API API-510 Practice Exams
Last updated on Apr 07,2025- Exam Code: API-510
- Exam Name: Pressure Vessel Inspector
- Certification Provider: API
- Latest update: Apr 07,2025
Before non-destructive procedures are used in lieu of hydrostatic testing, what must be done?
- A . An engineer experienced in pressure vessel design and the API inspector must be consulted
- B . The API inspector must be consulted
- C . The API inspector and NBIC inspector must be consulted
- D . An experienced engineer must be consulted
Explain the role and responsibilities of an Authorized Pressure Vessel Inspector under API-510 during routine inspections.
What is the role of the API-510 code in pressure vessel inspection following a natural disaster?
- A . It provides guidelines for immediate decommissioning
- B . It has no specific guidelines for post-disaster inspection
- C . It specifies more frequent inspections and assessments
- D . It mandates a complete overhaul of the vessel
Which type of corrosion mechanism is not directly addressed in API-510?
- A . Crevice corrosion
- B . Galvanic corrosion
- C . High-temperature hydrogen attack
- D . Atmospheric corrosion
When does the API-510 Inspection Code apply?
- A . Vessels constructed to API-572
- B . Vessels after they have been placed in service
- C . Pressure vessel being fabricated to ASME Section VIII, Division 1 or 2
- D . Only pressure vessels being fabricated for refinery/petro-chemical service
Who is responsible when rerating calculations are required for a vessel?
- A . The chief inspector and the unit engineer
- B . The API authorized inspector
- C . A professional engineer only, is allowed to perform these calculations
- D . The manufacturer or an owner-user engineer (or his designated representative)
Which of the following relief devices is intended to work with steam boilers?
- A . Relief Valve.
- B . Safety Relief Valve.
- C . Safety Valve.
- D . Balanced Safety Relief.
The pressure vessel owner/user is required to maintain a permanent and progressive record.
These records shall contain all but which of the following?
- A . Names of all authorized inspection personnel
- B . Operating and inspection history
- C . Construction and design information
- D . Repair, alteration, and re-rating information
Increasing hardness of the metal substrate is not always a good indicator of improved resistance to __________, particularly where corrosion plays a significant role.
- A . stress corrosion
- B . erosion
- C . stress corrosion cracking
- D . ductile failure
The API authorized pressure vessel inspector may give prior authorization for repairs that do not involve:
- A . Radiography
- B . Pneumatic testing
- C . Final visual inspections
- D . Pressure tests