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1. It is the application of laws of mechanics and hydraulics to engineering problems dealing with sediments
and other unconsolidated accumulation of solid particles.
a. Geotechnical System c. Soil Mechanics
b. Geology d. Sieve Analysis

PROBLEM 1 (for numbers 2 – 3)

Results of sieve analysis on a soil sample are shown below:

Sieve Number Size (mm) Cumulative Percent Passing

4 4.76 98
10 2.00 88
40 0.42 72
60 0.25 60
100 0.149 21
200 0.075 3
Pan 0

2. What is the effective grain size of the soil sample?

a. 0.13 b. 0.10 c. 0.08 d. 0.12

3. What is the coefficient of uniformity of the soil?

a. 2.55 b. 3.25 c. 1.45 d. 1.85

PROBLEM 2 (for numbers 4 – 6)

A sandy soil sample has a unit weight of 22.3 kN/m3 at a saturation of 80%. After the sample was oven dried, the unit
weight was reduced by 1.25 kN/m3.

4. Determine the void ratio of the sample

a. 0.45 b. 0.76 c. 0.19 d. 0.23

5. Determine the specific gravity of the soil solids

a. 2.7 b. 2.1 c. 2.55 d. 2.16

6. If the soil sample has an emax=0.85 and emin=0.10, what is the required void ratio in the site at a relative
density of 50%
a. 0.231 b. 0.546 c. 0.145 d. 0.475

PROBLEM 3 (for numbers 7 – 9)

During a lab test, a 150-cc silty sand weighing 2.75 N was found out to have a water content of 15%. Assuming
Gs=2.71,

7. Determine the percentage of air in the voids

a. 39.11% b. 23.65% c. 47.69% d. 16.67%

8. Determine the void ratio

a. 0.55 b. 0.78 c. 0.67 d. 0.21

9. Theoretically, without a change of the total volume, how much water should be added to the sample to be
fully saturated?
a. 23.49 cc b. 31.76 cc c. 12.86 cc d. 41.75 cc

10. This soil parameter quantifies the degree of packing between loosest and densest possible state of soils.
a. Relative Density c. Specific Gravity
b. Relative Compaction d. Void ratio

11. In a lab test, a clay sample conveyed a liquidity index of 1.2, what is the state of the sample?
a. Semi-solid State c. Liquid State
b. Plastic State d. Solid State

PROBLEM 4 (for numbers 12 – 14)

A soil sample was subjected to an Atterberg limit test. The plastic limit test gave three moisture content results:
18.8%, 17.9%, and 18.2%. For the sample’s liquid limit determination, the results are tabulated below.
No. of blows Bulk Unit Weight Dry Unit Weight
(kN/m3) (kN/m3)
14 125.5 105.4
20 141.4 114.8
29 132.6 109.6
32 136 113.5
12. What is the liquid limit of the soil sample?
a. 34.65% b. 20.82% c. 42.13% d. 15.74%

13. What is its plasticity index?

a. 0 b. 1.43 c. 2.52 d. 3.78
 14. If the in-situ moisture content of the sample is 19%, what is its liquidity index?
a. 0.28 b. 0.68 c. 1.23 d. 1.73

15. Soils in nature commonly exist separately as gravel, sand, silt, clay, or organic matter.
a. True b. False c. Depends on the topography d. Depends on the temperature

PROBLEM 5 (for numbers 16 – 17)

Sieve analysis and Atterberg limits of a soil sample is given below.

Sieve Analysis (Percent Passing) Liquid Limit Plastic Limit

No.4 No. 10 No. 40 No. 200
70 56 48 29 33 21

16. Classify the soil using the AASHTO Sytstem

a. A-2-6 (1) b. A-2-6 (2) c. A-2-7 (1) d. A-2-7 (2)

17. Classify the soil using the USCS

a. SM (silty sand) c. GM (silty gravel)
b. SC (clayey sand with gravel) d. GW (well-graded gravel)

18. The degree of compaction of soils is measured in terms of the soils’ ____________.
a. Relative Compaction c. Shear Strength
b. Compressibility d. Dry Unit Weight

PROBLEM 6 (for numbers 19 – 22)

