1. What is QA/QC?

Ans: QA/QCmeans, “Quality Assurance / Quality Control” The purpose of

this (QA/QC) is to establish the sequence of requirement for the quality of
material, quality of
works, its inspection, and records
2. What is the MMG Quality Control Management System?
Ans: ISO 9001 ~ 2000
3. What is the Quality Control?
Ans: Quality Control “Those activities and techniques used to achieve and
maintain the quality of product, process or service”.
4. What is Quality Control Plan?
Ans: Quality Plan “Document Specification which procedures and
associated resources shall be applied by whom and when to specific project,
product, process or contract”.
5. What is non-conformity?
Ans: Non-conformity“Non-fulfillment of requirement”. (Complete failure
of a system, or controls, which result in completely unsatisfactory goods or
services being provided).
6. What is the Specification?
Ans: Governing Document Acceptance Criteria.
7. Who are the responsible for Quality?
Ans: Everybody within all organization.
8. What is the basic responsibility of a QA/QC personal?
Ans: To ensure execution of works and comply fully as per standard
and approved specs.
9. What is the basic required document for a QA/QC personal?
Ans: The basic required documents for a QA/QC personal are as
following.
ITP (Inspection Test Plan): To conduct the quality check (Inspection of
Witness, Surveillance and Hold Point) etc.
RFI: To conduct the inspection of completed work.
QR (Quality Record): To maintain the quality records of completed works
etc.
NCR: To issue warning in case of serious violation of standard.
WP (Work Procedure): Standard procedure to execute the works.
P & ID: As a reference to ensure that the work is as per standard drawing.
MTC: To ensure that material comply the PES standard specs.
Calibration Report: To ensure parameters are function checked as per
IDS.
PP (Project Plan): To ensure that the instruments are installation as per P
& ID and PP as per convenience.
Hook-up: To ensure that the remote connection of pneumatic is done
correctly.
Wiring Diagrams: To ensure that wiring is done correctly ILD: To ensure
that the sequential wiring is done correctly.
IDS/ISS: To ensure that the instruments comply with the basic requirement.
QCO: To issue a warning in case of little violation and observation.
DR: Discrepancy Report.
10. What are QA/QC’s ITP and QCP? Give brief?
 Ans: ITP: This procedure informs about the kinds of quality check
(surveillance, inspection, witness or hold pints) means quality of works is
being done in proper sequences.
QCP: This procedure addresses the activities and requirement in
details.
11. What is NCR? Why does it need for a QA/QC personal?
Ans: NCR means Non-Compliance Report, QA/QC personal has reserve
the right to issue a warning if the contractor doesn’t comply or violate with
the standard procedure.
12. What is the general procedure (WP)?
Ans: The general sequence of activities will be as follows:
Receiving Drawing and Documents.
Reproduction of Drawings.
Issuing of drawing to site.
New-Issuing new Revision.
Shredding drawings.
Transmittal of redlines to Client (As-built).
Restricted access to the DCO.
Work Permit prior to starts the works.
Records.
13. What is redlining? Brief its color coding?
Ans: In case of any change occur to the standard approved drawing while
the project is being constructed or tested the relevant drawing will be
“redlined”. Following color coding shall be used for this purpose.
Red: If any addition required from the drawing.
Green: If any Deletion is required from the drawing.
Blue: If any comments is added.
14. What is difference between inspection (Surveillance),
witness and Hold point?
Ans: Inspection: Work can be execute without client’s inspection and it
can be inspected some part of them if it is required.
Witness: Work can be executed, without client inspection and then it can be
inspected upon the completion of work.
Hold Point: Work can’t be executed without client inspection.
15. What is difference between hazardous and non-hazardous
Areas?
Ans: Hazardous: A hazardous location is defined as an area where a
potential for fire or explosion exists due to the presence of flammable gases,
liquids or vapors, combustible dusts or fibers and flying in sufficient
quantities to produce an explosion or ignitable mixture.
Non-hazardous: An area where non risk of presence of any kinds
exposition.
16. What are different kinds of certification?
Ans: Weather Proof.
Dust Proof.
Water Tight.
Explosion Proof.
Flame Proof.
Intrinsic Safety Proof etc.
17. What is ISO? Explain some of its standards?
 Ans: ISO means International Standard Organization, Some are them they
are as below;
ISO: 9001, ISO: 9002, ISO: 9003, etc.
18. What are zone classifications? Give a brief?
Ans: Zone classification is to define the area of hazards, they are as below;
Zone – 0: A zone in which explosions gas/air mixture is continuously present
or present for extended periods, during normal operation.
Zone – 1: A zone in which an explosive gas/air mixture is likely to occur in
