1. What is the ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume?

a. Porosity
b. Water Content
c. Degree of Saturation
d. Void ratio
2. What is the ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given volume of soil?
a. Porosity
b. Water Content
c. Degree of Saturation
d. Void ratio
3. What is the ratio of the volume of water to the volume of voids?
a. Porosity
b. Water Content
c. Degree of Saturation
d. Void ratio
4. A body placed in a liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the discharged liquid.
This principle of buoyancy was attributed to:
a. Bernoulli
b. Pascal
c. Archimedes
d. Boyle
5. Determine the force why small insects can walk on the water.
a. Buoyant Force
b. Surface Tension
c. Water Lateral Pressure
d. Water Pressure

SITUATION 1

For a 1 m³ soil sample, G = 2.4, w = 0.15 and the dry unit weight is 20 kN/m³.

2. Find the saturated unit weight

a. 22.12 kN/m³
b. 22.45 kN/m³
c. 21.48 kN/m³
d. 23.98 kn/m³

3. What is the degree of saturation?

a. 1.82
b. 1.91
c. 2.14
d. 2.03

4. Find the void ratio.

a. 0.163
b. 0.165
c. 0.177
d. 0.195

SITUATION 2
For a saturated soil, given w = 40% and Gs = 2.71.

14. Determine the porosity.*

1/1

a. 0.591
b. 0.520
c. 0.502
d. 0.547

15. Determine the saturated unit weight.*

1/1

a. 19.49 kN/m³
b. 17.86 kN/m³
c. 14.68 kN/m³
d. 15.74 kN/m³

16. Determine the dry unit weight.*

1/1

a. 10.21 kN/m³
b. 14.31 kN/m³
c. 16.29 kN/m³
d. 12.76 kN/m³

PROBLEM 6:
A vertical gate 1.2 m wide is submerged in liquid with top and bottom edge, 3 m and 6
m below the surface, respectively. If oil with sp. gravity of 0.80 occupies the top 1 meter
of the liquid and the rest is water, calculate the force acting on the gate.
*
a. 145 561N
b. 150 781 N
c. 181 560 N
d. 151 859 N

SITUATION 4:
A square plate having one of its sides equal to 3.5 m is immersed in water in a vertical position
such that the two edges of the square would be horizontal. In order that the center of pressure
in the plate shall be 12 cm from the center of gravity:
15. How far below the water surface should the upper of the plate be submerged?*
a. 6.757 m
b. 9.25 m
c. 12.35 m
d. 15.10 m

16. What is the distance of the center of pressure from the water surface?*
a. 6.24m
b. 11.36 m
c. 14.807 m
d. 8.627 m

17. Determine the hydrostatic force in kN acting on the plate at this position.*
a. 890.40
b. 1022.31
c. 1236.71
d. 697.21