MOCK EXAM 9 Total points 82/100

Mineral Resources of the Philippines, Surface Mining, Computer Applications

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Bahulay, Jay E.

GENERAL INSTRUCTION 82 of 100 points

Choose the correct answer from the choices provided.

It is defined as the ratio of overburden to ore at the ultimate boundary of 1/1

the pit where the profit margin is zero. *

Maximum Allowable Break-Even Ratio

Maximum Allowable Stripping Ratio

Maximum Allowable Ultimate Boundary

Maximum Allowable Pit Limit

In planning and designing open pit mines, the need to optimize the pit 1/1
limits is for which of the following objectives and purposes? *

determine the total mineable reserves, ore grade and stripping ratio that result to
the highest net present value of the deposit

establish the optimum drainage applicable

determine the total manpower required

calculate the total blasting requirements of the mine until depletion of ore reserves

establish the best workable bench height given the available mining equipment at
hand

It refers to the systematic and methodical process of combining two or 1/1

more materials of variable specifications to produce a uniform mass of
desired quality or parameters, more or less: *

blending

sampling

salting

dilution

coning and quartering

What is the mining method being used by Rio Tube Nickel Mining Corp. in 1/1
extracting lateritic nickel ores at Palawan Mine? *

In-situ mining

In-situ leaching

Combined underground and open pit mining

Underground mining

Open pit mining

Paint pigments are end products of which of the following? * 1/1

Comminution

Flash smelting

Refractory chromite

Metallurgical chromite

Chemical grade chromite

In open pit mine planning, which of the following refers to the tonnage of 1/1
waste needed to be stripped to expose a ton of ore? *

blending ratio

mine head

waste factor

strip ratio

mining development

The height of pit benches is designed on the basis of which mine 1/1
planning parameter? *

size of haul trucks

size of drill

size of shovel

optimum composite intervals (heights) of diamond drill holes that result to best
distribution of assays as defined by a frequency distribution variogram

best combination of shovel and truck fleet

In designing open pits, which of the following refers to the arithmetic of 1/1
searching the optimum limit of an open pit mine considering the
maximum profits that can be stripped economically? *

Lerch-Grossman algorithm

Tonnage optimization

Graphical design technique

Rotating cone technique

Mine grade optimization

It is a surface mining method used in mining near-surface coal seams. * 1/1

Camote mining

Strip mining

Compressor mining

Placer mining

Hydraulicking
Which of the following refers to the mining of higher grade portions of 1/1
an orebody before mining the lower grades until a breakeven limit is
reached? *

coning

high grading

quartering

stage mining or grade pitting

splitting

The Calaca Power Plant in Calaca, Batangas was designed to use which 1/1
of the following coal production? *

Semirara coal

Malangas coal

Indonesian coal

Cebu coal

Isabela coal
A large low grade and often shallow seated copper deposit which 1/1
characterizes most of the present big copper mining operations
worldwide is called what? *

Placer deposit

Vein type deposits

Porphyry copper deposits

Kuroko type deposits

Lode deposits

Which of the following parameters is/are MOST important in designing 1/1

the mining method for a particular ore deposit? *

Depth of orebody

Price of metal commodity

Grade of the orebody

All of these

Tonnage to be mined
Refers to removing overburden external to the mineral deposit and 1/1
removing waste within the confines of the open pit. *

Stripping

Mining

Ore Blocking

Kriging

Means searching for ore. * 1/1

Krigging

Reconnaissance

Prospecting

Development

It is a mineral property, the value of which has not been proved by 1/1
exploration. *

Prospect

Ore

Outcrop

Overburden
In general, with the off-the-shelf technology, the lowest cost of 1/1
penetration in soft rock is obtained using: *

percussion drilling

rotary-drag bit drilling

rotary-roller bit drilling

rotary-percussion drilling

The line defining the area in which open pit operation may be conducted 1/1
to obtain maximum amount of ore material and minimum amount of
waste material. *

optimum pit limit

bench slope

working slope

gradient
The angle, measured in degrees of deviation from the horizontal at which 1/1
the earthy or rock material will stand in an excavated terracelike out in an
open pit mine or quarry. *

angle of draw

pit slope

angle of repose

bench slope

A surveying software. * 1/1

Datamine

Liscad

Gemcom

Iomega

A nearly vertical face at the edge of a bench, bluff, or ledge on a surface 1/1
excavation. *

Berm

Apex

Highwall

Facade
Valley Dams, Side-Hill Impoundment and ________ are types of 1/1
impounding structures for tailings in terms of forms. *

Horst Dike

Wedge Dike

Circle Dike

Ring Dike

The pit design which refers to the fact that to maximize the total net 1/1
value of the ore body the final pit must be expanded to the point where
the economic value of the last cut mined down the final slope
approaches zero or break-even. *

Break-even Pit

Break-even Slope

Cut-Off Design

Cut-Off Slope
The initial step in open-pit mining design is the compilation of a _______ 1/1
or, as it is sometimes referred to, a final pit design. *

Short-Range Mining Plan

Short-Range Production Plan

Long-Range Mining Plan

Long-Range Production Plan

In a typical bench mining operation, 1 ft . of ore face must be exposed for 1/1
each 4 to 5 tons of required daily production. Supposed the required
daily production is 20,000 tons, then advance stripping of the bench
face must continue until: *

4000 - 5000 ft.

