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NOVEMBER 2024 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HGE 7

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for the vessel so that no water will be
each of the following questions. Mark only spilled out of the container.
one answer for each item by shading the box A. 3.55 C. 3.21
corresponding to the letter of your choice B. 3.87 D. 4.01
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. 8. If the tank is 4m tall and rotated at
120 rpm, obtain how much water will be
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or spilled out, in liters.
A*B. A raised to the power n is A. 460 C. 452
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 B. 434 D. 444
point each.
9. At 120 rpm of revolution, evaluate the
Situation 1. A jet of water 25mm in gage pressure at the center of the base
diameter and having a velocity of 7.5 of the tank.
m/s strikes against a plate at right A. 28.7 C. 31.5
angles. B. 38.5 D. 25.1

1. Determine the force on the plate if the 10. A concrete cube 0.60 m on an edge,
plate is fixed. weighing 23.5 kN/m3 is placed at the
A. 23.7 N C. 25.8 N bottom of the tank in which seawater
B. 22.8 N D. 27.6 N (sg = 1.03) stands 5 m deep. The bottom
edges are sealed off so that no water
2. Determine the force on the plate if the is admitted under the block. Evaluate
plate is moving in the same direction the vertical pull required to lift the
as the jet with a uniform velocity of block in kN.
3 m/s. A. 18.90 kN C. 5.08 kN
A. 3.97 N C. 9.94 N B. 2.90 kN D. 21.08 kN
B. 7.93 N D. 4.73 N
11. An open tank contains a liquid 4m. deep
3. Determine the force on the plate if the of unit weight 7 kN/m3, water of unit
plate is moving in the opposite weight 9.81 kN/m3 is poured over the
direction as the jet with a uniform liquid and the total depth of both
velocity of 8 m/s. liquids is 6m. Obtain the gage pressure
A. 27.61 N C. 117.93 N in kPa at the interface of the two
B. 0.25 N D. 57.06 N liquids.
A. 28 C. 14
Situation 2. Reservoir A, source of water B. 19.62 D. 39.24
for towns C and D is at elevation 150
m. The distribution reservoir at 12. The unit weight of a liquid is variable
junction B is at elevation 91.46m and and is given by the relation 𝜸 = 𝟏𝟎 +
is 15200 m from reservoir A. Town C 𝟎. 𝟓𝒉, where 𝜸 is in kN/m3 and h is the
with population of 25000 is at depth of the liquid from the free
elevation 30.49 m is 9150 m from surface in meters. Determine the gage
junction B. Town D with population of pressure in kPa at a depth of 5m.
30000 is at elevation 15.49 m and is A. 62.50 C. 56.25
6100 m from junction B. The water B. 52.60 D. 145.83
demand is 200 liters per capita per
day. Assume f = 0.018 for all pipes. 13. Water is contained in an open vessel
moving at an acceleration of one half
4. What is the required diameter of pipe that of gravity. At what angle with the
AB in meter? vertical will the water surface be?
A. 0.324 C. 0.225 A. 68.38° C. 26.57°
B. 0.363 D. 0.237 B. 21.62° D. 63.44°
5. What is the required diameter of pipe
BC in meter? 14. An open tank 1.82m. square, weighs
A. 0.237 C. 0.225 3425N and contains 0.91 m. of water.
B. 0.324 D. 0.363 It is acted by an unbalanced force of
6. What is the required diameter of pipe 10400 N parallel to a pair of sides.
BD in meter? What is the force (N) acting in the
A. 0.363 C. 0.324 side with the greatest depth? Assume
B. 0.237 D. 0.225 the tank is high enough to prevent
spilling.
Situation 3. An open cylindrical tank 1 m A. 120,450 C. 3,470
diameter contains water to a depth of B. 12,800 D. 30,660
3.56 m
15. A swimming pool 8m wide, 15m long, 1.2m
7. If the tank is rotated about its deep at one end and 2.5m deep on the
vertical axis at a speed of 80 rpm, other end. How long will it take to
evaluate the least height in meters of empty the full content of the pool
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through the three 100mm diameter
orifice located at its lowest point.
C=0.6
A. 52.45 min C. 46.32 min
B. 58.25 min D. 35.25 min

16. An overflow structure built across an

open channel for the purpose of
measuring the flow.
A. Embankment C. Riprap
B. Weir D. Dam

17. Is the name given to the behavior of

the liquid in a thin-bored tube.
A. capillarity
B. surface tension
C. viscosity
D. meniscus

18. The section on the jet where the

contraction ceases is called the:
A. vena contracta
B. vena catarata
C. vena contrata
D. vena canton

19. The difference between energy gradient

and hydraulic gradient is called.
A. Elevation head C. Pressure head
B. Velocity head D. Energy head

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