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Table of Contents
CSA Standard W47.2-11
Introduction 3
Section 1
Short Format Questions 4
Section 2
Short Format Answers 14
Section 3
Multiple Choice/ True or False Questions 28
Section 4
Multiple Choice/ True or False Answers 37
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Introduction
In order to assist welding supervisors, welding engineers and inspectors
in their study of CSA Standard W47.2, the Canadian Welding Bureau
has compiled this study guide. It includes questions with short answers,
multiple choice and true or false exercise questions. The clause reference
for the correct answer is shown in brackets.
Answer the questions in the space provided quoting the clause in the
Standard where the answer was obtained. The answers to the questions
Section 1 are in Section 2.
Clause 1
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Clause 2
Section 1
Short Format Questions 5. What standard or code reference publications are referred to in CSA
Standard W47.2?
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Clause 4
Section 1
Short Format Questions 10. Who administers CSA Standard W47.2?
Clause 5
13. Does a company doing only erection work involving welding need a
plant?
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Clause 8
Section 1
Short Format Questions 26. What is required in an operational control procedure?
Clause 9
29. What is the minimum thickness qualified for welding procedure data
sheets?
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Clause 10
Section 1
Short Format Questions 30. Where would you find the base-metal alloy groupings that can reduce
the number of procedure qualification tests required?
33. Where would you find the number and type of test specimens
required for the qualification of complete joint penetration groove
welds?
34. What is the maximum acceptable size of cracks or other open defects
on a root bend, face bend or side bend test used to evaluate a
complete joint penetration groove weld procedure qualification?
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Clause 11
38. What are the classifications that welders, welding operators or tack
welders can obtain?
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42. Where would vou find the requirements for determining the
qualification of welding personnel in a given class and classification?
43. What are the three electrode alloy groups for welder and welding
Ooperator qualification with the GMAW process and what does it
qualify them to weld?
45. What is the length of the test assembly for an FW classification test?
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46. ls a stop and restart required in the root bead for an S classification
test?
Section 1
Short Format Questions
49. Where would you find the test provisions for the renewal of a welder”s
qualification?
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Clause 1
Section 2
Short Eormat Answers 1. (Cl. 1.1) This Standard provides the requirements for the certification
of companies engaged in the fusion welding of aluminum and for the
qualification of their personnel and welding procedures.
2. (CI. 1.2) The requirements of this Standard are based on the principle
that a cernfied companyhas full responsibility for the quality of
the welded product ït produces, and this responsibility cannot
be transferred to its employed or retained personnel, or to the
administrator of this Standard.
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Section 2
Short Format Answers 5. (CI.2) This Standard refers to the following publications, and where
such reference is made, it shall be to the edition listed below, including
all amendments published there to.
CAN/CSA-W117.2-06
Safety in welding, cutting, and allied processes
W173.1-08
Certificution oƒ welding inspection organizations
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Clause 3 |
Section 2
Short Format Answers 6. (CIl. 3) Class — a category of welder qualification, e.g., the flat
(F), horizontal (H), vertical (V), or overhead welding (O) positions. |
Classification — refers to the various types of welding personnel. e.g.,
1,S,FWorWT
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Section 2
Short Form8at Answers 10. (Cl. 4.1) This Standard shall be administered by the Canadian Welding
| Bureau (CWB).
11. (Cl. 4.6) For a company that is not meeting the requirements of
certification, the CWB shall notify the individual identified in Clause
5.1.5 of the specific requirements that are not being met. The
company shall demonstrate to the CWB within a reasonable period
of time that the non-compliances have been resolved. In the event
that a company does not resolve the non-compliances set out in the
initial notification, the CWB shall notify the Chief Executive Officer, or
a person designated by the Chief Executive Officer, that the company's
certiication will be withdrawn ïf the non-compliances are not
resolved.
12. (Cl. 4.9) Where examinations are required, they shall be administered
by the Canadian Welding Bureau. Individuals may seek exemption
from these examinations on the basis of a combination of education,
training, and experience comparable to formal courses of study in
the subjects covered by the examinations. In the case of refusal of
exemption, individuals may appeal to the Advisory Committee.
Clause 5
13. (Cl. 5.1.2) A company applying for certification doing only field work
involving welding need not have a plant or shop, but otherwise
shall conform to all the requirements of this Standard in order to be
certified.