normal operation.
Zone – 2: A zone in which an explosive gas/air mixture is likely to occur in
normal operation.
Zone – 10: A zone in which an explosive dust atmosphere is present
continuously or for extended periods of time.
Zone – 11: A zone in which there is a likelihood that explosive atmospheres
my occur for short periods due to unsettled to unsettled dust layers.
19. What are areas Classification? Give a brief?
Ans: As per NEC and NACA, following are the hazard classification?
Class I: Location in which flammable gases or vapors may be present in the
atmosphere in quantities sufficient to produce explosive or ignitable
mixture.
Class I gases/Vapors are divided into four following groups:
Group A: Presence of Acetylene.
Group B: Presence of Hydrogen, Butadiene, Ethylene oxide etc.
Group C: Presence of Ethylene, Glycol-propane, Carbon Mono-oxide etc.
Group D: Presence of gasoline, acetone. Butane, Propane, alcohol, Natural
gas (Methane), etc
Class II: Location in which the presence of combustible dust are in the air
in sufficient quantity to ignite or explode. Class II conductive/non conductive
dust is divided into three below.
Group E: Presence of metal dusts (aluminum, magnesium and chemical
dust etc)
Group F: Presence of black carbon, charcoal, coal or coke dust etc.
Group G: presence of non-conductive dust (foam, starch, combustible
plastics etc.)
Class III: Location in which easily ignitable fiber / flying are present but are
not likely to be in suspension in air in quantities sufficient to produce
ignitable mixture.
Division – 1: The hazards are present continuously or periodically under
normal operation condition.
Division – 2: The Hazards are only presents during accidental or abnormal
condition.
20. What is the standard height to install the instruments?
Ans: Standard height to install the instrument is 1.4 meter, but it can vary less
or more as per location’s convenience.
21. Whatis loop check?
Ans: To ensure that the system wiring from field to control consol
console functioning fine.
22. What is the logic gate?
Ans: A digital logic circuit with one or more input voltage but only one
output voltage.
23. What is the foundation fieldbus system?
 Ans: A fully digital control system is called foundation fieldbus
system.
24. What are meant by FAT, SAT, RAT?
Ans: FAT: Factory Acceptance Test.
SAT: Site Acceptance Test.
RAT: Run Acceptance Test.
25. What is Microprocessor control system? Give a brief of PLC,
DCS and SCADA?
Ans: Computer based control process system is called microprocessor control
system. The brief of PLC, DCS and SCADA are as following:
PLC: Programmable Logic Control System.
PLC’s are used in practice with the aim of achieving a higher degree of
availability or fault tolerance. The types are as follow.
Fault Tolerant: 1 out of 2 system objective:Reduce the probability of
losses of production by switching to a standby system.
2 system objective:Protect life, the environment and investment by safely
disconnecting to a secure “off” position.
DCS: Distribute Control System.
SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.
1. What are inspection points for a cable tray installation?
Ans: Material check as per approved spec, size and type, tray’s hook-up, proper
distance structure, tray to tray i.e. power/control/and signal/low voltage and
high voltage, support and fixed strongly not shaking.
2. What are inspection points for field instruments with
impulse tubing?
Ans: Materials inspection as per approved spec material, type and size,
Installation as per Hook-up, check line route to avoid any obstruction, check
tube bending, and check tube support, compression fitting or ferrules, and
then pressure test (hydrostatic test) shall be done.
3. What are inspection points for a cable laying?
Ans: Material inspection as per approved materials, types and size, meggering,
cable routing drawing, completion of cable route ( tray, conduit or trench
etc ) and cable numbering (Tag), cable bending, use or proper tools and
equipment for cable pulling.
4. What are inspection points for Junction Box and
Marshalling cabinets?
Ans: Material Inspection, type, size as per approved specification, installation
hook up for frame, bracket or stands, fixed properly means shaking free,
Name Plate, and tag no.
5. What are standards methods or ferrules addressing to and
from a Junction Box?
Ans: For to side only terminal’s address required which shall be close to
terminal either side and complete information shall be of from side after or
before as per left and right side.
6. What is final RFI? When it shall be raised up?
Ans: When the QA/QC department of contractor is satisfied that the work
detailed in the construction RFI is completed, then request shall be
submitted for inspection to the client QA/AC department.
7. What is schedule Q?
Ans: Schedule Q is an attachment to the contract, which is the provision of
Quality Assurance and Control, Inspection and test plan.
 8. What are the various levels of Inspection? Explain?
Ans: They are as following.

