Welding Symbols Test and Answer Key

Test you knowledge of Welding Symbols.

This 40-question Welding Symbols Test is ideal to gauge the level of proficiency of welders, students, CWI hopefuls and any other personnel that needs to have the ability to interpret and write welding symbols.

An answer key is provided to check your work or that of your employees and/or students. 

Three types of questions are included in this test. The first type are questions that address general knowledge such as knowing the basic components of welding symbols. The second type of questions tests how well you can interpret welding symbols. And the third type of question tests your ability to write welding symbols. This last one is especially important for design engineers that need to specify welding sizes and joint details in shop drawings.

You can easily take this test as a template and create your own tests by changing the values and the wording of questions.  This gives you the ability to create many different tests to continually test your employees and/or students. 

The symbols covered in this test are in accordance with the American Welding Society publication AWS A2.4 Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing and Nondestructive Examination.