API 653 EXAMPRACTICE QUESTIONS
(CLOSED BOOK)
1. Two methods of quantifying the remaining thickness of tank
bottoms arementioned in API 653. One method uses the formula involving
MRT. What is the name of the other method?
Probabilistic and Deterministic
2. What is the maximum out-of-plumbness allowed from the top of
the shell to the bottom of the shell on a 48 high tank?
5.00
[Link] to strength requirements, the minimum thickness of an
annular plate ring isusually greater than:
0.100
[Link] joint between the new material of an insert plate and the old
material of the existing tank shell plate shall be:
Butt welded
5.A pressure test at least 1.5 times the __________ shall be
performed on a nozzleinstalled by hot tapping after the valve has been
installed on it and prior to mounting the hot tap machine.
Hydrostatic head
[Link] roof storage tanks may be as large as ______ feet in
diameter.
300
7 . Th e s i mp l e s t t yp e o f f l o a t i n g r o o f i s t h e :
Pan
[Link] oxygen deficient atmosphere exists when a tank atmosphere
has less thanwhat percent oxygen by volume?
19.5%
[Link]-in-Air analyzers must be designed to measure _______
Lead-in-Air concentrations.
Organic
[Link] into a confined space is considered to have occurred as soon as:
A part of the entrants body breaks the plane of an opening into the space.
[Link] repairs involve most of the tank bottom, it may be desirable to
displace theflammable liquids beneath the tank by:
Water flooding
[Link] surfaces that have been in contact with leaded gasoline should be
scrapeddown to bare metal. On each side of a line that might be heated
excessively bywelding or other operations, an area of at least ______
should be scraped down to bare metal.
12
[Link] is the axis of a weld?
A line through the center of the weld, parallel with the sides of the weld
[Link] monitoring the density limitations of radiographs, either a ________
or stepwedge comparison film shall be used for judging film density.
Densitometer
[Link] tank roof evaluations, roof plates corroded to an average
thickness of lessthan ______ in any 100 square inch area shall be repaired
or replaced
