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Note: try these questions after read API 575 once; some of following questions will be as open book.
These questions are prepared to understand each and every section of the API 575.
a. API 653
b. API 575
c. API 2015
d. API 2000
e. API Spec 12A
a. API 653
b. API 651
c. API 652
d. API 575
a. API 653
b. API 651
c. API 652
d. API 575
a. API RP 12R1
b. API Std 2015
c. API 653
d. API Std 2000
e. API Std 2006
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a. API 650
b. API 620
c. API 653
d. API 575
7. When taking UT thickness readings, it is recommended to use digital meter that also has a
___________________
a. Dual-element
b. Trace display
c. Digital output
d. Transducer
8. Dual-element transducer may give a false reading when the material thickness is less than
__________ inch.
a. 0.05
b. 0.5
c. 0.1
d. 0.001
9. A Dual element transducers on a digital UT meter can effectively measure thickness between:
____________ inch.
a. 0.05 0.10
b. 0.50 5.0
c. 0.05 1.0
d. 0.005 5.0
10. Which type of UT transducer is best for small diameter deep pits?
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11. Which of the statement is correct, when UT thickness checking over a paint or coating?
a. For such case Dual-element transducer will give correct thickness of steel.
b. For such case single crystal transducer will give false reading.
c. Epoxy coatings have a velocity approximately half that of the steel, so that UT tool will read the
epoxy coating thickness as twice its actual thickness by Dual element transducer.
d. All of the above.
12. For coated tanks that have coatings that vary in thickness, which type of UT transducer is best?
13. When performing a UT scan, the scans should overlap by __________ of the transducer
diameter.
a. 100%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 5%
14. When performing a UT scan, a large diameter transducer may miss ________ diameter deep pits.
a. Small
b. Uneven
c. Even
d. Large
a. Butt welded
b. Groove welded
c. Lap welded
d. Corner
16. Ability to detect following are primary advantage of using the magnet-flux floor scanner, but not
this one.
17. When using a magnet-flux scanner to inspect a tank floor, indications found are generally
proved-up using __________.
18. When the product temperature in a tank increases, the vapor pressure of the product _______.
a. Decrease
b. No change
c. Increases
d. Small decreases
19. While in operation, which tank type roof is supported by internal members?
a. Cone roof
b. Dome roof
c. Floating roof
d. Umbrella
20. What is the primary reason(s) for using floating roof?
21. Which type of external floating roof is the most susceptible to sinking?
a. Cone roof
b. Pan type
c. Annular-pontoon
d. Double deck.
22. Which type of external floating roof is the least susceptible to sinking?
a. Cone roof
b. Pan type
c. Annular-pontoon
d. Double deck
23. The most common type of floating roof seal are the __________.
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a. Rubber seal
b. Tube type seal
c. Gasket seal
d. Mechanical seal
24. When are internal floating roof tanks used? Where liquid _________.
a. Vaporization is more.
b. Level is more.
c. Vaporization is less.
d. Level is less.
25. Low-pressure storage tanks are those with a design from ___________ Psig.
a. 5 to 50
b. 2.5 to 15
c. 5 to 15
d. 5 to 25
26. Low-pressure storage tanks are normally used for products that have a high _________ pressure.
a. Vapor
b. Product
c. Liquid
d. Internal
27. For pressure above ________ psig, the hemispheroidal, spheroidal, and nodded spheroidal tanks
are commonly used.
a. 2.5
b. 5
c. 10
d. 15
28. These type of tanks are usually built in areas where large snowfalls or rainfalls might sink an
open top-floating roof.
a. Cone roof.
b. Both fixed roof and an internal floating roof.
c. Highly corrosive resistant roof structure.
d. External floating roof.
29. Tank pads with cinders that contain __________ compounds become corrosive when wet.
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a. Water.
b. Product
c. Sulfur
d. Alkaline
30. These items in a sand pad that may cause bottom-side corrosion, but not this one?
a. Clay
b. Wood
c. Gravel or crushed stone
d. Fine dust
31. Causes of severe external corrosion at the bottom of the lower shell course are _______ .
a. When soil movement has raised the grade level to cover lower portion of the shell
b. When external insulation wicks up ground water
c. When damaged or improperly sealed openings around nozzles and attachments allow water
ingress.
d. All of the above
a. Atmospheric
b. Localized
c. External
d. All of the above
33. Concentration cell corrosion may occur in the many niches of ____________ tanks.
a. Low pressure
b. Riveted
c. External floating
d. Internal floating
34. What metallurgy is primary used when constructing crude oil tanks?
a. Carbon steel
b. Stainless steel
c. Alloy steel
d. All of the above
35. These are common vapors that corrosion in a tanks vapor space, but not this one?
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a. Oxygen
b. Water vapor
c. Hydrogen sulfide vapor
d. Any combination of above
e. None of the above.
