MCQ in Geotechnical Engineering Part 6 | Civil Board Exam

This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 6 of the Series in Geotechnical Engineering as one of the Hydraulics and Principles of Geotechnical Engineering topic. In Preparation for the Civil Board Exam make sure to expose yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here taken from various sources including but not limited to past Board Examination Questions in Hydraulics and Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering Books, Journals and other Civil Engineering References.

PRC Board of Civil Engineering Examination Syllabi

The applicant shall acquire a general average of 70% with no grades lower than 50% in any given subject of the examination as follows:

Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles of Transportation and Highway Engineering, Construction Management and Methods – 35%

1. Calculus

• Differential Equations
• Integral Calculus

2. Differential Equations

• First Order Differential Equation
• Higher Order Differential Equations

3. Engineering Data Analysis

4. Numerical Methods

5. Physics for Engineers

6. Engineering Economy

• Present Economy Study
• Time-Value Relations
• Selection Among Alternatives: Present, Annual, and Future Worth; Internal and External Rate of Return Method

7. Construction Surveying and Layout

8. Materials for Construction

9. Quantity Surveying

10. Construction Occupational Safety and Health

11. Transportation Engineering

• Highway Engineering
  • Highway and Urban Transportation Planning and Economics
  • Driver, Vehicle, Traffic and Road Characteristics
  • Highway Design
  • Traffic Engineering and Highway Operations
  • Road and Pavement Design
• Airport Engineering
• Ports and Harbors
• Bridges

12. Construction Management Principles and Methods

• Engineering Relations and Ethics
• Contracts & Specifications
• Construction Project Organization
• Planning and Scheduling (PERT/CPM)
• Construction Estimates
• Construction Methods & Operations
• Construction Equipment Operations and Maintenance

Hydraulics and Principles of Geotechnical Engineering – 30%

1. Fluid Mechanics

• Properties of Fluids
• Hydrostatics
• Fluid Flow Concepts and Basic Equations
• Viscous Flow and Fluid Resistance
• Ideal Fluid Flow
• Steady Flow in Closed Conduits
• Steady Flow in Open Channels

2. Buoyancy and Flotation

3. Relative Equilibrium of Liquids

4. Hydrodynamics

5. Soil Mechanics and Foundation

• Soil Properties and Classification
• Fluid Flow through Soil Mass
• Soil Strength and Tests
• Stresses in Soil Mass
• Bearing Capacity
• Compaction
• Consolidation and Settlement
• Soil Improvement
• Lateral Earth Pressures
• Slope Stability

6. Water Supply Soil Properties

Principles of Structural Analysis and Design- 35%

1. Engineering Mechanics

• Statics of Rigid Bodies
• Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
• Kinematics of Rigid Bodies
• Strength of Materials

2. Reinforced Concrete Beams and Columns

• Steal Beams, Columns, Footings and Connections
• Prestressed Concrete Beams

3. Construction Materials Testing

4. Application of the Governing Codes of Practice

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Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

251. The Tri axial compression test was introduced by __________

A.         casagrande and Karl Terzaghi

B.         Mohr

C.         None of the mentioned

D.         All of these

252. Which of the following is not an engineering property of soil?

A.         Compressibility

B.         Permeability

C.         Particle Size

D.         Shear Strength

253. If the pore pressure is measured during un-drained stage of the test, the result can be expressed in terms of __________

