API 570 Certification - Data Sheets, Codes, and Inspection Guidelines Exam Questions with
Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
API 510 - Answers Code to follow when performing an internal inspection on pipe
API 578 - Answers Positive Material Identification (PMI)
API 579 - Answers Fitness for Service (FFS)
API 580 - Answers Risked Based Inspection (RBI)
API 583 - Answers Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
API 598 - Answers Valve Inspection & Testing
API 2201 - Answers Welding on In-Service Equipment containing Flammables
ASME Sect V - Answers NDE Procedure Guidelines
ASME Sect 8 - Answers Design code for fabrication of piping relief devices
ASME Sect 9 - Answers Welder & Weld Procedure Qualification
AIRR - Answers API 570 Scope (Alteration, Inspection, Repair, Rerate)
JUIC - Answers API 570 AI's Employer (Jurisdiction, User (Owner-Operator), Insurance company,
Contractor)
A TIE - Answers Primary responsibilities of API 570 AI (Testing, Inspection, Examination)
CUPS or I - Answers Service (Corrosion Specialist, UT Sensor, Published Data, Similar Service, or
Inspect in 6 months)
Physical Change - Answers Define - Alteration
Repair - Answers Restore - suitable
Cyclic Stress - Answers Cause for fatigue crack
Defect - Answers Imperfection that exceeds the acceptance criteria
Imperfection - Answers Discontinuity that may or may not exceed the acceptance criteria
Probability and consequence - Answers RBI's two Primary Factors
Representative - Answers Repairs - # of new flange assemblies to be inspected during repairs
and alterations
Consequence of failure - Answers Corrosion - Method by which process leaks can lead to brittle
, failure
Auto-refrigeration - Answers Corrosion - Method by which process leaks can lead to brittle
failure
CML w/ earliest renewal date - Answers NDE - CML that must be measured during a Thickness
Inspection
Performance - Answers PRD's - How relief device intervals are determined
Low Resistivity - Answers Corrosion - Type of soil that is most corrosive
Time, Temp, & Stress - Answers Factors that affect the creep rate
-0.010" - Answers Design - Mill tolerance for rolled and welded pipe
0" - Answers NDE - Maximum length of Crack, or Incomplete Fusion allowed on a new weld
125-250 micro-inch - Answers Typical flange face finish
1/16" per foot - Answers Flanges - When mating flanges, the maximum amount of unparallel
allowed (per diameter of flange in feet)
1/8" - Answers Flanges - Max offset for bolt-holes for mating flanges
> ¼" - Answers Welder - Thickness to qualify welder with UT
1" - Answers NDE - Minimum distance beyond the area to be examined to clean a part when
performing a MT examination
2" - Answers NDE - Suggested diameter of CML exam point
Greater of: 3" or 1.5 T - Answers Minimum width of band
6" - Answers Minimum length of Spot RT
3' - Answers Minimum weld length when qualifying a welding operator with RT/UT of first
production weld
6-8' - Answers Minimum length of buried pipe to expose when excavating for inspection
12" - Answers Minimum upstream limit of intensive examination of injection point circuit
10 Diameters - Answers NDE - Minimum downstream limit of intensive examination of injection
point circuit
Lesser of: 1st direction chg - Answers Circuits - Min downstream limit of injection point circuit
Length is > 3 times Width - Answers Linear Indication
Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
API 510 - Answers Code to follow when performing an internal inspection on pipe
API 578 - Answers Positive Material Identification (PMI)
API 579 - Answers Fitness for Service (FFS)
API 580 - Answers Risked Based Inspection (RBI)
API 583 - Answers Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
API 598 - Answers Valve Inspection & Testing
API 2201 - Answers Welding on In-Service Equipment containing Flammables
ASME Sect V - Answers NDE Procedure Guidelines
ASME Sect 8 - Answers Design code for fabrication of piping relief devices
ASME Sect 9 - Answers Welder & Weld Procedure Qualification
AIRR - Answers API 570 Scope (Alteration, Inspection, Repair, Rerate)
JUIC - Answers API 570 AI's Employer (Jurisdiction, User (Owner-Operator), Insurance company,
Contractor)
A TIE - Answers Primary responsibilities of API 570 AI (Testing, Inspection, Examination)
CUPS or I - Answers Service (Corrosion Specialist, UT Sensor, Published Data, Similar Service, or
Inspect in 6 months)
Physical Change - Answers Define - Alteration
Repair - Answers Restore - suitable
Cyclic Stress - Answers Cause for fatigue crack
Defect - Answers Imperfection that exceeds the acceptance criteria
Imperfection - Answers Discontinuity that may or may not exceed the acceptance criteria
Probability and consequence - Answers RBI's two Primary Factors
Representative - Answers Repairs - # of new flange assemblies to be inspected during repairs
and alterations
Consequence of failure - Answers Corrosion - Method by which process leaks can lead to brittle
, failure
Auto-refrigeration - Answers Corrosion - Method by which process leaks can lead to brittle
failure
CML w/ earliest renewal date - Answers NDE - CML that must be measured during a Thickness
Inspection
Performance - Answers PRD's - How relief device intervals are determined
Low Resistivity - Answers Corrosion - Type of soil that is most corrosive
Time, Temp, & Stress - Answers Factors that affect the creep rate
-0.010" - Answers Design - Mill tolerance for rolled and welded pipe
0" - Answers NDE - Maximum length of Crack, or Incomplete Fusion allowed on a new weld
125-250 micro-inch - Answers Typical flange face finish
1/16" per foot - Answers Flanges - When mating flanges, the maximum amount of unparallel
allowed (per diameter of flange in feet)
1/8" - Answers Flanges - Max offset for bolt-holes for mating flanges
> ¼" - Answers Welder - Thickness to qualify welder with UT
1" - Answers NDE - Minimum distance beyond the area to be examined to clean a part when
performing a MT examination
2" - Answers NDE - Suggested diameter of CML exam point
Greater of: 3" or 1.5 T - Answers Minimum width of band
6" - Answers Minimum length of Spot RT
3' - Answers Minimum weld length when qualifying a welding operator with RT/UT of first
production weld
6-8' - Answers Minimum length of buried pipe to expose when excavating for inspection
12" - Answers Minimum upstream limit of intensive examination of injection point circuit
10 Diameters - Answers NDE - Minimum downstream limit of intensive examination of injection
point circuit
Lesser of: 1st direction chg - Answers Circuits - Min downstream limit of injection point circuit
Length is > 3 times Width - Answers Linear Indication
