SSPC University: Protective Coatings Inspector Program (PCI) Level 2 Recertification Exam

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Protective Coatings Inspector Program (PCI) Level 2 Recertification Exam

Name: Osama Kheadry Awad
Score: 94%
Passmark: 85%
Attempted: Saturday, February 5, 2022
Attempt Number: 1
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Question Type: Correct Actual Answer Answer Given

Multiple Choice The inspection
procedure used to
verify proper
edge/corner
preparation is:
Weight: 1 Radius gage
Corner gage
Visual Observation Visual Observation

Coatings, cross-
sectioning and
laboratory microscopy
Multiple Choice Which result should
occur to confirm
that oil and grease
exists on the
surface after
conducting the
water-break test?
The water droplets form
Weight: 1 into lenses, then flow
together
The water droplets do The water droplets do
not form lenses, and do not form lenses, and do
not flow together not flow together
The water droplets cling
to a vertical surface
The water droplets run
off of a horizontal
surface
Multiple Choice Which test can be
performed by an
inspector in the
field to verify
abrasive cleanliness
per SSPC-AB 1?
Weight: 1 Abrasive hardness
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Silica content
Oil content Oil content
Moisture content
Multiple Choice According to SSPC
Abrasive
Specifications AB 1,
AB 2, AB 3, and AB
4, the maximum
conductivity of
soluble
contaminants
allowed in abrasive
is:
Weight: 1 100 microsiemens
1000 microsiemens 1000 microsiemens
10 microsiemens
50 microsiemens
Multiple Choice According to SSPC-
Guide 12, the
"recommended"
work area
illumination for
performing
inspection is:
200 foot candles (2153 200 foot candles (2153
Weight: 1
lumens) lumens)
50 foot candles (538
lumens)
lumens)
lumens)
Multiple Choice Which inspection
"tool" or reference
can be used to
quantify the amount
of dust on a
surface:
Weight: 1 Particle analyzer
Clear cellophane tape Clear cellophane tape
SSPC-VIS 2
SSPC-VIS 1

Question Type: Incorrect Actual Answer Answer Given
Multiple Choice According to ASTM
D4417, Method B
(depth micrometer),
what is the
minimum number of
readings that must
be taken per
location?
Weight: 1 1
5 5
10
20
D4417, Method C,
the replica tape for
measuring surface
profile is most
accurate in the:
Weight: 1 Middle of the range Middle of the range
Top end of the range
Bottom end of the range
1.5-4.5 mil range

Multiple Choice Calculate the
concentration of
chloride using the
following data. The
swabbing method
per SSPC-Guide 15
was used to collect
the sample.
PPM: 150
Volume of water
used: 10 mL
Area swabbed: 103
cm²
Weight: 1 1545 µg/cm²
145.6 µg/cm²
14.6 µg/cm² 14.6 µg/cm²
154.5 µg/cm²
PA 2 Level 3, how
many spot
measurements are
obtained in each 10
m² (100 ft²) area?
Weight: 1 3 measurements

5 measurements 5 measurements
7 measurements
10 measurements
Multiple Choice What is the
standard industry
threshold for the
tolerable levels of
surface chloride
contamination prior
to coating
application?
Weight: 1 10 µg/cm²
17 µg/cm²
7 µg/cm²
There is no standard There is no standard
industry threshold. industry threshold.
Multiple Choice In the brush-cloth
test for flash rust
determination, how
many swipes are
recommended at
what length,
according to the
NSRP
Recommended
Guidelines for
Evaluating Flash
Rust?
One pass at 12 inches
Weight: 1
(31 cm)
Two passes at 6 inches
(15 cm)
One pass at 6 inches One pass at 6 inches
(15 cm) (15 cm)
Two passes at 12
inches (31 cm)
Multiple Choice If the dry bulb
reading is 82°F and
the wet bulb reading
is 71°F, which two
values are used to
look up the dew
point temperature in
the US Weather
Bureau
Psychrometric
Charts?
Weight: 1 82 and 71
82 and 11 82 and 11
82 and surface
temperature

