Module 1 In the figure shown, Zp = 4 m, length of pipe from the

PROBLEM 1:  The atmospheric pressure is 1000 mbar. reservoir to the pump is 120 m, from the pump to the
If a pressure gage which is attached to a tank reads nozzle is 1000 m. The diameters of pipes are 0.6 m
420 mm of mercury (vacuum). What is the absolute and 0.45 m respectively. The gage pressure at B (the
pressure in the tank? suction side of the pump) is -64 kPa. Neglect minor
a. 75.92 kPa b. 56.34 kPa losses.
c. 43.97 kPa d. 81.23 kPa PROBLEM 7:  The velocity of water pipe AB.

A closed cylindrical container is filled with water

having a pressure at the top of 196.2 kPa. It has a
radius of 0.6m and a depth of 4m. If it is rotated at
200 rpm, determine the following:
PROBLEM 2:  The total pressure on side wall, in kN.
a. 1781.69 kN b. 1120.47 kN
c. 1414.99 kN d. 1648.8 kN
 
PROBLEM 3:  The total pressure at the top of the a. 2.297 m/s b. 3.147 m/s
container, in kN. c. 1.452 m/s d. 2.672 m/s
a. 186.7 kN b. 266.55 kN  
c. 320.1 kN d. 190.47 kN PROBLEM 8:  The velocity of water pipe CD.
 
PROBLEM 4:  The intensity of hoop tension, in MPa if
thickness of plate is 10mm.
a. 18.006 MPa b. 16.524 MPa
c. 18.865 MPa d. 24.401 MPa
 
PROBLEM 5:  A vertical gate 1.4 m wide and 2.2 m
high is hinged at the upper edge and is kept closed by
the pressure of water standing 2.5 meters deep over
a. 1.23 m/s b. 3.56 m/s
its top edge. Determine the minimum force applied
c. 4.08 m/s d. 5.59 m/s
normally at the bottom of the gate to open it.
a. 70 kN b. 65 kN
PROBLEM 9:  The discharge of the pipe from A to B
c. 60 kN d. 55 kN
due to pumping.
 
PROBLEM 6:  A closed cylindrical tank 1.8 m in
diameter and 2.6 m high weighs 4046 N.  Compute for
the weight of an aluminum attached at the bottom to
make the cylinder floats vertically with 1.64 m
submerged in seawater. Density of aluminum and
specific gravity of seawater are 118 kN/m^3 and 1.03
respectively.

a. 65.34 kN b. 41.69 kN a. 0.65 m^3/s b. 0.89 m^3/s

c. 34.56 kN d. 26.67 kN c. 0.45 m^3/s d. 0.25 m^3/s

A solid object whose specific gravity is 3.47 floats

above the surface of mercury in a container.
PROBLEM 10:  What fraction of volume is above the
surface of mercury?
a. 0.235 V b. 0.451 V
c. 0.745 V d. 0.952 V
 
PROBLEM 11:  If the volume of the object below the PROBLEM 18:  A vertical gate is an equilateral triangle
liquid surface is 0.018 m3, what is the weight of the whose edge is 3.5 m long. If one edge is level with the
object? water surface, compute the total pressure on the gate
a. 2.40 kN b. 2.98 kN and the location of the center of pressure below the
c. 1.36 kN d. 3.50 kN water surface.
  a. 92.13 kN ; 2.56 m below w.s
PROBLEM 12:  What load applied vertically that would b. 52.54 kN ; 1.52 m below w.s
cause the object to be fully submerged? c. 63.5 kN ; 2.34 m below w.s
a. 6.96 kN b. 3.23 kN d. 67.4 kN ; 1.82 m below w.s
c. 9.25 kN d. 5.25 kN  
  PROBLEM 19:  A frustum of a right conical vessel
PROBLEM 13:  An open cylindrical tank 30 cm in stands vertically on its vertex. It has an altitude of   1.0
diameter and 80 cm high partially filled with water is m. The diameter of its top is 0.8 m while its bottom is
rotated about its vertical axis at a speed of 240 rpm. 0.5 m diameter. It is filled with water and then rotated
What would be the depth of water in the tank if the about its vertical axis with a speed of 90 rpm. Find the
cylindrical tank is brought to rest so that no water will volume of water remained after rotation.
be spilled out? a. 312 liters b. 139 liters
a. 0.23 m b. 0.12 m c. 210 liters d. 156 liters
c. 0.56 m d. 0.44 m  
PROBLEM 20:  A rectangular tank containing water is
PROBLEM 14:  A tank contains 1.5 m column accelerated at 2.5m/s^2 upward and parallel to the
of mercury (S = 13.6), 1.8 m column of water and 1.2 inclined plane making an angle of 8 degrees with the
m column of oil (S = 0.81). Compute the pressure at horizontal.  Determine the inclination of the water
the bottom of the tank. surface.
a. 227.32 kPa b. 345.23 kPa a. 11.23 degrees b. 13.72 degrees
c. 184.23 kPa d. 256.33 kPa c. 14.32 degrees d. 10.89 degrees
 
