API-580 Practice Questions

A.  

Accuracy

B.  

Method

C.  

Risk thresholds

D.  

Sensitivity

A.  

the equipment and associated damage mechanisms.

B.  

on-stream inspections in lieu of internal inspections.

C.  

inspection intervals based on a percentage of equipment life.

D.  

consequence-based inspection intervals.

A.  

To understand how consequence and probability of risk varies between different levels of risk

B.  

To communicate the results of a risk assessment in a common format that a variety of people can understand

C.  

To show ISO-risk lines and boxes on a matrix and determine which risks are acceptable and which are not

D.  

To determine what level of risk is acceptable to management based on consequence and probability of failure

A.  

risk may be assessed differently for each equipment item.

B.  

different levels of experience are essential to the process.

C.  

maintenance and engineering must be involved in addition to inspection.

D.  

one person typically does not have the background or skills to perform the entire analysis.

A.  

Substitute a less hazardous material

B.  

Emergency depressuring capability

C.  

Water spray and deluge systems

D.  

Spill detectors and containment

A.  

various levels of consequence of failure.

B.  

various levels of probability of failure.

C.  

regions of constant risk.

D.  

regions of acceptable and unacceptable risk.

A.  

failure mode.

B.  

consequence.

C.  

probability of failure.

D.  

harmful event.

A.  

It generally results in lower accuracy analysis.

B.  

It does not require a high level of accuracy and precision in the data.

C.  

It is generally improved by utilizing numeric data.

D.  

It requires a high-level of judgment, skill, and understanding.

A.  

Checking the impact of having more than one damage mechanism progressing toward failure at the same time

B.  

Determining whether a flammable release is more likely to result in an explosion versus a fire versus safe dispersion

C.  

Reviewing some or all input variables to the risk calculation to determine the overall influence on theresultant risk value

D.  

Determining what effect the surrounding community may have on the total consequence of the release to the environment

A.  

$500/year

B.  

$5,000/year

C.  

$5,000,000/year

D.  

$50,000,000/year