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Resilient Flooring Design Options
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AIA/Architectural Record Continuing Education

Instructions

  • Read the article "Resilient Flooring Design Options."
  • Complete the questions below, then fill in your answers .
  • Fill out and submit the AIA/CES education reporting form in the magazine or print the form to receive one AIA learning unit.

Questions:

LU: 1 HS: 1

1. Area separation-walls must:
a. Be continuous from the foundation to the underside of the protected
roof sheathing
b. Continue through the roof to form a parapet
c. Both A and B
d. Either A or B

1. Which is more easily, less expensively installed and more easily repaired?
a. Tile
b. Sheet flooring.

2. The major components of resilient flooring are vinyl and:
a. Plasticizers
b. Fillers
c. Stabilizers

3. In applications. like cleanrooms, where particulates are a problem, which is a better solution?
a. Higher-vinyl content
b. Lower-vinyl content

4. As a general rule, the higher the coefficient of friction (COF) the lower the maintenance the floor will require.
a. True
b. False

5. The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America recommends that floors in offices have a reflectance factor of:
a. 20-40 percent
b. 30-50 percent
c. 20-30 percent

6. Vinyl flooring products have not been significant contributors to the spread of fire or resulting hazards.
a. True
b. False

7. Higher quality vinyl floors may also utilize which:
A: a. Vinyl wearlayer
b. Urethane wearlayer

8. Which is used to minimize degradation and discoloration from heat and light.
a. Plasticizers
b. Stabilizers
c. Pigments
d. Fillers

9. The “calendering” process means:
a. Components are mixed together then fed through a series of rollers to achieve the desired gauge.
b. Melt-compounding the ingredients at high temperatures then molding into the desired shape.

10. Which account for roughly 80 percent of all installed resilient flooring?

a. Vinyl composition tile (VCT)
b. Vinyl enhance tile (VET)
c. Solid vinyl tile (SVT)

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