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CE 602- ACHIEVEMENT EXAM B

Instructions:
A. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice using
No. 2 pencil only.
B. Write your solutions on the papers provided.
C. Borrowing of calculator is not allowed.
D. Once the examination has started, you are not allowed to leave the testing area.
E. Once finished, submit the questionnaire and your answer sheet.
F. If you think the correct answer is not in the choices, select letter “e”.

1. Water flows over a spillway and into a horizontal canal. If the water undergoes a jump, what is the
depth of flow after the jump?
a. Critical
b. Supercritical
c. Subcritical
d. Normal
2. It describes how easily a substance will vaporize (turn into a gas or vapor).
a. Volatility
b. Latent Heat of Vaporization
c. Vapor Pressure
d. Cavitation
3. It is the pressure exerted by water on the soil through which it percolates.
a. Seepage Pressure
b. effective pressure
c. total pressure
d. Neutral pressure
4. Due to remoulding of clay, the strength
a. remains constant
b. increases
c. decreases
d. is critical
5. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. Sand-Cone Method
b. Fall Cone Method
c. Rubber Balloon Method
d. Nuclear Method
6. The intermolecular attraction by which the elements of a body are held together.
a. Adhesion
b. Capillarity
c. Friction
d. Cohesion
SIT : A masonry dam(density =2500 kg/m3) is triangular in cross section with height of 24m and base width of 12m.
The height of water behind the vertical face is 20m. Use coefficient of friction between the soil and the base of the
dam to be 0.4. Assume that there is no hydrostatic uplift.
7. Calculate the factor of safety against overturning.
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 A. 2.16 B. 1.32 C. 1.28 D. 1.14

8. Calculate the location of the vertical reaction at the base of the dam from the heel in m.
A. 3.49 B. 4.29 C. 7.7 D. 8.4

9. Calculate the maximum intensity of pressure at the soil foundation.

A. 285.1 kPa B. 316.2 kPa C. 266.7 kPa D. 545.93 kPa
SIT : A circular plate with diameter 1.2 m was immersed vertically in water.
10. How far below the water surface is the top of the circular plate if the distance of center of pressure is 100 mm
from the center of gravity of the plate.
A. 0.2 m B. 0.1 m C. 0.3 m D. 0.4 m

11. What is the distance of the center of pressure from the free water surface?
A. 0.9 m B. 1 m C. 0.7 m D. 1.1 m

12. Determine the hydrostatic force in kN acting on the plate.

A. 9.2 kN B. 11.1 kN C. 10 kN D. 14.27 kN
SIT: In the figure BKT-104 the rectangular flashboard MN shown in cross section ( a = 5.4 m ) is pivoted at B.
M

a B

13. What must be the maximum height of B above N if the flashboard is on the verge of tipping when the water
surface rises to M?
A. 1.8 m C. 1.5 m
B. 1.7 m D. 1.6 m

14. If the flashboard is pivoted at the location determined above and the water surface is 1 m below M, what is
the horizontal reaction at B?
A. 62.30 kN/m C. 77.40 kN/m
B. 86.25 kN/m D. 95.12 kN/m

15. What is the reaction at N?

A. 15.23 kN/m C. 16.12 kN/m
B. 17.59 kN/m D. 19.75 kN/m

16. Benzene at 200C has a viscosity of 0.000651 Pa-s. What shear (Pa) is required to deform this fluid at
strain rate of 4900s-1
a. 5.77
b. 3.19
c. 1.67
d. 4.5
17. A pressure gage 7.0 m above the bottom of a tank containing a liquid reads 64.94 kPa; another gage
at height 4.0 m reads 87.53 kPa. Compute the mass density of the fluid in kg/m^3.
A. 767.58 C. 945
B. 753 D. 811
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 18. A water jet issues vertically from a nozzle. The water velocity as it exits the nozzle is 20 ft/s. Calculate how
high h the jet will rise?
A. 6.21 m B. 20.39 m C. 1.89 m D. 6.9 m
19. If DA = 20 cm, DB = 12 cm, and L = 1m, and if crude oil (S=0.90) is flowing at a rate of 0.06 m3/s as shown in
KKZ-02, determine the difference in pressure between sections A and B. Neglect head losses.

