API 580 FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Any individual, group or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to
be affected by the risk.
A. Risk Communication
B. Owner
C. Risk Evaluator
D. Stakeholder - Answers-D. Stakeholder
RBI will not compensate for:
A. Inaccurate or missing information
B. Corrosion mechanisms
C. Qualified personnel
D. Sound engineering - Answers-A. Inaccurate or missing information
The primary work product of the RBI assessment are:
A. Plans that address ways to manage risk
B. Development of a risk matrix'
C. Risk Reduction
D. Cost Reduction - Answers-A. Plans that address ways to manage risk
The work product of the RBI assessment and management approach are plans that
address ways to manage risks. This is called____?
A. An Equipment Plan
B. A Sensitivity Analysis
C. A Risk Management Plan
,D.A total Risk Assessment - Answers-A. An Equipment Plan
RBI is a substitute for:
A.Process Hazards Analysis (PHA)
B. Hazards and operability Study (HAZOP)
C. Mechanical Integrity (MI) Programs
D. None of the above - Answers-D. None of the above
Which of the following is not true concerning implementation of RBI implementation
plans to manage risks on an equipment level?
A. RBI will identify equipment that does not require inspection of some other form of
mitigation because of the acceptable level of risk associated with the equipment's
current operation
B. Required inspection activities will reduce the consequence of failure
C. It will provide an acceptance/understanding of the current risk level
D. It will result in an overall reduction in risk for the facilities and/or equipment. -
Answers-B. Required inspection activities will reduce the consequence of failure
RBI is based on sound, proven risk assessment and management principles. However,
RBI will not compensate for the following except :
A. Not completely implementing plans of risk reduction.
B. Lack of experienced and knowledgeable personnel or teamwork.
C. Excess corrosion rates or materials in cracking environments.
D. Inaccurate or missing information. - Answers-C. Excess corrosion rates or materials
in cracking environments.
Typically, PHA risk assessments focus on which one of the following?
A. The mechanical integrity related damage mechanisms
B. Risk management through inspections
C. Process unit design and operating practices and their adequacy given the units
current or anticipated operating conditions
D. Understanding failure modes, addressing the modes and therefore improving
reliability. - Answers-C. Process unit design and operating practices and their adequacy
given the units current or anticipated operating conditions
Occurrence of a particular set of circumstances. This may be certain or uncertain.
A. Fault
B. Risk
C. Hazard
D. Event - Answers-D. Event
,Loss of containment is generally described as?
A. Loss of material from one vessel to another
B. Loss of any material to the stakeholder
C. Loss of fluid to the environment
D. Loss of vapor to the environment - Answers-C. Loss of fluid to the environment
This is the term for a limitation of any negative consequence or reduction in probability
of a particular event:
A. Mitigation
B. Hazard Assessment
C. Reassessment
D. Probability Risk Ranking - Answers-A. Mitigation
This is a systematic decision to accept the combination of the probability of an event
and its consequence. It depends on risk criteria.
A. ISO line
B. Risk Acceptance
C. Risk Avoidance
D. Risk Communication - Answers-B. Risk Acceptance
Any individual, group or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to
be affected by the risk.
A. Owner
B. Process Owner
C. Risk Evaluator
D. Stakeholder - Answers-D. Stakeholder
RBI will not compensate for:
A. Inaccurate or missing information
B. Corrosion mechanisms
C. Qualified personnel
D. Sound engineering - Answers-A. Inaccurate or missing information
The primary work product of the RBI assessment are:
A. Plans that address ways to manage risk
B. Development of a risk matrix'
C. Risk Reduction
D. Cost Reduction - Answers-A. Plans that address ways to manage risk
Focusing on a smaller set of data should result in which of the following?
, A. Inaccurate information.
B. More accurate information .
C. Increased number of failures.
D. No appreciable effect on the RBI Inspection program. - Answers-B. More accurate
information .
Utilization of RBI provides a vehicle for continuously improving the inspection of facilities
and systematically reducing the risk associated with which of the following?
A. Operational upsets.
B. Improper repair activity.
C. Pressure boundary failures .
D. Severe consequences. - Answers-C. Pressure boundary failures .
Risk management plans should be adjusted on what frequency?
A. Annually.
B. As new data becomes available.
C. Only when operational changes to equipment are made.
D. Once every six months. - Answers-B. As new data becomes available.
RBI is an integrated management tool that addresses an area not fully addressed in
other organizational risk management efforts such as which of the following?
A. Process Safety Management (PSM) or Remaining Life Evaluation (RLE).
B. Process Hazards Analyses (PHA) or Remaining Life Evaluation (RLE).
C. Process Safety Management (PSM) or Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
D. Process Hazards Analyses (PHA), Integrity operating Window (lOW), or Reliability
Centered Maintenance (RCM ). - Answers-D. Process Hazards Analyses (PHA),
Integrity operating Window (lOW), or Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM ).
Damage tolerance is defined as which of the following?
A. Termination of the ability of a system, structure, or component to perform its required
function of containment of fluid.
B. The amount of deterioration that a component can withstand without failure .
C. A decision to accept a risk.
D. An analytical tool that organizes and characterizes potential accidents in a logical
and graphical manner. - Answers-B. The amount of deterioration that a component can
withstand without failure .
RBI is not exclusively an inspection activity and requires the involvement of various
segments of the organization such as engineering, maintenance, and which of the
following?
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