QUIZ 3 7. Find the value of z. b. 10+600 d.

10+400
1. Based on the following levelling notes, find the a. -211.30 c. -206.63 15. The ground makes a uniform slope of 4.80% from Sta
elevation of Sta 5 b. -175.66 d. -190.43 12+180 to Sta 12+240. At Sta 12+180, the center
Station BS (m) FS (m) Elev (m) height of the roadway is 1.20m fill. At the other station,
1 8.26 458.45 8. A closed traverse has the following data: the center height is 2.50m cut. Find the grade of the
2 9.98 2.39 Course Distance (m) Bearing finished road.
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3 12.87 2.26 AB 895.00 S 70 29’ E a. -4.15% c. -1.37%
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4 8.65 11.36 BC 315.00 S 26 28’ E b. -2.48% d. -3.26%
0 16. A cylindrical tank with its axis vertical is 3.60m high and
5 5.32 CD 875.00 S 65 33’ W
a. 476.88 m c. 478.82 m DE 410.00
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N 45 31’ W 0.90m in diameter. It is held together by two steel
b. 479.26 m d. 477.28 m EA 650.00
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N 10 00’ E hoops, one at the top and the other at the bottom. Three
2. To determine the area of a triangular lot ABC, an Determine the correction for the latitude of the length liquids A, B and C having specific gravities 1.0, 2.0 and
engineer set up a transit at a point inside the triangular EA using transit rule. 3.0, respectively fill the tank, each having a depth of
lot and observes the distances and bearings of the
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a. N 9 44’34” E
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c. N 9 50’28” E 1.2m, the upper liquid being exposed to atmospheric
corners A, B and C.
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b. N 9 47’21” E
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d. N 9 53’1” E pressure. Find the tensile stresses in the hoops whose
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Corner Bearing Distance (m) 9. The observed interior angles of a triangle and their cross – sections are both 1,250 mm .
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corresponding number of observations are as follows: a. 12.41 kPa, 23.19 kPa
A N 42 16’ W 31.48
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No. of b. 10.17 kPa, 25.42 kPa
B N 78 24’ E 50.82 Station Angles
Measurements c. 8.05 kPa, 27.55 kPa
C Due South 44.27
0 d. 14.62 kPa, 20.98 kPa
Find the area of the triangular lot ABC. A 39 3
2 2 0
a. 1,966.67 m c. 2,258.63 m B 65 4
2 2 0 Situation 2:
b. 1,820.57 m d. 2,019.45 m C 75 2
A gate 1.60m wide and 2m high has water on one side
3. A closed traverse has the following data: Determine the corrected angle at station A. and is inclined 45 degrees with the horizontal. Water is
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Course Distance (m) Bearing a. 39 42’16” c. 38 54’21” 1.50m above the top of the gate.
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1–2 58.70 N 9.27 E b. 39 57’31” d. 39 18’28” 17. Compute the force acting on the gate.
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2–3 27.30 S 88.43 E 10. The areas bounded by the waterline of a reservoir and a. 84.98 kN c. 53.59 kN
3–4 - - the contours with contour interval of 2m are as follows: b. 69.29 kN d. 78.48 kN
2 2 2
4–5 35.00 S 5.30 E
0 A1 = 10,250m , A2 = 8,350m , A3 = 7,750m , A4 = 18. Compute the distance of the center of pressure from
2 2
5–1 78.96 S 72.07 W
0 6,900m and A5 = 5,250m . Calculate the volume of the
the centroid of the gate.
What is the length of course 3-4? reservoir by the End Area Method. a. 0.0943 m c. 0.1068 m
3 3
a. 39.32 m c. 38.65 m a. 61,500.00 m c. 60,666.67 m b. 0.1381 m d. 0.0871 m
3 3
b. 37.58 m d. 35.20 m b. 61,666.67 m d. 61,333.33 m 19. If the gate is hinged at the top, what force, applied
4. A closed traverse has the following data: 11. The deflection angles of two intermediate points A and perpendicular to it, is needed at the bottom to just open
0 0
Course Distance (m) Bearing B of a simple curve are 3 15’ and 8 15’, respectively, the gate?
0 from the PC. If the chord distance between A and B is a. 30.49 kN c. 38.34 kN
AB 24.22 S 15 36’ W
0 40m, find the length of the curve from PC to B. b. 42.94 kN d. 46.19 kN
BC 15.92 S 69 11’ E
0 a. 59.56 m c. 66.08 m
CD - N 57 58’ E
0 b. 53.29 m d. 74.05 m
DA - S 80 43’ E 20. A dam 4m wide at the top, 10m at the bottom and 20m
12. The length of the common tangent of a compound high has water 15m deep on its vertical side. What is
Find the distance DA. curve is 225m. The first curve has a degree of curve D1
a. 73.21 m c. 75.01 m 0 0 the factor of safety against sliding? Assume coefficient
= 3 and a central angle of I1 = 24 . The second curve of friction of 0.80 and neglect uplift.
b. 77.46 m d. 79.80 m 0
has a central angle of 44 . Find the degree of the
Situation 1: a. 2.39 c. 3.36
second curve. Use arc basis. b. 5.76 d. 2.02
A closed traverse has the following data: a. 2.91
0
c. 4.06
0
Line Lat Dep DMD 2A 0 0 21. A 5cm x 12cm x 6m long wooden plank is required to
b. 3.22 d. 3.79 stand vertically in the water with its top 15cm above the
AB - 33.79 - 1,455.23 13. In a reversed curve, the first curve has a degree of
BC X 80.70 Y 2,846.07 0 0 water surface. This is attained by attaching 1cm thick
curve D1 = 4 and a central angle of I1 = 36 . If the steel plates to each wider side of the plank at the
CD - - 139.06 - stationing of PC is 13+284, find the stationing of PRC. submerged bottom. Compute the exact length of steel
DA -8.41 - - Z a. 13+371.03 c. 13+435.60 3
plates needed. The weight of wood is 502 kg/m and
5. Find the value of x. b. 13+399.38 d. 13+464.00 3
water density is 1,002 kg/m . Weight of steel is 7,870
a. 22.85 c. 11.14 14. A grade of 6.50% meets a grade of -3.00% at Sta 3
kg/m .
b. 16.21 d. 19.19 10+800 whose elevation is at 1,560m. A parabolic a. 0.92 m c. 1.24 m
6. Find the value of y. curve AB, 400m long, connects the gradelines with A b. 1.04 m d. 0.60 m
a. 148.28 c. 175.52 on the back tangent. Find the stationing of A.
b. 255.44 d. 124.57 a. 10+300 c. 10+500
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Situation 3: a. 12.42 m /s c. 13.16 m /s
2 3 3
An orifice having an area of 0.0003 m is located on b. 10.14 m /s d. 11.61 m /s
the vertical side of a tank. The tank has a constant cross –
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sectional area of 0.40 m . It takes 312 seconds to lower
the head from 1.20m to 0.60m.
22. Which of the following most nearly gives the value of
the coefficient of discharge?
a. 0.6258 c. 0.5894 Name Date
b. 0.6191 d. 0.6017
23. Using C = 0.60, which of the following most nearly Class Quiz
gives the time to lower the head from 1.20m to 0.80m? Student ZipGrade ID
a. 188.05s c. 201.70s Key

