Title: Unit 14 Quiz
Course: BFM 101 Biofuels Fundamentals > Section: BFM 101 Biofuels Fundamentals

Q: What factors affect the land that is available for biomass production?
- Policy incentives
- Availability of markets for biomass
- Opportunity costs – other uses that the farmer might have for the land
- Land owner experience and knowledge of production practices
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: Farmers utilizing crop residue as a bioenergy crop might do the following to assure a sustainable production system:
- Remove as much residue as the market can handle
- Consider how residue removal will impact the land based on the geophysical characteristics of the specific location
- Always apply extra N fertilizer to subsequent crops to offset the impact of residue removal
- Utilize scientific models (such as RUSLE2) to estimate the likely impact of residue removal for specific conditions
- Both a & c
- Both b & d
A: Both b & d

Q: True or False: Biotechnology is a tool being used to advance the development of bioenergy crops and a bioenergy industry?
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Which of the following physical infrastructure elements need to be in place for expansion and growth of the Bioenergy industry?
- Commercially viable conversion facilities
- Farm and forest harvest equipment
- Transportation networks
- Means to store quantities of biomass
- Pre-processing facilities
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: What is meant by “intangible infrastructure”?
- Software programs for trading feedstock in the futures market
- Enzymatic processes for cellulosic feedstock conversion
- Public works projects, such as road construction, that support the bioenergy industry
- Public policy, regulatory structures, quality standards, and marketing institutions
A: Public policy, regulatory structures, quality standards, and marketing institutions

Q: How can storage cost of biomass materials be reduced?
- Allow the materials to decompose prior to transporting them to the storage facility
- Pre-treat with chemicals to convert materials into a smaller form
- Compress biomass materials into pellets or bricks to increase bulk density (densification)
- Locate all biomass combustion or conversion facilities in areas where land values are low
A: Compress biomass materials into pellets or bricks to increase bulk density (densification)

Q: True or False: a “fuelshed” is the area of feedstock supply surrounding a bioenergy conversion facility?
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Why is it more costly to convert cellulosic material into ethanol compared to use of grain for ethanol?
- On a per weight basis, cellulosic feedstock materials take up greater volume of storage and transportation space than grains
- Pretreatment of cellulosic biomass is required to break apart hemicellulose into sugars for fermentation to ethanol
- With thermochemical technologies, additional processing of product is necessary in order to achieve a drop-in transportation fuel
- All of the above
A: All of the above