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Alcohols

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these is a secondary alcohol?

a)

Butan-1,4-diol

b)

2-methylpropan-2-ol

c)

Pentan-2-ol

d)

Pentan-1-ol

2.

The strongest type of intermolecular force in alcohols is

a)

Van der Waals'

b)

Covalent Bonding

c)

Hydrogen Bonding

d)

Organic

3.

If ethanol is oxidised under reflux, the product will be

a)

Ethanoic Acid

b)

No Reaction

c)

Ethanone

d)

Ethanal

4.

What type of organic product is formed from the oxidation of a secondary alcohol?

a)

Carboxylic acid

b)

Aldehyde

c)

Ketone

d)

Alkene

5.

Fehling's reagent shows the following colour change when added to an aldehyde

a)

Colourless to silver mirror

b)

Brick red to blue

c)

Stays blue

d)

Blue to brick red

6.

Dehydration of an alcohol gives

a)

an aldehyde

b)

an alkane

c)

an alkene

d)

a ketone

7.

Which condition is not required for fermentation?

a)

Absence of air

b)

35C

c)

High pressure

d)

Yeast

8.

Ethanol can also be made by _________ of ethene

a)

Substitution

b)

Oxidation

c)

Hydration

d)

Distillation

9.

Fehling's reagent shows the following colour change when added to a ketone

a)

Blue to brick red

b)

Colourless to silver mirror

c)

Stays blue

d)

Silver to colourless

10.

Carbon neutral means

a)

Does not turn litmus paper red

b)

No net production of CO2

c)

Does not produce toxic CO

d)

Made from organic material

11.

Complete combustion of alcohols produces

a)

CO2 and CO

b)

Carboxylic acids

c)

CO and H2O

d)

CO2 and H2O

12.

Tollens' reagent shows the following colour change in a ketone

a)

Colourless to silver mirror

b)

Blue to brick red

c)

Stays colourless

d)

Stays blue

13.

Which type of alcohol oxidises fastest?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Diol

14.

Tollens' reagent shows the following colour change in an aldehyde

a)

Colourless to silver mirror

b)

Stays colourless

c)

Blue to brick red

d)

Stays blue

15.

Oxidising reagents are represented by the following symbol in equations

a)

OH-

b)

O

c)

[O]

d)

Ox.

16.

Primary alcohols are oxidised to

a)

Ketones

b)

Carboxylic acids then aldehydes

c)

Aldehydes then carboxylic acids

d)

No reaction

17.

Acidified potassium dichromate (VI) has the following colour change during oxidation

a)

Green to orange

b)

Blue to red

c)

Orange to green

d)

Colourless to silver

18.

What charge do the orange potassium dichromate ions have?

a)

+3

b)

-6

c)

+6

d)

-3

19.

What charge do the green chromium ions, formed during the reduction of potassium dichromate(VI) ions, have?

a)

+3

b)

-6

c)

+6

d)

-3

20.

Why is acidified potassium dichromate(VI) a better oxidising agent to use instead of oxygen during combustion?

a)

It is carbon neutral

b)

It keeps the carbon skeleton intact

c)

It is a faster reaction

d)

It leads to a greater percentage yield