BOARD EXAM REVIEW

AREA II
BSABE IV
 1. Evapotranspiration in an 5 ha farm is 7 mm/day and percolation losses is 2
mm/day. What is the design discharge of a canal to be able to deliver a 5-day
requirement of the farm in 24 hours if irrigation efficiency is 75%?

a. 125 m3/hr c. 175 m3/hr

b. 145 m3/hr d. 185 m3/hr

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 2. How much water should be applied to a 10 ha farm where the rooting
depth is 80 cm if it is in its permanent wilting point? Volumetric moisture
contents are 0.13 and 0.32 for permanent wilting point and field capacity,
respectively.

a. 7,300 m3 c. 15,200 m3
b. 6,120 m3 d. 12,620 m3

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 3. What is the depth of water in a trapezoidal channel with a side slope of 2
and carrying a 2.8 m3/s water flow? The channel’s bottom width is 1.4
meters and the flowing water has a velocity of 0.8 m/s.

a. 0.86 m c. 1.02 m
b. 0.98 m d. 1.08 m

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 4. How many sprinklers with spacing of 8m x 8m are needed to irrigate a
rectangular piece of land 150 m x 200 m if the laterals are set parallel to the
longer side of the field?

a. 458 c. 468
b. 475 d. 469

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 5. A soil sample with a wet weight of 320g has a 28% water content on a
mass basis. It`s saturated water content is 36.2% on a mass basis. Assume
density of soil particles equals 2.65 g/cc.
a. Find the mass of water of the sample at 28% water content.
b. What is the porosity of the soil sample?

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 6. The field capacity and permanent wilting point of the soil has been determined
to be 31% and 13% respectively. It is desired that a corn field 75m by 70m be
irrigated up to a field capacity when ¾ of the available moisture has been depleted.
a. What is the moisture content of the soil when irrigation should start?
b. What is the depth of water (in cm) to be applied? (Depth of root zone is 82
cm)
c. If an irrigation pump is to deliver a discharge of 10.5 liters per sec, how many
hours, minutes and seconds are required to irrigate the whole area? ___ hrs,
___mins and ___s
.

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 7. A sharp-edged cylinder 7.5cm in diameter is carefully driven in to the soil so
negligible compaction occurs. A 13-cm column of soil is obtained. The fresh and dry
masses of the soil sample are 910.8g and 735.3g, respectively. Assume particle
density of the soil is 2.6 g/cc. Determine the following:
a. Apparent specific gravity
b. Percent porosity
c. Percent moisture content on a dry weight basis
d. Percent moisture content on a volume basis
e. Equivalent depth of water present within the soil column

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 8. What is the discharge in each sprinkler nozzle to irrigate a rectangular piece of
land 150m x 180m if the laterals are set parallel to the longer side of the field.
Sprinkler spacing is 6m x 6m, irrigation water requirement is 160 mm and irrigation
period is 6.5 hours.
a. 0.216 lps c. 0.246 lps
b. 0.372 lps d. 0.468 lps

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 9. Determine the irrigation interval for a farm with soil root zone having a field
capacity of 210 mm and a wilting point of 105 mm. Assume that the consumptive
use for August is 7.5 mm/day with no rainfall and the allowable moisture depletion
is 75%.
a. 12 days c. 10 days
b. 11 days d. 9 days

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 10. A flood flow of 560 m3/s was determined to have a 50% probability of
occurrence. What is its return period?

a. 2 years c. 20 years
b. 5 years d. 50 years

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