A start-up dairy plant produces 2000 lb per day of a milk protein called casein, which

contains 23.7% water (the rest is the protein). Half of this casein is dried to produce a casein
product that contains only 10% water, while the remaining fresh casein is sold at $8.00/100
lb. The drying process costs $1.00 per lb of water removed.

1. How many pounds of the dried casein are produced by the dairy plant daily?

a. 848 lb
b. 527 lb
c. 1526 lb
d. 1696 lb

Solution:

2. What is the rate of removal of water in the drying process?

a. About 160 lb/day

b. About 520 lb/day
c. About 850 lb/day
d. About 300 lb/day

Solution:
3. If the profit from selling the remaining fresh casein and the dried casein is equal to the
cost of the drying operation, what is the selling price of the dried casein?

a. $9.52
b. $5.27
c. $8.48
d. $10.50

Solution:

100 moles of a 50-50 fuel mixture of ethane and propane is completely burned at a steady
rate in a furnace using 50% excess air.

4. How much O2 is needed to completely burn the fuel mixture?

a. 425 mol
b. 350 mol
c. 250 mol
d. 600 mol

Solution:
5. How much N2 is supplied to the furnace?

a. 2398.2 mol
b. 637.5 mol
c. 425 mol
d. 600 mol

Solution:

6. Which of the following is NOT an element of materials science and engineering?

a. Properties
b. Processing
c. Principles
d. Structure

7. If a material is observed within the 1-1000 μm range of imaging, then the structure is
being analyzed at the ________ level.
a. bulk
b. microscopic
c. atomic
d. sub-atomic

8. A material that has no crystalline structure is called _______.

a. rhombic
b. metamorphic
c. amorphous
d. igneous

9. SEM stands for _______.

a. scanning electron microscopy
b. spinning electron microscopy
c. super electron microscopy
d. split electron microscopy

10. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Plastics has replaced metals in many industrial applications because they are
durable yet light-weight.
b. Plastics can be used as a substitute to metals in any commercial, industrial and
structural applications.
c. There has been a decrease in the global consumption of plastics because of
depleting reserves in fossil fuel.
d. The Silicon Age is older than the Polymer Age.