What is a web member?

What is a web member?

• A. A vertical post
• B. A horizontal beam
• C. A diagonal brace
• D. Wood member that connects the top chord to the bottom chord

Answer: (D)

Web members are the interior components of a truss that connect the top and bottom chords, forming the webbing that carries and distributes loads between the chords. The description “wood member that connects the top chord to the bottom chord” matches this role precisely, since it defines the interior member whose job is to link the two chords. The other options describe different elements: a vertical post is typically a separate vertical support, a horizontal beam is a chord itself rather than a web member, and a diagonal brace is a type of web member but describing it that way is less general than defining the function of web members as connecting the two chords.

Web members are the interior components of a truss that connect the top and bottom chords, forming the webbing that carries and distributes loads between the chords. The description “wood member that connects the top chord to the bottom chord” matches this role precisely, since it defines the interior member whose job is to link the two chords. The other options describe different elements: a vertical post is typically a separate vertical support, a horizontal beam is a chord itself rather than a web member, and a diagonal brace is a type of web member but describing it that way is less general than defining the function of web members as connecting the two chords.