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1. What does compaction refer to?

The process of decompacting something

The process of compacting and decompacting something

The act of compacting something

The densification of a soil by means of mechanical manipulation

Answer

Correct Answer: The densification of a soil by means of mechanical manipulation

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2. What is cohesion?

Cohesion is the force that attracts particles of a substance to each other.

Cohesion is the force that holds particles of a substance together.

Cohesion is the force that repels particles of a substance from each other.

Cohesion is the force that pulls particles of a substance apart.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cohesion is the force that holds particles of a substance together.

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3. What is the SI unit of Cohesion?

Pascal

Tesla

Newton

Coulomb

Answer

Correct Answer: Coulomb

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4. What is the literal meaning of "cohesion"?

The bond between soil particles

The strength of a soil

The ability of a soil to resist movement

The amount of water in a soil

Answer

Correct Answer: The bond between soil particles

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5. What is the name of the clay structure that has a strong attraction to water and may swell 20x its original volume when saturated?

Kaolinite

Montmorillonite

Illite

Smectite

Answer

Correct Answer: Montmorillonite

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6. What is the name of the circle constructed in the triaxial test using the measured stresses?

Snell's circle

Strauss' circle

Mohl's circle

Mohr's circle

Answer

Correct Answer: Mohr's circle

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7. What is the modulus of subgrade reaction?

The slope of the line in the loading range encountered by the soil in a plate bearing value test.

The bearing pressure of a foundation.

The ratio between the bearing pressure of a foundation and the corresponding settlement at a given point.

The corresponding settlement at a given point.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ratio between the bearing pressure of a foundation and the corresponding settlement at a given point.

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8. How many layers are compacted in the Modified Proctor test?

Three

Five

Ten

Six

Answer

Correct Answer: Five

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9. What is the Modified Proctor test used to determine?

Optimum moisture content of soils

Relative compaction in the field

Maximum dry density of soils

Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of soils

Answer

Correct Answer: Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of soils

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10. Which of the following is not an example of metamorphic rock?

Granite

Shale

Quartzite

Schist

Answer

Correct Answer: Granite

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11. What is metamorphic rock?

Igneous or sedimentary rock that has changed by heat and/or pressure.

A type of rock made from clay

A type of rock made from lava

A type of rock made from sand

Answer

Correct Answer: Igneous or sedimentary rock that has changed by heat and/or pressure.

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12. What is the mean value of the three orthogonal stresses?

Mean normal stress

Shear stress

Normal stress

Tensile stress

Answer

Correct Answer: Mean normal stress

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13. What is the maximum dry density of a soil?

The maximum dry density of a soil is the density of soil at 80% compaction.

The maximum dry density of a soil is the density of soil at 90% compaction.

The maximum dry density of a soil is the density of soil at 70% compaction.

The maximum dry density of a soil is the density of soil at 100% compaction.

Answer

Correct Answer: The maximum dry density of a soil is the density of soil at 100% compaction.

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14. What is a Mat foundation?

A structural slab used as a footing which usually encompasses the entire building footprint

A type of cheese

A measurement of length

A mathematical concept

Answer

Correct Answer: A structural slab used as a footing which usually encompasses the entire building footprint

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15. A mat foundation is used to spread building loads over _______.

An irregularly-shaped area

A medium-sized area

A small area

A large area

Answer

Correct Answer: A large area

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16. What are long-term conditions?

Conditions in the ground where full consolidation has taken place and the soils are fully-drained.

Conditions that persist for 12 weeks or more

Severe conditions that require hospitalization

Short-term memory loss

Answer

Correct Answer: Conditions in the ground where full consolidation has taken place and the soils are fully-drained.

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17. The failure surface is curved behind a retaining structure in what theory?

Coulomb earth pressure theory

Rankine earth pressure theory

Bishop earth pressure theory

Log-spiral earth pressure theory

Answer

Correct Answer: Log-spiral earth pressure theory

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18. Which among the following is not a property of the Log-spiral earth pressure theory?

Earth pressure is assumed to be active

Failure surface is a straight line

Retaining structure needs to be able to resist the horizontal forces

Failure surface is curved behind a retaining structure

Answer

Correct Answer: Failure surface is curved behind a retaining structure

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19. What is the liquidity index?

A method used in accounting to try to estimate the value of a company's intangible assets.

A measure of the relationship between the current water content of a soil and its consistency limits.

