A.P. Chemistry Practice Test: Ch.

12, Kinetics

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) Consider the following reaction:

3A ¬ 2B

The average rate of appearance of B is given by D[B]/Dt. Comparing the rate of appearance of B and the rate of
disappearance of A, we get D[B]/Dt = _____ x (-D[A]/Dt).
A) -2/3 B) -3/2 C) +2/3 D) +3/2 E) +1

2) A burning splint will burn more vigorously in pure oxygen than in air because
A) nitrogen is a reactant in combustion and its low concentration in pure oxygen catalyzes the combustion.
B) oxygen is a reactant in combustion and the concentration of oxygen is higher in pure oxygen than it is in
air.
C) oxygen is a product of combustion.
D) nitrogen is a product of combustion and the system reaches equilibrium at a lower temperature.
E) oxygen is a catalyst for combustion.

3) Of the following, all are valid units for a reaction rate except __________.
A) mol/L B) M/s C) mol/hr D) mol/L-hr E) g/s

A flask is charged with 0.124 mol of A and allowed to react to form B according to the reaction A(g) ¬B(g). The following data are
obtained for [A] as the reaction proceeds:

Time (s) 1 10 20 30 40
Moles of A 0.124 0.110 0.088 0.073 0.054

4) The average rate of disappearance of A between 10 s and 20 s is __________ mol/s.

A) 1.1 ˛ 10-3 B) 4.4 ˛ 10-3 C) 454 D) 9.90 ˛ 10-3 E) 2.2 ˛ 10-3

The peroxydisulfate ion (S2O82-) reacts with the iodide ion in aqueous solution via the reaction:

S2O82- (aq) + 3I - ¬ 2SO4 (aq) + I3- (aq)

An aqueous solution containing 0.050 M of S2O82- ion and 0.072 M of I- is prepared, and the progress of the reaction followed by
measuring [I- ]. The data obtained is given in the table below.

Time (s) 0 400 800 1200 1600

[I- ] (M) 0.072 0.057 0.046 0.037 0.029

5) The concentration of S 2O82- remaining at 800 s is _________ M.

A) 0.015 B) 0.041 C) 0.076 D) 4.00 ˛10-3 E) 0.046

6) Of the units below, ________ are appropriate for a first-order reaction rate constant.
A) L mol -1 s-1 B) s -1 C) M-1 s-1 D) mol/L E) M s-1

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 7) If the rate law for the reaction

2A + 3B ¬ products

is first order in A and second order in B, then the rate law is rate = __________.
A) k[A]2[B] 3 B) k[A]2[B]2 C) k[A][B] D) k[A]2[B] E) k[A][B] 2

8) The kinetics of the reaction below were studied and it was determined that the reaction rate increased by a
factor of 9 when the concentration of B was tripled. The reaction is __________ order in B.

A + B ¬ P

A) zero B) first C) second D) third E) one-half

The data in the table below were obtained for the reaction:

2 ClO2 (aq) + 2 OH- (aq) ¬ ClO3- (aq) + ClO2- (aq) + H2O (1)

Experiment Initial Rate

Number [ClO2] (M) [OH- ] (M) (M/s)
1 0.060 0.030 0.0248
2 0.020 0.030 0.00276
3 0.020 0.090 0.00828

9) What is the order of the reaction with respect to ClO2?

A) 4 B) 1 C) 0 D) 2 E) 3

10) What is the order of the reaction with respect to OH- ?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

11) What is the overall order of the reaction?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 4 D) 3 E) 2

12) What is the magnitude of the rate constant for the reaction?
A) 115 B) 1.15 x 104 C) 713 D) 4.6 E) 230

13) For a first-order reaction, a plot of __________ versus __________ is linear.

1 1 1
A) ln [A]t, t B) ,t C) In [A]t, D) [A]t, t E) t,
[A]t t [A]t

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14) The rate law for a reaction is

rate = k [A][B]2

Which one of the following statements is false?

A) If [B] is doubled, the reaction rate will increase by a factor of 4.
B) The reaction is second order in B.
C) The reaction is first order in A.
D) k is the reaction rate constant
E) The reaction is second order overall.

15) The half-life of a first-order reaction __________.

A) is constant
B) is the time necessary for the reactant concentration to drop to half its original value
C) can be calculated from the reaction rate constant
D) does not depend on the initial reactant concentration
E) All of the above are correct.

