Saudi Aramco Work Permit System (G.I. 2.
100)
Pre-Certification Examination
Name:
Position:
Department:
Date:
Instruction: Read carefully the following questions,
review all the multiple choices and encircle the number
of the best answer. Passing grade: (85%)
1. What happens if work must continue past the time the
original permit was to expire?
1. Work can continue until the job is complete
2. Keep working, but tell the issuer
3. Stop work and come back next day
4. Renew the permit
2. Who is the responsible for safety at the work after
permit has been extended?
1. The original issuer and receiver
2. The old issuer, because he did the joint site inspection
3. The issuer and the receiver who sign the extension
4. No one after permit has been extended
3. Work permits can be issued up to 30 days if:
1. Is highly unlikely that conditions will change
2. Only cold work will be done
3. The work site is far away
4. The receiver cannot close the work permit
4. Who must sign the work permit issued for up to 30
days?
1. Receiver and designated representative
2. The designated representative
3. Operations and maintenance division head
4. Operation foreman, issuer and recover
5. If the work permit is not issued during the emergency,
what must be done to do the work?
1. Superintendent must approve
2. Wear Scott air - packs
3. Joint site inspection
4. All safety precaution must be taken
6. The issuer must stop work if:
1. More men working than stated on the permit
2. The issuer lost his copy of the permit
3.
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he issuer left the jobsite
4. The job site was found to be unsafe
7. What must the issuer do with the permit after he stops
work?
1. Close, then extend the permit
2. Give his copy to the receiver
3. Get a countersignature
4. Write the reason on the permit
8. A pipe fitter cannot work on the same piece of
equipment using a welder’s work permit because:
1. Each type of work involves different hazard
2. Joint site inspection are not needed for pipe fitters
3. Welders are usually contractor.
4. Gas tests are not needed for pipe fitter
9. Work permit can be issued up to
1. To receiver shift
2. One operational shift
3. 24 consecutive hours
4. Two - ten hour shift
10. Who must sign a work permit to extend it?
1. Then new area foreman and new issuer
2. Superintendent's countersignature is required
3. The new issuer and receiver
4. The new issuer, receiver and gas tester
11. When must be work permit closed?
1. Before another permit is issued
2. When the work is finished or crew leaves
3. After gas test taken
4. When the issuer leaves the jobsite
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12. Who must sign the work permit to close it?
1. Competent person
2. Gas tester, issuer and receiver
3. Designated representative
4. Issuer and receiver
13. Why must work permit be closed?
1. To allow gas test to be taken
2. To allow the permit to be extended
3. To communicate the status of the work
4. To stop all hot work
14. What is one hazard with doing hot work?
1. Vapor pressure
2. Ignition source
3. Flash point
4. Cold work
15. The use of air compressor in an operating-area
requires which work permit?
1. Release
2. Entry
3. Hot
4. Cold
16. Why do we install tags as well as locks?
1. To record a gas test
2. To explain why the lock is installed
3. To lists safety precaution
4. To record purging cycle
17. Who from the work crew, install lock?
1. One member from each work crew
2. Every member of the crew
3. The foreman and the receiver
4. The issuer and the gas tester
18. The issuer must try to start - up equipment at the field
switch after it has been isolated and before work starts to
make sure:
1. It has been purged and cleaned
2. There is no gas in the area
3. The receiver's tag in installed
4. It cannot accidentally start
19. Why is designated representative sometimes used?
1. The receiver did not come to work
2. The issuer may be busy and need help
3. The gas tester .found high LEL readings
4. Too many safety problems were found
20. What can the designated representative do?
1. Sign the work permit
2. Authorize the receivers responsibilities
3. Accept the receiver's responsibilities
4. Inspect the work site
21. What joint responsibility does Issuer and Receiver
Share?
1. Taking gas tests
2. Naming the designated representative
3. During the work.
4. Safety at the work site.
22. When can an issuer decide a work permit is not needed
in a restricted area?
1. They are always required a work permit in restricted area.
2. When the work is cold work
3. When he decides the work is low risk
4. When a joint site inspection is not needed
23. Examples of low risk work could include?
1. Spray painting, water-washing, & turbine work
2. Brush painting, abrasive blasting, & sweeping
3. Cold work, light work & nondestructive testing
4. Sweeping, visual inspection & minor cleaning.
24. When would the issuer make sure equipment have
been properly prepared for maintenance work?
1. When the permit is closed
2. After issuing a WP?
3. During the JSI
4. After getting counter signatures
25. Why do receivers go on the joint site inspection with
issuer?
1. For the receiver to take gas tests
2. To start the work
3. To check the fire watch's certification
4. To discuss hazard and risks.
26. When a fire watch be assigned?
1 When gas tests are over 0.0% LEL
2 For any hot works
3 For high-risk jobs.
4 Whenever a fire could occur.
27. What are the (2) important reasons for using work
permits?
1. To designate representatives & communicate
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2. To track contractors & manage emergencies 3. Fire Watch, Fire Extinguisher & Work Permit
3. To track work hours & contractor names 4. Fire Watch, Fire Extinguisher & Fire Blanket
4. To communicate & control work.
36. What would the issuer requires when welding or in
28. A work permit lists.
service hydrocarbon equipment.
1. Minimum safety precaution.
1. Fire watch
2. Maximum safety precaution.
2. Fire department
3. Government safety precaution.
3. Fire blanket
4. OSHA safety precaution.
4. Fire station

