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1. What should an inspector do when faced with multiple COF: POF scenarios?

Select one:

a. Reassess the situation using a QRA

b. Approximate the total risk to that of the dominant scenario

c. Concentrate on the dominant pair of POF scenarios

d. Concentrate on the dominant pair of COFs

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 12.2: Risk

The correct answer is: Approximate the total risk to that of the dominant scenario

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2. RBI is generally focused on

Select one:

a. Absolute risks

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 b. Relative risks

c. Semi-quantitative risks

d. All of the above

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 5.5: Risk

The correct answer is: Relative risks

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3. Who should evaluate and recommend methods of risk mitigation by changing

process conditions?

Select one:

a. Process plant operators and their management

b. A corrosion engineer/material specialist

c. Plant inspectors

d. A process specialist

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Reference:- API 580 section 16: Responsibilties

The correct answer is: A process specialist

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4. The determination of absolute risk is often

Select one:

a. Lacking in detail unless experienced personnel are consulted

b. Not cost effective

c. Impossible

d. Essential

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 5.6: Risk

The correct answer is: Not cost effective

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5. A quantitative POF may sometimes be decided using?

Select one:

a. All of the above

b. A HAZOP study

c. NACE data

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (10.3.3): POF

The correct answer is: Engineering judgement

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6. QRA logic models generally consist of

Select one:

a. Forms of failure modes analyses

b. Event trees and fault trees

c. Deterministic models

d. Flowchart-type simulations

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (4.1.31): QRAs

The correct answer is: Event trees and fault trees

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7. Typically, a semi-quantitative approach uses

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 a. None of the data in a quantitativeapproach

b. Most of the data in a qualitative approach

c. Very detailed data from experienced personnel

d. Most of the data in a quantitative approach

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (6.3.3): Semi-quantitative approach

The correct answer is: Most of the data in a quantitative approach

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8. Risk reduction is

Select one:

a. Mitigation

b. Probability-based

c. A process to assess risk

d. A quantitative technique

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 5.2: Risk reduction

The correct answer is: Mitigation

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9. Who is generally responsible for assessing the effectiveness of previous

inspections?

Select one:

a. Plant operators and inspectors

b. Specialist risk analysts

c. Plant inspectors and corrosion specialists

d. Management and the RBI team

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Reference:- API 580 section 16: Responsibilities

The correct answer is: Plant inspectors and corrosion specialists

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10. Presenting over-inflated risk values may?

Select one:

a. Mislead inspection planners

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 b. Make the plant safer

c. Worry plant operators

d. Improve production potential

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Reference:- API 580 section 12: Risk assumptions

The correct answer is: Mislead inspection planners

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11. RBI focuses attention specifically on?

Select one:

a. Equipment and DMs representing the most risk

b. Risks that can be quantified in an absolute sense

c. Risks that will cause failure of the pressure envelope

d. All foreseeable risks

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 5.3: Inspection evolution

The correct answer is: Equipment and DMs representing the most risk

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12. Traditionally, organizations have made the mistake of?

Select one:

a. Focusing too much on POF or COF alone

b. Focusing too much on COF alone.

c. Not employing an RBI specialist

d. Only applying RBI to pressure equipment

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 6.2: Intro to RBI

The correct answer is: Focusing too much on POF or COF alone

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13. Most risk assessments, regardless of level or type will typically involve the
use of

Select one:

a. Expert opinion

b. Information in API 581 Base Resource Document

c. An RBI expert

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Reference:- API 580 section 16: RBI assessment

The correct answer is: Expert opinion

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14. Qualitative analysis input data typically involves

Select one:

a. Precise (perhaps not necessarily accurate) data values

b. Assumptions

c. Data ranges

d. Expert judgement

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (6.3.1): Qualitative approach

The correct answer is: Data ranges

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15. A typical output from a quantitative model is

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 a. A schedule of DMs

b. A 44 risk matrix

c. Cost per year

d. Data ranges

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (6.3.2): RBI models

The correct answer is: Cost per year

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16. A QRA is

Select one:

a. A more advanced form of RB

b. A traditional risk analysis

c. A less detailed form of RBI study

d. A type of full RBI assessment

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (6.3.2): QRAs

The correct answer is: A traditional risk analysis

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17. The accuracy of any form of RBI analysis will depend upon

Select one:

a. Good data collection

b. Sound methodology, data and personnel

c. Effective NDT

d. Accurate operational history

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 6.4: Accuracy

The correct answer is: Sound methodology, data and personnel

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18. The total risk of a system can be approximated to?

