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API570
PRACTI
CEQUESTI
ONS
ALLQUESTI
ONSARECLOSEDBOOK

1) API570cover
sinspect
ion,r
epai
ral
ter
ati
on,andr
e-r
ati
ngpr
ocedur
esf
ormet
all
i
cpi
pingsy
stems
that_
___
___
___.

a) Arebei
ngfabri
cat
ed. b) Doesnotfal
lunderASTM B31.
3
c) Havebeenin-
serv
ice. d) Hasnotbeentested.

2) API570wasdev
elopedf
ort
hepet
rol
eum r
efi
ningandchemi
cal
processi
ndust
ri
es.
a) I
tshal
lbeusedforall
pipingsystems.
b) I
tmaybeused,wherepr act
ical
,foranypi
pingsy st
em.
c) I
tcanbeused,wherenecessary,forst
eam pi
ping.
d) I
tmaynotbeusedunl essagreedt obyal
lpart
ies.

3) API570 __
___
____
_be used asa subst
itut
ef orthe or
igi
nalconst
ruct
ion r
equi
rement
s
gov
erni
ngapipi
ngsyst
em bef
orei
tispl
acedi
n-ser
vice.
a) Shal
lnot b) shoul
d c) may d) can

4) API570appliestopi
pingsy
stemsforpr
ocessfl
uids,
hydr
ocarbons,
andsimil
arf
lammabl
eor
toxi
cfl
uidser
vices.Whi
chofthefol
lowi
ngserv
icesi
snotspeci
fi
call
yappli
cabl
e?
a) Raw,intermediate,andfi
nishedpetrol
eum products
b) Water,steam condensate,boil
erfeedwater
c) Raw,intermediate,andfi
nishedchemicalproducts
d) Hydrogen, nat
uralgas,f
uel gas,
andf l
aresystems

5) Someoftheclassesofpipi
ngsyst
emsthatar
eexcl
udedoropt
ionalf
orcov
erageunderAPI
570arel
i
stedbel
ow.Whi choneisamandat
oryi
ncl
udedcl
ass?
a) Water b) Cat
aly
stli
nes
c) St
eam d) Boi
l
erfeedwater

6) The___
_ _
__ _
__shallber esponsibl
et ot
heowner-
userfordet
ermi
ningt
hatt
her
equi
rement
s
ofAPI570forinspect
ion,exami nat
ion,andt
est
ingar
emet .
a) Pi
pingEngineer b) I
nspect
or
c) Repai
rOrganizat
ion d) Oper
ati
ngPer
sonnel

7) Who isresponsi
bleforthe cont
rolofpi
ping sy
stem i
nspect
ion pr
ogr
ams,i
nspect
ion
fr
equenci
esandmaint
enanceofpi
ping?
a) Author
izedPipi
ngInspect
or b) Owner-user
c) Juri
sdi
ction d) Cont
ractor
8) Anauthor
izedpipingi
nspect
orshallhav
ethef
oll
owingqual
if
ications.Pi
ckt
heonet
hatdoes
notbel
onginthi
sli
st:-
a) Fouryearsofexper i
encei nspect
ingin-servi
cepipingsystems.
b) Highschooleducat i
onpl us3y earsofex peri
enceint hedesign,construct
ion,r
epair
,
operat
ion,orinspectionofpipingsystems.
c) Twoy earcerti
ficat
einengi neeri
ngort echnologyplus2y ear
sofex per
ienceinthedesi
gn,
constr
uction,repai
r,operati
on,orinspectionofpipingsystems.
d) Degree in engineeri
ng plusone y earex peri
ence inthe desi
gn,const r
ucti
on,repair
,
operat
ion,orinspectionofpipingsystems.

9) Ri
skbasedi
nspect
ionsi
ncl
udewhi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ng:
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a) Li
keli
hoodassessment
b) Consequenceanalysi
s
c) Operat
ingandinspecti
onhi
stor
ies
d) Al
loftheabove

10) AnRBIassessmentcanbeusedt
oal
tert
hei
nspect
ionst
rat
egypr
ovi
ded:
-
a) Thedegr
adati
onmet hodsar
eident
if
ied
b) TheRBIi
sfull
ydocumented.
c) Athir
dpart
yconductstheRBI
d) BothAandBabov e

11) Whi
choneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
snotaspeci
fi
cty
peofanar
eaofdet
eri
orat
ion?
a) Rect
if
ierper
for
mance b) I
nject
ionpoi
nts
c) Deadl
egs d) Envi
ronment
alcracki
ng

12)I
nject
ionpoi
ntssubj
ectt
oaccel
erat
edorl
ocal
i
zedcor
rosi
onmaybet
reat
ed
as__
_______
_
a) Thefocalpoi
ntofani nspecti
oncir
cuit
b) Separat
einspect
ioncircui
ts
c) Pipi
ngthatmustberenewedonar egul
arschedul
e
d) Locati
onswherecorrosioninhi
bit
orsmustbeused

13)Ther
ecommendedupst
ream l
i
mitofi
nspect
ionofani
nject
ionpoi
nti
sami
nimum of
a) 12f
eetor3pipelengt
hswhicheverissmaller
b) 12i
nchesor3pipediamet
erswhi cheveri
ssmall
er
c) 12i
nchesor3pipediamet
erswhi cheveri
sgreat
er
d) 12f
eetor3pipelengt
hswhichisgr eat
er

14)Ther
ecommendeddownst
ream l
i
mitofi
nspect
ionofani
nject
ionpoi
nti
sami
nimum of
a) Secondchangeinfl
ow direct
ionpastt heinj
ecti
onpoi
nt,or25feetbey
ondthef
ir
st
changei
nflowdi
rect
ionwhicheveri
sless
b) Secondchangeinfl
ow direct
ionpastt heinj
ecti
onpoi
nt,or25feetbey
ondthef
ir
st
changei
nflowdi
rect
ionwhicheveri
sgreater
c) Secondchangei
nf l
ow di
recti
onpastt heinj
ecti
onpoi
nt,or25i
nchesbeyondt
hef
ir
st
changei
nflowdi
rect
ionwhicheveri
sless
d) Secondchangei
nf l
ow di
recti
onpastt heinj
ecti
onpoi
nt,or25i
nchesbeyondt
hef
ir
st
changei
nflowdi
rect
ionwhicheveri
sgreater
.

15)Selectt
hicknessmeasurementl
ocati
ons(TMLs)withi
ninject
ionpointci
rcui
tssubj
ect
edt
o
l
ocali
zedcorrosi
onaccor
dingtothef
oll
owinggui
del
ines.Sel
ecttheonethatdoesnotbel
ong
a) EstablishTMLsonappr opri
atef
itt
ingswithi
nt hei
njectionpointcir
cuit
b) EstablishatleastoneTMLatal ocati
onatl east25f eetbeyondt hedownstr
eam l i
mitof
theinjecti
onpoint
c) EstablishTMLsont hepipewallatl ocati
onofex pect
edpi pewal limpingementor
i
njectedf l
uid
d) EstablishTMLsatbot htheupst
ream anddownst ream limi
tsoft heinj
ect
ionpointci
rcui
t.

16)Whatar
ethepr
efer
redmet
hodsofi
nspect
ingi
nject
ionpoi
nts?
a) Radiogr
aphyand/orul trasonic
b) Hammert estand/orr adiograph
c) Ult
rasonicand/orl iquidpenet r
ant
d)Liqui
dpenet r
antand/oreddycur rent.
17)Duri
ngper i
odi
cschedul edi nspecti
ons,mor eextensi
veinspect
ionshoul
dbeappliedtoan
areabegi
nning___
_______upstream oft hei njecti
onnoz zl
eandcontinui
ngforatl
east_
_ _
___
___
_
pi
pediametersdownstream ofthei nj
ectionpoi nt.

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a) 10i
nches,
20 b) 12f
eet
,10
c) 12i
nches,
10 d) 10f
eet
,10

18)Whyshoul
ddeadl
egsi
npi
pingbei
nspect
ed?
a) API510mandat estheinspecti
onofdeadl
egs
b) Aci
dproductsanddebr i
sbui l
dupindeadl
egs
c) Thecorr
osionrateindeadlegscanvar
ysigni
fi
cant
lyf
rom adj
acentact
ivepi
ping.
d) Caust
icproductsanddebr i
sbuil
dupindeadl
egs.

19)Bot
hthest
agnantendandt
heconnect
iontoanactiv
el i
neofadeadl
egshoul
dbemonitor
ed.
I
nahotpipi
ngsyst
em,whydoesthehi
ghpointofadeadlegcor
rodeandneedt
obeinspect
ed?
a) Cor
rosionoccur
sduetodi
rectedcurrentssetupint
hedeadleg
b) Er
osionoccursduet
oconvecti
vecurrentssetupinthedeadleg
c) Cor
rosionoccur
sduetoconvecti
vecurrentssetupi
nt hedeadl
eg
d) Er
osionoccursduet
odir
ectedcurrentsetupinthedeadleg

20)Whati
sthebestt
hingt
odowi
thdeadl
egst
hatar
enol
ongeri
nser
vice?
a) Ul
tr
asonicall
yinspectof
ten. b) Radi
ogr
aphoften
c) I
nspectoften d) Removethem

21)Whatar
ethemostcommonf
ormsofcor
rosi
onunderi
nsul
ati
on(
CUI
).
a) Locali
zedcor rosi
onofnon-ferr
ousmet alsandchlor
idestr
esscorrosi
oncracki
ngof
carbonsteel.
b) Locali
zedcor rosi
onofchrome- molysteelandchl
ori
destresscorr
osioncracki
ngof
ferr
it
icstai
nlesssteel
.
c) Locali
zedcor rosi
onofcar
bonst eelandchl
ori
destr
esscorr
osioncr
ackingofaust
eni
ti
c
stai
nlesssteel
d) Locali
zedcor rosi
onofnickel-
sil
iconall
oyandcausticst
resscorr
osionofausteni
ti
c
stai
nlesssteel

22) Whatcl
i
mat
icar
eamayr
equi
reav
eryact
ivepr
ogr
am f
orcor
rosi
onunderi
nsul
ati
on?
a) Cool
ernort
herncontinentlocati
ons.
b) Cool
erdi
rer,mid-
continentlocat
ions
c) Warmer,
mar i
nelocations
d) Warmerdri
er,deser
tlocations

23)Cert
ainareasandtypesofpi
pingsyst
emsar epotenti
all
ymoresuscept
ibl
etocor
rosi
on
underi
nsul
ati
on.Whichoft
hei
temsli
stedi
snotsuscept
ibl
etoCUI?
a) Areasexposedt omi stover
-spr ayfr
om cool i
ngwatertower s.
b) Carbonst eelpipingsy st
emst hatnormallyoperat
ei n-ser
viceabove250degr
eesbutare
i
ni nt
ermittentservice.
c) Deadlegsandat t
achment sthatpr otrudefrom i
nsulatedpipingandoperat
eatadi
ffer
ent
temperaturethant hetemper atureoft heacti
veli
ne.
d) Carbonsteel pi
pingsy stems, operat
ingbet ween250degr eesFand
600degreesF.

24) Whatl
ocat
ioni
ssubj
ectt
ocor
rosi
onunderi
nsul
ati
onandi
nspect
ioncont
ri
but
est
oit
?
a) Locat
ionswherepipehangersandothersuppor t
sexist
.
b) Locat
ionswhereinsulat
orhasbeenstri
ppedt opermiti
nspectionofthepi
ping.
c) Locat
ions wherei nsul
ati
on pl
ugs hav e been removed t o permitpi
ping thi
ckness
measurements.
d) Locat
ionswherethereisdamagedormi ssi
ngi nsul
ati
onjacketing.

