Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VIII (EASTERN VISAYAS)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BORONGAN CITY
EASTERN SAMAR NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
Alang-Alang, Borongan City, Eastern Samar

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1

INSTRUCTIONS: : Read each item carefully. Shade the letter of your choice on your answer
sheet.
1. What is a molecular formula?
a. not related to the empirical formula
b. a whole number multiple of the empirical formula
c. always smaller than the empirical formula
d. always equal to the empirical formula
2. What law is followed in balancing equation?
a.
b. Multiple proportion
c. Reciprocal proportion
d. Conservation of mass
e. Definite proportions

For items 3-6. Please refer to the chemical equation below.

__C2H6O + __O2 → __CO2 + __H2O

3. How many moles of C2H6O are there?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
4. What coefficient of oxygen should be used to balance the equation
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
5. What coefficient of carbon dioxide should be used to balance the equation
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
6. What coefficient of water should be used to balance the equation
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
7. Which one of the following statements is not consistent with the Kinetic-Molecular Theory of
gases?
a. Individual gas molecules are relatively far apart.
b. The actual volume of the gas molecules themselves is very small compared to the volume
occupied by the gas at ordinary temperatures and pressures.
c. The average kinetic energies of different gases are different at the same temperature.
d. There is no net gain or loss of the total kinetic (translational) energy in collisions between
gas molecules.
8. Under what condition do a real gas most closely approaches the behavior of an ideal gas?
a. high P and low T
b. low P and high T
 c. low P and T
d. high P and T
9. Which one of the following statements about the following reaction is false?
CH4(g) + 2O2(g) CO2(g) + 2H2O(g)
a. Every methane molecule that reacts produces two water molecules.
b. If 32.0 g of oxygen reacts with excess methane, the maximum amount of carbon dioxide
produced will be 22.0 g.
c. If 11.2 liters of methane react with an excess of oxygen, the volume of carbon dioxide
produced at STP is (44/16)(11.2) liters.
d. If 16.0 g of methane react with 64.0 g of oxygen, the combined masses of the products
will be 80.0 g.
10. The ideal gas law predicts that the molar volume (volume of one mole) of gas equals:
a. (MW)P/RT
b. 1/2ms-2
c. RT/P
d. 22.4 L at any temperature and pressure
11. For a gas, which pair of variables are inversely proportional to each other (if all other conditions
remain constant)?
a. P, V c. n, V
b. V, T d. n, P
12. Which of these states about the behavior, properties and characteristics of gas?
a. Atomic theory c. Kinetic Molecular theory
b. Gas theory d. None of these

13. If force is held constant as surface area increases, pressure

a. remains constant
b. decreases
c. increases
d. increases or decreases, depending on the volume change
14. A container holds three gases: oxygen, carbon dioxide, and helium. The partial pressures of the
three gases are 2.00 atm, 3.00 atm, and 4.00 atm, respectively. What is the total pressure inside
the container?
a. 2.00 atm c. 3.00 atm
b. 4.00 atm d. 9.00 atm
15. Unlike in an ideal gas, in a real gas ____________.
a. the particles cannot diffuse
b. the particles exert attractive forces on each other
c. all particles move in the same direction
d. all particles have the same kinetic energy
For items 16 to 17. In the combustion of butane,
C4H10 (g) + O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + H2O (l),
10.3 g butane gas was burned producing 34.7 g of carbon dioxide.
16. If all the butane gas were consumed, how many moles of oxygen must be present to complete the
reaction?
a. 0.05 moles b. 1.15 moles
 c. 2.01 moles d. 3.16 moles
17. If 72.6 g of oxygen gas are consumed, what is the percent error of the reaction?
a. 2.5 % c. 12.9 %
b. 11.4 % d. Insufficient data
18. In the reaction H2 (g) + O2 (g) → H2O (l), how many liters of hydrogen gas at STP will be needed to
react with 20 L of oxygen gas at STP?
a. 10.0 L c. 30.0 L
b. 20.0 L d. 40.0 L
19. What is the correct order for obtaining salt from a mixture of salt and sand?
a. Evaporation – Filtration – Dissolving in water
b. Filtration – Dissolving in water – Evaporation
c. Dissolving in water – Evaporation – Filtration
d. Dissolving in water – Filtration – Evaporation
20. A certain gas occupies 200 mL of volume at 2 bar pressure at hundred degrees Kelvin. How much
volume does it occupy at 5 bar pressure and 200 degrees Kelvin?
a. 200 mL c. 240 mL
b. 160 mL d. 320 mL
21. Distillation is a process of separating mixtures of a specific condition. Which of the following
conditions can distillation be BEST applied?
a. A soluble solid mixed in a liquid.
b. A mixture of insoluble solids and water.
c. A mixture of liquids with varying boiling points.
d. A mixture of solids with different magnetic properties.
22. Which formula represents table salt or sodium chloride?
a. H2O c. KCl
b. NaCl d. KNO3
23. Litmus will turn blue when exposed to a base and red when exposed to an acid. Alden wanted to
know the nature of carbonated drink. He used a blue litmus paper. He observed that it turned red
after ten seconds. What type of compound is it?
a. Acid c. Volume
b. Base d. Combustibility
24. If Armin knows the components of a mixture and the boiling points of the components, which is a
possible method to isolate the components in the mixture?
a. Distillation c. Magnetic attraction
b. Evaporation d. Paper chromatography
25. Which of the following compounds contains polyatomic ions and active metals?
a. SO2 c. PCl5
b. LiCl2 d. Mg(OH)2
26. What is the molecular formula for a compound with the empirical formula: K 2SO4 and a
molecular mass of 696 g?
a. K2SO4 b. K8SO16
 c. K8S4O8 d. K8S4O16
27. If all the butane gas were consumed, how many moles of oxygen must be present to complete the
reaction?
a. 0.05 moles c. 2.01 moles
b. 1.15 moles d. 3.16 moles
28. What is the empirical formula for the following molecular formula: C 5H12
a. C5H12 c. CH2
b. CH3 d. C2.5H6
29. How many grams are in 2.25 moles of propane, C3H8?
a. 99 g b. 16.0 g c. 0.051 g d. 96.0 g
30. What is the formula that gives the simplest whole number ratio of the atoms of the elements?
a. a molecular formula
b. a structural formula
c. an empirical formula
d. none of the above
31. For the chemical reaction shown, how many moles of NH3 are formed when 2 moles of N2 react
with 8 moles of H2?
N2 + 3H2  2NH3
a. 2 moles c. 4 moles
b. 1 mole d. 3 moles
32. An 80 g of carbon monoxide (CO) reacted with 40 g of oxygen (O 2). What volume of carbon
dioxide (CO2) is formed?
2CO + O2 → 2CO2
a. 40 g
b. 80 g
c. 120 g
d. 200 g
33. If 4 litres of nitrogen gas at a temperature of 300K is expanded to 8 litres at the same pressure,
what will the new temperature of the gas be?
a. 150 K c. 37.5 K
b. 300 K d. 600 K
34. How many atoms are there in 2.5 moles of Gold (Au)?
a. 3.0 x 1024 c. 1.5 x 1024
b. 1.5 x 1023 d. 3.0 x 1023
35. A sample of air has a volume of 150 cm3 at a temperature of 57oC. At what temperature will this
volume be 250 cm3?
a. 95oC or 368 K c. 277oC or 550 K
b. 4oC or 281 K d. 198oC or 471

