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Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of b. 1.46 k1 d. 1.92 k1 12. How many liters of water will flow through a
the following questions. Mark only one answer for cylindrical soil sample of 8 cm diameter and 12
each item by shading the box corresponding to the 6. Ratio of equivalent coefficient of permeability. cm height in a day under a constant head of 65
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. a. 1.32 c. 1.92 cm, assume coefficient of permeability to be
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ARE ALLOWED. Use pencil b. 1.46 d. 1.03 0.01 mm/sec.
no. 1 only. a. 23.5 liters c. 33.5 liters
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b. 27.5 liters d. 39.5 liters
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
At a site subsoil consists of a 8m thick layer of dry 13. The maximum and minimum dry unit weights of
SITUATION 1 sand (G = 2.65, e = 0.85, D10 = 0.14 mm) which is a sand were determined in the laboratory to be
underlain by a 6 m thick clay layer (G = 2.75, w = 17.5 kN/m3 and 14.8 kN/m3. What would be the
A cylindrical sample of saturated clay, 7.6 cm high relative compaction in the field if the relative
22%) below which there exists a thick layer of
and 3.8 cm in diameter, weighs 149.6 gm. The density is 70%?
hardpan. The water table is located at a depth of 6
sample was dried oven at 105 °C for 24 hours, and a. 82.9% c. 94.8%
m below the ground level. Determine the following:
its weight reduced by 16.9 gm. Determine the b. 89.2% d. 98.4%
following: 7. Height of capillary rise. Assume C = 0.5 cm^2.
a. 470 mm c. 420 mm SITUATION 4
1. Dry Density.
b. 540 mm d. 590 mm
a. 1.76 gm/cc c. 1.94 gm/cc A triaxial shear test was performed on well-drained
8. Effective stress at the bottom of the clay layer.
b. 1.54 gm/cc d. 1.29 gm/cc sand sample. The normal stress on the failure plane
a. 167.9 kPa c. 152.1 kPa
2. Void Ratio. and the shear stress on the failure plane, at failure
b. 173.2 kPa d. 177.5 kPa
a. 0.41 c. 0.24 were determined to be 6,300 psf and 4,200 psf,
9. Effective stress at the interface of dry and
b. 0.65 d. 0.85 respectively.
saturated sand.
3. Moisture Content.
a. 122.6 kPa c. 94.8 kPa 14. Determine the angle of internal friction of the
a. 12.7% c. 13.9%
b. 102.2 kPa d. 82.5 kPa sand.
b. 15.2% d. 17.2%
10. The natural moisture content of a soil mass is a. 17.67 c. 25.45
SITUATION 2 11%, while its void ratio is 0.63. Assuming the b. 20.68 d. 33.69
void ratio to remain unchanged, determine the 15. Determine the angle of the failure plane.
A stratified soil deposit consists of four layers. The quantity of water to be added to 4 m^3 of this a. 61.85 c. 55.34
thickness of the second, third and fourth layers are soil in order to double its moisture content. b. 57.73 d. 53.84
equal to half, one-third, and one-fourth, Given that the specific gravity of solids is 2.72. 16. Determine the maximum principal stress.
respectively, the thickness of the top layer, while a. 164 kg c. 183 kg a. 15000 psf c. 13648 psf
their coefficients of permeability are respectively b. 656 kg d. 732 kg b. 14148 psf d. 12548 psf
twice, thrice and four times that of the top layer. 11. A soil sample was determined to have specific
Determine: SITUATION 5
gravity of solids of 2.75 and a porosity of 0.5.