25)Soi
l
-to-ai
r(S/
A)int
erf
acesforburi
edpi
pingarealocati
onwherel
ocal
izedcor
rosi
onmayt
ake
pl
ace.I
ft heburiedpartisexcavat
edforinspect
ion,how deepshoul
dt heexcav
ati
onbeto

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det
ermi
nei
fther
eishi
ddendamage?
a) 12t
o18i
nches b) 6t
o12i
nches
c) 12t
o24i
nches d) 6t
o18i
nches

26)Atconcrete-
to-
airandasphal t-
to-
airi
nter
facesofburiedpi pingwithoutcathodicprotect
ion,
theinspect
orlookforev idencet hatthecaulki
ngorsealatt hei nt
erf
acehasdet eri
orat
edand
all
owedmoi st
ureingress.Ifsuchacondi ti
onex i
stsonpipingsy stemsov er_____
_____yearsold,
i
tmaybenecessar ytoinspectf orcorrosi
onbeneaththesurfacebef or
er eseal
i
ngt hejoi
nt.
a) 8 b) 5 c) 15 d) 10

27)Anexampl
eofser
vice-
speci
fi
candl
ocal
i
zedcor
rosi
oni
s:-
a) Corr
osionunderinsul
ati
oninareasexposedtost eam vent
s
b) Unanti
cipat
edacidorcausti
ccarryov
erfrom processesint
onon- al
l
oy edpi
ping
c) Corr
osionindeadlegs
d) Corr
osionofundergroundpi
pingatsoil
-t
o-ai
rinterf
acewher ei
tingressesoregresses.

28) Er
osi
oncanbedef
inedas:
-
a) Galvani
ccorrosi
onofamat eri
alwhereuni
forml ossesoccur
b) Remov alofsurf
acemat eri
albyacti
onofnumer ousi mpactsofsol
idorl
iqui
dparti
cles
c) Graduall
ossofmat er
ial
byacor r
osivemedium actingunif
ormlyonthemateri
alsurface
d) Pi
tti
ngont hesurfaceofamat eri
altotheextentthataroughunif
ormlossoccurs

29)Acombinat
ionofcor
rosi
onanderosi
onresul
tsi
nsigni
fi
cant
lygr
eat
ermet
all
osst
hatcanbe
expect
edf
rom cor
rosi
onorerosi
onal
one.Thi
stypeofl
ossoccur
sat
a) hi
gh- vel
ocit
yandhigh-t
urbul
encear eas
b) Areaswher econdensati
onorex posuret owethy
drogensul
phi
deorcar
bonatesoccur
c) Surface-t
o-ai
rint
erf
acesfburiedpiping
d) Areaswher egraduall
ossofmat eri
al occur
sbecauseofacorr
osi
vemedium

30) Env
ironment
alcr
acki
ngofaust
eni
test
ainl
essst
eel
siscausedmanyt
imesby
:-
a) Exposingareastohigh-
v el
oci
tyandhigh-t
urbul
encestreams
b) Excessiv
ecy cl
i
cst r
essesthoseareoftenverylow
c) Exposuretochlori
desfrom sal
twater,wash-upwater,
etc.
d) Creepofthemat eri
albylongti
meex posuretohightemperat
ureandst
ress

31)Whentheinspectorsuspectsorisadvi
sedthatspeci
fi
cpi
pingci
rcui
tsmaybesuscept
ibl
eto
envi
ronment
alcracki
ng,theinspect
orshoul
d:-
a) Calli
napi pingengi
neerforconsultati
on
b) I
nvestigat
et hehist
oryofthepipingcircuit
c) Obtai
nadv icefr
om aMet all
urgi
cal Engineer
d) Schedulesupplementali
nspections.

32)Ifenv
ironmentalcracki
ngi
sdet
ect
eddur
ingi
nter
nali
nspect
ionofpr
essur
evessel
s,what
shoul
dt hei
nspectordo?
a) Thei nspectorshoul ddesignat
eappropr i
atepipingspool supst ream anddownst ream ofthe
vesseltobei nspectedi
fpipingi
ssusceptibl
et oenvir
onment alcracking.
b)Thei nspectorshouldconsultwithamet al
lur
gicalengineertodetermi neextentoftheproblems
c)Thei nspectorshouldrevi
ewhi st
oryofadjacentpipi
ngt odeterminei fithaseverbeenaf f
ected.
d)Theinspectorshoul dconsultwit
hapipingengineertodet er
minet heex t
entoftheproblems.

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33) I fext
ernalorinter
nalcoat
ingsorr
efr
act
oryl
i
ner
sonapi
pingci
rcui
tar
eingoodcondi
ti
on,
whatshoul
dani nspect
ordo?
a) Afteri
nspection,
selectaport
ionofthel i
nerforremov al
b) Theentir
elinershouldberemov edforinspecti
on
c) Select
edpor t
ionsoftheli
nershouldber emov edforinspecti
on
d) Afteri
nspection,ifanyseparat
ion,breaks,holesorbl ist
ersaref
ound,i
tmaybenecessar
yto
removeportionsoftheli
ningtodeterminethecondi t
ionunderit
.

34)Whatcourseofacti
onshoul
dbefol
loweditacoat
ingofcokei
sfoundont
hei
nter
iorofal
arge
pipeofar
eactoronaFlui
dCatal
yti
cCr
ackingUni
t?
a) Determinewhet hersuchdeposit
shav eacti
vecorrosionbeneat hthem.Ifcor
rosi
oni s
present,t
horoughinspecti
oni
nselect
edareasmayber equi r
ed.
b) Thecokedeposi tsshouldber
emov edfr
om theareaforinspecti
on.
c) Thecokedeposi t
smaybei gnor
ed–t hedeposit
swi llprobabl
ypr ot
ecttheli
nefrom
corrosi
on.
d) Consultwi t
haPr ocessEngi
neerandaMet al
l
urgi
stont henecessityofremovi
ngt he
cokedeposi t
s.

35)Fat
iguecr
acki
ngofpi
pingsy
stemsmayr
esul
tfr
om
a) Embi tter
mentoft hemetalduetoitoper
ati
ngbel owitstr
ansit
iontemperat
ure
b) Erosionorcor rosion/erosi
onthatthi
nthepipingwher ei
tcracks
c) Excessi v
ecy clicst r
essesthatar eoft
enwel lbel
ow thest ati
cy i
eldstrengt
hofthe
mat eri
al
d) Environmental cracki
ngcausedbyst r
esscorrosionduetothepresenceofcausti
c,ami
ne,
orot hersubstance.

36)Wher
ecanf
ati
guecr
acki
ngt
ypi
cal
l
ybef
ir
stdet
ect
ed?
a) Atpoi
ntsofl
ow-stressintensif
icati
onsuchasreinf
orcednoz zl
es
b) Atpoi
ntsofhi
gh-stressintensi
ficat
ionsuchasbranchconnections
c) Atpoi
ntswherecyclicstressesarev er
ylow
d) Atpoi
ntswherethereareonl ybendingorcompressi
vestresses.

37)Whatar
ethepr
efer
redNDEmet
hodsf
ordet
ect
ingf
ati
guecr
acki
ng?
a) Eddycurrenttesti
ngultrasonicA-scantesti
ng,and/orpossiblyhammertesti
ng
b) Liqui
dpenet r
antt est
ing,magnet icparti
cletest
ingand/orpossi blyacoust
icemi
ssi
on
testi
ng.
c) Visualt
esti
ng, eddycurrenttest
ingand/orpossi bl
yult
rasonictest
ing
d) Acousti
cemi ssiontesti
ng, hydr
o-test
ing,and/orpossi
blyultr
asonict
esti
ng.

38)Cr
eepi
sdependenton:
-
a) Time,
temper atur
e,andst r
ess
b) Mater
ial,
productcont ai
ned,andstress
c) Temperatur
e, cor
rosivemedium, andload
d) ti
me,productcontainedandl oad

39)Anex ampleofwherecreepcracki
nghasbeenexper
iencedintheindust
ryisi
ntheprobl
ems
experi
enced wit
h cracki
ng of1.25 % Chrome st
eels oper
ati
ng att emper
atur
es abov
e
____
______degr
eesF
a) 500 b) 900 c) 1000 d) 1200

40)Bri
tt
lef
ract
urecanoccuri
ncar
bon,
low-
all
oyandot
herf
err
it
icst
eel
sator
bel
ow_____
____
_
a) 140degr
ee b) ambi
ent c) 100degr
ee d) 30degr
ee

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41)Wat
erandaqueoussol
uti
onsi
npi
pingsy
stemsmayf
reezeandcausef
ail
urebecauseoft
he
a) Expansi
onofthesemater
ial
s; b)cont
ract
ionofthesemateri
als
c) Constr
ucti
onofthesemater
ial
s; d)decr
easeofthesemater
ials

42)Dif
fer
entty
pesofinspect
ionandsurv
eil
lancear
eappropr
iatedependi
ngontheci
rcumst
ances
andthepi
pingsy
stem.Picktheonethatdoesnotbel
onginthefol
lowi
ngl
ist
:-
a) I
nternalandexternalvisual i
nspect
ion
b) Thicknessmeasur ementi nspecti
on
c) Vibrat
ingpipi
nginspect i
on
d) Chemi cal
analysi
si nspection

43)I
nternalvi
suali
nspect
ionsare_ _
_____
___onpi pi
ngunlessi
tisal
argedi
amet
ert
ransf
erl
i
ne,
duct,cat
aly
stl
ineorotherl
argediameterpi
pingsyst
em.
a) Themostef
fect
ivei
nspect
ion
b) t
hemostusef
ulmeansofi
nspect
ion
c) Notnor
mal
l
yper
for
med
d) Themaj
ormeansofi
nspect
ion

44)Nameanaddi
ti
onal
oppor
tuni
tyf
oranor
mal
non-
dest
ruct
ivei
nter
nal
inspect
ionofpi
ping
a) Whenthepipingf ai
l
sandt heinteri
orisreveal
ed
b) Whenmai nt
enanceasksf orani nternal
inspect
ion
c) Whenpipi
ngf langesaredisconnected
d) Whenaf i
reoccur sandthepipei sinthefi
re

45)Whyi
sthi
cknessmeasur
ementi
nspect
ionper
for
med?
a) Tosat
isf
yjuri
sdi
ctionalrequir
ements
b) Todet
erminetheinternalcondit
ionandr
emaini
ngthi
cknessoft
hepipi
ngcomponent
s
c) Todet
erminetheexternalconditi
onandamountofdeposi
tsi
nsi
dethepipi
ng
d) Tosat
isf
yheattransferrequir
ementsofthepi
ping

46)Whoper
for
msat
hicknessmeasur
ementi
nspect
ion?
a) Theoperatororcontr
ol man
b) Thei
nspect ororexaminer
c) Themaintenancewor kersorsuper
visor
d) TheJuri
sdicti
onorOSHA

47)Whencor rosi
onproductbui
ld-
upisnoteddur
inganex t
ernalvisuali
nspect
ionatapipe
supportcontactarea,l
i
fti
ngofsuchsuppor
tsmayberequi
redforinspecti
on.Whendoingt
his,
careshouldbe
a) Exerci
sedift
hepipi
ngisin-ser
v i
ce
b) Usedwhendet er
mini
ngt hecourseofacti
on
c) Practi
cedsoasnottodisturbthesupport
s
d) Takenthatacomplet
erecor doftheprobl
em i
smade

48)Qual
if
iedoper
ati
ngormai
ntenanceper
sonnelal
somayconductext
ernalv
isuali
nspect
ions
when:
-
a) Sati
sfactoryt
ot heowner-user
b) Acceptabletotheinspect
or
c) Agreeabletothemai nt
enancesupervi
sor
d) Permissi
bletotheoper at
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visor

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49)Whowoul
dnor
mal
l
yrepor
tvi
brat
ingorsway
ingpi
pingt
oengi
neer
ingori
nspect
ionper
sonnel
?
a) Operat
ingper
sonnel b) Maint
enanceper
sonnel
c) Jur
isdi
cti
onalper
sonnel d) OSHApersonnel

50)Ther
mogr
aphyi
susedt
ocheckf
or:
-
a) Vi
brati
ngsecti
onsoft hepipingsyst
em
b) Detect
ingl
ocal
izedcor r
osioninthepipi
ngsyst
em
c) Abnormalt
hermal expansionofpipi
ngsyst
ems
d) Hotspotsi
nrefractor
ylinedpipi
ngsystems

51)Thi
cknessmeasurementl
ocat
ions(
TMLs)ar
especi
fi
c__
___
___
__al
ongt
hepi
pingci
rcui
t
wherei
nspect
ionsar
etobemade
a) Poi
nts b) ar
eas c) i
tems d) j
unct
ures

