Latest API-577 Practice Questions BY Barlow

Question 1

• A. An area next to the heat-affected zone that has suffered some softening and loss of strength.
• B. The microstructure of the weld that has been melted and will therefore have properties more like a casting than the base metal.
• C. An area near the heat-affected zone affected by welding that may experience intergranular corrosion.
• D. The high residual stress zone adjacent to the weld fusion line that will have higher hardness than the weld or base material.

Question 2

• A. HRC 20
• B. HRC 22
• C. HRC 25
• D. HRC 32