ICC Soils Cards 1 – 70 Questions with Correct Answers 2025

ICC Soils Cards 1 – 70 Questions with
Correct Answers 2025
DuringMaMsieveManalysisMprocedure,MyouM___MturnMorMmanipulateMfragmentsMinMtheMsampleMthro
ughMtheMsieveMbyMhand.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-cannot



WhenMperformingMaMhydrometerMtest,MwaterMshallMbeMmaintainedMatMorMnearM___.M-
MCORRECTMANSWERM-68°F




TheMsoakMtimeMforMtheMsampleMinMsolutionMduringMaMParticle-
SizeMAnalysisMshallMbeMatMleastM___.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-16Mhours



HydrometerMreadingsMshallMbeMtakenMfromMtheM___.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-TopMofMtheMmeniscus



TwoMmethodsMareMusedMtoMprepareMaMtestMforMliquidMlimitM(LL),MplasticMlimitM(PL),MandMplasticityM
indexM(PI):M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-wet,Mdry



ForMtheMLL,MPLMandMPI,MtheMmethodMofMpreparationMshallMbeMspecifiedMbyMtheMrequestingMautho
rityMandMifMnoMmethodMisMspecified,MusMtheM___Mmethod.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-Wet



TwoMmethodsMareMusedMforMdeterminingM___:MMethodMAM(multipoint)MorMMethodMBM(one-
point).M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-LiquidMLimitM(LL)



TheMmethodMofMpreparationMforMtheMLLMshallMbeMspecifiedMbyMtheMrequestingMauthorityMandMifMn
oMmethodMisMspecified,MthereMisMaMdispute,MorMgreaterMprecisionMisMrequired,MuseMMethodM____.
M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-A

, TheMLL,MPL,MandMPIMareMperformedMonMtheMportionMofMtheMsoilMthatMpassesMtheM____Msieve.M-
MCORRECTMANSWERM-No.M40




TheMwaterMcontent,MinMpercent,MofMtheMsoilMatMtheMarbitrarilyMdefinedMboundaryMbetweenMliquid
MandMplasticMstatesMisMknownMasMtheM___.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-LiquidMLimitM(LL)




TheMwaterMcontent,MinMpercent,MofMaMsoilMatMtheMboundaryMbetweenMtheMplasticMandMsemi-
solidMstatesMisMknownMasMtheM___.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-PlasticMLimitM(PL)



TheM___MisMcalculatedMasMtheMdifferenceMbetweenMtheMliquidMlimitMandMtheMplasticMlimit.MTheMeq
uationMisMasMfollows:M

___M=M__M-M___.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-PlasticityMindex;

PIM=MLLM-MPL



OriginallyMthereMwereMsixM"limitsMofMconsistency"MofMfine-
grainedMsoils.MNowMLL,MPL,MandMinMsomeMreferences,MtheMshrinkageMlimitMisMknownMasMtheM____.
M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-AtterbergMlimits




TheMPlasticMLimitM"handMmethod"MrequiresMplacingMaMmassMofMsoilMonMaMglassMplate,MthenM-
MwithMyourMfingersM-MrollMitMintoMaM___MinMdiameter.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-1/8Minch




WhenMsamplingMfromMaMroadway,MobtainMatMleastM___MequalMincrementsMselectedMrandomlyMfro
mMtheMunitMbeingMsampled.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-3



IfMsamplingMfromMaMstockpileMofMfineMaggregate,MalwaysMremoveMtheM___MandMsampleMtheMmate
rialMbeneath.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-OuterMlayer



TheMStandardMEffortMlabMmaxMappliesMtoMsoilsMthatMhaveM30%MorMlessMbyMweightMretainedMonMth
eM___.M-MCORRECTMANSWERM-3/4-inchMsieve