API 1169 STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔According to OSHA, unless the use of retaining devices are sufficient to prevent
material or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, the minimum distance a
piece of equipment (generator, water pump, etc.) should be kept from the edge of an
excavation is _ _ _. - ✔✔2 feet
✔✔If a mainline crossing under a reservoir or other significant water body, valves shall
be located? - ✔✔On each side of the water body
✔✔Residents within close proximity of the facility being tested, and state and local
enforcement agencies, if applicable, shall be advised by the _ _
Of the testing program and kept informed of the progress as necessary. -
✔✔Owner/Operator
✔✔Who has been empowered with the authority to shut down work. - ✔✔Inspector
✔✔Three typical documents that should be completed by the Inspector each day
include? - ✔✔Inspection Reports, Construction Progress reports, and Lengths and
Locations of work completed documents.
✔✔Sheet Piling is a form of _ _ _. - ✔✔Shoring
✔✔When grubbing in a swamp or Muskegon, The Inspector should do which of the
following? - ✔✔Ensure that stumps and trees are cut flush with the terrain to prevent
any further disturbance to area.
✔✔The RCRA, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, addresses_ . - ✔✔Solid and
Hazardous waste generation, transport, and disposal
✔✔When there is a possibility of hazardous exposure, helmets and hand shields shall
protect from direct radiant energy from the arc, and from direct weld splatter to the face,
forehead, neck, ears to a vertical line. - ✔✔In back of the ears.
✔✔Which of the following should be marked "Yellow" on a pipeline project? - ✔✔Oil or
Gas Line
✔✔Location of casings, cathodic Protection external anodes, and utility crossings
should all be recorded on the _ _ _. - ✔✔As-built drawings
✔✔Each gouge or groove that is removed from a length of pipe must be removed by
cutting out the damaged portion as a _ _ _. - ✔✔Cylinder
, ✔✔A leak Test (pressure testing) is typically performed at what pressure ratio according
to industry standards. - ✔✔<1.25
✔✔Quantifiable measure that an organization uses to gauge or compare performance. -
✔✔Key performance indicator.
✔✔During excavation activity, which of the following is true about hand digging and
non-invasive methods of exposure? - ✔✔Not required for pavement removal.
✔✔Any pipe installed underground must have at least _ _ _ of clearance between the
outside of the pipe and the extremity of any other underground structure. - ✔✔12"
(approx. 305mm)
✔✔In order to facilitate efficient and safe pipe laying operations, Inspectors must know
proper ditching and excavations procedures to ensure which of the following except: -
✔✔Correct long seam orientation and bevel angles
✔✔Per US Federal Regulations, a Weld must be removed if it has a crack that is more
than what percent of the weld length? - ✔✔8%
✔✔Typically information found on a pipe tally sheet given to the stringing/Stockpiling
Inspector includes? - ✔✔Number and length of each pipe joint the pipe mill has sent
✔✔When staking the proposed pipeline ditch, the Inspector should? - ✔✔Ensure the
centerline of the proposed pipeline ditch is staked at specified intervals, except at bends
and crossings where the intervals will be more frequent.
✔✔Inspectors should have knowledge of the measures needed to ensure public and
worker safety as well as safeguards for equipment, property, and materials such as the
_ _ _. - ✔✔MUTCD - Manual of uniform Traffic Control Devices
✔✔Wall exhaust fans would be an example of what type of ventilation? - ✔✔General
mechanical
✔✔With the exception of not feasibly complying with this requirement, what is the
minimal allowable width of a scaffold platform? - ✔✔18"
✔✔When water is used as the test medium, it should be disposed of: - ✔✔In
accordance with all applicable environmental regulations
✔✔Trench breakers are intended to do which of the following? - ✔✔Slow the flow of
subsurface water along the trench
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔According to OSHA, unless the use of retaining devices are sufficient to prevent
material or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, the minimum distance a
piece of equipment (generator, water pump, etc.) should be kept from the edge of an
excavation is _ _ _. - ✔✔2 feet
✔✔If a mainline crossing under a reservoir or other significant water body, valves shall
be located? - ✔✔On each side of the water body
✔✔Residents within close proximity of the facility being tested, and state and local
enforcement agencies, if applicable, shall be advised by the _ _
Of the testing program and kept informed of the progress as necessary. -
✔✔Owner/Operator
✔✔Who has been empowered with the authority to shut down work. - ✔✔Inspector
✔✔Three typical documents that should be completed by the Inspector each day
include? - ✔✔Inspection Reports, Construction Progress reports, and Lengths and
Locations of work completed documents.
✔✔Sheet Piling is a form of _ _ _. - ✔✔Shoring
✔✔When grubbing in a swamp or Muskegon, The Inspector should do which of the
following? - ✔✔Ensure that stumps and trees are cut flush with the terrain to prevent
any further disturbance to area.
✔✔The RCRA, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, addresses_ . - ✔✔Solid and
Hazardous waste generation, transport, and disposal
✔✔When there is a possibility of hazardous exposure, helmets and hand shields shall
protect from direct radiant energy from the arc, and from direct weld splatter to the face,
forehead, neck, ears to a vertical line. - ✔✔In back of the ears.
✔✔Which of the following should be marked "Yellow" on a pipeline project? - ✔✔Oil or
Gas Line
✔✔Location of casings, cathodic Protection external anodes, and utility crossings
should all be recorded on the _ _ _. - ✔✔As-built drawings
✔✔Each gouge or groove that is removed from a length of pipe must be removed by
cutting out the damaged portion as a _ _ _. - ✔✔Cylinder
, ✔✔A leak Test (pressure testing) is typically performed at what pressure ratio according
to industry standards. - ✔✔<1.25
✔✔Quantifiable measure that an organization uses to gauge or compare performance. -
✔✔Key performance indicator.
✔✔During excavation activity, which of the following is true about hand digging and
non-invasive methods of exposure? - ✔✔Not required for pavement removal.
✔✔Any pipe installed underground must have at least _ _ _ of clearance between the
outside of the pipe and the extremity of any other underground structure. - ✔✔12"
(approx. 305mm)
✔✔In order to facilitate efficient and safe pipe laying operations, Inspectors must know
proper ditching and excavations procedures to ensure which of the following except: -
✔✔Correct long seam orientation and bevel angles
✔✔Per US Federal Regulations, a Weld must be removed if it has a crack that is more
than what percent of the weld length? - ✔✔8%
✔✔Typically information found on a pipe tally sheet given to the stringing/Stockpiling
Inspector includes? - ✔✔Number and length of each pipe joint the pipe mill has sent
✔✔When staking the proposed pipeline ditch, the Inspector should? - ✔✔Ensure the
centerline of the proposed pipeline ditch is staked at specified intervals, except at bends
and crossings where the intervals will be more frequent.
✔✔Inspectors should have knowledge of the measures needed to ensure public and
worker safety as well as safeguards for equipment, property, and materials such as the
_ _ _. - ✔✔MUTCD - Manual of uniform Traffic Control Devices
✔✔Wall exhaust fans would be an example of what type of ventilation? - ✔✔General
mechanical
✔✔With the exception of not feasibly complying with this requirement, what is the
minimal allowable width of a scaffold platform? - ✔✔18"
✔✔When water is used as the test medium, it should be disposed of: - ✔✔In
accordance with all applicable environmental regulations
✔✔Trench breakers are intended to do which of the following? - ✔✔Slow the flow of
subsurface water along the trench
