992_4th_ Exam_1000615
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Choose the INCORRECT statement.
A) An alpha particle is the nucleus of a helium-4 atom.
B) A positron is like a beta particle but with a positive charge.
C) Gamma rays are emitted from a nucleus in an excited state.
D) Radioactivity is the emission of ionizing radiation.
E) A beta particle is a neutron.
Answer: E
2) Consider the following nuclear reactions.
2713Al + 42He 1 + 10n
1 30
14Si + 2
What are the nuclides 1 and 2, respectively?
A) 3014Si and 0-1 B) 3012Mg and 2 0+1 C) 3016S and 0-1 D) 3015P and 0+1 Answer: D
3) What is the decay constant for 131I if the half-life is 8.04 d?
A) 9.98 x 10-7 s-1 B) 4.81 x 10-4 s-1 C) 3.48 x 10-6 s-1 D) 9.31 x 10-5 s-1 Answer: A
4) Which of the following is FALSE?
A) An e capture converts a proton to a neutron in the nucleus of an atom.
B) A decay converts a proton to a neutron in the nucleus of an atom.
C) A decay results in a decrease in atomic number.
D) A particle is essentially an e- originating from the nucleus.
E) A decay is accompanied by the emission of a neutrino.
Answer: C 5) Half-life is:
I) the time for a sample to decay completely.
II) constant for a given radioisotope.
III) the time required for half of a sample to decay.
IV) inversely proportional to the decay constant.
A) I and II B) I, II, and III C) I and III D) I, III, and IV
E) II, III, and IV
7) Which of the following statements concerning alpha decay is INCORRECT?
A) It involves nuclides with atomic number larger than 83 and mass number larger than 200.
B) It has great penetrating power, but little ionizing power.
C) It often leaves the nucleus in an excited state.
D) The alpha particle is made up of two protons and two neutrons.
E) The atomic number decreases by two.
Answer: B
8) Phosphorus-32 has a half-life of 14.3 days. How many grams remain from a 10.0 gram sample after 30.0 days?
A) 0.340 g B) 7.18 g C) 2.34 g D) 4.64 g E) 3.59 g
Answer: C
9) A wooden artifact is subjected to radiocarbon dating. The activity associated with its 14C content is 12 dis min-1 g-1. A sample of wood from a modern source gave 15 dis min-1 g-1. If the half-life of 14C is 5730 y, what is the age of the artifact?
A) 7.2 x 103 y B) 1.3 x 103 y C) 1.8 x 103 y D) 800 y
Answer: C
10) Emission of which one of the following leaves both atomic number and mass number unchanged?
A) positron B) alpha particle C) gamma radiation D) neutron
E) beta ray Answer: C
11) Which of the following classes of organic compounds and their general structural formulas have been correctly matched?
I) ester: IV) Carboxylic acid:
II) Aldehyde: V) Amide:
III) Ketone:
12) What is the IUPAC name for the following molecule?
A) 2-bromo-3,5-dimethylhexane B) 3,5-dimethyl-2-bromohexane C) 2-bromo-3-methyl-4-propylbutane D) 2-bromo-4-isopropyl-3-methylbutane
E) 2-bromo-5,5,3-trimethylpentane Answer: A
13) What are heterocyclic compounds?
A) They are cyclic compounds in which two or more carbon rings are connected with C-C bons (for example biphenyl)
B) They are cyclic compounds in which carbon ring is connected to another ring not containing carbon atoms C) They are cyclic compounds that can have more than one stable conformation
D) They are cyclic compounds in which carbon has one or more substituents that are neither hydrogen or another carbon atom
E) They are cyclic compounds in which one or more atoms are not carbon atoms Answer: E
14) Which class of compounds is most oxidized?
A) acids B) alkanes C) ketones D) alcohols E) aldehydes
Answer: A
15)Give the name for CH3CH CHCH3.
A) 2-butene B) 3-butene C) 2-propene D) 2-butane E) 2-pentene
Answer: A
16) What is the condensed structural formula for 2-pentyne?
