Ch2 Complete Test Bank Mineral Extraction Industries Oil And

Introduction to Process Technology (NAPTA)

Chapter 2 Mineral Extraction Industries: Oil and Gas and Mining

1) How would you characterize a metallic mineral?

A) Poor conductor of heat and electricity

B) Brittle and waxy

C) Cannot be hammered into sheets

D) Have luster or the ability to reflect light

Page Ref: 31

Objective: 2.4 Explain the background, growth, and development of the mining industry

Blooms Level: Understand

2) Which of the following tasks is not associated with surface mining?

A) Miners dig tunnels in the earth

B) Supports and pillars are used to support the mine roof

C) Additional interconnecting passages are dug

D) Explosives are used to move quantities of earth away from the deposit

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Objective: 2.4 Explain the background, growth, and development of the mining industry

Blooms Level: Understand

3) What compound almost exclusively makes up petroleum?

A) Ore

B) Coal

C) Hydrocarbon

D) Minerals

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Objective: 2.1 Explain the background, growth, and development of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Understand

4) Whose well was considered the first commercially successful oil well?

A) Samuel Kier

B) Benjamin Sillman, Jr.

C) Colonel Edwin Drake

D) William Aaron Hart

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Objective: 2.1 Explain the background, growth, and development of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Understand

5) What process uses pressurized liquid to create cracks in rock formations to release oil and natural gas?

A) Quarrying

B) Fracking

C) Conversion

D) Distillation

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Objective: 2.1 Explain the background, growth, and development of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Remember

6) What is the exploration and production sector of the oil and gas industry sometimes called?

A) Refining

B) Upstream

C) Downstream

D) Midstream

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Objective: 2.2 Describe the different segments of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Understand

7) What segment includes the process of locating oil and gas reservoirs by conducting surveys and studies, and by drilling wells?

A) Exploration

B) Conversion

C) Refining

D) Transportation

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Objective: 2.2 Describe the different segments of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Understand

8) What is the prime method for transporting petroleum products?

A) Trucks

B) Railways

C) Pipelines

D) Watercraft

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Objective: 2.2 Describe the different segments of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Understand

9) Which refining process prepares components for additional processing?

A) Distillation

B) Conversion

C) Treatment

D) Formulating

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Objective: 2.2 Describe the different segments of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Understand

10) Which method associated with processing involves dividing crushed and ground minerals into different categories?

A) Sizing

B) Grinding

C) Crushing

D) Filtering

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Objective: 2.5 Describe the different sectors of the mining industry

Blooms Level: Understand

11) What is a top priority for process technicians working in potentially hazardous conditions?

A) Safety

B) Proper training

C) Physical strength

D) Coordination

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Objective: 2.6 Identify duties, responsibilities, and expectations of the process technician in the mining industry

Blooms Level: Understand

12) What government agency affects the fossil fuels industry?

A) EPA

B) OSHA

C) Department of Transportation

D) All of the above

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Objective: 2.3 Identify duties, responsibilities, and expectations of the process technician in fossil fuels industries

Blooms Level: Remember

13) In what period of history did the use of metal tools appear alongside the use of stone tools?

A) Stone Age

B) Copper Age

C) Bronze Age

D) Iron Age

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Objective: 2.4 Explain the background, growth, and development of the mining industry

Blooms Level: Remember

14) Which method associated with processing involves using physical impact to reduce the size of ore?

A) Sizing

B) Grinding

C) Crushing

D) Filtering

Page Ref: 36

Objective: 2.5 Describe the different sectors of the mining industry

Blooms Level: Understand

15) Which method associated with processing involves using impact and abrasion to further reduce the size of crushed rock and ore?

A) Sizing

B) Grinding

C) Crushing

D) Filtering

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Objective: 2.5 Describe the different sectors of the mining industry

Blooms Level: Understand

16) Process technicians might have to work with:

A) Transportation equipment

B) Earth-moving equipment

C) Heavy-lifting equipment

D) All of the above

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Objective: 2.6 Identify duties, responsibilities, and expectations of the process technician in the mining industry

Blooms Level: Understand

17) In early refineries what fraction boiled off second?

A) Naphtha

B) Kerosene

C) Heavy oils

D) Tar

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Objective: 2.1 Explain the background, growth, and development of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Understand

18) When did the first Model T roll off the assembly line?

A) 1903

B) 1905

C) 1908

D) 1910

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Objective: 2.1 Explain the background, growth, and development of the oil, gas, and mining industries

Blooms Level: Remember