API 1169 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Class Soil Rock
Class 1 30 (762) 18 (457)
Class 2, 3, 4 36 (914) 24 (610)
Drainage ditches of public roads and railroad crossings
36 (914) 24 (610) - CORRECT ANSWER - Class Soil Rock
Class 1
Class 2, 3, 4
Drainage ditches of public roads and railroad crossings
RT Examination - CORRECT ANSWER - Which non-destructive testing method is specified in
API 1104
30 - CORRECT ANSWER - Calc the top width of a bell hole exc that is 8 ft deep and 6 ft wide.
Soil C.
Phase III - CORRECT ANSWER - EPA - Phase for containment counter measures cleanup and
disposal.
440 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which ref in 40 CFR 300 clarifies procedures for planning and
implementing off-site response actions for hazardous substances.
Yellow - CORRECT ANSWER - The color for marking oil and gas buried lines
Surface Profile - CORRECT ANSWER - Replica tape is used during what?
,505 - CORRECT ANSWER - In what 192 document can the exact code for strength test reqs be
found for carbon steel pipes to operate at hoop stress of 30% of SMYS
70 to / API 5LI - Code 192.107 - Ship or barge will have to abide by API 5LW - CORRECT
ANSWER - What API RP must be followed in order to used pipe transported via railroad if it has
an OD to WT ratio of _________ (or greater) and will operate at a hoop stress of _______ of SMYS.
Standard?
Exception?
120 - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the max gallon amount of category 4 flammable liquids that
may be stored in any one storage cabinet?
50 ft - CORRECT ANSWER - Encroachment area is where the ground disturbance occurs within.
-10 ft of centerline of existing facility
-25 ft from edge of easement
-50 ft from centerline
-50 ft from edge of easement
50 ft - CORRECT ANSWER - Due diligence corridor is ____ from centerline
Specified minimum yield strength - CORRECT ANSWER - SMYS
Sweep locate, pot hole, one call - CORRECT ANSWER - Perform these before any mechanical
ground disturbance
In grid pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - Line locating crews should sweep _____________
90% - CORRECT ANSWER - Transportation, installation or repair of pipe shall not reduce the
wall thickness at any point to a thickness of less than________ of original
,36 to 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Calculate the OD t WT ratio of a pipeline. OD is 36". The WT is
.750"
80 - CORRECT ANSWER - Hearing protection during a hydro test requirement state that the
protection must be adequate to reduce the noise to at least below ____ decibels.
Pipe facing - CORRECT ANSWER - Lacerations from shavings, burns from hot shavings and eye
injuries from shavings are hazards of what activity?
Does not - CORRECT ANSWER - A pipe _________ have to be wet down and grounded in order
for a jeeping inspection to work properly.
Impressed Current - CORRECT ANSWER - A type of cathodic protection
American Concrete Institute - CORRECT ANSWER - ACI
Anode - CORRECT ANSWER - A sacrificial material or electrode having low eletrolytic potential.
Current flows away from the __________, causing it to corrode.
Impressed Current - CORRECT ANSWER - The negative terminal of a power supply is connected
to the pipe to the protected, and the positive side of power supply is connected to a sacrificial anode,
buried in the ground. The positive side of a battery is also called an anode. The pipe becomes the cathode,
or the negative side of the battery. This describes what type of CP?
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Cohesive soils with unconfined strenght of 1.5 ton per sq ft or greater
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil that is clay, silty clay, sandy clay, clay loam and silty clay loam
and sandy clay loam. Also Caliche or hardpan.
B - CORRECT ANSWER - Cohesive soil with an unconfined compressive state greater than .5 tsf
but less than 1.5 tons per sf
, B - CORRECT ANSWER - Granular cohesionless soils such as angular gravel, silt, silt loam,
sandy loam and silty clay loam and sandy clay loam.
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Cohesive soil with an unconfined compressive strength of .5 tsf or less
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Granular soils including gravel sand and loamy sand.
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Submerged soil from which water is freely seeping
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Submerged rock that is not stable.
Cohesive - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil that remains in clumps
granular - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil that breaks up easily
Distress - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil is in condition where cave-in is imminent or is likely to
occur. Evidence by fissures, slumps or loose material rolling down.
1 1/2H: 1 V - CORRECT ANSWER - Slope must be cut back to______where there are signs of
soil distress.