14. (CI. 5.1.4) The requirements of this Standard may not be appropriate
for certain welding techniques, processes, operations, and specialized
Products. A certified company, or a company applying for certification,
may seek exemption from the requirements for welding procedure
approval, and welder and welding operator testing and qualifications,
for items such as, but not limited to:
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17. (Cl. 5.4) The following personnel shall meet the requirements of this
Standard:
$ welding engineers for Division 1 and Division 2 companies;
$ welding supervisors; and
$ tack welders, welders, and welding operators.
18. (Cl. 5.5.2) The Company shall prepare, and keep on file for review by
the CWB, a report showing the following:
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Clause 6
19. (CI. 6.1) Division 1 and Division 2 companies shall designate a welding
engineer, in accordance with the requirements of Clause 5.2.
20. (Cl. 6.4.2) The employed welding engineer for a Division 1 company
shall have a minimum of five years of welding-related experience in a
company or companies producing aluminum weldments.
21. (Cl. 6.4.4) Each welding engineer shall demonstrate a basic khowledge
of aluminum, aluminum welding fundamentals, aluminum welding
metallurgy, and aluminum welding procedures and practice. In
addition, the welding engineer shall demonstrate thorough knowledge
of applicable welding codes and standards. This knowledge may be
demonstrated by providing proof of examinations passed in these
subject areas at approved educational institutions or from continuing
education courses (see also Clause 4.9).
Note: The CWB ơnd the American Welding Society provide some oƒ
these courses.
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Clause 7
Section 2
Short Format Answers 22. (CI. 7.2.1) The welding supervisor shall have a minimum of five vears
of welding-related experience pertinent to the company's type of
operations. Reduction in the required years of experience may be
claimed on the basis of Clause 7.2.6.
23. (Cl. 7.2.2) Each welding supervisor shall have a thorough knowledge
of the company's welding procedure specifications and related
data sheets for processes with which he/she is involved, as well as
a thorough knowledge of those portions of applicable standards
pertaining to his/her normal work.
(Cl. 7.2.3) Each welding supervisor shall be able to read drawings and
properly interpret welding symbols and shall have a knowledge of
weld faults, quality control, and inspection methods pertaining to his/
her normal work.
(CI. 7.2.4) Each welding supervisor shall be familiar with the proper
Operation of the types of welding equipment for which he/she is
responsible.
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Clause 8
Section 2
Short Eormat Answers 26. (CL. 8) Each company shall produce and implement an operational
| control procedure (see Figure G.1) as part of the WPS or as a stand-
alone procedure. The operational control procedure shall be used
in connection with all projects completed ïn accordance with this
Standard and cover, at a minimum, the following:
a. base metal:
$ identification of base metal (e.g., mill test reports); and
$ special-handling or project-specific instructions relating to base
metal;
b. filler metal:
$ identification of CWB-certified ñiller metal to be used; and
$ special-handling or project-specific instructions relating to filler
metal;
c. WPDSs:
$ verification that the WVPDSs are CWB accepted and available for
fabrication of the project; and
$ astatement indicating whether new WPDSs will be required;
d. preweld checklist:
$ verification of material preparation in accordance with the WPS
and/or the applicable Standard; and
$ verification of CWB welder qualifications applicable to the
project; and
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Clause 9
Section 2
Short Format Answers 27. (Cl. 9.1) The company shall have welding procedure specifications for
each welding process in use, outlining the general welding procedure
to be followed in the construction of weldments built in accordance
with the governing design or manufacturing standard, or both. Each
welding procedure specification shall include applicable essential
variables. All welding procedure specifications shall be submitted
to the CWB for acceptance and when stamped as accepted shall be
considered as registered with the Canadian Welding Bureau.
28. (Cl. 9.2.1) The company shall prepare welding procedure data
sheets for welded joints used by the company in accordance with
the requirements of this Standard. VVPDSs shall be prepared by the
company"s personnel for all joints and submitted to the CWB for
review and acceptance (see Clause 9.2.2). Information included in the
WPSs and WPDSs shall be made available, in any convenient form, for
use by authorized personnel responsible for the execution of welding.
