API 653 QUESTION BANK (Total No. of Pages: 62) INTRODUCTION This material is to help prepare you for the API 653 Certification Examination. Your degree of proficiency in this material will be tested throughout the course. The below listed references are indicated as the source of the answers next to each question. To best prepare for the course and the examination, you should strive to memorize these questions and answers. REFERENCE INDEX API650 Welded Stee! Tanks for Oil Storage API651 ——_Cathodific Protection of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks API652 —_Lining of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms API653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction API 2015 Preparing Tank Bottoms for Hot Work Section V ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Nondestructive Examination Section IX ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Brazing and Welding Qualifications.1) 2) 3) 4) is a change from previous operating conditions involving different properties of the stored product such as specific gravity or corrosivity and / or different service conditions of temperature and / or pressure" (a) Re-rating; (b) Change in service; (c) Repair; (d) Reconstruction REF : API-653, - 1.5.4 ANS : (b) A is a device used to determine the image quality of a radiograph. (a) A step wedge comparison film; (b) A densitometer; ()A penetramter (d) All of the above. REF : Section V, T-233 ANS : (c) A corroded roof plate is found to have an average thickness of 0.1" measured over an area of 100 sq. inches. This area shall be -- (a) Repaired or replaced; (b) Found to be acceptable; (c) Repair is prohibitex (d) Replacement is mandated REF : API-653, 2.2.1.2 ANS : (b) A double-welded butt joint is defined as :- (a) A joint between two members that intersect at an angle between 0 degrees (a butt joint) and 90 degrees (a comer joint). (b) A joint between two abutting parts lying in approximately the same plane that is welded from both sides. (c) A joint whose size is equal to the thickness of the thinner jointed member. (d) A joint between two overlapping members in which the overlapped edge is welded. REF : 650 3.1 ANS : (b)5) 6) 7) 8) An extemal floating roof shall be provided with atleast one manhole having a minimum inside diameter of inches. (a) 18; (b) 15; (c) 24; (a) 30. REF : 650 APP. C. 3.11 ANS : (c) A formal Visual External inspection by a qualified inspector shall be done atleast :- (a) Every 5 years of % CR life whichever is less (b) Every 5 years of % CR life whichever is less (c) Every 2 years (d) Every 1- years or % CR life whichever is greater REF : 653 4.3.2.1 ANS : (a) A full hydrostatic test (when required) shall be held for hours :- (a) 24; (b) 8; (c) 18; (a) 12 REF : 653 10.3.1.4 ANS : (a) A full-fllet weld is a weld that :- (a) not less than 1/3 the thinner plate; (b) the legs equal the thickness of the thinner plate; (c) the largest isosceles triangle that can be inscribed within the cross. section of the weld (d) is atleast the thickness of the thicker plate REF : API 650 3.1.1.7 ANS : (b) A hot tap in a 1.25" thick tank with a minimum metal temperature of 65°F at time of hot tap, without having material toughness data is :- (a) not permitted; (b) permitted; (c) not enough information; (d) not addressed by the code REF : API 653 — 7.13.4 & Fig. 7-5