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1. What is the name of the compound BaCl2?

a) barium dichloride

b) barium chloride

c) monobarium dichloride

d) barium(II) chloride

 

2. What is the correct name of a compound formed from carbon and chlorine?

a) carbon tetrachloride

b) carbon chloride

c) carbon dichloride

d) monocarbon tetrachloride

e) carbon monochloride

 

3. The correct formula for sodium carbonate is

a) Na4C

b) NaCO3

c) NaC

d) Na2CO3

e) Na(CO3)2

4. In order to determine what type of name to use for a compound, a chemist must first determine

a) whether the compound is covalently or ionically bonded.

b) whether the compound is polar or non-polar.

c) whether the compound adopts a molecular or network structure.

d) whether the compound is held together with hydrogen bonding, van der Waals bonding, or dipole-dipole bonding.

 

5. What is the correct name for Fe2S3?

a) diirontrisulfide

b) iron(II) trisulfide

c) iron(II) sulfide

d) iron(III) sulfide

e) iron sulfide

 

6. What is the formula for the nitrate ion?

a) N-3

b) NO2-

c) NO3-

d) N-

7. What is the correct name for SF6?

a) sulfur hexafluorine

b) monosulfur hexafluoride

c) sulfur hexafluoride

d) sulfur fluoride

e) monosulfur hexafluorine

 

8. What is the correct formula for calcium oxide?

a) Ca2O2

b) Ca2O

c) CaO

d) CaO2

 

9. Name the following two compounds:

a) CoCl3

b) PI3

 

10. Write the formulas for the following compounds:

a) lithium fluoride

b) dinitrogen monoxide

 

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