Select one:

a. The risk of the oldest plant items

b. The risk of the plant items in the worst corroded condition.

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 c. The risk of the dominant scenario

d. The risk of multiple probabilities and consequences

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (12.2.1): Risk determination

The correct answer is: The risk of the dominant scenario

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19. What should be considered in an RBI assessment?

Select one:

a. Skills of operating personnel

b. Capital construction costs

c. Process fluid and DMs

d. Weather conditions

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 6.6: Managing risks

The correct answer is: Process fluid and DMs

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20. An RBI programme?

Select one:

a. Pulls together aspects of QRAs and PMAs

b. Concentrates mainly on hazards

c. Is more detailed than PMAs and QRAs

d. Overrides QRAs and PMAs

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 6.7: PHAs

The correct answer is: Pulls together aspects of QRAs and PMAs

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21. Where would you find information on risk management terminology?

Select one:

a. ISO 9001

b. API 571

c. ISO 73

d. API RP 941ISO 73

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Reference:- API 580 section 3: References

The correct answer is: ISO 73

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22. What should be included at the beginning of an RBI exercise?

Select one:

a. Plant review

b. Validation of RBI software

c. A plant inspection

d. Allocation of team responsibilities

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 7.1: RBI planning

The correct answer is: Allocation of team responsibilities

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23. RBI may reduce costs

Select one:

a. As a side-effect of optimization

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 b. If carried out by expert personnel

c. If NDE techniques used are effective

d. For older plant approaching the end of its design life

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (7.2.5): RBI costs

The correct answer is: As a side-effect of optimization

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24. It is important to revisit the RBI scheme

Select one:

a. At annual intervals

b. When specified by plant management

c. If plant life is being extended

d. After every inspection

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (7.2.9): RBI timing

The correct answer is: If plant life is being extended

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25. Screening of equipment is often conducted to identify

Select one:

a. Corrosion loops

b. Whether there are multiple DMs affecting the equipment

c. Low-risk items

d. High-risk items

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (7.3.5): Screening

The correct answer is: High-risk items

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26. Typical data needed for an RBI analysis is

Select one:

a. Personnel densities

b. RBI software validation with real-world data sources

c. Weather data (for CUI)

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 8.2: RBI data

The correct answer is: Personnel densities

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27. Generally, a qualitative analysis requires?

Select one:

a. Significant engineering detail

b. Physical models

c. High levels of judgement

d. Accurate numbers

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (8.2.1): Qualititative RBI

The correct answer is: High levels of judgement

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28. Usually, what is required for a quantitative analysis?

Select one:

a. Expert assistance

b. Logic models

c. Widely spaced data ranges

d. Less detail

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (8.2.2): Quantitative RBI

The correct answer is: Logic models

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29. A POF analysis should be

Select one:

a. Quantitative

b. Done after a COF assessment

c. Done before a COF assessment

d. Well documented and repeatable

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Reference:- API 580 section 10: POF analysis

The correct answer is: Well documented and repeatable

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30. Loss of containment may be caused by

Select one:

a. Operator error

b. Overdue inspections

c. Inadequate insulation

d. Rusty bolts

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Reference:- API 580 section 10.1: POF

The correct answer is: Operator error

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31. POF may be expressed as

Select one:

a. A corrosion rate, e.g. 2 mm/year

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 b. A QRA

c. 4 failures per year

d. Large, medium or small leaks

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 10.2: POF units

The correct answer is: 4 failures per year

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32. What should be used to assess a qualitative POF analysis?

Select one:

a. AN API inspectors report

b. Personnel qualifications

c. Plant operating experience

d. Engineering judgement

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (10.3.2): POF

The correct answer is: Engineering judgement

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33. Modifications to a quantitative POF may be made, on a case-by-case basis,

by

Select one:

a. An API 580 qualified inspector

b. Knowledgeable personnel

c. An RBI specialist

d. Never: it is not allowed

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (10.3.3): POF

The correct answer is: Knowledgeable personnel

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34. Can inspection results from one equipment item in a group be related to
other equipment items in the same group?

Select one:

a. No

b. Only if an API 580 inspector agrees

c. Maybe

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Reference:- API 580 section 10: Similar service

The correct answer is: Yes

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35. The estimated frequency of a fire is 0.001 per year. If a fire costs 10m
damage when it does occur, what is the calculated risk of the fire?

