Coating Inspector Program – Specialties
Certification Exam.
1. Pipeline coatings primarily serve to:
A. Protect against UV only
B. Prevent corrosion and mechanical damage
C. Change pipe color
D. Lubricate the pipe
Answer: B
2. Fusion Bonded Epoxy (FBE) is applied by:
A. Spraying solvent epoxy
B. Heating steel and applying epoxy powder to melt/fuse
C. Rolling only
D. Dipping in solvent
Answer: B
3. Field joint coatings must provide:
A. Equivalent corrosion protection as parent coating
B. Any color
C. Loose adhesion
D. No cure time
Answer: A
4. The most common inspection on field joints includes:
A. Holiday testing and DFT
B. Only color check
C. No testing
D. Sanding
Answer: A
,5. Cathodic disbondment relates to:
A. Pipeline CP system lifting coating from steel
B. Gloss fading
C. UV only
D. Concrete curing
Answer: A
6. FBE coating thickness is typically:
A. Thin, controlled powder film
B. Very thick brush application
C. No minimum
D. Only for concrete
Answer: A
7. Pipe surface preparation for FBE requires:
A. Near-white blast and controlled cleaning
B. Solvent wipe only
C. No blast
D. Wet application
Answer: A
8. High voltage holiday testing on pipe coatings is used
because:
A. Film is thick and resistant
B. Only for wood
C. No grounding
D. Paint is wet
Answer: A
9. In buried pipelines, coating defects often lead to:
A. Corrosion cells at soil contact points
B. Better adhesion
, C. Higher gloss
D. No effect
Answer: A
10. A girth weld coating system must:
A. Match parent coating performance
B. Be any cheap paint
C. Require no cure
D. Skip testing
Answer: A
11. Coating shielding on pipeline coatings means:
A. CP currents cannot protect corroding steel under
disbonded coating
B. Higher gloss
C. Better cure
D. Solvent popping
Answer: A
12. Field joint sleeves (heat shrink) require:
A. Correct heat application & adhesion testing
B. No heat
C. Air drying
D. Hardness test only
Answer: A
13. Spiral weld seams must be:
A. Inspected for coating continuity
B. Ignored
C. Left uncoated
D. Washed only
Answer: A
, 14. Pipe bends are high-risk areas because:
A. Coating application thickness varies
B. They don’t corrode
C. Always stainless
D. Not buried
Answer: A
15. Rock shield or concrete weight coating is used to:
A. Protect coating from impact and abrasion
B. Increase holiday count
C. Remove DFT
D. Add gloss
Answer: A
16. Pipeline rehabilitation often requires:
A. Removal of old coating and re-blast
B. Painting over rust
C. No prep
D. Sand only
Answer: A
17. Soil stresses can cause:
A. Coating cracking on buried piping
B. Higher gloss
C. Less corrosion
D. No failures
Answer: A
18. PE or 3-layer polyolefin pipeline systems include:
A. Adhesive + fusion bonded epoxy + polyethylene layer
B. Latex only
C. Wood
Certification Exam.
1. Pipeline coatings primarily serve to:
A. Protect against UV only
B. Prevent corrosion and mechanical damage
C. Change pipe color
D. Lubricate the pipe
Answer: B
2. Fusion Bonded Epoxy (FBE) is applied by:
A. Spraying solvent epoxy
B. Heating steel and applying epoxy powder to melt/fuse
C. Rolling only
D. Dipping in solvent
Answer: B
3. Field joint coatings must provide:
A. Equivalent corrosion protection as parent coating
B. Any color
C. Loose adhesion
D. No cure time
Answer: A
4. The most common inspection on field joints includes:
A. Holiday testing and DFT
B. Only color check
C. No testing
D. Sanding
Answer: A
,5. Cathodic disbondment relates to:
A. Pipeline CP system lifting coating from steel
B. Gloss fading
C. UV only
D. Concrete curing
Answer: A
6. FBE coating thickness is typically:
A. Thin, controlled powder film
B. Very thick brush application
C. No minimum
D. Only for concrete
Answer: A
7. Pipe surface preparation for FBE requires:
A. Near-white blast and controlled cleaning
B. Solvent wipe only
C. No blast
D. Wet application
Answer: A
8. High voltage holiday testing on pipe coatings is used
because:
A. Film is thick and resistant
B. Only for wood
C. No grounding
D. Paint is wet
Answer: A
9. In buried pipelines, coating defects often lead to:
A. Corrosion cells at soil contact points
B. Better adhesion
, C. Higher gloss
D. No effect
Answer: A
10. A girth weld coating system must:
A. Match parent coating performance
B. Be any cheap paint
C. Require no cure
D. Skip testing
Answer: A
11. Coating shielding on pipeline coatings means:
A. CP currents cannot protect corroding steel under
disbonded coating
B. Higher gloss
C. Better cure
D. Solvent popping
Answer: A
12. Field joint sleeves (heat shrink) require:
A. Correct heat application & adhesion testing
B. No heat
C. Air drying
D. Hardness test only
Answer: A
13. Spiral weld seams must be:
A. Inspected for coating continuity
B. Ignored
C. Left uncoated
D. Washed only
Answer: A
, 14. Pipe bends are high-risk areas because:
A. Coating application thickness varies
B. They don’t corrode
C. Always stainless
D. Not buried
Answer: A
15. Rock shield or concrete weight coating is used to:
A. Protect coating from impact and abrasion
B. Increase holiday count
C. Remove DFT
D. Add gloss
Answer: A
16. Pipeline rehabilitation often requires:
A. Removal of old coating and re-blast
B. Painting over rust
C. No prep
D. Sand only
Answer: A
17. Soil stresses can cause:
A. Coating cracking on buried piping
B. Higher gloss
C. Less corrosion
D. No failures
Answer: A
18. PE or 3-layer polyolefin pipeline systems include:
A. Adhesive + fusion bonded epoxy + polyethylene layer
B. Latex only
C. Wood
