Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Soil mechanics and foundation engineering are important branches of civil engineering that deal with the behavior of soil, its properties, and the design and construction of foundations to support Structure

  • The geologic cycle that forms soil is :

    A. Weathering ?> upheaval -4 transportation – > deposition
    B. Transportation>upheaval ?> weathering –> deposition
    C. Weathering –> transportation —> deposition –> upheaval
    D. Upheavel– >transportation -4 deposition -> weathering

  • The word “soil mechanics” was created by:

    A. Dr. Karl Terzaghi
    B. Fellenius
    C.  Kray
    D. Leygue

  • The smallest size of silt soil particle is :

    A. 0.06 mm
    B. 0.08 mm
    C. 0.002 mm
    D. 0.04 mm

  • Fine sand has :

    A. reasonable plasticity
    B. clay
    C. good plasticity
    D. limited plasticity

  • The soil with the smallest grain sizes is :

    A. silt
    B. clay
    C. coarse sand
    D. fine sand

  • Cohesionless soil is :

    A. clay
    B. clay and silt
    C. sand
    D. silt

  • Select the correct sentence from the list the following:

    A. In dry soil, the voids are completely filled with air
    B. In perfectly saturated soil, the voids are completely filled ivith water
    C. The void space between the soil grains, is filled partly with air and partly with water
    D. all the above

  • “Loess” is a silty-clay material created by:

    A. glacier
    B. gravitational force
    C. water
    D. wind

  • In a given soil mass, the ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of soil solids is known.

    A. void ratio
    B. water content.
    C. porosity
    D. specific gravity

  • Saturated density equals buoyant unit weight.

    A. plus unit weight of water
    B. minus unit weight of water
    C. multiplied by unit weight of water
    D. divided by unit weight of)water