JUNE 2018 API RP 577 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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1. The level of learning and training offered by RP 577 is C 10. As a minimum, each Inspector should review the C
__________________. ______________ prior to starting each job.
a. consistent with an AWS CWI a. OSHA regulations
b. the same as required for an AWS CWI b. EPA regulations
c. not a replacement for AWS CWI training c. site safety rules
d. automatically makes one a welding inspector d. HAZWOPER Guidelines
2. "DCEN" means. B 11. An advantage of SMAW is: C
a. direct current, electrode none a. equipment is very expensive
b. direct current, electrode negative b. slag must be removed from weld passes
c. don't come easy, Norman c. can be used on almost all commonly-used metal or
d. direct current, electrode normal alloy
d. deposition rates are much higher than for other
3. Another name or abbreviation for a penetrameter is: D
processes
a. O.C.T.
b. D.E.Q. 12. GTAW and SMAW can be distinguished from other A
c. B.E.P. processes as they are both used with _______.
d. I.Q.I. a. cc power supplies
b. cv power supplies
4. A theoretical throat dimension is based on the A
c. external gas shielding
assumption that the root opening is equal to:
d. flux cored electrodes
a. zero
b. 1/16" 13. When welding aluminum, and magnesium with GTAW, D
c. 1/8" ______ is normally used.
d. 1/32" - 1/16" a. DCEN
b. CCPO
5. Welding inspection is a critical part of any ____________ A
c. DCEP
program.
d. AC
a. Quality Assurance
b. Quality Process 14. GMAW can be used in 3 distinct modes of transfer. The B
c. ISO 9000 coolest or fastest freezing of these transfers is:
d. ISO 11000 a. spray
b. short circuiting
6. Welding inspection can be separated into 3 distinct D
c. pulse-spray
stages:
d. globular
a. welding, NDE, hardness testing
b. pre-welding, NDE, heat treatment 15. A limitation of the FCAW process is: A
c. visual, NDE, RT a. slag removal
d. before welding, during welding, after welding b. slower than GTAW or SMAW
c. lower deposition than GTAW
7. One of the items that should be checked prior to D
d. lack of fusion problems because of short arcing
welding is:
a. confirm NDE examiners qualifications 16. One of the unusual aspects of SAW is that: C
b. confirm acceptability of heat treatment procedures a. it is not an arc welding process
c. review WPS, PQR, and WPQ's b. it can be automated
d. All of the above should be checked prior to welding c. the arc is not visible during welding
d. a gas is used for shielding
8. When discovered, welding defects should be: B
a. radiographed to determine extent 17. The three welding documents required to make a C
b. removed and re-inspected production weld (as required by ASME IX) are:
c. shearwave tested a. WPS, PQR, WPL
d. evaluated to API 580 acceptance criteria b. PSW, QPR, WPQ
c. WPQ, PQR, WPS
9. NDE examiners should be qualified to ______ when C
d. POR, PQR, WOR
specified by the referencing code.
a. ASME XII
b. API 570
c. SNT-TC-1A
d. API 510
18. F numbers are assigned to electrodes based on their C 27. "Optical aids" include which of the following: C
______________. a. levels
a. alloy b. thickness gauge
b. chemistry c. mirrors
c. usability characteristics d. fillet weld gauge
d. flux coating
28. A typical fillet weld gauge would include which of the A
19. What type of electrodes should be stored in a heated A following:
oven after initial removal from the package? a. skew-T
a. low hydrogen b. Bridge Cam
b. cellulose coated c. Hi-Lo
c. GMAW rod d. Vernier Caliper
d. high nickel
29. ACFM is an NDE technique that is applied to detect: C
20. Slightly damp low hydrogen electrodes should be: B a. sub-surface indications, in carbon steel
a. discarded b. surface and sub-surface indications in stainless steel
b. rebaked in special ovens c. surface indications in carbon, alloy and stainless
c. used "as is" steel
d. rebaked in the storage oven d. surface indications in carbon steel only
21. A welder continuity log should be maintained to allow D 30. One of the best features of ACFM is that it: A
verification that each welder has utilized each welding a. requires not calibration standards
process within a _______ period. b. does not require a skilled operator
a. one yea c. requires no electricity
b. 3 month d. is a low temperature technique
c. 2 year
31. Eddy Current (ET) has limited use in welding D
d. six month
inspection, but is often used in____________.
