| 1. |
The ______________ is the flood flow above which the incremental increase in water surface elevation downstream due to failure of a dam or other water retaining structure is no longer considered to present an unacceptable additional downstream threat. |
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Inflow Design Floods |
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Normal Flow |
| 2. |
______________ is an opening through a dam which drains the reservoir. |
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Breach |
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Inflow |
| 3. |
A ______________ is a method in which the chance of occurrence of the variable involved is ignored and the method or model used is considered to follow a definite law of certainty, and not probability. |
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Deterministic Methodology |
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Concurrent flow |
| 4. |
The temperature at which dew begins to form or vapor begins to condense into a liquid is called Dewpoint temperature. |
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True |
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False |
| 5. |
The wearing away of a surface (bank, streambed, embankment) by floods, waves, wind, or any other natural process is called ________________. |
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Erosion |
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Routing |
| 6. |
What does IDF stand for? |
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Inflow Design Floods |
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Inflow Design Foundation |
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Inter Design Floods |
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None of the above |
| 7. |
A temporary rise in water surface elevation resulting in inundation of areas not normally covered by water is known as an Inflow. |
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True |
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False |
| 8. |
____________ is defined as a vertical distance between a specified stillwater reservoir surface elevation and the top of the dam, without camber. |
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Freeboard |
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Design flow |
| 9. |
One of the earth sciences that encompasses the natural occurrence, distribution, movement, and properties of the waters of the earth and their environmental relationships is called __________________. |
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Hydrology |
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Hazard |
| 10. |
Landslide is defined as the unplanned descent (movement) of a mass of earth or rock down a slope. |
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True |
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False |
| 11. |
What does PMF stand for? |
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Probable Maximum Flood |
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Probable Minimum Flood |
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Probable Metric Flood |
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None of the above |
| 12. |
Probable Maximum Precipitation is the flood that may be expected from the most severe combination of critical meteorologic and hydrologic conditions that are reasonably possible in the drainage basin under study. |
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True |
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False |
| 13. |
______________ is the boundary of the reservoir including all areas along the valley sides above and below the water surface elevation associated with the routing of the IDF. |
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Reservoir Rim |
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Precipitation |
| 14. |
_____________ is an oscillating wave in a reservoir caused by a landslide into the reservoir or earthquake-induced ground accelerations or fault offset. |
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Seiche |
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Meteorology |
| 15. |
The vertical downward movement of a structure or its foundation is called as a Settlement. |
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True |
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False |
| 16. |
______________is defines as a spillway that is designed to provide continuous or frequent regulated or unregulated releases from a reservoir without significant damage to either the dam or its appurtenant structures. |
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Service spillway |
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Auxiliary spillway |
| 17. |
Location of the storm pattern such that the precipitation falls on a specific drainage basin to create the runoff at the site under consideration is called a ___________________. |
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Storm Center |
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Transposition |
| 18. |
Surcharge is defined as the volume or space in a reservoir between the controlled retention water level and the maximum water level. |
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True |
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False |
| 19. |
The junction of the downstream slope or face of a dam with the ground surface; also referred to as the _____________________. |
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Downstream toe |
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Tributary |
| 20. |
Vertical height above the stillwater level to which water from a specific wave will run up the face of a structure or embankment is called as wind setup. |
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True |
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False |
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