LIQUID PENETRANT TESTING

10x1=10 Marks
1] Liquid penetrant testing is based on the principle of:

(a) Polarized sound waves in a liquid

(b) Magnetic domains

(c) Absorption of X rays

(d) Capillary action

2] When a small diameter tube is placed in a glass of water, water rises in the tube to a

level above the adjacent surface. This is called:

(a) Viscosity

(b) Capillary action

(c) Surface tension

(d) Barometric testing

3] A penetrant process in which excess penetrant is removed with an organic solvent is

called:

(a) Solvent removable

(b) Water washable

(c) Post-emulsified

(d) Dual method

4] Which of the following penetrants must be treated with an emulsifier prior to water

removal?

(a) Solvent removable

(b) Water washable

(c) Post emulsifiable

(d) Fluorescent

5] Acceptable methods of penetrant application are:

(a) Spraying

(b) Dipping

(c) Brushing

(d) All of the above

called:

(a) Dwell time

(b) Soaking time

(c) Fixing time

(d) Development time

7] The colour of fluorescent penetrant under the presence of a UV light is:

(a) Yellow-green

(b) Red

(c) Blue

(d) Green

8] During the water rinse step of the water washable penetrant process, what is the

desired angle of the spray to the surface?

(a) Normal

(b) 30 degrees

(c) 45 degrees

(d) 75 degrees

9] The chief advantage of using a water washable penetrant process is:

(a) Sensitivity

(b) Safety

(c) Water tolerance

(d) Economics

10] Dye-penetrant test is used to find the ?

(a) internal cracks

(b) sub surface cracks

(c) surface cracks

(d) All the above

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 MAGNETICPRACTICLE TESTING
10x1=10 Marks
1] The most effective NDT method for locating surface cracks in ferromagnetic materials

is:

(a) Ultrasonic testing

(b) Radiographic testing

(c) Magnetic particle testing

(d) Liquid penetrant testing

2] Which of the following colours is readily available for magnetic particle test powder?

(a) Red

(b) Gray

(c) Black

(d) All of the above

3] Most fluorescent dyes used for magnetic particle testing fluoresce what colour?

(a) Blue green

(b) Yellow green

(c) Blue black

(d) Red orange

4] The best available source of black light for inspection is:

(a) The mercury vapour lamp

(b) The fluorescent tube

(c) The incandescent bulb

(d) Sunlight

5] The type of discontinuity which magnetic particle testing most effectively locates is:

(a) Slag inclusions

(b) Magnetic writing

(c) Porosity

(d) Surface cracks

(a) Fluorescent light

(b) Any light

(c) Black light

(d) Red light

7] What causes a leakage field in a steel bar?

(a) A crack

(b) Reversal of the magnetic field

(c) Paint on the surface

(d) All of the above

8] Which of the following can be magnetised?

(a) Iron

(b) Nickel

(c) Cobalt

(d) All of the above

9] The type of current that is best suited to detect surface discontinuities is:

(a) DC

(b) AC

(c) Pulsating DC

(d) Half wave

10] What is the another name for PIE GUAGE?

(a) Ketos Ring

(b) Field indicator

(c) shims

(d) ASTM Test block

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 RADIOGRAPHY TESTING
15x1=15 Marks
1] Which of the following types of intensifying screens are not used in industrial

radiography?

(a) Lead

(b) Fluorescent

(c) Silver halide

(d) All of the above

2] Which of the following is an isotope not artificially produced for industrial use:

(a) Ir-192

(b) Ra-226

(c) Co-60

(d) All of the above

3] Which of the following types of radiation is particulate?

(a) X

(b) Gamma

(c) Alpha

(d) None of the above

4] Which type of film would exhibit the coarsest grain?

(a) Slow

(b) Medium

(c) Fast

(d) No difference in the grain sizes

5] Which type of gamma ray source would be used to radiograph a weld in 150 mm thick

steel plate?

