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M3 Revision Paper C Flashcards

1
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A good fashion designer should have a strong understanding of?
A) Design
B) Fabrics
C) Techniques
D) Tools
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Answer : Fabrics

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Fine fabrics with a loose construction tend to drape better than thicker fabrics with a tighter construction.
A) True
B) False

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Answer : True

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Which of the following areSystematic Folding techniques?
A) Gathering and Shirring
B) Pleating, Smocking and Tucking
C) Ruffles, Flounces and Godets
D) Cording, Quilting and Stuffing
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Answer : Pleating, Smocking and Tucking

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Quilting is a technique in the category of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A) Controlled Crushing
B) Supplementary Fullness
C) Systematic Folding
D) Filled Reliefs
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Answer : Filled Reliefs

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5
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What is considered as Design Aesthetic?
A) Colour, Dyes and Pigments
B) Colour, Mood and Trend
C) Dyes, Wash and Iron

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Answer : Colour, Mood and Trend

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All ________must be resistant to washing and dry cleaning, colourfast, rustproof, and must not have sharp edges.
A) Fabrics
B) Trims
C) Accessories

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Answer : Accessories

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What are the testsoffered to meet specific performance standards?
A) Physical Tests, Chemical Tests & Functional Tests
B) Physical Tests, Mechanical Tests & Chemical Tests
C) Physical Tests, Technical Tests & Colourfast Tests

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Answer : Physical Tests, Chemical Tests & Functional Tests

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What isthefabric care symbol for Tumble Dry? A) Triangle
B) Square
C) Square & Circle

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Answer : Square & Circle

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is often a deciding factor when consumers shop for clothing.
A) Care of garment
B) Fibre Content
C) Design & Construction
D) Price
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Answer : Care of garment

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Manmade fibres canbe produced in many different shapesforcing the liquid fibre through a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A. Loom
B. Spinningret
C. Spinneret
D. Spinner
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Answer : Spinneret

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What is Pilling?
A. Little balls of threadson the surface of a fabric due to abrasion
B. Littleballs of fibre on surface of a fabric due toabrasion
C. Little balls of dust and dirton the surface of a fabric due to many washings
D. Little balls of moldon the surface of a fabric due to age

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Answer : Littleballs of fibre on surface of a fabric due toabrasion

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What is one common property of Natural Cellulosic fibres?

a) good absorbency
b) good resilience
c) bad conductor of electricity
d) non-flammable

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Answer : good absorbency

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_______ is a Cellulosic fibre.

(a) Cotton
(b) Polyester
(c) Wool
(d) Rayon

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Answer : Cotton

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What are inorganic fibres?

(a) ceramic
(b) nylon
(c) acrylic
(d) spandex

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Answer : ceramic

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Which are the correct steps for care of spandex?
A. Dry wash and then hang on a hanger
B. Machined wash and dry with a hairdryer
C. Hand wash with detergent and hot water, and then iron with low temperature
D. Machine wash or dry wash, normal tumble dry, never ever use bleach, and iron quickly using a low temp without steam

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Answer : Machine wash or dry wash, normal tumble dry, never ever use bleach, and iron quickly using a low temp without steam

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What are the characteristics of woven fabric back?
A. Lose threads appear at on the one’s back clothing
B. Piling occurs
C. Inaccurate printing
D. If printed, the print is less distinct and duller on the back

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Answer : If printed, the print is less distinct and duller on the back

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17
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Which of the following is the correct order of processing cotton?

a) harvesting, ginning seed cotton, modular bales, spinning mills, fabric mills
b) harvesting, spinning mills, ginning seed cotton, modular bales, fabric mills
c) harvesting, modular bales, ginning seed cotton, spinning mills, fabric mills
d) modular bales, harvesting, ginning seed cotton, spinning mills, fabric mills

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Answer : harvesting, modular bales, ginning seed cotton, spinning mills, fabric mills

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18
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Which fabrics do not have yarn structure and go directly from fibres to fabric?
A. Knit, woven
B. Knit, nonwoven
C. Felt, woven
D. Felt, nonwoven
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Answer : Felt, nonwoven

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Which yarn is usually are drawn, or stretched, to increase their strength?
A. Mutifilament yarn
B. Monofilament yarn
C. Twisted spun yarn
D. Twisted staple yarn
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Answer : Monofilament yarn

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What are the examples of controlled crushing?
A. Gathering and shirring
B. Pleats and shirring
C. Ruffles and Godets
D. Ruffles and gathering
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Answer : Gathering and shirring

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Which fibre is a transparent fibre that resembles a glass rod when viewed under microscope?
A. Linen
B. Acrylic
C. Nylon
D. Rayon
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Answer : Nylon

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Manmade cellulosic fibres are made from?

(a) wood pulp
(b) metal pulp
(c) plastic pulp
(d) elastic pulp

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Answer : wood pulp

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23
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What is Expansion about?
A. Is about fabric flowing over the body, following the human form
B. Is about exaggerating shape away from the body
C. Is about creating interesting details that designer finds attractive and that will enhance the design
D. Is about creating form that stands away from the body and can create line through shaping and seam detail

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Answer : Is about exaggerating shape away from the body

24
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Leather is sold by______.

a) inches
b) metres
c) yards
d) square foot

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Answer : square foot

25
Q

What is the purpose of tanning the leather?
A. To prevent the skin become soft and have a good drape
B. To preserve the skin and make them soft and have good drape
C. To make sure the colour of the leather will not bleed
D. All above

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Answer : To preserve the skin and make them soft and have good drape

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How to take good care for fur?
A. Do not keep inside the plastic bag
B. Avoid sitting on fur garments
C. Hang them on a wide, well-constructed hanger
D. All above
A

Answer : All above

27
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What are true about care of fur?

