TFL Sustainability Distance Learning CEU Survey

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* 1. What is TFL?

a. Thermally Fused Laminate

b. A decorative panel with durability characteristics similar to HPL

c. A Climate Positive material

d. All of the above

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* 2. In commercial office furniture overall, about what percentage of the decorative panels are TFL?

a. 50%

b. 75%

c. 80%

d. 90%

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* 3. TFL was originally known as:

a. IKEA Board

b. Melamine panels

c. Laminated furniture board

d. As an alternative to particleboard

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* 4. The earliest versions of TFL were made in:

a. Canada

b. South America

c. Europe

d. Asia

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* 5. TFL and HPL are different materials; which one of the following do they share?

a. Gluing process

b. The raw decorative paper

c. Manufacturing steps

d. None of the above

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* 6. What other materials offer cross-referenced matches to TFL designs (check all that apply)?

a. HPL

b. 3DL

c. Edgebanding

d. Mouldings

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* 7. TFL is made of two components, the panel core and the decorative surface. How are they combined?

a. Traditional laminate adhesives

b. By thermally fusing the resin systems in both components

c. In automated gluing presses

d. Using a liquid melamine overlay

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* 8. Where do TFL designs come from (check all that apply)?

a. International design exhibitions

b. Old barns and industrial buildings

c. Lumber yards

d. Logs recovered from river bottoms

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* 9. When scanning wood samples on a large flatbed scanner, what is adjusted to enhance the capture of surface texture and contrast?

a. Scanning speed

b. The angle of banks of lights

c. Lens aperture

d. The height of the scanning head

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* 10. Which two printing methods are used to produce the decorative layer of TFL?

a. Offset printing

b. Digital printing

c. Offset lithography

d. Rotogravure printing

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* 11. What advantages does digital printing offer (check all that apply)?

a. Small-run production

b. Prototyping new designs

c. No-repeat large format designs

d. Faster production speeds

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* 12. According to the article, textures were ORIGINALLY introduced to TFL to:

a. To maximize surface durability by reducing the touchable surface area

b. Improve slip resistance

c. Enhance the visual prints

d. Protect the panels during shipping

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* 13. What terms are used to describe TFL textures that are aligned with the printed décor (check all that apply)?

a. Synchronized

b. Embossed in register

c. Real emboss

d. Aligned grain

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* 14. Which areas of the brain are smaller than the area that interprets touch and pressure? (Check all that apply)

a. Vision

b. Speech

c. Concentration

d. Planning and problem solving

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* 15. TFL’s composite wood cores utilize wood fiber that (check all that apply):

a. Would otherwise be landfilled or burned

b. Are left over from other woodworking and lumber operations

c. Comes from carefully managed forests

d. Is harvested only from virgin forests

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* 16. How much more fossil fuel, feedstock, water and other resources is consumed producing steel, vs. MDF?

a. 7 times more

b. 3 times more

c. 10 times more

d. 17 times more

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* 17. The “harder-to-quantify” environmental advantages of TFL panels include (check all that apply):

a. 100% utilization of waste wood fiber

b. Highly efficient manufacturing

c. No VOC-intensive finishing or curing required

d. Replacing fragile and exotic wood species

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* 18. Modern forest management helps maintain healthy forests by (check all that apply):

a. Imitating the natural cycles of deforestation by fires and insects

b. Harvesting plots of older trees before they lose their ability to absorb carbon and produce oxygen

c. Making use of the tree parts once left to rot on the forest floor

d. Clearing undergrowth

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* 19. TFL is considered to be naturally “Climate Positive” because (check all that apply):

a. They sequester more carbon that is released in their harvest, manufacture and fabrication of finished products

b. Durable surfaces lead to a long useful life

c. Printed woodgrain surfaces save rare and fragile hardwood trees from harvest

d. It is the most efficiently manufactured decorative panel

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* 20. The composite panel cores for TFL panels can be engineered for which special performance properties (check all that apply):

a. Moisture resistance

b. Fire rated

c. Increased density/screw-holding power

d. Reduced weight

TFL Sustainability Distance Learning CEU

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* 1. What is TFL?

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* 2. In commercial office furniture overall, about what percentage of the decorative panels are TFL?

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* 3. TFL was originally known as:

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* 4. The earliest versions of TFL were made in:

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* 5. TFL and HPL are different materials; which one of the following do they share?

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* 6. What other materials offer cross-referenced matches to TFL designs (check all that apply)?﻿

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* 7. TFL is made of two components, the panel core and the decorative surface. How are they combined?

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* 8. Where do TFL designs come from (check all that apply)?﻿

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* 9. When scanning wood samples on a large flatbed scanner, what is adjusted to enhance the capture of surface texture and contrast?

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* 10. Which two printing methods are used to produce the decorative layer of TFL?

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* 11. What advantages does digital printing offer (check all that apply)?﻿

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* 12. According to the article, textures were ORIGINALLY introduced to TFL to:

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* 13. What terms are used to describe TFL textures that are aligned with the printed décor (check all that apply)?﻿

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* 14. Which areas of the brain are smaller than the area that interprets touch and pressure? (Check all that apply)

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* 15. TFL’s composite wood cores utilize wood fiber that (check all that apply):

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* 16. How much more fossil fuel, feedstock, water and other resources is consumed producing steel, vs. MDF?

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* 17. The “harder-to-quantify” environmental advantages of TFL panels include (check all that apply):

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* 18. Modern forest management helps maintain healthy forests by (check all that apply):

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* 19. TFL is considered to be naturally “Climate Positive” because (check all that apply):

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* 20. ﻿The composite panel cores for TFL panels can be engineered for which special performance properties (check all that apply):

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* 21. First Name

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* 22. Last Name

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* 23. Company Name

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* 24. Email address

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* 25. IDCEC ID number

* 6. What other materials offer cross-referenced matches to TFL designs (check all that apply)?

* 8. Where do TFL designs come from (check all that apply)?

* 11. What advantages does digital printing offer (check all that apply)?

* 13. What terms are used to describe TFL textures that are aligned with the printed décor (check all that apply)?

* 20. The composite panel cores for TFL panels can be engineered for which special performance properties (check all that apply):