Steel the safe solution quiz

Please answer the following 10 multiple choice questions, then click 'submit' to check the result. The pass mark for a CPD certificate is 8 out of 10, and you may retake the quiz as many times as you wish, but the questions will vary! Please note that one, two, three or all of the possible answers presented for each question may be right, and to gain a mark for that question all correct answers must be identified.

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Steel the safe solution

Which three of these steps available to the designer can contribute towards making steel the safe solution?

Use of computers to model the erection sequence
Use of Eurocodes
Use of connection types that are standard wherever possible
Use of off-site prefabrication as far as practicable

Prior to the issue of tender documents for construction, which two of the following issues that affect steel erection will need resolving?

Soil conditions affecting the safe operation of plant
Exact methods of providing safe access to positions of work and safe working positions
Access to the site and within the site
The lifting devices necessary

Which two of the following statements are true?

Designers are not obliged to consider whether their schemes can be safely built
It is necessary to consider every conceivable scenario when planning for safe construction
The choice of building materials has a major influence on what is achievable in terms of safe construction
The benchmark of safe practice should be established by industry practitioners

When should steel erectors be allowed to climb on to the steelwork?

Never
Any time that an experienced erector decides
Only after a suitable method has been established in advance
Only whilst two safety lanyards are both attached, one to a MEWP and one to the steelwork

Which two of the following are the necessary steps in getting a site task done safely?

Reporting back to company head office on progress
Setting out what is involved in the task in hand
Completing each task as quickly as possible to reduce the time at risk
Identifying who is to undertake the task

When should fixing of metal decking start?

As soon as possible
As soon as the supporting beams are in place
After the steel frame is aligned and stable
Not until all steelwork is complete and grouted

What is the commonly used term for a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP)?

Flying carpet
Rubber duck
Cherry picker
Baby boomer

How does BCSA provide information on the competence of its member companies?

In terms of categories of steelwork
In terms of the recommended maximum size of contracts to be resourced
In terms of the identities of each company’s directors
In terms of numbers of HSE prosecutions

Structural frames built in which one of the following materials are easily adaptable in use and readily demountable as well as recyclable?

Concrete
Steel
Timber
Masonary

When erecting a single storey building which is the type of crane that would most generally be used?

Tower crane
Mobile telescopic crane
Crawler crane
Gantry crane