FX Flashcards
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What is a safety data sheet (SDS)?
This is a document provided by a manufacturer containing information about the physical makeup of a substance, proper storage and handling procedures, and other safety issues.
What are three common ways to attach fabric to cushioning?
This is commonly accomplished in one of three ways.
- buttoning
- tufting
- channeling
What are Roman Shades?
This type of shade pulls up with a cord into accordion folds.
What is composite wood veneer?
This is a product made by slicing readily available, fast-growing trees into veneers, dyeing the veneers, and then gluing them together to create an artificial log. The log is then re-sliced to produce a variety of wood veneers.
This is a sustainable product manufactured by laminating veneers from commonly available trees onto an artificial log, which is then sliced to produce the final veneers
What is a clerestory?
This is a vertically glazed area placed between two different roof levels to admit natural light.
What is the unit of measure for the frequency of sound?
The hertz (Hz) is the unit of measure for this and is equal to one cycle per second.
What is the unit of measure for sound intensity, based on a logarithmic scale?
The decibel (dB) is the unit of measure for this
What do most people perceive when a sound increases by 10 dB?
When a sound increases by this amount, most people perceive a doubling in loudness.
What frequency range can be heard by most healthy young people?
This range is 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
What material does NFPA 701 test, and what condition does it test for?
This test the flammability of draperies, curtains, and other window treatments.
As known as Standard Methods of Fire Tests for Flame Propagation of Textile & Films or Vertical Ignition Test
What is the coefficient of absorption?
This is the ratio of sound intensity absorbed by a material to total sound intensity reaching the material.
What are 5 common types of resilient flooring?
- Vinyl
- Vinyl Composition
- Rubber
- Cork
- Linoleum
What is velvet carpet?
This is a carpet made by a simple weaving method that places all the pile yarn on the face of the carpet.
What are 4 reasons why carpet cushions are used?
This material is used with carpeting to:
- provide support for the pile yarn
- increase dimensional stability
- provide added strength
- give a softer feel underfoot
What is solid surfacing?
This is a homogeneous, polymer-based surfacing material.
How is a tungsten-halogen lamp different from a standard incandescent lamp?
Tungsten-Halogen lamp includes a small amount of a halogen with the inert gas and is made from a bulb of quartz. It last longer than the incandescent, produces a white light, and produces a more uniform light over time.
How does a high-intensity discharge lamp work?
This type of lamp works by passing an electric current through a gas or vapor under high pressure.
How is the color temperature of a light source determined?
This value is based on the temperature, in degrees Kelvin, to which a black-body radiator would have to be heated to produce the same hue as a particular light source.
What is a lumen (abbreviated lm)?
This unit is the amount of luminous flux produced by a point source of one candlepower (candela) in a solid angle of one steradian.
On a sphere with a radius of one unit, an area of one square unit will subtend an angle of one steradian
What is marble
This is a metamorphic rock that is converted by heat and pressure from limestone into calcite and/or dolomite.
Why would a designer want to use a Wilton carpet?
This carpet type would be used to produce a complex pattern with different surface textures.
In terms of paint, what is the vehicle and how does it work?
This is the liquid potion of paint, composed of a nonvolatile binder and a volatile part called solvent. the binder combines with the body to form the final film, while the solvent dissolves the binder to allow for application and later either evaporates or dries.
What 2 paint types are often used to achieve a very durable surface?
- Epoxy paint
* Urethane paint
What is illuminance?
This is the density of luminous flux incident on surface in lumens per unit area.
In U.S. units, 1 lm uniformly incident n 1 ft2 produces an illuminance of 1 footcandle (fc)
In SI units, 1 lumen uniformly incident on 1 m2 produces an illuminance of 1 lux (lx)