52)Themi
nimum t
hicknessateachTMLcanbel
ocat
edby
a) El
ect
romagneti
ctechni
ques
b) Ul
tr
asoni
cscanningorradi
ogr
aphy
c) Hammertest
ing
d) MTand/orPT

53)Where appropr
iat
e,thickness measur
ement
s shoul
dincl
ude measur
ement
s ateach of
___
___
___
_onpi peandf i
tt
ings
a) Twoquadrant
s b) threel
ocat
ions
c) Fourquadr
ant
s d) sixpoi
nts

54)Wher
eshoul
dspeci
alat
tent
ioni
spl
acedwhent
aki
ngt
hicknessmeasur
ement
sofanel
bow?
a) Theout
letend; b) t
hei
nletend
c) Thei
nsi
deandoutsi
der
adi
us d) t
hesi
des

55)TMLs shoul
d be mar
ked on i
nspect
ion dr
awi
ngs and _
___
___
___t
o al
l
ow r
epet
it
ive
measur
ements
a) Ont
hei
nspector
snotes b) onacomputersyst
em
c) Ont
hepi
pingsyst
em d) onmaint
enancedepar
tmentchar
ts

56)Whati
stakeni
ntoaccountbyanexper
iencedi
nspect
orwhensel
ect
ingTMLs?
a) Theamountofcorr
osionexpected
b) Thepatter
nsofcor
rosi
onthatwouldbeex pect
ed
c) ThenumberandthecostofreadingtheTMLs
d) WhethertheTMLsareeasi
lyaccessed

57)I
ntheor
y,a pi
ping ci
rcui
tsubj
ectt
o per
fect
lyuni
for
m cor
rosi
on coul
d be adequat
ely
moni
tor
edwit
h__
______
__TMLs
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

58)Mor
eTMLsshoul
dbesel
ect
edf
orpi
pingsy
stemswi
thanyoft
hef
oll
owi
ngchar
act
eri
sti
cs:
-
a)Lowpotenti
alforcreati
ngasafetyorenvi
ronment
alemergencyint
heeventofaleak.
b)Morecomplexityi
nt er
msoff it
ti
ngs,br
anches,
deadl
egs,
andi nj
ect
ionpoi
nts,
etc.
c)Rel
ati
vel
ynon-corrosivepi
pingsyst
ems
d)Long,
strai
ght-
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59)FewerTMLscanbesel
ect
edf
orpi
pingsy
stemswi
thanyoft
hef
oll
owi
ngchar
act
eri
sti
cs:
-
a) Morecompl exit
yintermsoff i
tt
ings,br
anches,deadl
egs,
andi
nject
ionpoi
nts,
etc.
b) Higherexpectedorexper
iencedcor r
osionrat
es
c) Long,str
aight
-runpipi
ngsy st
ems
d) Higherpotent
ialforl
ocal
izedcorrosi
on

60) TMLscanbeel
i
minat
edf
orpi
pingsy
stemswi
tht
hef
oll
owi
ngchar
act
eri
sti
cs
a)
Higherpotenti
al f
orcreati
ngasaf et
yorenvi
ronmentalemergencyi
ntheeventofaleak.
b)
Lowpot enti
alforcreati
ngasafetyorenvi
ronmentalemergencyint
heeventofaleak.
c)
Extr
emel yl
owpot ent
ialf
orcr
eatingasafet
yofenv i
ronmentalemer
gencyintheeventofal
eak.
d)
Mor ecomplexityintermsoff
itt
ings,br
anches,deadl
egs,andinj
ect
ionpoi
nts,et
c.

61)Whati
susual
l
ythemostaccur
atemeansf
orobt
aini
ngt
hicknessmeasur
ement
soni
nst
all
ed
pi
pelar
gert
hanNPS1?
a) MT b) UT c) PT d) ET

62)Whatt
hicknessmeasur
ingt
echni
quedoesnotr
equi
ret
her
emov
alofsomeext
ernalpi
ping
i
nsul
ati
on?
a) AE b) UT c) ET d) RT

63)Whenul tr
asonicthi
cknessmeasur
ementsar
etakenabov e__
____
___
_degreesF,
instr
uments
coupl
ants,
andpr ocedur
esshouldbeusedt
hatwil
lresul
tinaccur
atemeasur
ementsatthehi
gher
temper
ature
a) 150 b) 175 c) 200 d) 250
64)Ty
picaldi
git
alt
hicknessgagesmayhav
etr
oubl
emeasur
ingt
hicknessl
esst
han_
___
___
___
i
nches
a) 0.
2188 b) 0.
1875 c) 0.
1562 d) 0.
1250

65)When pressuretest
ing ofpipi
ng sy
stems i
s conduct
ed,t
hey shal
lbe per
for
med i
n
accor
dancewithther
equi
rementsof:
-
a) ASMEB31.
3 b) ASMEB&PVCode,
Sect
ionVI
II
c) SAB16.
5 d) API510

66)Ifal
owerpressur
etest(
lowerthanprescri
bedbycode)i
susedonl
yfort
ight
nessofpi
ping
syst
ems,t
he___
_ __
____maydesi
gnatethepressur
e
a) owner
-user b) i
nspect
or c) j
uri
sdi
cti
on d) cont
ract
or

67)Thepr
efer
redmedi
um f
orapr
essur
etesti
s__
___
___
__
a) St
eam b) ai
r c) wat
er d) hy
drocar
bon

68)I
fanon-t
oxi
chydr
ocar
bon(f
lammabl
e)i
susedast
het
estmedi
um,
thel
i
qui
dfl
ashpoi
ntshal
l
beatl
east_
____
___
__degr
eesForgr
eat
er
a) 95 b) 100 c) 110 d) 120

69)Pi
pingfabr
icat
edoforhav
ingcomponent
sof300ser
iesst
ainl
essst
eel
shoul
dbet
est
edwi
th
___
___
____
a) Wat
erwi
thapHof4

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b) Waterwi
thapHof6
c) Waterwi
thachlori
decont
entofl
esst
han400ppm chl
ori
des
d) St
eam condensat
e

70)Forsensit
ized aust
eni
ti
c st
ainl
ess st
eel,pi
ping subj
ectto pol
ythi
onic st
ress cor
rosi
on
cracki
ng,
consi
derati
onshoul
dbegi v
entousing__
_____
_ _
_forpr
essuret
esting
a) anaci
dic-
watersol
uti
on b) anal
kali
ne-
wat
ersol
uti
on
c) awaterwit
hapHof5 d) awaterwit
hapHof4

71)Whenapi
per
equi
respostwel
dheatt
reat
ment
,whenshoul
dthepr
essur
etestbeper
for
med?
a) Duri
ngheattr
eatment b) Bef
oreanyheattr
eat
ment
c) Aft
eranyheattr
eat
ment d) Notesti
srequi
red

72)Duri
ngapr essur
etest
,wher
etestpr
essur
ewil
lexceedthesetpr
essur
eoft
hesaf
etyrel
i
eve
val
veorv al
vesonapi pi
ngsyst
em,thesafet
yrel
i
efvalveorval
vesshoul
dbe___
___
____when
car
ryi
ngoutthetest
a) Alt
eredbyscrewingdowntheadjust
ingscr
ew
b) Resettoexceedthetestpr
essur
e
c) Checkedortested
d) Remov edorblanked

73)Whenusi
ngbl
ockv
alv
est
oisol
ateapi
pingsy
stem f
orpr
essur
etest
,whatpr
ecaut
ionshoul
d
betaken?
a) Donotuseaglobevalvedur i
ngatest
b) Makesurethepacki
nggl andofthevalvei
stight
c) Donotexceedthepermissibl
eseatpressur
eoft heval
ve
d) Checkt
hebonnetboltstomakesur etheyaretight

74)Sever
almethodsmaybeusedtover
if
ythatt
hecor
rectal
l
oypi
pingi
sinasy
stem.Pi
ckt
he
i
ncorr
ectmethodfrom t
hel
i
stbel
ow:
-
a) Hologr
aphy b) opti
calspectr
ographi
canal
yser
c) X-
rayfl
uorescentanal
yser d) chemicalspotchecki
ng

75)Nameapar
tofapi
pingsy
stem t
hatt
hicknessmeasur
ement
sar
enotnor
mal
l
yrout
inel
y
taken
a) El
bows b) expansi
onl
oops c) t
ees d) v
alv
es

76)Ifenv
ironment
alcr
acki
ngi
sfounddur
ingi
n-ser
vicei
nspect
ionofwel
ds,whoassessest
he
probl
em?
a) Owner-
user b) I
nspector
c) Pipi
ngEngineer d) Metal
lurgi
st
77)Ifaninspect
orfi
ndsani mper
fect
ioni
nanor i
ginalfabri
cati
onweldandanaly
sisi
srequi
redto
assesstheimpactoftheweldquali
tyonpipi
ngintegri
ty,whichoft
hefoll
owingmayperfor
mt he
analy
sis?
a) AnAPI510inspector,WPSinspector,
APr essureVesselEngineer
b) AnAPI570inspector,aCWIinspector
,apipingengineer
c) Anowner-
user,aB31.3inspector
,anindustri
alengi
neer
d) AJur
isdi
cti
onalrepresent
ati
ve,aAPI574i nspector
,aChemi calEngi
neer

78)Accordi
ngtoAPI570,
somewel
dsi
napi
pingsy
stem t
hathasbeensubj
ect
edt
oradi
ogr
aphy
accor
dingtoASMEB31.3:
-
a) Wi
llmeetrandom radi
ogr
aphr
equi
rement
sand wi
l
lper
for
m sat
isf
act
ori
l
yin-
ser
vice
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thoutahy
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est

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b) Wil
lnotmeetr andom r adiographrequi
rements,andwillnotperfor
m satisf
actor
il
yin-
serv
iceev
ent houghhy drotested.
c) Wil
lmeetrandom r adiographr equi
rements,andwil
lnotperf
orm sati
sfact
oril
yin-
serv
ice
aft
erahydrot
est
d) Wil
lnotmeetr andom r adiographrequi
rements,butwil
lstil
lperf
orm satisf
actor
il
yin-
serv
iceaf
terbeinghy drotested.

79)Howshouldfast
ener
sandgasket
sisexami
nedt
odet
ermi
newhet
hert
heymeett
hemat
eri
al
speci
fi
cat
ions
a) Allf asteners and gasket s shoul
d be checked t
o see ift hei
rmarkingsare corr ect
accor dingtoASMEandASTM st andards
b) Ar epresent at
ivesampl eoft hefastener
sandgasketsshoul dbecheckedt oseeift heir
mar kingsar ecorrectaccordingtoASMEandASTM st andards
c) Purchaser ecordsofal lf
astenersandgasketsshouldbecheckedt oseeifthefastener s
andgasket smeetASMEandASTM st andards
d) Ar epr esentati
vesampl eoft hepurchaserecor
dsoff ast
enersandgasket sshouldbe
checkedt oseei fthefastenersandgasketsmeetASMEandASTM st andards.

80)Whenchecki
ngf
langeandv
alv
ebonnetbol
tsf
orcor
rosi
on,
whatt
ypeofNDTi
susual
l
yused?
a) RT b) UT c) VT d) AE

81)Whatcour
seofact
ioniscal
l
edf
orwhenani
nspect
orf
indsaf
langej
ointt
hathasbeen
cl
ampedandpumpedwi
thseal
ant
?
a) Disassembletheflangejoi
nt;renew t hefast
enersandgasket s.Thef langesmayalso
requir
erenewalorrepai
r.
b) Renewal lt
hefast
enersandrenewt hegasketi
fleakageissti
ll
appar ent.
c) Checkf orl
eakageatthebolts;ifre-pumpi
ngiscont emplat
ed,affectedfastener
sshoul
d
berenewed.
d) Noact i
onisrequi
redsincet
hej ointhasbeenpumpedwi thaseal ant.

