AAMI Chemistry for Embalmers
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
\Q\.Which of the following compounds has its carbon atoms attached by a triple bond? -
ANSWERS✔-C10H18
\Q\.What is a single element or group of elements which attach to a carbon compound and give
that compound certain characteristics? - ANSWERS✔-Functional Group
\Q\.What is the suffix that indicates the maximum number of hydrogen atoms per carbon in the
hydrocarbon? - ANSWERS✔--ane
\Q\.All of the following statements about organic compounds are true EXCEPT - ANSWERS✔-
Soluble in water.
\Q\.What is the resulting product of an OH group substituted onto a side chain of an aromatic
hydrocarbon? - ANSWERS✔-Aromatic Alcohol
\Q\.What formula would you use to determine the number of hydrogen atoms contained in a
hydrocarbon compound when the number of carbon atoms is known? - ANSWERS✔-General
Molecular Formula
, \Q\.What compound has a methyl radical attached to a benzene ring? - ANSWERS✔-Toluene or
"Methylbenzene"
\Q\.What is a glycol an example of? - ANSWERS✔-Dihydroxy Alcohol
\Q\.What is another name for carbolic acid? - ANSWERS✔-Phenol
\Q\.What is the alkyl series type formula? - ANSWERS✔-CnH2n + X
\Q\.How many functional groups does a tertiary alcohol have? - ANSWERS✔-1 (Only one -OH
group)
\Q\.What is the alkene series type formula? - ANSWERS✔-CnH2n
\Q\.What alcohol is prepared by the fermentation of glucose due to the catalytic action of yeast
enzymes? - ANSWERS✔-Ethanol/Ethyl Alcohol
\Q\.What alcohol is used in the preparation of ether and chloroform? - ANSWERS✔-Ethanol
\Q\.What group of alcohols does pentanol belong to? - ANSWERS✔-Monohydroxy Alcohol
\Q\.What are two or more compounds of different physical and chemical properties that have
the same molecular formula but different structural formulas? - ANSWERS✔-Isomers
\Q\.Which formula is used to conserve space over the structural formula, as well as being
abbreviations of them? - ANSWERS✔-Line Formula
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
\Q\.Which of the following compounds has its carbon atoms attached by a triple bond? -
ANSWERS✔-C10H18
\Q\.What is a single element or group of elements which attach to a carbon compound and give
that compound certain characteristics? - ANSWERS✔-Functional Group
\Q\.What is the suffix that indicates the maximum number of hydrogen atoms per carbon in the
hydrocarbon? - ANSWERS✔--ane
\Q\.All of the following statements about organic compounds are true EXCEPT - ANSWERS✔-
Soluble in water.
\Q\.What is the resulting product of an OH group substituted onto a side chain of an aromatic
hydrocarbon? - ANSWERS✔-Aromatic Alcohol
\Q\.What formula would you use to determine the number of hydrogen atoms contained in a
hydrocarbon compound when the number of carbon atoms is known? - ANSWERS✔-General
Molecular Formula
, \Q\.What compound has a methyl radical attached to a benzene ring? - ANSWERS✔-Toluene or
"Methylbenzene"
\Q\.What is a glycol an example of? - ANSWERS✔-Dihydroxy Alcohol
\Q\.What is another name for carbolic acid? - ANSWERS✔-Phenol
\Q\.What is the alkyl series type formula? - ANSWERS✔-CnH2n + X
\Q\.How many functional groups does a tertiary alcohol have? - ANSWERS✔-1 (Only one -OH
group)
\Q\.What is the alkene series type formula? - ANSWERS✔-CnH2n
\Q\.What alcohol is prepared by the fermentation of glucose due to the catalytic action of yeast
enzymes? - ANSWERS✔-Ethanol/Ethyl Alcohol
\Q\.What alcohol is used in the preparation of ether and chloroform? - ANSWERS✔-Ethanol
\Q\.What group of alcohols does pentanol belong to? - ANSWERS✔-Monohydroxy Alcohol
\Q\.What are two or more compounds of different physical and chemical properties that have
the same molecular formula but different structural formulas? - ANSWERS✔-Isomers
\Q\.Which formula is used to conserve space over the structural formula, as well as being
abbreviations of them? - ANSWERS✔-Line Formula
