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NACE PEER REVIEW QUESTION.

1. What is surface preparation?

2. Explain I-Design defect.ii-Fabrication defect.

3. Explain Non convertible coating and Convertible coating and give two example
of this product.

4. Explain the usage of type 1 dft gauge.

5. Explain X cut and Cross Hatch test.

6. Effect of single coating system.

7. What is sieve test?

8. What is solvent?

9. What is tie coat?

10. Why daily inspection report is important?

11. What is Airless spray?

12. What is Dross Protosion in hot dip galvanize.

13. Describe about the function of rebar steel structure in the concrete.
a} What type of coating is used?
B] Can we measure the thickness?
c) The steel intend to corrode due to?

14. What type of equipment were used for temperature cured two component or
more coating?
a) Draw the equipment and describe about the inline mixer and manifold
mixer.
b) What type of coating were mostly used?

15. Descripe the following job scope?

a) Work schedule
b) coating material
c) workmanship
d) work scope.

16. Cathodic protection principle and how it assist in controlling deterioration of

coated pipe.

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17. What is FBE?describe.How does we apply and what type method we used
on well head valves.What is the specific thickness.

18. How to use a DC holiday detector?

19. During painting on the exterior tank, Rough coating on the band of a tank
exterior? What is the cause?

20. What equipment to use for blasting a tank? And safety.

21. What is pigment?

22. What is the surface preparation on concrete prior coating?

23. Explain-Pre-Job conference /Scope of work/Coating Material/work schedule?

24. What is the advantage and disadvantage of powder coating.

Practical Question.

1. To coat the external tank with three coat system.List down the contractor
equipment and inspection tool.

2. To check the holiday repair work on top of tank-only ladder is available.

Explain how to proceed with testing.

3. The internal tank previously prepares with steel grit to SA2.5 and coated with
2coat systems. All report show all the QC requirement are within spec. However
during inspection after one year service, observed a lot of spot rust at the bottom.
Explain,is this due to paint failure?

4. You are attending preconference meeting with contractor for offshore rig job.
which is the underside of the main deck was supported with 4”angle bars.The
contractor only has one airless spray and one tip size of 21 thou inch.Contracter
claim that the painter is 25years experience and best in the world.They can do
the job with the equipment available.As a coating inspector what will you do?

5. Your boss asks you to inspect water tank lining which is already one year in
service. Not much info or inspection tool was given to you. While inspection, The
coating are good condition with range of dft ??.While carried the inspection you
are using holiday detector to perform holiday test. While testing the testing its
beep for holiday on few location.
a) As a coating inspector what will you do for the inspection?
b) The holiday on the coating, what is your opinion?
c) Will you report to your boss about the holiday?

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6. Two coats Epoxy on ship lower hull. At 5pm you left the yard, 2 nd coat was
applied .The Epoxy touch to dry at 12hrs and 36hrs to overcoat. Next morning
when you reach the shipyard the ship already in to the water. What is your
concern on this?

7. You are assign for large project.The weather are not in good condition for past
3days as its always raining.The fourth day it seems to be windy from morning till
afternoon. The dew point is 2.5 ºc above the steel temperature.Do you allow
them to paint.

8. As a coating inspector,you are responsible to inspect few batches of blasted

surfaces and found not satisfactory.As ealier sign of warning given to you by the
blaster “I’ll fix you if you reject my work”.Do you will proceed with the inspection
and what will you do as next step?

9. A structure specification call for SSPC SP6 and power tooling ST 3. Next day
contractor forget to coat the SSPC SP6 area. This area already blooming of rust
and contractor mentioned that due to time constrain, they wish to go for ST 3.
What is your decision as a coating inspector.

10. A car carrier calling for SSPC SP 10 on entire area. Contractor miss out the
10feet square not blasted. The project is in tight schedule and carrying chemical
cargo, contractor asking for power tooling on this area. As a inspector do you
accept power tooling?

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NACE PEER REVIEW QUESTION.

