PN 2004 PACKAGED II 2026 PROFESSIONAL
STUDY SET FULL PAPER AND SOLUTIONS FOR
EXAM PREPARATION
◉ 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
◉ Some materials are polar and some are nonpolar. Paper loses
strength when it is wet because it is ___________.
Answer: nonpolar
◉ Glass invented by Egyptians:
Answer: 3000 BC
◉ Paper invented in China
Answer: 105 AD
◉ Cork stoppers first used for wine bottles:
Answer: circa 1500
◉ Nicholas Appert: canning process
Answer: 1809
◉ Peter Durand developed tin cannister:
Answer: 1810
, ◉ John Hyatt: patent for celluloid, leading to development of
cellulose, first "plastic":
Answer: 1868
◉ Quaker Oats first used the "Quaker Man" to represent their
product:
Answer: 1877
◉ Toothpaste first offered in tubes (before that, it was a sack of
powder):
Answer: 1895
◉ First major use of paperboard for National Biscuit Company
"Uneeda" Biscuit product:
Answer: 1897
◉ First major use of graphics to sell a product:
Answer: late 1800's - early 1900's
◉ Polyethylene in England:
Answer: 1930
STUDY SET FULL PAPER AND SOLUTIONS FOR
EXAM PREPARATION
◉ 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
◉ Some materials are polar and some are nonpolar. Paper loses
strength when it is wet because it is ___________.
Answer: nonpolar
◉ Glass invented by Egyptians:
Answer: 3000 BC
◉ Paper invented in China
Answer: 105 AD
◉ Cork stoppers first used for wine bottles:
Answer: circa 1500
◉ Nicholas Appert: canning process
Answer: 1809
◉ Peter Durand developed tin cannister:
Answer: 1810
, ◉ John Hyatt: patent for celluloid, leading to development of
cellulose, first "plastic":
Answer: 1868
◉ Quaker Oats first used the "Quaker Man" to represent their
product:
Answer: 1877
◉ Toothpaste first offered in tubes (before that, it was a sack of
powder):
Answer: 1895
◉ First major use of paperboard for National Biscuit Company
"Uneeda" Biscuit product:
Answer: 1897
◉ First major use of graphics to sell a product:
Answer: late 1800's - early 1900's
◉ Polyethylene in England:
Answer: 1930
