In laboratory test of determining tile maximum dry density of a soil, if the compaction pressure is increased, the maximum dry density will:

When water table rises, what is its effect on effective stress?

A line joining the points of highest elevation of water in a series of vertical open pipes rising from a pipeline in which water flows under pressure is referred to as:

A pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change direction suddenly is referred to in hydraulic as:

Section 302.2.2 of the National Structural code of the Philippines provides that the slope of cut surfaces shall no steeper than is safe for intended use and shall be no steeper than___

Cohesive soil deposit is considered sift if the unconfined compression strength in kPa is between?

The elastic tendency of liquids which makes them acquire the least surface area possible. It is responsible for example when an object or insect such as mosquitoes that is denser than water is able to float or run along the water surface.

If the ground water table in a soil formation rises as a resulting of flooding, the bearing capacity of the soil will:

The ratio between the volume of water and the volume of voids.

One of the following foundation conditions does not affect the bearing capacity of the supporting soil:

The ratio between the volume of voids and the volume of the soil mass:

The ratio between the weight of water and the weight of solid particles:

What is the unit weight of dry air at standard temperature and pressure?

Which of the following is not a soil component?

What component of rock or soil independent of inter-particles friction?

A phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading.

A pile of sand that keeps from spreading out like a liquid because the weight of the sand keeps the grains stuck together in their current arrangement, mostly out of static friction. This weight and pressure is called?

In accordance with the Unified Soils Classification System, a soil grain having a size greater than No. 200 sieve opening (0.074 mm) but less than that of a No. 4 sieve (4.75 mm opening) is called?

Approximately how many times is the pressure of mercury greater than the pressure exerted by water?

Which of the following does not affect the settlement of a footing?

A granular soil deposit is considered medium dense of the blow count of a standard penetration test is between:

A practice or produce used to assess the particles size distribution of a granular material. The size distribution is often of critical importance to the way material performs in use.

At any instant, the number of particles passing every section of the stream are always equal, the flow is said to be _____

A branch of hydraulics which deals with the with the study of forces ( including velocity and acceleration) exerted by or upon liquids in motion.

The most used property un soil properties.

A device used to determine the undrained shear strength of the soil which consist of four equal-sized thin steel plates welded to a steel torque rod. The vane is pushed into the soil and a torque T is applied at the top of the torque road to rotate the vane at a uniform speed to cause failure

An abrupt rise in water surface which results from retarding water flowing at lower stage.

What is the ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given volume of soil?

It is a soul whose present effective over burn pressure is less than that which the soul experience in the past

What happens when there is a lowering of water table?

In accordance with the Unified Souls Classification of soils, which are considered coarse grained if the lassing thru No. 200 sieve is less than

Section 302.2.2. Of the National Structural Code of the Philippines provides that the slope of cut surfaces shall be no steeper than is safe for intended use and shall be no steeper than

According to USCS soil classification of a soil particle whose size is grater rhan 75 mm os called __

Section 302.4.5 of the National Structural Code of the Phil (C101-10) provides that slope of the fill surface shall be no steeper than is safe for its intended use and shall not be steeper than

Soil derives its strenght from its capacity to resist

Which of the following is not a component of a soil mass?

The cohesion strength of a cohesive soil is a compression strenght C=Kqu where K is equal to

The volume of liquid passing a cross section of a stream

If the steady flow in any length or reach of a stream the avarage velocity at every cross section is the same in that reach, the flow is said to be:

A body placed in a liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced liquid. This principles of buoyancy was attributed to:

The pressure exerted into a liquid is transmitted undiminished to all portions of the liquid. This principles of mechanics is attributed to:

Water has a maximum unit weight at a temperature of:

In any stream flowing steadily without friction, the total energy contained is the same at every point in its path of low. This principles is attributed to:

The largest grain size that passes a No. 200 sieve in millimeters is

The shear strength of a soil:

Triaxial shear test acts on what axis

In what plane is the additional stress (deviatir stress) can affect the shear stress?

What test is not performed in laboratory?

Ratio of weight of water to the weight of solid particles

In AASHTO, soil greater than 75 mm is classified as

In 1.3NcC+qNq+0.4BNγγs,Nc,Nq and Nγ are function of ___.

Molecules of liquid gets attracted to

When is the metacenter for stable equilibrium?

If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of soilds, what is the porosity and void ratio equal to respectively?

The shear strength of a cohesionless soil is

The intensity of vertical stress at a depth due to the point load acting on the surface of a seni infinite elastic soil mass is

When the metacenter of a floating body is lower than the center of gravity then the body will be in

The metacenteric height is the distance between the

Negative skin friction on piles

Specific weight of liquid

In civil engineering, soil is

The weight per unit volume os a liquid at a standard temperature and pressure is called

The fraction of soils passing which sieve number is used for atterberg limits test of soils?

If water is used to measure the atmosphere pressure how high would it be?