29 CFR 1926 Pg 103 - CORRECT ANSWER - Standards for slope based on soil type
20 - CORRECT ANSWER - All trenches greater than _______ ft need a protective plan approved
by a professional engineer
5 - CORRECT ANSWER - Any excavations greater than _______ ft must meet OSHA standards
Unconfined compressive state - CORRECT ANSWER - Pressure required for soil to fail under
compression
and CORRECT Answers
Class Soil Rock
Class 1 30 (762) 18 (457)
Class 2, 3, 4 36 (914) 24 (610)
Drainage ditches of public roads and railroad crossings
36 (914) 24 (610) - CORRECT ANSWER - Class Soil Rock
Class 1
Class 2, 3, 4
Drainage ditches of public roads and railroad crossings
RT Examination - CORRECT ANSWER - Which non-destructive testing method is specified in
API 1104
30 - CORRECT ANSWER - Calc the top width of a bell hole exc that is 8 ft deep and 6 ft wide.
Soil C.
Phase III - CORRECT ANSWER - EPA - Phase for containment counter measures cleanup and
disposal.
440 - CORRECT ANSWER - Which ref in 40 CFR 300 clarifies procedures for planning and
implementing off-site response actions for hazardous substances.
Yellow - CORRECT ANSWER - The color for marking oil and gas buried lines
Surface Profile - CORRECT ANSWER - Replica tape is used during what?
,505 - CORRECT ANSWER - In what 192 document can the exact code for strength test reqs be
found for carbon steel pipes to operate at hoop stress of 30% of SMYS
70 to / API 5LI - Code 192.107 - Ship or barge will have to abide by API 5LW - CORRECT
ANSWER - What API RP must be followed in order to used pipe transported via railroad if it has
an OD to WT ratio of _________ (or greater) and will operate at a hoop stress of _______ of SMYS.
Standard?
Exception?
120 - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the max gallon amount of category 4 flammable liquids that
may be stored in any one storage cabinet?
50 ft - CORRECT ANSWER - Encroachment area is where the ground disturbance occurs within.
-10 ft of centerline of existing facility
-25 ft from edge of easement
-50 ft from centerline
-50 ft from edge of easement
50 ft - CORRECT ANSWER - Due diligence corridor is ____ from centerline
Specified minimum yield strength - CORRECT ANSWER - SMYS
Sweep locate, pot hole, one call - CORRECT ANSWER - Perform these before any mechanical
ground disturbance
In grid pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - Line locating crews should sweep _____________
90% - CORRECT ANSWER - Transportation, installation or repair of pipe shall not reduce the
wall thickness at any point to a thickness of less than________ of original
,36 to 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Calculate the OD t WT ratio of a pipeline. OD is 36". The WT is
.750"
80 - CORRECT ANSWER - Hearing protection during a hydro test requirement state that the
protection must be adequate to reduce the noise to at least below ____ decibels.
Pipe facing - CORRECT ANSWER - Lacerations from shavings, burns from hot shavings and eye
injuries from shavings are hazards of what activity?
Does not - CORRECT ANSWER - A pipe _________ have to be wet down and grounded in order
for a jeeping inspection to work properly.
Impressed Current - CORRECT ANSWER - A type of cathodic protection
American Concrete Institute - CORRECT ANSWER - ACI
Anode - CORRECT ANSWER - A sacrificial material or electrode having low eletrolytic potential.
Current flows away from the __________, causing it to corrode.
Impressed Current - CORRECT ANSWER - The negative terminal of a power supply is connected
to the pipe to the protected, and the positive side of power supply is connected to a sacrificial anode,
buried in the ground. The positive side of a battery is also called an anode. The pipe becomes the cathode,
or the negative side of the battery. This describes what type of CP?
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Cohesive soils with unconfined strenght of 1.5 ton per sq ft or greater
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil that is clay, silty clay, sandy clay, clay loam and silty clay loam
and sandy clay loam. Also Caliche or hardpan.
B - CORRECT ANSWER - Cohesive soil with an unconfined compressive state greater than .5 tsf
but less than 1.5 tons per sf
, B - CORRECT ANSWER - Granular cohesionless soils such as angular gravel, silt, silt loam,
sandy loam and silty clay loam and sandy clay loam.
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Cohesive soil with an unconfined compressive strength of .5 tsf or less
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Granular soils including gravel sand and loamy sand.
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Submerged soil from which water is freely seeping
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Submerged rock that is not stable.
Cohesive - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil that remains in clumps
granular - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil that breaks up easily
Distress - CORRECT ANSWER - Soil is in condition where cave-in is imminent or is likely to
occur. Evidence by fissures, slumps or loose material rolling down.
1 1/2H: 1 V - CORRECT ANSWER - Slope must be cut back to______where there are signs of
soil distress.
29 CFR 1926 Pg 103 - CORRECT ANSWER - Standards for slope based on soil type
20 - CORRECT ANSWER - All trenches greater than _______ ft need a protective plan approved
by a professional engineer
5 - CORRECT ANSWER - Any excavations greater than _______ ft must meet OSHA standards
Unconfined compressive state - CORRECT ANSWER - Pressure required for soil to fail under
compression