Answer

Correct Answer: A measure of the relationship between the current water content of a soil and its consistency limits.

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20. What is the water content above which the soil will flow like a liquid?

Liquid limit

Plastic consistency

Soil water content

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Liquid limit

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21. What is the main cause of Liquefaction?

Sudden, large increase of shear strength of cohesionless soil

Sudden, large increase of shear strength of cohesive soil

Sudden, large decrease of shear strength of cohesive soil

Sudden, large decrease of shear strength of cohesionless soil

Answer

Correct Answer: Sudden, large decrease of shear strength of cohesionless soil

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22. Leaching is the removal of what from soils?

Water

Air

Soil particles

Salts and soluble substances

Answer

Correct Answer: Salts and soluble substances

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23. What is leachate?

The process of removing salts and soluble substances as water flows through a soil medium.

The leached liquid from the soil, rich in minerals

The removal of water from a soil medium.

A soil medium from which water has been removed

Answer

Correct Answer: The leached liquid from the soil, rich in minerals

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24. What is the main color of Kaolinite?

Yellow

Green

White

Brown

Answer

Correct Answer: White

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25. What does the term "isotropic" refer to in the context of soil mechanics?

Soil mass having different properties in all directions.

Soil mass having the same porosity in all directions.

Refer to permeability and stress-strain characteristics.

Soil mass having the same color in all directions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Refer to permeability and stress-strain characteristics.

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26. What does the term "isotropic" refer to?

Soil properties

Tectonic processes

Types of rocks

Metamorphic rocks

Answer

Correct Answer: Soil properties

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27. What is the meaning of "Isolated footing?"

A footing designed to support a non-structural load.

A footing not designed to support any load.

A footing designed to support a structural load from a single column.

A footing designed to support a structural load from multiple columns.

Answer

Correct Answer: A footing designed to support a structural load from a single column.

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28. What is the full form of Geotechnical?

Geotechnical instruments used to monitor conditions such as formations, pressures, loads, etc.. within the ground.

Geotechnical instruments used to monitor conditions such as deformations, pressures, loads, etc.. within the ground.

Geological instruments used to monitor conditions such as deformations, pressures, loads, etc.. within the ground.

Answer

Correct Answer: Geotechnical instruments used to monitor conditions such as deformations, pressures, loads, etc.. within the ground.

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29. What is the purpose of instrumentation in geotechnical engineering?

To remove soil samples from the ground

To drill holes in the ground

To compact the ground

To monitor conditions such as deformations, pressures, loads, etc. within the ground.

Answer

Correct Answer: To monitor conditions such as deformations, pressures, loads, etc. within the ground.

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30. What are index properties?

Attributes of a soil such as moisture content, void ratio, specific gravity, Atterberg limits and grain size distribution

The weight of a soil per unit volume

The ability of a material to support load

The degree to which a material can be compacted

Answer

Correct Answer: Attributes of a soil such as moisture content, void ratio, specific gravity, Atterberg limits and grain size distribution

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31. What is immediate settlement?

The settlement of a foundation occurring immediately upon loading.

A type of construction equipment

The process of building a foundation

A method of foundation construction

Answer

Correct Answer: The settlement of a foundation occurring immediately upon loading.

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32. What is the name of the clay structure where potassium ions hold together a silica and aluminum molecule?

Kaolinite

Montmorillonite

Illite

Smectite

Answer

Correct Answer: Illite

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33. What holds together the silica and aluminum molecule in Illite?

Oxygen

Hydrogen

Potassium ions

Carbon

Answer

Correct Answer: Potassium ions

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34. What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks?

Intrusive rocks are molten when they solidify, while extrusive rocks are solid when they solidify.

Intrusive rocks are made of granite, while extrusive rocks are made of basalt.

Intrusive rocks are solid when they solidify, while extrusive rocks are molten when they solidify.

Intrusive rocks are found on the surface, while extrusive rocks are found below the surface.

Answer

Correct Answer: Intrusive rocks are molten when they solidify, while extrusive rocks are solid when they solidify.

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35. What are Igneous rocks?

Rocks that will never be molten

Rocks that were never molten

Rocks that were once molten

Rocks that are currently molten

Answer

Correct Answer: Rocks that were once molten

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36. Hydrostatic pore pressure is caused by:

Pore water pressures that are independent of depth below the ground surface.

Pore water pressures that increase geometrically with depth below the ground surface.

