API 653 PREPARATORY COURSE

Exam 4 - Closed Book

Note: Tick only one alternative which you think is most appropriate.

1. A hydrostatic test for a relocated tank:

a. May be waived by the Owner/Operator
b. Is required
c. May be waived by the Inspector
d. Is not necessary
2. Cathodic protection is achieved by directing the flow of current from:

a. A cathode to anode
b. An anode to cathode
c. Both installations are acceptable
d. Neither of a and b
3. During the hydrostatic test, no less than _______ settlement measurement
points shall be surveyed.
a. 8
b. 10
c. 15
d. 5
4. Reinforcement pads shall be tested by applying pressure between the tank
shell and reinforcement plate using the telltale hole. How much pressure is
used to perform this inspection?

a. 15 psig hydrostatic pressure

b. 15 psig pneumatic pressure
c. 5 psig hydrostatic pressure
d. 5 psig pneumatic pressure
5. Which tests are usually conducted to verify acceptability of shell to bottom
plate welds?
a. Diesel test
b. RT
c. Vacuum box test
d. “a” and “c”

6. Except for cast iron parts, internal coils and supports may be:

a dye penetrant tested

b. leak tested
c. hammer tested
d. magnetic particle tested
7. At the next out-of-service inspection on a tank that has had a hot tap
performed, the visual inspection should include:

a. size of the hot tap nozzle holes

b. thickness of the plate at the hot tap
c. height of the hot tap from the tank bottom
d. trimming of the hot tap nozzle holes
8. The term “windgirder” is applicable for which type of tanks?
a. Tanks which a wind measuring device installed at the top of the tank.
b. High octane fuel tanks
c. Tanks with floating roofs
d. None of the above
9. Industry experience and laboratory test have shown that a membrane stress
in tank shell plates of at least _______ is required to cause failure due to
brittle fracture?
a. 500 psi
b. 100 Mpa
c. 7 ksi
d. 18 kg/mm2
10. Which of the following is an advantage of magnetic particle testing over
penetrant testing?
a. it can detect surface discontinuities with foreign material imbedded in
them
b. It is faster on individual parts
c. It can detect near-surface discontinuities
d. All of the above
11. Which of the following types of discontinuities is not normally detected by
radiography?
a. Cracks
b. Incomplete penetration
c. Laminations
d. Slag
12. The reason for periodical inspection of ASTs is to:
a. Determine their physical condition
b. Determine the rate of deterioration
c. Maintain safe operating conditions
d. All of the above
13. Resistance of grounding connection shall not be,
a. more than 25 Ohms
b. less than 1 Meg-Ohm
c. less than 25 Ohms
d. more than 5 Ohms
14. Internal inspection is primarily to:
 a. All of the below
b. Ensure that the bottom is not corroded and leaking;
c. Gather data for shell assessment
d. Identify and evaluate bottom settlement.

15. Vacuum box tests require ____ psig of partial vacuum.

a. 3.0 psi
b. 15 psi
c. 21 psi
d. 30 psi
16. The API 653 standard covers the maintenance inspection, repairs,
alteration, relocation and reconstruction of tanks constructed to which
one of the following standards:
a. ASME
b. API 651
c. API 652
d. API 650
17. The complete or partial removal and replacement of more than 12
inches of a vertical weld joining shell plates is considered a :-

a. minor alteration
b. minor repair
c. major alteration
d. major repair
18. The difference between peaking and banding is:
a. peaking pertains to the roof;
b. banding is external to the tank;
c. peaking pertains to vertical weld seams, banding pertains to
horizontal weld seams;
d. peaking pertains to horizontal weld seams, banding pertains to
vertical weld seams.
19. The minimum interval for external inspection by a qualified inspector is ____
years or at the quarter corrosion-rate life of the shell, whichever is less:
a. Twenty
b. Five
c. Ten
d. Fifteen
20. The minimum retirement thickness of an annular plate ring is usually greater
than:
a. 0.10
b. 0.25
c. 0.0625
d. 0.1875