Adama Science and Technology University
School of Applied Natural Science
Department of Applied Chemistry
Chemical Kinetics and Electrochemistry Tutorial Questions
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1) A direct proof of existence of ions in electrolytic solution is its:
A) resistance to conductivity
B) conducting ability
C) dissolution in a given solvent
D) specific crystal structure
2) In metallic conduction the charge carriers (cause for conduction) are:
A) electrons
B) cations and anions
C) electrons and cations
D) electrons and anions
3) In electrolytic conduction the charge carriers (cause for conduction) are:
A) electrons
B) ions
C) electrons and cations
D) electrons and anions
4) The driving force for current to flow from one end to the other end during conduction is
A) Resistance difference of the two ends
B) Thickness difference of the two ends
C) Area difference of the two ends
D) Potential difference of the two ends
5) Which of the following does not conduct electricity?
A) Solid NaCl
B) Molten NaCl
C) Solution of sulphuric acid
D) Solution of glucose
6) Which of the following is an example of electronic conductor?
A) Al2(SO4)3(aq)
B) MagCl2(s)
C) Fe
D) S
7) Conductance of a volume of solution containing one mole of a dissolved substance when
placed between two parallel electrodes which are at a unit distance apart and large
enough to contain between them the whole solution is:
A) Specific conductivity
B) Equivalent conductivity
C) Molar conductivity
D) Electrolytic conductivity
8) Which of the following statements is NOT correct
A) Conductivity increase as concentration of strong electrolyte increases
B) Conductivity increase as concentration of weak electrolyte increases
C) Conductivity increases as concentration increases due to increase in number of ions
D) Conductivity increases as concentration increases due to free movement of ions
9) Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A) Increase in conductivity is gradual for strong electrolyte as concentration increases
B) Increase in conductivity is rapid for strong electrolyte as concentration increases
C) Increase in conductivity is gradual for weak electrolyte as concentration increases
D) Increase in conductivity is rapid for weak electrolyte as concentration increases
10) If the molar conductivity of 0.05 M of Mg2+ is 194.2 S cm2 mol–1 at 25 °C, what is its
equivalent conductivity?
A) 194.2 S cm2 eq–1
B) 48.55 S cm2 eq–1
C) 388.4 S cm2 eq–1
D) 97.1 S cm2 eq–1
11) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) Molar conductivity of strong electrolytes decreases with increase in concentration
B) Molar conductivity of weak electrolytes decreases with increase in concentration
C) The molar conductivity of weak electrolytes increases rapidly up on dilution
D) The molar conductivity of strong electrolytes increase rapidly up on dilution
12) Degree of dissociation of electrolyte increases as concentration decreases. This is
A) Ostwald dilution law
B) Arrhenius dilution law
C) Debye-Huckle-Onsagar dilution law
D) Kohlrausch’s law of dilution
13) Each ion in solution is surrounded by an ionic atmosphere consisting of other ions whose
net average charge is opposite to that of the central ion. This is
A) Ostwald law
B) Arrhenius law
C) Debye-Huckle-Onsagar law
D) Kohlrausch’s law of dilution
14) The equivalent conductivity of an electrolyte at infinite dilution is equal to the sum of the
conductances of the anions and cations. This is
A) Ostwald law
B) Arrhenius law
C) Debye-Huckle-Onsagar law
D) Kohlrausch’s law
15) Which of the following statements is NOT correct at infinite dilution?
A) Dissociation of all electrolytes is complete
B) All inter-ionic effects disappear
C) Each ion migrates independent of its co-ion
D) Each ion contributes to the total conductance independently E) None
16) If molar conductivity at infinite dilution for hydrochloric acid at 25 °C and that of H+ are
426.14 S cm2 mol–1 and 349.82 S cm2 mol–1, respectively, what are the transport numbers
of H+ and Cl-, respectively?
A) 0.8209, 0.1791
B) 0.1791, 0.8209
C) 0.3582, 0.6418
D) 0.6418, 0.3582
17) Ratio of molar conductivity to molar conductivity at infinite dilution of an electrolyte is:
A) Degree of dissociation
B) Equilibrium constant
C) Molar concentration
D) Transport number
18) Which of the following affects molar conductivity of electrolytes?
