API 510.

DAILY EXAM 5 (Closed book)

Note: Encircle the letter of only one answer which you think is most appropriate.

1. Repair Organization is__________ and carries out repairs as per

API 510

a. Holder of ASME certificate & appropriate code

symbol stamp
b. Owner-user
c. Contractor under contract with owner-user
d. Any of above

2. Which of the following are essential elements of a Quality control

system of a repair organization?

a. Organisational Structure and documentation methods

b. Statements about working procedures
c. Statement of controls to ensure quality
d. All of the above

3. Which of the following is a typical deterioration that can

take place on the external surfaces of insulated vessels?
a. CUI
b. Caustic embrittlement
c. Erosion
d. All of the above

4. Corrosion and minimum thickness evaluation may be conducted

by?

a. Use of a external micrometer

b. Ultrasonic testing
c. Using LPI
d. None of above

5. In API-510, the term “RBI” means:

a. Repairing Before Inspection

b. Report Based Inspection
c. Repair Based Inspection
d. Risk Based Inspection

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6. Which of the following defines the term “hold point” in
inspection practice?

a. For a vertical pressure vessel held in position by guy-wires,

the holding points on the vessels connected to guy-wires.
b. A support lug welded onto the vessel.
c. A point beyond which work may not proceed until
inspections have been performed and documented
d. A holding clamp used for aligning the joints for welding

7. Repair on pressure vessels will:

a. Restore the vessels to intended (original)design conditions
b. Not change the rating of vessel.
c. a and b above
d. Restore the vessels to some other usable conditions

8. Which of the following best describes creep cracking?

a. Creep cracking is caused due to loss of ductility at low
temperatures.
b. Creep is high temperature phenomenon and is dependent
upon time, temperature and stress
c. Hydrogen attack aggravates creep cracks
d. b and c

9. The failure mechanisms common in vessels subjected to

vibrations is:

a. Creep
b. Fatigue
c. Erosion
d. All of above

10. A Shell with nom. I.D. = 2200 mm is rolled and the inspector
observed following readings, D max = 2215mm, D min = 2195
mm. Should the shell be:

a. Accepted
b. Rejected
c. Accept after NDT
d. Depends on opinion of inspector.

11. Widely scattered pits may be ignored if which of the conditions

are satisfied:

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 a. Thickness available at bottom of pit is greater than one half
the required vessel wall thickness
b. The total area of the pits does not exceed 7 square inches
within any 8 inch diameter circle
c. The sum of their dimensions along any straight line within
the circle of diameter 8 inches does not exceed 2 inches
d. All of the above

12. Which of the following are areas on pressure vessel which are
susceptible to CUI?

a. All the area which is below insulation

b. Insulated areas below steam vents
c. Insulated areas exposed to cooling tower mist
d. “b” and “c” above
13. Corrosion under insulation (CUI) due to environmental
factors like humidity, moisture, will be more pronounced at
temperature:
a. 250F to 2500F
b. More than 2500F
c. Lower than 25ºF
d. CUI is independent of temperature

14. What can be done to extend the life of a 2” thk. vessel with a
corroded area in the shell plate 6 inches from the weld, a joint
efficiency of less than 1, and a corrosion thickness currently near
the minimum required thickness?

a. Recalculate t minimum for current operating conditions

using E < 1.
b. Recalculate t minimum for current operating conditions
using E = 1.
c. Recalculate t minimum for design conditions using E = 1.
d. Monitor the thickness during the run.

15. A horizontal vessel is provided with 2:1 elliptical heads on both

ends. The tan – tan shell length = 120 in. vessel dia = 40 in.
What will be overall length of the vessel?

a. 150 inches
b. 140 inches
c. 160 inches
d. None of above
16. According to API 510, authorized inspection agency is:

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 a. Jurisdiction organization
b. Insurance company which under writes insurance of
pressure vessels
c. Inspection organization of owner-user
d. Any of above
17. Shells of vessels adjacent to inlet impingement plates are
susceptible to:

a. Stress-corrosion cracking
b. Erosion
c. Hydrogen embrittlement
d. Tamper emrittlement

18. For all repairs and alterations under API 510, the ultimate
responsibility rests with:

a. Owner user
b. API Committee
c. API-510 Inspector
d. Jurisdiction authority

19. Which of the following changes on a vessel could be termed as

an alteration?

a. Addition of a reinforced nozzle of size equal to an

existing nozzle
b. Addition of a nozzle not requiring reinforcement
c. Addition of a reinforced nozzle of greater size, at
same location.
d. Only “b” and “c”

20. A pressure vessel has design pressure = 300 psi. Its safe stress
values at ambient and designed temperatures are 17100 psi and
16300 psi respectively. The hydrostatic test pressure and
inspection pressure for above will be:

a. 450 psi and 346 psi

b. 409 psi and 315 psi
c. 415 psi and 300 psi
d. None of the above

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