PROBLEM 15: A dam rectangular in cross–section has
an upstream face vertical. Water is 20.4 m deep on Module 2
the upstream side.  The dam is 23.2 m high and 14.8
m wide at the base and weighs 2310 kg/m^3.  The Water is released from a sluice gate in a rectangular
coefficient of friction between the base and the channel 5ft with such that the depth is 2 ft and the
foundation is 0.85. Compute the factor of safety velocity is 15 fps.
against sliding.  
a. 3.85 b. 3.24 PROBLEM 1:  Find the critical depth for this specific
c. 2.67 d. 1.45 energy.
  a. 5.946 ft
PROBLEM 16: A rectangular plate was immersed in b. 3.036 ft
water such that two of its edges were vertical.  If such c. 5.516 ft
is 3.5m long. How far below the water surface should d. 4.926 ft
its upper edge be submerged so that the center of  
pressure will be 20 cm from the center of gravity? PROBLEM 2. Find the critical depth for this rate of
a. 3.389 m b. 3.354 m discharge.
c. 3.395 m d. 3.360 m a. 5.94 ft
  b. 3.03 ft
PROBLEM 17:  An object weighs 4N in water and 5N in c. 3.66 ft
alcohol having a specific gravity of 0.80. Assume unit d. 4.92 ft
weight of water is 9.79 kN/m^3. Find the volume of
the object
a. 0.0000157 m^3
b. 0.0001057 m^3
c. 0.0007105 m^3
d. 0.0005107 m^3
Water is being raised from a reservoir A (elev. 0) to PROBLEM 10:  The length of a Cipolletti weir is 5 times
reservoir B (elev. 825) using a pump at elevation - its head. If the discharge flowing in the weir is 0.6
25m. The frictional losses from reservoir A is 4 times cu.m per second, compute the value of the head.
the velocity head while the frictional losses from the a. 0.62 m b. 0.33 m
exit of the pump to reservoir B is 22 times its velocity c. 0.21 m d. 0.81 m
head. Pipe A to the pump is 100 mm in diameter. Pipe
from the pump to reservoir B is 90 mm in diameter. PROBLEM 11:  A rectangular canal has width of 2.75
The total flow is 220 liters per hour. m.  The flow passing thru the canal is 2.96 cu.meter
  per second and a velocity of 3.59 m/s.  How high is the
PROBLEM 3:  Compute the output power of the pump jump?
in kilowatts. a. 75 cm b. 70 cm
a. 571 kW b. 600 kW c. 80 cm d. 85 cm
c. 564 kW d. 497 kW  
  PROBLEM 12:  An orifice is placed at the side of 2 m
PROBLEM 4:  Compute the pressure head at the diameter vertical tank. The center of the orifice is 10
entrance of the pump. m above the ground and 3 m below the water surface.
a. 12.659 m b. 12.771 m How far from the side of the tank the water reaches
c. 12.663 m d. 14.752 m the ground?
  a. 10.95 m b 8.47 m
PROBLEM 5:  Compute the pressure head of the water c. 9.45 m d. 12.45 m
as it exits the pump.
a. 311.659 m b. 953.340 m A 1-m diameter new cast iron pipe is 845 m long and