82 and the relative
humidity value
D4285, which is true
regarding the
compressed air
cleanliness (blotter)
test?
Up to 50% of the
Weight: 1 collector surface can
contain water, but no oil
Up to 30% of the
collector surface can
contain oil and/or water
No visible oil or water No visible oil or water
can be present on the can be present on the
collector collector
1% of the collector
surface can contain
water or oil
Multiple Choice When measuring
surface profile
using ASTM D4417,
Method C, you
should allow
____________ for
the Mylar thickness.
Weight: 1 2.5 mils
2.0 mils 2.0 mils
75 microns
25 microns
Multiple Choice Which statement
regarding
holiday/pinhole
detection is true?
Low voltage, wet
sponge testing is used
Weight: 1
on coatings greater than
20 mils
Use of a wetting agent
is recommended when
performing pinhole
detection when the
coating exceeds 10 mils
A 20-mil coating should A 20-mil coating should
be inspected using be inspected using
10,000 volts 10,000 volts
A 40-mil coating should
be inspected using
40,000 volts

TU 11, when
inspecting a
fluorescent coating
over a non-
fluorescent
substrate under an
ultraviolet light,
areas where the
coating is glowing
white may indicate:
Organic dust from rags,
Weight: 1 clothing, and protective
fabric booties
Thin-film build in the
second coat
Areas of paint Areas of paint
detachment from the detachment from the
surface or hot-work surface or hot-work
damage damage
High-film build in the
second coat
AB 4, the initial
quality control tests
for classifier
efficiency of
"sponge" abrasive
should be
conducted:
Three hours after the
start-up of cleaning
Weight: 1 operations and
repeated every three
hours
Once every eight hours
Two hours after the Two hours after the
start-up of cleaning start-up of cleaning
operations and operations and
repeated every two repeated every two
hours hours
Once every ten hours
Multiple Choice Which degree of
waterjet cleaning
(per the
SSPC/NACE SP WJ
standard)
represents the
highest degree of
cleanliness?
Weight: 1 WJ 4 M
WJ 2 L WJ 2 L
WJ 3 L
WJ 2 M

Multiple Choice The base metal
reading or BMR is:
The same as surface
Weight: 1
profile
Added to the coating
thickness
Deducted from the Deducted from the
coating thickness coating thickness
Used to verify gage
accuracy
Multiple Choice If the specification
requires a dry film
thickness of 127-
177.8 microns and
SSPC-PA 2 Level 3
was invoked, what
is the tolerance of
the spot
measurements?
Weight: 1 127-177.8 microns
+/- 20.3-30.5 microns
+/- 25.4 microns
101.6-213.4 microns 101.6-213.4 microns

Multiple Choice If a 3H pencil will
not scratch or
gouge the coating
film, but a 4H pencil
will, what is the
coating's pencil
hardness?
Weight: 1 3H 3H
4H
2H
5H
Multiple Choice When conducting a
pull-off adhesion
test, according to
ASTM D4541, the
rate of the applied
load to the fixture
must not exceed:
Weight: 1 50 psi per second
100 psi per second
150 psi per second 150 psi per second
200 psi per second

Multiple Choice SSPC-SP 10: Near
White Blast
Cleaning, when
viewed without
magnification,
requires the
removal of all mill
scale, rust and paint
from the surface.
Evenly distributed
staining from rust,
paint and mill scale
is permitted,
provided it does not
exceed ________ of
each 9 square
inches of prepared
surface.
Weight: 1 5% 5%
15%
33%
50%
Multiple Choice A specification
states the following
for surface
preparation:
Waterjetting Level:
HPWJ
Surface
Cleanliness: WJ-2 M
What water
pressure range
would the
contractor be
employing?
Weight: 1 5,000-10,000 psi
8,000-15,000 psi
10,000-30,000 psi 10,000-30,000 psi
5,000-30,000 psi

Multiple Choice An epoxy primer
was applied to an
exterior surface in
the early evening.
The next day you
arrive at the jobsite
to begin application
of the intermediate
coat and observe a
yellowish haze on
portions of the
primed surface.
When you assess
the situation you
find that these areas
are slightly tacky.
What do you
suspect occurred?
Weight: 1 Amine blush Amine blush
Efflorescence
Saponification
Oil and grease surface
contamination
D7127, the proper
use of a portable
stylus surface
roughness
measuring device
involves obtaining:
An initial trace
measurement (15
parameters) then six
Weight: 1 more to either side
about 2 inches (5 cm)
above and below (total
of 17 parameters)
An initial trace An initial trace
measurement (2 measurement (2
parameters),then four parameters),then four
additional trace additional trace
measurements taken in measurements taken in
the compass directions the compass directions
from the original from the original
measurement and measurement and
about 3 cm (1in.) away about 3 cm (1in.) away
for a total of 5 traces, for a total of 5 traces,
avoiding obvious avoiding obvious
surface defects. surface defects.
An initial trace
measurement (4
parameters) then four
more to either side right
and left about 3 in. (8
cm) away (total of 16
parameters)

