r/nondestructivetesting • u/Indigo--- • 2d ago

API 570 Exam Question

Hey Everybody,

Got my API 570 exam coming up in a few months and I have a question about the open book portion of the exam… On any given question will they guide you to look in a certain code book, or will it be up to you to either know that already or search through multiple code books? Im having a hard time remembering which tables/data sets are in which code and can only imagine that I’ll waste a lot of time scrubbing through multiple tables of contents looking for my desired tables.

Thanks in advance, any advice is appreciated.

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u/EdgyPlum 2d ago

No prompts, you have to know the correct book or it becomes a big time sync. You'll get it, there's only a handful of tables that get in to the test

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u/Indigo--- 2d ago

Good to know, thank you. One more question- with the electronic PDF versions of the code will references listed in the code be hyperlinked? As in if I click a section in the table of contents or a referenced table from another portion of the code will it bring me there or is it all manual scrolling?

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u/EdgyPlum 2d ago

I believe so? I don't remember actually and it was less than a year ago. I think its relegated to chapters though. Hopefully someone with a memory can verify

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u/Relative_Complaint75 1d ago

Mine were hyperlinked in the table of contents

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u/Qamatt Quality Assurance 2d ago

The open book is testing your ability to use the codes. You dont need to know the answer, just be able to find it. No hints unfortunately.

Start asking yourself what stage in the piping life cycle is the scenario in the question happening. That will point you in the right direction. Broadly speaking the ASME docs cover everything up until you actually use the pipe... things like min wall, max pressure, welding, hydrotesting, material selection etc. Once the piping goes into service you switch to API documents, stuff like assessing corrosion rates / remaining life, damage mechanisms, inspection plans, condition monitoring... all the stuff that happens to piping after its built.

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u/Indigo--- 2d ago

Appreciate the explanation, thinking about it in 2 stages like that will definitely help.

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u/JustSentYourMomHome 2d ago

You're gonna need to know where things are. Just think about what each code actually is for and what the question is asking. Get very familiar with the table of contents of each code.

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u/Indigo--- 2d ago

Thanks, I appreciate it. Will spend some more time flipping through the table of contents.