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1. Impellers are balanced

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2. Rotor is balanced …… with shaft, sleeves and impellers.

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3. Casting should be heat treated and rough machined. Final machined surfaces are subject to the NDE examination at a machining facility ….. hydro-test.

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4. The best quality achieved with:

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5. Seal Gland is supposed to be hydro-tested to ….. times of seal MAWP.

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6. Mechanical seals should not be used during the ….. test but instead should be used during the …… tests.

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7. Coupling guards should be constructed with sufficient stiffness (rigidity) to withstand a ….. static point load in any direction without the guard contacting moving parts

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8. Lube Oil Piping is subject to Hydro- test …… times Maximum Operating Pressure.

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9. Collect performance data, and vibration and temperature readings for a minimum of …. points on the performance curve.

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10. For Final Inspection, you need all of the following except the:

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11. Higher RPM steam turbines are:

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12. Source Inspector (SI) should verify that the Oil heater hot section is located at least … below minimum oil level.

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13. Another advantage of the rotary screw (positive displacement) compressor is that this type of compressor cannot ….. and, therefore, any complex control schemes and unloading by-passes are avoided.

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14. Rotary Screw Compressors should comply with:

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15. Rework and repair is approved by the ……. and verified by the …..

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16. Coast Down Time means:

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17. Critical Speed is when Shaft rotational speed at which the rotor-bearing-support system is

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18. Maximum Continuous Speed:  The speed at least equal to …. of the highest speed required by any of the specified operating conditions.

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19. TIR (Total Indicator Reading):  Difference between the maximum and minimum readings of a dial indicator during … complete revolution of the monitored surface.

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20. Trip Speed is the speed at which the turbine:

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21. Vendor refuses inspection access. What should the inspector do FIRST? 

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22. Minor deviation found

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23. Missing ITP at site

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24. Vendor asks for verbal approval

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25. Two documents conflict (PO vs ITP)

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26. Witness point missed

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27. Hold point passed without inspector

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28. Unsafe condition observed

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29. Inspector unsure about spec requirement

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30. Vendor offers gift

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31. NDT report shows borderline result

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32. Drawing revision mismatch

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33. Equipment passes test but docs incomplete

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34. Vendor pressures inspector to sign

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35. 🔹 15. Non-critical defect found

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36. Calibration certificate expired

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37. Vendor procedure differs from spec

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38. Inspector arrives late for hold point

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39. Test results acceptable but method incorrect

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40. Vendor says “this is standard practice”

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41. What is this equipment is this picture?

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42. While measuring the machined surface with a profile gauge, the term RMS stands for?

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43. Mechanical equipment oscillation is measured by which equipment?

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44. Turbine Casing split uses which type of gasket?

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Pre-qualification and area of examination

No prequalification (education, experience) is required.

 

The API SIRE – Source Inspector Rotating Equipment certification is open to applicants with any experience in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, as well as applicants wishing to gain industry experience.

 

The exam is 3.25 hours long and there are 110 questions, of which only 100 are scored.

 

The remaining 10 are pretest, which are not scored. Scored and non scored questions are shuffled and unmarked, so, you need to answer all questions.

 

All questions are multiple-choice and closed-book. Paper and reference materials are not allowed into the examinations.

 

Although exam scores are scaled in order to standardize the level of difficulty, you are required to answer roughly 70 scored questions correctly (minimum 400 on a scale of maximum 500).

 

API SIRE covers a wide range of inspection activities, codes, recommended practices and standards.

 

You are scored for your performance in the following areas during the examination.

 

 

Reference Study Materials

 

The following standards and recommended practices need to be studied for API SIFE examination:

 

API Documents
• Guide for Source Inspection and Quality Surveillance of Rotating Equipment, October 2018

• API RP 578, Material Verification Programs for New and Existing Assets, 4th Edition, February 2023

• API Standard 610, Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries, 12th edition, January 2021

• API Standard 614, Lubrication, Shaft-sealing and Oil-control Systems and Auxiliaries, 6th edition, February 2022

• API Standard 617, Axial and Centrifugal Compressors and Expander-compressors, 9th edition, April 2022

• API Standard 618, Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services, 6th Edition, May 2024

• API Standard 677, General-purpose, Extruder, and Epicyclic Gear Units for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services, 4th Edition, September 2021

 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 2023 Edition
• Section II Materials, Part A, B, C, D

• Section V Nondestructive Examination

− Definitions in Subsection A, Article 1, Appendix I and Subsection B, Article 30, SE-1316  Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 23 (section 797 only)

• Section VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels, Division
− Acceptance Criteria
 USC 56-57
− Appendix 7- Examination of Steel Casting

• Section IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications, Welding only
 QW 100-190; QW 200-290; QW 300-380; QW 400-490; QW 500-540

American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
• SNT-TC-1A Personnel Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive Testing, 2024

American Standard for Testing Materials (ASTM)
• ASTM A703 Standard Specifications for Steel Castings, General Requirements, for Pressure-Containing Parts, 2020

MSS – Manufacturer Standardization Society
• MSS-SP-55 Quality Standard for Steel Castings for Valves, Flanges, Fittings and Other Piping Components, 2011

SSPC Surface Preparation Guide, the following sections only:
SSPC‐SP 1 Solvent Cleaning, 2016
SSPC‐SP 3 Power Tool Cleaning, 2018
SSPC‐SP 5/NACE No. 1 White Metal Blast Cleaning, 2007
SSPC‐SP 6/NACE No. 3 Commercial Blast Cleaning, 2007
SSPC‐SP 7/NACE No. 4 Brush-Off Blast Cleaning, 2007
SSPC‐SP 10/NACE No. 2 Near-White Blast Cleaning, 2007
SSPC‐SP 11 Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal, 2020

 

As you can see, it touches a wide range of subjects that a rotating equipment inspector shall be familiar with; although not as an expert with an in-depth knowledge.

 

API provides a very useful guide for SIRE that covers all the possible activities for inspection management of rotating equipment packages.

 

You can download the ‘’Study Guide for Source Inspection and Quality Surveillance of Rotating Equipment’’ for free from below link:

 

Study Guide for the Source Inspection of Rotating Equipment

 

Our Online Training Course

Our API SIFE course (Online + Virtual Classroom including our mock exam questions are specifically aimed at covering the reference materials.

 

API SIRE Source Inspector Rotating Equipment: Body of Knowledge and Scoring Areas – YouTube

 

 

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