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1. The purpose of striking a match against the side of the matchbox to 9. The Clapeyron Equation does NOT apply to
light the match is
A) S-V Equilibrium B) S-L Equilibrium
A) To supply the activation energy of the reaction C) L-V Equilibrium D) None of these
B) To supply the heat of reaction
C) To supply the kinetic energy of the reaction
D) To catalyze the reaction 10. The general statement of the Third Law of Thermodynamics is
attributed to
2. Which of the following relations is NOT true?
A) Nikolaus Otto B) William Clausius
C) Jacobus Clapeyron D) Walther Nernst
A) . ( )

B) ( )
11. If the entropy of a system decreases, the entropy of its surroundings
C) ( )
A) Must always increase
D) ( ) B) Must always decrease
C) May increase or decrease
D) Not enough information to answer the question
3. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

I. The criterion of equilibrium at constant temperature 12. The equilibrium constant for the reaction
and pressure is dG = 0. is 0.0271 mol/L at 1100 K. Calculate at that temperature in bar.
II. For a reversible process, dS = dq/T. A) 2 B) 2.5 C) 3 D) 3.5
A) I only B) II only C) Both I and II D) None of the above
13. The equilibrium intensive state of a system is described by specifying
the temperature, pressure and
4. The molecularity of the reaction, O3  O2 + O is
A. mole fractions B. volume
A) Unimolecular B) Bimolecular C) Trimolecular D) Quadmolecular
C. number of moles D. chemical potential

14. All colligative properties stem from the _______ of the chemical
5. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE? potential of the liquid solvent as a result of the presence of the solute.

I. Units of the rate constant of a reaction are independent of the overall A) Reduction B) Change C) Enlargement
reaction order.
II. The instantaneous rate of a reaction can be read directly from the D) A or B or C, depending on the identities of the solute and the solvent
graph of molarity vs time.
III. For the first order reaction, A->B, if half of the initial concentration of A 15. In a process involving osmosis, at equilibrium, the chemical potential
reacts in 20 min, then the remaining half will react in the next 20 min. of the pure solvent side should be _______ the chemical potential of the
IV. First-order processes occur only in chemical processes. side with solute.

A) less than B) equal to C) more than D) Can’t be determined

A. I and II B) III and IV C) I, II, III, IV D) None of the above
16. When a solute is introduced to a liquid system, the entropy of the
6. The ratio of mass of chemical X to that of water collected in a steam
said system
distillation is 1.93 when the mixture was boiled at 343.85 K and 56.434
kPa. If the vapor pressure of water at this temperature is 43.1 kPa, A) increases B) stays the same C) decreases D) Can’t be determined
calculate the molecular weight of chemical X.
17. Among the following, which compound will produce the least
A) 110 B) 112 C) 114 D) 116 lowering of the vapor pressure of a solution?

A) sucrose B) table salt C) aluminum chloride D) sodium sulfate

7. Rate determining step in a reaction consisting of a number of step in 18. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
series is the
A) Trouton’s rule fails for highly polar liquids.
A) fastest step B) slowest step C) intermediate step D) data B) It is impossible to go from vapor phase to liquid phase without
insufficient condensation.
C) For C components and P phases, there are a total of C*P intensive
variables to be specified.
8. The Clapeyron Equation gives the slope D) At high pressures, the latent heat of vaporization is a measure of the
strength of the intermolecular forces of the liquid.
A) dV/Dt B) dT/dP C) dT/dV D) dP/dT
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19. For miscible systems, the boiling point of the solution is 28. First order in A, First Order in B
A) 12.7% B) 25.6% C) 44.4% D) 38.6%
A) Lower than the boiling point of the liquid with the lower boiling point
B) Between the boiling points of the two liquids
29. Zero order in A, Zero Order in B
C) Above the boiling point of the liquid with the higher boiling point
A) 0% B) 10% C) 20% D) 25%
D) Cannot be determined
For numbers 30-32: Dinitrogen tetroxide gas is 18.46% dissociated to
nitrogen dioxide at 298.15K and 1.0 bar in equilibrium.
20. The fugacity of a real gas is equal to
30. Calculate kp at 25 degrees C
A. the pressure of an ideal gas which has the same chemical potential as
the real gas.
A) 0.14 atm B) 1.4 atm C) 0.56 atm D) 5.6 atm
B. the pressure of a real gas which has the same chemical potential as
the ideal gas. 31. at 25 degrees C
C. the chemical potential of an ideal gas which has the same pressure
as the real gas. A) 4900 J/mol B) 834 kJ/mol C) 1440kJ/mol D) 4270 kJ/mol
D. the chemical potential of a real gas which has the same pressure as
the ideal gas. 32. kp at the normal boiling point of water given that ∆H = 57.2 kJ/mol at
that range

