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This document contains details about a civil engineering licensure exam on hydraulics and principles of geotechnical engineering. It provides 16 multiple choice questions related to fluid flow concepts like discharge, head loss, velocity, flow through pipes and orifices, pumps and reservoirs. It also provides relevant figures and diagrams to accompany each question. The exam is scheduled for January 5, 2023 according to the ACE+ Review Center April 2023 review program.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING LICENSURE EXAM

HYDRAULICS AND PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING


Thursday, January 05, 2023 Module 21

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of
your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only. NOTE: WHENEVER YOU CAN ENCOUNTER A
CARET (^) SIGN, IT MEANS EXPONENTIATION.

FUNDAMENTAL OF FLUID FLOW 9. Oil flows through a pipe as shown in the figure. Determine the discharge
of oil in the pipe assuming C = 0.63.
1. A 100 mm diameter
plunger is being pushed
at 60 mm/s into a tank
filled with oil having sp.
gr. of 0.82. If the fluid is
incompressible, how
many N/s of oil is being
forced out at a 30 mm
diameter hole?
A. 2.68 B. 3.78 A. 45.6 L/s B. 49.1 L/s
C. 4.56 D. 4.89 C. 53.8 L/s D. 61.7 L/s

2. A turbine is rated at 600 hp when the flow of water through it is 0.61 10. Two vertical cylindrical tanks 1 and 2 having diameters 2 m and 3 m,
m3/s. Assuming an efficiency of 87%, what is the head acting on the respectively, are connected with a 200 mm diameter tube at its lower
turbine? portion and having C = 0.60. When the tube is closed, the water surface
A. 68.92 m B. 71.59 m in tank 1 is 5 meters above tank 2. How long will it take after opening
C. 78.64 m D. 85.97 m the tube, for the water surface in tank 2 to rise by 1 meter?
A. 47.57 seconds B. 27.57 seconds
3. A pipe carrying oil of specific gravity 0.877 changes in size from 150 C. 37.57 seconds D. 57.57 seconds
mm at section 1 and 450 mm at section 2. Section 1 is 3.6 m below
section 2 and the pressures are 90 kPa and 60 kPa respectively. If the 11. A sluice gate flows into a horizontal channel as shown in the figure.
discharge is 150 lit/sec, determine the head lost. Determine the flow through
A. 3.515 m B. 3.864 m the gate per meter width when
C. 5.215 m D. 4.210 m y = 1.0 m and d1 = 6 m.
Assume that the pressure
4. For the pipe shown in the figure v1 = v2 = 1.2 m/s. Determine the total distribution at sections 1 and 2
head lost between 1 and 2. to be atmospheric and neglect
friction losses in the channel.
A. 1.965 m Use coefficient of contraction
B. 2.545 m Cc = 0.85 and coefficient of
C. 3.375 m velocity Cv = 0.95.
D. 4.125 m A. 6.4 m3/s per meter
B. 4.5 m3/s per meter
C. 8.2 m3/s per meter
D. 5.8 m3/s per meter

12. Water flows in a 2- by 4-cm rectangular duct at 15 m/s. The duct


undergoes a transition to a 6-cm-diameter pipe. Calculate the velocity in
5. Calculate the discharge in liters per second through a 100 mm diameter the pipe in m/s.
orifice under a head of 5.5 m of water. Assume C c = 0.61 and Cv = 0.98. A. 3.65 B. 4.24
A. 48.77 B. 43.25 C. 4.87 D. 5.22
C. 45.64 D. 51.19
13. An 85 percent efficient pump is used to increase the pressure in water
6. Calculate the discharge through the 140 mm diameter orifice shown. from 50 to 710 kPa in a 150-mm-diameter pipe. What is the required
Assume C = 0.62. horsepower of the pump for a flow rate of 30 L/s?
A. 25.48 B. 31.24
A. 0.108 m3/s C. 36.58 D. 43.69
B. 0.158 m3/s
C. 0.218 m3/s 14. Water at 20°C flows through a pipe at 300 gal/min with a friction head
D. 0.088 m3/s loss of 45 ft. What is the power required to drive this flow?
A. 0.16 kW B. 1.88 kW
C. 2.54 kW D. 3.41 kW

