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Water damage restoration Questions & Answers
ANSI/IICRC Standard and Reference guide for Professional Water damage restoration is known as - ANS- S500 4th Edition
What are the two OSHA Standards restorers should pay special attention to? - ANS-29 CFR 1910 and 29 CFR 1926
Who is responsible to provide PPE? - ANS-Employer
ANSI/IICRC Standard and Reference Guide for professional Mold Remediation is known as - ANS-S 3rd Edition
What section of 29 CFR 1910 are PPE requirements located?` - ANS-
What injection is used to help prevent lock-jaw? - ANS-Tetanus and or its booster
The series of three shots is called - ANS-The Heptavax Series
It assists with the prevention of - ANS-Hepatitis B
Which filter should be used around fungal and bacterial spores, fungal fragments and dust? - ANS-P
What does PPE stand for? - ANS-Personal Protective Equipment
A space that is configured so that employees can enter it however has limited means of ingress or egress and is not designed for continuous occupancy is known as a? - ANS-Confined Space or Enclosed Space
The word pathogenic means - ANS-Disease Causing
Check the specific moisture of the insulation within a wet wall? - ANS-Penetrating, insulated probe
Check a vinyl wallpapered wall? - ANS-Non-penetrating meter
Check the specific sub floor area below a strip hardwood floor, The overall category is? - ANS- Penetrating, insulated
What is the name of the probe you might use to check the specific sub floor area below a strip of hardwood floor? - ANS-Hammer Probe
Check the temprature and relative humidity of the air? - ANS-Thermo-Hygrometer
Check the sub floor below a wet stretched-in installed carpet without removing the carpet. - ANS- Penetrating, insulated probe
While checking the sub floor below a wet stretched-in installed carpet, be aware of false positives of the wet fibers making contact with the - ANS-Nuts
Check how far the moisture has migrated over a carpet surface? - ANS-Moisture Sensor
Can the moisture sensor tell me which layer of material is wet? - ANS-No
Is the moisture sensor the best tool to meter wood? - ANS-No
Should you fog or spray any solutions into the air intake? - ANS-No
If you fog or spray solutions into t eh air intake side of the air mover you may cause an electric ____, Contaminate the motor and ____, and some of those products might be _____. Now you are performing a free f____ d_____ restoration job. - ANS-short, wheel, flammable, fire damage
If the electrical cord has a cut in it, missing the ground plug, etc., the air mover should be _______ from service and properly repaired before use. - ANS-removed
The airflow entering an AFD must first reach the ___ zone. - ANS-Capture zone.
Wall Drying or specialty drying units come in 2 major types: _____ only and ______ & _______ air. - ANS-Positive air- Positive and Negative
Which air mover would be the best to use if the air mover will experience a lot of static back pressure - ANS-Centrifugal axial fan
Gypsum board with vinyl wallpaper is best dried from what side of the wall? - ANS-Inside
What does HEPA stand for? - ANS-High Efficiency Particulate Air
What would fungicide do? - ANS-Kill fungus
What would a mildewcide do? - ANS-Kill Mildew
What would a virucide do? - ANS-Kill Virus
What would a Mildewstat do? - ANS-Limit or control the growth of mildew
Cide - ANS-Kill
Stat - ANS-Limit or control
Chemicals, especially EPA registered chemicals must be used according to - ANS-Label directions
Antimicrobial biocides are regulated by what group within the EPA? - ANS-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act
Carpets are typically cleaning following a water loss due to 2 applications of soil W_____ and T_____. - ANS-Wicking and Tracking
In a Category 2 Water loss, restorable contaminated materials should be ______ prior to the application of antimicrobial and aggressive drying. - ANS-Cleaned
Two of the safest classes of disinfectants are: B_____ and Q___. - ANS-Botanicals and Quaternary Ammonium Chloride Compounds
Read and follow L____ D____ - ANS-Label Directions
What are the 2 most important things restorers can do to a wet enviornment? C______ and D______ - ANS-Clean and dry it
The best dehumidification would be achieved with? Open or closed system?` - ANS-Closed system- Outdoor grains are higher than the indoor. If you use an open system you would bring water vapor in.
