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API 578 in the API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment exam
Material Verification Program for New and Existing Assets. Our API SIRE - Source Inspector Rotating Equipment bank draws 54 of its 1,573 questions from this publication — 3% — and they cite 32 different clauses. The clause list below is counted from those questions, not copied from a syllabus.
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Free sample question from API 578
Under API RP 578, which statement correctly reflects the treatment of carbon steel within the definition of alloy material?
- A. Carbon steels are considered alloys whenever their residual chromium content exceeds 0.10 percent
- B. For the purposes of the document, carbon steels do not count as alloys ✓
- C. Carbon steels are considered alloys only where they are installed in hydrofluoric acid alkylation units
- D. Carbon steels are considered alloys because manganese is intentionally added during steelmaking
- E. Only where the specification says so
Anything metallic carrying intentionally added alloying elements -- chromium, nickel, molybdenum and the like -- counts as alloy material. A note carves carbon steels out of that for the purposes of the document. API RP 578, 3.1.1
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