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CHEM 1010 Introductory Chemistry
Name:
Test #:
K.D. Ashby
Exam I
Spring 2008; Jan. 31–Feb. 2
Write your name on the exam. Read each question carefully and circle the letter corresponding to the best
response. No partial credit will be given for incorrect answers. The final score will be normalized to a total out
of 100 points. You may write on the exam. The last page of the exam includes a periodic table and can be
used as scratch paper. No graphing or programmable calculators, palm or other hand held devices, may
be used on the exam; simple scientific calculators only. Cell phones must be turned off, put away, and
may not be used during the exam. Be sure to look for questions on the front and backside of each
page.
1. Which of the following is an element?
(a) salt
(b) alcohol
(c) water
(d) silicon
(e) none of the above
2. What is the name of the element whose symbol is Sn?
(a) tin
(b) stanillium
(c) tristannum
(d) snivilinium
(e) scandium
3. All of the following are compounds except for which molecule? (Each different color/size sphere represents
a different element)
(a) molecule A
(b) molecule B
(c) molecule C
(d) molecule D
(e) all of the above are compounds
4. Which metallic element can exist as a liquid at room temperature, 20°C?
(a) potassium
(b) barium
(c) cadmium
(d) mercury
(e) none of the above; all metals are solids at room temperature.
5. Chemistry is the study of
(a) hypothetical scientific methods.
(b) matter; its structure, composition, and transformations.
(c) explosive materials and how they relate to conspiracy theories.
(d) nuclear explosions.
(e) none of these
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C
B
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