Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Soil and water Conservation
Engineering, and Allied

Subjects
Prepared by:
Guiller B. Damian
Science Research Assistant
Philippine-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology
Agricultural Engineering And Mechanization Division
Central Luzon State University
Munoz Nueva Ecija
Virysses_10@yahoo.com
Ratio of the dry weight of soil
particles to the weight of an equal
volume of water
a. Particle Density
b. Bulk Density
c. Real specific Density
d. Apparent specific
density
Answer – Real specific

Density
09/19/21 07:01 PM 2
The moisture content of the soil when the
gravitational water has been removed
a. Available water
b. Field Capacity
c. Permanent wilting
point
d. Readily available
moisture
Answer - Field Capacity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 3
Applying a small amount of water
through a network of tubing.
a. Drip irrigation
b. Emitter irrigation
c. Trickle irrigation
d. All of the above
Answer – all of the above
09/19/21 07:01 PM 4
Water that moves freely and drains
out of the soil.
a. Hygroscopic water
b. Capillary water
c. Gravitational water
d. none
Answer - Gravitational water
09/19/21 07:01 PM 5
The pressure under a gravity dam
producing an overturning effect
a. Uplift pressure
b. Downward pressure
c. Foundation Pressure
d. None of the above
Answer - Foundation Pressure
09/19/21 07:01 PM 6
The most elaborate method of computing
potential Evapotranspiration
a. Blaney-craddle
b. Jensen-haise
c. hargreaves
Answer – None (penman)
09/19/21 07:01 PM 7
Method of supplying water in the
basin
a. Direct and cascade supply

b. Flooding and pumping
c. Sprinkling and dripping
Answer - Direct and cascade supply
09/19/21 07:01 PM 8
Given the following
bed slope = 0.0003 manning constant, n= 0.03
b/d ratio = 3.5 wetted perimeter = 14

z =0.5. The velocity of flow along a
trapezoidal canal is? .
a. 8.2 m/s
b. 0.82 m/s
c. 82 m/s
d. 0.082 m/s
Answer - 0.82 m/s

09/19/21 07:01 PM 9
Banawe rice terraces is a.
a. Broad base terrace
b. Conservation terrace
c. Bench terrace
d. All of the above
Answer- Bench terrace
09/19/21 07:01 PM 10
It is practice of growing alternate
strips of different crops on the same
field.
a. stripping
b. Strip tease
c. sprigging
Answer – none ( strip

cropping)
09/19/21 07:01 PM 11
Given the following data of confined aquifer.
Thickness, b=5m, well diameter =40 cm
radius of influence= 250 m, k = 10 mm/day
height of water in pumping well =1,325 m, height of
piezometer surface = 1,500 m
the steady state discharge is?
a. 0.89 m3/sec
b. 0.089 m3/sec
c. 0.89 Liter/sec
d. 0.089 Liter/sec
Answer – 0.089 m3/sec

09/19/21 07:01 PM 12
The relative proportion of sand, silt
and clay determine the.
a. Soil texture
b. Soil particles
c. Soil profile
d. Soil structures
e. Soil taxonomy
Answer – soil texture
09/19/21 07:01 PM 13
The soil contain more or less equal
amounts of sand, silt and clay?
a. Acid soil
b. Volcanic soil
c. Alkaline soil
Answer – None of the

above (loam soil)
09/19/21 07:01 PM 14
A vertical section to the soil mass
where significant changes in the soil
texture and structure with depth are
observed
a. Soil profile
b. Soil structure
c. Soil texture
d. Soil taxonomy
Answer – Soil profile

09/19/21 07:01 PM 15
If soil sample is compacted.
a. Its mc decreases
b. Its porosity remains the same
c. Its nutrient content diminishes
d. Its bulk density increases
Answer – Its bulk density

increases
09/19/21 07:01 PM 16
The moisture content of the soil when
tension is 1/3 atmosphere.
a. Field capacity
b. Saturation point
c. Wilting point
Answer – Field capacity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 17
It is the instrument used in
measuring stream velocity.
a. anemometer
b. hydrograph
c. Current meter
Answer – Current meter
09/19/21 07:01 PM 18
This refer to the additional height or
depth of hydraulic structures
a. Flash board
b. Free board
c. Jump height
d. Critical dept
Answer – Free board
09/19/21 07:01 PM 19
The rational method of determining
runoff is applicable to.
a. Small watershed
b. Large watershed
c. Watershed with good
vegetation
d. All watershed
Answer – Watershed with

good vegetation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 20
It is type of erosion where small
channels are formed on the surface
of the soil
a. Splash
b. rill
c. sheet
d. gully
Answer – rill erosion

09/19/21 07:01 PM 21
The other term for gravity well.
a. Confined well
b. Water table well
c. Deep well
d. Well on perched aquifer
Answer – deep well

09/19/21 07:01 PM 22
A storm type occuring at the
boundaries of warm moist aur and
dry cold air.
a. Orographic storm
b. Frontal storm
c. Convective storm
Answer – Frontal storm
09/19/21 07:01 PM 23
Term for solar radiation received at
the earth’s surface
a. insolation
b. illuminance
c. radiation
d. reflectiion
Answer – insolation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 24
The recommended flow velocity on
earth canals is.
a. 0.30-1.0 m/s
b. 1.0-2.0 m/s
c. 0.10-0.75 m/s
Answer - 0.30-1.0 m/s
09/19/21 07:01 PM 25
On the weather map, lines
representing points of equal pressure
is called.
a. Isohyets
b. Contour lines
c. Isobars
Answer – isobars
09/19/21 07:01 PM 26
It is the measure in difference in the
ground level between two places in the
field and referred to as percentage. It is
the number of meter difference in
elevation for each 100 m horizontal
distance
a. Velocity
b. Discharge
c. Land slope
d. Sides slope
Answer – PM
09/19/21 07:01 Land slope 27
Planting different crops simultaneously
in the same field at the same cropping
season.
a. Mixed/multiple
cropping
b. Relay cropping
c. Inter cropping
d. Strip cropping
Answer – Mixed/multiple
cropping
09/19/21 07:01 PM 28
The name for seasonal winds
(derived from Arabic mausim, a
season).
a. trade winds
b. Monsoon winds
c. Valley winds
d. Mountain winds
Answer – monsoon
winds
09/19/21 07:01 PM 29
The Philippine Agricultural
Engineering law of 1998.
a. RA 8559
b. RA 8599
c. RA 8995
d. RA 8595
Answer – RA 8559
09/19/21 07:01 PM 30
The Agriculture and Fisheries
modernization act of 1998?
a. RA 8535
b. RA8435
c. RA8543
d. RA8453
Answer – RA8435
09/19/21 07:01 PM 31
The type of climate prevailing in
region 1 and 2.
a. Type 1
b. Type 2
c. Type 3
d. Type 4
Answer – type 1
09/19/21 07:01 PM 32
The recommended variation in the
lateral between the first and last
sprinkle.
a. 20%
b. 50%
c. 70%
d. 100%
Answer – 20%
09/19/21 07:01 PM 33
A soil ph above 7.7.
a. Acidic
b. Basic
c. Alkali soil
d. none
Answer – alkali soil
09/19/21 07:01 PM 34
Breeding of cousin to, the cousin.
a. Cross breeding
b. Line breeding
c. Up breeding
d. Close breeding
Answer – line breeding
09/19/21 07:01 PM 35
If the suction lift is 6 m, the suitable
pump is
a. Centrifugal
b. Axial flow
c. submersible
d. Mixed flow
Answer – centrifugal
pump
09/19/21 07:01 PM 36
It is the circulation of water in the
earth-atmosphere system.
a. Hydrology
b. Hydrologic cycle
c. Water balance
d. Water circulation
Answer: Hydrologic
cycle
09/19/21 07:01 PM 37
If the rectangular canal have base of
0.65 m, what would be the depth of
flow when the hydraulic radius is
equal to the area of flow.
a. 0.418 m
b. 4.18 m
c. 0.17 m
d. 1.7 m
Answer – 0.17
09/19/21 07:01 PM 38
A concrete lined canal is to convey water over a
distance of 250 m, from the well to farm, drop in
elevation is 0.50 m over canal length and roughness
coefficient, n=0.018. Estimate the bottom width of a
rectangular canal with a depth of flowing water of
0.25 m, if the hydraulic radius is equal to the depth
of flow?
a. 0.5 m
b. 5m
c. 50 m
Answer – 0.5 m
09/19/21 07:01 PM 39
What is the velocity of water in the
canal in item above.
a. 0.062 m/s
b. 0.62 m/s
c. 6.2 m/s
d. 62 m/s
Answer – 0.62 m/s
09/19/21 07:01 PM 40
A discharge of 20 L/sec is equivalent
to.
a. 2 cu.m/hr
b. 20000 cu.m/hr
c. 0.02 L/min
d. 72 cu.m/hr
Answer – 72 cu.m/hr
09/19/21 07:01 PM 41
Free flow in artesian wells occur
when?
a. The piezometer level is higher than the top of the well