29. (Cl. 9.2.2.6) The minimum thickness considered qualified shall be that
thickness for which the pertinent essential variables can be practically
applied, but it shall not be less than 1.5 mm (1/16 in).
Clause 10
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31. (Cl. 10.2.3.2) A new welding procedure shall be required when any
s essential variable, as listed in Table 3, is changed.
Section 2
Short Format Answers 32. (Cl. 10.5.1.1) For all welding processes, the thickness of the groove
test assembly, T, shall qualify the following plate thickness:
$ 7> 10mm test welds shall qualify for plate range of T/2 to 2T.
33. (CI. 10.5.1.2) The number and type of test specimens for all welding
DrOCesses are given in Table 4 and shall be prepared from locations in
the test assembly as indicated in Figure 7, 8, 9, or 15, as applicable.
34. (CI. 10.5.3.5) The convex surface of the bent specimens shall be
examined for the appearance of cracks or other open defects. For
acceptance, surface discontinuities shall not exceed the following:
$ 6mm(1/4 in) on the corners, unless the corner crack resulted from
visible inclusions or other fusion-type discontinuities, in which case
Item (a) shall apply; and
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35. (CI. 10.5.4.2) The ultimate tensile strength of the test specimen
E (averaged ïn the case of multiple test specimens) shall be not less |
Section 2 than the tensile strength specified in Table 7 for the lower as-welded
9 strength of the base-metal alloy used in the test assembly.
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° (Cl. 10.5.4.3) No individual result shall be lower than 95% of the
tensile strength specified in Table 7 for the lower-strength base-metal
alloy used in the test assembly.
Clause 11
process;
mode of process application;
weld type;
position combination;
thickness range; and
electrode alloy group.
38. (Cl. 11.2.1) Welding personnel shall be qualified in one or more of the
following classifications (see Clause 3):
$ Tclassification;
$ Sclassification;
$ FWclassification; and
$ WT classification
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| 40. (CI. 11.4.1) The four modes of process application are listed below.
>.| Separate qualification shall be required for each mode used by the
Section 2 welder or welding operator except as noted in Clause 11.4.2:
| $ manual welding;
Short Format Answers $ semi-automatic welding;
$ mechanized welding; and
$ automatic welding.
43. (Cl. 11.6.1) For qualification of welders and welding operators with
the GMAW process, the following electrode alloy groups apply (See
NE=NE3
Table 2).
1 5XXX
2 4XXX
3 1XXX
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46. (Cl. 11.7.3.2.4) Each qualification test assembly shall have one stop
and restart in the root bead, in the location indicated in Figure 21,
22, 0r 23, asapplicable. lf the test assembly from Figure 24 is used,
the stop and restart shall be made in the fillet weld in the location
indicated in Figure 22 or 23, as applicable.
47. (CI. 11.7.4.1.3) The weld shall be visually inspected, meet the
acceptance criteria specified in Table 8 and Figure 17, and show:
48. (Cl. 11.11.1.1) A welder's qualification shall remain ïn effect for two
years unless there Ïs a specific reason to question his or her abilitv.
49. (CI. 11.11.2.1) The test provisions of Table 16, 17, or 18, as applicable,
shall apply in all cases of renewal of qualification of welders in a given
classification and class.
(Cl. 11.11.2.2) The test provisions of Table 19 shall apply in all cases of
renewal of qualification of welders who qualified according to Clause
11.5.4.
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Answer the questions in this section by circling the correct answer. The
Section 3 applicable clause from CSA Standard W47.2 is shown in brackets at the
end of each question. Complete the questions before referring to the
Multiple Choice/ answer key in Section 4.
True or False Questions
Clause 1
1. CSA Standard W47.2 provides the requirements that must be met and
adhered to by a company seeking certification. (CI. 1.1)
a. True
b. False
Clause 3
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Sectidh 2 Clause 4
Multiple Choice/ 5. What organization administers CSA Standard W47.2? (CI. 4.1)
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True or False Questions , -
There is no administrator.