An initial trace
measurement (6
parameters) then six
more to either side
above and below the
first about 4 in. (11 cm)
away (total of 19
parameters)
Multiple Choice When conducting
the test for
presence of
passivating
treatments on
galvanizing, as
described in SSPC-
SP 16, there is a
possibility of light
oil on the surface if:
The first area does not The first area does not
turn black within 10 turn black within 10
Weight: 1 seconds and the seconds and the
second and third areas second and third areas
turn black immediately. turn black immediately.
All three areas turn
black immediately.
The first and second
areas do not turn black
within 10 seconds and
the third area turns
immediately.
The second area does
not turn black within 10
seconds while the first
and the third areas turn
immediately.
D3363, Test Method
for Film Hardness
by Pencil Test, at
what angle should
the pencil be held to
the coated surface?
Weight: 1 25 degrees
45 degrees 45 degrees
50 degrees
90 degrees
PA 2, the accuracy
of dry film thickness
gages should be
verified:
Weight: 1 Annually
Before each period of
use
Before and after each Before and after each
period of use period of use
Weekly
Multiple Choice The coating
inspection process
typically dictates
that, after certain
activities (e.g.,
surface
preparation), work
should be halted,
inspected, and
rework performed
as necessary and
accepted by the QC
and QA inspector
before the
contractor can
move on to the next
step of the painting
process. These
specific inspection
items are typically
referred to as
_________________
_.
Weight: 1 Hold points Hold points
Discussion points
Quality assurance
points
Quality control points
Multiple Choice What surface
preparation
standard requires a
minimum 1 mil
surface profile?
Weight: 1 SSPC-SP 5
SSPC-SP 11 SSPC-SP 11
SSPC-SP 14
SSPC-SP 1
PA 2, a spot
measurement is the
average of:
A minimum of three
gage readings obtained
Weight: 1
over 10 square meters
of coated surface
A minimum of three
base metal readings

The average of three, or The average of three, or
at least three gage at least three gage
readings made within a readings made within a
4-cm (approximately 4-cm (approximately
[~]1.5-in) diameter [~]1.5-in) diameter
circle. circle.
A minimum of five gage
readings obtained over
10 square meters of
coated surface
Multiple Choice What document
contains
recommendations
for application
equipment and
methods of
application for a
coating?
Weight: 1 SSPC-PA 1
SSPC-PA 2
Its PDS Its PDS
Its SDS
Multiple Choice What SSPC surface
cleanliness
standard allows
slight residues from
paint and rust to
remain in the
bottom of pits, if the
original surfaces
contain pitting?
Weight: 1 SSPC-SP 10
SSPC-SP 6
SSPC-SP 5
SSPC-SP 11 SSPC-SP 11
Multiple Choice What is the best
method for
determining
whether a
polymerized coating
is fully cured?
Weight: 1 Water break test
Adhesive cellophane
test
Felt cloth rub test
Solvent rub test Solvent rub test

Multiple Choice What is a limitation
of using non-
contact infrared
thermometers
instead of long-
stem thermometers
to measure coating
temperature?
They require special
Weight: 1
training to use
They require more time
to use
They present
combustion hazards
They measure only the They measure only the
surface temperature of surface temperature of
the coating the coating
Multiple Choice If a surface is
contaminated with
oil, what will a black
light indicate when
directed to the
surface?
Weight: 1 Effervescence
Illumination
Fluorescence Fluorescence
Laitance
Multiple Choice When performing a
discontinuity test
on a coating, you
would:
Be testing for adhesion
Weight: 1 of the coating to the
concrete
Be testing foot candles
of light in the work area
Be measuring pH of the
coating with pH paper
Be checking for Be checking for
holidays or pinholes in holidays or pinholes in
the coating the coating
Multiple Choice As relative humidity
increases:
Solvents in coatings
Weight: 1
volatilizing more rapidly
The psychrometer wet-
bulb thermometer
depression increases
Potential for amine
exudate decreases
Wet-bulb and dry-bulb Wet-bulb and dry-bulb
temperatures getting temperatures getting
closer to one another closer to one another

