API 1169 EXAM SCRIPT 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔<7 psia - ✔✔Liquid petroleum that is being considered as a pressure test medium
will have a Reid vapor pressure of?
✔✔6.625 in OD and .250 in wall thickness - ✔✔For a 2nd test during a multiple
qualification, What is the minimum diameter and specified wall thickness to be used?
✔✔For the purpose of listing materials category - ✔✔The Hazardous Material Table
designates materials listed therein
✔✔1 - ✔✔Test medium temp instrument should be within ______ deg F of actual temp
✔✔Segregate and have inspected - ✔✔What do you do with parts missing an MTR
✔✔compensation/displaced - ✔✔_______________ must be made for ___________
tidewater from construction/extention of piers, wharfs, etc.
✔✔tide water chanels/basins - ✔✔_______________ can be used to compensate for
displaced tide-water.
✔✔Refuse - ✔✔No ______________ can be discharged from any ship, tank etc.(as
associated with construction or improvements ) into navigable waters.
✔✔Permit - ✔✔A _______________ is needed to deposit refuse in navigable waters
from construction or improvements.
✔✔Army Corpse of Engineers / Chief of Engineers or secretary of the army -
✔✔Construction of dykes or dams requires approval from _____________________.
✔✔Calibration - ✔✔Comparison to known standard and making necessary adjustments
✔✔Design validation - ✔✔Process of providing a design by testing to demonstrate
conformity of the product to design requirements.
✔✔Prototype tests
functional operational tests
tests specified by industry standards and reg reqs
Field performance tests and reviews - ✔✔Validation can include?
✔✔effectiveness - ✔✔A quality management system/policy for all products and
servicing shall measure the ___________ and improve upon the system.
,✔✔Quality Policy - ✔✔The quality objective shall be measurable and consistent with
_________________
✔✔adequacy, completeness and lack of conflict. - ✔✔Design and Development inputs
shall be reviewed for _________________
✔✔Quality control - ✔✔Focuses on fulfilling quality requirments
✔✔Quality assurance - ✔✔Focused on providing confidence that quality requirements
will be fulfilled.
✔✔Quality improvement - ✔✔Focused on increasing the ability to fulfill quality
requirements.
✔✔increase reflectivity - ✔✔Color pigments can be added to welding eye protection so
long as they do not____________________?
✔✔Helmets or hand held shields with filter lenses - ✔✔______________ Shall be used
by operators or nearby personnel during Arc welding and Arc cutting with open arcs.
✔✔Protective spectacles with side shields or arc goggles - ✔✔_______________ Must
be worn by personnel near arc welding and arc cutting with open arcs.
✔✔grind or sand the surface to bare metal prior to welding. - ✔✔During welding, a good
practice to reduce the generation of fumes and gases from paints and primers is to
___________________.
✔✔Hazardous communication - ✔✔HAZCOM
✔✔Immediate, dangerous and life threatening - ✔✔IDLH
✔✔Required reporting - ✔✔Deficiencies, unsatisfactory work, thefts, vandalism,missing
materials/property or suspicious activities are all ___________________ by inspector.
✔✔Permissible exposure limit - ✔✔PEL
✔✔19.5% and 23.5% - ✔✔Oxygen deficiencies/excess are where oxygen levels are
below______ or above _____.
✔✔Combustible - ✔✔Liquids having a flashpoint at or above 100 deg F
✔✔100 - ✔✔Combustible liquids have a flash point above ________ deg F.
, ✔✔Secured and labeled - ✔✔All compressed gas cylinders and tanks should be
properly _______________ and ______________ when transported and stored.
✔✔Valve protective caps - ✔✔All compressed gas cylinders and tanks should be stored
with ______________ in place when not in used.
✔✔Clearing - ✔✔Removal and disposal of brush, undergrowth and timber
✔✔Grubbing - ✔✔Removal and disposal of stumps and roots.
✔✔Grading - ✔✔Flattening, sloping or other excavation to modify the terrain to make it
safe and accessible for construction.
✔✔Valves - ✔✔On _______, check ANSI ratings, overall condition, trim, coating,
operability, flange faced and/or bevels and body condition
✔✔Hot bends - ✔✔___________ Should be checked for bend angle, bend radius,
markings, ovality, bevels, coating and overall condition.
✔✔Pup joints - ✔✔________ Should meet specified minimum length restrictions
consistent with pipe diameter and owner/operator requirements.
✔✔12 - ✔✔Pipe shielding of at least _____ in should be installed to protect pipe in
rocky terrain.
✔✔Flotation - ✔✔Negative buoyancy requirements prevent
✔✔18 - ✔✔Per CGA guidelines, what is the excavation tolerance zone in inches?
✔✔Does - ✔✔According to CGA, providing complete underground facility info and
including this info on design drawings (does or does not?) reduce hazards, simplify
coordination and minimize the cost to produce the final project.
✔✔Mandrel - ✔✔A _______ is a device used during the bending process to prevent
pipe ovality.
✔✔A - ✔✔Clay, silty clay and hard pan are examples of which soil type?
✔✔Synthetic - ✔✔This typ of blast media includes corn starch, wheat starch, sodium
bicarbonate and dry ice.
