Senior Internal Corrosion Technologist SICT Exam Preparation Resources

1. You are the NACE Coating Inspector on a tank lining project and are asked to perform a high voltage holiday test after the coating applicators have completed their final repairs. After meeting all the confined space entry permit you enter the tank and notice a very strong odor of solvent.

Your first course or action should be to:

2. You are working as an Inspector in a galvanizing plant for the first time.

What are some of the hazards you need to be aware of:

3. You are working as the only in-house NACE Level 2 Inspector in a shop setting when an independent 3rd party NACE Level 3 Inspector, representing the owner, presents you with a copy of a Non Conformance Report (NCR) he has written for a NACE2/SSPC SP 10 centrifugal blast which you had previously approved.

Your FIRST preferred course of action is to:

4. An Inspection and Test Plan is required when:

5. The Inspectors' goal at the Pre-Job Conference is to:

6. Coating Surveys are legally required:

7. Individuals conducting Coating Surveys should:

8. The cost of qualified Coating Inspection Is normally offset by:

9. You are a NACE Level 2 Coaling Inspector who has Just arrived on a Job in progress where there Is no Inspection and Test Plan (UP). The first morning you arrive the Job is behind schedule and you are asked to take Dry Rim Thickness readings.

Your FIRST preferred course of action is to:

10. When conducting inspections the Inspector should follow which standards:

11. You ate the NACE Level 2 Coating Inspector where SSPC PA 2 has been specified with an additional requirement that no Individual gauge reading shall be below a certain value .

As this is not part of the standard you should:

12. The coating applicator has ignored a surface preparation hold point and applied coating over the surface without a sign off from you as the inspector.

Your FIRST preferred course of action is to:

13. In the event of a conflict between the Product Data Sheet and the Specification:

14. From a corrosion perspective, the main difference between Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Is:

15. You are the NACE Coating Inspector on a tank lining project where desiccant dehumidification is being used. Since the first shift of abrasive Wasting your readings have indicated relative humidity below 40%; however on the second shift of coating application your readings are indicting 80%.

Your FIRST preferred course of action is to:

16. When environmental enclosures ate being used an inspector needs to be concerned about:

17. II Is always possible to see moisture on a steel substrate: A. True

B. False

18. When observing design defects the NACE Inspector should:

19. When observing fabrication defects the NACE Inspector should:

20. W3-1 is always performed using UHWJ at pressures above 210 MPa (30,000 PS1)

21. Centrifugal blast cleaning requires:

22. The standards defining surface cleanliness achieved by centrifugal blast cleaning are:

23. You are NACE Level 2 Inspector working on a tank lining job where a mobile centrifugal blast unit is being used to blast the tank floor to a NACE No. 1/SSPC SP 5. The Contractor has completed his final blast and has called for a hold point inspection. This is the 1st time you have seen field based centrifugal blast cleaning. You observe what appears to be staining on the substrate however the Contractor assures you this is normal when using centrifugal blast units and what you are seeing is what is defined In the standard as an acceptable variation in appearance.

Your FIRST preferred course of action Is to:

24. You are a NACE Level 2 in-house inspector working in a shop. Your In-house UP requires you to perform a sleeve test to test for soluble sails; however the 3rd party NACE Level 3 inspector, representing the owner, has used a salt smart meter and has achieved a very different result and has rejected the pre cleaning.

Your FIRST preferred course of action is to:

25. Surface preparation of concrete is performed using:

26. NACE No. 13 / SSPC 6 Identifies the use of:

27. Differences in technique for abrasive blasting concrete versus steel require the operator to:

28. The Concrete Repair Institute's comparators can be used to assess:

29. Surface preparation methods for Non-ferrous metals are:

30. A single component water borne acrylic coating cures by: