Rate of reaction factors order molecularity and rate laws - One Line Questions

1. Consider the reaction: 2NO(g) + O2(g) -> 2NO2(g). If the rate law is Rate = k[NO]^2, what is the order of the reaction with respect to O2? 0
2. In the reaction 2NO(g) + O2(g) -> 2NO2(g), if the rate law is Rate = k[NO]^2, what is the overall order of the reaction? 2
3. Consider the reaction mechanism: Step 1: A + B -> C (slow) Step 2: C + D -> E (fast). What is the order of the reaction with respect to A? 1
4. In the mechanism A + B -> C (slow), C + D -> E (fast), what is the order of the reaction with respect to B? 1
5. Consider the reaction 2A -> B. If the rate law is Rate = k[A]^2, what is the order with respect to A? 2
6. What is the molecularity of the reaction 2A -> B, assuming it is an elementary reaction? 2
7. For a reaction A + B -> Products, if Rate = k[A]^1[B]^0, what is the order with respect to B? 0
8. For the rate law Rate = k[A]^1[B]^0, what is the overall order of the reaction? 1
9. What is the molecularity of the elementary reaction 2A + B -> C? 3
10. A reaction has a rate law Rate = k[A][B]². What is the order with respect to B? 2
11. For the rate law Rate = k[A][B]², what is the overall order of the reaction? 3
12. For the reaction H2 + I2 -> 2HI, the rate law is found to be Rate = k[H2][I2]. What is the order of this reaction? 2
13. If a reaction is bimolecular, its molecularity is: 2
14. What is the molecularity of the reaction A + B -> Products, if it occurs in a single step? 2
15. For a reaction A + 2B -> C, if the rate law is Rate = k[A][B]^2, the order with respect to A is: 1
16. For the reaction A + 2B -> C with rate law Rate = k[A][B]^2, the overall order is: 3
17. If the rate of reaction is R = k[A]^1.5, the order of the reaction is: 1.5
18. If doubling the concentration of a reactant A increases the rate of reaction by a factor of 8, the order with respect to A is: 3
19. Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting the rate of a chemical reaction? Number of moles of product formed
20. Which factor generally increases the rate of a reaction significantly? Increasing temperature
21. Molecularity of a reaction is defined for: Elementary reactions only
22. For a complex reaction, the molecularity of the rate-determining step is: Not necessarily equal to the overall order of the reaction.
23. The rate of reaction is expressed as Rate = k[A]^0. This means the reaction is: Zero order
24. The rate law for a reaction can be determined experimentally, while molecularity can be determined: From the balanced chemical equation for elementary reactions.
25. A catalyst increases the rate of a reaction by: Decreasing the activation energy.
26. For a zero-order reaction, the rate is: Independent of the concentration of reactants.
27. Which of the following statements about the rate constant 'k' is correct? It depends on the temperature.
28. Which of the following is a characteristic of molecularity? It is always an integer.
29. Which of the following is a characteristic of the order of reaction? It is determined experimentally.
30. What is the relationship between the rate constant (k) and temperature (T) described by the Arrhenius equation? k = A * e^(-Ea/RT)
31. Which of the following units is appropriate for the rate constant of a first-order reaction? s⁻¹
32. The unit of the rate constant for a third-order reaction is: L² mol⁻² s⁻¹
33. For an elementary reaction, the order of the reaction is equal to its: Molecularity
34. Which of the following statements is true about order and molecularity? Order can be fractional, molecularity cannot.
35. What is the unit of the rate constant for a second-order reaction? L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹
36. The rate of a reaction generally increases with an increase in temperature because: The number of effective collisions increases.
37. The rate of a reaction decreases as temperature decreases because: The number of effective collisions decreases.
38. What is the rate of reaction? The change in concentration of a reactant or product per unit time.
39. The term 'rate-determining step' in a reaction mechanism refers to: The slowest step in the mechanism.
40. In the Arrhenius equation, Ea represents: The activation energy
41. What does the rate constant 'k' represent? The proportionality constant relating rate to concentrations.
42. For a complex reaction, the rate law is determined by: The slowest step (rate-determining step).
43. For an elementary reaction, the rate law can be written by directly observing the stoichiometric coefficients of the reactants. This statement is: False
44. For a reaction A + B -> Products, the rate law is given by Rate = k[A]^x[B]^y. What is the order of the reaction with respect to A? x
45. The overall order of the reaction Rate = k[A]^x[B]^y is: x + y
46. Can molecularity be a fractional value? No
47. Can molecularity be zero? No
48. If the concentration of a reactant is doubled and the rate of reaction quadruples, what is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant? Second
49. The rate of a reaction is halved when the concentration of a reactant is halved. This indicates the order with respect to that reactant is: First
50. If the rate of a reaction is independent of the concentration of all reactants, the order is: Zero