Laboratory compaction test results of a soil sample showed an optimum water content of 12.5% at a bulk unit weight
of 21.5 kN/m3. Sand-cone method was also performed on the field where the sample was excavated to determine the
compaction. The data used are the following:
Dry unit weight of the Ottawa sand – 15.4 kN/m3
Weight of the Ottawa sand (before use) – 0.075 kN
Weight of the Ottawa sand (after use) – 0.05 kN
Weight of the moist soil (field) – 0.03 kN
Moisture content of the soil (field) – 10.45%

19. Determine the maximum dry unit weight of the soil sample
a. 19.11 kN/m3 b. 22.78 kN/m3 c. 17.33 kN/m3 d. 20.41 kN/m3

20. Determine the degree of saturation at the maximum dry unit weight if Gs=2.7
a. 54.5% b. 67.6% c. 73.2% d. 87.4%

21. Determine the dry unit weight of the soil on the field
a. 16.73 kN/m3 b. 17.63% kN/m3 c. 13.67% d. 16.37%

22. Determine the relative compaction of the soil

a. 90.31% b. 87.55% c. 95.97% d. 88.62%

23. Which of the following is not a factor that affects hydraulic conductivity in soils?
a. Soil Type b. Void Ratio c. Specific Gravity of Soil d. Entrapped Gases

24. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Pressure head can be neglected when determining the head in the flow of water through soils
b. Seepage velocity is the property of soil which governs the flow of water through it
c. Flow of water through soils is always laminar
d. Coefficient of permeability is also called as the hydraulic gradient

PROBLEM 7 (for numbers 25 – 26)

A falling head permeability test was conducted on a clay specimen having a cross-sectional area of 50 cm2 at 25
Degrees Celsius. After 45 minutes, the water in the standpipe of diameter 0.4 cm drops from 150 cm to 98 cm.

25. What is the coefficient of permeability in cm/s per unit length?

a. 4.45 * 10-4 b. 3.96 * 10-7 c. 2.78 * 10-5 d. 1.04 * 10-6

26. What is the coefficient of permeability in cm/s per unit length at 20 Degrees Celsius?
a. 2.98 * 10-5 b. 4.21 * 10-4 c. 3.53 * 10-7 d. 3.87 * 10-6

PROBLEM 8 (for numbers 27 – 28)

A field pumping test was conducted from an aquifer of sandy soil of 8 m thickness confined between two impervious
strata. When equilibrium was established, 90 liters of water was pumped out per hour. The water elevation in an observation
well 6.0 m away from the test well was 4.1 m and another 9.0 m away was 4.7 m from the roof level of the impervious
stratum of the aquifer

27. Find the value of k of the soil in m/sec.

a. 2.02 * 10-5 b. 1.16 * 10-5 c. 3.74 * 10-5 d. 1.25 * 10-5

28. What is the discharge of water in m3/sec.

a. 2.6 * 10-3 b. 1.9 * 10-3 c. 3.3 * 10-3 d. 1.5 * 10-3
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PROBLEM 9 (for numbers 29 – 31)

The figure below shows layers of soil in a tube that is 100mm x 100mm in cross-section. Water is supplied to
maintain a constant head difference of 400 mm across the sample. The hydraulic conductivities of the soils in the direction
of flow are as follows:
Soil K (cm/sec) Porosity (%)
A 1 * 10-2 25
B 3 * 10-3 32
C 4.9 * 10-4 22

29. Calculate the equivalent k in cm/sec

a. 2.22 * 10-2 c. 1.89 * 10-2
b. 1.06 * 10 -3 d. 2.73 * 10-3

30. Calculate the rate of water supply in cm3/hr

a. 304 c. 299
b. 340 d. 265

31. Calculate the seepage velocity through soil C in m/sec

a. 0.41 c. 0.12
b. 0.65 d. 0.38

32. It is the most common cause of levee failures in the system

a. Gravity c. Seepage
b. Poor foundation d. Flow Nets

PROBLEM 10 (for numbers 33 – 35)

For the masonry dam below, k=5m/day

33. How many flow channels are in the figure?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

34. How many head drops are in the figure?

a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10

35. Compute the seepage flow per meter width of dam in liters per minute.
a. 38.32 b. 33.64 c. 29.85 d. 27.78