c. 322.859 m d. 901.459 m has a head loss of 1.11 m.
  PROBLEM 13:  Find the discharge capacity of water for
PROBLEM 6:  A trapezoidal canal with base width of to this pipe by Hazen–William’s formula. Use C = 130
2 m at the bottom conveys water at a depth of 1 m. a. 0.24 cu.m/sec b. 0.87 cu.m/sec
Compute the hydraulic radius if the sides slopes equal c. 1.01 cu.m/sec d. 1.07 cu.m/sec
to 45 degrees from the horizontal.  
a. 0.52 b. 0.81 PROBLEM 14:  Find the discharge capacity of water for
c. 0.62 d. 0.75 this pipe by Manning’s formula. Use n = 0.013.
  a. 0.24 cu.m/sec b. 0.87 cu.m /sec
PROBLEM 7:  A trapezoidal channel has n = 0.022 and c. 1.01 cu.m /sec d. 1.07 cu.m /sec
s = 0.0003 and is made in the shape of a half-hexagon  
for efficiency. What should be the length of the side of PROBLEM 15:  Find the discharge capacity of water for
the hexagon if the channel is to carry 225 cfs of this pipe by Darcy Weisbach formula.. Use f = 0.014
water? a. 0.24 cu.m /sec b. 0.87 cu.m /sec
a. 9.30 ft b. 8.35 ft c. 0.91 cu.m /sec d. 1.07 cu.m /sec
c. 8.03 ft d. 7.08 ft  
  PROBLEM 16: A 75 mm diameter orifice, Cd = 0.82, is
PROBLEM 8:  What is the depth of normal flow and placed in the bottom of a vertical tank that has a
slope of a rectangular channel to conduct 5 m³/s of diameter of 1.5 m. How long does it take to draw the
water a distance of 2000 m with a head loss of 15 m? surface down from 3 to 2.5 m?
The width of the channel is 2 m. The channel is made a. 28.7 s b. 33.2 s
of brickwork (n = 0.016). c. 32.4 s d. 34.1 s
a. 0.795 m b. 0.765 m  
c. 0.675 m d. 0.786 m PROBLEM 17:  A clay-tile surfaced (n=0.014) triangular
  channel has sides sloping at 60 degrees. If it carries
PROBLEM 9: The discharge over a trapezoidal weir is 10-m3/s, compute the critical depth.
1.315 cu.m/sec. The crest length is 2 m and the sides a. 1.14 m b. 2.28 m
are inclined at 75 degrees 57’49” with the horizontal. c. 3.42 m d. 4.56 m
Find the head on the weir in meters.
a. 0.81 b. 0.71
c. 0.61 d. 0.51 
Water is being raised from reservoir A to reservoir B Module 3
using pump as shown. The frictional losses from PROBLEM 1: A dry soil is mixed with water and
reservoir A to the entrance of the pump is three times compacted to 21% by mass water. Volume of wet soil
its velocity head while the frictional losses from the is 0.005m3 and has a mass of 2.2 kg. Specific gravity of
exit of the pump to reservoir B is twenty times its soil solid is 2.70. Determine the dry unit weight of the
velocity head. The total flow is 30 lit/s. soil
PROBLEM 18:  Compute the output power of the a. 363.64 kg/m^3 b. 102.13 kg/m^3
pump in kilowatts. c. 219.14 kg/m^3 d. 518.23 kg/m^3

