AEMA UPDATED EXAM PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the 3 types of alkaline salts - ✔✔sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide,
ammonium hydroxide
✔✔What is the advantage of alkaline salts over pure alkalis - ✔✔less dangerous
✔✔What displays all the advantages of alkaline action yet eliminate most of the
disadvantages of caustic soda - ✔✔Alkaline silicates
✔✔Textile cleansing occurs in a alkaline ___ - ✔✔medium
✔✔What type of silicate is commonly used on stains that contain a large amount of
animal fats - ✔✔ortho
✔✔what silicate is found to be effective in removing oil based stains - ✔✔metasilicate
✔✔What aids in soil suspension and saponification, maintain pH levels, soften water
and provide buffering qualities - ✔✔detergents
✔✔what aids soap in the detergency function by suspending soil, maintaining stable pH
levels, keeping soap dissolved, softening water, and offering efficient buffering -
✔✔Soap builders
✔✔What type of bleach is unadvisable to use at anytime with athletic laundry and
doesn't perform well on synthetics - ✔✔oxygen bleach
✔✔What type of bleach is referred to as oxygen or color-safe, great for coffee stains,
less potent, less likely to damage fabric and does not result in yellowing - ✔✔non-
chlorine
,✔✔What are acids that are dispensed in the last rinse before the final extraction of the
washing machine - ✔✔Sours
✔✔What has a primary function to soften clothing and prevent static - ✔✔textile
softeners
✔✔What are the benefits of softening - ✔✔quicker drying, improved feel, easier
garment handling and extended life
✔✔Softeners are best in what temp of water - ✔✔Warm or cool
✔✔A built detergent has a pH range of - ✔✔9 - 11
✔✔Standard detergent has a pH average of - ✔✔7
✔✔Chemical lines should be checked for leaks every ___ months and changed every
__ years - ✔✔4-6, 1
✔✔When are stains best removed - ✔✔immediately after they occur
✔✔How does stain removal differ from laundering - ✔✔each stains receives individual
attention and rmedy
✔✔What are the types of stain removers - ✔✔solvents, enzymes, emulsifiers, bleaches,
strippers, wetting agents, detergents
✔✔When trying to remove a stain, apply a - ✔✔mild solvent or detergent with a cloth or
sponge
✔✔If a mild solvent doesn't work at first when removing a stain, try - ✔✔active stain
removers such as enzymes, emulsifiers, or other solubilizes
✔✔What percentage of athletes reporting head injuries were wearing improperly fitted
headgear - ✔✔95%
✔✔The majority of lawsuits involving head related injuries and fatalities have centered
around the premises of - ✔✔failure to warn, improper coaching techniques, failure to
properly fit (secondary claim)
✔✔Athletes wearing properly fitted helmets were __ percent less likely to experience
loss of consciousness with a concussion - ✔✔82
✔✔The helmet fitting process - ✔✔Know your headgear
, Measure the head to be fit
Place headgear on the player's head
Check for proper spacing in the forehead area
Check for proper ear hole alignment
Check for proper c-spine alignment
Proper chinstrap adjustment and attatchment
Check for proper facemask adjustment and spacing
Apply crown pressure and check for movement and contact
Apply side to side pressure and check for movement and contact
Apply front to back pressure and check for movement and contact
✔✔When fitting a helmet, the measuring tape should be one inch above the eyebrows
and - ✔✔directly over optical lobe
✔✔The football helmet should entirely cover the first _ cervical vertebrae - ✔✔2
✔✔How many finger widths of space between the nose and football facemask - ✔✔2 - 3
✔✔What is structure to provide support for the upper body while allowing movement of
the arm area - ✔✔shoulder joint
✔✔What area is one of the focal points in the design and tech involved in pad
development - ✔✔glenohumeral joint
✔✔The glenohumeral joint is where this moves - ✔✔scapula
✔✔where the clavicle meets the acromion process at the end of the shoulder - ✔✔AC
Joint
✔✔What type of pad is designed to spread the force to the front and rear of the arch -
✔✔cantilever
✔✔What is the first step in shoulder pad fitting - ✔✔educating the athlete
✔✔How to determine shoulder pad size - ✔✔Measure the width between AC joints,
location of the xiphoid process, and the length of the thoracic vertebrae
✔✔How far should a shoulder pad extend past the AC joint - ✔✔1/2 inch
✔✔What is the end of the breast bone on the front of the chest - ✔✔Xiphoid Process
✔✔Ensure shoulder pads extend well below the ___ vertebrae - ✔✔thoracic
✔✔What are causes of bottoming out pads - ✔✔loose fit, broken pad parts, bent arch
