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CE 602- ACHIEVEMENT EXAM C

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. A continuous line drawn through the fluid that is tangent to the velocity vector is _______.
a. Streamline
b. Velocity Trace
c. Streamtube
d. Flownets
2. For a given discharge in a horizontal frictionless channel two depths may have the same specific force.
These two depths are known as
a. Specific depths
b. Sequent depths
c. Normal and critical depth
d. Alternate depths
3. Compression of soil mass by expulsion of air from the voids under short duration, moving or vibratory
loads.
a. Consolidation
b. Compressibility
c. Compression
d. Compaction
4. In the capillary saturated zone, pore pressure is
a. Tensile
b. Compressive
c. Either tensile or compressive
d. Zero
5. The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, and in opposition to, external
forces like gravity.
a. Swelling
b. Capillary action
c. Surface Tension
d. Permeability
6. Those into which water seeps from the ground surface directly above the aquifer.
a. Confined aquifers
b. Sands
c. Unconfined aquifers
d. Clays
7. An empty balloon and its equipment weigh 50 kg, is inflated to a diameter of 6m with a gas density of
0.6 kg/cu.m. What is the maximum weight of cargo (kg) that can be lifted on this balloon? If air density
is assumed constant at 1.2 kg/cu.m
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 a. 17.86
b. 12.88
c. 15.89
d. 10.89
8. Gate AB in the figure is 6ft wide and weighs 2000 lb when submerged. It is hinged at B and rest against a
smooth wall at A. Determine the water level h (ft) which will just cause the gate to open.

a. 3.55
b. 1.45
c. 1.89
d. 5.32
9. For the gate shown in raised position weighs 350 lb for each foot normal to the paper. Its center of gravity
is 1.5 ft from the left face and 2ft above the lower surface, determine the value of h (ft) so that the gate
will be stable.

a. 0.88
b. 0.68
c. 1.45
d. 1.89
10. A drainage pump has inlet as a vertical pipe with a tapered section, which is filled with water as shown in
the following figure. Diameters at ends of the tapered inlet are 1.2m and .06m respectively. The pipe is
running full of water. The free water surface is 2.8 m above the center at the inlet and center at upper end
is 2m above the top at the free surface. The pressure at the upper end of the pipe is 28cm of Hg and the
head loss between two sections is 1/10 of the velocity head at top section. Find the discharge (m3/s) of
water in the pipe.
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 a. 1.48 cu.m
b. 1.62 cu.m
c. 1.74 cu.m
d. 1.92 cu.m
11. A fireman has to put out a fire but is blocked by a fire wall. To reach over the wall, he directed the water
jet from the nozzle at an angle of 30 deg to the horizontal. Evaluate the velocity of the water, in meters/sec,
leaving the nozzle of his hose to reach over the wall if the stands 30 meters away from the wall and the
wall is standing 2 m higher than the nozzle of the hose, Neglect friction in the jet.
a. 16.8
b. 20.6
c. 18.2
d. 19.6
12. A barge weighing 350 kN when empty, is 6 m wide, 15 m long, and 3 m high. Floating upright, evaluate
the draft of the barge, in meters, when transporting 5000 bags of cement along the river, each bag having
a mass of 40 kg. Assume the specific gravity of the water in the river to be 1.02.
a. 1.38
b. 2.57
c. 2.01
d. 1.67
13. A ship having a displacement of 20 000 metric tons enters a harbor of fresh water. The ship captain
recorded a draft of 8.4 m while the ship was still in seawater (specific water = 1.03). Obtain the draft, in
meters, of the ship in fresh water if the horizontal section of the ship below the waterline is 3000 m2 in
both instances.
a. 8.75
b. 7.78
c. 9.54
d. 8.59

Situation: Two identical spheres (R=0.62 m) that are connected by flexible cable whose weight is negligible
float in water. They weigh 4 kN and 12 kN respectively.

