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Test #1 Flashcards

1
Q

People, methods, and equipment that create products

A

Process

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2
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Coverts raw materials into a product

A

Process technology

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3
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Feedstock or input to a reactor

A

Raw materials

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4
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End component from a particular process

A

Product

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5
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Equipment used to a produce specific products

A

Unit

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6
Q

True or false

Process technicians do not need an understanding of math and science for their jobs?

A

False

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7
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WHAT SKILL IS A COMPANY NOT LOOKING FOR WHEN HIRING PROCESS TECH?

  • computer skills
  • interpersonal skills
  • ability to deal w change
  • ability to work overtime
  • none of the above
A

ABILITY TO WORK OVER TIME

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8
Q

True or false?

Many facilities operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

A

True

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9
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When are two mental low periods during the day?

A

2am and 6pm

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10
Q

What is not a way to combat the fatigue associate with shift work

A

Drink plenty of coffee of tea

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11
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What is a substance found in the earth, such as oil or gas, composed of chemical compounds consisting primarily of hydrogen and carbon?

A

Petroleum

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12
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What was not an ancient use of petroleum?

A

Making chariot wheels and shoes for Romans

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13
Q

What is the most common method of transporting petroleum?

A

Pipelines

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14
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What is the process of purifying a green substance into other products called?

A

Refining

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15
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What is not a major criterion that you must meet to work as a process technician

A

Perfect hearing and vision

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16
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Companies that hire technicians number for them to have what?

A

An associates degree

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17
Q

What is a task not associated with monitoring of a process?

A

Use statistical tools

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18
Q

Which civilization is generally credited with creating Blackpowder

A

Chinese

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19
Q

Which chemical weapon was used extensively in World War I

A

Mustard gas

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20
Q

What was the first synthetic fiber

A

Rayon

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21
Q

Compounds expects process technician super form with a focus on __________, Health, security, and environment.

A

Safety

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22
Q

True or false?

Compounds are inorganic substances that occur naturally, with different chemical compositions and properties.

A

False

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23
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What are two of the primary types of minerals?

A

Metallic and nonmetallic

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24
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What is an ore?

A

Concentration of minerals of sufficient quantity and quality that can mined profitably.

25
Q

What are two main types of mining?

A

Surface and underground

26
Q

What event. Sparked the use of coal?

A

Industrial Revolution

27
Q

In the 1970s cold provided about what percentage of the worlds energy needs

A

One third

28
Q

Which of the following are requirements for process technician in the mining industry?

  • technical knowledge
  • Computer skills
  • physical abilities
  • interpersonal skills
  • all the above
A

All of the above

29
Q

Which trend impacts coal demand?

A

Cleaner coal burning technologies

30
Q

Which Greek inventor created a steam powered device over 2000 years ago

A

Heron

31
Q

Who is credited with inventing the first electric generator

A

Faraday

32
Q

Benjamin Franklin invented electricity?

True or false?

A

False

33
Q

Whwhat fuel source is most often used for generating electricity

A

Coal

34
Q

Which task is not associated with troubleshooting and problem-solving?

A

Housekeeping

35
Q

What ancient civilization is generally credited with inventing paper

A

Chinese

36
Q

What is the name associated with the modern papermaking machines

A

Fourdinier

37
Q

When was the first Papermill built in America

A

1960

38
Q

What task is notassociated with equipment maintenance

A

Housekeeping

39
Q

The impact of biological contaminants in water was not known until?

A

19 century

40
Q

Which of the following duties might a water treatment technician be asked to perform?

  • Reading and interpreting meters and gauges
  • using instruments to sable and measure water quality
  • operating chemical feed devices and adjusting chemicals
  • using computers to monitor equipment
  • all the above
A

All of the above

41
Q

Which environmental statue establish standards for drinking water?

A

The safe drinking water act of 1974

42
Q

When did the US Congress pass The original food and drug act?

A

1906

43
Q

Disinfecting is the process of?

A

Destroying disease causing organisms

44
Q

Name the process that involves forcing water through a membrane to remove impurities

A

Reverse Osmosis

45
Q

True or false?

Computer skills are important process technicians

A

True

46
Q

Which government agency overseas fish and seafood products?

A

NOAA

47
Q

Which government agency overseas domestic and imported meat and poultry products?

A

USDA

48
Q

In what year were the earliest apothecary records on clay tablets

A

2600 B. C.

49
Q

The phase change in which a solid changes to the vapor is?

A

Sublimation

50
Q

The transfer of heat from a heat tracing to a pipe in example of?

A

Conduction

51
Q

The amount of heat required to raise 1 pound of water 1°F is?

A

British thermal unit

52
Q

The atmospheric pressure’s 14.7 pounds per square inch. What do we call.any pressure lower than atmospheric pressure?

A

A vacuum

53
Q

Who is atmospheric pressure increases boiling point what?

A

Increases

54
Q

If a mixture is uniformly distributed it is said to be?

A

Homogeneous

55
Q

What is the smallest unit of an element?

A

Atom

56
Q

True or false?

Column 13 of the periodic table contains a group of elements known as “noble gases”

A

False

57
Q

True or false?

Compounds can be broken down into two or more substances by by chemical means elements cannot be broken down any further.

A

True

58
Q

A ______ is added to speed up a chemical reaction but is not consumed in the chemical reaction?

A

Catalyst

Intro To Process Tech. - TUCKER (2 decks)

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