Questions and Answers

1. Which of the following does not require baking or drying?

A.
B.
C.
D.

E 6010
E7018
Sub are flux with Basicity Index of 2
Sub are flux with Basicity Index of
2. A welder and procedure re-qualification would be required:

A. When the run out date of the procedure has been reached
B.
Every Year
C.
When changing from day to night shift work
D. When there is a change in an essential variable
Tensile strength can be increased in steel by:
3.
A.
Annealing
B.
Galvanising
C.
Addition of carbon
D.
Casting
4. Which of the following always occurs in the parent material?
A.
Hydrogen cracks
B.
Laps and laminations
C.
Centre line cracks
D.
Porosity
5. To prevent the hardening and cracking of High Carbon Steel plate when flame cutting it is advisable to:
A.
Pre-heat the plate
B.
Soak the plate in oil
C.
Cool the plate quickly after cutting
D.
Increase the cutting Oxygen pressure
6. You should always refer to a higher authority for guidance when:
A.
The welder will not follow your instructions
B. Instructions are missing in the specification or contract documents
C.
All of the above
D.
Cracks appear during welding
Fatigue testing is used to test welds:
7.
A.
Under cyclic loading
B.
Under creep stress loadings
C.
Under impact loading
D.
Under static loading
8. In BS 639 and BSEN499 the first digits of the electrode classification indicate:
A.
Tensile and yield strength
B.
Toughness
C.
Electrode coating
D.
Electrode efficiency
Cellulosic coatings are generally used because of:
9.
A.
Their low hydrogen content
B.
Their high penetration characteristic
C.
Their high strength weld deposit
D.
Their high weld toughness values
10. When welds have a depth to width ration of higher than 2:1 it is possible that:
A.
Centreline cracks may appear
B.
The fusion boundary will be outside the HAZ

C.
D.

The HAZ will be too narrow

The weld will be non magnetic
On which of the following would you not use MPI inspection?
11.

A.
B.
C.
D.

A low carbon steel butt-welded joint

An Austenitic Stainless steel fillet welded T joint
A medium carbon steel fillet welded lap joint
All of the above
Increasing the arc energy input of a welded joint will:
12.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Increase the strength of the joint

Increase the toughness of the joint
Increase the grain size of the weld and HAZ
Decrease the width of the HAZ
In Sub Arc Welding, excessive flux melting will result from:
13.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Increasing the arc voltage

Decreasing the arc voltage
Increasing the travel speed
Increasing the wire feed speed
An IQI would be used in radiography to assess:
14.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Image quality
Type of steel
Density of graph
Type of welding process used
Silicon is added to electrode coating as:
15.

A.
B.
C.
D.

A slipping agent
A slag former
A de-oxidant
A colouring agent
16. The main reason degreasing agents should always be dried from metals prior to welding, is because they are
likely to:
Increase the arc voltage
Produce hazardous fumes
Slow down the welding speed
Produce lack of fusion defects
17. Which of the following processes would be most prone to lack of fusion defects?

A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.

18.

19.

Flux mesh size

Gas type
Tungsten size
Gas flow rate
Which of the following is not inert gas ?

20.

Argon
Xenon
Carbon dioxide
Helium
Why is a welding arc shielded?

A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.

Pulsed arc MIG

Spray transfer MIG
Dip transfer MIG
Submerged arc
Which of the following is an inspection point in Sub Arc Welding:

To eliminate hydrogen

B.
C.
D.

To retard the cooling rate of the weld

To eliminate the atmosphere
To ensure maximum heat input
A crack in a weld zone:
21.

A.
Is repairable
B. Always results in a cut out and complete re-weld
C.
Is acceptable up to 2mm in length
D. May be repaired or cut out depending on specification requirements
22. If the amperage is too low during the welding of a root bead, the possible result would be:
A.
Lack of penetration
B.
Lack of fusion
C.
The freezing of the electrode
D.
All of the above
Pre-heating prior to welding:
23.
A.
Must always be carried out
B. Need not be carried out if post heat treatment is to follow welding
C.
Is always carried out using gas flames
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above
Cold lap in another term for:
24.
A.
Lack of fusion
B.
Low amperage
C.
Undercut
D.
Hydrogen cracking
When a medium to high carbon steel is quenched:
25.
A.
It becomes malleable
B.
Its hardness increases
C.
It becomes ductile
D.
The plasticity is increased
The TIG welding process utilizes an electrode that is:
26.
A.
Cellulosic
B.
Non-consumable
C.
Consumable
D.
None of the above
Another name for Suck back in the root of a weld is:
27.
A.
Concavity
B.
Convexity
C.
LORP
D.
Root undercut
28. One of the advantages of a multi-pass MMA weld is that it generally produces a:
A.
High tensile strength
B.
High degree of ductility
C.
Coarse grain structure
D.
Fine grain structure
The British code for visual inspection requirements is:
29.
A.
BS 4872
B.
BS 499
C.
BS 4870
D.
None of the above
30. A code of practice for visual inspection should cover the following:

A.
B.
C.
D.

Before, during and after welding activities

Before welding activities only
After welding activities only
None of the above