CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE 7.

Compute the specific gravity of this

CIVIL ENGINEERNIG REVIEW soil.
EXAMINATION 1 A. 1.84
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1 B. 2.05
NAME: __________________________________ C. 2.82
DATE: __________________________________ D. 2.71
DURATION: 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES E. NOTA

Problem 8. This is a ratio which

Problem 1-2. The moist unit weight of signifies the relative consistency of a
soil is 16.5 kN/m3. If the water content cohesive soil in the natural state.
is 15% and sp.gr. of soil is 2.7 A. Shrinkage Limit
B. Plasticity Index
1. Determine the porosity of the soil. C. Liquid Limit
A. 0.846 D. Liquidity Index
B. 0.468 E. NOTA
C. 0.458
D. 0.548 Problem 9. When Liquidity index is less
E. NOTA than 0, this indicate that the soil is,
A. Brittle Solid
2. Find the mass of water in kg/m^3 to be B. Plastic
added to reach full saturation. C. Liquid
A. 283.5 kg/m^3 D. Semisolid
B. 258.3 kg/m^3 E. NOTA
C. 253.8 kg/m^3
D. 238.5 kg/m^3
E. NOTA Problem 10 – 12. A soil has a liquid
limit of 0.61 and a plastic limit of 30.
Problem 3-4. The field unit weight of the A moisture content test performed on an
soil sample is 1960 kg/m^3, and the unit undisturbed sample of this soil yielded
weight of the soil particle is 2700 the following result:
kg/m^3. If the emax = 0.69 and emin = 0.44,
Mass of soil + can before placing in oven
3. Compute the dry unit weight in kN/m^3 … 96.2 g
if the water content is 11%. Mass of soil + can after removal from
A. 17.32 kN/m^3 oven … 71.9 g
B. 17.66 kN/m^3 Mass of can … 20.8 g
C. 18.05 kN/m^3
D. 16.85 kN/m^3 10. Compute the plasticity index.
E. NOTA A. 31
B. 61
4. Compute the relative density of the C. 30
soil sample. D. 60
A. 64% E. NOTA
B. 50%
C. 48% 11. Compute the moisture content.
D. 57% A. 46.7%
E. NOTA B. 44.3%
C. 47.6%
Problem 5-7. A granular soil located in a D. 45.2%
borrow pit is found to have an in place E. NOTA
dry density of 1895 kg/m^3. In the
laboratory, values of dry maximum density 12. Compute the liquidity index.
and dry minimum density are determined as A. 0.447
2100 kg/m^3 and 1440 kg/m^3 respectively. B. 0.553
C. 0.568
5. Compute the relative density of the D. 0.539
soil in the borrow pit. E. NOTA
A. 130.9%
B. 76.4% Problem 13-15. A laboratory test was
C. 67.4% conducted to determine the shrinkage
D. 148.4% limit of a soil; sample. The following
E. NOTA data were obtained.
Mass of dish coated with petroleum jelly
6. Compute the void ratio of the soil in MT = 11.30g
natural condition if the maximum Mass of dish coated with petroleum jelly
densities indicate void ratios of 0.28 at plus wet soil MW = 38.51g
the maximum density and 0.92 at minimum Mass of dish coated with petroleum jelly
density. plus oven dried soil MD = 32.81g
A. 0.489 Volume of wet soil pat (same as volume of
B. 0.082 shrinkage dish) V = 15.26 cm^3
C. 0.431 Volume of oven-dried soil pat Vo = 12.83
D. -0.030 cm^3
E. NOTA
13. Compute the water content of the wet
soil pat.
 A. 17.4% A. 1.78
B. 26.5% B. 1.66
C. 17.7% C. 1.65
D. 25.6% D. 1.99
E. NOTA
14. Compute the shrinkage ratio.
A. 15.2% Problem 20-21. A layered soil is shown
B. 6.1% with the corresponding values of k1, k2
C. 6.4% and k3.
D. 14.3%
E. NOTA

