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CHEMISTRY 1031

Fall 2016, EXAM 2

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Questions are 3 points each unless indicated otherwise in parentheses.

*** Please note: there are 30 questions on this exam ***

1. ___ A balloon contains 1.30 L of helium at standard temperature and pressure (STP). At 3 atm
pressure, what is the volume of the balloon (assuming no change in temperature)?
A) 0.300 L

B) 3.90 L

C) 329 L

D) 0.433 L

2. ___ Which of these values is a specific heat capacity?

A) 2 J / K

B) 3.2 J / mol K

C) 15.3 J / kg K

D) 32 K / J g

3. ___ What product would you expect to form upon mixture of aqueous solutions of barium chloride
and sodium sulfate?
A) BaSO4 (s)

B) NaCl (s)

C) BaS (s)

D) No reaction

For problems 4 - 6, refer to the unbalanced equation

C6H12O6 (s) + O2 (g) H2O (l) + CO2 (g)
4. ___ If 180.2 g of C6H12O6 reacts with excess oxygen at STP, what volume of carbon dioxide will
form?
A) 30.03 L

B) 1081 L

C) 22.4 L

D) 134.4 L

5. ___ (5 pts) In a separate experiment, 4 moles of oxygen gas are consumed upon reaction with an
unknown amount of C6H12O6. What pressure of carbon dioxide would result from this reaction at 25.0
C if captured in a 250 L vessel?
A) 391 atm

B) 0.587 atm

C) 0.391 atm

D) 0.0329 atm

6. ___ The reaction described by the chemical equation above is best described as
A) an endothermic reaction
B) an exothermic reaction
D) a heat-absorbing reaction

C) a thermal reaction

7. ___ (5 pts) A block of hot iron (Cs,iron = 0.444 J / g C) of unknown mass is dropped into an
insulated cup filled with 100 mL vegetable oil (density of oil, 0.93 g/mL; Cs,oil = 2.00 J / g C). If the
temperature of the oil increases 60 C, and the temperature of the iron decreases by 60 C, what is
the mass of the hot iron block? Assume the iron and oil are thermally isolated from everything else.
A) 419 g

B) 25.1 kg

C) 186 g

D) Not enough information

For questions 8-10, consider a coffee-cup calorimeter, which thermally isolates a reaction from the
laboratory environment while allowing the reaction to occur at constant pressure. The cup contains
300 mL H2O (density of water, 1.00 g/mL; Cs,water = 4.18 J / g C). A 0.920 g piece of sodium metal is
dropped into the water and reacts completely, resulting in the reaction below.
2 Na (s) + 2 H2O (l) H2 (g) + 2 NaOH (aq)
8. ___ (5 pts) If the temperature of the water increases from 25.0 C to 35.0 C, what is DHrxn for the
reaction per mole of sodium?
A) 1.25 x 104 J/mol

B) - 1.25 x 104 J/mol

C) - 3.13 x 105 J/mol

D) 3.13 x 105 J/mol

9. ___ Calculate the volume of hydrogen gas generated (assume STP).

A. 0.448 L

B) 0.896 L

C) 1.79 L

D) none of these

10. ___ The reaction is endothermic.

A) True

B) False

For questions 11-13 use the following chemical equation.

AgNO3 (aq) + K2SO4 (aq) ______ (__) + _______ (_)
11. ___ Which of the following are the expected products from this reaction?
A) AgSO4 (aq), K2NO3 (aq)
B) Ag2SO4 (s), KNO3 (aq)

C) Ag2SO4 (aq), KNO3 (s)

D) AgSO4 (aq), KNO3 (aq)

12. ___ Which are the spectator ions?

A) Ag+, SO42-

B) Ag+, NO3-

C) K+, NO3-

D) K+, SO42-

13. ___ At the beginning of the reaction, 0.10 moles of AgNO3 (aq) is dissolved 100 mL, along with
the exact amount of K2SO4 needed for a complete reaction. When the reaction is finished, which of
the following describes the resulting solution? Assume all of the starting material is consumed.
A) 0 M KNO3 (aq)

B) 1 M KNO3 (aq)

C) 1M K2NO3 (aq)

D) 2M KNO3 (aq)

14. ___ (5 pts) 500 mL of a Na3PO4 solution has a concentration of 3.2 M. The solution needs to be
diluted to 1.0 M. How much water should be added?
A) 1.6 mL