Multiple Choice Which coating test
is destructive, safe,
gives quantitative
numerical data and
requires no
instrument field
accuracy
verification in the
field?
Weight: 1 Amine blush test
Low-voltage holiday test
Fc test
PIG test PIG test

Multiple Choice When a
specification states,
"the coating must
be applied at 127
microns DFT," the
specification is:
Too restrictive to meet Too restrictive to meet
Weight: 1 and clarification is and clarification is
required required
Within the SSPC
guidelines for coating
work
Within the guidelines of
SSPC-PA 1
Written to accept
manufacturer's
recommendations
Multiple Choice Which test is used
to detect oil in the
stream of
compressed air at
the nozzle used for
dry abrasive blast
cleaning?
Weight: 1 Blotter test Blotter test
Vial test
Black light test

Water break test
Multiple Choice To determine the
wind speed in miles
per hour and wind
volume in cubic feet
per second on an
exterior coating
project, the
inspector would use
a:
Weight: 1 Micrometer

Velometer Velometer
Tachometer
Hydrometer
D5162, during low-
voltage wet sponge
holiday testing
improved accuracy
of location can be
achieved by:
Moving the sponge Moving the sponge
Weight: 1
slowly over the surface slowly over the surface
Adding sodium chloride
to the wetting solution
Moving the exploring
electrode quickly over
the surface in a single
pass
Using a corner of the
sponge if practical
Multiple Choice To visually verify
that there are no
misses, skips, or
thin spots in a
stripe coat, SSPC-
PA Guide 11
recommends:
That the stripe coat
Weight: 1 always be applied by
brush
That the brush strokes
run parallel to, not
across, edges or
crevices
That the striping should
extend at least 1 in. (3
cm) from the edges and
other irregular surfaces
That the stripe coat be a That the stripe coat be a
different color than the different color than the
adjoining full coats or adjoining full coats or
the bare steel surface the bare steel surface
Multiple Choice What three items
would a coating
inspector need to
determine if the
minimum spread
between the surface
temperature and
dew point
temperature was
achieved?
DFT gage, air
Weight: 1 thermometer, weather
report

Surface thermometer, Surface thermometer,
sling psychrometer, sling psychrometer,
psychrometric charts psychrometric charts
Profile tape,
psychrometric charts,
WFT gage
Air thermometer, sling
psychrometer, light
meter
Multiple Choice The item commonly
used to determine
the size of abrasive
grit is a:
Weight: 1 Micrometer
Microscope
Sieve Sieve
Balance scale
Multiple Choice During surface
preparation for
touch-up painting,
feathering refers to:
Weight: 1 Light blasting
Tapering of the edges of Tapering of the edges of
old paint old paint
Rounding sharp metal
edges
Oil and grease removal
Multiple Choice For which reason
might an inspector
be concerned about
excessive profile
height on an
abrasive blast
cleaned steel
surface?
This often results in
Weight: 1
limited coating adhesion
Pinpoint rusting may Pinpoint rusting may
result result
Flash rusting is more
likely to occur
Mudcracking is more
likely to occur

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Question Type: Correct Actual Answer Answer Given

Visual Observation Visual Observation

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Oil content Oil content

1000 microsiemens 1000 microsiemens

Clear cellophane tape Clear cellophane tape

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Top end of the range

Bottom end of the range

1.5-4.5 mil range

Weight: 1 1545 µg/cm²

14.6 µg/cm² 14.6 µg/cm²

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2.0 mils 2.0 mils

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+/- 20.3-30.5 microns

+/- 25.4 microns

101.6-213.4 microns 101.6-213.4 microns

100 psi per second

150 psi per second 150 psi per second

200 psi per second

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Weight: 1 5,000-10,000 psi

10,000-30,000 psi 10,000-30,000 psi

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Its PDS Its PDS

Solvent rub test Solvent rub test

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Low-voltage holiday test

PIG test PIG test

Black light test

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