Cabañog, Charlyn M.

MCQ – CPI

Paper and Related Products:

History of Paper-Making

1. It is a network of plant fibers laid down as a flat sheet.

a. Pulp
b. Fibers
c. Paper
d. Lignin
2. In AD 105 a Chinese court official, Ts'ai Lun produced a paper web from slurry of __________ in
water.
a. Paper mulberry fiber
b. Cyperus papyrus
c. Plant fibers
d. Linen rags
3. When the Moors conquered Spain, the raw materials for paper-making were ______ and ________.
a. Cotton; Linen rags
b. Hemp; Linen rags
c. Wood pulps; Flax
d. Hemp; Cotton
4. The cellulose fibers are stuck together with natural glue called ______.
a. Lignin
b. Cellulose
c. Pulp
d. Soup
5. In paper making, the process begins with the raw wood, which is made up of fibers called
a. Pulp
b. Cellulose
c. Lignin
d. Fiber
6. It is often used to make the paper that money is printed on.
a. Cotton fibers
b. Flax
c. Bamboo
d. Hemp
7. The first newspaper to be made from an all-wood pulp appeared in 1870.
a. The Times
b. USA Today
c. New York Post
d. New York Times
8. This machine uses a continuous wire-mesh belt instead of individual paper molds for forming a sheet
of paper.
a. Cylinder mould machine
b. Twin Wire Machine
c. Paper Mould Machine
d. Fourdrinier Papermaking
9. Discovery of this element in 1774 led to its use for bleaching paper stock
a. Fluorine
b. Chlorine
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen
 10. Pulp made by dissolving the woody substances in cell walls using strong chemicals did not appear until
_____.
a. 1851
b. 1870
c. 1769
d. 1860

Loreniana, Emil Jean

MCQ – CPI

Paper and Related Products:

Paper Manufacturing Process
1. These are synthetic substances that are significantly used in paper making, except:
a. fibers b. cotton c. dried pulp d. none of these

2. It involves make a dilute suspension of fibers in water.

a. suspension b. deferment c. furnish d. dilution

3. The wooden frame that is used in manual papermaking is termed as

a. board b. deckle c. screen d. crate

4. This is accomplished by dissolving lignin in cooking liquor, so that it may be washed from the cellulose.
a. chemical pulping b. kraft process c. sulfite process d. soda pulping

5. A type of mechanical pulping wherein debarked logs are fed into grinders where they are pressed against
rotating stones to be made into fibers.
a. ground wood process c. chemi-thermomechanical pulping
b. thermomechanical process d. pressure-grinders pulping

6. The following are the main chemical pulping process, except for.
a. semi-chemical process b. soda pulping c. kraft process d. sulfite process

7. This process involves the use of recycled fibers.

a. recycled pulping b. de-inked pulping c. cast-off pulping d. reprocessed pulping
8. What is commonly added to paper to improve its characteristics for printing or writing?
a. bleach b. soda ash c. china clay b. chlorine

9. Which of the statement(s) is/are true about paper making?

a. Paper made from cotton-fibers tends to be valued higher than wood-based paper.
b. Additives is added into paper during sizing to establish correct level of surface absorbency.
c. Neither a or b
d. All statements are true.

10. The most common machine used in modern paper making.

a. Twin Wire Machine c. Gap former machine
b. Cylinder mould machine d. Fourdriniers machine
 Itang, Charlie John D.
MCQ – CPI

Paper and Related Products:

Properties of Paper
1. It is the weight or substance per unit area of a paper.

A. Basis weight

B. Density weight

C. Basis index

D. Paper weight

2. A 20 pound bond letter size paper is ______ than/to a 20 pound bond legal size paper in terms of thickness.

A. Thicker

B. Thinner

C. Equal

D. None of the above

3. _______ to rupture when subjected to various stresses is an important property in practically all grades of
paper.

A. Immunity

B. Weakness

C. Permit

D. Resistance

4. _______ is used for a more intense reflection and a more unpleasant effect.

A. Gloss

B. Glare

C. Finish

D. Smoothness

5. This is a highly absorbent type of paper and sometimes called bibulous paper.

A. Wrapping paper

B. Specialty paper

C. Blotting paper

D. Drawing paper

6. ________ of the world’s commercially cut timber is used for the production of paper.

A. 39%

B. 40%
 C. 41%

D. 42%

7. Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and books are example of?

A. Writing paper

B. Printing paper

C. Handmade paper

D. Drawing paper

8. The property of paper to have little or no “show-through” of images from one side of the sheet to the other.

A. Opacity

B. Brightness

C. Gloss

D. Finish

9. Being affordable of paper to the average consumers leads to.

A. Increase in consumption

B. Discovery of new writing materials

C. Reforestation

D. Discovery of paper folding

10. The pulp and paper industry is the _______ largest consumer of energy.

A. 3rd

B. 4th

C. 5th

D. 6th