API 510 PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTOR · PUBLICATION
ASME VIII-1 in the API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector exam
VIII RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS Division 1. Our API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector bank draws 315 of its 6,091 questions from this publication — 5% — and they cite 12 different clauses, 62 of them open book. The clause list below is counted from those questions, not copied from a syllabus.
Clauses the questions cite
All 12, in document order. The number is how many questions in our bank reference that clause.
What they ask about
Free sample question from ASME VIII-1
Section alignment tolerance for Category A butt weld (t=9/16 in)?
- A. 1/16 in
- B. 1/8 in ✓
- C. 1/4 in
- D. 3/16 in
- E. 1/8t
Per ASME VIII-1 Table UW-33, Category A (longitudinal) butt-welded joints with t > 1/2 in: maximum offset = lesser of 1/4t or 1/8 in. For t = 9/16 in: 1/4t = 9/64 = 0.141 in; 1/8 in = 0.125 in. Governing limit = 1/8 in. ASME V Art. 7, T-773
Other publications in this exam
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