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