UT Level 2 practice test (free)

Start with the free practice

• Take the free 10-question UT check. It takes a few minutes, needs no signup and no card, and shows your score by topic with your weakest one named. Every answer is explained.
• Work the public UT sample. It has 3 reviewed practice questions on weld evaluation and a lesson on angle-beam welds. The answers are explained as you go.

Both are original practice written for Angle Beam. They are not ASNT questions.

What UT practice should cover

The UT General exam has 50 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours. ASNT lists six topics and publishes no weights, so practice all of them. The UT General exam guide explains each topic, and the exam-day guide covers the built-in calculator. If your appointment is after the change, read the outline change guide first. The existing guide states that the current outline applies to exams taken up to 5 February 2027.

Topic	A good practice question makes you	Where to go when you miss it
Review of ultrasonic techniques	Reason about wave modes, reflection and refraction, beam behavior, instrument controls, calibration and technique choice	UT formulas guide and the Snell's law calculator
Evaluation of base material product forms	Match a product form to the discontinuities it typically has	The product-forms lesson in the course
Evaluation of weldments	Picture the joint, the beam path and where a discontinuity lies	The formulas guide and the skip distance calculator
Evaluation of bonded structures	Decide how a bond line or laminate responds to sound	The bonded-structures lesson in the course
Discontinuity detection	Judge what is detectable, and what separates a relevant indication from a false one	The detection lesson in the course
General evaluation	Compare an indication with a reference, appraise the part and report the result	The evaluation lesson in the course

Welds are the topic most candidates rehearse, so check the sample set and the free check against the others before you decide you are strong there.

Turn every miss into a study task

After each session, write one line per miss: the topic, whether it was physics (a wave or material property), geometry (a beam path or angle), calculation (a setup or unit) or judgment (what the reading means), and one fix.

• For calculation misses, redo the worked example with new numbers and say which convention you used.
• For geometry misses, draw the joint and the beam path before you read the choices. Most weld questions are geometry once the picture is right.
• For judgment misses, say aloud what you would check next on the instrument or the part, and why.

Do not repeat a set until you remember the answers. A repeat score can reflect memory, not skill. Explain each answer without the choices in front of you.

Ready to find your weak topic?

Start the free 10-question UT check and see your score by topic. Ten questions are a small sample, so a good result is a starting point and not a prediction of your exam result. The full course adds timed practice exams, a lesson for each topic and a study plan built from your exam date. For requirements and fees, use the Level II requirements guide and the ASNT exam-day guide.

Sources

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Checked 23 October 2026.

• ASNT NDT Level II examinations, the published outline and exam format.

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