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What is the base flow?

The part of stream flow that is not attributable to long-term discharge of groundwater to the stream.

The part of stream flow that is attributable to rainfall.

The part of stream flow that is attributable to long-term discharge of groundwater to the stream.

The part of stream flow that is attributable to short-term discharge of groundwater to the stream.

Answer

Correct Answer: The part of stream flow that is attributable to long-term discharge of groundwater to the stream.

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What is Design Flow?

Actual flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency.

Projected flow through a watercourse which will not recur with a stated frequency.

Actual flow through a watercourse which will not recur with a stated frequency.

Projected flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency.

Answer

Correct Answer: Projected flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency.

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What is the definition of detention?

Practices which store storm water for some period of time before releasing it to a surface waterbody.

The quality of being worth considering or paying attention to

A type of criminal punishment in which a person is held in custody, usually in a prison

An official order, often made by a government or court, that requires someone to do something

Answer

Correct Answer: Practices which store storm water for some period of time before releasing it to a surface waterbody.

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What is Effective Discharge?

A type of severe weather

A method of birth control

The calculated measure of channel forming discharge.

The study of the properties of waves

Answer

Correct Answer: The calculated measure of channel forming discharge.

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What is the area that will flood with a given probability called?

Flood Safe Zone

Flood Protection Area

Flood Hazard Zone

Flood Risk Area

Answer

Correct Answer: Flood Hazard Zone

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What is Flux?

The volume of fluid crossing a unit cross-sectional surface area per unit time.

The volume of fluid crossing a unit cross-sectional surface area per unit time per unit area.

The amount of fluid crossing a unit cross-sectional surface area.

The rate of change of fluid crossing a unit cross-sectional surface area.

Answer

Correct Answer: The volume of fluid crossing a unit cross-sectional surface area per unit time.

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What is the definition of groundwater?

Water in the saturated zone

Soil water

Surface water

Unsaturated zone

Answer

Correct Answer: Water in the saturated zone

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What is the saturated zone?

The zone below the water table.

The zone above the water table.

The zone where the pores or fractures of the rocks are partially filled with water.

The zone where the pores or fractures of the rocks are completely filled with water.

Answer

Correct Answer: The zone where the pores or fractures of the rocks are completely filled with water.

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What is the study of the distribution and movement of water on Earth's surface called?

Oceanography

Geology

Meteorology

Hydrology

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydrology

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What is Interflow?

A breaking in or an interruption of continuity

A system of sewers for carrying off liquid wastes from houses and streets

An imaginary line between two countries

Flow of water through the upper soil layers to a ditch, stream, etc.

Answer

Correct Answer: Flow of water through the upper soil layers to a ditch, stream, etc.

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What is sublimation?

The process by which a material changes state from gas directly to liquid

The process by which a material changes state from solid directly to liquid

The process by which a material changes state from liquid directly to gas

The process by which a material changes state from solid directly to gas

Answer

Correct Answer: The process by which a material changes state from solid directly to gas

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What is the Moderate Flood Stage?

Flooding is not severe

Flooding of structures and main roadways may occur.

There is no risk of flooding

Heavy rainfall and flooding may occur.

Answer

Correct Answer: Flooding of structures and main roadways may occur.

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What does Minor Flood Stage mean?

Some property flooding and public threat may occur.

Public threat may occur.

No property flooding or public threat will occur.

Some property flooding may occur.

Answer

Correct Answer: Some property flooding and public threat may occur.

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What is the lag time?

The time from the beginning of the rainfall to the peak of the hydrograph.

The time from the peak of the hydrograph to the end of the rainfall.

The time from the peak of the hydrograph to the center of mass of the rainfall.

The time from the center of mass of the rainfall to the peak of the hydrograph.

Answer

Correct Answer: The time from the center of mass of the rainfall to the peak of the hydrograph.

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What does Low Flow refer to?

Maximum flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency

Minimum flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency.

