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1 Passage of a fluid into, through, and out of a solid barrier having no holes large enough to
permit more than a small fraction of the total leakage to pass through any one hole can be
defined as?
a. Molecular flow
b. Permeation
c. Transitional flow
d. Viscous flow
2. A halogen rich refrigerent gas, detectable by a Halogen Diode Leak Detector as it passes
through a leak is generally referred to as?
a. A sensing gas
b. A tracer gas
c. An ionizer gas
d. A detected gas
3. Materials that contain halogens are called?
a. Fluorines
b. Inert
c. Halides
d. Ozone
4. Which of the following is an advantage of all the techniques of teh bubble test method?
a. The results are quantitative in nature
b. Limited skill and training is required for personnel
c. Very high sensitivity is attainable
d. It is not satisfactory for detecting a gross leakage
5. The sensitivity limit of a production bubble leak test is?
a. 10-5 Std cm3/s
b. 10-6 Std cm3/s
c. 10-7 Std cm3/s
d. None of the above
6. Mass spectrometers are ideally suited to the leak testing of?
a. Vacuum systems
b. Pipe lines
c. Large pressure vessels
d. Pumps

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7. Which of the following leak testing methods is considered to be the most sensitive?
a. Mass spectrometer in a vacuum
b. Bubble test
c. Pressure test
d. Hydrostatic test
8. Which of the following NDT Methods can be used as a form of leak testing?
a. Acoustic Emission
b. Magnetic particle inspection
c. Penetrant inspection
d. Eddy current inspection
9. Which of the following is an advantage of the pressure change measurement test method?
a. Requires no special tracer gas
b. Can be used for measuring total leakage rate on either evacuated or pressurised
systems
c. Can be used to measure total leakage rate on any size system
d. All of the above apply
10. Volume change due to thermal expansion or contraction of a constant volume system
during a pressure change measurement test?
a. Does not affect the leakage rate calculations
b. Is automatically accounted for by the corrections
c. Is not normally significant
d. Has a very significant error on the leakage rate results
11. Which of the following is considered to be a source of acoustic emission?
a. Defect related deformation
b. Crack growth
c. Plastic deformation
d. All of the above
12. Which of the following is a characteristic of acoustic emission compared with other
inspection techniques?
a. Detects geometric form of defects
b. Requires stress
c. Less material sensitive
d. More geometry sensitive
13. Which of the following would NOT be considered a use for acoustic emission inspection?
a. Detection of cracks
b. Material sorting
c. Detection of weld defects
d. Material embrittlement

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14. One of the following processes does NOT use acoustic emission inspection for checking
and controlling?
a. Open die forging
b. Thermocompression bonding
c. Punch press operations
d. Shaft straightening
15. What is the typical frequency operating range for acoustic emission equipment?
a. 1-5 MHz
b. 20-1200 KHz
c. 200-1800 KHz
d. 20-1200KHz
16. Which of the following is a potential barrier to acoustic emission applicability?
a. Geometry component
b. Intrusive process
c. Noise
d. Required to scan local regions in sequence
17. The key element in an acoustic emission sensor is a?
a. Target
b. Phase detector
c. Directional coupler
d. Piezoelectric crystal
18. Which of the following is a relatively simple application of acoustic emission
instrumentation?
a. Leak testing
b. Electric power plant
c. Pumps
d. Valves
19. Evaluation criteria in acoustic emission testing are?
a. Number of hits
b. Emission during load hold
c. Count rate
d. All of the above

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20. A major benefit of acoustic emission testing is?

a. Low cost of equipment
b. No access required
c. No removal of insulation necessary
d. Allows the whole volume of the structure to be inspected non intrusively in a
single load operation
e. No removal of insulation necessary and it allows the whole volume of the
structure to be inspected non intrusively in a single load operation

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Here are the corrections:

1. Permeation
2. A tracer gas
3. Halides
4. Limited skill and training is required for personnel
5. 10-6 Std cm3/s
6. Vacuum systems
7. Mass spectrometer in a vacuum
8. Penetrant inspection
9. All of the above apply
10. Is not normally significant
11. All of the above
12. Requires stress
13. Material sorting
14. Open die forging
15. 20-1200 KHz
16. Noise
17. Piezoelectric crystal
18. Leak testing
19. All of the above
20. No removal of insulation necessary and it allows the whole volume of the structure to be
inspected non intrusively in a single load operation

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