15. Three reservoirs A, B, and C are connected respectively with pipes 1, 2,


and 3 joining at a common junction P whose elevation is 366 m.
7. An open cylindrical tank, 2.4 m in diameter and 6 m tall has 1 m of Reservoir A is at elevation 933 m and reservoir B is at elevation 844 m.
glycerin (s.g. = 1.5), 2.5 m of water, and 1.5 m of oil (s.g. = 0.82). The properties of each pipe are as follows: L1 = 1500 m, D1 = 600 mm,
Determine the discharge through the 125 mm diameter located at the f1 = 0.02; L2 = 1000 m, D2 = 450 mm, f2 = 0.025; L3 = 900 m, D3 = 500
bottom of the tank. Assume C = 0.65. mm, f3 = 0.018. A pressure gage at junction P reads 4950 kPa. What is
A. 0.033 m3/s B. 0.044 m3/s the elevation of reservoir C?
C. 0.055 m3/s D. 0.066 m3/s A. 835.06 m B. 906.14 m
C. 857.14 m D. 870.60 m
8. An open cylindrical tank 4 m in diameter and 10 m high contains 6 m of
water and 4 m of oil (s.g. = 0.8). Find the time to empty the tank through 16. A cylindrical tank 2.5 m in diameter and 3 m tall is two-thirds full of
a 100 mm diameter orifice at the bottom. Assume Cc = 0.9 and Cv = water. Compute the time to empty the tank after opening the 50 mm
0.98. diameter orifice located at the tank bottom. Assume Cc = Cv = 1.0
A. 37.5 mins B. 44.3 mins A. 37.6 minutes B. 28.6 minutes
C. 53.8 mins D. 66.2 mins C. 26.6 minutes D. 27.6 minutes
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17. A fireman has to put out a fire but is blocked by a firewall. To reach Situation – Water flows through a 75mm diameter pipe at a velocity of 3 m/s.
over the wall, he directed the water jet from the nozzle at an angle of 30º
to the horizontal. Evaluate the velocity of the water, in m/s, leaving the 28. Find the volume flow rate in liter/s.
nozzle of his hose to reach over the wall if he stands 30 meters away A. 11 B. 12
from the wall and the wall is standing 2 m higher than the nozzle of the C. 13 D. 14
hose. Neglect friction in the jet. 29. Find the mass flow rate in kg/s.
A. 25.3 B. 21.5 A. 11 B. 12
C. 19.6 D. 17.2 C. 13 D. 14
30. Find the weight flow rate in N/s.
18. In a bakery, water is forced through pipe A at 150 liters per second. Oil A. 125 B. 127
(sg = 0.8) is forced through pipe B at 30 liters per second. Assume ideal C. 129 D. 131
mixing of incompressible fluids and the mixture of oil and water form
globules and exits through pipe C. Evaluate the specific gravity of the Situation – If the velocity of flow in a 75 mm diameter fire hose is 0.5 m/s,
mixture exiting through pipe C.
A. 0.856 B. 0.967 31. What is the velocity in a 25 mm diameter jet issuing from a nozzle
C. 0.976 D. 0.865 attached at the end of the pipe?
A. 3.5 m/s B. 4.0 m/s
19. Water flows at the rate of 182 L/s in a 300 mm diameter pipeline C. 4.5 m/s D. 5.0 m/s
connecting two reservoirs. If the pipe length is 845 m and using f =
0.021, what is the difference in water surface elevation between the two 32. What is the power available in the jet?
reservoir? A. 22.37 watts B. 20.55 watts
A. 18 m B. 25 m C. 24.62 watts D. 21.89 watts
C. 20 m D. 22 m
Situation – Determine the discharge through the 150 mm diameter pipe
20. Water flows upward through a 200 mm pipe laid on a sloping ground shown.
inclined 10º with the horizontal. Assuming steady flow of 75 L/s, what
is the difference in pressure between a point B to a point A 500 meters 33. Assuming no head loss.
up the slope? Assume f = 0.015 A. 171 L/s
A. 836.2 kPa B. 958.6 kPa B. 173 L/s
C. 744.9 kPa D. 623.4 kPa C. 175 L/s
D. 177 L/s
21. A rectangular channel 3 m wide discharges water at the rate of 4.5 m3/s
at a depth of 1.75 m. What is the type of flow? 34. Considering a head loss of 200 mm.
A. critical B. subcritical A. 171 L/s
C. supercritical D. none of these B. 173 L/s
C. 175 L/s
22. The nozzle which drives a hydraulic turbine is 200 mm in diameter and D. 177 L/s
has coefficients of velocity and discharge of 0.98 and 0.65 respectively.
The nozzle is supplied from a 60 cm diameter pipe in which the flow has Situation – The pump shown draws water from reservoir A at elevation 10 m
a total head of 250 m. What is the discharge from the nozzle? and lifts it to reservoir B at elevation 60 m. The loss of head from A to 1 is
A. 1.43 cum/sec B. 9.35 cum/sec two times the velocity head in the 200 mm diameter pipe and the loss of head
C. 2.34 cum/sec D. 4.68 cum/sec from 2 to B is ten times the velocity head in the 150 mm diameter pipe.

23. Two pipe connected in series having length and friction factor f equal to
each other. If the diameter of pipe 1 is twice the diameter of pipe 2, what
is the ratio v1/v2?
A. 1:2 B. 1:16
C. 1:8 D. 1:4

24. Three pipes are parallel connected.

Pipe D (cm) L (m) f


A 15 600 0.02
B 10 480 0.03
C 20 900 0.025

Find the rate of flow in m3/s in pipe A if the difference in head at ends is 35. Determine the rated horsepower of the pump when the discharge is 0.03
40 m. m3/s.
A. 0.083 B. 3.135 A. 19.72 horsepower B. 20.34 horsepower
C. 0.055 D. 0.185 C. 21.85 horsepower D. 22.13 horsepower

25. Evaluate the kinetic energy of a unit weight of water, in meters, flowing 36. Determine the pressure head at 1 in meters when the discharge is 0.03
at 6 m/s. m3/s.
A. 1.835 B. 0.815 A. 9.86 m B. 25.64 m
C. 1.439 D. 1.721 C. 42.12 m D. 61.32 m

26. A line joining the points of highest elevation of water in a series of 37. Determine the pressure head at 2 in meters when the discharge is 0.03
vertical open pipes rising from a pipeline in which water flows under m3/s.
pressure is referred to as A. 9.86 m B. 25.64 m
A. hydraulic jump B. hydraulic head C. 42.12 m D. 61.32 m
C. hydraulic gradient D. hydraulic loss
Situation – A calibration test of a 12.5 mm diameter circular sharp-edged
27. If the discharge passing a given cross section of a stream is constant with orifice in a vertical side of a large tank showed a discharge of 590 N of water
time, the flow at that section is called: in 81 seconds at a constant head of 4.70 m. Measurement of the jet showed
A. uniform B. continuous that it traveled 2.35 m horizontally while dropping 300 mm.
C. steady D. laminar
38. Compute the coefficient of velocity.
A. 0.631 B. 0.638
C. 0.821 D. 0.989

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39. Compute the coefficient of discharge. 51. Determine the mass flow rate in kg/s.
A. 0.631 B. 0.638 A. 26.507 B. 21.206
C. 0.821 D. 0.989 C. 17.670 D. 31.809

40. Compute the coefficient of contraction. 52. Determine the weight flow rate in N/s.
A. 0.631 B. 0.638 A. 260.04 B. 154.33
C. 0.821 D. 0.989 C. 167.71 D. 179.84

Situation – A jet is issued from the side of a tank under a constant head of 3 Situation - Water flows in a 50-mm-diameter pipe, 1.5 km long, at the rate of
m. The side of the tank has an inclination of 1H to 1V. The total depth of 3.5 L/min. Pipe roughness is 0.04 mm. Dynamic viscosity of water is 0.008
water in the tank is 6.70 m. Neglecting air resistance and assuming Cv = 1.0, poise.
determine the following:
53. What is the velocity of flow in m/s?
A. 0.0297 B. 0.0325
C. 0.0254 D. 0.0425

