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RUSAYL INSTITUTE
ULTRASONIC TESTING – LEVEL II
UT Q BANK – 3

1. Ultrasonic Waves in test materials are:

a. Electromagnetic
b. Low voltage electric fields
c. Discontinuous radio
d. Mechanical vibrations

2. The back and forth movements of particles within a medium are

called:
a. Cycles
b. Wavelengths
c. Vibrations
d. Displacements

3. Ultrasonic vibrations area generally defined as having frequency

above:
a. 2,000 Hz
b. 100,000 Hz
c. 20,000 Hz
d. 1,000000 Hz

4. Wave length is defined as:

a. The distance a wave travels to the back surface of the specimen
b. The distance a waveform advances while a particle makes one
complete vibration or orbit
c. The number of cycles produced per second
d. The time required for a wave to reach a certain point in the
specimen

5. The distance from a given point on an ultrasonic wave to the next

corresponding point is referred to as:
a. Frequency
b. Wavelength
c. Velocity
d. Pulse length
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6. The equation describing wavelength in terms of velocity and

frequency is:
a. λ = c x f
b. λ = f x c
c. λ = c/f
d. λ = f + c

7. The speed at which ultrasonic waves travel through a material is:

a. Velocity of sound energy
b. Pulse repetition rate of sound energy
c. Pulse recovery rate of energy
d. Ultrasonic response of sound energy

8. If frequency is increased, the wavelength will:

a. Decrease
b. Increase
c. Will remain the same but velocity will increase
d. Will remain the same but velocity will decrease

9. Since the velocity of sound in aluminum is app. 245,000 in/sec. it

takes about _________ for sound to travel through 1” of
specimen.
a. 1/8 sec.
b. 4 microsecs.
c. 4 millisecs
d. ¼ x 10-4 secs

10. If the distance traveled by the longitudinal wave in steel is 100

mm, howmuch travel time will it take?
a. 34 usecs.
b. 3.4 usecs
c. 1.7 usecs
d. 17 usecs

11. Calculate the wavelength for a frequency of 4.0 MHz at a velocity

of 5.9 km/sec.
a. 6.78 mm
b. 0.678 mm
c. 1.475 mm
d. 2.66 mm
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12. The wavelength in water (velocity ¼ of steel) of a sound wave at a

frequency of 3 MHz?
a. 2 mm
b. 1 mm
c. 0.5 mm
d. 2.66 mm

13. What would be the wavelength of sound energy in lead (C 1 = 2.1 x

105 cm) when tested with a 25 MHz probe?
a. 119 cm
b. 0.525 cm
c. 0.0119 cm
d. 0.0084 cm

14. An ultrasonic longitudinal wave travels in aluminum with a

velocity of 635,000 cm/sec and has a frequency of 1 MHz, the
wavelength of this ultrasonic wave is
a. 6.35 feet
b. 3.1 inches
c. 6.35 mm
d. 30,000 Aº

15. Compute the wavelength of ultrasonic energy at 1 MHz in lead (C 1

= 2.1 x 105 cm/sec)
a. 0.21 cm
b. 21 cm
c. 0.48 cm
d. 4.8 x 10-5 cm

16. For aluminum and steel the longitudinal velocity is app.

_________ the shear velocity
a. Equal to
b. Twice
c. One half of
d. Four times

17. The only significant sound wave mode that will travel through a
liquid is
a. Shear
b. Longitudinal
c. Surface
d. Raleigh
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18. Which of the following modes of vibration are quickly damped out
when testing by the immersion method?
a. Longitudinal
b. Shear
c. Traverse
d. Surface

19. In which wave mode velocity is not fixed for a given material?
a. Surface
b. Longitudinal shear
c. Lamb

20. A longitudinal wave having frequency of 4 MHz takes usecs. To

travel certain distance in steel. Therefore a shear wave having
frequency of 6 MHz will take ______ uSecs. To travel same
distance in steel?
a. 2 uSecs.
b. 1 uSecs
c. 1.5 uSecs
d. 3.64 uSecs

21. The velocity at which lamb wave travel in a plate depends on

a. The thickness of the plate
b. The material type
c. The frequency of sound wave
d. All the above

22. Of the following sound waves modes, which one has multiple or
varying wave velocities?
a. Longitudinal waves
b. Shear waves
c. Transverse waves
d. Lamb waves

23. Which of the following is not a characteristic of longitudinal

waves?
a. Highest velocity
b. Longest wavelength at any one frequency
c. Best penetration at any one frequency
d. Particle motion is perpendicular to wave propagation

24. Lamb waves may be used to inspect:

a. Forgings
b. Barstock
c. Ingots
d. Thin sheet
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25. Lamb waves can be used to detect

a. Laminar type defects near the surface of a thin material
b. Lack of fusion in the centre of a thin weldment
c. Internal voids in diffusion bonds
d. Thickness changes in heavy plate material

