MS Structural Steel Practice Questions - Mississippi Structural Steel Contractor Examination Exam - MS Structural Steel Practice Questions - Mississippi Structural Steel Contractor Examination Exam

Question 1

In structural concrete work, post-tensioning is the method of prestressing in which the tendons are tensioned:

After the concrete has hardened to the specified stressing strength Before any concrete is placed around the strand Only while the concrete is still plastic By welding the strand to the reinforcing cage before the pour

Correct Answer:

After the concrete has hardened to the specified stressing strength

Question 2

An unbonded monostrand tendon is protected along its length primarily by:

A grouted metal duct that bonds the strand to the concrete A factory-applied corrosion-inhibiting coating and extruded plastic sheathing A field-applied epoxy coating after stressing Concrete cover alone, with bare strand laid on chairs

Correct Answer:

A factory-applied corrosion-inhibiting coating and extruded plastic sheathing

Question 3

The guaranteed ultimate tensile strength (GUTS) of a standard 0.5-inch Grade 270 seven-wire prestressing strand is:

27.0 kips 33.0 kips 41.3 kips 58.6 kips

Correct Answer:

41.3 kips

Question 4

Unless the approved drawings state otherwise, the maximum jacking force used to stress a 0.5-inch Grade 270 monostrand is:

33.0 kips (80 percent of GUTS) 20.7 kips (50 percent of GUTS) 41.3 kips (100 percent of GUTS) 58.6 kips (the 0.6-inch GUTS value)

Correct Answer:

33.0 kips (80 percent of GUTS)

Question 5

During monostrand stressing, the safest place for personnel relative to the hydraulic jack is:

Directly behind the ram so the gauge can be read from the strand axis On the dead-end anchorage, sitting on the pocket former Between the live-end and dead-end anchors, straddling the tendon To the side of the jack, never in line with the tendon or ram

Correct Answer:

To the side of the jack, never in line with the tendon or ram

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