Average flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency

Minimum flow through a watercourse which will never recur.

Answer

Correct Answer: Minimum flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency.

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What is the study of the form and structure of a river, stream, or channel called?

Geomorphology

Morphology

Ecology

Hydrology

Answer

Correct Answer: Morphology

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What is the Muskingum Method?

A method of river dam construction

A hydrologic river routing method that uses the continuity equation and a linear storage relationship.

A method of river navigation

A method of river pollution control

Answer

Correct Answer: A hydrologic river routing method that uses the continuity equation and a linear storage relationship.

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What is the peak flow?

The amount of water that passes a given point in a stream during a given interval of time

The time of day when the water flow in a stream is the greatest

Maximum flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency.

The average rate of water flow in a stream

Answer

Correct Answer: Maximum flow through a watercourse which will recur with a stated frequency.

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What is precipitation?

Water that runoff

Water that falls to earth in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet.

Water used in photosynthesis

Water that evaporates into the atmosphere

Answer

Correct Answer: Water that falls to earth in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet.

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What is the rating curve?

Relationship between depth and amount of flow in a channel

Something that describes how fast a river is flowing.

The number of stars a hotel or restaurant has been awarded.

A graph that demonstrates the average rating of a movie over time.

Answer

Correct Answer: Relationship between depth and amount of flow in a channel

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What is the Recession Curve?

Portion of the hydrograph where runoff is from surface flow.

Portion of the hydrograph where runoff is from infiltration.

Portion of the hydrograph where runoff is from base flow.

Portion of the hydrograph where runoff is from percolation.

Answer

Correct Answer: Portion of the hydrograph where runoff is from base flow.

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What is the definition of retention?

The process of using storm water to recharge groundwater

The process of storing storm water in reservoirs

The process of released storm water into rivers or lakes

The process of capturing storm water and releasing it slowly though infiltration into the ground.

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of capturing storm water and releasing it slowly though infiltration into the ground.

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What does the term "riparian" mean?

Pertaining to the desert

Pertaining to the sky

Pertaining to the bank of a river, pond, or small lake.

Pertaining to the ocean

Answer

Correct Answer: Pertaining to the bank of a river, pond, or small lake.

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What is the definition of "runoff"?

The process of water flowing down a slope

The process of runoff water seeping into the ground

Flow of water across the land surface as surface runoff or interflow.

The process of water evaporating

Answer

Correct Answer: Flow of water across the land surface as surface runoff or interflow.

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What is the ratio of runoff to precipitation?

Runoff Coefficient

Precipitation Coefficient

Runoff to Precipitation

Ratio of Precipitation

Answer

Correct Answer: Runoff Coefficient

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What is a scarp?

A small sketch or painting

A steep, rocky slope

The sloped bank of a stream channel

A gap or break

Answer

Correct Answer: The sloped bank of a stream channel

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What is the definition of sediment?

The act of depositing sediment

Soil fragmental material that originates from weathering of rocks and is transported or deposited by air, water, or ice.

A sedimentary rock that is composed of smaller rocks

A solid that is formed from the melting of another solid

Answer

Correct Answer: Soil fragmental material that originates from weathering of rocks and is transported or deposited by air, water, or ice.

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What is a simulation model?

A model that is used to predict the stock market.

A model that is used to predict the weather.

A model that is used to predict traffic patterns.

A model describing the reaction of a watershed to a storm using numerous equations.

Answer

Correct Answer: A model describing the reaction of a watershed to a storm using numerous equations.

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What does "SMS" stand for in terms of soil?

Soluble Moisture Sensor

Soil Moisture Storage

Systematic Moisture Survey

Satellite Moisture System

Answer

Correct Answer: Soil Moisture Storage

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What is the storage-discharge relation?

A device for storing && a device for discharging

Values that relate storage in the system to outflow from the system.

The act of storing something

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Values that relate storage in the system to outflow from the system.

