Chemistry 1B Chapter 16 Worksheet - Daley

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1) The conjugate base of HSO4- is 5) The pH of a 0.55 M aqueous solution of

A) H2SO4 hypobromous acid, HBrO, at 25.0 C is 4.48.
What is the value of Ka for HBrO?
B) SO42-
C) H3SO4+ A) 1.1 10-9
D) OH- B) 2.0 10-9
E) HSO4+ C) 6.0 10-5
D) 3.3 10-5
E) 3.0 104

2) The conjugate acid of HSO4- is

A) H2SO4
B) H+
6) The Ka of hypochlorous acid (HClO) is
C) HSO3+
3.00 10-8. What is the pH at 25.0 C of an
D) SO42-
aqueous solution that is 0.0200 M in HClO?
E) HSO4+
A) +2.45
B) -2.45
C) -9.22
D) +9.22
3) Calculate the concentration (in M) of E) +4.61
hydronium ions in a solution at 25.0 C with
a pOH of 4.223.
A) 5.98 10-5
B) 1.67 10-10
7) The acid-dissociation constants of
C) 5.99 10-19 phosphoric acid (H3PO4) are Ka1 = 7.5
D) 1.00 10-7 10-3, Ka2 = 6.2 10-8, and Ka3 = 4.2 10-13
E) 1.67 104 at 25.0 C. What is the pH of a 2.5 M aqueous
solution of phosphoric acid?
A) 1.8
B) 2.5
C) 0.40
4) What is the pH of a 0.0150 M aqueous D) 0.13
solution of barium hydroxide?
E) 0.87
A) 1.82
B) 1.52
C) 12.2
D) 10.4
E) 12.5

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8) Calculate the pH of a 0.500 M aqueous 12) The magnitude of Kw indicates that

solution of NH3. The Kb of NH3 is __________.
1.77 10-5. A) water autoionizes only to a very small
A) 8.95 extent
B) water autoionizes very quickly
B) 5.05
C) water autoionizes very slowly
C) 11.5
D) the autoionization of water is
D) 3.01
exothermic
E) 2.52

13) Determine the pH of a 0.15 M aqueous

9) Determine the pH of a 0.35 M aqueous solution of KF. For hydrofluoric acid,
solution of CH3NH2 (methylamine). The Kb
Ka = 7.0 10-4.
of methylamine is 4.4 10-4. A) 6.6
A) 12 B) 12
B) 1.9 C) 8.2
C) 13 D) 2.3
D) 10 E) 5.8
E) 3.8

14) Kb for NH3 is 1.8 10-5. What is the pH of a

10) The Ka for HCN is 4.9 10-10. What is the 0.35 M aqueous solution of NH4Cl at 25.0
value of Kb for CN-? C?
A) 4.0 10-6 A) 11
B) 2.0 10-5 B) 4.3
C) 9.1
C) 4.9 104
D) 4.9
D) 4.9 10-24
E) 9.7
E) 2.0 109

15) A Brnsted-Lowry acid is defined as a

11) The concentration of water in pure water is substance that __________.
approximately __________ M. A) acts as a proton donor
B) increases [H+] when placed in H2O
A) 100
B) 83 C) acts as a proton acceptor
D) increases [OH-] when placed in H2O
C) 55

E) decreases [H+] when placed in H2O

D) 18
E) 0.100

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16) Which solution below has the highest 20) Of the acids in the table below, __________ is
concentration of hydroxide ions? the strongest acid.
A) pH = 9.82
B) pH = 3.21 Acid Ka
C) pH = 12.6 HOAc 1.8 10-5
D) pH = 7.93 HCHO2 1.8 10-4
E) pH = 7.00
HClO 3.0 10-8
HF 6.8 10-4

A) HOAc and HCHO2

17) Which one of the following statements B) HOAc
regarding Kw is false? C) HClO
A) The value of Kw shows that water is a D) HCHO2
weak acid. E) HF
B) The value of Kw is always 1.0 10 -14.
C) pKw is 14.00 at 25C
D) Kw changes with temperature.
E) Kw is known as the ion product of 21) The Ka of hypochlorous acid (HClO) is 3.0
water. 10-8 at 25.0 C. What is the % ionization of
hypochlorous acid in a 0.015-M aqueous
solution of HClO at 25.0 C?
A) 2.1 10-5
18) Of the following, __________ is a weak acid. B) 4.5 10-8
A) HClO4 C) 0.14
B) HF D) 1.4 10-3
C) HNO3 E) 14
D) HCl
E) HBr

22) In which of the following aqueous solutions

does the weak acid exhibit the highest
19) Which one of the following is a percentage ionization?
Brnsted-Lowry acid? A) 0.01 M HClO (Ka = 3.0 10-8)
A) HNO2
B) 0.01 M HC2H3O2 (Ka = 1.8 10-5)
B) CH3COOH
C) 0.01 M HNO2 (Ka = 4.5 10-4)
C) HF
D) (CH3)3NH+ D) 0.01 M HF (Ka = 6.8 10-4)
E) all of the above E) These will all exhibit the same
percentage ionization.

