Name_________________________________CHM 101 EXAM REVIEW

CHAPTERS 7, 8, & 9 Dr. Rosenfeld

28 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS, 2 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. The wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is _____________________________________________

2. The notation for the subshell with n = 4 and l = 3 is ____________________________________

3. How many orbitals are in the n = 2 shell?

4. The Pauli principle states that

5. What is the maximum number of electrons that can fill all the orbitals of a d subshell?

6. Which of the following gives a possible quantum number assignment for the last electron added to the
magnesium atom when developing the electron configuration using the aufbau principle?
n l ml ms

7. A correct description for the electron configuration of an iron atom is ____________________________

(also diamagnetic or paramagnetic?)

8. Which atom has the electron configuration of [Ar]4s23d104p4?

9. Which of the following choices is the correct electron configuration for a chlorine atom?
3s ____3p____

10. A sulfur atom has how many valence electrons?

11. What is the correct electron configuration for Cs and Cs +?

12. What charges are aluminum, phosphorus, sulfur, strontium, and rubidium most likely to have when they become ions?

13. Which species is most likely covalently bonded?

14. How many more electrons are required to complete the octet around oxygen?

15. Which species (compound) is most likely to have multiple bonds?

16. Which of the following species has the least polar bond? HX

17. Predict the type of bonding (covalent or ionic) in the following: magnesium chloride, carbon tetrachloride, iron(III)
oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon disulfide

18. Sulfur tends to form a monatomic ion which has the electronic configuration of a noble gas. What is the electron
configuration of that noble gas?

19. A central atom has two lone pair of electrons around it and two single bonds to other atoms. What is the electron pair
geometry around the central atom? (Names of the shapes)

20. Imagine a molecule, MX2, in which both X atoms are bonded to M and M also has 2 lone electron pairs on it. What is
the electron domain geometry and is this molecule polar?
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Name_________________________________CHM 101 EXAM REVIEW
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21. What is the formal charge on Xe for the following?

22. Which of the following molecules is polar?

23. Which of the five basic geometries for molecules and ions has the smallest bond angle?

24. The valence shell electron pair repulsion theory is based on the concept that

25. Based on the Lewis structure, the number of electron domains in the valence shell of the boron atom in the BF 3
molecule is _____________________

26. The bond angle in H2O is expected to be approximately

27. Which molecule is polar?

28. Predict the molecular geometry and polarity of the SO 2 molecule by applying VSEPR theory.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE SPACE PROVIDED

29. Draw a Lewis structure for CHCl3 (Hint: Carbon is the center atom).

30. Identify, for each of the following: [NOT A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION]
A. Number of electron domains around central atom
B. Electron pair geometry
CH4 H2O PCl5