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MINING ENGINEERING I
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
2. Indirect tensile strength is also called what?
A. rapture test D. Brazilian disc test
B. work index test E. ring test
C. triaxial test
3. In mine ventilation, what do you call the artificial doors that are
installed purposely to divert the flow of fresh air in to the underground
workings?
A. chute covers D. bulkheads
B. brattices E. sliding doors
C. automatic doors
4. It is a round and flexible cord whose central core is composed of high
explosives and is used to initiate an explosives charge.
A. none of these D. cartridge
B. dynamite E. seismic wire
C. detonating cord
5. Rock mechanics differs from classical mechanics in:
A. in rock mechanics, the post failure characteristics of rocks is more
useful and significant in mining than the prefailure ones
B. the strength of rocks compared with steel
C. rock mechanics is applied only in mining
D. seismic forces are not considered in classical mechanics
6. What is the minimum age requirement for underground mine workers?
A. 20 D. 21
B. 45 E. 18
C. 16
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8. In diamond drilling, the very fine and slimey samples collected are
called what?
A. chip samples D. sludge samples
B. blasthole cones E. core samples
C. drill cuttings
9. Under RA 7942, which of the following parameters was/were added in then
regulation of mineral resources development in the country?
A. social acceptability
B. multipartite monitoring of mining operations
C. all of these
D. mine rehabilitation fund
E. environmental control
10. A word commonly used in rock mechanics as collective term for all
fractures or features in a rock mass such as joints, faults, shears, etc.
that have zero or relatively low tensile strengths is called:
A. fracture plan D. lineation
B. fabric E. structure
C. discontinuity
11. In planning and designing open pit mines, the need to optimi8ze the pit
limits is for which of the following objectives and purposes?
A. determine the total mineable reserves, ore grade and stripping ratio
that result to the highest net present value of the deposit
B. establish the optimum drainage applicable
C. determine the total manpower required
D. calculate the total blasting requirements of the mine until
depletion of ore reserves
E. establish the best workable bench height given the available mining
equipment at hand
12. Which of the following commonly refers to a steeply dipping rod shaped
mineral deposit
A. lode deposit D. porphyry deposit
B. placer deposit E. seam deposit
C. epithermal deposit
13. The famous Diwalwal gold rush area is located in what licality?
A. Davao D. Negros
B. Leyte E. Camarines
C. Benguet
15. In mine sanitation, the disease that results from excessive inhalation of
silica dust is called:
A. tuberculosis D. asbestosis
B. anthrocosis E. salivation
C. silicosis
16. Ferrogenous outcrops are usually indicated by which of the following?
A. horse D. footwall collapse
B. overburden weathering E. dike intrusion
C. gossan
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17. The strength of a fractured mass is:
A. unlimited D. nil
B. purely frictional E. infinite
C. zero
18. Geochemical prospecting is used to treat metals usually contained in?
A. waste dump samples
B. wind samples
C. flora samples
D. water or stream sediment samples
E. oil samples
19. Which of the following methods is most applicable in mapping or locating
wet shears, clays o gravel deposits and in determining their thicknesses?
A. Gravity C. telluric
B. Magnetic D. resistivity
21. Aside from limestone, what other raw materials are necessary in the
production of cement?
A. diorite D. andesite
B. dacite E. granite
C. silica
23. In quarry blasting, what do you call a piece of rock that has been thrown
to an excessive distance from the blast site?
A. flyrock D. swell
B. throw E. heave
C. muck
24. Which of the following refers to an natural post left behind for the
purpose of providing supports between two or more underground headings or
stopes?
A. pillar D. back
B. crown E. muckpile
C. gob
25. This is produced by fires or explosions of gas or dust where carbon
dioxide is an important constituent:
A. black damp C. fire damp
B. after damp D. white damp
26. The term of small scale permit under RA 7076 is?
A. 10 years renewable for like periods
B. 1 years renewable for like periods
C. 2 years renewable for like periods
D. 25 years renewable for like periods
E. 5 years renewable for like periods
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27. Which of the following hand sampling procedures is the MOST accurate or
results to the smallest possible error?
