Question 1 c.

10
How many orbitals would you expect for a system with the d. 14
following set of quantum numbers?
Question 7
How many electrons are in the outermost energy shell for
promethium (element 61)?
a. 1
a. 2
b. 3
b. 4
c. 5
c. 8
d. 7
d. 12
Question 2
Question 8
What is the designation for the subshell with the following
The element represented by this orbital diagram is
set of quantum numbers?

a. 5d a. lithium.
b. 6f b. carbon.
c. 6p c. silicon.
d. The subshell does not exist. d. nitrogen.

Question 3 Question 9
The following set of quantum numbers: The element represented by this orbital diagram is

a. is representative of a transition metal.

a. chlorine.
b. is not allowed.
b. argon.
c. is representative of a p-block element.
c. neon.
d. is representative of an element with two valence
d. boron.
electrons.
Question 10
Question 4
In the experimentally observed Zeff values for the 2p
One of the p-orbitals of an unknown element is half filled.
elements, we find that the increase in the Zeff for a 2p
Assuming that Hund's rule is upheld, which of the following
electron is slightly smaller between N and O (ΔZeff ≈ 0.62)
elements could not be the unknown element?
than between C and N (ΔZeff ≈ 0.69). Which of the following
is not a reason for the differences in the ΔZeff values?
a. xenon
b. silicon
a. Moving from C to N adds an electron to an occupied
c. gallium
orbital.
d. iodine
b. The Zeff value for oxygen is raised due to additional
shielding from fluorine.
Question 5
c. Moving from N to O pairs two electrons in a single
Which of these compounds has a nonzero dipole moment?
orbital.
d. The Zeff value decreases with an increase in electron
a. boron trifluoride
repulsion.
b. water
c. carbon dioxide
Question 11
d. methane
Which element has the largest ionization energy?
Question 6
a. fluorine
The configuration for cadmium has 48 electrons. How many
b. chlorine
electrons occupy the 3d orbital?
c. bromine
d. iodine
a. 2
b. 6
Question 12 b. Sulfur has more valence electrons than oxygen.
Which element has the smallest atomic radius? 1. c. Sulfur has a greater number of electron shells than
oxygen.
a. indium 2. d. Sulfur is less electronegative than oxygen.
b. gallium
c. boron Question 18
d. aluminum The AX3E structure notation best describes which molecule?

Question 13 a. H2O
For which of these systems does the metal have a d0 electron b. SF4
configuration? c. NH3
d. XeF4
a. RuNH33+
b. MnO4- Question 19
c. CuNO3 What is the molecular geometry of BCl3?
d. Zn(ClO4)2
a. square planar
Question 14 b. octahedral
Which element has the lowest electron affinity? c. tetrahedral
d. trigonal planar
a. argon
b. chlorine Question 20
c. xenon What is the bond order for the Be2 molecule?
d. bromine
a. 0
Question 15 b. 1
The 4th ionization energy of aluminum is approximately 154 c. 2
eV. From which orbital is the electron being removed? d. 3

a. 2p Question 21
b. 2s According to molecular orbital theory, which molecule is the
c. 3p most stable?
d. 3s
a. N2
Question 16 b. C2
For the nitrite ion structure below, what is the formal charge c. B2
on the nitrogen atom? d. Be2

Question 22
The crystal field splitting diagram shown here represents a
a. 1+ _________ complex.
b. 1-
c. 2+
d. There is no charge on the nitrogen.

Question 17
The Lewis dot structure for a sulfate ion gives sulfur a formal
charge of zero with six bonds. Based on the structure and the
Lewis dot theory, which of the following statements about
the sulfur atom is false?

a. high-spin iron(II)
b. low-spin iron(II)
c. high-spin iron(III)
d. low-spin iron(III)

a. The sulfur disobeys the octet rule.

Question 23
The reaction between hexaamminechromium(III) perchlorate Question 27
and an excess amount of _________ would definitely lead to The chemical formula for potassium hexacyanorhodium(III) is
the following crystal field splitting diagram.
a. K3[Rh(CN)6].
b. Na2[Rh(CN)6].
c. Na2[Rh(NH3)6].
d. K[Rh(CN)6].

