Questions with Correct Answers

UFT IICRC - Online Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning Questions with Correct Answers 2024/2025

• Fabrics frequently are made from a blend or combination of --- - Correct Answer Fibers
• Natural fibers (rayon, cotton, linen) absorb water and other substances more easily than synthetic

fibers, so they --- more slowly and --- more easily. - Correct Answer 1) Dry 2) Stain

• The cotton plant produces fibers from the --- --- of the plant. - Correct Answer Seed Pod
• Lignin is the binder in cellulose materials that dissolves in water to cause stains Called ---- ----. -

Correct Answer Cellulosic Browning

• The flax plant produces --- fibers from the --- of the plant. - Correct Answer 1) Linen 2) Stem
• Linen is a natural fiber that easily absorbs water and darkens in color from water based solutions,

making --- procedure more difficult. - Correct Answer Cleaning.

• Rayon is a man-made fiber manufactured with cellulose, so it should be --- like cellulose materials. -

Correct Answer Cleaned

• Rayon is loses much of its strength when --- so it tends to shrink. - Correct Answer Wet
• Rayon is a man-made fiber manufactured with cellulose materials that are dissolved in --- ---. - Correct

Answer Alkaline Products

• Alkaline residues and over wetting could result in --- in rayon fibers. - Correct Answer Browning
• Fibers that easily absorb water and should not be over wetted are: --- and ---. - Correct Answer 1)

Rayon 2) Cotton

• Acetate fibers will dissolve in solvent-based chemicals containing ---. - Correct Answer Acetate 1 / 2

• Always clean --- fibers with cleaning products specifically formulated for --- fibers, because they are

damaged by high alkaline cleaning products. - Correct Answer 1) Wool 2) Wool

• Two fibers are protein fibers being made from animals or insect: --- and ---. - Correct Answer 1) Wool

2) Silk

• Alkaline solutions damage the outer layer of the wool fiber which is known as the ---. - Correct

Answer Cuticle

• The protein fiber that comes from the cocoon of worms is ---. - Correct Answer Silk
• Silk is damaged by --- making it brittle. - Correct Answer Perspiration
• Polyester fibers used in upholstery release water readily and do not absorb water easily so polyester

dries ---. - Correct Answer Quickly

• Microfibers are usually manufactured from --- fibers. - Correct Answer Polyester
• Oleophilic fibers attract oily soils which cause yellow discoloration. Both --- and --- fibers are

oleophilic. - Correct Answer 1) Polyester 2) Olefin.

• Polypropylene is another name for --- fibers. - Correct Answer Olefin.
• Delustered --- is sensitive to sunlight and is damaged by prolonged sunlight exposure. - Correct

Answer Olefin

• The solution dyeing process for acrylic fibers helps them resist ---. - Correct Answer Bleaching
• Solution dyeing is the process of adding color (pigment) to --- ---. - Correct Answer Liquid Polymer
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