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04-BS-14: May 2015

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  1. Question 1 Multiple Choice / True and False
  2. Question 2 Short (Paragraph) Answer
  3. Question 3 Calculation and Fill in the Blank
  4. Question 4 Relative Dating and Map
  5. Question 5 Short Answer (Paragraphs) and Fill in the Blank
  6. Question 6 Multiple Choice and Short (Paragraph) Answer
  7. Question 7 Short Answer and Fill in the Blank

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National Exams May 2015 — 04-BS-14, Geology. Closed-book, 3 hours. Five questions constitute a complete paper: Questions 1-4 are mandatory and one of Questions 5-7 must be chosen; every question (5, 6, and 7) is answered here as a complete study resource. Each question is worth 20 marks.

Reference texts: Marshak, Earth: Portrait of a Planet (structural geology, relative dating, weathering, glacial and fluvial landforms); Goodman, engineering-geology mapping methods (strike and dip, three-point problem); Freeze & Cherry, Groundwater (Darcy flow, piezometers).