Question 28
The proper name for the Na[PtCl3(NH3)] complex is

a. amminetrichloroplatinate(II) ion.
b. sodium amminetrichloroplatinate(II).
a. water
c. sodium amminetrichloroplatinate(IV).
b. oxalic acid
d. potassium amminetrichloroplatinate(II).
c. ammonia
d. hydrobromic acid
Question 29
e.
Which complex would you expect to be blue in an aqueous
Question 24
solution?
Which orbital would you expect to be the LUMO for a O 22-
peroxide ion?
a. [Ni(CO)6]3+
b. [Ru(bipy)3]2+
a. 2pσ
c. [FeCl6]3+
b. 2pπ
d. [Co(CN)6]3-
c. 2pσ*
d. 2pπ*
Question 30
What geometry would you expect [Pt(CN)4]2- complex to have?
Question 25
The crystal field splitting diagram shown here represents
a. trigonal bipyrimidal
b. tetragonal
c. tetrahedral
d. square planar

Question 31
A rhombohedral crystal system has which characteristics?

a. a ≠ b ≠ c, α = β = γ = 90°
a. [Co(NH3)6]3-. b. a = b = c, α = β = γ ≠ 90°
b. [NiCl6]4-. c. a = b = c, α = β = γ = 90°
c. [Ni(NH3)6]2+.
d. [CoF6]3-. d. a ≠ b ≠ c, α = β = γ ≠ 90°

Question 26 Question 32
The crystal field splitting diagram shown here represents The complex MXLY has the crystal coordinate system seen
below. Of the 14 Bravais lattices, to which could MXLY belong?

a. base-centered orthorhombic
b. face-centered cubic
c. body-centered orthorhombic
d. base-centered monoclinic
a. paramagnetic [FeCl6]3+.
b. paramagnetic [Fe(CN)6]3+.
c. diamagnetic [Co(NH3)6]3+.
d. diamagnetic [CoF6]2+.
Question 33 d. iodine
How many spheres/atoms are contained in a face-centered
cubic unit cell? Question 39
Which ion has the smallest radius?
a. 2
b. 4 a. selenium
c. 6 b. tellurium
d. 8 c. oxygen
d. sulfur
Question 34
Which of the following statements concerning amorphous Question 40
solids is false? Which of the following statements about the 14 Bravais unit
cells is incorrect?
a. Unlike crystalline solids, amorphous solids lack a
repeating unit cell, leading to a random organization a. The unit cell is the simplest repeating unit in the
of atoms. crystal lattice.
b. Unlike crystalline solids, amorphous solids tend to b. Opposing faces of a unit cell are parallel.
lose structural organization as their lattices extend. c. Each unit cell edge is equivalent in length.
c. Amorphous solids are said to behave as supercooled d. Each unit cell edge connects equivalent
liquids, leading to an ease in transitioning between points/atoms.
physical states.
d. The formation of amorphous solids is aided by the Question 41
rapid cooling of a molten compound. Using the table below, determine the crystal lattice energy of
KBr.
Question 35
Which of the following is not a characteristic of covalent
solids?

a. high melting point

b. low electrical conductivity
c. high level of hardness
d. high water solubility