A)CH3CH CHCH2CH3 B)CH3CH CCH2CH2CH3 C)CH3C CCH3
D)CH3C CCH2CH3 E)CH2 CHCH2CH2CH3 Answer: D
17) Which of the following structures represent the structure of trans-1-bromo-2-methylcyclohexane?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Answer: D
18) Which of the following structures represents a structure of R isomer of 1-amino-2-propanol?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Answer: E
19) How many chiral carbon atoms can you find in the molecule below?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5
Answer: D
20) What is the degree of unsaturation for the following compounds?
A) For A the degree of unsaturation is 1, for B is 6 and for C is 4.
B) For A the degree of unsaturation is 1, for B is 6 and for C is 5.
C) For A the degree of unsaturation is 1, for B is 5 and for C is 6.
D) For A the degree of unsaturation is 0, for B is 6 and for C is 5.
E) For A the degree of unsaturation is 1, for B is 4 and for C is 5.
Answer: B
21) Which class of compounds is the least reactive?
A) aldehydes B) alkyl halides C) alcohols D) ketones
E) ethers Answer: E
22)C4H10O has how many skeletal isomers?
A) 6 B) 12 C) 11 D) 7 E) 8
Answer: D
23)Combustion of 493 mg of a hydrocarbon gave 1549 mg CO2 and 633.9 mg H2O. What is the molecular formula if the molecular weight is subsequently found to be 42?
A)CH2 B)C3H6 C)C6H12 D)C2H2O E)CO2
Answer: B
24) Which of the following chiral compounds is(are) S enantiomer(s)?
A) I B) II C) III D) I + II E) II + III
Answer: A
25) Which of the following compounds is(are) Z configuration(s)?
A) I B) II C) III D) I + II E) I + II + III
Answer: D
26) Calculate the degree of unsaturation for the molecule below:
A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 9 E) 11
Answer: D
27) Which of the following four molecules are aromatic?
A) A, C, D B) A, B, D C) B, C D) B, D E) A, D
Answer: A
28) Arrange the following carbocations in order of decreasing stability:
A) A > B > C B) A > B > C C) B > A > C D) C > A > B E) C > B > A Answer: D
29) Arrange the following alkenes according to their increasing stability:
A) A < B < C < D B) C < A < B < D C) B < A < C < D D) C < B < A < D
E) B < C < A < D Answer: C
30) What is a dehydration reaction?
A) Dehydration is elimination of water molecule from an alcohol molecule to produce alkene.
B) Dehydration reaction is deprotonation of a substrate with a strong base in E2 mechanism.
C)Dehydration reaction is removal of one equivalent of H2 from an alkane to produce alkene.
D) Dehydration reaction is one of the steps in chain-reaction polymerization.
E) Dehydration reaction is removal of crystalline water.
Answer: A
31) What are the three characteristic steps in a chain-reaction polymerization?
A) racemization, propagation and quenching B) breaking, elongation and quenching C) propagation, formation and termination D) initiation, propagation and termination
E) initiation, elongation and termination Answer: D
32) Which type of polymerization and which monomer(s) would you use to prepare poly(1,4-phenylenediformamide) with the following structure?
A)
with step-reaction polymerization B)
with condensation polymerization C)
with chain reaction polymerization D)
with chain reaction polymerization E)
with chain reaction polymerization Answer: A
33)Identify the product(s) and mechanism for the following reaction:
A)
B)
SN2 mechanism C)
SN1 mechanism D)
SN1 mechanism E)
SN2 mechanism Answer: D
34) The formation of isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) through the following hydrolysis is known as what type of general reaction?
A) addition reaction B) elimination
C) aromatic substitution D) substitution reaction
35) What alkene(s) would be produced in the following reaction?
A) pentene and 1-methylpentene B) 3-methyl-2-pentene
C) 3-methylbutene
D) 2-methyl-2-butene and 3-methylbutene E) 2-methyl-2-butene
Answer: D
36) Choose the INCORRECT statement.
