Geotechnical Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering the gate is flushed with a liquid surface.

d surface. Obtain the high above the nozzle tip can it support at load of 300
ratio of the force of water to the force of oil. N?
1. A container contains a certain liquid with unit a. 3.25 b. 3.75 c. 3.19 d. 3.52 a. 6.29 m b. 6.87 m c. 7.32 m d. 5.25 m
weight of 7 kN/m³ to a depth of 4 m. Water is
poured into the container and the total depth of Situation 1: Water flows through a 100-mm-diameter Situation 2: An open cylindrical tank 0.3-m in
the liquid is now at 6 m. What is the gage orifice. The depth of water above the orifice center is diameter and 0.8 m tall is rotated about its own
pressure at the interface of the liquids? 9 m. vertical axis at 240 rpm. The tank is filled with water to
a. 28 kPa c. 47.62 kPa 6. What is the theoretical discharge in m³/s a certain depth auch no water is spilled during
b. 19.62 kPa d. 21 kPa a. 0.104 b. 0. 156 c. 0.951 d. 0.236 rotation.
12. What is the initial depth of water in the tank?
2. A barometer at the top of the mountain 400 m 7. Repeat part 1 if the tank is going downward at a. 0.362 m b. 0.438 m c. 0.524 m d. 0.524 m
above sea level reads 700 mm of mercury (sg = an acceleration equal to one-half the acceleration due
13.6). What is the atmospheric pressure at the point in to gravity. 13. What rotation in rpm will spill 1.4 liters of
kPa? a. 0.074 b. 0. 128 c. 0.095 d. 0.110 water?
a. 93.4 b. 85.4 c. 95.7 d. 101.3 a. 274.2 b. 214.7 c. 258.9 d. 246.9
8. Repeat part 1 if the coefficient of contraction is
3. A tank in an elevator with water at a depth of 0.64 and the coefficient of velocity is 0.98. 14. What rotation is needed so that the pressure
0.40 m is accelerated at 2 m/s². What is the pressure a. 0.054 b. 0. 075 c. 0.095 d. 0.67 at the center bottom is zero?
at the bottom of the tank if the elevator moves a. 234.6 b. 241.7 c. 252.2 d. 278.9
downward? In kPa. 9. A solid spherical ball with unit weight of 6.84
a. 3.57 b. 5.78 c. 4.36 d. 3.12 kN/m⁴ floats in dead sea (sg = 1.24). Find the
percentage of the volume draft to its total volume. 15. Approximately how many times is the
4. A rectangular gate has a base width of 1 m and a. 71.03% b. 75.36% c.65.47% d. 73.65% pressure of mercury greater than the pressure exerted
altitude of 2.4 m. The short side of the gate is flushed by water?
with the water surface. Obtain the location of the total 10. A cube has a side of 600 mm. What force is a. 15.4 b. 8.2 c. 13.6 d. 9.8
force of water on the gate measured from its centroid. required to completely submerge the cube in water if
a. 0.6 m. b. 0.8 m. c. 0.3 m. d. 0.4 m. its specific gravity is 0.80? 16. A container is filled with 3 m of kerosene
a. 653 N b. 1824 N c. 424 N d. 3814 N having a unit weight of 9kN/m³ and 7 m of water.
5. A rectangular plate is submerged vertically in Obtain the gage pressure at the interface of the two
two layers of liquids. Half of the plate is submerged in 11. A vertical jet of water leaves the nozzle under a liquids. In kPa.
water and the other half is in oil (sg = 0.84). The top of constant head of 25 m and a diameter of 30 mm. How a. 27 b. 95.97 c. 68.67 d. 57
Situation 3: A vertical triangular gate 0.9 m high have 23. A soil had a specific gravity of 2.5, S = 40% pumping 69 liters per second , the water table in two
its 2 m base flushed with the water surface. and e = 0.40. Obtain the unit weight of the soil in observation wells located 35 m and 95 m from the
17. Determine the total force acting on one side kN/m³. well showed drawdowns of 1.1 m and 0.5 m,
of the gate. In kN. a. 18. 21 b. 17.52 c. 19.32 d. 18.64 respectively.
a. 2.65 b. 5.3 c. 1.25 d. 4.3
24. According to NSCP, cut and fill slopes must 28. Calculate the discharge in cubic meters
18. Determine the location of the center of not be steeper than: per day.
pressure from the top. a. 1 to 3 b. 1 to 1 c. 1 to 5 d. 1 to 2 a. 5962 b. 5692 c. 5269 d. 6259
a. 0.3 m b. 0.25 m c. 0.45 m d. 0.2 m
Situation 4: Given the following soil properties: 29. Calculate the coefficient of permeability of
19. Determine the eccentricity. the soil.
a. 0.63 b. 0.10 c. 0.15 d. 0.20 Field unit weight of soil = 1800 kg/m³ a. 68.7 m/day b. 46.3 m/day
Saturated unit weight of soil = 2000 c. 55.4 m/day d. 60.27 m/day
20. Storm water flows at the rate of 2 m³/s in a kg/m
triangular canal with a vertex angle of 60°. Obtain the Moisture content = 12% 30. Determine the value to the transmissivity
critical depth of flow in meters. of the soil in m²/day.
a. 0.925 b. 1.021 c. 1.245 d. 1.196 Evaluate the following: a. 1524 b. 1579 c. 1724 d. 1369