B) 6.4 L

C) 1.6 L

D) 1.1 L
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15. ___ Dry ice (solid carbon dioxide, stored at -78 C) is placed in a balloon. The balloon is sealed,
and stored on a lab bench at room temperature. As the dry ice warms it becomes gaseous carbon
dioxide, which expands the balloon. If the balloon is the system (including the gas and carbon dioxide
inside of it), the signs of q and w are
A) +q, -w

B) q, +w

C) +q, +w

D) q, -w

16. ___ The energy stored in a battery is an example of

A) Thermal energy

B) Potential energy

C) Kinetic energy

D) none of these is correct

17. ___ Which of the following is NOT a strong acid?

A) HNO3

B) HCl O4

C) H2CO3

D) H2SO4

18. ___ A gas can be expected to demonstrate non-ideal behavior at

A) large volumes

B) high temperatures

C) low pressures

D) high pressures

19. ___ (5 pts) Calculate the urms for a molecule of chlorine gas at 300 K.
A) 325 m/s

B) 459 m/s

C) 2.10 x 105 m/s

D) 45.6 m/s

For questions 20-22, consider the reaction

O2 (g) + 2 H2 (g) 2 H2O (l)
20. ___ Calculate the number of oxygen molecules that will react with 2.0 L of hydrogen stored at 0
C and 760 torr.
A) 6.1 x 1024

B) 7.61 x 1021

C) 2.7 x 1022

D) 6.0 x 1023

21. ___ A mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gas is prepared such that no reactant will remain at the
end of the reaction. What is the mole fraction of hydrogen in this mixture?
A) 0.33

B) 0.67

C) 1/2

D) 1

22. ___ Given the mole fraction determined in question 21, what is the partial pressure of hydrogen if
the total pressure is 800 torr?
A) 540 torr

B) 270 torr

C) 800 torr

D) 400 torr

23. ___ Because of the law of conservation of energy, for a system at constant volume,
A) qsystem = -qsurroundings
C) DHsystem = DHsurroundings

B) DEsystem = DEsurroundings
D) All of the above
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24. ___ A gas has a molar mass of 32 g/mol. What is its density at STP?
A) 0.7 g/L

B) 22.4 g/L

C) 1.4 g/L

D) 2.3 g/L

25. ___ Which gas is the least dense at 300 K and 1.2 atm?
A) oxygen (O2)
C) nitrogen (N2)

B) helium (He)
D) xenon (Xe)

For questions 26-28, consider a reaction performed in a bomb calorimeter. 0.050 moles of a
hydrocarbon compound undergoes combustion, yielding a temperature increase of 12.6 C. The
calorimeter has a heat capacity (including a water bath and calorimeter walls) of 900 J / C.
26. ___ What is the sign of the work done by the system in the bomb calorimeter?
A) positive

B) negative

C) w = 0

27. ___ What is the DEcombustion per mole of the unknown compound?
A) - 230 kJ/mol

B) - 11 kJ/mol

C) - 570 J/mol

D) - 340 kJ/mol

28. ___ Based on your answer to question 27, what is the sign of DHcombustion?
A) positive

B) negative

C) w = 0

29. ___ Which equation represents the net ionic equation for the reaction of potassium sulfide with
strontium acetate?
A) K2S(aq) + Sr(C2H3O2)2 (aq) K(C2H3O2) (aq) + SrS (s)
B) S2-(aq) + Sr2+ (aq) SrS (s)
C) 2K+(aq) + S2-(aq) + Sr2+(aq) + 2 (C2H3O2)+(aq) 2K+(aq) + 2 (C2H3O2)+(aq) + SrS (s)
D) 2K+(aq) + 2 (C2H3O2)+(aq) K(C2H3O2) (s)
30. ___ Which of the gas molecules has the highest rate of effusion (assuming the same conditions of
temperature and pressure)?
A) 14N2

B) 15N2

C) 16O2

D) 18O2

*** End of exam questions ***

Useful information and equations

D = m/V
Avogadros Number = 6.022 x 1023 mol-1
0 C = 273 K
1 atm = 760 mmHg = 760 torr
R = 0.08206 (atmL)/(molK)
R = 8.314 J/(molK)
1 J = 1 kg m2/s2
volume of 1 mole of gas at STP = 22.4 L

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