A) Salts of fatty acids are called soaps.
B) Glycerides can be hydrolyzed in alkaline solution to glycerol and salts of fatty acids.
C) Saturated fatty acids have multiple double bonds.
D) When the long chain monocarboxylic acids are removed from a triglyceride they are called fatty acids.
E) The hydrolysis of triglycerides is called saponification.
Answer: C
37) Choose the INCORRECT statement.
A) Fats and oils are glyceryl esters.
B) Pure fats and oils are colorless, odorless and tasteless.
C) Oils are liquid at room temperature.
D) Triglycerides are glyceryl esters.
E) Oils have predominately saturated acid components.
Answer: E
38) Enantiomers ALWAYS:
A) have different chemical properties B) have an asymmetric carbon C) have different physical properties D) rotate polarized light
E) change the color of light Answer: D
39) Cellulose and starch are both polymers of glucose units, but most animals can only use starch as a source of carbohydrate in their diets. Why are most animals incapable of digesting cellulose?
A) Most animals do not produce enzymes which are capable of hydrolyzing linkages between glycoses.
B) This statement is incorrect. Most animals can digest cellulose.
C) The glucose units of cellulose are in the open chain form and cannot be hydrolyzed by the cyclic-sugar specific enzymes of animals.
D) Starch contains linkages between carbons 1 and 4, where as cellulose contains linkages between carbons 1 and 2.
E) The polymer of cellulose is simply too long to be completely digested by animals.
40) Amino acids are joined into proteins by:
A) a beta 1-4 linkage B) peptide bonds C) DNA
D) an ester E) a 3'-5' linkage Answer: B
41) By definition, exergonic reaction has:
A) G= negative value B) H= positive value C) G= positive value D) S = positive value E) H= negative value Answer: A
42) Glycine is a(n):
A) optically active compound B) lipid
C) carbohydrate D) nucleic acid
E) amino acid Answer: E
43) Lactose, the sugar found in milk, is a disaccharide of galactose and glucose in a 1,4 linkage. What is the configuration of the 1,4 linkage between the two glycoses in lactose?
A) configuration B) configuration C) chair configuration D) axial configuration
E) D configuration Answer: A
44) All amino acids always contain one chemical element which is absent in the structures of carbohydrates. This element is ________.
A) phosphorus B) sulfur C) nitrogen D) oxygen E) carbon
46)When the equation for the oxidation of glucose is balanced, the coefficients are: ________.
C6H12O6 + O2 CO2 + H2O
A) 4, 2, 4, 2 B) 1, 3, 6, 6 C) 2, 6, 12, 12 D) 1, 6, 6, 6 E) 1, 9, 6, 12 Answer: D
47) Which of the following structural elements cannot be found in DNA?
A) pentose B) purine C) phosphate D) pyrimidine E) heme
Answer: E
48) Which complex ion possesses the largest number of unpaired electrons?
A) Mn(CN)64- B) Cu(NH3)42+
C) CoCl42- D) Fe(H2O)63+
E) Cr(NH3)62+
Answer: D
49) Of the following complex ions: [CoCl(NH3)5]2+, [Co(NH3)6]3+, [Co(en)3]3+, [Co(H2O)6]3+, one appears pink, two are yellow, and one blue. Which is blue?
A) both [Co(en)3]3+ and [Co(H2O)6]3+
B) [CoCl(NH3)5]2+
C) [Co(NH3)6]3+
D) [Co(H2O)6]3+
E) [Co(en)3]3+
Answer: D
50) The net formation constant for tetraamminezinc(II) is 4.1 × 108. What would be the approximate potential of the galvanic cell symbolized below?
Zn/Zn(NH3)42+ (1.0 M), NH3(1.0 M)//Zn2+(1.0 M)/Zn
A) 0.25 V B) 0.51 V C) 1.02 V D) 0.76 V E) 0.00 V
Answer: A
