API 653

REVIEW Section 10
1. When NDT examinations are to be performed:
Procedures, qualifications and acceptance criteria shall be prepared per API
650 & 653. 10.1.1.1
2. Personnel performing NDE of API 653 tanks shall be qualified:
In accordance with API standard 650 and supplemental requirements of API
653. 10.1.1.2
3. The area of a tank shell in the immediate area of an addition of a reinforcing plate to
an existing penetration, or when hot tapping:
Shall be ultrasonically checked. 10.1.2.1
4. What are you looking for when you check the immediate area of an addition of a
reinforcing plate to an existing penetration?
You are looking for possible laminations. 10.1.2.1
5. When existing attachment welds of existing reinforcing plates are removed from a
tank shell, cavities resulting from gouging or grinding operations shall be:
Examined by VT and MT or PT methods. 10.1.2.2
6. Completed welds attaching nozzle neck to shell, and reinforcing plate to shell and to
nozzle neck:
Shall be examined by MT or PT testing methods. 10.1.2.3
7. Completed welds of stress relieved assemblies of shell penetrations shall be examined
by VT and MT or PT methods:
After stress relief, 10.1.2.4
8. For shell penetrations installed using insert plates, the completed butt welds between
the insert plate and the shell plate:
Shall be fully RTd.
9. Completed repairs of butt welds shall be examined over:
Their full length by RT or UT methods. 10.1.3.2
10. When repairs to fillet welds are completed, they must be examined over:
Their full length by an appropriate NDE method. 10.1.3.3
11. Completed welds of temporary or new permanent attachments made to shells of API
Standard 650 group IV, IVA, V, or VI materials shall be examined by _____ and MT
(or at the option of the purchaser by PT methods).
Visual. 10.1.4.2
12. An inspector is responsible for inspecting a new weld that attaches an existing shell
plate to a new replacement shell plate. The plate thickness of the plates are 1.0625
thick. The weld is a double butt-weld. How would you examine the back gouged
surface of the root and final pass?
MT or PT. 10.1.5.1
13. An inspector is responsible for inspecting a new shell plate that is joined to another
new shell plate. What inspection method(s) is/are required by API 653?
RT. 10.1.5.2
14. When using diesel oil to test a first pass shell-to-bottom weld, what is the minimum
time the oil shall be allowed to stand?
4 hours. 10.1.6.1

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15. When using diesel oil to test a first pass shell-to-bottom weld, what is the preferred
time the oil shall be allowed to stand on the weld?
Overnight. 10.1.6.1
16. An inspector is responsible for inspecting an existing shell-to-bottom weld prior to
installing a welded-on lap patch. What method is called for by API 653?
VT and MT or PT. 10.1.6.3
17. When an existing shell-to-bottom weld is inspected prior to installing a welded-on lap
patch that measures 18 on the shell side, what distance along the existing weld
would you inspect to satisfy the requirements of API 653?
30, 10.1.6.3
18. If the owner-user of a tank has reviewed and approved ____________ to test the
integrity of welded bottom joints (for their entire length), it may be used in place of a
vacuum box and solution film.
A suitable tracer gas and compatible detector. 10.1.7.1
19. What method of inspection must be employed over the full length of the weld
attaching a welded-on patch plate to a tank bottom?
VT. 10.1.7.2
20. If a welded-on patch plate is placed in the critical zone of a tank bottom, what
methods of inspection shall be performed over its full length?
VT & MT or PT. 10.1.7.3
21. An owner-user has a six vertical shell joint repaired in one of his tanks (lack of
penetration was found over 2 to 6 runs in each joint). How many radiographs would
you require?
Six. 10.2.1.1
22. A repair is made on an existing tank by replacing the weld for a length of 100 on one
of the shell rings. The upper horizontal weld of this replacement intersects with 4
existing vertical welds. In the upper horizontal shell joint of this replacement, how
many total radiographs would be required?
Six. 10.2.1.2 (c) 3 (c)
23. A reconstructed tank has 88 junctions of new welds over existing weld seams. How
many radiographs are required?
22. 10.2.1.5
24. What is the minimum number of radiographs required, when a new or replacement
circular insert plate is butt welded to the shell?
A minimum of 1 radiograph. 10.2.1.6
25. When radiographing joints, weld intersections, etc., on repaired or reconstructed
tanks, according to API standard 653, the minimum diagnostic length of each
radiograph shall be:
Six inches. 10.2.1.7
26. Each radiograph film of a repaired weld or a weld on a reconstructed tank shall show:
An ID of the welder or welders making the weld. 10.2.3.1
27. Radiographs and radiograph records of all repaired welds shall be:
Marked with the letter R. 10.2.3.2

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28. A reconstructed tank and any tank that has undergone major repairs or alterations
shall have a full hydrostatic test, held for: 24 hours. 10.3.1.1