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CIVIL ENGINEERING LICENSURE EXAM

HYDRAULICS AND PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Tuesday, January 03, 2023 Module 19

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of
your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only. NOTE: WHENEVER YOU CAN ENCOUNTER A
CARET (^) SIGN, IT MEANS EXPONENTIATION.

BUOYANCY

1. What force (in Newtons) is required to completely submerge in water, a 12. A tank containing water has a total weight of 75 kg when weighed.
spherical ball having a diameter of 30 cm and weighing 5 kg? Obtain the new reading on the weighing scale if a 50 mm by 50 mm
A. 89.65 B. 96.32 piece of wood is held vertically in the water to a depth of 700 mm.
C. 82.54 D. 104.78 A. 77.05 B. 76.75
C. 75.55 D. 74.25
2. A car ferry is essentially rectangular with dimensions of 8 m wide and
100 m long. If 60 cars, with an average mass per car of 1400 kg are 13. A rectangular wooden block (γ = 3 kN/m3) is 0.6 m square and 3 m
loaded on the ferry, how much farther will it sink in water? long. Obtain the vertical force required to keep the block in upright
A. 32.5 cm B. 20.8 cm position and fully submerge in water.
C. 15.6 cm D. 10.5 cm A. 4.36 kN B. 5.25 kN
C. 7.35 kN D. 6.32 kN
3. A block of wood (sg = 0.78) floats in water with 600 cm3 above the
water surface. What is the total volume of the wood in cm3? 14. A ship with vertical sides near the water line, weighs 40 MN and draws
A. 2727.3 B. 2653.8 6.7 m in salt water (sg = 1.026). Discharge of 2 MN of water ballast
C. 2989.4 D. 3214.4 decreases the draft to 6.4 m. What would be the draft of the ship in fresh
water?
4. A block of wood floats in water with 20 cm projecting above the water A. 6.854 m B. 6.632 m
surface. If placed in oil (sp. gr. = 0.80) will float with 15 cm projecting C. 6.458 m D. 6.548 m
above the oil surface. What is the height of the block?
A. 35 cm B. 40 cm 15. A spherical balloon 5.8 m in diameter is filled with gas weighing 5
C. 50 cm D. 45 cm N/m3. In standard air weighing 12 N/m3, evaluate the maximum load, in
N, excluding its own weight, which the balloon can lift.
5. A barge, weighing 350 kN when empty, is 6 m wide, 15 m long, and 3 m A. 1226 B. 715
high. Floating upright, evaluate the draft of the barge, in meters, when C. 935 D. 624
transporting 3000 bags of cement along a river, each bag having a mass
of 40 kg. Assume the specific gravity of the water in the river to be 1.03. 16. A cubical block 0.3 m on each side has a specific gravity of 2.35. What
A. 1.68 B. 1.52 downward force (in N) is required to keep the block in equilibrium if it
C. 1.24 D. 1.95 is completely submerged in a liquid whose specific gravity is 4.7?
A. 521 B. 864
6. A cube, 310 mm on each side is to be held in equilibrium under water by C. 758 D. 622
attaching a lightweight foam buoy to it. The specific weight of the cube
and foam are 20 kN/m3 and 0.81 kN/m3, respectively. Evaluate the 17. An iceberg floats in seawater with 500 cubic meters of ice above the
minimum volume of the foam required, in m 3. Neglect the attachments water surface. If the specific gravity of seawater is 1.02 and of ice is
in the calculations. 0.92, what is the total volume of ice?
A. 0.0432 B. 0.0559 A. 5100 m3 B. 5150 m3
C. 0.0337 D. 0.0248 C. 5200 m 3
D. 5250 m3

7. A piece of wood of s.g. of 0.63 is 70 mm square and 150 cm long. How 18. A block of wood 0.20 m thick is floating in sea water. The specific
many Newtons of lead weighing 110 kN/m3 must be fastened at one end gravity of wood is 0.65 while that of seawater is 1.03. Find the minimum
of the stick so that it will float upright with 0.30 m out of water? area of a block which will support a man weighing 80 kg.
A. 13.46 N B. 16.52 N A. 0.85 sq.m. B. 1.05 sq.m.
C. 20.12 N D. 19.23 N C. 1.62 sq.m. D. 4.80 sq.m.

