CIVIL ENGINEERING PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION – REVIEW – NOV 2017

HYDRAULICS & GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 13. A fireman has to put out a fire but is blocked by a wall. To reach over
the wall, he directed the jet of water coming from the nozzle of a hose
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following at an angle of 35 with the horizontal. If he stands 20 m away from the
questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each item by shading the box wall and that the wall is 3 m higher than the nozzle of the hose,
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. determine the velocity of the jet of water. Neglect friction in the jet.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only. A. 23.05 m/s B. 16.30 m/s
C. 27.72 m/s D. 19.60 m/s
1. If an object has a mass of 5.00 slugs at sea level, what would its
14. Water flows at the rate of 0.16 L/s through a 200 mm diameter pipe. If
mass be at a location where the acceleration due to gravity is 31 ft/s 2?
its viscosity is 1.15107 m2/s, what is the type of flow?
A. 5.00 slugs B. 5.19 slugs
A. Subcritical B. Supercritical
C. 4.81 slugs D. 4.58 slugs
C. Laminar D. Turbulent
2. It is the force per unit length that an “imaginary film” formed on the
15. Determine the crest length of a Cipolletti weir that discharges 0.6 m 3/s
surface of a liquid due to the intermolecular attraction of liquid
of water when its head is 0.334 m.
molecules. It is responsible, for example, when an object or insect
that is denser than water is able to float or run along the water A. 1.276 m B. 1.672 m
surface. C. 1.849 m D. 1.948 m
A. specific weight B. surface tension
C. dynamic viscosity D. uplift pressure 16. Water flows at a mean velocity of 2 meters per second through a
rectangular irrigation canal with a base width of 1 m at a depth of 500
mm. Determine the rate of flow.
3. On one side of a tank containing a certain liquid, a pressure gage was
attached at elevation 9 m and reads 65 kN/m2. Another gage located A. 40 m3/min B. 50 m3/min
at elevation 4.5 m reads 106 kN/m2. Compute the mass density of the C. 60 m3/min D. 70 m3/min
liquid.
A. 985.67 kg/m3 B. 928.76 kg/m3 17. The ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume of the soil is
C. 743.28 kg/m3 D. 623.33 kg/m3 called:
A. Moisture content B. Degree of saturation
4. Determine the absolute pressure in a vessel of mercury at a point 200 C. Void ratio D. Porosity
mm below the liquid surface.
A. 226.68kPa B. 128.01 kPa 18. A soil sample has a water content of 20% and a moist unit weight of
C. 154.69 kPa D. 74.64kPa 18 kN/m3. If the specific gravity of soil solids is 2.65, determine the
void ratio of the soil.
5. A vertical rectangular plate is submerged half in oil (s = 0.8) and half A. 0.4230 B. 0.7331
in water such that its top edge is flushed with the oil surface. What is C. 0.6345 D. 1.0997
the ratio of the force exerted by water on the lower half to the force
exerted by oil on the upper half of the plate? 19. A sample of soil has a void ratio of 0.80. Determine the porosity of the
A. 0.31 B. 0.40 soil.
C. 3.25 D. 1.30 A. 55.56% B. 23.08%
C. 76.92% D. 44.44%
6. A spherical balloon 6 m in diameter is filled with gas weighing 5 N/m 3.
If the specific weight of air is 12 N/m3, determine the maximum load 20. A soil sample has a unit weight of 17.35 kN/m3 at a moisture content
that the balloon can lift (excluding its own weight). of 12.5%. When saturated, the unit weight increases to 19.60 kN/m 3.
A. 1922.65 N B. 791.68 N Determine the specific gravity of the soil solids.
C. 2375.04 N D. 197.92 N A. 2.65 B. 2.74
C. 2.56 D. 2.47
7. A rectangular barge weighing 40000 kg when empty is 6 m wide, 15
m long and 6 m high. It is used to transport along a river (fresh water), 21. A soil sample compacted according to the standard Proctor Test has
3000 bags of cement, each weighing 40 kg. Floating upright, a unit weight of 131.1 pcf at 100% compaction and at an optimum
determine the draft of the barge in the river when loaded. water content of 14%. Determine the dry unit weight at zero air voids
A. 1.67 m B. 1.78 m if the specific gravity of soil solids is 2.67.
C. 1.46 m D. 2.04 m A. 115.15 pcf B. 122.72 pcf
C. 121.28 pcf D. 118.96 pcf
8. An open cylindrical bucket 200 mm in diameter and 300 mm high is
2/3 full of water. It is swung in a vertical circular path making its 22. A constant head permeability laboratory test is conducted on a certain
bottom 1 m from the axis of rotation. Neglecting the weight of the soil. The diameter of the sample is 15.0 cm, the length is 180 cm, and
bucket, determine the constant angular speed so that no water is the constant head is 45 cm. The mass of water collected in 5 seconds
spilled out. is 45 grams. Determine the coefficient of permeability.
A. 53.13 rpm B. 31.53 rpm A. 6.564 cm/min B. 12.223 cm/min
C. 27.91 rpm D. 19.72 rpm C. 18.489 cm/min D. 2.501 cm/min

