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CHEMISTRY 9701/12
Paper 1 Multiple Choice October/November 2016
1 hour
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
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There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible
answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate Answer Sheet.
Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.
Electronic calculators may be used.
IB16 11_9701_12/3RP
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Section A
For each question there are four possible answers, A, B, C and D. Choose the one you consider to
be correct.
1 The molecules of a gas at a constant temperature, T1, have the distribution of molecular energies
shown in the diagram.
proportion of
molecules
with a given T1
energy
0
0
molecular energy
When the temperature is increased to T2, the distribution of molecular energies changes.
A B
T2 T2
proportion of proportion of
molecules molecules
with a given T1 with a given T1
energy energy
0 0
0 molecular energy
0
molecular energy
C D
T2 T2
proportion of proportion of
molecules molecules
with a given T1 with a given T1
energy energy
0 0
0 molecular energy 0 molecular energy
2 The diagram shows the pathways of a reaction, with and without a catalyst.
Which letter represents the overall energy change for the reaction?
B
A
D
energy reactants
C
products
extent of reaction
3 People are advised to eat less than 6.00 g of salt (sodium chloride) per day for health reasons.
4 When copper reacts with a 50% solution of nitric acid, nitrogen monoxide is evolved and a blue
solution results.
p q r s t
A 1 4 1 2 2
B 2 6 2 3 2
C 2 8 2 4 4
D 3 8 3 4 2
A 1s22s22p63s23p63d64s2
B 1s22s22p63s23p63d84s2
C 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s2
D 1s22s22p63s23p63d8
8 In an experiment, a sample of a pure gas is put into a gas syringe at a temperature of 300 K and
pressure of 16 kPa. The gas is compressed until the volume occupied by the gas is halved.
After compression, the temperature of the gas in the syringe is 375 K and the pressure is 40 kPa.
9 In a calorimetric experiment 1.60 g of a fuel are burnt. 45.0% of the energy released is absorbed
by 200 g of water. The temperature of the water rises from 18.0 C to 66.0 C.
What is the total energy released per gram of fuel burnt (to 3 significant figures)?
A mixture of 2.00 mol of nitrogen, 6.00 mol of hydrogen and 2.40 mol of ammonia is allowed to
reach equilibrium in a sealed vessel of volume 1 dm3. It was found that 2.32 mol of nitrogen were
present in the equilibrium mixture.
(1.76)2
A
(2.32)(6.96)3
(1.76)2
B
(2.32)(6.32)3
(2.08)2
C
(2.32)(6.32)3
(2.40)2
D
(2.32)(6.00)3
At the start, A and B are closed, the left-hand vessel is evacuated, the middle vessel has the
indicated reaction at equilibrium and the right-hand vessel contains lithium only.
Which action would allow the equilibrium mixture to contain the most ammonia?
12 The graph below shows the variation of the first ionisation energy with proton number for some
elements. The letters used are not the usual symbols for the elements.
first ionisation W
energy / kJ mol1
U
V
R
T
S
Q
proton number
A boron
B magnesium
C neon
D potassium
15 When chlorine reacts with hot aqueous sodium hydroxide, two chlorine-containing ions are
formed. One of these is the chloride ion, Cl .
A Cl O B Cl O2 C Cl O3 D Cl O4
The reaction scheme shows a series of reactions using a solution of J as the starting reagent.
an excess of
HNO3(aq)
a precipitate
A sodium chloride
B sodium bromide
C potassium iodide
D potassium astatide
Which row identifies the more volatile of the two elements, and gives the correct explanation?
19 Water and ammonia take part in a reaction that produces the ammonium ion.
A Neither the ammonia molecule nor the ammonium ion has a dipole moment.
B The bond angle changes from 109.5 in the ammonia molecule to 107 in the ammonium ion.
C The reaction is a redox reaction.
D The water is acting as an acid.
limonene
What will be the major product when limonene is reacted with an excess of dry hydrogen
chloride?
A B C D
Cl Cl
Cl Cl
Cl
Cl
21 The compound rotundone is responsible for the peppery smell of pepper and is also found in
some red wines.
rotundone
A 15 B 19 C 22 D 24
23 The equation shows a reaction that occurs between carbon monoxide and nitrogen monoxide in a
catalytic converter.
A B C D
OH O OH
OH
OH
A CH3OCOCH2CH2CO2CH3
B CH3CO2CH2CH2CO2CH3
C CH3CO2CH2CH2OCOCH3
D HOCH2CH2COCH2OCOCH3
27 Compound X is heated with a mild oxidising agent. One of the products of the reaction will react
with hydrogen cyanide, forming 2-hydroxybutanenitrile.
What is compound X?
A butan-1-ol
B butan-2-ol
C propan-1-ol
D propan-2-ol
29 How many of the compounds shown will react with aqueous sodium hydroxide to form the sodium
salt of a carboxylic acid?
H 3C O H O
O O
O O
H C H3 C CH C
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4
30 Some vegetable oils contain trans fats that are associated with undesirable increases in the
amount of cholesterol in the blood. In these oils the word trans describes, in the usual way, the
arrangement of groups at a C=C double bond.
A B
H R1CO2CH2 H R1CO2CH2
H R1CO2CH2 H R2CO2CH2
C D
H H R1CO2CH2 H H R1CO2CH2
R1CO2CH2 R2CO2CH2
Section B
For each of the questions in this section, one or more of the three numbered statements 1 to 3 may
be correct.
Decide whether each of the statements is or is not correct (you may find it helpful to put a tick against
the statements that you consider to be correct).
A B C D
31 Photochromic lenses in spectacles darken in sunlight because silver crystals are produced by the
reaction shown.
Ag+ + Cl Ag + Cl
32 A cathedral in New Zealand has been constructed from cardboard. Cardboard contains polymer
molecules. Part of one such polymer molecule is shown below.
CH2OH H OH
O O
H H OH H H
OH H H H H
O O
H OH CH2OH
1 The polymer molecules can form hydrogen bonds with each other.
2 The polymer can form intermolecular forces with water molecules.
3 The polymer will not burn easily because it is a secondary alcohol.
A B C D
1 bromine
2 krypton
3 xenon
1 Increasing the temperature will increase the rate of reaction because more effective
collisions will occur.
2 Lowering the temperature will reduce the rate of reaction because the forward reaction is
exothermic.
3 Increasing the pressure will reduce the rate of reaction because there are a larger number of
moles on the left-hand side of the equation.
35 Equal masses of barium carbonate and magnesium carbonate powders are mixed together. The
mixture is then heated using a Bunsen burner flame until there is no further change. A gas is
given off.
1 The residue left after heating reacts with aqueous hydrochloric acid to produce carbon
dioxide.
2 The percentage decrease in mass after heating is 26% (to 2 significant figures).
3 The gas given off during heating relights a glowing splint.
1 Oxides of both sulfur and nitrogen can be formed in internal combustion engines.
2 Oxides of both sulfur and nitrogen can be produced by direct combination of the elements.
3 Oxides of both sulfur and nitrogen are involved in the formation of acid rain.
37 A species of termite produces a chemical defence secretion which contains the molecule shown.
CH3 H CH2
H
C C C CH2
H 3C C C C
H
H H H
To help determine the structure of this compound, it is treated with hot, concentrated, acidified
manganate(VII) ions.
1 CO2
2 CH3COCH3
3 CH3CO2H
38 1-bromopropane reacts with NaOH in different ways depending on the solvent used.
1 ethanol propene
2 water propan-1-ol
3 ethanol propane-1-2-diol
A B C D
H 3C C CHO
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