WATER DAMAGE RESTORATION PRACTICE TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔If closed, which mechanical means would you use if needed?
Refrigerant
Desiccant
Air Exchanger
Humidifier
Do Nothing - ✔✔Desiccant- At 80 degrees generally refrigerants will bring the RH down
to 40% though LGR's can go lower.
✔✔What are the short pins of a knee kicker called? - ✔✔cotton Head
✔✔This carpet construction is most susceptible to shrinkage? - ✔✔Woven
✔✔This carpet construction is most susceptible to delamination? - ✔✔Tufted
✔✔What other tool besides the knee kicker should you bring to the corner of the room
to disengage the carpet? - ✔✔Carpet Awl
✔✔Warp means? - ✔✔Length
✔✔Weft means? - ✔✔Width
✔✔This carpet has a heavily ribbed backing and railroad tracks when grinned. -
✔✔Axminster Woven
✔✔This caprt has a bumpy like backing and railroad tracks when grinned - ✔✔Velvet
woven
✔✔This carpet has buried yarns when viewed from the side and railroad tracks when
grinned - ✔✔Wilton Woven
✔✔Delamination is a seperation of the ____ backing from the ______ backing tufted
carpet - ✔✔10'' x 10''
✔✔A tufted carpet is identified by having a ______ backing. - ✔✔Primary
✔✔In drying a woven carpet, where should the airmovers be placed? - ✔✔On top
✔✔WHen comparing Action Bac vs Jute which backing material is more susceptable to
mold growth? - ✔✔Jute
, ✔✔Why is Jute backing material more susceptible to mold growth? - ✔✔Organic
material
✔✔Of the five steps taught to identify a carpet, which is the key step? - ✔✔Grinning the
carpet
✔✔The laminate of a tufted carpet can lose up to __% of its strength when in a wet
state. - ✔✔80-85% of strength
✔✔A Wilton woven with natural foundation yarns will want to shrink in which directions?
- ✔✔Warp and weft (length and width)
✔✔An Axminster woven carpet stretches only in which direction? - ✔✔Warp
✔✔Under the current S500 4th edition, the carpet cushion should always be removed
and disposed of in which categories of water loss? - ✔✔Categories 2 and 3
✔✔What is the major purpose of the skin on many carpet cushions? - ✔✔Assist in
carpet installation
✔✔Of hair and jute vs. synthetic needle cushion- which is potentially more susceptible
to mold growth? - ✔✔Hair and Jute
✔✔What is the name of the voluntary program for carpet, cushion, and vacuum
cleaners created by the Carpet and Rug Institute for indoor VOC emissions? -
✔✔Green label Program
✔✔Does applied structural drying mean you always dry the carpet and cushion in
place? - ✔✔No
✔✔If particle board was used under a vinyl floor covering, the technician might need to
_____ and discard the vinyl floor in order to replace the particle board with new. -
✔✔Remove
✔✔On day one of a wet hardwood strip floor, what is the most important factor of HAT
to dry the floor? - ✔✔Vapor Pressure differentials with heat and dehumidification
✔✔If there is a hardwood strip floor under a stretched-in installed carpet, the technician
should consider _____ the carpet and dry in another location. You have a hardwood
floor to dry on location. - ✔✔Removing
✔✔What could be used to create a drying chamber over the hardwood floor? -
✔✔Plastic sheathing held with either sand bags or painters tape
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔If closed, which mechanical means would you use if needed?
Refrigerant
Desiccant
Air Exchanger
Humidifier
Do Nothing - ✔✔Desiccant- At 80 degrees generally refrigerants will bring the RH down
to 40% though LGR's can go lower.
✔✔What are the short pins of a knee kicker called? - ✔✔cotton Head
✔✔This carpet construction is most susceptible to shrinkage? - ✔✔Woven
✔✔This carpet construction is most susceptible to delamination? - ✔✔Tufted
✔✔What other tool besides the knee kicker should you bring to the corner of the room
to disengage the carpet? - ✔✔Carpet Awl
✔✔Warp means? - ✔✔Length
✔✔Weft means? - ✔✔Width
✔✔This carpet has a heavily ribbed backing and railroad tracks when grinned. -
✔✔Axminster Woven
✔✔This caprt has a bumpy like backing and railroad tracks when grinned - ✔✔Velvet
woven
✔✔This carpet has buried yarns when viewed from the side and railroad tracks when
grinned - ✔✔Wilton Woven
✔✔Delamination is a seperation of the ____ backing from the ______ backing tufted
carpet - ✔✔10'' x 10''
✔✔A tufted carpet is identified by having a ______ backing. - ✔✔Primary
✔✔In drying a woven carpet, where should the airmovers be placed? - ✔✔On top
✔✔WHen comparing Action Bac vs Jute which backing material is more susceptable to
mold growth? - ✔✔Jute
, ✔✔Why is Jute backing material more susceptible to mold growth? - ✔✔Organic
material
✔✔Of the five steps taught to identify a carpet, which is the key step? - ✔✔Grinning the
carpet
✔✔The laminate of a tufted carpet can lose up to __% of its strength when in a wet
state. - ✔✔80-85% of strength
✔✔A Wilton woven with natural foundation yarns will want to shrink in which directions?
- ✔✔Warp and weft (length and width)
✔✔An Axminster woven carpet stretches only in which direction? - ✔✔Warp
✔✔Under the current S500 4th edition, the carpet cushion should always be removed
and disposed of in which categories of water loss? - ✔✔Categories 2 and 3
✔✔What is the major purpose of the skin on many carpet cushions? - ✔✔Assist in
carpet installation
✔✔Of hair and jute vs. synthetic needle cushion- which is potentially more susceptible
to mold growth? - ✔✔Hair and Jute
✔✔What is the name of the voluntary program for carpet, cushion, and vacuum
cleaners created by the Carpet and Rug Institute for indoor VOC emissions? -
✔✔Green label Program
✔✔Does applied structural drying mean you always dry the carpet and cushion in
place? - ✔✔No
✔✔If particle board was used under a vinyl floor covering, the technician might need to
_____ and discard the vinyl floor in order to replace the particle board with new. -
✔✔Remove
✔✔On day one of a wet hardwood strip floor, what is the most important factor of HAT
to dry the floor? - ✔✔Vapor Pressure differentials with heat and dehumidification
✔✔If there is a hardwood strip floor under a stretched-in installed carpet, the technician
should consider _____ the carpet and dry in another location. You have a hardwood
floor to dry on location. - ✔✔Removing
✔✔What could be used to create a drying chamber over the hardwood floor? -
✔✔Plastic sheathing held with either sand bags or painters tape
