PKSC 1020 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION
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●● One of the major future trends in packaging is to:
Answer: use mostly plastic to avoid the weight of materials like glass
and metal
●● What are the four basic functions of packaging?
Answer: contain, protect, inform, utility of use
●● The package that comes directly in contact with the product is
usually considered to be which of the following?
Answer: primary
●● Which component of wood provides the structural component of
paper and paperboard?
Answer: cellulose
●● Paper is defined as having a thickness less than __________ inches.
Answer: 0.012
,●● What "plastic" comes from wood?
Answer: cellophane
●● Which paper pulping method is most common and produces the
highest quality pulp?
Answer: sulfate (kraft)
●● What are two machines used to make paper from pulp?
Answer: fourdrinier and cylinder
●● Calendering decreases density and smoothness of paper.
Answer: false
●● Two advantages of paper and paperboard are:
Answer: recyclable and renewable
●● What is one chemical used to make pulp?
Answer: sulfite
●● What are the basic steps involved in making paper?
Answer: screen, squeeze, dry
,●● What are the three basic features of corrugated board?
Answer: distance 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?
Answer: parallel to the depth dimension
●● What is "trade dress"?
Answer: combination of a package's color, shape, and typography
●● The most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic is:
Answer: polyethylene PE
●● The second most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic is:
Answer: polypropylene PP
●● The distributor's name and address is a mandatory component of the
information contained on a package.
Answer: true
●● Basis weight is a concept that categorizes paper based on the weight
per ream. The basis weight of paperboard is:
Answer: lbs./1000 sq. ft.
, ●● The first evidence of protective packaging is:
Answer: the use of a cork stopper
●● Microflute corrugated is used for:
Answer: small appliances, fast food packaging, bulk packaging for
clubstores
●● Each packaged product has a secondary package.
Answer: false
●● 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.
Answer: Mullen Burst Test
●● What are the three M's of the packaging definition?
Answer: methods, materials, machinery
●● The amount of material taken up in a fold or crease is referred to as
the __________ ____________.
Answer: corrugated media
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REVIEW AIDS
●● One of the major future trends in packaging is to:
Answer: use mostly plastic to avoid the weight of materials like glass
and metal
●● What are the four basic functions of packaging?
Answer: contain, protect, inform, utility of use
●● The package that comes directly in contact with the product is
usually considered to be which of the following?
Answer: primary
●● Which component of wood provides the structural component of
paper and paperboard?
Answer: cellulose
●● Paper is defined as having a thickness less than __________ inches.
Answer: 0.012
,●● What "plastic" comes from wood?
Answer: cellophane
●● Which paper pulping method is most common and produces the
highest quality pulp?
Answer: sulfate (kraft)
●● What are two machines used to make paper from pulp?
Answer: fourdrinier and cylinder
●● Calendering decreases density and smoothness of paper.
Answer: false
●● Two advantages of paper and paperboard are:
Answer: recyclable and renewable
●● What is one chemical used to make pulp?
Answer: sulfite
●● What are the basic steps involved in making paper?
Answer: screen, squeeze, dry
,●● What are the three basic features of corrugated board?
Answer: distance 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?
Answer: parallel to the depth dimension
●● What is "trade dress"?
Answer: combination of a package's color, shape, and typography
●● The most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic is:
Answer: polyethylene PE
●● The second most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic is:
Answer: polypropylene PP
●● The distributor's name and address is a mandatory component of the
information contained on a package.
Answer: true
●● Basis weight is a concept that categorizes paper based on the weight
per ream. The basis weight of paperboard is:
Answer: lbs./1000 sq. ft.
, ●● The first evidence of protective packaging is:
Answer: the use of a cork stopper
●● Microflute corrugated is used for:
Answer: small appliances, fast food packaging, bulk packaging for
clubstores
●● Each packaged product has a secondary package.
Answer: false
●● 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.
Answer: Mullen Burst Test
●● What are the three M's of the packaging definition?
Answer: methods, materials, machinery
●● The amount of material taken up in a fold or crease is referred to as
the __________ ____________.
Answer: corrugated media
