FE CIVIL Exam Questions and Answers
NAAQS six criteria pollutants - Correct Answers -Carbon monoxide, dioxide, Nitrogen
Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Particulate matter, lead, & Ground-level Ozone
Clean Air Act 1973 - Correct Answers -Requires EPA to maximum allowable
concentrations of six "criteria" pollutants in outdoor air @ national level
PCB ( Polychlorinated biphenyls) - Correct Answers -transformer coolant, plasticizers,
carbonless paper
DDT ( - Correct Answers -From pesticides- Silent Spring 1962
consolidation - Correct Answers -reduce water content by squeezing out water from
saturated soil due to loading of static pressure. It is the decrease in voids ratio and
causes settlement
coarse grain soil - Correct Answers -sand and gravel
fine grained soil - Correct Answers -clay and silt
falling head test - Correct Answers -Indirect measurement of permeability
using time of flow (k), used for clay (fine-grained, low hydraulic conductivity) cohesion,
Superfund - Correct Answers -Est by CERCLA(1980) Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
(CERCLA) - Correct Answers -Law created a tax on the chemical and petroleum
industries, provided for liability of persons responsible for releases of hazardous waste
at these sites
(NPL) - Correct Answers -National Priorities List, list of hazardous waste sites in the
United States eligible for long-term remedial action (cleanup) financed under the federal
Superfund program
(SARA) - Correct Answers -Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, amended
CERCLA in 1986
Clean Water Act (1972) SDWA - Correct Answers -Main federal law that ensures the
quality of Americans' drinking water
NAAQS six criteria pollutants - Correct Answers -Carbon monoxide, dioxide, Nitrogen
Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Particulate matter, lead, & Ground-level Ozone
Clean Air Act 1973 - Correct Answers -Requires EPA to maximum allowable
concentrations of six "criteria" pollutants in outdoor air @ national level
PCB ( Polychlorinated biphenyls) - Correct Answers -transformer coolant, plasticizers,
carbonless paper
DDT ( - Correct Answers -From pesticides- Silent Spring 1962
consolidation - Correct Answers -reduce water content by squeezing out water from
saturated soil due to loading of static pressure. It is the decrease in voids ratio and
causes settlement
coarse grain soil - Correct Answers -sand and gravel
fine grained soil - Correct Answers -clay and silt
falling head test - Correct Answers -Indirect measurement of permeability
using time of flow (k), used for clay (fine-grained, low hydraulic conductivity) cohesion,
Superfund - Correct Answers -Est by CERCLA(1980) Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
(CERCLA) - Correct Answers -Law created a tax on the chemical and petroleum
industries, provided for liability of persons responsible for releases of hazardous waste
at these sites
(NPL) - Correct Answers -National Priorities List, list of hazardous waste sites in the
United States eligible for long-term remedial action (cleanup) financed under the federal
Superfund program
(SARA) - Correct Answers -Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, amended
CERCLA in 1986
Clean Water Act (1972) SDWA - Correct Answers -Main federal law that ensures the
quality of Americans' drinking water
