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This book features 160 comprehensive questions aimed at ensuring you pass the exam on your first try. Each question is educational and designed to cover a wide range of topics, with no straightforward answers. Almost everyone who has purchased this book, studied thoroughly, and taken the exam reports that it made passing significantly easier. The questions are organized into five parts:

• Loads and Load Applications
  Covers structural load principles—dead, live, wind, seismic, snow, and rain—along with calculation methods and relevant codes like AASHTO LRFD, ASCE, ACI, IBC, and AISC.

• Forces & Load Effects
  Focuses on structural and cross-sectional analysis, addressing deflection, stability, indeterminate structures, and behavior under various loading conditions, with numerous examples illustrating analysis methods.

• Temporary Structures
  Addresses field inspections and safety, including the impact of construction on facilities, work zone safety, scaffolding, and formwork design.

• Material & Material Properties
  Discusses various materials—soil, concrete, wood, steel, masonry, and veneer—along with testing, mixing, and ensuring compliance with specifications.

• Component Design & Detailing
  Covers the design of structural elements like beams, columns, foundations, and connections, detailing design requirements and calculations while emphasizing relevant codes and manuals, including ACI, AISC, IBC, AASHTO, and NDS.

All answers are detailed and well-referenced, linking to the relevant design manuals and codes for your benefit.