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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Classifies inorganic soils for suitability as sub-grade materials in terms of good drainage and bearing capacity:
AASHTO Soil Classification System
USCS United Soil Classification System
All of the above
None of the above
Tests performed on soils passing the no. 40 sieve are called:
Atterberg Limits
Liquid limits
Plastic limits
Soil limits
The term defined as the liquid limit minus the plastic limit: LL-PL=PI, that is the range of water content over which sediment behaves is called:
Plastic limit
Plastic index
Liquid limit
All of the above
Any soil, crushed stone, and sand used to raise an existing grade, or as a man-made-deposit, generally used under spread footings, pavers, or concrete slabs on grade is called:
Fill materials
Granular fill
Borrow fill
All of the above
ASTM C33 refers to:
Cement
Aggregates
Water
Concrete
These are hard durable fragments of stone and filler if sand or other finely divided mineral matter, free from vegetable matter and lumps of clay, complying with the AASHTO METHODS T-11 an T026 grading requirements:
Base course materials
Borrow fill materials
All of the above
None of the above
GW under the United Soil classification System (USCS) is classified as;
Gravel well-graded
Gravel well-sifted
Gravel well sifted
Gravel weir
The tagalog equivalent of earth fill is:
Estaka
Banda y banda
Escombro
Larga masa
The specie of the timber usually used for piles is:
Kamagong
Lauan
Apitong
Narra
These are stone-filled wire baskets used to stabilize soil prevent erosion:
Geo synthetics
Geonets
Gabions
Geomembranes
The continuous polymeric sheets that are impermeable used as lining of pools, lagoons, or canals are called:
Geocomposites
Geonets
Geotextiles
Geomembranes
The continuous polymeric sheets that are impermeable used as lining of pools, lagoons, or canals are called:
Riprap
Gabion System
Retaining Wall
Rock Wall
To determine the bearing capacity of the foundation-bed, the following are applied:
Test Pits
Test Borings
Load Tests
All of the above
The soil material not recommend for foundation-bed because of the danger of flowing or moving is:
Sand
Decayed rock
Loose rock
Quicksand
What is the vertical location of a ground surface often used as a reference point with respect to vertical height?
Batter Board
Grade
Elevation
Bench Mark
This is the process of increasing soil density by reducing the volume of air within the soil mass:
Soil Compaction
Soil Screeding
Soil Tempering
Soil Contracting
These are metal or concrete rigid posts that can be arranged in a line to close off a road or path to vehicles above a certain width and to separate traffic from the pedestrians:
Fence
Railings
Bollards
None of the above
A bank of earth placed against one or more exterior wall of a building which serves as a protection against extremes in temperature is called:
Drum Wall
Trombe Wall
Berm
Sun Control
A generic name applied to a semi-solid mixture of complex hydrocarbons derived from coal or petroleum:
Tar
Pitch
Asphalt
None of the above
What is not a rating system for green architecture?
LEED
BCA Green Mark
BREEAM
NABERS
