Name: Bonding Review Mr.

Nobre
Honors Chemistry
1. Which of the following molecules have an atom with sp2 9. The molecular geometry of the sulfite ion, SO32–, is most
configuration? similar to that of
1) water, H2O
I. BCl3 2) the sulfate ion, SO42–
II. CH3COOH 3) the ammonium ion, NH4+
III. NCl3
4) carbon dioxide, CO2
1) I only 4) I and II only 5) the hydronium ion, H3O+
2) II only 5) I, II, and III 10. Which of the following molecules contain a resonance
3) III only structure?
2. The F-B-F angle in a BF3 molecule is 1) C6H6
1) 90° 4) 120° 2) SO2
2) 102° 5) 180º 3) O3
3) 109.5° 4) NO3–
3. What is the geometry of the BF3 molecule? 5) all of the above
1) Bent 4) Trigonal pyramidal 11. Which of the following is the correct molecular orbital
structure for the nitrogen molecule N2?
2) Linear 5) Trigonal planar
1) (σ2sb)2 (σ2s*)2 (σ2pb)2 (π2pb)4 (π2p*)2
3) Tetrahedral
4. An example of a molecular compound that exists as a solid
at STP is 2) (σ2sb)2 (σ2s*)2 (σ2pb)2 (π2pb)4
1) CO2
2) CH4 3) (σ2sb)2 (σ2s*)2 (π2pb)4 (π2p*)2
3) C2H5OH
4) C3H8 4) (σ2sb)2 (σ2s*)2 (π2pb)2 (π2p*)4
5) SiC
5. Which of the following has sp hybridization on a C atom?
5) (σ2s*)2 (σ2pb)2 (π2pb)4 (π2p*)2
1) C2H2
2) C3H8
3) C4H8 12. Which of the following has the strongest bonds?
4) CH4 1) SiO2
5) C2H5OH 2) CO2
6. What is the shape of iodine penta-fluoride? 3) H2O
1) Octahedron 4) Square pyramidal 4) NO2
2) Trigonal bipyramidal 5) Square planar 5) SO2
13. Compound QF4 has a square planar shape. What group of
3) T-shaped
the periodic table must element Q belong to?
7. The shape of the sulfate ion, SO42–, is most similar to the
shape of 1) Group 1A 4) Group 7A
1) N2H4 2) Group 2A 5) Group 8A
2) CO32– 3) Group 4A
3) C2H4 14. In which compound is sp2 hybridization present in the
4) SiH4 bonding?
5) NH3 1) BH3
8. Which compound has the highest boiling point? 2) C2H2
1) 0.50 molar NaCl 3) CH4
2) 0.50 molar NaOH 4) H2O
3) 0.50 molar Ca(OH)2 5) CO2
4) 0.50 molar LiOH 15. Which of the following contains only sigma (σ) bonds?
5) 0.50 molar HBr 1) CO2
2) C3H6
3) CH3Cl
4) N2O3
5) SiO2
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16. Base your answer to the following question on the types of 22. What is the geometry of the NH3 molecule?
solids given below. 1) Bent 4) Trigonal pyramidal
2) Linear 5) Planar triangular
(A) A metallic solid
(B) A molecular solid with hydrogen bonds 3) Tetrahedral
(C) A molecular solid with non-polar molecules 23. Which of the following molecules are tetrahedral?
(D) A network solid
(E) An ionic solid I. CH4
II. CO2
Which describes solid benzene (C6H6)? III. MnCl4
1) A 4) D 1) I only 4) I and II
2) B 5) E 2) III only 5) II and III
3) C 3) I and III
17. The geometry of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) is best 24. The geometry of methane (CH4) is best described as
described as
1) tetrahedral 4) trigonal planar
1) tetrahedral 4) square pyramidal
2) trigonal pyramidal 5) octahedral
2) hexagonal 5) octahedral
3) trigonal bipyramidal
3) trigonal bipyramidal 25. Which compound violates the simple octet rule for electron
18. Copper (II) oxide and silicon dioxide are both crystalline distribution around the central atom?
solids. What is the best explanation for why silicon dioxide
has a much higher melting point than CuO? 1) CO2
2) NF3
1) Copper is a metal and silicon is a metalloid.
3) OF2
2) Copper dioxide has the greater dipole moment.
4) PF5
3) Van der Waals forces are only important in CuO.
5) AsF3
4) SiO2 is a network covalent solid.
Base your answers to questions 26 through 28 on the following
5) SiO2 is a body centered lattice; CuO is a face centered molecules.
lattice.
19. Which of the following substances exhibits dsp3 (A) H2
hybridization? (B) O2
1) SF6 (C) Br2
2) WBr5 (D) N2
3) VCl4 (E) F2
4) Ta2O5
5) Ga2Te3 26. Which molecule has a bond order of 3?
20. Base your answer to the following question on the 27. Which molecule has one sigma bond and one pi bond?
following substances (all solids). 28. Which molecule has the shortest bond length?

(A) RbCl 29. Which molecules have a net dipole of zero?

