PKSC 1020 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
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PKSC 1020 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
What era was best known for improvements in barrier plastics and microwave packaging? - ANSWERS1980's
One of the major future trends in packaging is to: - ANSWERSuse mostly plastic to avoid the weight of materials like glass and metal
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PKSC 1020 Final Exam Questions &
Answers 2024/2025
What era was best known for improvements in barrier plastics and microwave packaging? -
ANSWERS1980's
One of the major future trends in packaging is to: - ANSWERSuse mostly plastic to avoid the weight of
materials like glass and metal
What are the four basic functions of packaging? - ANSWERScontain, protect, inform, utility of use
The package that comes directly in contact with the product is usually considered to be which of the
following? - ANSWERSprimary
Which component of wood provides the structural component of paper and paperboard? -
ANSWERScellulose
Paper is defined as having a thickness less than __________ inches. - ANSWERS0.012
What "plastic" comes from wood? - ANSWERScellophane
Which paper pulping method is most common and produces the highest quality pulp? - ANSWERSsulfate
(kraft)
What are two machines used to make paper from pulp? - ANSWERSfourdrinier and cylinder
Calendering decreases density and smoothness of paper. - ANSWERSfalse
Two advantages of paper and paperboard are: - ANSWERSrecyclable and renewable
,What is one chemical used to make pulp? - ANSWERSsulfite
What are the basic steps involved in making paper? - ANSWERSscreen, squeeze, dry
What are the three basic features of corrugated board? - ANSWERSdistance between flutes, height of
flutes, type of liner-board
The flutes of a corrugated container should be oriented in which direction for best stacking strength? -
ANSWERSparallel to the depth dimension
What is "trade dress"? - ANSWERScombination of a package's color, shape, and typography
The most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic is: - ANSWERSpolyethylene PE
The second most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic is: - ANSWERSpolypropylene PP
The distributor's name and address is a mandatory component of the information contained on a
package. - ANSWERStrue
Basis weight is a concept that categorizes paper based on the weight per ream. The basis weight of
paperboard is: - ANSWERSlbs./1000 sq. ft.
The first evidence of protective packaging is: - ANSWERSthe use of a cork stopper
Microflute corrugated is used for: - ANSWERSsmall appliances, fast food packaging, bulk packaging for
clubstores
Each packaged product has a secondary package. - ANSWERSfalse
, This packaging test is analogous to someone kicking the sidewall of a box. It correlates to how your
package will survive if the product shifts inside the box during transit. - ANSWERSMullen Burst Test
What are the three M's of the packaging definition? - ANSWERSmethods, materials, machinery
The amount of material taken up in a fold or crease is referred to as the __________ ____________. -
ANSWERScorrugated media
Some materials are polar and some are nonpolar. Paper loses strength when it is wet because it is
___________. - ANSWERSnonpolar
Glass invented by Egyptians: - ANSWERS3000 BC
Paper invented in China - ANSWERS105 AD
Cork stoppers first used for wine bottles: - ANSWERScirca 1500
Nicholas Appert: canning process - ANSWERS1809
Peter Durand developed tin cannister: - ANSWERS1810
John Hyatt: patent for celluloid, leading to development of cellulose, first "plastic": - ANSWERS1868
Quaker Oats first used the "Quaker Man" to represent their product: - ANSWERS1877
Toothpaste first offered in tubes (before that, it was a sack of powder): - ANSWERS1895
First major use of paperboard for National Biscuit Company "Uneeda" Biscuit product: - ANSWERS1897
First major use of graphics to sell a product: - ANSWERSlate 1800's - early 1900's
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