A. chip sampling C. channel sampling
B. cut sampling D. grab sampling
31. An explosive made by mixing sulfuric acid, nitric acid and gelatin is
called:
A. nitrocellulose D. nitronobel
B. nitroglycerine E. TNT
C. pexgel
33. It consists of one or more pieces or rocks, usually between 1 to 3 meters
long, and taken from a particular depth thru diamond drilling.
A. dead man D. fish line
B. core E. sludge
C. blasthole cone
34. For accurate logging of diamond dill cores, the core must first be:
A. painted with clear white
B. wetted with clean water
C. pulverized to minus 200 mesh
D. crushed to powder form
E. polished to powder form
36. The tem duration of Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) under the
New Mining Act of 1995 is how long?
A. 15 years renewable for like periods
B. 10 years renewable for like periods
C. 1 years renewable for like periods
D. 25 years renewable for like periods
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37. Which of the following refers to a ferrogenous outcrop?
A. dike D. horse
B. hanging wall E. gossan
C. overburden
38. What do you call the maximum slope at which a heap of any loose material
stands without sliding when dumped in a pile?
A. Tangent angle D. Angle of draw
B. Gradient angle E. Angle of repost
C. Working slope
39. Which of the following refers to the total number of days lost per
million manhours worked?
A. total accident rate D. accident frequency rate
B. accident severity ate E. accident prone index
C. total lost time accident
40. Class B mines shall have at least which of the following:
A. 1 part time safety engineer and 1 full time safety inspector
B. 1 part time safety inspector and a deputy inspector
C. 1 full time safety inspector
D. 1 full time safety director only
E. 1 full time safety engineer and 1 full time safety inspector
41. What do you call an explosive component that is used to provide oxygen in
detonation?
A. slurry D. oxidizer
B. sensitizer E. booster
C. blasting agent
42. Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. shifted its operation from copper to gold
at it Mankayan nin Benguet. It is currently mining ad deep seated gold
deposit called Victoria. The underground mining method that Lepanto is
using in winning gold ore at the Victoria Mine is:
A. small scale mining
B. square set stoping
C. block caving
D. shrinkage
E. vertical crater cone method with trackless ramps
43. In coal mine, it refers to the sudden spalling or collapse of the coal
face due to stress concentration at the face caused by goaf hang ups and
existence of joints near and parallel to the face>
A. cavein D. coal bump
B. face break E. face structure
C. none of these
44. A typical Benguet pine wood is used as post of a drift set carrying heavy
loose ground of 20,000 pounds five feet high. If the pine timber has a
comprehensive strength of 900 psi, what would be the ideal size of pine
timber support moist economical for the purpose?
A. 6 x 6 inches D. 8 x 6 inches
B. 4 x 6 inches E. 10 x 10 inches
C. 12 x 14 inches
45. Ordinary matches are final products of which of the following?
A. metallurgical chromite D. chemical grade chromite
B. amalgam E. refractory chromite
C. cinnabar
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46. In open pit, mine planning and optimization, the optimum limits of an
open pit must be established in order to:
A. determine total manpower requirements
B. determine drainage requirements
C. determine blasting requirements
D. determine the mineable reserves, ore grade and waste to ore ratio
E. determine equipment requirement
47. It is a recovery process of recovering gold which involves the washing of
gravel through a sluice box.
A. rocking D. amalgamation
B. panning E. dredging
C. sluicing
48. In a conventional mine haulage using mine cars and locomotives, what do
you call the timber materials that are used as footings of mine rails and
at the same time serve as spreaders for consistent spacing of mine rails?
A. rail ties D. sill ties
B. post ties E. shock ties
C. track ties
49. A drill pattern (round) used in underground headings with no available
free face is called:
A. burn cut D. presplitting
B. bench blast E. shock blast
C. subgrade
50. It refers to a horizontal or nearly horizontal underground passage that
is open to the surface on both ends.