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What is the main component of a stream corridor?

Floodplain

Upland fringe

Wetland

Stream channel

Answer

Correct Answer: Stream channel

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What does a stream corridor generally consists of?

The stream channel, wetlands, and swamp.

The stream channel, wetlands, and transitional upland fringe.

The stream channel, floodplain, and swamp.

The stream channel, floodplain, and transitional upland fringe.

Answer

Correct Answer: The stream channel, floodplain, and transitional upland fringe.

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What are subbasins?

A wetland

The bottom of a river

Hydrologic divisions of a watershed that are relatively homogenous.

Small streams that flow into a river

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydrologic divisions of a watershed that are relatively homogenous.

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What is a Synthetic Design Storm?

Mathematical process used to find the surface area of an object

Man-made disaster

A method of producing artificial rain

Rainfall hyetograph obtained through statistical means.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rainfall hyetograph obtained through statistical means.

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What is the unit hydrograph for ungaged basins based on theoretical or empirical methods?

Delayed Unit Hydrograph

Synthetic Unit Hydrograph

Direct Unit Hydrograph

Concentrated Unit Hydrograph

Answer

Correct Answer: Synthetic Unit Hydrograph

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What is Thalweg?

A type of fishing boat

A device used to measure the depth of water

A unit of measurement for the depth of water

The

Answer

Correct Answer: The

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What is the Theissen Method?

A method for areally weighting rainfall through verbal means.

A method for areally weighting rainfall through graphical means.

A method for areally weighting population through graphical means.

A method for areally weighting rainfall through mathematical means.

Answer

Correct Answer: A method for areally weighting rainfall through graphical means.

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What is the process of transpiration?

The process of evaporation

The uptake of water by plant roots

The conversion of liquid water to water vapor through plant tissue.

The process of photosynthesis

Answer

Correct Answer: The conversion of liquid water to water vapor through plant tissue.

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What is a unit hydrograph?

Graph of rainfall vs. time over a given duration.

Graph of runoff vs. time produced by a unit rainfall over a given duration.

Graph of discharge vs. time over a given duration.

Graph of runoff vs. time over a given area.

Answer

Correct Answer: Graph of runoff vs. time produced by a unit rainfall over a given duration.

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Unit Hydrograph is a graph of runoff vs. what?

Length

Money

Area

Time

Answer

Correct Answer: Time

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What is the Unsaturated Zone?

The zone between the land surface and the water table which may include the capillary fringe

The zone between the water table and the bedrock

The zone between the hydrosphere and the biosphere

The zone between the atmosphere and the lithosphere

Answer

Correct Answer: The zone between the land surface and the water table which may include the capillary fringe

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What is a watershed?

An area that is prone to flooding

An area with a high water table

A body of water that drains to a larger body of water

Area of land that drains to a single outlet and is separated from other watersheds by a divide.

Answer

Correct Answer: Area of land that drains to a single outlet and is separated from other watersheds by a divide.

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What is Watershed Delineation?

A type of pollution

Determination of watershed boundaries

The study of rivers

A method of irrigation

Answer

Correct Answer: Determination of watershed boundaries

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What is a water surface profile?

A plot of the depth of water in a channel across the width of the channel.

A plot of the width of water in a channel across the depth of the channel.

A plot of the width of water in a channel along the length of the channel.

A plot of the depth of water in a channel along the length of the channel.

Answer

Correct Answer: A plot of the depth of water in a channel along the length of the channel.

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Which of the following is not a property of water table?

The water table is confining

Earth material below the groundwater table is saturated with water.

The water table is the upper surface of a groundwater body

The water pressure at the water table is less than atmospheric pressure.

Answer

Correct Answer: Earth material below the groundwater table is saturated with water.

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What is the water pressure at the water table?

Vadose zone pressure

Atmospheric pressure

Confining layer pressure

Hydrostatic pressure

Answer

Correct Answer: Atmospheric pressure

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What is the purpose of a weir?

