Survey of Chemistry Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Survey of Chemistry provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles of chemistry for non-majors and those seeking a general understanding of the subject. The course covers essential topics such as atomic structure, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, states of matter, solutions, acid-base chemistry, and basic chemical reactions. Emphasis is placed on real-world applications of chemistry in health, environment, and everyday life, with laboratory activities designed to reinforce key concepts and develop practical problem-solving skills. This foundational course prepares students for more advanced studies or fulfills general science requirements.
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Conceptual Chemistry 5th Edition by John A. Suchocki
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Chapter 1: About Science
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Q1) While visiting a foreign country a foreign-speaking citizen tries to give you verbal directions to a local museum. After multiple attempts he is unsuccessful because
A)you are not smart enough to understand simple directions
B)it is difficult to navigate through an unfamiliar city
C)you don't understand the language
D)none of the above
Answer: C
Q2) A scientific hypothesis is a(n)________.
A)testable assumption used to explain an observation
B)restatement of a natural phenomenon
C)well-tested theory that has been shown to be valid
D)prediction of what will happen in a certain situation
E)test designed to limit possible conclusions
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Particles of Matter
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Q1) Why is it not possible for the scanning probe microscope (SPM)to make images of the inside of an atom?
A)The most representative "image" of the inside of the atom would be a picture of empty space.
B)The SPM works by passing a current across a tiny gap between the tip of an ultrathin needle and the surface being studied. No gap, no image.
C)The SPM ultrathin needle itself is made of atoms and so is not tiny enough to pierce through an atom much like a sewing needle can pierce into a Ping-Pong ball.
D)All of the above are reasonable answers.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is not a measurement of volume?
A)0.156 liter
B)22.02 milliliters
C)10.0 cubic centimeters
D)842 cubic meters
E)5.5 milligrams
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Elements of Chemistry
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Q1) Some products on the market today involving nanotechnology include ________.
A)cars
B)elevators
C)sunscreen
D)cosmetics
E)all of the above
Answer: E
Q2) Which of the following physical properties would you expect for krypton (Kr)?
A)a gas at room temperature
B)hard
C)brittle
D)shiny
E)conducts electricity
Answer: A
Q3) The oldest known elements in the periodic table are the ones ________.
A)with the lowest atomic numbers
B)with the highest atomic numbers
C)that match their Latin names
D)with atomic symbols that match their modern names
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Subatomic Particles
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Q1) The nucleus of an electrically neutral iron atom contains 26 protons. How many electrons does this iron atom have?
A)52
B)26
C)24
D)none
Q2) Which of the following atoms is the largest?
A)Ba
B)Sr
C)Ca
D)Mg
E)Be
Q3) What was Niels Bohr's explanation for the observation of atomic spectra?
A)Electrons could only move in discrete energy steps within an atom.
B)Electrons could not move in an atom.
C)Any photon could excite an electron.
D)Only certain photons with the correct energy could excite the quanta in the nucleus.
E)Nucleons could be excited by different electron energies.
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Chapter 5: The Atomic Nucleus
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Q1) Light nuclei can be split. For example, a deuteron, which is a proton-neutron combination, can split into a separate proton and separate neutron. Does such a process yield energy or cost energy? Why?
A)Yields energy. Splitting nuclei of any sort is a basic example of a nuclear reaction releasing massive amounts of energy.
B)Neither. The amount of energy required to split the light nuclei is exactly the same as that released. This is the basis of the Law of Conservation of Energy.
C)Costs energy. This fact is consistent with the sum of the masses of the separated proton and neutron being greater than the mass of the original deuteron.
D)Yields energy. This fact is consistent with the sum of the masses of the separated proton and neutron being less than the mass of the original deuteron.
Q2) What is a half-life?
A)It is the time it takes for 1/2 of the material to undergo radioactive decay.
B)It is the time needed until 1/2 of the radiation is gone.
C)It is the time it takes for 1/2 of the material to decompose.
D)It is half of the lifetime of the radioactivity in a sample.
E)all of the above
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Chapter 6: How Atoms Bond
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Q1) The neon atom tends NOT to gain any additional electrons because ________.
A)its nuclear charge is not great enough
B)that would result in a positive ion
C)of the repulsions they would experience with electrons in the same shell
D)there is no more room available in its outermost occupied shell
Q2) Distinguish between a metal and a metal-containing compound.
A)There is no distinction between the two.
