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4.1 ATOMIC STRUCTURE—WHAT WE KNOW TODAY 4.7 CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

4.8 MOLECULAR SHAPE

4.2 NUCLEAR REACTIONS
4.9 VALENCE BOND THEORY
4.3 HALF-LIVES
4.10 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
4.4 THE QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL OF THE ATOM
4.11 EXPLANATIONS
4.5 ELECTRON CONFIGURATIONS

4.6 THE PERIODIC TABLE AND PERIODIC PROPERTIES

Practice Questions

1. An element consists of three isotopes in the relative abundance given below. What is
the atomic mass of this element?
30.00% = 40.00 amu

50.00% = 41.00 amu

20.00% = 42.00 amu

(A) 40.90
(B) 41.00
(C) 41.90
(D) 42.20
(E) 42.90
2. The total number of electrons that can be accommodated in the fourth principal
energy level is _____
(A) 2
(B) 8
(C) 18
(D) 32
(E) 50
3. If the set of quantum numbers n = 3, l = 1, ml = 0, ms = ±1/2 represents the last
electron to be added to complete the ground state electron configuration of an
element, which one of the following could be the symbol for the element?
(A) Na
(B) Si
(C) Th
(D) V
(E) Zn
4. Which element has the following electron
configuration?
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d4

(A) Cr
(B) Mn
(C) Mo
(D) S
(E) Se
5. Complete the balanced equation below. The missing
term is

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(A)
(B)
(C)

(D)

(E)

6. Oxygen-15 has a half-life of 9.98 minutes. How much of a 20.0 g sample of oxygen-
15 remains after 60.0 minutes?
(A) 0.156 g
(B) 0.312 g
(C) 0.625 g
(D) 1.25 g
(E) 2.50 g
7. Which of the following atoms would have the largest second ionization
energy?
(A) Mg
(B) Cl
(C) S
(D) Ca
(E) Na

Statement I Statement II
8. Hydrogen has a lower ionization Hydrogen bonds with halogens to
energy than does helium. BECAUSE form polar covalent bonds.

9. Order the elements S, Cl, and F in terms of increasing atomic

radii.
(A) S, Cl, F
(B) Cl, F, S
(C) F, S, Cl
(D) F, Cl, S
(E) S, F, Cl

Statement I Statement II
10. The second ionization energy The second electron to be removed from
of B is higher than that of BECAUSE B and Be comes from the same principal
Be. energy level.
11. Oxygen has a smaller first Oxygen has a higher Zeff value than does
ionization energy than BECAUSE fluorine.
fluorine.

12. Removing an electron from sodium is an _____ process and removing an electron
from fluorine is an _____ process.
(A) Endothermic, exothermic
(B) Exothermic, endothermic
(C) Endothermic, endothermic
(D) Exothermic, exothermic
(E) More information is needed

13. Which numbered response lists all the molecules below that exhibit resonance and
none that do not?
I. AsF5
II. HNO3
III. SO2
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) II and III
(D) III and IV
(E) I, II, and III
14. The sulfur hexafluoride molecule is nonpolar and contains no lone (unshared)
electron pairs on the sulfur atom. Which answer choice lists all of the bond angles
contained in sulfur hexafluoride?
(A) 120º
(B) 180º
(C) 90º and 180º
(D) 90º, 120º, and 180º
(E) 109.5º

Statement I Statement II
15. Molecules that contain a If polar bonds in a molecule are
polar bond are not necessarily BECAUSE symmetrically arranged, then their
polar compounds. polarities will cancel and they will be
nonpolar.
16. The NH3 molecule is more Fluorine atoms are larger than hydrogen
polar than the NF3 molecule. BECAUSE atoms.

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17. Which one of the following molecules is

octahedral?
(A) BeCl2
(B) SeF6
(C) BF3
(D) PF5
(E) CF4
18. Which molecule is incorrectly matched with the molecular
geometry?
Molecule Molecular geometry
(A) SF6 octahedral
(B) CH4 tetrahedral
(C) SO3 trigonal planar
(D) SeCl4 tetrahedral
(E) PH3 trigonal pyramidal

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