CE 39 - Learning Outcomes Appraisal 6.

Borrow Pit B
for Civil Engineering 2 A. 3.51 M C. 4.36 M
MIDTERM EXAM (SET A) B. 4.82 M D. 4.18 M

7. Borrow Pit C
Instructions: A. 4.27 M C. 4.91 M
1. Shade the letter corresponding to the correct answer on B. 3.58 M D. 3.75 M
the answer sheet provided.
2. Points will not be counted if the correct shading format
is not followed. 8. In a triaxial test, a cohesionless soil is subjected to a
3. Do not detach the papers. confining pressure of 16 kPa. The soil fails when the
increase in axial stress by the plunger reaches 30 kPa.
What is the angle of shearing resistance of the soil?
A. 28.94 C. 19.47
Situation 1 (1-3)
B. 14.73 D. 36.03
The following are the result of two direct shear test on
a normally consolidated clay:

Situation 3 (9-11)
In a triaxial test on cohesionless soil, the principal
stresses are 200 kPa and 300 kPa. Determine the
Diameter of specimen = 50 mm following:
Evaluate the following:
9. The angle of shearing resistance.
1. The angle of internal friction in degrees A. 5.22 C. 9.59
A. 21.80 C. 23.80 B. 11.54 D. 15.83
B. 20.80 D. 19.80
10. The shearing stress at failure plane.
2. The cohesion of the soil in kPa A. 24.90 C. 72.16
A. 17.02 C. 15.02 B. 48.99 D. 55.92
B. 16.02 D. 14.02
11. The normal stress at failure plane.
3. What normal force in Newton will cause failure when A. 272.73 C. 187.50
the shear force is 124 N?
B. 291.67 D. 240.00
A. 249 C. 239
B. 275 D. 257
Situation 4 (12-14)
A 5-m clay layer lies beneath an 8-meter sand layer.
4. The results of a constant-head permeability test for The sand is 3.50 meters below the water surface.
a fine sand sample having a diameter of 200 mm and a Saturated unit weight of sand is 25 kN/m3 and clay is
length of 250 mm are as follows. 20 kN/m3. Calculate the following.
Constant head difference: 500 mm
Time of collection of water: 5 min 12. The total vertical pressure (in kPa) at mid-height of
Volume of water collected: 360 cm3 clay layer
Calculate the hydraulic conductivity of the soil in cm/s.
A. 284.34 C. 279.43
A. 4.07 x 10-3 C. 1.22 x 10-3
B. 299.05 D. 294.15
B. 5.09 x 10-3 D. 1.91 x 10-3
13. The pore water pressure (in kPa) at mid-height of
clay layer
Situation 2 (5-7) A. 132.44 C. 142.25
A proposed embankment fill requires 5200 m3 of B. 137.34 D. 152.06
compacted soil. The void ratio of the compacted fill is
specified as 0.60. Three borrow pits are available as 14. The effective vertical stress (in kPa) at mid-height
described in the following table. of clay layer
A. 191.14 C. 147.00
B. 181.33 D. 196.05

What is the total cost for acquiring soil from:

5. Borrow Pit A
A. 4.52 M C. 3.64 M
B. 4.99 M D. 3.75 M
Set A
Situation 5 (15-17) Situation 7 (22-24)
A 7.6-m thick clay layer is overlain by 15.2 m of sand to A cohesive soil with an angle of shearing resistance of
the ground. The water table is level with the ground 30o has a cohesion of 33 kPa. The shear stress at failure
surface. The saturated unit weight of sand is 21.2 is 64 kPa. Determine the following:
kN/m3 and its dry unit weight is 18.2 kN/m3. The
saturated unit weight of clay is 18.8 kN/m3. The water 22. Normal stress at failure
table is lowered to 7.6 m below the ground and the A. 53.69 C. 62.19
sand above the water table has a degree of saturation B. 42.84 D. 76.93
decreased by 20%.
23. Confining pressure
15. Determine the effective pressure (kPa) at the mid- A. 9.53 C. 16.74
height of the clay layer before the lowering of the water B. 32.12 D. 21.42
table.
A. 202.29 C. 207.29 24. Maximum principal stress
B. 206.79 D. 212.75 A. 164.54 C. 162.65
B. 168.33 D. 166.70
16. Determine the effective pressure (kPa) at the mid-
height of the clay layer after the lowering of the water
table.
25. An unconfined compression test was conducted on
A. 277.29 C. 297.56 a sample of clay having a diameter of 50 mm. The
B. 292.35 D. 287.67 failure load was recorded at 250 N. The cohesion
strength of the clay, in kPa is nearest to:
17. Determine the effective pressure (kPa) at the mid- A. 127.32 C. 57.30
height of the clay layer when the water table is at the B. 63.66 D. 70.03
clay surface and assuming that all sand has the same
degree of saturation.
A. 340.87 C. 358.82
Situation 8 (26-28)
B. 367.90 D. 347.28
A confined aquifer is shown in the Figure. This aquifer
has a source of recharge located as shown. The
hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer is 40 m/day with
18. The permeameter in a falling head permeability test a void ratio of 25%. The piezometric surface in the two
setup involves a cylindrical soil sample 75 mm in observation wells 1000 m apart are at elevation 75 m
diameter and a height 200 mm. The hydraulic head in and 65 m, respectively from the common datum. The
the 10-mm diameter standpipe through which test aquifer has an average thickness of 4 m and an average
water passed dropped from 900mm to 500mm in one width of 4 km.
minute of observation. In that duration, the water
collected in the graduate was recorded at 1.5 liters.
Evaluate the coefficient of permeability of the soil
sample in cm/s.
A. 0.00784 C. 0.00481
B. 0.00348 D. 0.00588

Situation 6 (19-21)
Given the following soil properties:
Specific gravity of soil solids, Gs = 2.70
26. Determine the rate of flow of water through the
Void ratio, e = 0.40
aquifer, in cubic meters per day.
Degree of saturation, S = 35%
A. 4000 C. 7200
Calculate the following:
B. 5600 D. 6400
19. The unit weight of soil in kN/m3
A. 19.30 C. 19.90 27. Calculate the value of the seepage velocity in
m/day.
B. 18.38 D. 20.99
A. 2.3 C. 1.6
B. 1.4 D. 2.0
20. The dry unit weight of the soil in kN/m3
A. 20.00 C. 18.10
28. Find how many days it will take for the flow of the
B. 17.66 D. 18.92
aquifer to travel from the start until 4 km downstream
A. 1778 C. 2857
21. The unit weight of soil when fully saturated
B. 2000 D. 2500
A. 21.11 C. 20.93
B. 21.72 D. 22.26

Set A
Situation 9 (29-31) Situation 11 (38-40)
A 300-mm diameter well penetrates 27 m below the Given the following soil properties:
static water table. After 24 hours of pumping 69 liters Field unit weight of soil = 1800 kg/m3
per second, the water table in two observation wells Saturated unit weight = 2050 kg/m3
located 35 m and 95 m from the well showed Moisture content = 14%
drawdowns of 1.1 m and 0.5 m, respectively. Calculate the following:

29. Find the discharge in cubic meters per day. 38. The porosity of the soil
A. 5962 C. 5922 A. 89.05 C. 39.29
B. 6509 D. 6102 B. 43.33 D. 47.11

30. Calculate the coefficient of permeability in m/day 39. The dry unit weight in kN/m3
A. 50.27 C. 63.98 A. 15.77 C. 14.50
B. 55.89 D. 60.27 B. 15.49 D. 13.90

31. Determine the value of transmissivity of the soil in 40. The degree of saturation
m2/day. A. 46.93 C. 49.09
A. 1579 C. 1497 B. 64.67 D. 88.72
B. 1598 D. 1484

Situation 10 (32-37)
The sample of soil weighing 30.6 kg had a volume of
0.0183 m3. The sample is allowed to dry in an oven and
the weight was reduced to 27.2 kg. The specific gravity
of the solids was found to be 2.65. Determine
the following:

32. Moist unit weight of soil in kN/m3

A. 16.403 C. 17.504
B. 18.890 D. 17.229

33. Dry unit weight of soil in kN/m3

A. 15.890 C. 14.580
B. 14.129 D. 16.984

34. Moisture content

A. 42.30% C. 84.60%
B. 25.00% D. 12.50%

35. Void ratio

A. 0.251 C. 0.439
B. 0.783 D. 0.336

36. Porosity
A. 0.783 C. 0.336
B. 0.251 D. 0.439

37. Degree of saturation

A. 84.60% C. 12.50%
B. 42.30% D. 25.00%

Set A