IICRC CCT Carpet Cleaning Technician Exam 2024-2025
Questions and Correct Answers Rated A+
filament - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..a single strand of a natural or synthetic fiber
natural fibers - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..More expensive, require more drying time
Ex: Wool Cotton Silk
Synthetic Fibers - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..By-product and man made
Ex:Nylon Polyester Olefin Acrylic
Two types of Natural Fibers - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..cellulosic=plant and protein=animals
Woven w/ cotton - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Need to do a lot of extraction because cotton is high
absorption
Tufted carpet - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Carpet made by mechanically stitching pile yarn through
a primary fabric backing and bonded with latex to a secondary backing.
2 ways to make a tufted carpet - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Loop pile vs cut pile construction
Delamination - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Backing comes off the carpet or apart from each other
Pile design types - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Saxony (most popular), plush/velvet,level loop
Saxony pile design - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Pile height 3/4 inch and twisted heat set yarn most
popular
Plush and velvet pile design - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..High density cut like yarn little to no heat
set or twist
Level loop pile design - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Uniformly level loop pile typical commercial
carpet
Carpet cushions can help prevent - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Crushing and matting
Rebound pad - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..What is usually below carpet has diff weights that go with
specific carpets if wrong weight is used it can cause carpet to de laminate
, Red dye remover = - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Acid dye remover
All dyes for carpet are made from these colors - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Red yellow blue
Types of dyes - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Acid dye, solution dye, stock dye, yarn dye, piece or
beck dye, continuous dye, print/contact dye
Acid dye - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Most common with nylon and wool
Optical brightness - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..When exposed to UV light acid dyed fibers would
emit a blue/white light which would "brighten" people's carpet
pH paper - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Indicator for type of carpet and dye used so you know how to
clean it
Stock dye - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Dye the bulk before it's spun
Piece or beck dying - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Sew 100 pieces of carpet then put it in hot dye
then cut and dry it
Continuous dying - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Jets spray white carpet a different color can cause
one side of carpet to be darker then another
Print/contact dying - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Pattern don't have to worry about dye bleeding
What is true about carpet cushion - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Wear factor, it resists crushing and
texture change
Easiest way to remove fine particle soil - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Dry soil removal (vacuuming)
Soil suspension - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..the mixture of dispersed soil particles in water so soil is
dissolved into the pre spray and then we just suck it up with extraction
Extraction - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Removal soil with a wand
Fundamentals of carpet cleaning - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1. Dry soil removal 2. Soil suspension
3. Extraction 4 finishing and drying
How to stop customer complaints - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Provide pre and post cleaning
inspections and communication with client
Without proper grooming and brushing eBay can occur after drying -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Wand marks
Questions and Correct Answers Rated A+
filament - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..a single strand of a natural or synthetic fiber
natural fibers - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..More expensive, require more drying time
Ex: Wool Cotton Silk
Synthetic Fibers - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..By-product and man made
Ex:Nylon Polyester Olefin Acrylic
Two types of Natural Fibers - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..cellulosic=plant and protein=animals
Woven w/ cotton - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Need to do a lot of extraction because cotton is high
absorption
Tufted carpet - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Carpet made by mechanically stitching pile yarn through
a primary fabric backing and bonded with latex to a secondary backing.
2 ways to make a tufted carpet - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Loop pile vs cut pile construction
Delamination - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Backing comes off the carpet or apart from each other
Pile design types - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Saxony (most popular), plush/velvet,level loop
Saxony pile design - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Pile height 3/4 inch and twisted heat set yarn most
popular
Plush and velvet pile design - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..High density cut like yarn little to no heat
set or twist
Level loop pile design - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Uniformly level loop pile typical commercial
carpet
Carpet cushions can help prevent - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Crushing and matting
Rebound pad - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..What is usually below carpet has diff weights that go with
specific carpets if wrong weight is used it can cause carpet to de laminate
, Red dye remover = - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Acid dye remover
All dyes for carpet are made from these colors - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Red yellow blue
Types of dyes - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Acid dye, solution dye, stock dye, yarn dye, piece or
beck dye, continuous dye, print/contact dye
Acid dye - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Most common with nylon and wool
Optical brightness - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..When exposed to UV light acid dyed fibers would
emit a blue/white light which would "brighten" people's carpet
pH paper - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Indicator for type of carpet and dye used so you know how to
clean it
Stock dye - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Dye the bulk before it's spun
Piece or beck dying - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Sew 100 pieces of carpet then put it in hot dye
then cut and dry it
Continuous dying - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Jets spray white carpet a different color can cause
one side of carpet to be darker then another
Print/contact dying - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Pattern don't have to worry about dye bleeding
What is true about carpet cushion - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Wear factor, it resists crushing and
texture change
Easiest way to remove fine particle soil - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Dry soil removal (vacuuming)
Soil suspension - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..the mixture of dispersed soil particles in water so soil is
dissolved into the pre spray and then we just suck it up with extraction
Extraction - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Removal soil with a wand
Fundamentals of carpet cleaning - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1. Dry soil removal 2. Soil suspension
3. Extraction 4 finishing and drying
How to stop customer complaints - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Provide pre and post cleaning
inspections and communication with client
Without proper grooming and brushing eBay can occur after drying -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Wand marks
