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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Academic Year 2018-2019
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
CHEMISTRY

A. Shade the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct answer. Strictly no 15. Which of the following has the MOST electrons?
alterations and erasures are allowed. A. Cl- C. Rb
B. Kr D. Sr2+
1. Which of the following phase changes involves of release heat?
A. liquid to gas C. solid to gas 16. Which of the following has tetrahedral geometry?
B. liquid to solid D. solid to solid A. BCl3 C. H2O
B. CF4 D. PCl3
2. What is the correct formula of aluminum nitrate?
A. Al3N2 C. Al(NO2)3 17. What is the reason why KCl is soluble in water but not in
B. Al3(NO3) D. Al(NO3)3 toluene?
A. Water has high density.
3. Given the balanced equation 2H2(g) + O2(g)  2H2O(l), how B. Water has high polarity.
many grams of H2O are formed if 9.00 mol H2(g) reacts C. Water has high boiling point.
completely with an excess of O2(g)? (The molar mass of H2O is D. Water has high molecular weight.
18.0m/mol.)
A. 18.0g C. 81.0g 18. Given the equation Sr(OH)2  Sr2+ + 2OH-, how many moles of
B. 36.0g D. 162g Sr(OH)2 are needed to make 500mL solution that has an OH-
of 0.1M?
4. Which element has exactly five electrons in the highest A. 0.25 C. 1
principal energy level (outer shell)? B. 0.50 D. 2
A. Ba C. P
B. Ge D. Se 19. Which of the following is the strongest acid in aqueous
solution?
5. In a chemical reaction, it is usually found that the reaction rate A. CH4 C. KCl
is faster at higher temperature. Which of the following caused B. HNO2 D. NH3
the reaction rate to increase?
A. the expansion of volume of creates more room for new 20. How many “dots” would be around the central atom in the
compounds (products) to form Lewis structure of S?
B. the concentration of reactants A. 4 C. 6
C. the concentration of the reactants B. 5 D. 7
D. the increase in collision of reactants with energy equal to or
greater than the activation energy 21. What is the name given to the electrons in the highest
occupied energy level of an atom?
6. What volume of 1.5M NaOH is needed to provide 0.75mol of A. anions C. orbital electrons
NaOH? B. cations D. valence electrons
A. 500mL C. 500L
B. 5.0L D. 0.75L 22. Which of the following occurs in an ionic bond?
A. Metals gives of electron while nonmetals accept electron
7. For the reaction at equilibrium, 2NO(g)+O2(g)2NO2(g) which B. Nonmetals give of electron while metals accept electron
of the following will increase the amount of NO2(g)? C. Two metals share two electrons.
A. adding NO gas C. removing O2 gas D. Two nonmetals share more than two electrons.
B. adding a catalyst D. removing NO gas
23. Which of the following pairs of elements is most likely to form
8. What is the CORRECT name for Mg3P2? an ionic compound?
A. magnesium phosphate C. magnesium phosphite A. magnesium and fluorine
B. magnesium phosphide D. magnesium phosphorus B. nitrogen and sulfur
C. oxygen and chlorine
9. What is the percent-by-mass of carbon in C3H6O2 (molar mass = D. sodium and aluminum
74g)?
A. 8 C. 49 24. Which of the following particle has approximately similar mass
B. 43 D. 74 with a proton?
A. a beta particle C. an alpha particle
10. Which of the following compounds has the highest percent B. a neutron D. an electron
mass of Cl?
A. CCl4 C. C2Cl4 25. Which of the following is correct about 16O2-, 19F- and 20Ne?
B. C2Cl2 D. C2Cl6 A. All three species contain 10 electrons
B. Both 19F- and 20Ne contain 20 neutrons
11. How many moles of NO3 are there in a 6.2g of sample? C. The sum of the protons in all three species is 28
A. 0.05 C. 10 D. The sum of the neutrons in all three species is 27
B. 0.10 D. 384
26. Guanidin HNC(NH2)2 is a fertilizer. In three significant figures,
12. Consider the following equation 4NH4 + 5O2  4NO + 6H2O, what is the percent by mass of nitrogen in guanidin?
how many moles of H2O are produced when 2 moles of NH4 A. 49.4% C. 65.1%
react with excess Oxygen gas? B. 54.8% D. 71.1%
A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 6 27. A sample of oxygen occupies 47.2 liters under a pressure of
1,240 torr at 25 ͦC. What volume would it occupy at 25 ͦC if the
13. Which molecule contains a bent geometry? pressure was decreased to 730 torr?
A. CO32+ C. OF2 A. 27.8L C. 47.8L
B. HF D. SiO2 B. 29.3L D. 80.2L

