ASNT LEVEL III - VT(2012.

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1. What kind of optical instrument is described as having "cold to illumination?"

a) An instrument that, due to it's illumination system, should not be used in warm
environments
b) An instrument that uses fiber-optics for light transition
c) An instrument that is intrinsically safe because the tip is not hot enough to injure the
operator
d) An instrument whose illumination system produces a color temperature of about
3000K rather than 6000K

2. An the visual angle of a target decreases, the acuity required to resolve detail on the
target;
a) decreases according to the inverse square law
b) increases as the radio between the visual angle and the detail angle gets larger
ie.,2:1 , 4:1 , etc
c) remains constant provided the measured dimension of the detail on the target is not
changed
d) varies according to the ratio of the trigonometric sine of the two angles

3. The specified size of an equal leg fillet weld times 0.7 is the ;
a) theoretical throat
b) effective throat
c) actual throat
d) maximum convexity allowed

4. Which of the following is not a major consideration in choosing a magnifier?

a) size of subject
b) working distance
c) field of view
d) subject reflectivity

6. Typically there are three commonly accepted technique for performing visual
examination. Which of the following is NOT a visual examination technique?
a) Direct visual examination
b) Remote visual examination
c) Filtered light visual examination
d) Translucent visual examination

7. Visual robots cannot;

a) allow inspection of inaccessible and/or hazardous areas
b) replace human involvement
c) reduce equipment down time
d) measure depth of two dimensional images

8. Which of the following dimensions of an unequal leg fillet weld is used to express the
size of the weld?
a) shortest leg
b) theoretical throat
c) face
d) half the sum of the shortest leg plus the largest leg

9. The required engagement distance of the threads through the nut on mechanical
connections such as support components is;
a) full length of nut
b) one half the length of the nut
c) one half through the nut
d) dependent on the engagement criteria specified

10. On failed metal parts, striations and beach marks are seem as a result of;
a) fatigue
b) hydrogen embrittlement
c) stress corrosion cracking
d) mechanical wear

11. By placing specimens in a vacuum, the electron microscope is useful for studies of
a) minute suspensions
b) structures well below the wavelength
c) liquids
d) wet solids

12. Wide field borescopes have a rotating objective prism to provides fields up to;
a) 90 degrees
b) 100 degrees
c) 110 degrees
d) 120 degrees

13. When determining the magnification factor required for a borescope inspection, it is
important to remember that as field of view widens;
a) magnification increases
b) magnification decreases
c) magnification is not affected
d) depth of field decreases

14. During visual examination, it is need that an area of the test surface has undergone
a change of color. This may indicate the following condition
a) oxidation
b) hardness
c) austenization
d) ductility

15. Of the following, which is a human factor having significant over what a visual
inspector sees?
a) A visual inspector should have 20/20 vision, either corrected or uncorrected
b) A pre-disposed intention of the inspector to look for certain aspects can
psychologically "block" the inspector's obility to see other aspects
c) Visual inspectors tend to be more aware in the morning, before the effects of visual
fatigue set in.
d) Certain mild over the counter drags cause dilation of the pupil of the eye and
enhance the inspector's ability to see better in conditions of low lighting

16. As a minimum, when using silicon rubber to replicate a surface, how may replica
are requires?
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4

17. Which of the following would require the use of kinetic vision acuity?
a) Viewing a target with elevated temperature
b) Movement of the target during inspection
c) Magnification of target during inspection
d) Viewing of a digitally enhanced image

18. Which of the following characteristics of a rigid borescope is affected by the

focusing control?
a) magnification
b) depth of field
c) field of view
d) viewing angle

19. During visual inspection of the link and fitting assembles of a slat drive mechanism
by airline maintenance personnel, failures were found. What was the most likely cause?
a) corrosion on the inner surface of the lubrication holes in the link and fitting assembly
b) fatigue cracks generated at the inner surface of the lubrication holes in the link and
fitting assembles
c) scoring on the inner surface of the fitting assembly
d) Discoloration and wear on the inner surface of the lubrication holes in the link and
fitting assembles
20. The practical minimum viewing angle from the surface for direct visual examination
should be;
a) 20 degrees
b) 30 degrees
c) 45 degrees
d) 60 degrees

21. When using a casting media in replicating, you need to ;

a) use high temperatures
b) build dams for containment
c) pour under near vacuum conditions
d) poor very quickly to avoid premature solidifications

22. A micrometer used to measure the thickness of an object with a carved surface has;
a) shape different from that for a flat surfaces
b) a greater thimble length
c) a convex spindle shape
d) a shorter barrel length

