WELDING QUESTIONS

1. Duties and Responsibilities of Welding Inspector?

2. What is the Aramco standard for welding requirements for on-plot piping?
3. What is the Aramco standard for Performance Qualification Testing and
Certification of Saudi Aramco Welders?
4. What is the Aramco standard for Performance Qualification Testing and
Certification of Saudi Aramco Brazers?
5. What is the international code for Welding and Brazing Qualifications?
6. What is the formula for heat input?
7. How do you calculate the weld repair percentage?
8. What should be the distance b/w two parallel welds?
9. What type of machine should be used for GTAW process as per Aramco
standard?
10. Electrodes, filler wires, and fluxes shall conform to which international
code?
11. What are the types of thermocouples in PWHT?
12. What is HIC?
13. Different categories of fluid services in ASME B 31.3?
14. What is the P no for SS & CS?
15. Saudi Aramco standard for consumable storage & handling procedure for
low hydrogen electrode?
16. What does “L” stands for 316L and the composition?
17. What do you meant by low hydrogen consumables?
18. What is the heating and cooling rate for PWHT?
19. On what condition remote current controls are used in field welding?
20. Mention the drying temperatures and duration for low hydrogen SMAW
electrodes conform to AWS A5.1?
21. Mention the drying temperatures and duration for low hydrogen SMAW
electrodes conform to AWS A5.5?
22. What is the holding temperature of low hydrogen electrodes that shall be
stored continuously after drying?
23. What is the reconditioning temperature and duration of electrodes after
exposure to atmosphere?
24. Test Positions for Groove Welds
Plate Positions:
 1G –
 2G –
 3G –
 4G –
Pipe Positions:
 1G –
 2G –
 5G –
 6G –
25. Test Positions for Fillet Welds

Plate Positions:

 1F –
 2F –
 3F –
 4F –

26. What is the allowable tolerance for misalignment?

27. What is the maximum allowable Low-hydrogen SMAW electrode sizes that
can be used for welding as per Aramco standard?
28. The maximum allowable wind velocity regardless of wind protection in the
weld area?
29. All holes cut for set-on nozzles, bosses, or branch connections shall be
ground smooth and the diameter of the hole shall be ______ mm of the
inside diameter of the set-on member.
30. What is the maximum buttering Or weld build-up thickness allowed for the
base material as per standard and what are the NDT methods
recommended for buttering?
31. For tack welds the qualification of welders are mandatory.
a) Yes b) No
32. How many tack welds are required for a 6” pipe as per W-011?
33. For P-No.5 and higher materials, back purging shall be maintained until
_____ mm of the weld deposit thickness has been completed.
34. What is the oxygen level shall be maintained for welding the stainless steel
and Nickel based alloys while back purging ?
35. What is the instrument used for analyzing the oxygen level while doing the
purging?
36. What is the formula is used to achieve the required purging time?
37. What is the minimum separation required for a pressure containing weld to
other pressure containing weld?
38. What is the minimum required weld passes for a socket weld?
39. In which international code the requirements pre-heating and PWHT
illustrated?
40. What is the required pre-heat temperature for carbon steel materials above
25mm thickness?
41. What is the maximum interpass temperature for P8 materials?
42. What is the maximum interpass temperature for P-1, P3, P-4 and P-5 steels?
43. What is the minimum specified area to be applied PWHT being welded from
each edge of the weld?
44. The minimum thermocouples required to be used for a 12” pipe PWHT?
45. The minimum soaking time required for PWHT application in P1 materials?
46. The maximum allowed Brinell hardness value for P1 materials?
47. I which ASME sections, the acceptance criteria for LPT and MPT are
illustrated?
48. What is the percentage of RT in category M fluids?