Pore water pressures that increase linearly with depth below the ground surface.

Pore water pressures that increase exponentially with depth below the ground surface.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pore water pressures that increase linearly with depth below the ground surface.

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37. What laboratory test is used to determine the amount and distribution of finer particles of a soil sample?

Atterberg Test

Automatic Soil Compactor Test

Grain Size Analysis

Hydrometer Test

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydrometer Test

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38. What is a hydrometer test?

Test to determine the amount of salts in a water sample

Test to determine the amount of minerals in a water sample

Test to determine the amount of water in a soil sample

Laboratory test used to determine the amount and distribution of finer particles of a soil sample.

Answer

Correct Answer: Laboratory test used to determine the amount and distribution of finer particles of a soil sample.

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39. What does the hydraulic gradient tell us?

The difference in total head divided by the length of the flow path

The difference in total head

The total head at a given point

The length of the flow path

Answer

Correct Answer: The difference in total head divided by the length of the flow path

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40. The difference in total head divided by the length of the flow path is called the ______.

Total head

Hydraulic gradient

Hydraulic fluid

Hydraulic pressure

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydraulic gradient

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41. Hydrolic conductivity is best defined as _______.

The study of water on Mars

The constant average discharge velocity of water passing through soil when the hydraulic gradient is equal to 1.0.

The study of the assessment and development of water resources

The study of the movement of water through the environment.

Answer

Correct Answer: The constant average discharge velocity of water passing through soil when the hydraulic gradient is equal to 1.0.

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42. What does hydraulic conductivity measure?

The ability of water to pass through soil

The constant average discharge velocity of water passing through soil.

The porosity of the soil

The amount of water that can be stored in the soil.

Answer

Correct Answer: The constant average discharge velocity of water passing through soil.

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43. What is the purpose of the Hveem's Resistance Value Test?

To determine the amount of water in the soil

To determine the soil type

To classify the soil

To evaluate the resistance of a re-molded soil sample to be used in a pavement section.

Answer

Correct Answer: To evaluate the resistance of a re-molded soil sample to be used in a pavement section.

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44. What does the Hveem's Resistance Value Test measure?

The amount of force required to move a soil sample.

The resistance of a re-molded soil sample to be used in a pavement section.

The amount of force required to break apart a dry soil sample.

The amount of water required to saturate a soil sample.

Answer

Correct Answer: The resistance of a re-molded soil sample to be used in a pavement section.

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45. What is horizontal stress?

Total or effective stress acting in a horizontal direction.

Stress that is neither horizontal nor vertical.

The product of the elasticity modulus and the horizontal deformation.

Total or effective stress acting in a vertical direction.

Answer

Correct Answer: Total or effective stress acting in a horizontal direction.

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46. What is strain measured in a horizontal direction called?

Shear strain

Torsional strain

Horizontal strain

Longitudinal strain

Answer

Correct Answer: Horizontal strain

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47. What is horizontal strain?

The amount of deformation that results from the application of stress.

An increase in length and a decrease in width.

Strain measured in a horizontal direction.

Strain measured in a vertical direction.

Answer

Correct Answer: Strain measured in a horizontal direction.

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48. What does homogenous mean?

Not capable of being divided into separate parts

Made up of distinct elements

Having the same engineering and index properties

Of one characteristic

Answer

Correct Answer: Having the same engineering and index properties

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49. What is an earth dam?

A dam whose embankment is formed of two or more soil types without a systematic zoning of fill materials.

A dam whose embankment is formed of one soil type with a systematic zoning of fill materials.

A dam whose embankment is formed of one soil type without a systematic zoning of fill materials.

A dam whose embankment is formed of two soil types with a systematic zoning of fill materials.

Answer

Correct Answer: A dam whose embankment is formed of one soil type without a systematic zoning of fill materials.

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50. What is the main force that keeps a gravity wall in place?

Adhesion

Friction

Self weight

Tension

Answer

Correct Answer: Self weight

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51. What is the name for a retaining wall which uses its own weight to provide stability against overturning and sliding?

Counterbalance wall

Lever wall

Gravity wall

Pivot wall

Answer

Correct Answer: Gravity wall

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52. What is a grain size distribution curve?

A graph of the amount of water held by a soil against the logarithm of particle size

A graph of the amount of air held by a soil against the logarithm of particle size

A curve drawn on a log scale to represent the distribution of organic matter in a soil.

