Question 1
Choose the INCORRECT statement.
◦ Compounds with xenon in several oxidation states have been formed.
◦ The eight outer shell electrons cause chemical inertness.
◦ Xenon reacts directly only with fluorine.
◦ Noble gases exist as diatomic molecules.
◦ Most noble gas compounds contain either fluorine or oxygen.
Question 2
Choose the INCORRECT statement.
◦ Xenon compounds in several different oxidation states have been formed.
◦ The noble gas compounds are very stable.
◦ Xenon compounds are excellent reducing agents.
◦ The Noble gas (except helium) electron configuration has
ns2np6.
◦ Although predicted in the 1930s, it was 1962 before noble gas compounds were made.