1. A course sand sample is 16cm in high and has a 5.5 6.
What is the effect of upward seepage to the total
cm diameter. It is placed I a constant head of 45cm stress of the soil?
and after 15seconds, 48 g of water has been 7. For the stressed soil element shown in the figure
collected. Given K=QL/Aht, what is the coefficient of determine
permeability of the sand in cm/s? i. The major principal stress
ii. The minor principal stress
2. A course sand sample is 15cm in diameter. It is placed iii. The normal and shear stress on the plane AB
in the constant head permeameter. Water passed
through the sample under a constant head of 40cm
and after 6seconds, 40g of water has been collected.
Given K=QL/Aht what is the coefficient of
permeability of the sand in cm/sec?
a) 0.21 c) 0.41
b) 0.11 d) 0.31
3. Given the laboratory results of the Atterberg Limits
Test
I. Determine the nearest value of the Liquid
8. A specimen of saturated sand was consolidated
Liquid Limit of the soil
under an all-around pressure of 60kPa. The axial
a) 45.1% c) 45.4%
stress was then increased and drainage was
b) 45.2% d)45%
prevented. The specimen failed when the axial
II. Determine the nearest value of the Plastic Limit
deviator stress reached 50Kpa. The pore water
of the soil
pressure at failure was 41.35Kpa. Determine:
a) 36.9% c)36.8%
i. Consolidated- undrained angle of shearing
b) 37.1% d)36.5%
resistance
III. Determine the Plastic Index of the soil
a) .12 c).82 ii. Drained friction angle
b) .45 d).05
9. A 2m soil having a relative density of 65% it is known
4. What is the effect of upward seepage to the effective that unit weight of soil solids is 25KN/cu.m, maximum
stress of the soil? void ratio of 0.82, minimum void ratio of 0.6 and
moisture content 25%
5. Propane gas flows through a 150mm diameter pipe at i. What is the void ratio at the present condition
any means and velocity of 3m/s
ii. What would be the change in height if the soil is
I. Determine the volume flow rate
at Shrinkage Limit state
a) .053 m^3/sec c) .55 m^3/sec
b) .042 m^3/sec d) .01 m^3/sec
II. Determine the weight flow rate
c) 1.125 KN/sec c) .49 KN/sec
d) .304 KN/sec d) .67 KN/sec
III. Determine the mass flow rate
e) 31.01 kg/sec c) .55 kg/sec
f) 114.78 kg/sec d) .01 kg/sec
13. A 9m deep braced cut is supported by timber struts
shown in the figure, having dimensions
10. A square footing of width z carries a load P that may 50mmx50mm,center to center of strut is 3m. Using
be considered uniformly distributed and it is Pecks formula what is the stress in the most stress
supported by the soil strata shown in the figure, The strut.
silty clay has a liquid limit of 40; its void ratio prior to
application of the load is .94. assume that the load is 14. A pile group consist of 9 piles arranged in 3 by 3
transmitted through a truncated pyramid having side formation. Each pile is 320mm in diameter, 15meters
slopes of 2V to 1H and that the stress is uniform long and spaced 0.85m on centers
across a horizontal plane.
i. Determine the allowable load of the pile group
X=5.5m Y1=18.2KN/m3 A=1.8m considering individual action. Use Nc=9,
Y=4.3m Y2=10.1KN/m3 P=667.2KN qu=150kPa and factor of safety of 2.5
Z=2.4m Y3=9.4KN/m3 ii. Determine the allowable load of the pile group
What is the settlement of the clay? considering group action.
11. An excavation 4.5m deep in cohesionless soil is iii. Determine the minimum spacing of piles to
supported by a cantilever sheet pile wall. The piling achieve 100% efficiency
extends to a depth of 3m below the bottom of
excavation. The density of the soil is 1.92g/cc and
ϕ=35°. The water table may be assumed to be below
the bottom of the piles. Neglecting skin friction, use 15. What is the result of supercritical flow to subcritical
rankine’s theory for lateral earth pressure. flow?
i. Find the nearest value of the active lateral thrust 16. How many 28mm ϕ must be used for a 400mm dia
on the wall in per lineal meter concrete column if steel ratio is .019
17. Two flies are leaving a point w/ velocities of 2m/s and
ii. Find the nearest value of the passive lateral 3m/s if the angle between them is 65° what is their
thrust in KN per meter distance after 20s?
iii. Find the nearest value to the passive a)52.61m c)29.15m
resistance which must be mobilized for b)87.24m d)70.39m
stability of the wall in KN per linear 18. You are given the function f(x)=(3x^2+x)/(3x^2-x)
meter a)3/6x c)(6x^2+1)/(6x^2-1)
b)(6–2/7)x^2 d)-6/(3x-1)^2
12. Backfill were retained by a cantilever wall, the backfill 19. A wrecking ball w/mass 20ton and moving w/ velocity
was described: 4 meter thick clay having e=.65, of (2i-5j+6k)m/s hits Miley with mass 57kg and at
c=10Kpa, ϕ=32, eff. unit weight=10.9KN/cu.m. rest, if coefficient of restitution is 0.6. What is the
overlain by 3m thick sand having ϕ=32 and dry unit velocity of Miley after impact?
weigh=18.5KN/cu.m. 20. Linda has 14 dress to choose from. Every week she
i. If the water table is at the interface of the plans to choose to wear two of her favorite dress In
two soils. What would be the total rankine how many ways can she wear her dress in a week be
active force in the wall and its location from arranged if:
the bottom. a) Her two favorite dress must be wear
ii. If weep holes were provided at the bottom consecutively (ie, she wears the one on Monday,
what would be the change of the active force then she must wear the other one on Tuesday)
in the wall. b) Her two favorite dress must not be wear in
consecutive days.
21. CARDS
a) What is the probability of drawing heart or king in
a deck of card
22. ANNUITY
23. A machine has a first cost of P140000 and a life of 8
years w/ a salvage value of P10000 at the end of its
useful life. If the depreciation at the first year
amounts to P35000, what method is used in the
calculation of the depreciation?
A. double declining balance method
B. declining balance method
C. straight line method
D. sum of years digit method
*notes Pa^2(3L-a)/2L^3
cantilever
