JUNIOR CANADIAN CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD

British Columbia Chemistry Olympiad

2019
The Periodic Table/Data Sheet may be used for all parts of the contest, and non-programmable calculators are allowed.
Write your answers on the back side of the Answer Sheet provided. Do not forget to write your name and your school name on the front of the Answer
Sheet. While students are expected to attempt all questions for a complete examination in 1.5 hours, it is recognized that backgrounds will vary and
students will not be eliminated from further competitions because they have missed parts of the paper.

1) Which of the following chemical equations is properly balanced? 4) 3) Calculate the mass of anhydrous sodium bisulfate
(NaHSO4) required to prepare a 0.10 M bisulfate solution
a) CH3OH + O2 → CO2 + 2H2O
in water using a 100 mL volumetric flask.
b) 2NaOH + H3PO4 → Na2HPO4 + H2O
c) Ba(NO3)2 + Na2SO4 → BaSO4 + NaNO3 a) 1.19 g b) 1.04 g c) 11.9 g d) 1.20 g e) 0.12 g
d) C6H8 + 8O2 → 6CO2 + 4H2O In order to plot a two component phase diagram, 0.527 g of
e) 3NaOH + H3PO4 → Na3PO4 + 2H2O naphthalene (128.174 g/mol) and 1.264 g of diphenylamine
(169.227 g/mol) are mixed and melted together. What is the mole
5)
fraction of naphthalene in the mixture?
2) Camphor (C10H16O) is a terpenoid with a strong aroma found in camphor trees
leaves. If an average of 45.6 mg of camphor can be extracted from leaf of a) 0.550 b) 0.645 c) 0.355 d) 0.450 e) 0.569
camphor tree, how many moles of camphor can be extracted from 100 camphor
tree leaves?
The first law of Thermodynamics states that
a) 4.56×10-2 b)3.00×10-2 c) 3.00×10-3 d) 4.56×101 e) 3.00×10-1
a) Entropy is zero for a perfect crystal of a pure substance at zero
Kelvin.
b) The entropy of a system increases for any spontaneous process.
c) An object maintains its state of motion unless acted upon by an
unbalanced force.
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d) Heat flows spontaneously from a hot body to a cold body. 9) Which of the following accurately represents a trend in the
e) Energy is conserved first ionization energies?
a)Ne > F > C
b)Br > Cl > F
6) What is the c)Cs > Rb > Na
balanced form of d)Ar > Ne > He
the chemical e)Al > P > S
reaction depicted
below?
Element A: Element B: 10) The second law of Thermodynamics states that
a) A3 + 3B2 → 3AB2 a) Entropy is zero for a perfect crystal of a pure substance at
b) 3A + 3B2 → 3AB2 zero Kelvin.
c) 3A + 6B → 3AB2 b) The entropy of a system increases for any spontaneous
d) 3A + 6B → A3B6 process.
e) A3 + B2 → AB2 c) An object maintains its state of motion unless acted upon by
an unbalanced force.
7) The density of ethanol (C2H5OH) at 20 oC is 0.7893 g/cm3. What is the d) The entropy of the universe is continually increasing.
volume of 1 mole of ethanol at 20 oC? e) Energy is conserved.

a) 46.1 mL b) 58.4 mL c) 36.4 mL d) 0.584 L e) 46.1 m3

11) To study weather phenomena sensors carried by balloons are
used. What is the mass of helium that is needed to fill a 65 m 3
8) Which of the following accurately represents a trend in electronegativity? balloon to a pressure of 1 atm at 25 °C? Assume ideal gas
a) Ne > F > O behavior.
b) F > O > N a) 2.66 kg b) 0.105 g c) 11.61 g d)10.63 kg e) 126.8
c) Br > Cl > F kg
d) Cs > Rb > Na
e) Al > P > S 12) -Pinene is a terpenoid with a strong aroma found in pine
resin.
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Which of the following molecular formula is the correct 16) C is eliminated from the body of a dead mammoth by a first
one for -pinene? order process that has a half-life of 5750 years. What
percentage of the initial 14C would remain in the mammoth
a) C9H11 b) C10H14 c)C10H16 d) C9H14 e) C9H16 - Pinene body after 11 500 years?
a) 0% b) 25% c) 50% d) 75% e) 2%
13) -Pinene is a reactant in the following reaction:

