ANSWER KEY by: Viloria

1.) It is a term used to refer to a rainfall design when it reaches high values of rainfall depth or intensity.

a. design rainfall b. building design

c. design storm d. rational method

2.) What are the characteristic elements of a rainstorm?

a. area, volume, discharge b. depth, duration, intensity

c. evapotranspiration d. length, width, depth

3.) As a statistical procedure is applied on annual maximum values, the probability of exceedance might be converted into

a. uniform period b. year-end return

c. return period in years d. medieval period

4.) It is referred together with the rain intensity by the critical values of the rain event.

a. time lapse b. time distribution

c. time duration d. all of the above

5.) It is the most preferable among the different methods for assessing a project rainfall.

a. IDF curves b. PMF curves

c. return period curves d. point of curvature

6.) What is the corresponding words for the abbreviation of IDF?

a. Intensity, Distribution, Frequency b. Intensify, Depth, Frequency

c. Intensity, Distribution, Frequently d. Intensity, Duration, Frequency

7.) It is a graphical representation of the probability that a given average rainfall intensity will occur.

a. Hydrograph b. Hyetograph

c. IDF curve d. Return Period

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8-10.) Solving:

Find the average intensity in in/sec for 10.5 year – 30 min design rainfall given that c = 96.6, e = 0.97, and f = 13.9.

c
i e 96.6 𝑖𝑛 1ℎ𝑟
Td  f 𝑖=
300.97 +13.9
= 2.36 (
ℎ𝑟 3600𝑠𝑒𝑐
) = 6.55𝑥10−4 𝑖𝑛/𝑠𝑒𝑐