CHEMISTRY ASSESMENT for A-level admission

1. Writing Chemical formula

2. Writing Balanced equations action
3. Writing equations for different reactions
4. Stoichiometry
5. Dilutions
6. Atomic Structure
7. Electronic configuration
8. Atoms, Elements and Mixture
9. Chemical Bonding
10. Redox Reactions
11. Electrolysis
1. WRITING FORMULAS
Ammonium chloride Calcium phosphate ……………
Hydrochloric acid …………… Hydrogen iodide ……………
Potassium carbonate …………… Silver bromide ……………
Sodium sulphate …………… Ammonium sulphate ……………
Ammonia …………… Sulphuric acid ……………
Silver nitrate …………… Barium hydroxide ……………
Hydrogen sulphide …………… Lead (IV) oxide ……………
Potassium dichromate…………… Iron (III) oxide …………… [8 M]

2. WRITING BALANCED EQUATIONS

a) Mg + HNO​3​ → Mg(NO​3​)​2​ + H​2 ​ b) CuCl​2​ + NaOH → Cu(OH)​2​ + NaCl

b) SO​2​ + O​2​ → SO​3 ​ d) C​4​H​10​ + O​2​ → CO​2​ + H​2​O [ 2M]

3. Write the equations for the following reactions.

a)Sodium + oxygen → sodium oxide
……………………………………………………………….
c) Aluminium + chlorine → aluminium chloride
……………………………………………………………….
d) calcium + hydrochloric acid → calcium chloride + hydrogen
……………………………………………………………….
e) Ammonia + sulphuric acid → ammonium sulphate
……………………………………………………………….
f) Combustion of hexane (C​6​H​14​)
……………………………………………………………….
g) Reaction of calcium carbonate with nitric acid
……………………………………………………………….
 h) Thermal decomposition of Sodium carbonate
……………………………………………………………….

i) Reaction of calcium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid

……………………………………………………………….
j) Neutralization of potassium hydroxide with sulfuric acid
………………………………………………………………. [ 9 M]

4. Stoichiometry
Solid sodium carbonate reacts with aqueous hydrochloric acid to form aqueous sodium
chloride, carbon dioxide and water.
Na​2​CO​3​ + 2HCl → 2NaCl + CO​2 +
​ H​2​O

a)​ Rewrite this equation to include state symbols.

………………………………………………………………………………… [ 1M]
a) Calculate the number of moles hydrochloric acid required to react required to react
exactly with 4.15g of sodium carbonate. (A​r​ values: C=12.0, Na=23.0, O =16.0)

[ 1M]
b) An aqueous solution of 25.0cm​3​ sodium carbonate of concentration 0.0200 mol/dm​3
is titrated (reacted) with hydrochloric acid. The volume of hydrochloric acid required
to exactly react with the sodium carbonate is 12.50cm​3.
i) Calculate the number of moles of sodium carbonate present in the solution of
sodium carbonate.
 [ 1M]

ii) Calculate the concentration, mol/dm​3​, of the hydrochloric acid.

[1M]

c) How many moles of Carbon dioxide are produced when 0.2 mol of sodium carbonate
reacts with excess of hydrochloric acid?

[ 1M]
d) Calculate the volume of this number of moles of carbon dioxide at R.T.P (1 mol of
gas occupies 24dm​3 ​at R.T.P (Room Temperature and Pressure)

[ 2M]

5. Dilutions
i) A chemist starts with 50.0 m l of a 0.40 ​M​ NaCl solution and dilutes it to
1000m l . What is the concentration of NaCl in the new solution?
 ii) A chemist wants to make 500 m l of 0.050 ​M​ HCl by diluting a 6.0 M HCl
solution. How much of that solution should be used?

