5 Qs CLOSED Book Questions API 570 Sept 2013 Exam

Memories (Roy Orbison)

1. Temporary weld repairs shall remain for longer time if they are
approved by
A) Authorized Piping Inspector
C) Operation Manager

B) Plant Manager
D) Piping Engineer

Answer: D) Piping Engineer Chapter 8.1.4.1 Last Para. (Temporary Repair

Rules)
2. A piping system made from 2.5Cr-Mo material has been in service
at 800F for the past 10 years. The service was modified from
original configuration and in a subsequent hydrotest the piping
failed likely due to:
A) Temper Embrittlement
C) Creep Cracking

B) Fatigue Cracking
D) Environmental Cracking

Answer = A, API 570, Para 5.8.3 Temper Embrittlement & Brittle

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3. Weld repairs made to piping systems (in operation) shall conform
to:
A) API publication 2201
C) API 582

B) API 577
D) ASME Sec VIII

Answer = A, API 570, Para 8.2.1 & API 577 Sect 11.2 on Hot Taps &
In-serv welding
4. Following a significant change in operating condition:
A) Onstream thickness data must be collected within six months
B) Inspection interval must be renewed and adjusted
C) Re-inspect at quarter life interval
D) The previously established inspection interval must be reduced
Answer = B is most correct, API 570, Para 7.1.2 Estimate new
corrosion rate using experience or similar service (renew, adjust) or
utilize the 3 months rule
5. The following thickness information was noted for a piping
inspection:

Jan 1993 - 0.32 Jan 2004 - 0.20 (After this a process change
initiated) Jan 2009 - 0.18
The retirement thickness of the piping which is 0.15 shall be
reached in:
A) Jan 2012
C) Jun 2016

B) Jun 2014
D) Jan 2020

Answer = C is correct, API 570, Para 7.1.1 Last Para Inspector

shall select the corrosion rate that best reflects the current process
(ST = .004 & LT = .009) Use Short term rate per code

OPEN Book Questions API 570 Sept 2013 Exam Memories (Roy
Orbison)
01. For piping systems where service conditions have been changed,
if data for the same or similar service is not available, a corrosion
rate is estimated from the experience of the owner/operator or
from:
A) Published data on piping systems in comparable service
B) The highest known corrosion rate in the unit
C) A default corrosion rate of 10 mils per year
D) Worst case industry data
Answer: A API 570, Para. 7.1.2.b Should expect this as closed
book also
02. A welding discontinuity is:
A) Condition of being imperfect/departure of quality characteristic from its
intended cond
B) An imperfection or unintentional nonconformance that is detectable by
NDE
C) A lack of cohesion; an interruption in the normal physical structure
D) The response or evidence from the application of NDE
Answer: C API 577, Table 8, Page 56, Definition A-2 Very hard to
find Make notes in definitions to look here Be smart!!!!
3. The size of the fillet weld refers to the dimension of the welds:
A) Throat
C) Reinforcement

B) Leg
D) Toe

Answer: B ASME B31.3, Definition of size of weld & 577 (3.22)

Fillet weld = Leg lengths

4. During inspection for CUI, an insulated austenitic SS, Class 1

piping system operating at 300F (150C) would require what
percentage of follow-up exams at areas of damaged insulation?
A) 0%
C) 50%

B) 25%
D) 75%

Ans: D API 570, Para. 6.4 & Table 3 Damaged Column = 75% for
Class 1

5. Caustic SCC Open book 30%@140F what to do PWHT was

the answer