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REVISION ATOMIC STRUCTURE

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Ground state means that an electron is...

a)

at its lowest possible potential energy

b)

in the first shell of an atom

c)

laying low for the weekend

d)

removed from an atom

2.

When an electron returns to ground state from an excited state, the atom will

a)

emit energy

b)

absorb energy

c)

rotate

d)

wiggle

3.

Which electronic transition would result in ultraviolet region?

a)

n=3 to n=2

b)

n=4 to n=1

c)

n=4 to n=3

d)

n=6 to n=4

4.

The principal quantum number, n, represents the

a)

spin value

b)

suborbital value

c)

energy level

d)

magnetic value

5.

A transition of electron from a higher energy level to energy level of n = 5 formed a photon. Which of the following series belongs to this transition?

a)

Balmer

b)

Pfund

c)

Brackett

d)

Lyman

e)

Paschen

6.

The impossibility to know simultaneously the exact position and momentum of a particle is called the

a)

de Broglie's Uncertainty Principle

b)

Moseley's Uncertainty Principle

c)

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

d)

Bohr's Uncertainty Principle

7.

Ionisation energy is ___________.

a)

maximum energy required to remove 1 electron from 1 mol of gaseous atoms.

b)

minimum energy required to remove 1 mol of electrons from 1 mol of gaseous atoms/ions.

c)

first ionisation energy for a mol of gaseous atoms.

d)

second ionisation energy for 1 mol of gaseous ions.

8.

Which equation show the relationship among wavelength, frequency, and speed of light/radiation?

a)

ΔE =hcλ\Delta E\ =\frac{hc}{\lambda}

b)

ΔE=hv\Delta E=hv

c)

λ = cv\lambda\ =\ \frac{c}{v}

d)

En= RH (1n2)En=-\ R_{H\ }\left(\frac{1}{n^2}\right)

9.

Which formula is used to calculate energy of an electron in a given energy state of the H atom?

a)

ΔE =hcλ\Delta E\ =\frac{hc}{\lambda}

b)

ΔE=hv\Delta E=hv

c)

λ = cv\lambda\ =\ \frac{c}{v}

d)

En= RH (1n2)En=-\ R_{H\ }\left(\frac{1}{n^2}\right)

10.

Which number of line spectrum formed when electron falls down from n=5 to n =3 in Paschen series?

a)

3rd line

b)

1st line

c)

2nd line

d)

4th line

11.

The following are weaknesses of Bohr’s postulate EXCEPT

a)

Unable to explain the extra lines formed in the hydrogen spectrum

b)

Unable to explain the dual nature of electrons

c)

Unable to calculate the energy at specific energy level

d)

Unable to explain the line spectrum of atoms or ions that contain more than one electron

12.

Which principle or rule state that an electron will occupies the lowest energy orbital that can receive it?

a)

Hund’s rule

b)

Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Bohr model of the atom

d)

Aufbau principle

13.

Which principle or rule state that all orbitals of equal energy (degenerate orbitals) are occupied by one electron before any single orbital is occupied by a second electron?

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund’s rule

d)

Core Notation

14.

Which principle or rule state that no two electrons in the same atom can have the same four quantum numbers?

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund’s rule

d)

Noble gas notation

15.

What are the shapes of p orbitals ?

a)

cloverleaf

b)

spherical

c)

dumbbell

d)

complex

16.

What is the shape of the s orbital?

a)

dumb bell

b)

spherical

c)

cloverleaf

d)

flat

17.

What is the shape of the d orbital?

a)

flat shape

b)

spherical shape

c)

dumb bell shape

d)

cloverleaf shape

18.

What does the 1 in "1s" stand for?

a)

energy level

b)

s orbitals

c)

p orbitals

d)

the number of electrons

19.

How many electrons are in 1s2 2s2 2p4?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

8

d)

13

20.

For each of the following sublevels, which is lowest in energy?

a)

4s

b)

3d

c)

4p

d)

5s

21.

Maximum number of electrons that can be placed in 2s are ..

a)

2

b)

6

c)

10

d)

14

22.

The maximum number of electrons that can be placed in 2p are

a)

2

b)

6

c)

10

d)

14

23.

The maximum number of electrons that can be placed in n = 3 with ℓ = 2 are ..

a)

2

b)

6

c)

10

d)

14

24.

Which of the following is the shape of 2px orbital?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

Choose the shape dx2-y2 orbital.

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Which element has anomalous electronic configuration?

a)

Cr

b)

Cl

c)

C

d)

Ca

27.

4 electrons are added to 2p orbitals in order of..

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

Electrons are filled in orbitals according to the following order

a)

1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 3d, 4s, 4p

b)

1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p

c)

1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 4s, 3p, 3d, 4p

d)

1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 2p, 3p, 4p, 3d

29.

Why the elements Cu and Cr have anomalous electronic configuration?

a)

due to lack of available orbital to be occupied by electrons.

b)

due to the fact that these elements are from period 3 and above.

c)

due to stability of electronic configuration for the ions of these elements.

d)

due to half-filled and fully-filled 3d orbital are more stable than partially-filled filled 3d orbital.

30.

Which shape represented by angular momentum quantum number, ℓ = 0

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Which orbital represented by angular momentum quantum number, ℓ = 2

a)

s

b)

p

c)

d

d)

f

32.

Which of the following sets of quantum numbers is NOT allowed?

a)

(n=1,= 0, m= 0, s= +½ )

b)

(n=7,= 3, m= 0, s= −½ ),

c)

(n=3,= 1, m= +2, s= +½ )

d)

(n=4,= 3, m= +2, s= +½ )

33.

The orientation of orbital in the space

around the nucleus is indicated by

a)

Principal quantum number (n)

b)

Angular momentum quantum number (ℓ)

c)

Magnetic quantum number (m)

d)

Spin quantum number (s)

34.

State the orbitals corresponding to these sets of quantum numbers, (n=2, = 0, m= 0, s= +½ ), (n=3, = 2, m= 0, s= +½ ), (n=3, = 1, m= 0, s= +½ )

a)

2p, 3s, 3p

b)

2s, 3f, 3p

c)

2s, 3d, 3p

d)

2p, 3d, 3f