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the 3 types of alkaline salts - ✔✔sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide,
ammonium hydroxide
✔✔What is the advantage of alkaline salts over pure alkalis - ✔✔less dangerous
✔✔What displays all the advantages of alkaline action yet eliminate most of the
disadvantages of caustic soda - ✔✔Alkaline silicates
✔✔Textile cleansing occurs in a alkaline ___ - ✔✔medium
✔✔What type of silicate is commonly used on stains that contain a large amount of
animal fats - ✔✔ortho
✔✔what silicate is found to be effective in removing oil based stains - ✔✔metasilicate
✔✔What aids in soil suspension and saponification, maintain pH levels, soften water
and provide buffering qualities - ✔✔detergents
✔✔what aids soap in the detergency function by suspending soil, maintaining stable pH
levels, keeping soap dissolved, softening water, and offering efficient buffering -
✔✔Soap builders
✔✔What type of bleach is unadvisable to use at anytime with athletic laundry and
doesn't perform well on synthetics - ✔✔oxygen bleach
✔✔What type of bleach is referred to as oxygen or color-safe, great for coffee stains,
less potent, less likely to damage fabric and does not result in yellowing - ✔✔non-
chlorine
,✔✔What are acids that are dispensed in the last rinse before the final extraction of the
washing machine - ✔✔Sours
✔✔What has a primary function to soften clothing and prevent static - ✔✔textile
softeners
✔✔What are the benefits of softening - ✔✔quicker drying, improved feel, easier
garment handling and extended life
✔✔Softeners are best in what temp of water - ✔✔Warm or cool
✔✔A built detergent has a pH range of - ✔✔9 - 11
✔✔Standard detergent has a pH average of - ✔✔7
✔✔Chemical lines should be checked for leaks every ___ months and changed every
__ years - ✔✔4-6, 1
✔✔When are stains best removed - ✔✔immediately after they occur
✔✔How does stain removal differ from laundering - ✔✔each stains receives individual
attention and rmedy
✔✔What are the types of stain removers - ✔✔solvents, enzymes, emulsifiers, bleaches,
strippers, wetting agents, detergents
✔✔When trying to remove a stain, apply a - ✔✔mild solvent or detergent with a cloth or
sponge
✔✔If a mild solvent doesn't work at first when removing a stain, try - ✔✔active stain
removers such as enzymes, emulsifiers, or other solubilizes
✔✔What percentage of athletes reporting head injuries were wearing improperly fitted
headgear - ✔✔95%
✔✔The majority of lawsuits involving head related injuries and fatalities have centered
around the premises of - ✔✔failure to warn, improper coaching techniques, failure to
properly fit (secondary claim)
✔✔Athletes wearing properly fitted helmets were __ percent less likely to experience
loss of consciousness with a concussion - ✔✔82
✔✔The helmet fitting process - ✔✔Know your headgear
, Measure the head to be fit
Place headgear on the player's head
Check for proper spacing in the forehead area
Check for proper ear hole alignment
Check for proper c-spine alignment
Proper chinstrap adjustment and attatchment
Check for proper facemask adjustment and spacing
Apply crown pressure and check for movement and contact
Apply side to side pressure and check for movement and contact
Apply front to back pressure and check for movement and contact
✔✔When fitting a helmet, the measuring tape should be one inch above the eyebrows
and - ✔✔directly over optical lobe
✔✔The football helmet should entirely cover the first _ cervical vertebrae - ✔✔2
✔✔How many finger widths of space between the nose and football facemask - ✔✔2 - 3
✔✔What is structure to provide support for the upper body while allowing movement of
the arm area - ✔✔shoulder joint
✔✔What area is one of the focal points in the design and tech involved in pad
development - ✔✔glenohumeral joint
✔✔The glenohumeral joint is where this moves - ✔✔scapula
✔✔where the clavicle meets the acromion process at the end of the shoulder - ✔✔AC
Joint
✔✔What type of pad is designed to spread the force to the front and rear of the arch -
✔✔cantilever
✔✔What is the first step in shoulder pad fitting - ✔✔educating the athlete
✔✔How to determine shoulder pad size - ✔✔Measure the width between AC joints,
location of the xiphoid process, and the length of the thoracic vertebrae
✔✔How far should a shoulder pad extend past the AC joint - ✔✔1/2 inch
✔✔What is the end of the breast bone on the front of the chest - ✔✔Xiphoid Process
✔✔Ensure shoulder pads extend well below the ___ vertebrae - ✔✔thoracic
✔✔What are causes of bottoming out pads - ✔✔loose fit, broken pad parts, bent arch