22. Undercut is normally found_______________. C a. heavy wall volumetric testing
a. in the weld metal b. coating thickness measurement
b. in the base metal c. measuring cladding thickness
c. at the weld interface d. both b and c, above
d. at the root of the weld, only
32. The NDE Examiner that performs the radiographic film B
23. Weld underbead cracking is normally found A interpretation should be qualified, as a minimum, to a
_______________________. _____.
a. in the HAZ a. ASNT Level I
b. in the throat of the weld b. ASNT Level II
c. in the weld root c. ASNT Level III
d. in the weld face d. ASNT Level IV
24. The best NDE method used to inspect butt joints C 33. Cobalt is normally used for radiographing thicknesses B
volumetrically (through the entire weld) would be: of _________.
a. PT a. 0.25" - 3.0"
b. VT b. 1.5" - 7.0"
c. RT c. 8.0" - 10.0"
d. LT d. 0.50" - 2.0"
25. Hydrogen cracking may occur in all of the following D 34. A film density of 1.0 will allow _______% of light through B
welding processes, except: to the film.
a. SMAW a. 1%
b. FCAW b. 10%
c. SAW c. 0.01%
d. GMAW d. 0.001%
26. In austenitic stainless steel, incomplete penetration is B 35. Ultrasonic examination that shows a plan view of the C
normally corrected by: test object would be _____________.
a. reducing travel speed a. A-scan
b. proper heat input b. B-scan
c. controlling ferrite content c. C-scan
d. all of the above d. D-scan
36. Each pass of the UT transducer should overlap the C 45. One of the most common types of fracture toughness C
previous pass by _____% of the transducer dimension. tests is the _________ test.
a. 1% a. Rockwell
b. 5% b. Tensile
c. 10% c. Charpy
d. 15% d. Stress-strain
37. Because of the similarities in the shape of the grains A 46. How does preheating carbon steel tend to reduce C
and cooling characteristics, a weld can be considered hydrogen-induced delayed cracking?
to be a small_______________. a. eliminates SCC
a. casting b. prevents carbon migration
b. forging c. slows the cooling rate - prevents martensite
c. extrusion formation
d. ingot d. makes the grains grow so they won't crack
38. A defect is also considered to be a (an): B 47. Preheat is usually monitored by________________ D
a. imperfection a. thermocouples
b. rejectable flaw b. crayons
c. acceptable flaw c. contact pyrometer
d. non-relevant indication d. any or all of the above
39. The vast majority of metallic materials used in D 48. The primary reason for PWHT is: A
refineries or chemical plants are ___________. a. relieve residual stresses
a. cast materials b. complete phase transformations
b. killed materials c. de-sensitize steel
c. stainless steel materials d. drive off excess moisture
d. wrought materials
49. Hardness and hardenability are two terms that: C
40. Hydrogen in welding may come from various sources, D a. mean the same thing
such as: b. indicate the carbon content of a material
a. lubricants c. mean two different properties
b. moisture d. indicate the alloying content of a material
c. net electrodes
50. A typical test for hardenability is the ___________. C
d. all of the above
a. bend test
41. Materials with high thermal conductivity will require A b. Rockwell test
___________________. c. Jominy Bar test
a. higher heat input to weld d. Charpy V-notch test
b. lower heat input to weld
51. The general Brinell Hardness limit for 5CR-Mo steels is: C
c. preheating
a. 200
d. post-weld heating
b. 225
42. Metals with a high coefficient of thermal expansion are C c. 241
more susceptible to: d. 250
a. transverse cracking
52. Which of the following elements influences the A
b. lack of fusion
mechanical properties of weldments more than any
c. warpage and distortion
other?
d. linear porosity
a. carbon
43. The three hardness tests normally used are the: B b. silicon
a. Schindler, Johnson, Williams c. nitrogen
b. Rockwell, Vickes, Brinell d. nickel
c. Rockwell, UT, Shearwave
d. Brinell, Vicky, Rockdale
44. In Rockwell hardness testing, the minor load is D
always____________________
a. 10 psi
b. 150 psi
c. 150 kg
d. 10 kg
53. OPEN BOOK QUESTION: A material Test Report shows B 60. A common weld defect encountered with the GMAW-S C
the following chemistries: welding process is:
carbon - 0.15% manganese - 0.20% nickel - 0.35% a. LOP
chrome - 1.25% molybdenum - 1.00% copper - 0.01% b. slag
vanadium - 0.02% silicon - 0.53% c. LOF
What is the approximate CE of this material using the d. cracking
formula supplied in RP 577?
a. 0.35
b. 0.7
c. 0.9
d. 0.55
54. From the above CE number, what should typically be D
done after welding this steel?
a. no PWHT
b. preheating
c. PWHT
d. preheat and PWHT
55. A very specialized external loading weld test is the A
_________ test.
a. bend
b. Schindlerini
c. gleeble
d. rrc
56. Austenitic stainless steels typically contain chrome D
and nickel, and are used for:
a. corrosion resistance
b. resistance to high temperature degradation
c. sulfur resistance
d. both a and b, above
57. The most common measure of weldability and hot B
cracking of stainless steel is the _________.
a. bend test
b. ferrite number
c. Charpy V-notch number
d. hydrogen number
58. An extra-low hydrogen electrode (H4) should be used B
when hot tapping carbon steels with a CE greater than
_____________(%)
a. 0.50
b. 0.43
c. 0.25
d. 0.35
59. To reduce burn-through potential, liquid flow rates C
should be between _________ and _________ when hot-
tapping.
a. 0.4 - 1.3 m/sec
b. 1.5 - 4.0 ft/sec
c. 0.4 - 1.2 m/sec
d. 40 - 70 ft/sec