54. What is the Reynold's Number of the flow?


A. 1857 B. 1747
C. 1635 D. 1924

55. What is the head lost in mm?


A. 49.44 B. 52.36
C. 46.53 D. 35.78

Situation - A certain liquid flows in a 20-mm-diameter smooth pipe that is 60


m long. The total head lost in the pipe is 10 m and the Reynolds number is
41. The maximum height to which the jet will rise.
1500.
A. 1.0 m B. 1.2 m
C. 1.5 m D. 1.8 m
56. What is the friction factor f?
A. 0.0427 B. 0.0356
42. The point it strike a horizontal plane 1.20 m below the bottom of the
C. 0.0320 D. 0.0533
tank.
A. 7.63 m B. 8.15 m
57. What is the value of the kinematic viscosity of the liquid in m2/s?
C. 8.45 m D. 9.18 m
A. 1.51 x 10^-5 B. 1.84 x 10^-5
C. 1.42 x 10^-5 D. 1.65 x 10^-5
43. The velocity of the jet as it strike the ground.
A. 11.25 m/s B. 12.45 m/s
58. What is the discharge in liters per minute?
C. 13.15 m/s D. 13.85 m/s
A. 25.56 B. 26.94
C. 20.88 D. 23.33
Situation – A 150 mm diameter horizontal venturi meter is installed in a 450
mm diameter water main. The deflection of mercury in the differential
Situation - Two reservoirs A and B having elevations 280 m and 106 m,
manometer connected from the inlet to the throat is 375 mm.
respectively are connected by a 250-mm diameter pipe 550 m long. A turbine
is installed between the two reservoirs. The flow of water in the pipe is 160
44. Determine the discharge neglecting head lost.
L/s. Use C = 110.
A. 0.1712 m3/s B. 0.1217 m3/s
C. 0.2117 m3/s D. 0.1721 m3/s
59. Head loss in the pipe due to friction in meters.
A. 32.54 B. 25.48
45. Compute the discharge if the head lost from the inlet to the throat is 300
C. 46.32 D. 28.29
mm of water.
A. 0.1657 m3/s B. 0.1567 m3/s
60. The head extracted by the turbine in meters.
C. 0.1765 m3/s D. 0.1675 m3/s
A. 132.7 B. 163.2
C. 145.7 D. 124.5
46. What is the meter coefficient?
A. 0.649 B. 0.852
61. The power generated by the turbine in kW if its efficiency is 80%.
C. 0.887 D. 0.968
A. 228.71 B. 163.25
C. 145.72 D. 124.53
Situation - Water flows through a pipe that enlarges from 154 mm diameter at
A to 249 mm in diameter at B which is 4.6 m above point A. The pressure at
Situation - From a settling basin (Elev. 50 m) water is pumped through a 600
points A and B are 70 kPa and 48.3 kPa, respectively.
mm diameter pipe to a second point (Elev. 110 m) where a pressure of 152.3
kPa is required. The head loss due to friction and other factors is 3.58 m. Flow
47. What is the velocity flow at A?
rate = 0.5 m3/s.
A. 6.25 m/s B. 2.83 m/s
C. 8.57 m/s D. 7.41 m/s
62. What is the velocity of flow?
A. 1.89 m/s B. 1.52 m/s
48. What is the energy at A in Joule per kilogram?
C. 1.77 m/s D. 2.15 m/s
A. 97.44 B. 9.33
C. 82.45 D. 15.63
63. Determine the head added by the pump?
A. 76.02 m B. 79.11 m
49. What is the energy at B in Joule per kilogram?
C. 81.93 m D. 80.40 m
A. 45.36 B. 52.32
C. 5.33 D. 12.58
64. Determine the horsepower that must be furnished to the water by the
pump.
Situation - A certain fluid with a specific gravity of 1.25 flows through a 150-
A. 500.01 B. 528.85
mm-diameter pipe with mean velocity of 1.2 m/s.
C. 538.90 D. 520.33
50. Determine the volume flow rate in m3/s.
A. 0.01767 B. 0.02651
C. 0.02121 D. 0.003181

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Situation - A 12 mm thick steel pipe with an inside diameter of 600 mm 78. What is the depth of water after 15 minutes, in cm?
conveys water under a head of 450 m. A. 89.6 B. 72.6
C. 63.2 D. 52.2
65. What is the tensile force in the walls of the pipe?
A. 110.4 kN/m2 B. 132.4 kN/m2 Situation - A calibration test of a 50-mm-diameter circular sharp-edged
2
C. 152.6 kN/m D. 123.4 kN/m2 orifice in a vertical side of a large tank showed a discharge of 600 kg of water
in 90 seconds at a constant head of 1.40 m. Measurement of the jet showed
66. What is the stress in the pipe wall if the head is increased to 550 m of that it traveled 1.85 m horizontally while dropping 0.8 m.
water?
A. 134.9 MPa B. 124.6 MPa 79. Determine the coefficient of discharge.
C. 139.7 MPa D. 114.2 MPa A. 0.626 B. 0.648
C. 0.684 D. 0.730
67. What is the required thickness under a head of 550 m if the allowable
tensile stress of the pipe is 124 MPa and assuming that the joints are 80. Determine the coefficient of velocity.
82% efficient? A. 0.844 B. 0.874
A. 20 mm B. 14 mm C. 0.863 D. 0.822
C. 16 mm D. 18 mm
81. Determine the coefficient of contraction.
Situation - A steel pipe 300 mm in diameter and 6 mm thick is used to convey A. 0.865 B. 0.701
water. C. 0.741 D. 0.724