Question 36
How many complete flourine atoms are present in a single a. -604 kJ/mol
unit cell of flourite (CaF2)? b. -660 kJ/mol
c. -740 kJ/mol
a. 4 d. -819 kJ/mol
b. 6
c. 8 Question 42
d. 14 Cesium and sodium are Group 1 metals, but the coordination
number of cesium in the CsCl unit cell is 8, whereas the
Question 37 coordination number of sodium in the NaCl unit cell is 6.
How many spheres/atoms are contained in a simple cubic What allows cesium to have a larger coordination number?
unit cell?
a. Sodium has a larger ionic radius than cesium,
a. 0 allowing for less anion attraction.
b. 1 b. Due to its size, cesium makes more contact with
c. 2 adjacent anions than sodium does.
d. 4 c. The NaCl radius ratio is greater than that of CsCl,
forcing anions farther from the metal cation.
Question 38 d. Chlorine is too electronegative to be completely
Which halogen would form a binary rubidium compound (RbX) compatible with sodium.
with the longest bond length?
Question 43
a. fluorine How many complete NaCl molecules are found in the rock
b. chlorine salt unit cell?
c. bromine
 a. 1 Question 50
b. 4 Tetrahedral holes have a coordination number of
c. 8
d. 12 a. 4.
b. 6.
Question 44 c. 8.
The coordination numbers of Ca 2+ and F- in flourite are d. 12.
_________, respectively.
Question 51
a. 2 and 4 How many octahedral holes would you expect to find in a
b. 4 and 2 closed-packed crystal containing 8 atoms?
c. 4 and 4
d. 6 and 4 a. 4
b. 6
Question 45 c. 8
A body-centered cubic crystal system is best represented in d. 12
the unit cell of which crystalline solid?
Question 52
a. perovskite How many tetrahedral holes would you expect to find in a
b. NaCl close-packed crystal containing 6 atoms?
c. rutile
d. CsCl a. 4
b. 6
Question 46 c. 8
In a close-packed system, what percentage of the unit cell is d. 12
occupied by holes?
Question 53
a. 14 What is the size of an octahedral hole in a cubic close-packed
b. 26 system with a radius of 1.5 Ä?
c. 74
d. 86 a. 0.310 Ä
b. 0.414 Ä
Question 47 c. 0.621 Ä
In a hexagonal close-packed system, the metal atom caps are d. 0.932 Ä
arranged in an _________ pattern.
Question 54
a. ABC What is the size of a tetrahedral hole in a cubic close-packed
b. AAA system with a radius of 1.2 Ä?
c. ABB
d. ABA a. 0.23 Ä
b. 0.27 Ä
Question 48 c. 0.40 Ä
For a face-centered cubic crystal system MX, the metal M is d. 0.54 Ä
located at the coordinates (1/2, 1/2, 1/2). What would you
expect the metal's coordination number to be? Question 55
The MX compound has a radius ratio of 0.51. The metal ion M
a. 4 has the crystal lattice coordinates shown below. Which of the
b. 6 following statements about the MX compound is false?
c. 8
d. 12

Question 49
A Madelung constant value near 2.4 would likely represent
which compound?
a. There are at least three M spheres within the lattice.
a. barium selenide b. The lattice is body centered.
b. beryllium oxide c. The lattice is close-packed cubic.
c. titanium(II) oxide d. The system is hexacoordinate.
e. strontium chloride
Question 56 Glass and quartz are examples of
A body-centered cubic unit cell has a coordination number of
a. conductors.
a. 4. b. semiconductors.
b. 6. c. insulators.
c. 8. d. superconductors.
d. 10.
Question 63
Question 57 For n-type semiconductors,
Steel-a solid solution consisting of carbon atoms seated in the
holes of an iron atom structure-is an example of a(n) a. conduction band electrons outnumber valence band
holes.
a. pure metal. b. electron flow is halted due to dopant impurities.
b. alkali metal. c. an equal number of valence band holes and
c. substitutional alloy. conductor band electrons exist, making dopants
d. interstitial alloy. unnecessary.
d. doping is facilitated by halides.
Question 58
Brass-a solid solution consisting of zinc and copper atoms-can Question 64
be considered a(n) _________ and a(n) _________. The doping of silicon with which element would likely form an
p-type semiconductor?
a. substitutional alloy, interstitial alloy
b. intermetallic alloy, interstitial alloy a. phosphorus
c. substitutional alloy, intermetallic alloy b. boron
d. pure metal, intermetallic alloy c. antimony
d. carbon
Question 59
Raising the temperature of a metal serves to Question 65
Which of the following statements about semiconductors is
a. ease electron flow over band gaps. true?
b. slow down the activity of the atom, promoting a
gradual increase in conductivity. a. Intrinsic superconductors require a dopant to
c. impede conductivity due to increased atom vibration. conduct electricity.
b. Semiconductors have no energy gap between the
d. allow the metal to behave as a superconductor. valence and conductor bands.
c. Semiconductors increase in conductivity with
Question 60 increasing temperatures.
Which of the following statements about superconductors is d. Intrinsic semiconductors are more efficient than
true? extrinsic semiconductors.

