COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

FINAL EXAMINATION IN GEOL211

Name: ___________________________________ Course/ Yr. & section __________ Student no. ___________
Date/Time/Room: ___________________________ Instructor: Engr. Pheby M. Moog Score: ___________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the correct answer for each question.

a.) Mining Geology c.) Petrology
I. Identification w/ Choices: Shade on the letter of b.) Minerology d.) Economic
the correct answer on your bubble sheet. 2 Geology
points each.

1.) Is a branch of Science dealing with the study of the

earth.
It is also known as Earth Science.
a.) Geotechnical Engineering c.) Geology
b.) Soil Mechanics d.) Soil

2.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the various 11.) Scope of Geology provides necessary information
processes of physical agents such as wind, water, about
glaciers and sea waves. the site of construction materials used in the
a.) Crystallography c.) Petrology construction
b.) Physical Geology d.) Minerology of buildings, dams, tunnels, tanks, etc.
a.) Petroleum Engineering c.) Mining
3.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study Engineering
of crystals. b.) Environmental Engineering d.) Civil
a.) Crystallography c.) Petrology Engineering
b.) Physical Geology d.) Minerology
12.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study of
4.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study volcanoes, lava, magma and geochemical
of minerals. phenomena.
a.) Crystallography c.) Petrology a.) Geomorphology c.) Paleontology
b.) Physical Geology d.) Minerology b.) Volcanology d.) Hydrology

5.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study of 13.) It is composed of magma that erupts on the
stratified rocks and their correlation. seafloor to
a.) Structural Geology c.) Paleontology create basalt lava flows or cools deeper down to
b.) Stratigraphy d.) Photo Geology create
the intrusive igneous rock gabbro.
6.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study of a.) Conduction c.) Oceanic crust
structures found in rocks. b.) Continental crust d.) NOTC
a.) Structural Geology c.) Paleontology
b.) Stratigraphy d.) Photo Geology 14.) It is defined as the heat transfer that occurs through
rapid
7.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study of collisions of atoms, which can only happen if the
fossils material
a.) Structural Geology c.) Paleontology is solid.
b.) Stratigraphy d.) Photo Geology a.) Convection c.) Oceanic crust
b.) Conduction d.) NOTC
8.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study of
aerial 15.) It is the process of a material that can move and
photographs flow
a.) Structural Geology c.) Paleontology may develop convection currents.
b.) Stratigraphy d.) Photo Geology a.) Convection c.) Oceanic crust
b.) Conduction d.) NOTC
9.) It deals with the study of water, land, solar energy,
minerals, forests etc… that fulfills human wants. 16.) It is the very center of the Earth, and the hottest
a.) Geotechnical Engineering c.) Petrology part of
b.) Resources Engineering d.) Hydrology the planet.
a.) Inner Core c.) Mantle
10.) It deals with the study of application of geology to b.) Outer Core d.) Lithosphere
mining
engineering in such a way that the selection of 17.) It is the third layer of the Earth. It is the only liquid
suitable layer,
sites for quarrying and mines can be determined.

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 and is mainly made up of the metals iron and nickel, d.) NOTC
as
well as small amounts of other substances. 28.) It occurs adjacent to igneous intrusions and results
a.) Inner Core c.) Mantle from
b.) Outer Core d.) Lithosphere high temperatures associated with the igneous
intrusion.
18.) __________ breaks down rocks without altering a.) Regional metamorphism
their b.) Contact metamorphism
composition. c.) Cataclastic metamorphism
a.) Chemical Weathering c.) Soil
d.) NOTC
b.) Physical Weathering d.) NOTC
29.) It occurs as a result of mechanical deformation, like
19.) It caused by substances that get into holes and
when two bodies of rock slide past one another
cracks
along a
in rock and expand outwards.
fault zone.
a.) Wedging c.) Abrasion
b.) Exfoliation d.) Thermal Expansion a.) Regional metamorphism
b.) Contact metamorphism
20.) It occurs when water combines with carbon dioxide c.) Cataclastic metamorphism
in d.) NOTC
the air to form carbonic acid.
a.) Wedging c.) Abrasion 30.) ____________ are composed of at least two
b.) Carbonation d.) Thermal Expansion minerals
having a conspicuous (large) difference in grain
21.) _________ occurs when rocks that formed in high size.
pressure environments are brought to the Earth's a.) Aphanitic Texture
surface. b.) Porphyritic Texture
a.) Wedging c.) Abrasion c.) Phaneritic Texture
b.) Exfoliation d.) Thermal Expansion d.) NOTC

