Villa International High School

Department of Chemistry
Class Test 1 (Topic: How Fast- Rate?)
Time: 35minutes

Marks: 25

Name:..................................................................................

Grade 12....................

(01) Consider the following reaction involving 10. g of powdered zinc with excess dilute
hydrochloric acid.
Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq)
Trail
1
2
3

Temperature
(oC)
40
20
40

ZnCl2(aq) + H2 (g)
Concentration of
HCl
3.0
3.0
6.0

The rates, in order of fastest to slowest, are

A. 1, 2, 3
B. 2, 1, 3
C. 3, 1, 2
D. 3, 2, 1
(02) What effect does a catalyst have on a reaction?
A. It changes the H of a reaction.
B. It increases the kinetic energy of the reactants.
C. It decreases the potential energy of the products.
D. It provides a reaction mechanism with a lower activation energy.
(03) The statement, the minimum energy needed to achieve a successful collision, defines
A. entropy.
B. activation energy.
C. the H of reaction.
D. the activated complex.

(04) Consider the following mechanism for a reaction

4HBr + O2

2 H2O + 2 Br2

Step 01:

HBr + O2

Step 02:

HBr + HOOBr

Step 03:

2 HBr + 2 HOBr

HOOBr
2 HOBr
2 H2O + 2 Br2

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Br2 is a reactant
B. HBr is a product
C. HOBr is a catalyst
D. HOOBr is a reaction intermediate.
(05) Consider the following reaction:
CaO(s) + 2 HCl(aq)

CaCl2 (aq) + H2O(l)

Which of the following could be used to measure the rate of this reaction?
A. change in acidity.
B. change in volume.
C. change in pressure.
D. change in total mass.
(06) Consider the following reaction mechanism
Step 1
Step2
Step3

Cl2
CHCl3 + Cl
CCl3 + Cl

2Cl
HCl + CCl3
CCl4

Which of the following is a reactant in the overall reaction?

A. Cl
B. HCl
C. CCl3
D. CHCl3
(07)1 In acid solution, ethanedioic acid (oxalic acid) is oxidized by the addition of an aqueous
solution of potassium manganate(VII). During a titration, it was noticed that the rate at which
the manganate(VII) decolorised accelerated significantly just after the start of the addition
from the burette. This suggests that:

A. the reaction is endothermic.

B. the potassium ion is a catalyst.
C. a product of the reaction is catalysing the oxidation.
D. the reaction is slightly exothermic.

(08) Magnesium metal reacts rapidly with hydrochloric acid in an open beaker to produce
aqueous magnesium chloride and hydrogen gas. Which of the following could be used to
measure the rate of this reaction?
A. the volume of the solution.
B. the colour of gas produced.
C. the concentration of the chloride ion.
D. the mass of the beaker and its contents.

(09) Which combination of factors will affect the rate of the following reaction?
Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq)

ZnCl2(aq) + H2 (g)

A. temperature and surface area only.

B. temperature and concentration only.
C. concentration and surface area only.
D. temperature, concentration and surface area.
(10) If reaction A has an activation energy of 250 kJ and reaction B has an activation
energy of 100 kJ, which of the following statements must be correct?
A. If reaction A is exothermic and reaction B is endothermic then reaction A is favored
kinetically.
B. At the same temperature the rate of reaction B is greater than the rate of reaction A.
C. The energy of reaction A must be greater than the energy of reaction B.
D. The energy of reaction B must be greater than the energy of reaction A.
(11) Two gases A and B react according to the equation:
A(g) + 2B(g)

AB2(g)

A series of kinetics experiments performed at constant temperature gave the following

results:

Experiment

Initial concentration
3
of A/mol dm

Initial concentration
3
of B/mol dm

1
2
3

0.050
0.050
0.100

0.100
0.200
0.100

Initial rate/mol dm

3 1

1.00 x 104
3.92 x 104
1.95 x 104

a (i) Calculate, showing your working, the orders of reaction with respect to A and to B.

(3 marks)
ii Write the rate equation for the reaction.

(1 mark)

iii Calculate the rate constant k for the reaction using the results from experiment 3. State its
units.

( 2 marks)
b. Explain, in terms of collision theory, why the rate of reaction increases with an increase in
temperature.
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(12) a. The table below shows the results from an experiment where a solution of 2-bromo2-methylbutane is reacted with varying concentrations of hydroxide ions.
A few drops of an acid-alkali indicator are added to the mixture and the time for the indicator
to change to the acidic colour is measured.
[C5H11Br] /102
mol dm3

[OH] /103
mol dm3

Time /s

1.5
1.5
1.5

0.75
1.50
2.25

5
9
14

(i) Calculate the rate of the reaction, in mol dm3 s1, for each concentration of hydroxide
ions.

(2 marks)
(ii) What effect does doubling the concentration of hydroxide ions have on the rate of the
reaction?
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(1 mark)
(iii) What is the order of the reaction with respect to the hydroxide ions?
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(1 mark)
b. The rate equation for the reaction between when 2-bromo-2-methylbutane with hydroxide
ions is
Rate = k [C5H11Br]
(i) Write a mechanism for the reaction which is consistent with the rate equation given
above.

(2marks)
(ii) Explain why the product of this reaction is not optically active.
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(1 mark)