ASME Section IX Welding Exam Practice Questions | WPS, PQR, Welder Qualification (2025 Update)

ASME Section IX Welding Exam Practice
Questions | WPS, PQR, Welder
Qualification (2025 Update)
The purpose of the WPS and PQR is to determine that:
A. the welder is qualified
B. the base metals are strong enough
C. the weldment has the desired properties
D. the skill of the welder
C
The WPS lists:
A. nonessential variables
B. essential variables
C. ranges for 1 & 2 above
D. all of the above
D. QW-200.1
The PQR must list:
A. essential variables
B. qualification test & examination results
C. supplementary essential variables (when notch toughness is required)
D. all of the above
D. QW-200.2
What is the earliest Edition of Section IX recognized by the current edition?
A. 1958
B. 1992
C. 1987
D. 1962
D. QG-108
New Welding Procedure Specifications must meet the ______________ Edition
and Addenda of Section IX.
A.1962
B. current
C. 1986
D. 1995
B. QG-108
Each _________________ shall conduct the tests required by Section IX to qualify
the WPS's used during the construction, alteration, or repair.
A. Welder or welding operator
B. Manufacturer or contractor
C. Inspector
D. All of the above
B

,The records of procedure, welder and welding operator qualification must be
available to the _______________ .
A. Manufacturer
B. Welder
C. Authorized Inspector
D. Foreman
C. QG-102
A welder qualifying with a groove weld in plate in the 4G position is qualified to
weld groove welds in plate and pipe over 24"O.D. in at least the _________
positions.
A. Vertical
B. Flat & horizontal
C. Flat & overhead
D. Horizontal
C. Table QW-461.9
A welder qualifying with plate fillet welds in the 3F and 4F positions is qualified to
weld groove welds in plate in the _______________ positions.
A. Flat only
B. Flat and horizontal
C. Flat and vertical
D. None of the above
D. QW-461.9
A welder qualifying by making a groove weld on pipe with an O.D. of 3/4" in the
5G position is qualified to weld groove welds in:
A. 1/2" O.D. Pipe in the overhead position
B. 6" O.D. Pipe in the vertical position
C. 3/4" O.D. pipe in the horizontal position
D. None of the above
B.
In general, qualification on groove welds also qualifies a welder to make:
A. Stud welds
B. Overhand welds
C. Fillet welds
D. All of the above
C. Table QW-452.6
Charpy V-notch tests are performed to determine a weldment's
A. Tensile strength
B. Ductility
C. Notch toughness
D. All of above
C. QW-171
A welder making a groove weld using the SAW process on P1 materials may be
qualified using radiography.
A. True
B. False
A.

, When a tensile specimen breaks in the base metal outside of the weld or fusion
line, the strength recorded may be at most ___ below the specified tensile and be
accepted.
A. 3.5%
B. .5%
C. 5%
D. All of the above
C. Table QW-153.1
Guided-bend specimens shall have no open defects in the weld or heat effected
zone exceeding ________________ measured in any direction on the convex
surface of the specimen after bending.
A. 1/16"
B. 3/32"
C. 1/8"
D. None of the above
C. QW-163
When using radiographs to qualify welders, the acceptance standards used are
found in
A. ASME Section V
B. ASME Section IX
C. ASME Section VIII
D. The referencing code
B.
A WPS must describe:
A. Essential variables
B. Nonessential variables
C. Supplementary essential variables when required for notch toughness
D. All of the above
D. QW-200.1
A PQR must describe:
A. Nonessential variables
B. Essential variables
C. Results of Welder Qualification tests
D. Project description & NDE methods
B. QW-200.2
The ______ must certify the PQR as accurate.
A. Inspector
B. Manufacturer or contractor
C. Welder
D. All of the above
B
For the SMAW process ______________ is an essential variable for the WPS.
A. Groove design
B. Post Weld Heat Treatment
C. Root spacing
D. Method of cleaning