B)Only one of these contains ionic bonds.
C)Only one of these contains covalent bonds.
D)Only one of these occurs naturally.
Q3) Which of the following describes the reason for the following application of metals? long wires acting to carry power
A)do not conduct heat well
B)are shiny
C)conduct electricity
D)are strong but can be bent
E)c and d
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Chapter 7: How Molecules Mix
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Q1) Which of the following might have the best solubility in water?
A)CH<sub>3</sub>OH
B)Cl<sub>2</sub>
C)O<sub>2</sub>
D)CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>
E)none of the above
Q2) What is a hydrogen bond?
A)a special type of dipole-dipole attraction involving hydrogen bound to a highly electronegative atom
B)a special type of dipole-dipole attraction involving hydrogen bound to any other atom
C)a special type of dipole-dipole attraction involving hydrogen bound to another hydrogen atom
D)a special type of attraction involving any molecules that contain hydrogens
E)none of the above
Q3) A soap molecule is ________.
A)primarily polar
B)primarily nonpolar
C)both polar and nonpolar
D)a neutral compound
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Chapter 8: How Water Behaves
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Q1) If the heat of melting of a sample is 135 J/g, what would the heat of freezing for the sample be?
A)-135 J/g
B)135 J/g
C)The heat depends on the mass.
D)The heat depends on the temperature.
E)The heat of freezing is unrelated to the heat of melting.
Q2) Is the density of near-freezing water, which contains microscopic ice crystals, greater or less than the density of liquid water containing no microscopic ice crystals?
A)less dense
B)more dense
C)It's the same since it's all water.
D)It's not possible to determine the density of any substance which exists in two phases at once.
Q3) What is the leading cause of surface tension in water?
A)hydrogen bonding
B)ion-dipole interactions
C)solvation
D)evaporation
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Chapter 9: How Chemicals React
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Q1) If it takes energy to break bonds and you gain energy in the formation of bonds, how can some reactions be exothermic while others are endothermic?
A)It is the total amount of energy that matters. Sometimes some bonds are stronger than others and so you gain or lose energy when you form them.
B)It is the total number of bonds that matters. Sometimes you create more bonds than you break and since all bonds have same amount of energy you gain or lose energy depending on the number of bonds.
C)Some reactants have more energetic bonds than others and they will always release energy.
D)Some products have more energy than others and they always require energy to be formed.
E)none of the above
Q2) Given the following generic chemical reaction, which is the product? X Y
A)Y is the product.
B)X is the product.
C) is the product.
D)Both X and Y are the products.
E)Both X and Y are the reactants.
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Chapter 10: Acids and Bases in Our Environment
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Q1) Suggest why people once washed their hands with ashes.
A)The ashes act as a base and reacts with skin oils to produce solutions of soap.
B)The ashes act as an acid and reacts with the skin oils to produce soap.
C)The oils on the skin act as a base and reacts with the ashes to produce soap.
D)After being burnt in the fire, the acids and bases of the log are neutralized, making it a gentle material to use on the hands.
Q2) According to the following reaction, which molecule is acting as an acid?
H<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup> + HSO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup> H<sub>2</sub>O + H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>
A)H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>
B)H<sub>2</sub>O
C)H<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup>
D)HSO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup>
E)none of the above
Q3) If the oceans became acidic, they would start to ________.
A)absorb more CO<sub>2</sub>, which would make them even more acidic
B)release more CO<sub>2</sub>, which would raise the pH
C)absorb more CO<sub>2</sub>, which would raise the pH
D)release more CO<sub>2</sub>, which would make them even more acidic
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Chapter 11: Oxidations and Reductions Charge the World
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Q1) How many electrons are gained or lost in the following half-reaction?
Cl<sub>2</sub> 2 Cl<sup>-</sup>
A)2 electrons are lost
B)1/2 electron is gained
C)1/2 electron is lost
D)2 electrons are gained
E)4 electrons are gained
Q2) What is one of the advantages of a fuel cell?
A)They can run for a very long time as long as you keep adding fuel.
B)They are more efficient than combustion.
C)They have lower emission of pollutants than combustion.
D)all of the above
E)only A and B
Q3) A fuel cell produces electrical energy from ________.
A)a fuel
B)nuclear power
C)internal batteries
D)electrons
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Chapter 12: Organic Compounds
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Q1) If an alcoholic beverage has a proof of 151, what is the percentage of alcohol in the beverage?