8. A ship having a having a displacement of 25,000 metric tons enters a 19. A 12 cm diameter solid cylinder of height 8 cm weighing 0.5 kg is
harbor of fresh water. The ship captain recorded a draft of 8.4 m while immersed in liquid with density 800 kg/cum contained in a metal
the ship was still in seawater (sg = 1.03). Obtain the draft, in meters, of cylinder having a diameter of 15 cm. Before immersion, the liquid was 8
the ship in fresh water if the horizontal section of the ship below the cm deep. At what level from the bottom will the cylinder float?
waterline is 3000 m2 in both instances. A. 6.01 cm B. 6.41 cm
A. 8.64 B. 8.16 C. 2.47 cm D. 5.53 cm
C. 9.21 D. 8.87
Situation – A block of wood 0.60 m x 0.60 m x h meters in dimension was
9. A stone (sg = 2.25) weighs 254 N in air. How much will it weigh in oil thrown into the water and floats with 0.18 m projecting above the water
having sg = 0.80? surface. The same block was thrown into a container of a liquid having a
A. 173.37 N B. 163.69 N specific gravity of 0.90 and it floats with 0.14 m projecting above the surface.
C. 157.89 N D. 143.25 N Determine the following:

10. The specific gravity of an unknown object is desired. Its weight in air is 20. The value of h.
found to be 400 N and in water it weighs 300 N. A. 0.42 m B. 0.48 m
A. 3.0 B. 4.5 C. 0.54 m D. 0.60 m
C. 3.5 D. 4.0
21. The specific gravity of the block.
11. A piece of cork has a specific gravity of 0.25 and weighs 4 lb in air. If A. 0.315 B. 0.667
the weight density of water is 62.4 lb/ft^3. Compute the volume of the C. 0.442 D. 0.540
cork.
A. 0.28 ft^3 B. 0.26 ft^3 22. The weight of the block.
C. 0.24 ft^3 D. 0.38 ft^3 A. 1.272 kN B. 1.414 kN
C. 1.346 kN D. 1.163 kN

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Situation – A hallow cylinder 1 m in diameter and 2 m high weighs 3825 N. 37. What weight of concrete is needed to be fastened to the outside bottom
of the buoy to make it float with 0.5 m exposed above the water surface?
23. How many kN of lead weighing 110 kN/m 3 must be fastened to the Unit weight of concrete is 24 kN/m3.
outside bottom of the cylinder to make it float with 1.5 m submerged in A. 6.548 kN B. 6.789 kN
water? C. 7.014 kN D. 7.225 kN
A. 5.83 kN B. 6.95 kN
C. 7.74 kN D. 8.49 kN 38. If the buoy is to be anchored 20 m below the surface, find the weight of
scrap iron that should be sealed inside the buoy in order that the force in
24. How many kN of lead if it is placed inside the cylinder? the anchor chain will not exceed 4.5 kN.
A. 5.83 kN B. 6.95 kN A. 2.564 kN B. 2.998 kN
C. 7.74 kN D. 8.49 kN C. 3.215 kN D. 2.874 kN

Situation – A rectangular scow 9 m wide, 15 m long, and 3.6 m high has a Situation - A cylindrical tank, 1.3 m in diameter and 2.4 m high weighs 3825
draft in sea water of 2.4 m. Its center of gravity is 2.7 m above the bottom of Newtons. The tank is to float in water with a draft of 1.8 m. Unit weight of
the scow. Determine the following: lead is 110 kN/m3.

