QB4-DISCONTINUITES

1. PART IS BEING INSPECTED BY PROD METHOD. (FIGURE 1 ) WHICH

DEFECTS ARE LIKELY TO GIVE INDICATIONS?

A) 2,3,4.
B) 1.
C) 1,4.
D) 1,3.

2. THE SAME PART IS NOW MAGNETIZED BY PLACING YOKE IN PROD

POSITIONS. WHICH DEFECTS WOULD GIVE INDICATIONS NOW?

A) 2,3,4.
B) 1,3,4.
C) 2,3.
D) 1,4.

3. WHEN MAGNETIZING THE PART AS SHOWN IN COIL METHOD WHICH

DEFECTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE DETECTED? REF FIG 2

A) 1,3,5.
B) 2,4.
C) 4.
D) 4,5.

4. WHEN TESTING THE SAME PART BY HEAD SHOT WHICH DEFECTS

ARE LIKELY TO BE SEEN? REF FIG 2

A) 1,3,4.
B) 1,3.
C) 1,3,5.
D) 1,2,3.
5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN CAUSE NON-RELEVANT MAGNETIC
PARTICLE INDICATIONS?

A) ABRUPT HARDLESS CHANGE.

B) BRAZED JOINT.
C) EXCESSIVE MAGNETISATION.
D) ALL OF ABOVE.
E) B AND C ONLY.
6. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE?

A) DEFECT IS AN ACCEPTABLE DISCONTINUITY.

B) DISCONTINUITY IS AN ACCEPTABLE DEFECT.
C) DEFECT IS ANY UNACCEPTABLE DISCONTINUITY.
D) ALL DEFECTS ARE DISCONTINUITIES.
E) BOTH C AND D.

7. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DISCONTINUITIES WOULD BE

CONSIDERD MORE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SERVICE LIFE OF A
PART TO BE SUBJECTED TO FATIGUE LOADING?

A) SURFACE POROSITY.
B) SURFACE SLAG.
C) SURFACE CRACK.
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE WOULD BE EQUALLY DETRIMENTAL.

8. THE MEASUREMENT OF POWDER CONCENTRATION IN MPT IS

USUALLY EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF

A) DENSITIES.
B) WEIGHT.
C) VOLUME.
D) SPECIFIC GRAVITIES.

9. LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELD COULD BE INDUCED IN A PART BY

USING

A) COIL.
B) PERMANENT MAGNET.
C) YOKE.
D) ALL OF ABOVE.
E) ONLY A & C.
10. M.P.T INDICATIONS ON THE FORGING SHOWN IN FIG.14 ARE DUE TO
:

A) FORGING BURSTS.
B) FORGING LAPS.
C) SEAMS IN THE ORIGINAL BARS, WHICH HAVE OPENED DUE TO
FORGING.
D) IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT.

11. FIG.15 SHOWS THE INDICATIONS ON FORGED, MACHINED, HEAT-

TREATED AND GROUND GEARS WHEN TESTED WITH AC USING
FLUORESCENT WET PARTICLES. INDICATIONS ARE ONLY ON THE
FLAT SURFACES. THESE INDICATIONS ARE DUE TO :

A) FORGING BURSTS.
B) HEAT-TREAT CRACKS.
C) GRINDING CRACKS.
D) FATIGUE CRACKS.

12. A 1” THICK BUTT WELD IN M.S PLATE WAS WELDED USING

SHIELDED METAL ARC PROCESS. ON M.P TESTING BY PROD METHOD
USING HWDC AND DRYPOWDER, INDICATIONS AS SHOWN IN FIG .17
WAS OBTAINED. THIS INDICATION IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO :

A) CRATER CRACKS.
B) TRANSVERSE CRACKS.
C) MACRO CRACKS.
D) HEAT-TREAT CRACKS.

