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On the basis of use, there are two major classifications for piles: -

ANSWER ✔✔Sheet and load-bearing


What are the types of soils in the correct order (according to ASTM size

limits), from largest to the finest? - ANSWER ✔✔Boulders - Gravel -

Sand - Silt - Clay

What is the most commonly used laboratory compaction test accepted

by highway departments and other agencies? - ANSWER ✔✔Proctor

test

,What are the more commonly used technologies for real-time monitoring

and control of haul trucks? - ANSWER ✔✔Global Positioning System

and Radio Frequency Identification

Continued hammering after the pile meets refusal, leads to: -

ANSWER ✔✔Overdriving


(Driving concrete piles) In order to prevent the development of torsional

stresses during pile driving, it is recommended that... - ANSWER

✔✔The driving cap fits loosely around the top of the pile


A vibratory hammer drives a pile through a combination of ...

a.)Drop of a heavy ram, and hydraulic energy

b.)Driving force, frequency, amplitude, and free-hanging weight

c.)The impact force of a ram and frequency

d.)Mechanical and hydraulic energy, combined the vibration -

ANSWER ✔✔b.)Driving force, frequency, amplitude, and free-

hanging weight

The impact hammer efficiency is defined as...

a.)The ratio of kinetic energy of the ram immediately after the impact

divided by the rated energy

, b.)The ratio of mechanical energy of the ram immediately after the

impact divided by the rated energy

c.)The ratio of kinetic energy of the ram immediately prior to impact

divided by the rated energy

d.)The ratio of hydraulic energy of the ram immediately after the impact

divided by the rated energy - ANSWER ✔✔c.)The ratio of kinetic

energy of the ram immediately prior to impact divided by the rated

energy

A mass diagram is a cumulative running total of the surplus or deficient

material quantities along the project profile. (T/F) - ANSWER ✔✔True


All piles depend on either the friction between the surface of the pile and

the soil, or the load transmission to the soil through the pile's lower tip.

(T/F) - ANSWER ✔✔False


If timber piles remain constantly in contact with water (wholly below the

water table) they will deteriorate after a short period of time. (T/F) -

ANSWER ✔✔False


Steel pipe piles are least efficient as friction piles as they have

substantial surface area that interacts with the surrounding soil to



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