22.) ________ is caused by sulfur and nitrogen 31.) This term refers to vesicles (cavities) within the
compounds in the air reacting with water to form acids igneous
that then fall to the ground. rock.
a.) Acid Rain c.) Hydrolysis a.) Vesicular Texture
b.) Carbonation d.) Oxidation b.) Porphyritic Texture
c.) Phaneritic Texture
23.) ________ is the reaction of oxygen with chemicals d.) NOTC
in a 32.) Is a branch of Science dealing with the study of the
rocks. earth. It is also known as Earth Science.
a.) Acid Rain c.) Hydrolysis a.) Geotechnical Engineering c.) Geology
b.) Carbonation d.) Oxidation b.) Soil Mechanics d.) Soil

24.) ________ is a process in which a rock absorbs 33.) Is a branch of Geology that deals with the study of
water into rocks.
its chemical structure. a.) Crystallography c.) Petrology
a.) Acid Rain c.) Hydrolysis b.) Physical Geology d.) Minerology
b.) Carbonation d.) Oxidation
34.) Dilatometer test is carried out by pushing or
25.) ___________ are basically rocks that have hammering a dilatometer blade into the soil at rate
experience change due to high pressure and between 10 – 30 mm/seconds, while measuring
temperature below zone of diagenesis. penetration resistance and then using gas pressure to
a.) Metamorphic rocks c.) Sedimentary expand the membrane approximately _______into the
rocks soil.
b.) Igneous rocks d.) NOTC a.) 2.0mm c.) 3.0mm
c.) 1.10 mm d.) NOTC
26.) ____________ are formed by the deposition of
material 35.) It is often the first exploration method done on the
at the Earth's surface and (or) within bodies of ground and can take place at a local detailed scale or a
water. regional scale.
a.) Metamorphic rocks c.) Sedimentary a.) Geophysical Surveys c.) Geological
rocks Mapping
b.) Igneous rocks d.) NOTC d.) Desktop Surveys d.) NOTC

27.) It occurs over large areas and generally does not 36.) ____________ rocks typically from lava which
show crystallize rapidly on or near Earth’s surface with
any relationship to igneous bodies. undistinguishable individual crystals.
a.) Regional metamorphism a.) Vitreous (glassy) c.) Aphanitic
b.) Pegmatitic d.) Frothy
b.) Contact metamorphism
c.) Cataclastic metamorphism

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37.) _____________ also called as Impact b.) Seismic Reflection
metamorphism. c.) Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves
a.) Fault Metamorphism c.) Regional d.) NOTC
Metamorphism
b.) Burial Metamorphism d.) Shock 48.) Borehole is used to determine the nature of the
Metamorphism ground (usually below _____ depth) in a qualitative
manner and then recover undisturbed samples for
38.) ___________ the surfaces which separate a single quantitative examination
stratum from the next stratum above or which may be a.) 5ft
any thickness from a few millimeters to a meter or more b.) 5m
a.) Bedding c.) Fault c.) 6m
c.) Outcrops d.) Folds d.) NOTC

