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simple averaging.
using weighting factors which total 1.0.
c. using weighting factors which total 100.
d. the applicable Level III for the NOT process.
e. a complex mathematicalformula
3) Qualification is:
a. the work activities accomplished in a specific NOT method under the direction of
qualified supervision.
b. a company who provides NOT Level III services.
@ demonstrated skill or knowledge and documented training and experience required
for personnel to properly perform the duties of a specific job.
d. the organized program developed to impart the knowledge and skills necessary
for qualification.
e. a set of guidelines to assist the employer in developing NOT procedures.
4) At least how many different checkpoints requiring an understanding of the NOT variables and employer
procedural requirements should be included in a NOT Levell! practical examination?
a five(5)
ten (10)
c. fifteen (15)
d. thirty (30)
e. eighty (80) percent of the procedure variables
5) Which of the following need not be included in the NOT personnel certification records?
6) The person or persons properly designated in the written practice to sign certifications on behalf of the
employer is:
7) Which of the following is true for recertification of all Levels of NOT personnel?
8) The employer's written practice should describe the responsibility for determining the
acceptability of materials or components in accordance with the applicable codes, standards,
specifications, and procedures.
9) is an individual who is not currently certified but who is in the process of being initially
trained, qualified and certified.
A trainee
A candidate
c. A certifying authority
d. A "grandfathered" Level III
e. An examiner
1-1) The questions for Levels I and II General examinations and Level III Method examinations which are
published in the Question and Answer Books and can be obtained from ASNT:
a. are intended to be used, as is, when qualifying and certifying NOT personnel.
b. must be used verbatim for qualification examinations.
c. may be used verbatim with written permission from ASNT.
d. may be used as reference data during an examination.
are intended as examples, and should not be used verbatim.
a. must perform, evaluate and sign for test results as a condition of employment.
b. may perform, evaluate and sign for test results if under constant supervision.
c. may act as an independent instructor for trainees in the applicable NOT method.
may independently perform, evaluate and sign for results of nondestructive tests
provided they are in accordance with written procedures and documented in the
employer's written practice.
e. is never allowed to take independent action when performing, evaluating or
signing for results of NOT tests.
13) The recommended maximum interval for Level III personnel recertification is:
a. yearly.
b. every three (3) years.
Cc:) every five (5) years.
(9-' as specified by the employer.
e. none of the above.
a. establish mandatory rules and regulations for personnel other than NOT personnel.
b. establish mandatory rules for the qualification and certification of NOT personnel.
c. be incorporated into QA programs for qualification of NOT personnel.
establish guidelines for the qualification and certification of NOT personnel.
e. act as a mandatory book of rules and policies for NOT personnel.
17) What term is used to describe work activities accomplished in a specific NDT method under the direction
of qualified supervision including the performance of the NDT method and related activities but not
including time spend in organized training programs?
a. Specific activity
@ Experience
c. Ouaffication
d. Certification
e. Training
a' Detailed
b. Proceduralized
f'C:) Documented
'a:' Published
e. Qualified
19) Which of the following is false relative to near vision acuity examinations?
20) When an examination is administered and graded for the employer by an outside agency who issues
grades of pass and fail only, on a certified report, the employer may accept the pass grade as
______ for that particular examination. .
a. 70 percent
b. 75 percent
80 percent
~ 90 percent
e. 100 percent
21) An additional treatment used with aluminum alloys to control growth and distortion is called:
a. austenitizing. '
b. annealing.
c. normalizing.
d. stabilizing.
e. spheroidizing.
a. Age hardening
b. Recovery
c. Work hardening
d. Quenching
0) Normalizing
a shrink cracks.
@) bursts,
c. hot short cracks.
/ d. hot tears.
e. flakes.
25) involves a change of surface properties to produce a hard, wear-resistant shell about a
tough, fracture resistant core.
a. Shot peening
b. Casehardening
c. Anodizing
d. Tempering
e. Quenching
26) Permanent deformation is a type of material failure. Which of the following is another type of material
failure?