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b. 232.50s d. 256.77s2 Version
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24. Using C = 0.60, which of the following most nearly
gives the head after 240 seconds from an initial head 1 11 31

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of 1.20m? 2 12 32
a. 0.73 m c. 0.84 m
b. 0.98 m d. 0.61 m C
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Situation 4: D 4 14 34
Reservoirs A and B have elevations 250m and 100m, 5 15 35
respectively and are connected by a pipe having a E
diameter of 250m and a length of 250m. A turbine is 6 16 36
installed at a point in between reservoirs A and B. The
discharge in the pipeline is 140L/s. Use C = 120. 7 17 37
25. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss 18
in the pipe due to friction?
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a. 9.17 m c. 6.15 m 9 19 39
b. 7.35 m d. 8.55 m
26. Which of the following most nearly gives the head 0 20 40
extracted by the turbine?
a. 149.55 m c. 136.10 m A B C D E A B C D E A B C D E
b. 141.45 m d. 160.75 m 1 21 41
27. Which of the following most nearly gives the power
generated by the turbine? Teachers: Hold paper on flat surface when grading. 2 22 42
a. 215.65 kW c. 235.18 kW
b. 194.27 kW d. 180.50 kW
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Situation 5:
A flood occurs in a main channel having a trapezoidal 5 25 45
section with a base width of 4.5m. If the channel is
designed to carry a mean velocity of 1.2m/s, compute the 6 26 46
discharge capacity of the canal using the following 7 27 47
conditions:
28. When one side of the canal is vertical and the other is 8 28 48
sloping at an angle of 45 degrees. Depth is ¾ of the
base width. 9 29 49
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a. 20.48 m /s
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c. 22.14 m /s
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b. 21.76 m /s d. 25.06 m /s
29. When the canal has a most economical section.
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d. 28.10 m /s
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The sides of the canal are inclined at an angle of 60
degrees from the horizontal.