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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer marine ton is 1000 kg and that
for each of the following questions. Mark seawater and fresh water weighs 10.1
only one answer for each item by shading kN/m3 and 9.81 kN/m3 respectively.
the box corresponding to the letter of A. 10.5 C. 10.3
your choice on the answer sheet provided. B. 10.7 D. 10.9
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK.
Situation 1. A triangular plate of
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B height h = 1.20 m and base b = 2 m
or A*B. A raised to the power n is submerged vertically in water
is expressed as A^n. All problems with its base at the liquid surface
are 1 point each. and parallel to it.

7. Evaluate the total force acting on

1. A vertical jet of water thru a nozzle one side of the plate, in kN.
supports a load of 150 N. The A. 4.08 C. 4.21
velocity and diameter of the jet at B. 4.71 D. 4.32
the nozzle tip are 17.46 m/s and 3
cm. Find the distance of load from 8. Obtain the location of the force
the nozzle tip in meters. from the center of gravity of the
A. 5 C. 7 plate, in mm.
B. 6 D. 8 A. 210 C. 180
B. 190 D. 200
2. What height of mercury column will 9. Evaluate the rate of flow in the
cause a pressure at 690 kPa? pipes, in m3/s.
A. 5.17 C. 6.90 A. 590 C. 600
B. 70.4 D. 13.6 B. 580 D. 610

3. Water contained in an open vessel Situation 2. A trapezoidal canal has a

moving at an acceleration of one bottom width of 6 m and a side slope
half that of gravity. At what angle 2 horizontal to 1 vertical. When the
with the vertical will the water depth of the flow is 1.2 m and the
surface be? rate of flow is 20.4 m3/s,
A. 26.6° C. 23.4°
B. 63.4° D. 66.6° 10. Compute the specific energy in
meters.
4. A trapezoidal canal has a bottom A. 1.31 C. 1.51
width of 4 m and side slopes of 2 B. 1.41 D. 1.61
horizontal to 1 vertical. When the 11. If the roughness coefficient n
depth of flow is 1.2 m, the flow is = 0.015, obtain the slope of the
30 m3/s. The roughness coefficient n canal using Manning’s Formula.
= 0.015. Evaluate the slope of the A. 0.007 C. 0.003
channel using Manning’s formula? B. 0.005 D. 0.001
A. 0.0023 C. 0.0045 12. Compute the average shearing
B. 0.0034 D. 0.0056 stress at the boundary over the
surface of the channel in N/m2.
5. In order to provide water from a A. 7.6 C. 5.4
nearby spring, a triangular flume of B. 9.6 D. 3.2
efficient cross-section was provided
on a slope of 0.21 percent. Assuming Situation 3. An object weighs 75 N when
the roughness coefficient of the submerged in oil (sg=0.80) and a
channel to be n = 0.018. Obtain the force of 100 N is required to hold
depth of flow in meters of the water it submerged in mercury.
in the flume if it is discharging at
the rate of 2 m3/s. 13. What is the weight (N) of the
A. 1.18 C. 2.25 object?
B. 1.78 D. 2.75 A. 85.9 C. 95.1
B. 72.1 D. 64.8
6. A ship having a displacement of 14. What is the volume (m3) of the
24000 tons and a draft of 10.5 m in object?
the ocean enters a harbor of fresh A. 0.00125 C. 0.00096
water. If horizontal cross-section B. 0.00139 D. 0.00214
of the ship at the water line is 3000 15. What is the specific gravity?
sq.m., what depth of fresh water is A. 5.21 C. 6.62
required to float the ship? Assume a B. 6.29 D. 7.16
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23. The vena contracta of a circular
16. Where is the metacenter for orifice is approximately ___
stable equilibrium? diameter downstream from the inner
A. above center of gravity face of the orifice plate:
B. at the center of gravity A. 1/2
C. below the center of gravity B. 1/3
D. one half of the total draft C. 1/4
D. 2/3
17. When the metacenter of a
floating body is lower than the 24. When the ship’s metacenter and
center of gravity, then the body center of gravity coincide at same
will be in? point then the vessel is said to be
A. unstable equilibrium in:
B. stable equilibrium A. equilibrium
C. neutral equilibrium B. stable equilibrium
D. none of the above C. unstable equilibrium
D. neutral equilibrium
18. The metacentric height is the
distance between the 25. A force within the surface layer
A. center of gravity of the of a liquid that causes the layer to
floating body and the center of behave as an elastic sheet.
buoyancy A. celerity
B. center of gravity of the B. buoyant force
floating body and the metacenter C. surface tension
C. metacenter and the center of D. capillarity
buoyancy
D. original center of buoyancy and
the new center of buoyancy
~o0o~
19. The weight per unit volume of a Nothing Follows
liquid at a standard temperature and
pressure is called:
A. specific weight
B. specific gravity
C. mass density
D. none of the above