a. Superconductors are perfectly paramagnetic. Question 66

b. Most superconductors require low temperatures to For potassium metal, the 4p band represents the _________
be efficient. and the _________.
c. Superconductors exhibit high resistance to electron
flow. a. LUMO, antibonding orbital
d. Superconductors exhibit large energy gaps between b. LUMO, bonding orbital
the valence and conductor bands. c. HOMO, nonbonding orbital
d. HOMO, antibonding orbital
Question 61
The LUMO of a semiconductor Question 67
At low temperatures, semiconductors and insulators differ
a. has a limited number of electrons present. only in
b. is often separated from the HOMO by an
unsurmountable energy gap. a. valence band composition, with semiconductors and
c. serves as a dopant to the valence band. insulators having half- and fully filled HOMOs,
d. serves to provide electrons to the valence band. respectively.

Question 62
 b. electron placement, with electrons occupying the Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy makes use
conductance bands of semiconductors but not of of liquid helium in order to generate large magnetic fields.
insulators. The metals involved in creating these fields are behaving as
c. resistivity, with semiconductors being less
conductive than insulators with increasing a. intrinsic semiconductors.
temperatures. b. high-temperature superconductors.
e. band gap size, with insulator band gaps being d. low-temperature superconductors.
greater in energy than those of semiconductors. e. extrinsic semiconductors.

Question 68 Question 73
A material that is able to maintain zero electrical resistance at For which Lewis base would you expect Cu+ to have the
temperatures near 30K° is considered a(n) greatest affinity?

a. intrinsic semiconductor. a. I-
b. high-temperature superconductor. b. Br-
c. low-temperature superconductor. c. Cl-
d. extrinsic semiconductor. d. F-

Question 69 Question 74
Which system below represents an n-type semiconductor? Under acidic aqueous conditions, the permanganate ion
dissociates and forms Mn2+ and 4 mol of water. How many
electrons are transferred in this reaction?

a. 0
b. 2
c. 5
d. 7

Question 75
a. I
As the oxidation number of a Lewis acid becomes larger (such
b. II
as Co2+ to Co3+), what happens to its hard/soft acid/base
c. I and II
character?
d. none of the above
a. The Lewis acid becomes softer.
Question 70
b. The Lewis acid becomes harder.
4s-4p band overlap allows calcium to behave as a conductor.
c. No change is observed.
How many energy levels are present in the conduction band?
d. The Lewis acid behaves as a base.
a. 2
Question 76
b. 6
The pOH of the conjugate base of an unknown acid is 4.17.
c. 8
What is the [H+] concentration of the unknown acid?
d. 14
a. 2.27 x 10-12
Question 71
b. 1.48 x 10-10
Which system below represents an intrinsic semiconductor?
c. 6.76 x 10-5
d. 4.66 x 10-2

Question 77
In a sulfur-based Lewis base, as the oxidation number of
sulfur increases (such as SO32- to SO42-), what happens to its
Lewis base character?

a. No change is observed.
a. I b. The Lewis base becomes harder.
b. II c. The Lewis base becomes softer.
c. I and II d. The Lewis base behaves as an acid.
d. none of the above
Question 78
Question 72
At room temperature, which hydrogen halide has the lowest
boiling point?

a. HI
b. HF
a. Fe(SO4)3, 3Ag2SO4, 3Pt(SCN)4
c. HCl
b. Fe2(SO4)3, 6Ag2SO4, 3Pt(SCN)4
f. HBr
c. Fe2(SO4)3, 6Ag2SO4, 3Pt(SCN)2
d. Fe2(SO4)3, 3Ag2SO4, 3Pt(SCN)4
Question 79
The addition of 4.5x molar excess of aminodimethylsulfoxide
Question 84
(ADMSO) to an ethanolic solution of CuCl2 leads to the
For which Lewis acid would you expect CO to have the least
formation of Cu(ADMSO)4. What is the makeup of the metal-
affinity?
ligand bond?
a. Ag+
b. Ru3+
c. Be2+
d. Zn2+

a. C-O Question 85
b. C-C For which Lewis acid would you expect H2O to have the
c. C-S greatest affinity?
d. C-N
a. Pt4+
Question 80 b. Cd2+
For the reaction of mercury(II) chloride and ammonia, which c. Ni2+
product is a conjugate Lewis base? d. Fe3+

a. NH3 Question 86
b. HgCl2 Which of the following hydrogen halides has the smallest
c. Hg(NH3)2 bond enthalpy?
d. Cl-
a. HI
Question 81 b. HF
For the reaction below, the hydrogen phosphate ion behaves c. HBr
as a(n) d. HCl