15. Compute the shrinkage ratio.

A. 2.56
B. 2.07
C. 1.68
D. 2.00
E. NOTA

Problem 16. The following data were

obtained from a field-density test on a
compacted fill of sandy clay. Laboratory
moisture density test on the fill
material indicated a maximum dry density
of 1924.8 kg/m^3 at an optimum water
content of 11 percent. 20. Compute the equivalent horizontal
Weight of moist soil removed from test coefficient of permeability.
hole = 1038 g A. 108.9 x 10^-4 cm/s
Weight of soil after oven-drying = 914 g B. 4.39 x 10^-4 cm/s
Volume of test hole from rubber-balloon C. 3.49 x 10^-4 cm/s
apparatus = 0.000479 m^3 D. 109.8 x 10^-4 cm/s
E. NOTA
Determine the percent compaction of fill.
A. 99.8% 21. Compute the equivalent vertical
B. 99.1% coefficient of permeability.
C. 99.6% A. 3.49 x 10^-4 cm/s
D. 97.2% B. 109.8 x 10^-4 cm/s
E. NOTA C. 4.39 x 10^-4 cm/s
D. 108.9 x 10^-4 cm/s
Problem 17-19. The following are the E. NOTA
details for the backfill material in a
vibroflotation project. Problem 22-24. Water flows through a soil
D10 = 0.36mm having a cross sectional area of 10 cm^2.
D20 = 0.52mm The tall water is at elevation 5cm below
D50 = 1.42mm the upper reservoir. Specific gravity of
D75 = 1.65mm soil is 2.60 and water content is 32%.
D25 = 0.60mm

17. Determine the Suitability Number.

A. 5.88
B. 6.10
C. 6.01
D. None of the above
E. NOTA

18. Determine the rating of this backfil

material.
Suitability Number Rating as backfill
0-10 Excellent
10-20 Good
22. Compute the rate of flow of water
20-30 Fair through the soil in cm^3/hour.
30-50 Poor A. 0.25 cm^3/hr
B. 0.025 cm^3/hr
>50 Unsuitable C. 1.25 cm^3/hr
D. 1.5 cm^3/hr
A. Excellent E. NOTA
B. Good
C. Fair 23. Compute the time for the water to
D. Unsuitable flow from A to C.
E. NOTA A. 66.7 min
B. 1818 min
19. Determine the sorting coefficient of C. 4000 min
the backfill material. D. 30.3 min
E. NOTA
24. Compute the head loss at point B.
A. 2cm
B. 0.25cm
C. 3cm
D. 4cm
E. NOTA

Problem 25-27. A soil profile is shown in

the figure.

28. Compute the effective stress at C.

A. 51.63 kPa
B. 19.45 kPa
C. 32.81 kPa
D. 84.44 kPa
E. NOTA

29. Compute the critical hydraulic

gradient for zero effective stress.
25. Compute the effective stress A. 2.13
immediately below A. B. 1.31
C. 2.31
A. 18.89 kPa D. 1.13
B. 26.1 kPa E. NOTA
C. 33.31 kPa
D. 17.40 kPa 30. Compute the upward seepage force per
E. NOTA unit volume.
A. 11.085 kN/m^3
26. Compute the effective stress at B. B. 1.37 kN/m^3
A. 58.75 kPa C. 2.22 kN/m^3
B. 57.85 kPa D. 1.73 kN/m^3
C. 55.78 kPa E. NOTA
D. 75.85 kPa
E. NOTA

27. Compute the effective stress at C.

A. 81.73 kPa
B. 111.16 kPa
C. 53.8 kPa
D. 84.7 kPa
E. NOTA

Problem 28-30. The figure shows a layer

of granular soil in a tank with an upward
seepage by applying water through the
valve at the bottom of the tank. The loss
of head caused by thee upward seepage
between the levels of A and B is 0.70m
and between levels of A and C is 0.28m.
The void ratio of the soil is 0.52 and
its specific gravity is 2.72.