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| Dilatometers are used to evaulate |
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| Balloon density testers can replace |
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| Rubber tired rollers are effective on |
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| Smooth wheeled rollers without vibration are |
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in tight quarters
to reduce permeability
to increase density
on clayey soils |
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| Electroosmosis is used to |
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| The head equation is used to |
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The pressuremeter measures soil strength. |
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The dilatometer is installed by drilling. |
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Pore pressures can be measured
by the cone penetration test |
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RQD is used to evaluate concrete quality. |
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The ZAV is used to assist in settlement calculations. |
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Preloading is a rapid way to achieve deep compaction |
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Rubber tired rollers do not work well on clay soils. |
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The sand cone test is used in
the calculation of unit weight. |
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Vibration helps compact clays. |
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It's a good idea to compact soil at the OMC. |
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| HSA leaves the borehole open. |
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| What is an advantage of the hollow stem auger over the solid stem auger? |
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| A false water table above the real water table is called |
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presence of water
and
temperature |
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| estimate soil permeability (k) |
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| The Kozeny-Carman Equation is used to |
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| evaluate soil disturbance |
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| The Area Ratio of a Shelby tube is used to |
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the fastest, deepest,
but most expensive method of sampling |
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T or F?
Wellpoints are used for municipal water supply. |
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FALSE
(seepage force = i * unit wt of water) |
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Seepage force equals k times unit wt. |
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The groundwater table elevation never moves. |
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Frost heave occurs in clayey soils |
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k is independent of the fluid passing through the soil |
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Soil in the vandose zone is saturated |
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Capillary rise cannot exceed 30 feet |
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Blasting is used on boulder clays |
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Dynamic compaction is used on clays |
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T or F?
Power augering is the most popular method of
making a borehole |
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Hand augers are useful for site with poor access. |
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Subsurface investigation is needed on every job. |
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| Double wall barrel samplers are used to sample |
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drillers' experience
stratigraphy
soil type
soil density |
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| Soils sampling intervals below ground are influenced by |
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| What is the most frost-susceptible soil? |
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| The critical exit gradient is |
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| the number of flow channels |
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Pore pressure can be negative |
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Fine grained soils are not frost susceptible |
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The magnitude of frost heave is affected by
the rate of freezing |
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Equipotential lines cannot cross flow lines on flownets |
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Sheepsfoot rollers work best on clays |
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There are some subsurface compaction methods that can compact down to 100 feet |
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Shelby tubes are used to retrieve disturbed samples |
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Low blow count soils are expected to be very weak |
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Soil types can be estimated from CPT data |
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Pore pressures can eb measured by
the cone penetration test |
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