Explore topic-wise MCQs in Corrosion Engineering.

This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Corrosion Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of the following metals is/are usually used for heat exchanger tubes carrying water?

A. Carbon steels
B. Brass and cupronickels
C. Arsenical admiralty metal
D. Brass, cupronickels and arsenical admiralty metal
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following impurity that causes rapid intergranular stress corrosion cracking of sensitized austenitic stainless steels in refinery operations?

A. Sodium chloride
B. Naphthenic acid
C. Hydrogen sulfide
D. Carbon dioxide
Answer» C. Hydrogen sulfide
3.

Which of the chemical is/are added for the removal of hydrogen sulfide and neutralization?

A. Sodium hydroxide
B. Lime
C. Sodium hydroxide and lime
D. Naphthenic acid
Answer» D. Naphthenic acid
4.

Ammonia is used to control the pH of the water and to reduce chloride acidity in the process stream.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
5.

Which of the following is/are the desalting methods in the petroleum industry?

A. Washing and settling
B. Addition of chemicals such as sulfonates
C. Centrifuging and filtering, washing and settling, the addition of chemicals such as sulfonates
D. Centrifuging and filtering
Answer» D. Centrifuging and filtering
6.

Water acts as an electrolyte and causes corrosion as it tends to hydrolyze chlorides and other materials to form an acidic environment.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
7.

Which of the following impurities that causes corrosion difficulties in refinery operations?

A. Hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide
B. Hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfuric acid, and sodium chloride
C. Sodium carbonate and sodium silicate
D. Hydrogen sulfide and sulfuric acid
Answer» C. Sodium carbonate and sodium silicate
8.

Which of the following inhibitor has been effective for internal corrosion domestic fuel oil tanks?

A. Alkaline sodium chromate
B. Sodium silicate
C. Ammonia
D. Sodium carbonate
Answer» B. Sodium silicate
9.

Which of the following prevention methods that are usually employed on a beam of offshore drilling?

A. Paints and other organic coatings
B. Cathodic protection with sacrificial anodes or impressed currents
C. Adding inhibitors
D. Adding inhibitors, paints and other organic coatings and cathodic protection
Answer» E.
10.

Which of the following metals is/are used for petroleum well valves and wellhead parts?

A. Straight chromium stainless steels and stellite
B. Monel and copper-based alloys
C. Monel, straight chromium steels, stellite, and copper-based alloys
D. Monel and stellite
Answer» D. Monel and stellite
11.

Which of the following is/are the neutralizers added to well to minimize corrosion?

A. Ammonia and Sodium carbonate
B. Ammonia, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, and sodium silicate
C. Ammonia and sodium silicate
D. Sodium carbonate and sodium silicate
Answer» C. Ammonia and sodium silicate
12.

How the corrosion characteristics of a well can be determined?

A. Inspection of surface equipment
B. Analysis of carbon dioxide and organic acid
C. Tubing-caliper surveys
D. Inspection of surface equipment, analysis of carbon dioxide, organic acid and tubing-caliper surveys
Answer» E.
13.

Which of the following impurities is often present in oil and gas wells?

A. Saline water
B. Sulfides
C. Saline water, sulfides and organic impurities such as ammonia
D. Organic impurities such as ammonia
Answer» D. Organic impurities such as ammonia
14.

Which of the following is/are the general areas of the petroleum industry that faces corrosion problems?

A. Production unit
B. Transportation and storage
C. Refinery operations
D. Production unit, transportation, storage, and refinery operations
Answer» E.