Name: ___________________________________________ Year and Section: ________
Date: _______________________ Score: _______________
I. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the left side of the item number.
(2pts each)
1. The slope of the free water surface in the direction of flow..
a) Hydraulic b) permeabilit c) rise d) run
Gradient y
2. His law states that the rate of flow or the discharge per unit time is proportional to the hydraulic
gradient.
a) Henry b) Henri c) Henry d) Henrie
darcie darcy darcy darcy
3. What is the permeability of a clean gravel in cm/sec
a) 100-1 c) 0.01-0.001
b) 1.0-0.01 d) 0.001-0.00001
4. The actual velocity of water through the voids spaces
a) Discharge c) Discharge velocity
b) Flowrate d) Seepage velocity
5. Soils are permeable due to the existence of interconnected _____.
a) Particl b) Water d) pressu
es c) Voids re
6. is used to determine the coefficient of permeability of coarse-grained soil.
a) Falling head test c) Sieve analysis
b) Constant head test d) Hydrometer analysis
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7. The formula K(cm/sec)¿ 0.35 ( D 15 ) is applicable for ______.
a) Uniform sand c) Clean or fine sand
b) Compacted sand d) Gravelly sand
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8. Who is the proponent of the formula K=c 3
e
1+ e
a) Samarasinge, huang and drnevich c) Saramasinge, huang and drnevich
b) Samarasinhe, huang and drnevich d) Saramasinhe, huang and drnevich
9. Is an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water. Layers of impermeable material
are both above and below the aquifer causing is to be under pressure so that when the aquifer is
penetrated by a well, the water will rise above the top of the aquifer.
a) Unconfined c) Permeable d) impermeabl
b) Confined e
10. The amount of water that can be transmitted horizontally through a unit width by the full saturated
thickness of the aquifer under a hydraulic gradient of 1.
a) Permeabilit b) Hydraulic c) Seepage d) tranmissivit
y gradient y
11. A direction of flow in a stratified soil where the equivalent discharge is the same with the discharge
in all layers.
a) Horizontal flow c) Horizontal and vertical
b) Vertical flow d) Horizontal or vertical
12. A combination of a number of flow lines and equipotential lines. It is constructed to calculate
groundwater flow in the media.
a) Flow channel c) Shape factor
b) Potential drop d) Flow nets
13. The strip between any two adjacent flow lines
a) Flow channel b) Potential drop
c) Shape factor d) Flow nets
14. A type of soil which have properties that vary with the direction of measurement.
a) Stratified soil c) Anisotropic soil
b) Isotropic soil d) Pervious soil
15. The degree of compaction is measured in terms of ____.
a) Moist unit weight c) Saturated unit weight
b) Dry unit weight d) Buoyant unit weight
16. It is the ratio of in-place dry density to maximum dry density of soil or aggregate.
a) Relative compaction c) Density index
b) Relative density d) Both b and c
17. Soil compaction apparatus used to determine the maximum dry unit weight of soil.
a) Sand cone apparatus c) Standard proctor mold and
b) Rubber balloon apparatus hammer
d) All of the above.
18. Method in determining compaction of soil that is performed in the laboratory
a) Sand cone apparatus c) Standard proctor mold and
b) Rubber balloon apparatus hammer
d) All of the above.
19. What is the recommended relative compaction of soil.
a) 97% b) 95% c) 93% d) 90%
20. What is the density index of medium dense soil.
a) 0-15 b) 15-50 c) 50-70 d) 70-85
Situation1: For a constant laboratory permeability test on a fine sand, the following are given:
Length of specimen = 17 cm Weight of water collected = 50 g
Diameter of specimen = 5.5 cm Duration of water collection = 12 sec
Constant head difference = 40 cm
21. Find the hydraulic conductivity in cm/sec
a) 0.73 b) 0.075 c) 731.19 d) 73.12
Situation 2: For a falling or variable head permeability test, the following are given:
Length of soil specimen= 12 cm Head difference at time t = 0; = 70 cm
Cross sectional area of standpipe = 0.018 sq. cm. Head difference at time t = 65; = 40 cm
Diameter of soil specimen= 7.5 cm Temperature of water= 17°C
Time of collection of water= 65 sec
22. Determine the coefficient of permeability at an observed temperature in cm/sec.
a) 5.95x10^- b) 5.95x10^- c) 4.2x10^-3
4 7 d) 4.2X10^-5
23. Determine the corrected hydraulic conductivity in cm/sec.
a) 1.07 b) 12.56x10^- c) 4.52x10^-5
4 d) 3.25x10^-3
24. Determine the hydraulic head in the standpipe in cm after 100 s.
a) 29.59 b) 27.76 c) 16.91 d) 15.86
25. Determine the time in sec it takes for the water to drop to 60 cm
a) 17.90 b) 16.67 c) 320.19 d) 298.07
26. Determine the time in sec it takes for the water to drop by 60 cm
a) 17.90 b) 16.67 c) 320.19 d) 298.07
Situation 3: A confined aquifer underlies an unconfined aquifer as shown in the figure. Compute the
following
27. Equivalent horizontal coefficient of permeability in m/day considering that the water flows in the
entire 2 layers.
