PSE Test 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025
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PSE Test 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025
What does "free" mean when referring to "uncoated free sheet?" - ANSWERSDoes not have any mechanical pulp in it
What are the metric (SI) units for the basis weight of paper? - ANSWERSg/m2
In an integrated manufacturing facility, __...
PSE Test 1 Questions with 100% Correct
Answers 2024/2025
What does "free" mean when referring to "uncoated free sheet?" - ANSWERSDoes not have any
mechanical pulp in it
What are the metric (SI) units for the basis weight of paper? - ANSWERSg/m2
In an integrated manufacturing facility, _________ is converted into ___________ which is then
converted into __________ - ANSWERSWood, pulp, paper/board
About what % of all the paper and paperboard made worldwide is produced in the US? - ANSWERS18
The sheet of paper leaving the drying section of a paper machine, when examined in cross section, has
peaks and valleys...it is not level. Just before being rolled up, the sheet is passed between smooth rolls in
a calender stack (shown below). The rolls push the peaks down. What property of paper is the calendar
stack designed to improve? - ANSWERSSmoothness
Approximately how many tons of paper and paperboard are produced worldwide each year? -
ANSWERS400
For board grades, linerboard is unbleached, while ________ is bleached - ANSWERSSBS
Tear strength for paper depends mostly on what? - ANSWERSFiber length
What three letters are used to denote the kind of paperboard used in this product? - ANSWERSSBS
Paper production in the US may be broken down into three broad categories: Printing and writing,
paperboard, and ___________ - ANSWERSTissue
, Paper is technically defined as a web formed when _________ fibers are filtered from a ___________
suspension and then dried to form interfiber __________ bonds - ANSWERScellulosic, water, hydrogen
In the image below of a typical shipping box, what grade of paperboard is represented by the letter B? -
ANSWERSCorrugating medium
Surprisingly, _________ is the third largest manufacturer of paper and paperboard. - ANSWERSJapan
What is the average per-capita consumption of paper in the United States, in pounds? - ANSWERS500 lbs
Besides "sanitary" and "non-sanitary" and "tissue" and "towel," what are the two categories of tissue? -
ANSWERSAt-home and Away-from-home
A sheet of paper with poor smoothness (i.e. high roughness) has a lot of ________ variability -
ANSWERSCaliper
Based on tons produced, it can be said that board makes up ________ % of total production, while paper
makes up ________ % . - ANSWERS60, 40
If the brightness of a paper sheet increases, what must have also increased? - ANSWERSReflectivity
Which of the following paper properties could be expressed in terms of meters? - ANSWERSCaliper
What is the largest paper company in the world, based on sales? - ANSWERSInternational Paper (US)
Lots of commercial printers do web-based printing, in which a roll of uncoated free sheet is unwound
and pulled through a printing press at very high speeds (sometimes over 60 mph). Which mechanical
property of the sheet is MOST important for this application, to avoid excessive web breaks? -
ANSWERSTensile strength
Which of the following could theoretically be used to express "basis weight?" - ANSWERSkg/ft2
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