20. A pressure surge or wave caused

when a fluid in motion is forced to
stop or change direction suddenly
(momentum change) is referred to in
hydraulics as:
A. hydraulic jump
B. potential head
C. hydrodynamics
D. water hammer

21. A type of shock where the flow

undergoes a sudden transition from
swift flow to tranquil flow.
A. water hammer
B. hydraulic jump
C. non-uniform flow
D. celerity

22. A fluid property that measures

the fluid’s resistance to shear
stress.
A. viscosity
B. density
C. bulk modulus of elasticity
D. surface tension

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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HYD 2
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for Situation 1. A triangular gate of height
each of the following questions. Mark only 1.2 m and base 0.9 m is installed in a
one answer for each item by shading the box position that its plane is inclined 60
corresponding to the letter of your choice degrees with the horizontal with its
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO vertex at the top and the base is
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. parallel to the water surface. The
vertex is at a depth of 2 m vertically
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or below the water surface. Fresh water is
A*B. A raised to the power n is on one side of the gate.
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1
point each. 7. Evaluate the total hydrostatic force on
the gate, in kN.
A. 8.76 C. 14.3
1. A 1.25 cm diameter orifice, in a B. 10.8 D. 12.6
vertical wall of a tank under a constant 8. Locate the point of action of the total
head of 5.5 m discharged 0.45 cubic hydrostatic force from the vertex on the
meter in 9.5 minutes. Find the plane of the gate, in m.
coefficient of discharge. A. 0.03 C. 0.37
A. 0.65 C. 0.68 B. 0.83 D. 0.43
B. 0.62 D. 0.70 9. If the gate is hinged at the bottom,
evaluate the force normal to the gate at
2. A sharp-edged orifice 150 mm in diameter its vertex that will be required to open
discharges oil under head of 3.35 m. The it in kN.
average velocity at the vena contracta A. 7.78 C. 5.56
is 7.85 m. What is the head lost in m? B. 6.67 D. 4.45
A. 0.2 C. 0.6
B. 0.4 D. 0.8 Situation 2. A rectangular canal is 5.2
meters wide and 1.2 meters depth. The
3. An iceberg having a specific gravity of canal is laid on a uniform slope 0.001
0.90 floats in saltwater having a and roughness coefficient is 0.014.
specific gravity of 1.03. If the volume Calculate the following:
of the ice above the surface is 500 m3,
what is the volume of the iceberg in m3? 10. The discharge in the canal in m3/s.
A. 3061.5 C. 3461.5 A. 12.4 C. 14.6
B. 4461.5 D. 3961.5 B. 10.2 D. 16.8
11. What savings in lining per meter length
4. A cubic meter of water is subjected to of canal could have been effected if the
a pressure increase of 20 MPa. If the most efficient rectangular section were
bulk modulus of elasticity of the water used for the same discharge and slope?
is 2200 MPa, evaluate the change in A. 0.66 C. 0.45
volume in m3. B. 0.23 D. 0.87
A. 0.0136 C. 0.0146 12. What savings in earth excavation per
B. 0.0178 D. 0.00909 meter length of canal could have been
effected if the most efficient
5. The velocity head of the flow at one rectangular section were used for the
section of a pipeline is 5 m. Evaluate same discharge and slope?
the velocity head, in meter(s), at the A. 0.66 C. 0.45
next section if the velocity of flow B. 0.23 D. 0.87
increases by one – half that of the
previous section. Situation 3. A liquid is discharged from a
A. 20 C. 11.3 container through a circular orifice
B. 15.0 D. 7.50 having a diameter of 10 mm that is
located h meters from the liquid surface
6. A right cylindrical container of to the center of the orifice.
diameter D (meter) and H (meter) high is
filled with water Z (meter) deep. A 13. If the container is open to the
piece of timber having a cross-sectional atmosphere, obtain the theoretical
dimension b×t (mm) and L (meter) long is discharge through the orifice in
freely allowed to submerge and float in liters/sec when h=9.
a vertical position inside the A. 1.044 C. 0.564
container. The portion of the wood above B. 1.278 D. 0.852
the water surface is observed to be 2/3 14. If the container is moving upward at
the length of the timber. Given the acceleration half that of gravity.
following information, evaluate the Obtain the theoretical discharge
specific weight of the timber in kN/m3. through the orifice in liters/sec when
D = 1 m, H = 5 m, Z = 3 m, b = 250 mm, h=9.
t = 250 mm, L = 3 m A. 1.044 C. 0.564
A. 3.35 C. 3.27 B. 1.278 D. 0.852
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15. If the container is open to the 24. Type of flow in which the density of the
atmosphere, and the coefficient of fluid is constant from one point to
velocity is 0.90 and the coefficient of another.
contraction is 0.60. Obtain the A. continuous flow
theoretical discharge through the B. steady flow
orifice in liters/sec when h=9 C. compressible flow
A. 1.044 C. 0.564 D. incompressible flow
B. 1.278 D. 0.852
25. Type of flow in which the fluid
16. Minor losses through valves, fittings, particles rotate about their own axis
bends, contractions etc. are commonly while flowing along the streamlines.
modeled as proportional to: A. rotational flow
A. total head B. steady flow
B. static head C. irrotational flow
C. velocity head D. incompressible flow
D. pressure drop
~o0o~
17. The best hydraulic cross section for a Nothing Follows
trapezoidal channel of base width b is
one for which the length of the side
edge of the flow section is:
A. b
B. b/2
C. 2b
D. √𝟑𝐛

