Cswip 3.2 MCQ-001
Cswip 3.2 MCQ-001
1. When "hydrogen control" is specified for a manual metal arc-welding project the
electrode would normally be:
a. Cellulosic
b. Iron oxide
c. Acid
d. Basic
2. You would with certainty recognize a hydrogen controlled flux covered electrode
from its:
a. Color
b. Length
c. Trade Name
d. AWS/BS639 Code Letter
3. When manual metal arc welding is being carried out on an open construction site,
which group of welders are the most likely to require continuous monitoring ?
a. Concrete-shuttering welding teams
b. Pipe welding team
c. Platter welders
d. Plant maintenance welders
4. You notice manual metal arc electrodes, stripped or flux, are being used as filler wire,
for TIG welding. You would object because:
a. It is too expensive
b. The wire would be too thick
c. The weld metal composition may be wrong
d. The wire is too short
5. When open site working. Serious porosity in metal arc welds is brought to your
attention. What would you investigate?
a. Electrode type
b. Power plant type
c. Electrode storage
d. Day temperature
6. The steel composition in a structural contract is changed from 0.15% carbon, 0.6%
manganese, to 0.2% carbon, 1.2% manganese. Might this influence the incidence of :
a. Porosity
b. Cracking in the weld area
c. Undercut for fillet welds
d. Lack of root fusion defects
8. When TIG welding Austenitic stainless steel pipe, Argon gas backing is called for.
This is to:
a. Prevent oxidation
b. Prevent under-bead cracking
c. Prevent porosity
d. Control the penetration bead shape
9. Pre-heating a Carbon steel manual metal arc welding is carried out to minimize the
risk of:
a. Scattered porosity
b. Worm hole porosity
c. Parent metal cracking
d. Lack of penetration
10. In UK practice, BS499 Part 2 specifies that the drawing dimension quoted for a fillet
weld is the:
a. Leg length
b. Actual throat thickness
c. Weld width
11. For open site manual metal welding the following equipment is available. Which
would you choose for safe working?
a. Single operator transformer
b. Multi operator transformers
c. AC/DC composite power unit
d. Diesel engine driven motor generator
12. If submerged arc welding is to be used to make butt welds, which would you be most
critical of:
a. The root gap tolerance
b. The angle of preparation
c. The root face width
d. The gas cut finish
13. During CO2 welding, the arc length is most likely to be affected by:
a. The wire diameter
b. The current return connections
c. The gas flow rate
d. The torch to work angle
15. You see a welder using an oxy-acetylene flame with a long feathered inner cone.
What would be the effect of this on carbon steel?
a. The weld could be hard and brittle
b. The weld metal could be too soft
c. There will be no effect on the weld
d. The weld will have undercut
17. A fabricating procedure calls for fillet welds to be "blended in" by grinding. This is to
influence
a. H.A.Z. cracking
b. Fatigue life
c. Residual stress
d. Yield strength
18. Bend test specimens have been taken from a 25mm thick carbon steel butt weld.
Which would show lack of inter-run fusion:
a. Side bend
b. Root bend
c. Face bend
d. Guided bend
19. Lamellar tearing has occurred in a steel fabrication. BEFORE welding could it have
been found by:
a. X-ray examination
b. Dye penetrant
c. Ultrasonic inspection
d. It would not have been found by any inspection method
20. You are to oversee the arc welding or some machined fittings and find they are
cadmium plated. Would you:
a. Permit it to proceed
b. Permit it to proceed with fume extraction
c. Stop the operation at once
d. Advise the welder to drink milk and proceed