Practice question

A 'chemical family' grouping (such as the alcohols or the ketones) is useful to a specialist because members of a family tend to:

  1. Share similar chemical behavior, hazards and reactivity patterns
  2. Always be non-hazardous
  3. Have identical UN numbers
  4. React identically with water in every case

Answer: A — Share similar chemical behavior, hazards and reactivity patterns

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