCO2H) is 1.8 × 10-4. What is the pH of a 0.35 M aqueous solution of sodium
formate (NaHCO2)? A) 5.4 B) 11 C) 3.3 D) 8.6 E) 4.2
26. Consider the following salts: I. NaF II. NaClO4 III. NaHSO4
Which of these salts, when dissolved in water, would form a basic solution?
A. I only B. I and II only C. II and III only D. I, II and III
27. What mass of ammonium nitrate must be added to 350. mL of a 0.150 M solution of ammonia to give a
buffer having a pH of 9.00? (Kb(NH3) = 1.8 × 10-5)
A. 7.6 g B. 2.4g C. 5.4g D. 11g E. 3.3g
28. Which of the following has the highest pH?
A) the endpoint of a strong acid titrated with a strong base
B) the endpoint of a weak acid titrated with a strong base
C) the endpoint of a weak base titrated with a strong acid
D) the endpoint of a strong base titrated with a strong acid
29. You have 500.0 mL of a buffer solution containing 0.20 M acetic acid (CH3COOH) and 0.30 M sodium
acetate (CH3COONa). What will the pH of this solution be after the addition of 20.0 mL of 1.00 M
NaOH solution? [Ka for CH3COOH = 1.8 × 10-5]
A. 4.41 B. 4.74 C. 4.56 D. 4.92 E. 5.07
30. Calculate the pH of a solution that is 0.410 M in HOCl and 0.050 M in NaOCl. [Ka(HOCl) = 3.2 × 10-8]
A. 0.39 B. 3.94 C. 6.58 D. 7.49 E. 8.40
31. Which of the following titrations could the following curve describe?

A. NaOH added to HF B. KOH added to HClO 4 C. HCl added to aqueous NH3

D. HNO3 added to NaOH E. CH3COOH added to aqueous NH3
32. . What happens to the ion concentrations in water when a small amount of KOH (aq) is
added?
A. [H3O+] = [OH-] = 1.0 x 10-7 M B. [H3O +] and [OH-] both increase
C. [H3O+] decreases and [OH-] increases D. [H3O +] increases and [OH-] is
unchanged
33. When a weak base is titrated with a strong acid, the pH at the equivalence point is always __________.
A. 7 B. < 7 C. > 7 D. < 1
34. The pH at the equivalence point of a titration may differ from 7.0 due to
A) The initial concentration of the standard solution. C. the indicator used.
B) The self-ionization of H2O. D. hydrolysis of the salt formed
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35. Methyl red is a common acid-base indicator. It has a K a equal to 6.3 × 10 . Its un-ionized form is red and its
anionic form is yellow. What color would a methyl red solution have at pH = 7.8?
A. green B. red C. blue D. yellow E. violet
36. A 25.0 mL sample of 0.150 M nitrous acid is titrated with a 0.150 M NaOH solution. What is the pH at the
equivalence point? (The Ka of nitrous acid is 4.50 × 10-4; log4.5 = 0.65)
A) 10.35 B) 8.11 C) 3.35 D) 10.65