A. adit D. crosscut
B. tunnel E. drift
C. winze
51. A jine shaft which originally contains 400,00 cu.m. of water receives a
daily influx of 5,000 cu.m. The shaft must be dewatered in 60 days by
pumping 20 hours per day. Being the Mine Superintendent, how many pumps
will you install if the capacity of each pump is 1,000 gallons per minute
and running at an efficiency of 60%? Allow additional standby pumps of
two (2a) units. Assume that there are 264 gallons per cu.m.
A. 6 units D. 7 units
B. 8 units E. 9 units
C. 3 units
52. It is a type of mine support where the roof, back or walls affected areas
are first drilled and later inserted with bolts or steel cables bolted at
the collar of the holes. Sometimes, grouts are used to secure the bolts
in place.
A. Cable splicing C. Rock bolting
B. Timbering D. Steel arc supports
53. In rock mechanics, the ratio of the tress of the strain is called?
A. Tensile strength D. Modulus of elasticity
B. Rapture limit E. Shear strength
C. Poisson’s Ratio
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55. Sublevel stoping is most applicable to which of the following orebodies?
A. orebodies that pinch and swell
B. orebodies that are heavily faulted
C. orebodies with regular and well defined shapes
D. poddyform orebodies
E. orebodies that are shallow and low grade
57. Limestone formations, whether folded or heavily faulted are what type of
rocks?
A. Vein types deposits mineable by underground
B. Igneous rocks
C. Sedimentary rocks
D. Volcanic in origin
E. Deposited by man and machines
58. It refers to the total fatal and nonfatal most time accidents per
million manhours.
A. frequency rate D. recovery rate
B. incidence rate E. severity rate
C. accident rate
60. It refers to the systematic and methodical process of combining two or
more materials of variable specifications to produce a uniform mass of
desired quality or parameters, more or less:
A. blending D. dilution
B. sampling E. coning and quartering
C. salting
61. Which of the following terms is not related to blasting?
A. hydrox C. cardox
B. chlorox D. airdox
62. The most common diseases encountered by miners in underground metal mines
is:
A. tuberculosis D. parkinson’s diseases
B. hypertension E. AIDS
C. silicosis
63. What is the solid petroleum that occurs as a component nof shale?
A. Kerogene D. Bitumen
B. Coal E. none of these
C. coke
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64. Artificial doors used in the underground to direct flow of fresh air.
A. brattice D. bulkhead
B. automatic door E. chute cover
C. sliding door
65. What is the mining method being used by Rio Tube Nickel Mining Corp. in
extracting lateritic nickel ores at Palawan Mine?
A. Insitu mining
B. Insitu leaching
C. Combined underground and open pit mining
D. Underground mining
E. Open pit mining
66. It refers to any mining operations that are artisinal in nature, surface
or shallow underground and without using any sophisticated mining methods
and equipment.
A. Blockcaving D. bucketwheel excavator
B. Longwwall mining E. stoping
C. Small scale mining
67. What is the maximum area of a small scale mining permit that the Local
Govenrment can grant?
A. 5 hectares
B. 100 hectares
C. One meridional block of 81 hectares
D. 1,500 hectares
E. 20 hectares
68. Aerial magnetometer surveys are best applicable in prospecting which of
the following mineral deposits?
A. Calcite deposits D. coal deposits
B. Limestone E. silica deposits
C. Iron deposits
69. Paint pigments are end products of which of the following?
A. Comminution D. metallurgical chromite
B. Flash smelting E. chemical grade chromite
C. Refractory chromite
70. Which of the following underground mining methods is most applicable in
diving raises or ore passes through very loose ground?
