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  • Stopping sight distance is the minimum distance available on a highway which is the


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  • A. distance of sufficient length to stop the vehicle wihtout collision.
  • B. distance visible to a driver during night driving.
  • C. height of the object above the road surface.
  • D. distance equal to the height of the driver's eye above the road surface.

  • Correct Answer
  • distance of sufficient length to stop the vehicle wihtout collision. 

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    • 1. The particle size distribution curves are extremely useful for the classification of

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    • A. fine grained soils
    • B. coarse grained soils
    • C. both coarse grained and fine grained soils
    • D. silts and clays
      • Discuss
    • 2. In deriving the equation for the hydraulic jump in a rectangular channel in terms of the conjugate depths and the initial Froude number.

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    • A. continuity equation and energy equation are used
    • B. continuity equation and momentum equation are used
    • C. equations of continuity, mementum and energy are used
    • D. gradually varied flow equation is used
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    • 3. A body moving through still water at 6 m/sec produces a water velocity of 4 m/sec at a point 1 m ahead. The difference in pressure between the nose and the point 1 m ahead would be

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    • A. 2, 000 N/m2
    • B. 10, 000 N/m2
    • C. 19, 620 N/m2
    • D. 98, 100 N/m2
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    • 4. A-2-hour unit hydrograph can be approximated as trapezoidal as shown in the below figure. The unit hydrograph refers to catchment of area

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    • A. 138.24 km2
    • B. 0.0384 km2
    • C. 384 m2
    • D. 3840 m2
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    • 5. The repeating variables in dimensional analysis should :

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    • A. include the dependent variable
    • B. have amongst themselves all the basic dimensions
    • C. be derivable from one another
    • D. exclude one of the basic dimensions
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    • 6. A lysimeter is used to measure :

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    • A. infiltration
    • B. evaporation
    • C. evapotranspiration
    • D. radiation
      • Discuss
    • 7. One of the probable causes of rutting on flexible pavements is

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    • A. excessive stripping of binder material from the wearing course
    • B. use of flaky aggregates in the wearing course
    • C. inadequate compaction of pavement layers
    • D. high wind speeds
      • Discuss
    • 8. The relation that must hold for the flow to be irrotational is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 9. A wastewater sample contains 10-5.6 mmol/l of OH ions at 25° C. The pH of this sample is

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    • A. 8.6
    • B. 8.4
    • C. 5.6
    • D. 5.4
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    • 10. The group efficiency of a pile group

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    • A. will be always less than 100%.
    • B. will be always greater than 100%.
    • C. may be less than 100% or more than 100%.
    • D. will be more than 100% for pile groups in cohensionless soils and less than 100% for those in cohesive soils.
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