1. An excavation has Station 1+00 = 100 ft² and Station 2+20 = 550 ft². Calculate the total net cut.

2. An additional station (midway between the 2 stations in question 1) has an area = 350 ft². Calculate the total net cut.

3. One end of an excavation is at station 1+55 and has a cross-sectional area of 1,345 ft². The opposite end is at station 0+00 and has a cross-sectional area of 0 ft². What is the total net cut for this site?

4. Calculate the number of acres in a quarter section.

5. One pole (when measuring length) is equal to:

1. In the AASHTO Soil Classification System is based on _____ soil groups.

2. Which of the soil classification systems recognizes approximately 1,000 soil subgroups within the United States?

3. In ACI mix design (ACI 211.1), the water/cement ratio theory states that for a given combination of materials and as long as workable consistency is obtained, the __________of concrete at a given age depends on the w/c ratio.

4. In ACI mix design (ACI 211.1), which of the following is not one of the common steps:

5. Calculate the shear modulus (G) for a 1” diameter steel bar subjected to a 1500 lbs axial, tension force. The original length of the bar is 36” and the deformation is 0.02”.

1. Referring to the sketch above, if the Angle of Intersection = 37° and the Radius = 281 ft, determine the length of the Subtangent.

2. What is the External Distance (E)?

3. The Radius of a basic circular curve is 450 ft. The Point of Curvature (PC) is at Station 0 + 500. Calculate the Length of Curve from PC to Point A (at station 0 + 593).

4. A vertical sag curve is used where the change in grade is positive, such as valleys, The 3 defining points are: I. PVC, II. PVI, III. POS, IV. PVT, V. PNR

1. Calculate the flow in a 6 ft wide x 3 ft deep, rectangular, concrete channel with a 0.5% slope.

2. A 8 ft wide by 4 ft deep rectangular channel has an obstruction that creates a 2 ft deep flow downstream. What is the velocity downstream of the obstruction?

3. Which of the following is not a typical function of a retention pond:

4. Given an average rainfall intensity is 4.5 inches per hour, a 25-acre drainage area has a peak runoff rate of ______. The drainage area is 50% paved (C = 0.85) and 50% vegetation (C = 0.10).

5. Calculate Reynold’s number for a 4” inside diameter pipe with water flowing at 1.5 ft³/sec. The absolute roughness coefficient = 8.7 x 10^-4 ft. Kinematic viscosity of water = 1.217 x 10⁻⁵ft²/s.

1. A steel beam fixed at one end and simply supported at the other creates a unit stress of 7,500 psi under what change in temperature? The coefficient of expansion = 6.5 x 10^-6 in/in-°F and the modulus of elasticity = 29,000,000psi.

2. A 10 ft cantilevered wood beam (E = 1,500,000 psi and I = 864 in⁴) is subjected to a uniform load of 10 kips/ft. What is the maximum deflection?

3. What is the deflection at the free end of a 18 ft. long cantilever steel beam with a point load of 12,000 lbs 8 feet from the free end? The beam is a W16x67, I = 954 in⁴, E = 29,000,000 psi

Use the following beam for questions 4 thru 7. L = 30 ft, X = 12 ft, and W = 25 kips/ft. E = Modulus of Elasticity (for steel use 29,000 ksi). I = Moment of Inertia (in⁴) = 1330 in⁴

4. What is the shear force at R₁?

5. What is the shear force at R₂?

6. What is the maximum bending moment?

7. What is the deflection at X?

1. What height retaining wall must be built to resist a total earth pressure force of 5,000 lbs. if the total unit weight of the soil is 135 pcf and has a friction value of 24 degrees?

2. Determine the unit weight (ɣ, in lb/ft³) and the dry unit weight ((ɣ_d, in lb/ft³) of a soil with the following conditions: Standard Proctor test weight (W) = 4.80 lbs. and Moisture content (w) = 10.77%. Volume of a Standard Proctor mold (V) = 1/30 ft³.

3. What is the degree of saturation (S) of the following soil? Maximum dry density = 130 pcf, Optimum Moisture Content = 10.77%, Specific gravity of the solids (G_s) = 6.35. Unit weight of water (ɣ_w) is 62.4 pcf.

4. In the drawing shown, what is the total pressure at the point shown? The pore water pressure = 3.121 psi and Z_w = Z₂ and Z₁ = 30 ft.

5. A 20 ft thick layer of consolidated clay has a 5 ft thick layer of sand on top and a 15 ft thick layer of sand beneath. How much time is required to reach 95% consolidation in a soil with a consolidation coefficient (c_v) of 0.5 ft²/day?

1. Which of the following standards addresses construction loads pertaining to temporary facilities?

2. Two 18-foot long, simply supported beams are temporary installed to support a small construction crane. The crane will have 4 points of contact on the beams (2 contact points per beam.) The points of contact are 6 feet apart. What size beams are required if the maximum allowable deflection is ½”? The weight of the crane plus the maximum load it can lift equals 1,000 kips.

3. A method of construction where prefabricated wall panels are transported to the jobsite with electrical wiring, receptacles, and switches already installed in known as:

4. A steel brace is required to support a temporary shoring wall. 1 – ¾” A307 bolt will be used to attach the support to the shoring. What is the maximum shear force the bolt can resist?

5. A temporary support will have ¼” angles bolted to a beam. The load on the connection is 36 kips and single shear is the main concern. What size and how many A307 bolts will be required per connection?

1. 200 yd³ (CY) of undisturbed bank soil that is excavated, stored, and then placed and compacted as back fill will have a final volume of __________. The soil’s swell factor is 21% and the shrinkage factor is 14%.

2. The soil excavated from an undisturbed site is typically measured in units of:

3. How much backfill soil is required to fill a 3 ft deep x 3 feet wide x 1000 foot long trench? The soil swell is 27% and the shrinkage is 10%.

4. The first step in assembling a CPM project plan is to define the _______ including duration, start date, finish date, predecessors, etc.

5. In a project’s CPM schedule, the following 5 items make up the critical path: (1) 4 days, (2) 2 days, (3) 10 days, (4) 21 days, and (5) 7 days. If a defined path has the following 3 items – (a) 4 days, (b) 14 days, and (c) 7 days – to be completed by the completion date, what is the total float?