How Much Do You Know About Welding?

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Do you have a passion for metal work and welding? Let's see how deep your knowledge is with this 30 question test about welding.

Welding Quiz Questions

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Question 1

What specialty in welding do you need to take a dive to be able to get?

  • A
    Underwater welding
  • B
    Space welding
  • C
    Sky welding
  • D
    NASCAR welding

Question 2

Blacksmiths used what tool to weld metal together?

  • A
    Hammer
  • B
    Knife
  • C
    Wrench
  • D
    Screwdriver

Question 3

Welding is defined as the practice of doing what?

  • A
    Creating molten lava
  • B
    Permanently joining at least two pieces of metal
  • C
    Gluing plastic together
  • D
    Joining wood pieces

Question 4

What is the most common method of welding?

  • A
    Space
  • B
    Submerged
  • C
    Ultrasonic
  • D
    Arc

Question 5

If you are a certified welder, you can work where?

  • A
    On an Oil Rig
  • B
    At NASA
  • C
    In a Factory
  • D
    All of these

Question 6

What seemingly unrelated industry is welding an integral part of advancing?

  • A
    Cleaning
  • B
    Entertainment
  • C
    Law
  • D
    Medicine

Question 7

Who created the world's largest welder?

  • A
    OSHA
  • B
    FAA
  • C
    NASA
  • D
    CIA

Question 8

What is the number one reason you should wear a welder's helmet?

  • A
    UV exposure to the corneas
  • B
    Flying metal and debris
  • C
    Flume Plume
  • D
    All of these

Question 9

The first plastic car was put together using what welding process?

  • A
    Space welding
  • B
    Ultrasonic welding
  • C
    Ice welding
  • D
    Fire welding

Question 10

What is the smoke called that appears to rise from the site of a weld as the weld is performed?

  • A
    Fume Plume
  • B
    White Smoke
  • C
    Feather Tether
  • D
    Black Smoke

Question 11

How much money can a welder make?

  • A
    More than Bill Gates
  • B
    The same as a lawyer
  • C
    They don't get paid
  • D
    The same as the President

Question 12

At what point in history did welding first begin?

  • A
    Stone Age
  • B
    Silver Age
  • C
    Bronze Age
  • D
    Technological Age

Question 13

What country has an actual monument dedicated to welding?

  • A
    Russia
  • B
    The United States
  • C
    Brazil
  • D
    Canada

Question 14

What is the most commonly found metal on Earth?

  • A
    Gold
  • B
    Aluminum
  • C
    Silver
  • D
    Bronze

Question 15

What is the average annual salary of a welder?

  • A
    $150,000 to $200,000
  • B
    $15,000 to $20,000
  • C
    $25,000 to $30,000
  • D
    $35,000 to $43,000

Question 16

What is the current world record for the deepest underwater wet weld?

  • A
    2,000 feet
  • B
    20 feet
  • C
    200 feet
  • D
    2 feet

Question 17

What year was the first weld in space made?

  • A
    1999
  • B
    1949
  • C
    1969
  • D
    1929

Question 18

In what city did welding innovator C.L. Coffin live?

  • A
    Los Angeles, California
  • B
    Detroit, Michigan
  • C
    New York, New York
  • D
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 19

What is the highest temperature a weld is performed at?

  • A
    50 degrees
  • B
    100 degrees
  • C
    5,000 degrees
  • D
    1,000 degrees

Question 20

Lasers were developed in what country?

  • A
    Soviet Union
  • B
    Germany
  • C
    France
  • D
    United States

Question 21

About how many hours of work goes into getting a car on the NASCAR circuit eligible for a race?

  • A
    25 hours
  • B
    2 hours
  • C
    250 hours
  • D
    950 hours

Question 22

What is the term for the process by which two pieces of metal are welded together just by touching?

  • A
    Hot welding
  • B
    Cold welding
  • C
    Volcanic welding
  • D
    Water welding

Question 23

What is the current median age of a majority of welders?

  • A
    55
  • B
    25
  • C
    75
  • D
    35

Question 24

In what American City and State was the world's largest welding machine unveiled?

  • A
    Detroit, Michigan
  • B
    New Orleans, Louisiana
  • C
    San Francisco, California
  • D
    Chicago, Illinois

Question 25

What company utilized the first robot?

  • A
    Ford
  • B
    Toyota
  • C
    Honda
  • D
    General Motors

Question 26

What kind of education do you need to be a welder?

  • A
    None
  • B
    Associates Degree
  • C
    High School Diploma
  • D
    Bachelor of Arts Degree

Question 27

What percentage of the United States' gross national product is related to the welding industry?

  • A
    50 percent
  • B
    20 percent
  • C
    30 percent
  • D
    60 percent

Question 28

When was the current world record set for deepest dry weld performed underwater?

  • A
    2009
  • B
    1979
  • C
    1990
  • D
    1999

Question 29

What is the fastest a military warship was constructed in the United States?

  • A
    35 days 10 hours 15 minutes
  • B
    4 years 5 days 27 minutes
  • C
    4 days 15 hours 27 minutes
  • D
    27 days 15 hours 4 minutes

Question 30

Welders are considered to be ________ - collar workers.

  • A
    Green
  • B
    White
  • C
    Blue
  • D
    Red

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Very informastial, I enjoy it

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I should have been a welder... Perhaps if I could live my life over again, I would have been a welder. There has always been an underlying desire within me.

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