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CIVIL ENGINEERS Second Preboard Examination

Saturday, September 17, 2022 2:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
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HYDRAULICS AND 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.GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A × B or A*B. A raised to the power n is

expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

1. If the absolute pressure in a tank is 140 kPa, determine the pressure

head in mm of mercury. The atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa.
A. 100 C. 300
B. 200 D. 400

2. The 150-mm-diameter container is filled to the top with glycerin (sg =

1.26), and a 50-mm-diameter pipe is inserted within it to a depth of 300
mm. If 0.00075 m^3 of kerosene (sg = 0.814) is then poured into the pipe,
determine the height h, in mm, to which the kerosene rises from the
glycerin.
A. 135 C. 145
B. 125 D. 115

3. A triangular concrete gravity dam is 9 m high. The upstream face is

vertical and the water is flush with the top. Determine the smallest base
width (m) of the dam that will prevent the dam from overturning.
A. 4.11 C. 8.07
B. 6.84 D. 10.35

4. Consider an iceberg to be in the form of a cylinder of arbitrary diameter

and floating in the ocean. If the cylinder extends 2 m above the ocean’s
surface, determine the depth (m) of the cylinder below the surface. The
density of ocean water is ρsw = 1024 kg/m^3, and the density of the ice
is ρi = 935 kg/m^3.
A. 15 C. 21
B. 18 D. 24

5. Oil, sg = 0.90, flows through a horizontal commercial steel pipe 150 mm

in diameter with an average velocity of 3.4 m/s. Calculate the pressure
drop in 61 m of the pipe, in kPa. f = 0.02.
A. 32 C. 52
B. 42 D. 62

6. If the velocity head at a velocity v1 at one point of a pipe is 5.2 m,

what is the velocity head in meters at a point with velocity twice that
of v1?
A. 5.2 C. 20.8
B. 2.6 D. 10.4

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7. A woman with a glass of water having a height of 300 mm is inside the
elevator with an upward acceleration of 3 m/s^2. Determine the pressure
(kPa) at the bottom of the glass.
A. 2.11 C. 5.76
B. 3.84 D. 4.90

8. A barge, weighing 350 kN when empty, is 6 m wide, 15 m long, and 3 m high.

Floating upright, evaluate the draft of the barge, in meters, when
transporting 3000 bags of cement along a river, each bag having a mass of
40 kg. Assume the specific gravity of the water in the river to be 1.02.
A. 1.38 C. 2.01
B. 2.57 D. 1.70

9. A trapezoidal canal has a bottom width of 4 m and side slopes of 2

horizontal to 1 vertical. When the depth of the flow is 1.2 m, the flow
is 30 m^3/sec. The roughness coefficient n = 0.015. Evaluate the slope
of the channel using Manning’s formula.
A. 0.00195 C. 0.00412
B. 0.00316 D. 0.00447

10. A 200 mm by 200 mm by 400 mm block weighs 50 N when fully submerged into
water. What is the weight (N) of the block in air?
A. 207 C. 157
B. 50 D. 107

Situation 1. Reservoirs A, B and C shown are connected by cast iron pipes

where f =0.02. for the properties indicated in the accompanying figure.

11. Calculate the flow rate in pope A, in m^3/s?

A. 0.345 C. 0.397
B. 0.366 D. 0.416

12. Calculate the flow rate in pope B, in m^3/s?

A. 0.069 C. 0.281
B. 0.269 D. 0.341

13. Calculate the flow rate in pope C, in m^3/s?

A. 0.025 C. 0.135
B. 0.128 D. 0.414
El. 106 m

El. 76 m A

2000 m
0.6 m
2000 m
0.4 m

El. 66 m
3000 m
C 0.3 m

Situation 2. A pipeline 300 mm in diameter and 5200 m long brings water from
a reservoir at elevation 156 m to a redistribution reservoir of a certain
community at elevation 102 m. f = 0.02.