(a) Ir-192

(b) Co-60

(c) Tm-170

(d) Cs-137
6] Almost all gamma radiography today is done with artificially activated:

(a) Particles

(b) Isotopes

(c) Radium

(d) X ray machines

7] Lead screens improve mainly the _______________________ of the final radiograph:

(a) Density

(b) Contrast

(c) Exposure

(d) Definition

8] A filter will reduce the amount of _______________ in the primary radiation beam:

(a) Scatter

(b) Electrons

(c) High energy radiation

(d) Low energy radiation

9] The ASTM penetrameter for a 25 mm thick test piece contains holes of what sizes?

(a) T, 2T, 3T

(b) 2T, 3T, 4T

(c) T, 2T, 4T

(d) T, 3T, 4T

10] A thin, white line within the film image of a weld crown might be:

(a) A hair between the lead screen and the film

(b) Incomplete penetration

(c) A crack

(d) Undercut

11] Of the following radiographic sources, which emits the most penetrating radiation?

(a) Co-60

(b) Ra-226

(c) Cs-137

(d) Ir-192
12] The main reason for using a casting is that:

(a) Castings are stronger than other metal product forms

(b) Castings are normally of higher quality than other metal product forms

(c) Complex shapes of minimum weight are easily manufactured

(d) None of the above

13] The half-life of Co-60 is approximately:

(a) 74 days

(b) 129 days

(c) 5.3 years

(d) 30.1 years

14] The half-life of Cs-137 is approximately:

(a) 74 days

(b) 129 days

(c) 5.3 years

(d) 30.1 years

15] A straight, dark line in the centre of a weld bead image on film would be suspected of

being:

(a) Lack of fusion

(b) A crack

(c) Incomplete penetration

(d) Root concavity

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 ULTRASONIC TESTING
15x1=15 Marks
1] The divergence of an ultrasonic beam is dependant on:

(a) Transducer wavelength and diameter

(b) Test specimen density

(c) The sound wave's angle of incidence

(d) The degree of damping of the ultrasonic transducer

2] The piezoelectric material in a search unit which vibrates to produce ultrasonic waves

is called:

(a) A backing material

(b) A lucite wedge

(c) A transducer element or crystal

(d) A couplant

3] A noisy base line, or hash may result in:

(a) Laminations in the test piece

(b) Discontinuities at an angle to the test piece surface

(c) Large grain size

(d) Fatigue cracks

4] Which type(s) of sound wave modes will propagate through liquids?

(a) Longitudinal

(b) Shear

(c) Surface

(d) All of the above

5] When the motion of the particles of a medium is transverse to the direction of

propagation, the wave being transmitted is called a:

(a) Longitudinal wave

(b) Shear wave

(c) Surface wave

(d) Lamb wave

in a 12 inch thick specimen of coarse-grained steel?

(a) 1.0 MHz

(b) 2.25 MHz

(c) 5.0 MHz

(d) 10 MHz

7] An oscilloscope display in which the screen base line is adjusted to represent the one

way distance in a test piece is called a:

(a) A scan display

(b) B scan display

(c) C scan display

(d) D scan display

8] As ultrasonic frequency increases:

(a) Wavelength increases

(b) Wavelength decreases

(c) Sound velocity increases

(d) Sound velocity decreases

9] A cross section view of a test piece is produced by which of the following?

(a) A scan

(b) B scan

(c) C scan

(d) A time line display

10] Which of the following circuits provide current to operate the ultrasonic instrument?

(a) The pulse generator

(b) The amplifier

(c) The power supply

(d) The sweep generator

11] Which type(s) of sound wave modes will propagate through solids?

(a) Longitudinal

(b) Shear

(c) Surface
 (d) All of the above

12] Wavelength is:

(a) The distance from the crest to the next trough of a sound wave

(b) The time required for a sound wave to propagate from a trough to the next

trough of a sound wave

(c) The distance a sound wave travels in one second

(d) The distance from trough to trough or from peak to peak of a sound wave

13] The velocity of surface waves is approximately _______________ the velocity of

shear waves in the same material.

(a) Two times

(b) Four times

(c) One half

(d) Nine-tenths

14] Sound beam intensity is irregular in the area called:

(a) The near field

(b) The far field

(c) The beam spread

(d) The delay line

15] Which type of couplant we can used for ultrasonic testing ?

(a) Oil

(b) Greese

(c) Water

(d) All the above

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