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Paul University Surigao MOCKBOARD EXAMINATION

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

MINING ENGINEERING 1

Name: Course/Year: Score:

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer and shade your answer on the answer sheet provided for you.

1. What is the most important factor that contributes mainly to quality of coal formation.
A. type of vegetable matter where coal originates
B. magnitude of heat and pressure
C. the weight of external load
D. the type of foreign matter components in coal

2. Which of the following surface mining method is not considered MECHANICAL?

A. Auger Mining B. Open Pit Mining C. Dredging D. Open Cast Mining

3. An overhand method in which the ore is mined in horizontal slices, and remains in stopes as temporary support to the
walls and to provide a working platform for miner.
A. Stull stoping B. Square-set stoping C. Cut and Fill D. Shrinkage Stoping

4. An effective way to operate a mine with conventional haulage methods in an inclined seam or bed is to drive all openings
cross-pitch, that is:
a. at an angle to the dip of the deposit
b. at an angle to the strike of the deposit
c. at an angle half the dip of the deposit
d. at an angle 450 to the dip of the deposit

5. According to the fan laws, twice the volume develops how many times the pressure?
a. 2 times the pressure c. 4 times the pressure
b. 6 times the pressure d. 8 times the pressure

6. A Class “A” mine shall have at least:

a. 1 part-time Safety Inspector and Deputy Inspector
b. 1 part-time Safety Engineer and 1 full-time Safety Inspector
c. 1 full-time Safety Engineer and Safety Inspector
d. 1 full-time Safety Engineer

7. The strength of a fractured mass is:

A. unlimited B. zero C. infinite D. nil

8. Heritage Resources and Mining Corp. reported to the Mines & Geosciences Bureau in its Affidavit of Anuual Work
Obligation (AAWO) for the year 2003 the following mineral reserve of its Homonhon Chromite Project in Eastern Samar as
follows :
Positive Ore Reserve - 100,000 million mt at 55 % Cr2O3
Probable Ore Reserve - 300,000 million mt at 45 % Cr2O3
Possible Ore Reserve - 300,000 million mt at 40 % Cr2O3
Calculate the total ore reserve of Heritage Mining, Homonhon Chromite Project.
A. 300 million MT at 46 % Cr2O3 C. 500 million MT at 65 % Cr2O3
B. 700 million MT at 44 % Cr2O3 D. 400 million MT at 46 % Cr2O3

9. Aerial magnetometer survey is best applicable in prospecting for what type of mineral deposits?
A. coal deposits B. iron deposits C. calcite deposits D. limestone deposits

10. Which of the following is the most important quality specification of coal?
A. Heating value B. Granulation C. Sulfur content D. Moisture content

11. Diameter holes in surface mines are generally:

a. 10-20 in. c. 12-24 in.
b. 6-18 in. d. 5-10 in.

12. It is the ratio of overburden to ore at the ultimate boundary of the pit where the margin of profit approaches zero.
 a. break-even ratio b. stripping ratio c. ultimate ratio d. pit limit ratio

13. Is odorless, colorless, and tasteless, making it particularly hazardous because an individual does not realize that is
present until the ill effects of exposure become obvious.
a. Methane b. Carbon Dioxide c. Carbon Monoxide d. Nitrogen Dioxide

14. Any mine working that will be driven under rivers, seas, or any accumulation of standing or running water on massive,
unbroken or un-fractured igneous rock shall have a thickness of _______from the true river bed to the roof of mine working.
a. 25 meters b. 25-30 meters c. 50 meters d. 30-50 meters

15. Which of the following physical properties of rocks refers to the ability of rocks that resist shearing?
A. rock work index B. tensile strength C. rigidity D. shear strength

16. A large porphyry copper deposit has been explored by drilling a grid pattern with 80 drill holes at 100 meters deep of
mineralized zone averaging 0.8% Cu, 10 DH of 80 meter thickness averaging 1.5% Cu, and 10 DH of 90 meters thickness
averaging 0.6% Cu. What is the average grade of the deposit?
a. 0.80% b. 1.00% c. 1.50% d. none of these

