Welding Licensing Exam Study Guide, Second Edition

Everything you need to pass the welding certification exams-fully updated for the latest advances!This thoroughly revised study guide helps you pass your licensing certification exams-including the AWS certification exam-and obtain your professional license. Inside, you'll find a valuable review of material that is most likely to appear on welding certification exams-from basic safety and cutting practices to different types of welding, including plasma-arc, shielded-metal-arc, oxyacetylene, flux-cored, gas metal, and gas tungsten, brazing, soldering, and more.Welding Licensing Exam Study Guide, Second Edition features:- Over 1,000 updated multiple-choice and true-false practice exam questions and answers- Numerous welding calculations and troubleshooting tips- Hundreds of detailed drawings and illustrations- New: Info on plastic pipes and tubing- New: Methods of welding repair and maintenance- In-depth coverage of welding tools and their uses- The latest welding safety practices- Guidance on studying welding methods- SI and English units for all problems and equations- Welding and Cutting Processes- Plasma-Arc Cutting and Welding- Shielded-Metal-Arc Welding- Oxyacetylene Welding- Flux-Cored-Arc Welding- Gas-Metal-Arc Welding- Gas-Tungsten-Arc Welding- Braze Welding- Brazing- Soldering- Lead, Tin, and Zinc- Identifying Metals- Cast Iron and Its Alloys- Wrought Iron- Carbon Steels- Low- and High-Alloy Steels- Hardfacing, Tool, and Die Steels- Reactive and Refractory Metals- Galvanized Metals- Soft Metals and Their Alloys- Submerged-Arc Welding- Arc-Welding Electrodes- Types of Joints- Welding Positions- Welding Tips and Tests- Common Welding Problems- Certifications- Conversion Tables- Welding Terminology- Tips for Producing Good Welds