25. The initial metacentric height: 39. How much lead is required if it is attached at the outside bottom of the
A. 1.2 m B. 1.3 m tank, in kN?
C. 1.5 m D. 2.7 m A. 14.39 B. 19.61
C. 13.11 D. 21.53
26. The righting or overturning moment when the scow tilts until one side is
just at the point of submergence. 40. How much lead is required if it is placed inside the tank, in kN?
A. 1189.3 kN-m B. 1198.3 kN-m A. 21.53 B. 14.39
C. 1181.9 kN-m D. 1139.8 kN-m C. 13.11 D. 19.61

Situation - An object having a specific gravity of 0.68 is floating in water. 41. In part 2, how much additional weight of lead is required to make the
cylinder fully submerged in water, in kN?
27. What is the ratio of its volume submerged to its total volume? A. 14.323 B. 9.631
A. 0.75 B. 0.68 C. 7.813 D. 10.256
C. 0.63 D. 0.71
Situation - A rectangular scow 6 m wide, 5 m high, and 25 m long has a draft
28. If its volume exposed is 0.36 m3, what is the total volume of the object? of 3.2 m in seawater (s = 1.025). Its center of gravity is 1.5 m above the
A. 1.254 m3 B. 0.052 m3 bottom of the scow.
C. 1.125 m3 D. 1.365 m3
42. What is the weight of the scow in kN?
29. What is the weight of the object? A. 4807 B. 4963
A. 7214 N B. 7603 N C. 5087 D. 5248
C. 7458 N D. 7505 N
43. What is the initial metacentric height in rolling in m?
Situation - A 12-kN sphere is attached to a 4-kN sphere by a cable. Both A. 1.125 B. 1.325
spheres have the same diameter of 1.2 m and the weight and volume of the C. 1.228 D. 1.038
cable is negligible. If the spheres are thrown in water, determine the
following: 44. When the scow tilts 12°, what is the righting moment in kN-m?
A. 1124.5 B. 1258.7
30. The draft of the sphere. C. 952.4 D. 1062.4
A. 98.5 cm B. 85.8 cm
C. 75.5 cm D. 80.5 cm Situation - A rectangular barge 5.5 m wide by 14 m long by 3.2 m deep
floats empty with a draft of 1.5 m in a canal lock 8.5 m wide by 17 m long and
31. The tension in the cable. water depth 2.2 m when the empty barge is present.
A. 2945 N B. 3124 N
C. 3524 N D. 3363 N 45. What is the weight of the empty barge in kN?
A. 1256 B. 1133
32. The exposed volume of the 4-kN sphere. C. 1052 D. 1325
A. 0.179 m3 B. 0.285 m3
C. 0.077 m3 D. 0.229 m3 46. If 950 kN of steel is loaded onto the barge what is the new draft of the
barge in meters?
Situation - A 1.3 m square tank contains water at a depth of 2.4 m. A cubical A. 2.254 B. 2.563
block of wood, 0.95 m on each side is made to float in water inside the tank. C. 2.758 D. 2.607
The specific gravity of the wood is 0.82.
47. If 950 kN of steel is loaded onto the barge what is the new water depth
33. What is the volume of water displaced by the wood in liters? in the lock in meters?
A. 756 B. 703 A. 2.54 B. 2.63
C. 562 D. 832 C. 2.71 D. 2.87

