EGEE Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
This is an example of [answer] underground mining (one word expected) - CORRECT
ANSWER - longwall
What combustion method cleans up culm and gob piles? The fuel being upgraded and them
combusted in a - CORRECT ANSWER - fluidized bed boiler
What is the organic material in tar sands? (hint it is not "tar") [answer1] - CORRECT
ANSWER - bitumen
The equipment to haul coal (or tar sand) can be the size of - CORRECT ANSWER - a house
Put the coal ranks in order of maturation - CORRECT ANSWER - lignite
sub bituminous
bituminous
anthracite
What is the organic material in shale (insoluble in a common solvent). One word beginning with
"k" [answer1] - CORRECT ANSWER - Kerogen
What is the material above coal called that is removed, before the coal is extracted, in surface
mining? [answer1] (a one word answer is expected) - CORRECT ANSWER - overburden
Which of these countries have announced the banning of the combustion of coal for power plants
- CORRECT ANSWER - none of these, what is being banned is the combustion of coal in
power plants that are not equipped with carbon capture and storage technology
Questions and CORRECT Answers
This is an example of [answer] underground mining (one word expected) - CORRECT
ANSWER - longwall
What combustion method cleans up culm and gob piles? The fuel being upgraded and them
combusted in a - CORRECT ANSWER - fluidized bed boiler
What is the organic material in tar sands? (hint it is not "tar") [answer1] - CORRECT
ANSWER - bitumen
The equipment to haul coal (or tar sand) can be the size of - CORRECT ANSWER - a house
Put the coal ranks in order of maturation - CORRECT ANSWER - lignite
sub bituminous
bituminous
anthracite
What is the organic material in shale (insoluble in a common solvent). One word beginning with
"k" [answer1] - CORRECT ANSWER - Kerogen
What is the material above coal called that is removed, before the coal is extracted, in surface
mining? [answer1] (a one word answer is expected) - CORRECT ANSWER - overburden
Which of these countries have announced the banning of the combustion of coal for power plants
- CORRECT ANSWER - none of these, what is being banned is the combustion of coal in
power plants that are not equipped with carbon capture and storage technology
