FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

1. Constructions need a foundation system:

a. always
b. sometimes
c. most of the times
d. never
2. Foundations are classified as shallow or deep ones, depending:
a. on the soil conditions
b. on their dimensions
c. on both, the soil conditions and loads magnitude
d. on both, the soil conditions and water table.
3. Foundations:
a. are made of artificial materials only when the natural ones are not available on site
b. are exclusively made of natural materials
c. are made of artificial and natural materials, as convenient
d. are made exclusively of artificial materials.
4. Foundation depth is measured:
a. from the 0,00 level of the construction
b. from the level of the arranged ground surface
c. from the level of the natural ground surface
d. from the frost depth.
5. Good foundation soils are:
a. the ones where soil improvement is needed
b. dependent on the footing dimensions
c. the ones where piles are required
d. selected based on their state of humidity and compaction.
6. Rigid/flexible shallow foundations:
a. are designed, corresponding to the rigidity/flexibility of the structure above
b. are designed as such by the ratio height H/footing dimension L
c. are independent of the construction material type
d. are independent of the foundation type.
7. What is the relation between the critical pressures for two foundations of identical geometry and
foundation depth, that are 1-centrically loaded, and 2-eccentrically loaded:
a. pcr1 pcr2
b. pcr1 pcr2
c. pcr1 pcr2
d. they are independent of the load.
8. Service Limit State (SLS) restricts the value of the:
a. settlement
b. reinforcement area

c. foundation depth
d. soil strength.
9. The rigid spread foundations as foundation block with reinforced concrete plate are used for:
a. building structure made of brick walls
b. building structure made of reinforced concrete walls
c. building structure made of reinforced wood, concrete or steel frames
d. independent of the structure type.
10. The minimum requested value of the rigidity angle depends on the following factors:
a. maximum soil pressure and the material characteristics the foundation is made of
b. the physical and mechanical characteristics of the foundation soil
c. the structure type of the construction
d. the importance class of the construction.
11. The calculation of the continuous rigid footings is made:
a. on the total footing length of the most loaded wall
b. on the footing length of the longest wall
c. for 1.0m section of the footing length
d. independent of the wall length.
12. The minimum height of the elastic spread foundations is considered to be:
a. 30cm
b. 1.00m
c. depending on the frost depth
d. depending on the construction material.
13. Piles are designed short or long depending on
a. the soil and load
b. the water table
c. the load transfer to the soil
d. their cost.
14. Deep foundations are considered to be:
a. direct foundations since they are in direct contact with the ground;
b. indirect foundations, because complex technologies are applied
c. indirect foundations, because the load is delivered to the ground through both
foundation base and lateral surface
d. direct foundations since they act only upon the soil.
15. The pedestal/enlarged base increase the bearing capacity of piles with constant cross-section:
a. at the pile tip
b. along the pile shaft
c. both at the pile tip and along the pile shaft
d. the bearing capacity is not increased but decreased.
16. Cast-in-place piles can act as:
a. displacement piles
b. compaction piles
c. both displacement and replacement piles
d. neither displacement nor replacement piles.
17. The bearing capacity of piles is estimated depending on the piling technology:
a. yes, for the cast-in-place piles only

b. no, because when calculating the bearing capacity only the pile dimensions matter
c. yes, no matter the pile type
d. no, since technology is not influencing the pile-soil interaction.
18. The load transferred from the structure above to each pile head from the group should be:
a. equal to the bearing capacity of a single pile
b. equal to the bearing capacity of a pile working into a pile group
c. larger than the bearing capacity of a pile working into a pile group
d. less than the bearing capacity of a pile working into a pile group
19. The maximum depth for the foundation depth of a caisson with compressed air is:
a. 10m
b. 30m
c. 60m
d. any depth.

Topics
Bearing capacity of the foundation soil
Retaining structures
Water removal works
Individual rigid foundations
Individual flexible foundations
Continuous foundations
Foundation beam network
Mat foundations
Pile foundations

References
1. Lungu I., Foundation Engineering - Course notes
2. Pltic D., Grecu V., Lungu I., Foundation Engineering, Rotaprint Iai 1995