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Canadian Standards Association
Canadian Welding Bureau
Standards Steering Committee
Clause 5
8. Acompany doing only field work involving welding must have a plant
in order to be certified to CSA Standard W47.2 (Cl. 5.1.2)
a. True
b. False
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9... Must all welding of aauminum by a certified company, within the scope
5 of the company's operations, be performed in accordance with the
Section 3 requirements of CSA Standard W47.2? (CI. 5.1.3)
Multiple Choice/ a..No,provided the welded products are approved by the
True or False Questions welding supervisor.
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14. When must the company inform the Canadian Welding Bureau of
any loss or change in welding engineering or supervisory personnel?
(CI. 5.5.1)
Promptly
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Clause 6
15. What are the duties of the welding engineer? (CI. 6.2)
Provide engineering support to the company as required.
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Multiple Choice/ 16. Who is responsible for ensuring that the company“s personnel
True or False Questions involved in welding are qualified and working with approved welding
procedures in the shop and field? (Cl. 7.1)
a Thewelders themselves
b.K Nooneisresponsible because the welders have shown their
performance abilities when they qualified in accordance
with the Standard
c. Thewelding supervisor
d...Thewelding engineer must ensure a satisfactory
performance of welders in production welding
through continuous guidance and instruction.
Clause 8
19. An operational control procedure is to be used in connection with all
projects completed in accordance with CSA Standard W47.2? (CI. 8)
a. True
b. False
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Multiple Chpice/ 20. Where are Welding Procedure Specifications and Welding Procedure
True or False Questions Data Sheets submitted to for approval? (CI. 9.1 and 9.2.1)
The company's welding engineer
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The company“s welding supervisor
The Canadian Welding Bureau
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Canadian Standards Association
Clause 10
23. Which of the following is considered an essential variable for the gas
metal arc welding process? (Cl. 10.1.6, Table 3)
A change in ñller-metal alloy group
mm
24. There are provisions in CSA W47.2 for certifving welding consumables
on the basis of procedure qualification testing. (Cl. 10.2.2.2)
a. True
b. False
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205 MPa (29.7 ksi)
240 MPa (34.8 ksi)
270 MPa (39.2 ksi )
275 MPa (39.9 ksi )
Clause 11
a. True
b. False
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29. What is the maximum đfillet weld size that can be deposited on a WT
Section 3 qualification test assembly? (Cl. 11.7.1.2.1, Figure 28)
| a. 6mm
Multiple Choice/ bt.. 2/37or8mmmax.
True or False Questions c. 1/2T
d...Notspecified
30. What is the maximum fillet weld size that can be deposited on a FW
qualification test assembly? (Cl. 11.7.2.2.3)
a. 6mm
b.. 2/3Tor8mmmax.
c. 1⁄2T
d... Notspecified
32. Who owns the welder cards that are issued by the Canadian Welding
Bureau? (Cl. 11.10.4)
The company
San.
The welder
The Canadian Welding Bureau
The welding supervisor
33. Who is responsible for ensuring that the welder's identification cards
Or coples thereof can be produced as proof that a welder has valid
Section 3 qualifications? (Cl. 11.10.4)
Multiple Choice/ The welder
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True or False Questions The Canadian Welding Bureau
The company
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The welding supervisor
34. For how long does a welder's qualification remain in effect? (CI.
11.11.1.1)
a Indefinitely
b.K Sixmonths
c One year
dị.“ Twoyears
36. For how long does a welding operator's qualification remain in effect?
(CI.11.11.3.1)
a. Indefinitely, unless there is a reason to question his/her
ability
b. Sixmonths
C. One year
d.. Twoyears
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Multiple choice/ 1 a b C d 8
True or False Answers 2 Ha NI . d .
| 3 a b G d e
4 a b Íc d e
5 a b 5 d e
6 a b g d e
7 a b c d e
8 a b lo d 8
9 a b C d e
10 a b = d e
11 a Db lS: d e
12 a NI C d e
TS a b c d e
14 s: b C d e
15 a b c d e
16 a b C d 6
17 a b c d e
18 a b l5 d 6
19 a b c d 6
20 a b c d e
21 a b G d e
22 - c d e
23 a b ó d e
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25 a b 6 d e
26 a b 6 d e
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Multiple Choice/ 28 a b c d e
True or False Answers 29 z b Ũ d R
30 a b c d e
31 a b (Ð d z
32 a b c d e
33 a b Œ d e
34 a b [c d e
355 .a b C d e
356 - b c d e
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