Everything you need to pass the welding certification examsfully updated for the latest advances! This thoroughly revised study guide helps you pass your licensing certification examsincluding the AWS certification examand obtain your professional license. Inside, you'll find a valuable review of material that is most likely to appear on welding certification examsfrom 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.