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INSTRUCTIONS: Read the following problems carefully, answer the questions and
choose the answer from the choices provided and shade in the given answer sheet. If
your answer is not available in the choices shade letter E. Good luck!
SITUATION A:
Gate ABC in the figure has a fixed hinge line at B and is 2 m wide into the paper. The
gate will open at A to release water if the water depth is high enough.

1)
2)
3)

Compute the force acting on BC if depth h = 1.6 m.

A.) 2.35 kN
B.) 3.53 kN
C.) 12.56 kN
D.) 25.11 kN
Compute the length L for which the gate will begin to open
A.) 34.6 cm
B.) 35.2 cm
C.) 27.8 cm
D.) 29.1 cm
Compute the depth h for which the gate will begin to open if length L = 20 cm
and the gate weighs 50 kg acting 5 cm from B.
A.) 1.45 m
B.) 1.20 m
C.) 1.31 m
D.) 1.52 m

SITUATION B:
The tank in the figure is 3 m wide into the paper. Neglecting atmospheric pressure,
compute the following hydrostatic forces on quarter-circle panel BC:

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4)
5)
6)

Horizontal force component.

A.) 1056.97 kN B.) 1098.72 kN
Vertical force component.
A.) 1363.79 kN B.) 1255.51kN
Resultant force.
A.) 1430 kN
B.) 1668 kN

C.)

905.97 kN

D.)

941.76 kN

C.)

1076.15 kN

D.)

1481.51 kN

C.)

1406 kN

D.)

1538 kN

SITUATION C:
The reading of an automobile fuel gage is proportional to the gage pressure at the
bottom of the tank. If the tank is 32 cm deep and is contaminated with 3 cm of water,

7)

8)
9)

If the tank is full of gasoline what should be the reading at the gage in Pa? Use
water = 9790 N/m^3 and air = 11.8 N/m^3
A.) 2130
B.) 3132
C.) 1997
D.) 2839
How many centimeters of air remains at the top when the gauge indicates full?
A.) 1.42
B.) 0.945
C.) 3.75
D.) 4.42
With the contaminated water, what will be the reading in the gauge in Pa if 50 L
of gasoline is discharged out? The tank is 0.5 m^2 in area.
A.) 1332
B.) 1665
C.) 1760
D.) 1465

SITUATION D: A block of steel (S=7.85) will float at a mercury-water interface.

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10)

What will be the ratio of the depths a and b for this condition?
A.) 0.839
B.) 0.577
C.) 0.623
D.)

0.544

SITUATION E:
A 4-in-diameter solid cylinder of height 3.75 in weighing 0.85 lb is immersed in liquid
(=52 pcf) contained in a tall, upright metal cylinder having a diameter of 5 in. before
immersion the liquid was 3.0 in deep.
11) Calculate the depth of submergence of the cylinder.
A.) 1.873 in
B.) 2.248 in
C.) 1.634 in
D.) 2.698 in
12) Calculate the rise of liquid surface from the original due to immersion of the
cylinder.
A.) 1.50 in
B.) 1.44 in
C.) 1.72 in
D.) 1.20 in
13) Calculate the distance of the bottom of the solid cylinder from the bottom of the
metal cylinder.
A.) 1.80 in
B.) 2.33 in
C.) 2.47 in
D.) 2.19 in
SITUATION F:
Oil is discharging out of an orifice under a constant pressure of 24 kPa. The vessel is an
upright cylinder 4 m in diameter.

14)
15)
16)

Calculate the initial head producing the flow.

A.) 10.34 m
B.) 5.45 m
C.) 5.71 m
D.) 10.59 m
Calculate the instantaneous discharge in L/s.
A.) 51.2
B.) 50.0
C.) 68.9
D.) 69.7
Calculate the time to discharge oil from 3 m to 1 m assuming that the pressure of
air in the tank remains constant during discharge.
A.) 477 s
B.) 626 s
C.) 859 s
D.) 541 s

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SITUATION G:
A rectangular channel has b = 3 m and y = 1 m.
17) If n and S are the same, what is the diameter of a semi-circular channel that will
have the same discharge?
A.) 1.780 m
B.) 1.403 m
C.) 1.567 m
D.) 1.334 m
SITUATION H:
Water flows in in the series-parallel system of the figure below, all pipes are 8-cmdiameter with Hazen-Williams constant, C = 100. If the total pressure drop p1 - p2 =
750 kPa. Neglect minor losses.

18)
19)
20)

Determine the head loss in the 100-m-long pipe.