18. When the path lines of the individual

particles of a flowing liquid are
irregular curves and continually cross
each other and form a complicated
network, the flow is called:
A. uniform
B. laminar
C. continuous
D. turbulent

19. Type of flow where the flow rate does

not change over time.
A. continuous flow
B. laminar flow
C. steady flow
D. uniform flow

20. Type of flow where the mean velocity of

flow for a given length or reach is the
same at every cross section.
A. continuous flow
B. laminar flow
C. steady flow
D. uniform flow

21. Uninterrupted flow in a fluid near a

solid boundary in which the direction of
flow at every point remains constant:
A. continuous flow
B. laminar flow
C. steady flow
D. uniform flow

22. Type of flow where at any time, the

discharge or flow rate at every section
of the stream is the same.
A. continuous flow
B. steady flow
C. critical flow
D. uniform flow

23. Type of flow in which, for a fixed rate

of flow, the specific energy is minimum.
A. continuous flow
B. steady flow “Just believe in yourself. Even if you
C. critical flow don’t, pretend that you do and, at some
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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HYD 3
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer 8. Evaluate the atmospheric pressure in kPa
for each of the following questions. Mark at that level.
only one answer for each item by shading A. 88.8 C. 87.6
the box corresponding to the letter of B. 90.5 D. 93.4
9. What is the approximate elevation in
your choice on the answer sheet provided.
meters above sea level, assuming normal
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. atmospheric conditions? Neglect vapor
pressure. Air weighs 12 N/m3.
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B A. 6850 C. 8210
or A*B. A raised to the power n B. 7780 D. 7840
is expressed as A^n. All problems
are 1 point each. Situation 4. The discharge pipeline of a
water system consists of a 5500 m of 300
Situation 1. A water tank has a sloping – mm pipe joined by 3660 m of 450 – mm
inclined at 45° with the horizontal. The pipe that connects to the base of a huge
total depth of water in the tank is 8 m. water reservoir. The difference in
A water jet issues from an orifice elevation between the water surface in
located on the inclined side of the tank the reservoir and the center of the 300
under a hydrostatic head of 5 m or that – mm pipe at the end of the line is 45.7
orifice is located 3 m vertically above m. Neglecting velocity head and other
the bottom of the tank. Coefficient of losses in head due to entrances, and
velocity is 1.0. Neglecting air using coefficient of friction of 0.02
resistance on the jet. for both pipes.

