NOVEMBER 2022 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 5. A cubic tank is filled with 1.5 m of
each of the following questions. Mark only oil, sp gr 0.752. Find the force acting
one answer for each item by shading the box on the side of the tank, in kN, when the
corresponding to the letter of your choice acceleration is 4.9 m/s2 vertically
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO upward.
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. A. 12.4 C. 18.7
B. 9.30 D. 6.22
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or
A*B. A raised to the power n is 6. A turbine is rated at 450 kW when the
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 flow of water through it is 0.609 m3/s.
point each. Assuming an efficiency of 87%, what head
is acting on the turbine, in meters?
A. 75.3 C. 65.5
1. A water- filled bulb within a chamber is B. 90.8 D. 86.6
connected to the outside by two U- tube
manometers as shown in the figure. Situation 1. The cubic tank shown is half
Determine the gauge pressure (kPa) in full of water.
the bulb.
A. 102.8 C. 78.1
B. 85.7 D. 93.2

7. Find the pressure on the bottom of the

tank in kPa.
A. 37.4 C. 17.8
B. 14.7 D. 22.7
8. Calculate the force exerted by the
2. A symmetrical trapezoidal channel fluids on the tank wall in KN.
having sides sloping 1V:1.5H is laid on A. 69 C. 83
a slope of 0.00065 m. Calculate the B. 105 D. 124
hydraulic mean depth for a base width of 9. Determine the location of the center of
4.1 m, depth of flow is 1.6 m and n = pressure on the wall from the water
0.014? surface in meters.
A. 0.93 C. 1.17 A. 0.315 C. 1.815
B. 1.05 D. 1.29 B. 1.185 D. 0.500
3. In a bakery, water enters a mixing Situation 2. Water flows in an earth canal,
chamber at the rate of 150 liters per trapezoidal, bottom width 3 m, sides
sec through Pipe A, while cooking oil sloped 3 horizontal on 1 vertical, at a
with specific gravity of 0.80 is forced depth of 62 cm. The canal is on a slope
at 30 liters per sec through pipe B. of 0.0008 and Manning’s n = 0.022.
Assuming the liquids are
incompressible and from a 10. Calculate the amount of flow in m3/s.
homogeneous mixture of oil globules in A. 1.67 C. 2.22
water, evaluate the density of the
B. 3.04 D. 3.82
mixture in kg/m3 leaving through a pipe
of diameter 300 mm 11. Calculate the shearing stress in Pa.
A. 712 C. 967 A. 2.27 C. 2.94
B. 876 D. 1000 B. 3.42 D. 3.08
4. A block of wood floats in water with 50
12.If the seepage rate is estimated at 46
mm projecting above the water surface.
cm /day, what is the discharge after a
When placed in glycerin of sp gr 1.35,
length of flow of 1 kilometer?
the block projects 76 mm above the
A. 1.08 C. 2.26
surface of that liquid. Determine the
B. 3.29 D. 2.18
specific gravity of the wood.
A. 0.67 C. 0.57
B. 0.84 D. 0.91
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Situation 3. A jet of water issues out from
a fire hydrant nozzle fitted at a height
of 3 m from the ground at an angle of
45° with the horizontal. If the jet
under a particular flow condition
strikes the ground at a horizontal
distance of 15 m from the nozzle.

13. Find the jet velocity, in m/s.

A. 9.85 C. 10.29
B. 11.07 D. 13.33

14.Determine the maximum height the jet can

reach above the nozzle, in meters.
A. 2.47 C. 2.85
B. 4.05 D. 3.12

15.How far horizontally is the location of

the maximum height from the nozzle, in
meters?
A. 7.21 C. 6.25
B. 8.15 D. 15

16.A type of shock where the flow undergoes

a sudden transition from swift flow to
tranquil flow.
A. water hammer
B. hydraulic jump
C. non-uniform flow
D. celerity

17.A fluid property that measures the

fluid’s resistance to shear stress.
A. viscosity
B. density
C. bulk modulus of elasticity
D. surface tension

18. The vena contracta of a circular orifice

is approximately diameter
downstream from the inner face of the
orifice plate:
A. 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/4
D. 2/3

19.When the ship’s metacenter and center

of gravity coincide at same point then
the vessel is said to be in:
A. equilibrium
B. stable equilibrium
C. unstable equilibrium
D. neutral equilibrium

20.A force within the surface layer of a

liquid that causes the layer to behave
as an elastic sheet.
A. celerity
B. buoyant force
C. surface tension
D. capillarity

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