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API API-1169 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | American Petroleum Institute (API) |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Pipeline Construction Inspector Exam |
| Exam Number: | API-1169 |
| Related Certifications: | API 570 API 1104 Welding Inspector API 653 API 510 API 1184 Pipeline Facility Construction Inspector |
| Exam Format: | Computer-Based Testing, Multiple Choice |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Real Exam Qty: | 115 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Duration: | 180 minutes |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Computer-based exam delivered at authorized testing centers. |
| Pre Condition: | Candidates must meet API work experience and education eligibility requirements related to pipeline inspection, oil and gas industry experience, or heavy industry experience. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.api.org/products-and-services/individual-certification-programs/certifications/api1169 |
API API-1169 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Environmental and Pollution Control | - Environmental Compliance
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| Codes and Standards | - Referenced Standards
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| Inspector Responsibilities | - Inspection Documentation
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| Personnel and Pipeline Safety | - Construction Safety
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| General Onshore Pipeline Construction Inspection | - Pressure Testing
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API Pipeline Construction Inspector Exam FAQ — Complete Answers
The API Pipeline Construction Inspector blueprint spans 5 domains — including Environmental and Pollution Control, General Onshore Pipeline Construction Inspection, Inspector Responsibilities. Weightings show where the exam concentrates; the full outline above covers every subtopic.
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The API Pipeline Construction Inspector is API's certification exam for API Certification, at the Professional level. It demonstrates verified, job-relevant capability to employers. Related credentials include API 1184 Pipeline Facility Construction Inspector, API 1104 Welding Inspector, API 653, API 570, API 510.
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Candidates must meet API work experience and education eligibility requirements related to pipeline inspection, oil and gas industry experience, or heavy industry experience. Eligibility rules change from time to time, so confirm the current requirements on the official page (official API-1169 exam page) before booking.
API Pipeline Construction Inspector Sample Questions:
Sub-part G 192.309 specifies which dents on pipe must be repaired if the steel pipe is to be operated at pressure that produces a hoop stress of _______ percent or more of SMYS
- A. 20
- B. 80
- C. 30
- D. 24
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
On _______, check ANSI ratings, overall condition, trim, coating, operability, flange faced and/or bevels and body condition
- A. Does
- B. Valves
- C. Refuse
- D. Permit
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
On Class 1 pipe, What percentage of pipe must be NDT tested?
- A. 35% except off-shore
- B. 10% except off-shore
- C. 15% except off-shore
- D. 100%192.243
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
When is stress relieving exempt for welds in all carbon steel?
-Nominal wall thickness does not exceed 2 inches
-Thickness through the branch weld does not exceed run pipe thickness
-Nominal wall thickness exceeds 1 1/4 in
-Wall thickness exceeds 1 1/4 but less than 1 1/2 inch
- A. 4 ft
- B. Nominal wall thickness exceeds 1-1/9 inch
- C. Nominal wall thickness exceeds 6-26/4 inch
- D. Nominal wall thickness exceeds 1-1/4 inch
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
Granular cohesionless soils such as angular gravel, silt, silt loam, sandy loam and silty clay loam and sandy clay loam.
- A. B
- B. A
- C. Ends must be sealed
- D. 36 to 1
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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