34. What is the rise in water level in the tank in mm? Situation - A 13-kN sphere is attached to a 4.55-kN sphere by a cable. Both
A. 416 B. 458 spheres have the same diameter of 1.2 m and the weight and volume of the
C. 432 D. 479 cable is negligible. If the spheres are thrown in sea water (s = 1.025),
determine the following:
35. What is the change in the total force acting on one side of the tank?
A. 12.45 kN B. 15.87 kN 48. The draft of the lighter sphere in cm.
C. 13.84 kN D. 16.32 kN A. 105.65 B. 115.78
C. 100.45 D. 125.89
Situation – A spherical steel buoy 1.20 m in diameter and weighing 1600 N is
to be anchored in salt water (sg = 1.025) 49. The tension in the cable in N.
A. 3902 B. 3568
36. What is the draft of the buoy in salt water? C. 3752 D. 3804
A. 0.32 m B. 0.45 m
C. 0.52 m D. 0.38 m 50. The exposed volume of the lighter sphere in cm 3.
A. 62400 B. 64200
C. 60200 D. 63400
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Situation - A steel tank with vertical sides, 3.8m high and 1.20 m x 1.20 m Situation - A stone weighs 500 N in air and 350 N in a liquid having a
base, contains 1.50 m of water and 1.50 m of oil (sp. gr. = 0.80). A 0.70 m specific gravity of 0.86. Determine the following:
wooden cube (sp. gr. = 0.60) is made to float with one face horizontal in the
tank. Determine the following: 63. The volume of the stone in m 3?
A. 0.01778 B. 0.01899
51. The volume of oil displaced by the block. C. 0.01535 D. 0.01654
A. 0.214 m3 B. 0.287 m3
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C. 0.257 m D. 0.321 m3 64. The specific gravity of the stone.
A. 3.319 B. 2.867
52. The rise in the oil surface after placing the block. C. 2.683 D. 3.081
A. 17.865 cm B. 16.872 cm
C. 13.584 cm D. 14.887 cm 65. The unit weight of the stone in kN/m 3.
A. 32.563 B. 26.325
53. The increase in total pressure acting on one side of the steel tank. C. 30.226 D. 28.122
A. 5.198 kN B. 5.258 kN
C. 4.875 kN D. 4.310 kN Situation – A stone weighs 468 N in air. When submerged in water it weighs
298 N.
Situation - An open-top cylindrical tank weighing 25 kN has a base diameter
of 1.5 meters and is 2.3 meters tall. The tank floats in water with circular base 66. Find the volume of the stone in m3.
horizontal. A. 0.001 B. 0.0173
C. 0.025 D. 0.0357
54. What is the draft of the tank in water in meters?
A. 1.442 B. 1.134 67. Find the unit weight of the stone in kN/m3.
C. 1.231 D. 1.678 A. 24.05 B. 26.05
C. 25.05 D. 27.05
55. What weight of concrete (γ = 24 kN/m3) must be fastened to the outside
bottom of the tank to increase the draft to 2.2 meters? 68. Find the specific gravity of the stone.
A. 18.5 kN B. 20.1 kN A. 2.90 B. 2.45
C. 22.2 kN D. 27.6 kN C. 2.45 D. 2.76

56. What weight of concrete (γ = 24 kN/m3) must be placed inside the tank Situation – A wooden buoy of specific gravity 0.75 floats in a liquid having a
to increase the draft to 2.2 meters? specific gravity of 0.85.
A. 18.22 kN B. 10.21 kN
C. 15.54 kN D. 13.14 kN 69. Evaluate the percentage of the volume of the buoy above the liquid
surface to the total volume of the buoy.
Situation - A 90° inverted cone containing water is shown in the figure. The A. 10.4 B. 12.6
original depth of water in the cone is 12 cm. A block with a volume of 200 C. 11.8 D. 13.1
cm3 and specific gravity of 0.60 is floated in the water.
70. If the volume above the liquid is 0.045 cubic meters, estimate the weight
of the buoy, in kN.
A. 1.98 B. 3.24
C. 2.81 D. 4.11

71. What vertical force, in kN, applied to the buoy to fully submerge it?
A. 0.225 B. 0.375
C. 0.275 D. 0.425
57. What is the volume of the water displaced by the block?
A. 110 cm3 B. 130 cm3 Situation – In order to determine the volume and the specific gravity of a
C. 130 cm3 D. 120 cm3 stone that weighs 45 kg in air, the engineer observed that when submerged in
fresh water the stone weighs 30 kg.
58. What will be the change in water surface height in the cone?
A. 4.941 mm B. 8.185 mm 72. Evaluate the buoyant force acting on the stone, in kg.
C. 2.163 mm D. 2.596 mm A. 15 B. 25
C. 10 D. 20
59. If the height of the cone is 13 cm, what greatest weight of block can be
placed without spilling any water? 73. Obtain the volume of the stone, in m3.
A. 491.14 grams B. 818.56 grams A. 0.010 B. 0.020
C. 569.87 grams D. 725.12 grams C. 0.015 D. 0.025

