Acids and Bases Assessment for Gen Chem

Given Ba(OH)_2, which of the following would be the name of the compound according to the IUPAC naming rules for ionic compounds?

• barium hydroxide

• baric acid

• barium oxygen hydride

• barium dihydroxide

Sr(OH)_{2 +} HBr------> ?

Which of the following sets of products would be expected when strontium hydroxide is used to neutralize hydrobromic acid?

• HOH and HBr

• SrBr₂ and H₂O

• SrBr and H₂O

• SrBrOH and H₂BrOH

A certain commercial product used for cleaning ovens must be handled with rubber gloves. The product is slippery and turns litmus paper blue. It probably contains...

• an isotope

• a base

• an acid

• a salt

The pH of a 0.1 molar aqueous solution of HCl would equal...

• 11

• -1

• 13

• 1

Both Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry definitions of an acid are similar. According to both of these definitions, an acid is a compound that...

• donates a pair of electrons

• contains a nonmental anion

• produces a hydrogen ion

• should be labeled corrosive

Students in a chemistry class were each given a slip of paper with the formula of an acid typed on it. They were instructed to write the correct name of the acid in the blank. Which student wrote the name of the his acid INCORRECTLY?

• HF= hydrofluoric acid

• HC₂H₃O₂ = acetic acid

• H₂SO₄ = sulfurous acid

• HNO₂ = nitrous acid

Which of the following best represents the reaction between hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide?

• HCl₂ + 2Na(OH)₂----------> 2H₂O + 2NaCl + OH^-

• HCl + NaOH -------> H₂O + NaCl

• 2HCl + Na(OH)₂ ---------> 2H₂ + Na⁺ +Cl^- + O₂

• 2 HCl + 2NaOH --------> Na(OH)₂ + H₂Cl₂

What is the correct formula for Calcium Hydroxide?

• Ca₂(OH)₂

• Ca(OH)₂

• CaOH

• Ca₂OH

Which of the following is the correct formula for chloric acid?

• HClO₂

• HClO₄

• HCl

• HClO₃

Nitric acid is a stronger acid than hydrofluoric acid. Which of the following explains why nitric acid is considered the stronger acid?

• Hydrofluoric acid produces hydroxide ions instead of hydrogen ions.

• Nitric acid dissociates more completely into its ions in solution.

• The hydrogen ions in nitric acid are of a different hydrogen isotope.

• Hydrofluoric acid breaks apart when dissolved while nitric acid does not.