Fracture
Low frequency dynamic loading
c. Cyclic loading
d. Elongation within the elastic range.
e. Peening
27) The temperature of magnetic transformation below which metal or alloy is ferromagnetic and above which
it is paramagnetic: ~ called the:
a. curie temperature.
b. saturation temperature.
c. transformation temperature.
d. transition temperature.
e. tempering temperature.
28) The term used to denote that a structure is visible at magnifications from one to ten diameters is:
(a I microscopic.
e. macroscopic.
c. submicroscopic.
d. molecular.
e. submolecular.
29) The maximum stress to which a material may be subjected, without any permanent strain remaining upon
complete release of stress, is called the:
30) The conversion of billets into lengths of uniform cross section by forcing the plastic metal
through a die orifice of the desired cross-sectional outline is called:
a. forging.
b. drawing.
cY
d.
extruding;
casting.
._ e. welding.
31) A large forging has been repaired by welding. Magnetic particle inspection of the repair
weld depOsi(iBveals an irregular indicatlOrl running parallel with the weld passes. It is
located near the center of the bead and starts and ends by changing slightly from the axial
directlon. This kind of discontinuity is most likely a:
a lap.
b.. lack of fusion.
crael<. wd
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C. (t'-.t.t
~ crater.
e. slag inclusion.
32) The shapes that the metal ingot is rolled into prior to conducting a variety of secondary operations are
referred to as:
a charges.
b. blanks.
c. pigs.
@ slabs, blooms and billets.
e. rods, bars, and shapes.
33) Deviation from the main composition at a particular location in a solidified metal is
referred to as:
a pipe.
b. inclusions.
segregration.
~ brittleness.
e. dross.
34) Material properties, as used in design, are most frequently determined by:
a. theoretical analysis.
() material testing.
c. the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
d. fracture mechanics.
e. none of the above.
a Porosity
~ Bursts
c. Lack of fusion
d. Cratercracks
e. Lack of penetration
36) Metal inserts, imbedded in the surface of a sand core or mold or placed in a mold cavity to increase the
cooling rate at that point, are known as:
(1) chills.
b. core supports.
c. chaplets.
d. risers.
e. core/mold nails.
a Electrochemical machining
b. Electrical discharge machining
c. Electroforming
@ Chemical milling
e. Anodizing
38) Another term for investment casting and the lost wax process is:
precision casting.
permanent mold casting.
c. centrifugal casting.
d. die casting.
e. plaster mold casting.
39} The term used to describe the continuous deformation of a material under constant load, producing unit
stresses below those of the elastic limit, is:
a segregation.
b. extrusion.
@ creep.
d. activation.
e. fatigue.
40) The base metal melted during welding, as determined on the cross section of a weld, is the:
a. transformation zone.
b. fusion zone.
c. homogenization zone.
d. precipitation zone.
@ heat affected zone.
a. ordinary carbon steel to which has been added elements such as chromium,
~ nickel,etc.
\..E;I steel which does not contain significant amounts of alloying elements other than carbon.
c. steel whose constituents remain in solution with each other at room temperature,
and are non-magnetic and corrosion resistant.
d. an alloy containing tin, lead or antimony, and about 77 percent copper.
e. . metals containing aluminum, magnesium and berylium.
43) A major purpose of pressing the metal powders during powder metallurgy processing is to:
44) The type of strength which is related to a metal's behavior when the load is applied in a cyclic manner is
called: -
a. tensile strength.
b. compressive strength.
c. torsional strength.
d. impact strength.
e. fatigue strength.
ordinary carbon steel to which has been added elements such as chromium, nickel, etc.
steel which does not contain significant amounts of alloying other than carbon.
c. steels whose constituents remain in solution with each other at room temperature,
and are non-magnetic and corrosion resistant.
d. an alloy containing tin, lead or antimony, and about rr percent copper.
e. None of the above.
precipitation hardening.
recrystaJlation.
c. austenitization.
d. spheroidizing.
e. fibering.
a. decrease machinability.
b. reduce fatigue resistance.
c. improve corrosion resistance.
d. bring all intemal discontinuities to the surface.
