Syllabus
Here is the most recent syllabus for CHEM 1121: Spring 2026.
Lab Notes
I have prepared some lab notes with additional hints, tips, and tricks for some of our lab exercises. Please print these off and bring them to lab with you!
Prop 375—Ternary Mixture-lab notes
Reac 480—Transforming Copper-lab notes
Optional gas-law lab exercise.
Old Exams
Note: Exams are over the material covered since the previous exam! The content on the exams below will not match up exactly to this semester's exams.
Exam 1, Spring 2007, CHEM121
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Exam 2, Spring 2007, CHEM121
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Exam 3, Fall 2009, CHEM1121
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Exam 4, Fall 2009, CHEM1121
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Exam 4a, Summer 2008, CHEM1121
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Exam 5, Summer 2008, CHEM1121
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Spring 2012
Exam 1 and answers.
Exam 2 and answers.
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Exam 4 and answers.
Exam 5 and answers.
Fall 2013
Exam 4 and answers.
Fall 2018
Exam 1 and answers.
Exam 2 and answers.
Exam 3 and answers.
Final Exam
The final exam is an ACS (American Chemical Society) exam that consists of 60 multiple choice questions in 55 minutes. There is no official study guide for this exam, but there are a couple of good practice exams to study from. This practice exam from BelleVue College is very thorough, and about 3x as long as the real exam. The state of Virginia used to have a really nice exam generator, that no longer seems to be around. However, this practice exam seems to be taken from their old exam and is worth a review too.