1. Which of the following is a reference reflector that is not dependent on beam angle?
A flat bottomed hole
A vee notch A side drilled hole which is parallel to the plate surface and perpendicular to the sound path A disc shaped laminar reflector 2. Where does beam divergence occur? Near field Far field At the crystal None of the above 3. On a scan display the dead zone refers to? The distance contained within the near field The area outside the beam spread The distance covered by the front surface pulse width and recovery time The area between the near field and far field 4. Which of the following modes of vibration exhibits the shortest wavelength at a given frequency and in a given material? Longitudinal wave Compression wave Shear wave Surface wave 5. Look at diagram one at the foot of the page which illustrates four waves. Wave A strikes the surface of the specimen and produces waves B, C and D. The incident angle is? Angle A Angle B Angle C Angle D 6. Diagram two at the foot of the page illustrates four waves. Wave A strikes the surface of the spcimen and produces waves B, C and D. The refraction angle is? Angle A Angle B Angle C Angle D 7. In which zone does the amplitude of an indication from a given discontinuity diminsh exponentially as the distance increases?
Far field zone
Near field zone Dead zone Fresnel zone 8. Rayleigh waves are influenced most by defects located? One wavelength below the surface Six wavelengths below the surface Close to or on the surface Three wavelengths below the surface 9. Of the following sound waves modes one has multiple or varying wave velocities? Longitudinal waves Shear waves Transverse waves Lamb waves 10. Transducers used in ultrasonic testing exhibit which of the following effects? Ferromagnetic Piezoelectric Electromechanical Hyperacoustic 11. Of an a-scan display what represents the intensity of the refelected beam? Echo pulse width Horizontal screen location Signal brightness Signal amplitude 12. A short burst of alternating energy is called? A continuous wave A peaked dc voltage An ultrasonic wave A pulse 13. Attenuation is a difficult quantity to measure accurately particularly in solid materials at the test frequencies normally used. The overall result observed includes other loss mechanisms which can include? Beam spread Couplant mismatch
Test piece geometry
All of the above 14. The simple experiment where a stick in a glass of water appears disjointed at the water ? Reflection Magnification Refraction Diffraction 15. The ratio of the velocity of sound in water compared to that for aluminium or steel is approxiamtely? 1:4 1:2 1:8 1:3 16. Which of the following cannot be considered as a coupling agent? Greece Water Air Glycerine 17. The speed with which ultrasonic waves travel through a material is known as its? Velocity of sound energy Pulse repetition rate of sound energy Pulse recovery rate of sound energy Ultrasonic response of sound energy 18. A testing technique in which the crystal or transducer is parallel to the surface and ultransonic waves enter the material being tested in a direction perpendicular to the test surface is? Straight beam testing Angle beam testing Surface wave testing None of the above 19. The total energy losses occuring in all materials is called? Attenuation Scatter Surface wave testing None of the above 20. Acoustic energy propagates in different modes. Which of the following represents a mode?
Longitudinal mode Shear wave Surface wave All of the above Diagram One for Question Five
Diagram Two for Question Six
Here are the corrections:
1. A side drilled hole which is parallel to the plate surface and perpendicular to the sound path 2. Far field 3. The distance covered by the front surface pulse width and recovery time 4. Surface wave 5. Angle D 6. Angle A 7. Far field zone 8. Close to or on the surface 9. Lamb waves 10. Piezoelectric 11. Signal amplitude 12. A pulse 13. All of the above 14. Refraction 15. 1:4 16. Air 17. Velocity of sound energy 18. Straight beam testing 19. Attenuation 20. All of the above