A) Temperature
B) Pressure
C) Concentration
D) All
19) Increase in one of the following increase molar conductivity of most electrolytes
A) Temperature
B) Pressure
C) Concentration
D) All
20) Which of the following is true?
A) Activity of an ion is usually less than its actual concentration
B) At infinite dilution activity of an ion is equal to its concentration
C) Activity coefficient is usually less than unity
D) Activity coefficient of an ion is the ratio of concentration to its activity
21) If equivalent conductance of NaCl, HCl and C2H5COONa at infinite dilution are 126.45,
426.16 and 91 ohm–1 cm2, respectively, what is the equivalent conductance of
C2H5COOH
A) 390.71 ohm–1 cm2
B) 461.61 ohm–1 cm2
C) 643.61 ohm–1 cm2
D) 195.355 ohm–1 cm2
22) Which of the following is in increasing order of molar ionic conductivities?
A) Li+ > Na+ > K+ > Rb+
B) Li+ < Na+ < K+ < Rb+ size of the ion is proportion to molar conductivity
C) Rb+ < K+ < Na+ < Li+
D) None
23) During electrolytic conduction, the fraction of the total current carried by each ion is
A) Degree of dissociation
B) Equilibrium constant
C) Molar concentration
D) Transport number
24) Which of the following is NOT application of electrolytic cell?
A) Electrolysis of water
B) Extracting of metals from their ores
C) Electroplating
D) Electro-refining of metals E) None
25) What is the condition for an electrochemical cell to behave like an electrolytic cell?
A) Eext > Ecell
B) Eext < Ecell
C) Eext = Ecell
D) None
26) Which of the following is NOT correct?
A) Electrolytic cell converts electrical energy into chemical energy
B) Galvanic cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy
C) Electrolytic cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy
D) Galvanic cell undergoes spontaneous reactions
27) Which of the following is NOT correct about electrochemical cell?
A) Reduction take place at cathode electrode for both electrolytic and galvanic cells
B) Oxidation takes place at anode electrode for both electrolytic and galvanic cells
C) The flow of electrons is from anode to cathode for both electrolytic and galvanic cells
D) Anode is negative electrode in galvanic cell
E) Anode is negative electrode in electrolytic cell
28) The cell representation for the cell reaction: Zn + Cu2+ → Zn2+ + Cu is?
A) Zn ∣ Zn2+ ∣∣ Cu2+ ∣ Cu
B) Cu ∣ Cu2+ ∣∣ Zn2+ ∣ Zn
C) Zn ∣ Cu2+ ∣∣ Zn2+ ∣ Cu
D) Cu ∣ Zn2+ ∣∣ cu2+ ∣ Zn
29) Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of a salt bridge?
A) It provides contact between the two halves of an electrochemical cell
B) It completes the inner circuit
C) It reduces liquid junction potential
D) It does not maintain electrical neutrality of the electrolytic solutions of the half-cells
30) Which of the following is not a type of electrochemical cell?
A) Voltaic cell
B) Photovoltaic cell device that converts light energy directly into electrical energy
C) Electrolytic cell
D) Fuel Cell
31) Which of the following conditions are satisfied when the cell reaction in the
electrochemical cell is spontaneous?
A) ΔG° > 0
B) E°cell > 0
C) E°cell = 0
D) ΔG° = 0
32) Which of the following is an expression at equilibrium for electrochemical cell?
A) nFEocell = RTlnK Go = - nFEo
B) - nFEocell = RTlnK cell at equilbruim G = – nFEcell at non equilbrium
C) G = G +RTlnK
o
D) -G = Go +RTlnK
33) Which of the following shows thermodynamic expression of electrochemical cell at
equilibrium?
A) nFEocell = RTlnK
B) G = Go +RTlnK
C) Go = - nFEocell
D) G = - nFEcell
34) Which of the following factors does not affect the electrode potential of an electrode?
