Advanced Aboveground Storage Tank Engineering & Mechanical Integrity
Mastery Exam Covering API 653 Inspection, API 650 Design, API 620 Low
Pressure Tanks, API 580 Risk Based Inspection, API 579 Fitness-for-Service, ASME
Section VIII & IX Welding Qualification, AWS Electrode Standards, ASTM Impact
Testing, NDE Methods (RT/UT/MT/PT), Tank Bottom Corrosion Evaluation,
Cathodic Protection Systems, Tank Linings, Hot Tapping Procedures, Structural
Integrity Assessment, Repair & Alteration Engineering, Frangible Roof Design,
External Pressure Analysis, Settlement Monitoring, Shell Thickness Calculations,
Weld Defect Acceptance Criteria, Material Toughness Evaluation, Stress
Corrosion Cracking, and Full Life-Cycle Integrity Management of Aboveground
Petroleum Storage Tanks Exam Questions Verified and Provided with Complete
A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026
API 653 covers which of the following types of tanks?
A) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to ASME Section VIII, Div. 1
B) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to ASME Section X
C) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to API 650 and 12C
D) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to API 510
C
API 653 provides the requirements for construction of which of the following?
A) Process pressure vessels
,B) Aboveground petroleum storage tanks
C) LNG Storage spheres
D) This standard does not provide construction requirements
D
API 653 provides for all but which of the following is not with regard to aboveground storage
tanks?
A) Repair
B) Operation
C) Relocation
D) Alteration
B
The scope of API 653 is limited to all of the following except?
A) Tank foundation
B) Tank bottom
C) Tank roof
D) Tank mixing motor
D
The API 653 standards states that many of requirements for design, welding and materials of
API 650 and API-12C can be applied with regard to __________.
A) Repair, inspection, rating and alteration
B) Repair, personnel assignment, rating and alteration
,C) Inspection, refinery equipment, electrical controls and repairs
D) Alteration, product in storage, rating and inspection
A
In the application of the requirements for welding, design and materials of API 650 or API-12C
to in-service aboveground storage tanks (AST), which of the following code or standard takes
precedence?
A) ASME Section VIII, Pressure Vessels
B) API-12C
C) API 653
D) API 650
C
The API 653 Standard may only be applied to AST that have been constructed to and meet the
requirements of API 650.
A) True
B) False
B
The use of API 653 is intended for organizations that have personnel who technically trained
and experienced in which of the following?
A) All ASME, AWS, ASTN and API codes and standards
B) Tank design, fabrication, repair, construction and inspection
C) Refinery operations, safety requirements, personnel management and refinery design
, D) Mechanical integrity program, OSHA and Process Safety
B
When design and construction details are not given and not available in the original
construction standard, then details that will provide a level of integrity equal to the current
edition of what Code or Standard must be used?
A) ASME Section VIII, Div. 1, Pressure vessels
B) ASME Section VIII, Div. 2, Alternative Rules for Pressure vessels
C) API 650
D) API-12C
C
Ultimate responsibility for compliance with this standard rests with ________.
A) The owner/operator
B) The owner/operator's inspector
C) The repair organization of owner/operator
D) The manufacturer of the AST
A
According API 653 if any provision presents a direct or implied conflict with any statutory
regulation, the regulation governs. What governs if API 653 requirements are more stringent
than the statutory regulation?
A) The statutory regulation applies in all cases
B) The conflict must be submitted to the API
Mastery Exam Covering API 653 Inspection, API 650 Design, API 620 Low
Pressure Tanks, API 580 Risk Based Inspection, API 579 Fitness-for-Service, ASME
Section VIII & IX Welding Qualification, AWS Electrode Standards, ASTM Impact
Testing, NDE Methods (RT/UT/MT/PT), Tank Bottom Corrosion Evaluation,
Cathodic Protection Systems, Tank Linings, Hot Tapping Procedures, Structural
Integrity Assessment, Repair & Alteration Engineering, Frangible Roof Design,
External Pressure Analysis, Settlement Monitoring, Shell Thickness Calculations,
Weld Defect Acceptance Criteria, Material Toughness Evaluation, Stress
Corrosion Cracking, and Full Life-Cycle Integrity Management of Aboveground
Petroleum Storage Tanks Exam Questions Verified and Provided with Complete
A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026
API 653 covers which of the following types of tanks?
A) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to ASME Section VIII, Div. 1
B) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to ASME Section X
C) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to API 650 and 12C
D) Carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to API 510
C
API 653 provides the requirements for construction of which of the following?
A) Process pressure vessels
,B) Aboveground petroleum storage tanks
C) LNG Storage spheres
D) This standard does not provide construction requirements
D
API 653 provides for all but which of the following is not with regard to aboveground storage
tanks?
A) Repair
B) Operation
C) Relocation
D) Alteration
B
The scope of API 653 is limited to all of the following except?
A) Tank foundation
B) Tank bottom
C) Tank roof
D) Tank mixing motor
D
The API 653 standards states that many of requirements for design, welding and materials of
API 650 and API-12C can be applied with regard to __________.
A) Repair, inspection, rating and alteration
B) Repair, personnel assignment, rating and alteration
,C) Inspection, refinery equipment, electrical controls and repairs
D) Alteration, product in storage, rating and inspection
A
In the application of the requirements for welding, design and materials of API 650 or API-12C
to in-service aboveground storage tanks (AST), which of the following code or standard takes
precedence?
A) ASME Section VIII, Pressure Vessels
B) API-12C
C) API 653
D) API 650
C
The API 653 Standard may only be applied to AST that have been constructed to and meet the
requirements of API 650.
A) True
B) False
B
The use of API 653 is intended for organizations that have personnel who technically trained
and experienced in which of the following?
A) All ASME, AWS, ASTN and API codes and standards
B) Tank design, fabrication, repair, construction and inspection
C) Refinery operations, safety requirements, personnel management and refinery design
, D) Mechanical integrity program, OSHA and Process Safety
B
When design and construction details are not given and not available in the original
construction standard, then details that will provide a level of integrity equal to the current
edition of what Code or Standard must be used?
A) ASME Section VIII, Div. 1, Pressure vessels
B) ASME Section VIII, Div. 2, Alternative Rules for Pressure vessels
C) API 650
D) API-12C
C
Ultimate responsibility for compliance with this standard rests with ________.
A) The owner/operator
B) The owner/operator's inspector
C) The repair organization of owner/operator
D) The manufacturer of the AST
A
According API 653 if any provision presents a direct or implied conflict with any statutory
regulation, the regulation governs. What governs if API 653 requirements are more stringent
than the statutory regulation?
A) The statutory regulation applies in all cases
B) The conflict must be submitted to the API
