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IADC Well Control Accreditation Program
Supervisor Level
Coil Tubing, Snubbing, & Wireline

KEY Test 1A - Course 2

Practice Test

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Note: Each question is 2 points

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1. What is the purpose of the ball check valve used in a wireline lubricator stuffing box?

a. To automatically catch the wire in case it parts

b. To keep the wireline in tension when working against well pressure
c. To automatically seal off the wellbore if the wireline breaks and is blown out of the well
d. To engage the counter rotating chains

2. What is needed to control pressure on wireline?

a. A lubricator assembly with stuffing box / grease injector

b. A circulating swage
c. A full open safety valve
d. All of the above

3. While pressure testing the lubricator, you notice a small leak. What should be done?

a. Immediately tighten the connection under pressure.

b. If the leak is small continue the operation
c. Bleed off the test pressure and retest at a faster rate
d. Bleed off the test pressure and repair the leak

4. Why are the lower rams in a double Wireline valve inverted?

a. The lower ram is a test ram. It aids in testing the lubricator prior to opening up to the
wellbore.
b. To seal pressure from below.
c. As an aid to maintenance of the upper wireline valve
d. To seal against wellbore pressure by injecting grease between the closed upper and
lower rams

5. What is the purpose of the guide tube used on snubbing units?

a. It provides a guide to lay down pipe.

b. It provides a marker for safe parking
c. It prevents lateral movement of pipe to prevent buckling
d. It is used to guide the tubing up to the workbasket

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6. Using the given illustration, identify item number 1.
a. Wireline clamp
b. Line Wiper
c. Wireline valve
d. Tool trap

7. Using the given illustration, identify item number 9.

a. Ball check valve
b. Bleed-off valve
c. Heavy weight indicator
d. Lubricator section

8. Using the given illustration, identify item number 4.

a. Pump-in sub
b. Grease return line
c. Master valve
d. Crown valve

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9. You are running 11/4” coiled tubing inside 27/8” production tubing cleaning out bridges with 12
ppg brine. Reservoir pressure data below the bridge is not reliable. The well kicks, from the
perforations at 10000’, and you shut in with a stabilized tubing pressure of 700 psi. What kill
weight fluid is needed?

a. 11.0 ppg
b. 11.4 ppg
c. 12.0 ppg 700 psi / 0.052 / 10000’ = 1.35 ppg + 12 ppg = 13.4 ppg
d. 13.4 ppg

10. An “N” nipple should be run in addition to one, or preferably two, __________________ when
snubbing.

Answer: Float/ Check/ BPV (all are correct responses)

11. The advantage of using small tubing (hydraulic workover operation) over coil tubing of the same
size can be:

a. Higher circulation rate

b. Greater tensile strength collapse and burst pressure
c. Run in and out of hole faster than coil tubing
d. All of the above

12. While coming out of the hole with coil tubing under pressure, a hole is discovered in the tubing
between the stripper and the injector. After stopping the pumps the flow continues. Which of the
following action should be taken first?

a. Run in hole and place hole in tubing below the stripper

b. Notify supervisor and/or company man
c. Close the shear ram immediately
d. None of the above

13. How many bending cycles and bending events is the coiled tubing exposed to in a round trip?

a. 6 bending cycles & 3 bending events

b. 3 bending cycles & 6 bending events
c. 8 bending cycles & 4 bending events
d. 8 bending cycles & 6 bending events

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14. When reeling coiled tubing from a pressurized well, what is the main function of the stripper
assembly?

a. Provide pressure seal around coiled tubing during pipe movement

b. Provide lateral support to the coiled tubing to prevent buckling
c. Regulates pulling or injecting force on the coiled tubing when moving the pipe
d. Provides a means of supporting coiled tubing when shearing the pipe

15. What is the maximum acceptable limit for ovality of coiled tubing (per API)?

a. 2%
b. 4%
c. 5%
d. 8%

16. Running coiled tubing while pumping at high pressures ________ the number of bend cycles
before the coiled tubing fatigues.

a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Has no effect on
d. Will increase the yield strength and therefore will increase

17. The term “balance point” is used in snubbing terminology. What does this refer to?

a. A method used for weighing mud

b. A phrase not used in snubbing operations
c. The process of running in the hole with no problems
d. The situation that exists when the effective weight of the snubbing string is equal to the
well bore force and the friction through the preventer

18. The lift force of a jack equals:

a. The well pressure multiplied by the hydraulic pressure

b. The effective area on the snub side multiplied by the well pressure
c. The hydraulic pressure multiplied by the effective area of the piston
d. The well pressure multiplied by the piston area

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19. Why do we need a stuffing box using slickline?

a. To seal around the cable when it’s not moving.

b. To contain the well pressure.
c. For pressure testing.
d. All of the above

20. What is the purpose of guy cables on a snubbing unit?

a. Maximize bending stress on well equipment

b. Has no effect on bending stress that may occur
c. Lowers bending stress on well equipment
d. Initiate any bending stress needed on equipment

