University of Hargeisa

Department: Civil Engineering, Course: WRM Midterm: 30% Date: 19 May 2018 ... Time:1Hr

1. The probable maximum flood (PMF) is

A) The maximum possible flood that can occur anywhere in the country

B) A flood adopted in the design of all kinds of spillways

C) An extremely large but physically possible flood in the region

D) The standard project flood of an extremely large river

2. The term mean annual flood denotes

A) A flood with a recurrence interval of 2.33 years. B) Mean of annual flood flow series

C) Mean floods in partial-duration series

D) A flood with a recurrence interval of N/2 years, where N = number of years of record.

3. The size of a flood is measured by:

A) the rate of flow of water in a waterway or river B) the level of water in a waterway or river

C) a river gauging station D) all of the above.

4. Rating curve

A. Is based on the area's hydrologic soil group and land use,

B. Was developed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service,

C) It is a graph of discharge versus stage for a given point on a stream,

D. Process of dividing the watershed into discrete land and channel segments

5. What are your own understandings and comments on “The Planning Cycle of IWRM”, from the

“Initiation stage” to the “Evaluation stage”?

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6. Excessive pumping in relation to recharge can cause ________ .

A) a cone of depression to form B) the water table to decline C) the well to go dry D) all
of these
7. Which of the following is an environmental consequence of floods?

A) erosion of soil B ) dispersal of weed species C) release of pollutants into waterways D) All

8. Lines of equal elevation is called

A. Streams B. Gully lines C. Contour lines D. Watershed lines

9. Mention the four basic objectives of establishing groundwater monitoring system ?

Step 1: ___________________________________

Step 2: ___________________________________

Step 3: ___________________________________

Step 4: ___________________________________

10. Which of the following is dynamic data

A) Water use inventories B) River flow gauging. C) Water well records. D) Geological maps.

11. List down the levels of groundwater quality assesment

A) ____________________ B) ____________________ ___C)________________________________

12. What is a watershed?

A) a place to store water B) The amount of rainfall and runoff in a year C) the river nearest your house

D) all of the land that drains to a specific body of water

13. Permeability is __________ .

A) The percentage of pore space in the rock. B) the process by which plants release water vapor
to the atmosphere

C) The amount of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air
can hold.

D) The ability of a solid to allow fluids to pass through

14. Which of the following statements about the water table is false:

A) The water table is generally flat B) the water table is above the land surface in lakes. C) The
water table changes when discharge is not balanced by recharge D. None

15. The essence of groundwater monitoring includes all EXCEPT

A. the groundwater data collection, B., the design of the monitoring system

C. processing and interpretation of groundwater data D. measuring the runoff