PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR API RP 577 60 trminos GoldFish2015

API 577_______ for the training is not a replacement

and experience required to
be an American Welding
Society Certified Welding
Inspector(CWI)

API 577______ all welds to be does not require

inspected.

Who determines the welds to Welding inspectors and/or engineers

be inspected??

Who should be consulted on A welding engineer

any critical , specialized or
complex welding issues?

Three of the items listed Tasks in selecting personnel

below are welding inspection
activities that can be
separated into three stages
corresponding to the welding
work process. Which one
does not belong??

Which of the basic arc SMAW

welding processes is the most
widely used?

How is shielding provided for Shielding is provided from the decomposition

the arc when using a of the electrode covering
consumable covered
electrode in shielded metal

What are some disadvantages Deposition rates are low and slag must be
or limitations of shielded removed at stops and starts.
metal arc welding?

What does the DCEN stand DCEN stands for direct current electrode-
for when used to describe the negative .
GTAW weld process?

What are some of the

advantages to gas tungsten It produces high purity welds and it allows for
arc welding ? excellent control of root pass weld
penetration.

What is a welding process GMAW-S

that produces fast a freezing
weld pool and is generally
suited for joining thin sections
or root passes.

What type of weld process FCAW

normally employs a
semiautomatic mode and
depends on a flux from a
tubular electrode that
contains a shielding gas from
an externally supplied gas?

What type of welding is used SAW

extensively in shop pressure
vessel fabrication and pipe
manufacturing?

What type of welding process SW

is predominantly limited to
welding insulation and
refractory support pins to
tanks, pressure vessels and
heater casings?

What is the definition of non- It is inspection methods,which allow materials

destructive examination? to be examined without changing or
destroying their usefulness.

What are the most commonly VT, MT, WFMT, PT, LT, ET, RT, UT, ACFM.
used NDE methods used
during weld inspection ?
NOTE: SELECT THE ANSWER
THAT HAS ALL THE CORRECT
METHODS!!!!

Where would you look for Weld metal zone and weld interface.
slag inclusion discontinuities?

Which NDE method is the PT

most acceptable for a lap
joint ?

What is the most capable UT

NDE method for finding a
discontinuity such as
incomplete fusion in a joint ?

When welding carbon steel, improper heat input and improper welding
what is the major cause of technique.
lack of fusion in all welding
processes?

When welding stainless steel Improper shielding, not using a low hydrogen
what would cause porosity in electrode, & welding in a high sulfur area.
the weld?

When welding stainless steel, fast travel speed.

what is the cause of
undercut?

When welding carbon steel, use proper heat input

how would you control burn
through?

The Alternating Current Field Nozzles, ring-grooves and grind-out areas or

Measurement (ACFM) radii.
technique is an
electromagnetic non-
contacting technique that is
able to detect and size
surface breaking defects in a
range of different materials
and through coatings of
varying thickness. This
technique is ideal for
inspecting:

What is the maximum 900 F

temperature that ACFM may
be used?

What are the 2 typical Iridium 192 or Cobalt 60

radioactive isotopes used for
radiography?

What is the normal 5 to 8 minutes

developing time for
radiographic film at 68 F?

The transmitted film density 2.0 to 4.0

through the radiographic
image through the
radiographic image through
the body of the hole type IQI
or adjacent to the wire IQI, in
the area of interest, should be
within the range of ______ for
Gamma

Radiographic _________ is the art interpretation

of extracting the maximum
information from a
radiographic image.

How many cycles per second greater than 20000 HZ

(now known as Hz or Hertz )
us classified as being in the
ultrasonic frequency range?

What type of UT technique is Straight beam

used for thickness evaluation
or to check for laminations,
and/or other conditions ?

What does a C-scan display It shows a plan view of the test object
show?

The temperature of the 25 F

calibration standard should
be within _______ of the part to
be examined .

What happens if during a All areas tested since the last calibration
system calibration check, it is should be reexamined
determined that the UT
equipment is not functioning
properly?

Solid metals are _______ in crystalline

nature and all have a structure
in which the atoms of each
crystal are arranged in a
specific geometric pattern.

metals in molten or liquid casting

state solidify , Interlocking
grains into a solid metallic
structure called a :

the vast majority of metallic wrought

materials used for the
fabrication of refinery and
chemical plant equipment are
used in the___ form rather than
cast

Mechanical working of a cast wrought

ingot produces ____ materials
by processes such as
rolling,forging, or
extrusion,which are normally
at an elevated temperature

The addition of ___ to carbon

austenitic stainless leads to
the formation of a very small
iron and chromium carbide
precipitates in the grains and
at grain boundaries

Carbon steel is a two-phase pearlite

alloy.One phase is a relatively
pure form of iron called
ferrite.With the addition of
more than 0.06% percent of
carbon, a second phase is
formed called_____.This adds
strength to steel

lamellar means : a plate-like

The parts of a weld comprises the weld metal ,the heat affected metal (zone),
three zones.What are these and the base metal
zones ?

The portion of the base metal heat affected zone

has not been melted,but
whose mechanical properties
or microstructure have been
altered by the heat of welding
is called the:

What happens to the gas it breaks down into carbon and oxygen
,carbon dioxide, when it is
exposed to weld arc
temperatures ?

The primary purpose for to reduce the tendency for hydrogen induced
preheating carbon and low- delayed cracking
alloy steels is :

How far on each side of the 2 inches

weld should be preheat be
maintained ?

The primary reason for post- relieve the residual stresses in a welded
weld heat treatment (PWHT) fabrication
is to:

What is the Brinnell hardness 200

limit value for carbon steel in
reining service ?

what are the two types of a heat analysis and a product analysis
material test reports ?

typically ,steels with a carbon 0.35

equivalent of less that___
require no preheat

Steels with a carbon 0.55

equivalent of higher than ___
require both preheat PWHT.

What are the two main burn through and cracking

concerns when welding on in
service piping and equipment
?

hot tap and in service welding E7018

operations should be carried
out only with low-hydrogen
consumables and electrodes
such as :
carbon steels with a carbon 0.43%
equivalent (CE) greater than
___ should be welded with an
extra low hydrogen electrode
such as EXXXX-H4 .

liquid flow rates in piping to 1.3,4.0

be hot tapped shall be
between __ feet per second
and ___ feet per second

how much liquid should be 3 feet

above the area that is to be
hot tapped on a storage tank
or vessel?

What size electrodes should 3/32 inch or smaller

be used on the first weld pass
on a hot tap or an in-service
weld on piping or equipment
less than 1/4 inch thick?

when using SMAW, what do 70000 psi ultimate strength

the first two numbers of E7018
electrode identify ?

with a SMAW electrode AWS position

designation , the 4th
character represents what?
(EXXXX)

If a welder makes identify reason the welder failed and re train

unacceptable production the welder
welds, the inspector must
identify and quarantine all the
improper weldments made by
the welder . The welder is
than retested and fails his test.
What is the nest step ?