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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Classifies inorganic soils for suitability as sub-grade materials in terms of good drainage and bearing capacity:

a)

AASHTO Soil Classification System

b)

USCS United Soil Classification System

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

2.

Tests performed on soils passing the no. 40 sieve are called:

a)

Atterberg Limits

b)

Liquid limits

c)

Plastic limits

d)

Soil limits

3.

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:

a)

Plastic limit

b)

Plastic index

c)

Liquid limit

d)

All of the above

4.

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:

a)

Fill materials

b)

Granular fill

c)

Borrow fill

d)

All of the above

5.

ASTM C33 refers to:

a)

Cement

b)

Aggregates

c)

Water

d)

Concrete

6.

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:

a)

Base course materials

b)

Borrow fill materials

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

7.

GW under the United Soil classification System (USCS) is classified as;

a)

Gravel well-graded

b)

Gravel well-sifted

c)

Gravel well sifted

d)

Gravel weir

8.

The tagalog equivalent of earth fill is:

a)

Estaka

b)

Banda y banda

c)

Escombro

d)

Larga masa

9.

The specie of the timber usually used for piles is:

a)

Kamagong

b)

Lauan

c)

Apitong

d)

Narra

10.

These are stone-filled wire baskets used to stabilize soil prevent erosion:

a)

Geo synthetics

b)

Geonets

c)

Gabions

d)

Geomembranes

11.

The continuous polymeric sheets that are impermeable used as lining of pools, lagoons, or canals are called:

a)

Geocomposites

b)

Geonets

c)

Geotextiles

d)

Geomembranes

12.

The continuous polymeric sheets that are impermeable used as lining of pools, lagoons, or canals are called:

a)

Riprap

b)

Gabion System

c)

Retaining Wall

d)

Rock Wall

13.

To determine the bearing capacity of the foundation-bed, the following are applied:

a)

Test Pits

b)

Test Borings

c)

Load Tests

d)

All of the above

14.

The soil material not recommend for foundation-bed because of the danger of flowing or moving is:

 

a)

Sand

b)

Decayed rock

c)

Loose rock

d)

Quicksand

15.

What is the vertical location of a ground surface often used as a reference point with respect to vertical height?

a)

Batter Board

b)

Grade

c)

Elevation

d)

Bench Mark

16.

This is the process of increasing soil density by reducing the volume of air within the soil mass:

a)

Soil Compaction

b)

Soil Screeding

c)

Soil Tempering

d)

Soil Contracting

17.

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:

a)

Fence

b)

Railings

c)

Bollards

d)

None of the above

18.

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:

a)

Drum Wall

b)

Trombe Wall

c)

Berm

d)

Sun Control

19.

A generic name applied to a semi-solid mixture of complex hydrocarbons derived from coal or petroleum:

a)

Tar

b)

Pitch

c)

Asphalt

d)

None of the above

20.

What is not a rating system for green architecture?

a)

LEED

b)

BCA Green Mark

c)

BREEAM

d)

NABERS