To lower the downstream water level

To raise the upstream water level

To raise the downstream water level

To lower the upstream water level

Answer

Correct Answer: To raise the upstream water level

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What is the general purpose of a valve?

To decrease the flow in a pipeline or orifice.

To measure the flow in a pipeline or orifice.

To increase the flow in a pipeline or orifice.

To control or stop the flow in a pipeline or orifice.

Answer

Correct Answer: To control or stop the flow in a pipeline or orifice.

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What is the purpose of a trash rack?

To collect garbage from the water.

To allow the passage of water.

To provide a place for fish to lay their eggs.

To prevent the ingress of floating or submerged debris.

Answer

Correct Answer: To prevent the ingress of floating or submerged debris.

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What is the thickness or width of a dam at the level of the top of the dam called?

Dam width

Top width

Thickness

Base width

Answer

Correct Answer: Top width

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What does TOP OF DAM refer to?

The location of a dam

The elevation of the uppermost surface of a dam

The saving of a dam

The destruction of a dam

Answer

Correct Answer: The elevation of the uppermost surface of a dam

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What is the TOE OF DAM?

The junction of the upstream face of a dam with the ground surface

None of the above

The junction of the downstream face of a dam with the ground surface

The point where the water stored by a dam meets the river

Answer

Correct Answer: The junction of the downstream face of a dam with the ground surface

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What is the level of water in the discharge channel immediately downstream of the dam called?

Sea level

Dam level

Headwater level

Tailwater level

Answer

Correct Answer: Tailwater level

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What is the definition of storage?

The retention of water or delay in runoff by planned operation or by temporarily filling the overflow areas.

The retention of water or increased runoff by planned operation or by temporarily filling the overflow areas.

The retention of water or delay in runoff by unplanned operation or by temporarily filling the overflow areas.

The release of water or delay in runoff by planned operation or by temporarily filling the overflow areas.

Answer

Correct Answer: The retention of water or delay in runoff by planned operation or by temporarily filling the overflow areas.

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What is the purpose of Stoplogs?

To allow water to flow through a channel or conduit

To provide a cheaper or more easily handled means of temporary closure than a bulkhead gate

To provide a permanent closure for a channel or conduit

To measure the flow of water through a channel or conduit

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide a cheaper or more easily handled means of temporary closure than a bulkhead gate

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What is the purpose of a STILLING BASIN?

To allow water to evaporate

To provide a place for fish to lay eggs

To dissipate the energy of fast-flowing water and to protect the riverbed from erosion.

To increase the energy of fast-flowing water

Answer

Correct Answer: To dissipate the energy of fast-flowing water and to protect the riverbed from erosion.

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What is the largest flood that a given project is designed to pass safely?

500-YEAR FLOOD

1000-YEAR FLOOD

SPILLWAY DESIGN FLOOD

100-YEAR FLOOD

Answer

Correct Answer: SPILLWAY DESIGN FLOOD

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What is the SPILLWAY DESIGN FLOOD?

A flood that is designed to pass through a spillway

The smallest flood that a given project is designed to pass safely

A flood that is designed to pass through a dam

The largest flood that a given project is designed to pass safely

Answer

Correct Answer: The largest flood that a given project is designed to pass safely

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What is a spillway channel?

A body of water formed when a river flows into an ocean, sea, lake, or another river

A man-made waterway used for navigation, recreation, or irrigation

A ditch that drains water from a wetland

A channel conveying water from the spillway crest to the river downstream.

Answer

Correct Answer: A channel conveying water from the spillway crest to the river downstream.

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What is a SERVICE SPILLWAY?

Spills oil or water on the ground

A machine that serves or helps

A place where water services are performed

A principal spillway used to regulate reservoir releases additional to or in lieu of the outlet.

Answer

Correct Answer: A principal spillway used to regulate reservoir releases additional to or in lieu of the outlet.

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What is a primary spillway?