82)Al
lprocesspipi
ngsystemsmustbecat
egor
izedi
ntodi
ff
erentcl
asses.Onwhatar
ethe
cl
assi
fi
cat
ionssel
ecti
onbased?
a) Requir
ement sofjuri
sdicti
onandt hepr oxi
mityofpopulat
ionareas
b) Potenti
alsafet
yandenv i
ronment al ef
fectsshouldaleakoccur
c) Li
abili
tytotheowner -
userandt her equirementsofthejur
isdi
ction
d) Accesstothesy stemsf orinspectionandcl osenesstopopul
ationar
eas

82)(
1)I
nspect
ionst
rat
egybasedonl
i
kel
i
hoodandconsequenceoff
ail
urei
scal
l
ed
a) RBI b) FFS c) BI
R d) MSOS

82)(2)AnRBIassessmentcanbeusedt o___
___
___
_thei
nspect
ioni
nter
vall
i
mit
sinTabl
e1of
API570ortheext
entofthei
nspect
ionconduct
ed
a) I
ncrease b) decr
ease
c) Ei
theraorbabov
e d) noneoft
heabov
e

82)When an RBIassessmenti s used t

oincr
ease ordecr
ease inspect
ion i
nterv
als,the
assessmentshal
lbeconduct
edonClass1syst
emsatamaximum i
nter
v al
of____
______year
s
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 3

83)Li
stedbel
owar
esev
eral
exampl
esofaCLASS1pi
pingsy
stem.Whi
chonedoesnotbel
ong?
a) Anhydr
oushy dr
ogenchlori
de;
b) Hydrof
luoricaci
d
c) Pi
pingov eroradjacentt
owaterandpi
pingov
erpubl
i
cthr
oughway
s

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d) Di
sti
l
lat
eandpr
oductl
i
nest
oandf
rom st
orageandl
oadi
ng

84)Ofthethr
eeclassi
fi
cat
ionofpi
pingsy
stems,whi
chi
ncl
udest
hemaj
ori
tyofuni
tpr
ocesses
andsel
ectedof
f-
sit
epipi
ng?
a) Cl
ass3 b) Combi
nat
ionofcl
asses1and2
c) Cl
ass1 d) Cl
ass2

85)Cl
ass3pi
pingi
sdescr
ibedasbei
ngi
nser
vices
a) Wi
tht
hehi
ghestpot
ent
ial
ofr
esul
ti
ngi
nani
mmedi
ateemer
gencyi
fal
eakoccur
s
b) Thatarefl
ammablebutdonotsi
gni
fi
cant
lyv
apor
izewhent
heyl
eakandar
enot
l
ocatedi
nhigh-
act
ivi
tyar
eas
c) Thati
snotf
lammabl
eandposenosi
gni
fi
cantr
iskt
opopul
atedar
eas
d) Thati
snoti
ncl
asses1and2.

86)Whoestabl
ishesi
nspect
ionint
ervalf
orthi
cknessmeasur
ement
s,ext
ernalv
isuali
nspect
ions
andfori
nter
nal
andsupplementali
nspect
ions?
a) Pi
pingengi
neer
; b) Owner
-userort
hei
nspect
or
c) Chemi
cal
Engi
neer d) Pi
pingengi
neerandt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
on

87)Thicknessmeasur
ementi
nspect
ionshoul
dbeschedul
edbasedont
hecal
cul
ati
onofnot
morethan
a) Onehalfther
emainingl
ifedeter
minedf
rom cor
rosi
onr
atesorthemaxi
mum i
nter
val
of5yearswhichev
erisshort
er.
b) Onehalft
heremai
ningl
i
fedet
erminedfrom cor
rosi
onrat
esort
hemax
imum i
nter
val
al
lowedbyAPI570i
nTable6-
1,whichev
erisshort
er.
c) onefourt
ht heremai
ningli
fedeter
minedf
rom cor
rosi
onr
atesort
hemaxi
mum
i
nter
valof10year
swhichev
erisshor
ter
.
d) onequart
erther
emaini
ngli
fedet
ermi
nedfrom cor
rosionr
atesort
hemaxi
mum
i
nter
val
all
owedbyAPI570i
nTabl
e1,whi
chev
erisshort
er.

88) Forext
ernalinspecti
onsforpotenti
alcorrosi
onunderinsulat
ion(CUI)onCl ass1syst
ems,
theexami nat
ionshouldincludeatleast_
______
___percentofallsuspectar
easand
____
______percentofal
lareasofdamagedi nsul
ati
on
a) 50,
75 b) 50,
33 c) 75,
50 d) 25,
10
89)Pipingsy
st emsthatareknowntohavearemainingl
ifeofover__
____
____year
sorthatare
prot
ectedagainstext
ernalcor
rosi
onneednothav
ei nsul
ati
onremovedfortheperi
odi
cexter
nal
i
nspection
a) 10 b) 15 c) 5 d) 20

90)ForClass3pipingsystems,t heexaminati
onf orcor
rosi
onunderi
nsul
ati
on(
CUI
)shoul
d
i
ncludeatl
east_
___
__ _
___percentofal
lsuspectareas
a) 50 b) 30 c) 10 d) 0

91)ForCl
ass2pi
ping,
theext
entofCUIi
nspect
ionsonasy
stem oper
atngat–45oFwi
i l
lbe
a) 75%ofdamagedar
eas,
50%ofsuspectar
eas
b) 50%ofsuspectar
eas,
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c) 33%ofdamagedar
eas,
50%ofsuspectar
eas
d) Noneoft
heabov
e

92)Smal
lbor
epi
ping(
SBP)t
hati
sCl
assIshal
lbei
nspect
ed
a) Wher
ecor
rosi
onhasbeenexper
ienced
b) Att
heopt
ionoft
hei
nspect
or
c) Tot
hesamer
equi
rement
saspr
imar
ypr
ocesspi
ping
d) Onl
yifi
thasdeadl
egs

93)I
nspect
ion ofsmallbor
epi
ping (
SBP)t
hati
ssecondar
yand auxi
l
iar
y(associ
ated wi
th
i
nstr
umentsandmachiner
y)i
s
a) Onl
yrequi
redwher
ecor
rosi
onhasbeenex
per
ienced
b) Opt
ional
c) Onl
yifi
thasdeadl
egs
d) Onl
yifi
tist
hreaded

94)Ifaninspect
orf
indsthr
eadedsmal
lbor
epi
ping(
SBP)associ
atedwi
thmachi
ner
yandsubj
ect
tofat
iguedamage,heshoul
d:-
a) Planperi
odi
call
ytoassessi
tandconsi
deri
tforpossi
bler
enewalwi
that
hickerwal
l
orupgradei
ttoweldedcomponent
s.
b) I
nspecti
tonl
yifi
tiscor
rodedandt
hecl
assofser
vicer
equi
resani
nspect
ion.
c) Cal
lfordismant
li
ngthethr
eadedj oi
ntsf
orcl
osei
nspect
iont
odet
ermi
nei
fany
cr
acksar
ei nt
heroot
soft
hethreads.
d) Hav
eal
lthet
hreadedpi
pingr
enewedateachi
nspect
ionper
iod.

95)Anei ght
-inchdiameterpipingsyst
em isinstal
ledinDecember1979.Thei nstal
ledt
hicknessif
measuredas0. 34".Themi nimum thicknessoft hepipeis0.20".Iti
si nspected12/83andt he
thi
cknessi sf oundtobe0. 32".Aninspection12/ 87revealsal ossof0. 01"f rom t
he12/ 85
i
nspection.Dur i
ng12/ 89thet hi
cknesswasf oundt obe0.29".Thel astinspecti
onwasdur i
ng
12/95andt het hi
cknesswasf oundt obe0. 26".Whatist helong-t
erm cor rosi
onrateoft hi
s
system?
a) 0.
005"
/year b) 0.
0075"
/year
c) 0.
00375"
/year d) 0.
0025"
/year
96)Usi
ngt
hei
nfor
mat
ioni
nquest
ion95,
cal
cul
atet
heshor
t-
ter
m cor
rosi
onr
ate
a) 0.
005"
/year b) 0.
0075"
/year
c) 0.
00375"
/year d) 0.
0025"
/year

97)Usi
ngt
hei
nfor
mat
ioni
nquest
ions95and96,
det
ermi
net
her
emai
ningl
i
feoft
hesy
stem
a) 18y
ear
s b) 15y
ear
s c) 12y
ear
s d) 6y
ear
s

98)Youhav eanew pipi

ngsy stem thathasj ustbeeninstal
led.I
tiscompl etel
ynew andno
i
nformati
onexist
st oest
abli
shacor rosionrate.Also,i
nformati
onisnoav ail
ableonasi mil
ar
syst
em.Youdecidetoputthesystem inservi
ceandNDTi tl
atertodeter
minet hecor r
osionrat
e.
Howl ongdoyouall
owthesystem tostayinser
v i
cebefor
ey outakeyourfi
rstthicknessreadi
ngs?
a) 1mont
h b) 3mont
hs c) 6mont
hs d) 12mont
hs

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99)Aft
eraninspect
ioni
nter
vali
scomplet
edandi
fcal
cul
ati
onsi
ndi
catet
hatani
naccur
ater
ateof
corr
osi
onhasbeenassumedi napipi
ngsyst
em,howdoyoudet
erminet
hecorr
osi
onratef
orthe
nexti
nspect
ionperi
od?
a) Checkt
heor
igi
nal
cal
cul
ati
onst
ofi
ndoutwhatt
heer
rori
sint
heor
igi
nal
assumpt
ion.
b) Unl
esst
hecor
rosi
onr
atei
shi
gher
,thei
nit
ial
rat
esshal
lbeused.
c) Thecor
rosi
onr
ateshal
lbeadj
ust
edt
oagr
eewi
tht
heact
ual
rat
efound.
d) I
fthecor
rosi
onr
atei
shi
ghert
hanor
igi
nal
l
yassumed,
cal
li
nacor
rosi
onspeci
ali
st.

100)ifapi pi
ngsystem i
smadeupofunknownmat er
ial
sandcomputat
ionsmustbemadet o
deter
mi nethemini
mum thicknessoft
hepi
pe,
whatcanthei
nspect
orort
hepipi
ngengi
neerdot
est
ablishthemini
mum thickness?
a) The l
owestgr ade mater
ialand j
ointef
fi
ciencyi
nthe appl
i
cabl
e code maybe
assumedforcalcul
ati
ons.
b) Samplesmustbetakenfr
om thepi
pingandtest
ingf
ormaximum t
ensi
l
est
ressand
yi
eldstr
engt
hwil
ldeter
minet
heall
owablestr
esstobeused.
c) Thepipi
ngmadeoftheunknownmat
eri
almustber
emov
edf
rom ser
viceandcur
rent
pi
pingofknownmat
eri
almustbei
nst
all
ed.
d) Thepipi
ngofunknownmateri
almaybesubj
ect
edtoahydr
ostat
icstr
esstestswhil
e
havi
ngstrai
ngagesoni
ttodeter
minei
tsy
iel
dstr
engt
handthusal
lowabl
estress.

101)Apipingengineeri
sdesigni
ngapi pingser
vicewi
thhi
ghpotent
ialconsequencesi
faf ai
lur
e
occur
s,i
.e.a350psinat ur
algasli
neadj acentt
oahighdensi
typopulat
ionarea.Whatshouldhe
consi
derdoingforunant
ici
patedsi
tuat
ions?
a) Hav
eal
lhi
scal
cul
ati
onscheckedt
wice.
b) I
ncr
easet
her
equi
redmi
nimum t
hickness.
c) Not
if
ytheowner
-userandt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
on.
d) Setupanemer
gencyev
acuat
ionpr
ocedur
e.

102)whenev al
uati
nglocal
lyt
hinnedareas,t
hesur
faceofthewel
di ncl
udes_____
___
__oneit
her
si
deoft heweldor____
____
__ti
mest hemi ni
mum measur
edthi
cknessoneithersi
deofthewel
d,
whichev
erisgreat
er.
a) 0.
5",
3 b) 1"
,2 c) 2"
,1 d) 1.
5",
1.5

103)ani nspect
orf i
ndsat hi
nar eainaf abri
cated24"di ameterpipe.Thet hinareaincl
udesa
l
ongitudi
nalweldi nthepipeandi s10feetlongand2f ootcir
cumf erenti
all
y.Calcul
ati
onsshow
thatwith0.85jointfact
or,t
hepi pemustber epai
red,r
enewed,et c.ort hepressureinthepi
pe
mustbel owered.Theownerdoesnotwantt odoanyhotwor kont hepi peandhedoesnotwi sh
tolowerthepressure.Whatothercour
secouldy oufoll
ow?
a) Wr
it
ether
esul
tsoft
hei
nspect
ionupandl
eav
eitwi
tht
heowner
.
b) Radi
ogr
apht
hewel
d100%andi
ncr
easet
hej
ointf
act
ort
oone.
c) I
nsi
stt
hatt
hewel
dber
epai
redorr
enewedort
hatt
hepr
essur
ebel
ower
ed.
d) Cal
li
nar
egul
atoragencyt
ofor
cet
heownert
orepai
r,r
enew,
etc.t
hel
i
ne.