9. An open cylindrical tank has a height equal to its base diameter. It is 23. In a triaxial test of a cohesionless soil, the soil sample is subjected to
half-filled with water and is rotated about its own vertical axis at a a liquid pressure of 16 kPa inside the confining chamber. It was
constant speed of 100 rpm. Determine the minimum base diameter so observed that failure occurs when the soil reached a maximum axial
that no water is spilled out. stress of 40 kPa. Determine the angle of internal friction of the soil.
A. 0.497 m B. 0.716 m A. 33.70 B. 45.56
C. 1.431 m D. 0.994 m C. 25.38 D. 21.85

10. A 3 mm diameter tube is connected in series to a 12 mm diameter 24. An unconfined compression test was conducted on a clay sample
tube. Water flows at 0.5 m/s in the larger tube. Determine the velocity having a diameter of 50 mm. The load at failure was recorded at 240
in the smaller tube. N. Determine the cohesion of the clay.
A. 6 m/s B. 8 m/s A. 123.23 kPa B. 61.12 kPa
C. 10 m/s D. 12 m/s C. 96.55 kPa D. 130.56 kPa

11. If the velocity head at one point of a pipeline is 5 m, determine the 25. Determine the angle of friction of a soil whose coefficient of passive
velocity head at another point of the pipeline when the velocity is resistance is 3.5.
increased three times. A. 33.75⁰ B. 28.78⁰
A. 15 m B. 20 m C. 41.81⁰ D. 19.47⁰
C. 30 m D. 45 m
26. A prestressed pile is 12 m long and 0.35 m x 0.35 m in cross-section
12. Water flows at the rate of 0.8 m3/s in a 900-m long pipe with total is to be driven in a clayey soil with an unconfined compressive
head loss of 4 m. Which of the following most nearly gives the pipe strength of 110 kPa. The soil has a unit weight of 17 kN/m3 and  =
diameter by Hazen-William’s formula using C=130? 0.76 due to skin friction. Determine resisting capacity against axial
A. 579.44 mm B. 681.26 mm load due to skin friction.
C. 793.14 mm D. 714.93 mm A. 1404.48 kN B. 524.40 kN
C. 924.00 kN D. 702.24 kN

