Civil Engineering
2024 · Paper 2
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Questions 52–54 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.
Question 52
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The table shows the activities and their durations and dependencies in a project.
Activity | Duration (Days) | Depends on |
|---|---|---|
A | 8 | - |
B | 4 | A |
C | 4 | B |
D | 4 | C, L |
F | 4 | A |
G | 4 | F |
H | 6 | G, L |
K | 10 | A |
L | 6 | F, K |
The total duration (in days) of the project is ________ (in integer).
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A homogeneous earth dam has a maximum water head difference of 15 m between the upstream and downstream sides. A flownet was drawn with the number of potential drops as 10 and the average length of the element as 3 m. Specific gravity of the soil is 2.65. For a factor of safety of 2.0 against piping failure, void ratio of the soil is ________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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The in-situ percentage of voids of a sand deposit is 50%. The maximum and minimum densities of sand determined from the laboratory tests are 1.8 g/cm
and 1.3 g/cm
, respectively. Assume the specific gravity of sand as 2.7.The relative density index of the in-situ sand is __________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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