Carl Albert State College

Assignment 8
Chapter 6: Electronic Structure of Atoms
Instructor: S. S. Paranahewage

Name:______________________________________________________________________ (40 points)

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

1) Which one of the following is correct? 1)

A) = c B) = c C) =c D) ÷ =c E) + =c

2) Of the following, ________ radiation has the shortest wavelength. 2)

A) ultraviolet
B) X-ray
C) microwave
D) infrared
E) radio

3) The energy of a photon that has a wavelength of 8.33 × 10-6 m is ________ J. 3)

A) 2.20 × 10-26
B) 2.39 × 10-20
C) 2.7 × 109
D) 4.5 × 10-25
E) 3.60 × 1013

4) The frequency of a photon that has an energy of 8.5 × 10-12 J is ________ s-1. 4)
A) 2.5 × 1015
B) 5.4 × 10-8
C) 1.8 × 10-16
D) 2.5 × 10-15
E) 1.3 × 1022

5) The photoelectric effect is ________. 5)

A) the ejection of electrons by a metal when struck with light of sufficient energy
B) the production of current by silicon solar cells when exposed to sunlight
C) the total reflection of light by metals giving them their typical luster
D) a relativistic effect
E) the darkening of photographic film when exposed to an electric field

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6) In the Bohr model of the atom, ________. 6)
A) electrons can have any energy
B) electron energies are quantized
C) electron paths are controlled by probability
D) electrons travel in circular paths called orbitals
E) both A and C

7) According to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, it is impossible to know precisely 7)

both the position and the ________ of an electron.
A) shape
B) color
C) momentum
D) mass
E) charge

8) All of the orbitals in a given electron shell have the same value as the ________ 8)
quantum number.
A) psi
B) angular momentum
C) spin
D) magnetic
E) principal

9) Which of the quantum number(s) below represent the principal quantum number? 9)
A) n, l, and ml
B) ms only
C) n, l, ml, and ms
D) n only
E) n and l only

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10) Which electron configuration represents a violation of the Pauli exclusion principle? 10)
A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

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11) Which electron orbital diagram represents a violation of the Aufbau principle? 11)
A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

12) Which is the correct electron configuration for a nitrogen atom? 12)
A) 1s22s22p4
B) 1s22s22p2
C) [He]2s22p5
D) 1s22s22p1
E) 1s22s22p3

13) The ground-state configuration of fluorine is ________. 13)

A) [He]2s22p2
B) [He]2s22p6
C) [He]2s22p4
D) [He]2s22p3
E) [He]2s22p5

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14) Which one of the following is the correct electron configuration for a ground-state 14)
nitrogen atom?
A)

B)

C)

D)

E) None of the above is correct.

15) No two electrons within the same orbtial can have the same set of quantum numbers. 15)
This statement describes ________.
A) Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
B) Pauli Exclusion Principle
C) Planck's constant
D) Hund's rule
E) deBroglie hypothesis

16) Which one of the following is not a valid value for the magnetic quantum number of an 16)
electron in a 5d subshell?
A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 D) -1 E) 0

17) An electron cannot have the quantum numbers n = ________, l = ________, ml = 17)
________.
A) 1, 1, 1 B) 3, 1, -1 C) 2, 0, 0 D) 2, 1, -1 E) 3, 2, 1

18) Which one of the following is an incorrect subshell notation? 18)

A) 2p B) 4f C) 2d D) 3d E) 3s

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19) Which of the following is a valid set of four quantum numbers? (n, l, ml, ms) 19)
A) 2, 1, +2, +1/2
B) 1, 0, 1, +1/2
C) 2, 2, 1, -1/2
D) 1, 1, 0, -1/2
E) 2, 1, 0, +1/2

20) Which one of the following orbitals can hold two electrons? 20)
A) 4dxy
B) 3s
C) 2px
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

21) Electromagnetic radiation travels through vacuum at a speed of ________ m/s. 21)
A) 125
B) 3.00 × 108
C) 186,000
D) 10,000
E) It depends on wavelength.

22) The wavelength of light that has a frequency of 1.20 × 1013 s-1 is ________ m. 22)
A) 12.0
B) 25.0
C) 0.0400
D) 2.50 × 10-5
E) 2.5

23) Visible light with a wavelength of 550 nm has a frequency of ________ Hz. 23)
A) 5.5 × 1017
B) 5.5 × 105
C) 5.5 × 1014
D) 1.7 × 1011
E) 1.7 × 102

24) What is the frequency of light (s-1) that has a wavelength of 1.23 × 10-6 cm? 24)
A) 2.44 × 1016 s-1
B) 4.10 × 10-17 s-1
C) 9.62 × 1012 s-1
D) 1.04 × 10-13 s-1
E) 3.69

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25) The energy of a photon of light is ________ proportional to its frequency and ________ 25)
proportional to its wavelength.
A) directly, directly
B) indirectly, not
C) inversely, inversely
D) directly, inversely
E) inversely, directly

26) [Ar]4s23d104p3 is the electron configuration of a(n) ________ atom. 26)

A) V B) As C) Sb D) P E) Sn

27) [Ne]3s23p3 is the electron configuration of a(n) ________ atom. 27)

A) P B) As C) V D) Sn E) Sb

28) The wavelength of a photon that has an energy of 5.25 × 10-19 J is ________ m. 28)
A) 2.38 × 1023
B) 4.21 × 10-24
C) 3.79 × 107
D) 2.64 × 106
E) 3.79 × 10-7

29) The energy of a photon that has a wavelength of 9.0 m is ________ J. 29)
A) 4.5 × 1025
B) 4.5 × 10-25
C) 2.7 × 109
D) 2.2 × 10-26
E) 6.0 × 10-23

30) The ground-state electron configuration for Zn is ________. 30)

A) [Ar]3s23d10
B) [Kr]4s23d10
C) [Ar]4s23d10
D) [Ar]4s13d10
E) [Kr]3s23d10

31) The 3p subshell in the ground state of atomic xenon contains ________ electrons. 31)
A) 8 B) 36 C) 2 D) 6 E) 10

32) The first shell in the ground state of a krypton atom can contain a maximum of 32)
________ electrons.
A) 2 B) 36 C) 6 D) 8 E) 18

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 33) The 4d subshell in the ground state of atomic xenon contains ________ electrons. 33)
A) 2 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10 E) 36

34) There are ________ unpaired electrons in a ground state fluorine atom. 34)
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

35) How many quantum numbers are necessary to designate a particular electron in an 35)
atom?
A) 4 B) 1 C) 3 D) 5 E) 2

36) Which group in the periodic table contains elements with the valence electron 36)
configuration of ns2np1?
A) 1A B) 2A C) 3A D) 4A E) 8A

37) Elements in group ________ have a np6 electron configuration in the outer shell. 37)
A) 8A B) 7A C) 6A D) 4A E) 5A

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. (On scantron mark "A"
for True, and "B" for False)

38) If a hydrogen atom electron jumps from the n=6 orbit to the n=2 orbit, energy is 38)
released.

39) The electron density of the 5s orbital is symmetric. 39)

40) The larger the principal quantum number of an orbital, the lower is the energy of the 40)
electrons in that orbital.