Situation – A cylindrical tank, 1 m in diameter and 2 m high weighs 1900 N. 74. Evaluate the specific gravity of the stone.
The tank is to float in water with a draft of 1.7 m. Unit weight of lead is 110 A. 3.0 B. 2.5
kN/m3. C. 2.0 D. 1.5

60. How much lead is required if it is to be placed inside the tank? Situation – A right circular cylinder having a diameter of 1.0 m and weighing
A. 11.2 kN B. 11.8 kN 850 N is held in position by an anchor block such that 0.35 m of the cylinder
C. 10.3 kN D. 12.3 kN is below the surface of the water with its axis vertical. The anchor block has a
volume of 0.50 cu. m. and weighs 24 kN per cu. m. in air. Assume sea water
61. How much lead is required if it is to be attached at the outside bottom of to have a specific gravity = 1.03. Neglecting the weight and volume of the
the tank? cable.
A. 10.3 kN B. 11.2 kN
C. 12.3 kN D. 11.8 kN 75. Evaluate the buoyant force on the cylinder for the position described.
A. 2.78 kN B. 3.21 kN
62. In part 2, how much additional weight of lead is required to make the C. 5.36 kN D. 4.21 kN
cylinder fully submerged in water?
A. 2.78 kN B. 2.54 kN 76. Evaluate the tensile force in the wire for the given draft of the cylinder.
C. 4.65 kN D. 9.43 kN A. 3.85 kN B. 3.42 kN
C. 1.93 kN D. 1.54 kN

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77. Evaluate the rise in the tide that will lift the anchor from the bottom of
the sea, in meters.
A. 0.983 B. 0.633
C. 0.752 D. 0.425

Situation – A wooden buoy having a specific gravity of 0.75 floats in a liquid

having a specific gravity of 0.85.

78. Determine the percentage of the buoy exposed in the liquid.

A. 13.33 % B. 15.33 %
C. 14.44 % D. 11.76 %

79. What is the weight of the wooden buoy if the volume exposed above the
liquid is 0.045 m3?
A. 1.85 kN B. 2.36 kN
C. 2.81 kN D. 3.01 kN

80. What downward force is required to completely submerge the buoy?

A. 0.425 kN B. 0.375 kN
C. 0.625 kN D. 0.325 kN

Situation – A block of wood with length “h” and cross-sectional area “A” is
submerged in water with 50 mm exposed above the water surface. When
submerged in a liquid with specific gravity of 1.35, it will float with 75 mm
exposed above the liquid surface.

81. Obtain the specific gravity of the wood.

A. 0.752 B. 0.956
C. 0.524 D. 0.659

82. Obtain the length of the wood in mm.

A. 163.2 B. 124.8
C. 132.1 D. 146.4

83. If the wood is submerged vertically in a liquid with specific gravity of

1.03, obtain the length of wood exposed above the surface in mm.
A. 62.1 B. 48.2
C. 52.8 D. 58.9

Situation – A barge floating in a river, in the form of rectangular

parallelepiped 10 m wide by 30 m long by 3 m high, is loaded with 4500 kN
of sand. Its centroid is located 4 m from the barge bottom. Specific gravity of
water is 1.01. Determine the following:

84. The draft of the barge.

A. 1.51 m B. 1.85 m
C. 1.21 m D. 2.32 m

85. The metacentric height for rotation along about its longest centerline or
rolling.
A. 4.58 m B. 5.50 m
C. 2.26 m D. 3.65 m

86. The metacentric height for rotation along about its shortest centerline or
pitching.
A. 49.5 m B. 52.3 m
C. 55.4 m D. 46.3 m

Situation – A piece of wood floats in water with 5 cm projecting above the

water surface. When placed in glycerin (sg = 1.35), the wood floats with 7.5
cm projecting above the glycerin surface.

87. Determine the height of the wood in centimeters.

A. 12.58 B. 9.32
C. 16.32 D. 14.64

88. Determine the specific gravity of the wood.

A. 0.66 B. 0.72
C. 0.43 D. 0.52

89. Determine the weight of the wood if its cross-sectional area is 20 cm x

20 cm.
A. 46.5 N B. 37.8 N
C. 24.7 N D. 32.1 N

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