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API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector VIP Certification Exam — Series II
API 510 — The API 510 certification exam is administered by the American Petroleum Institute (API); it consists of 100 open-book questions over 2.5 hours (70% passing), testing inspectors on pressure vessel inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating per API 510, ASME Section VIII Div. 1, ASME Sections V and IX, API 572, API 576, and API 577.
29
Questions
150m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
A carbon steel pressure vessel in light hydrocarbon service was installed in 2010 with a nominal shell thickness of 1.250 inches and a required minimum thickness of 0.820 inches. The most recent internal inspection in 2022 measured the shell at 1.045 inches. The previous internal inspection in 2018 measured 1.115 inches. An engineer calculates both a short-term and a long-term corrosion rate. Which corrosion rate must be used to determine remaining life and the next inspection date, and why?
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