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Attempt ALL questions. You may use a calculator. Instructions for the completion of Paper 1 are given on page 02 of your answer booklet S813/76/02. Record your answers on the answer grid on page 03 of your answer booklet. You may refer to the Chemistry Data Booklet for Higher and Advanced Higher. Space for rough work is provided at the end of this booklet. Before leaving the examination room you must give your answer booklet to the Invigilator; if you do not, you may lose all the marks for this paper.
S813/76/12 Chemistry Paper 1 — Multiple choice
Date — Not applicable Duration — 40 minutes
Total marks — 25 Attempt ALL questions
1. Which of the following elements, at room temperature, could be described as monatomic?
A Argon B Boron C Iodine D Sulfur
2. The table shows the first three ionisation energies of aluminium.
Ionisation energy (kJ mol−^1 ) 1st 2nd 3rd 578 1817 2745
Using this information, what is the enthalpy change, in kJ mol−^1 , for the following reaction?
3. Which element has the greatest attraction for bonding electrons?
A Bromine B Chlorine C Lithium D Sodium
4. Which of the following chlorides is likely to have the most ionic character?
A BeCl 2 B CaCl (^2) C CsCl D LiCl
8. Aspirin and oil of wintergreen are used in medicine. Their structures are shown below.
aspirin oil of wintergreen
Identify the term which can be applied to aspirin but not to oil of wintergreen. A Aldehyde B Ketone C Ester D Carboxylic acid
9. The structure of caryophyllene, which can be extracted from clove oil, is
Which of the following would be the best solvent for extracting caryophyllene? A CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH (^3) B CH^3 CH^2 CH^2 CH^2 CH^2 CHO C CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 CO CH 2 CH (^3) D HO CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH (^3)
2
CH COOH
2
2
CH (^) COOH
2
2
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12. Which of the following reactions can be classified as reduction?
13. Which of the following structural formulae represents a tertiary alcohol?
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14. A mixture of sodium bromide and sodium sulfate is known to contain 10 moles of sodium and 4 moles of bromide ions. How many moles of sulfate ions are present? A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 15. 4·6 g of sodium is added to 4·8 litres of oxygen to form sodium oxide. When the reaction is complete, which of the following statements will be true? (Take the volume of 1 mole of oxygen to be 24 litres.) A 0·10 mol of oxygen will be left unreacted. B 0·10 mol of sodium will be left unreacted. C 0·15 mol of oxygen will be left unreacted. D 0·20 mol of sodium oxide will be formed. 16. A student obtained a certain volume of carbon dioxide by the reaction of 20 cm^3 of 2 mol l−^1 hydrochloric acid, HCl, with excess sodium carbonate.
The student carried out a similar experiment using sulfuric acid, H 2 SO4.
Which solution of sulfuric acid would give the same final volume of carbon dioxide when added to excess sodium carbonate?
A 10 cm^3 of 2 mol l−^1 B 20 cm^3 of 2 mol l−^1 C 10 cm^3 of 4 mol l−^1 D 20 cm^3 of 4 mol l−^1
20. The potential energy diagram for a reaction is shown.
Reaction pathway
Potential energy
(kJ mol
21. Which of the following is not a correct statement about the effect of a catalyst? The catalyst A provides energy so that more molecules have successful collisions B lowers the energy that molecules need for successful collisions C provides an alternative route to the products D allows more molecules to have energies greater than the activation energy. 22. Which of the following equations represents an enthalpy of combustion?
The energy released when 2 moles of each reactant are mixed and ignited is A 2046 kJ B 2558 kJ C 4093 kJ D 5116 kJ.
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25. Ethanol and ethanoic acid are flammable liquids. Which of the following diagrams shows the correct set up for the separation of ethanol from ethanoic acid? A water in
water out heating mantle
water out
water in heating mantle
water in
water out
water out
water in
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