Find the unit weight of the soil when the degree A smoothed-backed vertical wall is 6 m high and
4. Equivalent horizontal coefficient of permeability.
of saturation is 40%. retains a soil with a bulk unit weight of 20 kN/m^3
a. 1.46 k1 c. 1.92 k1
a. 19.3 kN/m3 c. 13.5 kN/m3 and ∅ = 20°. The top of the soil is level with the top
b. 1.03 k1 d. 1.32 k1
b. 18.0 kN/m3 d. 15.5 kN/m3 of the wall and its surface is horizontal and carries a
5. Equivalent vertical coefficient of permeability.
a. 1.03 k1 c. 1.32 k1
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uniformly distributed load of 50 kPa. Using the b. 173.0 d. 82.90 Mass of shrinkage dish and saturated soil =
rankine theory. 38.78 g
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Mass of shrinkage dish and oven dried soil =
17. Determine the coefficient of lateral earth
From the figure below: Assume 3k1 = k2 = 1.5k3 = 30.46 g
pressure for active soil.
2k4 and that layers 2 & 3 are of equal height. AB = Mass of shrinkage dish = 10.65 g
a. 0.539 c. 0.588
6 cm, BC = 10 cm, and CD = 8 cm. Volume of shrinkage dish = 16.29 cm^3
b. 0.490 d. 0.390
Total volume of oven dry soil cake = 10.00
18. Determine the total active thrust on the wall per 23. Find the pressure head at point B. cm^3
linear meter of wall. a. 19.3 cm c. 16.2 cm Assuming that the volume of dry soil cake is
a. 420 kN c. 355 kN b. 24.0 cm d. 12.0 cm equal to its total volume at shrinkage limit, what
b. 388 kN d. 323 kN 24. Find the pressure head at point C. is the shrinkage limit?
19. Determine the point of application of total active a. 19.3 cm c. 16.2 cm a. 42.0% c. 6.7%
thrust from the bottom of the wall. b. 24.0 cm d. 12.0 cm b. 10.2% d. 9.8%
a. 2.25 m c. 2.45 m 25. Find the rate of flow if k1 = 3.5 x 10^-2 cm/sec. 28. In accordance with the Unified Soil Classification
b. 2.55 m d. 2.35 m a. 0.11 cm^3/sec c. 0.08 System, a soil grain having a size greater than
cm^3/sec No. 200 sieve opening (0.074 mm) but less than
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b. 0.15 cm^3/sec d. 0.18 that of a No.4 sieve (4.75 mm opening) is called:
The depth of water in a lake is 3 m. the soil cm^3/sec a. Gravel c. Cobble
properties as obtained from soil exploration below b. Boulder d. Sand
the bed of the lake are given. 29. If the water content of a fully saturated soil
mass is 100%, then the voids ratio of the sample
Depth
Specific is:
from bed Type of
Void ratio Gravity of a. Less than specific gravity of soil
of the lake soil
solids
(m) b. Equal to specific gravity of soil
0–4 Clay 0.9 2.70 c. Greater than specific gravity of soil
4–9 Sand 0.75 2.64 d. Independent of specific gravity of soil
9 – 15 Clay 0.6 2.70 30. The dry and saturated density of the sample was
found to be 1750 kg/m^3 and 2125 kg/m^3
For a depth of 12 m below the bed level of the lake. respectively. Determine the degree of saturation
Calculate the following pressures. of the sample of its bulk density was found to be
1900 kg/m^3.
20. The total pressure in kPa. 26. The weight density of a mud is given by γ = 10 a. 40% c. 45%
a. 290.7 c. 230.1 b. 35% d. 50%
+ 0.5h, where γ is in kN/m^3 and h is in meters.
b. 259.5 d. 320.2
Determine the pressure, in kPa, at a depth of 5
21. The pore pressure in kPa.
m. SITUATION 8
a. 147.2 c. 117.7
a. 56.25 kPa c. 58.65 kPa
b. 176.6 d. 206.0 A point load Q = 4500 kN is acting at point A. Point
b. 62.50 kPa d. 60.15 kPa
22. The intergranular pressure in kPa. B is at a distance of x = 3m, y = 5 m and z = 7m.
27. A shrinkage limit test on a clay soil gave the
a. 143.5 c. 112.3
following data. Compute the shrinkage limit.