Level of Inspection for Materials:

A: Level 0 – Documents requirements only, no Inspection.
B: Level 1 – Inspection prior to shipping.
C: Level 2 – Minimum requirements, pre-inspection meetings, one or more
unspecified “in progress” surveillance visits.
D: Level 3 – Same as level 2, except that “in progress” surveillance
inspection shall be in regular basis.
E: Level 4 – Resident Inspection Continuously monitor the work.

Level of Inspection for construction phase:

A: Hold Point (H): The inspection activities will not proceed without the
presence of inspection.
B: Witness Point (W): Inspection activities can be proceeding after issuing
RFI.
C: Review (R): Verification of documentation (NMR) on its correctness as
per spec and approved drawings.
D: Surveillance (S): Inspection has right to conduct random inspection of
works.
E: Inspection (I) / Perform (P) / Test (T): construction can be
proceeding to next phase without client inspection.
9. What is ITP’s? What are Hold and Witness Point?
Ans: ITP mean Inspection and Test Plan, details of work scope and required
types of inspections.
Hold Point (H): is the level of inspection that client inspection must
require through RFI and can’t be preceded until inspection is done by client.
Witness Point (W): is the level of inspection that inspection activity can be
preceded without client inspection or if client is not available as per RFI
Timing.
10. What is RFI? When an RFI will be raised?
Ans: Request for inspection (RFI), RFI shall be raised only when the status of
the preliminary inspection is satisfactory, and the works (items) are Hold or
Witness Point.
11. What is Cable tray and how is it identified separately for
Electrical and Instrumentation?
Ans: Cable tray is the device used to provide support and protection to the laid
cable in side the building or outside pipe rack.
12. What is Calibration and what is process calibration?
Ans: Checking / testing the equipment for its accuracy and serviceability are
known as calibration.
Process calibration means carrying out calibration activity by following
the adopted authorized method linked with standardization.
13. What is the loop and how is the loop folder made?
Ans: Loop is the electro-mechanical presentation of the circuit concerning to
flow of liquid or gas, alarm system, control valve operation and other
specific for which field installation instrument involvement is considered.
There are certain condition and requirements to be fulfilled to complete the
 loop check.
The list of attachments including drawing, check list and punch list and
other listed documents are arrange in folder (loop wise) for having an easy
access to carry out the loop check and final hand over of the project. That
folder with all possible documents is known as loop folder.
14. What is the specialty rather characteristics of loop check? How do you
come to know that loop check is completed
Ans: a. Loop check is a clear blue print of a successful system functioning
(activity wise).
b. This emphasis the serviceability of each instrument installed either in
field or inside the building,
c. This exposes also the limitation of some systems functioning as per the
attached filled punch list,
d. One of the ready documents for final hand over of a project on
completion,
e. It is always two team’s operation-one will be on field and the other will be
in the control room, After every successful completion of loop check it is
marked with Red Colored Label bearing the date
of the loop check and the witnessing parties initial.
15. What is the standard and what is the Standardization?
Ans: The standard means the authenticated documented instruction to be
followed during execution
of any specific project for which it is made.
Standardization means the method of execution of certain standard, which is
specific to the one
or more related activities in a project execution process.
16. What is Inspection?
Ans: This is a process of verifying the method application by means of following
certain documented and authenticated instruction i.e. standardization is
known as inspection.
17. What are the responsibilities of QC Inspector?
Ans: The following are the phenomenal responsibilities which any QC Inspector
is supposed to execute at the time of carrying out any inspection.
a. Well versed with the technology for which the inspection is carried out.
b. Should have the reasoning capability to analysis the method.
c. Should have thorough knowledge about the procedure to be adopted for
inspection i.e. adopted standards.
d. Should be able to convey the irregularities found to the concerned
authorities.
e. Should be absolute sincere about the job execution.
f. Should be vigilant all the time.
18. What should be the attitude of a QC Inspector while carrying
out an Inspection activity?
Ans: Following are the characteristics of a perfect inspector:
a. Should never compromise with the quality at the time of performing
inspection.
b. Should be sincere towards performing the responsibilities.
c. Should be punctual.
d. Should be exemplary in approach while carrying out inspection.
e. Should have the capabilities to convince the authorities about the
irregularities with knowledgeable representation.
19. What are the requirements for carrying out installation inspection
of any instruments and receiving inspection of the said equipment?
Ans: Following are the requirements at the time of execution of an inspection.
a. Instrument data sheet.
b. Test Instrument Certificate.
c. Vendor instruction manual.
d. Test Instrument instruction manual.
20. What is the CCTV System?
Ans: Close Circuit Television system used for establishing the alarm notification
in case of any unforeseen hazard takes place. It is a digitally controlled
system which enables the automatic notification of the happening in and
around the plant and plant premises.
21. What are the differences between QA & QC activities?
Ans: The QA activity means adopted method for verification of the execution of
QC activity in turn it focuses towards the importance of implementation of
QC role in the industrial and other sectors related to maintenance,
production and construction specially.
The QC activity means the direct involvement in maintaining quality
standard as per the adopted
method/standard by the way of carrying out inspection (activity wise)
and making the documentation related to that. It also involves the
activity involving for the project’s quality maintainability and process
execution.
22. What is Schedule ‘Q’ and how many appendices are there in
schedule ‘Q’?
Ans: Schedule ‘Q’ is the guidelines for the method application related to quality
including the distribution of manpower (quality field oriented) and the
quality process execution including quality control and quality assurance.
It has got six appendices covering all the process implementations related
to execution of project performance with the focus towards maintainability
of quality control and quality assurance.
23. What are the linked documentations carried out related to QC activity
for oil & gas construction project?
Ans: a. Application for inspection from construction department after
completion of every activity.
b. Production of drawing based on the planning.
c. Method application priority wise.
d. Procurement of item and equipment required for the execution of the
project.
24. What is process control system?
Ans: It is the system adopted for the proper execution of the activity by
maintaining the adopted standards and other specific. It involves
surveillance on day to day activities performed by the production unit on
operation.
25. What are QCP, QMP and ITP?
QCP – Quality Control Procedure.QMP – Quality Management Procedure.