17. Which of the following exploration methods is best applicable to developing the lateral and vertical extent of deep-
seated orebodies?
A. test pitting B. induced polarization C. diamond drilling D. trenching

18. These are all condition necessary for coal formation EXCEPT ONE:
A. Swamps or marsh environment and climate favorable to plant growth;
B. Some subsidence (sinking) of the area during accumulation of vegetal debris, or compaction of deposited plant
material, permitting further accumulation;
C. Sufficiently dry conditions to permit exclusion of air from much of the vegetal material before it decays
D. Proximity to the sea or a subsiding area so that vegetal material can be buried by sediments

19. Which of the following surface mining method has the highest productivity?
a. Auger Mining b. Hydraulic Mining c. In-situ mining d. Open Cast Mining

20. In only one instance does Srmax not establish the pit limit or exceed SRo in magnitude, and that occurs when
a. the deposit is flat, tabular and of constant thickness c. both a and b
b. the surface is flat d. none of the above

21. Multiple openings are necessary in coal mines because they provide
a. good access to the coal c. good recovery of the coal
b. adequate ventilation d. minimal distances

22. The days lost per million man-hours worked.

a. Accident severity rate c. Total accident rate
b. Accident frequency rate d. Total lost time accident

23. It is the field of study that is concerned in checking the properties and behaviors of rocks when subjected to force field:
A. strength of materials B. soil mechanics C. rock mechanics D. ground control

24. In a typical mining bench operation, 1 ft of ore face must be exposed for each 4 to 5 tons of required daily production.
Supposing the required daily production is 20, 000 tons, the advance stripping of the bench face must continue until:
a. 4, 000 – 5, 000 ft. c. 2, 000 – 3, 000 ft.
b. 10, 000 – 12, 000 ft. d. 6, 000 – 7, 000 ft.

25. Which of the following grade prediction techniques allows the lowest margin error in estimation?
A. geostatiscal methods B. distance weighing
C. classical statistics D. inverse distance weighing

26. These are specially formulated mixtures that are safe to use in flammable atmospheres in underground coal mines:
a. ANFO c. permissible
b. NG explosives d. black powder

27. Which of the following surface mining method has the highest capital investment?
a. Auger Mining b. Hydraulic Mining c. Dredging d. Open Cast Mining
28. The most economical of all underground methods because production is high and manpower requirement is low.
a. block caving b. sublevel caving c. square set d. sublevel stoping

29. In an open pit mine design, these are located on each section so the ore grade line supports a stripping ratio of
corresponding to the break-even stripping ratio or allowable stripping ratio:
a. cut- off grades c. pit limits
b. pit slope angle d. bank slopes

30. These are special air courses developed and maintained as part of the mine ventilation system that are design to
continuously move air-methane mixtures emitted by the gob away from active workings and into mine-return-air courses:
a. airways c. bleeder entries
b. air courses d. overcasts

31. The total fatal and non-fatal lost time accidents per million man-hours work.
a. Accident severity rate c. Total accident rate
b. Accident frequency rate d. Total last time accident

32. It is the maximum slope at which any loose materials comes to rest when poured or dumped in a pile.
A. angle of repose B. working slope C. angle of draw D. gradient slope

33. If you are a draw control engineer in a block caving operation and you are required to have at least a subsidence of 1
meter of the caved ore from each draw raise, compute for the amount of draw you should get from each finger raise (each
with a diameter of 3 meters) considering that the insitu density of the ore is 2 MT/cu. m. with a swell factor of 17 % upon
caving.
a. 14.10MT/m c. 12.10MT/m
b. 19.47MT/m d. 15.22MT/m

34. Geochemical prospecting is used to trace metals usually contained in:

A. waste dump samples C. ore samples
B. oil samples D. water or stream sediment samples

35. Induced polarization method is best applicable in locating sulfide minerals in which of the following areas?
A. areas with on-going mine development
B. open pit areas undergoing pit stripping
C. areas not yet disturbed by mine development
D. areas that have been used as waste dumps of open pit mines

