GeoHydro PreBoard 3.

 Which of the following most nearly gives the

maximum force in soil?
A rectangular footing of 3m length and 2m width is a. 12.35 kN b. 25.64 kN
embedded 1.5m below the natural ground surface c. 17.34 kN d. 15.84 kN
with the following soil properties listed below: 
Unit wt of soil = 20KN/m³  Direct shear test was conducted on soil specimen. It
Cohesion = 10KPa  was observed that the specimen failed when V =
Angle of internal friction = 10°  137KPa and P = 268KPa. In other soil sample, it failed
Consider general shear failure.  at V = 210KPa and P = 412KPa.

4. Determine the cohesion of the soil?

Using Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity formula,  a. 1.139 kPa b. 2.142 kPa
c. 3.142 kPa d. 0.954 kPa

5. Determine the internal angle of friction?

a. 35.12° b. 26.88°
c. 15.24° d. 19.65°

6. What is the axial compressive stress when V =

243KPa
a. 477.1 kPa b. 523.1 kPa
c. 375.3 kPa d. 126.9 kPa

PROBLEM 7: The following technical data are given

below:

Overburden pressure = 180KPa 

Increase in pressure = 140KPa

Clay thickness = 8m

Compression Index = 0.315

Void ratio = 1.132

What is the total settlement in clay?

a. 0.365 m b. 0.145 m
c. 0.295 m d. 0.3112 m

A soil sample has a field unit weight of

1. Which of the following most nearly gives the 1800kg/m³ and the unit weight of soil particle is
2000kg/m³. If the moisture content is 12%, 
strength of cohesion?
a. 112.3 kN b. 115.2 kN
8. Which of the following most nearly gives the void
c. 119.2 kN d. 124.3 kN
ratio of the soil sample?
a. 0.124 b. 0.045
2. Which of the following most nearly gives   the
c. 0.327 d. 0.244
contribution of soil surcharge?
a. 81 kN b. 75 kN
c. 85 kN d. 64 kN
9. Which of the following most nearly gives the dry 14. Which of the following most nearly gives the
unit weight of the soil sample? location of hydrostatic force from the vertex?
a. 1606.125kg b. 1607.143kg a. 0.3245 m b. 0.6155 m
c. 1609.472kg d. 1602.235kg c. 0.7512 m d. 0.9245 m
15. Which of the following most nearly gives the
10. Which of the following most nearly gives the normal force needed to open the gate?
degree of saturation in percent? a. 5.11 kN b. 3.15 kN
a. 98.36% b. 95.32% c. 4.22 kN d. 2.32 kN
c. 99.99% d. 93.45%
PROBLEM 16: In a triaxial shear test of a cohesionless
PROBLEM 11: A soil sample has 40% porosity. Find its soil, the soil cylinder was subjected to a liquid
void ratio. pressure of 16KPa inside the chamber. It was
a. 0.667 b. 0.356
c. 0.750 d. 0.522 observed that the failure of the sample in shear
occurred when the axial compressive stress reached
PROBLEM 12: The fluid pressure exerted by mercury to 40KPa. What is the angle of internal friction of the
is roughly how much greater than by that of water? soil specimen?
a. 13.6 times b. 15.3 times a. 45.32° b. 25.45°
c. 12.1 times d. 16.4 times c. 13.65° d. 33.75°

A triangular gate, 1.2m base width and 0.9m high is PROBLEM 17: A liquid with unit weight of 9KN/m³ was
inclined at 600 with respect to horizontal where the
poured into a cylindrical container. The said liquid has
base is at the bottom while its vertex is 2m below
a height of 3m in the container. Water is then poured
the free water surface. If the gate is hinged at the
vertex, determine the following: out into the container; the total height of the two
liquids becomes 10m. Determine the gage pressure at
SIT 4 FIGURE:
the interface of the liquids?
a. 35 kPa b. 16 kPa
c. 68 kPa d. 27 kPa

PROBLEM 18: The pressure varies inversely as volume

at a constant temperature. When P = 350 KPa, its V =
200m³. What will be the value of P when V = 150m³?
a. 236.45 kPa b. 466.67 kPa
c. 822.14 kPa d. 156.32 kPa

