Ethiopia Grade 12 Chemistry Unit 2: Acid-Base Equilibrium Questions Answers

Ethiopia Grade 12 Chemistry Unit 2: Acid-Base Equilibrium Questions Answers. This Practice is the sample multiple-choice question for the Grade 12 Chemistry Entrance examination.

Unit 2: Acid-Base Equilibrium Content

  • 1.1 Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Mixtures
  • 1.2 Types of Solutions
  • 1.3 The Solution Process
  • 1.4 Solubility as an Equilibrium Process
  • 1.5 Ways of Expressing Concentrations of Solution
  • 1.6 Preparation of Solutions
  • 1.7 Solution Stoichiometry ..
  • 1.8 Describing Reactions in Solution 
  • 1.9 Colligative Properties of Solutions 

Grade 12 Chemistry Unit 2: Acid-Base Equilibrium Test

1. A Brønsted-Lowry base is defined as a substance that:

  • acts as a proton donor
  • increases [H+] when placed in water
  • decreases [H+] when placed in water
  • acts as a proton acceptor

2. Given the reaction HC2O4– (aq) + H2O (l) Æ H3O+ (aq) + C2O42– (aq), which of the following is a conjugate acid-base pair?

  • HC2O4 – and H2O
  • HC2O4 – and H3O+
  • HC3O2 – and H3O
  • HC3O2 – and H2O

3. In the reaction AlCl3 + Cl–> Æ AlCl4 –, AlCl3 acts as a:

  • Salt
  • Lewis acid
  • Lewis base
  • Brønsted base

4. Which of the following is the conjugate base of HCO3–?

  • OH
  • CO 3–2
  • H 2 CO 3
  • HCO 3 +

5. What is the pH of an aqueous solution at 25°C in which [OH–] is 0.00250 M?

  • 2.60
  • 11.4
  • 3.60
  • 12.4

6. A substance that is capable of acting as both an acid and a base is:

  • amphiprotic
  • diprotic
  • conjugated
  • binary acid-base

7. The magnitude of Kw indicates that:

  • water autoionizes very slowly
  • water autoionizes very quickly
  • water autoionizes only to a very small extent
  • water autoionizes completely

8. When sodium acetate is added to an aqueous solution of acetic acid its pH:

  • increases
  • remains constant
  • decreases
  • may increase or decrease

9. pKa values of three acids A, B and C, are 4.5, 3.5 and 6.5, respectively. Which of the following represents the correct order of acid strength?

  • A > B > C
  • C > A > B
  • B > A > C
  • C > B > A

10. An acid buffer can be prepared by mixing solutions of:

  • sodium chloride and hydrochloric acid
  • sodium borate and boric acid
  • sodium sulfate and sulfuric acid
  • sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid

11. Which of the following is not true about strong acid-strong base titration?

  • the pH is low at the beginning of the titration
  • at the equivalence point, the pH is 7.00
  • any indicator whose color changes in the pH range from about 4 to 10 can be used
  • none of the above

12. Which of the following salts will yield a basic solution on dissolution in water?

  • a salt of weak acid and weak base
  • a salt of strong acid and strong base
  • a salt of weak acid and strong base
  • a salt of strong acid and weak base

13. A more generalized acid-base concept is that of:

  • Brønsted and Lowry
  • Lewis
  • Arrhenius
  • none of these

14. Which of the following anions is the weakest base?

  • NO 2
  • CH 3 COO
  • NO3
  • PO 4 3

15. Which of the following buffer solutions has a pH greater than 7?

  • CH3COOH/CH3COONa
  • HCOOH/HCOOK
  • CH3COOH/CH3COONH4
  • NH4OH/NH4Cl