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core of (300) cm is advanced in a rock layer

produce a sample consist of the following intact
pieces ;
Piece ; | 2 3 4 5
Length (cm); 22 25 30 2 20
Find the RQD for this rock layer
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b. 0.5
c. 0.20
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A six-story office building is to be built on a site
underlain by moderately uniform soils. Bedrock is
at a depth of over 200 m. This building will be 50 m
wide and 85 m long, and the foundations will be
founded at a depth of 2 m below the ground
surface. Determine depth of the exploratory
borings. Using Table 4.2, compute the minimum
depth of borings
Select one:
a. 8.5m
b, 3.0 M1
© c.12.5m
d. 15.5 m
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A two-story reinforced concrete art museum is to

be built using an unusual architectural design. It will
include many tile murals and other sensitive wall
finishes. The column spacing 10 m. Compute
differential settlements for this building
Select one:
a.5 mm
© b.10mm
c. 50 mm
d. 12mm
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In foundation design the most important point

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and then the strength
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To minimize disturbance area ratio should be higher

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Standard penetration test was performed in a 150-

mm diameter boring at a depth of 9.5 m below the
ground surface. The driller used a UK-style
automatic trip hammer and a standard SPT
sampler. The actual blow count, N, was 20. The soil
is a normally consolidated fine sand with a unit
weight of 20 kN/m3 and D50 = 0.4 mm. The
groundwater table is at a depth of 15 m. find N1,60
Select one:
a. 24.5
b. 25.4
c. 22.5
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What is the type of the soil at depth 1.30 m
Friction ratio
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b. clay
c. peat
d. cotton clay

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one of the fowling tests can be used to estimate

infernal friction angle of soil
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a. Specific Gravity Test
b. Proctor's Compaction
c. Triaxial test of soil
d. Consolidation Test
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Compute the area ratio of a thin walled tube
samples having an external diameter of 5cm anda
wall thickness of 3 mm.
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© a.29.13%
b. 26.98%
c. 15.88 %
d. 16.88 %

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A 5-ft wide, 8-ft long, 3-ft deep footing supports a

downward load of 200 k and a horizontal shear
load of 25 k. The shear load acts parallel to the 8-ft
dimension. The underlying soils have c' = 220
Ib/ft2, db’ = 28°, y = 123 Ib/ft3. Using a total stress
analysis, compute the factor of safety against a
bearing capacity failure. use Vesié’s
method. NEGLECT WEIGHT OF FOOTING
Select one:
a. 2.51
b. 2.12
Cc. 1.87
© d. 4.82
e. 3.96
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A5* 7 ft footing is founded at a depth of 2 ft and
supports a vertical load of 80 k and a moment load
of 30 ft-k
in the B direction and 50 ft-k in the L direction.

Determine the dimensions of the equivalent
uniformly loaded footing and compute the
equivalent bearing pressure. neglect weight of
concrete
Select one:
a. 5.55 k/ft2
b. 4.83 k/ft2
O c. 3.27 k/t2
d. 2.85 k/ft2
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A 600 KN vertical downward column load acts at
the centroid of a 2 m square footing. The
groundwater table is at a depth of 3 m below the
ground surface. Compute the bearing pressure.
Neglect weight of concrete
Select one:
a. 190 kN/m2
b. 187 kN/m2
© c. 150 kN/m2
d. 100 kN/m2
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A bearing wall carries a total unfactored load 220
kN/m. It is to be supported on a 400-mm deep
continuous footing. The underlying soils are
medium sands with c' = 0, d' = 37°, y= 19.2
kN/m3. the groundwater table rose to a depth of
0.5 m below the ground surface. compute the
minimum footing width required to maintain a
factor of safety of at least 2 against a bearing
capacity failure. USE B=600 MM AND NEGLECT
WEIGHT OF FOOTING.
Select one:
a. 2.51
b. 1
@. 2.02
© d. 1.42
e. 1.52
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A600 KN vertical downward column
The
the centroid of a 2 m square footing.
below the
groundwater table is at a depth of 3 m
re.
ground surface. Compute the bearing pressu
Select one:
a. 190 kN/m2
b. 100 kN/m2
c. 187 kN/m2
© d. 150 kN/m2
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A two-story reinforced concrete art museum is to

be built using an unusual architectural design. It will
include many tile murals and other sensitive wall
finishes. The column spacing 10 m. Compute
differential settlements for this building
Select one:
a. 50 mm
© b. 10mm
c. 12mm
d.5mm
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Compute the area ratio of a thin walled tube

samples having an external diameter of 5 cm anda
wall thickness of 3 mm.
Select one:
a. 26.98%
© b. 29.13 %
c. 15.88 %
d. 16.88 %
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A 5-ft by 5-ft Square foo

ting as shown in Figure
below
- Centric column load on the

footing = 50 kips.
~ Unit weight of soil = 120
Ib/ft3.
~ Unit weight of concrete-
150 Ib/ft3,
- Cohesive soil Strength (c) = 150
0 Ibsft2,
the soil is undrained
neglect weight of concrete
Find Factor of Safety

against bearing Capacity
failure.
af fi — —e— 1.5ft
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elect one:
a. 3.8
b. 3
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one of the fowling tests can be used to estimate

infernal friction angle of soil
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b. Proctor's Compaction
c. Consolidation Test
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A six-story office building is to be built on a site

