DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

ENGINEEING TECHNOLOGEY

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ENVIROMENT

CEC 122: SOIL MECHANICAS

FIRST SEMESTER AXAMINASTIONS
QUESTION (1)
(a) What do you understand by the term soil compaction?
(b) Why is soil compaction necessary in project construction?
(c) Differentiate between soil compaction and soil consolidation

Question (2)
List and briefly explain the factors affecting soil compaction.
Question (3)
Defined the following
(i) soil density
(ii) wet density
(iii) dry density of soil
(iv) optimal moisture content of soil (OMC)
(v) maximum dry density of soil (MDD)
(vi) soil bearing capacity
Question (4)
(a)
What is field compaction?
(b)What is the aim of field control test.?
(c)What is the end uses at field control test?

QUESTION (5)
Write short note on the following:

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Unsuitable soil materials in the field

Cut to spoil soil materials in the field
Cut to fill soil materials
Borrow to fill soil material in the field.

Question (6)
Write the require steps for a common control field test
QUESTION (7)
(a) What do you understand by about compacting equipments?
(b) List and explain the three (3) actions involved in compaction
with its equipment.
QUESTION (8)
In a road construction project arrowed engineering complex, a
borrow to fill materials have the following parameters:

Weight of the material 3369 g

Volume of the materials 2225mm3
Number of layers 3
Weight of hammer used 2.5 kg
Hammer drop distance 30 cm
Number of blows 61
Mould size (2225mm3)

(a)

What is wet density of the material?

(b) What is the comp active effort of the material?

QUESTION (9)
(a) List the three comp active test reference standard you
known,.
List the comp active requirement tests and explain.
QUEATION (10)

Define the following;

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.

Liquid limit
Plastic limit
Plasticity index
Relative compaction
Well grade soil
Poor grade soil

QUESTION (11)
(a)What is California bearing ratio (C.B.R?)
(b) What are specifications standard for
I.
II.

Sub grade
Sub base

QUESTION (12)
A) Field density test is performed by the balloon method. The
following data were obtained from the test;
Mass of soil removed pan=1590g
Mass of pan =125g
Initial balloon reading =538cm3
Final balloon reading =1288cm3
i) Calculate the wet density
Water content information;

mass of wet soil +pan =404.9g

mass of dry soil + pan =365.5g
mass of pan =122.0g

ii) Calculate the dry density of the material.

QUESTION (13)
A) What are end-product specifications?
b) What do you under standard by method specification?
QUESTION (14)

a) What are the admixtures to improve the shearing strength of

the following material?
I.
II.
III.

Asphalts
Concrete
Clay

b) What is the type of comp active equipment used for the

compaction of the following materials?
I.
II.
III.

Asphalts
Concrete
clay
QUESTION (15)

Briefly explain how to achieve compaction from End-products

specification to method specification.
COURSE CODE102
QUESTION (8)
a) What is tachymetry?
b) What is the primary objective of tacheometric survey?
c) Why tacheometry is preferable chaining on rough ground?
(9)
a) Why chaining is preferable on a flat grounds to tacheometry?
b) What are the uses of tacheometric survey?

(10)
a) What is a vertical angle?
b) What is the instrument used in measuring vertical angle?
c) What is the difference between zenith angle and vertical
angle?
(11)
a) What do you understand by permanent adjustment?
b) What are the important points in measuring vertical angles?
(12)
Explain the following
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.

Horizontal distance
Vertical distance
Reduced level
Stadia lines
Angle of elevation
Angle of depression
(13)
a) What do you understand by instrumental errors?
b) Explain the field errors involved in stadia tacheometry.
(14)

The following readings were taken on a vertical staff with a

tacheometer fitted with an anallatic lens and having a constant of
100.

Staff
station
A

Bearing

2730
00

Stadia Reading
Lower
1.000

Middle
1.515

Vertical
angle
Upper
2.025

+800
00

20730
00

1.000

2.055

3.110

-500
00

Calculate the relative levels of the ground at A. and B, and the

mean slope between the two point (A & B).
(15)
Differentiate between theodlite and total station?