1. Determine the maximum height of the 10. Obtain the velocity of the water in the
issuing jet arises above the level of bigger pipeline, in m/s?
the center of orifice in meters A. 0.728 C. 0.443
A. 1.0 C. 2.0 B. 0.665 D. 0.500
B. 1.5 D. 2.5 11. Obtain the velocity of the water in the
2. Determine the time it takes for the smaller pipeline, in m/s.
particle of the jet to sit the ground A. 1.68 C. 1.40
that is 1.20 m below the bottom of the B. 1.50 D. 1.75
tank in seconds. 12. Evaluate the rate of flow in the pipes,
A. 1.27 C. 1.88 in m3/s.
B. 0.94 D. 2.03 A. 0.150 C. 0.132
3. Determine the horizontal distance on the B. 0.106 D. 0.095
ground traveled by the jet from the
center of the orifice in meters. Situation 5. Water flows through an almost
A. 13.2 C. 11.4 level rectangular channel 3 m wide at 12
B. 9.19 D. 7.57 m3/s. The depth of the channel gradually
increases from 1.0 m to 1.1 m for a
Situation 2. A trapezoidal canal having a length of 5 m.
depth of 2.25 m flows with a mean
velocity of 0.9 m/s. 13. What is the head loss in meters?
A. 0.02 C. 0.04
4. Determine the discharge using the most B. 0.06 D. 0.08
efficient proportion, in m3/s. 14. What is the slope of the energy
A. 12.68 C. 8.77 gradient?
B. 14.09 D. 7.89 A. 0.006 C. 0.004
B. 0.008 D. 0.002
5. Determine the discharge if the side 15. Obtain the value of the roughness
slope is 1H to 2.5V and a depth of flow coefficient.
is 2/3 its base width, in m3/s. A. 0.017 C. 0.037
A. 4.86 C. 9.62 B. 0.027 D. 0.047
B. 5.40 D. 8.66
16. Which one of the following statements
6. Determine the discharge if the canal is is not correct?
proportioned for minimum seepage with A. Specific energy is the total
side slope of 55°, in m3/s. energy above the floor of an open
A. 8.77 C. 12.68 channel
B. 7.89 D. 14.09 B. For a given specific energy, two
depths exist and these are called
Situation 3. At a certain elevation above alternate depths
sea level, a mercury barometer reads 700 C. Velocity of flow is critical at
mm. maximum specific energy
D. Critical velocity occurs at Froude
7. What would be the corresponding reading number = 1
of a water barometer in mm?
A. 8240 C. 7650
B. 6700 D. 9520
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17. All other conditions and parameters 24. Any body completely or partially
remaining the same, water hammer submerged in a fluid (gas or liquid) at
pressure can be reduced by rest is acted upon by an upward, or
A. using pipe of greater diameter buoyant, force the magnitude of which is
B. using pipe of greater wall equal to the weight of the fluid
thickness displaced by the body. This principle is
C. using a more elastic pipe attributed to:
D. increasing the velocity of the A. Archimedes
pressure wave B. Pascal
C. Torricelli
18. If a water tank, partially filled with D. Bernoulli
water is being carried on a truck,
moving with a constant horizontal 25. A theorem in fluid dynamics relating the
acceleration, the level of liquid will speed of fluid flowing out of an orifice
A. rise and fall alternately on the to the height of fluid above the
front side of the tank opening.
B. fall on the rear side of the tank A. Archimedes
C. remain the same on both side of B. Pascal
the tank C. Torricelli
D. rise on the rear side and fall on D. Bernoulli
the front side of the tank
~o0o~
19. As the depth of immersion of a vertical Nothing Follows
plane surface increase, the location of
center of pressure
A. comes closer to the center of
gravity of the area
B. moves apart from the center of
gravity of the area
C. ultimately coincides with the
center of gravity of the area
D. remains unaffected