PROBLEM 2: The maximum and minimum dry unit wt.

of a sand were determined in the laboratory to be
18.5kN/m^3 and 14.5kN/m^3 respectively. In the
field, if the relative density compaction of the sand is
0.80, What is the relative compaction?
a. 96.1% b. 83.4%
c. 88.2% d. 90.7%
 
PROBLEM 3: The results of the particle-size analysis of
a. 68.73 b. 60.52 a soil are as follows: % passing no 10 sieve = 100, %
c. 81.02 d. 48.40 passing no 40 sieve = 80 and % passing no 200 sieve =
  65. The liquid limit and plastic limit of the soil are 30
PROBLEM 19:  Compute the pressure head at point 1? and 15 respectively. What is the group index of the
soil?
a. 5 b. 7
c. 8 d. 9
 
PROBLEM 4: The coefficient of permeability of a soil
sample was found out in a soil mechanics laboratory
by making use of a falling head permeameter. The
data used and the test results obtained were as
follows:    Determine the coefficient of permeability in
m/day.

a. 19.74 m b. 29.56 m
c. 28.14 m d. 16.12 m
 
PROBLEM 20:  Pipes 1, 2 and 3 are 300 m., 150 and
250 m. long and 25 cm. 12 cm. and 20 cm. diameter
with friction factor f1, f2 and f3 equal to 0.019, 0.021
and 0.02 respectively and are connected in series.  If
the difference in elevation of the ends of the pipe is a. 10.4 b. 2.25
10 m., what is the rate of flow in m3/sec? Neglect c. 5.5 d. 6.2
minor losses  
a. 0.856 b. 0.029 PROBLEM 5: If the dry unit weight is 20 kN/m^3. Find
c. 0.145 d. 0.096 the saturated unit weight. Specific gravity is 2.50.*
a. 19.04 kN/m^3 b. 18.77 kN/m^3
c. 21.77 kN/m^3 d. 17.77 kN/m^3
 
PROBLEM 6: A 50 cu.cm sample of moist clay was PROBLEM 10: The results of a constant head
obtained by pressing a sharpened hollow cylinder into permeability test for a fine sand sample having a
the wall of a test pit. The extruded sample has an diameter of 250 mm and a length of 350 mm are as
initial weight of 85 grams and after oven-drying a follows: constant head difference = 450 mm, time of
weight of 60 grams. Compute the degree of collection of water = 5 min, and volume of water
saturation. Assume G = 2.70. collected = 0.35 Li. Find the coefficient of permeability
a. 90% b. 65% for the soil.
c. 75% d. 85% a. 1.849 x 10^-2 mm/s
b. 3.960 x 10^-2 mm/s
A layered soil is shown with the corresponding values c. 4.255 x 10^-2 mm/s
of K1 , K2  , and K3. d. 2.326 x 10^-2 mm/s
PROBLEM 7:  Compute the equivalent horizontal
coefficient of permeability A soil sample having a volume of 1x10^-3 m^3 has a
mass of 1950 grams and moisture content of 10 %.
The specific gravity of solids is 2.66.
PROBLEM 11:  What is the nearest value to the dry
density of the soil in kg/m^3?
a. 171 4b. 1773
c. 1824 d. 1529
 
PROBLEM 12: What is the nearest value to the void
ratio in percent?
a. 89.9 x 10^-4 cm/sec
a. 50.1 b. 76.2
b. 108.9 x 10^-4 cm/sec
c. 42.5 d. 64.2
c. 128.9 x 10^-4 cm/sec
 
d. 138.9 x 10^-4 cm/sec
PROBLEM 13:  A sample of soil compacted according
 
to the Standard Proctor Test has a unit weight of
PROBLEM 8:  Compute the equivalent vertical
131.1 pcf at 100% compaction and the optimum
coefficient of permeability.
moisture content of 14%. If the voids became filled
with water, what would be the saturated unit weight?
Assume that the solid matter has a specific gravity of
2.67.
a. 115 pcf b. 121.91 pcf
c. 134.93 pcf d. 135.96 pcf

Given the liquid limit of soil equal to 70% and its

plastic limit is 38%
a. 4.39 x 10^-4 cm/sec PROBLEM 14:  Determine the plasticity index.
b. 3.49 x 10^-4 cm/sec a. 32 b. 30
c, 9.39 x 10^-4 cm/sec c. 28 d. 26
d. 7.39 x 10^-4 cm/sec  
  PROBLEM 15:  What will be the Liquidity index if w =
PROBLEM 9: During a constant head permeability test 14%?
on a sample of sand, 150 cm3 of water were collected a. -0.95 b. -0.25
in 2 min. The sample had a length of 10 cm and a c. -0.75 d. -0.50
diameter of 2 in. The head was maintained at 20 cm.
Compute the coefficient of permeability. The maximum and minimum possible void ratios of a
a. 0.0404 cm/s b. 0.0308 cm/s certain soil were determined in the laboratory and
c. 0.5046 cm/s d. 0.0215 cm/s were found to be 0.85 and 0.55 respectively. The
  porosity is 40% and specific gravity of soil solids is 2.65
PROBLEM 16: Compute the dry unit weight.
a. 17.32 kN/m^3 b. 15.57kN/m^3
c. 17.90kN/m^3 d. 18.20kN/m^3
  PROBLEM 3:  Determine the thrust on the wall in kN
PROBLEM 17:  Find the void ratio. per linear meter during a rainfall if wall drainage is
a. 0.503 b. 0.834 fully clogged for entire wall height.
c. 0.670 d. 0.519 a. 594.453 kN b. 682.567 kN
  c. 435.881 kN d. 629.760 kN
PROBLEM 18: A soil sample has a maximum void ratio  
of 0.95 and minimum void ratio of 0.55. It was also PROBLEM 4: A soil sample in a tri-axial test has the
found out that the porosity is 25%, moisture content following normal stresses. Which of the following
is 16% and Gs = 2.65. Compute the dry unit weight of gives the angle of internal friction?
the sample
a. 16.45 kN/m^3 b. 17.53 kN/m^3
c. 19.50 kN/m^3 d. 20.02 kN/m^3
 
