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CIVIL ENGINEERS Final Preboard Examination

Saturday, November 05, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

HYDRAULICS & GEOTECHNICAL ENGG. SET A

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.

NOTE: A times B is represented by AxB or A*B. A raised to the power of n is

expressed as A^n.

1. An irregularly shaped object weighs 300 N in air and 230 N in water. What
is the volume of the object in cubic meter?
a. 0.0071 c. 0.0091
b. 0.0081 d. 0.0061

2. A cubical block 0.3 m on each side has a specific gravity of 2.35. What
downward force is required to keep the block in equilibrium if it is
completely submerged in a liquid whose specific gravity is 4.7?
a. 532 c. 632
b. 523 d. 623

3. Water flows through a trapezoidal irrigation canal, 500 mm deep, by 2 m

wide at the top by 1 m wide at bottom, with a mean velocity of 2 m/s.
Determine the rate of flow in m^3/min.
a. 120 c. 45
b. 60 d. 90

4. A certain soil has a dry unit weight of 14.67 kN/m^3. Compute the unit
weight of the soil when water is added to a moisture content of 15%.
a. 16.1 c. 13.2
b. 17.6 d. 21.8

5. Evaluate the plastic settlement, in meters, on a layer of plastic clay due

to an increase of the pressure caused by loads above it under the following
conditions:

Initial intergranular pressure = 220 kPa

Increase in intergranular pressure = 120 kPa
Thickness of the clay layer = 7.5 m
Coefficient of consolidation = 0.315
Void ratio of the clay = 1.132

a. 0.252 c. 0.215
b. 0.209 d. 0.241

6. A permeable soil layer that is underlain by an impervious layer slopes 5°

to the horizontal and is 4 m thick measured vertically. The coefficient of
permeability of the permeable layer is k = 0.005 cm/sec. Obtain the rate
of the seepage per meter width of permeable layer, in liter per hour.
a. 52.4 c. 66.9
b. 62.8 d. 59.1

7. What height in meters of a column of special gage liquid having a sp.gr.

of 2.90 would exert the same pressure as a column of oil 6.0 m high with
sp.gr. of 0.80?
a. 3.00 c. 1.50
b. 2.01 d. 1.66

8. Determine the pressure in a vessel of mercury at a point 250 mm below the

liquid surface, expressing the answer in kPa absolute.
a. 112.3 c. 105.1
b. 98.4 d. 134.68

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9. A horizontal tube 2 m long is filled with water and closed at the ends. If
the tube is rotated in a horizontal plane about one end as an axis at the
rate of 60 rpm, what will be the pressure, in kPa, at the outer end?
a. 71 c. 75
b. 73 d. 79

10. The velocity of water on the discharge side of the pump is 7 m/s and the
pressure is 135 kPa. What is the head of the pump if the velocity is 4/s
and pressure is 85 kPa before the pump?
a. 5.79 m c. 7.54 m
b. 8.17 m d. 6.78 m

11. The saturated unit weight and the water content in the field are found to
be 18.55 kN/m^3 and 33%, respectively. Determine the specific gravity of
the soil solids.
a. 2.68 c. 2.61
b. 2.79 d. 2.73

12. A building is 82.5 m high above the street level. The water line at the
top of the building requires a static pressure of 2 kg/cm^2. What must be
the pressure in kPa in the main waterline located 4.25 m below the street
level?
a. 956 c. 964
b. 1,006 d. 1,047

13. A ship having a displacement of 20,000 metric tons enters a harbor of fresh
water. The ship captain recorded a draft of 8.4 m while the ship was still
in seawater (SG = 1.03). Obtain the draft, in meters, of the ship in
freshwater if the horizontal section of the ship at waterline is 3,000 m^2
in both instances.
a. 8.21 c. 9.54
b. 7.78 d. 8.59

Situation 1 - The field sand cone test was performed, and the following data
were obtained:

Ysand = calibrated unit weight of sand = 16.2 kN/m^3

Vcone = calibrate volume of cone = 0.974 x 10^-3 m^3
Wsand to fill the cone + hole = 4.621 kg
Wwet soil = wet soil from the hole = 3.425 kg
Wdry soil = oven-dried soil from the hole = 3.017 kg

