EE No.

Republic of the Philippines

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
Manila

BOARD OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEER Licensure Examination

Saturday, January 07, 2023 08:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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HYDRAULICS AND PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer
for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A cylindrical tank 4 m in diameter and 3 m tall is full of water. Obtain the time to drain
the tank through a 50-mm diameter orifice at the tank bottom. Assume C = 1.0.
A. 83.4 minutes C. 85.6 minutes
B. 82.4 minutes D. 76.9 minutes

2. A spillway 35.65 ft long, whose crest is at elevation 40.0 m releases water from a reservoir
whose surface area is 4.0 hectares, initial reservoir elevation is 41.8 m. What will be the
water surface elevation in meters after 25 minutes?
A. 40.0 m C. 40.8 m
B. 42.4 m D. 41.6 m

3. A piece of wood having a specific gravity of 0.65 is 70 mm square and 1.5 m long. How many kg
of lead fastened at one end of the wood so that it will float upright with 0.30 m projecting
out when floating in water? Specific gravity of lead = 11.2.
A. 1.21 kg C. 1.41 kg
B. 1.32 kg D. 1.12 kg

4. A barge weighing 350 kN when empty is 6 m wide, 15 m long and 3 m high. Floating upright,
evaluate the draft of the barge in meters when transporting 5000 bags of cement along a
river, each bag having a mass of 40 kg. Assume the specific gravity of the water in the river
to be 1.02.
A. 3.16 m C. 5.35 m
B. 1.12 m D. 2.57 m

5. A right cylindrical container of diameter D and H high is filled with water z deep. A piece
of timber, having a cross-sectional dimension b x t and L long is freely allowed to submerge
and float in a vertical position inside the container. The portion of the wood above the
water surface is observed to be 2/3 the length of the timber. Given the following
information, evaluate the specific weight of the timber.
D = 1.00 m b = 250 mm z = 3.00 m
H = 5.00 m t = 250 mm L = 3.00 m
A. 3.27 kN/m3 C. 3.44 kN/m3
B. 3.35 kN/m3 D. 3.72 kN/m3

6. A 20 cm diameter solid cylinder of height 8 cm is immersed in liquid with density 800 kg/cum
contained in a tall metal cylinder having a diameter 24 cm. Before immersion the liquid was
12 cm deep. If the volume displaced is 900 cum. What is the weight of the first cylinder?
A. 7.20 kg C. 722.0 kg
B. 72.0 kg D. 0.72 kg

7. A floating cylinder 10 cm in diameter and weighing 982 grams is placed in a cylindrical

container 25 cm in a diameter partially full of water. The increase in the depth of water in
the container due to placing the float in it is:
A. 5 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4

8. A concrete cube (γ = 23.5 kN/m3) 0.60 m on an edge is submerged in 5 m of sea water (sg =
1.03). Calculate the force to lift the cube if there is no seepage pressure at the bottom of
the cube.
A. 23.3 kN C. 26.9 kN
B. 27.7 kN D. 28.5 kN

9. A woman with a glass of water having a height of 300 mm is inside the elevator with an upward
acceleration of 3 m/s2. Determine the pressure at the bottom of the glass.
A. 2.33 kPa C. 2.69 kPa
B. 3.75 kPa D. 3.84 kPa
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10. If a container containing water 0.3 m deep is carried inside an elevator that accelerates at
3 m/s2, evaluate the pressure, in kPa, exerted by the water at the base of the container if
the elevator is travelling downward.
A. 1.78 kPa C. 2.04 kPa
B. 2.69 kPa D. 3.15 kPa

11. At what velocity should an open cylinder 30 cm in diameter and 90 cm in height containing 45
cm of water be rotated such that the distance between the vertex of the paraboloid which is
located at the bottom of the tank and the highest point on the new water surface is 90 cm.
A. 32.05 rad/sec C. 15.5 rad/sec
B. 28.01 rad/sec D. 2/3 rad/sec

12. The velocity head of the flow at one section of a pipeline is 5 m. Evaluate the velocity
head, in meters, at the next section if the velocity of flow increases by one-half that of
the previous section.
A. 10.50 C. 15.25
B. 11.25 D. 20.40

