61) When considering thermal cutting local hardening can be reduced by:

a. Increasing the cutting speed.

b. The use of propane as a fuel gas.

c. Pre heating the material to be cut.

d. All of the above.

62) Welding procedures may require welds to be deposited at a controlled rate heat input. High heat input would:

(a) Have poor profile

(b) Have larger grain size

(c) Have high hardness in the HAZ

(d) Have low elongation properties

63) The need for pre-heat for steel will increase if:

a. The material thickness reduces.

b. Faster welding speeds

c. The use of a larger welding electrode

d. All of the above.

64) The important point of high temperature steels is that:

(a) They can withstand creep failure

(b) They may suffer re-heat cracking problems

(c) They may suffer loss of toughness

(d) All of the above

65) When a medium to high carbon steel is quenched:

(a) It becomes malleable

(b) Its hardness increases

(c) It becomes ductile

(d) The plasticity is increased

66) When 2 different material types are welded together, the joint may be referred to as……..

a. a composite joint

b. a transition joint

c. a dissimilar metal joint

d. either b or c
67) Which of the following can arise from copper inclusions in a ferrite steel weld?

a) Weld metal cracks

b) HAZ cracks

c) Lamellar tearing

d) Porosity

68) What is an active flux?

(a) A material used to clean surfaces of the joint through continued chemical reaction

(b) A material used to protect the molten weld pool during welding

(c) A material used to aid fusion

(d) All of the above

69) Which gas cannot sustain spray transfer in GMAW welding

A. carbon dioxide

B. argon

C. Helium

D. oxygen

70) Which of the following electrodes is classified to BS EN 499?

a. E 38 3 R

b. E 6013

c. E 7018 - G

d. E 51 33 B

71) The carbon content in low carbon steel is ?

A...6 to 25 points of carbon

B....25 to 50 points of carbon

C...0.25% to 0.6% carbon

D....6 to 25 and 0.6% to 0.25% carbon

72) Internal stress may lead too

A....warping

B....cold cracking

C....hot cracking

D....all of the above

E....warping and cold cracks

73) Segregation within an ingot maybe detect by which of the following technique

A...ultrasonic

B...Sulphur painting

C....Visual examination

D....all of the above

74) Low temperature heating giving rise to the small readjustment in the position of the atoms is known

A... re crystallsation

B... recovery

C...grain growth

D.. Annealing

75) If too great forging reduction is attempted in one operation may occur

A...preferred orientation of the grains

B....inadequate grain growth

C...forging buts

D.....forging laps

76) A Segregation is associated with the serious metallurgical defects

A....non metallic inclusion

B.....shrinking cavities

C....hydrogen cracks

D...non metallic inclusion and shrinking cavities

77) Which welding process produce the highest level of hydrogen?

A. TIG autogenous

B. MIG Solid wire

C. FCAW

D. MMA Basic electrode

78) MIG/MAG welding what would be affected if the CTWD was extended?

a. amperage

b. voltage

c. inductance

d. travel speed
79) Which of the following discontinuities could be as a primary processing discontinuity often found in cast material?

(a) Fatigue crack

(b) Stress corrosion crack

(c) Porosity

(d) Lack of penetration

80) Which of the following steels is likely to be more susceptible to hydrogen cracking?

a. Carbon equivalent of less than 0.25 %.

b. Carbon equivalent of 0.35%.

c. Carbon equivalent of 0.38%.

d. Carbon equivalent of 0.43%.

81) Elements completed with other electron cell

A...highly reactive

B...inert

C...metallic in nature

D...high melting point metal

82) Which electrodes are very susceptible to causing porosity in the deposited welds if long arc employed?

a) Basic

b) Cellulosic

c) Rutile

d) None of the above

83) According EN 22553, if the symbol is on the identification line where does the weld go?

a. On both sides

b. On the arrow side

c. Opposite arrow side

d. It does not matter

84) You are to oversee the arc welding of some machined fittings and find they are cadmium plated. Would you:

(a) Permit it to proceed

(b) Permit it to proceed with fume extraction

(c) Stop the operation at once

(d) Advise the welder to drink milk and proceed

85) According to AWS2.4 where does the symbol go for welding on the arrow side?

a. Below solid line

b. Above solid line

c. Depends on the joint

d. Always weld where the arrow is pointing

86) Many of the meters, instruments & controls of the welding machine are not working proper and their calibration certificate are also out
date. What will you do?

a. Permit welding to proceed with no further action

b. Use a MAP separate measuring instrument and permit welding

c. Stop welding until corrective measures are completed to rectify the situation

d. Being welding and then report to their management when time is available

87) which is solid state welding

A...Saw

B...MMA.

C...GMAW

D...Friction welding

88) A Bessemer converter is ?

A...method of producing cast iron

B....method of producing pig iron

C...method of producing wrought iron

D...method of producing steel

89) A plug weld and a slot weld differ in which of the following

a. a plug weld has a hole in one member

b. a slot weld has a hole in one member

c. a slot weld is an arc weld

d. a plug weld is a friction weld

90) cathodic cleaning is used to remove ?

a. sign waves

b. oxides

c. surface inclusions

d. low melting point compounds

91) FOR CROSS-COUNTRY PIPELINES, WHICH TYPE OF MMA ELECTRODE REQUIRE THE USE OF A HOT PASS
TECHNIQUE TOREDUCE THE RISK OF CRACKING

A IRON POWDER

B BASIC

C CELLULOSIC

D RUTILE

92) Solidification cracking occurs:

a. in the HAZ

b. in the weld metal

c. use low hydrogen electrodes

d. all of the above

93) Asymmetrical weld symbols to EN 22553 are:

a. The same side of the arrow

b. Different each side of the arrow

c. Show fillet weld only

d. Show butt weld only

94) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF HAZ CRACKING WHEN WELDING THICK SECTION
CARBON MANGNESE STEELS ?