@ improve machinability and fatigue resistance.
49) A method which involves impressing, with a defined load, a hardened steel ball into the material to be
tested and calculating a hardness number from the impression size is called a:
G) Brinell test.
b. file test
c. bend test
d. fatigue test.
e. shear test
50) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is employed to determine material properties
as used in design based on:
a. theoretical analysis.
b. ASNT.
c. subjective analysis.
d. fracture mechanics.
materialtesting.
a A
b. B
c. C
d. F
@H
52) _______ is the reversemagnetizingforce necessaryto removeresidualmagnetism.
a. Residualmagnetization
b. Amperetums
@) Coerciveforce
d. Demagnetization
e. Reluctance
a. 1 to 3 inches
b. 3 to 6 inches
@ 6 to 9 inches
d. 9 to 12 inches
e. 12 to 18 inches
a. to increasespeedof inspection.
b. to inspectpartswith roughsurfaces.
c. to obtainmaximumsensitivity.
d. to take advantageof the effectsof fluorescentlights.
e. to decreasetest sensitivity.
55) In magnetic particle inspection, an indication that is held by contamination and not by a leakage field is a :
false indication
residual indication
c. surface indication
d. true discontinuity
e. defect
56) When prods are used for magnetic particle inspection, the flux lines are:
distorted circular
b. circular
c. longitudinal between the prods
d. radial from the prods
e. oriented in a straight line
57) Hydrophilic and lipophilic are terms used in penetrant inspection to describe types of:
a removers.
b. developers.
@) emulsifiers.
d. penetrants.
'- e. black lights.
62) Which of the following is not a good practice when performing a penetrant test?
63) The angle at which 90 degrees refraction of the longitudinal mode is reached is called:
66) In ultrasonic testing, abnormally large grain size in the test material may be indicated by:
67) Sound waves with particle displacement transverse to the direction of wave travel are known as:
a longitudinalwaves.
() shear waves.
c. Rayleighwaves.
d. plate waves.
e. surface waves.
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69) The factor in the coil that resists the flow of current through the coil is called:
@ impedance. /)
b. skin effect. 1J_t
c.
d.
e.
density.
magnetic domains.
material permeability.
Q/ot
70) The most troublesome parameter and the one most responsible for unwanted signals in eddy current
testing is:
conductivity variations.
thickness variations.
c. edge effects.
d. lift-off variations.
e. balanced noise.
71) Eddy currents do not penetrate throughout a thick material but tend to be concentrated near the surface.
The, standard depth of penetration is the distance from the surface of the article to the point where the
current is approximately of the current density at the surface.
72) A term used to describe the effect observed due to a change in the electromagnetic coupling between a
test specimen and a surface probe when the distance of separation between them is varied is referred to
as:
a. edge effect.
b. end effect.
c. fill factor.
d. frequency test
G rift off.
73) At a fixed frequency, in which of the following materials will the eddy current penetration be greatest?
74) When conducting eddy current testing using a probe coil to scan an object:
a simpler to use.
flexible.
c. rigid.
d. lightweight.
e. requires less light for inspection.
76) The distance a magnifier can be moved toward or away from a subject with
the subject remaining in good focus (sharply defined) is referred to as:
a. simple magnification.
b. visual acuity.
c. remote visual advantage.
d. image enhancement.
@ depth of field.
77) One of the uses of conventional dimensional gages on finished weldments is:
78) Which of the following are three inherent faults with lenses?
a. 20 foot-candles
b. 75 foot-candles
(E. 100 foot-candles
d. 350 foot-candles
e. in excess of 450 foot-candles
81) Lead screens are placed in intimate contact behind the film to:
a. Curie
@ Roentgen
c. Half-life
d. Kilo-electron-volts (Kev)
e. Roentgens
85) Scatter which occurs within the test piece is referred to as:
side scatter
back scatter
c. internal scatter
d. external scatter
e. collimation
86. Indications that are smooth, dark round or oval-shaped spots with radiographic contrast
varying directly with their diameter are:
@ gas voids
b. shrinkage
c. segregation
d. core shift
e. slag incfusions