29. Work permits must be issued for:

37. What must the fire watch be?
1. Specific tools and general locations
1. As issuer
2. Specific work at a specific locations
2. Trained
3. General work at a general location
3. Certified
4. General equipment at small work sites
4. A receiver
30. A restricted area requires:
38. A Fire watch has to know how to?
1. That work permits are issued.
1. Take a gas test
2. That receiver's respond to emergencies.
2. Operate process equipment
3. That extension is short time.
3. Be a receiver
4. That certificates are issued.
4. Operate fire equipment given to him
31. What is a fire triangle?
39. What do we call a person who is required to be at a job
1. Oxygen, Heat & Fuel site because of a special skill he has?
2. Heat and Fuel 1. Competent person
3. Fuel and Oxygen 2. Designated Rep
4. None of the above 3. Standby Man
32. Choose three (3) things that are needed before 4. Certified
allowing entry into confined space?
1. Gas tests, fire extinguisher and barricade 40. Is a firewatcher assigned in a welding activity can
2. Lighting, standby man and air mover leave the area while the work is going on without any
3. Fire watch, air mover and gas tests information?
4. Air mover, respirator and countersignature
1. NO
33. What are the three (3) type of gas we take? 2. YES
1. Flammable gas, inert gas, heavy gas 3. NO PROBLEM
2. Oxyacetylene, flash point, sulfides
3. Flash point, vapor pressure, specific gravity 41. What type of fire extinguisher is used to extinguish
4. Oxygen, flammable gas, toxic materials Class-C fires (Electrical Fire)?
1. Dry chemical powder
34. What is oxygen deficiency? 2. Water
1. A lower than normal amount of oxygen 3. CO2 (carbon dioxide)
2. A higher than normal level of hydrogen sulfide 4. Foam
3. Too much oxygen
4. Oxygen that is not pure 42. What happen to the operations locks and tags installed
on equipment when operators change shifts?
35. What are the three (3) major requirements needed 1. The keys are usually transferred to the new shift
before a Hot Work activity can start? 2. The locks and tags must be removed
1. Water, Fire Extinguisher & Work Permit 3. The tags must be destroyed
2. Fire Blanket, Water & Fire Watch 4. The locks must be replace
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2. Take gas tests and check Scott Air Pack

43. The reason equipment must be de-energized and 3. Train the Fire watch and renew the permit
depressurized before work is started is because: 4. Read the permit and agree to all conditions.
1. Electricity can be wasted
2. People can be injured
3. Locks and tags will be lost
4. Gas can be wasted

44. What would be a good example of when the receiver

must stop work?
1. Materials have not yet arrive
2. He cannot wait for the countersignature
3. He hear an emergency alarm
4. The back hoe run out of fuel

45. What might happen if the safety problem arises and

the receiver does not stop work?
1. A fire, injury or accident
2. Countersignature become void
3. His certificate expires
4. The work permit expires
46. Flammable liquids, oil, grease, gases are examples of:
1. Class A fires
2. Class B fires
3. Class C fires
4. Class D fires
47. A nonflammable materials commonly used to purge
process equipment is.
1. Nitrate
2. Nitrite
3. Nitrous oxide
4. Nitrogen
48. Two common methods of cleaning process equipment
methods
1. Streaming and gas testing
2. Treating and clarifying
3. Purging and gas testing
4. Water washing and streaming

49. Equipment is isolated to make sure it cannot be.

1. Started-up, leak or cause electric shock
2. Shut down by accident
3. Slip, trip or fall
4. Taken to stop for repairs

50. What 2 things must the receiver do before receiving a

WP?
1. Extend the permit and take gas tests