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IMF Practice Test 2

____ 1. Order the intermolecular forces (dipole-dipole, London Dispersion, ionic, and
hydrogen-bonding) from weakest to strongest.
A) dipole-dipole, London Dispersion, ionic, and hydrogen-bonding
B) London Dispersion, dipole-dipole, hydrogen-bonding, ionic
C) hydrogen-bonding, dipole-dipole, London Dispersion, and ionic
D) London Dispersion, ionic, dipole-dipole, and hydrogen-bonding
E) dipole-dipole, ionic, London Dispersion, and hydrogen-bonding

____ 2. Which of the following would you expect to have the highest boiling point?
A) Br2 B) Cl2 C) F2 D) I2 E) All of these have the same
boiling point.

____ 3. Which of the following is most likely to be a solid at room temperature?

A) HF B) Na2S C) H2O D) N2 E) NH3

____ 4. Which of the following should have the lowest boiling point?
A) HF B) Na2S C) H2O D) NH3 E) N2

____ 5. The molecules in a sample of solid SO2 are attracted to each other by a
combination of
A) London forces and dipole-dipole interactions.
B) London forces and H-bonding.
C) covalent bonding and dipole-dipole interactions.
D) H-bonding and ionic bonding.
E) none of these

____ 6. In which of the following groups of substances would dispersion forces be the
only significant factors in determining boiling points?
I. Cl2 II. HF III. Ne IV. KNO2 V. CCl4
A) II, V B) III, IV, V C) II, IV D) I, III, V E) I, II, III

____ 7. On the basis of your knowledge of bonding in liquids and solids, arrange the
following substances in order of highest to lowest melting temperature:
NaCl, Na, Cl2, SiO2
A) Na, NaCl, Cl2, SiO2 D) NaCl, SiO2, Na, Cl2
B) SiO2, Na, NaCl, Cl2 E) SiO2, NaCl, Na, Cl2
C) Cl2, Na, NaCl, SiO2

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____ 8. Which of the following substances would you expect to have the lowest boiling
point?
A) diamond D) copper
B) glycerine, C3H5(OH)3 E) sodium nitrate, NaNO3
C) methane, CH4

____ 9. Water sits in an open beaker. Assuming constant temperature and pressure, the
rate of evaporation decreases as the water evaporates.

____ 10. Water sits in an open beaker. Assuming constant temperature and pressure, the
vapor pressure of the water decreases as the water evaporates.

____ 11. Generally the vapor pressure of a liquid is related to

I. the amount of liquid
II. atmospheric pressure
III. temperature
IV. intermolecular forces
A) III, IV D) all information is needed
B) I, III E) I, III, IV
C) II, III, IV

____ 12. Assume 12,500 J of energy is added to 2.0 moles (36 grams) of H2O as an ice
sample at 0°C. The molar heat of fusion is 6.02 kJ/mol. The specific heat of
liquid water is 4.18 J/mol K. The molar heat of vaporization is 40.6 kJ/mol.
The resulting sample contains which of the following?
A) ice and water D) only water vapor
B) only water E) water and water vapor
C) only ice

____ 13. When a water molecule forms a hydrogen bond with another water molecule,
which atoms are involved in the interaction?
A) A hydrogen from one molecule and a hydrogen from the other molecule.
B) A hydrogen from one molecule and an oxygen from the other molecule.
C) An oxygen from one molecule and an oxygen from the other molecule.
D) Two hydrogens from one molecule and one oxygen from the other molecule.
E) Two hydrogens from one molecule and one hydrogen from the other
molecule.

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____ 14. Which of the following processes must exist in equilibrium with the evaporation
process when a measurement of vapor pressure is made?
A) condensation B) vaporization C) fusion D) boiling E)
sublimation

15. You are given the following boiling point data:

a) water, H2O 100°C
b) methanol, CH3OH 64.96°C
c) ethanol, CH3CH2OH 78.5°C
d) diethyl ether, CH3OH2–O–CH2CH3 34.5°C
e) ethylene glycol, HO–CH2–CH2–OH 198°C
Which one of the above liquids would you expect to have the highest vapor
pressure at room temperature?

____ 16. Which best explains the following trend?

Element b.p. (K)
He 4
Ne 25
Ar 95
Kr 125
Xe 170
A) Le Châtelier's principle D) dipole-dipole interaction
B) hydrogen bonding E) none of these
C) London dispersion forces

____ 17. How much energy is needed to convert 64.0 grams of ice at 0.00°C to water at
75.0°C?
specific heat (ice) = 2.10 J/(g°C)
specific heat (water) = 4.18 J/g(g°C)
heat of fusion = 333 J/g
heat of vaporization = 2258 J/g
A) 10.1 kJ B) 65.8 kJ C) 41.4 kJ D) 20.7 kJ E) 31.4 kJ

____ 18. Below is a phase diagram for compound X. You wish to purify a sample of X
which was collected at P = 1.0 atm and T = 100 by subliming it. In order to
sublime the sample, you should:

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A) increase T to 300 K, keeping P = 1.0 atm.

B) abandon the attempt to sublime X.
C) increase P to 1.5 atm and then increase T to 300 K.
D) increase T to 300 K and then lower P to 0.5 atm.
E) lower P to 0.5 atm and then increase T to 200 K.

____ 19. Shown below is a phase diagram for compound X. At 25°C and 1 atm X will
exist as a:

A) gas/liquid at equilibrium. D) gas/solid at equilibrium.

B) liquid. E) gas.
C) solid.

____ 20. Based on the phase diagram shown below, which of the following statements are
correct?
I. Sublimation occurs at a point in the transformation that occurs along a
straight line
from point A to point F.
II. C and E represent points where the gas and liquid phases are in equilibrium.
III. ∆Hvap can be measured at point B.
IV. Molecules at point D have a greater average kinetic energy than those at
point F.
V. The temperature at point E is called the critical temperature of the
compound.

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A) I, II, IV B) I, II, III C) I, III, IV D) II, V E) II, IV, V

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Answer Key – IMF Practice test 2

1. B
2. D
3. B
4. E
5. A
6. D
7. E
8. C
9. False
10. False
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. d) diethyl ether, CH3CH2–O–CH2CH3
16. C
17. C
18. E
19. B
20. A

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