A curve drawn on a log scale to represent the distribution of particle sizes in a soil.

Answer

Correct Answer: A curve drawn on a log scale to represent the distribution of particle sizes in a soil.

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53. What is the primary function of geotextiles?

Soil mixing

Soil stabilization

Soil erosion

Soil retention

Answer

Correct Answer: Soil stabilization

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54. What is Frost jacking?

A pile forced downward due to freezing ground moving upward

A pile forced downward due to freezing ground moving downward

A pile forced upward due to freezing ground moving upward or repeated freeze-thaw events.

A pile forced upward due to freezing ground moving downward

Answer

Correct Answer: A pile forced upward due to freezing ground moving upward or repeated freeze-thaw events.

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55. What load bearing ability does a friction pile have?

Concrete pile

Composite pile

Bearing pile

Skin friction between the soil and the pile

Answer

Correct Answer: Skin friction between the soil and the pile

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56. What is the founding depth?

The depth below the ground surface where the base of a foundation is located.

The depth below the ground surface where the middle of a foundation is located.

The depth below the ground surface where the top of a foundation is located

The depth below the water surface where the base of a foundation is located

Answer

Correct Answer: The depth below the ground surface where the base of a foundation is located.

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57. What is the depth below the ground surface where the base of a foundation is located called?

Ground surface

Base of foundation

Founding depth

Foundation depth

Answer

Correct Answer: Founding depth

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58. What is the purpose of a foundation in an engineered structure?

To beautify the structure

Transmit the structure's forces into the soil or rock that supports it.

To protect the structure

To support the structure

Answer

Correct Answer: Transmit the structure's forces into the soil or rock that supports it.

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59. What is the purpose of a foundation?

To hold the structure up

To transmit the structure's forces into the soil or rock that supports it.

To protect the structure

To support the structure

Answer

Correct Answer: To transmit the structure's forces into the soil or rock that supports it.

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60. Footing is an enlargement at the base of a foundation that is designed to transmit forces to:

The soil

The roof

The water

The air

Answer

Correct Answer: The soil

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61. What is the primary purpose of a footing?

To stabilize a structure

To support a structure

To protect a structure

To transmit forces to the soil

Answer

Correct Answer: To transmit forces to the soil

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62. What is the velocity of water flow through a soil called?

Water velocity

Flow velocity

Aquifer velocity

Soil velocity

Answer

Correct Answer: Flow velocity

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63. What causes flow slide shear failure?

Dams

Railways

Highways

Loose, saturated, uniform sands

Answer

Correct Answer: Loose, saturated, uniform sands

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64. What is the definition of Flow rate?

The ratio of total volume of water flowing to a particular unit of time.

The speed of the water molecules in a liquid

The amount of water that flows out of a tap in one minute

The force with which water molecules push against the walls of a container

Answer

Correct Answer: The ratio of total volume of water flowing to a particular unit of time.

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65. What is the ratio of total volume of water flowing to a particular unit of time called?

Flow rate

Volume

Rate

Speed

Answer

Correct Answer: Flow rate

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66. What is the total volume of water flowing in a seepage analysis called?

Seepage volume

Flow quantity

None of the above

Seepage analysis

Answer

Correct Answer: Flow quantity

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67. What does flow quantity refer to in seepage analysis?

The total volume of water flowing

The speed of the water flowing

The direction of the water flowing

The type of soil the water is flowing through

Answer

Correct Answer: The total volume of water flowing

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68. What is the flow line?

The path water will follow traveling from high head to low head in a seepage flow analysis.

The path water will follow traveling from low head to high head in a seepage flow analysis.

The amount of water that will flow through a seepage in a given amount of time.

The path water will follow traveling from high head to low head in a storage flow analysis.

Answer

Correct Answer: The path water will follow traveling from high head to low head in a seepage flow analysis.

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69. What is the width and depth of a fissured clay?

Width and depth tends to decrease upon drying.

Width and depth tends to increase upon drying.

Width and depth are not affected by drying.

There is no such thing as a fissured clay.

Answer

Correct Answer: Width and depth tends to increase upon drying.

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70. What is the fines content in the soil?

Soil grains larger than No. 200 sieve (0.075 mm)

Soil grains larger than No. 100 sieve (0.150 mm)

Soil grains smaller than No. 100 sieve (0.150 mm)

Soil grains smaller than No. 200 sieve (0.075 mm)

Answer

Correct Answer: Soil grains smaller than No. 200 sieve (0.075 mm)

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71. What are fine-grained soils?