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SITUATION I. 41. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydraulic gradient at
A storage vat full of paint (s = 0.80) is 8 m long and 4 m deep and has a quicksand condition?
trapezoidal cross-section 3 m wide at the bottom and 5 m wide at the top. A. 1.1267 B. 0.8667
27. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the paint? C. 2.1933 D. 2.4333
A. 1004.54 kN B. 1255.68 kN
C. 2009.09 kN D. 2511.36 kN SITUATION VI.
28. Which of the following most nearly gives the force on the bottom of A 4 m diameter circular footing transmits a centric load of 2000 kN to the
the vat? soil underneath it. According to Boussinesq’s Elastic Theory, the increase
A. 1255.68 kN B. 941.76 kN in vertical stress at a point below the center of a uniformly loaded flexible
C. 753.41 kN D. 251.14 kN circular area in a semi-infinite, homogeneous, isotropic soil mass can be
29. Which of the following most nearly gives the force on the trapezoidal estimated by the formula:
end?  1
P  q 1  
A. 231.21 kN B. 287.76 kN  N
C. 272.04 kN D. 340.08 kN 32
 r 2
N  1    
SITUATION II.   z  
Reservoir A is at elevation 200 m and is the source of water supply for
Where:
towns C and D. It is connected to a distribution reservoir at junction B
q = uniform load per unit area at the base of the circular footing
which is 15000 m from A and is at elevation 91.56 m. Town C, which has a
r = radius of circular area
population of 250,000, is at elevation 56 m and is 9000 m from B. Town D,
z = depth of point below the center of the loaded circular area
which has a population of 300,000, is at elevation 15.21 m and is 6000 m
from B. The water demand is 150 liters per capita per day. Assume friction 42. Which of the following most nearly gives the bearing pressure exerted
factor, f = 0.02 for all pipes and neglect all minor losses. by the footing onto the supporting soil?
30. Which of the following most nearly gives the required diameter of A. 174.142 kPa B. 145.273 kPa
pipeline AB? C. 167.667 kPa D. 159.155 kPa
A. 512.09 mm B. 601.54 mm 43. Which of the following most nearly gives the increase in vertical stress
C. 730.73 mm D. 845.22 mm below the center of the footing at a depth equal to its diameter?
31. Which of the following most nearly gives the required diameter of A. 67.67 kPa B. 59.15 kPa
pipeline BC? C. 45.27 kPa D. 74.14 kPa
A. 845.22 mm B. 730.73 mm 44. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth where the
C. 601.54 mm D. 512.09 mm pressure is reduced to 1/5 of the pressure at the base of the footing?
32. Which of the following most nearly gives the required diameter of A. 4.99 m B. 5.65 m
pipeline BD? C. 7.41 m D. 9.22 m
A. 730.73 mm B. 512.09 mm
C. 845.22 mm D. 601.54 mm SITUATION VII.
A retaining wall 8 m high is supporting a horizontal backfill having a dry unit
SITUATION III. weight of 15.696 kN/m3. The cohesionless soil has an angle of friction of
Pipelines 1, 2, and 3 are connected parallel to each other. The three pipes 33° and a void ratio of 0.68. The surface of the soil is horizontal and level
carry a combined discharge of 0.86 m3/s. with the top of the wall. Use Rankine Earth Pressure Theory.
45. Which of the following most nearly gives the total active force on the
wall when the soil is dry?
A. 148.07 kN B. 178.40 kN
C. 140.78 kN D. 184.70 kN
46. If water logging occurs at a depth of 3.5 m from the ground surface,
which of the following most nearly gives the total active force on the
wall?
A. 102.30 kN B. 130.64 kN
Pipe Length (m) Diameter (mm) Friction Factor C. 201.63 kN D. 229.97 kN
1 1800 400 0.020 47. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the total active
2 1500 350 0.018 force from the bottom of the wall?
3 2000 300 0.022 A. 2.52m B. 2.25 m
C. 1.47 m D. 1.74 m
33. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline 1?
A. 0.1671 m3/s B. 0.2844 m3/s SITUATION VIII.
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C. 0.3136 m /s D. 0.3793 m3/s An anchored sheet pile 10.50 m high is to retain 7.30 m deep of soil. The
34. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline 2? soil has an angle of friction of 31° with a unit weight of 17 kN/m 3. The sheet
A. 0.1671 m3/s B. 0.2844 m3/s pile is anchored at a depth of 1.20 m below the ground surface with center
C. 0.3136 m3/s D. 0.3793 m3/s to center spacing of 3 m.
48. Which of the following most nearly gives the total active force on the
35. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline 3?
sheet pile per meter width?
A. 0.1671 m3/s B. 0.2844 m3/s
A. 364.76 kN/m B. 281.16 kN/m
C. 0.3136 m3/s D. 0.3793 m3/s
C. 299.97 kN/m D. 332.42 kN/m
49. Which of the following most nearly gives the percentage of the total
SITUATION IV.
passive resistance utilized by the wall?
A trapezoidal canal with sides slope of 1H:2V discharges 20 m3/sec. The
velocity of flow is 2 m/sec. Consider the bottom width is twice its depth. A. 86.12% B. 94.50%
(Use n = 0.0142) C. 72.84% D. 77.71%
36. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydraulic radius? 50. Which of the following most nearly gives the tension in the anchor?
A. 1.18 m B. 6.47 m A. 265.98 kN B. 294.75 kN
C. 7.49 m D. 10.23 m C. 249.29 kN D. 323.41 kN
37. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope of the canal?
A. 0.00647 B. 0.0647
C. 0.0000647 D. 0.000647
38. Determine the average shearing stress on the boundary surface.
A. 1.18 Pa B. 6.47 Pa
Keep Going
C. 7.49 Pa D. 10.23 Pa
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SITUATION V. yo u sc re w up and th in k to yo urs elf
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A soil sample has a dry density of 1793.33 kg/m and a porosity of 1/3. “th ere’s no po in t to c a rry on”,
39. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific gravity of soil no ma tte r h ow man y pe opl e tel l you
solids? tha t you can ’t d o it…
Keep g o ing. Do n’t q uit.
A. 2.69 B. 2.29
C. 2.49 D. 2.89 Don ’t quit, beca use a mon th from now
40. Which of the following most nearly gives the saturated unit weight of yo u will be th at m uc h c lo se r to y our go al
the soil sample? tha n you a re n ow.
A. 18.25 kN/m3 B. 17.59 kN/m3 Ye s te rda y y o u sa id tom orro w.
3 Make toda y c oun t.
C. 21.98 kN/m D. 20.86 kN/m3

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