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National Exams — May 2014 — 04-Agric-B7, Principles of Hydrology (Soil Hydrology). Three-hour, open-book exam; any non-communicating calculator is permitted. Format: five questions constitute a complete paper, each of equal value; most questions require an answer involving calculations.
Reference texts: Chow, Maidment & Mays, Applied Hydrology — IDF curves, unit-hydrograph/critical-duration behaviour, Horton infiltration, flood-frequency analysis; Viessman & Lewis, Introduction to Hydrology — hydrologic cycle terminology, detention-pond routing; Todd & Mays, Groundwater Hydrology — Thiem equation for confined and unconfined aquifers, well-test assumptions.
