QUESTIONS

INSPECTORS MEET
Date : 25 Jan 2013
Questions asked by NABCB auditors during the OA
& Witness audits

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Q 1. What are the different types of equipments

handled by you?
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Q 2. What are the different materials handled

during inspection ?
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Q 3. What would you inspect in SS welds?

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Q 4. What are different tests on SS weld ?

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Q 5. What is Ferrite Testing ? Why is it

required ?
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Q 6. What equipment is used to check Ferrite ?

How it is calibrated ?
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Q 7. What is the basic principle of ferrite

scope ?
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Q 8. How would you witness Hardness Test in

lab ?
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Q 9. What is minimum distance between two

load points during hardness testing?
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Q 10. Explain the Brinell hardness testing

procedure in brief
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Q 12. What is difference between correction &

corrective action ?
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Q 14. Is NABL calibration required for

measuring tapes?
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Q 15. How would you explain magnetism in

SS ?
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Q 16. What is the basic principle of DFT meter ?

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Q 17. What is Heat treatment & Why it is

required ?
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Q 18. What is Iron-Carbon equilibrium diagram?

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Q 19. What is Normalizing ?

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Q 20. What is Annealing ? Difference between

annealing & normalizing ?
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Q 21. What is Stress relieving ?

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Q 22. What is Tempering ?

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Q 23. What is Solution annealing ?

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Q 24. What is quenching ?

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Q 25. What is Stress relieving ?

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Q 26. What is Stress concentration ?

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Q 27. What is intermediate stress relieving ?

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Q 28. What are the special properties of SS

material ?
Ans.- 1) Work hardenable
2) Can be used at high temperature & low
temperature service.

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Q 29. What is Chemical composition of SS 304,

304L, 316 &
Ans.- 316L Grades ?

Q 30. What is Difference between ferrite &

martensite?
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Q 31. What is Impact testing ?

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Q 32. When Impact test is required ?

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Q 33. What is the difference between CVN &

IZOD ?
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Q 34. What solution is used to achieve the

temperature for impact test specimen ?
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Q 35. What is the standard size of Impact test

specimen ?
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Q 36. What is the relation of grain size with

impact properties ?
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Q 37. What is Notch Effect ?

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Q 38. What is the position of notch during CVN

test ?
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Q 39. With in how much time Impact test should

be carried out?
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Q 40. What is the room temperature required

during impact testing ?
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Q 41. What is anvil temperature during Impact

testing ?
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Q 42. What is the location of tong during

testing whether it is inside or outside the
cooling
bath ?
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Q 43. What is lateral expansion & How is it

measured ?
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Q 44. What is percentage shear? & How is it

calculated ?
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Q 45. What is the procedure for preparation of

tensile test specimen for pipes & plates ?
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Q 46. What is the gauge length & how is it

marked on tensile test specimen ?
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Q 47. What is yield stress ?

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Q 48. What is ultimate tensile strength & how is

it calculated ?
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Q 49. What is Elongation & how is it

calculated ?
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Q 50. What is brittle fracture?

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Q 51. What is ductility ?

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Q 52. When can we go for a retest if a tensile

test specimen fails?
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Q 53. How would you calculate the area of

tensile test specimen ?
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Q 54. What is the factor considered for

calculation of C/S area of tensile test specimen
for
pipes( curved specimens) ?
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Q 55. What is the Ferrite & austenitic structure

& what are the properties ?
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Q 56. What is definition of hardness & what are

different types of Hardness ?
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Q 57. How you can identify machined surface of

forging & casting by visual check ?
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Q 58. What is the manufacturing process for

plates?
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Q 59. What will you ensure in calibration of

measuring equipments ?
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Q 60. What is the manufacturing process for

pipes ?
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Q 61. What are the stages you will ensure

during D.P testing ?
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Q 62. What would you ensure during

dimensional inspection ?
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Q 63. What documents do you refer during

dimensional Inspection ?
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Q 64. Demonstrate viewing of radiograph

considering that I am a new person to view
radiograph
?
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Q 65. For pneumatic test how would you ensure

test pressure & what are the stages of
Ans.pneumatic test ?

Q 66. Do you carry all aids (PPE, Document,

Hard stamp & soft stamp ?
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Q 67. What is ISO 17020 ?

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Q 68. How would you ensure completeness of

previous stages if you visit at the last stage of
the
Ans.-equipment?

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Q 69. What is the difference between QAP &

ITP ?
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