NACE CIP Level 1 Exam Study Guide – Practice Questions with Answers. Updated 2025/2026

NACE CIP Level 1 Exam Study
Guide – Practice Questions
with Answers. Updated
2025/2026




SSPC-SP15 - Ans✔✔-Commercial grade power tool cleaning



SSPC-SP16 - Ans✔✔-Brush-off blast cleaning of Non Ferrous Metals



SSPC-SP 14 - Ans✔✔-Industrial Blast Cleaning


10% Stain



SSPC-SP13 - Ans✔✔-Surface prep of concrete



SSPC-SP7 - Ans✔✔-Brush off blast cleaning



NACE SP0178 - Ans✔✔-Design, fabrication, and surface finish practices for
tanks and vessels to be lined for immersion service.

,SSPC-SP 11 - Ans✔✔-Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal



SSPC-PA2 - Ans✔✔-Measurement of Dry Coat Thickness with magnetic gauges.



SSPC-SP10/NACE 2 limits staining to ______per each unit area - Ans✔✔-5%

Near White Commercial Blast



SSPC-SP6/NACE 3 limits staining to _______per each unit area - Ans✔✔-33%

Commercial Blasts



NACE SP0188 - Ans✔✔-holiday testing



SSPC-SP1 - Ans✔✔-Solvent Cleaning



SSPC-SP5/NACE 1 limits staining to _________per each unit area - Ans✔✔-0%

White Metal Blast



SSPC-SP3 - Ans✔✔-Power Tool Cleaning



SSPC-SP2 - Ans✔✔-Hand Tool Cleaning



ASTM D 4417 - Ans✔✔-surface profile blast cleaned steel

, SA-3 - Ans✔✔-Blast Cleaning to Visually Clean Steel



SA 2 1/2 - Ans✔✔-Very Thorough Blast Cleaning



Sa 2 - Ans✔✔-Thorough Blast Cleaning



SA 1 - Ans✔✔-Light Blast Cleaning



St 3 - Ans✔✔-Very Thorough Hand and Power Tool Cleaning



St 2 - Ans✔✔-Thorough Hand and Power Tool Cleaning



2 Non-convertible coating types - Ans✔✔-1. Evaporation cure 2. Coalescence
cure



SSPC-VIS1 Defines surface covered with and rust as what grade? - Ans✔✔-
Grade B


SSPC-SP2
ISO St 3
ISO St 2

All deal with hand tool Cleaning. True or false? - Ans✔✔-True



Acrylic - Ans✔✔-A plastic resin that, when mixed with water and pigment,
forms an inorganic and quick-drying paint medium.