Exam Questions

Week 2 Questions

What are the missing risks?

  • Social - like who is around the site

  • The cost or value of resources used and the output (commodity prices)


What is the typical orientation of coal?

  • Coal is usually found horizontally


Week 3 Questions

Q: Rank the following terms from highest broadness to the lowest:

  • Process

  • Project

  • Sub-system

  • System

  • Sub-process

A:

  1. Project

  2. System

  3. Sub-system

  4. Process

There is no sub-process


Week 4 Questions

Which project does NOT include Geotech analysis?

Building construction

Soil excavation

Mining

Petroleum

Traffic modelling


Things to consider when drilling a tunnel through sedimentary rock then granite

The excavation machines needed for granite will need to be stronger than those used for sedimentary rock.

Cost

Sedimentary rock being not as strong will rely more on supports to keep it from collapsing


What are the different types of rocks in the nature from geological viewpoint?

  • Sedimentary and igneous

  • Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary

  • Sedimentary and seam formations

  • Coal and hard rocks

  • Igneous, metamorphic and aggregated


All are multiple choice questions in the exam


Week 6

How would you rank these in terms of being more important in design analysis?

Safety needs to come first before productivity


Which ones is not the type of control in underground spaces?

  • Quality

  • Quantity

  • Heat

  • Water

  • Cost


Which gas was first identified in the early coal mining?

CH4 methane