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National Exams — December 2014 — 04-Geol-06, Soil Mechanics. Three-hour, closed-book exam; one of two approved calculators permitted. Six questions of equal value (20 marks each, Q6 split 5 marks per sub-part); the paper instructs candidates to answer only the first five questions appearing in the answer book — all six are answered here as a complete study resource.
Reference texts: Das, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering — USCS classification (Q1), phase relations (Q2, Q6d), consolidation theory (Q4), flow nets and seepage (Q5), permeability testing (Q6a/c); Craig, Craig's Soil Mechanics — lateral earth pressure coefficients and limit-equilibrium slope stability (Q3), effective stress and consistency limits (Q6b); EGBC Geoscience Professional Practice Guidelines for assumption-disclosure conventions.
