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A1- Chemistry Mcqs paper Time 1 hour

1. In the radioactive decay of an isotope of lead to an isotope of bismuth, a particle

0
1
X is emitted. Which particle is

0
1
X ?
A electron B ion C neutron D proton


2. As a simplification, an adult human can be considered to have a daily diet of 1.80 kg of carbohydrate
(empirical formula CH2O).
Which mass of carbon dioxide does a person produce each day if all the carbohydrate eaten is digested and oxidised?
A 0.267 kg B 0.800 kg C 1.32 kg D 2.64 kg


3. The diagram shows the mass spectrum of a sample of naturally-occurring copper.

What is the relative atomic mass of this copper?
A 63.3 B 63.5 C 63.6 D 64.0


4. The use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
What is the number of molecules in 500 cm
3
of oxygen under room conditions?
A 1.25 x 10
22
B 1.34 x 10
22
C 3.0 x 10
22
D 3.0 x 10
26


5. In the preparation of soft margarine, glyceryl trieleostearate

is suitably hydrogenated so that, on average, one of its side-chains is converted into the
CH3(CH2)4CH=CHCH2CH=CH(CH2)7CO2 residue and two side-chains are converted into the
CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)7CO2 residue.
How many moles of hydrogen are required to convert one mole of glyceryl trieleostearate into the soft margarine?
A 4 B 5 C 6 D 9


6. Which of these samples of gas contains the same number of atoms as 1g of hydrogen (Mr : H2, 2)?
A 22 g of carbon dioxide (Mr : CO2, 44)
B 8 g of methane (Mr : CH4, 16)
C 20 g of neon (Mr : Ne, 20)
D 8 g of ozone (Mr : O3, 48)

7. Self-igniting flares contain Mg3P2. With water this produces diphosphane, P2H4, which is spontaneously flammable in air.
Which equation that includes the formation of diphosphane is balanced?
A Mg3P2 + 6H2O 3Mg(OH)2 + P2H4
B Mg3P2 + 6H2O 3Mg(OH)2 + P2H4 + H2
C 2Mg3P2 + 12H2O 6Mg(OH)2 + P2H4 + 2PH3
D 2Mg3P2 + 12H2O 6Mg(OH)2 + 3P2H4

8. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question. Most modern cars are fitted with airbags. These work by decomposing
sodium azide to liberate nitrogen gas, which inflates the bag.
2NaN3 3N2 + 2Na
A typical drivers airbag contains 50 g of sodium azide.
Calculate the volume of nitrogen this will produce at room temperature.
A 9.2 dm
3
B 13.9 dm
3
C 27.7 dm
3
D 72.0 dm
3

9. A pure hydrocarbon is used in bottled gas for cooking and heating.
When 10 cm
3
of the hydrocarbon is burned in 70 cm
3
of oxygen (an excess), the final gaseous mixture contains 30 cm
3
of
carbon dioxide and 20 cm
3
of unreacted oxygen. All gaseous volumes were measured under identical conditions.
What is the formula of the hydrocarbon?
A C2H6 B C3H6 C C3H8 D C4H10

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10. On collision, airbags in cars inflate rapidly due to the production of nitrogen. The nitrogen is formed according to the
following equations.
2NaN3 2Na + 3N2
10Na + 2KNO3 K2O + 5Na2O + N2
How many moles of nitrogen gas are produced from 1 mol of sodium azide, NaN3?
A 1.5 B 1.6 C 3.2 D 4.0


11. What is the order of increasing energy of the listed orbitals in the atom of titanium?
A 3s 3p 3d 4s B 3s 3p 4s 3d C 3s 4s 3p 3d D 4s 3s 3p 3d


12. Which of the following particles would, on losing an electron, have a half-filled set of p orbitals?
A C

B N C N

D O
+


13. Gallium nitride, GaN, could revolutionise the design of electric light bulbs because only a small length used as a filament
gives excellent light at low cost. Gallium nitride is an ionic compound containing the Ga
3+
ion. What is the electron arrangement
of the nitrogen ion in gallium nitride?
A 1s
2
2s
2
B 1s
2
2s
2
2p
3
C 1s
2
2s
2
2p
4
D 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6


14. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
The electronic structures of calcium, krypton, phosphorus and an element X are shown.
Which electronic structure is that of element X?
A 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
3
B 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
6
4s
2

C 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
6
3d
6
4s
2
D 1s
2
2s
2
2p
6
3s
2
3p
6
3d
10
4s
2
4p
6



15. An atom has eight electrons. Which diagram shows the electronic configuration of this atom in its lowest energy state?















16. In which pair do both atoms have one electron only in an s orbital in their ground states?
A Ca, Sc B Cu, Be C H, He D Li, Cr


17. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
Which graph represents the number of unpaired p orbital electrons for atoms with proton numbers 13 to 18?
13 13
13 13
14 14
14 14
15 15
15 15
16 16
16 16
17 17
17 17
18 18
18 18
proton number proton number
proton number proton number
number of
unpaired
electrons
number of
unpaired
electrons
number of
unpaired
electrons
number of
unpaired
electrons
0 0
0 0
B A
C D

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18. The successive ionisation energies, in kJ mol1, of an element X are given below.
870 1800 3000 3600 5800 7000 13200
What is X?
A 33As B 40Zr C 52Te D 53I



