C136W14E2

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Which one of the following is the weakest acid?
A) Acetic acid (Ka = 1.8 10-5)

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B) HNO2 (Ka = 4.5 10-4)

C) HClO (Ka = 3.0 10-8)
D) HCN (Ka = 4.9 10-10)
E) HF (Ka = 6.8 10-4)

2) In the coal-gasification process, carbon monoxide is converted to carbon dioxide via the
following reaction:
CO (g) + H2O (g)

CO2 (g) + H2 (g)

In an experiment, 0.35 mol of CO and 0.40 mol of H2O were placed in a 1.00-L reaction vessel.
At equilibrium, there were 0.16 mol of CO remaining. Keq at the temperature of the experiment
is __________.
A) 5.5
B) 0.75
C) 0.93
D) 1.0
E) 1.1

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3) The equilibrium constant for the gas phase reaction

2NH3 (g)

3)

N2 (g) + 3H2 (g)

is Keq = 230 at 300 C. At equilibrium, __________.

A) only reactants are present
B) only products are present
C) products predominate
D) roughly equal amounts of products and reactants are present
E) reactants predominate

4) The value of Keq for the equilibrium

N2 (g) + O2 (g)

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2 NO (g)

is 4.2 x 10-31 at 27 C. What is the value of Keq for the equilibrium below?
4 NO (g)

2 N2 (g) + 2 O2 (g)

A) 4.2 x 1031
B) 8.4 x 10-31
C) 5.7 x 1060
D) 8.4 1031
E) none of the above

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5) At 200 C, the equilibrium constant (Kp) for the reaction below is 2.40 10 3.
2NO (g)

N2 (g) + O2 (g)

A closed vessel is charged with 36.1 atm of NO. At equilibrium, the partial pressure of O2 is
__________ atm.
A) 35.7
B) 6.00
C) 294
D) 1.50 10 -2
E) 17.9

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6) The isomerization of methylisonitrile to acetonitrile

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CH3NC (g) CH3CN (g)

is first order in CH3NC. The rate constant for the reaction is 9.45 10 -5 s-1 at 478 K. The half-life
of the reaction when the initial [CH3NC] is 0.030 M is __________ s.
A) 1.06 10 4
B) 3.53E 10 5
C) 5.29 10 3
D) 7.33 10 3
E) 1.36 10 -4

7) Which one of the following will change the value of an equilibrium constant?
A) changing temperature
B) varying the initial concentrations of products
C) varying the initial concentrations of reactants
D) adding other substances that do not react with any of the species involved in the
equilibrium
E) changing the volume of the reaction vessel

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8) Acetic acid is a weak acid that dissociates into the acetate ion and a proton in aqueous solution:
HC2H3O2 (aq)

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C2H3O2- (aq) + H+ (aq)

At equilibrium at 25 C a 0.100 M solution of acetic acid has the following concentrations:

[HC2H3O2] = 0.0990 M, [C2H3O2-] = 1.33 10 -3 M, and [H+] = 1.33 10 -3 M. The equilibrium
constant, Keq , for the ionization of acetic acid at 25C is __________.
A) 0.100
B) 5.71 10 4
C) 1.79 10 -5
D) 1.75 10 -7
E) 5.71 10 6

9) Of the following, __________ will lower the activation energy for a reaction.
A) increasing the concentrations of reactants
B) raising the temperature of the reaction
C) adding a catalyst for the reaction
D) removing products as the reaction proceeds
E) increasing the pressure

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10) The Ka of hypochlorous acid (HClO) is 3.0 10-8 at 25.0 C. Calculate the pH of a 0.0335 M
hypochlorous acid solution.
A) 3.02
B) 6.52
C) 9.50
D) 4.50
E) -3.02

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11) An aqueous solution contains 0.150 M HCl at 25.0 C. The pH of the solution is __________.
A) 7.00
B) 13.00
C) 1.00
D) 0.82
E) 0.150

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12) The combustion of ethylene proceeds by the reaction

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C2H4 (g) + 3O2 (g) 2CO2 (g) + 2H2O (g)

When the rate of disappearance of O2 is 0.28 M s-1, the rate of appearance of CO2 is __________
M s-1.
A) 0.84

B) 0.093

C) 0.56

D) 0.42

E) 0.19

13) At 400 K, the equilibrium constant for the reaction

Br2 (g) + Cl2 (g)

2BrCl (g)

is Kp = 7.0. A closed vessel at 400 K is charged with 1.00 atm of Br2 (g), 1.00 atm of Cl2 (g), and
2.00 atm of BrCl (g). Use Q to determine which of the statements below is true.
A) The equilibrium partial pressures of Br 2, Cl2, and BrCl will be the same as the initial
values.
B) The equilibrium partial pressure of BrCl (g) will be greater than 2.00 atm.
C) The equilibrium partial pressure of Br2 will be greater than 1.00 atm.
D) The reaction will go to completion since there are equal amounts of Br2 and Cl2.
E) At equilibrium, the total pressure in the vessel will be less than the initial total pressure.

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14) At elevated temperatures, methylisonitrile (CH3NC) isomerizes to acetonitrile (CH3CN):

CH3NC (g) CH3CN (g)
The dependence of the rate constant on temperature is studied and the graph below is prepared
from the results.

The energy of activation of this reaction is __________ kJ/mol.

