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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HYD 3

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer
for each of the following questions. Mark
only one answer for each item by shading
the box corresponding to the letter of
your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK.
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B
or A*B. A raised to the power n
is expressed as A^n. All problems
are 1 point each.
Situation 1. A water tank has a sloping
inclined at 45° with the horizontal. The
total depth of water in the tank is 8 m.
A water jet issues from an orifice
located on the inclined side of the tank
under a hydrostatic head of 5 m or that
orifice is located 3 m vertically above
the bottom of the tank. Coefficient of
velocity is 1.0. Neglecting air
resistance on the jet.
8. Evaluate the atmospheric pressure in kPa
at that level.
A. 88.8 C. 87.6
B. 90.5 D. 93.4
9. What is the approximate elevation in
meters above sea level, assuming normal
atmospheric conditions? Neglect vapor
pressure. Air weighs 12 N/m3.
A. 6850 C. 8210
B. 7780 D. 7840
Situation 4. The discharge pipeline of a
water system consists of a 5500 m of 300
– mm pipe joined by 3660 m of 450 – mm
pipe that connects to the base of a huge
water reservoir. The difference in
elevation between the water surface in
the reservoir and the center of the 300
– mm pipe at the end of the line is 45.7
m. Neglecting velocity head and other
losses in head due to entrances, and
using coefficient of friction of 0.02
for both pipes.

1. Determine the maximum height of the 10. Obtain the velocity of the water in the
issuing jet arises above the level of bigger pipeline, in m/s?
the center of orifice in meters A. 0.728 C. 0.443
A. 1.0 C. 2.0 B. 0.665 D. 0.500
B. 1.5 D. 2.5 11. Obtain the velocity of the water in the
2. Determine the time it takes for the smaller pipeline, in m/s.
particle of the jet to sit the ground A. 1.68 C. 1.40
that is 1.20 m below the bottom of the B. 1.50 D. 1.75
tank in seconds. 12. Evaluate the rate of flow in the pipes,
A. 1.27 C. 1.88 in m3/s.
B. 0.94 D. 2.03 A. 0.150 C. 0.132
3. Determine the horizontal distance on the B. 0.106 D. 0.095
ground traveled by the jet from the
center of the orifice in meters. Situation 5. Water flows through an almost
A. 13.2 C. 11.4 level rectangular channel 3 m wide at 12
B. 9.19 D. 7.57 m3/s. The depth of the channel gradually
increases from 1.0 m to 1.1 m for a
Situation 2. A trapezoidal canal having a length of 5 m.
depth of 2.25 m flows with a mean
velocity of 0.9 m/s. 13. What is the head loss in meters?
A. 0.02 C. 0.04
4. Determine the discharge using the most B. 0.06 D. 0.08
efficient proportion, in m3/s. 14. What is the slope of the energy
A. 12.68 C. 8.77 gradient?
B. 14.09 D. 7.89 A. 0.006 C. 0.004
B. 0.008 D. 0.002
5. Determine the discharge if the side 15. Obtain the value of the roughness
slope is 1H to 2.5V and a depth of flow coefficient.
is 2/3 its base width, in m3/s. A. 0.017 C. 0.037
A. 4.86 C. 9.62 B. 0.027 D. 0.047
B. 5.40 D. 8.66
16. Which one of the following statements
6. Determine the discharge if the canal is is not correct?
proportioned for minimum seepage with A. Specific energy is the total
side slope of 55°, in m3/s. energy above the floor of an open
A. 8.77 C. 12.68 channel
B. 7.89 D. 14.09 B. For a given specific energy, two
depths exist and these are called
Situation 3. At a certain elevation above alternate depths
sea level, a mercury barometer reads 700 C. Velocity of flow is critical at
mm. maximum specific energy
D. Critical velocity occurs at Froude
7. What would be the corresponding reading number = 1
of a water barometer in mm?
A. 8240 C. 7650
B. 6700 D. 9520
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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HYD 3
17. All other conditions and parameters 24. Any body completely or partially
remaining the same, water hammer submerged in a fluid (gas or liquid) at
pressure can be reduced by rest is acted upon by an upward, or
A. using pipe of greater diameter buoyant, force the magnitude of which is
B. using pipe of greater wall equal to the weight of the fluid
thickness displaced by the body. This principle is
C. using a more elastic pipe attributed to:
D. increasing the velocity of the A. Archimedes
pressure wave B. Pascal
C. Torricelli
18. If a water tank, partially filled with D. Bernoulli
water is being carried on a truck,
moving with a constant horizontal 25. A theorem in fluid dynamics relating the
acceleration, the level of liquid will speed of fluid flowing out of an orifice
A. rise and fall alternately on the to the height of fluid above the
front side of the tank opening.
B. fall on the rear side of the tank A. Archimedes
C. remain the same on both side of B. Pascal
the tank C. Torricelli
D. rise on the rear side and fall on D. Bernoulli
the front side of the tank
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19. As the depth of immersion of a vertical Nothing Follows
plane surface increase, the location of
center of pressure
A. comes closer to the center of
gravity of the area
B. moves apart from the center of
gravity of the area
C. ultimately coincides with the
center of gravity of the area
D. remains unaffected

20. In open channel water flows under

A. force of gravity
B. atmospheric pressure
C. hydrostatic pressure
D. mechanical pressure

21. The pressure exerted onto a liquid is

transmitted undiminished to all
portions of the liquid. This principle
in fluid mechanics is attributed to:
A. Archimedes
B. Boyle
C. Torricelli
D. Pascal

22. In any stream flowing steadily without

friction, the total energy contained is
the same at every point in its path of
flow. This principle is attributed to:
A. Torricelli
B. Bernoulli
C. Pascal
D. Boyle

23. The volume of a gas at constant

temperature varies inversely as the
pressure applied to the gas. This
principle is attributed to:
A. Boyle
B. Pascal
C. Archimedes
D. Bernoulli

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