16 CIV B5 DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET 2026
PRACTICE QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
● Welded connections: Answer: A.
are usually weaker than bolted connections.
B.
can be performed by unskilled workers.
C.
are not sensitive to weather conditions.
D.
only require gas, not electricity.
E.
none of the above.
● A member on a steel drawing is identified as
L5 x 4 x ⅜. This member is: Answer: An angle.
● Composite steel decking reinforces the concrete slab in which
direction? Answer: Perpendicular to beams and girders.
, ● The most important aspect of a high-strength bolt connection is:
Answer: tensioning of the bolts.
● Which of the following is primarily responsible for preparing
structural steel shop drawings, which show details of connections, exact
spacing of bolt holes, anchor bolt sizes and locations, and so on; and for
to the site steel components that are ready to be assembled without
further processing? Answer: Steel fabricator.
● Structural steel: Answer: Is largely made from scrap automobiles.
● Steel production does not include: Answer: Continuous casting of
molten steel into W-shapes.
● Open-webbed steel joists are usually used in a commercial steel-
framed building to support: Answer: Roof decks.
● Which of the following is not an acceptable means of making a steel
column fire resistant? Answer: A.
Wrap the column with layers of drywall.
B.
Apply an in-tumescent mastic/paint.
C.
Encase the column in concrete.
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET 2026
PRACTICE QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
● Welded connections: Answer: A.
are usually weaker than bolted connections.
B.
can be performed by unskilled workers.
C.
are not sensitive to weather conditions.
D.
only require gas, not electricity.
E.
none of the above.
● A member on a steel drawing is identified as
L5 x 4 x ⅜. This member is: Answer: An angle.
● Composite steel decking reinforces the concrete slab in which
direction? Answer: Perpendicular to beams and girders.
, ● The most important aspect of a high-strength bolt connection is:
Answer: tensioning of the bolts.
● Which of the following is primarily responsible for preparing
structural steel shop drawings, which show details of connections, exact
spacing of bolt holes, anchor bolt sizes and locations, and so on; and for
to the site steel components that are ready to be assembled without
further processing? Answer: Steel fabricator.
● Structural steel: Answer: Is largely made from scrap automobiles.
● Steel production does not include: Answer: Continuous casting of
molten steel into W-shapes.
● Open-webbed steel joists are usually used in a commercial steel-
framed building to support: Answer: Roof decks.
● Which of the following is not an acceptable means of making a steel
column fire resistant? Answer: A.
Wrap the column with layers of drywall.
B.
Apply an in-tumescent mastic/paint.
C.
Encase the column in concrete.