A) 4.4 10 -4
B) 4.4 10 -7
C) 1.9 10 4
D) 1.6 10 5
E) 160

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15) Which of the following expressions is the correct equilibrium-constant expression for the
reaction below?
CO2 (s) + H2O (l)

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H+ (aq) + HCO3- (aq)

A) [H+][HCO3-]
B) [CO2] / [H+][HCO3-]
C) [CO2][H2O] / [H+][HCO3-]
D) [H+][HCO3-] / [CO2]
E) [H+][HCO3-] / [CO2][H2O]

16) The rate law for a reaction is

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rate = k [A][B]2
Which one of the following statements is false?
A) The reaction is second order in B.
B) The reaction is second order overall.
C) If [B] is doubled, the reaction rate will increase by a factor of 4.
D) The reaction is first order in A.
E) k is the reaction rate constant

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17) A second-order reaction has a half-life of 18 s when the initial concentration of reactant is 0.71
M. The rate constant for this reaction is __________ M-1s-1.
A) 18

B) 2.0 10-2

C) 1.3

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D) 3.8 10-2

E) 7.8 10-2

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The peroxydisulfate ion (S2O82-) reacts with the iodide ion in aqueous solution via the reaction:
S2O82- (aq) + 3I- 2SO4 (aq) + I3- (aq)
An aqueous solution containing 0.050 M of S2O82- ion and 0.072 M of I- is prepared, and the progress of the reaction followed by
measuring [I-]. The data obtained is given in the table below.
Time (s)
[I-] (M)

0.000
0.072

400.0
0.057

800.0
0.046

1200.0
0.037

18) The concentration of S2O82- remaining at 800 s is __________ M.

A) 0.046
B) 0.076
C) 0.015
D) 4.00 10 -3
E) 0.041

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1600.0
0.029
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19) Which substance in the reaction below either appears or disappears the fastest?

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4NH3 + 7O2 4NO2 + 6H2O

A) H2O
B) O2
C) NH3
D) NO2
E) The rates of appearance/disappearance are the same for all of these.

20) The Keq for the equilibrium below is 7.73 10 -2 at 500.0 C.

2Cl2 (g) + 2H2O (g)

4HCl (g) + O2 (g)

What is the value of Keq at this temperature for the following reaction?
Cl2 (g) + H2O (g)

2HCl (g) + 1 O2 (g)

2

A) 0.150
B) 0.278
C) 5.98 10 -3
D) 0.0376
E) 0.0773

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21) Consider the following chemical reaction:

CO (g) + 2H2 (g)

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CH3OH(g)

At equilibrium in a particular experiment, the concentrations of CO and H2 were 0.15 M and

0.36 M,respectively. What is the equilibrium concentration of CH3OH? The value of Keq for this
reaction is 14.5 at the temperature of the experiment.
A) 3.72 x 10-3
B) 14.5
C) 1.34 x 10-3
D) 2.82 10 -1
E) 7.61 x 10-3

22) The effect of a catalyst on an equilibrium is to __________.

A) increase the equilibrium constant so that products are favored
B) increase the rate of the forward reaction only
C) shift the equilibrium to the right
D) increase the rate at which equilibrium is achieved without changing the composition of
the equilibrium mixture
E) slow the reverse reaction only

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23) Consider the following chemical reaction:

H2 (g) + I2 (g)

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2HI (g)

At equilibrium in a particular experiment, the concentrations of H2, I2, and HI were 0.25 M,
0.035 M, and 0.55 M, respectively. The value of Keq for this reaction is __________.
A) 34
B) 23
C) 0.0090
D) 63
E) 5.1

The data in the table below were obtained for the reaction:
A + B P
Experiment
Initial Rate
Number
[A] (M) [B] (M)
(M/s)
1
0.273
0.763
2.83
2
0.273
1.526
2.83
3
0.819
0.763
25.47
24) The order of the reaction in B is __________.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3

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D) 4

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E) 0

25) Consider the following reaction at equilibrium:

2CO2 (g)

2CO (g) + O2 (g)

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H = -514 kJ

Le Chtelier's principle predicts that an increase in temperature will __________.

A) increase the partial pressure of CO
B) decrease the value of the equilibrium constant
C) increase the partial pressure of O2 (g)
D) increase the value of the equilibrium constant
E) decrease the partial pressure of CO2 (g)

26) Given the following reaction at equilibrium, if Kc = 6.34 x 105 at 230.0 C, Kp = __________.
2NO (g) + O2 (g)

2NO2 (g)

A) 2.61 x 106
B) 2.62 x 107
C) 6.44 x 105
D) 1.53 x 104
E) 3.67 x 10-2

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27) Of the following, which is the strongest acid?

A) NH4+
B) HNO 2

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C) HClO2
D) HC2H3O2
E) HClO4

28) Which solution below has the highest concentration of hydronium ions?
A) pH = 3.21
B) pH = 12.6
C) pH = 7.00
D) pH = 9.82
E) pH = 7.93

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29) The kinetics of the reaction below were studied and it was determined that the reaction rate
increased by a factor of 9 when the concentration of B was tripled. The reaction is __________
order in B.

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A + B P
A) zero

B) first

C) second

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D) third

E) one-half

30) Which energy difference in the energy profile below corresponds to the activation energy for the
forward reaction?

A) x

B) y

C) x - y

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D) y - x

E) x + y

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Answer Key
Testname: C136W14E2A

1) D
2) E
3) C
4) C
5) E
6) D
7) A
8) C
9) C
10) D
11) D
12) E
13) B
14) E
15) A
16) B
17) E
18) E
19) B
20) B
21) D
22) D
23) A
24) E
25) B
26) D
27) E
28) A
29) C
30) A

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