API 510 Pre Class Quiz 1

1. The application of API 510 is restricted to organizations that:

1. Fabricate or build pressure vessels according to ASME B&PV Code.

2. Employ or have access to an authorized inspection agency.
3. Manufacture or inspect pressure vessels according to-NBIC
4. Hire or have access to an unsanctioned inspection agency.

2. API 510 Inspection Code is only applicable to pressure vessels used by the petroleum and chemical
process industries that:

1. Are being fabricated for the petroleum/chemical industries.

2. Can be fabricated to ASME B&PV Code and inspected by NBIC inspectors.
3. Will be place in service after fabrication to the ASME B&PV Code.
4. Have been placed in service; Inspected and/or repaired by an authorized agency.

3. Which of the following is an example of a pressure vessel covered by API 510. (All of the vessels are
in-service.)

1. Pressure vessel on an ocean-going ship, operates at 100 psig & 1000 F.

2. Pressure vessel in a oil refinery, operates at 5 psig and 700 F.
3. Pressure vessel in a oil refinery, operates at 100 psig and 200 F.
4. Pressure vessel in a oil refinery, vol. of 4 cu. ft., & operates at 70 psig and 700 F.

4. If there is a conflict between the ASME Code and API 510 for vessels that have been placed in service,
the requirements of:

1. API 510 shall take precedence over the ASME Code.

2. ASME Code shall take precedence over API 510.
3. NBIC shall be used as an arbitration Code.
4. The owner/user shall take precedence over both Codes.

5. One-type of Authorized Inspection Agency is:

1. An inspection organization that does inspections.

2. An insurance/inspection agency which does not write pressure vessel insurance.
3. An owner/user of pressure vessels who maintains an inspection organization only for his own
equipment.
4. An independent third party consultant.

6. The term “minimum allowable shell thickness" is the thickness:

1. Essential for the shell and heads of a vessel.

2. Required for each element of a vessel.
3. Necessary for the shell of a vessel.
4. Including the corrosion allowance for the shell of a vessel.

7. Lowering of the maximum allowable working pressure or temperature rating of a vessel or both below
the design conditions is:

1. A not a permissible way to provide for corrosion.

2. The preferred way to provide for corrosion.
3. The only way to keep a vessel in service when it is corroded.
4. A permissible way to provide for corrosion.
8. An owner-user is responsible for developing, documenting, implementing, executing, and assessing
pressure vessel inspection systems and inspection procedures that will meet the requirements of API
510. These systems and procedures will be:

1. Maintained in a engineering procedure document.

2. Kept as a standard procedure.
3. These systems and procedures will be contained and maintained in a quality assurance (QA)
inspection/repair management system
4. In hand and available at owner-user headquarters.

9. Safety precautions are important in pressure vessel inspection because of the limited access to and
the confined spaces of pressure vessels. Out of the organizations listed, which is the primary one that
should be reviewed and followed?

1. ASME
2. OSHA
3. NFPA
4. NBIC

10. lf a probable corrosion rate cannot be determined from reviewing data from the same or similar
service vessels or estimated form published data, on-stream determination shall be made after
approximately how long?

1. 1-2 months
2. 3-6 months
3. 2-4 months
4. 100 hours

11. The maximum allowable working pressure for the continued use of a pressure vessel shall be based
on computations determined by using the:

1. Latest edition of the National Boiler Inspection Code or the construction code to which the vessel
was built.
2. Latest edition of the ASME Code or the construction code to which the vessel was built.
3. Latest edition of the API/ASME Code or the construction code to which the vessel was built.
4. Latest edition of the Underwriters Laboratories Code or the construction code to which the vessel
was built.

12. If external or internal coverings, such as insulation, refractory protective linings, and corrosion
resistant linings are in good condition and there is no reason to suspect that an unsafe condition
is behind them,:

1. It is not necessary to remove them for inspection.

2. it is necessary to remove them completely for inspection.
3. it is necessary to partially remove them for inspection.
4. it is required to remove them completely for inspection on some set interval.

13. For a corroded area of considerable size the wall thicknesses may be averaged over a length not
exceeding the following:

13a. For vessels with inside diameters less than or equal to 60 inches-
1. 1/4 the vessel diameter or 5 inches, whichever is less.
2. 1/2 the vessel diameter or 10 inches, whichever is less.
 3. 1/4 the vessel diameter or 15 inches, whichever is less.
4. 1/2 the vessel diameter or 20 inches, whichever is less.

13b. For vessels with inside diameters greater than 60 inches—

1. 1/3 the vessel diameter or 40 inches, whichever is less.

2. 1/4 the vessel diameter or 30 inches, whichever is less.
3. 1/3 the vessel diameter or 50 inches, whichever is less.
4. 1/4 the vessel diameter or 25 inches, whichever is less.

14. For corrosion calculations the surface of the weld is considered to be:

1. 1inch on either side of the weld or twice the minimum thickness on either side of the weld,
whichever is greater.
2. 2 inches on either side of the weld or 2 times the minimum thickness on either side of the weld,
whichever is greater.
3. 4 inches on either side of the weld or 4 times the minimum thickness on either side of the weld,
whichever is greater.
4. 6 inches on either side of the weld or 6 times the minimum thickness on either side of the weld,
whichever is greater.

15. An above ground pressure vessel shall be given a visual external inspection, preferably while in
operation, at least every years or at the same interval as the internal, whichever is less.

1. 2
2. 3
3. 5
4. 10

16. The period between internal or on-stream inspections shall not exceed one-half the estimated
remaining life of the vessel based on corrosion rate or ________ years whichever is less.

1. 10
2. 15
3. 5
4. 12

17. In cases where the remaining safe operating life is estimated to be less than 4 years, the inspection
interval may be the full remaining safe operating life up to a maximum of — years.

1. 1
2 2
3. 3
4. 4

18. If both the ownership and the location of a vessel are changed, what must happen before it is
reused?

1. It must be internally and externally inspected

2. All the records must be reviewed.
3. It must be thoroughly ultrasonically checked.
4. It must have all the paper work transferred to the new owner.

19. A pressure vessel has been in service for 12 years and has shown a history of corrosion over its
service life. The original thickness was 1.9375” thick and the present thickness is 1.405”. What is the
 corrosion rate for this vessel?

1. 0.266250 inches/year
2. 0.532500 inches/year
3. 0.088750 inches/year
4. 0.044375 inches/year

20. When must a pressure test be performed on a pressure vessel?

1. When the contractor working on the vessel deems it is necessary.

2. When the API authorized pressure vessel inspector believes that it is necessary.
3. When the safety group of the owner-user requests it.
4. When the NFPA requests it.