A.         C’ and φ

B.         cu

C.         None of the mentioned

D.         All of the mentioned

254. Which of the following is an advantage of using tri axial test?

A.         Accurate result is not possible

B.         The plane of shear failure is predetermined

C.         Stress conditions are complex

D.         Precise measurement

255. Why consolidation are important engineering parameters in construction?

A.         To predict settlement

B.         To strengthen soil conditions

C.         To reduce cost of construction

D.         All of these

256. Why consolidation are important engineering parameters in construction?

A.         To predict settlement

B.         To strengthen soil conditions

C.         To reduce cost of construction

D.         All of these

257. What is the important engineering parameter in shear strength?

A.         Internal friction angle

B.         Cohesion

C.         Volume

D.         Both A & B

258. Who overseered the Step Pyramid of Saqqara?

A.         Imhoten

B.         Imhotep

C.         Imhotem

D.         Imhopet

259. Bishop’s apparatus does not contain which one of the following equipment?

A.         Porous disc

B.         Top cap

C.         Rollers

D.         All of these

260. The equation for the unconsolidated un drainage strength of clay is __________

A.         τ = c + σ tan φ

B.         τf = ccu + σ tan φcu

C.         τ = c + σ

D.         τ = σ tan φ

261. The unconfined compression test was first designed by _________

A.         Casagrande and Goyal

B.         Singh

C.         None of the mentioned

D.         All of these

262. Which of the following shear test is developed based on drainage conditions?

A.         Quick test and Consolidated un drained test

B.         Direct shear test

C.         None of the mentioned

D.         All of the mentioned

263. When the Mohr circle is drawn in confined compression test, its radius will be equal to ____________

A.         Cu

B.         qu

C.         Ru

D.         None of these

264. Negative pore pressure in clay or sand is developed due to __________

A.         Expansion on loading

B.         Over loading

C.         Loose structure

D.         Compaction

265. The deviator stress developed in the proving ring, through the applied pressure is equal to are____________

A.         σ1 + σ3

B.         σ1 – σ3

C.         σ2 – σ3

D.         σ2 + σ1

266. Which of the following strength test is commonly used in the laboratory?

A.         Direct shear test

B.         Confined compression test

C.         Tri axial shear test

D.         Unconfined shear test

267. Which of the following parameter is used to represent unconfined compressive strength at failure?

A.         τf

B.         cu

C.         qu

D.         Au

268. In plastic failure, load corresponding to __________ strain is arbitrarily taken as the failure load.

A.         10 %

B.         5 %

C.         20 %

D.         50 %

269. The vertical stress on the solid cylindrical test apparatus is applied by ____________

A.         Major principal stress

B.         Minor principal stress

C.         Intermediate principal stress

D.         All of the mentioned

270. When the sol is in the state of stress, it is said to be in _____________

A.         Constant state

B.         Plastic equilibrium

C.         Stress conditioned state

D.         Equilibrium condition

271. Which of the following outlet is provided at the base of the tri axial test apparatus?

A.         Cell fluid inlet

B.         Pore water outlet

C.         Drainage outlet

D.         All of the mentioned

272. Stress condition in the Unconfined compression test represents ____________

A.         Drained test

B.         Un-drained test

C.         Quick test

D.         All of the mentioned

273. He designed a modern form of sewer network in central London that took 20 years to build

A.         Sir Joseph William Bazalgette

B.         Thomas Newcomen

C.         Antoine Lavoisier

D.         John Smeaton

274. A branch of civil engineering that plans the construction of dams and canals

A.         geotechnical engineering

B.         hydroelectrical engineering

C.         hydraulic engineering

D.         hydrotechnical engineering

275. A branch of civil engineering that overseers the work on soil and Earth for structures built on right foundation

A.         geotechnical engineering

B.         geopowered engineering

C.         geoelectrical engineering

D.         Earth civil engineering

276. First person to engineer the lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks in late 17th century?

A.         John Smeaton

B.         Henry Winstanley

C.         Sir Joseph William Bazalgette

D.         James Watt

277. Who is the inventor of the modern form of concrete and what is it made of?

A.         Joseph Aspdin

B.         finely ground stone

C.         clay

D.         All of these

278. What are the ingredients of the concrete made by Ancient Romans?

A.         limestone

B.         volcanic ash

C.         small rocks

D.         All of these

279. The father of city planning known from Aristotle’s “Politics”

A.         Hippopotamus of Miletus

B.         Hippotatamus of Miletus

C.         Hippodamus of Miletused

D.         Hippodamus of Miletus

280. What is the plan where the layout of the city is based on rectangular blocks and straight streets at 90 degree intersections?

A.         Hippopotamus Plan

B.         Hippotatamus Plan

C.         Hippodamus Plan

D.         Hippodamian Plan

281. Definition of structural engineering

A.         more on actual building of a structure

B.         the supervision of process in building various parts of an infrastructure

C.         focuses on design and framework of structures

D.         the designing and embellishing of a completed structure

282. What molecule is used to ‘glue’ the required gene into the plasmid?

A.         Restriction Enzyme

B.         Ligase enzyme

C.         Glucose

D.         Cellulose

283. What is removed from the nucleus of an animal cell during Genetic Engineering?

A.         Gene

B.         Plasmid

C.         Nucleus

D.         Ribosome

284. Shearing resistance can be determined in the laboratory by _________ methods.

A.         2

B.         6

C.         4

D.         8

285. The deviator stress σd is given by __________

A.         σd = σ1 + σ

B.         σd = σ3 – σ1

C.         σd=additional axial load/A2

D.         σd = σ1 – σ3

286. Pore pressure developed in the tri axial test can be measured by ____________

A.         Bishop’s apparatus

B.         Pore pressure apparatus

C.         Terzaghi’s apparatus

D.         Mohr’s apparatus

287. In unconfined compression test the value of σ2 and σ3 is equal to ____________

A.         1

B.         0

C.         0.8

D.         ½

288. The unconfined compression test is derived from _____________

A.         Direct shear test

B.         Vane shear test

C.         Tri axial compression tests

D.         Drained test

289. The unconfined compression test is generally applicable to ____________

A.         Unsaturated clay

B.         Saturated clay

C.         Fine grained soil

D.         Coarse grained soil

290. The value of pore pressure parameter, at failure for saturated clay is __________

A.         1.2 to 2.5

B.         2 to 3

C.         0.3 to 0.7

D.         0.7 to 1.3

291. Factor affecting pore pressure parameters is ___________

A.         Type of shear

B.         Temperature

C.         Nature of the fluid

D.         All of these

292. The change in the pore pressure during an un-drained shear can be explained by ___________

A.         Lateral pressure

B.         Effective stress

C.         Pore pressure parameter

D.         Mohr’s circle

293. In an un-drained test on saturated clays, both σ1’ and σ3’ is independent of ____________

A.         Pore pressure

B.         Shear strength

C.         Cell pressure

D.         Effective pressure

294. The un-drained test is carried out on sample of clay, silt, and peat to determine _____________

A.         Shear Strength of natural ground and Sensitivity

B.         Pore pressure

C.         None of the mentioned

D.         All of the mentioned

295. The consolidated-un drained test can be performed in ___________ methods.

A.         3

B.         2

C.         4

D.         1

296. Which of the following cannot be obtained by using un-drained test?

A.         Effective stress failure envelope

B.         Shear strength

C.         sensitivity

D.         All of these

297. If the reading on the scale of hydrometer is 1.015, the hydrometer reading is

A.         85

B.         15

C.         1000

D.         1.015

298. According to Stokes law, velocity of a falling sphere in a liquid is:

A.         Inversely proportional to D2

B.         Directly proportional to D2

C.         Inversely proportional to D3

D.         Directly proportional to D3

299. Hydrometer is used for measuring:

A.         Water content

B.         Specific gravity of solids

C.         Specific gravity of liquids

D.         Vapour pressure

300. Final velocity attained by a particle settling in a fluid is called,

A.         End velocity

B.         Constant velocity

C.         Terminal Velocity

D.         Tertiary Velocity