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Sectiion5BasicRiskAssessm
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Question
Q

Whichofth
hefollowingbe
est
definesrisk?

Thecom
mbination
ofthe
probabiilityofan
eventandits
consequ
uence

Th
hespecific
haazards
asssociatedwith
op
perating
prrocess
eq
quipmentina
faacility

Thepoten
ntialto
causeharmto
personnelldueto
equipmen
nt
failure

Thecombination
ofth
he
prob
babilityof
theeventand
theprobability
ofitts
conssequence

Themagnitudeoftheriskk
hasbeende
eterminedand
d
reviewedto
odetermine
whetherthe
eriskis
acceptable.Thisbest
describesw
whatprocess?

RiskAnaalysis

RiiskEvaluation

RiskAssesssment

Riskk
Man
nagement

Whichoneofthefollowin
ng
examplesbestillustratesaan
elementofcurrent
inspectionp
philosophy
accordingto
ocodesand
standardssuchasAPI510
0,
API570,andAPI653?

Aninterrnalvisual
inspectiionis
beingperformed
onapre
essure
vessele
every5
yearsre
egardless
ofcondition.

Apressurevesseel
isbeingvisually
in
nspected
in
nternallyevery
4yearsinorder
to
omeetlocal
co
ode
re
equirements.

Apressureevessel
withaverry
internallo
ow
internal
corrosionrateis
beingvisu
ually
inspected
internallyevery
tenyears..

Aprressurevessel
with
haverylow
inteernal
corrrosionrateis
now
wbeing
insp
pectedwith
UT,ratherthan
perfforming
inteernalvisual
insp
pections.

Whatisthe
eultimategoalof
inspection??

Compliaancewith
recognizedand
generally
accepte
edgood
enginee
ering
practice
es

Co
ompliancewithh
prrocesssafety
management
m
(P
PSM)standard

Improvetthe
safetyand
d
reliabilityof
operating
facilities

Reducetherisk
inoperating
facillities

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Question
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A
B

D
Theskirtona
tow
werhas
corrroded
thro
oughwallin
seveerallocations
andrequires
repaair.

Whichofth
hefollowing
examplesbestmeetsRPA
API
580'sdefiniitionoffailure??

Ametallliclining
inapressure
vesselh
has
corrode
edtothe
baseme
etalof
theshellcausing
acceleraated
corrosio
onofthe
shell.

Apressurevesseel
haasbeen
ovverpressurizedd
caausingtherelieef
vaalvetoopen
an
ndreleasethe
prrocessintothee
flaaresystem.

Asmallho
oleina
pipingsecction
duetopittting
corrosion has
resultedin
na
processleeak.

Whatmustbedonebeforre
decisionsarremadebased
don
riskanalysissresults?

Theriskkanalysis
shouldb
be
presenttedto
manage
ementfor
approvaal.

Th
heriskanalysiss
re
esultsshouldbbe
prresentedina
risskmatrix.

Theriskanalysis Theriskanalysis
resultssho
ouldbe shou
uldbe
filteredto
o
valid
dated.
identifyhiigher
riskequipment.

Duringariskanalysis,theRBI
teamhasid
dentifiedthataa
failureduetointernal
generalcorrosionforan
equipmentitemwilllikelyy
resultineitheralargeleakor
arupture.W
Whatstepinthe
riskanalysissprocesshave
theyaccom
mplished?

Determine
damage
e
suscepttibility
andrate
es

Determine
crrediblefailure
modes
m

DetermineePOF
foreachd
damage
mechanism

DeteerminePOF
foreeach
conssequence
scen
nario

RBIcannotcompensatefo
or
lossofcontainmentcause
ed
byissuessu
uchashuman
errors,designerrors,and
secondarye
effectsfrom
nearbyunitts.Whatare
theseissuessexamplesof??

Residuaalrisk
factors

Re
elativerisk
faactors

Remaininggrisk
factors

Acceeptablerisk
factors

Ifcalculatingriskistimeaand
costconsum
ming,hasahigh
degreeofin
naccuracydueto
toomanyuncertainties,and
isnotcoste
effective,whatt
typeofriskisbeing
described?

QuantittativeRisk

QualitativeRisk
Q

AbsoluteR
Risk

RelaativeRisk

10

Whattypeo
ofriskisRBI
focusedon??

