HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL EXAM

DEFINITION OF TERMS QUESTION

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1. The elastic tendency of liquids which makes arrangement, mostly out of static friction. This
them acquires the least surface area possible. weight and pressure is called?
It is responsible, for example when an object A. Adhesion
or insect such as mosquitoes that is denser B. Cohesion
than water is able to float or run along the C. Effective stress
water surface. D. Internal friction
A. Surface Tension
B. Modulus of Elasticity 9. A phenomenon in which the strength and
C. Capillarity rise stiffness of a soil reduced by earthquake
D. Viscosity shaking or other rapid loading.
A. Liquefaction
2. Which component of rock or soil is B. Settlement
independent of inter-particle friction C. Erosion
A. Adhesion D. Solidification
B. Plasticity
C. Cohesion 10. A flow in which the velocity of the fluid at a
D. Skin friction particular fixed point does not change with
time.
3. Which of the following is not a soil A. Steady flow
components? B. Continuous flow
A. Minerals C. Laminar flow
B. Gas D. Turbulent flow
C. Organic materials
D. All of the above 11. The pressure exerted onto is transmitted
equally and undiminished to all portions of the
4. A cohesive soil deposit is considered soft if the liquid. The principle in liquid mechanics is
unconfined compression strength in kPa is known as :
between” A. Archimedes
A. 0 to 24 B. Bernoulli
B. 24 to 48 C. Pascal’s
C. 48 to 96 D. Boyles
D. 96 to 192
12. In any stream flowing steadily without friction
5. According to USCS, what do you call soil grain the total energy contained is the same at every
with grain size greater than 4.75 mm but less point in its path of flow. This principle is
than 75 mm? attribute to:
A. Gravel A. Boyles
B. Boulder B. Archimedes
C. Cobble C. Pascal’s
D. Rock D. Bernoulli

6. Which of the following does not affect the 13. The ratio of the volume of voids to the total
settlement of a footing. volume of solids.
A. Depth of backfill A. Porosity
B. Location of GWT B. Void ratio
C. Plasticity of the soil C. Degree of Saturation
D. None of the above D. Water content

7. A practice or procedure used to access the 14. The ratio of the volume of water to the volume
particle size distribution of a granular of voids.
materials. The size distribution is often of A. Porosity
critical importance to the way the material B. Degree of saturation
performs in use. C. Water content
A. Consolidation test D. Void ratio
B. Standard penetration test
C. Liquid limit test 15. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic
D. Sieve analysis of cohesion soil.
A. Easy to compact
8. A pile of sand keeps from spreading out like a B. High shear strength
liquid because the weight of the sand keeps C. Prone to settlement due to vibrating
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D. Practically impermeable C. Hydraulic head
16. In standard penetration test, medium dense D. Hydraulic gradient
sand have number of blows of?
A. 4 to 10 24. A pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid
B. 10 to 30 in motion is forced to stop or change
C. 30 to 50 direction suddenly is referred to in hydraulic
D. Over 50 as:
A. Hydrodynamics
17. If the ground water table in a soil formation B. Hydraulic Jump
rises as a result of flooding, the bearing C. Water hammer
capacity of the soil will D. Hydraulics
A. Decrease
B. Depends on the flooding 25. Section 302.2.2 of the National Structural
C. Increase code of the Philippines provides that the
D. Unaffected slope of cut surfaces shall no steeper than is
safe for intended use and shall be no steeper
18. One of the following foundation condition than
does not affect the bearing capacity of the A. 1 to 1
supporting soil. B. 1 to 2
A. Unit weight of the soil C. 1 to 3
B. Depth of foundation of footing D. 1 to 1.5
C. Load impose onto the soil
D. Position of ground water table 26. The ratio between the volume of voids and
the volume of the soil mass:
19. The volume of liquid passing through a cross A. Void ratio
section of a stream. B. Porosity
A. Discharge C. Degree of saturation
B. Permeability D. Moisture content
C. Flow
D. Capillary 27. What is the unit weight of dry air at standard
temperature and pressure?
20. A ship is floating in a seawater and it is stable, A. 10. 6 N/m^3
if the metacentric height is B. 9.81 N/m^3
A. Above the center of gravity C. 11.3 N/m^3
B. Below the center of gravity D. 12.5 N/m^3
C. The draft of the ship causes a buoyant
force equal to the weight of the ship 28. . Approximately how many times is t pressure
and its cargo. of mercury greater than the pressure exerted
D. Coincides with the center of gravity. by water?
A. 12.4
21. In laboratory test of determining tile B. 13.6
maximum dry density of a soil, if the C. 9.81
compaction pressure is increased, the D. 32.2
maximum dry density will:
A. Remain the same 29. A branch of hydraulics which deals with the
B. Become zero study of forces (including velocity and
C. Increase acceleration) exerted by or upon liquids in
D. Decrease motion.
A. Hydrodynamics
22. When water table rises, what is its effect on B. Hydraulics
effective stress? C. Hydrostatics
A. Increase D. Mechanics
B. Decrease
C. Remain the same 30. The most used property in soil properties.
D. None of these A. Moisture content
B. Water
23. A line joining the points of highest elevation of C. Void ratio
water in a series of vertical open pipes rising D. Sand
from a pipeline in which water flows under
pressure is referred to as: 31. A device used to determine the undrained
A. Hydraulic loss shear strength of the soil which consist of
B. Hydraulic jump four equal-sized thin steel plates welded to a

