SITUATION 01 SITUATION 03

A 4-m high embankment with top width 2 m and side A fine-grained soil has a liquid limit of 300% and a plastic
slopes 1:1 for a highway is to be constructed from a soil limit of 55%. The natural water content of the soil in the
compacted to a dry unit weight of 18 kN/m 3. The clay has field is 80% and the clay content is 60%.
to be trucked to the site from a borrow pit. The bulk unit
weight of soil in the borrow pit is 17 kN/m 3 and its natural 7. Which of the following most nearly gives the
water content is 5%. The swell factor is 1.2 (20% free liquidity index of the soil?
swell). Assume Gc = 2.70. A. 0.2 C. 0.3
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the B. 0.1 D. 0
volume of clay (in m3) from borrow pit to be
transported per meter length of embankment? 8. Which of the following most nearly gives the
A. 24.00 C. 28.20 activity of clay soil?
B. 26.68 D. 32.02 A. 1.2 C. 2.7
B. 3.6 D. 4.1
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the
amount of water (in L) to be added per meter 9. What is the predominant mineral in the soil?
length of embankment at water content of 7% A. Chlorite C. Kaolinite
assuming no loss of water during transportation. B. Illite D. Montmorillonite
A. 808 C. 881
B. 721 D. 756 SITUATION 04
A soil sample 70
3. Which of the following most nearly gives the mm in diameter is
porosity of the embankment? placed in a tube as
A. 0.42 C. 0.52 shown below. A
B. 0.32 D. 0.22 constant supply of
water is allowed to
SITUATION 02 flow into one end
Four soils are tested in the laboratory for the consistency of the soil at the
limits. The data available are as follows: left, and the
outflow at the right
Sample PL LL FI w where the
Soil 1 18 38 10 40 beaker collects the discharge. The average amount of water
Soil 2 20 60 5 50 collected is 23 L for every 20 minutes. The dry weight of
Soil 3 21 38 47 35 sample is 23.625 N and the specific gravity of the solids is
Soil 4 40 70 3 65 2.70.
4. Which of the following soil is the most plastic? 10. Which of the following most nearly gives the
A. Soil 1 C. Soil 3 hydraulic gradient of the flow?
B. Soil 2 D. Soil 4 A. 0.90 C. 1.20
B. 1.00 D. 0.75
5. Which of the following soil is best for foundation
material when remolded? 11. Which of the following most nearly gives the
A. Soil 1 C. Soil 3 seepage velocity of the flow in m/s?
B. Soil 2 D. Soil 4 A. 0.0655 C. 0.0022
B. 0.0224 D. 0.0065
6. Which soil has the best strength at plastic limit
state? 12. Which of the following most nearly gives the
A. Soil 1 C. Soil 3 hydraulic conductivity of the flow in mm/s?
B. Soil 2 D. Soil 4 A. 4.87 C. 4.33
B. 4.15 D. 4.67
SITUATION 05
An unconfined aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of 13. Which of the following most nearly gives the
0.0020 cm/s and porosity of 0.27. The aquifer is in a bed of discharge per meter width of sand in m3/day?
sand with uniform thickness of 31 m, as measured from the A. 0.12 C. 0.22
land surface. At well 1, the water table is 21 m below the B. 0.21 D. 0.32
land surface. At well 2, located some 175 m away, the
water table is 23.5 m from the surface. 14. Which of the following most nearly gives the
 verage effective linear velocity in m/day at well 1? A soil deposit of clay (ycat = 120 pcf), 25 ft thick, underlies
A. 0.088 C. 0.067 a sand formation (ycat = 135 pcf; yd = 116 pcf) having a
B. 0.078 D. 0.053 thickness of 50 ft. The water table was originally at the
ground surface. The water table was then lowered by
15. Which of the following most nearly gives the drainage to a depth of 25 ft whereupon the degree of
water table elevation (in m) midway between the saturation of the sand above the lowered water table was
two wells? decreased to 20%.
A. 8.23 C. 8.75
B. 8.56 D. 8.84 19. Which of the following most nearly gives the
vertical effective stress (in psf) at the midheight of
SITUATION 06 clay before lowering the water table?
For the completed flow net of a dam as shown, the value of A. 8,630 C. 4,950
k is 3 × 10–2 cm/s. B. 8,220 D. 4,350

20. Which of the following most nearly gives the

vertical effective stress (in psf) at midheight of
clay after lowering the water table?
A. 5,656 C. 7,290
B. 5,530 D. 7,650

21. Which of the following most nearly gives the

vertical effective stress (in psf) at midheight of
clay when there is no water in the sand layer?
A. 6,860 C. 6,420
B. 6,710 D. 6,520

SITUATION 08
An unconfined aquifer (ku = 35 m/day, 42 m thick)
16. Which of the following most nearly gives the
underlies a confined aquifer (kc = 25 m/day, 33 m thick) at
seepage per meter length of the dam in m3/s?
a span of 2 km. Below these layers is impervious. The
A. 6.67 × 10–4C. 5.67 × 10–4
groundwater table on one side is 57 m above the
B. 5.33 × 10–4D. 4.67 × 10–4
impervious layer while on the other side is 40 m above the
impervious layer.
17. Which of the following most nearly gives the total
head (in m) at A?
22. Which of the following most nearly gives the
A. 3.4 C. 3.5
hydraulic gradient?
B. 3.3 D. 3.7 A. 0.0085 C. 0.0065
B. 0.0075 D. 0.0095
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the
pressure head (in m) at F?
23. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate
A. 2.7 C. 2.6
of flow of water (in m 3/day) from one stream to
B. 2.8 D. 2.5
another stream per meter width?
A. 11.26 C. 12.61
SITUATION 07
B. 11.62 D. 12.27

24. Which of the following most nearly gives the

equivalent coefficient of permeability (in m/day)
for flow in the horizontal direction?
A. 20.82 C. 22.80
B. 20.28 D. 28.20

SITUATION 09
25. A concentrated load of 2,500 kN is applied to the
ground surface. Using Boussinesq equation,
compute the vertical stress increment in kPa due to
this load at a depth of 6 m directly below the load.
A. 33.16 C. 16.33
B. 31.63 D. 63.31