AMD 204 FINAL EXAM |QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100%|GRADE A+|LATEST 2024/2025
Serviceability - ✔✔The measure of a textile product's ability to meet consumers'
needs.
Aesthetics - ✔✔Describes the attractiveness or appearance of a textile product.
Abrasion Resistance - ✔✔The ability of a fiber to resist damage from rubbing or
surface contact.
Allergenic Potential - ✔✔The ability to cause physical reactions such as skin
redness.
Creep - ✔✔Delayed or gradual recovery from elongation.
Dimensional Stability - ✔✔The ability to retain a given size and shape through use
and care.
Drape - ✔✔The manner in which a fabric falls or hangs over a 3D form.
Elasticity - ✔✔The ability of a strained material to recover its original dimensions
immediately after removal of stress.
Elongation - ✔✔The ability to be stretched, extended, or lengthened.
Hand - ✔✔The way a fiber feels. Silky, harsh, soft, crisp, dry.
Hydrophobic - ✔✔Describes fibers with low attraction to for water.
Hydrophilic/Hydroscopic - ✔✔Describes fibers with strong attraction for water.
Loft - ✔✔Ability to spring back to original thickness after being compressed.
Luster - ✔✔The light reflected from a surface. More subdued than shine.
,Oleophilic - ✔✔Describes fibers with a strong affinity or attraction for oil.
Resiliency - ✔✔The ability to return to original shape after bending, twisting,
compressing, or a combination of deformations.
Tenacity - ✔✔Describes the strength of the fiber.
Wicking - ✔✔The ability of a fiber to transfer moisture along its surface.
Light Resistance - ✔✔The ability to withstand degradation from sunlight.
Thermal/Heat Retention - ✔✔The ability to transfer heat through a fabric.
Durability - ✔✔Describes how a product withstands use or the length of time the
product is considered suitable for the use for which it was purchased.
Comfort - ✔✔Describes the way a textile product affects heat, air, and moisture
transfer and the way the body interacts with the textile product.
Safety - ✔✔Describes the ability of a textile or textile product to protect the body
from harm.
Appearance Retention - ✔✔Describes how a product maintains its original
appearance during use, care, and storage.
Care - ✔✔Refers to the treatment required to maintain a textile product's original
appearance.
Environmental Impact - ✔✔Refers to the effect on the environment of the
production, use, care, and disposal of textiles and textile products.
Cost - ✔✔The amount paid to acquire, use, maintain, and dispose of a product.
Natural Fibers - ✔✔Grown or developed in nature in recognizable fiber form.
Come from animals, plants, or minerals.
Natural Cellulosic Seed Fibers - ✔✔COTTON, Coir, Kapok, Milkweed
, Natural Cellulosic Bast Fibers - ✔✔Hemp, Ramie, Jute, Kenaf, Hibiscus, Flax
Natural Cellulosic Leaf Fibers - ✔✔Abaca, Piña, Sisal, Henequen
Natural Protein Fibers - ✔✔Wool, Silk, Camel, etc.
Manufactured Fibers - ✔✔Made from chemical compounds produced in
manufacturing facilities. Material's form is not recognizable as a fiber.
Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers - ✔✔Acetate, Bamboo, Lyocell, Rayon, Seaweed
Manufactured Regenerated Fibers - ✔✔Produced in fiber form from naturally
occurring polymers.
Synthetic Fibers - ✔✔Produced from synthetic polymers made from basic raw
materials.
Synthetic Fibers - ✔✔Acrylic, Aramid, Modacrylic, Nylon, Olefin, Polyester,
Rubber, Spandex
Staple Fiber - ✔✔Any natural or manufactured fiber produced in or cut to a short
length measured in inches or centimeters.
Filament - ✔✔Refers to fibers that are extremely long or yarns made of these
fibers.
Fiber Properties of Nylon - ✔✔Excellent abrasion resistance, good thermal
retention, excellent resiliency, and poor light resistance. Circular shape. Excellent
tenacity, high elongation, poor absorbency, high dimensional stability.
Fiber Properties of Olefin - ✔✔Excellent abrasion resistance, good thermal
retention, good resiliency, moderate light resistance. Medium luster, high tenacity,
variable elongation, poor absorbency, excellent dimensional stability.
