1. What is matter? 8.

Which of the following is a d) Energy is only transferred as

physical change? heat
a) Anything that has mass but
doesn't occupy space a) Combustion 16. What is the specific heat
b) Anything that occupies space b) Corrosion capacity of water?
and has mass c) Melting of ice
a) 1 J/g°C
c) Something that cannot be seen d) Rusting of iron
b) 4.2 J/g°C
d) Only visible substances
9. The atomic weight of carbon is: c) 0.5 J/g°C
2. Which of the following is a pure d) 2.5 J/g°C
a) 1
substance?
b) 6 17. Which of the following
a) Air c) 12 processes is exothermic?
b) Salad d) 16
a) Vaporization
c) Salt
10. Which property is extensive? b) Melting
d) Muddy water
c) Combustion
a) Density
3. Which of the following is an d) Sublimation
b) Boiling point
example of a heterogeneous
c) Mass 18. The molecular weight of H₂O
mixture?
d) Color (Water) is:
a) Saltwater
11. Intrinsic property is: a) 18 g/mol
b) Air
b) 2 g/mol
c) Fruit salad a) Dependent on the amount of
c) 16 g/mol
d) Metal alloy substance
d) 20 g/mol
b) Independent of the amount of
4. What property remains
substance 19. Corrosion resistance is an
constant regardless of the amount
c) Always varying example of:
of matter used?
d) Never measurable
a) Physical property
a) Volume
12. Which of the following is a b) Chemical property
b) Mass
compound? c) Intrinsic property
c) Intrinsic Property
d) Extensive property
d) Extensive Property a) Gold
b) Salt (NaCl) 20. Which element has a fixed
5. Mixtures are described as:
c) Nitrogen gas oxidation number of +1?
a) Matter with constant d) Silver
a) Sodium (Na)
composition
13. What does density represent? b) Oxygen (O)
b) Matter with variable
c) Chlorine (Cl)
composition a) Amount of heat per unit mass
d) Magnesium (Mg)
c) Combinations of atoms b) Mass per unit volume
chemically bonded c) Volume per unit mass 21. Fusion is:
d) Composed of only one element d) Weight per unit area
a) Solid to gas transition
6. Which of the following is a 14. Which of the following b) Gas to liquid transition
homogeneous mixture? describes latent heat? c) Solid to liquid transition
d) Liquid to solid transition
a) Sand and water a) Heat absorbed to change
b) Saline solution temperature 22. Specific gravity is defined as:
c) Salad b) Heat involved in a phase change
d) Oil and water a) The density of a substance
without temperature change
relative to air
c) Heat required to increase mass
7. A change that releases heat is b) The density of a substance
d) Heat given off during cooling
called: relative to water
15. The law of conservation of c) The volume of a substance
a) Endothermic
energy states that: relative to water
b) Exothermic
d) The weight of a substance
c) Physical change a) Energy can be created but not
relative to air
d) Sensible heat destroyed
b) Energy can neither be created 23. Which of the following is an
nor destroyed example of kinetic energy?
c) Energy is lost in every
a) Water stored in a dam
conversion
b) Heat generated by a stove
c) Gasoline stored in a tank 31. Electrolytic cells convert: and molecules
d) Food stored in a refrigerator c) The energy released in nuclear
a) Electrical energy into chemical
reactions
24. 1 calorie is equivalent to: energy
d) The energy transferred by
b) Chemical energy into electrical
a) 0.184 J sound waves
energy
b) 1.055 kJ
c) Thermal energy into chemical 39. Aqueous solutions refer to:
c) 4.184 J
energy
d) 1055 J a) Solutions where water is the
d) Kinetic energy into potential
solvent
25. What is the mole defined as? energy
b) Solutions where water is the
a) The number of particles in 1 kg 32. Electromotive force refers to: solute
of a substance c) Solid substances dissolved in
a) The force of an electric charge
b) The number of particles in 1 any solvent
b) The potential difference
gram of a substance d) Gaseous substances dissolved in
between two points in a circuit
c) 6.02 × 10²³ particles of a water
c) The flow of electrical current
substance
d) The energy generated by 40. Exothermic reactions result in:
d) 1 atomic mass unit
thermal reactions
a) Heat absorption
26. Boiling point is an example of:
33. In a redox reaction, the b) Release of heat
a) Physical property reducing agent: c) Temperature decrease
b) Chemical property d) Phase change only
a) Gains electrons
c) Intrinsic property
b) Loses electrons 41. Stoichiometry is the study of:
d) Extensive property
c) Remains unchanged
a) The energy changes in chemical
27. What does enthalpy d) Transfers protons
reactions
represent?
34. Combustion reactions are: b) The quantitative relationships
a) Total energy in a system between reactants and products
a) Always exothermic
b) Heat content at constant c) The physical states of elements
b) Always endothermic
pressure d) The kinetic properties of gases
c) Neutral reactions
c) Pressure in a closed system
d) Physical transformations 42. Which of the following
d) Amount of work done by a
involves electrical energy?
system 35. What is the molecular weight
of sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄)? a) A lit candle
28. The heat capacity of a
b) A moving car
substance refers to: a) 50 g/mol
c) A lightning strike
b) 60 g/mol
a) The quantity of heat required to d) A battery at rest
c) 98 g/mol
change the temperature of a unit
d) 120 g/mol 43. Sublimation refers to:
mass by 1°C
b) The total heat content of the 36. Which of the following is an a) The transition from gas to liquid
substance example of nuclear energy? b) The transition from solid to gas
c) The amount of heat needed to c) The transition from liquid to gas
a) Heat from the sun
break chemical bonds d) The transition from solid to
b) Electrical energy from a battery
d) The energy stored in the liquid
c) Light from a bulb
substance
d) Energy stored in food 44. What is calorimetry?
29. In oxidation, what happens to
37. Hess's Law states that: a) The measurement of electrical
electrons?
energy
a) The total energy in a system is
a) They are gained b) The measurement of heat
always increasing
b) They are lost involved in chemical processes
b) Energy can neither be created
c) They remain unchanged c) The study of nuclear reactions
nor destroyed
d) They become positively charged d) The measurement of gas
c) The total enthalpy change is the
pressure
30. The oxidation number of sum of all steps in a reaction
oxygen in peroxides is: d) Energy must be conserved in 45. In acid-base reactions, an acid
isolated systems typically produces:
a) -1
b) -2 38. Thermal energy is: a) OH⁻ ions
c) 0 b) H⁺ ions
a) Energy stored in chemical bonds
d) +2
b) The energy of motion of atoms
c) O₂ gas 17. c
d) Cl⁻ ions 18. a
19. b
46. Chemical energy is stored:
20. a
a) In the movement of electrons 21. c
b) In the bonds of atoms and 22. b
molecules 23. b
c) In the motion of molecules 24. c
d) In the atomic nucleus 25. c
26. a
47. Vaporization is an example of: 27. b
a) Exothermic change 28. a
b) Endothermic change 29. b
c) Chemical change 30. a
d) Extensive property 31. a
32. b
48. In Hess's Law, when a reaction 33. b
is reversed: 34. a
a) The enthalpy change is doubled 35. c
b) The enthalpy change is halved 36. a
c) The enthalpy change is 37. c
unchanged 38. b
d) The sign of the enthalpy change 39. a
is reversed 40. b
41. b
49. Sound energy is associated 42. c
with: 43. b
44. b
a) Vibrations of molecules in a
45. b
medium
46. b
b) Movement of electrons
47. b
c) Transfer of heat
48. d
d) Production of light
49. a
50. Gases evolved in a reaction 50. b
are a result of:

a) Oxidation
b) Gas-evolution reactions
c) Precipitation reactions
d) Acid-base reactions

ANSWER:

1. b
2. c
3. c
4. c
5. b
6. b
7. b
8. c
9. c
10. c
11. b
12. b
13. b
14. b
15. b
16. b
Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) 10. In electrolysis, plating a metal onto another surface
involves:
1. What occurs at the anode in a voltaic cell?
a) The reduction of the metal ions
a) Oxidation
b) The oxidation of the metal ions
b) Reduction
c) Transfer of energy from anode to cathode
c) Electron gain
d) Loss of electrons from the cathode
d) Salt bridge formation
ANSWER:
2. The cathode in an electrolytic cell is:
1. a
a) Positive
b) Negative 2. b
c) Neutral
3. b
d) Both positive and negative
4. b
3. In a voltaic cell, the flow of electrons is from:
5. b
a) Cathode to anode
b) Anode to cathode 6. a
c) Salt bridge to electrolyte
d) Cathode to electrolyte 7. b

4. Which of the following describes the oxidizing agent 8. b

in a redox reaction? 9. a
a) It loses electrons 10. a
b) It gains electrons
c) It is oxidized
d) It remains neutral PROBLEM SOLVING
5. What is the standard electrode potential of a 11. Calculate the standard cell potential for a galvanic
hydrogen electrode? cell with the following half-reactions:

a) 1.00 V Cu²⁺ + 2e⁻ → Cu (E° = +0.34 V)

b) 0.00 V Zn²⁺ + 2e⁻ → Zn (E° = -0.76 V)
c) -1.00 V
d) 0.50 V Solution:

6. The cell potential of a voltaic cell is positive when: The standard cell potential is calculated using:

a) The reaction is spontaneous E° cell = E° cathode −E°anode

b) The reaction is non-spontaneous
Thus,
c) The anode is positive
d) The salt bridge is removed 𝐸°cell = 0.34𝑉− (−0.76𝑉) = 0.34𝑉 + 0.76𝑉 = 1.10𝑉

7. Which of the following is reduced in a voltaic cell? Answer: 1.10 V

a) The substance at the anode

b) The oxidizing agent
c) The reducing agent
d) The salt bridge

8. In an electrolytic cell, the energy input is needed to:

a) Start a spontaneous reaction

b) Drive a non-spontaneous reaction
c) Decrease the concentration of ions
d) Increase the temperature

9. The Faraday constant represents:

a) The charge of 1 mole of electrons

b) The number of atoms in 1 mole
c) The mass of an electron
d) The voltage of a standard cell