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Unit weight of soil is 17.8 kN/m3. Poisson ratio is b. 0.957 d. 0.729 undrained triaxial test is 130 kN/m2. Use Nc = 5.7,
0.22. Use the Boussinesq formula. 37. Determine the critical depth of the slope which Nq = 1.0, Ny = 0.
is measured vertically when the slope is 34°.
31. Determine the normal stress in x-direction, at B 41. Determine the gross foundation pressure.
a. 7.58 m c. 5.01 m
caused by the point load Q. a. 221.26 kPa c. 277.78 kPa
b. 5.79 m d. 6.28 m
a. 0.713 kPa c. 0.695 kPa b. 327.45 kPa d. 298.55 kPa
b. 0.589 kPa d. 0.883 kPa SITUATION 10 42. Determine the net foundation pressure.
32. Determine the normal stress in y-direction, at B a. 221.26 kPa c. 277.78 kPa
A dense silt layer has the following properties.
caused by the point load Q b. 327.45 kPa d. 298.55 kPa
void ratio = 0.40
a. 4.011 kPa c. 2.789 kPa 43. Calculate the factor of safety of the foundation
Effective diameter = 10μm
b. 3.722 kPa d. 5.099 kPa against complete shear failure under the
Capillary constant C = 0.20 cm^2
33. Determine the normal stress in x-direction, at B. undrained condition (net). Side cohesion on the
Free ground water level is 8.0 m below the ground
a. 11.74 kPa c. 136.34 kPa foundation may be neglected.
surface.
b. 148.11 kPa d. 14.97 kPa a. 3.11 c. 4.35
34. Determine the approximate stress influence 38. Find the height of capillary rise in the silt. b. 3.42 d. 3.47
factor. a. 3 m c. 4m
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a. 1.4846 c. 1.6128 b. 5 m d. 6m
b. 0.1630 d. 0.1279 39. Find the vertical effective stress in kPa at 5 m A retaining wall 5 m high is supporting a horizontal
depth. Assume γs = 26.5 kN/m3 and that the backfill having a dry unit weight of 1600 kg/m3. The
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soil above the capillary action rise and the cohesionless soil has an angle of friction of 32°.
An infinite slope has its shear strength parameters ground surface is partially saturated at 50%.
44. Compute the Rankine active force on the wall
at the interface of soil and rock listed below. a. 134 kPa c. 123 kPa
a. 60.28 kN c. 56.78 kN
b. 167 kPa d. 185 kPa
Unit weight of soil = 18.5 kN/m3 b. 34.43 kN d. 11.95 kN
40. Find the vertical effective stress at 10 m depth. .
Saturated unit weight of soil = 21.4 kN/m3 45. Compute the Rankine active force on the wall if
Assume γs = 26.5 kN/m3 and that the soil above
Angle of internal friction = 26° the water table is located at a depth of 2.5 m
the capillary action rise and the ground surface
Angle of slope with the horizontal = 22° below the ground surface. The saturated unit
is partially saturated at 50%.
Cohesion = 18 kPa weight is 18.7KN/m^3.
a. 194 kPa c. 183 kPa
a. 78.45 kN c. 84.41 kN
Height of soil below the ground surface to the b. 227 kPa d. 245 kPa
b. 56.56 kN d. 32.19 kN
interface of soil and rock (measured vertically) = 8
SITUATION 11 46. Compute the location of the resultant active
m.
force from the top for the second condition.
A footing 6 m square carries a total load including
35. Determine the factor of safety against sliding if a. 1.43 m c. 3.57 m
its own weight of 10,000 kN. The base of the footing
there is no water present. b. 2.95 m d. 2.05 m
is at a depth of 3 m below the ground surface. The
a. 1.179 c. 2.011
soil strata at the site consists of a layer of stiff fully SITUATION 13
b. 1.632 d. 1.557
saturated clay 27.5 m thick overlying dense sand.
36. Determine the factor of safety against sliding if The moist unit weight of a soil is 16.5 kN/m3. Given
The average bulk density of the clay is 1920 kg/m3
the ground water table coincides with the that the w = 15% and Gs = 2.70.
and its average shear strength determined from
ground surface.