13. Which of the following most nearly gives the

hydrostatic force acting on the gate?
a. 23.21 kN b. 13.35 kN
c. 12.35 kN d. 18.55 kN
A rectangular footing of 3m length and 2m width is 21. Which of the following most nearly gives the
embedded 1.5m below the natural ground surface
contribution of footing dimension?
with the following soil properties listed below: a. 212.4 kN b. 189.1 kN
 Unit wt of soil = 17.1KN/m³  c. 324.1 kN d. 65.23 kN
Cohesion = 10KPa 
Angle of internal friction = 20°  PROBLEM 22: A 2.5m diameter cylindrical container,
Consider general shear failure.
3m in height contains two – third full of water. An
Using Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity formula,  orifice is located at the bottom of the tank. If the
diameter of the orifice is 50mm, determine the time
of discharge in minutes. Use Coefficient of velocity =
1.0 and coefficient of contraction = 1.0.
a. 26.6 min b. 45.3 min
c. 15.4 min d. 19.3 min

For a pipe system shown below: 

SIT 6 FIGURE:

19. Which of the following most nearly gives the

strength of cohesion?
a. 212.4 kN b. 189.1 kN
c. 324.1 kN d. 65.23 kN

20. Which of the following most nearly gives   the

contribution of soil surcharge?
a. 212.4 kN b. 189.1 kN
c. 324.1 kN d. 65.23 kN
GIVEN: a. 1.433 sec b. 1.327 sec
c. 1.764 sec d. 1.652 sec

28. Find the maximum horizontal distance it will travel

from the orifice.
a. 4.74 b. 6.74
c. 5.74 d. 3.74

PROBLEM 29: Find the total volume of an iceberg if its

volume above sea level is 500m³ having a specific
gravity of 0.9.
a. 3256.14 m³ b. 3961.54 m³
c. 4251.74 m³ d. 6147.34 m³

A vessel, 1.2m in diameter is filled with water up to a

height of 2.1m above the base.

30. Which of the following most nearly gives the

height of the tank so that there will be no water
spilled out when rotated at 90rpm?  
a. 2.915 m b. 1.657 m
c. 3.178 m d. 2.031 m

31. Which of the following most nearly gives the

angular speed when 1.4Liters of water is spilled out?  
23. Which of the following most nearly gives the
a. 9.43 rad/sec b. 12.60 rad/sec
discharge of the reservoir at highest elevation? c. 5.36 rad/sec d. 17.15 rad/sec
a. 0.0435 m³/sec b. 0.0266 m³/sec
c. 0.0169 m³/sec d. 0.0523 m³/sec
32. Which of the following most nearly gives the
angular velocity when there is zero pressure at the
24. Which of the following most nearly gives the
bottom?
discharge of the reservoir at immediate elevation? 
a. 9.43 rad/sec b. 12.60 rad/sec
a. 0.0435 m³/sec b. 0.0266 m³/sec
c. 5.36 rad/sec d. 17.15 rad/sec
c. 0.0169 m³/sec d. 0.0523 m³/sec
A clay layer 7.6m in thickness is overlain by a sand
25. Which of the following most nearly gives the 15.2m below the ground surface. The water table is
discharge of the reservoir at lowest elevation? located at the ground surface. A sand layer has a dry
a. 0.0435 m³/sec b. 0.0266 m³/sec and saturated unit weight of 18.2 KN/m³ and 21.2
c. 0.0169 m³/sec d. 0.0523 m³/sec KN/m³, respectively. A clay layer has a saturated unit
weight of 18.8KN/m³ when the water is lowered
 A 4 m tank is inclined at 45° with the horizontal.
7.6m below the ground surface. The degree of
Distance of center of orifice to the lower end of the
saturation of sand above the water table is
tank is 2.7 m. If Cv = 1,
decreased to 20%. At the midway of clay layer,
26. Find the maximum height that the jet will reach.
a. 3.56 m b. 4.55 m 33. Determine the effective pressure of the soil before
c. 6.22 m d. 5.38 m the water table is lowered.
a. 277.286 kPa b. 347.282 kPa
c. 207.290 kPa d. 198.325 kPa
27. Find the time it will take to reach a point 1.2 m 34. Determine the effective pressure of the soil
below the lower end of the tank. considering the lowering of the table.
a. 277.286 kPa b. 347.282 kPa
c. 207.290 kPa d. 198.325 kPa

