Test Bank for Organic Chemistry 4th Edition By Janice Smith 9780073402772 All Chapters 1-31 2025

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,TEST BANK FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
4TH EDITION BY JANICE SMITH
978-0073402772 ALL CHAPTERS 1-31 2025
UPDATED.


Chapter .1: .Structure .and .Bonding


1. What .is .the .ground-state .electronic .configuration .of .a .carbon .atom?
A) 1s2, .2s2, .2p5 B) . 1s2, .2s2, .2p2 C) . 1s2, .2s2, .2p6 D) . 1s2, .2s2, .2p4

2. What .is .the .ground-state .electronic .configuration .of .a .fluorine .atom?
A) 1s2, .2s2, .2p2 B) . 1s2, .2s2, .2p3 C) . 1s2, .2s2, .2p4 D) . 1s2, .2s2, .2p5

3. What .is .the .ground-state .electronic .configuration .of .a .magnesium .cation .(Mg2+)?
A) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6 C) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6, .3s2

B) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6, .3s1 D) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6, .3s2, .3p2


4. What .is .the .ground-state .electronic .configuration .of .a .chlorine .anion .(Cl—)?
A) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6 C) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6, .3s2, .3p5
B) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6, .3s2, .3p6 D) 1s2, .2s2, .2p6, .3s2, .3p4


5. Which .of .the .following .statements .about .valence .electrons .is .true?
A) They .are .the .most .tightly .held .electrons.
B) They .do .not .participate .in .chemical .reactions.




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, C) They .are .the .outermost .electrons.

D) They .reveal .the .period .number .of .a .second-row .element.


6. Which .of .the .following .statements .about .bonding .is .true?
A) Covalent .bonds .result .from .the .transfer .of .electrons .from .one .element .to .another.
B) Ionic .bonds .result .from .the .transfer .of .electrons .from .a .metal .to .a .non-metal.
C) Ionic .bonds .result .from .the .sharing .of .electrons .between .two .non-metals.

D) Covalent .bonds .result .from .the .sharing .of .electrons .between .two .metals.


7. Which .of .the .following .would .you .expect .to .have .ionic .bonds?
A) CO B) . FBr C) . NF3 D) . NaCl



8. Which .of .the .following .molecules .has .nonpolar .covalent .bonds?
A) HCl B) . N2 C) . CHCl3 D) . NO

9. Which .of .the .following .molecules .contain .both .covalent .and .ionic .bonds?




A) I, .II B) . I, .IV C) . II, .III D) . II, .IV

10. Arrange .the .following .bonds .in .decreasing .order .of .ionic .character, .putting .the
.most .ionic .first.




A) I .> .II .> .III .> .IV C) IV .> .III .> .II .> .I
B) IV .> .II .> .I .> .III D) IV .> .II .> .III .> .I


11. Which .of .the .following .statements .correctly .describes .the .typical .number .of .bonds
.for .carbon, .nitrogen, .and .oxygen .in .most .neutral .organic .molecules?
A) Carbon .forms .4 .covalent .bonds, .nitrogen .forms .2 .covalent .bonds .and .oxygen
.forms .3 .covalent .bonds.
B) Carbon .forms .4 .covalent .bonds, .nitrogen .forms .3 .covalent .bonds .and .oxygen
.forms .2 .covalent .bonds.




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, C) Carbon .forms .4 .covalent .bonds, .nitrogen .forms .5 .covalent .bonds .and .oxygen
.forms .2 .covalent .bonds.
D) Carbon .forms .4 .covalent .bonds, .nitrogen .forms .5 .covalent .bonds .and .oxygen
.forms .4 .covalent .bonds.


12. Which .is .not .an .acceptable .Lewis .structure .for .the .anion .CH2NCO—?




A) I B) . II C) . III D) . IV

13. Which .of .the .following .Lewis .structures .is .correct?




A) I B) . II C) . III D) . IV

14. Which .of .the .following .Lewis .structures .is .correct?




A) I, .II B) . I, .III C) . II, .III D) . III, .IV

15. Which .is .the .correct .Lewis .structure .for .acetic .acid .(CH3CO2H)?




A) I B) . II C) . III D) . IV




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