36. Which of the following affects the heating value of coal?

A. calorific value B. Moisture content C. Granulation D. Sulfur content

37. Underground mining method used to extract mineral deposits that are roughly tabular, strong, flat or steeply dipping, and
generally in contact with strong wall rock.
a. caving b. supported c. in-situ leaching d. unsupported

38. Changes in the market can _________ in the demand of a mineral product.
a. increase c. decrease
b. increase or decrease d. increase and decrease

39. Methane is explosive with this range of concentration:

a. 1%-10% by volume b. 10%-20% by volume c. 15%-25% by volume d. 5%-15% by volume

40. A coal mine section has a methane emission rate of 200 cfm and a 0.2% CH4 concentration in the intake air. What is the
required ventilation airflow. The threshold limit value of CH4 is 1.0%.
a. 40 cfm b. 45 cfm c. 50 cfm d. none of these

41. Initial reconnaissance exploration is usually conducted on:

A. old waste dumps B. existing mines C. drainage system & tributaries D. old ore stockpiles

42. Which of the following indicate a ferrogenous outcrop?

A. gossan B. overburden C. reddish to brown soil D. none of these
43. The quality of coal is measured by which of the following parameters?
A. calorific value B. BTU value C. Sulfur content D. moisture content

44. In coal mining, this is the creation of a strong, inflexible beam by bolting or otherwise fastening together several weaker
layers:
a. beam building c. bolting
b. barrier pillars d. grouting

45. It is a timbered stope but classified as a self-supporting opening because the timbers are not used as support but to
provide working platforms for miners. The method is applicable to very narrow veins so that the timbers to be used are
normally 5 – 6 ft.
a. Longwall mining b. Square set stoping c. Stull stope d. Top slicing

46. What type of access will you choose for deep horizontal (< 300), vertical, steeply inclined (< 700) deposit?
a. slope with haulage c. vertical shaft with hoisting
b. two interconnected shaft d. inclined shaft with hoisting

47. Supplements the pit design and reserve estimation work that is usually done for feasibility and budget studies and is an
important element of the decision making process:
a. long range mine planning c. long range production planning
b. short range mine planning d. short range production planning

48 Fuels and oxidizers are the principal reacting ingredients in explosives. Which do you think is not a fuel?
a. TNT c. carbon
b. aluminum d. NaNO3

49. An explosive produces toxic fumes when:

a. excess fuel c. fuel shortage
b. excess oxygen d. balanced-oxygen content

50. An underground and surface mine which employs a total of not less than 150 and 250 employees respectively is
classified as:
a. Class A c. Class C
b. Small Scale d. Large Scale

51. In an open pit gold mining operation, a grade control engineer established 3 ore blocks that can be mined the following
day. Ore block A has 1,500 MT ore @ 1.03 gm Au/MT, ore block B has 4,000 MT ore @ 2.16 gm Au/MT and ore block C
has 3,200 MT ore @ 1.75 gm Au/MT. What is the total tonnage of the ore blocks?
a. 5,800 MT b. 6,600 MT c. 7,700 MT d. 8,700 MT

52. In diamond drilling, which of the following is used to locate and recover detached or lost drill bits at the bottom of a drill
hole?
A. sludge collector C. bit splitter
B. core barrel D. fishing device

53. In rotary drilling, which of the following refers to the samples recovered from hole bottom and brought to the surface by
either water or air?
A. core samples B. sludge samples C. chip samples D. drill cuttings

54. A confirmed ore deposit where it passed the technical and commercial evaluation of its existence.
A. Proven Ore Reserve C. Probable Ore Reserve
B. Minable Reserve D. Positive Ore

55. What type opening is most suitable considering the following conditions: a deposit outcrops in an area of high relief and
shallow cover; it dips steeply and can be intersected at relatively shallow depth.
a. decline c. vertical shaft
b. slope d. adit

56. This a method developed to solve calculations for fluid flow networks. The method has the advantage of being self-
correcting and will converge even where initial conditions are poorly specified.
a. Kirchhoff’s Laws c. Newton’s Method
 b. Hardy–Cross Method d. Wood–Charles Method

57. Is a level to which it is believed a worker can be exposed day after day for a working lifetime without adverse effects?
a. CL b. TLV c. IDLH d. STEL