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23) HA is a weak acid. Which equilibrium 26) A 0.1 M solution of __________ has a pH of
corresponds to the equilibrium constant Kb 7.0.
for A-? A) NaNO3
A) A- (aq) + OH- (aq) HOA2- (aq) B) NaF

B) A- (aq) + H3O+ (aq) C) NH4Cl

HA (aq) +
D) KF
H2O (l)
H2A+ (aq) + E) Na2S
C) HA (aq) + H2O (l)
OH- (aq)
D) A- (aq) + H2O (l) HA (aq) + O
H- (aq)
E) HA (aq) + OH- (aq) H2O (l) + 27) A 0.0035-M aqueous solution of a particular
H+ (aq) compound has pH = 2.46. The compound is
__________.
A) a strong acid
B) a weak base
C) a salt
24) Which of the following ions will act as a
weak base in water? D) a strong base
A) Cl- E) a weak acid
B) NO3-
C) ClO-
D) OH-
E) None of the above will act as a weak 28) Of the following substances, an aqueous
base in water. solution of __________ will form basic
solutions.

NH4Cl Cu(NO3)2 K2CO3 NaF

25) Which of the following aqueous solutions has

A) NH4Cl , Cu(NO3)2
the highest [OH-]?
B) NH4Cl only
A) a solution with a pH of 3.0
C) NaF only
B) a 1 10-4 M solution of HNO3
D) NaF, K2CO3
C) a 1 10-3 M solution of NH4Cl E) K2CO3, NH4Cl
D) a solution with a pOH of 12.0
E) pure water

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29) Of the compounds below, a 0.1 M aqueous
solution of __________ will have the highest
pH.
A) KCN, Ka of HCN = 4.0 10-10
B) NaHS, Kb of HS- = 1.8 10-7
C) NH4NO3, Kb of NH3 = 1.8 10-5
D) NaOAc, Ka of HOAc = 1.8 10-5
E) NaClO, Ka of HClO = 3.2 10-8
33) What is the pH of a sodium formate solution
prepared by adding 0.680 grams of sodium
formate to 100.0 ml of water at 25.0 oC? The
Ka at 25.0 oC for formic acid is 1.8 10 -4.
34) A Lewis acid is an electron-pair acceptor,
and a Lewis base is an electron-pair donor.

30) Of the following, which is the strongest acid?

A) HIO3
B) HIO4
C) HIO
D) HIO2
E) The acid strength of all of the above is
the same.

31) Which of the following acids will be the

strongest?
A) HSO4-
B) H2SeO4
C) H2SO3
D) H2SO4
E) HSO3-

32) A solution of acetic acid is 2.0% dissociated at

25.0 oC. What was the original concentration
( in M) of the acetic acid solution? The Ka at
25.0 oC for acetic acid is 1.8 10 -5.

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Answer Key
Testname: CHAPTER 16 WORKSHEET

1) B 24) C
Page Ref: Sec. 16.2 Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
2) A 25) E
Page Ref: Sec. 16.2 Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
3) B 26) A
Page Ref: Sec. 16.4 Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
4) E 27) A
Page Ref: Sec. 16.5 Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
5) B 28) D
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6 Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
6) E 29) A
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6 Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
7) E 30) B
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6 Page Ref: Sec. 16.10
8) C 31) D
Page Ref: Sec. 16.7 Page Ref: Sec. 16.10
9) A 32) 0.045
Page Ref: Sec. 16.7 Page Ref: Sec. 16.6
10) B 33) 8.37
Page Ref: Sec. 16.8 Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
11) C 34) TRUE
Page Ref: Sec. 16.3 Page Ref: Sec. 16.11
12) A
Page Ref: Sec. 16.3
13) C
Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
14) D
Page Ref: Sec. 16.9
15) A
Page Ref: Sec. 16.2
16) C
Page Ref: Sec. 16.4
17) B
Page Ref: Sec. 16.4
18) B
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6
19) E
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6
20) E
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6
21) C
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6
22) D
Page Ref: Sec. 16.6
23) D
Page Ref: Sec. 16.7