A. 19.8 kPa B. 13.5 kPa C. 22.1 kPa D. 16.3 kPa

20. A tank fitted with a manometer as shown in DDD-22. Determine the deflection of the manometer.
A. 5 cm B. 10 cm C. 15 cm D. 20 cm

Situation: Reservoir A and B have elevation 100m and 160m. Pump is installed near reservoir A to pump
water from A to B. The rate of flow is 650 L/s. The pipe has a length of 1000m with diameter of 600mm.
If C=120,
21. Compute the head loss using Hazen-Williams formula.
a. 8.19 m
b. 6.78 m
c. 14.51 m
d. 12.45 m
22. Compute the head supplied by pump.
a. 50.71 m
b. 75.28 m
c. 68.19 m
d. 45.06 m
23. Compute the horsepower required to pump the water to B if pump is 89% efficient.
a. 335.26 hp
b. 249.73 hp
c. 654.92 hp
d. 546.49 hp

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 Situation: A 1.5 m wide quarter circle gate shown is intended to hold 9 m of water. A force P is used to hold
the gate in place.

24. Determine the nearest value horizontal component of the hydrostatic force (kN).
a. 312
b. 369
c. 331
d. 392
25. Determine the nearest value vertical component of the hydrostatic force (kN).
a. 312
b. 369
c. 331
d. 392
26. Find the location of the hydrostatic force.
a. 1.44 m from the axis of the hinge, 7.60 m from the water surface
b. 1.44 m from the axis of the gate surface, 7.60 m from the water surface
c. 1.56 m from the axis of the hinge, 2.40 m from the bottom
d. 1.56 m from the axis of the gate surface, 2.40 m from the bottom
Situation: A trapezoidal channel is discharging at 20.40 cubic meter per sec with a base width of 6m and a
depth of 1.2m. The side slope is 2 horizontal to 1 vertical, n=0.014.
27. Compute the slope of energy grade line per kilometer.
a. 0.000942
b. 0.000000942
c. 0.942
d. 0.00942
28. Determine the specific energy (m)
a. 0.21
b. 0.61
c. 0.81
d. 1.21
29. Compute the average shearing stress on the boundary surface.
a. 8.20Pa
b. 0.0082Pa
c. 0.082 kPa
d. 8.20 kPa
SIT : Benzene flows through a 100 mm diameter pipe at any means and velocity of 3.0 m/sec. Specific gravity of benzene
is 0.88.
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 30. Determine the volume flow rate.
A.0.02356 m^3/sec B. 0.04 m^3/sec C. 0.0115 m^3/sec D. 0.055 m^3/sec

31. Determine the weight flow rate.

A. 0.250 kN/sec B. 0.15 kN/sec C. 0.203 kN/sec D. 0.18 kN/sec

32. Determine the mass flow rate.

A. 25.38 kg/sec B. 15.29 kg/sec C.18.35 kg/sec D. 20.7 kg/sec
SITUATION : The soil in a given layer has the following properties:
Moisture content = 10%; Specific gravity of soil solid = 2.65;
Void ratio = 0.61; Angle of internal friction = 31ᵒ
33. If the water table is not encountered during the observation, calculate the potential shear strength at a depth
of 3 m.
A. 53.28 kPa C. 45.67 kPa
B. 32.02 kPa D. 52.67 kPa

34. Compute the modified shear strength at 3 m depth if water table is was observed at the ground surface.
A. 30.16 kPa C. 18.12 kPa
B. 16.23 kPa D. 21.68 kPa

35. Compute the modified shear strength at 3 m depth if water table is was observed at the ground surface and the
soil has cohesion of 12.4 kPa.
A. 30.52 kPa C. 28.63 kPa
B. 42.56 kPa D. 34.08 kPa
36. For a constant laboratory permeability test on a fine sand, the following are given:
Length of specimen = 17 cm
Diameter of specimen =
5.5 cm
Constant head difference = 40 cm
Weight of water collected = 50 g
Duration of water collection = 12 sec

Find the hydraulic conductivity in cm/s.

