Lesson 3.3.6.1

3.3.6.1 Identification of functional groups by test-tube reactions Quiz: AQA Chemistry, Unit 3

20 questions

In partnership with Revision Ninja

Lesson 3.3.6.1, Identification of functional groups by test-tube reactions: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA Chemistry (7405), Unit 3: Organic chemistry, written with Revision Ninja.

Host it live on the board and students join with a game code on their own devices, or revise alone with Free Play. The answers are revealed in the game.

Host this setFree Play

The 20 questions

  1. Which reagent forms a silver mirror when warmed with an aldehyde?

    • Bromine water
    • Fehling's solution
    • Tollens' reagent
    • Acidified potassium dichromate(VI)
  2. Which reagent gives a brick-red precipitate with an aldehyde on warming?

    • Fehling's solution
    • Sodium carbonate solution
    • Bromine water
    • Tollens' reagent
  3. Which functional group decolourises bromine water at room temperature?

    • Alkane
    • Alkene
    • Aldehyde
    • Alkanol
  4. Which gas is released when a carboxylic acid reacts with sodium carbonate solution?

    • Hydrogen
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Oxygen
    • Carbon monoxide
  5. Which compound does NOT give a brick-red precipitate with Fehling's solution on warming?

    • Ethanal
    • Butanal
    • Propanal
    • Propanone
  6. A compound gives orange-to-green with acidified dichromate(VI) and a silver mirror with Tollens' reagent. Which group is most likely present?

    • Alkene
    • Tertiary alcohol
    • Ketone
    • Aldehyde
  7. Which colour change is seen when a primary alcohol is warmed with acidified potassium dichromate(VI)?

    • Orange to green
    • Green to orange
    • Purple to colourless
    • Blue to brick-red
  8. Which compound gives no colour change when warmed with acidified potassium dichromate(VI)?

    • Propanal
    • Propan-1-ol
    • Propan-2-ol
    • 2-methylpropan-2-ol
  9. What colour change is observed when an alkene reacts with acidified potassium manganate(VII)?

    • Orange to green
    • Blue to red
    • Colourless to brown
    • Purple to colourless
  10. Which reagent distinguishes ethanoic acid from ethanol by producing effervescence?

    • Tollens' reagent
    • Acidified dichromate
    • Bromine water
    • Sodium carbonate
  11. Propanone is reduced by NaBH4 in aqueous solution. What is the organic product?

    • Propan-1-ol
    • Propanal
    • Propan-2-ol
    • Propanoic acid
  12. Which product forms when butanal is reduced by [H]?

    • Butan-2-ol
    • Butanoic acid
    • Butan-1-ol
    • Butanone
  13. In the reduction of a carbonyl compound by NaBH4, which species acts as the nucleophile?

    • Bromide ion, Br-
    • Hydride ion, H-
    • Cyanide ion, CN-
    • Hydroxide ion, OH-
  14. Which functional group produces a silver mirror when warmed with Tollens' reagent?

    • Aldehyde
    • Alcohol
    • Carboxylic acid
    • Ketone
  15. Which functional group causes effervescence when added to sodium carbonate solution?

    • Carboxylic acid
    • Aldehyde
    • Alkene
    • Alcohol
  16. Which reagent distinguishes an aldehyde from a primary alcohol, since both give orange-to-green with acidified dichromate(VI)?

    • Sodium carbonate solution
    • Sodium borohydride solution
    • Bromine water
    • Tollens' reagent
  17. A compound gives orange-to-green with acidified dichromate(VI) but no silver mirror with Tollens' reagent. Which is most likely?

    • 2-methylpropan-2-ol
    • Propan-2-ol
    • Propanone
    • Propanal
  18. A compound decolourises bromine water and gives a silver mirror with Tollens' reagent. Which structure fits?

    • CH3CH=CHCH3 (but-2-ene)
    • CH3CH2COCH3 (butanone)
    • CH2=CHCH2COOH (but-3-enoic acid)
    • CH2=CHCH2CHO (but-3-enal)
  19. What main organic product forms when propan-1-ol is heated under reflux with excess acidified dichromate(VI)?

    • Propanal
    • Propanone
    • Propyl propanoate
    • Propanoic acid
  20. Which type of carbonyl compound is oxidised by Tollens' reagent?

    • Ketone
    • Carboxylic acid
    • Aldehyde
    • Ester

All AQA Chemistry quizzes