Packaging Science Final UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
T/F The distributors name and address are mandatory components of the information
contained on a package. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
What is "trade dress"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Combination of a package's color, shape,
and typography.
Microflute corrugated is used for - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fast food packaging
Bulk packaging for clubstores
small appliances
T/F Each packaged product has a secondary package - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
What component of wood provides the structural component of paper and paperboard -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cellulose
Earliest recorded time - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sea shells or animal parts used to
contain and carry food
300 B.C. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Glass invented by the Egyptians
Circa 1500 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cork stoppers first used for wine bottles
1810 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Peter Durand develops the "tin canister"
1897 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Uneeda Biscuit package marketed by National Biscuit
Company
1930 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Polyethylene was discovered in England
, 1987 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- New Jersey enacts first statewide law for recycling plastic
containers
Today - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Industry trend toward more global packaging
Two advantages of paper and paperboard are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Recyclable and
renewable
3 M's of the packaging Definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Material
Methods
Machinery
Which era was best known for improvements in barrier plastics and microwave packaging? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1980's
The second most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Polypropylene PP
Which paper pulping method is most common and produces the highest quality pulp? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sulfate (Kraft)
The package that comes directly in contact with the product is usually considered to be which
of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Primary
T/F Calendering decreases density and smoothness of paper - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
False
What plastic comes from wood? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cellophane
The first evidence of protective packaging is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The use of a cork
stopper
Questions and CORRECT Answers
T/F The distributors name and address are mandatory components of the information
contained on a package. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
What is "trade dress"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Combination of a package's color, shape,
and typography.
Microflute corrugated is used for - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fast food packaging
Bulk packaging for clubstores
small appliances
T/F Each packaged product has a secondary package - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
What component of wood provides the structural component of paper and paperboard -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cellulose
Earliest recorded time - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sea shells or animal parts used to
contain and carry food
300 B.C. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Glass invented by the Egyptians
Circa 1500 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cork stoppers first used for wine bottles
1810 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Peter Durand develops the "tin canister"
1897 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Uneeda Biscuit package marketed by National Biscuit
Company
1930 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Polyethylene was discovered in England
, 1987 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- New Jersey enacts first statewide law for recycling plastic
containers
Today - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Industry trend toward more global packaging
Two advantages of paper and paperboard are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Recyclable and
renewable
3 M's of the packaging Definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Material
Methods
Machinery
Which era was best known for improvements in barrier plastics and microwave packaging? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1980's
The second most commonly used packaging polymer or plastic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Polypropylene PP
Which paper pulping method is most common and produces the highest quality pulp? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sulfate (Kraft)
The package that comes directly in contact with the product is usually considered to be which
of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Primary
T/F Calendering decreases density and smoothness of paper - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
False
What plastic comes from wood? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cellophane
The first evidence of protective packaging is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The use of a cork
stopper