Larger than No. 200 sieve or 0.075 mm

Larger than No. 100 sieve or 0.150 mm

Smaller than No. 100 sieve or 0.150 mm

Soils containing particles smaller than No. 200 sieve or 0.075 mm

Answer

Correct Answer: Soils containing particles smaller than No. 200 sieve or 0.075 mm

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72. What is the size of the particles in fine-grained soils?

Soils containing particles smaller than No. 300 sieve or 0.050 mm in size.

Soils containing particles smaller than No. 200 sieve or 0.075 mm in size.

Soils containing particles larger than No. 200 sieve or 0.075 mm in size.

Soils containing particles smaller than No. 100 sieve or 0.150 mm in size.

Answer

Correct Answer: Soils containing particles smaller than No. 200 sieve or 0.075 mm in size.

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73. Field density tests are used to verify the _______ of compacted fill.

Weight

Density

Size

Shape

Answer

Correct Answer: Density

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74. What is the field density test?

A test to determine the composition of a sample of soil

Field testing that determines density of compacted fill to verify that it meets specifications.

A test to determine the strength of a baseball player's arm

A test used in farming to measure the amount of water in the soil

Answer

Correct Answer: Field testing that determines density of compacted fill to verify that it meets specifications.

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75. What is a fault?

A cirque

Igneous intrusion

A shear fracture in a rock mass along which movement has taken place.

A dike

Answer

Correct Answer: A shear fracture in a rock mass along which movement has taken place.

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76. What is the name for the graph of the shear stress and normal effective stresses at which shear failure occurs for a given soil?

Shear Stress Graph

Failure point

Soil Bearing Capacity Graph

Failure envelope

Answer

Correct Answer: Failure envelope

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77. Factor of safety is the ratio of _____?

A limiting value of a quantity to the design value of that quantity.

Design value of a quantity to the limiting value of that quantity.

The sum of design values of a quantity.

Two design values of a quantity.

Answer

Correct Answer: A limiting value of a quantity to the design value of that quantity.

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78. What is the correct term for clays that are sensitive to water and expand when wet?

Reactive Clays

Dry Clays

Swelling Clays

Wet Clays

Answer

Correct Answer: Reactive Clays

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79. What is the exit gradient?

A measure of the flow of water in a given direction

The hydraulic gradient near an exposed surface through which seepage is moving.

The rate of temperature change with height in the atmosphere

The way water flows around a bend

Answer

Correct Answer: The hydraulic gradient near an exposed surface through which seepage is moving.

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80. Equivalent fluid pressure is produced by _______.

Water

Soil

A combination of soil and water

A heavy fluid of a selected unit weight

Answer

Correct Answer: A heavy fluid of a selected unit weight

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81. For a flow net, what do equipotential lines connect?

Points of equal flow

Lines of equal total head

Lines of equal flow

Points of equal total head

Answer

Correct Answer: Points of equal total head

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82. What is Eolian Soil?

Soil that is found in the Eolian Islands.

Soil deposits that have been transported by wind.

Soil that is rich in iron.

Soil that is very sandy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Soil deposits that have been transported by wind.

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83. What is the primary purpose of engineered fill soils?

Support structural loads

Decorate landscapes

Be used as ballast

To be placed in accordance to engineered specifications

Answer

Correct Answer: To be placed in accordance to engineered specifications

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84. What are engineering properties?

Index properties.

The study of engineering

Engineering parameters of a soil such as permeability, shear strength and consolidation.

Soil particles

Answer

Correct Answer: Engineering parameters of a soil such as permeability, shear strength and consolidation.

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85. What is embankment usually referred to?

An area of high ground

A section of a river bank

A 'built-up' section of soil (engineered fill) as for roads or dams.

A 'buried' section of a road or railway

Answer

Correct Answer: A 'built-up' section of soil (engineered fill) as for roads or dams.

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86. What is the term for deformation caused in a soil due to a change in loading?

Abrasion

Elastic deformation

Soil erosion

Soil creep

Answer

Correct Answer: Elastic deformation

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87. What is the efficiency of a pile?

The average load carried by the pile cap

The average load on the soil bearing area

The average load on the driven piles in a group

The ratio of the average ultimate load in the group to the individual ultimate load on the given pile.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ratio of the average ultimate load in the group to the individual ultimate load on the given pile.