21. What should you do first if a stripper rubber fails in a snubbing unit?

a. Install a full open stabbing valve in the open position, then close
b. Adjust hydraulic pressure
c. Pull out of hole immediately and repair the stripper
d. Close the lower stripper ram and the traveling slips

22. A well has a shut in pressure of 2000 psi. The tubing to be run has an outside diameter of 1.2
inches, and is 1.32 lbs/ft. Ignoring friction and buoyancy, approximately how much tubing
will have to be run in the hole to reach the balance point?

a. 3065 ft 1.2’’2 x 0.7854 x 2000 psi = 2262 lbs

b. 1714 ft 2262 lbs / 1.32 lbs/ft = 1714’
c. 3400 ft
d. 4125 ft

23. When stripping into a well against well pressure, a certain amount of fluid will have to be bled
from the well. This amount of fluid bled should be based on what calculation?

a. Total cross section area of the casing

b. Open ended displacement of the tube of the pipe being stripped
c. Displacement of the casing wall thickness
d. Closed ended pipe displacement

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24. Which of the following is NOT a function of the coiled tubing injector assembly?

a. Providing thrust to snub the tubing into the well against pressure and well bore friction
b. Inject fluid into the coiled tubing
c. Controlling the rate of lowering the tubing into the well
d. Supporting the full weight of the tubing when it’s pulled from the well while maintaining
operating speed

25. What is the standard arrangement for a quad coiled tubing BOP stack, starting at the top?

a. Pipe, slip, cutter, blind

b. Slip, pipe, blind, cutter
c. Blind, shear, slip, pipe
d. Blind, slip, shear, pipe

26. Which of the following is most true concerning ovality of coiled tubing

a. Ovality issues are very rare with coiled tubing because there are no connections in the string
b. Can significantly decrease collapse pressure rating
c. Not a major concern as long as pipe rams and stripper test ok
d. Ovality need not be measured after start of job

27. In a coiled tubing unit, which of the following is NOT true concerning slip rams?

a. Used to support the tubing weight when realigning or shearing pipe

b. Are pressure sealing
c. Teeth should accommodate both pipe light and pipe heavy situations
d. Will damage the coiled tubing when operated

28. 1¼” coil tubing work string is at the end of the production string and a 15 barrel gain is noticed.
Assume that all of the gain is in the 31/2” I.D. production tubing annulus. What is the length of
the bubble?

a. 382 ft
b. 1445 ft (3.5’’2 – 1.25’’2) / 1029.4 = 0.0104 bbl/ft
c. 580 ft 15 bbl / 0.0104 bbl/ft = 1445’
d. 940 ft

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29. If you have 8000’ of coiled tubing in the hole, and 4000’ of coiled tubing on the reel. The
capacity of the coiled tubing is 0.000699 bbl/ft. How many strokes do you need to pump to
displace fluid to the end of the coil tubing if the pump output is 0.049 bbls/stk?

a. 80 stks
b. 100 stks
c. 128 stks
d. 171 stks 8000’ + 4000’ = 12000’ x 0.000699 bbl/ft = 8.4 bbl
8.4 bbl / 0.049 bbl/stk = 171 stks

30. Which of the following is a good reason for using braided line instead of slickline?

a. It costs less
b. Fishing operations
c. Swabbing operations
d. b and c

31. What type of connections should there be between the coiled tubing stack and the tree?

a. Threaded
b. Welded
c. Flanged
d. Any of the above as long as sufficient guy wires are installed

32. Coiled tubing buckling is a major concern with which type of stripper?

a. Top-entry stripper
b. Side-entry stripper
c. Radial stripper
d. Coiled tubing buckling is very rare and may be disregarded

33. How much force is developed against the coiled tubing, if 700 psi trapped below a 4" I.D. BOP
stack with 2” coiled tubing inside the rams?

a. 3296 lbs
b. 2198 lbs 2’’2 x 0.7854 x 700 psi = 2198 lbs
c. 1613 lbs
d. 837 lbs

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The following information is provided to assist in answering questions 34 and 35.
Casing depth: 9200’ TVD/MD, 7” O.D., 6.004” I.D.
Tubing depth: 9000’ TVD/MD, 23/8” O.D., 1.995” I.D.
Packer depth: 9000’ TVD/MD
Coil Tubing: 11/4” O.D., 1.06” I.D.
Top of perforation: 9010’ TVD/MD
Fluid in well: 8.7 ppg
Formation pressure: 2960 psi (Ignore the weight of nitrogen gas.)