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 14. Find the tension in the rope.
a. 2.21 kN
b. 3.53 kN
c. 1.81 kN
d. 2.49 kN
15. Find the volume of 4 kN sphere above water surface.
a. 0.2253 cu.m
b. 0.4336 cu.m
c. 0.3653 cu.m
d. 0.3113 cu.m
16. Find the depth of water on 4 kN sphere.
a. 1.633 m
b. 1.961 m
c. 1.330 m
d. 1.118 m
Situation: In the figure the rectangular flashboard MN shown in cross section ( a = 5.4 m ) is pivoted at B.
M

a B

17. 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
b. 1.5 m
c. 1.7 m
d. 1.6 m
18. 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?
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 a. 86.25 kN/m
b. 77.40 kN/m
c. 62.30 kN/m
d. 95.12 kN/m
19. What is the reaction at N?
a. 15.23 kN/m
b. 19.75 kN/m
c. 16.12 kN/m
d. 17.59 kN/m
Situation: A hydroelectric plant shown in FIG. HYDROPLANT-001 has a difference in elevation from head
water to tail water of H = 50 m and a flow Q = 5 m³/s of water through the turbine. The turbine shaft
rotates at 180 rpm, and the torque in the shaft is measured to be T 1.16 10 N ∙ m. Output of the
generator is 2100 kW.

20. Determine the reversible power (kW) for the system.

a. 3402.5
b. 2105.5
c. 2452.5
d. 2945.5
21. Determine the irreversibility, or losses, (kW) in the system.
a. 315.5
b. 342.5
c. 320.5
d. 352.5
22. The efficiency of the turbine.
a. 84.2%
b. 96.2%
c. 89.2%
d. 91.2%
23. The efficiency of the generator.
a. 84%
b. 96%
c. 89%
d. 91%
24. The permeameter in a permeability test setup involves a soil sample 200 mm diameter and a length
of 300 mm. The height of water is kept constant at 400 mm. In a duration of 4 mins, water was
collected in the graduated flask having a volume of 420 cu. cm. Determine the coefficient of
permeability in percent.
a. 0.523
b. 0.628
c. 0.418
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 d. 0.391
25. 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
26. Refer to the soil profile shown in figure below. How many meters must the ground water table rise to
decrease the effective stress by 15 KN/m2 at the bottom of the clay layer?

a. 1.345
b. 2.322
c. 1.677
d. 1.788
27. A levee runs North-South about 2 kilometers and its cross-section is shown below. Laboratory tests
indicate that the permeability of the 80-year old levee is 0.30 m/day.

What is the volume of water lost through the levee along each kilometer in cubic meter per day?
a. 4140
b. 2070
c. 2300
d. 4600
28. A 3-m thick, doubly-drained saturated stratum of clay is under a surcharge loading that underwent
90% consolidation in 75 days. Find the coefficient of consolidation c of this clay in cm2/s. Time
Factor, Tv = 0.848 for 90% consolidation.
a. 0.00294 cm2/s
b. 0.00356 cm2/s
c. 0.01178 cm2/s
d. 0.01365 cm2/s

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Situation: The soil profile at a site consists of 4.2m sand underlain by clay. The ground water table is located
2m below the surface of a sand layer. Average void ratio of sand is 0.52. Water content of clay 42% and
the degree of saturation of sand above water table is 37%. Assume Gs=2.65.
29. Compute the unit weight of clay
a. 19.82 kN/m3
b. 17.47 kN/m3
c. 18.62 kN/m3
d. 16.20 kN/m3
30. Compute the total pressure 10m below the ground surface.
a. 183.02 kPa
b. 160.25 kPa
c. 140.53 kPa
d. 153.62 kPa
31. Compute the effective pressure 10m below the ground surface.
a. 104.54 kPa
b. 96.52 kPa
c. 115.62 kPa
d. 108.36 kPa
Situation: A test well was drilled down until it reached the impermeable layer which is 27 meters below the
water table. Water is then pumped from it at a uniform rate of 69 liters per second for 24 hours. Two
observation wells located at 65 m and 95 m from the said test well show drawdown of 1.1 m and 0.5 m
respectively.
32. Find the coefficient of permeability in m/day.
a. 36.91
b. 40.63
c. 22.90
d. 19.47
33. Find the transmissibility of aquifer in m2/day.
a. 996.57
b. 1097.01
c. 618.30
d. 525.69
Situation: Dry soil with Gs = 2.7 is mixed with water to produce 20% water content and compacted to produce
a cylindrical sample of 40 mm diameter and 80mm long with 5% air content.
34. Mass of the mixed (g) soil that will be required.
a. 199.87
b. 134.66
c. 210.78
d. 100.98
35. The void ratio of the sample.
a. 0.62
b. 1.42
c. 0.55
d. 2.23
Situation: The results of a standard Compaction test are shown in the table below:

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 36. Determine the optimum moisture content.
a. 13.98%
b. 14.58%
c. 11.5%
d. 10.86%
37. What is the dry unit weight (kN/m3) at 95% relative compaction?
a. 15.36
b. 17.48
c. 16.42
d. 18.12
38. Determine the degree of saturation at maximum dry density.
a. 85%
b. 71%
c. 100%
d. 92%
Situation: The drained angle of internal friction of normally consolidated clay is equal to 27O. The following
are the results of a consolidated undrained test conducted on a sample of clay.
Chamber confining pressure = 120 kPa
Deviator stress = 80 kPa
39. Determine the consolidated undrained angle of internal friction.
a. 15.83°
b. 14.48°
c. 16.71°
d. 14.03°
40. Determine the pore water pressure (KPa) developed in the clay specimen at failure.
a. 61.05
b. 66.32
c. 69.11
d. 71.89
41. If the drained test was conducted instead of an undrained test with the same chamber confining
pressure, what would have been the maximum principal stress at failure (KPa)?
a. 311.09
b. 325.13
c. 319.55
d. 304.87

Situation: A vertical retaining wall 6 m. high retains a horizontal backfill having the following properties.
Void ratio = 0.60
Sp. gr. = 2.60
Water content = 24%
Angle of internal friction = 25˚

42. Compute the magnitude if the active force acting on the wall if the water table is on the ground
surface which is on level with the top of the wall.
a.) 284.23 kN/m
b.) 263.84 kN/m
c.) 248.27 kN/m
d.) 221.74 kN/m

43. Compute the magnitude of the active force acting on the wall if the water table is lowered at a depth
of 3 m. from the ground surface.
a.) 163.85 kN/m
b.) 195.71 kN/m
c.) 149.42 kN/m
d.) 200.33 kN/m
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 44. Compute the magnitude of the active force on the wall if the water table is at the bottom of the wall.
a.) 123.84 kN/m
b.) 186.27 kN/m
c.) 163.44 kN/m
d.) 144.48 kN/m

Situation: A braced sheet pile for an open cut in a stiff clay is shown. In the plan, the struts are placed at a
spacing of 4m center to center.

Soil Properties
Ø = 35O Ɣ = 17.29 kN/m3 qu = 96 kN/m2

45. Determine the strut load at A in KN.

A. 372.19 B. 367.63 C. 369.03 D. 361.45

46. Determine the strut load at B in KN.

A. 525.18 B. 518.52 C. 534.13 D. 511.25

47. Determine the strut load at C in KN.

A. 369.73 B. 387.74 C. 357.28 D. 367.63

SITUATION- Following are the details for the backfill material used in a vibrofloatation project:
0.36 , 0.52 , 1.42 .
48. Determine the suitability number.
a. 6.1 b. 11.5 c. 22.3 d. 32.4

49. What would be its rating as a backfill material?

a. Excellent b. Fair c. Good d. Poor

50. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers the soil as sand if its grain size diameter is:
a. 2mm – 0.06mm c. 2mm – 0.05mm
b. 2mm – 0.075mm d. 4.75mm – 0.075mm

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