20. In open channel water flows under

A. force of gravity
B. atmospheric pressure
C. hydrostatic pressure
D. mechanical pressure

21. The pressure exerted onto a liquid is

transmitted undiminished to all
portions of the liquid. This principle
in fluid mechanics is attributed to:
A. Archimedes
B. Boyle
C. Torricelli
D. Pascal

22. In any stream flowing steadily without

friction, the total energy contained is
the same at every point in its path of
flow. This principle is attributed to:
A. Torricelli
B. Bernoulli
C. Pascal
D. Boyle

23. The volume of a gas at constant

temperature varies inversely as the
pressure applied to the gas. This
principle is attributed to:
A. Boyle
B. Pascal
C. Archimedes
D. Bernoulli

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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HYD 4
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for
each of the following questions. Mark only 8. In a bakery, water enters a mixing
one answer for each item by shading the box chamber at the rate of 150 liters per
corresponding to the letter of your choice sec through Pipe A, while cooking oil
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO with specific gravity of 0.80 is forced
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. at 30 liters per sec through pipe B.
Assuming the liquids are
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or incompressible and from a
A*B. A raised to the power n is homogeneous mixture of oil globules in
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 water, evaluate the density of the
point each. mixture in kg/m3 leaving through a pipe
of diameter 300 mm.
1. What is the head loss in meters per A. 712 C. 967
kilometer on a 150 mm diameter pipe B. 876 D. 1000
having a coefficient of friction of
0.025 if the discharge is 0.0106 m3/s? 9. A woman with a glass of water having a
A. 5.08 C. 3.06 height of 300 mm is inside the elevator
B. 4.07 D. 2.05 with an upward acceleration of 3 m/s2.
Determine the pressure at the bottom of
2. A turbine is rated at 450 kW when the the glass.
flow of water through it is 0.609 m3/s. A. 3.84 C. 5.84
Assuming an efficiency of 87%, what head B. 4.83 D. 6.83
is acting on the turbine, in meters?
A. 75.3 C. 65.5 10. What height in meters of a column of
B. 90.8 D. 86.6 special gage liquid having a sp.gr. of
2.90 would exert the same pressure as a
3. A vertical clean glass piezometer tube column of oil 6 m high having a sp.gr.
has an inside diameter of 1 mm. When a of 0.80?
pressure is applied, water (σ = 0.0728 A. 1.04 C. 1.66
N/m) rises into the tube to a height of B. 2.04 D. 2.66
25 cm. After correcting for surface
tension, estimate the applied pressure 11. A piece of wood having a specific
in Pa. gravity of 0.65 is 70 mm square and 1.5
A. 2452 C. 2747 m long. How many kg of lead fastened at
B. 2158 D. 2205 one end of the wood so that it will float
upright with 0.30 m projecting out when
4. Water is flowing in an 8 – m wide floating in water? Specific gravity of
rectangular channel at a rate of 17.6 lead = 11.2
m3/s. What smallest amount of energy can A. 1.11 C. 1.31
maintain this discharge, in meters. B. 1.21 D. 1.41
A. 1.2 C. 2.0
12. A barge weighing 350 kN when empty is 6
B. 1.6 D. 2.4
m wide, 15 m long and 3 m high. Floating
upright, evaluate the draft of the
5. A 100 – mm diameter solid cylinder of
barge, in meters, when transporting 5000
height 95 mm wighing 3.78 N is immersed
bags of cement along a river, each bag
in liquid (γ=8168 N/m3) contained in a
having a mass of 40 kg. Assume the
tall, upright metal cylinder having a
specific gravity of the water in the
diameter of 120 mm. Before immersion the
river to be 1.02.
liquid was 75 mm deep. What is the
A. 2.07 C. 2.37
increase in the depth of water in the
B. 2.27 D. 2.57
container, in mm?
A. 59 C. 68 Situation 1. A vertical tank, 6 m in
B. 41 D. 35 diameter and 6 m high, has an orifice at
the bottom for its outlet. The diameter
6. The fuel gage for a gasoline tank in a of the orifice is 100 mm Ø and has a
car reads proportional to the bottom coefficient of discharge of 0.60. The
gage pressure. If the tank is 30 cm deep tank is full of water at the start.
and accidentally contains 2 cm of water
plus gasoline, how many centimeters of 13. Find the time, in minutes, to drain 100
air remain at the top when the gage m3 of water.
erroneously reads “full”? For gasoline, A. 25.7 C. 110.6
sg = 0.68. B. 20.3 D. 39.7
A. 0.94 C. 1.12
B. 0.86 D. 1.25 14. Find the time, in minutes, to lower the
water to a depth of 4 m.
7. Evaluate the discharge if (m3/m·s)
A. 25.7 C. 110.6
hydraulic jump occurs in a rectangular
B. 20.3 D. 39.7
channel from 0.22 m to 0.84 m.
A. 0.98 C. 1.48
B. 1.28 D. 1.65