104)Pi
pingst
ressanal
ysi
sisdoneduri
ngt
hesy
stem'
sor
igi
naldesi
gn.How cant
hei
nspect
or
makeuseofstr
essanal
ysi
sinf
ormat
ion?
a) Ani
nspect
orcannotuset
hisi
nfor
mat
ion.I
tisonl
ymeani
ngf
ult
oapi
pingengi
neer
.
b) Itcanbeusedt
omakesur
ethepi
pingsy
stem wasor
igi
nal
l
yev
aluat
edanddesi
gned
correct
ly.

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c) Itcanbeusedtoconcent
rat
einspect
ioneff
ort
satl
ocat
ionsmostpr
onet
ofat
igueor
creepdamage,
andtosolvevi
brati
onprobl
ems.
d) Theinspect
orshould usethi
sinf
ormat
ion t
o ev
aluat
etheneed f
orconduct
ing
addi
ti
onalpi
pingst
ressanal
ysi
s.

105)youar ei
nspect
ingapipi
ngsy stem.Youfindasignif
icantl
ossofmater
ial(
amajori
ncr
ease
ofcorrosi
onrat
e)ingasoilpi
ping(usedasreboil
eroi
l
, t
emper at
ure
500degr eesF)onaFl ui
dCatalyt
icCracki
ngUni t
.Whati sthebestcour
seofacti
onforyouto
take?
a) Thel
ossesmayber
epor
tedt
oyoursuper
visorf
orcor
rect
iver
esponse
b) Thelossesshoul
dber
ecor
dedandr
epor
tedi
nyourf
inalr
epor
taf
tert
heuni
thas
st
art
ed.
c) I
tshal
lber
epor
tedt
otheowner
-userf
orappr
opr
iat
eact
ion.
d) Repl
aceexcessi
vel
ythi
npi
pingandnot
erepl
acementi
nthef
inalr
epor
taf
teruni
t
st
art
-up.

106)the__
_ _
_ _
___
_shallmai
ntai
nappr
opr
iat
eper
manentandpr
ogr
essi
ver
ecor
dsofeachpi
ping
syst
em coveredbyAPI570.
a) I
nspect
or b) owner
-user c) j
uri
sdi
cti
on d) exami
ner

107)Whenmaki
ngrepai
rsandalt
erat
ionstopipi
ngsyst
ems,t
hepr
inci
plesof_
___
___
___ort
he
codet
owhicht
hepi
pingsyst
em wasbuil
tshal
lbefol
l
owed:-
a) ASMEB31.
3 b) API570
c) API574 d) ASMEB&PVcode

108)Repai
randalter
ati
onwor
kmustbedonebyarepai
rorgani
zat
ionasdef
inedi
nAPI570and
mustbeauthor
izedbythe_
___
___
___pr
iort
oit
scommencement
a) Jur
isdi
cti
on b) i
nspect
or c) owner
-user d) exami
ner

109)Aut
hor
izat
ionf
oral
ter
ati
onwor
ktoapi
pingsy
stem maybegi
venbyt
hei
nspect
oraf
ter
:-
a) Not
if
yingt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onandget
ti
ngt
hei
rappr
oval
b) Consul
ti
ngAPI570andget
ti
ngt
heappr
oval
oft
heowner
-user
c) Consul
tat
ionwi
thandappr
oval
byapi
pingengi
neer
d) Di
scussi
ngwi
thandconsentbyanexami
ner

110)Ar epai
rprocedur
einvol
vi
ngweldi
ngrequi
resthattherootpassofthewel
dbei nspect
ed
befor
econt i
nui
ngtheweld.A"hol
d"ontherepai
risrequir
edatthispoi
nt.Whodesi
gnatesthi
s
"hol
d?"
a) Amet
all
urgi
st b) Theowner
-user
c) AnAPI570i
nspect
or d) Thewel
dersuper
visor

111)whattypeofr
epai
rsandprocedur
esmaythei
nspect
orgivepri
orgener
alauthor
izat
iont
o
cont
inue(
provi
dedt
heinspect
ori
ssati
sfi
edwi
tht
hecompetencyoft
herepai
rorgani
zat
ion)
?
a) Maj
orr
epai
rsandmi
norpr
ocedur
es
b) Li
mit
edorr
out
iner
epai
rsandpr
ocedur
es
c) Al
ter
ati
onsandr
e-r
ati
ngs

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d) Mi
norr
e-r
ati
ngsandal
ter
ati
ons

112)Whoapprov
esal lpr
oposedmet hodsofdesi
gn,execut
ion,mat
eri
als,wel
dingpr
ocedur
es,
exami
nat
ionandtest
ingofin-
ser
vicepipi
ng?
a) Thej
uri
sdi
cti
onort
hepi
pingengi
neerasappr
opr
iat
e
b) Theanal
ystandt
heoper
atorasappr
opr
iat
e
c) Theex
ami
nerandt
hepi
pingpr
ogr
ammerasappr
opr
iat
e
d) Thei
nspect
orort
hepi
pingengi
neerasappr
opr
iat
e

113)Whomustgi
veappr
oval
foranyon-
str
eam wel
ding?
a) owner
-user b) j
uri
sdi
cti
on c) exami
ner d) anal
yst

114)Ani
nspectorfi
ndsacrackint
heparentmetalofapipeadj
acentt
oasuppor
tlug.Thepi
pe
wasbei
nginspectedaf
tera5yearr
un.Bef
orerepai
ri
ng,heshoul
d:-
a) Not
if
ythej
uri
sdi
cti
onpr
iort
othest
artofanyr
epai
rs
b) Wr
it
eadet
ail
edpr
ocedur
efort
her
epai
ror
gani
zat
ionsusei
nrepai
ri
ngt
hecr
ack
c) Consul
twi
tht
hepi
pingengi
neert
oident
if
yandcor
rectt
hecauseoft
hecr
ack.
d) Consul
twi
thamet
all
urgi
stpr
iort
owr
it
ingapr
ocedur
etor
epai
rthecr
ack.

115)afullenci
rcl
ementweldedspl
i
tsleevedesi
gnedbyapi
pingengi
neermaybeappli
edovera
damagedorcor r
odedareaofapi pe.Thisisconsi
der
edat empor
aryrepai
r.Whenshoul
da
permanentrepai
rbemade?
a) I
ftheowner
-userdesi
gnat
est
hewel
dedspl
i
tsl
eev
easper
manent
,itmayr
emai
n.
b) Af
ull
enci
rcl
ementwel
dedspl
i
tsl
eev
eisper
manenti
fOkay
edbyt
hei
nspect
or.
c) Af
ull
enci
rcl
ementwel
dedspl
i
tsl
eev
eisconsi
der
edaper
manentr
epai
r.
d) Aper
manentr
epai
rmustbemadeatt
henex
tav
ail
abl
emai
ntenanceoppor
tuni
ty.

116)whatt
ypeofdef
ect,cor
rosi
on,pi
tt
ingand/ordi
scont
inui
tyshoul
dnotber
epai
redbyaf
ull
enci
rcl
ementwel
dedspl
i
tsleeve?
a) Al
ongi
tudi
nal
check
b) Aci
rcumf
erent
ial
crack
c) Pi
tst
hatar
eonehal
fthr
oughwal
l
d) Gener
alcor
rosi
oni
nthel
ongi
tudi
nal
dir
ect
ion.

117)I
far epai
rareaislocal
ized(f
orexampl
e,pit
ti
ngorpin-hol
es)andthespeci
fi
edmini
mum
yi
eldst
rength(SMYS)oft hepipeisnotmorethan____
______psi
,at empor
aryr
epai
rmaybe
madebyfil
letwel
dingaproperl
ydesi
gnedpl
atepat
choverthepit
tedarea:
-
a) 30,
000psi b) 55,
000psi c) 40,
000psi d) 36,
000psi

118)Inser
tpatches(fl
ushpatchesmaybeusedtor epairdamagedorcor rodedareasofpi
pei
f
sever
alrequir
ementsaremet .Oneofthesei
sthatani nsertpat
ch(flushpatch)maybeofany
shapebutitshal
lhaveroundedcor
ner
swi t
h___
____
___mi nimum radi
i
.
a) 0.
375" b) 0.
50" c) 0.
75" d) 1"

119)Ani
nspect
orf
indsapi
n-hol
eleaki
nawel
ddur
inganon-
str
eam i
nspect
ionofapi
ping

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sy
stem.Aper
missi
blet
empor
aryr
epai
ris:
-
a) Theuseofpl
ast
icst
eel
toseal
offt
hel
eak
b) Dr
ivi
ngawoodenpl
ugi
ntot
hehol
e
c) Scr
ewi
ngasel
ftappi
ngscr
ewi
ntot
hehol
e
d) Thei
nst
all
ati
onofapr
oper
lydesi
gnedandf
abr
icat
edbol
tedl
eakcl
amp

120)Temporaryl
eakseal
i
ngandl
eakdi
ssi
pat
ingdev
icesshal
lber
emov
edandt
hepi
per
est
ored
toori
ginal
int
egri
ty:
-
a) assoonast
hepi
pingsy
stem canbesaf
elyr
emov
edf
rom ser
vice
b) Atat
urnar
oundorot
herappr
opr
iat
eti
me
c) Whent
hel
eakseal
andl
eakdi
ssi
pat
ingdev
iceceasest
owor
k
d) Assoonaspossi
ble–mustbedoneonasaf
e,emer
gencyshut
-downbasi
s

121)whichofthefol
lowi
ngisNOTanit
em forconsider
ati
onbyani
nspect
orwhenal
eakseal
i
ng
fl
uid(
"pumping")i
susedforat
empor
aryleaksealr
epair
:-
a) Consi
dert
hecompat
ibi
l
ityoft
heseal
antwi
tht
hel
eaki
ngmat
eri
al
b) Consi
dert
hepumpi
ngpr
essur
eont
hecl
amp(
especi
all
ywhenr
e-pumpi
ng)
c) Consi
dert
hepr
essur
etest
ingoft
hepi
pingi
nquest
ion
d) Consi
dert
henumberoft
imest
heseal
areai
sre-
pumped

122)anywel
dingconduct
edonpi
pingcomponent
sinoper
ati
onmustbedonei
naccor
dancewi
th
a) NFPA704 b) APISt
andar
d510
c) ASMEB31.
3 d) APIPubl
i
cat
ion2201
123)Al
lrepai
randal
ter
ati
onwel
dingt
opi
pingsy
stemsshal
lbedonei
naccor
dancewi
tht
he:
-
a) Exactpr
ocedur
esofASMEB31.
3ort
othecodet
owhi
chi
twasbui
l
t
b) St
andar
dsofASMEB31.
1ort
hecodet
owhi
chi
twasbui
l
t
c) Pr
inci
plesofASMEB31.
3ort
hecodet
owhi
chi
twasbui
l
t
d) I
deal
sofASME,
NBI
C,orAPIst
andar
ds
124)Welder
sandwel
dingpr
ocedur
esusedi
nmaki
ngpi
pingr
epai
rs,et
c.shal
lbequal
i
fiedi
n
accor
dancewit
h:-
a) ASMEB31.
3ort
hecodet
owhi
cht
hepi
pingwasbui
l
t
b) NBI
Cort
hesy
stem t
owhi
cht
hepi
pingwasbui
l
t
c) NACEort
hemet
hodt
owhi
cht
hepi
pingwasbui
l
t
d) ASTM ort
hel
awt
owhi
cht
hepi
pingwasbui
l
t