(B) SiO2
(C) Ag
(D) CN–
(E) C3H8

Contains strong multiple covalent bonds

1) A 4) D
2) B 5) E
3) C
21. Which molecule has a trigonal bipyramidal arrangement? 1) II, and III only 4) II, IV, and V only
1) BF3 2) III, and IV only 5) III, IV, and VI only
2) NH4+
3) I, II, and V only
3) SF6
4) XeF4
5) XeF5
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30. Which evidence indicates that 34. Which sort of hybridization leads to a trigonal planar shape
the electron dot formula for the molecule?
shown to the right is an 1) sp2 4) sp3d
incorrect electron dot formula
2) sp2d 5) sp3d2
for an oxygen molecule? 3
3) sp
1) Oxygen is colorless. 35. One reason halogens do not normally react with each other
is that
2) Oxygen is denser than air.
3) Oxygen is difficult to liquify. 1) halogens do not have any bonding electrons
4) Liquid oxygen has magnetic properties. 2) halogens can only bond with metals
5) Oxygen is a gas at STP conditions. 3) halogens have very low electron affinities
31. Base your answer to the following question on the 4) halogens have equal numbers of bonding and
compounds below. antibonding electrons
5) halogens have very low ionization energies
(A) Carbon dioxide 36. In a given homologous series of hydrocarbons, the boiling
(B) Carbon monoxide point generally increases as the size of the molecules
(C) Water increases. The best explanation for this statement is that in
(D) Sodium chloride larger organic molecules
(E) Xenon pentafluoride 1) the number of covalent bonds per molecule is greater
2) the molecules are more symmetrical
Which compound has a square pyramidal shape? 3) more hydrogen bonding is possible
1) A 4) D 4) dipole forces between molecules are greater
2) B 5) E 5) Van Der Waals forces between molecules is greater
3) C 37. Which of the following substances exhibits d2sp3
32. Base your answer to the following question on the hybridization?
following hybridizations. 1) SrTe
2) UH3
(A) sp 3) NbBr5
(B) sp2 4) N2S5
(C) sp3 5) PF6
(D) dsp3 38. In butadiene (C4H6), how many sigma and pi bonds are
(E) d2sp3 present?
What type of sp hybridization is exhibited by XeF6? 1) 11 sigma bonds, 0 pi bonds
2) 9 sigma bonds, 2 pi bonds
1) A 4) D
3) 7 sigma bonds, 4 pi bonds
2) B 5) E 4) 7 sigma bonds, 2 pi bonds
3) C 5) 5 sigma bonds, 4 pi bonds
33. Which of the following molecules is most polar? 39. What species can be described as having sp3d
1) Br2 hybridization?
2) NH3
3) Cl2 I. PCl5
4) NO II. SF4
5) SO42– III. I3–

1) I only 4) I, II and III

2) II only 5) I and III only
3) I and II only
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40. 42. Which molecules has the smallest distance between its two
carbon atoms?
1)

2)

3)

4)

43. Resonance structures would be necessary in drawing Lewis

Based on the above graph of 15 unknown elements, BbFf is structures for which of the following?
most likely which type of substance? 1) HCN
1) Coordonate covalent crystal 2) C3H8
2) Network solid 3) SO2
3) Covalent molecule 4) NaCl
4) Diatomic gas 5) H2O
5) Ionic solid 44. Which of the following atoms is most likely to disobey the
41. The shape of a BF3 molecule is octet rule?
1) Octahedral 4) Tetrahedral 1) B 4) C
2) Linear 5) Triangular planar 2) O 5) F
3) Square pyramidal 3) N
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45. 48. In pentadiene (C5H8), how many sigma and pi bonds are
present?
1) 12 sigma bonds, 0 pi bonds
2) 12 sigma bonds, 2 pi bonds
3) 11sigma bonds, 3 pi bonds
4) 13 sigma bonds, 1 pi bonds
5) 10 sigma bonds, 4 pi bonds
49. Base your answer to the following question on the
information below.
Given 5 beakers containing:

I. Pure water.
What type(s) of sp hybridization are found on the C atoms II. Water solution of a sugar.
in the above compound ? III. Water solution of silver nitrate.
I. sp IV. Water solution of methyl alcohol.
II. sp2 V. Water solution of sodium chloride.
III. sp3
IV. dsp3 Which of these liquids are good conductors of electricity?
1) I only 4) II and III only 1) II and IV only 4) I, II, IV, and V only
2) II and IVonly 5) III and IV only 2) III and V only 5) I, II, III, IV, and V
3) I and III only 3) II, III, and IV only
46. Base your answer to the following question on the 50. Base your answer to the following question on the
following atomic orbitals. following types of energy.

(A) 1s2 2s1 2p1 (A) Potential energy

(B) 1s2 2s2 2p1 (B) Ionization energy
(C) 1s2 2s2 2p6 (C) Activation energy
(D) [Ar] 4s2 (D) Hydration energy
(E) [Ar] 4s2 3d4 (E) Lattice energy

This element does not obey the octet rule frequently while The minimum amount of energy required to remove the
bonding and is not a transition metal. most loosely held electron of an isolated gaseous atom.
47. CF4 < CCl4 < CBr4 < CI4 1) A 4) D
2) B 5) E
According to the above trend in boiling points, which type
3) C
of bonding force explains the trend above?
1) London dispersion forces
2) Covalent bonding forces
3) Dipole forces
4) Halogen bonding forces
5) Hydrogen bonding forces
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Answer Key

1. 4 31. 5

2. 4 32. 5

3. 5 33. 2

4. 5 34. 1

5. 1 35. 4

6. 4 36. 5

7. 4 37. 5

8. 3 38. 2

9. 5 39. 4

10. 4 40. 5

11. 2 41. 5

12. 2 42. 1

13. 5 43. 3

14. 1 44. 1

15. 3 45. 3

16. 3 46. 2

17. 5 47. 1

18. 4 48. 2

19. 2 49. 2

20. 4 50. 2

21. 5

22. 4

23. 1

24. 1

25. 4

26. 4

27. 2

28. 4

29. 5

30. 4