13. The diameter of a pipe carrying water changes gradually from 150 mm at A to 450 mm at B. A is
5 m lower than B. What will be the difference in pressure in kPa between A and B, when 180
liters/sec is flowing, loss of energy being neglected?
A. 0.94 kPa C. 1.32 kPa
B. 2.23 kPa D. 2.19 kPa

14. Into a bakery dough mixing chamber water enters at the rate of 200 liters per sec through
pipe A. Cooking oil with specific gravity of 0.80 is forced in at 60 liters per sec through
pipe B. Assuming the liquids are incompressible and form a homogeneous mixture of oil
globules in water, evaluate the average velocity of the mixture leaving through a pipe C of
diameter 300 mm.
A. 3.53 m/s C. 3.11 m/s
B. 3.68 m/s D. 2.15 m/s

15. A circular concrete sewer pipe with coefficient of roughness n = 0.013 is 1.60 m in diameter
and flowing half-full has a slope of 4 m per 5 km. Compute the discharge on the sewer pipe in
cubic meter per second.
A. 3.46 C. 2.67
B. 1.19 D. 4.34

16. An existing pipeline is to be reinforced with a new one whose coefficient of pipe friction is
2/3 of the old one. If the length of the new pipe is equal to that of the old one and the
additional required capacity is 150 % of the existing capacity. How big the new pipe should
be compared to the old one. Use the Darcy-Weisbach formula?
A. 1.08 times C. 1.50 times
B. 1.20 times D. 2/3 times

17. A pump draws 20 liters per second of

water from reservoir C and lifts it to
reservoir D as shown in the figure.
The head lost from C to 1 is 3 times
the velocity head in the 150 mm
suction line and the head lost from 2
to D is 25 times the velocity head in
the 100 mm discharge line. What is the
power delivered by the pump to the
system, in HP?

A. 61.23 HP
B. 65.35 HP
C. 78.76 HP
D. 72.12 HP

Situation - A water tank has a sloping inclined at 45º with the horizontal. The total depth of
water in the tank is 8 m. A water jet issues from an orifice located on the inclined side of the
tank under a hydrostatic head of 5 m or that orifice is located 3 m vertically above the bottom
of the tank. Coefficient of velocity is 1.0. Neglecting air resistance on the jet.

18. Determine the maximum height of the issuing jet arises above the level of the center of
orifice in meters.
A. 2.0 m C. 1.5 m
B. 2.5 m D. 3.0 m

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19. Determine the time it takes for this particle of the jet to sit the ground that is 1.20 m
below the bottom of the tank, in seconds.
A. 1.57 seconds C. 1.88 seconds
B. 1.63 seconds D. 1.92 seconds

20. Determine the horizontal distance on the ground traveled by the jet from the center of the
orifice, in meters.
A. 13.16 m C. 15.35 m
B. 11.12 m D. 10.87 m

Situation – A wooden buoy having a specific gravity of 0.75 floats in a liquid having a specific
gravity of 0.85.

21. What is the percentage of the volume of the buoy below the liquid surface to the total volume
of the body?
A. 12% C. 88%
B. 34% D. 66%

22. If the volume above the liquid surface is 0.024 m3, what is the weight of the buoy?
A. 1.47 kN C. 2.24 kN
B. 1.35 kN D. 1.96 kN

23. What is the load that will cause the buoy to be fully submerged?
A. 0.2 kN C. 0.6 kN
B. 0.4 kN D. 0.8 kN

Situation – A cylinder having a diameter of 1.20 m and 2 m high weighing 800 N is held in
position in sea water by a wire tied to an anchor block resting at the bottom of the sea 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 0.50 cubic meter and weighs 24 kN in air. Assume sea water to have a
specific gravity = 1.03. Neglecting the weight and volume of the cable.

24. Evaluate the buoyant force on the cylinder for the position described, in kN.
A. 2.63 C. 3.43
B. 3.95 D. 4.32

25. Evaluate the tensile force in the wire when the top of the cylinder is 0.60 m above the water
surface, in kN.
A. 15.2 C. 16.4
B. 13.9 D. 14.5

26. Evaluate the rise in the tide that will lift the anchor from the bottom of the sea.
A. 1.256 m C. 1.428 m
B. 1.321 m D. 1.513 m

Situation – The solid steel ball shown in the figure is submerged between the interfaces of two
liquids. The ball has a diameter of 225 mm and specific gravity of 7.4.

