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2015 - Nov Board Exam
2015 - Nov Board Exam
Problem 1: A vertical tube 3m Long with one and closed is inserted vertically
The term applied to fine fractions of the soil having a plasticity with the open end down, into a tank of water until the open end
index of 11 or more. is submerged to a depth of 1.0 m. Assume absolute atmospheric
A. Silty C. Peat pressure is 101.5 kPa. Neglecting vapor pressure, how far will the
B. Clayey D. Sandy
water level in the tube be below the level in the tank?
A. 0.787 m C. 0.348 m
Problem 2: B. 0.526 m D. 0.896 m
The characteristic of the soil when it has a liquidity index less
than zero. Problem 10:
A. Liquid C. Brittle Soil The pressure on a closed tank reads 58.86 kPa. What is the
B. Plastic D. Dense
equivalent height in terms of Mercury having a sp.gr of 13.6?
A. 0.78 m C. 0.348 m
Problem 3: B. 0.526 m D. 0.896 m
What is the difference of soil when it has a liquidity index of less
than one? Problem 11:
A. Brittle solid C. Dense The crest gate shown consists of a cylindrical surface of which AB
B. Liquid D. Plastic
is the trace, supported by a structural frame hinged at C. The
length of the gate is 10m. Compute the location of the resultant
Problem 4:
force horizontally from C. SEE H-11
What is the characteristic of soil when it has a liquidity index of
A. 5.22 m C. 6.25 m
greater than one? B. 8.61 m D. 9.30 m
A. Dense C. Brittle solid
B. Plastic D. Liquid
Problem 12:
A ship of 7064 sq. m horizontal cross-sectional area at the water
Problem 5:
line has a draft of 12.35m in the sea water when loaded to a
The following values were tabulated from a graph using USCS
capacity. In the fresh water at the entrance of Panama Canal, it
method of soil classification. D10 = 0.425. D25 = 0.90, D60 =
Is observed that the ship draws 12.6m sp. gr of sea water =
1.y7, D30 = 0.96, D75 = 2.6. What is the value of the sorting
1.03. Determine the ships displacement in cu. m for fresh water.
coefficient?
A. 60.633 cu. m C. 73.209 cu. m
A. 1.2 C. 0.42 B. 86.124 cu. m D. 79.458 cu. m
B. 1.7 D. 0.8
Problem 13:
Problem 6:
A wooden stick 3.2 cm sq and 3.6 m long is to be used for a
A trapezoidal masonry dam with a vertical upstream face is 6m
velocity float which is to stand vertically in the water. Wood
high, 0.6m at the top and 3m wide of the bottom. Wt. of concrete
weighs 500 kg/m3 and for lead 11.380 kg/m3. How many square
is 23.5 KN/m3. Compute the factor of safety against sliding if the
centimeters of sheet lead 0.08 cm thick must be tucked on the
coefficient of friction on the base is equal to 0.80. Consider the
sides of this stick so that only 10cm will project above the water
hydrostatic uplift.
surface.
A. 1.13 C. 2.80
A. 2153 sq. cm C. 1850 sq. cm
B. 2.05 D. 3.53
B. 2214 sq. cm D. 2097 sq. cm
Problem 7:
Problem 14:
A circular door having a diam. of 2.5m closes a horizontal duct
A rectangular scow 9m wide 15m long and 3.6m high has a draft
from a small diam. as shown. The center of the door is 4.5m
in seawater of 2.4m its center of gravity is 2.7m above the
below the dam’s water level. Assuming the unit of water is 9.79
bottom of the scow. Determine the initial metacentric height.
KN/m3. Compute the location of the center of pressure from the
A. 4.07 m C. 4.25 m
centroid of the door. SEE H-7 B. 2.81 m D. 3.94 m
A. 5.6 mm C. 8.7 mm
B. 9.2 mm D. 7.5 mm
Problem 15:
An open horizontal tank 2m high 2m wide and 4 long is full of
Problem 8:
water. How much water is spilled out when the tank is
A triangle having a base of 1.20 m and altitude of 1.8m wholly
accelerated horizontally at 2.45m/s2 in a direction with its
immersed in water. Its base of being in the surface and its plane
longest side?
vertical. If the triangle will be divided by a horizontal line through
A. 2 cu. m C. 6 cu. m
its center of pressure, find the ratio between the pressures on the B. 3 cu. m D. 4 cu. m
two areas of the triangle.
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 2.7
Problem 9:
Problem 16:
CIVIL ENGINEERING LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS NOVEMBER 2015
An unbalanced vertical force of 270N upward accelerates a Oil flows through a pipe having a diam. of 0.30m at a velocity of
volume of 0.044 m3 of water. If the water is 0.9m deep in a 2m/s. If the Reynold’s number is equal to 1400, compute the
cylindrical tank, what is the pressure at the bottom of the tank in viscosity of oil in stokes.
N/m ?
3
A. 3.25 stokes C. 2.54 stokes
B. 4.29 stokes D. 5.18 stokes
A. 12457 N/m 2
C. 10247 N/m 2
54. Compute the dry unit weight in kN/m3 if the water content is
Problem 46:
11%
The cross section of a right triangular channel is shown with a
A. 15.58 kN/m3 C. 18.48 kN/m3
coefficient of roughness n = 0.012. the rate of flow is 4 m3/s.
B. 16.28 kN/m3 D. 17.32 kN/m3
Calculate the critical depth. SEE H-46
55. Compute the void ratio of the soil sample
A. 3.459 m C. 0.329 m
A. 0.65 C. 0.53
B. 2.506 m D. 1.267 m
B. 0.76 D. 0.92
56. Compute the relative density of the soil sample
Problem 47:
A. 70% C. 53%
A channel has an optimum section of a trapezoidal canal. It is to B. 64% D. 45%
carry a discharge of 17 m3/s and a maximum velocity to prevent
scouring of 0.80 m/s. coefficient of roughness is 0.018. Compute Problem 56-58:
the section factor of the channel section. A sample of soft saturated clay has a volume of 100 cu. cm and
A. 1.23m C. 4.61 m weighs 175 g If the oven dry weight is 120 g.
B. 2.78 m D. 3.76 m
Problem 91: axial test was conducted on a clay sample with the following
A foundation footing is to support a column loading of 2250 kN. results
The building site is underlain by a thick stratum of sand. Tests on Chamber confining pressure = 110 kPa
soil samples obtained from the site indicate dry unit weights for Deviator stress at failure = 100 kPa
sand to be 16 kN/m3. The design calls for the footing to be
located 1 m below the ground level of the building. Preliminarily 98. Compute the consolidation undrained friction angle
design data indicates that a soil bearing pressure of 250 kPa can A. 18°21’ C. 0.516
be used. The modulus of vertical subgrade reaction which is B. 14°04’ D. 0.793
determined directly from a plate bearing test performed in the 99. Compute the pore water pressure developed on the clay
field at the planned location of the structure was found to be Kv specimen at failure
= 4.5 x 10 3 kN/m3. Estimate the foundation settlement. A. 52.48 kPa C. 53.50 kPa
B. 79.05 kPa D. 61.03 kPa
A. 15 mm C. 26 mm
B. 22 mm D. 18 mm 100. For the same clay specimen, what would have been the
deviator stress at failure if a drained test had been conducted
A rectangular footing 6m x 8m carries a vertical load of 12000 kN A. 194.68 kPa C. 210.66 kPa
B. 203.12 kPa D. 188.55 kPa
as shown on the figure. Unit weight of soil is 16 kN/m3 SEE H-92