Situation : Water flows in a trapezoidal channel whose bottom width is 2.50 m.

one side of
the channel is vertical and the other is inclined at 45 degrees. The slope of the
channel is 0.002 and the roughness of coefficient is 0.011.
____1. Which of the following nearly gives the depth of flow for a most efficient section?
A. 1.576m B. 1.621 C. 1.768 D. 1.845
____2. Using the computed depth in the previous requirement, which of the following most
nearly gives the value of the hydraulic radius?
A. 0.788m B. 0.884m C. 0.932m D. 0.863m
____3. Which of the following gives the rate of flow in cu m/sec?
A. 17.97 B. 18.79 C. 22.40 D. 24.67

Situation : Given:
Length= 150 m
V= 1.8 m/sec
D= 800 mm
Thickness = 20 mm
k= 2.22 x 10 9 KPa
E= 1.44 x 10 11 KPa
_____4. Which of the following nearly gives the Celerity?
A. 1222.76 m/s B. 2222.2m/s C. 1171.834 m/s D. 3866.7m/s
_____5. Which of the following nearly gives the composite bulk modulus of elasticity?
A. 1.5 Kpa B. 1.9 Kpa C. 1.2 Kpa D. 1.4 Kpa
_____6. Which of the following nearly gives the maximum pressure for instanteneos closure?
A. 2.2 Mpa B. 2.1Mpa C. 2.7 Mpa D. 1.9 Mpa

Situation : A right solid cone with a radius 1.5 m and a height of 4 m has a specific gravity of
0.40.
______7. Which of the following nearly gives the depth of submergence if placed in water with
its apex downward?
A. 1.05 m B. 2.95 m C. 3.45 m D. 4 m
______8. Which of the following nearly gives the volume m3 of concrete anchor, unit weight =
24 KN/m3) attached to the apex of the cone needed to completely submerge it?
A. 1.15 m3 B. 2.85 m3 C. 3.70 m3 D. 3.90m3
______9. Which of the following nearly gives the weight of the concrete anchor?
A. 15.34 Kn B. 38.35 Kn C. 93.82 Kn D. 105.6 Kn
Situation : A wooden barrel, 100 cm in diameter, is to resist a maximum water pressure of
1,000 Kpa. The staves are bound by steel flat bands (5cm x 1cm) and its allowable stress is 90
MPa.
______ 10. Which of the following nearly gives the value of bursting force(KN)?
A. 500 B. 1000 C. 1500 D. 2000
______ 11. Which of the following nearly gives the value of Tensile force (KN)?
A. 500 B. 1000 C. 1500 D. 2000
______12. Which of the following nearly gives the value of spacing of the hoops(mm)?
A. 0.09 B. 9 C. 90 D. 900

Situation : The laboratory apparatus shown in the figure maintains a constant head in both
the upper and the lower reservoirs. The soil sample is a silty sand with a hydraulic conductivity
K=5x10-3 cm/sec and a moisture content of 18.5%. specific gravity of soil sample is 2.7.
_____ 13. Which of the following nearly gives the seepage in cm/sec.?
A. 0.0656 B. 0.011 C.0.0354 D. 0.0989
_____ 14. Which of the following nearly gives the time required for the plug of colored water to
pass through the soil? (Assume also that the colored water has the same unit weight and
viscosity as plain water.0
A. 35.67 min B. 25.29 min C.33.33 min D. 76.35 min
______ 15. Which of the following nearly gives the discharge of the water?

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 A. 0.287 B. 0.211 C. 0.218 D. 0.254

Situation : A building requires a 10,000 m3 of fill at a void ratio of 0.20. Material for earth fill
was available from a borrow site at 320 per cubic meter. It was found that the average void
ratio from the site is 0.80.
_____ 16. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of soil solids required?
A. 12,000 m3 B. 5555.56 m3 C. 8333.33 m3 D. 18,000 m3
______ 17. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of borrow?
A. 14,400 m3 B. 6666.67 m3 C. 15,000 m3 D. 3444.44 m3
______ 18. Which of the following most nearly gives the total cost of acquiring soil from the
borrow site?
A. 4.8 M B. 4.61 M C. 2.1 M D. 5.76 M

______ 19. The surface of a saturated clay deposit is located permanently below a body of
water as shown in the figure. Laboratory tests have indicated that the average natural water
content of the clay is 47% and the specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.74. What is the effective
pressure at a depth of 37 ft below the top of the clay?
A. 1754 lb/ft2 B. 2117 lb/ft2 C.1391 lb/ft2 D. 825 lb/ft2

______ 20. The soil sample and flow conditions is shown in the figure below. The void ratio is
0.65 and the specific gravity of soil is 2.65. Which of the nearly gives the total seepage force at
the elevation A at quick sand conditions?
A. 35.84 KN B. 97.68 KN C.58.9 KN D. 49 KN

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