13. A CASTING WAS M.P. TESTED AND SHOWED INDICATIONS IN THE

AREAS AS SHOWN IN FIG. 18. INDICATIONS ARE AT THE JUNCTION
OF THICK AND THIN PORTION.CLOSE UP OF THE INDICATION IS
SHOWN IN FIG.18. THE INDICATION IS MOST LIKELY TO BE :

A) A SEAM.
B) A HOT TEAR.
C) A QUENCHES CRACK.
D) A NON RELEVANT INDICATIONS DUE TO FILET AREA.
14. A FORGED CARBON STEEL NUT WAS M.P.TESTED AND GAVE AN
INDICATION AS SHOWN IN FIG.19. THIS INDICATION IS MOST
LIKELY DUE TO :

A) HEAT-TREAT CRACK.
B) FORGING LAP.
C) FATIGUE CRACK.
D) SHRINKAGE CRACK.

15. THE M.P.I TEST REVEALED A THIN SHARP INDICATION IN A USED

STRUCTURE :

A) IT IS LINEAR POROSITY.
B) IT COULD BE A FATIGUE CRACK.
C) IT COULD BE A SUBSURFACE DEFECT.
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE.

16. TO INSPECT AN AREA COMPLETELY FOR CRACKS IT SHOULD BE

MAGNETIZED IN :

A) MINIMUM ONE DIRECTION.

B) MINIMUM TWO DIRECTIONS.
C) MINIMUM THREE DIRECTIONS.
D) MINIMUM TWO DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO ONE
ANOTHER.

17. MAGNETIC FLUX LINES WHICH ARE PARALLEL TO A

DISCONTINUITY PRODUCE:

A) STRONG INDICATIONS
B) WEAK INDICATIONS
C) NO INDICATIONS
D) FUZZY INDICATIONS
18. SUBSURFACE DISCONTINUITY INDICATIONS USUALLY APPEAR:

A) SHARP AND DISTINCT

B) SHARP AND WIDE
C) WIDE AND FUZZY
D) HIGH AND LOOSELY HELD
19. A DEFECT OPEN TO THE SURFACE PRODUCES AN INDICATION THAT
IS:

A) SHARP AND DISTINCT

B) WIDE AND INDEFINITE
C) CRISS-CROSS
D) HIGH AND FUZZY

20. TO DETECT LENGTHWISE DEFECTS ON THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF A

HOLLOW PART, YOU SHOULD:

A) PASS CURRENT THROUGH IT

B) MAGNETIZE WITH A COIL
C) PASS CURRENT THROUGH A CENTRAL CONDUCTOR
D) INCREASE THE AMPERAGE USED

21. A LONGITUDINAL SURFACE CRACK IN A CIRCULARLY MAGNETIZED

PART WILL CAUSE:

A) THE MAGNETIC FIELD TO DIE OUT

B) A DECREASE IN PERMEABILITY
C) A MAGNETIC LEAKAGE FIELD
D) A CURRENT TO FLOW

22. A ROUGH FORGING THAT HAS RECEIVED NO FURTHER PROCESSING

IS MAGNETIC PARTICLE TESTED. AN INDICATION IS OBSERVED TO
RUN IN EVERY DIRECTION. IT APPEARS TO EXTEND DEEPLY INTO
THE PART AND RUN PERPENDICULAR TO THE SURFACE. IT IS VERY
SHARP. WHAT IS THE PROBABLE IDENTIFY OF THE INDICATION?

A) FORGING BURST
B) TAP
C) FLAKE
D) SCAM

23. A GEAR WITH CASE-HARDENED GROUND TEETH AND HUB ENDS IS

MT TESTED. INDIVIDUAL INDICATIONS ARE DETECTED ON FIVE OF
THE TEETH AND ON THE ONE END SURFACE OF THE HUB.
ALTHOUGH THE INDICATIONS ARE VERY SHARP AND DISTINCT,
THEY DO NOT BREAK OVER THE EDGES OF THE PART. WHAT IS THE
PROBABLE IDENTIFY OF THE INDICATION?

A) GRINDING CRACKS
B) INCLUSIONS
C) POROSITY
D) QUENCH CRACKS
24. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CASTING DEFECTS IS CAUSED BY
NONUNIFORM CASTING IN STRESSES WHICH RUPTURE THE
SURFACE OF THE METAL?