14. What is the rate of flow in liters per second?

A. 95.2 C. 123.6
B. 109.4 D. 137.8

15. What population can be served assuming a per capita consumption of 95

liters per day?
A. 96350 C. 175112
B. 112411 D. 205118

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16. To meet the increasing demand, a new 250 mm Ø pipe with the same f and
2600 m long is laid out from the original pipeline at its midpoint towards
the redistribution reservoir. What is the total supply of the system, in
L/s?
A. 132 C. 139
B. 142 D. 149

Situation 3. A beaker, 150 mm in diameter and 300 mm high, is filled with

kerosene to a height of 200 mm. It is rotated about its vertical axis.

17. What is the maximum angular velocity (rpm) it can have so that no kerosene
spills out of the beaker?
A. 252 C. 275
B. 225 D. 212

18. To what height (mm) does the kerosene rise against the wall of the beaker
if the angular velocity is 15 rad/sec?
A.264 C. 232
B.168 D. 136

19. How many liters of water are spilled if it is rotated at 300 rpm?
A.0.633 C. 0.833
B.0.733 D. 0.933

Situation 4. A 50-mm square orifice, C = 0.68 on the inclined wall shown is

closed. Determine the following after a quick opening of the orifice if
θ = 20°.

20. Cv so that water will rise 75% of the head causing the flow.
A. 0.68 C. 0.87
B. 0.92 D. 0.75

21. Discharge for a head of 3.1 m, in m^3/s.

A.0.023 C. 0.013
B.0.033 D. 0.003

22. Initial velocity for a head of 3.1 m, in m/s.

A. 5.30 C. 6.78
B. 7.17 D. 5.85

Situation 5. Water is flowing in a 9-m wide rectangular channel at 7.65 m^3/s

and a depth of 0.9 m.

23. What is the specific energy (m)?

A. 0.82 C. 1.12
B. 1.24 D. 0.95

24. What is the critical depth (m)?

A. 0.42 C. 0.64
B. 0.53 D. 0.75

25. What is the critical velocity?

A. 2.03 C. 2.51
B. 2.28 D. 2.71

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Situation 6. The depth of water in a lake is 3 m. The soil properties as
obtained from soil exploration below the bed of the lake are given in the
below.
Depth from bed of the Type of Void ratio, e Specific Gravity of
lake (m) Soil Solids, Gs
0 – 4 Clay 0.9 2.70
4 – 9 Sand 0.75 2.64
9 – 15 Clay 0.6 2.70

For a depth of 12 m below the bed level of the lake. Calculate the following
pressures.

26. The total pressure in kPa.

A. 290.7 C. 230.1
B. 320.2 D. 259.5

27. The pore pressure in kPa.

A. 147.2 C. 117.7
B. 176.6 D. 206.0

28. The intergranular pressure in kPa.

A. 143.5 C. 173.0
B. 112.3 D. 82.9

Situation 7. From the figure below:

Assume: 3K1 = K2 = 1.5K3 = 2K4 and that layer 2 & 3 are of equal height.
AB = 6 cm, BC = 10 cm and CD = 8 cm

29. Find the pressure head at point B

A. 19.3 cm C. 16.2 cm
B. 24.0 cm D. 12.0 cm

30. Find the pressure head at point C

A. 19.3 C. 16.2
B. 24.0 D. 12.0

31. Find the rate of flow if K1= 3.5 x 10^-2 cm/sec

A. 0.11 cm3/sec C. 0.08 cm3/sec
B. 0.15 cm3/sec D. 0.18 cm3/sec

Situation 8. Sheet piles were driver in a river bed as shown in the figure.
The trench level within the sheet piles is kept at trench level by pumping.
(k = 4 x 10^-7 m/s, γsat = 20 kN/m^3).

