Peerless Study Guide Book: Structural Steel (C-51)

What this book covers

The Peerless Structural Steel (C-51) Study Guide Book prepares you for the trade portion of the California CSLB contractor license exam. Per the state's classification, a C-51 contractor "fabricates and erects structural steel shapes and plates of structural steel, including the riveting, welding, rigging and metal roofing systems necessary to perform this work." This printed book covers the subjects the state tests. See the official CSLB C51 classification.

Book chapters

1. Estimating
2. Construction equipment & tools
3. Erection tools & equipment
4. Welding glossary
5. The erection scheme
6. Job under way
7. Misc. ironwork
8. Plans & specifications
9. Safety
10. Structural framing
11. Mathematics review

Sample questions

1. When tightening bolts in a connection on posts and columns on a high rise, the proper sequence is:
   A. From the outermost bolt · B. From the middle ✓ · C. From any location · D. All of the above
2. 414C refers to:
   A. Screws · B. Steel posts · C. Bolts ✓ · D. Steel columns
3. A maul is used for:
   A. Driving bull pins and drift pins into connection holes · B. Straightening bent material · C. Hitting steel members into place · D. All of the above ✓