API 571 Certification Exam with Verified
Answers
Code to follow when performing an internal inspection on pipe - ✔✔API 510
Positive Material Identification (PMI) - ✔✔API 578
Fitness for Service (FFS) - ✔✔API 579
Risked Based Inspection (RBI) - ✔✔API 580
Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) - ✔✔API 583
Valve Inspection & Testing - ✔✔API 598
Cathodic Protection - ✔✔API 651
Welding on In-Service Equipment containing Flammables - ✔✔API 2201
NDE Procedure Guidelines - ✔✔ASME Sect V
Design code for fabrication of piping relief devices - ✔✔ASME Sect 8
Welder & Weld Procedure Qualification - ✔✔ASME Sect 9
NDE Personnel Qualification - ✔✔ASNT SNT-TC-1A or CP-189
,API 570 Scope (Alteration, Inspection, Repair, Rerate) - ✔✔AIRR
API 570 AI's Employer (Jurisdiction, User, Insurance company, Contractor) - ✔✔JUIC
API 570 Repair Organization (Authorized by Jurisdiction, Owner, Contractor) - ✔✔JOC
Primary responsibilities of API 570 AI (Testing, Inspection, Examination) - ✔✔A TIE
Determine Corrosion Rate for New Service or Change in Service (Same or Similar Service,
Owner's Experience,
Published Data, or Inspect in 3 months) - ✔✔SOPI
Define - Alteration - ✔✔physical change
Define - Repair - ✔✔Restore - Suitable
Corrosion - Cause for fatigue crack - ✔✔cyclic stress
Define - Imperfection that exceeds the acceptance criteria - ✔✔defect
Define - Discontinuity that may or may not exceed the acceptance criteria - ✔✔imperfection
Define- RBI's two Primary Factors - ✔✔Probability consequence
RBI - Two Primary Factors of Consequence of Failure - ✔✔Process Fluid & Volume
, Repairs-# of new flange assemblies to be inspected during repairs and alterations -
✔✔representative
Insp - Basis of API 570's Piping Classification - ✔✔Consequence of failure
Corrosion - Method by which process leaks can lead to brittle failure - ✔✔Auto-refrigeration
NDE - Number of CMLs to obtain thickness readings during inspection - ✔✔representative
NDE - CML THAT MUST BE MEASURED DURING THICKNESS INSPECTION - ✔✔CML w/ earliest
renewal date
PRD's - How relief device intervals are determined - ✔✔performance
Corrosion - Type of soil that is most corrosive - ✔✔low resistivity
Corrosion - Factors that affect the creep rate - ✔✔Time, Temp, & Stress
Design - Mill tolerance for rolled and welded pipe - ✔✔-0.010"
NDE- Maximum Length of Crack, or Incomplete Fusion allowed on a new weld - ✔✔0"
Flanges - Typical flange face finish - ✔✔125-250 micro-inch
Flanges - When mating flanges, the maximum amount of unparallel allowed (per diameter of
flange in feet) - ✔✔1/16" per foot
Answers
Code to follow when performing an internal inspection on pipe - ✔✔API 510
Positive Material Identification (PMI) - ✔✔API 578
Fitness for Service (FFS) - ✔✔API 579
Risked Based Inspection (RBI) - ✔✔API 580
Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) - ✔✔API 583
Valve Inspection & Testing - ✔✔API 598
Cathodic Protection - ✔✔API 651
Welding on In-Service Equipment containing Flammables - ✔✔API 2201
NDE Procedure Guidelines - ✔✔ASME Sect V
Design code for fabrication of piping relief devices - ✔✔ASME Sect 8
Welder & Weld Procedure Qualification - ✔✔ASME Sect 9
NDE Personnel Qualification - ✔✔ASNT SNT-TC-1A or CP-189
,API 570 Scope (Alteration, Inspection, Repair, Rerate) - ✔✔AIRR
API 570 AI's Employer (Jurisdiction, User, Insurance company, Contractor) - ✔✔JUIC
API 570 Repair Organization (Authorized by Jurisdiction, Owner, Contractor) - ✔✔JOC
Primary responsibilities of API 570 AI (Testing, Inspection, Examination) - ✔✔A TIE
Determine Corrosion Rate for New Service or Change in Service (Same or Similar Service,
Owner's Experience,
Published Data, or Inspect in 3 months) - ✔✔SOPI
Define - Alteration - ✔✔physical change
Define - Repair - ✔✔Restore - Suitable
Corrosion - Cause for fatigue crack - ✔✔cyclic stress
Define - Imperfection that exceeds the acceptance criteria - ✔✔defect
Define - Discontinuity that may or may not exceed the acceptance criteria - ✔✔imperfection
Define- RBI's two Primary Factors - ✔✔Probability consequence
RBI - Two Primary Factors of Consequence of Failure - ✔✔Process Fluid & Volume
, Repairs-# of new flange assemblies to be inspected during repairs and alterations -
✔✔representative
Insp - Basis of API 570's Piping Classification - ✔✔Consequence of failure
Corrosion - Method by which process leaks can lead to brittle failure - ✔✔Auto-refrigeration
NDE - Number of CMLs to obtain thickness readings during inspection - ✔✔representative
NDE - CML THAT MUST BE MEASURED DURING THICKNESS INSPECTION - ✔✔CML w/ earliest
renewal date
PRD's - How relief device intervals are determined - ✔✔performance
Corrosion - Type of soil that is most corrosive - ✔✔low resistivity
Corrosion - Factors that affect the creep rate - ✔✔Time, Temp, & Stress
Design - Mill tolerance for rolled and welded pipe - ✔✔-0.010"
NDE- Maximum Length of Crack, or Incomplete Fusion allowed on a new weld - ✔✔0"
Flanges - Typical flange face finish - ✔✔125-250 micro-inch
Flanges - When mating flanges, the maximum amount of unparallel allowed (per diameter of
flange in feet) - ✔✔1/16" per foot
