MER 330 Chapter 1-4 Exam Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
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Textile - Answer✔️✔️-Any flexible material composed of the films, fibers, yarns,or fabrics
or products made of films, fibers, yarns,or fabrics
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Fiber - Answer✔️✔️-the smallest component, hairlike in nature, that can be separated
from a fabric
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Yarn - Answer✔️✔️-an assemblage of fibers tat form a continuous strand used in making
fabrics
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Fabric - Answer✔️✔️-a flexible planar substance made from solutions, fibers,
yarns,fabrics, or any other combinations
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Gray Goods - Answer✔️✔️-unfinished fabrics
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Coloration - Answer✔️✔️-any dyeing or printing process used to add color of gray goods
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Finish - Answer✔️✔️-any process that modifies appearance or enhances performance of
gray goods
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Soft Goods - Answer✔️✔️-products constructed of textiles
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Smart Textiles - Answer✔️✔️-sense and react to the environment or other stimuli
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Global Textile Complex - Answer✔️✔️-the worldwide mix of related industries that provide
soft goods for the world's population
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Globalization - Answer✔️✔️-refers to companies purchasing from and/or selling to
multiple sites in the world
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - Answer✔️✔️-a federal agency empowered to prevent
persons or corporations from using unfair methods of competition in commerce
Wool Products Labeling Act (WPLA) - Answer✔️✔️-the federal act that protects
consumers, producers, manufacturers and distributors from the unrevealed presence of
other fibers, describes the fiber source, and applies to all textile products containing
wool, except carpets, rugs, mats and upholstery
Fur Products Labeling Act (FPLA) - Answer✔️✔️-the federal act that applies to furs (items
of animal origin with the hair or fiber attached)
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Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (TFPIA) - Answer✔️✔️-protects consumers and
producers from unfair competition resulting from the unrevealed presence of substitute
materials in textile products
Care Labeling Regulation (CLR) - Answer✔️✔️-requires manufacturers and importers of
apparel and some fabrics to include accurate, permanent label that contains care
instructions, including words or symbols, about washing, drying, ironing, bleaching,
warnings or precautions, and dry cleaning
Flammable Fabrics Act - Answer✔️✔️-the federal act that requires that some textile
products meet predetermined levels of safety in terms of flammability
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Certification - Answer✔️✔️-an agreement between producers regarding product
performance and trade names or trademarks
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Licensing - Answer✔️✔️-allows one business to legally use the trademark and expertise
of another business to make, use, or sell a product in a specific geographic area
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Warranty - Answer✔️✔️-can be written or implied statement of performance
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Trade name/Trademark - Answer✔️✔️-distinguish among textiles in marketing
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Table 2.2 - Answer✔️✔️-
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