BASIC PART - 1 Liquid Penetrant Testing 1. Which of the following is a detergent type remover? Lipophilic emulsifier Trichlorethylene Hydrophilic remover Water 2. Which of the following is the least sensitive developer? Dry powder ‘Aqueous soluble Aqueous suspendable Non-aqueous wet 3. Non-aqueous wet developers are applied to the part surface by which of the following methods? Spraying Dipping Flowing All of the above 4, Penetrants which have an emulsifier already in them referred to as? Post emulsifiable Solvent removable Water washable Lipophilic penetrant 5. A good penetrant requires a surface tension which is? High Low Fast Slow 6. Dry powder developers shall be applied to a 22? surface? Dry Wet Warm Slightly moist7. Which surface is not suitable for testing using the post emulsifiable method? ‘Smooth Slightly warm Rough Finished machined 8. Which penetrant system is best sulted when checking for wide shallow flaws? Water washable Post emulsifiable Solvent removable Leak through 9. Dual purpose penetrants are viewed under what light? White light Black light White and black light None of the above 10. Which method of penetrant inspection is best suited for testing in remote areas? Fluorescent solvent removable Visible solvent removable Visible water washable Fluorescent post emulsifiable 14. The mechanism which pulls a penetrant into a discontinuity is defined as? Capillary action Good surface tension Low rentitivty Good wettabiity 412. Which penetrant method is considered to be the most sensitive? Visible solvent removable Fluorescent water washable Visible post emulsifiable Fluorescent post emulsifiable 43, The emulsification time is calculated by which of the following methods? Using half ofthe dwell ime Using a quarter of the dwell time Trial and error Emulsficaton should always be for two minutes 14. When using water washable fluroescent penetrant after the water wash stage the component should then be?Dried Viewed under black light Developed Emulsified 15. When is it possible to detect slightly sub-surface defects using penetrant testing? Only if you are using fluroscent penetrants When using post emulsifiable penetrants Itis not possible to detect slightly sub-surface defects using penetrant testing When using dual sensitivity penetrants 16. Which of the following is a method of applying dry powder developer? Electrostatic spray Dipping Dust storm cabinet Allof the above methods of application 17. Which of the following is a method of applying penetrant? Spraying Dipping Brushing All of the above are methods 48. What problem is overcome by using the post emulsifiable penetrant method? Overwashing Long dwell time Short dwell times Penetrant drying within faults 19. The time which the penetrant is allowed to soak on teh surface of a component is commonly referred to as the? Development time Emulsiication time Dwell time Inspection time 20. testing a high number of small components which of the following penetrant processes ‘would be least suitable? Water washable Solvent removable Post emulsifiable Dual sensitivityHere are the corrections: 1, Hydrophilic remover 2. Dry powder 3. Spraying 4, Water washable 5. Low 6. Dry 7. Rough 8. Post emulsifiable 9. White and black light 10. Visible solvent removable 11. Capillary action 12, Fluorescent post emulsifiable 13. Trial and error 14, Viewed under black light 15. It is not possible to detect slightly sub-surface defects using penetrant testing 16. All of the above methods of application 17. All of the above are methods 18. Overwashing 19, Dwell time 20. Solvent removableBASIC PART - 2 Radiography Testing 1. The latent image is a shadow of a specimen? After development Before development Both of the above Neither of the above 2. Frequency is measured in what? Kilovoltage from x-ray tube MA Current Intensity Cycles per second 3. Which of the following will reduce inherent unsharpness? SFD Source size Both of the above Neither of the above 4. Which of the following give an atom its atomic number (Z)? Neutrons, Protons Electrons Photons 5. Small grain wil give good what? Definition Contrast Both definition and contrast Faster film 6. Radiographic sensitivity is made mostly up of? Contrast Definition Density Both contrast and definition7. When isotopes are made artficially by nuclear fission they are bombarded with neutrons. This process is called? Nuclear fusion ‘Atomic bonding Neutron radiography ‘Activation 8. One curie equals? 37x10” 37x9" 37x9° None of the above 9. X-rays intensity is determined by current (milliamps) applied to the object called?” Widow Focal spot ‘Actual focal spot Filament tube 10. High latitude will have a? High contrast Low contrast Low definition High definition 14. TLD stands for? Total limited dosemeter Thermo luminescent dosemeter True limit doemeter None of the above 12. The developer is a solution of what? Acetone ‘Acid Alkaline Water 13. Always use lead screens above what KV? 100 KV M0 KV120 KV 150 KV 14, When using x-rays or gamma rays which of the following is not correct? They travel in straight ines and obey the inverse square law They travel at the speed of light with constant amplitude They effect photographic emissions They have a low wavelength and low frequency 