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EVELYN HONE COLLEGE MANAGEMENT BOARD

SCHOO L OF APPLIE D AND HEALTH SCIEN CES
2023 TERM ONE

MID TERM ONE EXAMINATION

DIPLOMA LEVEL TWO
2022IN TAKE

CONST RUCTI ON MATERIAL TESTI NG

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EXTEN SION (A) - (B)

Instru ctions
1. Time allowed is two (2) hours
2. Write your Studen t Numbe r, National Registration Card Numbe r and
Stream (by circling) on the answer sheet
3. The paper contain s two (2) questio ns
4 . Answer ALL questio ns
5. Your work must be neat, sensible and clear
6. Read clearly and unders tand before you attemp t to answer any questio n
7. Write your Questi ons and Answers clearly on your answer booklets
8. Cell phones and progra mmabl e calcula tors are not allowed in the
examin ation room
9. Do not fold, te r remove any page in the answer booklet. Doing so will
result i §ngcl) qu · ified from the examination or losing marks

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DO TURN BEFOR E YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
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 (20 marks)
QUESTION ONE
State the objectives of the following tests

( @ 1. Moisture Content test - The objective of this test is to determine the

amount of water present in a soil expressed as a percentage of the
mass of dry soil.
/:-\2. Liquid Limit test ~ !he . Liquid. Limit tes~ pro:ides a .means of
rl j identifying and class1rymg fme grained cohesive soils especially when

C \/ also the plastic limit is known.

/ ... 3. Plastic Limit test - The Plastic Limit test is used together with the
Liquid Limit to determine the Plasticity Index which when plotted

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against the Liquid Limit on the plasticity chart provides a means of
classifying cohesive soils.
Linear Shrinkage test - The Linear Shrinkage test provides a way of

0 quant~fying the amount of shrinkage likely to be experienced by clay

material .
. Particle Size Distribution analysis - The Particle Size Distribution
analysis test is a necessary classification test for soils, especially
coarse soils, in that it presents the relative portions of different sizes
of particles. From this it is possible to determine whether the soil
consists of predominantly gravel, sand, silt or clay sizes and, to a
limited extent, which of these size ranges is likely to control the
engineering properties of the soil.
QUESTION TWO (20 marks)

a) Mr. Mukubonda while conducting the Particle Size Distribution analysis

test at Road Development Agency while conducting his practicals there
collected the following results:
ITEM TEST ONE TEST TWO

Mass of empty density bottle 120g 120g

Mass of density bottle with soil only 135g 152g

Mass of density bottle, soil and water 156g 156g

Mass of density bottle and water only 176g 175g
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1. Bulk Density - Thr H11lk lkn~ity is thf: ratio of the t,,r;il m;is~ to the
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2. Unit Weight - Thr Unit Wright is the mtio nf thr. rot;il Wf'Jf~ht (;J force)
to thr total nilumr.
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