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These 10 free RLLD questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Registered Laundry and Linen Director blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: The Basics of Textiles, Specifications & Bids
Question 1
Two bed-sheet products have passed a hospital's quality trials. Product A costs $12 delivered, provides an expected 60 acceptable uses, and costs $0.42 to process per use. Product B costs $18 delivered, provides an expected 100 acceptable uses, and costs $0.40 to process per use. The life estimates already allow for anticipated loss and damage; no other costs or salvage value apply. Which product has the lower total cost per acceptable use?
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Correct answer: A - Product B, at $0.58 per acceptable use.
Question 2
New woven sheets fit correctly when received but become too short after repeated commercial laundering; their width remains acceptable. The selvage runs along the sheet length. To address this failure in the next bid, which requirement belongs in the textile specification?
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Correct answer: B - A maximum warp-direction shrinkage after the specified laundering test.
An inpatient linen-reduction project reports that monthly clean-linen issues fell from 60,000 to 54,000 pounds. Over the same period, occupied patient-days fell from 3,000 to 2,400. The included units, patient mix, linen products, and unit stock levels are comparable. What does adjustment for patient activity reveal?
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Correct answer: D - Pounds per patient-day rose from 20 to 22.5; lower total issues do not establish improved utilization.
Domain 3: Linen Distribution & Par Levels
Question 4
A ward's afternoon top-up target is 200 usable clean blankets. The physical count is 125, including 25 quarantined blankets that cannot be issued. Another 30 usable blankets are already dispatched and confirmed to arrive before the afternoon top-up is completed. There are no other commitments. Central stores dispatches blankets only in packs of 10. How many additional blankets should it send for this top-up?
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Correct answer: C - 70 blankets
Domain 4: Infection Control
Question 5
A healthcare laundry uses an approved lower-temperature chemical process for routine patient bed linen. A lot meets every validated temperature, contact-time, chemical-concentration, and finished-product requirement and is protected from recontamination. Applicable regulations permit this process. A reviewer objects solely because the wash temperature was below 160°F (71°C). What is the appropriate disposition of the lot?
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Correct answer: D - Release it under the approved lower-temperature process.
Domain 5: QAPI
Question 6
A laundry's first-pass rewash rate has remained near 4% for eight weeks. Its properly established control chart shows no points beyond the limits and no nonrandom patterns. The facility's improvement target is 2%. Reprocessed linen meets all release requirements, and deliveries remain reliable. The director should respond by:
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Correct answer: D - Improving the underlying process to reduce its common-cause rewash level.
Domain 6: Packroom Textiles and Services
Question 7
After the specified reprocessing cycles, a reusable gown fabric records 0.6 g in the AATCC 42 impact-penetration test and 38 cm of water in the AATCC 127 hydrostatic-pressure test. No ASTM F1671 viral-penetration result is available. Considering these barrier-test results alone, what is the highest ANSI/AAMI PB70 level whose core test criteria are satisfied?
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Correct answer: B - Level 2
Domain 8: Production Standards and Operational Efficiencies
Question 8
On a flatwork line, ironed sheets accumulate ahead of the folder. Frequent folder misfeeds interrupt production, while upstream equipment periodically waits for staging space to clear. Adding wash capacity has been proposed to improve delivery performance. Which intervention is most likely to increase completed output?
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Correct answer: B - Improve the folder's feeding reliability before expanding upstream capacity.
Domain 9: OSHA Control of Hazardous Energy, BBP & Confined Spaces
Question 9
Before clearing a jam beneath a raised laundry-press platen, an authorized mechanic locks the electrical disconnect and confirms that the start control produces no motion. The hydraulic accumulator remains charged, and the raised platen has not been mechanically restrained. What protection is still required before entering the danger zone?
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Correct answer: A - Restrain the platen, control stored hydraulic energy, and verify isolation.
Domain 10: Chemistry and the Wash Process
Question 10
White linens have begun to gray across several washers, and fresh scale is forming on heating surfaces. Water at the washer inlets now measures 230 mg/L hardness as CaCO3, compared with the usual reading below 30 mg/L. Chemical delivery, wash temperatures, and incoming iron levels are unchanged. Where should troubleshooting begin?
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Correct answer: C - The softener regeneration cycle and bypass valves.