Fiber Properties of Polyester - ✔✔Excellent abrasion resistance, excellent thermal
retention, good resiliency, excellent light resistance. Circular shape. Can be square
SOLUTIONS 100%|GRADE A+|LATEST 2024/2025
Serviceability - ✔✔The measure of a textile product's ability to meet consumers'
needs.
Aesthetics - ✔✔Describes the attractiveness or appearance of a textile product.
Abrasion Resistance - ✔✔The ability of a fiber to resist damage from rubbing or
surface contact.
Allergenic Potential - ✔✔The ability to cause physical reactions such as skin
redness.
Creep - ✔✔Delayed or gradual recovery from elongation.
Dimensional Stability - ✔✔The ability to retain a given size and shape through use
and care.
Drape - ✔✔The manner in which a fabric falls or hangs over a 3D form.
Elasticity - ✔✔The ability of a strained material to recover its original dimensions
immediately after removal of stress.
Elongation - ✔✔The ability to be stretched, extended, or lengthened.
Hand - ✔✔The way a fiber feels. Silky, harsh, soft, crisp, dry.
Hydrophobic - ✔✔Describes fibers with low attraction to for water.
Hydrophilic/Hydroscopic - ✔✔Describes fibers with strong attraction for water.
Loft - ✔✔Ability to spring back to original thickness after being compressed.
Luster - ✔✔The light reflected from a surface. More subdued than shine.
,Oleophilic - ✔✔Describes fibers with a strong affinity or attraction for oil.
Resiliency - ✔✔The ability to return to original shape after bending, twisting,
compressing, or a combination of deformations.
Tenacity - ✔✔Describes the strength of the fiber.
Wicking - ✔✔The ability of a fiber to transfer moisture along its surface.
Light Resistance - ✔✔The ability to withstand degradation from sunlight.
Thermal/Heat Retention - ✔✔The ability to transfer heat through a fabric.
Durability - ✔✔Describes how a product withstands use or the length of time the
product is considered suitable for the use for which it was purchased.
Comfort - ✔✔Describes the way a textile product affects heat, air, and moisture
transfer and the way the body interacts with the textile product.
Safety - ✔✔Describes the ability of a textile or textile product to protect the body
from harm.
Appearance Retention - ✔✔Describes how a product maintains its original
appearance during use, care, and storage.
Care - ✔✔Refers to the treatment required to maintain a textile product's original
appearance.
Environmental Impact - ✔✔Refers to the effect on the environment of the
production, use, care, and disposal of textiles and textile products.
Cost - ✔✔The amount paid to acquire, use, maintain, and dispose of a product.
Natural Fibers - ✔✔Grown or developed in nature in recognizable fiber form.
Come from animals, plants, or minerals.
Natural Cellulosic Seed Fibers - ✔✔COTTON, Coir, Kapok, Milkweed
, Natural Cellulosic Bast Fibers - ✔✔Hemp, Ramie, Jute, Kenaf, Hibiscus, Flax
Natural Cellulosic Leaf Fibers - ✔✔Abaca, Piña, Sisal, Henequen
Natural Protein Fibers - ✔✔Wool, Silk, Camel, etc.
Manufactured Fibers - ✔✔Made from chemical compounds produced in
manufacturing facilities. Material's form is not recognizable as a fiber.
Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers - ✔✔Acetate, Bamboo, Lyocell, Rayon, Seaweed
Manufactured Regenerated Fibers - ✔✔Produced in fiber form from naturally
occurring polymers.
Synthetic Fibers - ✔✔Produced from synthetic polymers made from basic raw
materials.
Synthetic Fibers - ✔✔Acrylic, Aramid, Modacrylic, Nylon, Olefin, Polyester,
Rubber, Spandex
Staple Fiber - ✔✔Any natural or manufactured fiber produced in or cut to a short
length measured in inches or centimeters.
Filament - ✔✔Refers to fibers that are extremely long or yarns made of these
fibers.
Fiber Properties of Nylon - ✔✔Excellent abrasion resistance, good thermal
retention, excellent resiliency, and poor light resistance. Circular shape. Excellent
tenacity, high elongation, poor absorbency, high dimensional stability.
Fiber Properties of Olefin - ✔✔Excellent abrasion resistance, good thermal
retention, good resiliency, moderate light resistance. Medium luster, high tenacity,
variable elongation, poor absorbency, excellent dimensional stability.
Fiber Properties of Polyester - ✔✔Excellent abrasion resistance, excellent thermal
retention, good resiliency, excellent light resistance. Circular shape. Can be square
