API 570 QUESTIONS (OPEN BOOK)

Name: _______________________________ Date: ________________

Instructions:
Choose only one answer, which you think is most appropriate.
Use the attached answer sheet in answering the following questions.

1. A seamless NPS 6 piping system in service, of a depropanizer tower, operates at 275 psi and 200°F. The
pipe material is ASTM A53 Grade B. The pipe thickness when installed in 1980 was 0.375”. During an
inspection in 1990 the thickness of the pipe measured 0.30”. In 1996 the thickness was measured and
found to be 0.25”. What is the remaining life of this system? Round the answer to the nearest tenth of a
year. (to calculate according API 570 y API RP 574).
a) 27.3 years.
b) 25.2 years.
c) 16,9 years.
d) 24.5 years

2. An 8” diameter X 0.50 thick round lap patch is to be installed as a repair to a 16” diameter pipe. The small
repair patch is to be installed over several isolated pits. What is the largest size electrode that can be
used?
a) 5/32”.
b) 1/4"
c) 5/16”
d) 7/32”

3. You are asked to set the inspection interval for a buried cathodically protected piping. The soil resistivity
(ohm-cm) is checked and found to be 8300 ohm-cm. What would be the inspection interval?
a) 2 years
b) 5 years
c) 10 years
d) 15 years

4. Preheating at temperature not less than _______________ may be considered an alternative to PWHT for
alterations and repairs initially PWHT as a Code requirement.
a) 500°F
b) 300°F
c) 600°F
d) 250°F

5. Which of the below is NOT an authorized inspection agency?

a) The inspection organization of the jurisdiction in which the piping system is used.
b) The inspection organization of an insurance company that writes insurance for piping.
c) An inspection organization of NACE that follows piping systems.
d) An independent inspection organization employed by the owner or user of piping.

6. Which of the following is the standard used when performing welding in service or hot tapping?
a) API 576
b) API 2201
c) API 651
d) API 580
7. A NPS 8 piping system is installed December 1979. The installed thickness is measured as 0.34”. The
minimum required thickness of the pipe is 0.20”. It is inspected 12/83 and the thickness is found to be
0.32”. An inspection 12/87 reveals a loss of 0.01” from the 12/83 inspection. During 12/89 the thickness
was found to be 0.29”. The last inspection was during 12/95 and the thickness was found to be 0.26”. What
is the long term corrosion rate of this system?
a) 0.005”/year.
b) 0.0075”/year
c) 0.00375”/year
d) 0.0025”/year.

8. Using the information in question 7, calculate the short term corrosion rate.
a) 0.005”/year
b) 0.0075”/year
c) 0.0095”/year
d) 0.0025”/year.

9. Using the information in question 7 and 8, determine the remaining life of the system.
a) 18 years.
b) 15 years.
c) 12 years.
d) 20 years.

10. What is the typical erosion-corrosion rate in mpy of Monel immersed in a seawater flume with the seawater
traveling over it a 4 fps?
a) 0.2 mpy.
b) ˂0.2 mpy.
c) 1 mpy.
d) 0.3 mpy.

11. A NPS 12 gate valve made from ASTM A216 Grade WCB material was rolled out for inspection. An area of
the valve body was found by the inspector to be thinning. The maximum operating pressure of the valve is
275 psi at 200 degrees F. The casting factor, EC, is 0.8. What is the minimum thickness for the valve body?
Round answer off to the nearest hundredth.
a) 0.14”
b) 0.28”
c) 0.21”
d) 0.34”

12. You are working as an inspector. While reviewing a tabulation of thickness data on a section of piping in
noncorrosive or very low corrosive service, you find the initial thickness reading of an inspection point to
be 0.375” and marked nominal on a NPS 5 pipe. At the next inspection 12 months later you find a reading
by ultrasonic’s of 0.328” at the same point. Twelve months later UT readings were taken and the thickness
at the point was still 0.328”. What would this mean to you?
a) No measurement was taken originally, the nominal thickness was listed and the piping probably had
an under-tolerance of 12.5%
b) There was an error made by the inspector at the installation or the inspector at the next inspection
made an error.
c) The UT machine that the inspector used during the 12 month inspection after installation was
defective and not reading correctly.
d) The pipe contractor or the installer put the wrong schedule piping in service.

13. What is the recommended minimum thickness of steel for which the radioactive isotope Iridium 192
normally should be used?
a) 1.50”
b) 0.65”
c) 1.30”
d) 0.25”
14. Which of the following is a class of film permitted for industrial radiographic use?
a) Class AS
b) Class I or II
c) Class 200
d) Class III

15. You find a flange (forged flange marked ASTM A182 Grade F1) and it is class 300. You know the operating
temperature is 500 degrees F. What operating pressure is permissible with his flange?
a) 640 psi.
b) 500 psi
c) 665 psi
d) 300 psi

16. A NPS 12 pipe with a wall thickness of 1.125” has to be shortened. A section is cut out and the pipe
rewarded. The pipe material is ASTM A-53 Grade B. The welder asks how far from the weld must the
preheat temperature be maintained? What would you tell the welder?
a) No preheat is required for this thickness carbon steel material.
b) Maintain the preheat at least the width of the weld.
c) Maintain the preheat at least 1” beyond each edge of the weld.
d) Maintain the preheat at least 3’ beyond each edge of the weld.

17. A NPS 10, SA 335 Grade P9 pipe with a wall thickness of 0.625” has a section cut out of it for installation of
weld neck flanges for a spool section. What temperature should be used for post weld heat treatment
(PWHT) of the butt welds?
a) 1100-1200 degrees F.
b) 1100-1325 degrees F.
c) 1350-1450 degrees F.
d) 1300-1400 degrees F

18. A NPS 2 Schedule 80 (0.218” wall) is welded into a NPS 6 Schedule 40 (0.280” wall) header. What size
cover fillet weld (tc) is required around the fully penetrated groove weld of the branch into the header?
(Express answer to nearest hundredth).
a) 0.15”
b) 0.20”
c) 0.22”
d) 0.25”

19. You have an E7018 electrode. What F number is it?

a) 1
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

20. A 2T whole diameter IQI is to be located on the source side of a 48” diameter pipe that has been welded.
The wall thickness is 0.625”. Select the whole type designation and the whole diameter of the IQI.
a) 17 & 0.013”.
b) 20 & 0.040”
c) 25 & 0.020”
d) 30 & 0.040”

21. Single film technique was used to make a radiograph using a cobalt 60 source. The minimum permitted
density in the area of interest is:
a) 1.8
b) 2.0
c) 2.8
d) 3.0