39.) Describes the distribution and motion of the plates 49.) Technique for creating a 2D or 3D resistivity cross-
which causes earthquake. section of the subsurface by combining multiple
a.) Tension c.) Crystallization individual resistivity readings
b.) Plate Tectonics d.) weathering a.) Electrical Resistivity Imaging
b.) Multichannel Analysis of Seismic Waves
40.) Type of Sedimentary Rocks that is composed c.) Capacitively-coupled resistivity measurement
mainly of material that is transported as solid fragments d.) NOTC
and then cemented together by minerals that
precipitated from solution. 50.) ___________is the process of making boreholes by
a.) Biochemical c.) Chemical striking the soil then removing it.
b.) lastic d.) Organic a.) Hand/Mechanical Auger
b.) Wash Boring
41.) _____________ a measure of the change of length c.) Rotary Drilling
which was initially oven dried then soaked in water till it d.) Percussion Drilling
became fully saturated.
a.) Porosity c.) Swelling Coefficient 51.) ___________is a dynamic test and is a measure of
b.) Specific Gravity d.) Seismic Velocity the density of the soil.
a.) Standard Penetration Test
42.) _____________ a measure of the ability of a b.) Cone Penetration Test
material to transmit fluids c.) Vane Shear Test
a.) Porosity c.) Permeability d.) Pressure Meter Test
b.) Specific Gravity d.) Seismic Velocity
52.) They are used to interpret rock types and
43.) ______________ uses compressed air to drive a geological structures and can assist in identifying
rotating percussion drill bit, which operates in a similar resources.
manner to a jack hammer a.) Airborne Geophysical Survey
a.) Hand/Mechanical Auger b.) Radiometric Geophysical Surveys
b.) Wash Boring c.) Magnetic Geophysical Surveys
c.) Rotary Drilling d.) NOTC
d.) Percussion Drilling
44.) Those that have formed when existing rocks have
undergone pressure and/or temperature changes so 53.) A technique used in geochemical exploration and
that their original mineralogy has been changed. analysis, in which semimobile and immobile elements
are measured from river or stream sediments.
a.) Metamorphic Rocks a.) Soil Sampling
c.) Sedimentary Rocks b.) Stream Sediment Sampling
d.) Igneous Rocks c.) Rock Chip Sampling
e.) NOTC d.) Bulk Sampling

45.) Rippability and dredge ability can be determined 54.) The taking of small pieces of ore or coal, with a
from P-wave velocity measurements small pick, along a line or at random, across the width of
a.) Seismic Refraction a face exposure. The samples are usually taken daily
b.) Seismic Reflection and often confined to exploration.
c.) Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves a.) Soil Sampling
d.) NOTC b.) Stream Sediment Sampling
c.) Rock Chip Sampling
46.) Used to help predict where petroleum, metals, d.) Bulk Sampling
water, and commercially valuable minerals may be
located. 55.) ____________pinpointing the locations of
a.) Geophysical Techniques sedimentary facies (lithofacies and biofacies) or the
b.) Geochemical Analysis mapping of isopaches of equal thickness of sedimentary
c.) Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves rock.
d.) Numerical Modeling a.) Structural Mapping
b.) Stratigraphic Mapping
47.) Rippability and dredge ability can be determined c.) Surficial Mapping
from P-wave velocity measurements d.) NOTC
a.) Seismic Refraction

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56.) Direct observation of outcrops, exposures,
landscapes, and drill cores. Those engaged in field
geology investigate rocks and rock materials in their
natural environment.
a.) Rock Description
b.) Geophysical Techniques
c.) Fieldwork
d.) NOTC

57.) Systematic process, requiring concise, accurate

descriptions of physical characteristics. This process is
called petrography (the study of rocks).
a.) Rock Description
b.) Geophysical Techniques
c.) Fieldwork
d.) NOTC

58.) _________________method of data collection in

the borehole environment which enables the
determination of subsurface physical properties and
reservoir parameters.
a.) Well Logging
b.) Seismic Refraction Method
c.) Radiometric Method
d.) NOTC

59.) _____________methods that are done from the

ground are used for more detailed investigations than
those that are done from the air.
a.) Airborne Geophysical Survey
b.) Radiometric Geophysical Surveys
c.) Magnetic Geophysical Surveys
d.) NOTC

60.) My age?
a.) 39 yrs. old
b.) 29 yrs. old
c.) 37 yrs. old
d.) 34 yrs. old

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