Solve the following problems completely. Show your Situation 2. A 800 mm Ø main carrying 2.

4 m^3/s
solution. Encircle your answer from the given
choices.
1. A contractor estimates that he could finish
in 15 days if he has 20 men. At the start,
he hired 10 men then after 6days, 10 more
men are added. How many days was the project
delayed?
branches into two pipelines between points A and
B, one 1200 m long with a diameter of 450mm and
one 1350m long with diameter of 600mm. Both pipes
come together at point B and continuers as a
single 800mm Ø pipe. Assuming values of “f” equal
to 0.022, 0.033 and 0.024 respectively for the 800
mm, 600mm and 450 mm diameter pipe.

A. 5 C. 6
B. 3 D. 4

2. A nutritionist in a hospital is arranging

special diets that consist of a combination
for three basic foods. It is important that
patient on this diet consume exactly 310
units of calcium, 190 units of Iron, and
250 units vitamin A each day. The amounts
of these nutrients in one once food are 7. Determine the rate of flow of the 450 mm pipe.
given in the following table.
A) 0.91 m^3/s
Units per Ounce B) 1.49 m^3/s
Calcium Iron Vitamin A C) 1.29 m^3/s
Food A 30 10 10 D) 1.11 m^3/s
E) NOTA
Food B 10 10 30
Food C 20 20 20 8. Determine the rate of flow of the 600mm pipe.
How many ounces each food must be used to
satisfy the nutrient requirements exactly? A) 1.49 m^3/s
A. 6ounces of Food A, 5 ounces of Food B B) 0.91 m^3/s
and 3 ounces of Food C. C) 1.11 m^3/s
D) 1.29 m^3/s
B. 3 ounces of Food A, 5 ounces of Food B
E) NOTA
and 6 ounces of Food C.
C. 6 ounces of Food A, 3 ounces of Food B Situation3. A triangular plate whose base is
and 5 ounces of Food C 0.75m and height of 1m is placed vertically in
D. 6 ounces of Food A, 3 ounces of Food B water such that its base is parallel and
and 6 ounces of Food C. coincidence with the water surface.
3. The formula log(1-k) = -0.3/H models
9. Which of the following most nearly gives the
between the half-life H of a radioactive
location of the force acting on one side of the
material and its rate of decay k. Find the
plate from the water surface?
rate of decay of the iodine isotope 1-131
if its half-life is 8days. Round to four A. 0.17
decimal places. B. 0.50
A. 0.1827 C. 0.0627 C. 0.88
B. 0.3827 D. 0.0827 D. 1

10. Calculate the maximum force acting on one side

Situation 1. The strut shown in the Figure of the plate is at:
SDC-1 carries an axial load of P = 148kN.
A. 1.23kN
B. 2.34kN
C. 3.45kN
D. 4.56kN

Situation 2. An undisturbed 1200cm3 sample of

sand weighs 19.50N when dry. The specific
gravity of soil solids is known to be 2.73. The
void ratios at the maximum and minimum unit
weights were determined to be 0.43 and 0.92.

11. Calculate the dry unit weight of the sand?

A. 16.25kN/m3
4. Determine the bearing stress between the
pin and the strut: B. 18.73kN/m3

a. 462.5MPa b. 345.4MPa C. 13.95kN/m3

c. 285.3MPa d. 563.1MPa
D. 14.95kN/m3
5. Determine the shearing stress in the pin.
12. If the same sample will contain 20%
a. 286.21MPa b. 368.05MPa moisture, which of the following most nearly
c. 321.13MPa d. 736.09MPa gives its wet unit weight?

6. Determine the shearing stress in the A. 19.5kN/m3

bolts.
B. 22.48kN/m3
a. 159.37MPa b. 196.40MPa
c. 123.91MPa d. 167.32MPa C. 16.74kN/m3

D. 17.94kN/m3