A SLOW COOLING AFTER WELDING

B LOW MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ELECTRODE COVERING

C USE OF STEEL GRADE WITH A LOW CEV

D USE OF A LOW HEAT INPUT

95) The welder have increased the electrode strike out length of the SAW set, what would be effect on the weld?

A. No effect

B. Weld width would be narrow

C. Penetration will be increased

D. The deposition rate will be greater if wire feed rate is increased also

96) If the heat input in the process is increases then which of following statement is correct ?

A) toughness reduced & hardness increases .

B) toughness increases & hardness reduces .

C) toughness increases& hardness increases.

D) toughness reduces & hardness reduces .

97) Which one of these test would most probably used for welder qualification on a plate butt weld using 13mm low carbon steel

A. CTOD

B. Nick break test

C. Fracture fillet test

D. IZOD

98) Half life is a term used to describe

A. The penetrating ability of a gamma ray source

B. Half the time the gamma source will be useful

C. The time taken of the gamma source to reduce the strength by half

D. Time of decay of an X ray tube

99) A CODE GIVES THE ACCEPTANCE STANDARD FOR EXSCESS WELD METAL “h” AS: H < 1mm + 0.1 b MAX. 5 mm
WHERE “b” IS THIE WIDTH OF THE CAP. FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ALTUATIONS IS THE ESCESS WELD METAL
ACCEPTABLE.

A. b=15 H=3.0

B. b=22 H=3.0

C. b=28 H=4.0

D. b=40 H=5.4

100) How are the tack weld lengths during assembly and fit-up determined?

A. By the welder as they have extensive knowledge

B. As the wps will give minimum tack length requirement

C. As the welding drawing will give the information

D. As the specification weld do

101) Tensile test :-

A - will give an indication of reduction in area

B - will only show the elastic range

C - show how good the welder

D - will determine the transition range

102) Which method is described by the following statement?

The arc is formed between the tip of electrode and the work place is requires special purpose electrodes with thick flux coatings to generate
a strong arc force and gas stream

A. oxy- fuel cutting

B. manual metal arc gauging

C. arc air gauging

D. plasma arc cutting

103) Very high deposition efficiency electrodes (180%) have what disadvantages

A. higher yield strength of weld metals

B .higher level of hydrogen in the weld metal

C. operation is limited to only some positions

D. they produce very hard weld metals

104) Which of the following would you not need to check in a welding consumable store?

a. the oven temp.

b. Quarantine consumables

c. Calibrations of the ovens

d. the humidity

105) which of the following welding process uses a resistive heating system to achieve weld metal deposition???

1.MMA

2.RESISTANCE SPOT WELD

3.eLECTRO SLAG WELDING

4.FRICTION WELDING

106) The use of cobalt as an isotope would generally be used on

a. thin plate

b. tee joint

c. plate thickness greater than 25mm

d. none of these

107) Which of the following electrodes is the most likely to contain the largest quantity of combustible organic compounds?

a. Basic

b. Acidic

c. Rutile

d. Cellulose.

108) which of the following in a fusion weld usually has the highest tensile strength???

1.weld metal

2.parent metal

3.haz

4.fusion zone
109) When referring to TIG welding, the shielding gas could be;

1. ARGON+HYDROGEN

2. ARGON+HE.

3. ARGON+NITROGEN

4. ALL OF THE ABOVE.

110) Which electrode has highest recovery rate?

1. Rutile

2. Basic

3. Cellulosic

4. Iron powder

111) What destructive test would be required to ascertain the likelihood of crack in the HAZ of a weld

a. nick break

b. side bend test

c. charpy impact

d. macro test

112) What is the main cause of undercut is:

a. current too low

b. excessive travel speed

c. excessive OCV

d. excessive amps

113) Voltage and amperage meter have been removed from MIG/MAG(GMAW) calibration invalid, the equipment should be

a. quarantined

b. only used for tack welds

c. only used if validated

d. monitored density by the welding inspector for amperage and voltage

114) Rutile electrodes are often sold packed in cardboard box covered with a plastic film, if upon you found they were damp and the ends
were rusting what course of action would you recommended?

A. Use them as a rutile electrode for only purpose welding

B. Re dry at 120 degree C and issue to the shop floor

C. Quarantine them

D. Only use them for tack welding

115) Which of the following is most apt to render the post-emulsification test ineffective :

(a) Too long of a penetrant time.

(b) Too long of a developing time.

(c) Too long of an emulsifying time.

(d) None of the above.

116) Which of the following statements is true :

(a) Oxygen-fuel gas cutting is essentially an oxidization thermal cutting Process.

(b) Oxygen-fuel gas cutting is essentially a melting process.

(c) The only fuel gas used is acetylene.

117) In general it is not easy to mechanise the MMA welding process because :

(a) Short electrode length, the control of the arc length and the process uses A flat characteristic.

(b) Short electrode length, the control of the arc length and flux coverings.

(c) The control of the arc length, stop start problems and short electrode length,

(d) Flux coverings, short electrode lengths and relationship between amps And volts.

118) Clustered porosity found internally in the body of a C-Mn in the MMA welding 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

119) High intensity energy beams are associated with which of the following welding processess

a. Laser

b. Electron beam

c. Plasma

d. All of the above

120) Basic coated electrodes provided in standard packaging :

(a) Are deep penetrating electrodes.

(b) Should be heated prior to welding to obtain a low H2 content in the weld.

(c) Should be heated to totally eliminate H2 in the weld.

(d) Should not be preheated as this will detrimentally effect welding