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HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 8. Find the nearest value of the SITUATION #V:
thrust on the wall in KN per lineal A saturated clay sample has a total
INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer meter if owing to inadequate
for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
mass of 1526 g. The oven dried
drainage, it is waterlogged to a level mass is 1053 g. Gs = 2.78
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED. Use pencil No.1 only
of 3.5 m below the surface 13. Which of the following most
SITUATION #I: proposed construction will transmit a a. 194 kN nearly gives the water content of the
A 0.3 m x 0.3 m block of wood floats
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net stress of 12 N/cm . b. 182 kN sample?
in water with 50 mm projecting 4. Which of the following most c. 230 kN a. 45%
above water surface. When place in nearly gives the buoyant unit weight d. 208 kN b 30%
glycerin (S.G = 1.35) the block of clay? c. 35%
projects 75 mm above the surface. a. 9.42 kN/m3 9. Find at what height above the d. 25%
1. Which of the following most b. 8.43 kN/m
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nearly gives the length of the block? c. 7.81 kN/m3 during the waterlogged condition 14. Which of the following most
a. 0.8162 m d. 10.5 kN/m
3 a. 2.96 m nearly gives the void ratio of the
b. 0.3415 m b. 1.62 m sample?
c. 0.2415 m 5. Which of the following most c. 1.94 m a. 0.845
d. 0.1464 m nearly gives the effective stress at d. 2.25 m b. 0.971
mid- height of clay? c. 1.421
2. Which of the following most a. 175.4 kPa SITUATION #IV: d. 1.248
nearly gives the specific gravity of b. 186.1 kPa Three pipes are connected in
the block? c. 152.2 kPa parallel. The total flow of the system 15. Which of the following most
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a. 0.165 d. 132.4 kPa is 0.61 m /s. Assume frictional nearly gives the porosity of the
b. 0. 658 constant for all pipes are the same. sample?
c. 0.861 6. Which of the following most Pipe 1 2 3 a. 0.861
d. 0.751 nearly gives the average settlement Diameter(mm) 150 200 100 b. 0.142
of the clay? Compression index is c. 0.555
Length(m) 480 600 700 d. 0.971
3. Which of the following most 0.009(LL – 10).
nearly gives the total weight of the a. 18 cm 10. Which of the following most
block? b. 26 cm nearly gives the flow in pipe 1? SITUATION #VI:
a. 85 N c. 30 cm a. 0.194 m3/s Water is flowing at the rate of 12
b. 96 N d. 35 cm b. 0.812 m3/s m3/s in a 3 m wide rectangular
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c. 45 N c. 0.512 m /s channel. A hydraulic jump occurs
d. 65 N SITUATION #III: d. 0.412 m3/s and the depths of flow before and
A retaining wall 8 m high supports after the jump are 1.0 m and 1.1 m
SITUATION #II: cohesionless soil having a dry 11. Which of the following most respectively. The length of reach of
Soil investigation on the site gave
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density of 1600 kg/m ,angle of nearly gives the flow in pipe 2? jump is 5 m.
the following information. Topsoil up resistance 33° and void ratio of 0.60. a. 0.356 m3/s 16. Which of the following most
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to a depth of 10.60 m is fine sand, The surface of the soil is horizontal b. 0.512 m /s nearly gives the headloss after the
and below this lies soft clay layer of and level with the top of the wall. c. 0.612 m3/s jump?
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7.6 m thick. The water table is at Neglecting wall friction and using d. 0.541 m /s a. 0.04167 m
4.60 m below the ground surface. Rankine’s formula for active b. 0.1825 m
The submerged unit weight of sand pressure of a cohesionless soil. 12. Which of the following most c. 0.1821 m
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is 10.40 kN/m , and wet unit weight 7. Determine the nearest value of nearly gives the flow in pipe 3? d. 0.8124 m
above water table is 17.60 the total earth thrust on the wall in a. 0.014 m3/s
kN/m3.The water content of normally KN per lineal meter if the soil is dry. b. 0.142 m3/s 17. Which of the following most
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consolidated clay is 40% and its a. 148 kN c. 0.631 m /s nearly gives the slope of the energy
liquid limit is 45%. Unit weight of b. 162 kN d. 0.058 m3/s gradeline?
3 a. 0.0008
solid soils is 27.8 kN/m . The c. 174 kN
d. 121 kN b. 0.0083

