ASBOG FG practice exams Question
and answers already passed 2025/2026
1. The assemblage of albite, chlorite, Greenschist facies - moderate
actinolite, and calcite would be most pressure, low temp
characteristic of
Wollastonite
2. A mineral that has the same fibrous habit
as as- bestos is
3. A braided stream usually indicates that the stream Has greater load
than capacity
- streams that flood on
regular basis carry lots of
suspendeds, leave braid
patterns
4. Which of the following soils classified by CL - low plastic clay, high
the Uni- fied Soil Classification System poros- ity, low permeability
would be the best aquitard
5. Which deposit is most closely associated with rare Alkaline igneous
rocks
earths?
6. The in-place granular disintegration Grus - granite weathers to
product of granite is called quartz sand
7. Interpretation of stereo-paired aerial contaminant plume migration
pho-
tographs is NOT helpful when evaluating a site for in a confined
aquifer
8. What is the oldest age of typical oceanic crust? 180 million years
9. A nonfoliated metamorphic rock consisting princi- Amphibolite
pally of hornblende and plagioclase is called
,10. Sole marks indicate Contact between a sand
over- lying a clay - sand
fills depres- sions
11. Caves found within limestone result from
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slowly circulating water below the
water table
12. Plagioclase, quartz, biotite and hornblende would Dacite
most likely be found in
13. What are oscillatory waves in inland bodies of wa- Seiches
ter called?
14. A 4:1 (H:V) slope has what grade? what 25%, 14 degrees
slope an- gle?
15. Continental convergent plate margins are Mélanges of feldspathic sand-
charac- terized by stone, siltstone, and shale
16. Sphalerite, willemite, and smithsonite are all zinc ores
17. Given a bed with an orientation of N65W, 25 degrees, S25W
25S What is the corresponding
attitude?
18. A soil material with a porosity of 50% would Be classified as a CL
19. As defined by Richter on a Wood-Anderson 100
seis- mograph, what is the difference in
amplitude be- tween a magnitude 6 and 8
earthquake?
weathering
20. What would NOT be the expected origin of
a mer- cury deposit?
Juvenile - derived from magma
21. What type of water has never been that comes to surface for
circulated in the hydrologic cycle? first fime
, 22. 30
and answers already passed 2025/2026
1. The assemblage of albite, chlorite, Greenschist facies - moderate
actinolite, and calcite would be most pressure, low temp
characteristic of
Wollastonite
2. A mineral that has the same fibrous habit
as as- bestos is
3. A braided stream usually indicates that the stream Has greater load
than capacity
- streams that flood on
regular basis carry lots of
suspendeds, leave braid
patterns
4. Which of the following soils classified by CL - low plastic clay, high
the Uni- fied Soil Classification System poros- ity, low permeability
would be the best aquitard
5. Which deposit is most closely associated with rare Alkaline igneous
rocks
earths?
6. The in-place granular disintegration Grus - granite weathers to
product of granite is called quartz sand
7. Interpretation of stereo-paired aerial contaminant plume migration
pho-
tographs is NOT helpful when evaluating a site for in a confined
aquifer
8. What is the oldest age of typical oceanic crust? 180 million years
9. A nonfoliated metamorphic rock consisting princi- Amphibolite
pally of hornblende and plagioclase is called
,10. Sole marks indicate Contact between a sand
over- lying a clay - sand
fills depres- sions
11. Caves found within limestone result from
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slowly circulating water below the
water table
12. Plagioclase, quartz, biotite and hornblende would Dacite
most likely be found in
13. What are oscillatory waves in inland bodies of wa- Seiches
ter called?
14. A 4:1 (H:V) slope has what grade? what 25%, 14 degrees
slope an- gle?
15. Continental convergent plate margins are Mélanges of feldspathic sand-
charac- terized by stone, siltstone, and shale
16. Sphalerite, willemite, and smithsonite are all zinc ores
17. Given a bed with an orientation of N65W, 25 degrees, S25W
25S What is the corresponding
attitude?
18. A soil material with a porosity of 50% would Be classified as a CL
19. As defined by Richter on a Wood-Anderson 100
seis- mograph, what is the difference in
amplitude be- tween a magnitude 6 and 8
earthquake?
weathering
20. What would NOT be the expected origin of
a mer- cury deposit?
Juvenile - derived from magma
21. What type of water has never been that comes to surface for
circulated in the hydrologic cycle? first fime
, 22. 30