PROBLEM 19: A soil sample has a max dry unit weight
a. 19.48 degrees b. 15.8 degrees
of 125 lb/ft^3. If the sample has a wet unit weight of
c. 10.2 degrees d. 23.4 degrees
135 lb/ft^3, Gs = 2.65, moisture content is 11%,
compute the percent compaction in the field.
A 0.30 m square prestressed concrete pile that is 28m
a. 90.09% b. 92.59%
long is to be driven in a clayey soil whose unconfined
c. 94.13% d. 97.30%
compressive strength is 135 kN/m^3. Unit weight of
 
the clayey soil is 15 kN/m^3.
PROBLEM 20: In a core – cutter test a steel cylinder
PROBLEM 5:  Find the skin friction capacity of pile if
having a mass of 1527 g, an internal dia.  of 102 mm
frictional constant is 0.76.
and a length of 128 mm was rammed into an in-situ
a. 1360.2 kN b. 1723.68 kN
soil mass. After removing it and trimming the ends flat
c. 1641.6 kN d. 1186.40 kN
its mass was found to be 3482 g. The moisture
 
content of the soil was later found to be 20%. If the
PROBLEM 6:  Find the end bearing capacity of pile if
sp. gr. of the soil is 2.70, Determine the bulk density.
Nc = 9.
a. 1.59 g/cm^3 b. 1.69 g/cm^3
a. 60.75 kN b. 45.60 kN
c. 1.87 g/cm^3 d. 1.97 g/cm^3
c. 41.6 kN d. 54.67 kN
 
PROBLEM 7: A footing is to support a total column
load of 1500 kN. The building is underlain by clay soil
Module 4 as shown. Compute the settlement of the footing   in
mm due to consolidation if the footing dimension is
A retaining wall 8m supports a cohesionless soil 3m x 3m. Use 2:1 method.
having a dry density of 1600 kg/m3, angle of shearing
resistance is 32 and void ratio of 0.68. The surface of
the soil is horizontal and level with the top of the wall.
Neglect wall friction and use Rankine’s formula for
active pressure of a cohensionless soil.
PROBLEM 1:  Determine the nearest value of the total
earth thrust on the wall in kN/m if the soil is dry.
a. 154.24 kN b. 162.4 kN
c. 174.3 kN d. 175.72 kN
 
PROBLEM 2.: Determine the thrust on the wall in kN
per linear meter during a rainfall if wall drainage is
clogged at 3.5 m below the ground surface. Use the
a. 250 b. 300
dry unit weight of soil above the water surface.
c. 350 d. 400
a. 235.440 kN b. 182.567 kN
 
c. 135.881 kN d. 108.765 kN
 
PROBLEM 8:  The results of a three consolidated PROBLEM 14: In a tri – axial test, a sample of
undrained tri-axial test on saturated clay are as saturated sand was consolidated under an all-around
follows:  Compute the angle of internal friction pressure of 80 kPa. During the addition of vertical
load, drainage was prevented and the pore water
pressure was measured to be 30 kPa. The added
vertical pressure at that time was 120 kPa. Compute
the drained angle of friction.
a. 43.06 degrees b. 53.16 degrees
c. 33.06 degrees d. 23.26 degrees