32. Number of flow channels on each sheet pile.

A. 3 C. 4
B. 6 D. 8

33. Rate of seepage in cu.m/s.

A. 1.08 x 10-6 C. 3.00 x 10-7
B. 6.00 x 10-7 D. 5.40 x 10-7

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34. Pressure head at point D.
A. 2.0 m C. 3.6 m
B. 0.5 m D. 0.9 m

Situation 9. A stratified soil deposit consists of four layers. The thickness

of the second, third and fourth layers are equal to half, one-third and
one-fourth, respectively, the thickness of the top layer, while their
coefficients of permeability are respectively twice, thrice and four times
that of the top layer. Determine:

35. Equivalent horizontal coefficient of permeability

A. 1.46 k1 C. 1.92 k1
B. 1.03 k1 D. 1.32 k1

36. Equivalent vertical coefficient of permeability

A. 1.03 k1 C. 1.32 k1
B. 1.46 k1 D. 1.92 k1

37. Ratio of equivalent coefficient of permeability

A. 1.32 C. 1.92
B. 1.46 D. 1.03

38. The natural moisture content of a soil mass is 11%, while its void ratio
is 0.63. Assuming the void ratio to remain unchanged, determine the
quantity of water to be added to 4 m^3 of this soil in order to double
its moisture content. Given that the specific gravity of solids is 2.72.
A. 164 kg C. 183 kg
B. 656 kg D. 732 kg

Situation 10. Details of a cantilever retaining concrete wall are shown in

figure, the water table being below the base of the wall. The unit weight
of the backfill is 17 kN/m^3 and a surcharge pressure of 10 kPa acts on
the surface. Characteristic values of the shear strength parameters for
the backfill are c = 0 and f = 36°. The coefficient of friction between
the base and the foundation soil is 0.51. Assume the unit weight of
concrete is 23.5 kN/m^3.

39. Calculate the factor of safety against sliding.

A. 1.25 C. 1.63
B. 1.38 D. 2.01

40. Calculate the righting moment.

A. 429 kN-m C. 397 kN-m
B. 477 kN-m D. 340 kN-m

41. Factor of safety against overturning.

A. 2.21 C. 2.79
B. 2.58 D. 3.10

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Situation 11. A vertical cantilever wall 6 m high retains soil that has the
following properties:
Unit weight of soil = 19.2 kN/m^3
Angle of friction = 30°

The surface of the backfill behind the wall is inclined at a slope of 3

horizontal to 1 vertical and the wall has moved sufficiently to develop the
active condition.

42. Determine the rankine coefficient of active earth pressure.

A. 0.415 C. 0.514
B. 0.399 D. 0.333

43. Find the normal force acting at the back of the wall considering a unit
width.
A. 109 kN C. 115 kN
B. 131 kN D. 138 kN

44. Determine the shear force acting at the back of the wall.
A. 27.9 kN C. 36.4 kN
B. 43.6 kN D. 51.4 kN

Situation 12. Situation: Consider a point load P = 5 kN (Figure below).

Calculate the vertical stress increase Δσ = P ( I1 ) / z^2 . Given x = 3
m and y = 4 m. See Table 10.1

45. At z = 5m
A. 15.15 Pa C. 11.35 Pa
B. 16.88 Pa D. 9.55 Pa

46. At z = 10m
A. 8.12 Pa C. 14.05 Pa
B. 12.2 Pa D. 13.67 Pa

47. At z = 25m
A. 5.11 Pa C. 3.02 Pa
B. 3.46 Pa D. 4.12 Pa

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Situation 13. Situation: Two footings rest in a layer of sand 2.7 m thick. The
bottoms of the footings are 0.90 m below the ground surface. Under the
clay layer is rock. The water table is at a depth of 1.8 m below the
ground surface. Footing A is 1.5 m square.
450 kN 900 kN

0.90m
A B SAND
0.90m g =18 kN/cu m

0.90m

1.80m
CLAY

e =1.03 Cc = 0.3

48. Compute the stress increase at the center of clay layer assume that the
pressure under the footing is spread at an angle 2 vertical to 1
horizontal.
A. 34.21 kPa C. 44.63 kPa
B. 25.51 kPa D. 56.21 kPa

49. Determine the size of footing B so that the settlement in the clay layer
is the same under footings A and B.
A. 3.11 m C. 3.24 m
B. 3.98 m D. 3.76 m

50. Find the settlement under footing A.

A. 86 mm C. 101 mm
B. 46 mm D. 231 mm

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