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c. 0.0124 22. Which of the following most SITUATION #X: 32. Which of the following gives
d. 0.00091 nearly gives the total hydrostatic The following data shows the results the total vertical stress at the
force acting on the wall? of the sieve analysis of two soil bottom?
18. Which of the following most a. 147 kN samples A and B. a. 384 kPa
nearly gives value of roughness b 135 kN. Sieve Percent Passing b. 285 kPa
coefficient? c. 118 kN no. Opening(mm) A B c. 395 kPa
a. 0.002 d. 182 kN #4 4.76 90 100 d. 145 kPa
b. 0.020 #8 2.38 64 98
c. 0.017 23. Which of the following most 33. Which of the following gives
#10 2.0 58 90 the effective vertical stress at the
d. 0.020 nearly gives the tension in the
bottom hoop? #25 0.71 30 72 bottom?
SITUATION #VII: a. 60 kN #60 0.25 22 45 a. 198 kPa
A cylindrical tank 4 mφ and 6m high b. 30 kN b. 188 kPa
#100 0.149 10 25
is filled with water. c. 27 kN c. 176 kPa
#200 0.074 4 0 d. 154 kPa
19. which of the following most d. 52 kN
nearly gives the volume remained in
the tank when tilted, the water at the 24. Which of the following most 28. Which of the following most SITUATION #XII:
bottom will only occupy half of the nearly gives the location of the nearly gives the uniformity For the given data in the figure
base? hydrostatic force measured from the coefficient for soil A. shown below.
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a. 16 m bottom? a. 12 water surface
b. 24 m3 a. 0.62 m b. 15
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c. 18 m b. 0.96 m c. 10 d
sand
d. 20 m3 c. 0.89 m d. 8
d. 0.45 m H2 h
k2
20. Which of the following most 29. Classify the soil A using USCS silt H
nearly gives the height of remaining SITUATION #IX: method. k1 H1
water in an upright position? The mass of glycerin is 500 kg with a. well graded sand
3 D
a. 1.27 m a total volume of 0.315 m . b. well graded gravel
b. 2.51 m 25. Compute the total weight in c. poorly graded sand
c. 3.15 m kN. d. poorly graded gravel Porous stone
d. 4.14 m a. 3.451
b. 4.905 30. Classify the soil B using USCS
Graduated
21. If the tank will be rotated about c. 5.124 method. cylinder
its vertical axis, which of the d. 6.012 a. well graded sand
following most nearly gives the b. well graded gravel silt
angular velocity so that the depth at 26. Compute the unit weight in c. poorly graded sand sand
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the center is zero? kN/m d. poorly graded gravel d
a. 33.71 rpm a. 17.232
D
b. 22.14 rpm b. 15.571 SITUATION #XI:
c. 15.62 rpm c. 18.621 Saturated clay having a thickness of -4
d. 10.15 rpm d. 14.213 20 m has a void ratio of 0.78 and a k1 = 2.36 x 10 ft/min , H1 = 0.2 ft
specific gravity of 2.7. k2 = 2.7 x 10-3 ft/min , H2 = 0.3 ft
SITUATION #VIII: 27. Compute the mass density in 31. Which of the following gives h = 1.25 ft
3 d = 1.5 inches diameter
A vertical tank 2 m diameter at a top kg/m the saturated unit weight of clay?
and 4 m diameter at the bottom is a. 1945.23 a. 18.95 kN/m
3 D = 4 inches diameter
filled with water. The tank is 3m b. 1762.40 b. 19.18 kN/m3
c. 1742.30 3
high and held in position by two c. 21.56 kN/m
hoops, one at a top and one at the d. 1587.30 d. 22.12 kN/m3
bottom.
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34. Which of the following most Unified Soil Classification System

nearly gives the total amount of flow Major Divisions Group Typical Names Laboratory Classification Criteria
of water through the soil? Symbols
a. 3.09 x 10-5 ft3/min GW Well graded Cu greater than 4:Cc