a) 27.50 b) 25.45 c) 24.50 d) 22.95
28. Hydraulic gradient
a) 6.5 c) 0.065 d) 0.0006
b) 0.0065 5
29. Flow rate in m3/day from one stream to another per meter width considering that the water flows in
the entire 2 layers.
a) 12.512 b) 9.8312 c) 7.5075
5 5 d) 8.669
Situation 4: A layer of soil shown has the following data
30. Compute the equivalent coefficient of permeability
in the vertical condition In cm/s.
a) 0.0309
b) 0.0334
c) 0.0390
d) 0.0343
31. Compute the velocity of flow in cm/sec if h = 4 m
a) 0.0102
b) 0.00102
c) 0.00943
d) 0.000943 −2
32. Compute the value of h3 in m if h = 4 m.
k 1=2 x 10 cm/sec
a) 1.187 −2
k 1=3.2 x 10 cm/sec
b) 1.389
c) 1.424 −2
d) 1.893 k 1=4.1 x 10 cm/ sec
33. Compute the value of h2 in m if h = 4 m.
a) 1.187
b) 1.389
c) 1.424
d) 1.893
34. Compute the value of h1 in m if h = 4 m
a) 1.187 b) 1.389 c) 1.424 d) 1.893
Situation 5: A certain 20 m thick sandy aquifer has a transmissivity of 0.12 m2 /sec. and a void ratio of
0.91. Ground water is flowing through this aquifer with a hydraulic gradient of 0.0065.
35. Compute the hydraulic conductivity of the sand aquifer in m/sec.
a) 0.12 b) 0.0012 c) 0.0006 d) 0.006
36. Compute the seepage velocity in m/s.
a) 6x10^-3 b) 5.36x10^- c) 8.186x10^ d) 7.32x10^-
4 -5 6
37. How much time in days would be required for water to travel 1 km through this aquifer?
a) 141.39 b) 12216404. c) 122.16
89 d) 141390.00
Situation 6: A 300 mm diameter test well penetrates 27 m below the static water table. After 24 hours of
pumping at 69 liters/sec., the water level in an observation well at a distance of 95 m from the test well is
lowered 0.5 m and the other observation well at a distance of 35 m from the test well, the drawdown is 1.1
m.
38. Determine the rate of flow in cu.m./day.
a) 60.269 c) 5961.6 d) 1759.0
b) 0.069 4
39. coefficient of permeability of the aquifer in m/day.
a) 0.069 c) 60.269 d) 1759.0
b) 5961.6 4
40. transmissibility of the aquifer in sq.m./day.
a) 5961.6 c) 1759.0 d) 0.069
b) 60.269 4
Situation 7:A well with a diameter of 0.6 m is constructed in a confined aquifer. The sand aquifer has a
uniform thickness of 15 m overlain by an impermeable layer with a depth of 35 m. A pumping test was
conducted to determine the coefficient of permeability of the aquifer. The initial piezometric surface was
15 m below the ground surface datum of the test well and observation wells. After water was pumped at a
rate of 13 liters/sec for several days, water levels in the wells stabilized with the following drawdowns: 6.4
m in the test well, 3.7 m in the observation well 10 m from the test well and 2.4 m in the second
observation well at a distance 30 m. From these data.
41. find the water level in the test well in m.
a) 21.4
b) 35
c) 15
d) 13.6
42. calculate the permeability of the aquifer in m/sec.
a) 1.032 x10^-4
b) 1.166 x10^-4
c) 1.320 x10^-4
d) 1.661x10^-4
43. Compute the transmissibility in m2/s of impermeable layer
a) 1.748x10^-3
b) 1.478x10 ^-3
c) 1.874x10^-3
d) 1.847x10^-3
Situation 8: For the masonry dam shown in figure k = 5 m/day.
44. Determine the uplift pressure at A in m
a) 18.97
b) 19.78
c) 17.89
d) 12.42
45. Determine the uplift pressure at B in m
a) 2.42
b) 4.22
c) 2.24
d) 7.89
46. Determine the uplift force per meter of dam in KN
Assume that the uplift pressure under the dam varies uniformly.
a) 420 b) 4120 c) 402 d) 4020
Situation 9: A sandy soil has a natural water content of 27.5 % and bulk unit weight of 19.2 kN/cu.m. The void ratios
corresponding to the densest and loosest state are 0.51 and 0.87. Assume Gs = 2.7.
47. Determine the in situ void ratio of the soil.
a) 0.7589 b) 0.8957 c) 0.9875 d) 0.7598
48. Compute for the degree of saturation of the soil in its natural state.
a) 79.84% b) 97.84% c) 84.79% d) 48.97%
49. Identify the relative density of the soil.
c) 30.86
%
a) 3.240 b) 44.64 d) 64.44
% % %
Situation 10: Field Density test on a compacted fill of sandy clay gives the following result:
Weight of moist soil from the hole = 1038 grams
Oven - dried weight of the soil = 914 grams
Volume of test hole = 0.0169 cu.ft
Laboratory moisture density test on this soil indicated a maximum dry density of 120 pcf at an optimum moisture
content of 11%. What is the percent compaction of the fill?
50. What is the percent compaction of soil?
a) 92.54% b) 93.12% c) 95.45% d) 99.36%
“And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Matthew 21:22
Prepared by:
Engr. Lemuel Jasper S. Badajos
Lecturer
