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API API-1169 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | American Petroleum Institute (API) |
| Exam Name: | API Pipeline Construction Inspector Certification Exam |
| Exam Number: | API-1169 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | 700 (scaled score) |
| Exam Duration: | 180 minutes |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Reference-based (digital documents provided) |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Exam Price: | $480 USD |
| Related Certifications: | API 1104 Welding Inspector API 1110 Pressure Testing Inspector |
| Real Exam Qty: | 115 (100 scored, 15 pretest) |
| Recommended Training: | API 1169 Body of Knowledge & References |
| Exam Registration: | API Official Registration |
| Sample Questions: | API API-1169 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Computer-based, delivered at authorized testing centers or online proctored |
| Pre Condition: | Combination of education and experience: 3–8 years of pipeline/industry inspection experience depending on education level; no mandatory prerequisite exams |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.api.org/products-and-services/individual-certification-programs/certifications/api1169 |
API API-1169 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Pipeline Construction Technical Knowledge | 50% | - Quality Management and Documentation
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| Topic 2: Safety and Health Requirements | 35% | - Industry Safety Guidelines
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| Topic 3: Environmental Protection and Regulatory Compliance | 15% | - Cultural and Endangered Species Protection - Federal and State Environmental Regulations
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API Pipeline Construction Inspector Sample Questions:
1. Internal and external corrosion threats are typically managed by what type of pressure test?
A) Within a set of written process safety information controls(29 CFR 1910.119, general knowledge)
B) A right of way(INGaA Crossing Guideline 11 M)
C) A spike test, strength test and/or a leak test(API 1110, 4.1.3 a)
D) That the trench is adequately sloped, and access/egress ladders are installed.(CEPA TABLE 74)
2. If the owner observed excavation equipment in the encroachment area and is unaware of planned activities, the owner will undertake reasonable efforts to alert the excavator of the presence of any unknown pipeline in the are a. This could include?
A) Part of quality management focussed on setting quality objectives and specifying necessary operational processes, and resources to achieve the quality objectives(ISO 9000 3.3.5)
B) 300, (the members recognize this guideline differs from the one contained in the API,s "Guidelines for Property Development" that specifies a hosting plan is required when blasting will occur within a (1/4) mile of existing facilities.
C) Efforts to notify the excavator by phone, email, or using a contact card on a string, or other comparable method, on the door handle, or steering wheel, of the subject equipment.
D) Data supporting the existence of verity of something(Objective evidence can be obtained through observation measurement test or by other means)(ISO 9000 3.8.3)
3. Slope (%) Spacing (feet)
5 - 15 ?
>15 - 30 ?
>30 ?
A) 290200100
B) 295200100
C) 50 ft
D) 300200100
4. What is an example of a sustained load:
-total volume of pipe including components, etc
-total flow of pipe including components, etc
-weight of the pipe including components, etc
A) for the purpose of listing materials category
B) 2 / 1/4
C) flotation
D) weight of the pipe including components
5. INGAA
A) Regulation Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline
B) Communication, Alarm or Signal Lines
C) Pipeline Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration
D) Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: C | Question # 2 Answer: B | Question # 3 Answer: C | Question # 4 Answer: D | Question # 5 Answer: C |
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