b. The unconfined aquifer is beneath a confined aquifer
c. The permeability is high
Answer – The piezometer level is higher than the top of the

well
09/19/21 07:01 PM 42
Given an irrigation depth of 30cm
and 10 hrs of irrigation time,
determine the discharge needed to
irrigate a hectare of land.
a. 100 cu.m/hr
b. 10 cu.m/hr
c. 30 cu.m/hr
d. 300 cu.m/hr

09/19/21 07:01 PM 43
Pipelines built on or near the ground
surface to convey water across wide
depressions.
a. Inverted siphon
b. Siphon
c. Laterals
d. flumes
Answer – Inverted siphon
09/19/21 07:01 PM 44
Subsurface system wherein laterals
join the submain on the both sides
alternately.
a. gridiron
b. herringbone
c. Parallel drain system
d. Double main system
Answer – herringbone
09/19/21 07:01 PM 45
One liter per second is equal to.
a. 16.85 gpm
b. 15.5 gpm
c. 15.85 gpm
d. 17.35 gpm
Answer – 15.85 gpm
09/19/21 07:01 PM 46
It is the ratio of the volume of voids
to the total volume of the soil
a. Void volume
b. Bulk density
c. Porosity
d. Void density
Answer – porosity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 47
It is the water retained about
individual soil particles by molecular
action and can removed only by
heating.
a. Permanent wilting point

b. Hygroscopic water
c. Hydroscopic water
d. All of the above
Answer – Hygroscopic water

09/19/21 07:01 PM 48
It is geologic formation which
transmits water at a rate insufficient
to be economically developed for
pumping
a. Aquifer
b. Aquiclude
c. Aquifuge
d. Aquitard
Answer – Aquiclude
09/19/21 07:01 PM 49
The artificial application of water to
the soil for the purpose of crop
production.
a. Percolation
b. Drainage
c. Irrigation
Answer – Irrigation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 50
The volume of water flowing each
second.
a. velocity
b. Stream flow
c. Cross sectional area
Answer – none (Discharge)
09/19/21 07:01 PM 51
An instrument uced to measure the
water velocity
a. Weir
b. Flume
c. Speedometer
d. Current meter
Answer – Current meter
09/19/21 07:01 PM 52
The needed for water to infiltrate
into the soil, depending on the depth
of water and the soil .
a. Infiltration rate
b. Infiltration
c. Infiltration efficiency
Answer – Infiltration rate
09/19/21 07:01 PM 53
A level land surrounded by earth
bunds in which water can be ponded
unti it infiltrates into the soil
a. Basin
b. Border
c. Bunds
d. contour
Answer – Basin
09/19/21 07:01 PM 54
Small earth embankment or dam
built around each basin to hold
water without leakage while it is
infiltrate.
a. Ponds
b. Border
c. Bunds
d. Basin
Answer – bunds
09/19/21 07:01 PM 55
A piece of land divided into strips by
small earth bunds usually sloping
uniformly away from the farm channel
in the direction of water flow to irrigate
similar crops and soil.
a. Basin
b. Contour
c. Borders
d. Ponds
Answer – Borders
09/19/21 07:01 PM 56
A small drain constructed at the end
of each boarder to remove excess
surface water .
a. Main drain
b. Tail drain
c. Open drain
Answer - Tail drain
09/19/21 07:01 PM 57
A hydraulic shock occur when water
flowing to pipe undergoes sudden
changes in velocity.
a. Cavitation
b. Hydraulic ram
c. Centrifugal force
d. Water hammer
Answer - Water hammer
09/19/21 07:01 PM 58
The formation of cavities filled with
the liquid vapor due to a local
pressure drop and their collapse as
soon as the vapor bubbles reach
regions of high pressure .
a. Cavitation
b. Hydraulics ram
c. Centrifugal force
d. Water hammer
Answer – Cavitation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 59
A notch of regular form through
which the irrigation stream is made
to flow and built as either portable
or stationary structure.
a. Parshall flume
b. Weir
c. Dam
d. Orifice
Answer – weir
09/19/21 07:01 PM 60
The most stable and chief component of
most soil on volumetric basis
a. Chemical element
b. Water
c. Mineral particles
d. Air
Answer – mineral particles
09/19/21 07:01 PM 61
The relative proportion of sand, silt
and clay determines the:
a. Soil texture
b. Soil structure
c. Soil profile
d. Soil taxonomy
Answer – soil texture

09/19/21 07:01 PM 62
The arrangement of individual soil
particles with respect to each other into
pattern is called:
a. Soil texture
b. Soil structure
c. Soil profile
d. Soil taxonomy
Answer – soil structure

09/19/21 07:01 PM 63
The soil which contain more or less
equal amounts of sand, silt and clay.
a. Acid soils
b. Alkaline soils
c. Volcanic soils
d. Loam soils
Answer – loam soils

09/19/21 07:01 PM 64
The mass per unit volume of the soil
particle is:
a. Soil density
b. Specific gravity
c. porosity
d. Void ratio
Answer – soil density
09/19/21 07:01 PM 65
The ratio of the volume of voids
to the total soil volume is called:
a. Soil density
b. Specific gravity
c. porosity
d. Void ratio
Answer – porosity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 66
The quantity expressing the ratio of
the volume of pores to the volume of
solids is termed as:
a. Soil density
b. Specific gravity
c. porosity
d. Void ratio
Answer – void ratio
09/19/21 07:01 PM 67
A vertical section through the soil
mass where significant changes in soil
texture and structure with depth are
observed is:
a. Soil texture
b. Soil structure
c. Soil profile
d. Soil taxonomy
Answer – soil profile
09/19/21 07:01 PM 68
Water held tightly to the surface of
the soil particles by adsorption forces
is called:
b. Gravitational water
c. Capillary water
d. Sea water
Answer – hygroscopic water
09/19/21 07:01 PM 69
Water held by forces of surface
tension as continuous films around
soil particles termed as:
c. Capillary water
d. Sea water
Answer – Capillary water

09/19/21 07:01 PM 70
Water that moves freely and
drains out of the soil is:
c. Capillary water
d. Sea water
Answer – Gravitational water
09/19/21 07:01 PM 71
The soil characteristic determining
the maximum rate at which water
can enter the soil under specific
conditions including the presence
of excess water is:
a. Infiltration
b. Capillarity
c. Infiltration rate
d. Surface tension

