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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER GEO 3

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 9. A 12 m long and 300 mm diameter precast
each of the following questions. Mark only concrete pile is driven into a clay
one answer for each item by shading the box where the unconfined compressive
corresponding to the letter of your choice strength is 70 kPa and the unit weight
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO is 19 kN/m^3. Assuming α = 0.9 and Nc
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. = 9, what fraction of the load is being
carried by the shaft?
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or A. 94% C. 87%
A*B. A raised to the power n is B. 81% D. 72%
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1
point each. Situation 3. A prestressed concrete pile,
300 mm x 300 mm in cross-section, is
Situation 1. The coefficient of to be driven in a clayey soil (γ = 18.5
permeability below a dam is 4 m/day. kN/m^3). The design pile has a design
The water on the upstream side is 30 capacity of 450 kN. Use factor of
meter higher than that on the safety of 2. The unconfined
downstream. To estimate the seepage compression shear strength, qu of the
below the dam, a flow net was soil is 110 kPa. Use Nc = 9.
graphically drawn such that the number
of potential drops, Nd = 10 and the 10. What is the end bearing capacity of
number of flow channels Nf = 4. The pile in kN.
base of the dam is founded 1 m below A. 44.6 C. 62.7
the ground. Between the heel and the B. 58.6 D. 75.4
toe of the dam, a distance 30 meters, 11. Compute the skin friction in kN
there are 8 potential drops. expected to develop along the shaft of
the pile.
1. Evaluate the seepage flow per meter A. 855.5 C. 754.2
width of the dam, in liters/min. B. 963.2 D. 689.1
A. 18.6 C. 20.6 12. Compute the length of pile if
B. 33.3 D. 32.5 frictional constant α = 0.6.
2. Determine the uplift pressure at the A. 14.5 m C. 21.6 m
heel of the dam, in kPa. B. 28.4 m D. 18.5 m
A. 114 C. 198
B. 265 D. 181 Situation 4. A square footing 4 m on a side
3. Determine the uplift force, in kN per and 1.2 m below the ground surface for
meter, per meter length of dam. which the bulk unit weight of the soil
A. 11.4 C. 14.7 is 20 kN/cu.m. The cohesion of the soil
B. 17.6 D. 4415 is 10 kPa and the angle of internal
friction is 20°. Consider the
Situation 2. A 5 m clay layer lies beneath condition of general shear failure and
an 8 m sand layer. The sand is 3 m evaluate the contribution of the
below the water surface. Saturated following soil bearing capacity, in
unit weight of sand is 25 kN/m 3 and kPa, using Terzaghi’s equation for
clay 20 kN/m3. Calculate the following: square footing.

4. The total vertical pressure (in kPa) 13. Cohesion Strength

at mid-height of the clay layer. A. 287 C. 259
A. 240.1 C. 209.3 B. 235 D. 230
B. 248.6 D. 279.4 14. Soil Overburden
5. The pore water pressure (in kPa) at A. 185 C. 260
mid-height of clay layer. B. 247 D. 179
A. 122.6 C. 112.8 15. Footing Dimension
B. 132.4 D. 152.1 A. 102 C. 116
6. The effective vertical stress (in kPa) B. 128 D. 98
at mid-height of clay layer.
A. 147.0 C. 99.4 16. A process by which water-saturated
B. 96.5 D. 117.5 soil sediment temporarily loss
strength and acts as a fluid.
7. If the volume of voids is equal to the A. Consolidation C. Settlement
volume of solids, what is the porosity B. Plasticity D. Liquefaction
and void ratio equal to?
A. 0 and 1 C. 1 and 0.5 17. The soil which contains finest grain
B. 1 and 0 D. 0.5 and 1 particles, is
A. Coarse sand C. Silt
8. The dry and saturated unit weight of a B. Fine sand D. Clay
soil is 15.42 kN/m^3 and 19.62 kN/m^3.
Determine the unit weight of the soil 18. If the plasticity index of a soil mass
when it is 30% saturated. is zero, the soil is
A. 18.66 kN/m^3 C. 14.74 kN/m^3 A. Sand C. Clay
B. 16.68 kN/m^3 D. 17.44 kN/m^3 B. Silt D. Clayey silt

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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER GEO 3
19. Volume change in saturated soils 23. One of the following foundation
caused by the expulsion of pore water conditions does not affect the bearing
from loading? capacity of the supporting soil.
A. Initial Consolidation A. Unit weight of the soil
B. Primary Consolidation B. Depth of the founding of
C. Secondary Consolidation footings
D. None of the above C. Load imposed onto the soil
D. Position of ground water table
20. The neutral stress in a soil mass is
A. Force per neutral area 24. A decrease in water content results in
B. Force per effective area a reduction of the volume of soil in:
C. Stress taken up by the pore A. Liquid state
water B. Plastic state
D. Stress taken up by solid C. Semi-solid state
particles D. All of these

21. Negative skin friction on piles.. 25. The water content in a soil sample when
A. Is caused due to relative it continues to loose weight without
settlement of the soil loosing the volume,is called
B. Is caused in soft clays A. Shrinkage limit
C. Decreases the pile capacity B. Plastic limit
D. All of the above C. Liquid limit
D. Semi-solid limit
22. If the ground water table in a soil
formation rises as resulting of 26. When the plastic limit of a soil is
flooding, the bearing capacity of the greater than the liquid limit, then
soil: the plasticity index is reported as :
A. Increases A. Negative
B. Unaffected B. Zero
C. Decreases C. Non-plastic (NP)
D. Depends on the footing load D. 1

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