21. The ratio of the volume of voids to the total 25. The porosity of the soil Situation 6: A square footing 3 m on a side and 1.50
volume of soil. a. 36.5% b. 42.1% c. m below the ground surface for which the bulk unit
a. Porosity 64.7% d. 39.3% weight of the soil is 20 kN/m³. The cohesion of the soil
b. Void ratio is 8 kPa and the angle of internal friction is 22°.
c. Degree of saturation 26. The dry unit weight in kN/m³ Consider the condition of general shear failure and
d. Water content a. 15.77 b. 12.36 c. 13.65 evaluate the contribution of the following soil bearing
d. 14.25 capacity in kPa, using Terzaghi’s equation for square
22. The ratio of the volume of voids to the total footing.
volume of soil. 27. The degree of saturation Nc = 20.27, Nq = 9.19, Ny = 5.09
a. Porosity a. 52.3% b. 63.8% c.
b. Void ratio 49.1% d. 36.2% 31. Cohesion strength
c. Degree of saturation a. 215.6 b. 210.8 c. 226.4 d. 230.4
d. Water content Situation 5: A 300-mm-diameter well penetrates 27
m below the static water table. After 24 hours of 32. Soil overburden
 a. 254.1 b. 275.7 c. 260.2 d. 245.8 Confining pressure = 250 kPa a. 5.93
Deviator stress = 450 kPa b. 12.86
33. Footing dimension c. 23.43
a. 114.2 b. 158.9 c. 122.2 d. 136.5 37. Evaluate the angle of shearing resistance d. 31.94
of the soil
34. Which of the following is NOT a a. 32.52° 41. Find the Sorting coefficient
characteristic bof a cohesionless soil. b. 28.27° a. 1.28
a. Easy to compact c. 63.04° b. 1.32
b. High shear strength d. 33.41° c. 1.49
c. Prone to settlement due to vibrating d. 1.06
load 38. Obtain the shearing stress at the failure
d. Practically impermeable plane Situation 9: The soil in a given layer has the following
a. 198 kPa properties:
35. If the ground water table in a soil b. 136 kPa Water content = 10%
formation rises as a result of flooding, the bearing c. 221 kPa Specific Gravity = 2.65
capacity of the soil: d. 172 kPa Void ratio = 0.61
a. Decreases Angle of internal friction = 310
b. Depends on the footing load 39. Obtain the normal stress at the failure
c. Increases plane 42. If water table is not encountered during the
d. Unaffected a. 482 kPa observation, calculate the potential shear strength at a
b. 410 kPa depth of 3m.
36. A cohesive soil sample was taken from an c. 368 kPa a. 39.82 kpa
SPT ang taken to the laboratory in a glass jar. It was d. 400 kPa b. 32.02 kpa
found to weigh 145 grams, The sample was then c. 26.73 kpa
placed in a container having a volume V = 500 cm³ Situation 8: Following are the details for the backfill d. 19.91 kpa
and 425 cm³ of water were added to fill the container. material used in a vibroflotation project.
Evaluate the unit weight of the soil in kN/m³ D10 = 0.40 mm 43. Compute the modified value of shear
a. 18.96 b. 17.82 c. 15.89 d. 16.32 D20 = 0.62 mm strength at the same point if water table was observed
D25 = 0.71 mm at the ground surface.
Situation 7: A tri-axial test is performed on a D50 = 0.95 mm a. 16.92 kPa
cohesionless soil. The soil fails under the following D75 = 1.24 mm b. 26.71 kPa
conditions: 40. Compute the suitability number c. 24.63 kPa
 d. 18.12 kpa

44. Compute the modified value of shear

Situation 10: Determine the formula of the following: