1. A cohesive soil sample was taken from SPT and taken from the laboratory in a glass jar.

It was
found to weigh 145 grams. The sample was then placed in a container having a volume of 500
cm3 and 420 cm3 of water were added to fill the container. Evaluate the unit weight of the soil in
in KN/m3.
A. 15.3
B. 14.1
C. 16.5
D. 17.8

2. If a container containing water 0.5 m deep is carried inside an elevator that accelerates 2m/sec2,
evaluate the pressure in KPa, exerted by the water at the base of the container if the elevator is
travelling downward.
A. 2.45
B. 4.15
C. 3.91
D. 4.91

3. Evaluate the plastic settlement in meter(s) of a layer of plastic clay due to an increase of
pressure caused by loads above it, under the following conditions:

Initial intergranular pressure Po = 200 KPa

Increase in intergranular pressure delta p = 120 Kpa
Thickness of the clay layer = 8m
Coefficient of consolidation Co = 0.315
Void ratio of the clay = 1.132

A. 0.445
B. 0.241
C. 0.198
D. 0.324

4. Water flows from section A of a pipe, where the diameter is 300 mm, to section B where the
diameter is 600 mm, at the rate of 375 liters/sec. The pressure head of A is 6.75 m. Considering
no loss of energy from A to B, evaluate the pressure head at B from a reference datum, A is at
Elev. 3.01 m and B at Elev. 7.62 m.
A. 6.35
B. 5.12
C. 3.16
D. 4.75
5. Water flows through a rectangular irrigation canal, 500 mm deep by 1 meter wide, with a mean
velocity of 2 meters per seconds. Determine the rate of flow in m3/ min.
A. 80
B. 60
C. 50
D. 70

6. From section A of a pipeline where the diameter is 400 mm, water flows to section B where the
diameter is 600 mm, at the rate of 400 liters/sec. The pressure head at A is 6.75 m. Considering
no loss of energy from A to B, evaluate the pressure head at B. From a reference datum, A is at
Elev. 3.5 m, B at Elev. 7.5m.

A. 6.35
B. 3.16
C. 4.75
D. 5.12

7. For his construction project in Southern Luzon, Engr. Santos commissioned a barge to transport
a 20 mm diameter by 6 m long steel reinforcing bars he purchased in Metro Manila. When
unloaded at the Pasig River (where the water is observed to have a specific gravity of 1.01) the
barge has a draft of 2.41 m and the portion of the barge at the water line measures 300 m x 60
m. Loaded with the reinforcing bars and sailing Metro Manila Bay(where the seawater is
observed to have a specific gravity of 1.03), the vessel chief mate recorded a draft of 4.97 m. if it
costs five pesos to transfer a bar of the given dimension, determine how much would it costs
Engr. Santos for the transfer in thousands of pesos,

Assume the barge to have a constant horizontal section.

A. 16.3
B. 17.5
C. 15.7
D. 18.2

8. The permeameter in permeability test setup involves a cylindrical soil sample in 40 mm

diameter and a height of 180 mm. The hydraulic head of the test was held constant at 300 mm.
In a duration of one minute the water collected in the graduate was recorded 1.5 liters. Evaluate
the coefficient of permeability of the soil sample, in cm/sec
A. 1.19
B. 0.924
C. 1.25
D. 1.45
Situation 1 - A right circular cylinder having a diameter of 1.00 m and weighing 900 N is held in position
such that 0.30 m of the cylinder is below the surface of the water with its axis vertical. The anchor block
has a volume of 0.5 m3 and weighs 24 kN/m3 in air. Assume sea water to have a specific gravity = 1.03.
Neglecting the weight and volume of the cable.

9. Evaluate the buoyant force on the cylinder for the position described, in KN;
A. 2.38
B. 4.25
C. 2.95
D. 2.15

10. Evaluate the tensile force in the wire for the given draft of the cylinder, in KN;
A. 3.95
B. 1.95
C. 1.48
D. 3.25

11. Evaluate the rise of the tide that will lift the anchor from the bottom of the sea, in meter(s);
A. 0.387
B. 0.275
C. 0.425
D. 0.198

Situation 2 – A 300 mm diameter test well penetrates 27 m below the static water table. After 24 hours
of pumping at 80 liters/ sec, the water level in an observation well at a distance of 98 m from the test
well is lowered at 0.56 m. At another observation well located 34.55 m from the test well, the water
level dropped by 1.1 m.

12. Estimate the rate of flow in cubic meters per day.

A. 5130
B. 6910
C. 7300
D. 4890

13. Evaluate the coefficient of permeability of the aquifer in meters per day.
A. 54.5
B. 81.3
C. 70.1
D. 68.3
 14. Compute the transmissibility of the aquifer in square meters per day.
A. 2450
B. 2130
C. 1980
D. 1760

Situation 3 – A sample of soil having a water content of 30 percent has a mass specific gravity of 1.91.
The specific gravity of the soil grains is obtained to be 2.69.

15. Evaluate the void ratio of the soil mass.

A. 0.915
B. 0.679
C. 0.831
D. 0.745

16. Evaluate the porosity of the soil mass in percent.

A. 45.4
B. 60
C. 54
D. 38

17. Evaluate the degree of saturation of the soil mass in percent.

A. 97.1
B. 67.8
C. 87.4
D. 77.6

Situation 4 – A square footing, 1.20 m on a side, is embedded 1.00 m into a cohesive soil deposit. The
unit weight of the soil is 18 KN/m3 and the angle of the internal friction is 22 degree. The soil cohesion
strength = 15 kPa. Using Terzhagi’s formula for LOCAL shear failure and Table SMBC.

18. Evaluate the contribution of the depth of embedment of ultimate bearing capacity of the soil, in
kPa.
A. 306
B. 165
C. 209
D. 410
 19. Evaluate the contribution of the footing dimension to the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil,
in kPa.
A. 96
B. 87
C. 44
D. 135
20. Evaluate the contribution of the soil cohesive strength to the ultimate bearing capacity of the
soil, in kPa.
A. 264
B. 510
C. 306
D. 209

Situation 5 – A circular gate of radius r = 100 mm is vertically submerged in water with its top edge
flushed on liquid surface.

21. Evaluate the total force acting on one side of the gate, in Newton(s);
A. 3.60
B. 39.80
C. 30.8
D. 38.70
22. Obtain the location of the force from the center of gravity of the plate, in mm;
A. 25
B. 35
C. 30
D. 20
23. Obtain the location of the force from the liquid surface, in mm;
A. 120
B. 130
C. 135
D. 125

Situation 6 – A triaxial shear test was performed on a well-drained sand sample. The normal stress on
the failure plane and the shearing stress on the failure plane were determined to be 63 kPa and 42 kPa,
respectively;

24. Determine the angle of internal friction of the sand, in degrees;

A. 19.8
B. 22.4
C. 27.4
D. 33.7
25. Determine the angle in degree, of the failure plane with respect to the horizontal plane
A. 30.7
B. 61.8
C. 50.5
D. 40.6
 26. Determine the axial stress applied to the specimen in kPa;
A. 345
B. 195
C. 242
D. 142

Situation 7 – An open rectangular tank mounted on a moving vehicle is 6 m long, 2 m wide and 3 m
wide, is filled of water to a depth of 2.5 m.

27. What is the maximum horizontal acceleration, in m/sec2 can be imposed on the tank without
spilling any water?
A. 1.64
B. 3.89
C. 2.45
D. 4.15

28. Determine the accelerating force on the liquid mass in kN;

A. 54
B. 49
C. 35
D. 63

29. If the acceleration is increased to 6 m/sec2, how much water is spilled out in m3?
A. 10.4
B. 12.6
C. 15.3
D. 11.3

Situation 8 – A circular cone having a base diameter of 3.66 m and a height of 3.66 m, connects to a
circular cylinder of the same diameter and height of 3.66 m. The assembly is filled with water with the
cylinder vertically above the cone. An orifice having an area of 0.0929 m2 is provided at the vertex of the
cone, with the coefficient of discharge C = 0.60.

30. Estimate the time in seconds, to empty the upper cylinder of its contents through the orifice.
A. 83.7
B. 75.4
C. 67.6
D. 57.2
 31. Estimate the time in seconds, to empty the lower right circular cone of its contents through the
orifice.
A. 37.5
B. 48.4
C. 40.6
D. 32.6
32. Obtain the total time in seconds, to empty the contents of the assembly.
A. 105
B. 116
C. 121
D. 100

Situation 9 – A layer of clay 10 m thick is overlain by a deposit of sand 15.2 m thick to ground surface.
When the water table is at ground the saturated unit weight of the sand was determined to be 21.2
kN/m3 for which its dry unit weight is 18.2 kN/m3. The saturated unit weight of the clay is 18.8 kN/m3.
When the ground water table is lowered by 7.6 m, the degree of saturation of the sand above the water
table was lowered to 30 %. At the mid-height of the clay layer.

33. Evaluate the effective pressure in kPa, before the lowering of the water table
A. 325
B. 218
C. 220
D. 265
34. Evaluate the effective pressure in kPa, after the lowering of the water table
A. 220
B. 350
C. 285
D. 277
35. Evaluate the effective pressure in kPa, when there is no water in the sand layer but remains in
moist condition at the same degree of saturation.
A. 350
B. 220
C. 285
D. 335

Situation 10 – Due to construction considerations, a column is located 0.4 m from the edge of a 2m X 2m
square footing but along its principal axis. The column carries a factored downward load of 900 kN
including its own weight. Neglecting the weight of footing,

36. Evaluate the overturning moment of the footing in kN*m,

A. 610
B. 360
C. 540
D. 480
 37. Evaluate the maximum soil bearing pressure underneath the footing in kPa,
A. 630
B. 495
C. 750
D. 810
38. If the soil has a unit weight of 16 kN/m3, an angle of internal friction of 20 degrees, and a unit
cohesion of 10 kPa and footing is founded 1.0 m into it by how much in percent is the ultimate
bearing capacity of the soil under general shear failure exceeded?
A. 75
B. 89.5
C. 59.2
D. 25.1

Situation 11 – A gate 0.6 m square lies in a plane making an angle of 30 degrees with the vertical. Its
upper edge is horizontal and 1 m below the surface of a liquid having a specific gravity of 3.0.

39. Evaluate the total force on the gate in kN.

A. 16.5
B. 17.2
C. 12.9
D. 13.3

40. Locate the point of action of the total force from the bottom on the plane of the gate, in
meter(s):
A. 0.426
B. 0.384
C. 0.279
D. 0.559

41. If the gate is hinged at the top, evaluate the force normal at its lower edge that will be required
to open it, in kN.
A. 8.70
B. 9.83
C. 7.13
D. 6.64

Situation 12- Three pipelines A, B, and C are connected in parallel as shown in FIGURE HPN-4. The
combined discharge of the 3 pipes is 0.81 m3/sec. and assuming the friction factor for all pipes is the
same. Obtain the rate of flow in liters/sec, in
42. Pipeline A
A. 150
B. 224
C. 180
D. 169
 43. Pipeline B
A. 250
B. 482
C. 514
D. 620
44. Pipeline C
A. 380
B. 73
C. 21
D. 178

Situation 13 – FIGURE SMSC – 2 is a plot of soil samples taken from test pits of a proposed highway
45. Soil is classified as a
A. Well graded silty sand
B. Well graded sandy silt
C. Well graded sand
D. Uniform of poorly graded sand

46. Soil is classified as a

A. Uniform of poorly graded sand
B. Well graded silty sand
C. Well graded sandy silt
D. Well graded silty sand

47. Soil is classified as a

A. poorly graded silty sand
B. Well graded silty sand
C. Well graded sandy silt
D. Uniform of poorly graded sand

Situation 14 – A square footing, 0.9 m on a side, is embedded 1.00 m into a cohesive soil deposit. The
unit weight of the soil is 18 KN/m3 and the angle of the internal friction is 30 degree. The soil cohesion
strength = 15 kPa. Using Terzhagi’s formula for LOCAL shear failure and Table SMBC.

