API 510 EXAM MAY 2022

ASME SEC. V:
1- DIRECTION OF MT ( perpendicular )
2- Temp. range of MT ( back to manfucturer )
3- Deviation of MT than calibrarion ( max 10% )
4- When UT calibration required ( after each shift )
5- Devation of temperature permitted with UT ( 25 F)
ASME SEC. VIII:
1- Shell thickness problem ( direct )
2- Thickness of ellipsoidal head
3- Notch toughness test ( choose impact test)
4- No of impact test coupons ( 3)
5- Problem on impact test : given three coupon of impact, yield strength is given, the average of absorbed
energy is required. ( back to table ug-84 ) asme 8
6- Direct problem on hydrotest
7- Joint between elips. Head and shell ( butt weld with back strip ) what is the type of joint? ( type 2)
8- RT 1 ( full radiography )
9- Problem on MAWP on the top of pressure vessel )
10- Problem on hydrotest
ASME SEC. IX:
1- What is the A number
2- When welder need to requalifying ( after 6 month )
3- If welder working without qualification , the action will ( RT if passes ok ………………)
Given WPS and PQR for SMAW
4- Which non essential variables are mentioned in the WPS
5- Tensile test ( the breaking in base metal ) …… check 95%

Given WPS and Welder Certificate

6- In WPS given the diameter range. IS the welder qualified to weld diameter range according to the WPS
( back to the welder certificate )

API 510:
1- Corrosion specialist duties
2- Pressure vessel engineer duties
3- The expected damage when inspecting
4- What is the inspection plan?
5- Given nozzles with different diameters : 26 inch diam. With reinforcement , 10 inch diam. With
reinforcement, 6-inch diam. With reinforcement and 4 diamter without reinforce. Which nozzle be
considered an alteration?
6- Three problems on fillet welded patch distance (attention. Diameter or radius and thickness original or actual)
7- Non penetrating nozzle (temporary. or permanent repair ………………)
8- When temporary repair used for longer time
9- A crack found in fractionator tray ring support, then propagated to the shell wall , which action to be
Considered to stop propagation without repair (PWHT treatment , peening, clamping, )
10- Material SA 302 gr. C repair is required, which PWHT alternative may be used ( CDW , preheat, …….)
Check notch toughness required or no
11- Given three area with pitting , some greater than 50% of the required thickness , Are this pitting is acceptable
for FFS evaluation or no and why ( depth, length, or depth and length)
12- When inspecting nozzle , which method used? ( ut thickness, scraper and flashlight, …………)

13- When inspecting corroded bolts , which method used ( hammer, ut, ……………….)

14- When brittle fracture occur ( below impact test temp.)

15- The importance of hole in fillet welded patch ( to monitor the leakage)

16- When inspecting refractory and found damaged, the suspected area may be remove to check under or
Use another method ( acoustic emission , ET, …………………)
17- Above what pressure , the pressure vessel is included in API 510 ( 15 PSI)
18- When rerating is required , which code is applied ( latest API 510 , original API 510 , construction code)
19- Problem on remaining life
20- When CDW applied , which welding method not used ( FCAW )
21- Who take the corrective action after audit ( inspection agency)
22- Why on-stream inspection conducted on PRV
23- Given material P-5 , which method used to check for cracking ( UT)
24- Who is responsible for welding quality ( welder , repair organization, contractor inspector , owner)
25- Who shall consulted to verify the welding method suitable for repair ( ‫ مذكرش‬engineer )
26- When inspector give general authorization ( when pressure test not required )
27- Problem on the max deposit permitted when using filler metal with tensile strength lower than base metal
28- No of passes used when filler metal tensile strength lower than of base metal TS ( 2 passes )
29- For vessel with remaining life 3 years , which the internal interval ( 1.5 , 3, 2 , ……)
30- When the owner/user can make repair of PRV (
31- The frist step before starting internal inspection ( safe permit )]
32- The frist step before start hydrotest ( check supports )
33- When CUI is found, what is the external inspection technique maybe used?
34- When inspecting HAZ which damage expected ( graphitization, corrosion, cracking, temper embrittlement)
35- The most one of two effective factors of damage ( type of damage , rate of damage ,……………..)
36- What is the required thickness ( thickness of calculations………………..)
37- API 510 code limited to ( Local jurisdictional ………………….)
38- What is the quality assurance
39- Two area with different corrosion and different inspection interval ( inspect each area independently)
40- When train of pressure vessel in the same condition ( choose the worst one as representative )
41- Who make the inspection plan
42- The max carbon content which can not be welded ( 0.35%)
43- What is the probability of failure
44- Question on the max deposition thickness when using CDW
45- Types of temporary repairs ( fillet , lap band , )
46- All methods measure thickness except ( shear ultrasonic )
47- When pressure vessel working in corroded service , what is the minimum no. of thickness reading
shall be measured (one , two , three for each part )
48- If a pressure vessel component experiences accelerated corrosion or should fail because an incorrect

material was inadvertently substituted for the specified material, the inspector shall consider

( the need for further verification of existing materials )

API 571:

All question of API 571 ( open book ) but more attention

1- Sour water
2- Amine stress corrosion cracking
3- Caustic corrosion
4- Caustic stress corrosion cracking
5- HCL corrosion
6- Oxgen effect on ……… ( ‫)زيادة نسبة االكسجين بتأثر علي نوع معين بس مش فاكر‬
7- Mechanical fatigue starts from
8- Corrosion of demister in form of groove , the corrosion expanded to the shell under demister plate , what is
the method of inspection of shell ( ‫) مش متأكد من صيغة السؤال‬

API 572

API 576:
1- What is the lifting test
2- When shipping large PRV which action should be taken (clamping the spring , upward , lying on side , )
3- When Pilot PSV used
4- Why you make onstream inspection on PRV
5- When foreign material enter to the inlet of PRV , which part may be damaged ( gland , bonnet, seat , )
6- Which damage make failure of spring of PRV ( corrosion )
7- Which cause chatter in PRV ( in proper inlet piping length ………)
8- When PRV considered stuck ( above 150% of opening pressure )
API 577
1- The of Brinell hardness of carbon steel material ( 200 )
2- FCAW filler designation
3- B letter appear light on black ( dark background ) .. insufficient and accept
4- When reviewing welder qualification , what is the first step ( check the coupon welded according to approved
WPS
5- Which type of joints can be inspected by ET ( butt, lap, corner, tee,… )
6- Which filler metal requires drying on the furnace ( E6010, E7010, E7018