A.) 16.54 m
B.) 20.96 m
C.) 12.59 m
Determine the head loss in the 150-m-long pipe.
A.) 63.86 m
B.) 59.91 m
C.) 55.49 m
Determine the flow rate in the 250-m-long pipe in L/s.
A.) 11.56
B.) 9.52
C.) 8.38

D.)

30.03 m

D.)

46.42m

D.)

7.23

SITUATION I:
The small turbine in the figure extracts 400 W of power from the water flow. Both
pipes have a friction factor of 0.02.

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21)
22)
23)

Determine the flow rate in m^3/s.

A.) 0.00378
B.) 0.00167
C.) 0.00209
D.)
Determine the total head loss in m.
A.) 3.15
B.) 2.96
C.) 2.21
D.)
Determine the pressure at the suction side of the turbine in kPa.
A.) 195
B.) 205
C.) 175
D.)

0.00242
7.22
220

SITUATION J:
Oil with a specific gravity of 0.86 discharges from a 250-mm-diameter pipe through a
100-mm-diameter sharp-edged orifice as shown in the figure. Coefficients of velocity
and contraction are 0.98 and 0.63, respectively.

24)
25)
26)

Determine the discharge of oil in the pipe in L/s.

A.) 39.5
B.) 42.6
C.) 46.6
D.)
Determine the diameter of the jet at the vena contracta in mm.
A.) 79
B.) 63
C.) 57
D.)
Determine the velocity of the jet in m/s.
A.) 9.61
B.) 8.49
C.) 8.14
D.)

43.2
84
8.91

SITUATION K:
Consider the three-reservoir system shown in the following figure with the following
data:

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L1 = 95 m L2 = 125 m L3 = 160 m
z1 = 25 m z2 = 115 m z3 = 85 m
All pipes are 28-cm-diameter unfinished concrete (n = 0.013)
27) Compute the steady flow rate in pipe 2 in m^3/s assuming that there is no flow in
pipe 3.
A.) 0.394
B.) 0.465
C.) 0.271
D.) 0.166
28) Compute the steady flow rate in pipe 3 in m^3/s assuming that there is no flow in
pipe 2.
A.) 0.549
B.) 0.639
C.) 0.409
D.) 0.521
29) If flow is to occur in pipe 3, compute the steady flow rate in pipe 1 in m^3/s.
A.) 0.602
B.) 0.791
C.) 0.437
D.) 0.654
SITUATION L:
A clay tile, roughness coefficient of 0.014, V-shaped channel has an included angle of
70 and carries 8.5 m^3/s. Compute the following:
30) The critical depth for uniform flow.
A.) 1.97 m
B.) 1.33 m
C.) 1.72 m
D.) 1.25 m
31) The critical velocity in m/s for uniform flow.
A.) 3.13
B.) 4.11
C.) 6.86
D.) 7.76
32) The critical slope for uniform flow.
A.) 0.00238
B.) 0.00163
C.) 0.00411
D.) 0.00335
33) The minimum specific energy for uniform flow.
A.) 2.22
B.) 2.58
C.) 2.46 m
D.) 2.83
SITUATION M:
A sharp edged weir is to be constructed across a stream in which the normal flow is
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34)
35)

36)

If the length of the weir is 1.5 m, determine the head on the weir for normal flow.
A.) 0.27 m
B.) 0.18 m
C.) 0.42 m
D.) 0.33 m
If the maximum flow likely to occur in the stream is 5 times the normal flow then
determine the length of weir necessary to limit the rise in water level to 38.4cm
above that for normal flow. Cd=0.61.
A.) 1.49 m
B.) 1.82 m
C.) 1.24 m
D.) 1.13 m
With the calculated length, determine the head on the weir for normal flow.
A.) 0.2 m
B.) 0.3 m
C.) 0.5 m
D.) 0.4 m

SITUATION N:
A trapezoidal flume of most efficient proportion has a base width of 30. It is laid on a
slope of S, has roughness coefficient n, and discharges 3 cu.m/s when flowing full.
37)
38)

39)

S
.
n
A.) 0.3088
B.) 0.1785
C.) 0.2155
D.) 0.4912
If the flume is to be converted to a most efficient rectangular section, using the
same material, what is the resulting depth of the section?
A.) 2.25 m
B.) 2.75 m
C.) 2.50 m
D.) 2.00 m
How much will the discharge be decreased in cu.m/s?
A.) 0.468
B.) 0.732
C.) 0.639
D.) 0.512
Calculate the value of