68. Calculate for the tensile stress in the pipe when the pressure head is 425 Situation - A prismatic vessel has two compartments A and B
m of water? communicating by a standard orifice 105 mm square, its center being 1 meter
A. 95.6 MPa B. 104.2 MPa above the bottom of the vessel. The horizontal cross-section of A is 10 sq. m,
C.115.6 MPa D. 85.6 MPa and that of B is 16 sq. m. At a certain time the water stands 6 m deep in A and
2.1 m deep in B. Assume C = 0.62.
69. If the allowable tensile stress in steel is 113 MPa, determine the required
pipe thickness in mm if the pressure head is 610 m of water. Assume 82. What is the discharge through the orifice at the start, in L/s?
that the efficiency of the pipe joint is 80%. A. 63.25 B. 68.78
A. 9 mm B. 11 mm C. 59.78 D. 54.211
C. 8 mm D. 10 mm
83. How long will it take for the surface to reach a common level?
70. Using the thickness in part 2, determine the actual wall stress in MPa A. 963 s B. 803 s
when the pressure head is 450 m of water? C. 857 s D. 721 s
A. 66.22 MPa B. 82.77 MPa
C. 60.19 MPa D. 73. 58 MPa 84. What is the depth of water in each tank when the surface reaches a
common level?
Situation - Water flows through a horizontal 100 mm x 75 mm reducing pipe A. 3.4 m B. 3.7 m
at the rate of 45 L/s. The pressure in the 100-mm section is 25 kPa. Determine C. 3.5 m D. 3.6 m
the following:
Situation - Water flows in a 300-mm-diameter pipe, 2.8 km long, at the rate
71. The velocity of flow in the 100 mm section, in m/s. of 20 L/min. Pipe roughness is 0.05 mm. Dynamic viscosity of water is 0.008
A. 6.76 B. 10.19 poise.
C. 5.73 D. 9.68
85. What is the velocity of flow in m/min?
72. The velocity head in the 75 mm section, in meters. A. 0.283 B. 0.564
A. 5.29 B. 1.67 C. 0.432 D. 0.862
C. 4.52 D. 8.45
86. What is the Reynold's Number of flow?
73. The pressure in the 75 mm section, in kPa. A. 1195 B. 2135
A. -10.475 B. -14.673 C. 1432 D. 1768
C. -14.325 D. -14.876
87. What is the head lost in mm?
Situation - An open tank 2 m in diameter and 4 m tall, initially filled with A. 1.2311 B. 0.437
water, has a 75-mm-diameter orifice at its bottom (C = 0.63). C. 0.564 D. 0.383

74. What is the flow through the orifice when the tank is full in m 3/s? 88. If Q = 80 L/s, what is the Reynold's Number of flow?
A. 0.1870 B. 0.2870 A. 387226 B. 486755
C. 0.0325 D. 0.0247 C. 424413 D. 786632

75. How long will it take for the flow through the orifice to reduce to 0.01 89. If Q = 80 L/s, what is the head lost in meters?
m3/s? A. 12.65 B. 9.37
A. 11 mins B. 12 mins C. 7.54 D. 15.43
C. 9 mins D. 10 mins
Situation - Two vertical tanks are connected near the bottom by a short tube
Situation - A spherical tank 120 cm in radius has a drain hole of diameter 50 having a cross sectional area of 0.0125 m2, the cross sectional areas of the
mm at its bottom (C = 0.63). A vent at the top of the tank maintains tanks are 9 m2 and 6 m2 respectively. The tank contains water with the water
atmospheric pressure within the tank. The flow is quasi steady and inviscid surface in the larger tank 5.5 m above the tube and in the smaller tank 0.6 m
and the tank is full of water initially. above the tube. Assume a constant discharge coefficient of 0.63.

76. How long will it take for one-half of its content to flow out of the tank? 90. Find the flow of water to the smaller tank (in L/s) if the head is constant.
A. 8.67 mins B. 9.32 mins A. 79.6 B. 72.4
C. 7.25 mins D. 12.69 mins C. 68.5 D. 77.2

77. How long will it take to empty the full content of the tank? 91. Find the time (in seconds) for the water surfaces in the two tanks to
A. 22.74 mins B. 28.65 mins reach the same elevation.
C. 18.45 mins D. 25.17 mins A. 457 B. 524
C. 468 D. 423

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92. Find the time (in seconds) for the water surfaces in the tanks to be 1.2 m 105. What is the total flow in the two pipes in m3/s?
apart. A. 3.086 B. 2.547
A. 231 B. 254 C. 2.928 D. 2.902
C. 220 D. 203
106. If the pipes are replaced by a single pipe of length 850 meters and f =
Situation - An orifice having a cross-sectional area of 0.0005 m2 is on the 0.024, what pipe diameter is required?
vertical side of the tank having a horizontal cross-sectional area of 0.60 m2. A. 0.65 m B. 0.70 m
Initial head on the orifice is 1.8 m and after 340 seconds it went down to 90 C. 0.75 m D. 0.80 m
m.
Situation - Water flows from point 1 to point 2 at the rate of 320 L/s in a 300
93. Calculate the coefficient of discharge. mm diameter pipe. The elevation of point 2 is 320 m. When the gate valve
A. 0.608 B. 0.626 near point 2 is closed, the difference in pressure between point 2 and point 1 is
C. 0.615 D. 0.632 100 kPa. When the valve is opened, the difference in pressure between point 1
and point 2 is 180 kPa.
94. If C = 0.60, how long will it take for the head on the orifice to drop from 107. What is the elevation of point 1?
1.8 m to 0.80 m? A. 330.2 m B. 335.6 m
A. 404 s B. 358 s C. 325.4 m D. 321.8 m
C. 524 s D. 455 s
108. What is the head lost between points 1 and 2 when the valve is opened?
95. If C = 0.62 and the initial head is 1.80 m, what will be the head after 555 A. 30.58 m B. 32.65 m
seconds? C. 26.35 m D. 28.54 m
A. 0.45 m B. 0.63 m
C. 0.50 m D. 0.58 m 109. What is the length of pipe from points 1 and 2 assuming f = 0.025?
A. 336 m B. 320m
Situation – A pipe network consists of pipeline 1 from A to B, then at B it is C. 328 m D. 314m
connected to pipelines 2 and 3, where it merges again at joint C to form a
single pipeline 4 up to point D. Pipelines 1, 2 and 4 are in series connection Situation - An ice plant gets its water from a reservoir, 180 m away and 8 m
whereas pipelines 2 and 3 are parallel to each other. If the rate of flow from A above the level of the plant. It is connected by a new cast iron pipe 150 mm in
to B is 10 liters/sec and assuming f = 0.02 for all pipes. diameter. Assume f = 0.025.

Pipelines Length (m) Diameter (mm) 110. What is the maximum flow which may be drawn from the reservoir?
1 3,000 200 A. 0.0344 m3/s B. 0.0421 m3/s
3
2 2,200 300 C. 0.0368 m /s D. 0.0398 m3/s
3 3,200 200
4 2,800 400 111. What will be the gage pressure at the end of the pipe if the flow is
0.0152 m3/s?
96. Determine the flow in Pipe 1. A. 58.63 kPa B 47.39 kPa
A. 0.01 m3/s B. 0.12 m3/s C. 62.87 kPa D 67.01 kPa
C. 0.21 m3/s D. 0.02 m3/s
112. What will be the flow in the pipe if the pressure at the end is 30 kPa?
97. Determine the flow in Pipe 2. A. 0.0336 m3/s B. 0.0313 m3/s
A. 1.021 L/s B. 2.310 L/s C. 0.0287 m3/s D. 0.0241 m3/s
C. 5.124 L/s D. 7.687 L/s
Situation – Water flows through an orifice at the vertical side of a large tank
98. Determine the flow in Pipe 3. under a constant head. The jet strikes 12 m vertically and 20 m horizontally.
A. 1.021 L/s B. 2.310 L/s Assume Cv = 0.98.
C. 5.124 L/s D. 7.687 L/s
113. Evaluate the velocity at the vena contracta.
99. Determine the total head lost from A to D. A. 13.74 m/s B. 14.75 m/s
A. 1.368 m B. 1.683 m C. 12.79 m/s D. 16.42 m/s
C. 1.836 m D. 1.863 m
114. Evaluate the constant head of the orifice.
Situation - Water flows at the rate of 25 L/s in a 150 mm-diameter pipe that is A. 9.88 m B. 8.68 m
420 meters long. C. 6.77 m D. 10.22 m