A) Nature of the electrode
B) Temperature of the solution
C) Concentration of the solution
D) Size of the electrode
35) Which of the following statements is Not correct
A) Applying infinitesimally greater potential than cell potential can reverse process in
reversible cell
B) For reversible cell the cell potential and opposing potential are infinitesimally
different from each other
C) For irreversible cell thermodynamic properties of the cell reaction can be determined
D) For reversible cell thermodynamic properties of cell reaction can be determined
36) Measure of tendency of a metallic electrode to lose or gain
electrons, when it is in contact with a solution of its own salt is
A) Single electrode potential
B) Cell potential
C) Electromotive force
D) Liquid junction potential
37) The difference of potential which causes flow of current from one electrode of higher
potential to the other electrode of lower potential is
A) Single electrode potential
B) Cell potential
C) Electromotive force
D) Liquid junction potential
38) Which of the following is NOT correct?
A) The cell potential of spontaneous cell reaction is negative
B) The Gibbs free energy of spontaneous cell reaction is negative
C) The Gibbs free energy of cell reaction at equilibrium is zero
D) The cell potential of cell reaction at equilibrium is zero
39) Which of the following is NOT correct about cell reaction: Fe(s) + Cl2(g) Fe2+(aq) +
2Cl–(aq)?
A) The reduction half reaction is Cl2(g) + 2 e– 2Cl–(aq)
B) The oxidation half reaction is Fe(s) + 2 e– Fe2+
C) Eocell = EoFe2+/Fe – EoCl2/Cl-
D) Fe | FeCl2(aq) // KCl(aq) | Cl2(g) | Pt
40) If an electrochemical cell is constructed from half-reactions: Mg2+ (1 M) + 2e- Mg (s)
(-2.37 V) and Zn2+ (1 M) + 2e- Zn(s) (-0.763 V), which of the following is correct?
A) The cell reaction is Mg2+ + Zn(s) Mg (s) + Zn2+
B) The cell reaction is Mg (s) + Zn2+ Mg2+ + Zn(s)
C) Ecell is -1.607 V
D) Ecell is -3.133 V
41) If a zinc rod is placed in 0.1M ZnSO 4 solution at 2980 K, what is the potential of the
electrode? E0 Zn2+/Zn = - 0.76V.
A) -0.76 V
B) +0.76 V
C) -0.79 V
D) +0.79 V
42) The number of electrons (n) involved in cell reaction Fe | Fe2+// Fe3+ | Fe is
A) 6
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1
43) Estimate the equilibrium constant for the system indicated at 25oC for the cell reaction:
3Mg2+ + 2Al 3Mg + 2Al3+
A) ~1069
B) ~1023
C) ~10-24
D) ~10-36
E) ~10-72
44) What is ΔG° for the following balanced cell reaction if cell = +2.431 V?
ls e a → l a es +2.431 V
A) -704 kJ/mol
B) +704 kJ/mol
C) -235 kJ/mol
D) -469 kJ/mol
45) What is for the following balanced reaction if K=4.38 x 1010?
Zn s e 2 a → Zn 2 a es
A) -0.578 V
B) +0.866 V
C) -0.315 V
D) +0.315 V
46) he value of cell for the following reaction is 1.260 V. What is the value of Ecell given
the concentrations as shown?
2Al(s) + 3Cd2+(aq, 0.1 M) 3Cd (s) + 2Al3+ (aq, 0.6 M cell = 1.260 V
A) 1.235 V
B) 1.285 V
C) 1.150 V
D) 1.370 V
47) Potential that occurs when two solutions of electrolytes of different concentrations are in
contact with each other is
A) Standard potential
B) Liquid junction potential
C) Electromotive force
D) Electrode potential
48) Which of the following is NOT true about electrochemical notation/diagram?
A) Anode half is written first and the cathode half is written later
B) The halves are separated by using two vertical parallel lines in between
C) This double vertical line indicates the salt bridge of the galvanic cell
D) None
49) Type of electrochemical cells that convert the chemical energy of fuel into electricity
A) Fuel cell
B) Primary cell/non-rechargeable cell
C) Secondary cell/rechargeable cell
D) Voltaic cell
