ROCK MECHANICS

1. It is the theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behavior of rock masses. a
a. Rock mechanics c. Soil mechanics
b. Geo-mechanics d. Structural geology
2. It is concerned with the mechanical responses of all geological materials including soil. c
a. Mineral mechanics c. Geo-mechanics
b. Rock mechanics d. Soil mechanics
3. The concept that used to describe the intensity of internal forces set up in a body under the influence of a set of c
applied surface force.
a. Force c. Stress
b. Strain d. Movement
4. It defines the shear stress components vanish, that is possible to select a particular orientation for a plain such that d
it is subject to normal stress.
a. Stress Transformation c. Principal Stress
b. Stress Invariance d. Principal Plane
5. The way to describe qualitatively in which stress and strain are related in a material under load. a
a. Constitutive Behavior c. Poisson’s ratio
b.
Elasticity d. stress
6. It ranks second to isotropic elasticity in the degree of expression of elastic symmetry in the material behavior. b
a. Transverse isotropic elasticity c. Modulus of Rigidity
b. Modulus of elasticity d. Poisson’s ratio
7. The term used to describe the intact rock between discontinuities. c
a. Rock Mass c. rock material
b. Aperture d. filling material
8. It is the total in situ medium containing bedding planes, faults, joints and other structural feature. c
c. rock
a. Rock material mass
b. d.
Lithology structure
9. It is the nature and distribution of structural features within the rock mass. d
a. Stress c. rock material
b. Geologic features d. Rock structure
10. The fractures on which identifiable shear displacement has taken place. b
a. Spacing c. Persistence
b. Faults d. discontinuity
11. The perpendicular distance between adjacent discontinuities. d
a. Dip c. Strike
b. Dip d.
angle Spacing
12. Term used to describe the aerial or size of a discontinuity with a plane. c
a. Aperture c. Persistence
b. Aerial photo d. Stereo net
13. The distance range of discontinuity spacing which is considered as extremely close spacing. d
a. 20 -60 mm. c. 50 -200 mm.
b 60-200 mm. d. 60-200 mm.
14. The distance range of discontinuity spacing which is considered as very wide spacing. b
c. <20
a. 10 -25 mm. cm.
d. <20
b. 10 -20 mm. mm.
15. The distance range used of discontinuity spacing which is considered as extremely close spacing. b
a. 200-6000 mm. c. 2500-3000 mm.
b. 200-600 mm. d. >6000
16. It pertains to the surface unevenness and waiveness of the discontinuity relative to its mean plane. b
 a. Contour Line c. Persistence
b. Roughness d. Texture
17. The distance separating the adjacent rock walls of an open discontinuity in which the intervening space is filled c
with air or water.
c.
a. Filling Aperture
d.
b. Dip Spacing
18. The term used to describe material separating the adjacent rock walls of discontinuities. a
c.
a. Filling Intrusion
b. Vein d. Contact rocks
19. It is the formation of planes of separation in the rock
material. 0 . c
a. Bedding plane c. fracture
b. Filling d. Rock mass
20. When the rock reach its maximum stress, usually averaged over a plane, the rock can sustain under a given set of b
conditions
c.
a. Yield effective
b. Strength d. Stress
21. It is the basic technique used in mapping surface of underground exposures. c
a. Structural mapping c. Scan-line survey
b. Scan-line mapping d. Stereo netting
22. Set of line on the surface of the rock mass, and the survey consists of recording data for all discontinuities that a
intersect the scan line along its
length.
a. Scan-
line c. RMR data
b. Structural data d. MRMR data
23. A most reliable way of exploring the interior of a rock mass prior to mining. c
a. Geochemistry c. Core drilling
b. Geo-statistics d. Geophysics
24. The intersection of the plane and surface of the plane b
a. Semi-circle c. node
b. Great circle d. pole
25. A line perpendicular to the plane and passing through center of the sphere at two diametrically opposite points is a
called ________ of the plane.
a. Poles c. nodes
b. Projection d. zenith
26. It is the process by which sudden loss of strength occurs across a plane following little or no permanent
deformation. b
a. Ductile c. Deformation
d.
b. Brittle fracture Failures
27. When rock can sustain further permanent deformation without losing load carrying capacity, this rock is
experiencing d
a. Effective stress c. failure
b. Strength d. ductile deformation
28. It is the stress, which governs the gross mechanical response of a porous material. a
a. Effective stress c. Effective strain
d.
b. Pore pressure porosity