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Welding Quiz 1( Materials )


1. Steel is an alloy of
a. Chromium and Iron
b. Sulphur and Phosphorus
c. Iron and Carbon
d. Manganese and Nickel

2. High Carbon steel will have Carbon %


a. less than0.1
b. between 0.3 to 0.5
c. 0.25 max
d. greater than 0.5

3. Increase in carbon % will:


a. increase hardness and strength
b. improve ductility and toughness
c. reduce weldability
d.

a&c

4.Which one of the following statement is correct?


a. preheating increases hardness
b. preheating increases shrinkage stress
c. preheating increases cooling time
d. preheating increases welding output

5. What is the most common carbon steel material used for boilers and
pressure vessels?
a. High carbon steel
b. Low carbon steel
c. Medium carbon steel
d. all of above

6. Interpass temperature is the max temperature to be controlled while


welding. Statement is :
a. True
b. False

7. Postheating of weld is applied:


a. immediately after welding
b. before welding
c. during welding

d. none of the above

8.Hydrogen cracks in the weld HAZ is likely to occur when welding:


a. low carbon steel
b. austenitic stainless steel
c. chrome-moly steel
d. weathering steel

9. What is the minimum % of chromium required to make the steel


stainless
a. 1

c. 11

b. 5

d. 9

10. The main reason for preheating of medium carbon steel and chromemoly steel before gas cutting is to:
a. improve quality of cut
b. increase speed of cutting
c. prevent hardening and cracking
d. refine grain structure

11. Charpy test is conducted to measure:


a. hardness
b. strength

c. toughness
d. fatigue

12. Adddition of Cr, Mo, V to steel improves


a. notch toughness
b. creep properties
c. corrosion resistance
d. all of above

13. Excessive preheat and interpass temperature during welding on high


strength low alloy steel will result in:
a. cracks
b. porosity
c. reduction in mechanical properties
d. no affect

14. Rust is formed form Iron and which other element?


a. Hydrogen
d. nitrogen

b. sulphur

15. Cold working of steel will result in


a. improved corrosion resistance
b. increased hardness

c. Oxygen

c. improved ductility
d. reduction in strength

16. Which metal is used for galvanizing?


a. chrome
b. Lead
c. Tin
d. Zinc

17. which one of the stainless steel doesnot normally require preheat for
welding
a. austenitic
b. ferritic
c. matenistic
d. none of above

18. rapid cooling of a steel from austenitic range results in a hard brittle
structure known as
a. pearlite
b. ferrite
c. martensite
d.bainite

19. Which of the following changes will require increase in preheat?


a. decreased carbon equivalent

c. increased thickness

b. increased carbon equivalent

d. b&c

20. What heat treatment is characterized by holding the part at


austenising temp for sometime and then slow cooling in the furnace?
a. normalizing
b. quenching
c. annealing
d. stress relieving

21. Which of the following generally follows quenching?


a. annealing
b. tempering
c. normalizing
d. stress relieving

22. Heat input can be increased by:


a. increasing current
b. reducing current
c. increasing speed
d. reducing voltage

23. calculate carbon equivalent using formula CE= %C +%Mn/6 + %


(Cr+Mo+V)/5 + %(Ni+Cu)/15
a. 0.4

b. 0.6

c. 0.2

d. 0.8

24. Increase of heat input for austenitic SS welding will result in:
a. improved corrosion resistance
b. increase in carbide precipitation
c. decrease in corrosion resistance
d. a&c

25. Ferrite in austenitic SS weld can be calculated using:


a. WRC 92 diagram
b. Ferritoscope
c. chemical analysis
d. all of above
26. Duplex SS is better than austenitic SS for chloride environment.
Statement is:
a.True
b. False

27. Increase in ferrite content of austenitic SS weld will result in:


a. lowering of corrosion resistance
b. improving corrosion resistance

c. no effect
d. poor weldability

28. Dilution in overlay welding can be reduced by;


a. increasing the speed
b. increasing the current
c. increasing the voltage
d. decreasing the speed

29. Which is the best arc welding process for cladding of steel?
a. SMAW
b. GTAW
c. SAW- wire
d. SAW- Strips

30. overlapping of weld beads increases dilution: Statement is


a. True
b. False

31. Ferrous material specifications are listed in:


a. ASME section IX

b. ASME Section IIA


c. ASME section IIB
d. ASME section V

32. Which of the element is not a ferrite former?


a. Carbon
b. Chromium
c. Molybdenum
d. Niobium

33. Which SS category has dual structure?


a. austenitic

c. duplex

b. ferritic

d. martenstic

34. Sensitisation of austenitic SS is enhanced by:


a. increasing carbon content
b. addition of stabilizing element like Ti, Cb
c. reducing the heat input
d. decreasing the carbon content

35. What is the expansion for term PREN?


a. Positive Ratio Equal Numbers

b. Positive Resistance equal number


c. Pitting resistance Equivalent Number
d. Pitting ratio equivalent number

36. Which of the following element does not have effect on PREN?
a. Chromium
b. Molybdenum
c. Nitrogen
d. Nickel

37. Higher the PREN higher is the pitting resistance. Statement is


a. False
b. True

38. Bonding strength of clad plate is evaluated by :


a. Bend test
b. tensile test

c. shear test
d. compression te

39. Which is an undesirable impurity in steel?


a. Carbon
b. manganese

c. silicon
d. Sulphur

40. Steel with 3% carbon is known as:


a. High carbon steel
b. Cast iron
c. Cast steel
d. medium carbon steel

41. PWHT of equipment as per code is carried out by:


a. normalizing
b. tempering
c. stress relieving
d. annealing

42. Low alloy steel has alloying elements:


a. > 25%
b. < 10%
c. >10 %
d. > 15%

43. Steel welds should be protected from:


a. Nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen
b. Argon
c. Helium
d. b&c

44. Stainless steel welds require cooling between passes because:


a. temperature build could induce hot cracking
b. Cooling the weld reduces solubility of hydrogen
c. Cooling promotes precipitation of chromium carbides
d. weld metal will not solidify properly.

45. which one of the following is a ferrous metal?


a. Aluminum
b. Copper.
C. low alloy steel
d. Nickel

46. Major difference between quenching and annealing process is :


a. temperature to which alloy is heated
b. soaking time
c. cooling rate
d. heating medium

47. Small amount of ferrite in austenitic weld:


a. increases weld cracking
b. decreases weld cracking
c. has no affect

48. Which of the following can be accomplished using either thermal or


mechanical techniques?
a. annealing
b. stress relieving
c. normalizing
d. quenching

49. The four categories of SS derive their respective names from:


a. the man who discovered them
b. the crystal structure usually found in them at room temperature

c. their appearance
d. their mechanical properties

50. The use of preheat will tend to:


a. result in a wider HAZ
b. produce a lower hardness in HAZ
c. slow down the cooling rate
d. all of the above

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