The principal or first used spillway during flood flows

A device for storing nuclear waste

A method of birth control

A type of computer memory

Answer

Correct Answer: The principal or first used spillway during flood flows

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What is the main purpose of an OGEE Spillway?

To create a waterfall

To direct water to a specific location

To increase the height of the water

To allow water to flow over the weir without causing erosion

Answer

Correct Answer: To allow water to flow over the weir without causing erosion

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What is an auxiliary spillway?

A secondary spillway designed to operate only during exceptionally large floods.

A type of dam

A waste water treatment plant

A place to store extra water

Answer

Correct Answer: A secondary spillway designed to operate only during exceptionally large floods.

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What is a spillway?

A device used to measure water levels

A body of water located below a dam

A structure over or through which flood flows are discharged.

A spillover of a liquid

Answer

Correct Answer: A structure over or through which flood flows are discharged.

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What is the correct definition of a slide?

The movement of a mass of earth fill up a slope.

The movement of a mass of earth fill sideways.

The movement of a mass of earth fill down a slope.

The movement of a mass of earth fill diagonally.

Answer

Correct Answer: The movement of a mass of earth fill down a slope.

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What is the movement of water that may take place through the dam called?

Flooding

Erosion

Leakage

Seepage

Answer

Correct Answer: Seepage

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Which of the following is not a type of SCARP?

Complex Scarp

Lateral Scarp

Translational Scarp

Rotational Scarp

Answer

Correct Answer: Lateral Scarp

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What is the meaning of "uncoursed" in the definition of RIP RAP?

Placed in random fashion

Irregular in shape or surface

Made of stone

Of a coarse grade

Answer

Correct Answer: Irregular in shape or surface

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What is a plunge basin?

A natural or sometimes artificially created pool that collects energy of free falling water

A unit of measurement for water

A natural or sometimes artificially created pool that dissipates energy of free falling water

A device that measures the depth of water

Answer

Correct Answer: A natural or sometimes artificially created pool that dissipates energy of free falling water

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What is the definition of "Piping"?

A tool used in baking

A wind instrument

Internal erosion by seepage appearing downstream as a hole or seam discharging water that contains soil particles.

A type of fabric

Answer

Correct Answer: Internal erosion by seepage appearing downstream as a hole or seam discharging water that contains soil particles.

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What is the meaning of the word "OUTLET"?

A road that provides access from one place to another

A device that controls the electric current in a circuit

An opening in which water can be freely discharged for a particular purpose

A place where goods are stored prior to being sold

Answer

Correct Answer: An opening in which water can be freely discharged for a particular purpose

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What does the word "outlet" mean?

An opening in which water can be freely discharged for a particular purpose from a reservoir.

A path along which water flows

A device for supplying electricity

A place where goods are sold at a lower price

Answer

Correct Answer: An opening in which water can be freely discharged for a particular purpose from a reservoir.

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What is the definition for a ONE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD?

The flood magnitude expected to be equaled or exceeded on the average of once every 100 years.

The flood magnitude expected to be equaled or exceeded on the average of once in 1000 years.

The flood magnitude expected to be equaled or exceeded on the average of once in 10 years.

The flood magnitude expected to be equaled or exceeded on the average of once in 100 years.

Answer

Correct Answer: The flood magnitude expected to be equaled or exceeded on the average of once in 100 years.

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What is the probability of a 100-year flood?

Once in 10 years

Once in 50 years

Once in 25 years

Once in 100 years

Answer

Correct Answer: Once in 100 years

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What is a masonry dam?

A dam built with only masonry materials.

A dam that is constructed only of brick or stone.

A dam that has only a masonry facing.

A dam constructed mainly of stone, brick, or concrete blocks that may or may not be joined with mortar.

Answer

Correct Answer: A dam constructed mainly of stone, brick, or concrete blocks that may or may not be joined with mortar.

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What is an INUNDATION MAP?

A map delineating the area that would be dry in the event of a dam failure.