125)t
her epai
rorgani
zat
ionr
esponsibl
eforwel
dingshallmaint
ainrecor
dsofweldi
ngprocedur
es
andwelderperf
ormancequal
if
icat
ions.Theser
ecordsshall
beav ai
l
abletot
heinspect
or:
-
a) Att
heendoft
hej
ob
b) Af
tert
hest
artofwel
ding
c) Fol
l
owi
ngt
hest
artofwel
ding
d) Bef
oret
hest
artofwel
ding

126)Pr
eheat
ingt
onotl
esst
han _
___
___
___degr
eesFmaybeconsi
der
edasanal
ter
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o

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postweldheattreatmentforal
ter
ati
onsorr
epai
rsofP-1,pi
pingi
nit
ial
l
ypostwel
dheatt
reat
edas
a code requirement( maynotbe used ifthe pi
ping was postwel
d heattr
eat
ed due t
o
envi
ronmentalcracki
ngprevent
ion).
a) 150 b) 200 c) 300 d) 350

127)Whenusi
nglocalPWHTasasubst
it
utef
or360-degr
eebandi
ngonl
ocalr
epai
rsofPWHT'
d
pi
ping,
whi
chofthefol
lowi
ngi
temsi
sNOTconsider
ed
a) Theappl
i
cat
ioni
srev
iewed,
andapr
ocedur
eisdev
elopedbyt
hepi
pingengi
neer
b) Thel
ocal
l
yPWHT'
dar
eaoft
hepi
pemustbeRT'
dorUT'
d
c) Apr
eheatof300oForhi
gheri
smai
ntai
nedwhi
l
ewel
ding
d) ThePWHTi
sper
for
medf
orcodecompl
i
anceandnotf
orenv
ironment
alcr
acki
ng

128)pi
pingbut
tjoi
ntsshal
lbe:
-
a) Doubl
espi
ral
fil
l
etwel
ds b) si
ngl
efi
l
letl
apwel
ds
c) Doubl
efi
l
letl
apwel
ds d) f
ull
-penet
rat
iongr
oov
ewel
ds

129)Whenshoul
dpi
pingcomponent
sthatneedr
epai
rber
epl
aced?
a) Whenenought
imer
emai
nsonat
urnar
oundt
oal
l
owr
epl
acement
b) Whenr
epai
risl
i
kel
ytobei
nadequat
e
c) Whent
hecostofr
epai
risashi
ghasr
enewal
d) Whenr
epl
acementi
spr
efer
redbymai
ntenanceper
sonnel

130)Fi
l
letwel
dedpat
ches(
lappat
ches)shal
lbedesi
gnedby
a) Anengi
neer b) t
hei
nspect
or
c) Thepi
pingengi
neer d) t
her
epai
ror
gani
zat
ion

131)Fi
l
letwel
dedl
appat
ches(
over
laypat
ches)shal
ll
eav
e:-
a) Nomembr
anest
resses b) r
ight
-angl
ecor
ner
s
c) Roundedcor
ner
s d) bur
nishedcor
ner
s

132)Mater
ial
susedi
nmaki
ngwel
dingr
epai
rsoral
ter
ati
ons_
___
___
___beofknownwel
dabl
e
qual
it
y:-
a) May b) shal
l c) shoul
d d) can

133)Accept
anceofawel
dedrepai
roralterati
onshal
lincl
ude___
___
____i
naccor
dancewi
tht
he
appl
icabl
ecodeandt
heowner
-user
'sspecif
icati
on,
unl
essother
wisespeci
fi
edi
nAPI570
a) Nomi
nal
Pragmat
icSi
zi
ng(
NPS) b) NBE
c) Saf
eguar
ds d) Non-
dest
ruct
iveexami
nat
ion

134)af
terwel
dingi
scomplet
edonar epai
roralter
ati
on,_
______
___inaccor
dancewi
thAPI570
shal
lbeper
for
medifpr
act
icalanddeemednecessar
ybytheinspect
or
a) NPS b) saf
etysanct
ions

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c) NBE d) apr
essur
etest

135)whenar
epr
essur
etest
snor
mal
l
yrequi
red?
a) Pr
essur
etest
sar
enor
mal
l
yrequi
redaf
teral
ter
ati
onsandanyr
epai
r
b) Pr
essur
etest
sar
enor
mal
l
yrequi
redaf
teral
ter
ati
onsandmaj
orr
epai
rs
c) Pr
essur
etest
sar
enor
mal
l
yrequi
redaf
termaj
orandmi
norr
epai
rs
d) Pr
essur
etest
sar
enor
mal
l
yrequi
redonl
yasspeci
fi
edbyt
heowner
-user

136)Whenapr
essur
etesti
snotnecessar
yorpr
act
ical
,whatshal
lbeut
il
izedi
nli
euofapr
essur
e
test
?
a) NPS b) Non-
dest
ruct
iveexami
nat
ion
c) Vacuum v
isual
exami
nat
ion d) NBE

137)Specialprocedurei
npl
aceofapr
essur
etestaf
teranal
ter
ati
onorr
epai
rmaybedoneonl
y
aft
erconsultat
ionwith:
-
a) Theoper
ati
onsandt
her
epai
ror
gani
zat
ion
b) Thei
nspect
orandt
hepi
pingengi
neer
c) Thej
uri
sdi
cti
on
d) Theex
ami
nerandt
hei
nspect
or

137)Specialprocedurei
npl
aceofapr
essur
etestaf
teranal
ter
ati
onorr
epai
rmaybedoneonl
y
aft
erconsultat
ionwith:
-
a) Theoper
ator
sandt
her
epai
ror
gani
zat
ion
b) Thei
nspect
orandt
hepi
pingengi
neer
c) Thej
uri
sdi
cti
on
d) Theex
ami
nerandt
hei
nspect
or

138)wheniti
snotpracti
caltoper
for
m apressur
etestofafi
nalcl
osurewel
dthatj
oinsanewor
repl
acementsect
ionofpi pi
ngtoanex i
sti
ngsystem,sever
alrequi
rement
sshallbesati
sfi
ed.
Whichofthef
oll
owingisNOToneoft her
equir
ements:
-
a) Thecl osureweldi saf ul
l-
penet
rat
ionf i
ll
etweldbet weenawel dneckflangeand
standard pipi
ng componentorst rai
ghtsect i
onsofpi peofequaldi ameterand
thickness,
axial
lyal
igned,andorequiv
alentmateri
als.Fordesi
gncl
assesupt oCl
ass
150and500oF, sli
p-onfl
angesareacceptableal
ter
nates.
b) MTorPTshallbeper
for
medonther
ootpassandt
hecompl
etedbut
twel
d.Fi
l
let
wel
dsmusthavePT/MTont
hecompl
etedwel
d.
c) Theneworr
epl
acementpi
pingi
spr
essur
etest
ed.
d) Anyf
inalcl
osur
ebuttwel
dshallbeof100%r adi
ographi
cquali
ty;orangl
e-beam UT
maybeused,pr
ovi
detheappr
opri
ateaccept
ancecri
ter
iai
sestabl
ished.

139)whichofthefol
lowi
ngisNOTar
equi
rementf
orr
e-r
ati
ngapi
pingsy
stem bychangi
ngt
he
temper
atureortheMAWP:-
a) Theexisti
ng pr
essur
erel
i
evi
ng dev
icesar
est
il
lin pl
aceand setast
heywer
e
ori
ginal
l
y
b) Cal
cul
ati
onsar
eper
for
medbyt
hepi
pingengi
neerort
hei
nspect
or
c) Pi
pingf
lexi
bil
i
tyi
sadequat
efordesi
gnt
emper
atur
echanges

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d) Adecreasei
nmi ni
mum operat
ingt
emper
atur
eisj
ust
if
iedbyi
mpactt
estr
esul
ts,i
f
r
equi
redbytheappl
icabl
ecode.

140)Whyi stheinspectorofbur
iedpr
ocesspi
ping(
notr
egul
atedbyDOT)di
ff
erentf
rom ot
her
processpi
pingi
nspection?
a) Thei
nsul
ati
ngef
fectoft
hesoi
li
ncr
easest
hepossi
bil
i
tyofmor
eint
ernal
combust
ion
b) I
nter
nal
cor
rosi
onhast
obecont
rol
l
edbycat
hodi
cpr
otect
ion
c) Si
gni
fi
cantext
ernal
det
eri
orat
ioncanbecausedbycor
rosi
vesoi
lcondi
ti
ons
d) I
nter
nal
cor
rosi
onmustbecont
rol
l
edbyi
nter
nal
coat
ings.

141)I
ndi
cat
ionsofl
eaksi
nburi
edpi pi
ngmayi
ncl
udesev
erali
ndi
cat
ions.Whi
choft
heones
l
ist
edbel
owisNOToneoft
hei
ndicat
ions?
a) Achangei
nthesur
facecont
ouroft
hegr
ound.
b) Wat
erst
andi
ngont
hepi
pel
i
ner
ight
-of
-way
c) Di
scol
orat
ionoft
hesoi
l
d) Not
iceodour

142)Cor
rosi
oncel
lscanf
orm onbot
hbar
eandcoat
edpi
pewher
ebar
est
eelcont
act
sthesoi
l
.
Howcanthesecel
l
sbedetect
ed?
a) Runanacoust
icemi
ssi
ont
estont
hepi
ping
b) Vi
sual
l
ysur
veyt
her
out
eofbur
iedpi
ping
c) Thepot
enti
alatt
heareaofcor
rosionwil
lbemeasurabl
edif
ferentthanot
herar
eas
andacl
ose-
int
erv
alpot
ent
ial
surveycandetectt
hel
ocati
onofcorrosi
on
d) Runani
nter
nal
sur
veyoft
hepi
pingusi
ngav
ideocamer
a

143)Apipecoati
ngholi
daysurveyi
susedtol
ocat
ecoati
ngdef
ectsoncoatedpi
pes.I
tcanbe
usedonnewlyconstr
uctedpipesystemst
oensur
ethatt
hecoati
ngisi
ntactandholi
day
-fr
ee.
Moreof
ten,i
tisusedonburi
edpipeto:-
a) Showt
hemeasur
abl
edi
ff
erencesi
nel
ect
ri
cal
pot
ent
ial
incor
rodedar
eas
b) Eval
uat
ecoat
ingser
viceabi
l
ityf
orbur
iedpi
pingt
hathasbeeni
n-ser
vicef
oral
ong
ti
me.
c) Det
ermi
net
hedept
hoft
hepi
pingf
orr
esi
sti
vi
tyt
est
ing
d) Ev
aluat
ethecat
hodi
cpr
otect
ioncomponent
soft
heunder
-gr
oundpi
pe

144)Cat
hodi
cal
lyprot
ect
edbur
iedpi
pingshoul
dbemoni
tor
ed_
___
___
___t
oassur
eadequat
e
l
evel
sofprot
ect
ion
a) Regul
arl
y b) i
nter
mit
tent
ly
c) Er
rat
ical
l
y d) f
requent
ly

145)Ifan"i
ntel
l
igentpi
gging"syst
em i
susedt
oinspectbur
iedpi
ping,whatt
ypeofbendsi
s
usual
l
yrequi
redinthepi
pingsyst
em?
a) Fi
vedi
amet
erbends b) 90degr
eepi
peel
l
s
c) Tendi
amet
erbends d) t
hreedi
amet
erbends

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146)howof
tenshoul
dabov
e-gr
adev
isual
sur
vei
l
lanceofabur
iedpi
pel
i
ner
ight
-of
-waybemade?
a) Onceamont
h b) Appr
oxi
mat
ely6mont
hint
erv
als
c) Onceay
ear d) Onceev
ery3mont
hs

147)howoftenshouldpoorl
ycoat
edpi
peswi
thi
nconsi
stentcat
hodi
cpr
otect
ionpot
ent
ial
shav
e
apipe-
to-
soi
lpotent
ialsur
veymade?
a) Year
ly b) Ev
ery2y
ear
s
c) Ev
ery5y
ear
s d) Ev
ery7y
ear
s

148)onbur
iedpi
ping,
whati
sthef
requencyofpi
pecoat
inghol
i
daysur
vey
s?
a) Thef
requencyi
sgov
ernedbyt
hel
eakt
esti
nter
val
oft
hepi
pe
b) I
tisusual
l
ybasedoni
ndi
cat
ionst
hatot
herf
ormsofcor
rosi
oncont
rol
arei
nef
fect
ive.
c) Sur
vey
sar
enor
mal
l
ymadeev
ery5y
ear
s
d) Pi
pecoat
inghol
i
daysur
vey
sar
emadewhent
hepi
pei
sexcav
ated.