SITUATION O:
You work in the quality control division for an engineering consulting firm. Your
company has been hired to design a concrete dam to aid in the creation of a new
reservoir. A junior consultant has submitted the final plans for the dam (see figure
below). Your job is to check to make sure that the dam is properly designed and will not
topple over about its pivot point A (it is assumed that the dam will not slide). In order
to do this, you need to figure out at what water depth (h) the dam will topple over. You
are given the following data: The depth of the river downstream of the dam is 10 m and
is kept constant, the density of the concrete is 2300 kg/m3, the height of the dam is 30
m, the base of the dam is 15 m long, the dam and the reservoir are 100 m wide (into the
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30 m

A
40)

41)
42)

10 m

15 m
What magnitude of moment in kNm will the tail water create about the pivot
point A?
A.) 386,125
B.) 306,563
C.) 204,375
D.) 157,263
At what water depth h will the dam topple over about its pivot point A?
A.) 28.90 m
B.) 31.85 m
C.) 29.75 m
D.) 32.60 m
At maximum water depth equal to the height of the dam, what is the factor of
safety against overturning?
A.) 1.376
B.) 1.635
C.) 1.196
D.) 0.987

SITUATION P:
A closed cylindrical tank, 1.8 m high and 0.9 m in diameter, contains 1.35 m of water.
The air space inside is subjected to a constant pressure of 107 kPa.
43) If the cylinder rotates about its geometric axis at an angular velocity of 12 rad/s,
what would be the resulting depth of water at the center of the tank?
A.) 1.157 m
B.) 0.314 m
C.) 0.643 m
D.) 0.764 m
44) What is the pressure at the bottom center of the tank?
A.) 110.08 kPa
B.) 114.50 kPa
C.) 111.41 kPa
D.) 113.31 kPa
45) What is the pressure at the bottom side of the tank?
A.) 121.58 kPa
B.) 127.86 kPa
C.) 124.65 kPa
D.) 118.35 kPa
SITUATION Q:
A large open tank contains a layer of oil of specific gravity 0.7 floating on water as
shown in the figure. Assume the flow is inviscid.

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46)
47)
48)

Determine the height, h, which the water will rise in the 0.1 diameter nozzle.
A.) 2.8 m
B.) 3.5 m
C.) 2.5 m
D.) 3.8 m
Determine the water velocity in the 0.2 m diameter pipe.
A.) 3.70 m/s
B.) 1.92 m/s
C.) 1.85 m/s
D.) 3.53 m/s
Determine the pressure in the pipe.
A.) 37.3 kPa
B.) 35.6 kPa
C.) 33.5 kPa
D.) 31.4 kPa

SITUATION R:
A soil in its natural state has moisture content of 36.33% and
kN/m3. The specific gravity of soil particles is 2.50.
49) What is the void ratio?
A.) 0.69
B.) 0.75
C.) 0.94
50) What is the dry unit weight?
A. 11.64 kN/m3
B. 12.63 kN/m3
C. 13.55 kN/m3
51) What is the degree of saturation?
A. 96.6%
B. 77.6%
C. 68.6%

unit weight of 17.22

D.)

1.05

D. 13.69 kN/m3
D. 55.6%

SITUATION S:
An embankment has void ratios at loosest and densest state 0.88 and 0.51 respectively.
Given that the dry unit weight is 15.6 kN/m3 and G=2.65, determine the following:
52) Void ratio.
A. 0.69
B. 0.67
C. 0.56
D. 0.59
53) Relative density.
A. 0.577
B. 0.612
C. 0.674
D. 0.685
54) Saturated unit weight in kN/m3.
A. 18.77
B. 19.25
C. 21.09
D. 19.52
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SITUATION T:
A thick clay layer has void ratio 0.68, specific gravity 2.5, capillary constant 0.3 cm2 and
effective diameter 12 m. The ground water table is 10 m below the ground surface.
55) What is the height of capillary rise?
A. 4.55 m
B. 4.01 m
C. 3.68 m
D. 3.57 m
56) What is the total pressure 8 m below the ground assuming that the ground above
capillary action to be dry?
A. 115 kPa
B. 123 kPa
C.142 kPa
D. 138 kPa
57) What is the vertical effective pressure 15 m below the ground that the ground
above capillary action to be dry?
A. 161 kPa
B. 245 kPa
C. 204 kPa
D. 225 kPa
SITUATION U:
A sand layer, 6 m thick, is underlain by 5 m thick clay. The clay has a saturated unit
weight of 19 kN/m3. The sand has moist and saturated unit weights 16.7 and 18.4
kN/m3 respectively. The ground water table is 3 m below the ground. Point A is 15 m
below the ground surface.
58) What is the total pressure at point A?
A. 304 kPa
B. 289 kPa
C. 265 kPa
D. 276 kPa
59) What is the pore water pressure at point A?
A. 165 kPa
B. 118 kPa
C. 135 kPa
D. 125 kPa
60) What is the effective pressure at point A?
A. 158 kPa
B. 167 kPa
C. 155 kPa
D. 123 kPa
SITUATION V:
The following results were obtained from a liquid limit test on a clay using Casagrande
cup device. The natural content of this clay is 36% and plastic limit is 23%.
61) What is the liquid limit?
A. 33
B. 39
C. 45
D. 48
62) What is the plasticity index?
A. 10
B. 16
C. 18
D. 22
63) What is the nature of the soil?
A. plastic
B. liquid
C. semi-solid
D. None in list
SITUATION W:
Following are the results of a shrinkage limit test:
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64)
65)
66)

