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Higher Chemistry
Unit 2
Section 3 - Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
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Douglas Racey, Waid Academy, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following structural
formulae represents a tertiary
alcohol?
Answer
B.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
2. Ethanol is prepared from glucose by
the process of
A. respiration
B. fermentation
C. catalytic hydration
D. photosynthesis
Answer
B.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
3. Which alkanol can, on dehydration,
produce a pair of isomeric alkenes?
A. propan-2-ol
B. pentan-3-ol
C. hexan-3-ol
D. heptan-4-ol
Answer
C.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
4. Which product(s) would be expected
upon dehydration of the following
alcohol?
A. 2-methylbut-2-ene
B. 2-methylbut-1-ene
C. 2-methylbut-1-ene
D. 2-methylbut-1-ene
Answer
only
and 2 methylbut-2-ene
only
and 3-methylbut-1-ene
B.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
5. What type of reaction takes place
when propene is formed from
propanol?
A. condensation
B. hydrolysis
C. dehydration
D. hydration
Answer
C.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
6. When an alcohol is completely
oxidised the products are
A. carbon dioxide and hydrogen
B. carbon dioxide and water
C. carbon monoxide and hydrogen
D. carbon dioxide and water
Answer
B.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
7. When acidified potassium
dichromate is used to oxidise an
alcohol the colour changes from
A. blue to red/orange
B. black to brown
C. green to orange
D. orange to green
Answer
D.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
8. The type(s) of alcohol which can be
oxidised are
A. primary only
B. secondary only
C. tertiary only
D. none of the above answers
Answer
D.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
9. 2-methyl hexan-1-ol and
3-methyl hexan-1-ol are
A. isomers which are both primary
alcohols
B. isomers which are both primary
alcohols
C. not isomers but both primary alcohols
D. not isomers but both secondary
alcohols
Answer
A.
Higher Chemistry
Unit 2 - Section 3 Alcohols
Multiple Choice Questions
10. 2-methyl pentan-2-ol
A. is a primary alcohol and can be
oxidised
B. is a secondary alcohol and can be
oxidised
C. is a tertiary alcohol and can be
oxidised
D. is a tertiary alcohol and cannot be
oxidised
Answer
D.