10,000 –12,000 ft.

2,000 – 3,000 ft.

6,000 – 7,000 ft.

 Once a long-range open pit mining plan has been established, it is 0/1
essential to develop a series of ____________. These will define the
intermediate steps required to reach the final pit limits under physical,
operating and legal constraints. *

Long-Range Production Plans

Short-Range Production Plans

Long-Range Mining Plans

Short-Range Mining Plans

Correct answer

Short-Range Mining Plans

A mineralized zone having a more or less regular development in length, 1/1

width and depth to give it a tabular form and commonly inclined at a
considerable angle to the horizontal. *

Vein

Dike

Paystreak

Placer
For proper cycle balance in hauling, the cycle time for trucks must be: * 1/1

Half the time required to spot and load the entire truck fleet

Equal to the time required to spot and load the entire truck fleet

Greater than the time required to spot and load the entire truck fleet

Less than the time required to spot and load the entire truck fleet

Is the term used to describe the surface mining of rock, such as marble, 1/1
granite, limestone, slate, etc., that are valuable for either their mechanical
or chemical properties. *

Quarry Mining

Solution Mining

Glory Hole

Placer Mining

In selecting a particular stripping method the ultimate aim is: * 1/1

The removal of waste material at the least possible cost

The removal of waste material at any cost

The removal of ore material at the least possible cost

The removal of ore material at any cost

Workhorse of the surface mining industry. * 1/1

Power Shovel

Dragline

Backhoe

Dozer

Synonymous to truck capacity that is usually measured on a weight 1/1

rather than volume basis to prevent overloading. *

Tailgate

Drivetrain

Dead Load

Live Load

During the final mining cycle before abandonment, the pit slope 1/1
sometimes is _____ to increase recovery. *

Undermined

Mined

Steepened

Backfilled
Marcopper Mining Corp. developed the San Antonio disseminated 1/1
porphyry copper deposit in Sta. Cruz Marinduque. But the company
suspended the operation shortly before the deposit was duly developed
for open pit mining. What was the reason Marcopper shut down its
operations? *

Interference by the Catholic church

Spillage of tailings which caused massive environmental damage to major

drainage systems and nearby sea

Inefficient delivery of basic services by LGU and DENR agencies

Interference by anti-mining NGOs

Labor strike

The famous Diwalwal gold rush area is located in which of the following 1/1
provinces? *

Muslim Mindanao Autonomous Region

Benguet Province

Compostela Valley Province (Davao de Oro)

Davao del Norte

Bicol Region
Within the Baguio District, where can you find the bonanza deposits 1/1
occur within the brecciated rim of the Balatoc plug *

Mankayan

Acupan

Ilogon-Suyoc

None of the above

Numerous occurrences of porphyry-type mineralization that have been 1/1

identified. *

Zambales Deposit

Sipalay, Negros deposit

Marinduque deposit

All of the above

The copper deposits of Lepanto consolidated mining company located 1/1

at Mankayan, Benguet. *

Cyprus type

Porphyry type

Vein type

Besshi type
The biggest single deposit of refractory chromite in the Philippines * 1/1

Palawan

Samar

Surigao

Zambales

The copper deposit contains recoverable concentrations of 1/1

molybdenum. *

Philex Mining Corporation

Benguet-Dizon Copper Gold Operation

Maricalum Mining Corporation

Ilogon-Suyoc Mines, Incorporated

The nickel ore in Hinatuan Island, Surigao del Norte. * 1/1

Limonite type

Besshi type

Garnierite type

Cyprus type
One of the largest producer of nickel in the country located in Palawan. * 1/1

Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation

Hinatuan Mining Corporation

Taganito Mining Corporation

Ilogon-Suyoc Mines, Incorporated

Nickel ores characterized by high iron content (40-50%), and relatively 1/1
low nickel (0.5-15%), cobalt (0.05-2%), magnesia (<5%), and silica (<10%).
*

Saphrolite type

Limonite type

Besshi type

Cyprus type

Mercury is also known by the popular name, ________________. * 1/1

Cinnabar

Retorter

Quicksilver

None of the above

 A major producer of aluminum ore bauxite were noted in * 0/1

Nonoc island

Samar island

Bucas grande island

None of the above

Correct answer

Nonoc island

A potential deposit of bauxite of the gibbsite and boehmite variety was 0/1
confirmed in *

Nonoc island

Samar Island

Dinagat Island

Palawan

Correct answer

Samar Island
The term fossiliferous limestone is often synonymous with * 1/1

marble

marbleized limestone

true marble

none of the above

The world's largest producer of aluminum ore. * 1/1

China

India

Russia

Canada

Australia

Is sedimentary kaolin of great plasticity. When raw, it is white to creamy, 1/1

light blue or grayish to almost black. When fired, it is white or light buff. *

Feldspathic clay

Ball clay

Bentonic clay

None of the above

The only known deposit of zeolite, which has been into production over 1/1
the Philippines archipelago, is the one situated in what region? *

Ilocos Region

Cagayan Valley

Central Luzon

CALABARZON

MIMAROPA Region

Bicol Region

Western Visayas

Central Visayas

Eastern Visayas

Zamboanga Peninsula

Northern Mindanao

Davao Region

SOCCSKSARGEN

CARAGA region

National Capital Region

Cordillera Administrative Region

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Which is the most recent development in fast changing computer 1/1
industry? *

The personal computer revolution

The internet revolution

Microprocessor development

None of these

The ultimate output from the computer is: * 1/1

Analog data

Digital data

Information

None of these

In a personal computer, the floppy drive is referred to as: * 1/1

Drive B

Drive C

Drive A

None of these
In the modern mine, a software has been developed to enable the user 1/1
to perform quality assessment from the data being accumulated on field
equipment. This real-time software is known as ATS. What does this
stand for? *

American Trading System

Automatic Tracking System

Asset Tracking Software

None of these

What is the technology that is now used to simulate mine layouts, 1/1
dynamic operations, and mine environment in a computer called? *

CAD

GPS

Virtual Reality (VR)

None of these

During the rollover from 1990 to 2000, the so-called “Y2K bug” * 1/1

Severely disrupted computerized operations worldwide

Severely disrupted computerized operations in developed countries

Severely disrupted computerized operations in third world countries

Turned out to be much less disruptive than expected

 The only advanced program for modeling block cave mines is: * 0/1

PC-BC (GEMCON)

VULCAN

SURPAK

HERITAGE 3-D and 4-D

PC-MINE (GEMCOM)

Correct answer

PC-BC (GEMCON)

Which of the following is the most widely used mine planning software 1/1
applied in pit optimization: *

Whittle 3D or 4D

Gemcom

Datamine

None of the above

Lerch grossman (standard)

What is the main function of the World trade Organization? * 1/1

Promotion of trade liberalization

promotion of privatization

promotion of globalization

All of these

A computer program designed to create files out of records is called: * 1/1

Database

Spreadsheet

Word processor

None of these

A locally-assembled computer without a name is usually called: * 1/1

A clone

A compatible

All of these

None of these
The collection of networks and computers all over the world which share 1/1
information through agreed protocols is known as: *

Server

Page

Internet

Multimedia

Which of these is not a name of a microprocessor? * 1/1

DOS

Pentium

Alpha

K6

Satellite communications now enable those working in isolated places 1/1

almost anywhere in the world to communicate with their head office may
be located in another continent. What is the satellite that has made this
possible? *

Apollo series

Challenger series

Inmarsat series

None of these
In evaluating a mining project, a Monte Carlo technique is often used * 1/1

Determine the profitability

Analyze the risks

Estimate the costs

Forecast future prices

Which of the following engineering degrees has the highest passing 1/1
rate? *

Metallurgical

Mining

Chemical

Civil

It is the world’s most popular geology and mine planning software. It 1/1
delivers efficiency and accuracy through ease-of-use, powerful 3D
graphics, and workflow automation. *

Surpac

Whittle

GEMS

Minex
 Which of the ff. software does not belong to the group? * 0/1

Supac

GEMS

Minex

PCBC

Correct answer

PCBC

When exploration and mining companies need to evaluate the financial 0/1
viability and the optimal mine strategy for a deposit, what software is the
best to be used? *

Surpac

Minex

Whittle

GEMS

Correct answer

Whittle
 It is used by virtually every major mining company involved in block 0/1
caving who rely on its comprehensive functionality to assist with
feasibility studies, design, and production management. *

Surpac

PCBC

Minex

MineSched

Correct answer

PCBC

The world’s most advanced tactical mine planner for surface and 1/1
underground mines of all sizes. *