14. Given the equation Ca2+ + PO43+  Ca2(PO4)2. When the 28. Nonpolar molecules have equal sharing of electrons. Which of
equation is balanced, what is the smallest whole the following compounds is nonpolar?
number coefficient for Ca2+? A. BeH2 C. PF3
A. 1 C. 3 B. CHCl3 D. SO2
B. 2 D. 4
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST
CHEMISTRY

29. Iron pyrite or “Fools Gold” (FeS2) is heated in air and the 42. Which of the following statement concerning elements in
process known as “roasting” forms sulfur dioxide and iron (III) the periodic table is CORRECT?
oxide. When the equation for this process is completed and A. Elements of the same group have the same number of
balanced, using the smallest coefficients, what is the electrons in the outermost occupied electron shell.
coefficient of “O2”? B. Elements of the same group have varying number of
___ FeS2 + ___ O2 → ___ SO2 + ___ Fe2O3 electrons in their outermost occupied electron shell
A. 4 C. 8 C. Oxides of elements in group 16 and 17 are basic.
B. 7 D. 11 D. The halogens (Group 17) are all gases at room temperature.

30. Which type of radiation is the least penetrating? 43. Which one of the following species has the same electron
A. alpha C. gamma configuration as Al3+ cation?
B. beta D. sigma A. Cl- C. O-
-
B. F D. S2-
31. Which of the following describes what occurs in the fission
process? 44. What force is MOST important in allowing ammonia, NH3, to
A. A proton is split into three quarks. dissolve in H2O?
B. A neutron is split into neutron and proton. A. dipole – dipole C. hydrogen bonding
C. A heavy nucleus is fragmented into lighter ones. B. dipole – induced dipole D. ion – dipole
D. Two light nuclei are combined into a heavier one.
45. Solutions can be classified as an acid or base by identifying its
32. What makes carbon such a unique element? pH level. Which of the following pH level represents a strong
A. Caron forms covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds. base?
B. Elemental carbon comes in two forms such as diamond and A. pH = 1 C. pH = 7
graphite. B. pH = 6 D. pH = 13
C. Carbon can form four bonds, although the ground state
configuration would predict the formation of fewer bonds. 46. A litmus paper can be used to identify if a substance is an acid
D. To a greater extent than any other element, carbon can or a base. What color will a blue litmus paper turn into in the
bond to itself to form straight chains, branched chains and presence of an acid?
rings. A. blue C. red
B. purple D. yellow
33. Which of the following formulas represent an alkene?
A. CH3CH3 C. CH3CH2CH3 47. If atom X has 12 protons in its nucleus, what will be its
B. CH3CH2Cl D. CH3CH2CHCH2 chemical formula if combined with chlorine?
A. XCl C. XCl3
34. Nitric acid is a very important chemical. Where 1.612x1010 B. XCl2 D. X2Cl
pounds of it was produced in 1992. If the density of nitric acid
is 12.53 pounds/gallon, what volume would be occupied by 48. Given the relative atomic masses of C, H and O (12.0, 1.0 and
this quantity? (1 gallon = 3.7854L) 16.0), what is the relative mass of propanoic acid
A. 1.287x109L C. 5.336x1010L (CH3CH2COOH)?
B. 4.870x109L D. 8.388x1010L A. 59 C. 68
B. 63 D. 74
35. Which of the following electron configuration is CORRECT for
nickel? 49. Acetone, CH3COCH3, is a liquid commonly used as a solvent.
A. [Kr] 4s13d8 C. [Kr] 4s23d8 Based to its formula, which of the following statements is
1 8
B. [Kr] 4s 3d D. [Kr] 4s23d8 FALSE?
A. Acetone is a compound, not an element.
36. Which of the following particle has approximately similar mass B. Acetone is substance made up of 6 elements.
with a proton? C. Each molecule of acetone is made up of 10 atoms.
A. a beta particle C. an alpha particle D. One mole of acetone contains 3 moles of C, 6 moles of H
B. a neutron D. an electron and 1 mole of O.

37. If an ion has 5 protons, 6 neutrons and a charge of 3+, what 50. How are carbohydrates, lipids and proteins formed from their
would be its atomic number? basic building blocks?
A. 5 C. 8 A. by addition of C to each molecule
B. 6 D. 11 B. by addition of O to each molecule
C. by addition of H2O molecule between the building blocks
38. If an atom has 28 protons, 28 electrons and 34 neutrons, what D. by removal of H2O molecule between the building blocks
is its mass number?
A. 28 C. 62
B. 56 D. 90

39. How many lone pairs of electrons are around the central
oxygen atom of OF2?
A. 0 C. 2
B. 1 D. 3

40. The octet rule is followed by the elements to attain stability.

Which compound violates the octet rule?
A. AsF5 C. NF3
B. CBr4 D. OF2

41. Which of the following is the name of C3H8?

A. butane C. hexane
B. decane D. propane
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