14. Determine the water content of the soil.

a. 10.5% c. 12.5%
b. 11.5% d. 13.5%

15. Determine the volume of the hole.

a. 1.72 x 10^-3 m^3 c. 1.62 x 10^-3 m^3
b. 1.82 x 10^-3 m^3 d. 1.52 x 10^-3 m^3

16. Determine the field dry unit weight of the soil.

a. 17.2 kN/m^3 c. 18.3 kN/m^3
b. 16.2 kN/m^3 d. 19.5 kN/m^3

17. Section 302.4.1 NSCP. Steepness of the fill on natural slopes shall not
exceed:
a. 1:0.75 c. 1:3
b. 1:2 d. 1:1.5

18. A prestressed concrete pile 400 mm x 400 mm in cross-section and 20 m long

is driven in clayey soil with unconfined compression strength qu = 110 kPa.
Compute the skin friction using an adhesion factor α = 0.75.
a. 1,200 kN c. 1,300 kN
b. 1,320 kN d. 1,230 kN

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Situation 2 - A square footing 4 m on a side and 1.20 m below the ground surface
for which the bulk unit weight of the soil is 20 kN/m^3, the cohesion of
the soil is 20 kPa, and the angle of internal friction is 20°. Consider
the condition of general shear failure and evaluate the contribution of
the following soil bearing capacity in kPa, using the Terzaghi’s equation
for square footing. Use Nc = 17.69, Nq = 7.44, Ny = 3.64

19. Cohesion Strength

a. 241 c. 116
b. 460 d. 179

20. Soil overburden

a. 241 c. 230
b. 179 d. 116

21. Footing dimension

a. 179 c. 116
b. 241 d. 230

22. Water flows at the rate of 182 L/s in a 300-mm diameter pipeline connecting
two reservoirs. If the pipe length is 845 m and using f = 0.021, what is
the difference in water surface elevation between the two reservoirs?
a. 40 c. 30
b. 20 d. 50

Situation 3 - A jet of water 75 mm diameter and moving right impacts on a flat

plate held normal to its axis. If the velocity of the jet is 25 m/s:

23. What force (N) will keep the plate in equilibrium?

a. 1131 c. 5107
b. 2761 d. 3956

24. If the plate were moving away from the jet with a velocity of 9 m/s, what
force (N) would the jet exert on the plate?
a. 1131 c. 5107
b. 2761 d. 3956

25. If the plate were moving towards the jet with a velocity of 9 m/s, what
force (N) would the jet exert on the plate?
a. 1131 c. 5107
b. 2761 d. 3956

Situation 4 - A liquid is discharged from a container through a circular orifice

having a diameter of 10 mm that is located h meters from the liquid surface
to the center of the orifice.

26. If the container is open to the atmosphere, obtain the theoretical discharge
through the orifice in liters/sec when h = 9.0 m.
a. 0.64 c. 1.29
b. 0.89 d. 1.04

27. Repeat previous question if the container is moving upward with 4.905 m/s^2
acceleration.
a. 0.64 c. 1.29
b. 0.89 d. 1.04

28. Determine the actual discharge from the first question, given that Cv =
0.95 and Cc = 0.65.
a. 0.64 c. 1.29
b. 0.89 d. 1.04

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Situation 5 - A container holds two layers of different liquids, one having

specific gravity of 1.2 and other having a specific gravity of 1.5. A solid
spherical metal having a diameter of 200 mm and specific gravity of 7.4 is
submerged in such a way that half of the sphere is on the top layer and
the other half in the bottom layer.

29. Determine the buoyant force acting on the sphere.

a. 156.3 N c. 41.1 N
b. 55.5 N d. 248.6 N

30. A cable is attached to the top of the sphere, determine the tension in the
cable.
a. 156.3 N c. 41.1 N
b. 55.5 N d. 248.6 N

31. Determine the buoyant force acting on the sphere if both liquids are water.
a. 156.3 N c. 41.1 N
b. 55.5 N d. 248.6 N

Situation 6 - A soil specimen has the following properties: Gs = 2.7, e = 0.6,

and w = 14%.