This caprt has a bumpy like backing and railroad tracks when grinned - ANS-Velvet woven
This carpet has buried yarns when viewed from the side and railroad tracks when grinned - ANS-Wilton Woven
Delamination is a seperation of the ____ backing from the ______ backing tufted carpet - ANS-10'' x 10''
A tufted carpet is identified by having a ______ backing. - ANS-Primary
In drying a woven carpet, where should the airmovers be placed? - ANS-On top
WHen comparing Action Bac vs Jute which backing material is more susceptable to mold growth? - ANS- Jute
Why is Jute backing material more susceptible to mold growth? - ANS-Organic material
Of the five steps taught to identify a carpet, which is the key step? - ANS-Grinning the carpet
The laminate of a tufted carpet can lose up to __% of its strength when in a wet state. - ANS-80-85% of strength
A Wilton woven with natural foundation yarns will want to shrink in which directions? - ANS-Warp and weft (length and width)
An Axminster woven carpet stretches only in which direction? - ANS-Warp
Under the current S500 4th edition, the carpet cushion should always be removed and disposed of in which categories of water loss? - ANS-Categories 2 and 3
What is the major purpose of the skin on many carpet cushions? - ANS-Assist in carpet installation
Of hair and jute vs. synthetic needle cushion- which is potentially more susceptible to mold growth? - ANS-Hair and Jute
What is the name of the voluntary program for carpet, cushion, and vacuum cleaners created by the Carpet and Rug Institute for indoor VOC emissions? - ANS-Green label Program
Does applied structural drying mean you always dry the carpet and cushion in place? - ANS-No
If particle board was used under a vinyl floor covering, the technician might need to _____ and discard the vinyl floor in order to replace the particle board with new. - ANS-Remove
On day one of a wet hardwood strip floor, what is the most important factor of HAT to dry the floor? - ANS-Vapor Pressure differentials with heat and dehumidification
If there is a hardwood strip floor under a stretched-in installed carpet, the technician should consider _____ the carpet and dry in another location. You have a hardwood floor to dry on location. - ANS- Removing
What could be used to create a drying chamber over the hardwood floor? - ANS-Plastic sheathing held with either sand bags or painters tape
What is the water called on the top of the floor? - ANS-Surface water
What is the water called that is trapped between the cell cavaties? - ANS-free water
If a portion of a cushion is wet from water, the technician should do what? ________ to prevent _______. - ANS-wet the cushion from seam to seam to prevent water marks or tide marks.
Books or paper saturated with Category 1 water and discovered within 24 hours should either be ____ or ______ as rapidly as possible. - ANS-frozen or dried
What should the technician wear before handling paper - ANS-Latex gloves
In order to pick up wet paper and keep it from tearing, the technician can use ______ paper and create a ________ which will produce a seal and support the paper. - ANS-transparency paper and create a vacuum which will produce a seal.
If packing books for freeze drying, the spines should be placed up or down? - ANS-Down
Sublimination is a term that describes turning a _____ to a ____ and bypassing what state of matter? _______ - ANS-solid to a vapor bypassing liquid
If you expect to recieve the deductible, when should you explain this clearly? - ANS-Over the phone before you respond to the scene
One of the most important forms to be signed prior to the beginning of any water damage job is.. - ANS- Work Contract
The answer to question number 102 gives the contractor the ______ to begin work. - ANS-authorization
Who has the ultimate right to choose who does work in their house? - ANS-Homeowner
Prior to extraction what needs to be done with the furniture in the affected areas? - ANS-Protected, blocking, tabbing or moving
The initial extraction process resembles s_______ c_______ in carpet cleaning. You should work ________ to ______. - ANS-spot cleaning. Outside to inside
If you see pre-existing damage you should bring it to the attention of - ANS-All parties
Logical water moves in a letter "_____" This letter is also used in psychometry when using the psychometric chart. In fact, this letter is in the ______ of the word water. - ANS-"T". Middle
Is it possible to in place dry an Category 1 water loss? Are there times when you would not want to? - ANS-Yes. Yes
The job should be monitored minimally every _____ hours - ANS-24 hours
If the ceiling is wet; best drying is accomplished from above and below; however if it is completely saturated and sagging, it should be _______. - ANS-Removed and discarded
People over _______ - ANS-Property and Profit
In a Category 3 Water loss the carpet and the cushion should be ______. - ANS-Contained, removed and discarded
High value rugs might be cost efficiently cleaned and sanitized however they must be _____ prior to returning. If they fail, they are to be _______. - ANS-tested, discarded
What should be done with the HVAC system when the building has suffered sewage loss? - ANS-It should be turned off.