(a) fur should be stored in plastic bags
(b) fur should be stored in humid places
(c) fur should never be stored in hot or damped places
(d) fur garments should not be hang wide

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Answer : fur should never be stored in hot or damped places

28
Q

Fur is traditionally associated with?

(a) royalty
(b) leadership
(c) rank
(d) all of the above

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Answer : all of the above

29
Q 
What is thread count for?
A. To know the drape of fabric
B. To know the quality of fabric
C. To know how much the fabric sells for
D. To know the process of the fabric construction
A

Answer : To know the quality of fabric

30
Q 
Basket weave isnot tightly woven so it tendsto \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A. Fray easily
B. Snag
C. Stretch
D. All above
A

Answer : All above

31
Q 
Which printing technique hasthe minimal environmental effect?
A. Direct printing
B. Resist printing
C. Heat-transfer printing
D. All above
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Answer : Heat-transfer printing

32
Q

What are the common fabric structures?

(a) woven and warp
(b) knits and weave
(c) woven and knits
(d) knits and warp

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Answer : woven and knits

33
Q

Fabric weight is used to indicate

(a) quality
(b) weight
(c) height
(d) mass

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Answer : quality

34
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Grain refers to the relationship between

(a) warp and filling yarns
(b) weft and filling yarns
(c) weave and filling yarns
(d) knit and filling yarns

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Answer : warp and filling yarns

35
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Which one of the following is FALSEabout nonwoven fabrics?

a) does not shrink easily
b) shaped with steam
c) thick fabric, holds form
d) felt is a nonwoven fabric

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Answer : does not shrink easily

36
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Which method of dyeing is correct?
A. Stock / Fibre dyeing
B. Solution dyeing
C. Yarn dyeing
D. All above
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Answer : All above

37
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What is Singeing?

a) added bleach to fabrics to intensify the whiteness or brightness
b) removes any fibre ends protruding on surface. improves clarity of print, prevents pilling
c) controlled felting process
d) reduce lustre

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Answer : removes any fibre ends protruding on surface. improves clarity of print, prevents pilling

38
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Early weaving was first done by the
 A) Middle east
B) North America
C) South America
 D) All of the above
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Answer : All of the above

39
Q 
The fabric weight may be expressed as 
A) Ounces per Yard
B) Ounces per pound
C) Pound per metre
D) All of the above
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Answer : Ounces per Yard

40
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What weave is the most ideal for printing designs
A) Twill weave
B) Plain weave
C) Satin weave
D) Basket weave
A

Answer : Plain weave

41
Q 
What are the common properties of natural cellulosic fibres?
 A) Good absorbency
B) Flammable 
C) Good conductor of electricity
D) All of the above
A

Answer : All of the above

42
Q

Plain weaves can be modified to create ribbed, basket weave, or seersucker.
A) True
B) False

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Answer : True

43
Q 
Which fibre is Seer sucker made of?
A) Cotton
B) Silk
C) Wool
D) Sateen
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Answer : Cotton

44
Q

What the common characteristic of natural protein fibres?
A) Good resiliency
B) Damage by dry heat C) Good absorbency
D) All of the above

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Answer : All of the above

45
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a sewing technique for shortening the length of a strip of fabric so that the longer piece can be attached to a shorter piece.
A) Shirring
B) Gathering
C) Ruffles
D) Flounce
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Answer : Gathering

46
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Which one of the following is not a characteristic ofwarp yarns?
A) Usually thinner
B) In an unbalanced weave, are usually greater in number
C) May be weaker
D) If both, filament and staple are used in one fabric, the filament are usually the warp yarn

A

Answer : May be weaker

47
Q 
The process where unbroken cocoons are softened so silk can unwound in one Long strand is called
a) drawing 
b) winding
C) reeling
d) combing
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Answer : winding

48
Q 
Which of the following is a special weave? 
A) Satin weave
 B) Twill weave 
C) Basket weave 
D) Dobby weave
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Answer : Dobby weave

49
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a techniqueof shaping a garment and is done by controlling fullness. 
A) Quilting
B) Gathering
C) Shirring
D) Godet
A

Answer : Shirring

50
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Pattern shirring is fabric automatically shirred with the gathering foot following a design of lines that twist and turn back and forth as the cross the fabric.
A) True
B) False

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Answer : True

51
Q 
Which is not a plain weave fabric?
 A) Gingham
 B) Flannel 
C) Chino
D) Organza
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Answer : Chino

52
Q

Which type of finishes are removed by washing or dry cleaning?

a) Mechanincal Finishes
b) Temporary Finishes
c) Renewable Finishes
d) Aesthetics Finishes

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Answer : Temporary Finishes

53
Q 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_is a section of a circle set into a seam or a slash within a piece of fabric to expand the floating edge.
A) Flounce
B) Ruffles
C) Godet
D) Pleating
A

Answer : Godet

54
Q 
Which of the following is a process of joining fabrics together?
A) smocking
B) quilting
C) shirring
D) gathering
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Answer : quilting

55
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A two-step procedure that involves structuring the fabric into shallow pleat with rows ofstitching and regulating the tube of the pleats with rows of embroidery. Which smocking belongs to this definition? 
A) English smocking
B) Direct smocking
 C) North-American smocking 
D) Italian smocking
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Answer : English smocking

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