APES CH 15 TEST BANK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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Course
Organic Chemistry
Institution
Organic Chemistry
1) Oil is usually found in which of the following situations?
a) a coarse and porous reservoir rock, overlain by an impermeable cap rock b) an anticline or other trap overlain by porous reservoir rock
c) a fine-grained reservoir rock, overlain by an organic-rich cap rock
d) a porous reservoir ro...
APES CH 15 TEST BANK EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
1) Oil is usually found in which of the following situations?
a) a coarse and porous reservoir rock, overlain by an impermeable cap rock b) an
anticline or other trap overlain by porous reservoir rock
c) a fine-grained reservoir rock, overlain by an organic-rich cap rock
d) a porous reservoir rock, overlain by an organic-rich source rock
e) a dense organic-rich cap rock overlain by porous source rock - Answer-A
2) Scrubbing is a technique used by utilities companies to:
a) increase the sulfur content in the exhaust gases generated from coal combustion
b) increase the nitrogen oxide content in the exhaust gases generated from coal
combustion
c) increase the water content in the exhaust gases generated from coal combustion
d) decrease the water content in the exhaust gases generated from coal combustion
e) decrease the sulfur oxide content in the exhaust gases generated from coal
combustion - Answer-E
3) Which of the following is usually associated with the most intense disruption of the
surface environment?
a) strip mining
b) scrubbing
c) natural gas production
d) allowance trading
e) petroleum combustion - Answer-A
4) The Bakken Fields in North Dakota are important because:
a) they contain vast amounts of gas
b) they contain vast amounts of oil
c) they contain vast amounts of coal
d) they contain vast amounts of superheated water
e) they contain vast amounts of uranium - Answer-B
5) Where are methane hydrates found?
a) in permafrost areas
b) beneath the sea floor
c) in Africa and Australia
d) in formerly glaciated valleys
e) in icebergs - Answer-E
6) The total estimated resource of oil shale could yield approximately 2 to 5 trillion
barrels of oil worldwide. This tremendous resource currently is not exploited because:
a) current technology cannot separate the useful energy product from the rock
, b) the cost of extraction is not presently competitive with the cost of crude oil or other
conventional fossil fuels.
c) the oil from oil shale is very low grade
d) the oil shale resource is too widespread to make extraction attractive
e) the extraction process uses up all the energy in the oil and makes it useless -
Answer-B
7) A gas stored on the surfaces of organic matter in a coal bed is called:
a) organic methane
b) natural methane
c) coal-generated methane
d) coal-bed methane
e) non-petroleum methane - Answer-D
8) Oil is:
a) organic matter transformed into liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons
b) inorganic matter transformed into liquid hydrocarbons
c) bituminous coals transformed into liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons
d) a variety of natural gases compressed by pressure
e) organic particles in water - Answer-A
9) According to the Environmental Science text, coal is classified according to its:
a) energy and nitrogen content
b) energy and hydrogen content
c) energy and oxygen content
d) energy and sulfur content
e) energy content - Answer-D
10) Which of the following is(are) not a continuous gas resource?
a) shale gas
b) tight gas
c) gas fields
d) coalbed methane
e) all of the above - Answer-C
11) Of the four common classes of coal, which is generally the highest energy content?
a) lignite
b) anthracite
c) subanthracite
d) subbituminous
e) bituminous - Answer-B
12) Pulverized coal and water are transported in special conduits called:
a) slurry pipelines
b) refinery pipelines
c) sewage pipelines
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