5-API 580 RBI

This is described as a model depicting the progression of accidents, transport of a hazardous material to
the environment.

A. Risk model

B. Logic model

C. Concentric model

D. Physical model

What team member should preferably be a stakeholder in the facility/equipment being analyzed in the
RBI assessment?

A. Corrosion Specialist

B. Equipment Inspector or Inspection Specialist

C. Team Leader

D. Process Specialist

The probability of credible events leading up to the specific consequence ........

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A. Identifies the active and credible deterioration mechanisms

B. Must be added to the deterioration mechanism and then factored into the probability of the specific
consequences occurring

C. Should be discounted since they were previously assessed during the RBI

D. Should be factored into the probability of the specific consequence occurring

The quantitative consequence analysis involves using a logic model depicting combinations of events to
represent the effects of failure on all of the following except which one?

A. The environment

B. Property

C. Toxic release

D. People

The ultimate goal of inspection is what purpose?

A. To provide an inspection plan

B. Safety and reliability of operating equipment

C. To identify inspection methods and techniques

D. Safety and reliability of operating facilities

Emergency isolation capability can reduce all except which of the following?

A. Chronic Environmental releases

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B. Toxic release

C. Explosion consequence

D. Fire consequence

RBI is a Team Approach. Who on the team is responsible for providing recommendations on methods of
mitigating the POF (such as coatings/linings, etc.)?

A. The Team leader

B. The Equipment Inspector or Inspection Specialist

C. The Corrosion Specialist

D. The inspector/Specialist and Corrosion Specialist

Blast-resistant construction may provide personnel protection from the effects of explosion. It may also
be useful for:

A. Control cables in the area.

B. Instrument lines that are critical.

C. Emergency isolation

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D. Enclosure for pressurized cylinders.

1-In some cases, damage by one mechanism may progress to a point at which a different mechanism
takes over and begins to dominate the rate of

Damage

RBI could be expanded to include failures other than loss of containment. Examples of other failures and
failure modes are:

A. Pressure relief devices (plugging, fouling, nonactivation)

B. Instrument and control systems

C. Structural Systems

D. Machinery Components

Terms of reference by which the significance of risk is assessed. This may include associated cost and
benefits, legal and statutory requirements, socio-economic and environmental aspects and other inputs
to the assessment:

A. Risk Avoidance

B. Risk Criteria

C. Risk Identification

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D. Quantitative Risk

Application of RBI can provide evidence of complete risk management and integrity monitoring
programs that can be used as a basis for which of the following?

A. Fitness-for-service evaluation

B. Risk analysis

C. Fault tree development

D. Advocating adoption of RBI by jurisdictions.

By dividing a process unit into systems, the equipment can be screened together saving time, compared
to treating each piece of equipment separately. Selection of the systems may be based on:

A. Volume of systems

B. Relative reliability of systems

C. Physical location of systems

D. Age of systems

Process unit screening may assign priorities based on each of the following except which one?

A. Relative risk of the process units

B. Relative economic impact of the process unit

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C. Relative population density

D. Turnaround schedule

When determining the deterioration susceptibility and rate, the best data will be derived from which of
the following?

A. Operating experiences where conditions could realistically be expected to occur in the equipment
under consideration

B. Previous Inspection Data

C. Experience with similar equipment

D. Published Data

Flammable events - Most of the damage from a flammable event is caused by:

A. Blast overpressure

B. Thermal Radiation

C. Thermal radiation & blast overpressure

D. Thermal overpressure

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