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This section includes 25 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
A commercially manufactured, vermin-proof _________ is the only type of cap designed to keep animals, insects and contaminants from entering your well. |
A. | animal cap |
B. | security cap |
C. | danger cap |
D. | well cap |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
There are two primary methods of drilling cable tool and ________ |
A. | Rotary |
B. | Rotatory |
C. | Penetrating |
D. | Insertion |
Answer» B. Rotatory | |
3. |
__________ wells are constructed when low yielding groundwater sources are found relatively close to the surface, usually under 30 m (100 ft.). These are constructed using a rotary bucket auger. |
A. | Cap |
B. | Drilling |
C. | Bored |
D. | Surface |
Answer» D. Surface | |
4. |
In the following figure, Part 2 represents? |
A. | cut-out |
B. | generator |
C. | jet pump with pressure switch |
D. | power source |
Answer» D. power source | |
5. |
In the following figure, Part 3 represents? |
A. | rigid wall |
B. | water storage tank |
C. | garbage tank |
D. | water treatment tank |
Answer» C. garbage tank | |
6. |
In the following figure, Part 1 represents? |
A. | inlet pipe |
B. | well |
C. | drainage pipe |
D. | outlet pipe |
Answer» C. drainage pipe | |
7. |
Sealing the well protects the well’s producing zone from contamination. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
8. |
Drilled wells are smaller in diameter, usually ranging from 10-20 cm (4-8 in.). |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
9. |
Water wells typically range from 3 to 18 metres (10–60 ft) deep, but in some areas can go deeper than 200 metre. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
10. |
Production or pumping wells, are often smaller diameter wells used to monitor the hydraulic head or sample the groundwater for chemical constituents. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
11. |
An _________ is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well. |
A. | Aquitard |
B. | Aqifuge |
C. | Aquiclude |
D. | Aquifer |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
SEALING_THE_WELL_PROTECTS_THE_WELL‚ÄÖ√Ñ√∂‚ÀÖ√Ë‚ÀÖ¬•S_PRODUCING_ZONE_FROM_CONTAMINATION.?$# |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
13. |
Part 1 represents_________$ |
A. | inlet pipe |
B. | well |
C. | drainage pipe |
D. | outlet pipe |
Answer» C. drainage pipe | |
14. |
There are two primary methods of drilling cable tool and________ |
A. | Rotary |
B. | Rotatory |
C. | Penetrating |
D. | Insertion |
Answer» E. | |
15. |
__________wells are constructed when low yielding groundwater sources are found relatively close to the surface, usually under 30 m (100 ft.). These are constructed using a rotary bucket auger. |
A. | Cap |
B. | Drilling |
C. | Bored |
D. | Surface |
Answer» B. Drilling | |
16. |
Part 2 represents ________________ |
A. | cut-out |
B. | generator |
C. | jet pump with pressure switch |
D. | power source |
Answer» D. power source | |
17. |
Part_3_represents______________ |
A. | rigid wall |
B. | water storage tank |
C. | garbage tank |
D. | water treatment tank |
Answer» D. water treatment tank | |
18. |
Drilled wells are smaller in diameter, usually ranging from 10-20 cm (4-8 in.)? |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
19. |
Well development is the process of removing fine sediment and drilling fluid from the area immediately surrounding the perforations. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
20. |
Water wells typically range from 3 to 18 metres (10–60 ft) deep, but in some areas can go deeper than 200 metre.$ |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
21. |
Drilled wells can be excavated by simple hand drilling methods. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
22. |
Production or pumping wells, are often smaller diameter wells used to monitor the hydraulic head or sample the groundwater for chemical constituents |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
23. |
Shallow or unconfined wells are completed in the uppermost saturated aquifer at that location (the upper unconfined aquifer). |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
24. |
If the impermeable area overlies the aquifer, pressure could cause it to become a confined aquifer. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
25. |
An _________is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well. |
A. | Aquitard |
B. | Aqifuge |
C. | Aquiclude |
D. | Aquifer |
Answer» E. | |