Steel Erection, and Utility
Connections exam with answers
When joists span over 60 feet up through 100 feet, all
rows of bridging must be bolted with: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Diagonal bridging
The thickness of a steel joist girder at midspan that has a
marking on it of "36G9N6K" is: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔36"
If a steel joist girder has a marking of "36G9N6K", how
many spacings are there? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔9
18 inches or 3 times the thickness of the slab is the ___
spacing for reinforcement bars. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Maximum
If you are considering uplift forces, then ___________ is
required near each end of a steel joist. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Bottom chord bridging
, When you are constructing curtain wall, there should be
not fewer than ____ ties per one bar. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Three
In a loaded beam or slab, both vertical and horizontal
shear are present and the net result of the two forces is
called ___. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Beam shear
Wall reinforcement ties are to be at least ___ feet apart in
either direction. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔4 to 6 feet
An open web steel joist end, bearing on a concrete
support, must rest on a steel bearing plate for what
minimum distance? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔4 inches
The details about modifying a steel metal joist should be
provided by whom? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The joist
manufacturer
In long runs of slabs or walls bar spacing should not be
greater than three times the thickness of the slab or wall,
nor ___. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔18 inches
There must be at least _____ rows of top chord bridging
when a #8 K-series joist that has a span of 38' and is
Connections exam with answers
When joists span over 60 feet up through 100 feet, all
rows of bridging must be bolted with: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Diagonal bridging
The thickness of a steel joist girder at midspan that has a
marking on it of "36G9N6K" is: - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔36"
If a steel joist girder has a marking of "36G9N6K", how
many spacings are there? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔9
18 inches or 3 times the thickness of the slab is the ___
spacing for reinforcement bars. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Maximum
If you are considering uplift forces, then ___________ is
required near each end of a steel joist. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Bottom chord bridging
, When you are constructing curtain wall, there should be
not fewer than ____ ties per one bar. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Three
In a loaded beam or slab, both vertical and horizontal
shear are present and the net result of the two forces is
called ___. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Beam shear
Wall reinforcement ties are to be at least ___ feet apart in
either direction. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔4 to 6 feet
An open web steel joist end, bearing on a concrete
support, must rest on a steel bearing plate for what
minimum distance? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔4 inches
The details about modifying a steel metal joist should be
provided by whom? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The joist
manufacturer
In long runs of slabs or walls bar spacing should not be
greater than three times the thickness of the slab or wall,
nor ___. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔18 inches
There must be at least _____ rows of top chord bridging
when a #8 K-series joist that has a span of 38' and is