5 to 12 percent __--------------------- Borderline case requiring dual symbols

-2 3 gravels,gravel- between 1 and 3

Clean Gravels
(more than half of the coarse fraction is larger than
b. 2.06 x 10 ft /min

(Littles or No

Determine the percentage of sand and gravel from grain-size curve.Depending on percentage of fines(fraction
sand mixture,little
c. 1.12 x 10-4 ft3/min

fines)
or no fines
-4 3
d. 2.01 x 10 ft /min Poorly graded Not meeting all
GP gravels,gravel gradation for GW
sand mixtures,
35. Which of the following most little or no fines

smaller than No.200 sieve size) coarse grained soil are classified as follows:
nearly gives the equivalent

No.4 sieve size)

Atterberg

(More than half of material is larger than No.200 sieve size)

coefficient of flow kf? d limits below

Gravels with fines(Appreciable

Gravels
“A” line or Above “A”
a. 2.814 x 10-4 ft/min Silty

Less than 5 percent --------------------------GW,GP,SW..SP

P.I less than line with P.I
-4 GM gravels, 4 between 4
b. 3.886 x 10 ft/min

More than 12 percent ---------------- GM,GC,SM,SC

amount of fines)
u gravels- and 7 are
c. 5.129 x 10-4 ft/min sand-silt border line
-4 mixtures cases
d. 4.812 x 10 ft/min requiring the
GC Clayey gravel- Atterberg
limits above use of dual
sand -mixtures

Coarse-Grai Soils
“A” line or symbols
P.I greater
36. Which of the following most than 7
nearly gives the total volume of flow
which percolates after 55 minutes?
a. 320 cm3 SW Well-graded Cu greater than 6; Cc
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b. 174 cm sands,gravelly between 1 and 3

(more than half of the coarse fraction is

(little or more
Clean sands
c. 210 cm3 sand,little or no

fines)
smaller than No. 4 sieve size)
d. 115 cm3 fines
Not meeting all gradation
Poorly graded
SP sands,gravelly requirements for SW
sand,little or no
ANSWER KEY: fines

Sands
d Silty Atterberg Limits
SM u sands,s limits below plotting in
1. D 16. A 31. B

fines(Appreciable
amount of fines)
“A” line or hatched
and silt
2. B 17. B 32. A

Sands with
P.I less than zone with
mixtures 4 P.I between
3. A 18. C 33. B Clayey Atterberg 4 and 7 are
4. B 19. A 34. C SC sands,sand clay limits above
“A” line or
border line
cases
5. A 20. A 35. C mixtures
P.I greater requiring the
6. B 21. A 36. B than 7 use of dual
symbols
7. A 22. A ML Inorganic silt and very fine sands,rock

than 50)
(Liquid limit less
Silt and Clays
8. C 23. D

(more than half of material is smaller that

flour, silty or clayey fine sand or clayey
silts with slight plasticity
9. D 24. C CL Inorganic clays of low to medium
10. A 25. B plasticity ,gravelly clays,sandy clays,silty
clays,lean clays
11. A 26. B

No.200 sieve size)

Fine grained soils

12. D 27. D OL Organic silts and organic silty of low
plasticity
13. A 28. B
14. D 29. A MH Organic silts,micaceous or diatomaceous

50)
greater than
(Liquid limit
Silt and clays
fine sandy or silty soils,elastic silts
15. C 30. C CH Inorganic clays of high plasticity,fat clays

OH Organic clays of medium to high

plasticity,organic silt

Pt Peat and other highly organic soils