A map delineating the area that would be inundated in the event of a dam failure.

A map delineating the area that would be affected by an earthquake.

A map delineating the area that would be affected by a tsunami.

Answer

Correct Answer: A map delineating the area that would be inundated in the event of a dam failure.

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What is the definition of INTAKE?

Any structure in a dam through which water can be drawn into an aqueduct.

The speed at which water flows in a river.

A measure of how much water a person drinks in a day

The mouth of a river

Answer

Correct Answer: Any structure in a dam through which water can be drawn into an aqueduct.

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The height of the dam is measured from ____ to the elevation of the top of the dam.

The upstream toe of the dam at its highest point

The upstream toe of the dam at its lowest point

The downstream toe of the dam at its lowest point

The downstream toe of the dam at its highest point

Answer

Correct Answer: The downstream toe of the dam at its lowest point

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What is the full form of GROIN?

GROIN Reconstruction Operations INtelligence

Geologic Report on Induced Nephrology

GROIN Removal Operations INtelligence

Grouting Reconnaissance Operations INtelligence

Answer

Correct Answer: Grouting Reconnaissance Operations INtelligence

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What is the GROIN?

The face of the dam.

The intersection of the face of the dam with the abutments.

The area along the contact of the face of a dam with the abutments.

The contact of the face of the dam with the abutments.

Answer

Correct Answer: The area along the contact of the face of a dam with the abutments.

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What does GRAVITY DAM rely on for stability?

Concrete

Masonry

Weight

The ground it is built on

Answer

Correct Answer: Weight

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What is the full form of GATE?

General Apparatus for Testing Equipment

General Aptitude Test for Engineers

Gauge for Automatic Testing of Equipment

General Apparatus for Testing Eligibility

Answer

Correct Answer: General Apparatus for Testing Equipment

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What is the meaning of "GABION"?

A small, round, sweet cake

A machine used for washing clothes

A unit of measurement for length

A prefabricated basket of rock within a wire cage that is free draining and capable of being stacked.

Answer

Correct Answer: A prefabricated basket of rock within a wire cage that is free draining and capable of being stacked.

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What is the term for the vertical distance between a stated water level and the top of a dam?

Spillway

Crest

Slope

Freeboard

Answer

Correct Answer: Freeboard

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What is the purpose of the foundation of a dam?

To prevent water from seeping through

To support the dam structure

To allow water to pass through

To help the dam retain water

Answer

Correct Answer: To support the dam structure

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What is an uncontrolled release of water from an operating dam called?

Burst

Flood

Failure

Spillover

Answer

Correct Answer: Failure

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What is the purpose of an energy dissipator?

To store energy

To use energy

To create energy

To reduce or destroy the energy of fast-flowing water.

Answer

Correct Answer: To reduce or destroy the energy of fast-flowing water.

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What is the EMERGENCY GATE?

A phone number to dial in case of an emergency

A gate at the emergency exit of a building

A reserve gate used only when the normal means of water control is not available or at capacity

The emergency stop button for a ride at an amusement park

Answer

Correct Answer: A reserve gate used only when the normal means of water control is not available or at capacity

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What is an Emergency Action Plan?

A plan that is put into action when an emergency occurs

A plan that is put into action when a crisis occurs

A plan that is put into action when a disaster occurs

A predetermined plan of action to be taken to reduce the potential for loss of life and property damage.

Answer

Correct Answer: A predetermined plan of action to be taken to reduce the potential for loss of life and property damage.

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What is an embankment dam?

A dam constructed of excavated natural materials, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides.

A dam constructed of concrete and stone

A dam constructed of metal

A dam constructed of wood

Answer

Correct Answer: A dam constructed of excavated natural materials, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides.

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What is drawdown?

The raising of a water surface level due to the release of water from a reservoir.

The storing of water in a reservoir.

The lowering of a water surface level due to the release of water from a reservoir.

The mixing of fresh water and salt water.