58. In rock mechanics and geostatistical logging, RQD means:

a. rock quality description b. ratio of qualified diameter
c. rate of quantity direction d. rock quality designation

59. Which of the following geophysical prospecting methods is best applicable to copper sulfide minerals?
A. Titration B. Atomic absorption C. Induced polarization D. Remote sensing

60. Which of the following hand sampling procedures is the most accurate results to the smallest possible error?
A. channel sampling B. random sampling C. chip sampling D. grab sampling

61. Which of the following surface mining method has the highest environmental risk
a. Auger Mining b. Hydraulic Mining c. In-situ mining d. Open Cast Mining

62. _______________ is/are much more difficult than estimating the production-related variables and is an exercise in
which a high error of estimation invariably exists.
a. Mine Revenue Estimation c. both a and b
b. Estimating future mineral prices d. all of these

63. Good ______________ throughout the life of the mine is/are an essential prerequisite to realizing the financial goals of
the project.
a. Mine Planning c. Mine Scheduling
b. Mine Design d. All of these

64. ____________shall mean those that will prevent the injured from reporting to work on the working day following the day
of injury and thereafter.
a. Accident severity rate c. Total accident rate
b. Accident frequency rate d. Lost time accident

65. Which of the following geophysical prospecting methods is not useful in identifying whether groundwater deposit is ionic
or metallic in nature?
A. induced polarization B. resistivity C. electromagnetic D. seismic

66. A pit slope failure caused by geological discontinuity that strikes parallel to the slope face and dips into the excavation at
an angle lower than the bank slope is known as?
a. circular failure b. base failure c. wedge failure d. plane failure

67. A method of caving that utilizes the weight of an ore column that is being caved to crush itself into sizes small enough to
pass through draw points that have been prepared beforehand.
a. Sublevel caving b. Top slicing c. Longwall mining d. Block caving

68. As a Mine Foreman, you have been assigned to support an underground heading that is experiencing heavy loose
grounds. You were supplied with hardwood timber of various sizes to support an average load of 20,000 pounds, 1.52
meters high. If the timber has a compressive strength of about 61 bars, what approximate size of timber would you use as
posts for the purpose?
A. 4 x 6 in B. 25 x 25 cm C. 15 x 15 cm d. 10 x 15 cm

69. In equipment selection, equipment are manufactured for ______________ .

a. a specific duty b. all types of work c. all types of mines d. all of these

70. The goal of ____________ is/are to create a mine that will allow exploitation of the reserve in a safe, economic, and
environmentally responsible manner.
a. Mine Planning c. Mine Scheduling
b. Mine Design d. All of these

71. Basic air velocity requirements in working areas for stopes

a. 1.0 – 2.0 m/s b. 2.0 – 3.0 m/s c. 3.0 – 4.0 m/s d. 4.0 – 5.0 m/s
72. An air pollutant that irritates nose, throat and airways to cause coughing, wheezing, shortnesss of breath, or a tight
feeling around the chest. It is also present in motor vehicle emissions, as the result of fuel combustion
a. Sulfur Dioxide b. Nitrogen Dioxide c. Carbon Monoxide d. Carbon Dioxide

73. An employee may be designated as and Deputy Safety Inspector by his employer if the employee has an experience in
safety work or mining operations for at least:
a.5 - 10 years b. 15 years c. 10 years d. 10 – 15 years

74. Rock mechanics differs from classical mechanics in:

A. the strength of rocks compared with steel
B. in rock mechanics, the post failure characteristics of rocks is more useful and significant in mining than
the pre-failure ones
C. rock mechanics is applied in mining
D. seismic forces are not considered in classical mechanics.

