Test #1 Flashcards
People, methods, and equipment that create products
Process
Coverts raw materials into a product
Process technology
Feedstock or input to a reactor
Raw materials
End component from a particular process
Product
Equipment used to a produce specific products
Unit
True or false
Process technicians do not need an understanding of math and science for their jobs?
False
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
ABILITY TO WORK OVER TIME
True or false?
Many facilities operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
True
When are two mental low periods during the day?
2am and 6pm
What is not a way to combat the fatigue associate with shift work
Drink plenty of coffee of tea
What is a substance found in the earth, such as oil or gas, composed of chemical compounds consisting primarily of hydrogen and carbon?
Petroleum
What was not an ancient use of petroleum?
Making chariot wheels and shoes for Romans
What is the most common method of transporting petroleum?
Pipelines
What is the process of purifying a green substance into other products called?
Refining
What is not a major criterion that you must meet to work as a process technician
Perfect hearing and vision
Companies that hire technicians number for them to have what?
An associates degree
What is a task not associated with monitoring of a process?
Use statistical tools
Which civilization is generally credited with creating Blackpowder
Chinese
Which chemical weapon was used extensively in World War I
Mustard gas
What was the first synthetic fiber
Rayon
Compounds expects process technician super form with a focus on __________, Health, security, and environment.
Safety
True or false?
Compounds are inorganic substances that occur naturally, with different chemical compositions and properties.
False
What are two of the primary types of minerals?
Metallic and nonmetallic
What is an ore?
Concentration of minerals of sufficient quantity and quality that can mined profitably.
What are two main types of mining?
Surface and underground
What event. Sparked the use of coal?
Industrial Revolution
In the 1970s cold provided about what percentage of the worlds energy needs
One third
Which of the following are requirements for process technician in the mining industry?
- technical knowledge
- Computer skills
- physical abilities
- interpersonal skills
- all the above
All of the above
Which trend impacts coal demand?
Cleaner coal burning technologies
Which Greek inventor created a steam powered device over 2000 years ago
Heron
Who is credited with inventing the first electric generator
Faraday
Benjamin Franklin invented electricity?
True or false?
False
Whwhat fuel source is most often used for generating electricity
Coal
Which task is not associated with troubleshooting and problem-solving?
Housekeeping
What ancient civilization is generally credited with inventing paper
Chinese
What is the name associated with the modern papermaking machines
Fourdinier
When was the first Papermill built in America
1960
What task is notassociated with equipment maintenance
Housekeeping
The impact of biological contaminants in water was not known until?
19 century
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
All of the above
Which environmental statue establish standards for drinking water?
The safe drinking water act of 1974
When did the US Congress pass The original food and drug act?
1906
Disinfecting is the process of?
Destroying disease causing organisms
Name the process that involves forcing water through a membrane to remove impurities
Reverse Osmosis
True or false?
Computer skills are important process technicians
True
Which government agency overseas fish and seafood products?
NOAA
Which government agency overseas domestic and imported meat and poultry products?
USDA
In what year were the earliest apothecary records on clay tablets
2600 B. C.
The phase change in which a solid changes to the vapor is?
Sublimation
The transfer of heat from a heat tracing to a pipe in example of?
Conduction
The amount of heat required to raise 1 pound of water 1°F is?
British thermal unit
The atmospheric pressure’s 14.7 pounds per square inch. What do we call.any pressure lower than atmospheric pressure?
A vacuum
Who is atmospheric pressure increases boiling point what?
Increases
If a mixture is uniformly distributed it is said to be?
Homogeneous
What is the smallest unit of an element?
Atom
True or false?
Column 13 of the periodic table contains a group of elements known as “noble gases”
False
True or false?
Compounds can be broken down into two or more substances by by chemical means elements cannot be broken down any further.
True
A ______ is added to speed up a chemical reaction but is not consumed in the chemical reaction?
Catalyst
