a. 10.17 m b. 10.

95
c. 10.63 d. 11.17

7. A tank containing 0.6 m deep of water is

transported by an elevator. What is the
pressure at the bottom of the tank when
the elevator accelerates 2 m/s/s
downward?

a. 7.09 kPa b. 4.69

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c. 6.32 d. 5.25
8. A straight pipeline having a diameter of
0.15 m and roughness coefficient n =
0.015 conveys water. If the total head
lost per kilometer length of pipe is 6 m,
estimate the discharge.

a. 0.01004 b. 0.01136
1. Convert 1 atm to mmHg. Specific gravity c. 0.01023 d. 0.01065
of mercury is 13.56.
9. A rectangular canal 3.2 m wide and 1.2 m
a. 750 b. 780 deep has a full capacity of 8.5 cubic
c. 740 d. 760 meters per second. Assuming n = 0.015,
what is the slope of the channel bed?
2. A mercury barometer at the top of a
mountain reads 700 mmHg and at the same a. 0.00506 b. 0.00283
time the barometer at its base reads 800 c. 0.00081 d. 0.00182
mmHg. Assuming that the unit weight of
air is 12 N/cubic meter and the specific Situation: An open cylindrical tank 1.70 m in
gravity of mercury is 13.6, what is the diameter and 2.10 m tall os two-thirds full
approximate height of the mountain? of water. The tank is rotated about its own
vertical axis at the rate of 90 rpm.
a. 1136 m b. 1268
c. 1112 d. 1025 10. What is the height of the paraboloid?

a. 2.58 m b. 3.27
3. The density of a mud is given by 𝛾 = 10 +
c. 2.87 d. 3.65
0.5ℎ, where 𝛾 is in Kn/cubic meter and h
is in meters. Determine the pressure in 11. Determine the volume of water spilled.
kPa at a depth of 5 m.
a. 1.524 b. 1.854
a. 56.25 kPa b. 58.65 c. 1.241 d. 1.648
c. 62.50 d. 60.15
12. For the same depth of water of 1.4 m,
4. A vertical square plate 1.20 m in each what height of the tank is required to
side is submerged half in oil and half in avoid spilling any water?
water. If the top of the plate is flushed
with the oil surface, what is the ratio a. 2.963 m b. 2.690
of the force of water to oil? Specific c. 3.026 d. 2.878
gravity of oil is 0.80.
Situation: A trapezoidal canal has bottom
a. 3.00 b. 3.25 width of 5 m and side slopes 2H to 1V. The
c. 3.75 d. 3.50 flow is 30 cubic m/s when the depth is 1.20
m. Use n = 0.013.

5. An iceberg floats in seawater with 500 13. Calculate the specific energy of flow.
cubic meters of ice above the water
surface. If the specific gravity of a. 2.22 m b. 1.46
c. 1.78 d. 2.58
seawater is 1.02 and of ice is 0.92, what
is the total volume of ice? 14. What is the slope of channel bed?
a. 5100 b. 5200 a. 0.00325 b. 0.00105
c. 5150 d. 5250 c. 0.00403 d. 0.00237
6. A ship having a displacement of 24000 15. Calculate the boundary shearing stress.
metric tons and a draft of 10.4 m in
ocean (spgr = 1.03) enters a harbor of a. 8.86 Pa b. 19.92
fresh water (spgr = 1). If the horizontal c. 12.56 d. 34.55
section of the ship at the waterline is
3000 sq m, what depth of fresh water is
required to float the ship?
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 Situation: Given the following soil a. 365.3 KN b. 424.9
properties: c. 288.9 d. 486.2

Specific gravity of solids = 2.67 25. Determine the increase in force on the
Void ratio = 0.45 wall if the soil is fully saturated with
Degree of saturation = 40% rain water.

16. Calculate the unit weight of the soil. a. 305.8 b. 352.6

c. 287.7 d. 421.2
a. 18.52 b. 19.28
c. 20.14 d. 19.63 26. What is the multiplier to 𝛾𝐵 𝑁! in
determining the ultimate bearing capacity
17. Dry unit weight of soil.
of a circular footing?
a. 18.57 b. 17.56
a. 0.3 b. 0.4
c. 18.06 d. 19.21 "
c. 0.5 d. ,1 − 0.2 # /

18. The unit weight of the soil when fully

saturated. 27. The condition that involves the formula
𝑒 > 𝐵/6 in determining the soil bearing
a. 20.45 b. 21.58 pressure in dams is based on which
c. 20.89 d. 21.11 concept?
19. What is the equivalent interest of money a. Centroid b. Middle Thirds
compounded monthly and money at 14% c. Kern d. Empirical Concepts
compounded continuously?

a. 13.29% b. 13.92% Situation: A 4-m diameter circular footing is

c. 12.93% d. 12.39% supporting a water tank. The total weight of
the footing, tank, and its content is 1.60
MN. Given the Boussinesq’s equation:
Situation: A confined aquifer has a hydraulic
conductivity of 35 m/day with a porosity of
𝜎$ = 𝑞 𝐼%
25%. The piezometric surface in two 1
observation wells 1000 m apart are at 𝐼% = 1 −
𝑁
elevation 75 m and 65 m, respectively from '
the common datum. The aquifer has an average 𝑟 & &
𝑁 = 7, / + 1:
thickness of 4 m and an average with of 4 km. 𝑧

20. Determine the nearest value to the rate 28. Determine the pressure at the base of
of water through the aquifer, in cubic the footing.
meters per day.
a. 127.3 kPa b. 136.9
a. 5500 b. 5200 c. 114.8 d. 142.8
c. 5600 d. 5800
29. Using the Boussinesq’s equation, what is
21. Determine the nearest value to the the increase in pressure at a depth of 4
seepage velocity in m/day. meters below the base of footing?

a. 1.4 b. 1.3 a. 32.5 kPa b. 36.2

c. 1.5 d. 1.2 c. 30.7 d. 28.4

30. Using the Boussinesq’s equation, at what

22. Determine the nearest value to the time depth below the base of footing is the
of travel from the head of aquifer to a increase in pressure equal to 1/6 the
point 4 km downstream, in days. pressure at the base of the footing?

a. 2667 b. 3077 a. 5.56 m b. 5.89

c. 2857 d. 3333 c. 6.32 d. 4.89

Situation: A 10m high retaining wall is

supporting a backfill of G = 2.65, e = 0.50,
w = 10%, internal angle of friction = 20
degrees.

23. Determine the active thrust on the wall

due to soil and water.

a. 317.7 KN b. 425.6
c. 467.3 d. 387.4

24. Determine the active thrust on the wall

due to soil only (dry soil).
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