Sample Questions for the Chemistry Placement Test Answers, Lecture notes of Chemistry

Download Sample Questions for the Chemistry Placement Test Answers and more Lecture notes Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! Sample Questions for the Chemistry Placement Test The chemistry placement test is used to assess your present level of general chemistry knowledge in addition to your mathematical skills. You will be provided scratch paper (you cannot write on the test itself) and the Periodic Table of the Elements, and you will be allowed to use a calculator. You will have 45 minutes to answer 44 multiple choice questions, with the following sample questions intended only as a guideline: 1. If the formula for potassium chlorate is KClO3 and the formula for magnesium fluoride is MgF2, then what is the formula for magnesium chlorate? (a) MgClO3 (b) Mg2ClO3 (c) Mg(ClO3)2 (d) Mg2(ClO3)3 2. From the periodic table, what is the atomic number of aluminum? (a) 26.98 (b) 13 (c) 18 (d) 39.95 3. Which one of the following elements does not exist as a diatomic molecule in nature? (a) hydrogen (b) nitrogen (c) fluorine (d) neon For questions 4. and 5., consider the following reaction: 4 Al (s) + 3 O2 (g) ⇒ 2 Al2O3 (s) 4. The reaction can be classified as which one of the following types? (a) precipitation (b) decomposition (c) synthesis (d) double displacement 5. How many moles of Al2O3 can be produced from the reaction of 10.0 g of Al and 19.0 g of O2? (a) 0.581 mol (b) 0.371 mol (c) 0.185 mol (d) 0.396 mol 6. What volume of 12.0 M HCl is required to make 75.0 mL of 3.50 M HCl? (a) 21.9 mL (b) 0.560 mL (c) 257 mL (d) 75.0 mL 7. A fish tank holds 1.029 yd3 of water. What is this volume in cubic meters given that 1 m = 1.093 yd? (a) 1.062 m3 (b) 0.9414 m3 (c) 1.125 m3 (d) 0.7881 m3 8. Which one of the following is a strong acid? (a) HNO3 (b) CaSO4 (c) NH3 (d) NaOH For questions 9. and 10., consider the following heating curve of a hypothetical substance: 9. What is the boiling point of the substance? (a) 0°C (c) 12°C (b) −50°C (d) 75°C 10. What state of matter is the substance at 50°C? (a) gas (c) solid (b) liquid (d) not enough information Answers 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (b) Chemistry Diagnostic Test Sample Questions Competency areas: Compounds and elements; states of matter; reactions of matter; structure of matter; periodic properties; solutions; qualitative kinetics and thermodynamics; lab skills, mathematical skills. A Periodic Table is provided with the exam. ______________________________________________________________________ 1. The correct formula for aluminum nitrate is (a) Al3N2 (b) Al3(NO3) (c) Al(NO2)3 (d) Al(NO3)3 ______________________________________________________________________ 2. A substance releases heat when it changes from (a) liquid to solid (b) solid to gas (c) liquid to gas (d) solid to liquid ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Given the balanced equation: 2H2(g) + O2(g) → 2H2O(l) How many grams of H2O are formed if 9.00 mol H2(g) reacts completely with an excess of O2(g)? The molar mass of H2O is 18.0g/mol. (a) 18.0g (b) 36.0g (c) 81.0g (d) 162g ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Which element has exactly five electrons in the highest principal energy level (the outer shell)? (a) Se (b) Ba (c) P (d) Ge ______________________________________________________________________