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Foundation Engineering Important Questions For Ii Mid Exam: Ques and Answers

The document provides a list of 30 multiple choice questions related to foundation engineering for an exam. The questions cover topics like types of retaining walls, plate load tests, pile classification, bearing capacity calculations, negative skin friction, and other foundation design concepts. Answers are also provided in a separate "BITS" section with multiple choice options for each question.

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Foundation Engineering Important Questions For Ii Mid Exam: Ques and Answers

The document provides a list of 30 multiple choice questions related to foundation engineering for an exam. The questions cover topics like types of retaining walls, plate load tests, pile classification, bearing capacity calculations, negative skin friction, and other foundation design concepts. Answers are also provided in a separate "BITS" section with multiple choice options for each question.

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FOUNDATION ENGINEERING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

FOR II MID EXAM

QUES AND ANSWERS

1. Explain briefly the types of retaining walls.


2. Briefly explain about plate load test.
3. Briefly classify the piles according to the material used.
4. Determine the ultimate bearing capacity of a strip footing 1.2 m wide and having a depth
of foundation of 1 m. Use Terzaghi’s theory and assume general shear failure. Take Ø’= 35 0,
Υ = 18 KN/m3 and c’= 15 KN/m2.
5. Briefly explain about negative skin friction.

BITS
1. On designing retaining walls it is necessary to take care of ( )

a) Erosion b) lateral pressure c) Surcharged d) Lateral stress

2. The material retained or supported by the retaining structure is called ( )

a) Surcharge b) Support wall c) Backfill d) All the above

3. The wedge-shaped portion of the backfill tending to move with the wall is called ( )

a) Wedge fall b) Active fall c) Failure wedge d) None of the above

4. How many types of foundations are there based on depth? ( )

a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 2

5. Pier foundation is also called as ( )

a) Caisson b) Box c) Bridge d) Girder

6. Which of the following is a type of shallow footing? ( )

a) Spread footing b) Pile foundation c) Pier foundation d) Well foundation

7. The pressure intensity beneath the footing depends upon ( )

a) Rigidity of the footing b) Soil type c) Condition of the soil d) All the above

8. Which of the following piles is used to compact loose granular soil? ( )

a) Friction piles b) End bearing piles c) Compaction piles d) Tension piles

9. The load carrying capacity of a pile can be determined by which of the following methods ( )

a) Dynamic formulae b) Static formulae c) Plate load test d) All the above

10. Wells are also called ( )

a) Open Caissons b) Shell sunk c) Cuisse d) All the above

11. The main function of retaining wall is ( )

a) Stabilize hill sides b) control erosion c) to reduce grades of roads d) All the above

12. Gravity type retaining wall type is suitable for retaining backfill up to ( )

a) 3-5 m b) 5-8 m c) 4 -7 m d) Any height


13. Sheet piles are generally made of ( )

a) Concrete b) Steel c) Timber d) All the above

14. Piles are commonly driven into the ground by means of a special device called ( )

a) Pile driver & hammer b) Driller c) None of the above d) All the above

15. The spacing of each pile should be ……… times the diameter of the pile ( )

a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1

16. Strip footing is used in load bearing masonry construction.

17. How many types of combined footing are possible? 2

18. A foundation is said to be shallow if its depth is equal or less than its width

19. Sheet piles are commonly used as bulk heads in hydraulic structure

20. Piles are commonly driven into ground by means of special device called pile driver and
hammer

21. Dynamic formulae are best suited for coarse grained type of soil.

22. A factor of safety that should be adopted for finding an allowable load for a pile is 2.5 or 3

23. The bearing capacity of a single pile in clay is mainly due to friction

24. The pile spacing of each pile is taken as 3 times diameter of the pile

25. In cohesive soil, the pressure distribution beneath the footing is linear

26. A sheet pile subjected to a concentrated horizontal load at its top is known as cantilever sheet
piles

27. The piles that are used for protecting structures from ships and floating object is Fender piles

28. The precast concrete piles are generally used for a maximum design load of about 80 tones.
29. Composite piles are suitable for the project above the water table

30. The other name for pier foundation is Caissons

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