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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following gives the correct decreasing order of the densities of a soil sample? |
| A. | Saturated, submerged, wet, dry |
| B. | Saturated, wet, submerged, dry |
| C. | Saturated, wet, dry, submerged |
| D. | Wet, saturated, submerged, dry |
| Answer» D. Wet, saturated, submerged, dry | |
| 2. |
Cohesionless soils are |
| A. | sands |
| B. | clays |
| C. | silts |
| D. | silts and clays |
| Answer» B. clays | |
| 3. |
The dry sand specimen is put through a triaxial test. The cell pressure is 50 kPa and the deviator stress at failure is 100 kPa. The angle of internal friction for the sand specimen is |
| A. | 15? |
| B. | 30? |
| C. | 35? |
| D. | 40? |
| Answer» C. 35? | |
| 4. |
The net ultimate bearing capacity is the maximum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of soil. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |