Description : The U.S. population receives the largest dose of ionizing radiation from: w) natural sources. x) fallout from nuclear weapons testing. y) nuclear medicine. z) nuclear power plants.
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- NATURAL SOURCES.
Description : An important safety feature required at U.S. nuclear power plants that was not present at the Chernobyl Power Plant in the Soviet Union was the: w) reactor x) cooling water y) control rods z) containment building
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- CONTAINMENT BUILDING
Description : W yellow powder, mostly made of uranium, that is produced in the uranium milling process is called what?
Last Answer : ANSWER: YELLOWCAKE or AMMONIUM DIURANATE
Description : The uranium fuel used worldwide is mainly in the form of: w) U3O8 x) UO2 y) UF6 z) U metal
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- UO2
Description : Which of the following is considered a renewable resource? w) Coal fired power plant x) Hydroelectric dam y) Combustion turbine facility z) Nuclear fission power plant
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- HYDROELECTRIC DAM
Description : About what percent of the electricity used in the United States is currently being produced by nuclear power plants? w) 5 percent x) 10 percent y) 20 percent z) 30 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 20 PERCENT
Description : Of the following answers, which is closest to the percentage of electricity generated by nuclear power plants in the U.S. in 1987? w) 5% x) 10% y) 20% z) 40%
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 20%
Description : What state in the United States has the most nuclear power plants? w) New York x) Illinois y) Pennsylvania z) South Carolina
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ILLINOIS
Description : Most of the nuclear power plants operating in the United States are: w) pressurized water reactors x) boiling water reactors y) high-temperature gas-cooled reactors z) liquid-metal fast breeder reactors
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS
Description : As of December, 1990, which of the following countries generated the greatest percentage of its electricity by nuclear power? w) England x) Japan y) United States z) France
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- FRANCE
Description : Spent fuel from a nuclear power plant cools down and loses most of its radioactivity through decay. In the first year, spent fuel loses about what percentage of its radioactivity? w) 10 percent x) 50 percent y) 80 percent z) 100 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 80 PERCENT
Description : Most commercial nuclear power plants worldwide are cooled by: w) sodium x) mercury y) helium z) water
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- WATER
Description : Which of the following isotopes is not present in natural uranium? (A) U-238 (B) U-234 (C) U-235 (D) U-232
Last Answer : (D) U-232
Description : Reverse osmosis is normally used for the (A) Separation of isotopes of uranium from gaseous uranium hexafluoride (B) Separation of helium from natural gas (C) Desalination of brackish water to produce potable (drinking) water (D) Purification of oxygen
Last Answer : (C) Desalination of brackish water to produce potable (drinking) water
Description : Electricity generated by coal-fired power plants i the United States in 1990 was approximately what percentage of the entire electricity produced by all sources of power production? w) 10 percent x) 25 percent y) 55 percent z) 90 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 55 PERCENT
Description : What is the major visible constituent of the exhaust plume from a natural gas-fired power plant? w) carbon dioxide x) carbon monoxide y) smoke z) water
Description : The first controlled nuclear chain reaction took place in what year? w) 1895 x) 1910 y) 1942 z) 1945
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 1942
Description : In the United States, coal is the energy source that produces the highest percentage of our electricity. Second is: w) hydropower x) oil y) nuclear energy z) solar energy
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- NUCLEAR ENERGY
Description : The most serious environmental pollution from a nuclear reactor is: w) radioactivity x) particulate formation y) thermal pollution z) noise pollution
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- THERMAL POLLUTION
Description : What substance was used as a moderator for the chain reaction in the first nuclear reactor? w) graphite x) boron y) water z) cadmium
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- GRAPHITE
Description : The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and amendments require what Federal agency to site, construct and operate a geologic repository for disposal of high-level nuclear waste?
Last Answer : ANSWER: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Description : Who is called the Father of the Nuclear Navy? w) Edward Teller x) Robert Oppenheimer y) Hymen Rickover z) Chester Nimitz
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- HYMEN RICKOVER
Description : Uranium ore is currently mined & concentrated (in India) at (A) Jadugoda (B) Ghatshila (C) Khetri (D) Alwaye
Last Answer : (A) Jadugoda
Description : Uranium ore is mined & concentrated in India at (A) Jadugoda (Jharkhand) (B) Kota (Rajasthan) (C) Tuticorin (Tamilnadu) (D) Talcher (Orissa)
Last Answer : (A) Jadugoda (Jharkhand)
Description : Which of the following is the only element which i "mined" from the sea? Is it: w) copper x) magnesium y) uranium z) zinc
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- MAGNESIUM
Description : Using X-ray crystallography, this woman scientist determined the structures of large biochemical molecules, including penicillin in 1949 and vitamin B12 in 1956. In 1969 she determined the three ... X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances." Name this woman scientist.
Last Answer : ANSWER: (DOROTHY) CROWFOOT HODGKIN
Description : Which of the following people is credited as being the father of mass production? w) Thomas Edison x) Otto Graham y) Henry Ford z) Eli Whitney
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- ELI WHITNEY
Description : Taxol is a drug currently being used to treat cancer, particularly resistant forms of breast cancer. A natural source of Taxol is: w) bark and leaves of the yew tree x) apricot pits y) periwinkle flowers z) ginkgo leaves
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- BARK AND LEAVES OF THE YEW TREE
Description : It is a common observation that naturally occurring processes have a particular direction associated with them. For instance, heat flows from a hot body to a colder body. The property of a system ... this natural direction of events is called w) energy x) entropy y) enthalpy z) equilibrium
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ENTROPY
Description : Name the branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it appears in its natural surroundings, and as it affects a community of people rather than a single individual.
Last Answer : ANSWER: EPIDEMIOLOGY
Description : The Oklo reactor in Gabon, Africa, is significant because it: w) was the first man-made reactor. x) was a natural fission reactor. y) was the first reactor used to generate electricity. z) produced the most electricity in a single year.
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- WAS A NATURAL FISSION REACTOR.
Description : Which sea is the saltiest natural lake and is also at the lowest elevation on the face of the earth?
Last Answer : ANSWER: THE DEAD SEA
Description : To reverse the direction of rotation of a three-phase AC induction motor, do one of the following: w) reverse any two of the three-phase connections x) change the frequency of the applied AC power y) operate the motor below the stall torque at very high slip z) none of the above
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- REVERSE ANY TWO OF THE THREE-PHASE CONNECTIONS
Description : Which of the following is an important element of stainless steel. w) chromium x) magnesium y) copper z) nickel
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- CHROMIUM
Description : Separation of __________ employs gaseous diffusion process. (A) N2 and O2 from air (B) Isotopes of uranium (C) Isotopes of helium (D) SO2 and air
Last Answer : (B) Isotopes of uranium
Description : Thermal nuclear reactors using enriched uranium as fuel contains a maximum of __________ percent fissile material i.e. U-235. (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 7
Last Answer : (C) 3
Description : In 1976, Congress enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act designed to protect public health and the environment from improper management of hazardous waste. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act categorizes hazardous wastes into four groups. Identify three of the four groups.
Last Answer : ANSWER: TOXIC (POISONOUS), REACTIVE, IGNITABLE, AND CORROSIVE
Description : What three elements besides iron make up the alloy alnico, used for making magnets?
Last Answer : ANSWER: WLUMINUM, NICKEL, AND COBALT
Description : What is the technique by which lasers are used to photograph objects and reproduce them in three dimensions?
Last Answer : ANSWER: HOLOGRAPHY
Description : What are the three elements of a bipolar transistor? Are they the: w) grid, plate, cathode x) suppressor, deflector, target y) energizer, controller, terminus z) emitter, base, collector
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- EMITTER, BASE, COLLECTOR
Description : Name THREE gaseous components produced when coal is combusted.
Last Answer : (1) CO2 (2) SO2 (3) NOX (4) H2O
Description : Name THREE TECHNIQUES for removing particulates from flue gas produced from the combustion of coal?
Last Answer : (1) ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION (ESP) (2) FABRIC FILTER OR BAGHOUSE (3) WET SCRUBBERS (4) MECHANICAL COLLECTORS OR CYCLONES
Description : This large bird of prey is related to the eagle. The bird is found on all continents. Three species, the swallow-tailed, white-tailed and the Mississippi are found in North America. Name this GENR-92; Short Answer: What creatures travel in gaggles?
Last Answer : ANSWER: GEESE
Description : In the Tyndall Effect, the intensity of scattered radiation is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength. Which one of the following colors of light would exhibit the most intense Tyndall scattering? w) yellow x) green y) orange z) violet
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- VIOLET
Description : What power cycle is used in jet engines? w) Stirling x) Rankine y) Otto z) Brayton
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- BRAYTON
Description : In a typical power plant used to generate electricity in the U.S., the percentage of energy in the fuel that is converted to electricity is about: w) 99 percent x) 50 percent y) 35 percent z) 10 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 35 PERCENT
Description : Electric power is less expensive at night because: w) more hydroelectric generation is brought on line at night. x) there is less demand at night. y) pollution control is less stringent at night. z) power plants are more efficient at night.
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- THERE IS LESS DEMAND AT NIGHT.
Description : The radioactive pollution may result from: 1. medical waste 2. coal ash 3. production of nuclear arsenal 4. mining of uranium 5. decommissioning of nuclear weapons The correct causes are: (a) 1, 3 and 4 only (b) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only (c) 2, 3, 4 and 5 only (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Nuclear fuel usually used in a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) is (A) Plutonium (B) Enriched uranium (C) Natural uranium (D) Thorium
Last Answer : (B) Enriched uranium
Description : The most commonly used nuclear fuel in boiling water reactor is (A) Enriched uranium (B) Natural uranium (C) Plutonium
Last Answer : (A) Enriched uranium