15. Coarse grain and wide latitude mean? Very slow film Slow film Medium fim Fast film 16. Which of the following when in contact with ionising radiation produces visible fluroescence? Calcium tungstate Silver bromide Zinc fluoride Sodium carbonate 17. The focusing cup is part of which of the following? ‘Anode Target Cathode Filament 18. Which of the following will affect subject contrast? Film contrast Development time Radiation energy All the above 19. How may geometric unsharpness be improved (reduced)? Increase focal spot size Increase object to flm distance Increase source to object distance Used faster speed film 20. Which of the following is the more penetrative radiation? Colbolt 60 Iridium 192200 KV xray set 350 KV xray set Here are the corrections: 1. Before development 2. Cycles per second 3. Neither of the above 4. Protons 5. Both definition and contrast 6. Both contrast and definition 7. Activation 8. None of the above 9. Filament tube 10. Low contrast 11. Thermo luminescent dosemeter 12. Alkaline 13.120 KV 14, They have a low wavelength and low frequency 15. Fast film 16. Caleium tungstate 17. Cathode 18. Radiation energy 19. Increase source to object distance 20. Colbolt 60BASIC PART - 3 1. Which of the following is classified as a non-ferrous light alloy? Beryllium base Zinc base Tin base Copper base 2. Of the following, which is considered the most important structural non-ferrous metal? Copper Zine Tin ‘Aluminium 3. Aluminium cannot be used in most areas where vibrations combine with high stress. There are special care has to be taken to remove all stress raisers. Which below is considered a stress. rasier? Anotch Aseratch ‘A sudden change of section Anotch and a scratch Allof the above 4. When applying the term annealed to pure aluminium itis interpreted to mean? Work hardenning Re-crsytalisation Stress releasing Normalising 5. Which NDT method can be used to give general sorting of aluminium alloys? ur Mr RT ET6. Which metal is most used in electrical work, wiring, etc? Copper Brass Aluminium Stee! 7. itis generally understood that the principal alloying elements of brass are? Copper and tin Copper and zinc Bronze and tin Tin and zinc 8. Which two NDT methods are usually used to inspect Magnesium components? Radiography and penetrant Radiography and magnetic particle Ultrasonic and magnetic particle Ultrasonic and penetrant 9. Wrought zinc and its alloys have very litle NDT inspection on them, when a material is plated with zine itis known as? ‘Anodizing Wrapping Galvanising Flashing 10. Thermoplasting can be? Melted down and re-used without loss of properties: Softened by heat Wil char when heated Melted down and re-used without loss of properties and softened by heat 11. Thermosetting plastics are? Rigid Deterorated by heat Charred by heat Allof the above12. Which of the following non-ferrous metals is classed as a light alloy? Beryllium base Zinc base Tin base Allof the above 43, Which of the metals listed below has the highest strength to weight ratio? Beryllium, Titanium Aluminium Zine 14. One of the major drawbacks of magnesium alloys is? Poor corrosion resistance Notch sensitivity High density More expensive than using beryllium which exhibits similar properties 15. Which of the following non-ferrous metals is almost exclusively die-cast? ‘Aluminium Copper Magnesium Zine 16. Cobalt is used as an alloying constituent in? Bearing alloys Solders Permanent magnets Dental alloys 17. Manufacturing is a term used generally to describe the 27? of a bulk material? Designing Production ‘Shape changing Casting18. Which of the following is classed as a manufacturing process? Casting Welding Machining Rolling Allof the above 19. Which of the following manufacturing processes is the most economical method of producing complex shapes? Casting Forging Rolling Welding 20. In modem manufacturing industries which of the following factors are considered? Markets Product life Design Manufacturing process Allof the above 21. Which of the following is required when making a sand casting? Amold A pattern Afiask Allof the above 22. Shrinkage within a casting can occur in which of the following states? Liquid state Solidification Solid state Solidification and solid state Allof the above 23. Patten makers shrinkage occurs in? Liquid state of casting Solidification state of casting Solid state of casting Allof the above24. When a change of wall thickness is required in a casting what would give the best design results? ‘Sudden section change ‘Small radi Large radii Allof the above 25. Metal is fed into the casting cavity through a 22? system? Flow system Gating system Pouring system Riser system 26. Wells outside the normal finished casting are there to allow for? Gas evolution Sand erosion Shrinkage Airlocks 27. Directional solidification in Castings is helped by the use of? Cores Feederheaders Chills Chaplets ps WWere holes or cavities are required in the finished casting a 27? is used in the modiing Chill lngate Riser Core 29. Green sand is a mixture of sand and? Clay Silicon Water Clay and water Allof the above30. The upper half of a flask is called? Adrag Acope Adratt Amould 31, Small metal supports which become part of the casting during pouring