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101572020 Assessment Quiz Assessment Quiz This quiz is to assess your knowledge in soil mechanics Email address * delacruzcarlo830@gmail.com ‘Surname, First Name Middle Name * Dela Cruz, Carlo Aquino ID Number * 20171138 The ratio of volume of water to the volume of voids is: * © Moisture Content O Porosity © Degree of saturation © Void Ratio Opoints 2points hitpssdocs. google. comiformsi/Y219cAVNYuHvAcDpnxjo2KnMQwAs fogz ADF Ow Th2@leditresponse=ACYDBNITSmxDZxuBSXeyW-UnGOTLTO. 1s 101672020 Assessment Quiz The ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume. * 2 points O Void ratio © Porosity © Degree of saturation © Bulk density Which is not a soil characteristic that can be calculated from shrinkage limit? * 2 points © Shrinkage limit CO Shrinkage ratio © Volumetric change © Volumetric ratio The weight of water expressed as a percentage of the total dry weight of a soil material. 2 points O Dry density © Natural moisture weight CO Degree of saturation CO Void Ratio hitpssdocs. google. comiformsY219¢AVNYuHvAcOprajo2KnMQwAstfogz ADFSwTh2Bledirospanse=ACYDBNIT|4SRDZuBSXeyW-UNGOTLTO... 2/5 101672020 Assessment Quiz ‘Substances contain in soil sample such as water and solid are usually express in terms of 2 point ratios. The ratio of the mass of solids to the total volume is: * © Dry unit weight © drycensity © Wet unit weight © Mass density A soil sample having a mass of 3.75 kg and has a total volume of 0.0015m3. It has a 4 points moisture content of 28% and a specific gravity of solid soils is 2.71. Compute the void ratio. * © os © 0.189 © 0238 © 0.388 A saturated soil has a unit weight of 18.85 kN/m3 and a water content of 32.50%. 4 points determine the specific gravity of the soil. * O 427 © 247 O 7 @© 27% hitpssdocs. google. comiformsY219¢AVNYuHvAcOprajo2KnMQwAs tfogzADFSwTh2Bleditrespanse=ACYDBNIT|4SRDZuBSXeyW-UNGOTLTO... 315 101672020 Assessment Quiz The natural water content of a saturated sample clay is 400%. If the specific gravity of 4 point clay is 2.40. Compute the porosity (n) in %. * @ 90.57 © 93.280 © 88.37 © 72.60 For sand, the maximum and minimum possible void ratios were determined in the 4 point laboratory to be 0.94 and 0.33 respectively. Find the moist unit weight of sand in kN/m3 compacted in the field at a relative density of 60% and moisture content of 10%. Gs=2.65 * © 221 © 18.17 © 16.15 © 222 In the previous question, calculate the maximum and minimum dry unit weight in kN/m3 0 point that the sand can have. * © 20.44/14.30 © 12.6/15.60 © 19.55/13.40 O 22:55/17.20 hips: docs. google. comiformsY219¢AVNYuHvAcOprxjo2KnMQwAa tfogzADFSwTh2Bleditrospanse=ACYDBNIT|4SRDZuBSXeyW-UNGOTLTO... 4/5 101672020 Assessment Quiz Silt clay has a plastic limit of 25 and a plasticity index of 30. If the liquidity index is 0.33, 4 point what is the natural moisture content of soil in percent? * @© 34.90% © 31.20% © 28.40% O 26.82% Given a soil profile with 2 m top soil and has a bulk unit weight of 14 kN/m3. Underneath 0 points is clay with a bulk unit weight of 16kN/m3 and a saturated unit weight of 16 kN/m3 ‘Compute the total stress at a depth of 5 m when the ground water is located at 3m below ground surface. * © 86kPa © wwkera © 2a2kra O 72kP ‘This form was created inside of Urdaneta City University hitps:docs. google. comiformseY219¢AVNYuHvAcOprxjo2KnMQwAs tfogz ADFSwTh2Bledirospanse=ACYDBNIT|4SRDZuBSXeyW-UNGOTLTO.... 5/5

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