19. The first six ionisation energies of four elements, A to D, are given.Which element is most likely to be in Group IV of the
Periodic Table?
ionisation
energy /
kJ mol
1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th
A
B
C
D
494
736
1090
1400
4560
1450
2350
2860
6940
7740
4610
4590
9540
10500
6220
7480
13400
13600
37800
9400
16600
18000
47000
53200



20. The first seven ionisation energies of an element between lithium and neon in the Periodic Table are as follows.
1310 3390 5320 7450 11 000 13 300 71 000 kJ mol
-1
What is the outer electronic configuration of the element?
A 2s
2
B 2s
2
2p
1
C 2s
2
2p
4
D 2s
2
2p
6




21. Which diagram describes the formation of a bond from the overlap of its orbitals?



22. Hydrogen bonding can occur between molecules of methanal, HCHO, and molecules of liquid Y. What could liquid Y be?
A CH3OH B CH3CHO C CH3COCH3 D CH3CO2CH3

23. Lycra

is a polyurethane fibre used in the fashion industry. It is a polymer made from two monomers, one of which has the
following formula. O=C=N(CH2)n N=C=O
What is the OCN bond angle in this molecule?
A 90 B 109 C 120 D 180


24. Which quantity would best indicate the relative strengths of the hydrogen bonds between the molecules in liquid
hydrogen halides?
A bond dissociation energies
B enthalpy changes of solution
C enthalpy changes of formation
D enthalpy changes of vaporization


25. A substance commonly found in the house or garden has the following properties.
It is combustible.
It is an electrical insulator.
It melts over a range of temperature.
What could the substance be?
A brass B paper C poly(ethene) D silicon(IV) oxide













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26. In this question, the methyl group, CH3, is represented by Me.
Trimethylamine, Me3N, reacts with boron trifluoride, BF3, to form a compound of formula Me3N.BF3.
How may this reaction be written in terms of the shapes of the reactants and products?



27. The African weaver ant defends its territory by spraying an intruder with a mixture of compounds. The ease by which these
compounds are detected by other ants depends upon the volatility, which decreases as the strength of the intermolecular forces
in the compound increases.
Which compound would be the most volatile?
A CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 B CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CHO
C CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2NH2 D CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2OH

28. Which of the following molecules has no permanent dipole?
A CCl2F2 B CHCl3 C C2Cl4 D C2H5Cl


29. Which is the most likely shape of a molecule of hydrazine, N2H4?




30. Which of the following exists in the solid state as a giant covalent lattice?
A ice B iodine C silicon(IV) oxide D tin(IV) chloride










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31. Which pairs of compounds contain one that is giant ionic and one that is simple molecular?
1 Al2O3 and Al2Cl6 2 SiO2 and SiCl4 3 P4O10 and PCl3


32. A quantity of solid Y was placed in a previously evacuated vessel and the apparatus was then held at a series of different
temperatures. At each temperature, the mass of Y in the vapour state was calculated from pressure measurements. The results
are shown below.

What can be deduced from the diagram?
1 The mass of Y used in the experiment was m.
2 The pressure of the vapour was constant for all temperatures above temperature T.
3 Liquid appeared at temperature T.

33. An ideal gas obeys the gas laws under all conditions of temperature and pressure.
Which of the following are true for an ideal gas?
1 The molecules have negligible volume.
2 There are no forces of attraction between molecules.
3 The molecules have an average kinetic energy which is proportional to its absolute temperature.


34. The isotope cobalt-60 (
60
27
Co ) is used to destroy cancer cells in the human body.
Which statements about an atom of cobalt-60 are correct?
1 It contains 33 neutrons.
2 Its nucleus has a relative charge of 27+.
3 It has a different number of neutrons from the atoms of other isotopes of cobalt.

35. Use of the Data Booklet is relevant to this question.
The technetium99 isotope (
99
Tc) is radioactive and has been found in lobsters and seaweed adjacent to nuclear fuel
reprocessing plants. Which statements are correct about an atom of
99
Tc?
1 It has 13 more neutrons than protons.
2 It has 43 protons.
3 It has 99 nucleons.

36. For complete combustion, 1 mol of an organic compound X was found to require 2.5 mol of molecular oxygen.
Which compounds could be X?
1 C2H5OH 2 C2H2 3 CH3CHO

37. On a scale in which the mass of a
12
C atom is 12 the relative molecular mass of a particular sample of chlorine is 72.
Which properties of the atoms in this sample are always the same?
1 radius 2 nucleon number 3 isotopic mass

38. The conversion of graphite into diamond is an endothermic reaction (H = +3 kJ mol
1
).
C(graphite) C(diamond)
Which statements are correct?
1 The enthalpy change of atomisation of diamond is smaller than that of graphite.
2 The bond energy of the CC bonds in graphite is greater than that in diamond.
3 The enthalpy change of combustion of diamond is greater than that of graphite.

39. Sodium ions can be formed from sodium atoms.
Na(s) Na
+
(g)
Which quantities are required to calculate the enthalpy change of formation of gaseous sodium ions?
1 enthalpy change of atomisation of sodium
2 first ionisation energy of sodium
3 enthalpy change of formation of sodium

40. For which reactions does the value of H
o
represent both a standard enthalpy change of combustion and a standard
enthalpy change of formation?
1. C(s) + O2(g) CO2(g) 2. 2C(s) + O2(g) 2CO(g) 3. CO(g) + O2(g) CO2(g)