36. Generally in the liquid portion of a tank, internal corrosion is worse at the ______.
a. Bottom of tank
b. Top of tank
c. Welds
d. Shells
37. What type of tank failure results in a sudden loss of the product?
a. Crack
b. Brittle fracture
c. Full weld crack
d. When product spill out from the tank
38. The most likely points for cracks to occur are _________.
a. Corner weld
b. Lower shell to sketch plate weld
c. Fillet weld
d. Bottom weld
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a. Corner weld
b. Lower shell to sketch plate weld
c. Fillet weld
d. Bottom weld
41. What is the most likely problem when there is excessive uniform settlement?
a. Fouling materials
b. Corrosion between moving parts and guides or seats.
c. The deposits of foreign substance by birds or inserts.
d. All of the above
43. A plugged floating roof drain can cause the roof to ________.
a. Inoperative
b. Damage easily
c. Guide to move smoothly
d. Additional supports
45. The tanks made by wooden material are also attacked by _______.
a. Inserts
b. Moisture
c. Atmospheric corrosion on wood
d. Stress corrosion
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46. After a significant rainfall the __________ on floating roofs should be checked.
a.
Dents, because it leads corrosion easily
b.
Water drains
c.
Surface area
d.
All of the above
47. Before entry or reentry any tank, appropriate safety precautions are necessary, generally such
precautions are_______________.
48. Prior to conducting an external or internal inspection the inspector should review
_____________ to become familiar with problems and recommendations noted in previous inspection
and maintenance reports.
49. What type of corrosion can happen between a bolt head and a steel plate?
50. When inspecting handrails pay particular attention to tubular members, because they corroded
__________.
a. From inside
b. Outside
c. Easily, because of removal of coating will happen frequently
d. By regular touch by operation people
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51. Low spot platforms that collect water are routine places for corrosion to occur. This can be
solved by _________.
a. Cathodic production
b. Small hole should be drilled for drainage
c. Proper coating after cleaning
d. Raise the height of platform.
a. Sand pads
b. Concrete piers
c. Ring walls
d. All of the above
53. For tanks on a concrete pad, the floor to pad joint should be ___________
a. UT
b. RT
c. Hammer
d. MT
55. Pipe connected to tanks should be inspected. Where pipe enters soil, the soil should be dug away
__________ inches to inspect for soil-to-air corrosion?
a. 12 to 24
b. 6 to 12
c. 24 to 36
d. 36 to 48
56. If distortion is found at the nozzles, the welds and shell area should be examined for __________
a. Cracks
b. Distortion
c. Corrosion
d. Bending
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a. Resistance
b. Visually
c. Thickness
d. Periodically
58. The resistance of the grounding connections should not exceed _______ ohms.
a. 15
b. 10
c. 20
d. 25
a. Blisters
b. Rust spot
c. Film lifting
d. Even discolor
60. Paint blisters occur most often on the roof and on the shell area that receives most ________
a. Rail fall
b. Sun light
c. Product gases exposure
d. All of the above
a. Shell
b. Shaded
c. Exposed to sun light
d. Bottom
62. CUI may be significant at the bottom of the tank, because the insulation may be in contact with
______________.
a. Product always
b. Surface water
c. More stressed bottom
d. Open atmosphere because removal of insulation easily in bottom side
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a. In-service
b. Insulated
c. Painted
d. Cleaned
64. The depth of a locally corroded area can best be measured with a long __________
a. Straight edge
b. Tape
c. Steel wire
d. Flexible scale
65. The depth of isolated pits are normally measured with a ___________
a. Depth gauge
b. UT
c. Pit gauge
d. Visually
66. What part of the shell of a floating roof tank usually corrodes at twice the rate of the rest of the
shell?
