API 510 Re-certification Test Guide

- Stainless steel stress chloride stress cracking under insulation:

150F to 400 F (API 572 8.2.1.g)
- When RBI to increase a 10-yr inspection limit described in section 6.4 of API 510 RBI assessment shall
be reviewed and approved:
A pressure vessel engineer and authorized pressure vessel inspector API 510 6.2 (last para)
- Three questions on re-rating : Know how to interprete API 510 7.3 & Fig. 7-1
- When isolation of a pressure relieving valve where the set pressure exceeds the outlet flange rating:
The inlet block valve should be closed before the outlet block valve is closed. No ref. (should have
challenged)
- When degradation of a pressure containing components that could effect the LOAD carrying capacity of
the vessel, fitness-for-service techniques may be used as an alternative to the techniques in API-510. For
the evaluation of CRACK like flaws, which of the following is correct?
The fitness-for -service techniques used must be in accordance with Section 9 of API-579, API
510 5.8.d
- When using the preheating method for a weld repair on a vessel in lieu of post weld heat treatment, the
maximum interpass temperature shall not exceed:
600 degrees F (400 C) API 510 7.2.3.1.d
- Industry-qualified UT shear wave examination shall be specified when the owner user requires:
Detection of interior surface breaking planar flaws when inspecting from the external surface
API 510 5.5 (last para)
- For detecting interior surface (ID) breaking planar flaws when inspecting from the external surface (OD),
the owner/user shall specify:
An industry-qualified UT shear wave examiner, API 510 5.5 (last para)
- Weld build up, on a vessel of P-1 material, 2 inch thick, due to localized, to avoid post weld heat
treatment:
Controlled-deposition welding, API 510 7.2.3.2
- Repairing a vessel welded seam, originally radiographed (RT), not practical to RT repair:
The MAWP/Allowable temperature shall be re-evaluated to the satisfaction of the API-510 A.I.
and the jurisdiction in the location of installation, API 510 7.2.4
- For a carbon steel vessel that has no nameplate and no design or construction documentation:
ASME Sec. 8, Div. 1, paragraph UG-10 c may be used to evaluate the material, API
510 6.7.iii
- The primary reason for pre-heating low alloy carbon steel prior to welding:
Reduce the shrinkage stress
- Prior to repairing a seam weld that did not originally require examination, the area prepared for welding
shall be examined using either MT or PT, and the completed repair weld:
Shall be examined by using MT or PT method, API 510 7.2.4
- A corrosion averaging question for a 72 inch ID vessel where circ. Stresses govern, the area may be
averaged over the longitudinal length not exceeding:
One-third the vessel or 40 inches (100 cm), whichever is LESS, API 510 5.7

- Corroded area, at a weld with a joint factor other than 1, calc.s to determine if corroded area governs the
allowable working pressure:
The thickness of the surface at the weld includes 1 inch or twice the minimum thickness on either
side of the weld, whichever is GREATER, API 510 5.7.3.d (second d)
- When UT is substituted for RT for repair of a closure weld, vessel has not or cannot be pressure tested, the
final weld shall be examined by:
An industry-qualified UT shear wave examiner. API 510 7.2.10 (last para)
- Test pressure applied after a repair is completed on a vessel built to the 2001 ed. of the ASME code sec. 8,
Div. 1, shall be:
1.3 MAWP X (S at test temperature/ S at design temperature), API 510 7.2.10
- After calculating the long-term and short term corrosion rates, these two corrosion rates should be
compared as part of the data assessment, and:
The authorized inspector, in consultation with a corrosion specialist, shall select the rate that best
reflects the current process. API 510 6.4
- For vessels that have been designed or re-rated using ASME Sec. 8 ed. 1999 or later, the appropreiate
minimum test pressure is:
130 % of MAWP, API 510 7.2.10
- The results of an effective risk-based inspection (RBI) assessment can be used for a vessel inspection
strategy and better define which:
Prevention/mitigation steps to reduce the likelyhood and consequence of a failure API 510 6.2.d
- During welding operations, the inspector should confirm that:
The welding parameters are supported by the WPS and the WPQ, API 577 4.3.2
- When determining required thicknes for a carbon steel vessel that has no nameplate and no documentation
on extent of R.T. originally performed, the inspector should:
Use a joint factor of 0.70 for butt welds, API 510 6.7
- Problems with environmental cracking in the industry have been caused by all of the following EXCEPT:
Naphthenic acid cracking (corrosion) [should have challenged], API 571(?)