32. Calculate the dry unit weight.

a. 14.9 kN/m^3 c. 13.3 kN/m^3
b. 16.6 kN/m^3 d. 18.3 kN/m^3

33. Calculate the wet unit weight.

a. 19.9 kN/m^3 c. 18.9 kN/m^3
b. 15.1 kN/m^3 d. 17.0 kN/m^3

34. Calculate the degree of saturation.

a. 63.0% c. 44.2%
b. 57.3% d. 39.9%

35. The hydraulic radius of the pipe with a diameter of 100 mm is:
a. 25 mm c. 50 mm
b. 30 mm d. 75 mm

36. The Reynold’s number for a fluid in a 250-mm diameter pipe is 2,000. What
will be the Reynold’s number in a 150-mm diameter pipe forming an extension
of the 250-mm pipe?
a. 3,333 c. 2,222
b. 2,200 d. 1,200

37. Water from a dam flows through an 8-m long spillway whose crest elevation
is 212.8 m. The water surface is approximately 10 ha. How long will it take
to lower the water surface by 100 cm from elevation 214.5 m?
a. 57 min c. 1 hr 52 min
b. 1 hr 37 min d. 2 hr 11 min

38. If the velocity head at one point of a pipeline is 5 m, what would be the
velocity head, in meters, at the point of the pipeline if the velocity is
increased three times?
a. 20 c. 15
b. 45 d. 30

39. For the value of the atmospheric pressure at sea level used in engineering
practice, evaluate about how high, in meters, is the atmosphere above sea
level.
a. 9,500 c. 8,500
b. 7,500 d. 10,500

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Situation 7 - A consolidated drained triaxial test was conducted for a normally

consolidated soil. Its consolidation pressure was 80 kPa and the deviatoric
stress at failure was 135 kPa.

40. Determine the angle of internal friction of the soil.

a. 19.7° c. 23.2°
b. 21.1° d. 27.2°

41. Determine the major principal stress.

a. 215 kPa c. 148 kPa
b. 205 kPa d. 173 kPa

42. Determine the maximum shear stress of the soil.

a. 135 kPa c. 67.5 kPa
b. 87.5 kPa d. 95.5 kPa

Situation 8 - A smooth-backed vertical wall is 6 m high and retains a soil with

a bulk unit weight of 20 kN/m^3 and Ø = 20°. The top of the soil is level
with the top of the wall and its surface is horizontal and carries a
uniformly distributed load of 50 kPa. Using Rankine’s theory of lateral
earth pressure:

43. Determine the coefficient of lateral earth pressure for active soil.
a. 0.539 c. 0.588
b. 0.490 d. 0.390

44. Determine the total active thrust on the wall per linear meter of wall.
a. 420 kN c. 355 kN
b. 388 kN d. 323 kN

45. Determine the point of application of the total active thrust from the
bottom of the wall.
a. 2.25 m c. 2.45 m
b. 2.55 m d. 2.35 m

46. A cohesive soil deposit is considered stiff if the unconfined compression

strength, in kPa, is between
a. 0 to 25 c. 100 to 200
b. 50 to 100 d. 25 to 50

47. Water jumps from a depth of 32 cm to 88 cm in an open rectangular channel

3.5 m wide. Find the discharge in m^3/s.
a. 4.5 c. 4.75
b. 5.0 d. 5.25

48. A falling head hydraulic conductivity test is performed on a sample of

soil. The standpipe having a diameter of 0.2 cm is observed and it takes
60 seconds for the water to drop to 50 cm from an initial hydraulic head
of 90 cm. The sample has a height of 20 cm, and a diameter of 4 cm. Find
the coefficient of permeability of soil.
a. 2.9 x 10^-4 cm/s c. 3.9 x 10^-4 cm/s
b. 4.9 x 10^-4 cm/s d. 5.9 x 10^-4 cm/s

49. An iceberg in the ocean floats with one-eighth of its volume above the
surface. What is its specific gravity relative to the ocean water?
a. 0.90 c. 0.88
b. 1.18 d. 1.14

50. A 1.25 cm diameter orifice, in a vertical wall of a tank under a constant

head of 5.50 m discharge 0.45 m 3 in 9.5 min. Find the coefficient of
discharge.
a. 0.69 c. 0.65
b. 0.60 d. 0.62

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