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15. Find the time, in minutes, to empty the 23. Gauge pressure is
tank. A. absolute pressure - atmospheric
A. 25.7 C. 110.6 pressure
B. 20.3 D. 39.7 B. absolute pressure + atmospheric
pressure
16. The continuity equation is based on the C. atmospheric pressure - absolute
principle of: pressure
A. conservation of mass D. none of these
B. conservation of momentum
C. conservation of energy 24. In flow, the liquid particles may
D. conservation of force possess
A. potential energy
17. When a valve is suddenly closed on a B. kinetic energy
liquid flowing through a long pipe, the C. pressure energy
pressure wave of high intensity thus D. all the above
generated is known as:
A. water hammer 25. For most economical rectangular section
B. pressure wave of a channel, the depth is kept
C. flow hammer A. one-fourth of the width
D. jet hammer B. three times the hydraulic radius
C. half the width
18. Which property of the fluid accounts for D. none of these
the major losses in pipes?
A. density ~o0o~
B. specific gravity Nothing Follows
C. viscosity
D. compressiblity

19. An open vessel of water is accelerated

up an inclined plane. The free water
surface will
A. be horizontal
B. make an angle in direction of
inclination of inclined plane
C. make an angle in opposite
direction to inclination of
inclined plane
D. any one of above is possible

20. The horizontal to vertical side slope

in case of Cipolletti weir?
A. 1:1
B. 1:4
C. 1:2
D. 4:1

21. The horizontal component of the force

on a curved surface is equal to
A. weight of liquid vertically below
the curved surface
B. force on a vertical projection of
the curved surface
C. product of pressure at its
centroid and the area
D. weight of liquid retained by the
curved area

22. For the most economical trapezoidal

open channel,
A. half of the top width must be
equal to one of the sloping sides
B. the hydraulic radius must be equal
to half the depth of flow
C. the semicircle drawn with top
width as diameter must touch the
three sides of the channel
D. All of these

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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 6. In the spillway flow of the given
each of the following questions. Mark only figure, the flow is assumed uniform and
one answer for each item by shading the box hydrostatic at sections 1 and 2. If
corresponding to the letter of your choice losses are neglected, Compute v2.
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO A. 8.18 C. 7.08
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. B. 9.28 D. 10.38

NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or

A*B. A raised to the power n is
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1
point each.

1. If the surface tension of water at 20

degrees Celsius is 0.0739 N/m, what is
the pressure inside a water droplet 0.5
mm in diameter.
A. 645 C. 148`
B. 591 D. 296

2. For the given figure, calculate the

discharge through the orifice.
A. 0.125 C. 0.145
B. 0.135 D. 0.155
Situation 1. The cubic tank shown is half
full of water.

