NACE materilas selection & design specialist certification

[dennjay]

I am planning to take this exam in early next year. Does anyone has taken this exam before? I know this is a 4 hr. mutiple choice and True/false type questions exam. But I don't know where I can find practice questions bank?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TomEun]

I believe there are no practice question banks.
But here are some references for your exam.

1. DECHEMA Corrosion Handbook, Volume 1 to 6, VCH, 1989
2. D.L. Graver, Corrosion Data Survey, NACE, 1985
3. Schweitzer, P.A., Corrosion and Corrosion Protection Handbook, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1983
4. Philip A. Schweitzer, Corrosion Engineering Handbook, Marcel Dekker, Inc, 1996
5. Metals Handbook, Vol.13, Corrosion : ASM International, 1986
6. Bruce D. Craig and David S. Anderson, Handbook of Corrosion Data, ASM, 1995
7. Erich Rabald, Corrosion Guide, Elsevier Science Publishing, 1968
8. Uhlig, H.H., Corrosion and Corrosion Control, An Introduction to Corrosion Science and Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY, 1985
9. Uhlig, H.H., Corrosion Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, 1951
10. Parkins, R.N., Corrosion Prevention in the process Industries, NACE, 1990
11. Peckner, D., Bernstein, I.M., Handbook of Stainless Steels, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977
12. Sedriks, A.J., Corrosion of Stainless of Stainless Steels, John Wiley & Sons, 1979
13. Shreir, L.L., ed., Corrosion, John Wilery & Sons, 1963
14. Samuel A. Bradford, Corrosion Control, VNR, 1993
15. Wyatt, L.M., Bagley, D.S., and Moore, M.A., An Atlas of Corrosion and Related Failures, Materials Technology Institute, 1987
16. Fontana, M.G., Corrosion Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1986
17. B. J. Moniz and W. I. Pollock, Process Industries Corrosion : The Theory and Practice, NACE, 1986
18. Richard W. Greene, The Chemical Engineering Guide to Corrosion, Chemical Engineering, 1986
19. Dillon C.P. Materials Selection for The Chemical Process Industries, McGraw Hill, 1992
20. R. A. White, E. F. Ehmke, Materials Selection for Refineries and Associated Facilities, NACE, 1991
21. LaQue, F.L., Marine Corrosion : Causes and Prevention, John Wiley & Sons, 1975
22. Kenneth M. Pruett, Corrosion resistance Guide for Elastomers, Compass Publications
23. Smith, W.F., Structure and Properties of Engineering Alloys, McGraw-Hill, 1981
24. David Hansen, et al., Materials Selection for Hydrocarbon and Chemical Plants, Marcel Dekker Inc, 1996
25. NACE Corrosion Engineers’ Reference Book
26. NACE Standards – MR, RP/SP, TM series
27. API Reliability Standards- RP571, Publ. 581, Publ. 579, etc.
28. API Corrosion Standards – RP941, 945, 751, etc.
29. ASME Section VIII, IX & B31.3 – Welding, Heat treatment, NDE, Test & Inspection, and Metallurgy
30 Others

Materials Selection/ Design Specialist

 

[mshimko]

I took the MD/DS exam more than a decade ago; followed by the corrosion specialist exam a year later.

With the exception of the answer format (I don't recall my examm being true/false/multiple choice, but my memory isn't perfect), the questions were similar to those I saw when I took my Profession Engineering exam (subject matter was different, of course). Sample Q&A for PE examinations are available.

regarding references, you really need to have a FEW decent references, and be VERY familier with them. That is, take a few months of careful study and use of a reference before taking it into the exam, otherwise you'll likely just waste time (I give this same recommendation to junior folk preparing for the PE esxam).