Adv. Standards and Resources Flashcards
NACE international issues, a book of standards based on what three classifications?
Standard practices (SP)
Test methods (TM)
Materials requirements (MR)
NACE Standard practices (SPs) include recommendations for what?
Design
Installation
Maintenance
Proper use of a material or a corrosion control system
NACE Test methods (TMs) provide the message to conduct tests so as to ascertain of the characteristics of what?
A material
A design
An operation
What are NACE Materials Requirements (MRs)?
They stated the necessary characteristics of a material for which corrosion is a factor in the selection, application and maintenance of a material
The formal process in which a standard is changed or updated is _______.
A. Event of change
B. Change control
C. Standardization
D. Utilization control
B. Change control
You will inspect a project in six months time where the requirements of a consensus standard is being interpreted differently by the various parties. What would be the best course of action to resolve the matter?
A. Restate your interpretation and stick to it.
B. Request interpretation from the originating organization.
C. Request an answer from the manufacturer.
D. Call a NACE instructor.
B. Request interpretation from the originating organization.
The standards produced by NACE international are considered to be ________.
A. Mandatory standards.
B. National standards.
C. De facto standards.
D. Consensus standards.
D. Consensus standards.
Definition of voluntary standards
Generally established by private sector bodies and are available for use by any person or organization, private or government
Definition of consensus standards
Developed through the corporation of all parties who have an interest in participating in the development and or use of the standards. Consensus requires that all view and objections be considered, and that an effort to be made towards the resolution
Definition of mandatory standards
Require compliance because of a government statue or regulation, an organizations internal policy or contractual requirement. failure to comply with a mandatory standard usually carries the sanction such as a civil or criminal penalties or loss of employment
Definition of de facto standards
Widely accepted and used, but lack formal approval by recognized standards, developing organization.
Definition of National standards
Viewed from an official perspective are adopted by a national standard body, such as American National Standards Institute standard council of Canada and British standards institution and made available to the public
