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3. If you welding in the HLO 45 position, the axis of the joint will be in what position
a. Flat
b. Horizontal
c. Inclined 45 and fixed
d. Overhead
4. Which of the following can result in a hard and brittle condition resulting from rapid
cooling: -
a. Excessive spatter
b. Slag inclusion
c. Excessive weld metal
d. Arc strike
7. A discontinuity which appears as a void or inclusion of foreign materials in the weld and
Heat affected Zone of the parent metal would be :
a. Lamination
b. Incomplete fusion
c. Misalignment of the plates prior to joining
d. Nicks or gouges from plate preparation
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8. If you were welding in the PC position you would be depositing weld from which
direction
a. Vertically
b. Overhead
c. Flat
d. Horizontal
9. Which of the following would be considered the most serious structural discontinuity:
a. Slag inclusion
b. Crack
c. Lack of interun fusion
d. Sharp undercut
10. In manual welding applications, which of the following may cause porosity:
a. Incorrect electrode angle
b. Low current
c. Too high arc length
c. All of the above
11. The effective or Nominal design throat thickness of a complete joint preparation butt
weld is :
a. Considered to be equal to the thickness of the base metal less 3 mm
b. Considered to be equal to the thickness of the base metal thickness less 1 mm
c. Equal to the thickness of the base metal thickness
d. Equal to the thickness of the base metal thickness if welded from both sides
12. When weld metal at the toe of a fillet weld does not fuse completely to the base
material the resulting fault is referred to as:
a. Overlap
b. Concavity
c. Undercut
d. Convexcity
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16. If you were welding in PA position you would be depositing weld from which direction
a. above the joint
b. Vertically
c. Below the joint
d. Horizontally
21. The main reasons using the least amount of consumable materials and to keep joint
preparations to minimum is :
a. smaller weld generally look better
b. Improve strength
c. Improve toughness of the weld metal
d. To reduce the cost and with less weld metal there is the possibility of fewer defects
23. The shortest distance measured from the root to the face of a fillet weld excluding weld
reinforcement is referred to as:
a. Included angle
b. Leg size
c. Weld reinforcement
d. Design throat
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24. Select the correct term
a. Groove joint
b. Butt joint
c. Plug joint
d. fillet joint
25. Which of the following is not related to weld joint preparation or fit up :
a. bevel angle
b. Root face
c. root opening
d. leg size
26. Weld joints designed with J preparations are usually used only on very thick materials.
Why?
a. J preparations afford limited access to the root of the joint
b. J preparations are more difficult to fit than other preparations
c. J preparations are expensive because they must usually be machined
d. J preparations require the least amount of the filler metal for a given thickness
27. Failure to deposit weld metal to melt into the previous weld layer is most commonly
referred to as :
a. Internal undercut
b. Incomplete fusion
c. Excessive concavity
d. Lack of penetration
29. If you weld in PE position you would be depositing weld from which direction:
a. above the joint
b. Horizontal
c. vertically
d. below the joint