MULTICHOICE QUESTIONS – 2a

General -2a

1. Which one of these electrodes has the highest recovery rate?

a) Rutile.

b) Cellulose.

c) Basic.

d) Iron powder.

2. The quality of a radiographic technique is assessed?

a) By the size of defects that can be seen.

b) From the kV used and the film –to-focus distance.

c) From the image quality indicator.

d) From the Object-to-film distance used.

3. The term manual welding is often used when the welder controls?

a) Arc length.

b) Wire speed.

c) Burn off rate.

d) Transfer mode.

4. What is the purpose of cross joint tensile test? To check ?

a) The strength of the weld.

b) For lack of side wall fusion.

c) The strength of the joint.

d) The strength of HAZ.

5. When TIG welding some materials , pipe bores must be purged with an inert
gas before and after welding .the reason for this is to:

a) Prevent burn through.

b) Avoid moisture pick - up.

c) Prevent root concavity.

d) Prevent oxidation of root bead.

6. In MIG/MAG Welding which one of these gas mixtures is used for welding
carbon manganese steels?

a) Argon.

b) Nitrogen.

c) helium.

d) Argon + co2.

7. Side bend test are carried out when testing butt welds when the material
exceeds ?

a) 12 mm.

b) 10 mm.

c) 20 mm.

d) 25 mm.

8. Molybdenum

a) High temp

b) Improve strength

c) to creep resistance in high temperature services

d) Improve toughness
 9. If the magnification is used for visual inspection it should be magnified how many
times?

a) X5 – x10.

b) X2- x5.

c) X2 – x10.

d) As many as required to find the defects.

10. Lamellar tearing in steel weldments may only be formed when:

a) Using deep penetration welding process (high current density)

b) High levels of stresses act in the short transverse direction in the steel

c) Martensitic has formed in the weld HAZ

d) Low melting point iron sulphide(Fe S) has formed in fusion zone

11. If the maximum inter – pass temperature is exceeded in a carbon

manganese butt weld what would be the affected most?

a) Toughness.

b) Hardness.

c) Penetration.

d) fusion.

12. What is the abbreviation for welding Procedure specification that has been
written for the purpose of qualifying a weld procedure best weld?

a) WPS.

b) PWPS.

c) AWPS.

d) WPS test.
13. In SAW welding which of the following has the greatest effect on finish weld
profile?

a) Arc voltage.

b) Open circuit voltage.

c) Polarity.

d) inductance.

14. Which or the following could be used to minimize the occurrence of

solidification cracks in steel:@

a) Increase the sulphur level to a minimum of 0.5%

b) Reduce the dilution into the base metal

c) Increase the carbon content in the weld metal

d) Reduce the manganese content in the weld metal

15. A Solidification crack normally occurs where?

a) Through the HAZ

b) Longitudinal through the weld center line

c) Transverse through the weld

d) Parent metal

16. With DPI method of inspection What should be carried out prior to applying penetrant?

a) Apply developer

b) Wash of excess penetrant

c) Apply a thin coat of whit contrast paint

d) Ensure the surface under inspection is free of all contaminants that may hinder penetrant
access to surface breaking flaws
17. To find fracture toughness the following which of the test to be used:

a) Nick break

b) Fillet fracture

c) CTOD

d) CVN (Charpy V notch)

18. In TIG (pulsed) welding which parameters can be adjusted

a) Pulse peak current

b) Pulse frequency

c) Pulse wave length

d) All of the above

19. Sensitization in austenitic stainless steel is occurred by

a) Carbon

b) Chromium

c) Cobalt

d) zing

20. What four criteria would contribute to HICC?

a) Hydrogen, moisture, martensitic, heat

b) Hydrogen, weld profile, temperature>300 C, slow cooling

c) Hydrogen, grain structure, stress, temperature<300 C

d) Hydrogen, pearlite, weld defects high heat input

21. Nickel

a) to increase hardness and strength

b) deoxidizer to control porosity

c) Toughness

d) to improve toughness in low temperature services

22. A code of practice for visual inspection should cover the following:

a) Before, during and after welding activities

b) Before welding activities only

c) After welding activities only

d) None of the above

23. A magnifying glass may be used during visual inspection, but BS 5289
states that its magnification should be:

a) Up to 5 ∅

b) 2 to 2.5 ∅

c) 5 to 10 ∅

d) None of the above

24. Who determines what the correct weld preparation ( root gap, root face , included angle)
should be?

a) The welding engineer

b) The welding supervisor

c) The welder will decide

d) The inspector will recommend what is suitable

25. A measure of the accuracy of a radiograph as an NDT tool is given by its:

a) Intensity

b) Density

c) Sensitivity

d) Exposure

26. Generally the most suitable method of detecting lack of sidewall fusion
would be:

a) Ultrasonic.

b) MPI.

c) Radiography.

d) Penetrant inspection.

27. An 60mm diameter pipe, 12mm wall thickness is to be radiographed using

the double wall single image technique the source to be used is iridium,
which of the following statement is true?

a) it should not be done as the thickness is below that recommended

b) it would be better to use a cobalt 60 source in this instance

c) there is no problem with the technique

d) the preferred method is the double wall, double image technique

28. When PWHT is conducted after welding, which of the following aspects
require monitoring?

a) heating rate

b) soaking time & temperature

c) cooling rate

d) all of the above

29. Which NDT method is associated with IQI..?

a) RT

b) PT

c) UT

d) MT

30. In X-ray work the quality of the radiographic image is assessed by the:

a) Density of the film

b) Sensitivity of the film

c) Darkness of the film

d) Stand-off distance