Memorizing Strong and Weak Acids and Bases

[nithika karthikeyan 3H]

Are we expected to memorize strong acids and bases and assume anything that is not part of those are weak?

[Sullivan R 2L]

You are not expected to memorize them. If we are given a problem and there's a Ka or Kb value, it probably means it's weak because it doesn't dissociate completely. If there's no Ka value given it's probably a strong acid or base because then you can just assume that it dissociates completely.

[Amara Martinez 3B]

It would be helpful to memorize strong bases/acids and weak bases/acids, especially for problems that may require determining the acidity/basicity/neutrality of a salt in a neutralization reaction.

[Jacob Fossa 3A]

The professor provides a list of Strong and weak acids and bases on the website which states that we are expected to know them. However, if a TA has said otherwise hopefully that's true!
https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/wp-conten ... _Bases.pdf