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CHEMISTRY 2017
Unit 2
Key Topic Test 2 – Acids and bases

Recommended writing time*: 45 minutes

Total number of marks available: 50 marks

QUESTION BOOK

* The recommended writing time is a guide to the time students should take to complete this
test. Teachers may wish to alter this time and can do so at their own discretion.

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Conditions and restrictions

 Students are permitted to bring into the room for this test: pens, calculator, pencils,
highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers. The Chemistry Data Book can be used
 Students are NOT permitted to bring into the room for this test: blank sheets of paper
and/or white out liquid/tape.
 Calculators are permitted

Materials supplied
 Question and answer book of 10 pages.

Instructions
 Print your name in the space provided on the top of the front page.
 All written responses must be in English.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised
electronic communication devices into the room for this test.

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SECTION A – Multiple-choice questions

Instructions for Section A

Answer all questions.
Choose the response that is correct or best answers the question.
A correct answer scores 1, an incorrect answer scores 0.
No mark will be given if more than one answer is completed for any question.
Marks will not be deducted for incorrect answers.

Question 1
The conjugate base of H2CO3, is
2-
A. HCO3
-
B. H3 CO3
-
C. HCO3
+
D. HCO3

Question 2
-
The equation that demonstrates HSO4 acting as an acid is:
-
A. HSO4 aq) + H2O(l)  H2SO4 (aq) + OH-(aq)
-
B. HSO4 aq) + H2O(l)  SO42-(aq) + H3O+(aq)
- - 2-
C. HSO4 aq) + HCl(aq)  HSO4 (aq) + H2(g) + Cl- (aq)
- -
D. HSO4 aq) + OH (aq)  SO4 2-(aq) + H3O+(aq)

Question 3
The pH of 0.05 M H2SO4 is closest to
A. -1.3
B. 0.05
C. 1
D. 2

Question 4
The strongest acid is:
A. CH3COOH
B. HNO3
C. H2CO3
D. NH4+

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Question 5
Which species is amphiprotic?
A. HSO4-
B. CO3 2-,
C. SO42-
D. H3O+

Question 6
The conjugate base of ethanoic acid, CH3COOH, and its strength is:
A. CH3COO- and strong
B. CH2COOH- and strong
C. CH3COH- and strong
D. CH3COO- and weak

Question 7
The Bronsted-Lowry definition of an acid is;
A. a substance that donates a proton
B. a substance capable of accepting a proton
C. a substance that produces H3O+ when it reacts with water
D. a substance that will react with a base

Question 8

The solution with the lowest pH will be

A. 0.1 M H3PO4
B. 0.1 M HCl
C. 0.1 M H2CO3
D. 0.1 M CH3COOH

Question 9
Place the solutions in the beakers A, B and C below in order of increasing number of mol

Beaker A 11.00 mL of 1.00M HCl

Beaker B 1.500 mL of 10M HCl
Beaker C 1.000L of 0.0001M HCl

A. A, B, C
B. C, A, B
C. A, B, C
D. C, B, A

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Question 10
Methanoic acid is a weak acid with a formula HCOOH.
When methanoic acid reacts with water
A. every methanoic acid molecule will donate the hydrogen atom bonded to an O atom
B. some of the methanoic acid molecules will donate the hydrogen atom bonded to an O atom
C. some of the methanoic acid molecules will donate both hydrogen atoms
D. the methanoic acid molecules will donate both hydrogen atoms

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SECTION B- Short-answer questions

Instructions for Section B

Questions must be answered in the spaces provided in this book.
To obtain full marks for your responses you should
 Give simplified answers with an appropriate number of significant figures to all
numerical questions; unsimplified answers will not be given full marks.
 Show all workings in your answers to numerical questions. No credit will be given for an
incorrect answer unless it is accompanied by details of the working.
Make sure chemical equations are balanced and that the formulas for individual substances
include an indication of state; for example, H2(g); NaCl(s)

Question 1

CH3COOH NH3 HNO3 HSO4- NaCl CO2 LiOH H2 SO4

Use substances from this list to complete the table below. The same substance may be used more
than once.

weak acid

strong base

neutral substance

weak base

amphiprotic substance

strong diprotic acid

acidic gas

strong monoprotic acid

Total 8 marks

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Question 2
Perchloric acid, HClO4 is one of the strongest monoprotic acids known.

a.
i. Write a balanced chemical equation involving HClO4 to use to explain what a strong acid
is.

ii. Describe the difference between a strong acid and a weak acid

2 + 2 = 4 marks

b. A 20 mL sample of this acid contains 0.1mol.

i. What is the [H3O+] concentration in this sample?

ii. What is the pH of this sample? ______________________________________________

1 + 1 = 2 marks

c. The 20.0 mL sample in part b. is diluted to 250mL. What is the concentration of the
perchloric acid in this diluted sample?

2 marks
d. Is a solution of perchloric acid a weak or strong electrolyte? Explain your answer.

2 marks
Total 10 marks

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Question 3
Write balanced equations for the reaction of sulfuric acid solution with
a. water ( two equations required)

2 marks

b. potassium hydroxide, KOH

1 mark
c. magnesium

1 mark

d. ammonia, NH3

1 mark
Total 5 marks

Question 4
a. For a solution of 0.05 M limewater (calcium hydroxide), Ca(OH)2

i. What is the concentration of Ca(OH)2? __________________________

ii. What is the concentration of OH- ions? __________________________

iii. What is the concentration of H3O+ ions? __________________________

iv. What is the pH of the solution? __________________________

1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5 marks

b. Write the reaction between calcium hydroxide and carbon dioxide solution (carbonic acid)
H2CO3?

1 mark
Total 6 marks

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Question 5
An antacid solution containing 50.0 mL of 0.05M Mg(OH)2 is reacted with 20 mL of 0.10 M
HCl.

a. Write a balanced equation for the reaction

1 mark
b. Which solution is in excess?

2 marks
c. Calculate the amount in mol of the excess reagent.

1 mark
d. Find the pH of the resulting solution.

2 marks
Total 6 marks

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Question 6

a. Explain why the [H+] concentration of a solution of HCl with a pH of 3 is 100 times more
than a pH of 5.

2 marks

b. Calculate the [H+] of a solution of a pH of 6.5.

1 mark
-
c. Explain why a solution containing the HCO3 ion has a higher pH than a solution containing
-
the HSO4 ion even though they are both amphiprotic.

2 marks
Total 5 marks

END OF KEY TOPIC TEST

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