A. 0.0653 C. 0.0745
B. 0.0665 D. 0.0791
37. A cohesive soil specimen has a shearing resistance equal to 28ᵒ and a cohesion of 32 kPa. If the maximum
shearing stress of the soil sample is 64 kPa, compute the lateral pressure in the cell for a failure.
A. 9.08 kPa C. 12.14 kPa
B. 15.67 kPa D. 21.33 kPa
38. Given the data of percent finer of a soil. Classify the soil by AASHTO method.
Sieve No. Percent Finer
4 92
10 85
40 71
200 56
LL = 35%
PI = 19%

A. A-4 C. A-6
B. A-5 D. A-7-6
39. Hydraulic gradient of an aquifer is 0.0004 and an average velocity of 1 m/day. A soil sample was tested in the
laboratory and found that the porosity is 15%. Estimate the hydraulic conductivity.
A. 400 m/day C. 375 m/day
B. 270 m/day D. 600 m/day
40. In constructing a raft foundation, the following activities are involved:
I. Ramming the foundation
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 II. Excavation of the soil up to required level.
III. Laying the reinforcement over the foundation bed
IV. Curing the cement concrete placed over the reinforcement.
V. Pouring the cement concrete over the reinforcement

Which of the following describes the correct work sequence?

A. I, II, III, IV, V C. II, I, III, V, IV
B. V, IV, III, II, I D. III, II, V, I, IV
41. The following is the curve-size distribution of a certain soil. Calculate the coefficient of gradation.

A. 0.903 C. 0.714
B. 1.800 D. 0.688
42. A consolidation test is carried out in clay sample of thickness 20mm. During the test the void ratio was
reduced from 0.80 to 0.70. The settlement (mm) that would occur is:
a. 1.23
b. 2.31
c. 1.11
d. 1.92
43. A cohesive soil deposit is considered soft if the unconfined compression strength, in kPa, is between
a. 6 to 24
b. 96 to 192
c. 48 to 96
d. 24 to 48
Situation: An excavation 5m depth is supported by a sheet pile. The sheet pile is extended 3.2 m below the
ground and the water table is at the bottom of the pile. Unit weight of soil is 1.91 g/cc. angle of friction
is 34°.
44. Which of the following most nearly gives the passive force?
a. 178.3 kN
b. 205.05 kN
c. 133.73 kN
d. 151.56 kN
45. Which of the following most nearly gives the passive force?
a. 274.9 kN
b. 339.38 kN
c. 308.84 kN
d. 397.07 kN
46. Which of the following most nearly gives the passive resistance to mobilize stability?

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 a. 388.2 kN
b. 456.7 kN
c. 548.04 kN
d. 502.37 kN
Situation: From the laboratory result of a sample taken from the field, the total volume of wet sample is 1 x
10-3 m3 and weight of wet sample is 1.80 kg. Water content is 10%. Gs=2.60, emax=0.64 and emin=0.42.
47. Which of the following most nearly gives the dry unit weight?
a. 1390.91 kg/m3
b. 1636.36 kg/m3
c. 1963.63 kg/m3
d. 1800.46 kg/m3
48. Find the void ratio.
a. 0.59
b. 0.68
c. 0.44
d. 0.50
49. Find the relative density.
a. 25.79 %
b. 27.41 %
c. 20.67 %
d. 23.23 %
Situation: For the flow net shown below, (k = 1 × 10−5m/s , γsat = 19 KN/m3 )

50. Which of the following gives the effective stress (kPa) at point A.
a. 133
b. 126
c. 100
d. 88

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