100. Determine the head lost using Darcy-Weisbach formula assuming f = 115. Obtain the time of water to strike at the ground.
0.025. A. 1.56 s B. 1.72 s
A. 7.14 m B. 8.10 m C. 1.85 s D. 1.96 s
C. 6.87 m D. 9.32 m
Situation – Water is discharging from a cylindrical tank through a 40 mm
101. Determine the head lost using Manning's formula assuming n = 0.011. diameter orifice located 5 m below the water surface.
A. 9.32 m B. 6.87 m
C. 8.10 m D. 7.14 m 116. Obtain the theoretical discharge in m3/s.
A. 0.0158 B. 0.0214
102. Determine the head loss using Hazen William's formula assuming C1 = C. 0.0142 D. 0.0124
120.
A. 6.87 m B. 7.14 m 117. Refer from the first question, what is the discharge given that Cc = 0.65
C. 9.32 m D. 8.10 m and Cv = 0.95.
A. 0.0077 B. 0.0081
Situation - Pipe 1 (400 mm, 950 m, f = 0.032) and pipe 2 (600 mm, 860 m, f C. 0.0120 D. 0.0092
= 0.018) are in parallel connection. The total head lost is 89 m.
118. What is the theoretical discharge (in m3/s) if the tank is moving upward
103. What is the flow in pipe 1 in m3/s? with an acceleration of one-half the acceleration due to gravity?
A. 0.602 B. 0.803 A. 0.0152 B. 0.0217
C. 0.880 D. 0.695 C. 0.0196 D. 0.0132

104. What is the flow in pipe 2 in m3/s?


A. 1.744 B. 2.206
C. 2.206 D. 2.326

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Situation – A jet is issued from the side of a tank under a constant as shown. 128. Compute the rate of flow of pipeline A in li/sec.
The side of the tank has an inclination of 1H to 1V. The total depth of water in A. 50 B. 170
the tank is h1 = 6.70 m and the orifice is located h2 = 3.7 m above the bottom C. 240 D. 390
of the tank. Neglecting air resistance and assuming Cv = 1.0, determine the
following: 129. Compute the rate of flow of pipeline B in li/sec.
A. 50 B. 170
C. 240 D. 390

130. Compute the rate of flow of pipeline C in li/sec.


A. 50 B. 170
C. 240 D. 390

Situation – In order to provide irrigation, water has to be pumped to an


elevation 120 m through a 600-mm pipe where the pressure required at the
higher elevation is 172 kPa. The source of the water (El. 60 m) and the
discharge point are at atmospheric pressure. Irrigation requirements dictate
119. The maximum height to which the jet will rise above the orifice. that water must be pumped at the rate of 1 m3/s. The loss of head due to
A. 1.5 meters B. 2.0 meters friction and other factors is estimated to be 2.45 m.
C. 1.9 meters D. 2.5 meters
131. Determine the velocity of the water inside the pipe for the required
120. The point “x” the jet will strike a horizontal plane 1.20 m below the discharge.
bottom of the tank. A. 5.05 B. 2.25
A. 10.87 m B. 12.35 m C. 4.36 D. 3.54
C. 10.39 m D. 9.20 m
132. Determine the amount of energy, in meters, that the pump must furnish.
121. The time it takes for the jet to strike a horizontal plane 1.20 m below the A. 62.6 B. 70.7
bottom of the tank, in seconds. C. 80.6 D. 56.3
A. 1.763 B. 1.695
C. 1.725 D. 1.735 133. The rating of the pump in horsepower if it is only 80% efficient.
A. 1072 B. 1061
Situation – The discharge pipeline of a water system consists of a 5500 m of C. 1089 D. 1079
300-mm pipe joined by 3660 m of 450-mm pipe that connects to the base of a
huge water reservoir. The difference in elevation between the water surface in Situation – Given the following data for the three reservoirs shown:
the reservoir and the center of the 300-mm pipe at the end of the line is 45.7
m. Neglecting velocity head and other losses in head due to entrances, and Pipe Length (m) Diameter (mm) f
using coefficient of friction of 0.02 for both pipes
1 1500 900 0.0208
122. Obtain the velocity of the water in the bigger pipeline, in m/s. 2 450 600 0.0169
A. 0.443 B. 0.665 3 1200 450 0.0135
C. 0.500 D. 0.728