QuantittativeRisk

QualitativeRisk
Q

AbsoluteR
Risk

RelaativeRisk

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#

Question
Q

11

InspectionP
Plansaddress
whichofthefollowingkeyy
elementsth
hatshouldexisstin
anyRiskBassedInspection
n
(RBI)prograam?

Docume
ented
method
dforPOF
determination

Documented
methodologyfo
m
or
managingrisk
m
th
hrough
in
nspection,
prrocesscontrol
an
ndother
mitigation
m
acctivities

Documentted
methodfo
orCOF
determinaation

Man
nagement
systtemsfor
maintaining
documentation,
perssonnel
qualifications,
dataa
requ
uirements,
conssistencyof
theprogramand
analysisupdates

12

Pipingcontaainingsteam
feedsasteaamturbinewhich
providespo
owergeneratio
on
fortheplan
nt.Ifthepipingg
developsaleakdueto
internalcorrrosion,whichof
thefollowin
ngpossible
consequencceswouldbethe
mostlikely??

Avaporrcloudis
formedthat
couldiggnite
causinginjury
andequ
uipment
damage
e.

Minimalsafety,
M
he
ealth,
en
nvironmental,
an
nd/oreconom ic
im
mpact.

Aspillocccursand
causes
environmental
damage.

Afo
orcedunit
shuttdownoccurs
andhasan
adveerse
economic
impact.

13

Whichofth
hefollowing
wouldbebe
estfor
representin
ngauserdefine
ed
acceptablerisklevel?

RiskMaatrix

RiiskPlot

ISOrisklin
ne

FaultTree

14

Youarereviewingthe
complexityoffacilitiesand
processes,tthenatureand
d
qualityofavvailabledata,aand
theamounttofrisk
discriminatiionneeded.
Whatareyo
oulikelytryinggto
determinew
whenconsiderring
thesevariab
bles?

Damage
e
Mechan
nisms

RB
BIAssessment
Te
eam

ScopeofR
RBI
Assessment

RBIassessment
approach

15

Whatisvitaaltobeableto
o
compareth
heresultsfrom
oneRBIassessmenttothe
e
next?

Utilizationofthe Co
onsistencyof
sameRB
BI
ap
pproach
assessm
mentteam

Utilization
nofthe
sameinpu
utdata

Consistencyof
proccessservice
andoperating
cond
ditions

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Question
Q
A
B
AllRBI
assessm
ment
approacches
typicallyyinclude
theuseofQRA.

AllRBI
asssessment
ap
pproaches
tyypicallyincludee
th
heuseofexperrt
op
pinion.

AllRBI
assessmen
nt
approachees
requireth
hesame
RBIteam
members..

AllR
RBI
asseessment
approaches
requ
uirethesame
inpu
utdata.

16

Whichofth
hefollowingis
trueregardlessofrisk
assessmentttypeorlevel??

17

Engineeringgjudgmentand
d
Qualitattive
experiencearebeingused
das
thebasisfo
ordetermining
POFandconsequence.W
What
RBIassessm
mentapproachis
beingdescrribed?

Quantitative
Q

Semi
Quantitative

Sem
miQualitative

18

Aspartofth
heRBI
assessmentt,topography,
populationdistributionsaand
fireprotectionsystemsarre
beinganalyyzed.WhatRBI
assessmenttapproachis
beingdescrribed?

Qualitattive

Quantitative
Q

Semi
Quantitative

Sem
miQualitative

19

Whattwob
benefitsisthe
semiquantitativeapproach
gearedtoo
obtain?

Speedo
ofthe
qualitattive
approacchand
rigorofthe
quantitaative
approacch

Co
ostofthe
qu
ualitative
ap
pproachand
riggorofthe
qu
uantitative
ap
pproach

Detailoftthe
qualitativee
approachand
accuracyo
ofthe
quantitatiive
approach

Simplicityofthe
qualitative
approachand
com
mplexityof
thequantitative
approach

20

Aninspectio
onspecialisthaas
performedaninspectionffor
internalcorrrosion.What
essentialele
ementofrisk
basedinspe
ectionplanningg
wouldthisaactivitymost
likelybelongto?

RiskRan
nking

Mitigation
M

Reassessm
ment

Dataaand
info
ormation
Collection

Your
Answer

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