47. Determine the dry unit weight.
a. 0.751 c. 0.934
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a. 12.4 kN/m3 c. 14.3 kN/m3 Water flows through an almost level channel 3 m reservoirs A, B, and C, are at elevations 670 m, 483
b. 13.6 kN/m3 d. 15.1 kN/m3 wide at 12m3/s. The depth gradually increases from m, and 268 m respectively. Useful properties of the
48. Determine the porosity. 1 m to 1.1 m for a length of flow of 5 m. pipes are given in the following table.
a. 40% c. 51%
54. What is the head loss? Pipe Length( Diameter( Friction
b. 46% d. 57% m) mm) Factor
a. 0.03 c. 0.04
49. Determine the degree of saturation. 1 2,500 350 0.018
b. 0.05 d. 0.06
a. 44% c. 54% 2 3,500 250 0.020
55. What is the slope of the energy gradient? 3 2,000 300 0.025
b. 48% d. 56%
a. 0.008 c. 0.006
50. What is the description of the soil based on
b. 0.004 d. 0.012
plasticity index if the value of PI is 8 %? 60. Which of the following most nearly gives the
56. Compute the value of the roughness coefficient.
a. non plastic c. slightly plastic flow rate in pipe 1?
a. 0.014 c. 0.016
b. low plasticity d. medium plasticity a. 0.4621 m^3/s c. 0.3824 m^3/s
b. 0.019 d. 0.012
b. 0.2275 m^3/s d. 0.0779 m^3/s
SITUATION 3 61. Which of the following most nearly gives the
flow rate in pipe 2?
A jet of water 250 mm in diameter impinges
normally on a flat steel plate. The discharge is 0.490
HYDRAULICS
m3/s.
a. 0.4621 m^3/s c. 0.3824 m^3/s
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57. Find the force exerted by the jet on the b. 0.2275 m^3/s d. 0.0779 m^3/s
A wooden storage vat full of oil sp. Gr. = 0.80 is in stationary plate. 62. Which of the following most nearly gives the
the form of a frustum of a cone, 2 m in diameter at a. 2.85 kN c. 3.56 kN pressure at the junction of the three pipes?
the top, 4 m diameter at the bottom and 3 m high. b. 7.11 kN d. 4.91 kN a. 3315.66 kPa c. 4237.68 kPa
It is provided with 2 steel hoops, one at the top and 58. If the flat plate is moving at 2 m/s in the same b. 3829.01 kPa d. 3403.04 kPa
one at the bottom. direction as that of the jet, find the force exerted
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by the jet on the plate.
51. Compute the hydrostatic force on the side of the
a. 3.14 kN c. 5.55 kN The rate of flow of a right triangular channel is 4
container.
b. 9.18 kN d. 6.65 kN m3/s with a coefficient of roughness n = 0.012
a. 171.74 kN c. 177.47 kN
59. If the flat plate moving a 4 m/s in the same
b. 111.47 kN d. 117.74 kN 63. Calculate the critical depth.
direction as that of the jet, find the work done on
52. Compute the location of the hydrostatic force a. 1.27 m c. 3.45 m
the plate per second.
measured from the bottom of the tank. b. 2.36 m d. 5.66 m
a. 7068.58 N-m/s c. 3067.56 N-
a. 0.90 m c. 0.85 m 64. Calculate the critical velocity.
m/s
b. 1.17 m d. 1.33 m a. 2.50 m/s c. 4.11 m/s
b. 5790.12 N-m/s d. 7489.90 N-
53. Compute the force in the bottom hoop. b. 3.40 m/s d. 5.27 m/s
m/s
a. 41.21 kN c. 58.87 kN 65. Calculate the critical slope.