75. An excavator worked 500 hours a month, was under repair for 100 hours, and on stand-by for 50 hours. What was the
shovel physical availability?
a. 84.6% b. 83.3% c. 90.0% d. 76.9%

76. In diamond drilling of heavily brecciated formations, which of the following is used to control water losses due to
seepages and improve drilling water circulation and better sludge collection.
A. soapstone B. barite C. lateritic mud D. bentonite

77. It is considered as a scientific way of investigation of the earth crust to determine the mineral present that have
commercial value.
A. Prospecting B. Geophysical Exploration C. Mineral Exploration D. Geochemical
Exploration

78. It is the oldest method of mining both coal and most metallic ores.
a. Longwall mining b. Room-and-pillar c. Sublevel caving d. Block caving

79. For paper cycle balance in hauling, the cycle time for trucks must be:
a. half the time required to spot and loads the entire truck fleet.
b. Equal to the time required to spot and load the entire truck fleet.
c. Greater than the times required to spot and load the entire truck fleet.
d. Less than the time required to spot and load the entire truck fleet.

80. A Class “B” mine shall have at least:

a. 1 part-time Safety Inspector and Deputy Engineer
b. 1 part-time Safety Engineer and 1 full-time Safety Inspector
c. 1 full-time Safety Engineer and Safety Inspector
d. 1 full-time Safety Engineer

81. A law of ventilating stating the pressure required changes as the square of velocity.
a. 1st law b. 2nd law c. 3rd law d. 4th law

82. The lowest grade of the ore that will meet the over-all mining cost.
A. Cut-off Grade B. Milling Grade C. Break-even ratio D. Assay Grade

83. In open pit blasting, a rock that is thrown at an excessive distance from the blast site is called?
a. heave b. fly rock c. muck d. throw

84. Open pit excavation from which ore is removed by gravity through a raise or raises connecting to underground haulage
ways.
a. Hybrid Mining b. Open-Block caving c. Glory hole d. Sluicing

85. The best and cheapest geophysical method of establishing the lateral extensions of deposits that are shallow occurring
is by:
A. trenching B. aerial magnetometer C. wireline drilling D. diamond drilling

86. Workhorse of the surface mining industry.

a. power shovel b. dragline c. bulldozer d. excavator
87. The horizontal distance between the bench toe and crest at the same elevation.
a. berm width b. road width c. bench height d. sub-grade

88. In a mine with 2,000 employees where 100 were on sick leave and another 100 were on vacation leave for a particular
month, there were 18 lost time accidents. Assuming the employees worked for 25 days (for 8 hrs) and no one worked
overtime, what was the accident frequency rate per million manhours?
a. 50 b. 45 c. 100 d. none of these

89. An underground and surface mine which employs a total of not more than 50 and 75 employees respectively is
classified as an:
a. Class A c. Class C
b. Small Scale d. Large Scale

90. In a subsidence zone of a block caving operation, regular backfilling of the area shall be undertaken to maintain a
minimum of ______% gradient over the subsidence area to drain off rain water.
a.6% b. 3% c. 2% d. 7%

91. The most accurate measurement of a contaminants in the atmosphere

a. percentage b. parts per million c. milligrams d. specific gravity

92. A type of fan that delivers low quantity but a higher head
a. Axial Fan b. Centrifugal Fan c. Booster Fan d. Auxiliary Fan

93. It is the disease which results from excessive inhalation of coal dust.
a. Silicosis b. Pneumoconiosis c. Anthracosis d. Ancylostomiasis

94. In actual caving, it is this action which dilutes the ore with waste during drawing:
a. draw control c. funneling
b. ellipsoid of motion d. gravity flowing

95. In underground mines, which of the following is classified as continuous mining?

A. shaft mocker c. slushier
b. loader d. boring machine
96. The dividing line where the last assay shows the minable grade.
A. Ore Limit B. Cut-off grade C. Pit Limit D. Mill grade

97. Road-grades are based on the following criterion;

a. from trucks performance charts on breaking and speeding
b. soil cohesion
c. pit stability
d. all of the above

98. The recommended pit slope for the solid country rock is:
a. 60-800 b. 63-720 c. 450 d. 500

99. In open pit mine planning, what do you call the factor used in converting the volume of a material into weight or
tonnage?
a. tonnage factor b. swell factor c. powder factor d. volume ratio

100. In open pit mine planning and design, bench heights are designed based on what parameters?
a. size of shovels and haul trucks
b. size of drills and blasting pattern
c. distribution of grades and variograms
d. rock characteristics