26. Properties of shear or transverse waves used for ultrasonic

include
a. Particle motion normal to propagation direction, and a propagation
velocity which is about ½ the longitudinal wave velocity in the same
material
b. Exceptionally high sensitivity due to low attenuation resulting from
longer wavelengths when propagating through water
c. High coupling efficiency since shear waves are less sensitive to
surface variables when traveling from a coupling liquid to part
d. None of the above statements apply to shear waves

27. Raleigh waves are influenced most by defects located:

a. One wavelength below the surface
b. Six wavelength below the surface
c. Close to or on the surface
d. Three wavelengths below the surface

28. Surface waves are reduced to an energy level of approx. 1/25 th of

the original power at a depth of:
a. 1 inch
b. 4 inches
c. 1 wavelength
d. wavelengths

29. In general, shear waves are more sensitive to small

discontinuities than longitudinal waves for a given frequency and
in a given material:
a. The wavelength of shear wave is shorter than the wavelength of
longitudinal wave
b. Shear waves are not as easily dispersed in the material
c. The direction for particle vibration for shear waves is more sensitive
to discontinuities
d. The wavelength of shear waves is longer than the wavelength of
longitudinal waves
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30. In general, which of the following modes of vibration would have

the greatest penetrating power in a coarse grained material if the
frequency of the wave is the same?
a. Longitudinal
b. Shear
c. Transverse
d. All of the above modes would have the same penetrating power

31. Acoustic energy propagates in different modes which of the

following represent a mode?
a. Longitudinal
b. Shear
c. Surface
d. All a, b & c

32. Ultrasonic waves which travel around a gradual curve with little or
no reflection from the curve are called:
a. Longitudinal
b. Shear
c. Surface
d. Transverse

33. In which medium listed below would the velocity of sound be

lowest?
a. Air
b. Water
c. Aluminum
d. Stainless steel

34. The acoustic impedance of a material is used to

a. Determine the angle of refraction at an interface
b. Determine the attenuation within the material
c. Determine the relative amounts of sound energy coupled through
and reflected at an interface
d. Determine the beam spread within the material

35. At an interface between two different materials, an impedance

difference results in:
a. Reflection of the entire incident energy at the interface
b. Absorption of sound
c. Division of sound energy into a transmitted wave and a reflected
wave
d. None of the above
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36. The percentage of ultrasonic energy reflected at a boundary of

two different media is directly dependent on:
a. The size of the transducer
b. The angle of incidence and the ratio of the specific acoustic
impedance of the two media
c. The ratio of the specific acoustic impedance of the two media
d. All of the above

37. In p[assign from one medium to another, the energy transmitted

through the interface:
a. Decrease as the impedance ratio decreases
b. Increases as the impedance ratio decreases
c. Is equal to the impedance ratio
d. Increases as the impedance ratio increases
e. None of the above

38. Acoustic impedance of an ideal couplet is:

a. Should be less than that of the transducer
b. Should be higher than that of the transducer
c. Should be between that of the transducer and the test specimen
d. Need not be considered

39. The acoustic impedance for brass (V = 4.43 x 10 5 cm/sec; ρ = 8.42

gm/cm3) is
a. 37 x 106 kg/m2 sec
b. 1.9 x 105 gm/cm2 sec
c. 9.4 x 105 gm/cm2 sec
d. 3.7 x 106 gm/cm2 sec

40. Calculate acoustic impedance of water (V = 1500 m/sec; ρ = 1.0

gm/cm3)
a. 1500 kg/m2 sec
b. 1500 gm/cm2 sec
c. 150000 gm/cm2 sec
d. 1.5 gm/cm2 sec

41. Knowledge of the velocity of sound in a given material is

necessary in de4termining:
a. The specific acoustic impedance of the material
b. The angle of refraction in the material
c. The depth of an indication in the material
d. All of the above
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42. In finding out reflecting wave, when incident wave meets interface
having two dissimilar x, and the z of the first medium is higher
than the second medium, the phase of reflection
a. Remains same
b. Need not be considered
c. Reverses
d. There is no reflecting wave
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ULTRASONIC TESTING – LEVEL II
UT Q BANK – 3
ANSWERS

QUESTIONS ANSWERS QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1 D 22 D
2 D 23 D
3 C 24 D
4 B 25 A
5 B 26 A
6 C 27 C
7 A 28 C
8 A 29 A
9 B 30 A
10 D 31 D
11 C 32 C
12 C 33 A
13 D 34 C
14 C 35 C
15 A 36 B
16 B 37 B
17 B 38 C
18 D 39 D
19 D 40 C
20 D 41 D
21 D 42 C
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