3. A large storage tank contains a salt

solution of variable density given by ρ
= 1050 + kh in kg/m3, where k = 50 kg/m4,
at a depth “h” meter below the free
surface. Calculate the pressure 7. Find the pressure on the bottom of the
intensity (kPa) at the bottom of the tank in kPa.
tank holding 5 meters of the solution. A. 37.4 C. 17.8
A. 63.7 C. 48.2 B. 14.7 D. 22.7
B. 57.6 D. 70.1 8. Calculate the force exerted by the
fluids on the tank wall in KN.
4. A concrete cube 0.5 m on each side is to A. 69 C. 83
be held in equilibrium under water by B. 105 D. 124
attaching a light foam buoy to it. What 9. Determine the location of the center of
is the minimum volume (m3) of the foam pressure on the wall from the water
buoy? The unit weights of the concrete surface in meters.
and the foam are 23.58 kN/m3 and 0.79 A. 0.315 C. 1.815
kN/m3, respectively. B. 1.185 D. 0.500
A. 0.129 C. 0.012
B. 0.191 D. 0.091 Situation 2. The kinematic viscosity of a
liquid, sg = 0.88, flowing through a 200
5. A cubic tank is filled with 1.5 m of – mm pipe is 0.131 St. f = 0.019. The
oil, sp gr 0.752. Find the force acting pressure drops 32 kPa after a length of
on the side of the tank, in kN, when the 40 m.
acceleration is 4.9 m/s2 vertically
upward. 10. Calculate the velocity of flow, in m/s.
A. 12.4 C. 18.7 A. 3.88 C. 4.38
B. 9.30 D. 6.22 B. 4.10 D. 4.78

11. Calculate the Reynold’s number.

A. 6687 C. 47300
B. 25240 D. 66870

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12. Calculate the dynamic viscosity in 19. The width of a weir with end
poises. contraction, is
A. 0.115 C. 1.150 A. equal to the width of the channel
B. 0.131 D. 1.310 B. less than the width of the channel
C. half the width of the channel
Situation 3. A tank of oil has a right- D. none of these
triangular panel near the bottom.
20. An open container filled with water is
moved vertically upward with a uniform
linear acceleration. The pressure at its
bottom will be
A. greater than static pressure
B. equal to static pressure
C. lesser than static pressure
D. none of these

21. Falling drops of water become spheres

due to
A. adhesion
B. cohesion
C. surface tension
D. viscosity

22. For a long pipe, the head loss

A. at the entrance is ignored
B. at the outlet is ignored
C. at the entrance and outlet both
are ignored
D. due to friction is ignored

13. Calculate the hydrostatic force on the 23. If cohesion between molecules of a fluid
panel. is greater than adhesion between fluid
A. 1412 C. 1554 and glass, then the free level of fluid
B. 2018 D. 2543 in a dipped glass tube will be
A. Higher than the surface of liquid
14. Find the location of center of pressure B. The same as the surface of liquid
from B measured along AB. C. Lower than the surface of liquid
A. 4.00 C. 0.44 D. Unpredictable
B. 3.56 D. 2.44
24. Coefficient of velocity is defined as
15. Find the location of center of pressure the ratio of
from B measured along BC. A. Actual velocity of jet at vena
A. 3.00 C. 2.34 contracta to the theoretical
B. 1.89 D. 2.11 velocity
B. Area of jet at vena contracta to
16. Atmospheric pressure varies with the area of orifice
A. altitude C. Actual discharge through an
B. temperature orifice to the theoretical
C. weather conditions discharge
D. all of the above D. None of the above

17. The rise of the liquid along the walls 25. When a cylindrical vessel containing
of a revolving cylinder above the liquid is resolved, the surface of the
initial level, is liquid takes the shape of
A. greater than the depression of the A. A triangle
liquid at the axis of rotation B. A paraboloid
B. lesser than the depression of the C. An ellipse
liquid at the axis of rotation D. None of these
C. the same as the depression of the
liquid at the axis of rotation ~o0o~
D. none of these Nothing Follows

18. The specific weight of water is 1000

kg/m3
A. at normal pressure of 760 mm
B. at 4°C temperature
C. at mean sea level
D. all the above