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steel torque rod. The vane is pushed into the 38. Is the attraction of one water molecule to
soil and a torque T is applied at the top of the another resulting from hydrogen bonding
torque road to rotate the vane at a uniform (water-water bond).
speed to cause failure. A. cohesion
A. Shear vane B. adhesion
B. Proctor test C. stickiness
C. Shear manual apparatus D. plasticity
D. Casa-Grande
39. The capacity of soil to adhere to other objects.
32. An abrupt rise in water surface which results It is estimated at moisture content that
from retarding water flowing at lower stage. displays maximum adherence between thumb
A. Hydraulic rise and forefinger.
B. Hydraulic pump A. cohesion
C. Hydraulic jump B. adhesion
D. Hydraulics C. stickiness
D. plasticity
33. It is the distribution in the particle size of the
soil. 40. Is defined as the moisture content at which
A. Separation soil begins to behave as a plastic material. It is
B. Erosion also defined as the moisture content at which
C. Gradation the soil crumbles when rolled into a thread of
D. Compaction 3.18 mm in diameter.
A. Atterberg’s Limits
34. It is defined as the ratio between the square of B. Liquid limit
the grain diameter (in millimeter) C. Plastic limit
corresponding to 30 percent passing on the D. Shrinkage Limit
curve (D30) divided by the product of the
grain diameter of the 60 percent (D60) 41. Is defined as the moisture content at which no
passing and the grain diameter of the 10 further volume change occurs with further
percent (D10) passing. reduction in moisture content.
A. Coefficient of Uniformity A. Atterberg’s Limits
B. Coefficient of Gradation B. Liquid limit
C. Coefficient of Fineness C. Plastic limit
D. Effective Coefficient D. Shrinkage Limit

35. Is also known as total, wet or moist unit 42. Is the difference between the liquid limit and
weight. It is the total weight divided by the plastic limit of a soil?
total volume A. Liquidity Index
A. Saturated unit weight B. Plasticity Index
B. Bulk unit weight C. Consistency Index
C. Submerged unit weight D. Shrinkage Index
D. Effective unit weight
43. Was originally proposed by the Highway
36. Is the ratio of the difference between the void Research Board’s Committee on Classification
ratios of a cohesion less soil in its loosest state of Materials for Subgrades and Granular Type
and existing natural state to the difference Road. According to the present form of the
between its void ratio in the loosest and system, soil can be classified according to eight
densest states. major groups, A-1 through A-8, based on the
A. Relative density grain size distribution, liquid limit and
B. Density index plasticity indices.
C. a and b A. AASHTO System
D. none of these B. USCS System
C. USDA System
37. Provides a means of describing the degree and D. MIT System
kind of cohesion and adhesion between the
soil particles as related to the resistance of the 44. Is a soil classification system used in
soil to deform or rupture. engineering and geology to describe the
A. Soil Consistence texture and grain size of a soil. The
B. Soil Firmness classification system can be applied to most
C. Soil Stability unconsolidated materials, and is represented
D. Soil index by a two-letter symbol.
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B. USCS System 53. Are constructed to calculate the groundwater
C. USDA System flow in the media that combine flow line and
D. MIT System equipotential lines.
A. Flow Nets
45. It is also called as Textural classification B. Flow Media
system C. Flow Indices
A. AASHTO System D. Flow Curves
B. USCS System
C. USDA System 54. The sum of the vertical components of the
D. MIT System forces developed at the points of contact of the
solid particles per unit cross sectional area of
46. Is the densification of soil by removal of air, the soil mass.
which requires mechanical energy? A. Total Stress
A. Cohesion B. Partial Stress
B. Compression C. Effective Stress
C. Consolidation D. Maximum Stress
D. Compaction
55. Caused by the elastic deformation of dry soil
47. The moisture content at which the maximum and of moist and saturated soils without any
dry unit weight of soil is attained. change in the moisture content.
A. maximum moisture content A. Immediate settlement
B. optimum moisture content B. Primary consolidation settlement
C. minimum moisture content C. Secondary consolidation settlement
D. average moisture content D. Tertiary Consolidation settlement