09/19/21 07:01 PM 72
The movement of water from the
surface from the soil.
a. Infiltration
b. Capillary
d. Surface tension
Answer – Infiltration
09/19/21 07:01 PM 73
The attraction of water into a hair
like opening which defend both on
cohesion of the liquid and on the
adhesion of the liquid to solid wall.
a. Infiltration
b. Capillary
d. Surface tension
Answer – Capillary
09/19/21 07:01 PM 74
The downward movement of water
through saturated or nearly
saturated soil in response to the
force of gravity.
a. Seepage
b. Permeability
c. Interflow
d. Percolation
Answer – interflow
09/19/21 07:01 PM 75
The infiltration downward and lateral
movement of water into soil or
substrate from a source of supply such
as reservoir or irrigation canal is.
a. Seepage
b. Permeability
c. Interflow
d. Percolation
Answer – seepage
09/19/21 07:01 PM 76
A device in which the volume of soil
planted with vegetation is located in a
container to isolate it hydrologically
from the surrounding soil.
a. Tensiometer
b. Lysimeter
c. Infiltrometer
d. Evaporator
Answer – Lysimeter
09/19/21 07:01 PM 77
It refer to the number of days between
irrigation during period without
rainfall.
a. Irrigation efficiency
b. Irrigation frequency
c. Irrigation period
d. Irrigation method
Answer – Irrigation period

09/19/21 07:01 PM 78
It is the ratio of the production
attained with the operating irrigation
system, compared to the total
production expected under ideal
condition.
a. Irrigation efficiency
b. Irrigation frequency
c. Irrigation period
d. Irrigation method
Answer – Irrigation efficiency

09/19/21 07:01 PM 79
The phase from germination to
panicle initiation in the life cycle
of rice plant.
a. Metaphase
b. Reproductive phase
c. Vegetative phase
d. Ripening phase
Answer – Vegetative phase

09/19/21 07:01 PM 80
The phase from panicle initiation
to flowering in the life cycle of
rice plant.
a. Metaphase
c. Vegetative phase
d. Ripening phase
Answer – Reproductive phase

09/19/21 07:01 PM 81
The phase from flowering to full
maturity in the life cycle of the
rice plant is.
a. Metaphase
c. Vegetative phase
d. Ripening phase
Answer – Ripening phase

09/19/21 07:01 PM 82
The science concerned with study
of the atmosphere phase of the
hydrologic cycle.
a. Hydrology
b. Hydrometeorology
c. Meteorology
d. Aerodynamics
Answer – Hydrometeorology
09/19/21 07:01 PM 83
The science with the study of
water in all phase of existing is
called.
a. Hydrology
b. Hydrometeorology
c. Meteorology
d. Aerodynamics
Answer – Hydrology
09/19/21 07:01 PM 84
The branch of science with the
study of weather condition
including their daily movement.
a. Hydrology
b. Hydrometeorology
c. Meteorology
d. Aerodynamics
Answer- Hydrometeorology
09/19/21 07:01 PM 85
The transmission of heat from one
part of the liquid or gas to
another by the movement of air
or water .
a. Convection
b. Conduction
c. Precipitation
d. Evaporation
Answer – convection
09/19/21 07:01 PM 86
It refers to all forms for water,
solid, liquid coming from the
atmosphere .
a. Convection
b. Conduction
c. Precipitation
d. Evaporation
Answer – Precipitation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 87
The process by which a substance
changes from liquid to vapor
state.
a. Convection
b. Precipitation
c. Sublimation
d. Evaporation
Answer – evaporation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 88
The process by which a substance
changes from solid to gaseous
state without passing liquid state
a. Convection
b. Precipitation
c. Sublimation
d. Evaporation
Answer –Sublimation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 89
The process by which the
precipitation does not reach the
ground and evaporated back to
the atmosphere
a. Interception
b. Precipitation
c. Transpiration
d. Evaporation
Answer – Interception
09/19/21 07:01 PM 90
Plants that grows in dry situation
and regularly endures and survive
drought are called.
a. Xarophytes
b. Hydrophytes
c. Bryophytes
d. Spermatophytes
Answer – Xarophytes
09/19/21 07:01 PM 91
Plants that thrive well in water or
swamps are;
a. Xarophytes
b. Hydrophytes
c. Bryophytes
d. Spermatophytes
Answer – hydrophytes
09/19/21 07:01 PM 92
A plot of line of equal potential and
paths of flow conveniently drawn so
that the flow between any two
adjacent streamlines is equal to the
flow between any other two adjacent
streamlines;
a. Contour lines
b. Flow net
c. Isohyets
d. Spermatophytes
Answer – flow net

09/19/21 07:01 PM 93
A plot of line of equal elevation is
a. Contour lines
b. Flow net
c. Isohyets
d. Isobars
Answer – Contour lines

09/19/21 07:01 PM 94
A plot of line of equal rainfall is
a. Contour line
b. Isohyets
c. Flow net
d. Isobars
Answer – Isohyets
09/19/21 07:01 PM 95
Which is not directly related to
the small water impounding
project
a. To control flood and erosion
b. For supplementary irrigation
c. For power generation and fish culture
Answer – None of the above

09/19/21 07:01 PM 96
In the identification of potential
dam site, which one is not a part
of the guideline
a. Availability of narrow gorge for minimum earth
work for dam embankment
b. Topographic condition providing a wide and
deep reservoir upstream of the dam site
c. Availability of potential service area for
irrigation, power, domestic water supply and
flood control
d. NOTA
Answer – NOTA
09/19/21 07:01 PM 97
SWIM Project in general are
those small scale water
impounding dam which have
structural height of not more than
a. 45 m
b. 30 m
c. 50 m
d. 100 m
Answer – 30 m
09/19/21 07:01 PM 98
For a dam to called SWIM Project the
volume of storage should not exceed
a. 50 million cu.m
b. 75 million cu.m
c. 100 million cu.m
d. 125 million cu.m
Answer – 50 million cu.m
09/19/21 07:01 PM 99
A land area drained by bodies of
water is called
a. Watershed
b. Drainage area
c. Dam site
d. Borrow pits
Answer – Watershed
09/19/21 07:01 PM 100
One among the ff. is not a major
consideration for the SWIM Project
selection
a. Economically depressed and deprived regions

b. A multi project whenever possible
c. Areas with recurrent flooding
d. High population densities and heavy settlements
Answer – High population densities and heavy

settlements
09/19/21 07:01 PM 101
In selecting the optimum capacity of
the reservoir of a SWIM Project for
irrigation purposes, the reliability of
the reservoir should be above
a. 80-85%
b. 30-40%
c. 50-60%
d. 60-70%
Answer – 80-85%
09/19/21 07:01 PM 102
A watershed management strategy
where the area is left alone in each
natural state and there is minimum or
no interference from man is
a. Rehabilitation
b. Vegetation
c. Manipulation
d. Protection
Answer – Protection
09/19/21 07:01 PM 103
A watershed management strategy
which makes used of reforestation and
infrastructures for the conservation
a. Rehabilitation
b. Vegetation
c. Manipulation
d. Protection
Answer – Rehabilitation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 104
The process of determining the
difference in elevation between two
points
a. Profile leveling
b. Topographic leveling
c. Contouring
d. NOTA
Answer – NOTA(Differential leveling)

09/19/21 07:01 PM 105
The process of determining the
elevation of points at measured
distance along selected line
a. Profile leveling
c. Contouring
d. NOTA
Answer – Profile leveling

09/19/21 07:01 PM 106
The process by which elevation of
space grid points in the field are
determined
a. Profile leveling
c. Contouring
d. NOTA
Answer – Topographic leveling

