AP Chemistry Name……………………………………...……..

Kinetics Review Hour…….

Directions: Complete the following problems in the spaces provided to you.

1. Which of the following does NOT influence the speed of a chemical reaction?
a. Concentration of reactants
b. Nature of reactants
c. Temperature
d. Presence of a catalyst
e. All of these influence the speed

2. What would cause the change shown at right?

a. Increasing H
b. Decreasing the temperature
c. Increasing the surface area
d. Addition of a catalyst
e. Increasing the concentration of reactants

3. A time vs. concentration graph is presented below for

the reaction A  B. What is the rate of appearance of
B 20 seconds after the start of the reaction?
a. 0.050 mol/Ls
b. 3.2 mol/Ls
c. 2.2 mol/Ls
d. 0.010 mol/Ls
e. 9.8 mol/Ls

4. The reaction 3O2  2O3 is proceeding with a rate of disappearance of O2 equal to 0.60
mol/Ls. What is the rate of disappearance of O3, in mol/Ls?
a. 0.60 b. 0.40 c. 0.10 d. 0.90 e. 1.20

5. A reaction has the rate law rate = k[A]2[B]. What is the overall order of the reaction?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 1 d. 4 e. 3

6. What are the correct units for a second order rate constant?
a. mol/Ls b. 1/s c. L/mols d. L2/mol2s

7. The reaction I- + OCl-  IO- + Cl- is first order with respect to I- and first order with respect to
OCl-. The rate constant is 6.110-2 L/mols. What is the rate of the reaction when [I-] = 0.10
M and [OCl-] = 0.20 M?
a. 2.410-4 M/s b. 1.210-3 M/s c. 6.110-3 M/s d. 1.210-4 M/s

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8. A reaction and its rate law are given below. When [C4H6] = 2.0 M the rate is 0.106 M/s. What
is the rate when [C4H6] = 4.0 M?
2C4H6  C8H12 rate = k[C4H6]2
a. 0.053 M/s b. 0.212 M/s c. 0.106 M/s d. 0.424 M/s

9. The rate law for the reaction 2NO(g) + O2(g)  2NO2 is rate = k[NO]2[O2]. What happens to
the rate when the concentration of NO is doubled?
a. The rate doubles b. The rate triples c. The rate quadruples d. None of these

10. Below is some rate date for the hypothetical reaction, 2A + B  C. What is the rate law for
this reaction?
[A]0 [B]0 Rate of C formation (M/s)
2.0 1.0 0.100
2.0 2.0 0.400
4.0 1.0 0.100

a. rate = k[B]2 b. rate = k[A][B] c. rate = k[A][B]2 d. rate = k[A]2[B]2

11. Considering the information presented in Question 10, what is the ratio of A’s rate of
disappearance to C’s rate of appearance?
a. 1:1 b. 1:4 c. 2:1 d. 1:2

12. The acid catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide is a first order reaction with the rate
constant given below. For an experiment in which the starting concentration of hydrogen
peroxide is 0.110 M, what is the concentration of H2O2 450 minutes after the reaction
begins?
2H2O2  2H2O + O2 k = 1.3310-4 min-1
a. 0.0961 M b. 0.104 M c. 0.117 M d. 0.00658 M e. 0.0156 M

13. What is the rate constant for a first order reaction for which the half-life is 85.0 sec?
a. 000814 sec-1 b. 4.44 sec-1 c. 0.170 sec-1 d. 0.0118 sec-1

14. What fraction of a reactant remains after 3 half-lives of a first order reaction?
a. ½ b. 1/3 c. 1/6 d. 1/8

15. Assume a reaction occurs by the mechanism given below. What is the rate law for the
reaction?
A + B  C (fast)
C  D (slow)
a. rate = k[A][B][C] b. rate = k[A]2 c. rate = k[A][B] d. rate = k[A][B]/[D]

16. According to collision theory, which of the following factors does NOT influence the rate of a
reaction?
a. Collision frequency c. Collision orientation
b. Collision energy d. Collision rebound direction

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17. Which letter in the figure at right corresponds to the activation
energy for the forward reaction of X  Y?
a. A b. B c. C d. D

18. Which letter corresponds to the enthalpy change (H) for the
forward reaction of X  Y?
a. A b. B c. D

19. Is the reverse reaction of X  Y exothermic or endothermic?

a. Exothermic b. Endothermic

20. Which value(s) would a catalyst change in the reaction of X  Y?

a. A b. B c. C d. D e. Two of these

21. Identify the relationship between the paired items as being either direct, inverse or no
relationship.

a. Temperature and kinetic energy

b. Concentration and reaction time

c. Reaction time and reaction rate

d. Reaction rate and reaction temperature

e. Reaction time and reaction temperature

f. Reaction rate and reactant concentration

g. Activation energy and temperature

h. Kinetic energy and reaction rate

i. Enthalpy change (H) and reaction rate

j. Complexity (nature) of reactants and rate

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