API 570 API 577 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
API 577 provided guidance to the authorized inspector on welding inspection as
encountered with:
a. Repair of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems.
b. Fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems.
c. Repair or fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems.
d. Repair and fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems. -
Answers - d. Repair and fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and
piping systems.
Who should be consulted on and critical, specialized or complex welding issues?
a. The authorized AWS certified welding inspector
b. The piping engineer
c. The authorized API inspector
d. The welding engineer - Answers - d. The welding engineer
Welds selected for inspection and the appropriate inspection techniques, should be
determined by:
a. Welding inspector and engineers
b. Welding inspectors and engineers or other responsible personnel
c. Welding inspectors and engineers or other responsible personnel using the
applicable code.
d. The authorized inspector that determines the work scope for the repairs to be made. -
Answers - c. Welding inspectors and engineers or other responsible personnel using
the applicable code.
What is the code used for procedures for welding or hot tapping on equipment in
service?
a. API 570
b. ASME B31.3
c. ASME Section IX
d. API 2201 - Answers - d. API 2201
What is the code used for personnel qualification and certification in NDE testing?
a. ASME Section V
b. ASME B31.1
c. ASNT SNT-TC-1A
d. ASNT CP-198 - Answers - c. ASNT SNT-TC-1A
Welding of stainless steel weld metal: Predication of ferrite content is covered under:
a. WRC Bulletin 342
b. API 577
c. API 582
d. AWS A2.4 - Answers - a. WRC Bulletin 342
,Guidelines for work in inert confined spaces in the petroleum industry are covered in:
a. API 2207
b. API 2201
c. API 2217A
d. API 2216 - Answers - c. API 2217A
The deflection of a welding arc from its normal path by magnetic forces is called:
a. Arc length
b. Arc strike
c. Arc blow
d. Arc deflection - Answers - c. Arc blow
Most welding problems can be solved during this stage of inspection work?
a. Tasks prior to welding
b. Tasks performed during welding operations
c. Tasks performed after the weld and NDE inspection is completed.
d. Anytime during the welding process - Answers - a. Tasks prior to welding
Welding inspection during welding operations should include:
a. Making sure the welding rods are correct.
b. Auditing parameters to verified welding is performed to the procedures.
c. Auditing the welder qualifications
d. Auditing the welding process - Answers - b. Auditing parameters to verified welding
is performed to the procedures
What is the most widely used welding process used in the petroleum and chemical
industry?
a. SMAW
b. GTAW
c. GMAW
d. SAW - Answers - a. SMAW
Which of the following is not an advantage of the SMAW process?
a. Equipment simple, inexpensive and portable
b. Less sensitive to wind and draft
c. Can be used in limited access
d. Produces high purity welds - Answers - d. Produces high purity welds
Which welding process uses a non-consumable electrode?
a. GMAW
b. SMAW
c. FCAW
d. GTAW - Answers - d. GTAW
Which of the following is not an advantage of the GTAW process?
, a. Produces high purity welds
b. Relatively high deposition rates
c. Little post weld cleaning
d. Excellent control of the root pass weld penetration
e. Can be used with or without filler metal. - Answers - b. Relatively high deposition
rates
What welding process uses a continuous filler metal electrode?
a. SMAW
b. GTAW
c. FCAW
d. GMAW - Answers - d. GMAW
Which GMAW welding process is most likely to a potential for lack of sidewall fusion
when welding a thick base metal?
a. Globular transfer mode
b. Flux core mode
c. Short circuit mode
d. Spray transfer mode - Answers - c. Short circuit mode
Which welding process uses a bare electrode with the granular flux supplied by a
hopper?
a. SW
b. SAW
c. SMAW
d. FCAW - Answers - b. SAW
Which welding process is used extensively in shop pressure vessel and piping
manufacturing and provides a high deposition rate?
a. SAW
b. SMAW
c. GTAW
d. GMAW - Answers - a. SAW
Qualified weld procedures are required, which one is not generally included in such
procedures?
a. Written description
b. Details of weld joint
c. Welding process variables
d. Test data
e. Who performed the test data - Answers - e. Who performed the test data
A discontinuity that by nature or accumulated effects that is unable to meet the
acceptance standards is called?
a. Lack of fusion
b. Linear discontinuity
API 577 provided guidance to the authorized inspector on welding inspection as
encountered with:
a. Repair of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems.
b. Fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems.
c. Repair or fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems.
d. Repair and fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and piping systems. -
Answers - d. Repair and fabrication of refinery and chemical plant equipment and
piping systems.