Initial volume of soil in saturated state = 24.6 cc

Final volume of soil in dry state = 15.9 cc
Initial mass in saturated state = 44 g
Final mass in dry state = 30.1 g
What is the shrinkage limit?
A. 16.55 %
B. 16.79 %
C. 17.28 %
What is the shrinkage ratio?
A. 0.956
B. 1.021
C. 1.452
What is the specific gravity of solids?
A. 2.16
B. 2.53
C. 2.81

D. 17.86 %
D. 1.893
D. 2.98

SITUATION X:
Given the figure is the soil layer of a project site. The proposed building will exert a net
stress of 12 Newtons per square cm.

67)

68)

69)

11

Determine the buoyant unit weight of the clay.

A. 7.22 kN/m3
C. 8.55 kN/m3
B. 8.28 kN/m3
D. 9.21 kN/m3
Determine the vertical effective stress at the midheight of the clay layer.
A. 172.43 kPa
C. 179.21 kPa
B. 170.65 kPa
D. 186.75 kPa
Determine the average settlement of the normally consolidated clay layer.
A. 165 mm
C. 221 mm
B. 198 mm
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SITUATION Y:
A soil profile is consisting of a 9-m sand layer over an 8-m clay layer. The ground water
table is 3 m below the sand surface. The sand over the ground water table has dry=16
kN/m3 while below has sat=18.5 kN/m3. The clay has the following properties: sat=19
kN/m3, e=0.95 and LL=50%. A uniformly distributed load of 50 kPa is applied at ground
surface. Cs=0.2Cc
70) What is the settlement when clay is normally consolidated?
A. 150 mm
B. 170 mm
C. 185 mm
D. 200 mm
71) What is the settlement when the preconsolidation pressure is 210?
A. 40 mm
B. 47 mm
C. 53 mm
D. 59 mm
72) What is the settlement when the preconsolidation pressure is 145?
A. 170.19 mm
B. 163.8 mm
C. 183.3 mm
D. 152.8 mm
SITUATION Z:
A permeability pumping test was carried out in a confined aquifer with the piezometric
level before pumping is 2.18 m below the ground surface. The aquiclude has a thickness
of 5.70 m measured from ground surface and the confined aquifer is 7.60 m deep until
it reaches the aquiclude at the bottom. At a steady pumping rate of 15.60 m 3/hr, the
drawdowns in the observation wells were equal to 1.62 m and 0.47 m, respectively. The
distances of the observation wells from the center of the test well are 15 m and 32 m
respectively.
73) Compute the depth of water at the farthest observation well.
A. 10.65 m
B. 12.83 m
C. 7.13 m
D. 9.31 m
74) Compute the coefficient of permeability in m/s.
A. 0.215
B. 5.98x10^-5
C. 0.162
D. 4.51x10^-5
75) Compute the transmissibility.
A. 1.634
B. 1.231
C. 0.00034
D. 0.00045
SITUATION AA:
The following data were obtained from sand-cone experiment where a volume of a
certain soil is replaced with a sand in order to find the density of the soil.
Density of sand used in test = 1.3 g/cc
Wt. Of soil excavated from the pit = 925 g
Wt. of sand filling the pit = 675 g
Water content of natural soil = 15%
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Specific gravity of Solid = 2.7

76) Determine the wet density of the soil in g/cc.
A. 2.01
B. 1.65
C. 1.83
77) Determine the dry density of the soil in g/cc.
A. 1.65
B. 1.55
C. 1.49
78) What is the porosity of the soil?
A. 0.74
B. 2.89
C. 0.43

