IICRC RRT Exam Study Guide QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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When row-cutting most commercial tufted carpet for seaming,
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technicians should use - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔loop-pile or
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cushion back cutter |\ |\




Where practical, the industry-preferred method for trimming
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seam edges is called what? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔row cut
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What tool should be used to pound down the metal lip of clamp-
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down transition strip (door bar)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔White
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rubber mallet |\




When sealing a seam, a bead of adhesive is applied to the carpet
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edge to adhere what two things? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Primary backing |\




2. Secondary backing
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When sealing seams, to evenly distribute a latex or acrylic sealer
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on a carpet's cut edge, what should technicians use? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔their thumb and finger |\ |\ |\ |\




When seaming or sectioning a carpet, technicians should seal
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each cut edge with acrylic, latex or thermoplastic adhesive on
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what styles of carpet? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔on all stretch-in
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carpet

,What is the recommended seam groomer to use immediately
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following hot-melt seaming? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A smooth
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or paddle roller
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When using a knee kicker and carpet awl to lift carpet off tack
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strip (gripper), the direction of lift should be what? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔angled towards the wall then upwards|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




To prevent delamination while disengaging wet carpet from tack
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strip (gripper), technicians should use what? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A knee kicker working around the entire perimeter
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Chalk used in chalk line tools should be what color? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔White |\




When cutting carpet for seaming or sectioning, normally
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technicians should be careful not cut what? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Pile yarns
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When replacing old clamp-down metal transition that forms a 90º
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angle, what should be done to the new metal? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Pounded down to the finished position and cut at a
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45 degree angle in a miter box
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After carpet cushion (pad, underlay) is removed from wood floors,
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what should be done with the remaining staples? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔removed completely |\ |\

, When power stretching, what is the tool that can be used to
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simulate a wall where there is no wall in an open area? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dead man |\ |\ |\




What is an essential safety item needed when driving hardened
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steel nails into concrete - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Safety glasses
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Identify two essential items required for worksite safety: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. First aid kit |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




2. Fire extinguisher
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Identify the agency(s) in charge of regulating the use of personal
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protective equipment (e.g., hard hats, knee pads, goggles,
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respirators). - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔OSHA (HSE);(WHS) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




When stretching or re-stretching carpet, a knee kicker is used as
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an assist tool in conjunction with what other tool? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Power stretcher |\ |\




What should a knee kicker's pins penetrate - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔the carpet's primary and secondary backings
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What can setting the knee kicker or power stretcher pins too
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shallow cause the primary backing to do? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Release tufts |\