36. Which one of the following does NOT express Boyle's Law?
 a.   P x V = constant

b.   P1V1 = P2V2

c.   P1V1 = P2V2

d. P1V1 /T1 = constant

For items 37-42, refer to the chemical reaction below:

C5H12 + 8 O2 → 5 CO2 + 6 H2O
if the reactants C5H12 & O2 are having 2 moles an 8 moles of initial feed respectively,
37. Which is the excess reactant in the reaction?
a. C5H12 c. CO2
b. O2 d. H2O
38. Which is the limiting reactant in the reaction?
a. C5H12 c. CO2
b. O2 d. H2O
39. How many moles of C5H12 are there when the reaction completes?
a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3
40. How many moles of O2 are there when the reaction completes?
a. 0 c. 4
b. 2 d. 6
41. How many moles of CO2 produced in the reaction?
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 8
42.  How many moles of H2O produced in the reaction?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
For items 43-44, refer to the chemical equation below:
CO2 + 4 H → CH2O + H2O

43. In the feed there are 4 moles of CO2, 10 moles of H. If the reaction happens then
8. What is the number of moles of the extent reactant in the reaction after completion?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 1.5
d. 2.5
44. What is the mass in grams of CO2 produced in the reaction?
a. 0
b. 1
 c. 1.5
d. 2.5
45. ___________ reactants in a chemical reaction is that would theoretically run out first if the
reaction were to proceed to completion according to the chemical equation , even if the reaction
did not take place.
a. Excess
b. Limiting
c. Both excess and limiting
d. None of the mentioned
46. CH4 is burned in the availability of oxygen. If there are 5 moles of each of the feed component is
present, then, which one is the limiting reactant?
a. CH4
b. O2
c. Both CH4 and O2
d. Neither CH4 nor O2
47. At a constant temperature, the pressure of a gas is given as one atmospheric pressure and 5 liters.
When the atmospheric pressure is increased to 2 atm, then what is the volume of the gas?
a. 1 liter
b. 5 liters
c. 10 liters
d. 2.5 liters
48. The Haber process for producing ammonia commercially is represented by the equation N 2(g) +
3H2(g)  2NH3(g). To completely convert 9.0 mol hydrogen gas to ammonia gas, how many moles
of nitrogen gas are required?
a. 2.0 mol b. 6.0 mol c. 1.0 mol d. 3.0 mol
49. Which statement is true if 12 mol CO and 12 mol Fe O are allowed to react?
3CO(g) + Fe O (s) 2Fe(s) + 3CO (g)
a. The limiting reagent is Fe O and 24 mol Fe will be formed.
b. The limiting reagent is CO and 3.0 mol CO will be formed.
c. The limiting reagent is CO and 8.0 mol Fe will be formed.
d. The limiting reagent is Fe O and 36 mol CO will be formed
50. In the reaction represented by the equation __Al 2O3  __Al + __O2 (unbalanced), what is the
mole ratio of aluminum to oxygen?
a. 4:3 c. 2:3
b. 3:4 d. 10:6

Prepared by:

MARVELYN JESSICA T. JABEGUERO 

Subject Teacher