FREE Bachelor of Civil Engineering Geotechnical Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following purposes frequently calls for the use of earth embankments or slopes?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Road ways

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Railways

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Earth dams

Question 2

Slope failure could be brought on by .

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Forces between the soil particle and High water content

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Action of gravitational force

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All of the above

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None of the above

Question 3

The various sorts of slopes are classified.

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2

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5

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4

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3

Question 4

Which of the following represents a slope that never ends?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

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Cuts

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Embankments

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Inclined face of Earth dams

Question 5

The types of positive projecting conduits are .

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4

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5

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3

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2

Question 6

A negative projecting conduit has a settlement ratio of .

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Always negative

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Negative in some cases

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Always positive

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None of the above

Question 7

The _________ determines the relative movements' magnitude and direction between the conduits' internal and external prisms.

Accepted Answer

Settlement ratio

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Compressive strain

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Projection ratio

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Settlement of conduits

Question 8

Location of critical plane in conduit:

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Tangential to the top of the conduit

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Centre of the conduit

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Tangential to the bottom of the conduit

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All of the above

Question 9

A structure's gross pressure intensity (q) is .

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Total pressure at base of the footing

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Minimum pressure intensity at the base

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Excess pressure after the construction of the structure

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None of the mentioned

Question 10

Another name for the safe bearing capacity is .

Accepted Answer

Ultimate bearing capacity

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Net soil pressure

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Safe bearing pressure

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Net safe bearing capacity