✔✔Cannot - ✔✔The following agencies can or cannot perform inspections on the right
of way without first submitting a federal form 7.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔<7 psia - ✔✔Liquid petroleum that is being considered as a pressure test medium
will have a Reid vapor pressure of?
✔✔6.625 in OD and .250 in wall thickness - ✔✔For a 2nd test during a multiple
qualification, What is the minimum diameter and specified wall thickness to be used?
✔✔For the purpose of listing materials category - ✔✔The Hazardous Material Table
designates materials listed therein
✔✔1 - ✔✔Test medium temp instrument should be within ______ deg F of actual temp
✔✔Segregate and have inspected - ✔✔What do you do with parts missing an MTR
✔✔compensation/displaced - ✔✔_______________ must be made for ___________
tidewater from construction/extention of piers, wharfs, etc.
✔✔tide water chanels/basins - ✔✔_______________ can be used to compensate for
displaced tide-water.
✔✔Refuse - ✔✔No ______________ can be discharged from any ship, tank etc.(as
associated with construction or improvements ) into navigable waters.
✔✔Permit - ✔✔A _______________ is needed to deposit refuse in navigable waters
from construction or improvements.
✔✔Army Corpse of Engineers / Chief of Engineers or secretary of the army -
✔✔Construction of dykes or dams requires approval from _____________________.
✔✔Calibration - ✔✔Comparison to known standard and making necessary adjustments
✔✔Design validation - ✔✔Process of providing a design by testing to demonstrate
conformity of the product to design requirements.
✔✔Prototype tests
functional operational tests
tests specified by industry standards and reg reqs
Field performance tests and reviews - ✔✔Validation can include?
✔✔effectiveness - ✔✔A quality management system/policy for all products and
servicing shall measure the ___________ and improve upon the system.
,✔✔Quality Policy - ✔✔The quality objective shall be measurable and consistent with
_________________
✔✔adequacy, completeness and lack of conflict. - ✔✔Design and Development inputs
shall be reviewed for _________________
✔✔Quality control - ✔✔Focuses on fulfilling quality requirments
✔✔Quality assurance - ✔✔Focused on providing confidence that quality requirements
will be fulfilled.
✔✔Quality improvement - ✔✔Focused on increasing the ability to fulfill quality
requirements.
✔✔increase reflectivity - ✔✔Color pigments can be added to welding eye protection so
long as they do not____________________?
✔✔Helmets or hand held shields with filter lenses - ✔✔______________ Shall be used
by operators or nearby personnel during Arc welding and Arc cutting with open arcs.
✔✔Protective spectacles with side shields or arc goggles - ✔✔_______________ Must
be worn by personnel near arc welding and arc cutting with open arcs.
✔✔grind or sand the surface to bare metal prior to welding. - ✔✔During welding, a good
practice to reduce the generation of fumes and gases from paints and primers is to
___________________.
✔✔Hazardous communication - ✔✔HAZCOM
✔✔Immediate, dangerous and life threatening - ✔✔IDLH
✔✔Required reporting - ✔✔Deficiencies, unsatisfactory work, thefts, vandalism,missing
materials/property or suspicious activities are all ___________________ by inspector.
✔✔Permissible exposure limit - ✔✔PEL
✔✔19.5% and 23.5% - ✔✔Oxygen deficiencies/excess are where oxygen levels are
below______ or above _____.
✔✔Combustible - ✔✔Liquids having a flashpoint at or above 100 deg F
✔✔100 - ✔✔Combustible liquids have a flash point above ________ deg F.
, ✔✔Secured and labeled - ✔✔All compressed gas cylinders and tanks should be
properly _______________ and ______________ when transported and stored.
✔✔Valve protective caps - ✔✔All compressed gas cylinders and tanks should be stored
with ______________ in place when not in used.
✔✔Clearing - ✔✔Removal and disposal of brush, undergrowth and timber
✔✔Grubbing - ✔✔Removal and disposal of stumps and roots.
✔✔Grading - ✔✔Flattening, sloping or other excavation to modify the terrain to make it
safe and accessible for construction.
✔✔Valves - ✔✔On _______, check ANSI ratings, overall condition, trim, coating,
operability, flange faced and/or bevels and body condition
✔✔Hot bends - ✔✔___________ Should be checked for bend angle, bend radius,
markings, ovality, bevels, coating and overall condition.
✔✔Pup joints - ✔✔________ Should meet specified minimum length restrictions
consistent with pipe diameter and owner/operator requirements.
✔✔12 - ✔✔Pipe shielding of at least _____ in should be installed to protect pipe in
rocky terrain.
✔✔Flotation - ✔✔Negative buoyancy requirements prevent
✔✔18 - ✔✔Per CGA guidelines, what is the excavation tolerance zone in inches?
✔✔Does - ✔✔According to CGA, providing complete underground facility info and
including this info on design drawings (does or does not?) reduce hazards, simplify
coordination and minimize the cost to produce the final project.
✔✔Mandrel - ✔✔A _______ is a device used during the bending process to prevent
pipe ovality.
✔✔A - ✔✔Clay, silty clay and hard pan are examples of which soil type?
✔✔Synthetic - ✔✔This typ of blast media includes corn starch, wheat starch, sodium
bicarbonate and dry ice.
✔✔Cannot - ✔✔The following agencies can or cannot perform inspections on the right
of way without first submitting a federal form 7.
