SAUDI ARAMCO VALVES AND FITTINGS EXAMINATIONS 1. What is Valve trim?

- The internal elements of a valve that includes a disc, seat, stem & sleeve needed to guide the stem. 2. What is NACE MR 0175? - Standard Material Requirement Sulfide stress cracking resistance Metallic materials for oilfield equipments. 3. What is the difference between ASTM A105 & ASTM A216? - ASTM A 105 is for Carbon steel forging materials - ASTM A 216 is for Carbon steel casting materials 4. What is a blowdown test in relief valves? - The difference between the actual set pressure and actual resetting pressure expressed in terms of percentage of the set pressure. 5. What is a Pop test in relief valves? - a kind of test wherein a set pressure is applied during the test and when the set pressure is reach it will start to pop. 6. How to measure raised face finish? - means of surface comparator gauge 7. Hardness test is one requirement of NACE MR0175, what other requirement? - Nickel content shall be less than 1% 8. What is the hydrostatic test pressure as per ASME VIII, Div-1? - 1.3 x MAWP (ASME VIII, Div 1) - 1.5 x MAWP (Aramco) 9. What is the Hydrostatic test pressure as per ASME VIII, Div 2? - 1.25 x Design pressure (ASME VIII, Div 2) - 1.25 x MAWP (Aramco) 10. What is the maximum allowable hardness of a valve? - 250 VHN (Vickers) 11. Is sealant possible to use during seat leak testing? - No 12. Two principal types of finished (flanged raised face) are? - smooth finish - serrated finish

13. What is the typical class rating of ANSI valves? - 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 1500, 2500 14. What is the code used for NDT repair of valves? - ASME B16.34 15. Dimensional checklist on flanges? - Bolt hole diameter - serration of raised face - Flanged diameter - height of raised face - Bolt center - thickness of hub - Flanged thickness - length through hub 16. What is the acceptable damaged of buttweld fittings? - 12.5% x nominal thickness maximum 17. Should a valve be painted before hydrotest? - No 18. What is the part of relief valve to be tested? - Disc seat 19. What is the required test pressure of valves? - It defends upon the valve type, specification & class ratings. 20. In conducting backseat test what is the position of the valve? - The valve is fully-opened position and valve end closed. 21. Allowable leakage is greater in seat leak for check valve than gate valve? - True 22. Allowable leakage is lower in soft seated than metal seated valves? - True 23. What are the types of shut-off valves? - Gate, Globe, Ball, Plug, Butterfly valves 24. What are the types of control valves? - Globe, Angle, Ball, Butterfly, Axial Flow, Rotary plug valves 25. What are ball valve body types? - Trunnion supported - Full bore - Long pattern in either split body or top entry body

26. What are the body types of Ball valves? - Trunnion supported - Full bore - Long pattern split body or top entry body 27. What are the inserts used for soft seated valves? - Plastics (Nylon, devlon, PTPE, peek) - Reinforced rubber (O ring) 28. What characteristics for dimensional of valves? - Wall thickness - Auxilliary connection - Inside diameter - Valve joints - Valve body thickness - Stems - End dimensions - Disc clearance 29. What positions should a valve be during hydrostatic testing? - partially opened and valve end closed 30. What is the code used for relief valve testing? - API 527 (Seat tightness of relief valves) 31. What are the parts of the actuator? - Handwheel - Pneumatic volume tanks - Regulators - Switches - Level 32. What is the code used for testing of valves? - API 598 (Valve Inspection & Testing) 33. What is Hysterises test in control valves? - The switch on & off of thermostat to activate the furnace 34. What is the test requirement for shell hydrotest of valves as per ASME B16.5? - 1.5 x 100 F rating 35. What is the code used for visual inspection of valves? - MSS-SP-55 36. What is the code used for repair of valves? - ASME VIII, Div. 1 37. What is the ASTM standards for buttweld fittings?

ASTM A860 38. What is the purpose of backseat test? - To determine the leakage at the seat while the packing gland is loose 39. Is packing gland tight during backseat test? - No 40. What is the mech. Test for low temperature service valves? - Charvy V Notch Impact test 41. What is high service temperature valves? - Slide valves 42. What is the test medium for pressure test of valves? - Air - Water - Kerosene - Inert gas - Non-corrosive liquids 43. Three types of flanges? - Welding neck - Slip-on - Threaded - Blind - Lap joint - Socket welded 44. What is the code used for RT for valves? - MSS-SP-54 45. Two types of valve trims? - Single trim - Combination trim 46. What are the marking details in fittings? - Heat No. - Material specification - Class rating 47. What is meant by Cv in control valve? - Flow co-efficient 48. What are the main components of valves? - Handwheel

Stem Gland Bonnet Gate Seat ring Body

49. What is the hydrotest requirement for austenite stainless steel? - Water used for SS=50ppm max. chloride content water. 50. What is the material used for high temperature valve? - Killed steel (above 850 F) 51. What is the code used for face to face and end to end dimensions? - ASME B16.10 (Ref. API 600) 52. Three of types of wedges? - 1 piece solid wedge - 1 piece flexible wedge - 2 pieces split wedge 53. Backseat test is required for check valve? - No 54. What is the purpose of seat test for globe & gate valves? - To ensure that there is no leakage on the seat both upstream & down stream direction. 55. What is the low pressure closure for hydrotest of valve? - 60 to 100 psi 56. What is the high pressure closure for hydrotest of valve? - It defends upon the specification & class rating of the valve 57. What is the NDT used for 36 dia. Elbow? - RT 58. What is hot tap? - The technique of attaching a welded branch fitting to piping or equipment in service, and creating an opening in that piping or equipment by drilling or cutting a portion of the piping or equipment within the attached fitting. (SAEP-311)

59. What is stopple fitting? - The method for temporarily plugging a pipeline under operating or modified operating condition to isolate segment for repair or modification. ( Split tees, flanges, extruded tees) (SAEP-315) 60. What is the advantage of flexible wedge to solid wedge? -