IICRC OCT COURSE TEST REVIEW UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Odor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Gases which eminate from a source which is perceived by the nose
Olfactory love - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Part of brain humans use to perceive odors
Heightened awareness odors/physiological odors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Smell that may linger
due to past experiences or impressions that were not there prior to disaster
No - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If you don't smell an odor does that mean the odor dosent exist?
osmics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Field of science which is concerned with smell
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Volatility
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Water soluble
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Lipid(fat) solubility
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Absent from nasal tissue
Odor is apparent when what is high - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temperature and RH
adsorb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cling to or attract to a porous surface
aBsorb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To dissolve or diffuse a liquid into another material
Porosity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ability of a material to hold odors
, Higher porosity = - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Higher aDsorption
Natural wicks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Highly porous substance that tenaciously clings to malodors
Wood, fabric, paper,cork,unsealed concrete, flat paints - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Examples of
natural wicks
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Remove as much of odor source as possible #1
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Clean contaminated source area #2
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Penetrate odor counteract any in all surfaces
and spaces #3
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sealing #4
What does sealing do - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Locks in further malodor release
Perm permance factor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Good indicator of performance of odor control or
coating
Lower perm permance = - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅More effective sealer is at controlling odor
PRIOR TO sealing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Clean and deodorize
Nose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Best odor detecting tool
Steps to remove an odor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Remove source
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Odor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Gases which eminate from a source which is perceived by the nose
Olfactory love - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Part of brain humans use to perceive odors
Heightened awareness odors/physiological odors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Smell that may linger
due to past experiences or impressions that were not there prior to disaster
No - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If you don't smell an odor does that mean the odor dosent exist?
osmics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Field of science which is concerned with smell
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Volatility
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Water soluble
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Lipid(fat) solubility
4 properties of smell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Absent from nasal tissue
Odor is apparent when what is high - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Temperature and RH
adsorb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cling to or attract to a porous surface
aBsorb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To dissolve or diffuse a liquid into another material
Porosity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ability of a material to hold odors
, Higher porosity = - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Higher aDsorption
Natural wicks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Highly porous substance that tenaciously clings to malodors
Wood, fabric, paper,cork,unsealed concrete, flat paints - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Examples of
natural wicks
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Remove as much of odor source as possible #1
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Clean contaminated source area #2
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Penetrate odor counteract any in all surfaces
and spaces #3
4 principles of odor control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sealing #4
What does sealing do - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Locks in further malodor release
Perm permance factor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Good indicator of performance of odor control or
coating
Lower perm permance = - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅More effective sealer is at controlling odor
PRIOR TO sealing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Clean and deodorize
Nose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Best odor detecting tool
Steps to remove an odor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Remove source