b. 85.87 kN d. 42.11 kN SITUATION 4 a. 0.0026 c. 0.0019
b. 0.0021 d. 0.0016
SITUATION 2 Three pipes 1, 2, and 3 from three reservoirs A, B,
and C respectively meet at a junction whose SITUATION 6
elevation is 172 m. the water levels at the
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A hollow cylinder 1.1 m in diameter and 2.4 m long Summit to turbine: 4 times the velocity head in the 75. If the scow tilts until one of the longitudinal
weighs 3825 N. 20 cm pipe. sides is just at the point of submergence,
determine the righting couple or the overturning
66. How many kN of lead weighing 110 kN/m3 must Turbine to the reservoir: 3 times the velocity head in
couple.
be fastened to the outside bottom to make the the 30 cm pipe
a. 1567.11 kN-m c. 2501.02 kN-m
cylinder float vertically with 1.9 m submerged in
72. Determine the flow at the discharge side of the b. 1666.67 kN-m d. 1257.33 kN-m
fresh water?
turbine.
a. 16.67 kN c. 15.25 kN SITUATION 9
a. 0.92 m^3/s c. 0.51 m^3/s
b. 14.39 kN d. 12.73 kN
b. 0.38 m^3/s d. 0.47 m^3/s 76. A man in a balloon observes two points, A and
67. How many kN of lead weighing 110 kN/m3 must
73. Determine the pressure at the discharge side of D, on a the rate of change of the velocity
be placed inside the cylinder to make the
the turbine. relative to the time is called the
cylinder float vertically with 1.90 m submerged
a. 102.82 kPa c. 411.26 kPa a. change in velocity over time c. deceleration
in fresh water?
b. 205.63 kPa d. 822.52 kPa b. velocity over change in time d. acceleration
a. 13.89 kN c. 12.45 kN
b. 19.15 kN d. 23.67 kN
77. A small ingot and platform rest on a steady
68. What additional load must be placed inside the
water jet as shown. If the total weight supported
cylinder to make the top of the cylinder flush
is 950 N, what is the jet velocity in cm/s?
with the water surface?
a. 15.55 c. 16.02
a. 8.90 kN c. 4.66 kN
b. 14.70 d. NOTA
b. 5.55 kN d. 12.11 kN
SITUATION 1: Situation: The circular tank shown in
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the figure weighs 780 N and is empty at the time
Convert 760 mm of mercury into: the orifice at its bottom is opened. The anchor
attached to the bottom weighs 23,540 N/m3, and
69. Oil with specific gravity of 0.82.
the orifice has the specified properties. If the tank
a. 10.455 m c. 12.605 m
sinks 1 m in 2 minutes after opening the orifice,
b. 6.878 m d. 9.768 m
70. Glycerine with specific gravity of 1.26. 78. What is the volume of the anchor?
a. 7.901 m c. 4.608 m
b. 10.112 m d. 8.203 m a. 0.037 m3 c. 0.033 m3
71. Water SITUATION 9
b. 0.038 m3 d. 0.042 m3
a. 8.09 m c. 10.34 m
A rectangular scow 9.15 m wide by 15.25 m long
b. 5.62 m d. 3.21 m 79. What is the weight of the anchor?
and 3.65 m high has a draft of 2.44 m in seawater.
SITUATION 8 Its center of gravity is 2.75 m above the bottom of a. 900 N c. 874 N
the scow.
The turbine in Figure A derives or extracts 50 J/N of b. 780 N d. 982 N
water from the given pipe system. At the summit, S 74. Determine the initial metacentric height.
480 kPa is maintained. The head losses are: a. 1.33 m c. 0.67 m
b. 2.66 m d. 2.05 m
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SITUATION 10: A 3 m wide rectangular canal with required to maintain a velocity of 3 m/s. hf= of the gate is 2.40 m below the surface molasses.
mean velocity of flow 1 m/s is provided with a 1 m (fLv2)/D2g Determine the following:
high suppressed weird at its end. Given that Q = 2 a. 626 m c. 734 m
91. The total force acting on the gate
m3/s, how high must the canal be if no overflowing b. 780 m d. 640 m
c. 20.97 kN c. 24.90 kN
must take place if:
d. 22.56 kN d. 25.87 kN
85. A river carries 1.84 m3/sec of water. Find the
80. Velocity of approach is neglected.
head over a 1 m high and 4 m long Cipoletti weir
a. 0.500 m c. 1.508 m 92. The location of the force from the bottom of the
built across the river.
