B. Correct Answer: 1. Per ASNT Section XI, NDE personnel shall be recertified:
A. every 5 years by re-examination
B. every 3 years by retraining and retesting
C. every 3 years based on continuing satisfactory performance
D. annually by retraining
B. Correct Answer: 2. Per SNT-TC-1A, when an employee leaves his employer:
A. his certification automatically transfers to his new employer
B. his certification is automatically terminated
C. he must take an examination to be certified by the new company
D. he may not be certified by the new employer for at least 3 months
D. Correct Answer: 3. Per SNT-TC-1A, certification of NDE personnel is the responsibility of
the:
A. ASME
B. manufacturer
C. NRC
D. employer
B. Correct Answer: 4. A variation or interpretation in the normal physical structure or
configuration of a part is called a:
A. Flaw
B. discontinuity
C. defect
D. fault
D. Correct Answer: 5. Indications caused by repeatd loading, bending or by vibrating stresses
are called:
A. mass hardness
B. lamellar testing
C. hot tears
D. fatigue cracks
B. Correct Answer: 6. A group of joining processes which produces coalescence of materials by
heating them to a suitable tempertaure and by using filler metal having a liquidus below 450
degree C (840 degree F) and below the solidus of the base metal is called:
A. brazing
B. soldering
,C. resistance welding
D. arc welding
B. Correct Answer: 7. SCC is a synergistic action of:
A. steel and cracks
B. stress and corrosion
C. structure and coatings
D. slag and craters
C. Correct Answer: 8. Severe grinding cracks appear as:
A. wave-like patterns
B. widely
C. lattice
D. deep crevices
B. Correct Answer: 9. Grinding cracks are caused by:
A. too light of pressure during grinding
B. overheating during grinding
C. grinding too large of an area
D. grinding with very fast motion of the grinder
B. Correct Answer: 10. A process that joins two members together by using capillary action to
flow the filler material is called:
A. soldering if the temperature exceeds 840 degrees F
B. brazing if the temperature exceeds 840 degrees F
C. resistance welding
D. oxy-fuel gas welding
C. Correct Answer: 11. A condition that is of such size, shape, type and location that is
detrimental to the useful service of the part is called:
A. a flaw
B. a discontinuity
C. a defect
D. an indication
D. Correct Answer: 12. Mass hardness of a product is caused by improper:
A. weld process
B. forging
C. casting
D. heat treatment
, C. Correct Answer: 13. The use of this symbol on a drawing indicates a:
A. flare V weld on both sides
B. fillet weld on both sides
C. double V-groove weld
D. V-groove weld on the other side
D. Correct Answer: 14. Unfused chaplets are associated with:
A. forging
B. rolling
C. extruding
D. casting
B. Correct Answer: 15. The actual throat of a weld is the:
A. actual distance from the face of the weld to the vertical leg.
B. shortest distance from the root of the weld to its face
C. distance from the toe to the actual root
D. theoretical throat distance minus the convexity of the weld face.
A. Correct Answer: 16. The term "heat checks" is used to describe:
A. a network of cracks caused by overheating a surface
B. a hot tear in a casting
C. cracks in a brazed joint
D. cracks caused under heat treatment
A. Correct Answer: 17. During a visual examination, an observed crack:
A. will usually be cause for rejection
B. is acceptable if less than 1/16 inch in length
C. is no more significant than other types of discontinuities
D. is acceptable if not actually in the weld zone
A. Correct Answer: The cyclic rate involved in thermal fatigue is typically:
A. low cyclic rate at high temperature
B. low cyclic rate at low temperature
C. high cyclic rate at high temperature
D. high cyclic rate at low temperature
A. Correct Answer: 19. Discontinuities associated with GMAW include:
A. whiskers and porosity