67. Stiffeners and wind girders are normally inspected visually and by _________testing.
a. PT or MT
b. Leak
c. Hammer
d. UT thickness
e. Outside calipers and steel rules
a. Bottom of shell
b. Vapor space of the shell & roof
c. Heating coils
d. Nozzle inlet & outlet from tank
70. Caustic material seeping through cracks will usually form readily visible ___________
a. Salts
b. Layer of corrosion
c. Bulging
d. Powdery from outside through cracks
71. Prior to welding on a tank in caustic service the area should be thoroughly cleaned and checked
with the _________ solution.
a. Solvent
b. Indicating
c. H2SO4 with 10% Nitric acid
d. HCL with 25% Nitric acid
a. Plumb check
b. Straight edge
c. Steel wire
d. Tape
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74. Hydrogen blistering mat be found on the shell near:
a. Bottom
b. Nozzles
c. Top of the tank
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d. Weld seams
75. These are causes of tank shell distortion and not this one?
76. Tank shell distortions may cause welds to be highly stressed and results in a _________
a. Crack
b. Bending
c. Collapse
d. Corrosion
a. Hammer test or UT
b. UT or RT
c. UT or ET
d. Scale or outside caliper
79. When walking on a cone-roof tank, planks can be used. Planks that are used should be long
enough to span at least __________ should be laid and used as walkways.
a. Rafters
b. Weld joints
c. Blanks
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81. When walking on a floating roof, the tank should always be in the _________ position.
82. External corrosion on a tank roof will usually be most severe at __________
83. What is the primary reason for periodically inspecting flame arrestors?
a. Performance Check
b. Cleanliness and corrosion
c. Plug on arrestors
d. None of the above.
84. When tunneling under a tank to inspect the bottom (it is rarely done!) it is difficult to properly
_____________ the tunnel.
a. Remove
b. Refill
c. Inspect
d. Access
85. Probably the most expensive way to inspect the bottom-side of the tank floor is to _______ the
tank
a. Lift
b. Clean
c. Inspection hole
d. None of the above
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c. Flexible-hose drain
d. All of the above
87. When the tank is out-of-service, the floating roof drain piping can be checked by pressure
testing. Drains with swing joints require testing at ___________
a. Working pressure
b. Design pressure
c. Hydrostatic pressure
d. Two pressure
88. During the external inspection, float-type gauges should be checked to make sure they are not
cracked or filled with ___________
a. Water
b. Liquid
c. Any corrosive medium
d. All of the above
89. In a tank you noticed distortion, what will be the immediate action?
90. Before allowing individuals on a floating roof tank that is not in the high-gauge position, a
______________ test shall be performed before personnel are allow on the roof.
a. Hammer test
b. Thickness test
c. Gas test
d. Oxygen test
a. Vapor space
b. Liquid level line
c. Bottom
d. All of the above
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a. Cracking
b. General metal loss
c. Ignition
d. Pitting
93. Pyrophoric material may accumulate on the tank bottom or on the top of the__________.
a. Bottom plate
b. Nozzles
c. Sump
d. Rafters
a. Unlined steel
b. Insulation
c. Liquid area
d. Bottom area
95. In source service, corrosive vapors are formed when the _________ mixes with moisture and air.
a. Vapor
b. Hydrogen sulfide
c. Water
d. Sulfur
96. Carbon steel that has slag inclusions and _______ is more susceptible to hydrogen blistering.
a. Crack
b. Un-coated
c. High temperature
d. Laminations
97. Caustic stress corrosion cracking is prevalent in carbon steel when the temperature is above
________F
a. 100
b. 400
c. 150
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d. 350
98. Tank bottoms are normally inspected visually and with __________
a. MFL
b. Ultrasonic thickness or corrosion scan
c. Multi transducer ultrasonic inspection with digital or analog display
d. All of the above
For Question number 99 to 101 :
During the internal inspection, a tank floor can be 100% inspected or partially inspected when
using a statistical method. Based on the statistical method answer the following.
a. 100%
b. 50 to 75%
c. 25 to 40%
d. 5 to 10%
a. Grid
b. X
c. Line
d. Circular
101. What part should be completely scanned?
a. Rare
b. Aggressive
c. Slow
d. Uniform
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103. What simple technique can be used to pop deposits out of pits, making the pits much easier to
see?
a. Hammering
b. Scratching
c. Blow with air
d. All of the above
104. What tool can assist in measuring the depth of a localized corroded area?
a. Hammer
b. Scraper
c. Visual
d. All of the above
106. Depressions in the tank floor and in area around roof supports should be checked for accelerated
_________.
a. Corrosion
b. Dent
c. Damage
d. Holes
107. One method to check for penetrations in the bottom is to clean the tank floor and check for
_________.
a. Crack
b. Corrosion
c. Wicking
d. Visual
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108. One method to check for bottom-side corrosion that is usually not effective is the _______
a. Coupon removal
b. MFL
c. Ultrasonic computer mapping
d. UT
109. Tanks with bottom angle joining the bottom-to-shell should be checked for _________
a. Corrosion
b. Distortion
c. Crack
d. Leak
110. Tank that contain dilute acids often are lined with________.
a. Rubber lining
b. Asbestos lining
c. Refractory lining
d. Lead lining
a. MT
b. PT
c. Visual
d. MFL
112. Bulges in a lead liner indicate _________ behind the liner and are likely places of deterioration
of the liner.