b. 0.508 m d. NOTA gate
a. 40 cm c. 55 cm
a. 0.429 m c. 0.103 m
b. 50 cm d. 45 cm
81. Velocity of approach is considered. b. 0.447 m d. 0.432 m
a. 0.500 m c. 1.508 m 93. The horizontal force at the bottom required to
86. A tank 18 ft deep and 7 ft wide is layered with 8
b. 0.508 m d. NOTA keep the gate closed if it is hinged at the top.
ft of oil, 6 ft of water, and 4 ft of mercury.
82. Given that the channel cross-sectional area, a. 9.58 kN c.12.94 kN
Compute the resultant center of pressure of the
roughness and slope are constant, and the b. 10.98 kN d. 11.21 kN
fluid on the right-hand side of the tank.
hydraulic radius is maximum, which statement is
a. 108 842 lbf c. 107 985 lbf SITUATION 4: An open cylindrical tank 2 meters in
true regarding the most economical cross
b. 109 867 lbf d. 105 856 lbf diameter and 4 meters tall is half full of water. The
section?
87. Water flows at the rate of 0.003 m3/s in a 100- tank is rotated about its axis at constant angular
a. Since the wetted perimeter is directly
mm diameter pipe. Assuming n= 0.025, find the speed.
proportional to R, therefore it should be at
head lost per kilometer length of pipe.
maximum. 94. Find the maximum ω (rpm) without spilling any
a. 4.49 m c. 12.47 m
b. Since the wetted perimeter is directly water
b. 7.89 m d. 17.96 m
proportional to the discharge, therefore it a. 80.21 c. 75.32
88. An iceberg floats in seawater with 500 cu. m of
should be at maximum. b. 84.58 d. 70.25
ice above the water surface. If the specific
c. Since the wetted perimeter is inversely
gravity of seawater is 1.02 and of ice is 0.92,
proportional to the discharge, therefore it 95. What is the height of water at the sides if the
what is the total volume of ice?
should be equal to the hydraulic radius. depth of water at the center is zero?
a. 5250 m3 c. 5200 m3
d. Since the wetted perimeter is inversely a. 3 m c. 4 m
b. 5150 m3 d. 5100 m3
proportional to the R, therefore it should be b. 3.5 m d. 3.8 m
89. How many meters of water is equivalent to 2.75
at minimum. 96. How much water is spilled (in L) if the angular
atm?
83. Neglecting air friction, a jet of water issuing from speed is 90 rpm?
a. 25.3 m c. 30.1 m
a horizontal nozzle with velocity of 20 m/s will a. 734 c. 635
b. 26.8 m d. 28.4 m
have a velocity of 22 m/s at a vertical distance b. 854 d. 768
90. What is the unit weight if dry air at standard
below the nozzle of: 97. A flow in which the velocity of the fluid at a
temperature and pressure?
a. a. 5.30 m c. 4.30 m particular fixed point does not change in time.
a. 12.5 N/m3 c. 11.3 N/m3
b. b. 3.30 m d. 3.80 m a. steady flow c. laminar flow
b. 15.3 N/m3 d. 10.6 N/m3
84. A fluid having a kinematic viscosity of 4×10-5 b. continuous flow d. turbulent flow
m2/s flows in a 750 m long pipe having a SITUATION 3: A vertical circular gate is 0.90 m in
diameter of 20 mm. Determine the head lost diameter is immersed in molasses (s=1.4). The top SITUATION 5: The flow rate of water through the
pipe system shown in the figure is 50 L/s under total
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head lost of 9.0 m. Assume a C coefficient of 120 for
all pipes.

98. Calculate the flow through line B in L/s

99. Calculate the head loss in line B in meters