17) Consider the following reaction: CH4(g) → C(diamond) +

2H2(g). Use the information provided below to calculate the
enthalpy of reaction when 1 mole of diamond is formed.
C(graphite) + 2H2(g) → CH4(g) H = -74.8 kJ
Which of the following compounds could be used as reagent A?
C(graphite) → C(diamond) H = 1.9 kJ
a) HCl b)H2 c) O3 d) H2O e) NaHCO3
a) -76.7 kJ b) 72.9 kJ c)76.7 kJ d) -72.9 kJ e) 74.8 kJ
14) A solution of tetrachloroethane (C2H2Cl4) in cyclohexanone (C6H10O) is
prepared with 29.3 mL of tetrachloroethane in 86.5 mL of cyclohexanone.
What is the mole fraction of tetrachloroethane in the solution? Assume
densities of 1.59 g/cm3 for tetrachloroethane and 0.948 g/cm3 for
cyclohexanone.
18) The highly toxic carbonyl chloride (phosgene) is used to
a) 0.249 b) 0.165 c) 0.751 d) 0.835 e) 0.181
synthesize many organic compounds:

15) A catalyst cannot alter. ⇌

a) the rate of a reaction. The equilibrium constant Kp for the gas-phase synthesis of
b) the activation energy of a reaction. phosgene is 7.70 at 75 ºC. What is the equilibrium pressure of
c) the equilibrium constant of a reaction. COCl2 if the equilibrium pressures of CO and Cl2 are both 2
d) the half-life of a reaction. atm?
e) the rate constant of a reaction. a) 1.90 atm b) 15.4 atm c) 30.8 atm d) 3.90 atm e) 237
atm

19) The rate law for the above reaction is as follows:

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Use the data table below to find the value of x.

Initial concentration (M)
Experiment [CO] [Cl2] Initial rate (Ms-1)
1 0.12 0.20 0.121
2 0.24 0.40 0.684

a) 1.0 b) 0.5 c) 0 d) 2.0 e) 1.5 a) Alcohol, Aldehyde, Amide, Ester, Ketone

b) Alcohol, Amide, Ester, Ether, Ketone
20) When 7.41 g of solid Ca(OH)2 (Molar mass = 74.09 g/mole, Ksp = 5.02×10-6) c) Alcohol, Aldehyde, Amine, Ester, Ether
is dissolved into 1.00 L of water (assume there is no change in volume), the d) Alcohol, Amine, Ketone, Ester, Ether
pH of the solution is closest to, e) Alcohol, Aldehyde, Amide, Ester cac
a) 13.00 b) 12.67 c) 12.33 d) 12.00 e) 11.67
22) Household bleach can be produced by the electrolysis of sea
water. Given the standard reduction potential as follows,
2 ⇌ 2 1.358 V
42⇌ 4 0.450 V
2 2 ⇌ 2 -0.828 V
⇌ -2.71 V
What is produced at the negative electrode during the
21) Taxol is a natural product isolated from the Pacific Yew tree in the north electrolysis of sea water?
western part of the province of British Columbia and has been used as a drug
a) Cl2(g) b) O2(g) c) Na(s) d) H2(g) e)
in the treatment of a few types of cancers. The structure of Taxol molecule is
NaClO(s)
shown on the right. Based on the structure, a Taxol molecule contains the
following functional 23) Which of the following is ranked correctly based on the
groups, increasing melting point under the standard atmospheric
pressure?
a) F2 < Ga < CH3CH2OH < NaCl < SiO2
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b) F2 < CH3CH2OH < Ga < SiO2 < NaCl

c) F2 < CH3CH2OH < NaCl < SiO2 < Ga
d) F2 < Ga < CH3CH2OH < SiO2 < NaCl
e) F2 < CH3CH2OH < Ga < NaCl < SiO2

24) Based on the VSEPR theory, in how many of the following molecular
geometries are all atoms lay on the same plane?
Linear
Trigonal planar
Bent
T-shape
Square planar
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e)5

25) What will be the pH of a solution prepared by mixing 100 mL of

0.50 M acetic acid with 50 mL of 0.50 M NaOH?
The Ka of acetic acid is 1.8×10-5.

a)4.47 b) 9.26 c) 2.76 d) 8.99 e) 5.01

End of examination questions.