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REVISION EXERCISES-5

1. Name the articles of ASME code which relate to ultrasonic testing?

2. Name the articles of ASME code which relate to penetrant testing?

3. Articles relating to ultrasonic testing and penetrant testing re1ate to which section of
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code?

4. Define the authorised inspector?

5. Define the following:

i) Specification

ii) Code

iii) Standard

iv) Recommended practice

5. Which standard uses the verbs "shall" or will" to indicate the mandatory use of certain
materials or actions or both?

6. Define the following:

i) Inspection

ii) Testing

iii) Examination

7. Name some of the NDT standards concerned with the education, training and
certification of NDT personnel.

8. Which section of ASME Code is for the construction of unfired boilers and pressure
vessels?
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9. Which section of ASME Code is for the construction of nuclear components?

10. Write down the categories of NDT standards.

11. What are the aims of standardization?

12. Define the following documents:

i. Report

ii. Record

13. Name some of the standardizing bodies along with their abbreviations.

14. Name the standardizing body which belongs to Germany?

15. At what steps, during the penetrant inspection, and inflammable products the safety
considerations are to be realized and practiced while making use of the chemicals?

16. What are the health hazards associated with vapour degreasing systems?

17. What are the effects of excessive inhalation of chlorinated hydrocarbon vapours?

18. What are the adverse effects of long term exposure to vapours during vapour degreasing?

19. What are the effects of prolonged exposure on the skin to vapour degreasing solvents?

20. What are the main hazards involved during solvent cleaning?

21. What are the safety precautions during acid cleaning?

22. Are there any harmful effects to human eyes by the dilute acids?

23. How the electrolytic acid cleaning systems are dangerous?

24. What is the recommended practice for operators working with electrolytic cleaning
systems?

25. What are the safety precautions during salt bath descaling?
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26. Why test objects must be totally free of water when immersed in a salt bath?

27. Why the organic base solvents, used as cleaning of test parts and removal of excess
penetrant, are hazardous?

28. What is the value of flash point and toxicity level for Stoddard solvent?

29. What are the safety considerations during black light handling?

30. What are the dangerous effects of chlorinated hydrocarbons and how they are avoided?

31. What is the safe way to mix acid and water for preparing new solutions?

32. How the used acid cleaning solutions are discarded?

33. What is the safe way of handling objects during acid cleaning?

34. What is the safe way of mixing alkali solutions and water for preparing new solutions?

35. What is the advantage of buying the dry developers by a reputable manufacturers?

36. What safety precautions should be adopted when working continuously at a developer
station?

37. Which fluorescent substances are known to be dangerous and why?

38. What is the only hazard against which special precautions are advised in using most water
washable penetrants?

39. How the processing parameters such as precleaning, penetration time (dwell time), etc.
are determined?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS(CH-5)

1. A system for defining, controlling and integrating all the activities which enable
economic production of goods for services that give full customer satisfaction is
called:
a. Standard
b. Quality control
c. Specification
d. None of the above
2. An orderly sequence of rules that describe how a specific technique shall be
applied, is called:
a. Guides and recommended practices
b. Procedure
c. Inspection
d. Technique
3. A report of a non destructive examination or testing is a document which will
include all the necessary information required to:
a. Take decision on the acceptance of the defects revealed by the examination
b. Facilitate repairs of non acceptable defects
c. Permit the examination or testing to be repeated
d. All of the above
4. Which is standard practice for liquid penetrant inspection method according to
ASME:
a. SE 165
b. AMS 3158
c. ASTM E-165
d. Both (a) & (c)
5. Which section of ASME covers the minimum safety requirements applicable to
the construction, design, and fabrication of pressure vessels under either
internal or external pressure for operation:
a. Section II
b. Section IV
c. Section VI
d. Section VIII
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6. Which article of ASME Section V deals with the eddy current method of flaw
detection:
a. Article 2
b. Article 4
c. Article 6
d. Article 8
7. What is the flash point of kerosene:
a. 650C
b. 650C
c. 1100C
d. 150C
8. Chlorinated hydrocarbon vapours can oxidize or decompose to produce the highly
toxic and dangerous gas;
a. Phosgene
b. Carbon mono oxide
c. Sulfur dioxide
d. Oxygen
9. Which of the following can be used on sodium fire;
a. Water
b. Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers
c. Sand or earth
d. None of the above
10. After acid cleaning, all test objects;
a. Should be rinsed in water to remove all traces of residual acid.
b. Cleaned with only dry cloth.
c. Can be used without cleaning.
d. None of the above.
11. While designing a penetrant care be taken that ;
a. It should be completely free of all hazards.
b. No rank poison, corrosive or highly malodorous material is permissible.
c. Operators must work with it with minimum discomfort or hazard.
d. All of the above.
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12. Practically all of the synthetic fluorescent dyes (in contrast to the fluorescent
crystalline hydrocarbons) are;
a. Are harmful.
b. Have tendency to be carcinogenic.
c. Quite harmless and free of any tendency to be carcinogenic.
d. Has no proof to be harmless.
13. The selection of a particular method and type of inspection procedure used
depends upon;
a. The nature of the application.
b. Conditions under which the inspection is to be performed,
c. Availability of the processing equipment and type of materials to perform
the inspection..
d. All of the above.