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NOVEMBER 2023 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HYD 6
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each
of the following questions. Mark only one answer Situation 3: A cylinder having a diameter of
for each item by shading the box corresponding 1.20m and weighing 800N is held in position in
to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet seawater by a wire tied to an anchor block
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD resting at the bottom of the sea such that 0.30m
LUCK. of the cylinder is below the surface of the water
with its axis vertical. The anchor block has a
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or A*B. volume of 0.5 cu. meter and weighs 24kN/m 3 in
A raised to the power n is expressed as air. Assume sea water to have a specific gravity
A^n. All problems are 1 point each. = 1.03. Neglecting the weight and volume of the
cable.

Situation 1. The section of a concrete gravity 7. Evaluate the buoyant force on the cylinder
dam shown in the figure. The depth of water for the position described, in kN
at the upstream side is 6 m. Neglect A. 4.21 C. 15.43
hydrostatic uplift and use unit weight of B. 3.43 D. 8.48
concrete equal to 24 kN/m^3. Coefficient of 8. Evaluate the tensile force in the wire when
friction between the base of the dam and the the top of the cylinder is 0.60m above the water
foundation is 0.6. Determine the following: surface, in kN.
A. 2.63 kN C. 14.63 kN
B. 3.41 kN D. 7.68 kN

9. Evaluate the rise in the tide that will lift

the anchor from the bottom of the sea, in meters.
A. 0.82 C.0.45
B. 0.38 D.0.69

Situation 4: A sector gate shown consists of

cylindrical surface, of which AB is the trace.
The length of gate, perpendicular to the paper
is 10 m. R=10m and the angle theta= 60 degrees.

1. Factor of safety against the sliding

A.1.96 C.1.24
B.1.18 D.1.81
2. The factor of safety against overturning.
A. 1.00 C. 3.00
B. 2.00 D. 4.00
3. The overturning moment acting against the
dam. 10.Determine the horizontal force acting on the
A.215.34 kN-m C.353.16 kN-m gate.
B.425.16 kN-m D.128.34 kN-m A. 3679 kN C.1855 kN
B. 1235 kN D.1256 kN
Situation 2. Water is flowing at depth of 1.5 m 11. Determine the vertical force acting on the
in a 3-m wide rectangular channel having gate.
n=0.013 and S=0.0009.
A. 3679 kN C.1855 kN
4. Determine the stage of flow? B. 1235 kN D.1256 kN
A. Subcritical C. Laminar Flow
12.Determine the location of the vertical force
B. Supercritical D. Parallel Flow from O.
5. Determine the critical depth?
A. 8.57 m. C. 5.66 m.
A. 0.94 m. C.1.25 m B. 2.877 m. D. 2.34 m.
B. 0.33 m. D. 0.86 m.
6. Determine the critical slope?
A.0.00324 C.0.0011
B.0.00426 D.0.0018

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13. A vertical jet of water thru a nozzle
supports a load of 150 N. The velocity and
diameter of the jet at the nozzle tip are 17.46
m/s and 3 cm. Find the distance of load from the
nozzle tip in meters.
A. 8 m C. 10 m
B. 7 m D. 9 m

14. A cylindrical bucket 200mm in diameter and

300 mm high is 2/3 full of water. It is swung in
a vertical plane so that the bottom of the bucket
describes a radius of 1 m. How fast should the
bucket be rotated in rpm so that no water is
spilled? Neglect the weight of the bucket.
A. 19.81 C. 31.52
B. 189.17 D. 3.30

15. A rectangular gate has a base width of 1 m.

and altitude of 2.4 m. The short side is flushed
with the water surface. Obtain the location of
the total force of the water on the gate measured
from its centroid:
A. 0.6 m C.0.3 m
B. 0.8 m D.0.4 m

16. The locus of elevations to which liquid

successive piezometer tubes to any
selected datum is known as.
A. Hydraulic gradient C. Energy head
B. Hydraulic head D. Energy gradient

17. They are used to measure pressure heads in

pipes where the liquid is in motion.
A. Manometer C. Venturi meter
B. Pitot tube D. Piezometer

18. 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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