Liquid Penetrant Testing

1. Which of the following is a detergent type remover?

Lipophilic emulsifier

Trichlorethylene

Hydrophilic remover

Water
2. Which of the following is the least sensitive developer?

Dry powder

Aqueous soluble

Aqueous suspendable

Non-aqueous wet
3. Non-aqueous wet developers are applied to the part surface by which of the following
methods?

Spraying

Dipping

Flowing

All of the above

4. Penetrants which have an emulsifier already in them referred to as?

Post emulsifiable

Solvent removable

Water washable

Lipophilic penetrant
5. A good penetrant requires a surface tension which is?

High

Low

Fast

Slow
6. Dry powder developers shall be applied to a ??? surface?

Dry

Wet

Warm

Slightly moist
7. Which surface is not suitable for testing using the post emulsifiable method?

Smooth

Slightly warm

Rough

Finished machined
8. Which penetrant system is best suited when checking for wide shallow flaws?

Water washable

Post emulsifiable

Solvent removable

Leak through
9. Dual purpose penetrants are viewed under what light?

White light

Black light

White and black light

None of the above

10. Which method of penetrant inspection is best suited for testing in remote areas?

Fluorescent solvent removable

Visible solvent removable

Visible water washable

Fluorescent post emulsifiable

11. The mechanism which pulls a penetrant into a discontinuity is defined as?

Capillary action

Good surface tension

Low rentitivity

Good wettability
12. Which penetrant method is considered to be the most sensitive?

Visible solvent removable

Fluorescent water washable

Visible post emulsifiable

Fluorescent post emulsifiable

13. The emulsification time is calculated by which of the following methods?

Using half of the dwell time

Using a quarter of the dwell time

Trial and error

Emulsification should always be for two minutes

14. When using water washable fluroescent penetrant after the water wash stage the component
should then be?
 Dried

Viewed under black light

Developed

Emulsified
15. When is it possible to detect slightly sub-surface defects using penetrant testing?

Only if you are using fluroscent penetrants

When using post emulsifiable penetrants

It is not possible to detect slightly sub-surface defects using penetrant testing

When using dual sensitivity penetrants

16. Which of the following is a method of applying dry powder developer?

Electrostatic spray

Dipping

Dust storm cabinet

All of the above methods of application

17. Which of the following is a method of applying penetrant?

Spraying

Dipping

Brushing

All of the above are methods

18. What problem is overcome by using the post emulsifiable penetrant method?

Overwashing

Long dwell time

Short dwell times

Penetrant drying within faults

19. The time which the penetrant is allowed to soak on teh surface of a component is commonly
referred to as the?

Development time

Emulsification time

Dwell time

Inspection time
20. If testing a high number of small components which of the following penetrant processes
would be least suitable?

Water washable

Solvent removable

Post emulsifiable

Dual sensitivity
Here are the corrections:

1. Hydrophilic remover
2. Dry powder
3. Spraying
4. Water washable
5. Low
6. Dry
7. Rough
8. Post emulsifiable
9. White and black light
10. Visible solvent removable
11. Capillary action
12. Fluorescent post emulsifiable
13. Trial and error
14. Viewed under black light
15. It is not possible to detect slightly sub-surface defects using penetrant testing
16. All of the above methods of application
17. All of the above are methods
18. Overwashing
19. Dwell time
20. Solvent removable