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88. What is the difference between effective stress and total stress?

Total stress = Effective stress - Pore water pressure

Effective stress = Total stress - Pore water pressure

Effective stress = Pore water pressure - Total stress

There is no difference

Answer

Correct Answer: Effective stress = Total stress - Pore water pressure

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89. What is the definition of effective stress?

The difference between the total stress and the pore water pressure.

The portion of the total stress that is supported through grain-to-grain contact of the soil.

The product of the total stress and the pore water pressure.

Answer

Correct Answer: The portion of the total stress that is supported through grain-to-grain contact of the soil.

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90. Earth pressure coefficients are used in determining _____________.

Earth pressure

Angle of the wall face

Friction between the soil and wall face

Angle of the sloping backfill

Answer

Correct Answer: Earth pressure

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91. The force per unit area exerted by soil on a retaining wall is known as?

Ground Pressure

Soil Pressure

Earth Pressure

Hydrostatic Pressure

Answer

Correct Answer: Earth Pressure

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92. What is the dry unit weight?

The weight of solids (soil grains) to the total unit volume of water.

The weight of solids (soil grains) to the total unit volume of soil.

The weight of air to the total unit volume of soil.

The weight of water to the total unit volume of soil.

Answer

Correct Answer: The weight of solids (soil grains) to the total unit volume of soil.

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93. What is the dry density?

The ratio of the volume of solids to the total unit mass of the soil.

The ratio of the mass of water to the total unit volume of the soil.

The ratio of the volume of air to the total unit volume of the soil.

The ratio of the mass of the solids (soil grains) to the total unit volume of soil.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ratio of the mass of the solids (soil grains) to the total unit volume of soil.

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94. What unit is dry density typically measured in?

Lbm/ft³, kg/m³

Cm³

G/cm³

M²/s

Answer

Correct Answer: Lbm/ft³, kg/m³

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95. What is dredging?

Removing soils from a sea, river or lake bed in order to deepen the waterway for water travel.

Adding soil to a waterway

Cleaning up a waterway

Making a waterway narrower

Answer

Correct Answer: Removing soils from a sea, river or lake bed in order to deepen the waterway for water travel.

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96. Drawdown is the magnitude of the lowering of a water table, usually near a:

Riverbank

Well being pumped

Coastline

Mountain

Answer

Correct Answer: Well being pumped

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97. What is a drawdown?

The depth to which a well can be pumped

The measure of how much water a well can produce in a given day

The process of pumping water from a well

The magnitude of the lowering of a water table, usually near a well being pumped.

Answer

Correct Answer: The magnitude of the lowering of a water table, usually near a well being pumped.

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98. What is drained loading?

A type of soil

Loading which is slow enough for the water to drain from the soil as the total stresses increase.

A method of loading used in construction

A type of construction equipment

Answer

Correct Answer: Loading which is slow enough for the water to drain from the soil as the total stresses increase.

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99. What is the direct strain?

The ratio of the change in area to the original area of a soil mass.

The ratio of the change in volume to the original volume of a soil mass.

The ratio of the change in length to the original length of a soil mass.

The ratio of the change in weight to the original weight of a soil mass.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ratio of the change in length to the original length of a soil mass.

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100. A change in the length of a soil mass is called ___________.

Direct strain

Indirect strain

Shear strain

Torsional strain

Answer

Correct Answer: Direct strain

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101. What is the direct shear test used to determine?

The relationship of shear strength to consolidation stress

The amount of water in a soil sample

The strength of an adhesive bond

The load-bearing capacity of a material

Answer

Correct Answer: The relationship of shear strength to consolidation stress

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102. What is differential settlement?

The process of installing a foundation.

A structural calculation used to determine the loads imposed on a foundation.

The act of settling or causing something to settle.

The vertical displacement of one point on a foundation with respect to another point on the same foundation.

Answer

Correct Answer: The vertical displacement of one point on a foundation with respect to another point on the same foundation.

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103. What is dewatering?

Removing soil from a job site

Applying water to a job site

Applying chemicals to a job site

Removal of water from a job site

Answer

Correct Answer: Removal of water from a job site

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104. What is the definition of "dewater"?

The process of adding water to a job site.

Removal of water from a job site, usually by pumping from excavations.

The process of removing water from a job site by evaporation.

The process of removing dirt and debris from a job site.

Answer

Correct Answer: Removal of water from a job site, usually by pumping from excavations.

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