Who should be consulted on and critical, specialized or complex welding issues?
a. The authorized AWS certified welding inspector
b. The piping engineer
c. The authorized API inspector
d. The welding engineer - Answers - d. The welding engineer
Welds selected for inspection and the appropriate inspection techniques, should be
determined by:
a. Welding inspector and engineers
b. Welding inspectors and engineers or other responsible personnel
c. Welding inspectors and engineers or other responsible personnel using the
applicable code.
d. The authorized inspector that determines the work scope for the repairs to be made. -
Answers - c. Welding inspectors and engineers or other responsible personnel using
the applicable code.
What is the code used for procedures for welding or hot tapping on equipment in
service?
a. API 570
b. ASME B31.3
c. ASME Section IX
d. API 2201 - Answers - d. API 2201
What is the code used for personnel qualification and certification in NDE testing?
a. ASME Section V
b. ASME B31.1
c. ASNT SNT-TC-1A
d. ASNT CP-198 - Answers - c. ASNT SNT-TC-1A
Welding of stainless steel weld metal: Predication of ferrite content is covered under:
a. WRC Bulletin 342
b. API 577
c. API 582
d. AWS A2.4 - Answers - a. WRC Bulletin 342
,Guidelines for work in inert confined spaces in the petroleum industry are covered in:
a. API 2207
b. API 2201
c. API 2217A
d. API 2216 - Answers - c. API 2217A
The deflection of a welding arc from its normal path by magnetic forces is called:
a. Arc length
b. Arc strike
c. Arc blow
d. Arc deflection - Answers - c. Arc blow
Most welding problems can be solved during this stage of inspection work?
a. Tasks prior to welding
b. Tasks performed during welding operations
c. Tasks performed after the weld and NDE inspection is completed.
d. Anytime during the welding process - Answers - a. Tasks prior to welding
Welding inspection during welding operations should include:
a. Making sure the welding rods are correct.
b. Auditing parameters to verified welding is performed to the procedures.
c. Auditing the welder qualifications
d. Auditing the welding process - Answers - b. Auditing parameters to verified welding
is performed to the procedures
What is the most widely used welding process used in the petroleum and chemical
industry?
a. SMAW
b. GTAW
c. GMAW
d. SAW - Answers - a. SMAW
Which of the following is not an advantage of the SMAW process?
a. Equipment simple, inexpensive and portable
b. Less sensitive to wind and draft
c. Can be used in limited access
d. Produces high purity welds - Answers - d. Produces high purity welds
Which welding process uses a non-consumable electrode?
a. GMAW
b. SMAW
c. FCAW
d. GTAW - Answers - d. GTAW
Which of the following is not an advantage of the GTAW process?
, a. Produces high purity welds
b. Relatively high deposition rates
c. Little post weld cleaning
d. Excellent control of the root pass weld penetration
e. Can be used with or without filler metal. - Answers - b. Relatively high deposition
rates
What welding process uses a continuous filler metal electrode?
a. SMAW
b. GTAW
c. FCAW
d. GMAW - Answers - d. GMAW
Which GMAW welding process is most likely to a potential for lack of sidewall fusion
when welding a thick base metal?
a. Globular transfer mode
b. Flux core mode
c. Short circuit mode
d. Spray transfer mode - Answers - c. Short circuit mode
Which welding process uses a bare electrode with the granular flux supplied by a
hopper?
a. SW
b. SAW
c. SMAW
d. FCAW - Answers - b. SAW
Which welding process is used extensively in shop pressure vessel and piping
manufacturing and provides a high deposition rate?
a. SAW
b. SMAW
c. GTAW
d. GMAW - Answers - a. SAW
Qualified weld procedures are required, which one is not generally included in such
procedures?
a. Written description
b. Details of weld joint
c. Welding process variables
d. Test data
e. Who performed the test data - Answers - e. Who performed the test data
A discontinuity that by nature or accumulated effects that is unable to meet the
acceptance standards is called?
a. Lack of fusion
b. Linear discontinuity