123. Obtain the velocity of the water in the smaller pipeline, in m/s.
A. 1.40 B. 1.68
C. 1.50 D. 1.75

124. Evaluate the rate of flow in the pipes, m3/s.


A. 0.095 B. 0.132
C. 0.106 D. 0.150

Situation – A 1.50-m main carrying 2.55 m3/s branches at a point J1 two


pipelines, one 300 m long 1.20 m in diameter and one 1220 m long 0.60 m in
diameter. Both pipes come together at a point J2 and continue as a single 1.50-
m pipe. Given that the friction factor is 0.020, 0.022, and 0.024, respectively
for the 1.50-m, 1.20-m, and 0.60-m pipes. Compute the rate of flow, in m3/s,
of the following:

125. The 1.20-m diameter pipeline.


A. 1.27 B. 3.35
C. 2.35 D. 4.72

126. The 0.60-m diameter pipeline. Reservoir A supplies water to reservoirs B and C. The flow towards
A. 0.181 B. 0.232 reservoir B is 0.60 m3/s.
C. 0.197 D. 0.351
134. Determine the flow from reservoir A in m3/s.
127. Determine the velocity of the water, in m/s, in the 0.60-m diameter A. 1.09 B. 1.23
pipeline. C. 0.63 D. 0.41
A. 0.825 B. 0.912
C. 0.753 D. 0.697 135. Determine the flow to reservoir C in m3/s.
A. 0.85 B. 0.49
Situation – Three pipes A, B and C are connected in parallel. If the combined C. 0.74 D. 0.96
discharged of the 3 pipes is equal to 0.61 m3/s, and assuming they have equal
values of friction factor “f”, compute the following using the tabulated data 136. Determine the elevation of reservoir B.
shown: A. 302 m B. 275 m
C. 284 m D. 292 m
Pipeline Length (m) Diameter (mm)
A 600 150
B 480 200
C 750 100

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Situation – Given the following data for the three reservoirs shown: 143. Which of the following is nearest to the required diameter of line AB?
A. 730 mm B. 660 mm
Reservoir A: Elevation = 30 m, L1 = 1220 m, D1 = 300 mm C. 510 mm D. 600 mm
Reservoir B: Elevation = 24 m, L2 = 900 m, D2 = 200 mm
Reservoir C: Elevation = 15 m, L3 = 1500 m, D3 = 150 mm 144. Which of the following is nearest to the required diameter of line BC?
A. 660 mm B. 600 mm
C. 510 mm D. 730 mm

145. Which of the following is nearest to the required diameter of line BD?
A. 510 mm B. 730 mm
C. 600 mm D. 660 mm

Situation – The flow rate of water through the pipe system shown in the
figure is 50 L/s under total head loss of 9.0 m. Assume a C coefficient of 120
for all pipes.

Assuming n = 0.011 for all pipes, determine the following:

137. The flow in line 1 in m3/s. 146. Calculate the flow through line B in L/s.
A. 0.0319 B. 0.0598 A. 21 B. 28
C. 0.0434 D. 0.1595 C. 15 D. 19

138. The flow in line 2 in m3/s. 147. Calculate the head loss in line B in meters.
A. 0.0366 B. 0.0266 A. 2.4 B. 3.6
C. 0.0195 D. 0.0975 C. 2.0 D. 1.5

139. The flow in line 3 in m3/s. 148. Determine the diameter in line C in mm.
A. 0.0620 B. 0.0169 A. 180 B. 170
C. 0.0233 D. 0.0124 C. 200 D. 220

Situation – Given the following data for three pipes in parallel:

Pipe 1: D1 = 450 mm, L1 = 800 m


Pipe 2: D2 = 400 mm, L2 = 700 m
Pipe 3: D3 = 500 mm, L3 = 600 m

The total flow is 0.86 m3/s. Assuming f = 0.02 for all pipes, evaluate the
following:

140. The flow in pipe 1 in m3/s.


A. 0.208 B. 0.261
C. 0.392 D. 0.356

141. The flow in pipe 2 in m3/s.


A. 0.261 B. 0.356
C. 0.208 D. 0.392

142. The flow in pipe 3 in m3/s.


A. 0.392 B. 0.208
C. 0.261 D. 0.356

Situation – Reservoir A, the source of water for towns C and D, is at


elevation 200 m. The distribution reservoir at junction B is at elevation 91.56
m and 15,000 m from A. Town C with a population of 250,000 is at elevation
56 m and is 9,000 m from B. Town D with population of 300,000 is at
elevation 15.21 m and is 6,000 m from B. The water demand is 150 liters per
capita per day. Neglect all minor losses. Assume friction factor f = 0.02 for all
pipes.

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