1. Which of the following is a reference reflector that is not dependent on beam angle?

A flat bottomed hole

A vee notch
A side drilled hole which is parallel to the plate surface and perpendicular to the sound path
A disc shaped laminar reflector
2. Where does beam divergence occur?
Near field
Far field
At the crystal
None of the above
3. On a scan display the dead zone refers to?
The distance contained within the near field
The area outside the beam spread
The distance covered by the front surface pulse width and recovery time
The area between the near field and far field
4. Which of the following modes of vibration exhibits the shortest wavelength at a given frequency and in
a given material?
Longitudinal wave
Compression wave
Shear wave
Surface wave
5. Look at diagram one at the foot of the page which illustrates four waves. Wave A strikes the surface of
the specimen and produces waves B, C and D. The incident angle is?
Angle A
Angle B
Angle C
Angle D
6. Diagram two at the foot of the page illustrates four waves. Wave A strikes the surface of the spcimen
and produces waves B, C and D. The refraction angle is?
Angle A
Angle B
Angle C
Angle D
7. In which zone does the amplitude of an indication from a given discontinuity diminsh exponentially as
the distance increases?

Far field zone

Near field zone
Dead zone
Fresnel zone
8. Rayleigh waves are influenced most by defects located?
One wavelength below the surface
Six wavelengths below the surface
Close to or on the surface
Three wavelengths below the surface
9. Of the following sound waves modes one has multiple or varying wave velocities?
Longitudinal waves
Shear waves
Transverse waves
Lamb waves
10. Transducers used in ultrasonic testing exhibit which of the following effects?
Ferromagnetic
Piezoelectric
Electromechanical
Hyperacoustic
11. Of an a-scan display what represents the intensity of the refelected beam?
Echo pulse width
Horizontal screen location
Signal brightness
Signal amplitude
12. A short burst of alternating energy is called?
A continuous wave
A peaked dc voltage
An ultrasonic wave
A pulse
13. Attenuation is a difficult quantity to measure accurately particularly in solid materials at the test
frequencies normally used. The overall result observed includes other loss mechanisms which can
include?
Beam spread
Couplant mismatch

Test piece geometry

All of the above
14. The simple experiment where a stick in a glass of water appears disjointed at the water ?
Reflection
Magnification
Refraction
Diffraction
15. The ratio of the velocity of sound in water compared to that for aluminium or steel is approxiamtely?
1:4
1:2
1:8
1:3
16. Which of the following cannot be considered as a coupling agent?
Greece
Water
Air
Glycerine
17. The speed with which ultrasonic waves travel through a material is known as its?
Velocity of sound energy
Pulse repetition rate of sound energy
Pulse recovery rate of sound energy
Ultrasonic response of sound energy
18. A testing technique in which the crystal or transducer is parallel to the surface and ultransonic waves
enter the material being tested in a direction perpendicular to the test surface is?
Straight beam testing
Angle beam testing
Surface wave testing
None of the above
19. The total energy losses occuring in all materials is called?
Attenuation
Scatter
Surface wave testing
None of the above
20. Acoustic energy propagates in different modes. Which of the following represents a mode?

Longitudinal mode
Shear wave
Surface wave
All of the above
Diagram One for Question Five

Diagram Two for Question Six

Here are the corrections:

1. A side drilled hole which is parallel to the plate surface and perpendicular to the sound path
2. Far field
3. The distance covered by the front surface pulse width and recovery time
4. Surface wave
5. Angle D
6. Angle A
7. Far field zone
8. Close to or on the surface
9. Lamb waves
10. Piezoelectric
11. Signal amplitude
12. A pulse
13. All of the above
14. Refraction
15. 1:4
16. Air
17. Velocity of sound energy
18. Straight beam testing
19. Attenuation
20. All of the above