API 510 PREPARATORY

Exam 5 - Closed Book

1.

Repair Organization: According to API 510 is:

a.
b.
c.
d.

2.

Which of the following are essential elements of a Quality control

system of a repair organization?
a.
b.
c.
d.

3.

Use of a external micrometer

Ultrasonic testing
Using LPI
None of above

In API-510, the term RBI means:

a.
b.
c.
d.

6.

CUI
Caustic embrittlement
Erosion
All of the above

Corrosion and minimum thickness evaluation may be conducted

by?
a.
b.
c.
d.

5.

Statements of organisational chart documentation

Statements about working procedures
Statement of controls to ensure quality
All of the above

Which of the following is a typical deterioration that can take

place on the external surfaces of vessels?
a.
b.
c.
d.

4.

Holder of ASME certificate & appropriate code

symbol stamp
Owner-user
Contractor under contract with owner-user
Any of above

Repairing Before Inspection

Report Based Inspection
Repair Based Inspection
Risk Based Inspection

Which of the following defines the term hold point in inspection

practice?

a.
b.
c.
d.
7.

Repair on pressure vessels will:

a.
b.
c.
d.

8.

Restore the vessels to intended design conditions

Not change the rating of vessel.
a and b above
Restore the vessels to some usable conditions

Which of the following best describes creep cracking?

a.
b.
c.
d.

9.

For a vertical pressure vessel held in position by guy-wires,

the holding points on the vessels connected to guy-wires.
A support lug welded onto the vessel.
A point beyond which work may not proceed until
inspections have been performed and documented
A holding clamp used for aligning the joints for welding

Creep cracking is caused due to loss of ductility at low

temperatures.
Creep is high temperature phenomenon and is dependent
upon time, temperature and stress
Hydrogen attack aggravates creep cracks
b and c

The failure mechanisms

vibrations is:
a. Creep

10.

c. Erosion

in

vessels

subjected

to

d. All of above

A Shell with nom. I.D. = 2200 mm is rolled and the inspector

observed following readings, D max = 2215mm, D min = 2195
mm. Should the shell be:
a.
b.
c.
d.

11.

b. Fatigue

common

Accept
Reject
Accept after NDT
Depends on opinion of inspector.

Widely scattered pits may be ignored if which of the conditions

are satisfied:
a.

No pit depth is greater than one half the vessel wall

thickness exclusive of the corrosion allowance.

b.

The total area of the pits does not exceed 7 square inches
within any 8 inch diameter circle

c.

The sum of their dimensions along any straight line within

the circle of diameter 8 inches does not exceed 2 inches

d.
12.

Which of the following are areas on pressure vessel which are

susceptible to CUI?
a.
b.
c.
d.

13.

All of the above

All the area which is below insulation

Insulated areas below steam vents
Insulated areas exposed to cooling tower mist
b and c above

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) due to environmental factors

like humidity, moisture, will be more pronounced at
temperature:
a.
b.
c.
d.

14.

250F to 2500F
More than 2500F
Lower than 25F
CUI is independent of temperature

What can be done to extend the life of a 2 thk. vessel with a

corroded area in the shell plate 6 inches from the weld, a joint
efficiency of less than 1, and a corrosion thickness currently near
the minimum required thickness?
a.

Recalculate t

minimum

for current operating conditions using E <

Recalculate t

minimum

for current operating conditions using E =

1.
b.
1.
c.
d.
15.

Recalculate t minimum for design conditions using E = 1.

Monitor the thickness during the run.

A horizontal vessel is provided with 2:1 elliptical heads on both

ends. The tan tan shell length = 120 in. vessel dia = 40 in.
What will be overall length of the vessel?
a. 150 inches
b. 140 inches
c. 160 inches

d. None of above
16.

According to API 510, authorized inspection agency is:

a.
b.
c.
d.

17.

Owner user
API Committee
API-510 Inspector
Jurisdiction authority

Which of the following changes on a vessel could be termed as

an alteration?
a.
b.
c.
d.

20.

Stress-corrosion cracking
Erosion
Hydrogen embrittlement
Tamper emrittlement

For all repairs and alterations under API 510, the ultimate
responsibility rests with
a.
b.
c.
d.

19.

insurance of

Shells of vessels adjacent to inlet impingement plates are

susceptible to
a.
b.
c.
d.

18.

Jurisdiction organization
Insurance company which under writes
pressure vessels
Inspection organization of owner-user
Any of above

Addition of a reinforced nozzle of size equal to an

existing nozzle
Addition of a nozzle not requiring reinforcement
Addition of a reinforced nozzle of greater size, at
same location.
Only b and c

A pressure vessel has design pressure = 300 psi. Its safe stress
values at ambient and designed temperatures are 17100 psi and
16300 psi respectively. The hydrostatic test pressure and
inspection pressure for above will be:
a.
b.
c.

450 psi and 346 psi

409 psi and 315 psi
415 psi and 300 psi

d.

None of the above

510 PREPARATORY
Exam 5 - Closed Book
ANSWER KEY

Q. NO.
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ANSWER
D
D
A
B
D
C
C
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B
A
D
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A
C
B
D
B
A
C
B

REFERENCE
API 510, 3.16
API 510, 4.3
General Knowledge of Any Inspector
API 510, 5.7 (a)
API 510, 6.2
General Knowledge of Any Inspector
API 510, 3.15
API 510, 5.2
API 510, 5.2
ASME VIII, UG 80 a (1)
API 510, 5.7 (b)
API 510, 6.3
API 510, 6.3
API 510, 5.7 (d)
ASME VIII, UG 32 (d)
ASME VIII, 3.4
General Knowledge
API 510, 4.1
API 510, 3.1
ASME VIII, UG 99 (b) and (d)