16) The reaction

CH3-N”C ¬ CH3-C”N

is a first-order reaction. At 230.3e C, k = 6.29 x 10-4 s -1. If [CH3-N”C] is 1.00 x 10-3 initially, [CH3-N”C] is
__________ after 1.000 x 103 s.
A) 4.27 x 10-3 B) 2.34 x 10-4 C) 5.33 x 10-4 D) 1.88 x 10-3 E) 1.00 x 10-6

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17) Which one of the following graphs shows the correct relationship between concentration and time for a reaction
that is second order in [A]?
A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

18) A first-order reaction has a rate constant of 0.33 min-1. It takes __________ min for the reactant concentration
to decrease from 0.13 M to 0.088 M.
A) 1.2 B) 1.4 C) 0.13 D) 0.85 E) 0.51

19) The rate constant for a second-order reaction is 0.13 M-1s -1. If the initial concentration of reactant is
0.26 mol/L, it takes __________ s for the concentration to decrease to 0.13 mol/L.
A) 1.0 B) 4.4 x 10-3 C) 0.017 D) 0.50 E) 30

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20) The graph shown below depicts the relationship between concentration and time for the following chemical
reaction.

The slope of this line is equal to __________.

A) -k B) -1/k C) k D) ln[A]o E) 1/k

21) The rate constant of a first-order process that has a half-life of 225 s is __________ s -1.
A) 3.08 x 10-3 B) 12.5 C) 1.25 D) 4.44 x 10-3 E) 0.693

22) At elevated temperatures, methylisonitrile (CH3NC) isomerizes to acetonitrile (CH3CN):

CH3NC (g) ¬ CH 33CN (g)

The reaction is first order in methylisonitrile. The attached graph shows data for the reaction obtained at 198.9e
C.

The rate constant for the reaction is __________ s-1.

A) -5.2 ˛ 10-5 B) +1.9 ˛ 104 C) +6.2 D) -1.9 ˛ 104 E) +5.2 ˛ 10-5

23) The decomposition of N2O5 in solution in carbon tetrachloride proceeds via the reaction

2N2O5 (soln) ¬ 4NO2 (soln) + O2 (soln)

The reaction is first order and has a rate constant of 4.82 ˛ 10-3 s-1 at 64e C. The rate law for the reaction is rate
= _________.
[N2O5]2 [NO2]4 [O2]
A) k B) k[N2O5]2 C) k[N2O5] D) 2k[N2O5] E) k
[NO2]4 [O2] [N2O5]2

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24) The rate of a reaction depends on __________.
A) collision frequency
B) collision orientation
C) collision energy
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

25) Which energy difference in the energy profile below corresponds to the activation energy for the forward
reaction?

A) x B) y C) x + y D) y - x E) x - y

26) In the energy profile of a reaction, the species that exists at the maximum on the curve is called the __________.
A) product
B) enthalpy of reaction
C) atomic state
D) activated complex
E) activation energy

27) In the Arrhenius equation,

k = Ae-Ea/RT

__________ is the frequency factor.

A) k B) A C) e D) R E) Ea

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28) At elevated temperatures, methylisonitrile (CH3NC) isomerizes to acetonitrile (CH3CN):

CH3NC (g) ¬ CH 3CN (g)

The dependence of the rate constant on temperature is studied and the graph below is prepared from the
results.

The energy of activation of this reaction is _______ kJ/mol.

A) 4.4 ˛ 10-7 B) 1.9 ˛ 104 C) 1.6 ˛ 105 D) 160 E) 4.4 ˛ 10-4

29) The mechanism for formation of the product X is:

A + B ¬ C + D (slow)
B + D¬ X (fast)

The intermediate reactant in the reaction is __________.

A) A B) B C) C D) D E) X

30) For the elementary reaction

NO3 + CO ¬ NO2 + CO2

the molecularity of the reaction is __________, and the rate law is rate = __________.
A) 4, k[NO3][CO][NO2][CO2]
B) 2, k[NO3][CO]/[NO2][CO2]
C) 4, k[NO2][CO2]/[NO3][CO]
D) 2, k[NO2][CO2]
E) 2, k[NO3][CO]

31) Of the following, __________ will lower the activation energy for a reaction.
A) increasing the concentrations of reactants
B) adding a catalyst for the reaction
C) raising the temperature of the reaction
D) removing products as the reaction proceeds
E) increasing the pressure

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32) The rate law of the overall reaction

A + B ¬ C

is rate = k[A]2. Which of the following will not increase the rate of the reaction?
A) increasing the concentration of reactant A
B) increasing the temperature of the reaction
C) increasing the concentration of reactant B
D) adding a catalyst for the reaction
E) All of these will increase the rate.

33) A particular first-order reaction has a rate constant of 1.35 ˛ 102 s -1 at 25e C. What is the magnitude of k at 75e C
if Ea = 85.6 kJ/mol?
A) 670 B) 3.47 ˛ 104 C) 3.85 ˛ 106 D) 1.93 ˛ 104 E) 1.36 ˛ 102

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Answer Key
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