PE Civil Practice Test 1

10 free PE Civil practice questions in the real exam format, covering the official content areas, with an explanation for every answer.

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Question 1 of 10

Construction

Before a contractor drives temporary sheet piling, the engineer checks the in-situ stress at Point P, 20 ft below the ground surface, in the soil profile shown. The groundwater table is 8 ft below the ground surface and is hydrostatic. The unit weight of water is 62.4 pcf. The vertical effective stress at Point P is most nearly:

Soil profile at the proposed shaft location

Figure not drawn to scale.