09/19/21 07:01 PM 107
When contour line from a closed
figure with the highest elevation in the
center, the topographic map indicates
a. Mound
b. Valley
c. River
d. Depression
Answer – Mound
09/19/21 07:01 PM 108
When contour line from a closed
figure with the lowest elevation in the
center, the topographic map indicates
a. Mound
b. Valley
c. River
d. Depression
Answer – Depression
09/19/21 07:01 PM 109
The features of topographic map
which shows the low area between two
adjacent hills
a. Mound
b. Valley
c. River
d. Depression
Answer – Valley
09/19/21 07:01 PM 110
which is the line connecting the lowest
elevations between two adjacent
ridges
a. Mound
b. Valley
c. River
d. Depression
Answer – River
09/19/21 07:01 PM 111
which the line connecting the highest
elevation between two adjacent
valleys
a. Ridge
b. Valley
c. River
d. Saddle
Answer – Saddle
09/19/21 07:01 PM 112
The no. of years before a storm of
given intensity and duration can be
expected to recur is
a. Rainfall intensity
b. Duration period
c. Recurrence interval
d. Weather
Answer – Recurrence interval

09/19/21 07:01 PM 113
The period of time that the rainfall at
a particular rate or intensity
b. Duration period
d. Weather
Answer – Duration period

09/19/21 07:01 PM 114
The rate of rainfall in depth per unit
time
b. Duration period
d. Weather
Answer – Rainfall intensity

09/19/21 07:01 PM 115
The ratio of peak rate of runoff to the
rainfall intensity is
a. Time of concentration
b. Rainfall coefficient
c. Runoff coefficient
d. Rational method
Answer – Runoff coefficient
09/19/21 07:01 PM 116

The time required for water to flow from
the most remote point of the watershed
to the outlet is
a. Time of concentration
b. Recurrence interval
c. Rational method
d. Runoff coefficient
Answer - Time of concentration
09/19/21 07:01 PM 117

The areas of land on which crop are
irrigated, the size of which can vary
from a few hectares to 70 ha or more
a. Irrigation units
b. Open channel
c. Irrigation system
d. Watershed
Answer – Irrigation units
09/19/21 07:01 PM 118

The system of canal used to distribute
water from some sources to an irrigated
land
a. Irrigation units
b. Open channel
d. Watershed
Answer – Irrigation system
09/19/21 07:01 PM 119

The most common method of conveying
water for irrigation is
a. Irrigation units
b. Open channel
d. Watershed
Answer – Open channel
09/19/21 07:01 PM 120

The drainage system or open channel are
called
a. Canals
b. Crops
c. Drains
d. AOTA
Answer - Canals
09/19/21 07:01 PM 121

The speed at which water flows in a
channels is
a. Discharge
b. Velocity
c. Stream size
d. Unit stream
Answer - Velocity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 122

The velocity of water passed in a cross
sectional area
a. Discharge
b. Velocity
c. Stream size
d. Unit stream
Answer – Discharge
09/19/21 07:01 PM 123

The discharge required to irrigate
basin, borders and furrow is
a. Discharge
b. Velocity
c. Stream size
d. Unit stream
Answer – Stream size
09/19/21 07:01 PM 124

The discharge for each meter width of
the border irrigated
a. Discharge
b. Velocity
c. Stream size
d. Unit stream
Answer - Unit stream

09/19/21 07:01 PM 125
A farm channel carries a flow of 20
L/s for a field using furrow irrigation.
If each furrow require a flow of 1 L/s,
how many furrow can be irrigated at
a time?
a. 20
b. 200
c. 2000
d. NOTA
Answer- 20
09/19/21 07:01 PM 126

The soil reservoir is filled with flooding
water on to the soil surface so that it can
be absorbed by the soil. Absorbing water
in this way is called
a. Runoff
b. Seepage
c. Infiltration
d. Precipitation
Answer – Infiltration
09/19/21 07:01 PM 127
If too much water is applied in to the soil it
is loss as flood this term is
a. Runoff
b. Seepage
c. Infiltration
d. Precipitation
Answer – Runoff
09/19/21 07:01 PM 128

An agricultural engineer uses the quarter
time rules in irrigating the field. If the
contact time required to fill the soil
reservoir is 1 day, how long will the water
reach the far end of the field
a. 240 min
b. 260 min
c. 360 min
d. 320 min
Answer
09/19/21 07:01 PM
– 360 min 129
An average depth of 100mm of water
is needed to irrigate 5 ha of land in 20
hrs, what stream size is needed?
a. 6.95 L/s
b. 69.5 L/s
c. 695 L/s
d. 6950 L/s
Answer – 69.5 L/s, 0.1*50000sq.m*1000L/72000s

09/19/21 07:01 PM 130
A uniform distribution of water is
obtained in border irrigation by
stopping the flow at the right time and
using a
a. Large stream size
b. Small stream size
c. Variable stream size
d. Rapid stream size
Answer – Small stream size

09/19/21 07:01 PM 131
75mm of water is needed to irrigate the
field. In order to irrigate adequately over
the whole area, an average depth of 100mm
must be applied, how much water is lost
a. 2.5mm
b. 25mm
c. 75mm
d. 7.5mm
Answer – 25mm, 100mm-75mm

09/19/21 07:01 PM 132
Washing salt from the soil by using
excess water to dissolve and carry
each beyond the root zone
a. Leaching
b. Bleaching
c. Blanching
Answer – Leaching
09/19/21 07:01 PM 133

The simplest and most widely used of
all surface irrigation method, adapted
to suit many crops and farming
practices are
a. border
b. basin
c. furrow
d. sprinkler
Answer – basin
09/19/21 07:01 PM 134

When the land is divided into strips by
small bunds to irrigate similar crops
and soils, sloping uniformly away
from the farm channel, the irrigation
method is
a. border
b. basin
c. furrow
d. sprinkler
Answer – border
09/19/21 07:01 PM 135
This is the most widely used for
irrigating row crops where water is
confined to small channel between the
crop row
a. border
b. basin
c. furrow
d. sprinkler
Answer – furrow
09/19/21 07:01 PM 136
A level area surrounded by earth
bunds in which water can be ponded
until each infiltrate into the soil
a. border
b. basin
c. furrow
d. sprinkler
Answer – basin
09/19/21 07:01 PM 137

They are recognized by there long narrow
shape varying in size from 100-300m long
and 3-30m wide and none level ff the
general slope of land
a. border
b. basin
c. furrow
d. sprinkler
Answer – border
09/19/21 07:01 PM 138
A small channel between the crop rows
large enough to carry water
a. border
b. basin
c. furrow
d. sprinkler
Answer – furrow
09/19/21 07:01 PM 139

Conservation of energy is often applied
in practice as
a. Pascal Law
b. Torrecelli Theorem
c. Darcy Equation
d. Bernoullis Equation
Answer – Bernoullis Equation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 140

The term head is often used to mean a
a. Flow
b. Momentum
c. Velocity
d. Energy
e. Discharge
Answer - Discharge
09/19/21 07:01 PM 141
The energy is commonly associated with
fluid flow are potential, kinetic and
a. Flow
b. Electrical
c. Mechanical
Answer – Flow
09/19/21 07:01 PM 142

Flow energy is sometimes expressed as
a. Velocity head
b. Pressure head
c. Elevation head
d. NOTA
Answer – Velocity head
09/19/21 07:01 PM 143

The ratio of the density of material to
the density of water at 4 degree Celcius
a. Specific gravity/Related density

b. Specific density
c. Unit weight
d. Unit volume
Answer – Specific gravity/Related density
09/19/21 07:01 PM 144

The shear stress of the fluid times the
slope of the velocity vectors is a
constant called
a. Dynamic viscosity
b. Unit weight
c. Relative density
d. Compressive stress
Answer – Dynamic viscosity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 145