underlain by moderately uniform soils. Bedrock is
at a depth of over 200 m. This building will be 50 m
wide and 85 m long, and the foundations will be
founded at a depth of 2 m below the ground
surface. Determine depth of the exploratory
borings. Using Table 4.2, compute the minimum
depth of borings
Select one:
a. 5.5m
b. 15.5 m
c.8.5m
© d.12.5m
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Solid-
Stem Auger must be withdrawn toobtain soil samples and conductother tests.
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wash using bentonite slurry (bentonite clay + water} to provide hydrostatic pressure on the sides of the boring,
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Tube used for cohesive soil
Samples
SPT blow
' =blows for 2nd 6 inch penetration + blows for 3rd Ginch penetration
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Penetration
For very large grained soils (gravel, cobbles, & boulders)
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pieces ;
Piece ; | 2 a 4 5
Length(cm); 22 25 30 40 20
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b. 0.32
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A standard penetration test with standard sampler
was conducted at 7 m depth and the blow counts
measured for 150 mm penetration are 11, 13, and
12. The SPT rig used an automatic hammer that
was released through a trip mechanism, with a
hammer efficiency of 72%. Find effective friction
angle © at this depth. Assume an average unit
weight of 18 KN/m3 for the soil, and assume that
the water table is well below this depth.
Select one:
© a. 25°
b. 43°
630°
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A5”* 7 ft footing is founded at a depth of 2 ft and

supports a vertical load of 80 k and a moment load
of 30 ft-k
in the B direction and 50 ft-k in the L direction.
Determine the dimensions of the equivalent
uniformly loaded footing and compute the
equivalent bearing pressure. neglect weight of
concrete
Select one:
© a. 3.27 k/ft2
b. 2.85 k/ft2
c. 4.83 k/ft2
d.5.55 k/ft2
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General
shear It occurs in soils that are relatively incompressible and reasonably strong, in rock, and in saturated, norn
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shear na surfaces are well defined under the spread footing, and then become vague near the ground :
failure
Local
shear This mode of failur ccurs in very loose sands, in a thin crust of strong soil underlain by a very weak sc
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1.2-m square, 0.4-m deep spread footing is

underlain by a soil with the following properties:
y=19.2 kN/m3, c’=0 kPa, '=30°. The groundwater
table is at a great depth.
Compute the nominal unit bearing capacity using
Terzaghi’s method
Select one:
a. 500 KPa
© b. 358 KPa
c. 250 KPa
d.600 KPa
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It is required to provide a strip footing to carry a

wall load of 450 kN/m in a sandy soil with @ 32°
and y 18 kN/m3. The unit weight of concrete is 23
kN/m3. What is the necessary width so that the
safety factor with respect to bearing capacity is 37
Df = 0.4 m, and that the entire 0.5 m is made of

concrete, c=7.18 kN/m2.
Neglect weight of footing
450 KN/m
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0.5m
Select one:
© a. 1.442 m
b. 2.587 m
c.0.652 m
d.1.999 m
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Pressuremeter
Test (PMT) is a cylindrical balloon that is inserted into the ground (into pre-bored hole} and inflated Measuring of volume and pre
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Test (VST) Consists of inserting a metal vane into the soil and rotating it until the soil fails in shear Used to estimate the undrain
spt is the most popular and economical in-situ test to get information for foundation design , Drill boring with dia of (2.5
Sea ened is one where the condition of the soil in the sample is clase enough to the conditions of the soil in-situ to allow tests
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a site underlain by moderately uniform
soils. and the foundations will be founded
at a depth of 2 m below the ground
surface. Determine the depth of the
exploratory borings.
Select one:
, a.9.7
b. 15.7
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A l2-ft gravity retaining wall retains a clean

sand with the parameters shown, Assume
the back of the wall is vertical and
that the backfill is

flat. Calculate the active
corn pressure at a depth of 6
b= 34
B,= 0.283
y= 1M pet
Select one:
a. B80
b. 660
c. 440
d. 220
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A five-story office building rs to be built on a ste underlain by moderately uniform sats Bedrock 1s al a depth of
over 200 m. This building will be SO m wide and $5 mi long, and the foundations will be founded at a depth of 1m
below the ground surface Determine the required number and depth of the exploratory banngs
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() a. number ts 7, depth is 70m
() bonumber rs 2, depth is 5m
() ¢. number is 15 , depth is 3m
C3 do numberrs 5, depth is 15m
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overturning moment acts
parallel to one of the sides of
the footing, and the top of the
footing is flush with the
ground surface and the
groundwater table is ot 0
depth of 20 ft below the
round surface. compute the
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a rigid circular footing placed at the ground
surface of an elastic material with
diameter of 4 m, Poisson's ratio=0.3 ,
E= 30000 kpa, and q=250 kpa
find elastic settlement
Select one:
a. 0.00247 m
b. 0.036 m
c. 0.098 m
d. 0.0238 m

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A continuous strip footing bears in a clean sand

with groundwater one-half the footing width below
the bottom of the footing. Which of the following
changes will INCREASE the allowable bearing
pressure. Hint: Consider the bearing capacity
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is increased
b. Embedment depth remains D, but

groundwater is raised to B/4 below the base of
the footing
c. Groundwater remains at B/2 below the base

of the footing, but the embedment depth is
decreased
d. Embedment depth rearmins D, but the

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