CHAPTER ONE

REVISION
➢ CHOOSE
1- Which of the following are not deflected by the effect of the charged plates?
a) Cathode rays. b) Alpha particles.
c) Protons. d) Hydrogen atoms.

2- According to Bohr’s atomic model, to travel from the first level (K) to the fourth level (N),
the electron ………………
a) acquires a quantum. b) loses a quantum.
c) acquires four quanta. d) loses four quanta.

3- The visible line spectrum of hydrogen atom arises as a result of the return of the excited
electron from higher energy levels to the level ………………
a) K b) L c) M d) N
4- If the difference in energy between energy level (K) & (L) is ∆E1 then, the difference in energy ∆E2
between energy levels (O) & (P) is …………
a) higher than ∆E1. b) lower than ∆E1.
c) equal to ∆E1. d) approximately ∆E1.

5- Which of the following cases is a gas that conducts electricity?

a) Hydrogen gas at normal conditions.
b) Neon gas upon its decomposition.
c) Argon gas under high pressure & low voltage.
d) Chlorine gas under low pressure & high voltage.

6- Which of the following represents the rays that are produced from the discharge tube under
high voltage?
a) They are deflected away from negative plate.
b) They are not deflected by the magnetic field.
c) They are positively charged.
d) They are striking the cathode.
7- What does happen to the spaces between energy levels on moving from (n = 1) to (n = 7)?
a) Decreases by increasing (n). b) Don’t change.
c) Increase by increasing (n). d) Change irregularly.

8- To get visible spectrum of the hydrogen atom of an electron excited to the third energy level (M),
this electron must ……………
a) lose a quantum lower than that gained.
b) lose a quantum which is gained.
c) gain a quantum.
d) lose a quantum higher than that gained.

9- If an electron acquires an amount of energy equals 1.89 eV to transfers from energy level L to M,
then to transfer from L to K, it may …………
a) lose an amount of energy equals 1.89 eV.
b) acquire an amount of energy equals 1.89 eV.
c) lose an amount of energy equals 10.2 eV.
d) acquire an amount of energy equals 10.2 eV.
10- By applying the wave equation to the last electron in sodium atom [11Na], it’s found that …….
a) it is possible to determine its position accurately in the energy level M.
b) it moves nearer & farther from the nucleus in the energy level M.
c) its energy is less than that energy of the electrons in the energy level L.
d) it transfers to the energy level L by losing a quantum of energy.

11- Each atom of hydrogen & helium contains one energy level.
Which of the following choices is correct?
a) They are different in the atomic emission spectrum.
b) They are equal in the number of electrons in each of them.
c) They are different in the principal quantum number.
d) They are similar in the atomic emission spectrum.
12- The opposite figures describe two different perceptions
for the movement of electrons around the nucleus.
What is the theory which explained each of them?
a) (X): Modern atomic theory, (Y): Rutherford’s atomic theory.
b) (X): Bohr’s atomic theory , (Y): Modern atomic theory.
c) (X): Modern atomic theory, (Y): Bohr’s atomic theory.
d) (X): Bohr’s atomic theory , (Y): Rutherford’s atomic theory.

13- Which of the following transfers of the electron in hydrogen atom produces a photon with the
lowest wavelength?
a) (n = 3) (n = 2) b) (n = 4) (n = 3)
c) (n = 4) (n = 1) d) (n = 3) (n = 1)
14- In the opposite figure:
What is the position in which is impossible
for the electron to be present (according to Bohr’s theory)?
a) (A) b) (B) c) (C) d) (D)

15- The two opposite figures represent two different sublevels.

What is the difference between them?
a) Subsidiary quantum number.
b) Distribution of electron density.
c) Principal quantum number.
d) Number of orbitals.
16- The visible line spectrum of hydrogen atom consists of four colored lines. Which of them has the
smallest frequency?
a) The green. b) The blue.
c) The red. d) The violet.