48. It is a technique for in situ densification of 56. The result of volume change in saturated
thick layers of loose granular soil deposits. cohesive soils because of the expulsion of
A. sand cone method water that occupies the void spaces.
B. nuclear method A. Immediate settlement
C. rubber balloon method B. Primary consolidation settlement
D. Vibroflotation C. Secondary consolidation settlement
D. Tertiary Consolidation settlement
49. It is also called coefficient of permeability.
A. hydraulic seepage 57. Ratio of pre-consolidation pressure to present
B. hydraulic conductivity effective overburden pressure.
C. coefficient of flow A. Over-consolidation ratio
D. coefficient of percolation B. Overburden ratio
C. Over-settlement ratio
50. The coefficient of permeability of soil depends D. Overstress ratio
on
A. Fluid viscosity and pore size 58. The internal resistance per unit area of the soil
distribution mass to resist failure and sliding along any
B. Grain size distribution and degree of plane.
saturation A. Shear strength
C. Roughness of soil particles and degree B. Effective strength
of saturation C. Bearing strength
D. all of these D. Normal strength

51. Is a line along which water particle will travel 59. It is one of the most reliable methods available
from upstream to the downstream side in the for determining the shear strength
permeable soil medium? parameters. It is used widely for both research
A. Flow line and conventional testing.
B. Equipotential Lin A. Direct Shear Test
C. Energy Line B. Triaxial Shear Test
D. Seepage Line C. Consolidated-drained Test
D. Consolidated-undrained Test
52. A line along which the potential head at all
points are equal. 60. It is the oldest and simplest form of shear test
A. Equiflow line arrangement. The test equipment consist of a
B. Equipotential Line metal shear box in which the soil specimen is
C. Energy Line placed
D. Datum Line A. Direct Shear Test

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B. Triaxial Shear Test C. Rotary Drilling
C. Consolidated-drained Test D. Percussion Drilling
D. Consolidated-undrained Test
68. It is an alternative method of advancing a
61. It is an analysis which involves determining borehole, particularly through hard soil and
and comparing the shear stress developed rock. It also required casing.
along the most likely rupture surface with A. Auger Boring
shear strength of the soil. B. Wash Boring
A. Slope Stability Analysis C. Rotary Drilling
B. Director Shear Analysis D. Percussion Drilling
C. Mohr Coulumb Theorem
D. NOTA 69. It can be used in the field to obtain soil samples
that are generally disturbed but still
62. It is a type of failure occurs in such a way that representative. It consists of a steel driving
the surface of sliding passes at a distance shoe, a steel tube that is split longitudinally in
below the toe of the slope. half, and a coupling at the top.
A. Slope failure A. Safety Hammer
B. Base Failure B. Donut Hammer
C. Circular Failure C. Spring Core Catcher
D. Critical Failure D. Split-Spoon Sampler

63. It is a type of failure occurs in such a way that 70. It is device placed inside the split spoon to ease
the surface of sliding intersects the slope or the sample recovery when the material
above its toe. encountered in the field is fine sand below the
A. Slope failure water surface.
B. Base Failure A. Safety Hammer
C. Circular Failure B. Donut Hammer
D. Critical Failure C. Spring Core Catcher
D. Extensometer
64. It is the failure circle in the case of slope and
occurred when it passes through the toe of the 71. It is a versatile sounding method that can be
slope. used to determine the material in a soil profile
A. Toe Circle and estimate their engineering properties.
B. Slope Circle A. Cone Penetration Test
C. Mid-point Circle B. Dutch Cone Penetration Test
D. Concentric Circle C. Static Penetration Testd
D. All of the Above
65. It is the simplest method of making
exploratory boreholes which can use two hand
tools.
A. Auger Boring
B. Wash Boring
C. Rotary Drilling
D. Percussion Drilling

66. It is another method of advancing boreholes

which uses a casing about 2-3m long driven
into the ground. The soil inside the casing is
then removed using a chopping bit attached to
a drilling rod.
A. Auger Boring
B. Wash Boring
C. Rotary Drilling
D. Percussion Drilling

67. It is a procedure by which rapidly rotating

drilling bits attached to the bottom of drilling
rods cut and grind the soil and advance the
borehole. It can be used in clay, sand, and *Be obsessed with becoming the best version of
rocks. yourself. Because at the end you only have
A. Auger Boring yourself. Keep fighting future Engineer!
B. Wash Boring
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