A measured of the variability of
viscosity has been established with a
numerical designation is called
a. Dynamic viscosity
b. Kinematic viscosity
c. Absolute viscosity
d. Viscosity index
Answer – Viscosity index
09/19/21 07:01 PM 146

The direct result of the molecular
attraction between molecules is
a. Surface tension
b. Collision
c. Tension
d. Repulsion
Answer – Surface tension
09/19/21 07:01 PM 147

The attraction between like molecules
is called
a. Adhesion
b. Cohesion
c. Tension
d. Repulsion
Answer – Cohesion
09/19/21 07:01 PM 148

Attraction of unlike molecules is
a. Adhesion
b. Cohesion
c. Tension
d. Repulsion
Answer – Adhesion
09/19/21 07:01 PM 149

A device for measuring atmospheric
pressure
a. Barometer
b. Blower
c. Accumulator
d. Hydrometer
Answer – Barometer
09/19/21 07:01 PM 150

A container for storing a pressurized
fluid
a. Barometer
b. Blower
c. Accumulator
d. Hydrometer
Answer – Accumulator
09/19/21 07:01 PM 151

A device to move a gas, generally at a
higher rate and lower pressure than a
fan does
a. Barometer
b. Blower
c. Accumulator
d. Hydrometer
Answer – Blower
09/19/21 07:01 PM 152

A property associated with a surface
tension of a liquid and manifested in the
rise and fall of a liquid in small diameter
tube
a. Capillary
b. Cavitation
c. Condensation
d. Conduction
Answer: Capillary
09/19/21 07:01 PM 153
A process of a phase change between
vapor to liquid involving removal of heat
a. Capillary
b. Cavitation
c. Condensation
d. Conduction
Answer – Condensation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 154
The process of heat moving from
atom by an exchange of kinetic energy
a. Capillary
b. Cavitation
c. Condensation
d. Conduction
Answer – Conduction
09/19/21 07:01 PM 155
The formation and collapse of vapor
bubbles at low pressure
a. Capillary
b. Cavitation
c. Condensation
d. Conduction
Answer – Cavitation
09/19/21 07:01 PM 156
A gas _________
a. Will not fill a container

b. Can be compressed
c. Has its molecule closer together than a liquid
d. It can occupy space
Answer – Can be compressed
09/19/21 07:01 PM 157

The volume per unit mass
a. Specific weight
b. Specific gravity
c. Specific volume
d. Specific density
Answer – Specific volume
09/19/21 07:01 PM 158

The ratio of the specific weight to the density
a. Acceleration due to gravity

b. Mass
c. Weight
d. Specific gravity
Answer – Acceleration due to gravity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 159

Absolute or dynamic viscosity is a
relationship between
a. Shear stress and velocity gradient

b. Velocity and force
c. Force and area
d. Velocity and area
Answer – Shear stress and velocity gradient
09/19/21 07:01 PM 160

The appropriate unit for dynamic
viscosity
a. Joule
b. Newton
c. Pascal
d. NOTA
Answer – NOTA, poise

09/19/21 07:01 PM 161
The pressure at which a liquid boils is
a. Gage pressure
b. Absolute pressure
c. Atmospheric pressure
d. Vapor pressure
Answer – Vapor pressure
09/19/21 07:01 PM 162

Hydrometer is used to measure
a. Humidity
b. Viscosity
c. Specific gravity
d. NOTA
Answer – Specific gravity of liquid
09/19/21 07:01 PM 163

The Baume, API, and Twaddell are all
use for
a. Absolute viscosity
b. Specific gravity
c. Kinematic viscosity
d. NOTA
Answer – Specific gravity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 164

The basic form of energy loss in flow
equation stating that the energy loss is
directly proportional to the some friction
factor, the length of the system and the
kinetic energy level and inversely
proportional to the diameter of the
conductor
a. Darcy equation
b. Manning equation
c. Bernoullis equation
d. Hagen – Poiseuille equation
Answer – Darcy equation

09/19/21 07:01 PM 165
A simplification of Darcy equation for
energy loss, applicable solely to the
laminar flow is
a. Darcy equation
b. Manning equation
c. Bernoullis equation
d. Hagen – Poiseuille equation
Answer – Hagen – Poiseuille equation

09/19/21 07:01 PM 166
A device for measuring temperature
that is made from oxide, indicate
absolute temperature and can be
formed of the variety of shape
a. Thermistor
b. Thermocouple
c. Thermometer
d. NOTA
Answer
09/19/21 07:01 PM
– Thermistor 167
A device for connecting three flows
paths
a. Tee
b. Thermistor
c. Thermocouple
d. thermometer
Answer – tee
09/19/21 07:01 PM 168

A device for measuring temperature
based on the electrical difference of
two materials .
a. Tee
b. Thermistor
c. Thermocouple
d. thermometer
Answer – Thermocouple
09/19/21 07:01 PM 169

A device used in measuring
temperature based on some physical
properties of materials
a. Tee
b. Thermistor
c. Thermocouple
d. Thermometer
Answer – Thermometer
09/19/21 07:01 PM 170

A simple vertical tube used to measure
pressure on the basis of the height of the
column of liquid
a. Piezometer
b. Weir
c. Venturi
d. Sluice gate
Answer – Piezometer
09/19/21 07:01 PM 171

A panel generally rectangular, located
near the lowest level of a tank or reservoir
that, when lifted permits flows
a. Piezometer
b. Weir
c. Venturi
d. Sluice gate
Answer – Sluice gate

09/19/21 07:01 PM 172
A highly efficient variable head flow
meter whose restriction contracts and
expand very slowly
a. Piezometer
b. Weir
c. Venturi
d. Sluice gate
Answer - Venturi
09/19/21 07:01 PM 173

A restriction placed in an open
channel for the purpose of flow
measurement
a. Piezometer
b. Weir
c. Venturi
d. Sluice gate
Answer - Weir
09/19/21 07:01 PM 174

Suppose a farm channel 4km long with a cross
sectional area of 0.75 sq.m is to be filled with
water before irrigation can begin. How long
will this take when the discharge is 30Lps?
a. 27 hours
b. 17 hours
c. 10 hours
d. 5 hours
Answer – 27 hours, Qt=Ad

09/19/21 07:01 PM 175
These are breaks which occur in channel
bank causing water to spilled from the
channel in an uncontrolled manner
a. Erosion
b. Breaches
c. Cavitation
d. Drainage
Answer – Breaches
09/19/21 07:01 PM 176

Light steady rain in fine drops about 0.5
mm and intensity less than 1 mm/h
a. Drizzle
b. Virga
c. Glaze
d. Dew
Answer – drizzle
09/19/21 07:01 PM 177

An 8 mm rainfall was measured by a
USWB standard rain gauge, 8 inches in
diameter. Determines the depth in the
inner cylinder whose area is 1/10 of the
catch area
a. 0.8 cm
b. 259 mm
c. 80 mm
d. 80 cm
Answer – 80 mm
09/19/21 07:01 PM 178
When the water level in the pipe drops
below the upper edge of the pipe and
the conduit controls, the flow becomes
a. Weir flow
b. Orifice flow
c. Open channel flow
d. Pipe flow
Answer – Open channel flow

09/19/21 07:01 PM 179
The rate of vertical water movement
through the soil at saturated condition
is.
a. Infiltration rate
b. Depletion rate
c. Percolation rate
d. Soil permeability

09/19/21 07:01 PM 180
A hydraulic jump is classic example
of the type of flow:
a. Unsteady flow
b. Uniform flow
c. Rapidly varied flow
d. Critical flow
Answer – Rapidly varied flow

