API 580 STUDY EXAM

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1.

The accurany of any type of RBI analysis

depends on what?
(a) Sound methodolgy
(b) quailty data
(c) knowledgeable personnel

((b) quailty data

2.

An analysis that identifies and delineates

the combinations of events and estimates
the frequency of occurrence for each
combination and estimates the
consequences.
(a) Quantitative risk analysis
(b) Qualitative risk analysis(c) Process
hazard analysis

(b) Qualitative risk analysis

3.

Analyzing the effect of in-service

deterioration and inspection on the POF
involves the following steps.

a) Identify active and credible damage mechanisms that are reasonably expected to
occur during the time period
being considered (considering normal and upset conditions).
b) Determine the deterioration susceptibility and rate. For example, a fatigue crack is
driven by cyclic stress; corrosion damage is driven by the temperature, concentration
of corrosive, corrosion current, etc. A damage accumulation rule may be available to
mathematically model this process. Rather than a given value of the
magnitude of the damage mechanism driving forces, a statistical distribution of these
forces may be available (see
API 579-1/ASME FF2-1).
c) Using a consistent approach, quantify the effectiveness of the past inspection,
maintenance and process monitoring program and a proposed future inspection,
maintenance and process monitoring program. It is usually necessary to evaluate the
POF considering several alternative future inspection and maintenance strategies,
possibly including a "no inspection or maintenance" strategy.
d) Determine the probability that with the current condition, continued deterioration
at the predicted/expected rate will
exceed the damage tolerance of the equipment and result in a failure. The failure
mode (e.g. small leak, large
leak, equipment rupture) should also be determined based on the damage
mechanism. It may be desirable in
some cases to determine the probability of more than one failure mode and combine
the risks.

4.

(blank) delinate initiating events and

combinations of systems successes and
failures
(a) Event tree
(b) Fault trees
(c) logic trees

(a) Event tree

5.

(blank) uses logic models depicting

combinations of events.
(a) Quantitative risk analysis
(b) Qalitative risk analysis
(c) Process hazard analysis

(a) Quantitative risk analysis

(b) Qualitative risk analysis
(c) Process hazard analysis

6.

fault tress depict what?

The system failues repersented in the event can occur.

7.

Limitation of any negative consequence or reduction in probability of a

particular event.
(a) mitigation
(b) reduction
(c) residual

(a) mitigation

8.

Methods that use engineering judgment and experience as the bases for the
analysis of probabilities and consequences of failure.
(a) Qualitative risk assessment
(b) Relative risk
(c) Nominal risk

(a) Qualitative risk analysis

9.

A physical condition or release of hazardous material that could result from

component failure and result in human injury or death, loss or damage, or
environmental degradation.
(a) Hazard
(b) Loss
(c) failure

(a) Hazard

10.

Quantitative risk analysis logic models generally consist of (blank) and (blank)
(a) Event tree and fault tree
(b) Product trees and loss tree
(c) Likelihood trees and consequence trees

(a) Event tree and fault tree

11.

Regardless of whether a more qualitative or a quantitative analysis is used, the

POF is determined by two main
considerations:

a) damage mechanisms and rates of the

equipment item's material of construction,
resulting from its operating
environment (internal and external);
b) effectiveness of the inspection program to
identify and monitor the damage mechanisms so
that the equipment
can be repaired or replaced prior to failure.

12.

The susceptibilty of each equipment item should be clearly defined for current
and projected operating conditions including what factors?

(a) normal operation

(b) upset conditions
(c) normal start up and shut down
(d) idle or out-of-service timr
(e) emergency shutdown and subsequent startup