Topic 1

Question 1

Revolutionized steel production by enabling mass production of high quality steel

Answer 1

Industrial Revolution

Question 2

World’s first tall building to utilize a steel frame

Answer 2

Home Insurance Building in Chicago completed in 1885

Question 3

Ten Reasons to Use Structural Steel

Answer 3

1. Cost-effective
2. Accelerated schedules
3. Increased usable floor space
4. Aesthetically pleasing
5. Future adaptability
6. Quality and predictability
7. Ease of design
8. Enhance productivity
9. Green
10. There’s always a solution in steel

Question 4

The first priority of the structural engineer

Answer 4

Safety

Question 5

The forces that act on a structure

Answer 5

Loads

Question 6

Two broad categories of loads

Answer 6

1. Dead Load
2. Live Load

Question 7

Loads that are permanent, including the weight of the structure itself

Answer 7

Dead Loads

Question 8

Those that are not permanent which can also be gravity loads

Answer 8

Live Loads

Question 9

A legal document containing requirements related to such things as structural safety, fire safety, plumbing, ventilation, and accessibility to the physically disabled

Answer 9

Building Code

Question 10

NSCP means

Answer 10

National Structural Code of the Philippines

Question 11

AISC means

Answer 11

American Institute of Steel Construction

Question 12

AASHTO means

Answer 12

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Question 13

AREMA means

Answer 13

American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

Question 14

AISI

Answer 14

American Iron and Steel Institute

Question 15

Steel that exhibits the behavior to undergo large deformations before fracturing

Answer 15

Ductile

Question 16

Structural steels can be grouped according to their composition

Answer 16

1. Plain carbon steels
2. Low-alloy steels
3. High-alloy/specialty steels

Question 17

Mostly iron and carbon, with less than 1% carbon

Answer 17

Plain carbon steels

Question 18

Iron and carbon plus other components (usually less than 5%). The additional components are primarily for increasing strength, which is accomplished at the expense of a reduction in ductility

Answer 18

Low-alloy steels

Question 19

similar in composition to the low-alloy steels but with a higher percentage of the components added to iron and carbon. These steels are higher in strength than the plain carbon steels and also have some special quality, such as resistance to corrosion

Answer 19

High-alloy/specialty steels