PKSC 1020 Test 1 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
3 M's - Answers materials, methods, machinery
earliest packages were from _______? - Answers natural sources
3000 BC - Answers Egyptians learned to blow and cast glass
105 AD - Answers paper invented in China
1500 - Answers cork stopper is used for bottles
cork stopper is the first sign of what? - Answers protective packaging
1809 - Answers Nicholas Appert created the canning process with glass
1810 - Answers Peter Durand develops tin canister instead of glass
1868 - Answers John Hyatt gets the patent for celluloid, which leads to the development of
cellulose
cellulose turns into what - Answers cellophane
cellophane is called what - Answers transparent paper
1895 - Answers toothpaste is offered in tubes
1877 - Answers Quaker Oats is the first company that uses an icon to represent their product
1897 - Answers first major use of paperboard for Nabisco
late 1800-early 1900s - Answers first major use of graphics to help sell products
1930 - Answers Polyethylene is discovered in England and becomes one of the most commonly
used packaging plastics
1950s-60s - Answers convenience and brand expansion
1970s - Answers improvements to distribution and material handling- hazmat labeling
1980s - Answers improvement in barrier films and microwave packaging
1990s - Answers environmental awareness and market globalization
1954 - Answers polypropylene used for packaging (second most widely used packaging product)
1960-1970 - Answers packaging laws are clarified and improved
1987 - Answers new jersey enacts first statewide recycling law for plastic containers
, 1990 - Answers nutritional labeling and education act: nutrition facts label on package and
resulted in every package needing to be changed
what percent of food never reaches consumers in undeveloped countries? - Answers 50%
what percent of food never reaches consumers in the US? - Answers 3% of processed and 15%
of fresh food
right now, we are shifting away from what and towards what? 1 - Answers away from glass and
metal, towards plastic and composites
right now, we are shifting away from what and towards what? 2 - Answers away from rigid,
towards flexible and semi-rigid
individualizing foods results in what? - Answers more packaging
instead of foil laminates, what are we using? - Answers metallized laminants
what happened after 9/11? - Answers tamper evident and anti theft
number one trend of packaging - Answers convenience
suppliers - Answers converters, machinery, services
users - Answers consumer, industrial, institutional
example of company that is both user and supplier - Answers nabisco and coors
packaging functions - Answers contain, protect/preserve, inform/sell, convenience
primary packaging - Answers package directly in contact with the product
secondary packaging - Answers package holding one or more primary packaging
tertiary - Answers shipping and distributing package
quaternary - Answers unit load
oldest packaging function - Answers containment
4 protection clauses - Answers protect package from elements; shock and vibration; protect
consumer from the contents; protect against tampering
information required by law - Answers contents; nutritional labels; warnings; shipping infor
motivational info - Answers type of material; shape/size; color; typography; symbols/icons,
illustrations/photographic images; games; recipies
trade dress - Answers shape, color, print; covered under trademark law
3 M's - Answers materials, methods, machinery
earliest packages were from _______? - Answers natural sources
3000 BC - Answers Egyptians learned to blow and cast glass
105 AD - Answers paper invented in China
1500 - Answers cork stopper is used for bottles
cork stopper is the first sign of what? - Answers protective packaging
1809 - Answers Nicholas Appert created the canning process with glass
1810 - Answers Peter Durand develops tin canister instead of glass
1868 - Answers John Hyatt gets the patent for celluloid, which leads to the development of
cellulose
cellulose turns into what - Answers cellophane
cellophane is called what - Answers transparent paper
1895 - Answers toothpaste is offered in tubes
1877 - Answers Quaker Oats is the first company that uses an icon to represent their product
1897 - Answers first major use of paperboard for Nabisco
late 1800-early 1900s - Answers first major use of graphics to help sell products
1930 - Answers Polyethylene is discovered in England and becomes one of the most commonly
used packaging plastics
1950s-60s - Answers convenience and brand expansion
1970s - Answers improvements to distribution and material handling- hazmat labeling
1980s - Answers improvement in barrier films and microwave packaging
1990s - Answers environmental awareness and market globalization
1954 - Answers polypropylene used for packaging (second most widely used packaging product)
1960-1970 - Answers packaging laws are clarified and improved
1987 - Answers new jersey enacts first statewide recycling law for plastic containers
, 1990 - Answers nutritional labeling and education act: nutrition facts label on package and
resulted in every package needing to be changed
what percent of food never reaches consumers in undeveloped countries? - Answers 50%
what percent of food never reaches consumers in the US? - Answers 3% of processed and 15%
of fresh food
right now, we are shifting away from what and towards what? 1 - Answers away from glass and
metal, towards plastic and composites
right now, we are shifting away from what and towards what? 2 - Answers away from rigid,
towards flexible and semi-rigid
individualizing foods results in what? - Answers more packaging
instead of foil laminates, what are we using? - Answers metallized laminants
what happened after 9/11? - Answers tamper evident and anti theft
number one trend of packaging - Answers convenience
suppliers - Answers converters, machinery, services
users - Answers consumer, industrial, institutional
example of company that is both user and supplier - Answers nabisco and coors
packaging functions - Answers contain, protect/preserve, inform/sell, convenience
primary packaging - Answers package directly in contact with the product
secondary packaging - Answers package holding one or more primary packaging
tertiary - Answers shipping and distributing package
quaternary - Answers unit load
oldest packaging function - Answers containment
4 protection clauses - Answers protect package from elements; shock and vibration; protect
consumer from the contents; protect against tampering
information required by law - Answers contents; nutritional labels; warnings; shipping infor
motivational info - Answers type of material; shape/size; color; typography; symbols/icons,
illustrations/photographic images; games; recipies
trade dress - Answers shape, color, print; covered under trademark law