a. 15.03 degrees b. 12.06 degrees In a tri –axial test of a silty soil, the sample failed at
c. 18.40 degrees d. 31.05 degrees normal stress of 475 kPa and a shear stress of 350
kPa.
A 6 m high wall retains dry sand whose dry density is PROBLEM 15:  Which of the following gives the angle
1.95 g/cc and the angle of shearing resistance is 32 of internal friction?
degrees. Specific gravity is 2.65. Using Rankine Theory. a. 36.4 degrees b. 46.3 degrees
PROBLEM 9:  Which of the following most nearly gives c. 39.3 degrees d. 26.3 degrees
the total active thrust on the wall?  
a. 114.8 kN b. 162.4 kN PROBLEM 16:  Find the angle that the failure plane
c. 174.3 kN d. 105.72 kN makes with the x-axis.
  a. 36.3 degrees b. 63.2 degrees
PROBLEM 10:  Determine the thrust on the wall in kN c. 69.3 degrees d. 76.3 degrees
per linear meter if due to clogged to a level of 2.5 m  
below the ground surface. PROBLEM 17:  Find the maximum failure stress.
a. 194.453 kN b. 182.567 kN a. 1280.72 kPa b. 1210.72 kPa
c. 152.220 kN d. 108.765 kN c. 1169.41 kPa d. 1250.72 kPa
   
PROBLEM 11:  At what height above the base of the PROBLEM 18:  A retaining wall has a vertical back and
wall the thrust acts during the wáter clogged is 7.32 m high. The soil is sandy   loam of unit weight
condition? of 15 kN/m^3. It shows a cohesion of 12kPa and phi =
a. 2.21 m b. 2.00 m 25 degrees, neglecting wall friction, determine the
c. 1.75 m d. 1.42 m thrust on the wall in kN/m. The upper surface of the
fill is horizontal.
An excavation 5 m depth is supported by a sheet pile. a. 107.14 b. 123.58
The sheet pile is extended 3.2 m below the ground c. 301.24 d. 250.67
and the water table is at the bottom of the pile. Unit
weight of soil is 1.91 g/cc. Angle friction is 34 degrees. A counterfort wall of 12 m height retains non –
PROBLEM 12:  Which of the following most nearly cohesive backfill. The void ratio and angle of internal
gives the active force? friction of the backfill are 0.85 and 35 degrees in loose
a. 166.8 kN b. 195.4 kN state and 0.35 and 45 degrees in the dense state.
c. 178.3 kN d. 156.7 kN Assume Gs = 2.70.
  PROBLEM 19:  The ratio passive pressure and active
PROBLEM 13:  Which of the following most nearly pressure at loose state is:
gives the passive force? a. 16.25 b. 13.62
a. 379.33 kN b. 333.97 kN c. 9.47 d. 7.56
c. 393.37 kN d. 339.37 kN  
PROBLEM 20:  The ratio of passive pressure and active
pressure at dense state is:
a. 42.15 b. 29.15
c. 33.97 d. 25.11
Module 5 PROBLEM 3:  Compute the maximum center- to-
center spacing of piles to achieve 100% efficiency.
The pile group shown consists of 12 friction piles each
0.3 m diameter. Each pile is driven clay layer with
different unconfined compressive strength. Unit
weight of the clayey soil is 18.18 KN/m^3. Bearing
capacity factor Nc = 9. Factor of safety is 3.0.
PROBLEM 1:  Compute the allowable load of the pile
group considering that the piles act individually.

a. 627 mm b. 860 mm
c. 800 mm d. 560 mm

From the figure shown the soil has a unit weight of

28.5 kN/m^3 and the undrained shear strength cu =
20 kN/m^2. The slope makes an angle 62 degrees with
the horizontal. Assume a stability number m = 0.1676
PROBLEM 4: Compute the stability factor.
a. 2650 kN b. 2370 kN
c. 2460 kN d. 3360 kN

PROBLEM 2:  Compute the allowable load of the pile

group based on block failure.

a. 6.78 b. 6.7
c. 5.99 d. 5.01
 
PROBLEM 5: Compute the maximum depth up to
which the cut could be made.

a. 5.18 m b. 4.97 m
c. 4.20 m d. 3.84 m
a. 2650 kN b. 2370 kN
c. 2460 kN d. 3360 kN
 
PROBLEM 6:  Compute angle that the failure plane PROBLEM 11:  Determine the normal stress on the
makes with the horizontal if BC is 9 m. plane that makes an angle of 25 degrees with the
major principal plane.
a. 61.24 lb/in^2 b. 50.14 lb/in^2
c. 13.15 lb/in^2 d. 16.39 lb/in^2