23. Translucent visual examination can be used on material which;

a) is opaque
b) is opalescent
c) transmits diffused light
d)absorbs light

24. Which of the following processes of undesirable metal wastage is characterized by

something other than wear?
a) fretting
b) erosion
c) corrosion
d) abrasion

25. Pump impellers are subject to a form of erosion called;

a) cavitation
b) scalloping
c) occluded pitting
d) vermiform pitting

26. Video-taped image quality can often the improved by;

a) using a high resolution monitor
b) re-recording at a higher than normal tape speed
c) playing tape on a recorder having variable gain
d) digital processing

27. Which of the following is not a common joint design for bonded plastic pipe?
a) PDVF bull joint
b) PVC bull joint
c) CPVC socket joint
d) PVC socket joint

28. What is the effect increasing the field or view with borescope?
a) illumination must be increased proportional
b) magnification will be reduced
c) depth of field will be decreased
d) magnification will be increased

29. A "bird cage" caused by sudden release of tension and resultant rebound refers to ;
a) billet retraction
b) a wire rope detect
c) stress corrosion
d) low carbon steel

30. Stagnant liquids in the bolt holes of a pump could cause a condition similar to
galvanic corrosion called
a) pitting
b) crevice corrosion
c) selective leach corrosion
d) intergranular stress corrosion
31. Which of the following is a discontinuity , which can always be detected during a
visual examination of a steel sand casting?
a) porosity
b) shrinkage
c) hot tears
d) misrun

32. During inservice visual inspection of composite material in high stress applications,
which of the following is not usually performed?
a) visual testing to detect cracks, determination and buckling

b) visual testing supplemented with X-ray testing

c) visual testing supplemented with penetrant testing
d) visual testing supplemented with ultrasonic testing

33. Pump diffusers should be visually examined for;

a) erosion and cracks
b) dimensional tolerances
c) total indicator reading or VU out
d) cavitation

34. What is the minimum density difference that can be resolved by the eye at an edge
or boundary?
a) 1% b) 2% c) 12% d) 30%

35. Which of the following discontinuities is the most likely to be found by examination
of the surface of a new casting?
a) flake
b) cold shut
c) burst
d) intergranular stress corrosion crack

36. The actual throat of a fillet weld is;

a) the length of the longest leg
b) the length of the shortest leg
c) the shortest distance from the weld root to the weld face
d) the distance from the weld root perpendicular to a line joining both toes of the weld

37. Color uniformity on the painted surfaces is measured by;

a) optical stereoscopes
b) colorimeters
c) laser beam splitters
d) diffractometers

38. Which of the conditions may cause anomalies in the surface of composite panels?
a) carbon-apoxy bonds
b) impact damage
c) sintering
d) inclusions

39. In an imaging system that uses a variable size aperature to admit light, under
ordinary lighting conditions. Which aperature size produces greatest depth of field?
a) largest available size
b) largest available size for dimly lit targets surrounded by brighter backgrounds
c) largest available size for brightly lit targets surrounded by dimmer backgrounds
d) smallest available size

40. Which ASA number would be used in photography under low lighting conditions?
a)25 b) 64 c) 100 d) 400

41. You are visually examining a swing check value. Which of the following conditions
should you look for?
1. A gauge on the disk
2. Galling on the stem
3. Wear on the hinges
4. A leaking gland packing
a) 1,2 b) 2,3 c) 1,3 d) 3,4

42. The appearance of a brittle weld test coupon fracture surface would probably show;
a) greater than usual elongation
b) extensive fatigue cracking
c) a small cross sectional area compared to the original specimen cross sectional area
d) little reduction in cross sectional area

43. During the manufacture of wire, which of the following detects would most likely be
detected by visual examinations?
a) pipe
b) seams
c) segregation
d) silvers

44. During a visual examination of a weld, where the groove angle is on the order of 14
degrees a typical discontinuity detected adjacent to the weld where the base metal and
weld metal would most likely be.
a) porosity
b) incomplete fusion
c) incomplete penetration
d) undercut

45. Based on the inverse square law for illumination, if the illumination intensity of the
inspection surface is 100 lumens for a particular light source at a distance of 10 inches
from the surface, and that light source is then moved to 30 inches away from the
inspection surface, what is the new illumination intensity of the inspection surface?
a) 50 lumens
b) 33.3 lumens
c) 25 lumens
d) 11 lumens
46. General material loss in pumps could be caused by all of the following except;
a) impeller vibration
b) vapor implosion on the trailing edge of the impeller
c) surfaces in contact with relative motion
d) incorrect mounting

47. Which of the following would be used to copy the topography of a surface by making
its impression?
a) shadow casting
b) polarizing duplication
c) photometry
d) replication