149)forapipi
ngburi
edinlengthsgreat
erthan__
___
_____feetandnotcat
hodi
cal
l
ypr
otect
ed,
eval
uati
onofsoi
lcor
rosi
vi
tyshouldbeperf
ormedat5-
yeari
nterv
als.
a) 50 b) 75 c) 100 d) 150

150)Ifbur
iedpipi
ngiscathodi
cal
lypr
otect
ed,t
hesyst
em shoul
dbemoni
tor
edati
nter
val
sin
accor
dancewit
hSecti
on10ofNACERP0169orSecti
on90ofAPIRP651.
APIRP651specifi
es_
____
__ _
__i
nter
val
.
a) Annual b) bi
annual
c) Bi
enni
al d) t
ri
enni
al

151)Buriedpi
pinginspectedperi
odical
l
ybyexcav
ationshallbei
nspect
edi
nlengt
hsof_
___
___
___
feetatoneormor elocat
ionsjudgedtobemostsuscepti
bletocor
rosi
on
a) 2t
o4 b) 4t
o6 c) 6t
o8 d) 8t
o10

152)af
terexcav
ati
onofbur
iedpi
ping,
ifi
nspect
ionr
eveal
sdamagedcoat
ingorcor
rodedpi
ping:
a) Thecondi
ti
onshoul
dbenot
edi
nther
ecor
dsandt
hei
nspect
ioni
nter
val
shor
tened
b) The complete pi
ping sy
stem must be day
-l
ight
ed (
excav
ated) f
or r
epai
r or
repl
acement.
c) Thedamagedcoat
ingorcor
rodedpi
pingmustber
epai
redorr
epl
aced
d) Addi
ti
onal
pipi
ngshal
lbeexcav
atedunt
ilt
heext
entoft
hecondi
ti
oni
sident
if
ied.

153)I
fbur
iedpi
pingi
scont
ainedi
nsi
deacasi
ngpi
pe,
thecasi
ngshoul
dbe:
-
a) Capabl
eofcar
ryi
ngt
hesamepr
essur
east
hepr
oductpi
pe
b) Checkedt
oseei
fit
spr
otect
ivecoat
ingi
sint
actandser
viceabl
e
c) Pr
essur
etest
edt
omakesur
eiti
sser
viceabl
e
d) I
nspect
edt
odet
ermi
nei
fwat
erand/orsoi
lhasent
eredt
hecasi
ng

154)Analt
ernati
veorsupplementtoinspect
ionofbur
iedpi
pingisleaktest
ingwit
hl iqui
data
pressur
eatleast__
___
____
_%gr eat
erthanthemaximum operat
ingpressur
eatinter
vals½ t
he

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l
engt
hoft hoseshowni
nTable9-1ofAPI570f
orpipi
ngNOTcathodical
l
ypr
otect
edandatt
he
sameint
erval
sasshowninTabl
e9-1f
orcat
hodi
cal
l
yprotect
edpi
ping
a) 5 b) 10 c) 25 d) 50

155)t
hel
eakt
estf
orbur
iedpi
pingshoul
dbef
oraper
iodof_
___
___
___hour
s.
a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 24

156)thel
eaktestf
ora8"diameterburi
edpi
pingsy
stem i
s300psi
.Af
ter7hour
s,t
hepr
essur
e
react
s273psi
.Whatshoul
dtheinspect
ordo?
a) Not
hingi
srequi
red.Thelossofpr
essur
eisnegl
i
gibl
eandwi
l
lnotaf
fectt
het
est
.The
l
osscanbedisr
egarded.
b) Thesyst
em shoul
dber
e-pr
essur
isedt
otheor
igi
nall
eakt
estpr
essur
eandt
het
est
shoul
dbegi
nagain.
c) Thetestchar
tsandthetemper
atureshoul
dber
evi
ewedt
odet
ermi
nei
fanychange
i
ntemperatur
ecausedthepr
essuredr
op.
d) Thepipi
ngshoul
dbevisual
lyi
nspect
edexter
nal
l
yand/ori
nspect
edi
nter
nal
l
ytof
ind
thel
eakandassesst
heex t
entofcor
rosi
on.

157)Aburi
edpipi
ngsyst
em thati
snotcathodi
cal
l
yprot
ect
edhastohav
eani nspect
ioni
nter
val
set
.Thesoi
lresi
sti
vi
tyi
scheckedandfoundtobe3400ohm/cm.Ast
heinspector
,whati
nter
val
wouldy
ouset?
a) 2.
5year
s b) 7.
5year
s c) 5y
ear
s d) 10y
ear
s

158)Buriedpipi
ngalsomaybesur v
eyedf orintegri
tybyremovi
ngt heli
nef r
om servi
ceand
perf
ormingal eaktest.Thi
sinspecti
onmet hodt y
pical
l
yinvol
vespressur
isi
ngt heli
newi t
ha
___
_____
__ ,
all
owingti
mef ort
he__ _
_____
__todi ff
usetothesurf
aceandsurveyi
ngt hebur
iedli
ne
wit
hagas- speci
fi
cdetect
ortodetectt
he_ _
___ _
____
a) Tr
acergas(
suchashel
i
um orsul
phurhexaf
luor
ide)
b) Li
ghthy
drocar
bon(
suchasbut
ane)
c) Smoket
ypemat
eri
al(
suchaschemi
cal
smoke)
d) Wat
erv
apour(
suchasst
eam)

159)Repai
rst
ocoat
ingonbur
iedpi
pingmaybet
est
edusi
ng
a) Al
ow-
vol
tagehol
i
daydet
ect
or
b) Li
ghtt
apswi
thani
nspect
ionhammer
c) Af
lawi
ndi
cat
orf
lui
d
d) Ahi
gh-
vol
tagehol
i
daydet
ect
or

160)I
fbur
iedpi
pingl
eaksar
ecl
ampedandr
ebur
ied:
-
a) Nof
urt
heract
ioni
srequi
redunl
esst
hepi
pingl
eaksagai
n
b) Thedat
eofi
nst
all
ati
onshal
lbemar
kedont
hecl
ampf
orf
utur
eident
if
icat
ion
c) Ar
ecor
doft
hel
ocat
ionandt
hedat
eofi
nst
all
ati
onshal
lbemai
ntai
ned
d) Thecl
ampedl
i
neshal
lbel
eakt
est
ed.

161)A 10"di amet

erpiping sy
stem wit
h 4"diamet
erand 6"di
ameterrei
nfor
ced branch
connect
ionsi
stohavechangesmadetoit
.Whichoft
hefol
l
owi
ngisconsi
der
edanalt
erat
ion?

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a) Anew1"di
amet
erun-
rei
nfor
cedni
ppl
eisi
nst
all
ed
b) Anew8"di
amet
err
einf
orcedbr
anchconnect
ioni
sinst
all
ed
c) Anew4"di
amet
err
einf
orcedbr
anchconnect
ioni
sinst
all
ed
d) Anew3"di
amet
err
einf
orcedbr
anchconnect
ioni
sinst
all
ed

162)whichofthef
oll
owi
ngwoul
dnotbecl
assi
fi
edasanappl
i
cabl
ecodet
owhi
chapi
ping
syst
em wasbui
l
t?
a) ASMEB31.
3 b) ASMEB31.
1
c) ASAB31.
1-1955,
Sect
ion3 d) ASTM A-
20

163)whi
choftheinspect
ionagenci
esl
i
stedbel
owi
sNOTanAut
hor
izedI
nspect
ionAgencyas
defi
nedi
nAPI570.
a) Jur
isdi
cti
onal
inspect
ionor
gani
sat
ion
b) Owner
-useri
nspect
ionor
gani
sat
ion
c) ASTM i
nspect
ionor
gani
sat
ion
d) I
ndependenti
nspect
ionor
gani
sat
ion

164)anauthorizedpipinginspectori
sanemploy
eeofanaut
hori
zedinspect
ionagencywhois
quali
fi
edtoper formt hefunctionsspeci
fi
edi
nAPI570.Whichindi
vi
dualli
stedbelow i
snot
usuall
yanauthorizedpipi
nginspector
.
a) Anowner
-useri
nspect
or. b) Aj
uri
sdi
cti
onal
inspect
or
c) AnNDEexami
ner d) Ani
nsur
ancei
nspect
or

165)whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngqual
i
fiesasaux
il
iar
ypi
ping?
a) Cont
rol
val
vemani
fol
ds b) by
passl
i
nesar
oundexchanger
s
c) Pumpseal
oil
li
nes d) or
if
icer
uns

166)CUIst
andsf
or:
-
a) Cont
rol
uni
tinspect
or b) cor
rosi
onunderi
nsul
ati
on
c) Cor
rect
edunobt
rusi
vei
nser
ts d) cor
rodedunder
groundi
nst
all
ati
on

167)Deadl
egsl
egsofapi
pingsy
stem ar
e:-
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ream pi
pingofcont
rol
val
vemani
fol
ds
b) Suppor
tsat
tachedt
oapi
pel
i
net
hathasnopr
oducti
nthem
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ream par
tofanor
if
icer
uns
d) Sect
ionst
hatnor
mal
l
yhav
enosi
gni
fi
cantf
low

168)adef
ecti
sani
mper
fect
ionofat
ypeormagni
tudeexceedi
ngt
he_
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it
eri
a.
a) Non-
speci
fi
c b) i
mpr
eci
se c) gener
al d) accept
abl
e

169)thedesi
gntemperatur
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sthet
emper
atur
eatwhi
ch,under
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nci
dentpr
essur
e,the___
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red.
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l
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nimum t
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170)anexami
neri
saper
sonwho_
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nspect
or
a) Suppl
ant
s b) assi
sts c) super
vises d) di
rect
s

171)Holdpoi
nti
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roral
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ati
onpr
ocessbey
ondwhi
chwor
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c) RTr
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ing

172)whati
sani
mper
fect
ion?
a) Itisaf law ordi
scont
inui
ty not
ed dur
ing i
nspect
ion t
hatmay be subj
ectt
o
accept
ance.
b) I
tisadef
ectnot
eddur
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nspect
iont
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sunaccept
abl
e.
c) I
tisawel
dfl
awnot
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nspect
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ectt
orepai
r
d) I
tisabl
emi
sht
hati
sonl
ycosmet
icandaccept
abl
eunderal
lcondi
ti
ons

173)__
_ _
______
:i saresponseorev
idencer
esul
ti
ngf
rom t
heappl
i
cat
ionofanon-
dest
ruct
ive
eval
uat
iontechnique
a) I
ndi
cat
ion b) i
mper
fect
ion c) br
each d) di
vi
sion

174)whatarepoint
swher
echl
ori
nei
sint
roducedi
nref
ormer
s,wat
eri
saddedi
nov
erhead
syst
ems,et
c.cal
l
ed
a) Pr
imar
ypr
ocesspoi
nts b) l
evel
bri
dlepoi
nts
c) I
nject
ionpoi
nts d) t
estpoi
nts

175)Whatist
hel ossofducti
l
ityandnotcht
oughnessi
nsuscept
ibl
elow-al
l
oyst
eel
ssuchas
1.
25and2.5Cr
.,duetoprol
ongedexposur
etohi
gh-t
emper
atur
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icecal
led?
a) Cr
eep b) t
emperembr
it
tl
ement
c) I
nci
pientmel
ti
ng d) gr
aphi
ti
sat
ion

176)Secondar
yprocesspipi
ngissmall
-bor
e(l
esst
hanorequalt
o__
___
___
__)pr
ocesspi
ping
downst
ream ofnor
mallycl
osedbl
ockv
alves
a) NPS3/
4 b) NPS1 c) NPS2 d) NPS3

177)At estpointisanareadefi
nedbyacircl
ehavi
ngadi ameternotgreat
erthan__
___
_____
i
nchesforalinediamet
ernotexceedi
ng10i
nchesornotgr
eatert
han____
______i
nchesf
orl
arger
l
ines.
a) 3,
4 b) 2,
3 c) 1,
2 d) 3/
4,1