a. Corrosion
b. CUI
c. Crack
d. Underneath damage in liner
113. What is good practice when examining suspect areas in lead lined tanks?
a. Holiday detector
b. Visual
c. PT & visual
d. Surface cleaning and visual
115. Holiday testing is used to test ________
116. When using a holiday detector it is important that the voltage does not get high enough to
_________ the lining.
a. Puncture
b. Check defect in
c. Operator safety
d. Magnetize
a. Holiday tested
b. Opened
c. Hammered
d. Leave without NDT after hammer test
118. What type of lined tanks should be painted a unique color to indicate they have a special lining?
a. Rubber lined
b. Lead lined
c. Refractory lined
d. Glass lined
119. If corrosion is noted on the roof and upper shell, the structural members will also usually
__________ thinning of the roof or shell.
a. Twice
b. Same
c. Less
d. More
120. What is an effective inspection technique for checking whether there is corrosion behind a
concrete lining?
122. If corrosion is found internally on the shell at a specific elevation in a cone roof tank, it is
important to check the ______________ at the same elevation.
a. Carbon steel
b. Alloy steel
c. Cast iron
d. Stainless steel
124. What internal tank component should be hydrostatically tested during an internal inspection?
a. Coils
b. Nozzles & connections
c. Roof drain
d. Tank must hydrostatically tested if required
125. Steam heating coils should be inspected for __________ grooving in the bottom of the coil with
either UT or RT.
a. Crack
b. Blockage
c. Condensation
d. Erosion
126. Pontoons on swing line should be visually examined and _________________ for cracks.
a. Cleaned
b. Hammer tapped
c. Conduct leak test
d. Air leak test
127. When hydro-testing a tank consideration should be given to the ________ of the shell material.
a. Stress limit
b. Notch toughness
c. Thickness
d. Type
128. If an atmospheric tank is air tested, the pressure should not exceed _____ inch of water.
a. 0.5
b. 5.0
c. 50
d. 2.0
e. 10
129. A pneumatic test of a tank is good for finding ________ but is not a good pressure test.
a. Leak
b. Defect
c. Strength
d. Bulging
130. What part(s) of the atmospheric tank a very low stress load?
a. Roof
b. Bottom of tank resting on pad
c. Bottom area away from the shell or annular plate
d. All of the above
131. The pressure exerted on the sides of a tank is greatest at the ____________ of the tank.
a. Bottom
b. Shell side
c. Top side
d. Outside, because atmospheric pressure
132. Which of following situations does not appreciably weaken the plate?
a. Crack
b. Locally thinned area
c. Notch
d. Pit
133. Dry pyrophoric accumulations that cant be cleaned out prior to inspection should be kept
__________ during inspection.
a. Dilute
b. Covered
c. Moist
d. Warned to inspection personnel
134. Hydrogen blistering, caustic stress corrosion cracking and mechanical cracking are less
frequently occurs in ___________.
a. Caulked
b. Re-riveted
c. Welded or abrasive blast and epoxy coated
d. All of the above
136. When riveted seams are seal-welded, all rivets and seams with in ______ inches from the
weld should be caulked.
a. 4
b. 10
c. 3
d. 6
138. List specific requirements when performing weld repairs to rivet heads and seams.
139. When installing a new floor over an existing floor at least ________ inches of clean sand, or
metal grating or concrete should separate the two floors.
a. 6
b. 3
c. 1
d. 2
140. When installing a new floor over existing floor that is cathodically protected, the old floor should
___________________.
a. Be removed
b. Not be removed
c. Also be protected
d. Be considered as bottom
141. When installing a new floor over an existing floor that is cathodically protected, and the old floor
is not removed, _______________ should be placed between the old and new floors.
a. Welding
b. Putty
c. Paint
d. Lining
144. Prior to repairing a pit with a coating, the pit should be thoroughly cleaned by____________
a. Abrasive blasting
b. Chemical
c. Any method to make pit free form contamination
d. Cleaner
a. Patch plate
b. Welding
c. Coating
d. Soft patch
146. Good inspection records are the basis of ___________ inspection program.
a. Good
b. Effective
c. Complete
d. Proper
147. Tank records should be kept for the ____________ of the each tank.
a. Service life
b. Up to commissioning
c. Up to clearance from AI
d. 5 years from commissioning
148. Item should be documented when internal or external tank inspections are performed.