Classroom Test-7
Classroom Test-7
CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
Classroom Test-7 /Marks – 20
Section A
1. Which of the following is true about a system at equilibrium?
a. The concentration(s) of the reactant(s) is equal to the concentration(s) of the product(s).
b. No new product molecules are formed.
c. The concentration(s) of reactant(s) is constant over time.
d. The rate of the reverse reaction is equal to the rate of the forward reaction and both rates are equal
to zero.
a. I, II
b. II, III
c. III, IV
d. It is dependent on three of the above choices.
4. If the equilibrium constant for A + B C is 0.175, then the equilibrium constant for 2C 2A + 2B
is
a. 0.650
b. 5.71
c. 0.350
d. 32.7
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5. Indicate the mass action expression for the following reaction:
2X(g) + Y(g) 3W(g) + V(g)
a. [X]2[Y][W]3[V]
b.
c.
d.
d. (K1) / (K2)
8. If the concentration of the product were to double, what would happen to the equilibrium constant?
a. It would double its value.
b. It would become half its current value.
c. It would quadruple its value.
d. It would not change its value.
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9. Consider the following reaction: CS2(g) + 4H2(g) CH4(g) + 2H2S(g). The equilibrium constant K is
about 0.27 at 900°C. What is Kp at this temperature?
a. 2.5 × 103
b. 2.8 × 10–3
c. 2.9 × 10–5
d. 2.6 × 101
10. Consider the reaction At 1273 K, the Kp value is 167.5. What is the at
equilibrium if the is 0.25 atm at this temperature?
a. 3.2 atm
b. 0.130 atm
c. 13 atm
d. 6.5 atm
11. The reaction quotient for a system is 7.2 × 102. If the equilibrium constant for the system is 36, what will
happen as equilibrium is approached?
a. There will be a net gain in product.
b. There will be a net gain in reactant.
c. There will be a net gain in both product and reactant.
d. There will be no net gain in either product or reactant.
13. Consider the following equilibrated system: 2NO2(g) 2NO(g) + O2(g). If the Kp value is 0.648, find
the equilibrium pressure of the O2 gas if the NO2 gas pressure is 0.520 atm and the PNO is 0.300 atm at
equilibrium.
a. 1.12 atm
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b. 26.6 atm
c. 0.374 atm
d. 1.95 atm
14. A 10.0-g sample of solid NH4Cl is heated in a 5.00-L container to 900°C. At equilibrium the pressure of
NH3(g) is 1.27 atm.
NH4Cl(s) NH3(g) + HCl(g)
The equilibrium constant, Kp, for the reaction is:
a. 1.27
b. 1.61
c. 2.54
d. 5.81
15. Consider the reaction H2 + I2 2HI for which K = 39.1 at a high temperature. If an equimolar mixture
of reactants gives the concentration of the product to be 0.50 M at equilibrium, determine the equilibrium
concentration of the hydrogen.
a. 1.1 × 10–1 M
b. 8.0 × 10–2 M
c. 4.0 × 10–2 M
d. 1.3 × 101 M
16. A sample of solid NH4NO3 was placed in an evacuated container and then heated so that it decomposed
explosively according to the following equation:
NH4NO3(s) N2O(g) + 2H2O(g)
At equilibrium the total pressure in the container was found to be 2.34 atm at a temperature of 500.°C.
Calculate Kp.
a. 0.608
b. 1.22
c. 0.475
d. 1.90
17. Given the equation 2A(g) 2B(g) + C(g). At a particular temperature, K = 1.6 × 104.
If you mixed 5.0 mol B, 0.10 mol C, and 0.0010 mol A in a one-litre container, which direction would the
reaction initially proceed?
a. To the left.
b. To the right.
c. The above mixture is the equilibrium mixture.
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d. Cannot tell from the information given.
(pink) (blue)
When cobalt(II) chloride is added to pure water, the Co2+ ions hydrate. The hydrated form then reacts with
the Cl– ions to set up the equilibrium shown here. Which statement below describes the change that the
system will undergo if hydrochloric acid is added?
a. It should become more blue.
b. It should become more pink.
c. The equilibrium will shift to the right.
d. The equilibrium will shift to the left.
19. For a certain reaction at 25.0°C, the value of K is 1.2 × 10–3. At 50.0°C the value of K is 3.4 × 10–1. This
means that the reaction is
a. exothermic
b. endothermic
c. never favorable
d. more information needed
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