A)75.5 percent
B)151 percent
C)15.1 percent
D)Proof is a measure of flammability.
E)Proof is a measure of the age of a fermented beverage.
Q2) Which of the above sections of this molecule would be considered an unsaturated portion of the molecule?
A)a
B)b
C)c
D)a and b
E)all of the above
Q3) Another name for the "alcohol" of alcoholic beverages is ________.
A)ethylene
B)hydroxyethane
C)ethyl acetate
D)gylcerol
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Chapter 13: Nutrients of Life
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Q1) Suggest why starch takes longer to break down to glucose in the intestine than does sucrose.
A)It is more nonpolar and has a harder time entering through the intestinal wall.
B)As starch is digested, glucose units are broken off only at the ends of the chains.
C)Because starch has a smaller molecular mass.
D)The polysaccharide strands of starch tend to stick together.
Q2) When an unknown peptide containing five amino acids is treated with an enzyme that hydrolyzes only the serine-leucine peptide bond, the fragments Leu-Cys, Ser, Leu-Ser are formed. What was the original amino acid sequence in the peptide?
A)Cys-Ser-Leu-Ser-Leu
B)Leu-Cys-Leu-Ser
C)Leu-Ser-Leu-Cys
D)Ser-Leu-Ser-Leu-Cys
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Chapter 14: Medicinal Chemistry
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Q1) According to the lock-and-key model, in order for a drug to bind it must have the proper ________.
A)configuration
B)conformation
C)functional groups
D)all of the above
Q2) Why does chemotherapy work best for early stages of cancer instead of late stages?
A)Chemotherapy works best on cells that are dividing rapidly, such as those in early stage tumors.
B)Chemotherapy works better on a smaller number of cells because cells that are not destroyed can be cleaned up by the immune system.
C)Chemotherapy is more effective the longer the chemical treatment.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
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Chapter 15: Optimizing Food Production
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Q1) What is a similarity between pesticides and medical drugs?
A)They need to selectively target the invader but not harm the host.
B)They have to have a minimum amount of side effects.
C)They should be readily decomposed into non-harmful byproducts.
D)all of the above
E)only A and B
Q2) Why does a farmed field lose its fertility while a wild pasture does not?
A)Harvesting removes the minerals and organic matter stored in the plants from the ecosystem.
B)Wild pastures are continually fertilized by nitrogen rich rain formed in thunderstorms.
C)Nature is more balanced than agriculture.
D)Agricultural plants require more water than natural plants and this leads to more leaching.
E)all of the above
Q3) Why do the leaves of plants deficient in nitrogen turn yellow?
A)It signals farmers to provide additional fertilizer.
B)Plants deficient in nitrogen have a hard time producing chlorophyll.
C)Without nitrogen, the fluids in the plant turn acidic.
D)The nitrogen protects the plant from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
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Chapter 16: Protection Water and Air Resources
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Q1) Which of the following gases makes up the bulk of the atmosphere?
A)N<sub>2</sub>
B)O<sub>2</sub>
C)H<sub>2</sub>
D)CH<sub>4</sub>
E)H<sub>2</sub>O
Q2) Which of the following statements is true?
A)The stratosphere contains 99 percent of the atmosphere.
B)The ozone layer is the highest portion of the atmosphere.
C)The troposphere contains 50 percent of the atmospheres mass.
D)Fifty percent of the mass of the atmosphere is below 6 kilometers.
E)None of the above are true.
Q3) Which of the following values reflects the approximate daily use of water by a person in the U.S.?
A)400 liters/day
B)40 liters/day
C)4 liters/day
D)1 liter/day
E)none of the above
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Chapter 17: Capturing Energy
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Q1) Which of the following fossil fuels can only be obtained from the sea?
A)petroleum
B)coal
C)natural gas
D)methane hydrate
E)All of the above have the same difficulties.
Q2) What is the main advantage of geothermal power?
A)It is as cheap as fossil fuels.
B)The water is pure.
C)The heat can be used directly to power cars.
D)none of the above
E)a and b only
Q3) Which of the following statements about nuclear energy is true?
A)We are capable of using nuclear fusion to release energy.
B)Nuclear fission produces more energy per pound of fuel than nuclear fusion.
C)The fusion products are extremely radioactive and have a long half-life.
D)The fuel for fission is more abundant than the fuel for fusion.
E)None of the above are true.
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