21. The reaction 2NOBr  2NO + Br2 exhibits the rate law Rate = - A) 14.4 atm B) 144.7 atm C) 57.9 atm D) 578.8 atm
k[NOBr]2 where k = 1.0E-5/M-s at 298.15 K. If initial [NOBr] is equal to
For numbers 33-35: Acetylene gas reacts with nitrogen gas to form
0.1 M, how many seconds constitute one half-life for this experiment?
hydrogen cyanide gas. The reaction reaches equilibrium at 500 degrees
A) 5.0E5 B) 5.0E6 C) 1.0E6 D) 5.0E2 C and atmospheric pressure. If the system initially is an equimolar
mixture of nitrogen and acetylene and ∆G o at 25 degrees C is -39430
22. A particular first order reaction has a rate constant of 1.35E2 at J/mole, determine
298.15 K. What is the magnitude of k at 95 degrees C if the activation
energy is 55.5 kJ/mol? 33. Kpo at the equilibrium temperature

A) 9.5E3 B) 2.9E4 C) 576 D) 1.36E2 A) 4.9E-3 B) 0.049 C) 0.49 D) 4.9

For numbers 23-26: A mixture of 11.02 mmol (millimoles) of H2S and 34. The percent by mole of hydrogen cyanide gas in the equilibrium
5.48 mmol of CH4 was placed in an empty container along with a Pt mixture
catalyst, and the equilibrium
A) 2.69 B) 3.38 C) 5.55 D) 1.23

35. The effect of doubling the pressure

was established at 700°C and 762 torr. The reaction mixture was
A) Shift to reactant formation
removed from the catalyst and rapidly cooled to room temperature,
B) No change at all
where the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are negligible.
C) Shift to product formation
Analysis of the equilibrium mixture found 0.711 mmol of CS2. Find
D) None of the above
and for the reaction at 700°C and 762 torr.

23. Amount of hydrogen sulfide at equilibrium in mmol 36. What is the ionic strength in M of a solution that is 0.1 M potassium
nitrate and 0.2M potassium sulfate?
A) 11.7 B) 10.3 C) 9.6 D) 8.2
A) 0.5 B) 0.6 C) 0.7 D) 0.8
24.
37. A solution of cadmium iodide, , having a molality of
A) 3E-5 B) 3E-4 C) 3E-3 D) 3E-2
mol/kg, was electrolyzed in a Hittorf cell. The mass of
Cadmium deposited at the cathode was 0.03462 g. Solution weighing
25. (kJ/mol)
152.64 g was withdrawn from the anode compartment and was found to
A) 0 B) 25 C) 45 D) 65
contain 0.3718 g of cadmium iodide. Calculate transport number of the
iodide ion. MW Cd = 112.411, I = 126.9
26. (kJ/mol)
A) 0 B) 20 C) 40 D) 60 A) 0.36 B) 0.45 C) 0.56 D) 0.64

For numbers 27-29: A solution of A mixed with an equal volume of a For numbers 38-40: An aqueous solution at of 0.72% by weight
solution B containing the same number of moles and the reaction A + B HCl freezes at -0.706 degrees Celsius. Calculate
 C occurs. At the end of 1 hour, 20% of A reacts. How much of A will
be left unreacted at the end of 5 hours if the reaction is 38. The van’t Hoff factor i
A) 1.8 B) 1.85 C) 1.9 D) 1.95
27. First order in A, Zero Order in B
39. The osmotic pressure of the solution at in mm Hg
A) 32.8% B) 25.6% C) 44.4% D) 29.3% A) 4000 B) 5000 C) 6000 D) 7000
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40. The boiling point of the solution in

A) 100.1 B) 100.2 C) 100.3 D) 100.4

41. Determine the temperature (in degrees C) in the separator.

A) 134.1 B) 123.4 C) 115.5 D) 129.8

42. Determine the pressure (in kPa) in the separator.

A) 207 B) 307 C) 257 D) 407

43. A constant current was passed through a solution of CuSO 4 for 1

hour and 0.040g of copper was deposited. What is the current?
A) 33.76 Ma B) 16.88 mA C) 8.44 mA D) 4.22 mA

For numbers 44-45.Three electrolytic cells A, B, C containing solution of

ZnSO4, AgNO3 and CuSO4, respectively are connected in series, A
steady current of 1.5 A was passed through them until 1.45 g of silver
deposited at the cathode of cell B.
44.How long did the current flow?
A) 864.53 s B) 756.86 s C) 867.98 s D) 896.5 s

45. What mass of copper was deposited?

A) 0.576 g B) 0.553 g C) 0.427 g D) 452 g

46. Calculate the emf at of the cell

| || | given

A) -0.17 V B) 0.17 V C) -0.086 V D) 0.086 V

47. The vapor pressure of solid CO2 is 76.7 mmHg at -103 °C and its
normal sublimation point is -78.5 °C. What is the heat of sublimation of
CO2 in cal/mol?
A) 6061 B) 6160 C) 6610 D) 6801

For numbers 48-50: 150 g of NaCl is dissolved in a 300 g of diethyl

ether. The boiling point elevation of the solution is 26 K. Assuming that
the Trouton-Hildebrand-Everett rule applies, compute for the following:
(Normal boiling point of diethyl ether is 34.6 deg C)
48. Kb (K kg/mol)
A) 2.32 B) 3.22 C) 2.23 D) 1.32

49. Van’t Hoff Factor

A) 1.36 B) 1.23 C) 1.63 D) 1.32

50. Degree of Dissociation (%)

A) 31.60 B) 30.61 C) 36.1 D) 33.3