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Welding Inspection, Steels – WIS 5

Multi – Choice Question Paper (MSR-WI-3)

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1. The likelihood of a brittle fracture in steels will increase with:

a. The formation of a fine grain structure.
b. A reduction in-service temperature to sub-zero conditions.
c. A slow cooling rate.
d. All of the above.

2. Hydrogen cracking in HAZ is most likely to occur when welding:

a. Carbon manganese steels.
b. Austenitic stainless steel.
c. Micro alloyed steel (HSLA).
d. Low carbon steel.

3. Preheating for arc welding applies to:

a. Assembly and tack welding only.
b. Joint over 25 mm thick only.
c. Assembly welding only.
d. When using the MMA welding process only.
e. Both a and b.

4. Which of the following destructive tests would indicate the toughness value of
the weld metal/parent metal and HAZ?
a. Macro.
b. Nick break.
c. Tensile.

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d. Charpy Vee notch.

5. What constituent is needed in a coating of an electrode to prevent the
formation of porosity when welding rimming steel?
a. Iron powder.
b. Potassium silicate.
c. Silicon
d. Calcium carbonate.

6. Welds made with high heat inputs show a reduction in one of the following
properties?
a. Ductility.
b. Toughness.
c. Elongation.
d. Penetration.

7. Which of the following steel types would give rise to the formation of porosity
when autogenously welded with an arc welding process
a. Fully killed steel.
b. Semi killed steel.
c. Rimming steel.
d. Balanced steel.

8. Which of the following elements, which may be added to steel, has the
greatest affect on creep strength.
a. Tungsten.
b. Manganese.
c. Carbon.
d. Molybdenum.

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9. The HAZ associated with a fusion weld:

a. Can not be avoided.
b. Usually has the highest tensile strength.
c. Is usually martensitic.
d. Both a and b.
e. All of the above.

10. What four criteria are necessary to produce hydrogen induced cold cracking?
a. Hydrogen, moisture, martensitic grain structure and heat.
b. Hydrogen, poor weld profiles, temperatures above 200 oC and a slow
cooling rate.
c. Hydrogen, a grain structure susceptible to cracking, stress and a
temperature below 200oC.
d. Hydrogen, existing weld defects, stress and a grain structure
susceptible to cracking.

11. A carbon equivalent (CE) of 0.5%:

a. Is high for carbon manganese steel and may require a preheat over
100oC
b. Is generally significant for carbon for manganese steels and is certainly
not to be taken into consideration for preheat temperatures.
c. Is high for carbon manganese steels and may require a preheat
temperature over 300oC as to avoid cracking
d. Is calculated from the heat input formula.

12. In a martensitic grain structure what would you expect to increase?

a. Ductility.
b. Hardness.
c. Toughness.
d. All of the above.

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13. What do you understand by the term minimum interpass temperature?

a. Minimum post weld heat treatment applied to a weld.
b. Minimum stress relief temperature.
c. The lowest temperature to be used during preheat.
d. The lowest temperature allowed during welding and between weld
passes.

14. Which of the following heat treatments on steel cools down in air from the
austenite region?
a. Normalising.
b. Annealing.
c. Tempering.
d. Stress relieving.

15. What is the purpose of microscopic examination of a weld?

a. To determine the number and type of defects present.
b. To determine the grain size.
c. To determine the strength of the weld.
d. Both a and b.
e. All of the above.

16. Which of the following units could a tensile specimen be measured in?
a. Pounds per square inch.
b. Newton per square inches.
c. Joules.
d. Both a and b.

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17. Assuming that the welding process, material thickness, carbon equivalent and
the welding parameters to be the same, which of the following joint types
would normally require the highest preheat temperature.
a. Edge joint.
b. Lap joint.
c. Butt joint (single-V).
d. Tee joint (fillet welded).

18. Austenitic stainless steels are more susceptible to distortion when compared
to ferritic steels this is because:
a. High coefficient, low thermal conductivity.
b. High coefficient, high thermal conductivity.
c. Low coefficient, high thermal conductivity.
d. Low coefficient, low thermal conductivity,

19. Which of the following will most likely require the preheat temperature to be
increased?
a. An Increase in travel speed.
b. A reduction in material thickness
c. An increase in electrode diameter.
d. None of the above

20. Which of the following properties may be applicable to a carbon steel weld (CE
0.48) welded without preheat?
a. Narrow heat affected zone and hardness value in excess of 400 HV.
b. Broad heat affected zone and hardness values in excess of 400 HV.
c. A very tough and narrow heat affected zone.
d. Narrow heat affected zone and low hardness values.

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21. Which of the following materials is considered to be the easiest to weld?

a. Mild steel.
b. Medium carbon steels.
c. Martensitic stainless steel
d. Forging steel.

22. Which of the following NDT methods would be best suited for the detection of
surface breaking defects on an austenitic stainless steel pipe
a. MPI.
b. UT.
c. DPI.
d. All of the above can be used.

23. Which of the following butt weld preparations would be considered for a
mechanised welding process
a. Single-V butt, root gap 2.5 mm (welded from on side only).
b. Double-V butt-welded both sides, root gap 2.0 mm.
c. Single-U butt with backing.
d. None of the above can be used for mechanised welding.

24. Which is the correct heat input for the following parameters, amps 350, volts
32 and the travel speed 310 mm/minute (MMA welding process)?
a. 2.16 kJ/mm.
b. 0.036 kJ/mm.
c. 2160 kJ/mm.
d. 3.6 kJ/mm.

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25. Assuming that the applicable specification makes no mention of arc strikes,
what would you expect to do as a welding inspector if arc strikes were found
on a component made of a high tensile strength material.
a. Have the welder re-qualified.
b. Ignore them.
c. Have the area checked for possible cracking.
d. Cut out the entire weld where the arc strikes exist.

26. A multi-pass MMA butt weld made on carbon steel consists of 5 passes
deposited using a 6mm diameter electrode. A 12-pass weld made on the
same joint deposited using a 4mm diameter electrode on the same material
will have:
a. A lower heat input and a higher degree of grain refinement.
b. A lower heat input and a coarse grain structure.
c. A lower amount of distortion and a higher degree of grain refinement.
d. A higher amount of distortion and a lower degree of grain refinement.

27. What is the purpose of a tensile test?

a. To measure ultimate tensile strength.
b. To measure the elongation of a material
c. To measure the yield strength of a material
d. All of the above.

28. Which of the following mechanical tests can be used to give a quantitative
measurement of weld zone ductility?
a. Tensile test.
b. Bend test.
c. Charpy V notch test.
d. All of the above.

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29. Which of the following are reasons for applying preheat?

a. The removal of residual stress.
b. To aid slow cooling and reduce the carbon content.
c. To reduce the chance of a brittle grain structure and to reduce the
chance of hydrogen entrapment.
d. Increase the ultimate tensile strength values and increase overall
weldability.

30. Which of the following are true with regards to a charpy test.
a. It’s a static test used to determine a materials notch toughness in the
weld region.
b. It’s a dynamic test used to determine a materials notch toughness in the
weld region.
c. It’s a destructive test to give a measurement of through thickness
ductility.
d. None of the above.

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