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API 653 CH 6

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about inspection intervals and requirements for storage tanks outlined in API 653. The questions cover topics like how inspection intervals are determined, maximum periods for external and internal inspections, which parts of tanks control internal inspection intervals, initial internal inspection intervals, maximum following inspection intervals, product exemptions from intervals, responsibilities for repair recommendations, and NDE qualifications.

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API 653 CH 6

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about inspection intervals and requirements for storage tanks outlined in API 653. The questions cover topics like how inspection intervals are determined, maximum periods for external and internal inspections, which parts of tanks control internal inspection intervals, initial internal inspection intervals, maximum following inspection intervals, product exemptions from intervals, responsibilities for repair recommendations, and NDE qualifications.

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Q1.

API 653: tank inspection intervals


Fundamentally, under the API methodology, how are
the inspection intervals (both internal and external) for
storage tanks decided?
 (a) They are based on the tables in API 653
 (b) They are based on local legislation (‘jurisdiction’)
 (c) They are based on the results of previous service history
 (d) They are based on the results of a mandatory RBI analysis

Q2. API 653: tank external inspection intervals


What is the maximum period that API 653 specifies for
an external inspection by an API-authorized tank
inspector?
 (a) There is not one (it can vary depending on history, RBI results, etc.)
 (b) 5 years or 1/2 of the remaining corrosion life
 (c) 5 years or 1/4 of the remaining corrosion life
 (d) 10 years or 1/2 of the remaining corrosion life

Q3. API 653: shell UT inspection intervals


What is the maximum period that API 653 specifies for
UT thickness checking of the shell if the corrosion
rate is not known?
 (a) There is not one (it can vary depending on history, RBI results, etc.)
 (b) 1 year
 (c) 2 years
 (d) 5 years

Q4. API 653: shell UT inspection intervals


What is the maximum period that API 653 specifies for
UT thickness checking of the shell when the corrosion
rate is known and has been validated within the past 5
years?
 (a) 5 years
 (b) 15 years or 1/2 of the remaining corrosion life
 (c) 5 years or 1/4 of the remaining corrosion life
 (d) 10 years or 1/4 of the remaining corrosion life

Q5. API 653: tank internal inspection intervals


Which part of the tank normally ‘controls’ the internal
inspection interval?
 (a) The bottom
 (b) The lower courses of the shell
 (c) The fluid interface areas of the shell
 (d) The condition of the tank nozzle-to-shell wesld

Q6. API 653: initial internal inspection intervals


What is the maximum period that API 653 specifies for
the first internal inspection interval if a formally
documented RBI evaluation has not been carried out?
 (a) 10 years
 (b) 20 years
 (c) 1/2 corrosion life if the corrosion rate is known, 20 years if it is not
 (d) 1/2 corrosion life if the corrosion rate is known, 10 years if it is not

Q7. API 653: following inspection intervals


What is the absolute maximum internal inspection
interval for a tank containing oil (following the initial
one) under any scenario?
 (a) 20 years
 (b) 25 years
 (c) 30 years
 (d) There is not one

Q8. API 653: interval exemptions


Tanks containing which of these products are exempt
from API 653 maximum internal inspection intervals?
 (a) Light distillate
 (b) Asphalt
 (c) Crude oil
 (d) Toxic substances
Q9. API 653: repair recommendations
Whose job is it to provide repair recommendations for
tanks?
 (a) The examiner
 (b) The inspector
 (c) The owner/operator
 (d) All of the above

Q10. API 653: NDE qualifications


Examiners doing NDE of tanks must be qualified
according to the requirements of:
 (a) API 650
 (b) API 653 Appendix D
 (c) ASME V
 (d) ASME IX

Q1 C
Q2 C
Q3 D
Q4 B
Q5 A
Q6 A
Q7 C
Q8 B
Q9 B
Q10 A

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