A) SHRINK
B) HOT TEARS
C) POROSITY
D) DROSS

25. A ROUGH FORGING DISCONTINUITY HAS THE FOLLOWING

CHARACTERISTICS: IT CAN OCCUR ON THE SURFACE OR
INTERNALLY; IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING AT TOO LOW A
TEMPERATURE; IT IS OFTEN CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE WORKING; AND
IT CREATES STRAIGHT OR IRREGULAR CAVITIES VARYING IN SIZE.
THIS DISCONTINUITY WOULD BE IDENTIFIED OR CLASSIFIED AS:

A) BURST
B) SHRINKAGE
C) A PIPE
D) A LAMINATION

26. DISCONTINUITIES IN PLACE, SHEET, OR STRIP CAUSED BY PIPE,

INCLUSIONS, OR BLOWHOLES IN THE ORIGINAL INGOT WHICH,
AFTER ROLLING, ARE USUALLY FLAT AND PARALLEL TO THE
OUTSIDE SURFACE ARE CALLED:

A) SEAMS
B) LAMINATIONS
C) CRACKS
D) LAPS

27. FORGING LAPS OCCUR IN WHAT RELATION TO THE AXIAL

DIRECTION OF A PART?

A) MAY OCCUR ANYWHERE ON SURFACE AND MAY BEAR NO

RELATION TO AXIAL DIRECTION OF THE PART
B) ALWAYS ARE FOUND ON THERMAL CENTERLINE
C) ARE FOUND ON SURFACE OF PART AT A 90º ANGLE TO LONG
AXIS
D) MAY OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE PART AND ALWAYS RUN IN
DIRECTION OF WORKING
28. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DISCONTINUITIES ARE COMMONLY
FOUND IN FORGED PRODUCTS EXCEPT:

A) LAPS
B) SHRINKAGE
C) BURSTS
D) FLAKES

29. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A DEFECT COMMONLY ASSOCIATED

WITH THE WELDING PROCESS?

A) LACK OF PENETRATION
B) FLAKES
C) SEAMS
D) LAMINATORS

30. WHICH OF THESE CRACKS MAY APPEAR AS AN IRREGULAR,

CHECKED, OR SCATTERED PATTERN OF THE FINE LINE USUALLY
CAUSED BY LOCAL OVERHEATING?

A) FATIGUE CRACKS
B) GRINDING CRACKS
C) CRATER CRACKS
D) HAZ CRACKS

31. OF THE FOLLOWING DISCONTINUITY CATEGORIES, WHICH ONE IS

CONSIDERED MOST DETRIMENTAL TO THE SERVICE LIFE OF AN
ITEM?

A) SUBSURFACE INCLUSIONS
B) SUBSURFACE POROSITY AND VOIDS
C) CRACKS OPEN TO THE SURFACE
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE

32. THE MOST COMMON FAILURE MECHANISM ASSOCIATED WITH

SHARP FILLETS, NOTCHES, UNDERCUTS, AND SEAMS IS:

A) FATIGUE CRACKING
B) CRYSTALLIZATION
C) SHRINKAGE
D) DECARBURIZATION
33. THE GENERAL TERM USED TO REFER TO A BREAK IN THE
METALLIC CONTINUITY OF THE PART BEING TESTED IS:

A) DISCONTINUITY
B) CRACK
C) SEAM
D) LAP

34. A MAGNETIC DISCONTINUITY, WHICH IS A BREAK IN THE

MAGNETIC UNIFORMITY OF A PART, IS RELATED TO A SUDDEN
CHANGE IN:

A) INDUCTANCE
B) RESISTIVITY
C) CAPACITANCE
D) PERMEABILITY

35. THE PARTS ARE BLANKS CUT FROM ROLLED IRON BAR STOCK.
THEY HAVE BEEN ROUGH MACHINED. INSPECTION BY THE
CONTINUOUS METHOD, USING A CIRCULAR SHOT, REVEALS WELL-
DEFINED BUT BROKEN LINES RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS
ON SOME OF THE PIECES AND NO INDICATIONS ON OTHERS. THE
BROKEN LINES RANGE IN LENGTH FROM 6 TO 25 MM (0.25 TO 1 IN.).
THESE INDICATIONS ARE INDICATIVE OF:

A) SHRINKAGE
B) MACHINING TEARS
C) SURFACE CHECKING
D) NONMETALLIC INCLUSIONS