PROBLEM 12: Determine the shear stress (when the

specimen failed) on the plane that makes an angle of
25 degrees with the major principal plane.
a. 61.24 lb/in^2 b. 50.14 lb/in^2
c. 13.15 lb/in^2 d. 16.39 lb/in^2
a. 22.32 degrees b. 28.25 degrees
c. 21.05 degrees d. 20.15 degrees A mat foundation carrying a total load of 5200 tons
  whose length is 100 ft and 32 ft wide. Underneath of
PROBLEM 7:  A rectangular raft of size 30 x 12 m the mat foundation is sand with unit weight equal to
founded on ground surface subjected to a uniform 120lb/ft^3.The base of the footing is 8 ft below the
pressure of 150 kPa.  Calculate the stress by point load ground. The value of N from standard penetration test
method of Boussinesq at coordinate points (0,0) at equal to 18.
depth 20 m.  
a. 26.32 kPa b. 76.11 kPa PROBLEM 13:  Compute the overburden pressure at 8
c. 22.35 kPa d. 19.81 kPa ft below the ground.
a. 0.436 ton/ft^2 b. 0.563 ton/ft^2
A footing is supported by soil having a cohesion of 50 c. 1.342 ton/ft^2 d. 1.251 ton/ft^2
kPa. The unit weight of soil is 19 kN/m^3 and the  
depth of footing is 3 m below the ground surface. The PROBLEM 14:  Compute the allowable soil bearing
angle of internal friction is 10 degrees. pressure if correction factor Cn = 0.62
a. 12.67 ton/ft^2 b. 11.16 tons/ft^2
PROBLEM 8:  Assuming a local shear failure, which of c. 8.34 ton/ft^2 d. 5.67 ton/ft^2
the following most nearly gives the net ultimate
bearing capacity per meter for a strip footing having a A 0.30 m square prestressed concrete pile that is 20m
width of 1.25 m? Use the equation of Terzaghi’s long is to be driven in a clayey soil whose unconfined
ultimate bearing capacity for strip footing. compressive strength is 115 kN/m^3. Unit weight of
a. 314 kPa b. 380 KPa the clayey soil is 18 kN/m^3. The pile has a design
c. 256 kPa d. 280 kPa capacity of 360 kN.
  PROBLEM 15:  Find the end bearing capacity of pile if
PROBLEM 9:  If factor of safety is 2.5, which of the Nc = 9.
following most nearly gives the safe bearing pressure a. 46.58 kN b. 41.55 kN
for a footing 1.25 m wide and 6 m long assuming a c. 25.63 kN d. 18.65 kN
general shear failure? Use the equation.
a. 208 kPa b. 240 kPa PROBLEM 16:  Find the skin friction capacity of pile if
c. 300 KPa d. 180 kPa coefficient of adhesion is 0.76.
a. 1501.65 kN b. 1605.23 kN
The equation of the effective stress failure envelope c. 1360.94 kN d. 1583.21 kN
for a loose sandy soil was obtained from a direct shear
test as Ss = Sn tan 36 degrees; where Ss is shearing PROBLEM 17:  Find the pile capacity if factor of safety
stress, Sn is normal stress. A drained triaxial test was is 2.0.
conducted with the same soil at a chamber confining a. 186.6 kN b. 420.5 kN
pressure of 15 lb/in^2. c. 360.5 kN d. 703.76 kN
 
PROBLEM 10:  Estimate the angle that the failure
plane makes with the major principal plane.
a. 63 degrees b. 54 degress
 c. 45 degrees d. 36 degrees
The increase in stress under a corner of a rectangular PROBLEM 20:  What uniform load will produce an
loading is given by Boussinesq formula which is as increase in stress of 36 kPa at point that is 2.5 meters
follows: beneath the center of a 3meter x 4meter footing?
 
PROBLEM 18:  What is the increase in stress at point
that is 2.5 meters beneath a corner of a 1.5 meter x 2
meter footing carrying a total uniform load of 75 kPa?

a. 7.504 kPa b. 1.123 kPa

c. 2.945 kPa d. 5.213 kPa
a. 133.26 kPa b. 229.23 kPa
c. 253.14 kPa d. 211.25 kPa
 
PROBLEM 19:  What is the increase in stress at point
that is 2.5 meters beneath the center of a 3 meter x 4
meter footing carrying a total uniform load of 75 kPa?

a. 916.94 kPa b. 533.04 kPa

c. 245.50 kPa d. 922.54 kPa