178)whenmaki ngarepairuti
l
isi
ngawel dedfullenci
rcl
ementr
epai
rsl
eev
eandt
hesl
eev
e
mater
ial
isdi
ff
erentf
rom t
hepipemater
ial
,youshould
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gherst
rengt
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al
c) Useawel
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chi
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hel
owerst
rengt
hmat
eri
al
d) Useanal
l
oywel
drodsuchasI
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A

179)whatt
ypeofel
ect
rodeshoul
dbeusedwhenwel
dingaf
ull
enci
rcl
ementr
epai
rsl
eev
e?
a) l
ow-
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ogenel
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rode b) l
ow-
phosphor
ousel
ect
rode
c) l
ow-
chr
omeel
ect
rode d) l
ow-
nit
rogenel
ect
rode

180)whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngwel
dingel
ect
rodesi
slow-
hydr
ogen?
a) E6010 b) E7016 c) E7011 d) E7014

181)whenwel
dingasmal
lrepai
rpat
ch,
thedi
amet
erofel
ect
rodesusedshoul
dnotexceed
a) 1/
8" b) 3/
16" c) 5/
32" d) 1/
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API570&B31.
3
PRACTI
CEQUESTI
ONS
ALLQUESTI
ONSARECLOSEDBOOK

1) A14"O.D.pi
pehasacorr
odedareaonit.Whati
sthemaxi
mum si
zeofasmal
lrepai
rpat
ch
thatmaybeusedt
ocovert
hecorr
odedarea?
a) 3.
5" b) 7" c) 6" d) 6.
5"

2) ANPS4Schedul e80( 0.337"wall

)branchisweldedi
ntoaNPS12Schedule40(0.
406"wall
)
header
.Whatsizecoverfil
l
etwel d(
tc)i
sr equi
redov
ertheful
lpenet
rat
iongr
oovewel
d"(Expr
ess
answertonear
esthundredth)
a) 0.
578" b) 0.
286" c) 0.
334" d) 0.
236"

3) ANPS6( 6.
6.25"OD)seamlesspipemadefrom ASTM A335Gr adeP2mat er
ialoperat
esat
800psiand600degr eesF.Thecondi t
ionsr
equiret
hatacor rosi
onal l
owanceof0. 125"be
maint
ained.Cal
culat
ethemini
mum requir
edthi
cknessf
orthesecondit
ions.
a) 0.
294" b) 0.
343" c) 0.
631" d) 0.
524"

4) ANPS14( 14.
00"od)seaml esspi
pemadef rom ASTM A106Gr adeAmat er
ialoperat
esat
300psiand600degr eesF.Thepi pemustcr ossasmal ldi t
chandi tmustbecapabl eof
support
ingitsel
fwithoutavisi
blesag.Apipingengi neerstatesthatthepipemustbeatl east
0.375"t
osuppor ti
tselfandt
hel i
quidpr
oduct.Heal sostatest hata0.125"cor
rosionall
owance
mustbei ncl
uded.Calcul
atet
hemi ni
mum requir
edt hi
cknessf orthepi
pe.
a) 0.
778" b) 0.
567" c) 0.
642" d) 0.
600

5) A10'longcarbonst
eelpipei
sweldedtoa10'18-
8stainl
esspipeandi
sheat
eduni
for
mlyt
o
475degr
eesFf r
om 70degreesF.Det
erminei
tst
otall
engt
hafterheat
ing
a) 20.
067' b) 20.
156' c) 20.
234' d) 20.
095'

6) Ablankisrequi
redbetweentwoNPS10, 300lb.cl
assfl
anges.Themaximum pressur
einthe
sy
stem is385psiat200degr eesF.Acor r
osionall
owanceof0. 175"i
srequi
red.Thei nsi
de
di
ameterofthegasketsurfacei
s9.25".TheblankisASTM A516Gr ade70mater
ialwithnoweld
j
oint
.Calcul
atethepressur
edesi
gnthicknessrequi
redfort
heblank
a) 0.
789" b) 0.
692" c) 0.
556 d) 0.
768"

7) ANPS14(14.
00"od)seamlesspipemadefr
om ASTM A53GradeBmat er
ialoper
atesat600
psi
600degr
eesF.Cal
cul
atethepressur
edesi
gnthi
cknessf
orthesecondi
ti
ons.

P=

a) 0.
243" b) 0.
442" c) 0.
205" d) 0.
191"

8) ANPS6pi pingsy stem isinstal

ledinDecember1989.Thei nst
all
edthi
cknessismeasur
edat
0.
719".Themi nimum t hicknessoft hepipeis0.456"
.Iti
sinspect
edi nDecember1994andthe
measuredthicknessi s0. 608".Ani nspecti
oninDecember1995r evealsa0.025"lossf
rom t
he
December1994i nspection.DuringDecember1996,t hethi
cknesswasmeasur edt obe0.
571".
Whatisthelong-term corrosionrateofthissyst
em?
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01996"
/year b) 0.
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c) 0.
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/year d) 0.
03546"
/year

9) Usi
ngt
hedat
ainQuest
ionNo.8,
cal
cul
atet
heshor
tter
m cor
rosi
onr
atei
nmi
l
spery
ear(
M/P
year
)
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0012M/
Pyear b) 0.
012M/
Pyear
c) 0.
12M/
Pyear d) 12M/
Pyear

10)Usi
ngt
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mat
ioni
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ermi
net
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emai
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i
feoft
he
syst
em
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ear
s b) 5.
44y
ear
s c) 1.
2year
s d) 6y
ear
s

11)Usi
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ioni
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onsNo.10andassumi ngani nj
ect
ionpointinaCl
ass2
syst
em wi
th7y
earsest
imat
edunt
ilt
henexti
nspect
ionwhatwoul
dthenexti
nter
valbe?
a) 10y
ear
s b) 5y
ear
s c) 3y
ear
s d) 2.
72y
ear
s

12)Aseaml
essNPS10pipe,ASTM A106GradeBmat er
ialoper
atesat750psiand700degrees
Fmaxi
mum.Consi
der
ingonlypressur
edesi
gnthi
ckness,
whatmi ni
mum thi
cknessi
srequi
red?
a) 0.
244" b) 0.
200" c) 0.
282 d) 0.
173"

13)Aseaml essNPS16pi pe,ASTM A135Gr adeAmat eri

aloperatesat550psiand600degr ees
Fmax imum.Thet hi
cknessoft hepipeasdet er
minedbyt helastinspect
ioni
s0.40"
.Thepipehas
beeninser vi
cefor8y ear
s.Theor i
ginalt
hicknessatinstall
ati
onwasmeasur edtobe0.844".Two
yearspr ev
ioustot he0. 40"measur ementt het hi
cknessoft hepi pewasf oundtobe0. 54".
Determinethegreatestcorrosi
onrate,
i
.e.shortorlongterminmi lsperyear(M/Py ear)
a) 55M/
Pyear b) 70M/
Pyear
c) 0.
70M/
Pyear d) 700M/
Pyear

14)Aseaml essNPS12pi pe,ASTM A106Gr adeBmat eri

aloperatesat750psi and
700degreesFmaxi mum.Thet hi
cknessoft hepipeasdet erminedbythelastinspecti
onis0.305".
Thepipehasbeeni nserv
icef or13y ears.Theorigi
nalthicknessatinstal
lat
ionwasmeasur edto
be0.405".Twoy ear
sprevioust othe0.305"measur ementt het hi
cknessoft hepipefoundt obe
0.
316".Thenex tpl
annedi
nspect ionisscheduledfor8y ears.Usingtheappropri
atecorrosi
onr at
e
det
erminewhatMAWPt hepi pewi l
lwit
hstandatt heendoft henex ti
nspecti
onper i
od
a) 720psi b) 499psi c) 611psi d) 550psi

15)Aseaml essNPS6,ASTM A106GradeApipeoperatesat300degr

eesFand765psi .The
all
owablestr
essis16,
000psi
.Usingt
heBarl
ow equat
ion,det
ermi
netherequi
redt
hicknessfor
thesecondi
ti
ons
a) 0.
446" b) 0.
332" c) 0.
231" d) 0.
158"

16)Aseaml essNPS6,ASTM A106GradeApi peoperatesat300degreesFand741psi.The

al
lowablestressi
s16,000psi
.Theowner-
userspecifi
edt hatt
hepi pemusthave0.
125"for
corr
osionall
owance.Usingt
heBarl
ow equat
ion,determinetherequir
edthi
cknessf
orthese
condit
ions
a) 0.
295" b) 0.
195" c) 0.
325" d) 0.
392
17)ANPS4Schedul e80( 0.
337"wall
)branchconnect
ionisweldedint
oaNPS6Schedul e40
(0.
280"wall
).A0.
375"r
einf
orci
ngpadisusedaroundthebranchconnect
ion.Thefi
ll
etwel
dsizes
areasrequi
redbytheCode.Thebranchconnect
ionisi
nsertedi
ntotheheader.Themateri
alof

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t
hebranchandheaderisASTM A672GradeB70.Whatthi
cknesswouldbeusedtodetermi
ne
whet
herheatt
reat
mentoft
heconnect
ioni
srequi
red?(
Expressanswert
onear
esthundr
edth)
a) 0.
768" b) 0.
891" c) 0.
998" d) 0.
567"

18)Ani nspect
orfindsat hi
nar eainthebodyofaNPS6,600l b.gat
evalv
ebody.Thebodyis
madef rom ASTM A216WCBmat eri
al.Thesystem operat
esat900psiand750degreesF.Usi
ng
acorrosionall
owanceof0. 125",whatmi ni
mum requiredthi
cknessmusttheval
vebodyhaveto
cont
inuet osaf
elyoperat
e?( Roundtot henear
est3deci mal
s)
a) 0.
492" b) 0.
617" c) 0.
510" d) 0.
345"

19)Aseaml essNPS10pi pe,ASTM A106Gr adeBmat erial

,operatesat750psiand700degr ees
F( maxi
mum) .Thet hi
cknessoft hepipeasdet erminedbyt helasti nspect
ionis0.30"
.Thepipe
hasbeeni nservicefor10y ears.Theori
ginalthickness( measuredwheni nstal
led)was0.365"
.
Twoy earsprevioustot he0.30"measurementt hethicknessoft hepi pewasmeasur edtobe
0.31"
.Deter
mi nethegreatestcorr
osionr
atei.e.shortorlongterm
a) 0.
0050i
nchespery
ear b) 0.
0065i
nchespery
ear
c) 0.
0100i
nchespery
ear d) 0.
0130i
nchespery
ear

20)Aseaml essNPS10pi pe,ASTM A106Gr adeBmat er

ialoperatesat750psiand700degr ees
F( maximum) .Thet hicknessoft hepipeasdeterminedbyt helastinspecti
oni s0.30"
.Thepi pe
hasbeeni nservicefor10y ears.Theori
ginalt
hickness(measur edwheni nstall
ed)was0. 365".
Twoy earsprevioustot he0. 30"measurementt hethicknessoft hepipewasmeasur edtobe
0.365".Twoy earsprev i
oustohi m 0.
30"measurementt hethicknessoft hepipewasmeasur edt o
be0. 31".Thenextpl annedi nspecti
onisscheduledf or7y ears.Usingt hewor stcorr
osionr ate
(shortorl ongter m)det erminewhatpr essurethepi pewi llwit
hstandatt heendofi tsnex t
i
nspect i
onper i
od?
a) 920psi b) 663psi c) 811psi d) 750psi

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ANSWERKEY

1. b API570,
APP
2. d B31.
3,328.
5.4(
c)
3. a B31.
3,304.
1.1
4. c B31.
3,304.
1.1
5. a B31.
3,Tabl
eC-
1
6. b B31.
3,304.
5.3
8. c API570,
7.1.
1
9. d API570,
7.1.
1
10.b API570,
7.1.
1
11.d API570,
6.3
12.a B31.
3,304.
1.1
13.b API570,
7.1.
1
14.b API570,
7.2
15.d B31.
3304.
1.1
16.c B31.
3,304.
1.1
17.b B31.
3,331.
1
18.b API574,
9.2
19.b API570,
7.1and7.
2
20.b API570,
7.1and7.
2

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