API 936 REFRACTORY PERSONNEL · PUBLICATION
API 975 in the API 936 Refractory Personnel exam
Refractory Installation Quality Control— Inspection and Testing of Refractory Brick Systems and Materials. Our API 936 Refractory Personnel bank draws 216 of its 1,848 questions from this publication — 12% — and they cite 103 different clauses. The clause list below is counted from those questions, not copied from a syllabus.
Clauses the questions cite
The 40 most cited of 103, in document order. The number is how many questions in our bank reference that clause.
What they ask about
Free sample questions from API 975
What defines an independent laboratory in refractory testing?
- A. Facility owned by contractor
- B. Facility owned by manufacturer, since nothing else is thought to bear on the question
- C. Facility not affiliated with contractor or manufacturer ✓
- D. Owner’s in‑house lab
- E. Government lab only
Independent laboratory is a testing facility not affiliated with manufacturer or contractor. API 975, 3.14
As per API 975, what is the maximum permitted fin height at corners and edges of dense firebrick?
- A. 1.0 mm (0.04 in.)
- B. 2.0 mm (0.08 in.)
- C. 3.0 mm (1/8 in.) ✓
- D. 5.0 mm (0.20 in.)
- E. 10.0 mm (0.39 in.)
Fins at corners and edges shall not exceed 3.0 mm (1/8 in.) in height on dense firebrick. Fins are a manufacturing defect appearing as fin shaped projections along the outer surface of the brick. API 975, 5.2.7
Other publications in this exam
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