API 653 INTRO QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS { GUARANTEED
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What does API 653 cover? - ✔✔Steel storage tanks built to API 650 and its predecessor API
126. Provides minimum requirements for maintaining integrity of such tanks after they have
been placed in service and addresses inspection, repair, alterations, relocation, and
reconstruction.
What is the scope of API 653 limited to? - ✔✔scope is limited to tank foundation, bottom, shell,
structure, roof, attached appurtenances, and nozzles to the face of the first flange, first threaded
joint, or first welding in connection.
What shall govern if there is a conflict between API 653 and API 126? - ✔✔API 653 shall
govern for tanks that have been put in service.
Can the principles of API 653 be applied to tanks not built using the specifications of API 650? -
✔✔Yes, storage tank owners/operators, based on the consideration of specific construction and
operating details, may apply this standard to any steel tank constructed in accordance with a tank
specification.
, What organizations is API 653 intended to be used by? - ✔✔Organizations that maintain or
have access to engineering and inspection personnel technically trained and experienced in tank
design, fabrication, repair, construction, and inspection.
Since API 653 does not contain rules or guidelines to cover all the varied conditions which may
occur in an existing tank, what shall the level of integrity be equal to if no design and
construction details of a tank are given and are not available in the as-built standard? -
✔✔details that will provide a level of integrity equal to the level provided by the current edition
of API 650 must be used.
Who has the ultimate responsibility for complying with the standards of AI 653? -
✔✔Owner/Operator
What governs if API 653 presents a direct or implied conflict with a jurisdictional regulation? -
✔✔The regulation will govern, unless the requirement from API 653 is more stringent.
What API standards shall be used to develop safe work procedures? - ✔✔API standard 2015
and API 2217A and shall include safeguards for personnel health and safety, prevention of
accidental fires and explosions, and prevention of property damage.
Define- Break Over Point - ✔✔The area on a tank bottom where settlement begins.
Define- Candidate Tank - ✔✔The tank(s) for which corrosion rates are not known
Define- Control Tank - ✔✔the tank(s) for which corrosion rates and service history are known.
CORRECT ANSWERS { GUARANTEED
A+}
What does API 653 cover? - ✔✔Steel storage tanks built to API 650 and its predecessor API
126. Provides minimum requirements for maintaining integrity of such tanks after they have
been placed in service and addresses inspection, repair, alterations, relocation, and
reconstruction.
What is the scope of API 653 limited to? - ✔✔scope is limited to tank foundation, bottom, shell,
structure, roof, attached appurtenances, and nozzles to the face of the first flange, first threaded
joint, or first welding in connection.
What shall govern if there is a conflict between API 653 and API 126? - ✔✔API 653 shall
govern for tanks that have been put in service.
Can the principles of API 653 be applied to tanks not built using the specifications of API 650? -
✔✔Yes, storage tank owners/operators, based on the consideration of specific construction and
operating details, may apply this standard to any steel tank constructed in accordance with a tank
specification.
, What organizations is API 653 intended to be used by? - ✔✔Organizations that maintain or
have access to engineering and inspection personnel technically trained and experienced in tank
design, fabrication, repair, construction, and inspection.
Since API 653 does not contain rules or guidelines to cover all the varied conditions which may
occur in an existing tank, what shall the level of integrity be equal to if no design and
construction details of a tank are given and are not available in the as-built standard? -
✔✔details that will provide a level of integrity equal to the level provided by the current edition
of API 650 must be used.
Who has the ultimate responsibility for complying with the standards of AI 653? -
✔✔Owner/Operator
What governs if API 653 presents a direct or implied conflict with a jurisdictional regulation? -
✔✔The regulation will govern, unless the requirement from API 653 is more stringent.
What API standards shall be used to develop safe work procedures? - ✔✔API standard 2015
and API 2217A and shall include safeguards for personnel health and safety, prevention of
accidental fires and explosions, and prevention of property damage.
Define- Break Over Point - ✔✔The area on a tank bottom where settlement begins.
Define- Candidate Tank - ✔✔The tank(s) for which corrosion rates are not known
Define- Control Tank - ✔✔the tank(s) for which corrosion rates and service history are known.
