Chemistry Honors – Fall Final Exam

Test Format Details

• The exam has 12 questions, covering topics from the whole semester
• The exam question format is short-answer and there are no multiple choice questions
• The exam is designed to take about one hour, although you will have a maximum of 90 minutes to complete the exam
• No calculators of any sort will be needed nor allowed during the exam
• You will be provided a periodic table, solubility rules, and a list of the common ions for the test
• No outside note sheets or extra materials will be necessary

Test Objectives – The student should be able to:

• Write chemical formulas given compound names
• Write chemical names given formulas
• Identify the protons, neutrons, electrons, atomic number, mass number, and charge on an atom or ion.
• Balance a chemical reaction using whole numbers
• Identify the type(s) of chemical reaction given the chemical reaction
• Identify the oxidation state of an element in a compound
• Determine the element being oxidized or reduced in a reaction
• Write the net ionic reaction between two aqueous substances
• Identify a process as a chemical or physical change
• Write the electron configuration of an atom or ion
• Write the four quantum numbers for the electrons in an atom
• Draw the Lewis dot structure of a substance
• Identify the geometry of electrons around an atom in a molecule
• Identify the shape of a molecule
• Identify the type of intermolecular forces that exists between particles of the same substance