are called? chills Chaplets Cores Risers 32. Which of the following casting processes is best used for small intricate casting - upto 2kg - requiring close tolerances? Centrifugal casting Investment casting Continuous casting Permanent mold casting 38, The cating process which gives improved mera density trace the cuit of tah mold Centrifugal casting Investment casting Continuous casting Permanent mold casting 34. The casting process which produces bar is known as? Centrifugal casting Last wax process Continuous casting Plaster mold casting 35. Splashed metal entrapped by molten metal that does not re-fuse is called? Hot tear chill Inclusion Cold shut36. The bottom part ofthe flask is known as the? Cope Bottom board Drag Runner 37. Which of the following is used to give preferential solidification of castings? chills Chaplets Cores None of the above 38. mn the castng proces what name ie olen tothe pat which used fo represent the fished The mould ‘The spruce The pattem The shell 39. The crystal structure of a casting adjacent to the mould wall will be? Fine equiaxed grains Core equiaxed grains Columnar grains Dendritic 40. Shrinkage occuring in the casting process can be divided into how many stages? 1 2 3 4Here are the corrections: - Beryllium base . Aluminium . All of the above . Re-ersytalisation ET . Copper Copper and zine . Radiography and penetrant Galvanising 10. Will char when heated 11. Charred by heat 12. Beryllium base 13. Beryllium 14, Notch sensitivity 15. Zine 16. Permanent magnets 17. Shape changing 18. All of the above 19. Casting 20. All of the above 21. All of the above 22. All of the above 23. Solid state of casting, 24. Large radii 25. Gating system 26. Shrinkage 27. Chills 28. Core 29. Clay and water 30. A cope 31. Chaplets 32. Investment casting 33. Centrifugal casting 34, Continuous casting 35. Cold shut 36. Drag 37. Chills 38. The pattern 39. Fine equiaxed grains 40.3 een ana wHEBASIC PART - 4 4. Electrons in an atom can exist? Only in exact energy levels Only in exact energy shells, Atrandom throughout the atom In Exact energy levels and in exact energy shells, Allthe above 2. Amaterial that has high hardness and good electrical and thermal connectivity is known as? A plastic material A ceramic material ‘Ametallic material A liquid material 3. What term is used to define the change of state directly from solid to gas? Crystalisation Vaporisation Sublimation None of the above 4. Which of the following is a crystal latice that has nine atoms, eight at each comer and one centrally between them? Hexagonal close packing Body centred cubic Face centred cubic Body centred tetragonal 5. Which of the following materials is Body centred cubic at room temperature? Copper Gold tron Nickel 6.A property of a fine grain material is that it wil? Machine more easly than corse grain Case harden more easly than coarse grain Have higher strength than coarse grain Allthe above7. Permanent deformation can occur in which ofthe following ways? Static deformation Twinning deformation Elastic deformation Allof the above 8. Work done to produce plastic deformation below a materials re-crystallisation temperature is known as? Recovery work Cold work Twinning Plasticity work 9. Soluton heat treatment requires which of the following? To dissolve maximum amount of equilibrium preciptant in the solid solution Very high temperatures Diffusion times in excess of 24 hours Allof the above 10. Preciptation hardening is most commonly carried out on which of the following materials? Carbon steo! Lead Copper Aluminium, 11. Altropic changes occur in the? Liquid state Solid state Gaseous state Liquid or solid state 12. Which of the following is an allotropic material? Iron Copper Lead ‘Aluminium13. A heat treatment process that requires a material to be heated above its critical temperature for some period of time for carbon to unite in solid solution with iron in the gamma or F.C.C. lattice is known as? ‘Spherodizing Annealing Austentitzation Normalising 14. A process used to decrease hardness, increase ductility and occasionally improve machinabilty of high carbon steels is called? Annealing Austenitization ‘Spheroidizing Stress relieving 15. A treatment that is used to give minimum hardness and maximum ductility of steel is? Annealing Austenitization ‘Spheroidizing Normalising 16. Localised corrosion causing deep extend holes is known as? Fisives Pitting Worm holes None of the above 17. Which of the following is classed as permanent deformation? Twinning Rotational deformation Slip Twinning and Slip All of the above 418. Annealing wil achieve which of the following properties? Increase ductilty and decrease hardness Increase ductility and increase hardness Decrease ductility and increase hardness Decrease ductility and decrease hardness19. Of the following metals which is most suceptbie to corrosion by sea water? Gold Copper Zine Lead 20. During the hardening of steel which of the following quenching media will produce the severest quench? Water Brine oll Air 21. Which is the most common metallic element found on earth? tron Titanium ‘Aluminium Magnesium 22. The product of a blast fuace is known as? Iron Stee! Pig iron Apig 23, What is the approproximate carbon content of Pig iron? 1.2% 2.3% 3.4% 45% 24. When the carbon content of iron is reduced below 2% itis called? Stee! Gray iron White iron. Ductile iron25. A Bessemer converter is? Amethod of producing cast iron ‘Amethod of producing pig iron Amethod of producing wrought iron Amethod of producing stee! 26. Practically all steel is made with the use of? Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Helium 27. The carbon content of low carbon steel is? 6-25 points of carbon 25-50 points of carbon 0,08%-0.25% of carbon 6-25 points and 0.06%-0.25% of carbon None of the above 28. The carbon content of high carbon ste! is? 6.25 points of carbon 25-50 points of carbon. 50-160 points of carbon Over 160 points of carbon 29. An alloy steel is a steel containing one or more? Elements ‘Atoms Mixtures, ‘Components 30. What do the letters AISI? ‘American Institute of Steel Industries ‘American tron and Steel Industries ‘American Industries of Stee! Institutes ‘American Iron and Steel Institute31, Which of teh following isa classification of Stainless Steel? Fertic Martensitic Austenitic Ferric and Austenitic Allof the above 32. Austenitic stainless steel most typically contain? 18% Chromium 8% Nickel 15% Chromium 10% Nickel 10% Chromium 15% Nickel 8% Chromium 18% Nickel 33, Which of the following metals can be magentised? Martensitic stainless Ferric stainless Austenitic stainless Martensitic stainless and Ferric stainless None of the above 34. Which of the following may be used as an alloying element of steel?” Copper Nickel ‘Auuminium None of the above All the above 35, Stee! has a carbon content of less than? 4% 3% 2% 1% 36. Which is the main alloying element of austenitic stainless steels? Nickel Manganese Molybdenum Chromium37, Which of the following furnaces is NOT used to produce stee!? Blast furnace Bessemer converter Basio oxygen furnace Open hearth furnace 38, Tool and die steels are classed as? Low carbon steels Medium carbon steels High carbon steels Alloy steels 39. Which of the following alloying additions are used to produce tool and die steels? Nicket Chromium Manganese Allof the above Both Chromium and ManganeseHere are the corrections: 1. In Exact energy levels and in exact energy shells 2. A metallic material 3. Sublimation. 4. Body centred cubic 5. Iron 6. Have higher strength than coarse grain 7. Twinning deformation 8. Cold work 9. To dissolve maximum amount of equilibrium preciptant in the solid solution 10. Aluminium 11. Solid state 12. Iron 13. Austentitization 14, Annealing 15. Spheroidizing 16, Pitting 17. All of the above 18. Increase ductility and decrease hardness 22. Pig iron 23.3-4% 24. Steel 25. A method of producing steel 26. Oxygen 27..6-25 points and 0.06%-0.25% of carbon 28. 50-160 points of carbon 29, Elements 30. American Iron and Steel Institute 31. All of the above 32, 18% Chromium 8% Nickel 33. Martensitic stainless and Ferritie stainless 34. All the above 35.1% 36. Chromium 37. Blast furnace 38. High carbon steels 39. Both Chromium and ManganeseBASIC PART - 5 1. The code of ethics shall be 22? upon every person issued a certificate by ASNT as an NDT Level III? Binding Optional Negotiable Mandatory 2. An NDT Level IIT must be completely ??? in any professional report statement on testimony? Prejuediced Impersonal Objective Conventional 3. An NDT Level III who accepts gratuities from equipment suppliers for specifying their products may be charged under the code of ethics with? Improper conduct Conflict of interest Unauthorised practice None of the above 4, Conflict of interest with an employer? Is unacceptable May be acceptable if agreement on compensation can be made Shall be disclosed to the employer all not be made known, 5. The use of employment agencies for securing salaried positions and paying ofa commission is considered? Unacceptable Acceptable Open to ruling of the Ethies Committe A felony6. Which of the following may be grounds for a charge of a violation of the code of ethies? Conviction of a felony Revocation of professional engineers licence Suspension of professional engineers licence All of the above 7. An NDT Level III shall serve which of the following? Employer Client Public All of the above 8, Which of the following statements is true? An NDT Level III shall... Issue no publie statments Criticise NDT matters conneced with public policy Issue no public statements which are paid for by an interested party Express no opinion on NDT matters 9. An NDT Level III who reviewed work that was performed by himself on behalf of another employer when an employed public official wold be considered? Ethical Improper conduct Conilict of interest Unauthorised practice 10, An NDT Level III faces a situation where the Health and Safety of the public are not protected. Which of the following actions shall be taken? Notify the proper authority Refiase to accept responsibility for the deisgn If necessary sever relationship with the employer All of the aboveHere are the corrections: 1. Binding 2. Objective 3. Conflict of interest 4, Shall be disclosed to the employer 5. Acceptable 6. All of the above 7. All of the above 8. Issue no public statements which are paid for by an interested party 9. Conflict of interest 10. All of the above