Answer

Correct Answer: The lowering of a water surface level due to the release of water from a reservoir.

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What is the definition of "DRAINAGE AREA"?

The process of removing water from an area.

The area that drains naturally to a particular point on a river or stream.

An artificial waterway built to transport water.

The area around a river that is prone to flooding.

Answer

Correct Answer: The area that drains naturally to a particular point on a river or stream.

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What is the primary purpose of constructing a DAM?

To generate hydroelectric power

To provide water for irrigation

To impound or divert water

To reduce water pollution

Answer

Correct Answer: To impound or divert water

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What is the CUTOFF WALL used for?

To prevent seepage under the dam

To increase seepage under the dam

To redirect seepage under the dam

To reduce seepage under the dam

Answer

Correct Answer: To reduce seepage under the dam

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What is a CUTOFF?

The minimum score necessary to be admitted to a college

A term used in woodworking

An impervious barrier used to reduce or prevent seepage from passing through the foundation under the dam.

A device used to cut off power supply

Answer

Correct Answer: An impervious barrier used to reduce or prevent seepage from passing through the foundation under the dam.

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What is the crown of an overflow section of the dam called?

Arch of Dam

Crest of Dam

Spillway of Dam

Overflow of Dam

Answer

Correct Answer: Crest of Dam

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What is the CREST LENGTH?

The total length of the dam wall.

The height of the dam from the base to the top.

The width of the dam from one side to the other.

The measured length of the top of the dam from abutment to abutment.

Answer

Correct Answer: The measured length of the top of the dam from abutment to abutment.

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What is the purpose of a corewall?

To provide a watertight seal in an embankment dam

To support the embankment dam

To prevent leakage in an embankment dam

To increase the strength of the embankment dam

Answer

Correct Answer: To prevent leakage in an embankment dam

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What is COREWALL made of?

Metals

Concrete or asphaltic concrete

Glass

Soil

Answer

Correct Answer: Concrete or asphaltic concrete

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What is the function of the core in an embankment dam?

A zone of material of low permeability

A zone of material of high permeability

The innermost layer of the dam

The outermost layer of the dam

Answer

Correct Answer: A zone of material of low permeability

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What does the term 'conduit' refer to?

A measure of electrical resistance

A closed channel to convey the discharge of water through or under a dam

A weir with a submerged sluice

The lower part of a waterwheel

Answer

Correct Answer: A closed channel to convey the discharge of water through or under a dam

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What does the word "breach" mean in the context of the passage?

A dam

Rapid erosion

An opening or a breakthrough of a dam

A section of earth embankment

Answer

Correct Answer: An opening or a breakthrough of a dam

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What is the full form of BOIL?

Bureau of Infrastructure, Labour and Local Government

Bureau of Infrastructure, Land and Local Government

Builders of Infrastructure and Landscaping in Louisiana

Backflow of Infrastructure and Levee Liquefaction

Answer

Correct Answer: Bureau of Infrastructure, Land and Local Government

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What is the "Axis of Dam"?

The point at which a dam is widest

The part of a dam between the spillway and the powerhouse

A structure built across a river to stop the flow of water

The plane or curved surface, arbitrarily chosen by a designer

Answer

Correct Answer: The plane or curved surface, arbitrarily chosen by a designer

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What does APPURTENANT STRUCTURES refer to?

The process of damming

A type of dam

The location of a dam

Ancillary features of a dam, such as the outlet, spillway, outlet conduit, tunnels, etc.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ancillary features of a dam, such as the outlet, spillway, outlet conduit, tunnels, etc.

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What is the wall between a spillway or gate structure and the embankment called?

Abutment

Gate

Embankment

Spillway

Answer

Correct Answer: Abutment

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What is the meaning of "abutment"?

The part of the dam that is constructed first

The highest part of the dam

The part of the dam where the water is released

That part of the valley side against which the dam is constructed.

Answer

Correct Answer: That part of the valley side against which the dam is constructed.

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