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Multiple Choice 3 Cracks Fractures Tears
Multiple Choice 3 Cracks Fractures Tears
3. Which of the following materials are the most susceptible to HICC in the weld zone?
a. carbon manganese steel
b. micro alloyed steel (HSLA)
c. austenitic steel
d. both a & b
e. all of the above
5. The risk of hydrogen cracking is higher when MMA welding is used on…….
a. C/Mn steels
b. austenitic stainless steels
c. low alloy steels for elevated temperature service (Cr-Mo steels)
d. low carbon steels for cryogenic service (with nickel addition)
6. A concentration of iron sulphide inclusions in a carbon steel weld bead may cause…….
a. solidification cracking
b. hydrogen cracking
c. lamellar tearing
d. weld decay
7. Which type of cracking occurs more often with SAW than with MMA?
a. HAZ hydrogen cracking
b. weld metal solidification cracking
c. HAZ cracking during PWHT (re-heat cracking)
d. lamellar tearing
14. Which element in steel if present in significant amounts may lead to hot shortness?
a. phosphorus
b. manganese
c. silicon
d. sulphur
16. What four criteria are necessary to produce hydrogen induced cold cracking?
a. Hydrogen, moisture, martensitic grain structure and heat
b. hydrogen, poor weld profiles, temperatures above 200C and a slow cooling rate
c. hydrogen, a grain structure susceptible to cracking, stress and a temperature
below 200C
d. hydrogen, existing weld defects, stress and a grain structure susceptible to cracking
17. A crack type most associated with the submerged arc welding process is:
a. hydrogen cracking in the HAZ
b. solidification cracking
c. lamellar tearing
d. fatigue cracking
18. What effect to midthickness lamination in steel plate normally have when they are located
within a weld HAZ?
a. cause lamellar tearing
b. fuse together to form a bond
c. affect the weld metal composition
d. cause internal tearing on a micro scale
19. Lamellar tearing has been occurred in steel fabrication. BEFORE welding could it have
been found by:
a. X-ray examination
b. Dye penetrant
c. Ultrasonic inspection
d. It would not have been found by any inspection method
21. A metallurgical problems most associated with submerged arc welding is:
a. hydrogen cracking in HAZ
b. solidification cracking in the weld metal
c. hydrogen cracking in the weld metal
d. lamellar tearing in the weld metal
23. The presence of iron sulphide in the weld metal is most likely to produce which of the following
upon contraction of the weld:
a. solidification cracking
b. hydrogen cracking
c. intergranual corrosion
d. stress corrosion cracking
27. The main reason for toe blending on certain welded component is:
a. corrosion considerations
b. fatigue life
c. appearance
d. all of the above
30. When a Tee-joint is set up for ready for welding, which NDE technique is the best for ensuring
that no lamellar tears are present before welding commenses?
a. X-ray examination
b. liquid penetrant examination
c. ultrasonic examination
d. it could not have been found by any inspection method
33. A fatigue failure characteristic by the appearance of the fracture surface. It would be:
a. rough and torn
b. "cheveron" - like
c. smooth
d. none of the above
36. Fluctuating load is: cyclic stresses, below the UTS on a weld component may lead to:
a. tensile failure
b. yield failure
c. fatigue failure
d. shear failure
g in the short