48. For the brazing process, which of the following statements is true?
a) the braze joint forms at a temperature just above the wetting temperature of the flux
used
b) the key to a successful braze joint is to heat the joint components to a temperature
just above the melting point of the parts being joined and to hold it there briefly, just
long enough for the braze metal and flux to melt into a thin film
c) in a properly brazed joint, a metallurgical bend is achieved between the filler metal
and the faying surface of the members being joined
d) visual inspection that reveals a fillet of braze filler all around a joint assures full
coverage of the braze metal in the joint

49. Visual inspection of a brazement after it has been fit-up, but prioi to brazing is
necessary in order to detect
a) the uniformity of flux coverage
b) the closeness of fit of the brazement components
c) the presence of fingerprints on the outside surfaces of the components
d) whether the joint fit-up is loose and open enough to permit easy flow of the braze
filler and flux

50. Which of the following statements is true regarding laminations, lamellar tears
seams and laps?
a) all are caused by stresses not associated with welding
b) all originals in the base metal, not the weld
c) all run parallel to the surface
d) all are caused by the welding techniques

51. The size of a fillet weld is based on ;

a) leg size
b) actual throat
c) face length
d) theoretical throat

52. Lasers are not used for ordinary illumination of inspection surfaces because;
a) all laser is hazardous to the human visual system
b) laser light is highly monochromatic, coherent and has an inherently narrow beam
c) lasers must be connected to a continuous source of at least 120 volts (AC)
d) lasers are too fragile for most inspection tasks

53. The magnification of borescope is a function of which of the following variable?

a) size of scope and size of the object
b) size of the scope and working distance
c) field of view of the scope and working distance
d) field of view of the scope and size of the object

54. A discontinuity is found a welded rolled plate. The discontinuity has a step-like a
cracked appearance with the steps parallel to the rolled surface. The plate has been
welded such as to restrain in the through thickness direction. What is the discontinuity?
a) laminations
b) shrinkage
c) lamellar tearing
d) seams

55. Which of the following lighting techniques would be best when imaging a rapidly
rotating object with a radio camera?
a) front lighting
b) strobe lighting
c) multiphase optical filtering
d) backlighting with a semicylindrical lens
56. During visual examination of the fractured surface, which of the following conditions
would indicate a duction fracture by tension?
a) a surface appearing as a knife-cutting soft butter
b) obvious twisting distortion
c) very little deformation with a clearage type surface
d) distortion, necking down with 45 degrees shear pianes and cup-cone fractures

57. Which of the following sub-standard conditions would be detected by visual

inspection on a hot dipped galvanized product?
a) dross of the product surface
b) a change in color indicting excessive growth in the alloy layer
c) a coating thickness change of 5 mils or less
d) the addition of aluminum to increase alloy thickness

58. The downstream side of wedge should be checked for wear on which of the
following valves?
a) ball
b) gate
c) globe
d) swing check

59. What magnification would be typically used during field inspection of low carbon
structural steel for fine cracking?
a) 50x b) 20x c) 5x d) 25x

60. Improper mixing of activating agent into replication media, could result in;
a) vapor diffusion
b) gas bubbles
c) halitation
d) homogenization

61. An unfused chaplet may appear on the casting surface as a;

a) porosity type indication
b) small crack like indication
c) circular or partial circular indication
d) series of aligned inclusions

62. The eye is able to distinguish color due to;

a) its sensitivity to variations in light intensity
b) photo sensitive cells in the comes
c) variations in the wavelength of light reflected or transmitted by the test object
d) absorption and scattering of light in the near infrared and far ultraviolet ranges

63. In order to achieve the finest detail when recording photographic images, which
speed film should be used?
a) ASA 25
b) ASA 100
c) ASA 200
d) ASA 1000

64. Charge-coupled devices convert light into;

a) light of a shorter wavelength
b) photons
c) electrons
d) pixels

65. A defect encountered during visual examination of semiconductor chips. Which can
short the device, is referred to as
a) bridging
b) wire bonding
c) excessive of electric substrate
d) thermosonic coupling

66. During visual examination for high temperature creep damage, which of the
following techniques have greatest application?
a) 5x magnification
b) Dimensional measurement of shape
c) replication using celulose acetate
d) replication using silicone rubber

67. Which of the following should be done if it is necessary to increase the resolution of
a television system?
a) change the beam scan pattern
b) select a monitor whose scan lines exceed the scan lines of the camera
c) decrease rasters per second
d) select a camera with a greater number of electron beam scan lines

68. Pan and tilt mechanisms on visual inspection platforms increase coverage by;
a) allowing a greater depth of field
b) improving up and down, left and right
c) providing a parallax perspective
d) functioning as a clamp and pull device

