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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 8. In a falling head permeability test,
each of the following questions. Mark only the head causing flow was initially 60
one answer for each item by shading the box cm and it drops 5 cm in 10 minutes.
corresponding to the letter of your choice How much time is required for the head
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO to drop an additional 20 cm?
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. A. 47 mins C. 57 mins
B. 62 mins D. 52 mins
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or
A*B. A raised to the power n is Situation 1. A certain soil has a hydraulic
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 gradient of 1.27 at quicksand
point each. condition. The bulk unit weight of the
soil is 20.64 kN/m^3 with a void ratio
1. An index used to identify the swelling of 0.45.
potential of clay soils is called 9. What is the specific gravity of the
A. Plasticity Index soil solids?
B. Liquidity Index A. 2.61 C. 2.54
C. Consistency Index B. 2.84 D. 2.72
D. Activity 10. What is the dry unit weight of the
soil?
2. The property of a soil which permits A. 18.13 kN/m^3 C. 21.48 kN/m^3
water to percolate through it B. 19.22 kN/m^3 D. 17.54 kN/m^3
A. Moisture content 11. What is the moisture content of the
B. Permeability soil?
C. Capillarity A. 6.75% C. 9.54%
D. None of these B. 8.67% D. 7.36%

3. Which of the following methods is best Situation 2. A 3 layer soil has the
suited for determination of following properties from top to
permeability of coarse-grained soils? bottom:
A. Constant head method
B. Falling head method Layer k (cm/s) Thickness (m)
C. Both the above 1 2.0 × 10^-4 4
D. None of the above 2 3.2 × 10^-2 3
3 4.1 × 10^-5 6
4. Terzaghi's bearing capacity factors
Nc, Nq and Nγ are functions of 12. Obtain the equivalent horizontal
A. Cohesion only coefficient of permeability, in cm/s.
B. Angle of internal friction only A. 0.00689 C. 0.00809
C. Both cohesion and angle of B. 0.00734 D. 0.00747
internal friction 13. Calculate the transmissivity of the
D. None of the above layer, in m^2/day.
A. 66.9 C. 75.5
5. Coefficient of earth pressure at rest B. 92.7 D. 83.9
is 14. Estimate the rate of flow in the
A. Less than active earth pressure vertical direction per square meter of
but greater than passive earth layer, in liters/day, if the hydraulic
pressure gradient is 0.50.
B. Greater than active earth A. 25.6 C. 33.7
pressure but less than passive B. 35.2 D. 29.1
earth pressure
C. Greater than both the active Situation 3. A pile group consists of 9
earth pressure and passive earth piles arranged in 3 by 3 formation.
pressure Each pile is 300 mm in diameter, 15
D. Less than both the active and meters long and spaced 900 mm on
passive earth pressures centers. Assume cohesion of the soil
is 75 kPa, Nc = 9, α = 0.8 and use a
6. A soil sample has a moisture content factor of safety FS = 3.
of 30% and degree of saturation of 45%. 15. Determine the allowable load of the
The solids has a specific gravity of pile group considering individual
2.61. Determine the dry unit weight of action.
the soil in kN/m^3. A. 2868 C. 8064
A. 8.52 C. 9.34 B. 8604 D. 2688
B. 12.14 D. 10.25 16. Determine the allowable load of the
pile group considering group action.
7. A soil sample has a void ratio of 0.67. A. 10,537 C. 3,512
Find the ratio between discharge B. 10,735 D. 3,215
velocity and seepage velocity within 17. Determine the minimum spacing of piles
the soil. to achieve 100% efficiency.
A. 0.67 C. 0.60 A. 600 mm C. 500 mm
B. 1.00 D. 0.40 B. 700 mm D. 400 mm
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Situation 4. From the following result of a
sieve analysis, determine the
following according to USDA:
18. Percentage of sand.
A. 60% C. 45%
B. 55% D. 40%
19. Percentage of silt.
A. 40% C. 45%
B. 60% D. 55%
20. Classification of the soil
A. Sandy Loam C. Clay Loam
B. Silty Loam D. Loam

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