Select one:

a. 0.001%

b. 10,000

c. 100,000

d. 0.1%

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (12.2.2): Risk calculation

The correct answer is: 10,000

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36.Who sets the framework for an RBI study?

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 a. All of the above

b. Owner/user

c. The RBI team leader

d. Management

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Reference:- API 570 subsection (16.2.7): Responsibilities

The correct answer is: Management

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37. The accuracy of the results from a qualitative analysis is generally dependent
on

Select one:

a. The accuracy of the data put in

b. The background and expertise of the analysts

c. The effectiveness of inspection reports used

d. The general condition and age of the plant under consideration

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (6.3.1): Qualitative approach

The correct answer is: The background and expertise of the analysts

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38. Risk management decisions

Select one:

a. Can vary between companies

b. Are best made by RBI software packages

c. Are generally broad

d. Should be validated by expert opinion

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Reference:- API 580 section 12: Risk management

The correct answer is: Can vary between companies

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39. It is often useful to group equipment into systems in circuits which

Select one:

a. Are the same age

b. Have experienced similar damage mechanisms and failures

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 c. Have similar chemistry, history and design

d. Are in the same parts of a plant

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (7.3.5): Systems

The correct answer is: Have similar chemistry, history and design

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40. A risk matrix is an effective way of

Select one:

a. Allocating values to failure scenarios

b. Communicating risk without using numbers

c. Risk mitigation

d. Deciding the risk you are happy to live with

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Reference:-API 580 section 12: Risk matrix

The correct answer is: Communicating risk without using numbers

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41. Who is usually responsible for implementing the recommendations of an
inspection plan derived from an RBI study?

Select one:

a. Plant operators

b. Plant maintenance staff

c. Plant inspectors

d. Management

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Reference:- API 580 section 16: Responsibilities

The correct answer is: Plant inspectors

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42. Who is responsible for implementing recommendations that relate to

process equipment modifications and monitoring?

Select one:

a. Process engineers

b. The RBI team

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d. Operations/maintenance personnel

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Reference:- API 580 section 16: Responsibilities

The correct answer is: Operations/maintenance personnel

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43. Which of these is the main product of an RBI assessment?

Select one:

a. Reduction of inspections

b. Cost reduction, or at least cost optimization

c. Absolute safety

d. An inspection plan

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Reference:- API 580 subsection (6.6.2): RBI product

The correct answer is: An inspection plan

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44. Which of the items of equipment on the risk plot shown require mitigation
activities?

Select one:

a. Item 3 only

b. All of them

c. Item 1 only

d. Items 1 and 2 only

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Reference:- API 580 section 12: Intro to RBI

The correct answer is: Item 3 only

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45.Risk-plot diagrams may be drawn with log-log scales. What is the purpose of
this?

Select one:

a. To make risk look higher

b. None of the above

c. To make risk look lower

d. To decrease the range of data displayed, thereby increasing its accuracy

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 5.2: Fig (2)

The correct answer is: None of the above

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46. A RBI process is focused on

Select one:

a. PHA and HAZOPs

b. Maximizing safety

c. Optimizing costs

d. Minimizing loss of containment

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 2.3: RBI focus

The correct answer is: Minimizing loss of containment

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47. The expected outcome from the application of the RBI process should be

Select one:

a. A documented action plan

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c. Lower costs of risk management

d. The linkage of risks with appropriate inspections

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 1.1: RBI purpose

The correct answer is: The linkage of risks with appropriate inspections

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48. Typically, in an RBI analysis, a point is reached where

Select one:

a. Residual risk actually rises as the amount of inspection increases

b. Risk actually rises as the amount of inspection increases

c. Additional inspection activity gives diminishing returns

d. Residual risk demonstrates diminishing returns

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 5.5: Inspection optimization

The correct answer is: Additional inspection activity gives diminishing returns

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49. RBI should be integrated with a management system for defining and
maintaining

Select one:

a. HSE standards

b. Confidence in the integrity of the plant

c. ALARP levels

d. IOWs and MOC

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 1.4: Integrated management tool

The correct answer is: IOWs and MOC

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50. What is the main intention of RBI?

Select one:

a. Fewer outages

b. Prolong the life of the plant

c. Decrease inspection and save money

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Reference:- API 580 subsection 6.6: RBI objectives

The correct answer is: Complement other risk-based safety initiatives

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