1.

The purpose of a hot pass is to:

A) Improve fusion
B) Improve profile
C) Remove hydrogen
D) Remove Sulphur

2. Which of the following processes uses a flat characteristic?

A) 131
B) Oxy-fuel gas welding
C) Resistance spot welding
D) 121 using more than 1000 amps

3. When welding medium carbon steel plates over 100mm in thickness would basic
electrodes require any pre-treatment before use?
A) None if they were in a vacuum pack opened 8 hours prior to use
B) None if they were in a sealed vacuum pack prior to use
C) Heat to 500˚C for 2 hours if used outside
D) Baked at 150˚C for 4 hours prior to use

4. Standard on the same subject approved by different standardizing bodies, that

establish inter-changeability of products, processes and services, or mutual
understanding of test results or information provided according to these
standards are called:
A) Codes of practice
B) Harmonized standards
C) Quality plan
D) Quality management systems

5. When welding medium carbon steel plates over 120 mm in thickness would the
basic electrodes require any pre-treatment before use?
A) None if they were in a vacuum pack
B) None if they were used in a factory
C) Heat to 500˚C for 2 hours if used outside
D) Baked at 150˚C for 4 hours prior to use

6. Which of the following is NOT a quantitative test?

A) Root bend
B) Macro hardness
C) Charpy
D) Tensile

7. When would you measure the minimum preheat temperature?

A) On completion of each pass
B) Immediately prior to commencing the first pass and subsequent passes
C) When the welding is complete
 D) Minimum preheat temperature measurement is only required if the heat input
is lower than that specified in WPS

8. When SAW welding using twin wires with separate power supplies what should
the electrical characteristics be?
A) Both wires DC+ve
B) Both wires AC
C) The lead wire DC+ve polarity followed by the trailing wire using a AC polarity
D) Both wires DC-ve

9. What would the effect be if the polarity were changed from DC-ve to DC+ve
when 111 welding?
A) More penetration
B) None
C) Greater deposition rate
D) Less penetration

10. Voltage and amperage meters have been removed from GMAW equipment
making calibration invalid, the equipment should be:
A) Quarantined
B) Only used for tack welds
C) Only used if validated
D) Monitored closely by the welding inspector for amperage and voltage

11. Why is it essential to clean the weld area on completion of the production weld?
A) So it can be ready for painting
B) To remove ant test
C) To ensure it is suitably clean for visual inspection and NDT
D) To remove slag from the undercut

12. An 80 mm diameter pipe, 10 mm wall thickness is to be radiographed using the

double wall single imagine technique. The source to be used is iridium. Which of
the following statements is true?
A) It should not be done as the thickness is below that recommended
B) It would be better to use a cobalt 60 source in this instance
C) There in no problem with the technique
D) The preferred method is the double wall, double image technique

13. In a welding procedure transverse joint tensile test the following observation were
made. The specimen CSA was recorded as 40mm X 20mm and the maximum
load applied was recorded as 190kN. What is the UTS
A) 237.5kN/mm2
B) 247.5N/mm2
C) 24.5N/mm2
D) 237.5N/mm2 (2375)
14. What is the most important information that the welding inspector should enter on
an electrode vacuum pack at the point of breaking the vacuum?
A) Welder’s name.
B) Weld ID number
C) Air humidity content
D) Time and date of opening

15. Which of the following defects is usually associated with MAG welding process
when using Dip Transfer?
A) Centreline cracking
B) Lack of side wall fusing
C) Undercut
D) Tungsten inclusions

16. Weld decay can be minimised specifying a steel with:

A) higher carbon level
B) higher caromium level
C) lower carbon level (corrección intergranular)
D) lower caromium level

17. Which welding process and mode is more susceptible to lack of sidewall fusion?
A) MAG Dip
B) SAW DC +
C) MAG Spray
D) TIG Pulsed

18. The welding procedure calls for a minimum of 50˚C preheat: you notice the
welder is using an oxy-acetylene cutting torch to preheat butt weld joint, what
course of action would you take?
A) I would check the preheat with a temperature indicating crayon (tempelstick)
to ensure it is correct
B) I would stop him and insist he used an approved method which is nominated
on the WPS
C) It is acceptable to use this method of applying preheat so there is no problem
D) As long as he had a neutral flame it would be acceptable

19. During root welding. Which of the following would be the main cause of excess
penetration?
A) The root gap is too small in accordance with WPS
B) Preheat not used
C) The current is too high
D) Root face is too large

20. Asymmetrical weld symbols to ISO 2553 are:

A) The same both sides of the arrow
B) Different each side of the arrow
 C) Show fillet welds only
D) Show butt welds only

21. What information should be recorded as a minimum on a completed production

weld?
A) Size and type of electrode used
B) Welding supervisor’s name
C) Welder’s identification, date and weld number
D) Welding inspectors name

22. A ‘weld all around’ symbol is not required when:

A) Indicating a circumferential joint
B) Indicating a pipe to pipe butt weld
C) Indicating a nozzle to shell weld
D) All of the above

23. What would be the most likely SAW flux type for welding medium carbon steel
which requires impact testing:
A) Callulosic
B) Rutile
C) Fused
D) Agglomerated

24. Which one of these statements is true concerning lamellar tearing?

A) As material gets thicker the ductility decreases
B) As materials gets thicker the resistance to Lamellar tearing improves
C) As materials gets thicker the ductility improves
D) Thick materials don’t suffer from Lamellar tearing

25. Which of the following defects are not associated with the SAW process?
A) Centreline cracking
B) Chevron cracking
C) Copper inclusions
D) Tungsten inclusions

26. Clustered porosity found internally in the body of an MMA weld is usually
associated with:
A) Poor inter-pass cleaning
 B) The open circuit current being too high
C) Poor stop start technique or damp electrode coating
D) Low open circuit voltage

27. In which of the following modes of transfer is inductance usually a variable

parameter in welding process 135 ?
A) Dip transfer
B) Spray transfer
C) Pulse transfer
D) Globular transfer

28. What are the three metal transfer modes when using 131/135?
A) Dip, drop and drag
B) Trailing, vertical, and leading
C) Pulse, dip and flood
D) Dip, spray and pulse
29. A 300mm diameter pipe, 10mm wall thickness is to be radiographically tested
using the double wall single image technique (DWSI). the source to be used is
Ir192. Which of the following statements is true?
A) It should not be done as the thickness is below that recommended
B) It would be better to use a cobalt 60 source in this instance
C) There is no problem with the technique
D) Only the double wall, double image technique should be used with Iridium

30. Hot cracking occurs:

A) In the HAZ
B) In the parent metal
C) In the weld
D) All of the above