Question 87
The combustion of methane gas forms _________ and water.

a. oxalic acid
b. carbon monoxide
a. acid. c. carbon suboxide
b. base. d. carbon dioxide
c. chelator
d. catalyst. Question 88
The reaction of a Group I metal hydroxide with excess nitric
Question 82 acid leads to a series of solid metal nitrates. Of the following,
For the reaction below, water behaves as a(n) which would you expect to have the lowest boiling point?

a. RbNO3
a. acid. b. LiNO3
b. base. c. NaNO3
c. both A and B d. KNO3
d. none of the above
Question 89
Question 83 Which Group 3 element has the highest melting point?
For the pair of reactions below, which compounds are
represented by X, Y, and Z, respectively? a. aluminum
 b. boron
c. indium a. The electronegativity increases with additional
d. gallium electron shells.
b. The electrons of the larger metals are farther from
Question 90 the nucleus and easier to remove.
Which diatomic system has the largest bond enthalpy? d. The smaller metals have a greater attraction to the
lone pairs on the H2O oxygens.
a. PbO e. The presence of d-orbital electrons in the larger
b. SiO metals allows for decreased water reactivity.
c. CO
d. GeO Question 96
In the product for the reaction below, what is the oxidation
Question 91 state of phosphorus?
Nitrogen and phosphorus are Group 5 elements, but nitrogen
forms only three bonds, while phosphorus can form up to five.
What accounts for the ability of phosphorus to form more
a. 2+
bonds?
b. 3+
c. 3-
a. Phosphorus has an additional electron shell.
d. 5+
b. Phosphorus has two more valence electrons than
nitrogen.
Question 97
c. Phosphorus is more electronegative than nitrogen.
For the reaction below, X could represent which element?
d. Nitrogen has three unpaired electrons in its ground
state.

Question 92
Which Group 6 element has the largest atomic radius? a. calcium
b. rubidium
a. oxygen c. indium
b. sulfur d. silicon
c. selenium
d. tellurium Question 98
For the reaction below, element X is a _________ element.
Question 93
The molecular formula for chlorous acid is
a. Group 2
a. HClO. b. Group 3
b. HClO2. c. Group 4
c. HClO3. d. Group 5
d. HClO4.
Question 99
Question 94 For the reaction below, X could represent which element?
Which of the following halogens is a solid at room
temperature?

a. bromine a. strontium
b. chlorine b. potassium
c. iodine c. magnesium
d. fluorine d. gallium

Question 95 Question 100

While not to the same extent as Group I metals, Group II For the reaction below, element X is a _________ element.
metals are quite reactive with water. Each metal has a
different level of reactivity with water, but they ultimately
follow a well-observed reactivity trend. What is an a. Group 1
explanation for the trend observed in water reactivity when b. Group 2
moving down from beryllium to barium? c. Group 5
d. Group 7
ANSWER KEY 57. D
58. C
1. D 59. C
2. D 60. B
3. A 61. A
4. A 62. C
5. B 63. A
6. C 64. B
7. A 65. C
8. B 66. A
9. C 67. D
10. B 68. B
11. A 69. B
12. C 70. C
13. B 71. D
14. C 72. C
15. A 73. A
16. D 74. C
17. B 75. B
18. C 76. B
19. D 77. B
20. A 78. C
21. A 79. A
22. B 80. D
23. D 81. B
24. C 82. A
25. D 83. B
26. A 84. C
27. A 85. D
28. B 86. A
29. C 87. D
30. D 88. B
31. B 89. B
32. C 90. C
33. B 91. A
34. A 92. D
35. D 93. C
36. A 94. C
37. B 95. B
38. D 96. A
39. C 97. D
40. C 98. B
41. B 99. B
42. B 100. B
43. B
44. C
45. D
46. B
47. D
48. B
49. C
50. A
51. C
52. D
53. C
54. B
55. B
56. C