09/19/21 07:01 PM 181
The soil property which
described the ability of the soil to
transmit water
a. Hydraulic conductivity
b. Matric potential
c. Percolation rate
d. Infiltration rate\
Answer – Hydraulic conductivity

09/19/21 07:01 PM 182
What is the effect of the presence of
extensive vegetation in a watershed:
a. Reduce peak runoff rate

b. Increases infiltration capacity
c. Both a and b
d. NOTA
Answer – Both a and b
09/19/21 07:01 PM 183

Type of rainfall cause by the upward
lifting of the air mass due a mountain:
a. Convective
b. Cyclonic
c. Orographic
d. Frontal
Answer – Orographic
09/19/21 07:01 PM 184

What do called the mountain side, with
reference to the wind direction in which
the air masses passing through it is clod
and dry:
a. Wayward
b. Leeward
c. Trade wind
d. Windward
Answer – leeward
09/19/21 07:01 PM 185

It is the natural and synthetic
hydrograph for one unit of direct
runoff from the catchments in a
specific unit of time:
a. Basic hydrograph
b. Unit hydrograph
c. Design hydrograph
d. Runoff hydrograph
Answer – Unit hydrograph

09/19/21 07:01 PM 186
Graphical representation of
instantaneous runoff rate against
time :
a. Hydrograph
b. Log-probability graph
c. Monograph
d. Hyetograph
Answer – Hydrograph
09/19/21 07:01 PM 187

The capacity of rainfall to effect
the detachment and transport of
soil particles:
a. Erodability
b. Effectivity
c. Erosivity
d. Conductivity
Answer – Erosivity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 188
Removal of soil by water from
small but well defined channels
when there is concentration of
over land flow
a. Stream channel erosion
b. Rill erosion
c. Gully erosion
d. Sheet erosion
Answer – Stream channel erosion

09/19/21 07:01 PM 189
Structured devise design to hold a
pool of water to cushion the impact
and retard the flow of falling water as
from an overflow weir, chute or drop
a. sill
b. apron
c. Stilling basin
d. pond
Answer – Stilling basin

09/19/21 07:01 PM 190
Uniform removal of soil in thin
layers from sloping land resulting
from over land flow
a. Stream channel erosion
b. Rill erosion
c. Gully erosion
d. Sheet erosion
Answer – sheet erosion

09/19/21 07:01 PM 191
It is the time required for water to flow
from the most remote point of the
water shed to the outlet
a. Time to peak
b. Recession time
c. Lag time
d. Perennial time
Answer – time to peak

09/19/21 07:01 PM 192
When is the best/recommended time to
sample sediment load in the stream
a. Peak flow
b. Intermittent flow
c. Base flow
d. Perennial flow
Answer – peak flow

09/19/21 07:01 PM 193
The equation used in current meters is
V= a+bN. What is b signifies?
a. Starting velocity
b. Bed slope
c. Y-intercept
d. Number of revolution
Answer – starting velocity

09/19/21 07:01 PM 194
In discharged measurement, the
reading in the staff gage are useless
without this:
a. Synthetic hydrograph
b. Rating curve
c. Unit hydrograph
d. Matching curve
Answer – rating curve

09/19/21 07:01 PM 195
In the Soil Conservation Service
method (curve number method), if the
curve number is 100, this indicates
that
a. Rainfall is equal to runoff
b. Runoff is zero
c. Rainfall is less than runoff
d. Rainfall is highly erosive
Answer – rainfall is equal to runoff

09/19/21 07:01 PM 196
Determine the 10 year period peak runoff for a
80ha watershed having a runoff coefficient of
0.4, maximum length of water is 610m and the
fall along this path is 6m. The rainfall intensity
for that return period is 101.25mm/hr having a
duration equal to the time of concentration.
a. 9.0
b. 1.5
c. 16.5
d. 16.3
Answer – 9
09/19/21 07:01 PM 197
A super critical flow is a flow
condition where:
a. Fr =1 ( critical)
b. Fr >1
c. Fr<1 (sub-critical)
d. Fr >4000 (turbulent)
Answer – Fr>1
09/19/21 07:01 PM 198
The rate of decrease of
temperature with the increase in
elevation is called.
a. updraft
b. Lapse rate
c. Convention rate
d. Deflection rate
Answer – lapse rate

09/19/21 07:01 PM 199
The approximate threshold for the soil
loss in the Philippines is around
12metric ton per hectare per year.
Assuming a soil bulk density of 1.2
metric ton / cu. m, What is the soil
erosion in mm/ yr.
a. 0.1 mm / yr
b. 1.0 mm / yr
c. 10 mm / yr
d. 100 mm / yr
Answer – 1.0 mm / yr
09/19/21 07:01 PM 200

A type of cropping system where
in different crops are planted in an
area one after the other each
season.
a. Strip cropping
b. Cropping pattern
c. Mixing cropping
d. Relay cropping
Answer- relay cropping

09/19/21 07:01 PM 201
What is the erosion rate in 10 ha
farm with an average slope of 3%.
Given: slope length factor =1.0
soil erodibility= 0.25
conservation practice factor =1.0
rainfall factor =178
a. 267 mm / yr
b. 26.7 mm / yr
c. 2.67 mm /yr
d. 80.1mm /yr
Answer – 26.7 mm / yr
09/19/21 07:01 PM 202
Using the float method in
determining the velocity of water
in a channel, the float velocity in
relation the average water velocity
is:
a. Equal to the average water velocity
b. Less than the average water velocity
c. Greater than the average water velocity
d. No relation at all
Answer – greater than the average water velocity

09/19/21 07:01 PM 203
The USLE is a method of
computing soil erosion. What type
of soil erosion does it estimate?
a. Sheet erosion only
b. Sheet and rill erosion only
c. Sheet, rill and gully erosion
d. All types of erosion
Answer – sheet and rill erosion only

09/19/21 07:01 PM 204
A flood flow of 560 cu.m per second
was determined to have a 20%
probability of occurrence. What is its
return period?
a. 2 years
b. 5 years
c. 20 years
d. 50 years
Answer –5 years
09/19/21 07:01 PM 205
For a watershed of 360 ha, the peak runoff
rate for a 0.5 cm/hr rain intensity (at the
time of concentration) was observed as 2.5
cu.m/s. What is the runoff coefficient?
a. 0.5
b. 0.005
c. 5.0
d. 0.05
Answer – 0.05
09/19/21 07:01 PM 206
A type of terrace usually used for 9-
24% slope characterized by breaking
the slope at certain intervals by a ridge
and a flat portion to trap runoff.
a. Bench terrace
b. Broad based terrace
c. Zingg terrace
d. Manning’s terrace
Answer – Zingg terrace

09/19/21 07:01 PM 207
A type of terrace usually used for 25-30%
slope characterized by construction of
series of platforms along the contours cut
into the hill slope in a step like formation.
a. Bench terrace
b. Broad based terrace
c. Zingg terrace
d. Manning’s terrace
Answer – Bench terrace

09/19/21 07:01 PM 208
A storm occurred in two similar watersheds,
Glads and Karl, both 700 has. in area. Glads
watershed is long and slender while Karl
watershed is short but wide. Which watershed
will experience the earliest and highest peak flow
assuming that the rainfall over the watershed is
evenly distributed?
a. Karl
b. The same
c. Glads
d. Neither Karl nor Glads
Answer – Karl
09/19/21 07:01 PM 209
Type of flow wherein the discharge or
flow in a prismatic channel is constant
with respect to time
a. Laminar flow
b. Steady flow
c. Uniform flow
d. Critical flow
Answer – steady flow

09/19/21 07:01 PM 210
Type of sediment load along the
stream characterized as sediments that
are sometimes stationary or sometimes
carried by the water along the stream
a. Saltating load
b. Temporary load
c. Bed load
d. Suspended load
Answer – Saltating load