1. Name the product for below cleaners and their use in cleaning
applications and the test to ensure the surface are clean:
A. Organic cleaner
B. Detergent
C. Alkaline

2. What is primer? Give type and characteristics for below primer :

A. Sacrificial (galvanic) primer
B. Inhibitive primer
C. Barrier primer

3. Describe the below surface comparator and its use:

A. ISO 8503

4. How to ensure that the coating is hard enough to overcoat and

describe the hardness test as per below standard:
A. ASTM D2583

5. Describe the process of hot dip galvanizing, the defects found and
ground for rejection:

6. Describe the process of controlling corrosion at the following location:

A. Anode
B. Cathode
C. Electrolyte
D. Metallic pathway

7. Name the type of coating used in plural pump and describe the
process:

8. Describe the Paring test:

9. Provide a basic overview of catholic protection systems and its use in

pipeline protection:

10. Name the type of intermediate coating and its purpose:

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Practical Questions

01. You come to inspect a job, as a third party inspector, a pressure vessel
tank in an oil rig platform. The specification called for low voltage test to be
conducted but the contractor used a high voltage test instead. Will there be any
problem in accepting the job and the reason why? If there is no equipment to test
for holidays, is there a way to check for holidays.

02. You come to inspect a job, vertical brackets on a fabricated piece and
found that the standard is way from the specified standard given in SSPC SP 10.
The contractor informed that it is a difficult to blast the areas and informed of the
tight schedule. The job must be completed today and how can you assist in
achieving the standard. The Owner representative is with you and agreed that
the areas are difficult and want the contractor to continue with the painting to
avoid any delays.

03. You come to inspect a job, representing the paint manufacturer, hull
painting at an ill reputed shipyard. You found out that the empty 20lts paint drums
which you had isolated are missing and new sets of 20lts paint drum are found
without you ordering any. Describe your action to uncover the contractor
misdoing and what if the contractors are buying the specified paint in large drum
of 200lts and poured them in your 20lts drums. Can you accept if the paint is of
similar standard.

04. You come to inspect a job, a Vinyl Ester coating of some materials in an
offshore area. The specification called for an average of 40 mils. You come with
only a Type 1 magnetic DFT gauge. Name the standard associate with the
procedure of checking the DFT and describe the action to be taken if a low DFT
of 28 mils is found.

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NACE PEER REVIEW QUESTION.

1. a) List out the three hand tools methods.

2. a) What is stripe coating?

b) What are the inspection criteria?

3. a) What is anti fouling and the type of anti fouling?

4. a) What is the design/fabrication defects for galvanizing?

5. What is the requirement for the paint specification?

6. According to the specification a 3 coat system was recommended. But

contractor suggested using a 2 coat system for which they claim to be
better coating. What is your opinion and suggestion?

7. Describe the specification of the tank lining procedure.

8. There is a painting work inspection done on the structure but the staging
somehow is not safe to proceed with the inspection. The foreman requests
you to go for inspection and he said that the painting works had finished
and is waiting for you to go for inspection. So what are you going to do
about it?

9. You noted the contractor using the recycle grit in the tank blasting and
what you need to do? And do you accept?

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NACE PEER REVIEW QUESTION.

-Explain design defect and fabrication defect and what are inspector's role
on that fact.

-Explain what is SSPC-PA2 and how it works including callibration process.

-Explain what condition that not allowing you to apply alkyd oxidation
cured coating

-Explain what do you expect to see on concrete that just builded if you are
asked to coat & inspect. Explain your role.

-Exlain about tooke gauge inspection, for what purpose, how to use &
measure, what standard applied.

On practical:

-In dichlorobutil where you have no data, no knowledge nor experience, you
have been assigned as coating inspector - are you going to accept or reject
that job, and explain your argument.

-In offshore where helideck was painted with alkyd paint for pad marking,
it was painted late on the evening and heavy contrcution activities was
there including cross brace installation (welding?) underneath, the next
day when you inspect you see a different finish form one to another.
Explain your opinion and why it happen what was the causer.

-In one tank coating joab, you replacing other inspector that was suddently
sick for couple of days. Explain what are you going to do. During the
inspection you've found some paint spot peel off on some area. Explain what
are your responds.

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