[ 4 M]

6. Units and Conversions

i. Dm​3 ​is the unit of ___________.

ii. Pascal is the unit of _________.
iii. Kelvin is the unit of _________
iv. Conversions
v. 1dm​3 ​= ______cm​3
vi. 1 m​3​=_______ cm​3
vii. 1 dm​3​=_______m​3
viii. 0.75kg=_______grams
ix. 27​o​C =_______Kelvin
x. 0.5 mol/250cm​3​=______mol/dm​3
xi. 6g/dm​3​ of carbon=______mol/dm​3 ​ [ 3 M]

7. Atomic Structure

a) Identify and name the sub-atomic particles in below atomic structure and based on
atomic number identify the atom from the periodic table.

[ 2 M]
 b) Fill the following table with number of sub-atomic particles relative to atoms, ions
and isotopes.

Symbol Atomic Mass Number of Number of Number of Number of

Number number protons electrons neutrons nucleons
23​
Na 11
K 39
Cl​-
O​-2 8 8
N​-3
Ca​+2
C​12 12
C​14 6
[12
M]

8. Electronic configuration
i) Carbon ……………………………………
ii) Argon ……………………………………
iii) Magnesium…………………………………… [ 3 M]

9. Atoms, Elements and Mixture

 Which of the following are atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures.

i) H​2 ………………
​

ii) H​2​O ………………

iii) Ar ………………
iv) NaCl + C​6​H​12​O​6​………………
v) CaCO​3 ……………...
​

vi) O​2​ +N​2​ ………………

vii) NaCl ……………… [ 7 M]

10. Chemical Bonding

a) Which of the following contains Covalent bonding, Ionic bonding and Metallic
bonding.

i) NaCl ……………
ii) Cl​2 ​ ……………
iii) MgO ……………
iv) Fe ……………
v) NH​3 ……………
​

vi) CH​4 ……………

​

vii) H​2​O ……………

viii) CO​2 ……………
​ [8M]

Choose at least one compound to draw the bonding in the box provided.

[2 M]
11. Redox Reactions

a) State the oxidation numbers of the underlined elements in the fallowing compounds

i)Ca​Cr​O​4 _______

ii)K​2​Mn​O​4​ _____

iii)Na​Cl​O​3 ________

iv)H​N​O​2 _​_____ [ 4M]

b) Balancing the following equation with charge

1. Mg (s) + Fe​3+​ (aq) → Fe​2+​ (aq) + Mg​2+​ (aq)

i) Write the oxidation half reaction from the above equation

……………………………………………………………..

ii) Write the reduction half-reaction from the above equation

………………………………………………………………….

iii) What is oxidizing agent from the above equation?

…………………………………………………………………….

iv) What is reducing agent from the above equation?

…………………………………………………………………………. …………...[ 4 M]

c) 2Mg (s) + O​2​(g) → 2MgO (s)

 i) Is Magnesium reduced or oxidized

…………………………………………

iii) Explain your answer in terms of (i) transfer of electrons (ii) change in oxidation
number.
iv) ………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………… [ 3 M]

v) Write the following equation in ionic form and list out the total cations and anions
below.

2NaOH + H​2​SO​4​ → Na​2​SO​4 +

​ 2H​2​O

i) Ionic form…………………………………………………………

ii) Cations………………………………………………………….....

iii)Anions…………………………………………………………….. [3M]

12. Electrolysis
 From the above diagram of electrolytic cell answer the fallowing questions

i) Write ionic half-equations representing the reactions at the electrodes during

electrolysis of lead (II) bromide, PbBr​2.

Cathode:……………………………………………

Anode:………………………………………………

Define electrolyte and what the electrolyte from above electrolytic cell?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………….[3M]

ii) How the ​rate of reaction​ influence when the fallowing changes occurs during a
reaction. Use ​decreases​ or ​increases​ in the blanks.

a) Adding a Catalyst ………………………….the rate of reaction

b) Decreasing pressure………………………….the rate of reaction
c) Increasing temperature ………………………….the rate of reaction
d) Decreasing the concentration of the reactants………………………….the rate of reaction.
e) Increasing the surface area of solid reactants………………………….the rate of reaction.
[5 M]