Certification Test Module 8: Thermal
Cutting Processes
During the Mechanized OFC process, there is no need for the operator to monitor the
cut being made - ✔️✔️False
In Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC), the term "plasma" refers to - ✔️✔️A gas which has been
heated to the point that it will conduct electricity
Which fuel gas can be used to cut low carbon steel? - ✔️✔️MAPP, Propane and
Acetylene
All of the Above
The maximum recommended safe working pressure for Acetylene is - ✔️✔️15 PSI
Which oxyacetylene flame has an excess of fuel? - ✔️✔️Caburizing
The oxyfuel process uses oxygen and what other types of gases? - ✔️✔️Flammable
gases
To insure that oxyfuel lines are not improperly connected, fuel gas hoses are -
✔️✔️Red with left-hand threads
A fully charged acetylene cylinder contains approximately? - ✔️✔️225 PSI at 7O
degrees fahrenheit
What is the term for the width of the cut produced by any cutting process? - ✔️✔️Kerf
While cutting with acetylene, the oxygen working pressure is - ✔️✔️Greater than the
acetylene working pressure
While flame cutting, the preheat flames (with the cutting jets open) should be -
✔️✔️Neutral
Oxyacetylene torches can cut - ✔️✔️Carbon steel
If an excessive amount of preheat is used when making an oxyfuel cut, the - ✔️✔️Top
edge may be melted or removed
Mechanized OFC is commonly referred to as track burner - ✔️✔️True