69. A law which states that individual elements are more important signly than their
relationship to each other and that closed forms appear to stand out more readly than
open forms is;
a) snell's law
b) inverse square law
c) waber's law
d) psychophysicists law

70. A fore-oblique borescope is one that permits viewing of a surface;

a) behind the lens and toward the eye piece
b) at right angles to the optical tube
c) ahead of the lens, away from the eye piece
d) in any manner selected by the inspector

71. Which of the following nondestructive device is suitable for measuring dry film
thickness over a non-ferrous metal substrate?
a) dry film paint gage
b) eddy current coating thickness gage
c) surface profile comparator
d) depth micrometer

72. Blisters on rolled plate are best detected with ;

a) an acid etch prior to visual inspection
b) normal incidence direct lighting
c) low incidence side lighting
d) 50x magnification

73. Which of the following gauges can be to detect excessive narrowness of thread
width, steps on the thread flank and improper thread height;
a) pipe thread gauge
b) height gauge
c) fit-up gauge
d) profile gauge

74. Eye and face ware protection is an effective protection against;

a) ultraviolet radiation
b) etchant fumes
c) carbon monoxide
d) cold light
75. The resolution of a television system is directly related to;
a) the number if lines in the picture
b) halitation minus screen curvature
c) tube reflection only
d) brightness and contrast

76. When compared with film having a speed of 200 ASA, high speed film (3000 ASA) ,
requires less light on the subject but;
a) produces higher resolution
b) generates higher contrast
c) produces more grainy images
d) requires longer flash times

77. The term "candling" refers to which of the following statements;

a) candling is a unit of white light intensity
b) candling can be a measurement of white or fluorescent light intensity
c) candling is a technique used in remote visual inspection
d) candling is a term used in the transducent visual examination technique

78. Remote visual inspection robots can be thought of as;

a) computers
b) artificial intelligence
c) maneuverable inspection platforms
d) directly human manipulated cameras

79. In an optical detection system, the purpose of a band-pass filter is to;

a) transmit wavelengths on either side of the central wavelength of the filter
b) transmit wavelengths centered around the central wavelength of the filter
c) reject primarily those wavelengths above the central wavelength of the filter
d) reject primarily those wavelengths below the central wavelength of the filter

80. As compared with a 2x magnifier, a 7x magnifier has which combination of

characteristics?
a) smaller depth of field, smaller field of view, lower resolving power
b) smaller depth of field, larger field of view, higher resolving power
c) larger depth of field, larger field of view, lower resolving power
d) smaller depth of field, smaller field of view, higher resolving power

81. A sampling procedure which specifies a particular frequency of sampling is known

as;
a) random partial sampling
b) specified partial sampling
c) sampling by attributes
d) parafoveal sampling

82. Light is prevented from diffusing in a fiber optic instrument by;

a) cladding the fiber core with material having a different refractive index
b) retraction of light from each fiber into the adjacent fibers
c) selecting an instrument having uncoated fibers
d) dividing the illumination bundle from the image transmission bundle

83. Exposure to high frequency visible light at intensities and durations that damage the
retina would be;
a) glare blinding
b) blue hazard
c) ultraviolet
d) birefringence

84. To convert foot candles to lux;

a) divide candles by 10.2
b) divide candles by 2.0
c) multiply candles by 10.76
d) multiply candles by 100

85. At least three mechanism participate in adaptation of the eye to lower prevailing
luminance. One mechanism is;
a) pupil diameter
b) incident angles of light to lens
c) ratio of maximum light to reduces light luminance
d) retinal threshold sensitivity

86. Which using remote visual apparatus, it is important to assure that

a) equipment with the highest possible resolution is used
b) image quality enhancement options are available for data review
c) images are viewed under subdued fighting conditions
d) image resolution is at least equivalent to that obtained by direct visual examination

87. White light is so-called because it

a) is produced by a light source having a titanium filament in an argon-filled glass
envelope
b) is produced by a laser that combines several elements to produce a very white light
c) combines all frequencies in the visible spectrum
d) combines equal quantities of ultraviolet and infrared that produces a white light

88. Which of the following could be confirmed by visual examination while welding is in
progress?
a) root opening dimension
b) interpass temperature
c) weld contour/profile
d) material identification/traceability

89. When performing visual examination where the target object is similar to the
general test background, the inspector must be provided with
a) specific detail about the target
b) a source of brilliant artificial light
c) bi-focal corrective lenses
d) appropriate reference blocks
90. White light as defined in the electromagnetic spectrum has a wavelength of;
a) 1 nanometers
b) 380-770 nanometers
c) 2000-5000 nanometers
d) 5000-20000 nanometers