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Steel Structures
Multiple Choice Questions
Which statement is correct regarding fasteners?
(A) Rivets are typically more expensive than bolts.
(B) Bolts generally possess higher tensile strength than
rivets.
(C) Bolts are commonly utilized as temporary fastenings,
while rivets serve as permanent ones.
(D) Riveting operations tend to produce less noise compared
to bolting.
Answer: Option C
What are the primary forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder?
(A) Axial forces exclusively
(B) Both shear and axial forces
(C) Shear forces and bending forces
(D) Axial forces and bending forces
Answer: Option C
Why are purlins often placed at panel points?
(A) To minimize axial force in the rafter
(B) To alleviate shear force in the rafter
(C) To reduce deflection of the rafter
(D) To mitigate bending moment in the rafter
Answer: Option D
What type of section is preferable for locations
experiencing torsion?
(A) Angle section
(B) Channel section
(C) Box type section
(D) Any of the above
Answer: Option C
In indeterminate structures, how does the load factor
typically compare to that in determinate structures?
(A) It equals the load factor in determinate structures.
(B) It exceeds the load factor in determinate structures.
(C) lower than the load factor in determinate structures.
(D) It is unpredictable.
Answer: Option B
The force acting on rivets that connect angle to cover plate
in girder is
(A) Horizontal shear only
(B) Vertical load only
(C) Both horizontal shear and vertical load
(D) None of the above
Answer: Option A
What is the minimum effective length requirement for a
fillet weld?
(A) Two times the weld size
(B) Four times the weld size
(C) Six times the weld size
(D) Equal to the weld size
Answer: Option B
In a gusseted base, when the end of the column is machined
for complete bearing on the base plate, how is the axial load assumed to be
transferred to the base plate?
(A) Fully by direct bearing
(B) Fully through fastenings
(C) fastening 50%, direct bearing 50%
(D) fastening 75%, direct bearing 25%
Answer: Option C
A bridge supported at or near the bottom but with unbraced
top chords is classified as:
(A) Deck type
(B) Through type
(C) Half through type
(D) Double deck type
Answer: Option C
In the virtual work method, what is the virtual quantity?
(A) Displacement
(B) Slope
(C) Moment
(D) Shear force
Answer: Option A
In moment resistant connections, what does the moment
resistance of riveted connection primarily depend upon?
(A) Shear in rivets
(B) Compression in rivets
(C) Tension in rivets
(D) Strength of rivets in bearing
Answer: Option C
What is the maximum permissible span of asbestos cement
sheets?
(A) 650 mm
(B) 810 mm
(C) 1250 mm
(D) 1680 mm
Answer: Option D
What is the term for the moment in a section of a beam by
the longitudinal compressive and tensile force?
(A) Bending moment
(B) Moment of resistance
(C) Flexural stress moment
(D) Shear moment
Answer: Option B
How is shear buckling of the web in a plate girder typically
prevented?
(A) Using vertical intermediate stiffener
(B) Installing horizontal stiffener at the neutral axis
(C) Adding bearing stiffener
(D) None of the above
Answer: Option A
Which sections carry shear force in built-up columns?
(A) Rolled steel flats
(B) Rolled angles
(C) Rolled channels
(D) All of the above
Answer: Option D
What kind of stress does the wall of a thin cylinder
subjected to internal pressure primarily experience?
(A) Hoop compression
(B) Shear stress
(C) Torsional shear
(D) Hoop tension
Answer: Option D
What factors influence the risk coefficient k?
(A) Mean probable design life of structures
(B) Basic wind speed
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer: Option C
What formula represents the bending factor for eccentrically
loaded columns?
(A) Cross-sectional area of column/Radius of gyration
(B) Radius of gyration/Cross-sectional area of column
(C) Section modulus of the section/Cross-sectional area of
column
(D) None of the above
Answer: Option C
At which point in round bars, to withstand tension, the net
area is taken
(A) Mid-section
(B) Root of the thread
(C) Difference of (a) and (b)
(D) None of these
Answer: Option B
What is the purpose of a column splice?
(A) Length of the column
(B) Strength of the column
(C) Cross-sectional area of the column
(D) None of these
Answer: Option A
What term describes bracing given in the end posts?
(A) Sway bracing
(B) Portal bracing
(C) Top lateral bracing
(D) Bottom lateral bracing
Answer: Option B
How is the actual bending compressive stress fbc calculated
for a built-up beam?
(A) fbc = (M/Ixx) × y
(B) fbc = (Ixx/M) × y
(C) fbc = (Ixx/M) + y
(D) fbc = (M/Ixx) + y
Answer: Option A
What dimensional classification applies to structural
members with small thickness compared to their length and width?
(A) One dimensional
(B) Two dimensional
(C) Three dimensional
(D) None of these
Answer: Option B
Which conditions does the statical method of plastic
analysis satisfy?
(A) Equilibrium and mechanism conditions
(B) Equilibrium and plastic moment conditions
(C) Mechanism and plastic moment conditions
(D) Equilibrium condition only
Answer: Option B
What is a lug angle used with?
(A) Used with single angle member
(B) Not used with double angle member
(C) Used with channel member
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D
In compression members composed of two channels
back-to-back, what is the maximum allowable slenderness ratio between the
connections?
(A) 40
(B) 50
(C) 60
(D) 70
Answer: Option A
