Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Acids taste
a. | sweet. | c. | bitter. | b. | sour. | d. | salty. |
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Which of the following is not an oxyacid?
a. | H2O2 | c. | HClO4 | b. | H2SO4 | d. | HClO2 |
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3.
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Which of the following is chlorous acid?
a. | HClO | c. | HClO3 | b. | HClO2 | d. | HClO4 |
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4.
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Which acid is used to pickle metals, process food, and activate oil
wells?
a. | hydrochloric acid | c. | nitric acid | b. | phosphoric acid | d. | sulfuric acid |
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Which acid is found in vinegar?
a. | acetic acid | c. | phosphoric acid | b. | nitric acid | d. | hydrochloric
acid |
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Which of the following is not a strong acid?
a. | HNO3 | c. | H2SO4 | b. | CH3COOH | d. | HCl |
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In water, hydroxides of Group 2 metals
a. | are all strong bases. | c. | are all acids. | b. | are all weak bases. | d. | are
nonelectrolytes. |
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Which of the following is a diprotic acid?
a. | H2SO4 | c. | HCl | b. | CH3COOH | d. | H3PO4 |
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A Brønsted-Lowry acid is a(n)
a. | electron-pair acceptor. | c. | proton
acceptor. | b. | electron-pair donor. | d. | proton donor. |
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A Brønsted-Lowry base is a(n)
a. | producer of OH– ions. | c. | electron-pair
donor. | b. | proton acceptor. | d. | electron-pair acceptor. |
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An electron-pair donor is a
a. | Arrhenius acid. | c. | Brønsted-Lowry base. | b. | Brønsted-Lowry
acid. | d. | Lewis
base. |
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Which is a Lewis acid but not a Brønsted-Lowry acid?
a. | HCl | c. | BF3 | b. | NH3 | d. | None of the
above |
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The reaction represented by the equation Ag+(aq) +
2NH3(aq) ®
[Ag(NH3)2]+(aq) is a(n)
a. | traditional acid-base reaction. | c. | Brønsted-Lowry acid-base
reaction. | b. | Lewis acid-base reaction. | d. | None of the above |
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In the reaction represented by the equation Ag+(aq) +
2NH3(aq) ®
[Ag(NH3)2]+(aq), Ag+ is a
a. | Brønsted-Lowry acid. | c. | Brønsted-Lowry
base. | b. | Lewis acid. | d. | Arrhenius base. |
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A species that remains when an acid has lost a proton is a
a. | conjugate base. | c. | strong base. | b. | conjugate acid. | d. | strong acid. |
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In the reaction represented by the equation    the conjugate acid of NH 3 is a. | HClO3. | c. |  . | b. |  . | d. | not shown. |
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In the reaction represented by the equation    , the conjugate base of
H 3O + is a. | H2O. | c. | CH3COO–. | b. | CH3COOH. | d. | not shown. |
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A base is weak if its tendency to
a. | attract a proton is great. | c. | donate a proton is
great. | b. | attract a proton is slight. | d. | donate a proton is slight. |
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If a substance has a great tendency to give up protons, its conjugate has
a
a. | great tendency to give up protons. | c. | slight tendency to give up
protons. | b. | great tendency to attract protons. | d. | slight tendency to attract
protons. |
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An amphoteric species is one that reacts as a(n)
a. | acid only. | c. | acid or base. | b. | base only. | d. | None of the
above |
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Which of the following is amphoteric?
a. | H2SO4 | c. | H+ | b. |  | d. |  |
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Which of the following is amphoteric?
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In the reaction represented by the equation    acts as a(n) a. | acid. | c. | spectator species. | b. | base. | d. | salt. |
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The substances produced when KOH(aq) neutralizes HCl(aq)
are
a. | HClO(aq) and KH(aq). | c. | H2O(l) and
KCl(aq). | b. | KH2O+(aq) and
Cl–(aq). | d. | H3O+(aq) and
KCl(aq). |
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25.
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Which of the following gases does not dissolve in atmospheric water to
produce acidic solutions?
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