ORAL QUESTIONS FOR WIS 5

1. What is meant by the term Qualified Welding Procedure?

2. Why do some codes stipulate a minimum time period for the

deposition of filler passes after the root run has been
completed?

3. You have been asked to supervise the repair of a item which

you know has a carbon content of 0.45% and there is no
welding procedure, what would you do to minimize the risk of
hydrogen cracking?

4. When qualifying a welding procedure, which mechanical tests

would be most likely used and why?

5. Can a welder qualified to a structural steel code be allowed to

weld on a pressure vessel and give your reasons?

6. If you found a defect in a weld which you felt needed reporting

but was not addressed in the code, what would you do?

7. If you were on site and monitoring welding works outdoors and

it starts to rain, what would you do?

8. Can a welding inspector authorize a repair?

9. Give some examples of when a welder would need to be

requalified?

10. A procedure has been qualified using a particular brand of

electrode, halfway through the job the fabricator changes
brands but maintains a similar classification in your opinion in
this acceptable?