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IICRC RRT Exam Study Guide Questions
And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
When row-cutting most commercial tufted carpet for seaming, technicians should use -
Answer✔loop-pile or cushion back cutter
Where practical, the industry-preferred method for trimming seam edges is called what? -
Answer✔row cut
What tool should be used to pound down the metal lip of clamp-down transition strip (door bar)?
- Answer✔White rubber mallet
When sealing a seam, a bead of adhesive is applied to the carpet edge to adhere what two things?
- Answer✔1. Primary backing
2. Secondary backing
When sealing seams, to evenly distribute a latex or acrylic sealer on a carpet's cut edge, what
should technicians use? - Answer✔their thumb and finger
When seaming or sectioning a carpet, technicians should seal each cut edge with acrylic, latex or
thermoplastic adhesive on what styles of carpet? - Answer✔on all stretch-in carpet
What is the recommended seam groomer to use immediately following hot-melt seaming? -
Answer✔A smooth or paddle roller
When using a knee kicker and carpet awl to lift carpet off tack strip (gripper), the direction of lift
should be what? - Answer✔angled towards the wall then upwards
To prevent delamination while disengaging wet carpet from tack strip (gripper), technicians
should use what? - Answer✔A knee kicker working around the entire perimeter
Chalk used in chalk line tools should be what color? - Answer✔White
When cutting carpet for seaming or sectioning, normally technicians should be careful not cut
what? - Answer✔Pile yarns
When replacing old clamp-down metal transition that forms a 90º angle, what should be done to
the new metal? - Answer✔Pounded down to the finished position and cut at a 45 degree angle in
a miter box
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After carpet cushion (pad, underlay) is removed from wood floors, what should be done with the
remaining staples? - Answer✔removed completely
When power stretching, what is the tool that can be used to simulate a wall where there is no
wall in an open area? - Answer✔Dead man
What is an essential safety item needed when driving hardened steel nails into concrete -
Answer✔Safety glasses
Identify two essential items required for worksite safety: - Answer✔1. First aid kit
2. Fire extinguisher
Identify the agency(s) in charge of regulating the use of personal protective equipment (e.g., hard
hats, knee pads, goggles, respirators). - Answer✔OSHA (HSE);(WHS)
When stretching or re-stretching carpet, a knee kicker is used as an assist tool in conjunction
with what other tool? - Answer✔Power stretcher
What should a knee kicker's pins penetrate - Answer✔the carpet's primary and secondary
backings
What can setting the knee kicker or power stretcher pins too shallow cause the primary backing
to do? - Answer✔Release tufts
In order to stop or prevent most buckling in stretch-in carpet, what two things should installers
use in combination? - Answer✔1. Power stretcher
2. Knee kicker
What seaming tool does not make contact with thermoplastic adhesive on carpet seaming tape? -
Answer✔radio frequency seaming unit
A power stretcher handle should be used with a pumping motion to give carpet time to do what?
- Answer✔relax
What item should be placed between any wall and the butt end of a power stretcher? -
Answer✔stretcher board (padded 2-4 inch by 4 foot board)
When can a knee kicker or mini-restretcher be used? - Answer✔reattach a carpet corner to a
tackstrip
Identify a tool used to follow up hot-melt seaming to remove excess heat almost instantaneously.
- Answer✔vacuum cooling tool
What is the time it takes for a hot-melt adhesive to harden or become firm after a repair? -
Answer✔set up time
The two major purposes of tack strip (gripper) are to hold stretched carpet and what else? -
Answer✔protect the carpet edge
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IICRC RRT Exam Study Guide Questions
And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
When row-cutting most commercial tufted carpet for seaming, technicians should use -
Answer✔loop-pile or cushion back cutter
Where practical, the industry-preferred method for trimming seam edges is called what? -
Answer✔row cut
What tool should be used to pound down the metal lip of clamp-down transition strip (door bar)?
- Answer✔White rubber mallet
When sealing a seam, a bead of adhesive is applied to the carpet edge to adhere what two things?
- Answer✔1. Primary backing
2. Secondary backing
When sealing seams, to evenly distribute a latex or acrylic sealer on a carpet's cut edge, what
should technicians use? - Answer✔their thumb and finger
When seaming or sectioning a carpet, technicians should seal each cut edge with acrylic, latex or
thermoplastic adhesive on what styles of carpet? - Answer✔on all stretch-in carpet
What is the recommended seam groomer to use immediately following hot-melt seaming? -
Answer✔A smooth or paddle roller
When using a knee kicker and carpet awl to lift carpet off tack strip (gripper), the direction of lift
should be what? - Answer✔angled towards the wall then upwards
To prevent delamination while disengaging wet carpet from tack strip (gripper), technicians
should use what? - Answer✔A knee kicker working around the entire perimeter
Chalk used in chalk line tools should be what color? - Answer✔White
When cutting carpet for seaming or sectioning, normally technicians should be careful not cut
what? - Answer✔Pile yarns
When replacing old clamp-down metal transition that forms a 90º angle, what should be done to
the new metal? - Answer✔Pounded down to the finished position and cut at a 45 degree angle in
a miter box
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After carpet cushion (pad, underlay) is removed from wood floors, what should be done with the
remaining staples? - Answer✔removed completely
When power stretching, what is the tool that can be used to simulate a wall where there is no
wall in an open area? - Answer✔Dead man
What is an essential safety item needed when driving hardened steel nails into concrete -
Answer✔Safety glasses
Identify two essential items required for worksite safety: - Answer✔1. First aid kit
2. Fire extinguisher
Identify the agency(s) in charge of regulating the use of personal protective equipment (e.g., hard
hats, knee pads, goggles, respirators). - Answer✔OSHA (HSE);(WHS)
When stretching or re-stretching carpet, a knee kicker is used as an assist tool in conjunction
with what other tool? - Answer✔Power stretcher
What should a knee kicker's pins penetrate - Answer✔the carpet's primary and secondary
backings
What can setting the knee kicker or power stretcher pins too shallow cause the primary backing
to do? - Answer✔Release tufts
In order to stop or prevent most buckling in stretch-in carpet, what two things should installers
use in combination? - Answer✔1. Power stretcher
2. Knee kicker
What seaming tool does not make contact with thermoplastic adhesive on carpet seaming tape? -
Answer✔radio frequency seaming unit
A power stretcher handle should be used with a pumping motion to give carpet time to do what?
- Answer✔relax
What item should be placed between any wall and the butt end of a power stretcher? -
Answer✔stretcher board (padded 2-4 inch by 4 foot board)
When can a knee kicker or mini-restretcher be used? - Answer✔reattach a carpet corner to a
tackstrip
Identify a tool used to follow up hot-melt seaming to remove excess heat almost instantaneously.
- Answer✔vacuum cooling tool
What is the time it takes for a hot-melt adhesive to harden or become firm after a repair? -
Answer✔set up time
The two major purposes of tack strip (gripper) are to hold stretched carpet and what else? -
Answer✔protect the carpet edge
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