48. Evaluate the contribution of the depth of embedment of ultimate bearing capacity of the soil, in
kPa.
A. 209
B. 306
C. 405
D. 510
49. Evaluate the contribution of the footing dimension to the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil,
in kPa.
A. 96
B. 87
C. 135
D. 124
 50. Evaluate the contribution of the soil cohesive strength to the ultimate bearing capacity of the
soil, in kPa.
A. 306
B. 510
C. 209
D. 484

TABLE SMSC-2

SIEVE NO DIAMETER PERCENT PASSING

SOIL 1 SOIL 2 SOIL 3
4 4.76 90 100 100
8 2.38 64 90 100
10 2 54 77 98
20 0.84 34 59 92
40 0.42 22 51 84
60 0.25 17 42 79
100 0.149 9 35 70
200 5 33 63

ATTERBERG'S LIMITS
LL - 46 47
PL - 29 24

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Table SMBC – Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity Factors
Φ deg General shear failure Local shear failure
Nc Nq Ny N’c N’q N’y
0 5.70 1.00 0.00 5.70 1.00 0.00
1 6.00 1.10 0.01 5.90 1.07 0.01
2 6.30 1.22 0.04 6.10 1.14 0.02
3 6.62 1.35 0.06 6.30 1.22 0.04
4 6.97 1.49 0.10 6.51 1.30 0.06
5 7.34 1.64 0.14 6.74 1.39 0.07
6 7.73 1.81 0.20 6.97 1.49 0.10
7 8.15 2.00 0.27 7.22 1.59 0.13
8 8.60 2.21 0.35 7.47 1.70 0.16
9 9.09 2.44 0.44 7.74 1.82 0.20
10 9.61 2.69 0.56 8.02 1.94 0.24
11 10.2 2.98 0.69 8.32 2.08 0.30
12 10.8 3.29 0.85 8.63 2.22 0.35
13 11.4 3.64 1.04 8.96 2.38 0.42
14 12.1 4.02 1.26 9.31 2.55 0.48
15 12.9 4.45 1.52 9.67 2.73 0.57
16 13.7 4.92 1.82 10.06 2.92 0.67
17 14.6 5.45 2.18 10.47 3.13 0.76
18 15.1 6.04 2.59 10.90 3.36 0.88
19 15.6 6.70 3.07 11.36 3.61 1.03
20 17.7 7.44 3.64 11.85 3.88 1.12
21 18.9 8.26 4.31 12.37 4.17 1.35
22 20.3 9.19 5.09 12.92 4.48 1.55
23 21.8 10.2 6.00 13.51 4.82 1.74
24 23.4 11.4 7.08 14.14 5.20 1.97
25 25.1 12.7 8.34 14.80 5.60 2.25
26 27.1 14.2 9.84 15.53 6.05 2.59
27 29.2 15.9 11.6 16.30 6.54 2.88
28 31.6 17.8 13.7 17.10 7.07 3.29
29 34.2 20.0 16.2 18.03 7.66 3.76
30 37.2 22.5 19.1 18.99 8.31 4.39

qu = KcCNc + KqδDfNq + KyδBNy

qu = ultimate bearing capacity

y= unit weight of soil

B= width of footing

c= cohesion of soil

Df = depth of founding of footing

NcNqNy = bearing capacity factors

q = overburden pressure

KcKqKy = constants

General shear failure

Footing Kc Kq Ky
Long 1.00 1.00 0.50
Square 1.30 1.00 0.40
Circular 1.30 1.00 0.30
For local shear failure,
The value of c is reduced by 1/3