17- Which of the following graphical figures represents Bohr’s concept of the orbit?
18- The opposite figure illustrates some travels
of the electron of an excited hydrogen atom
between the different energy levels.
Which of these travels produces a spectral
line of hydrogen atom?
a) A b) B
c) C d) D
19- What is the maximum number of electrons which can be found in the same atom & have the two
quantum numbers (n = 4, l = 1)?
a) 2e- b) 6e- c) 8e- d) 10e-

20- What is the maximum number of electrons which have the spin quantum number (ms = +½) in the
sublevel (l = 3)?
a) 3e- b) 5e- c) 7e- d) 14e-

21- Number of the electrons which saturate each sublevel is estimated from the relation ……….
a) 2(2l + 1) b) (2l + 1) c) 2n2 d) n2

22- According to Hund’s rule & Pauli’s exclusion principle, the last two electrons in 3d sublevel in the
atom of the element [26X] are different in the two quantum numbers …………..
a) l & ml b) n & ml c) l & ms d) ml & ms
23- If the number of the orbitals in a certain sublevel is (X), then its subsidiary quantum number
equal ………...
𝑋 𝑋 −1 2𝑋 −1
a) b) 2X - 1 c) d)
2 2 2

24- Which of the following charts represents the relation between (l) value & the number of the
orbitals in the sublevel?
25- Which of the following graphical figures represents the relation between the number of the
electrons which fill the orbital (W) in a certain sublevel & the value of (l) of this sublevel?

26- Which of the following becomes saturated with the highest number of electrons?
a) One of 4f orbitals. b) 3d sublevel.
c) Principal level (n = 2). d) One of 3d orbitals
27- What is the number of electrons of the last principal energy level in the element which contains
15 completely filled & 2 half filled orbitals?
a) 2e- b) 3e- c) 4e- d) 5e-

28- Which of the following charts represents the relation between (X) which represents the number of
the electrons of the sublevel 3d & (Y) which represents the number of the single (unpaired)
electrons in this sublevel?
29- An element (X), the principal quantum number of its farthest electron from the nucleus is (n = 4),
if the number of electrons found in the energy level M is double their number in the level L.
What is the atomic number of (X)?
a) 18 b) 26 c) 28 d) 36

30- The last sublevel in [X3+] ion is 2p6. What is the number of the half filled orbitals in the atom of (X)?
a) zero b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

31- What is the atomic number of the element whose level which has the principal quantum number
(n = 3) contains 13 electrons?
a) 17 b) 23 c) 25 d) 43
32- An electron with the quantum numbers:
(n = 4 , l = 1 , ml = -1 , ms = +½)
What is the sublevel of this electron?
a) 4s b) 4p c) 4d d) 4f

33- The number of the electrons found in the orbitals of (s) sublevel equals that found in the orbitals
of (p) sublevel in the atom of ………….
a) 14Si b) 12Mg c) 11Na d) 7N

34- What is the number of the orbitals whose (n + l) is less than 5?

a) 4 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10
35- Three elements (X), (Y) & (Z):
- Element (X): its principal energy level (n = 3) contains 3 electrons.
- Element (Y): the last sublevel is 3s which is half filled with electrons.
- Element (Z): its electronic configuration is 1s2, 2s2, 2p3
Which of the following are the atomic numbers of (X), (Y) & (Z)?
➢ ESSAY QUESTIONS:
1- The scientists discovered the presence of the electrons,
protons & neutrons in the atom during the centuries
19 & 20, if a beam of each of them is passed through
an electric field (as in the opposite figure).
In which direction will the deflection be? Explain.
2- In the opposite figure:
Which of the two processes (X) & (Y)
requires losing energy?
What is the scientific term of this amount
of energy in the light of Bohr’s theory?
3- An element (X) whose electrons are distributed in four principal energy levels & its last
energy level contains 6 electrons:
(1) Write the full electronic configuration of the ion (X2-).
(2) What is the number of the unpaired electrons in the last sublevel in the atom of this
element?
(3) What are the quantum numbers of the last electron in the atom of this element?