09/19/21 07:01 PM 211
In frequency analysis, most hydrologic
processes follow this process. This
process governed by chance and time
dependent. What type of process is
this?
a. Deterministic Process
b. Stochastic Process
c. Probabilistic Process
d. Hydrolistic process
Answer – Stochastic Process

09/19/21 07:01 PM 212
The theoretical flow velocity in an
orifice is 4 m/s, what is the height of
water flowing the center of the
orifice?
a. 20.4 cm
b. 81.6 cm
c. 361.2cm
d. 90.3 cm
Answer – 81.6 cm
09/19/21 07:01 PM 213
Determine the crest length of a structure
for a chute spillway for a design flow of 1.4
cms and a maximum water level at the
inlet is 0.5 m, the coefficient of discharge is
1.66.
a. 0.54 m
b. 2.38 m
c. 4.38 m
d. 3.28 m
Answer – 2.38 m
09/19/21 07:01 PM 214
A rectangular water tank, 2 m high is filled with
water. Due to rust, a circular hole was made to
the lowest portion of one side of the tank.
Considering that the tank is maintained full, what
is the velocity of water right after its take-off
from the hole?
a. 6.26 m/s
b. 4.43 m/s
c. 39.22 m/s
d. 19.63 m/s
Answer – 6.26 m/s

09/19/21 07:01 PM 215
What is the water depth in a 24 inch
diameter culvert which flows at 500
gpm and 2 ft/s velocity?
a. 24 in
b. 1.4 in
c. 12 in
d. 7.2 in
Answer – 7.2 in
09/19/21 07:01 PM 216
A horizontal fully flowing 4 in pipe is
discharging water. The x and y-coordinate
of the water trajectory is measured from
the end of the pipe are 1.5 m and 0.8 m,
respectively. Assuming that the coefficient
of discharge is 1.0, what is the discharge of
the pipe?
a. 10 lps
b. 20 lps
c. 30 lps
d. 40 lps
Answer – 30 lps
09/19/21 07:01 PM 217
What should be the minimum weir height
for measuring a flow of 1000 gpm with a 90
degree V-notch weir, if the flow is now
moving at 5 ft/sec in a 2 ft wide rectangular
channel?
a. 1.5 ft
b. 1.3 ft
c. 1.4 ft
d. 1.2 ft
Answer – 1.2 ft
09/19/21 07:01 PM 218
A 10 inch diameter pipe is flowing 1/3
full, what is the velocity of the water if
the volume of flow is 135 gpm?
a. 7.2 m/s
b. 2.0 ft/sec
c. 10.6 ft/sec
d. 0.01 m/s
Answer – 2.0 ft/sec

09/19/21 07:01 PM 219
On a 20% hill slope, it is proposed to
construct bench terraces with 1.1
batter slope, if the vertical interval is 2
m, what is the width of the terrace?
a. 10 m
b. 20 m
c. 8m
d. 16 m
Answer – 8 m
09/19/21 07:01 PM 220
The sheet of water which overflows a
weir.
a. Nappe
b. Weir pond
c. Overflow
d. Discharge
Answer – Nappe
09/19/21 07:01 PM 221
The rate of infiltration from a furrow
into the soil is
a. Intake rate
b. Infiltration rate
c. Permeability
d. NOTA
Answer – Intake rate

09/19/21 07:01 PM 222
The time rate at which water will
percolate into the soil is
a. Intake rate
c. Permeability
d. NOTA

09/19/21 07:01 PM 223
The velocity of flow into the soil
caused by a unit hydraulic gradient in
which the driving force is 1 kg/kg of
water.
a. Intake rate
c. Permeability
d. NOTA
Answer – Permeability
09/19/21 07:01 PM 224
The fraction of the irrigation water
that must be leached through the root
zone to control soil salinity at specific
level
a. Percolated water
b. Available moisture
c. Field capacity
d. Leaching requirement
Answer – Leaching requirement
09/19/21 07:01 PM 225

The sum of evapotranspiration and
percolation losses
a. Crop water requirement

b. Farm water requirement
c. Diversion requirement
d. Irrigation water requirement
Answer - Crop water requirement
09/19/21 07:01 PM 226

Farm turnout requirements plus
conveyance losses in the main canal and
lateral up to the farm turnout.

Answer – Diversion requirement

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The quantity of water exclusive of
precipitation required to maintain
desired soil moisture and salinity level
during the crop season

Answer - Irrigation water requirement
09/19/21 07:01 PM 228

The sum of irrigation requirement and
farm ditch losses

Answer - Farm water requirement
09/19/21 07:01 PM 229

It is the ratio of the dry weight of soil
particles to the weight of an equal
volume of water
a. Particle density
b. Bulk density
c. Real specific density
d. Apparent specific gravity
Answer – Real specific density

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The moisture content of the soil when
the gravitational water has been
removed.
a. Available water
b. Field capacity
c. Permanent wilting point
d. Readily available moisture
Answer - Field capacity
09/19/21 07:01 PM 231

1250 cu.m of water was delivered to a 10 ha
farm for the month of June in which the
consumptive use is estimated at 8 mm/day. The
effective rainfall for the period was 150 mm.
What is the irrigation frequency? .
a. 32%
b. 87%
c. 72%
d. 52%
Answer - 72%
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These are pipelines built on or near
the ground surface to convey water
across wide depressions
a. Inverted siphons
b. Siphons
c. Laterals
d. Flumes
Answer- Inverted siphons
09/19/21 07:01 PM 233

Evapotranspiration in an 8 ha farm is 7
mm/day and percolation losses is 2
mm/day. What is the design discharge of a
canal to be able to deliver a 5 day
requirement of the farm in 24 hours, if
irrigation efficiency is 75%?
a. 150 cu.m/hr
b. 200 cu.m/hr
c. 175 cu.m/hr
d. 140 cu.m/hr

09/19/21 07:01 PM 234
How much water should be applied to a 6 ha
farm where the rooting depth is 80 cm if it is in
its permanent wilting point? Volumetric
moisture contents are 0.15 and 0.32 for
permanent wilting point and field capacity,
respectively
a. 7200 cu.m
b. 6120 cu.m
c. 15360 cu.m
d. 8160 cu.m
Answer – 8160 cu.m

09/19/21 07:01 PM 235
What is the depth of water in a
trapezoidal channel with a sideslope of 2
and carrying a 2.5 cu.m/s water flow? The
channel bottom width is 1.5 m and the
flowing water has a velocity of 0.8 m/s.
a. 1.00 m
b. 0.93 m
c. 1.20 m
d. 0.82 m
Answer – 0.93 m
09/19/21 07:01 PM 236
How many sprinklers with spacing of 7m x
7m are needed to irrigate a rectangular
piece of land 125m x 190m if the laterals
are set parallels to the longer side of the
field
a. 503
b. 504
c. 486
d. 485
Answer – 486
09/19/21 07:01 PM 237
If the impeller speed of a centrifugal pump
is increased from 1800 rpm to 2340 rpm,
the resulting power will be how many
times the original?
a. 1690
b. 2197
c. 1091
d. 1140
Answer – 2197
09/19/21 07:01 PM 238
Darcy's law states that the flow of water
through a porous medium is
a. Proportional to the medium hydraulic

conductivity
b. Inversely proportional to the length of flow path
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
Answer – Both a and b
09/19/21 07:02 PM 239

One liter per second is equal to
a. 16.85 gpm
b. 15.5 gpm
c. 15.85 gpm
d. 17.35 gpm
Answer – 15.85 gpm
09/19/21 07:02 PM 240