35. Determine the effective pressure of the soil when

the water table is located below the sand but it
remained moist saturated. 
a. 277.286 kPa b. 347.282 kPa
c. 207.290 kPa d. 198.325 kPa

 A 300mm diameter test well penetrates 27m below

the static water table. After 24 hours of pumping at
69Liters per second. The water level in an
observation well is at a distance of 98m from the test
lowered 0.56m and the observation well at a
distance of 34.5m from the test well, the drawdown
is 1.10m

36. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate

of flow in cubic meter per day? 
a. 4568.1 m³/day b. 5961.6 m³/day
c. 6358.4 m³/day d. 2500.7 m³/day

37. Which of the following most nearly gives the

coefficient of permeability of an aquifer in meter per
day?
a. 70.095 m/day b. 85.140 m/day
c. 63.145 m/day d. 29.752 m/day

38. Which of the following most nearly gives the

transmissibility of an aquifer in square meter per day?
a. 1892.58 m²/day b. 1247.15 m²/day
c. 2100.32 m²/day d. 1698.45 m²/day
 Use the Unified Soil Classification System Table in
the appendix provided to calculate the succeeding
problems.   
The plotted graph provided below shows the particle
size distribution curve.

SIT 11 GRAPH:

TABLE 1:
TABLE 2:
 TABLE 4:

TABLE 5:

TABLE 3:

39. Which of the following most nearly gives the

percentage of gravel in soil A?
a. 3% b. 2%
c. 5% d. 1.5%

40. Which of the following most nearly gives the

percentage of sand in soil B?
a. 45% b. 56%
c. 59% d. 63%

41. Which of the following most nearly gives the

percentage of silt in soil C?
a. 45% b. 56%
c. 59% d. 63%
Use the Unified Soil Classification System Table in the TABLE 2:
appendix provided to calculate the succeeding
problems.   
The following data shows the results of the sieve
analysis of soil specimen. Determine the
approximate values by plotting the result in the
graph provided.

SIT 12 DATA:

TABLE 1:

TABLE 3:
 An isosceles triangular gate whose vertex is located
at the water surface and its base is parallel to the
TABLE 4:
water surface. The height of the gate is 1.5m and the
base is 1.2m width.

45. Which of the following most nearly gives the

hydrostatic force acting on the plate?
a. 8,829 N b. 9,012 N
c. 7,500 N d. 5,920 N

46. Which of the following most nearly gives the

distance of center of pressure to the center of gravity?
a. 145 mm b. 125 mm
c. 115 mm d. 135 mm

47. Which of the following most nearly gives the

TABLE 5: location of the resultant force from the vertex?
a. 2.136 m b. 1.956 m
c. 1.125 m d. 2.078 m

 A cylindrical tank having a diameter of 1.2m is held by

an anchor block so that the tank is submerged at 0.3m
depth. The volume of the anchor block is 0.5 m³ and
has a unit weight of 24KN/m³ in air. It is submerged
on seawater having a specific gravity of 1.03.

48. Which of the following most nearly gives the

buoyant force acting on the cylindrical tank?
a. 3,428 N b. 2,628 N
c. 4,356 N d. 1,689 N
42. Which of the following most nearly gives the
effective size? 49. Which of the following most nearly gives the
a. 0.12 m b. 0.23 m tension in the chain connecting the block and
c. 0.18 m d. 0.25 m
cylindrical tank?
a. 3,428 N b. 2,628 N
43. Which of the following most nearly gives the c. 4,356 N d. 1,689 N
uniformity coefficient?
a. 18.45 b. 19.63 50. Which of the following most nearly gives the
c. 21.36 d. 16.45
increase in height of water that will lift the anchor

44. Classify the soil specimen using USCS method. block?

a. Well graded sand a. 0.38 m b. 0.45 m
b. Well graded gravel c. 0.26 m d. 0.59 m
c. poorly graded sand
c. poorly graded gravel