D. 1.78
D. 1.33
D. 1.07

SITUATION AB:
A soil sample has a dry unit weight of 17.79 kN/m3 and a void ratio of 0.50.
79) What is the specific gravity of soil solids?
A. 2.65
B. 2.67
C. 2.72
D. 2.75
80) What is the saturated unit weight of the sample in kN/m3?
A. 19.08
B. 20.42
C. 21.06
D. 22.31
81) What is the hydraulic gradient at quicksand condition?
A. 1.42
B. 1.15
C. 1.28
S. 1.19
SITUATION AC:
A consolidated-undrained test on a normally consolidated clay provided that the cell
pressure is 140 kPa, the deviator stress at failure is 125 kPa and the pore water
pressure is 75 kPa.
82) What is the normal stress corresponding to maximum shear stress in drained
condition?
A. 130.5 kPa
B. 127.5 kPa
C. 133.5 kPa
D. 136.5 kPa
83) What is the shear stress at the point of failure plane in drained condition?
A. 62.5 kPa
B. 63.9 kPa
C. 54.5 kPa
D. 49.7 kPa
84) What is the drained angle of friction?
A. 29.35
B. 17.89
C. 16.87
D. None in list
SITUATION AD:
The results of two drained tri-axial tests on a saturated clay are given in the table.
Test
Cell Pressure
Deviator Stress
A
120 kPa
215 kPa
B
200 kPa
350 kPa

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85)
86)
87)

What is the cohesion of the soil?

A. 7.5 kPa
B. 3.8 kPa
C. 12.1 kPa
What is the angle of friction of the clay?
A. 33
B. 21
C. 27
What is the maximum shear of test A?
A. 107.5 kPa
B. 106 kPa
C. 101.2 kPa

D. 10.2 kPa
D. 35
D. 195 kPa

SITUATION AE:
A consolidated drained tri-axial stress is conducted on a normally consolidated clay.
The shear stress at failure plane is 185 kPa and the angle of friction is 21.
88) What is the deviator stress at failure?
A. 205 kPa
B. 112 kPa
C. 405 kPa
D. 396 kPa
89) What is the chamber confining pressure?
A. 300 kPa
B. 355 kPa
C. 321 kPa
D. 195 kPa
90) What is the maximum principal stress?
A. 553 kPa
B. 751 kPa
C. 994 kPa
D. 1021 kPa
SITUATION AF:
A consolidated drained tria-axial test was conducted on a cohesionless soil that has a
friction angle of 28 and deviator stress at failure of 380.
91) What is the confining pressure in kPa?
A. 194.7 kPa
B. 201.9 kPa
C. 188.7 kPa
D. 214.7 kPa
92) What is the angle that the failure plane makes with the major principal plane?
A. 60
B. 45
C. 55
D. 59
93) What is the normal stress at failure plane?
A. 315.5 kPa
B. 301.2 kPa
C. 332.78 kPa
D. 320.9 kPa
SITUATION AG:
A frictionless retaining wall is 7 m high and supports a horizontal backfill with the
following properties: dry unit weight = 14.6 kN/m3, saturated unit weight = 19.21
kN/m3, angle of friction = 34.
94) If the ground water table is very deep, what is the expected total active thrust in
the wall if it is 1.5 m wide?
A. 101.13 kN
B. 151.69 kN
C. 133.06 kN
D. 199.59 kN

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95)

96)

If the ground water table is 3.5 m deep and the soil above the water table is dry,
what is the magnitude of the active force in kN per meter of the wall?
A. 152.24
B. 92.15
C. 101.66
D. 112.43
If the ground water table is 3.5 m deep and the soil above the water table is dry,
what is the distance of the total active force from the top of the wall?
A. 4.55 m
B. 2.45 m
C. 5.06 m
D. 1.94 m

SITUATION AH:
A 6.5-m long prestressed concrete pile has a cross section in a form of regular hexagon
with side length 310 mm. It is penetrated in a clayey soil with angle of friction =31,
unit weight =16.5 kN/m3, coefficient of friction =0.8 and unconfined shear strength
of 95 kPa.
97) What is the end bearing capacity of the clay in kN?
A. 109.5
B. 213.5
C. 226.5
D. 251
98) What is the developed friction in kN?
A. 1035
B. 919
C. 879
D. 1022
99) What is the ultimate load that the pile can carry in kN?
A. 1144.5
B. 1132.5
C. 1105.5
D. 1273
SITUATION AI:
A uniform soil deposit has a dry unit weight of 15.6 kN/m^3 and a saturated unit
weight of 17.2 kN/m^3. The ground water table is at a distance of 4 m below the
ground surface. Point A is at a depth of 6 m below the ground surface.
100) Calculate the effective stress at A in kPa.
A.) 77.18
B.) 96.80
C.) 83.58
D.) 73.98

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