A soil sample was obtained using s
cylindrical soil sampler with a 4 inches
diameter and 10 inches height. After oven
drying the sample weight 2470 g, what is
the soil bulk density?
a. 12 g/cc
b. 11 g/cc
c. 1200 kg/cu.m
d. 1.3 kg/cu.m
Answer – 1200 kg/cu.m

09/19/21 07:02 PM 241
Find the cross sectional area of the stream. Consider the
irrigated ditch with the ff dimensions:
bottom width- 50 cm
total depth- 60 cm
side slope- 1:1
water depth – 40 cm
channel bed slope- 1m/1km
n – 0.02
a. 3.6 sq.m
b. 0.36 sq.m
c. 36 sq.m
d. NOTA
Answer – 0.36 sq.m

09/19/21 07:02 PM 242
Compute the wetted perimeter of the
above problem:
a. 0.163 m
b. 1.63 m
c. 16.3 m
d. NOTA
Answer – 1.63 m
09/19/21 07:02 PM 243

The hydraulic radius is:
a. 0.22 m
b. 2.2 m
c. 22 m
d. NOTA
Answer – 0.22 m
09/19/21 07:02 PM 244

The velocity of the flow is:
a. 0.58 m/s
b. 1.05 m/s
c. 0.25 m/s
d. 0.45 m/s
Answer – 0.58 m/s
09/19/21 07:02 PM 245

What is the discharge in li/sec?
a. 300 li/sec
b. 178 li/sec
c. 209 li/sec
d. 200 li/sec
Answer – 209 li/sec
09/19/21 07:02 PM 246

An irrigation engineer is to irrigate a crop
planted in furrows of 100m x 100m area. The
inflow rate is 0.5 li/sec/100m. If the furrow
spacing is 50 cm and the application depth is 100
mm, determine the time in hours to irrigate the
whole area.
a. 55.68 hrs
b. 555.6 hrs
c. 450.17 hrs
d. 245.56 hrs
Answer – 555.6 hrs, Q=Ad/t

09/19/21 07:02 PM 247
From the above problem, determine the
time in hours to irrigate each furrow
a. 2.78 hrs/furrow
b. 2.45 hrs/furrow
c. 147 min/furrow
d. Two of the above
Answer - 2.78 hrs/furrow

09/19/21 07:02 PM 248
75% of the available moisture
a. Moisture Allowed Deficit

b. Readily Available Moisture
c. Available Moisture
d. NOTA
Answer – Readily Available Moisture
09/19/21 07:02 PM 249

It is the difference between field capacity
and wilting point

d. NOTA
Answer – Available Moisture
09/19/21 07:02 PM 250

The product of Available Moisture to
the Percent Moisture Depletion

d. NOTA
Answer – Moisture Allowed Deficit
09/19/21 07:02 PM 251

The amount of moisture content that
is left from the soil 2-3 days after
heavy application of rain or irrigation
water
a. Field Capacity
b. Wilting point
c. Excess water
d. Available water
Answer – field capacity

09/19/21 07:02 PM 252
Soil less agriculture.
a. Hydrophonic
b. Hygrophonic
c. Barren
d. NOTA
Answer – Hydrophonic
09/19/21 07:02 PM 253

Find the irrigation interval. Given the ff .
WHC- 1.5
MAD- 50%
allowed depletion-0.75 cm
ET/Ea-2.22 mm/day
a. 3 days
b. 2 days
c. 4 days
d. All of the above
Answer – 3 days, F=allowed depletion/W.R

W.R = ET/Ea
09/19/21 07:02 PM 254

Characterize by irregular path of
particle movements which keep of
crossing and re-crossing
a. Turbulent flow
b. Laminar flow
c. Steady flow
d. Uniform flow
Answer – Turbulent flow
09/19/21 07:02 PM 255

A type of flow where the
discharge passing a given cross
section of a stream is constant
a.
with time
Turbulent flow
.
b. Laminar flow
c. Steady flow
d. Uniform flow
Answer – Uniform flow
09/19/21 07:02 PM 256

Average lapse rate in troposphere
a. 6.5 C/km
b. 7.5 C/km
c. 8.5 C/km
d. NOTA
Answer – 6.5 C/km
09/19/21 07:02 PM 257

Characterized by a vertically
isothermal structure in the lower
portion followed by increasing
temperature in the upper portion
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
Answer – Stratosphere
09/19/21 07:02 PM 258
Characterized by a nearly
uniform decrease in temperature
with height, most weather
changes are limited here
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
Answer – Troposphere
09/19/21 07:02 PM 259
Lower part of the thermosphere,
ionized layer which the long distance
radio communication is possible.
a. Ionosphere
b. Exosphere
c. Protosphere
d. NOTA
Answer: Ionosphere
09/19/21 07:02 PM 260
Most of the thermosphere.
a. Ionosphere
b. Exosphere
c. Protosphere
d. NOTA
Answer – Exosphere
09/19/21 07:02 PM 261
Upper part of the thermosphere, where earth
magnetic field is more important than gravitational
field in controlling the behaviors of proton
a. Ionosphere
b. Exosphere
c. Protosphere
d. NOTA
Answer – Protosphere
09/19/21 07:02 PM 262
Refer to the short-period variations
in the atmosphere
a. Weather
b. Climate
c. Horizontal visibility
d. NOTA
Answer – Weather
09/19/21 07:02 PM 263

Refers to the long period manifested
by weather
a. Weather
b. Climate
c. Horizontal visibility
d. NOTA
Answer – Climate
09/19/21 07:02 PM 264

At what time where the sun is
farthest distance from the earth
a. Aphelion
b. Perihelion
c. The permeability is high
Answer – aphelion
09/19/21 07:02 PM 265

The most stable and chief
component of most soil on a
volumetric basis.
a. Mineral particles
b. Chemical elements
c. Water
d. Air
Answer – mineral Particles

09/19/21 07:02 PM 266

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Answer – Real specific

Answer - Field Capacity

Answer – all of the above

Answer - Gravitational water

Answer - Foundation Pressure

Answer – None (penman)

a. Direct and cascade supply

Answer - Direct and cascade supply

b/d ratio = 3.5 wetted perimeter = 14

Answer - 0.82 m/s

Answer- Bench terrace

Answer – none ( strip

Answer – 0.089 m3/sec

Answer – soil texture

Answer – None of the

Answer – Soil profile

Answer – Its bulk density

Answer – Field capacity

Answer – Current meter

Answer – Free board

Answer – Watershed with

Answer – rill erosion

Answer – deep well

Answer – Frontal storm

Answer - 0.30-1.0 m/s

Answer – alkali soil

Answer – 0.62 m/s

a. The piezometer level is higher than the top of the well

Answer – The piezometer level is higher than the top of the

Answer – 300 cu.m/hr

Answer – Inverted siphon

Answer – 15.85 gpm

a. Permanent wilting point

Answer – Hygroscopic water

Answer – none (Discharge)

Answer – Current meter

Answer – Infiltration rate

Answer - Tail drain

Answer - Water hammer

Answer – mineral particles

Answer – soil texture

Answer – soil structure

Answer – loam soils

Answer – soil density

Answer – void ratio

Answer – soil profile

Answer – hygroscopic water

Answer – Capillary water

Answer – Gravitational water

Answer – Infiltration rate

Answer – Irrigation period

Answer – Irrigation efficiency

Answer – Vegetative phase

Answer – Reproductive phase

Answer – Ripening phase

Answer – flow net

Answer – Contour lines

Answer – None of the above

Answer – 50 million cu.m

a. Economically depressed and deprived regions

Answer – High population densities and heavy

Answer – NOTA(Differential leveling)

Answer – 69.5 L/s, 0.150000sq.m1000L/72000s