AMPP Certified Corrosion Technologist — Information & Free Practice

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

• Cathodic Protection — Official range: 19–23% (Practice allocation: 20.79%)

  • Impressed currents
  • Galvanic series
  • Fundamentals of cathodic protection
  • Standards (SP0169),
  • Cathodic protection basics
• Coatings — Official range: 12–16% (Practice allocation: 13.86%)

  • Surface preparation
  • Application techniques
  • Standards (NACE 3/SSPC SP 6)
  • Coating anomalies/defects
  • Protective coatings
• General Corrosion — Official range: 32–36% (Practice allocation: 33.66%)

  • Corrosion cells
  • Types of corrosion
  • Fundamentals of corrosion
• Metallurgy — Official range: 3–7% (Practice allocation: 4.95%)

  • Material properties
  • Material selection
  • Metallurgy standards (MR0175)
  • Interaction of materials
• Internal Corrosion — Official range: 4–8% (Practice allocation: 5.94%)

  • Corrosion inhibitors
  • Chemical treatment
  • Monitoring methods
• Safety — Official range: 2–5% (Practice allocation: 3.47%)

  • General knowledge of safety
  • Personal responsibility
  • Coating application safety
• Design — Official range: 8–12% (Practice allocation: 9.9%)

  • System design
  • Material selection
• Maintenance — Official range: 3–7% (Practice allocation: 4.95%)

  • General maintenance
  • Rectifiers
• Ethics — Official range: 1–4% (Practice allocation: 2.48%)

  • Professional and personal responsibility
  • Regulations
  • Roles/responsibilities