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04-BS-14: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 Multiple Choice
  2. Question 2 True/False
  3. Question 3 Question 3, Part 1: Plate Boundaries on a World Map
  4. Question 4 Question 3, Part 2: Cross-Section of the Earth
  5. Question 5 Question 4, Part 1: Geologic Map – Strike, Dip, Cross-Section, Thickness
  6. Question 6 Question 4, Part 2: Wedge Daylighting on a Rock Cut
  7. Question 7 Question 4, Part 3: Landfill Groundwater – Advection and Piezometric Pressure
  8. Question 8 Question 5, Option 1: Factors Influencing Mass Wasting
  9. Question 9 Question 5, Option 2: Glacial Erosional and Till Landforms
  10. Question 10 Question 5, Option 3: Term Pairs

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04-BS-14 Geology – National Examinations, May 2014. Closed-book exam (Casio/Sharp-approved calculator permitted). The paper format asks for Questions 1–4 plus 1 of the 3 parts of Question 5; every question and every part is answered below.

Reference texts: Goodman, Engineering Geology: Rock in Engineering Construction; Freeze & Cherry, Groundwater; Marshak, Earth: Portrait of a Planet.