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1. Which of the following most nearly gives the power delivered by the pump?
a. 59.24 kW c. 52.49 kW
b. 48.10 kW d. 41.80 kW
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at point 1?
a. 19.74 m c. 17.94 m
b. 24.97 m d. 14.97
3. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at point 2?
a. 259.86 m c. 269.86 m
b. 262.38 m d. 264.63 m
4. The uniform plate, which is hinged at C, is used to control the level of the water
at A to maintain its constant depth of 12 ft. If the plate has a width of 8 ft and a
weight of 50000 lb, determine the minimum height h of the water at B so that
seepage will not occur at D.
a. 5.95 ft
b. 6.95 ft
c. 7.95 ft
d. 8.95 ft
5. ______________ is used to determine the coefficient of permeability of fine-
grained soil
a. Constant Head Test b. Falling Head Test
c. Hydraulic Test d. Permeability TesT
6. ____________ is the product of the coefficient of permeability and hydraulic
gradient.
a. Seepage velocity b. Flow Rate
c. Hydrauilic gradient d. Discharge velocity
SITAUTION;
A hand-carved sample of soft saturated clay has a volume of 100 cu.cm and weighs 175
g. If the oven-dry weight is found to be 120 g. Compute the ff.
7. Water content
a.35.8 % b. 65.8%
c. 54.8% d. 45.8%
8. Void ratio
a.0.22 b. 1.22
c.0.53 d. 0.66
A steel tape with a coefficient of linear expansion of 0.0000116 per degree centigrade is
known to be 50 m long at 20°C. The tape was used to measure a line which was found
to be 532.28 meters long when the temperature was 35°C. Determine the following:
9. Temperature correction per tape length.
a. 0.0087 m too long b. 0.0087 too short c. 0.01 m too long d. 0.01m too short
10. Temperature correction for the measured line.
a. +0.0823 b. -0.0823 c. -0.0926 d. +0.0926
11. Corrected length of the line.
a. 532.3521 b. 532.3726 c. 533.2354 d. 531.3236
A parcel of land has been surveyed in the field and the lengths and bearings of the
various sides are shown.
Given below are the corresponding data of a computation for area of a given lot with
missing data.
A soil at a constant moisture content shows the following properties when compacted:
The field unit weight of soil sample is 1900kg/m3 and the unit weight of the soil particle
is 2600 kg/m3.
24. Compute the dry unit weight if the moisture content is 11.5%.
a. 1900 kg/m3 b. 2600 kg/m3 c. 1600 kg/m3 d. 1704 kg/m3
25. Compute the void ratio
a. 0.252 b. 0.522 c. 0.525 d. 0.225
26. Compute the degree of saturation.
a. 59.65% b. 55.69% c. 65.95% d. 56.95%
The mass of a moist soil sample collected from the field is 465 grams and its oven dry
mass is 405.76 grams. The specific gravity of the soil solids was determined in the
laboratory to be 2.68. If the void ratio of the soil in the natural state is 0.83, find the
following
27. The moist density of the soil in the field (kg/cu m)
a. 1578.3 b. 1678.3 c. 1476.3 d. 1568.3
28. The dry density of the soil in the field (kg/cu m)
a. 1678.3 b. 1768.3 c. 1464.5 d. 1468.48
29. The mass of water, in kilograms, to be added per cubic meter of soil in the field
for saturation
a. 178.3 b. 268.3 c. 176.3 d. 239.7
30. ____________ is the difference between the total stress and pore water
pressure
a. Shear stress b. Effective stress c. Settelement d. Permeability
31. ______________ is used to determine the coefficient of permeability of coarse-
grained soil
a. Constant Head Test b. Falling Head Test c. Hydraulic Test d.
Permeability Test
35. A soil sample has a unit weight of 105.7 pcf and a saturation of 50%. When its
saturation is increased to 75% , its unit weight raises to 112.7 pcf. Determine
the porosity of the soil sample in percent.
a. 40.70 b. 28.93 c. 44.87 d. 61.05
36. Determine the submerged depth of a cube of alloy steel 0.3 m on each side
floating in mercury. The specific gravities of alloy and mercury are 7.8 and 13.6
respectively.
a. 0.172 m b. 0.185 c. 0.198 d. 0.211
37. The discharge through a 75 mm diameter orifice at the bottom of a large tank
was measured be 1,734 liters in a minute. If the head over the orifice remain
constant at 5.5 m, compute the coefficient of discharge.
a. 0.54 b. 0.63 c. 0.75 d. 0.82
38. A barge floating in fresh water has the form of a paralellpiped having dimensions
in meters of 10 x 30 x 3 . It weighs 4500 kN when loaded with center of gravity
along its vertical axis 4 m from the bottom. Find the metacentric height in rolling
position.
a. 2.215 m b. 4.55 c. 5.455 d. 3.785
50. The sides of a square lot having an area of 2.25 hectares were measured using a
100 m tape that was 0.04 m too short. Compute the error in the area in sq m
a. 16 sq m b. 18 c. 20 d. 22