27. Determine the weight of the ball in Newtons.

A. 485 C. 433
B. 402 D. 387

28. Determine the buoyant force acting on the ball in Newtons.

A. 44 C. 87
B. 79 D. 35

29. Determine the tension in the rope in Newtons.

A. 354 C. 398
B. 315 D. 371
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Situation - When the U-tube is not rotated, the water stands in the tube as shown in the figure.

30. When ω = 6 rad/sec, what is the new level of water in the left tube?
A. 12.35 cm C. 5.01 cm
B. 0.421 Cm D. 8.99 cm

31. When ω = 6 rad/sec, what is the new level of water in the right tube?
A. 39.579 cm C. 27.65 cm
B. 34. 99 cm D. 31.01 cm

32. What angular speed will just cause a zero pressure in the tube at the axis of rotation?
A. 65 25 rpm C. 59.81 rpm
B. 55.24 rpm D. 49.87 rpm

Situation – An open cylindrical tank is 0.4 m in diameter and 1.5 m tall. The tank is rotated
about its own vertical axis at constant angular speed.

33. What is the maximum depth of water in the tank if there is no water spilled at 240 rpm?
A. 0.86 m C. 0.78 m
B. 0.93 m D. 0.65 m

34. With the depth of water in the first question, what speed of rotation in rpm will spill 1.4
liters of water?
A. 242 C. 236
B. 268 D. 274

35. With the depth of water in the first question, what minimum angular speed will zero the
pressure at the center bottom of the tank?
A. 264 C. 259
B. 231 D. 325

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Situation – A rectangular tank filled with water is moving horizontally with acceleration of g.
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36. What is the angle of the water surface with the horizontal?
A. 26.57º C. 14.04º
B. 39.87º D. 30.96º

37. What is the angle of the water surface with the vertical?
A. 75.96º C. 59.04º
B. 63.43º D. 53.13º

38. If the tank is 4 meters long, what is the difference in pressure between the rear end and
front end of the tank?
A. 29.43 kPa C. 19.81 kPa
B. 19.62 kPa D. 23.54 kPa

Situation – An open top cylindrical tank 1 m in diameter and 2.5 m high is 3/5 full of water.
Determine the angular speed in rpm if:

39. The water will just touch the rim.

A. 119.6 C. 59.8
B. 105.4 D. 98.2

40. The vortex will just touch the bottom.

A. 166.9 C. 145.8
B. 133.7 D. 123.8

41. The base is uncovered within 20 cm from the vertical axis.

A. 145.9 C. 124.7
B. 105.9 D. 168.2
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Situation – A single pipeline A joins pipelines 1, 2, and 3 at junction J1 and merges again at
junction J2 to form a single pipeline as shown. Pipeline 1, 2, and 3 are parallel to each other.
The pressure heads at J1 and J2 are 70 m and 46 m, respectively. Using Hazen Williams formula
with C = 120 for all pipes, obtain the following:

42. Rate of flow in pipeline 1, in m3/s.

A. 0.092 C. 0.301
B. 0.103 D. 0.215

43. Rate of flow in pipeline 2, in m3/s.

A. 0.032 C. 0.062
B. 0.056 D. 0.045

44. Rate of flow in pipeline 3, in m3/s.

A. 0.06 C. 0.08
B. 0.05 D. 0.07

Situation – A 150 mm diameter penstock supplies water to a turbine under a constant head of 30m.

45. Calculate the theoretical velocity of flow (m/s) through the penstock.
A. 22.14 C. 26.20
B. 19.81 D. 24.26

46. Calculate the theoretical discharge in m3/s.

A. 0.350 C. 0.429
B. 0.391 D. 0.463

47. Calculate the power (kW) delivered by the turbine if the system efficiency is 70%.
A. 48.67 C. 67.18
B. 111.28 D. 88.31

Situation – Reservoir B in the figure receives 0.06 m3/s of flow. Determine the following:

48. The flow in line AD.

A. 0.219 m3/s C. 0.203 m3/s
B. 0.233 m3/s D. 0.173 m3/s

49. The flow in line DC.

A. 0.143 m3/s C. 0.113 m3/s
B. 0.159 m3/s D. 0.173 m3/s

50. The elevation of reservoir B.

A. 92.76 m C. 90.07 m
B. 91.06 m D. 89.09 m

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