34. To what depth will the fluid need to be displaced with nitrogen to enable perforating with a 300
psi negative differential (under balance)?

a. 2870 ft
b. 2909 ft 2960 psi – 300 psi = 2660 psi / 0.052 / 8.7 ppg = 5880’
c. 3130 ft 9010’ – 5880’ = 3130’
d. None of the above

35. In reaching the displacement depth, how many barrels of fluid would have to be displaced from
the tubing when pumping nitrogen and running coil tubing?

a. 2.5 bbl
b. 7.2 bbl
c. 9.0 bbl
d. 12.2 bbl 1.995’’2 / 1029.4 = 0.0039 bbl/ft x 3130’ = 12.2 bbl

36. With 3600 psi of well pressure, what pressure setting will be required on two jacks (5” cylinders,
3 ½” rods) to snub 2 3/8” tubing into the well? Assume 3,000 lbs of friction must be overcome
to strip through ram preventers.

a. 947 psi
b. 940 psi
c. 903 psi 2.375’’2 x 0.7854 = 4.43’’2 x 3600 psi = 15949 lbs + 3000 lbs = 18949 lbs
d. 752 psi (5’’2 - 3.5’’2) x 0.7854 = 10.01’’2
18949 lbs / 10.01’’2 / 2 jacks = 947 psi

37. What is the primary purpose of the window in a HWO snubbing unit?

a. Provides access to repair or replace the stationary slips

b. Is used to adjust the overall height of the HWO
c. Provides the means to perform maintenance on the tubing stripper
d. Provides access to the string so tools that cannot pass through the guide tube can be
installed

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38. When stripping into a well under pressure, what is the effect on casing pressure during the
process of running pipe? (Assume that you are not bleeding while stripping)

a. Casing pressure is decreasing due to the tubing weight

b. Casing pressure is increasing due to the pump pressure
c. Casing pressure increases due to the displacement of the tubing being run in the well
d. Casing pressure increase due to the weight of the fluid in the casing

39. When calculating snub force, the following factors must be considered:

a. Buoyed weight of the pipe

b. O.D. of the pipe
c. Pressure in the well bore below the BOP’s
d. All of the above

40. While snubbing out of the hole, you are circulating across the stack. You are pulling 2 7/8” flush
joint production tubing. Each joint is 30’ in length. For each 5 joints that you pull, what should
be the fluid volume pumped to maintain constant bottom hole pressure. (Ignoring influx
migration or expansion.)

a. 0.8 bbls
b. 1.0 bbls
c. 1.2 bbls 2.875’’2 / 1029.4 = 0.008029 bbl/ft
d. 1.25 bbls 5 joints x 30 ft/joint = 150’ x 0.008029 bbl/ft = 1.2 bbl

41. The workstring is being stripped into the well "ram-to-ram". A tool joint is immediately above
the bottom set of rams and the top rams have just been closed. What must be done before the
bottom rams can be opened?

a. The tool joint must be lowered onto the rams to force them open
b. Well bore pressures must be bled off to prevent surging
c. Fluid must be pumped or bled into the stack between the rams to equalize the pressure
between the stack and the well bore
d. The annular preventer must be closed as a back-up device

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42. During wireline operations, it is possible to:

a. Equalize pressure across closed rams through an equalizing valve

b. Swab in a kick
c. Open or close sleeves and ports
d. all the above

43. Disregarding friction through the slickline stuffing box, what would be the minimum weight of
the tool string that has to be run to overcome wellbore forces using 0.092 wire? The shut-in
surface pressure is 4500 psi.

a. 200 lbs
b. 63 lbs
c. 30 lbs
d. 27 lbs 0.0922 x 0.7853 x 4500 psi = 29.9 lbs

44. You are snubbing into a well, under pressure, with a standard bottom hole assembly of two back
pressure valves and an “N” nipple above them. You get a back flow through the snubbing string
and after pumping an “N” nipple plug you cannot get it to seal. What might be the problem?

a. A hole between back pressure valves in the snubbing string

b. A hole above the lower back pressure valve in the snubbing string
c. A hole above the “N” nipple in the snubbing string
d. A leaking stripper rubber

45. During coiled tubing operations, which type of stripper assembly is recommended as a backup in
high pressure applications?

a. Radial
b. Side door
c. Top entry
d. A stripper assembly is not used for high pressure applications

46. In coiled tubing operations, the majority of bending stresses occurs:

a. Between the reel and guide arch

b. At the mechanical footage counter
c. In the upper gripping blocks
d. At the injector goose or guide arch neck

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47. What kind of valve should be installed in the tubing hanger when removing a tree?

a. Back pressure valve

b. Two way check valve
c. SCSSV
d. Gate valve

48. What parameter is used to determine size of flow tube for wireline operations?

a. Pressure in well
b. O.D. of wireline
c. Fluid in well
d. Grease injection rate

49. When do you use the packoff during a braided wire pressure control job?

a. When the tools need to be made up in the rig floor

b. To wipe the excess grease off the wireline
c. To help obtain a seal when you have lost the grease seal
d. When the cable is going to be stationary for a long period of time

50. The amount of snub or lift force that a snubbing jack generates is effected by:

a. The cross sectional area of the hydraulic piston

b. The length of the hydraulic piston
c. The amount of hydraulic pressure available
d. a and c

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QUESTIONS POINTS TOTAL

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