Name:______________________________Class: ___________________Date: ____________________
Assessment
Stoichiometry
Teacher Notes and Answers
SECTION: LIMITING REACTANTS AND PERCENTAGE YIELD
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. c
5. b
6. c
7. c
8. d
9. d
10. b
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Modern Chemistry 1 Quiz
Name:______________________________Class: ___________________Date: ____________________
Assessment
Stoichiometry
Section Quiz: Limiting Reactants and Percentage Yield
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each sentence or best answers each question.
______ 1. If, in the reaction A + B → C + D, the quantity of B is insufficient to
react with all of A,
a. A is the limiting reactant.
b. B is the limiting reactant.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
______ 2. If, in the reaction A + B → C + D, the quantity of B is insufficient to
react with all of A,
a. the reaction rate increases.
b. excess product forms.
c. C and D react.
d. the reaction stops.
For items 3–5, use the following equation, which represents a reaction used
commercially to produce elemental arsenic by heating arsenic(III) oxide with
carbon.
2As2O3 + 3C → 3CO2 + 4As
______ 3. If 6.0 mol of each reactant are available for the above reaction, the
mixture remaining after the reaction should contain
a. 4.0 mol As2O3.
b. 3.0 mol C.
c. 2.0 mol As2O3.
d. no reactants.
______ 4. If 6.0 mol of each reactant are available for the above reaction, the
mixture remaining after the reaction should contain
a. 4.0 mol As.
b. 4.0 mol CO2.
c. 6.0 mol CO2.
d. equal quantities of the products.
______ 5. If 8.0 mol As2O3 reacts with excess carbon, the theoretical yield of the
above reaction is
a. 32 mol As.
b. 16 mol As.
c. 8 mol As.
d. 4 mol As.
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Modern Chemistry 2 Quiz
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Section Quiz, continued
______ 6. The measured amount of product obtained from a chemical reaction
is the
a. percentage yield.
b. theoretical yield.
c. actual yield.
d. mole ratio.
______ 7. The efficiency of a chemical reaction is best expressed by the
a. actual yield.
b. theoretical yield.
c. percentage yield.
d. actual yield + theoretical yield.
______ 8. Actual yield is affected by
a. side reactions that compete with the main reactions.
b. reverse reactions that cause products to re-form reactants.
c. amounts of reactants.
d. All of the above
______ 9. If the percentage yield of I2 is 80% for the following equation,
I2O5 + 5CO → I2 + 5CO2, then
a. 20% of the reactants remain.
b. the percentage yield of CO2 is 80%.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
______10. What is the correct mathematical expression for the relationship among
percentage yield, actual yield, and theoretical yield?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Modern Chemistry 3 Quiz
