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Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Lucena City
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 1:00 PM – 5:00PM
Hydraulics & Geotechnical Engineering SET A

INSTRUCTION : Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item
by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED. NOTC means – None of the three choices.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. A large square tank has a 200 mm diameter nozzle 5 m below the water level. What is the pressure at a point 3 m
below the water level?
A. 19.43 KPa C. 29.43 KPa
B. 49.05 KPa D. 19.62 KPa

2. If the pressure at a point in the ocean is 60 KPa, what is the pressure 27 meters below this point?
A. 233.28 KPa C. 222.82 KPa
B. 332.82 KPa D. 288.32 KPa

3. Find the absolute pressure in KPa at a depth of 10 m below the free surface of oil of sp. gr. 0.75 if the barometric
reading is 752 mmHg.
A. 173.9 KPa C. 293.2 KPa
B. 273.2 KPa D. 129.1 KPa

4. A pressure gage 6 m above the bottom of the tank containing a liquid reads 90 KPa. Another gage height 4 m
reads 103 KPa. Determine the specific weight of the liquid.
A. 2.6 KN/m3 C. 6.5 KN/m3
B. 5.6 KN/m3 D. 3.4 KN/m3

5. Assuming specific weight of air to be constant at 12 N/m3, what is the approximate height of Mount Banahaw if
a mercury barometer at a base of the mountain reads 654 mm and at the same instant, another barometer at the
top of the mountain reads 480 mm.
A. 2345.23 m C. 2121.89 m
B. 1934.53 m D. 1032.90 m

6. If water is used to measure the atmospheric pressure. How high would it be?
A. 9.81 m C. 13.14 m
B. 11.25 m D. 10.33 m

7. A vertical square plate 1.2 m in each side is submerged half in oil and half in water. If the top of the plate is
flushed with the oil surface, what is the ratio of the force of water to the oil. Specific gravity of oil is 0.80.
A. 3.00 C. 3.25
B. 3.75 D. 3.50

8. How many meter of water is equivalent to 2.75 atmospheres?

A. 28.4 m C. 32.4 m
B. 12.4 m D. 36.4 m
9. A vertical triangular plate has a base of 1.2 m and depth of 2.4 m. The base is horizontal and flushed with the
water surface. What is the distance of force of water below the centroid of the plate?
A. 0.3 m C. 0.2 m
B. 0.4 m D. 0.1 m

10. A vertical circular gate in a tunnel 8 m in diameter has oil (sp. gr = 0.8) on one side and air on the other side. If
oil is 12 m above the invert and the air pressure is 40 KPa, where will a single support be located (above the invert
of the tunnel) to hold the gate in position.
A. 2.16 m C. 2.62 m
B. 1.23 m D. 1.67 m

11. For the tank shown in the figure, h1 = 3m and h3 = 4m. Determine the value of h2.
A. 2.29 m C. 1.19 m
B. 2.09 m D. 1.59 m

12. Determine the magnitude of the force on the inclined gate 1.5 m by 0.5 m shown in the figure. The tank of water
is completely closed and the pressure gage at the bottom of the tank reads 90,000 N/m2. Use 9,800 N/m3 for water.
A. 34,567.2 N C. 14,486.5 N
B. 23,679.45 N D. 48,022.5 N
13. A wooden storage vat is 6m in diameter and is filled with 7 m of oil, s = 0.8. The wooden staves are bound by
flat steel bands, 50 mm wide by 6 mm thick, whose allowable tensile stress is 110 MPa. What is the required
spacing of the bands near the bottom of the vat, neglecting any initial stress?
A. 300 mm C. 250 mm
B. 200 mm D. 150 mm

14. A cylindrical water tank used in lifting water to the top of a tower is 1.5 m high. If the pressure at the bottom of
the tank must not exceed 16 KPa, what maximum vertical acceleration can be imposed in the cylinder when it is
filled with water.
A. 0.346 m/s2 C. 0.127 m/s2
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B. 1.296 m/s D. 0.857 m/s2
15. A soil mass has Gs = 2.40. What is the largest possible unit weight of soil?
A. 22.542 KN/m3 C. 23.544 KN/m3
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B. 20.896 KN/m D. 24.000 KN/m3

16. An open 1.82 m square, weighs 3,425 N and contains 0.91 m of water. It is acted upon by an unbalance force of
10,400 N parallel to a pair of sides. What must be the height in m of the sides of the tank so that no water will be
spilled?
A. 2.10 m C. 2.50 m
B. 1.20 m D. 3.10 m