Surpac

Whittle

GEMS

MineSched
This software produces long and short-term schedules that meet 1/1
capacity and material quality targets. *

Surpac

Whittle

GEMS

MineSched

This software provides the best geology and mine planning tools for coal 1/1
and other stratified deposits, ensuring resources are evaluated
accurately and mined efficiently. *

Minex

PCBC

Whittle

GEMS

As of 2022, the population of internet users worldwide is? * 1/1

3 Billion

5 Billion

6 Billion

4 Billion
As of 2022, which country ranks first in spending most time using 1/1
internet each day on any device? *

Japan

South Africa

China

Philippines

As of Feb. 2022, the ff. websites are mostly visited according to Semrush. 1/1
Which of the ff. does not belong to the group? *

Netflix

Google

Youtube

Reddit

Pornhub
Which of the following is not a search engine? * 1/1

Yahoo

Google

Yandex

Microsoft Bing

Opera

None of the above

Which of the ff. does not belong to the group (web browsers)? * 1/1

DuckDuckGo

Opera

Iron

AOSP

None of the above

What is the top commodity export of the Philippines in terms of value? * 1/1

Mining Parts

Crop Agriculture

Integrated Circuits

Office Machine Parts

Which is not the same with the others? * 1/1

gig stick

pen drive

memory stick

disk key

What does SD means in SD/microSD cards? * 1/1

Secure Digital

Secured Data

Storage Data

Storage Digital

Pen drive, flash stick, disk key, and jump drive are also called? * 1/1

Memory card

HDD

USB flash drive

Solid-state drive
 Hard disk drive is also known as... * 1/1

Hard drive

Fixed drive

Hard disk

All of the above

What type of deposit is Dupax Mine? * 0/1

Cyprus

Kuroko

Besshi

Besshi and Kuroko

Correct answer

Kuroko
 Where is Hixbar Mine located? * 0/1

Samar

Nueva Vizcaya

Antique

Rapu-Rapu Island

Correct answer

Rapu-Rapu Island

Bessemer orebody is located where? * 1/1

Maco, Compostella Valley

Taan, Nueva Vizcaya

Larap, Camarines Norte

Toledo, Cebu

Which of the following provides permanent storage for computer data? * 1/1

Hard disc

Floppy disk

CD-ROM

All of these
 Which country tops in terms of nickel production? * 1/1

Indonesia

Australia

Philippines

Russia

China

The copper deposit in Philex Mining Corporation * 0/1

Carmen

Sto. Tomas II

Kingking

Far Southeast

Correct answer

Sto. Tomas II
 The copper deposit in Lepanto Consolidated Mining * 1/1

Carmen

Sto. Tomas II

Kingking

Far Southeast

Is the main copper sulfide mined in Atlas Consolidated Mining and 0/1
Development Corporation *

Chalcocite

Galena

Chalcopyrite

Azurite

Correct answer

Chalcopyrite

An example of an epithermal low sulphidation vein/stockwork gold 1/1

deposit. *

Sto. Thomas II

Canatuan Deposit

Bessemer Orebody

Acupan
 An example of an epithermal high sulphidation gold deposit. * 0/1

Sto. Thomas II

Acupan

Carmen

Lepanto

Correct answer

Lepanto

The only reported gossanous gold deposit in the Philippines. * 0/1

Canatuan

Bessemer Orebody

Acupan

Carmen

Correct answer

Canatuan
 The gold districts that comprises the East Mindanao Gold Province: * 0/1

Surigao, Central, Maragusan

Siargao, Central, Masara

Surigao, Masara

Surigao, Central, Masara

Correct answer

Surigao, Central, Masara

The basement that underlies the Camarines Norte Gold District. * 0/1

Quartz-Diorite porphyry

Quaternary Alluvium

Serpentinized Ultramafics

Andesite Porphyry

Correct answer

Serpentinized Ultramafics
 It is the site of the world class Aroroy gold deposit, which accounted for 1/1
12% of pre-World War II (1939-40) gold production in the Philippines. *

Masbate gold district

Baguio-Mankayan gold district

Masara gold district

Surigao gold district

These gold deposits represent the most prolific gold producers in the SW0/1
Pacific rim. *

Polymetallic gold silver veins

Epithermal quartz Au-Ag

Carbonate-base metal gold

none of the above

Correct answer

Carbonate-base metal gold

 Porphyry Cu-Au deposit includes the following, except * 0/1

Dizon

Marian

Dinkidi

Kelly Stage II

Correct answer

Kelly Stage II

Malaguit gold deposit is an example of type of deposit. * 0/1

epithermal

contact

placer

gossanous

Correct answer

placer

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