A. chinaman chutes D. square set raising
B. alimak raising E. cribbing
C. raise borers
71. Block caving mining method is generally used in which of the following?
A. relatively strong orebodies and strong walls
B. very hard orebodies
C. relatively incompetent orebodies
D. relatively strong orebodies with weak walls
72. What is the most dominant and most common mining method worldwide which
is applicable to shallow seated low grade ore deposits?
A. placer mining D. hydraulicking
B. dredging E. underground mining
C. open pit mining
73. What do you call an underground mine working that is usually driven at
the lowest possible elevation of the mine where water flows out of the
mine by gravity and is often used as haulge way?
A. ore pass D. ventilation tunnel
B. main shaft E. counter drive
C. drain tunnel
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74. It is referred to as the change in loss?
A. risk C. injury
B. incident D. accident
75. Under the New Mining Code, what is the maximum area covered by a small
scale mining permit?
A. 50 hectares D. 20 hectares
B. 40 hectares E. 81 hectares
C. 30 hectares
76. A steepy deeping rod shaped mineral deposit is commonly referred to as:
A. Placer deposit D. seam deposit
B. Porphyry deposit E. lode deposit
C. Ore shoot deposit
78. In open pit mine planning, which of the following refers to the tonnage
of waste needed to be stripped to expose a ton of ore?
A. blending ratio D. strip ratio
B. mind head E. mining development
C. waste factor
79. In open pit mine planning, the line that defines the area in which mining
can be conducted to obtain the maximum cashflow in the earliest possible
time is called what?
A. working slope D. optimum bench height
B. optimum pit limit E. Bench slope
C. gradient limit
80. Initial reconnaissance exploration is usually conducted on:
A. old waste dumps
B. drainage systems and tributaries
C. city centers
D. old core stockpiles
E. existing mines
81. The mine delivery of Pascal’s blockcave mine assayed 12% chalcopyrite,
16% chalcocite, 10% bornite and 6% pyrite. What is the total % copper
content of the mill feed?
A. 13.27% D. 23.27%
B. 33.27% E. 43.27%
C. 53.27%
82. In open pit development, the initial entry into an open pit involving the
cutting of a wedge shaped prism of rock or soil in ode to establish the
first bench face is called:
A. box cut C. echelon cut
B. burn cut D. bench cut
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84. One of the elastic properties of rock is:
A. specific gravity D. weight
B. density E. poisson’s ratio
C. porosity
85. It is a capsule containing a very sensitive and powerful explosive used
to initiate other explosives.
A. black powder D. safety fuse
B. detonator E. ammonium nitrate
C. none of these
87. Under the MGB Mine Safety Rules and Regulations, what do you call an
accident wherein the injured person is able to report back to work
immediately the following day after date of accident?
A. nonlost time accident D. high severity rate
B. none of these E. lost time accident
C. high frequency rate
88. Heritage Resources and Mining Corporation made its export shipment No. u8
of chromite concentrates to Beijing, China last June 2004. The SGS draft
survey report showed that the shipment weighed 12,350 WMT. The
Certificate of Analysis showed the following assays:
Cr2O3 55%
MgO 6%
FeO 18%
Al2O3 12%
SiO2 0.25%
P 0.24%
S 0.006%
The market contract of Heritage shows the price conditions to be USD 42
per DMT FOB ST at base grade 43% Cr2O3 with bonus/penalty of USD 1.50 per
unit Cr2O3 over and above base grade, fraction prorata. What is the
resulting excise tax due on the said export shipment?
A. USD 14,272 D. USD 12,271
B. USD 10,271 E. USD 11,271
C. USD 13,271
90. The operating parameters of a new open pit mine which is scheduled to be
developed under the MPSA system are as follows:
Ore tonnage peer annum 10,440,000 mt
Strip ratio 0.77:1
Material specific gravity 2.75
Bench height 12.50 meters
Subgrade 2.50 meters
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Drill pattern 10 x 10 meters
drill penetration rate 110.00 metes per shift
drilling shifts per day 3.00 shifts
drilling days per year 348.00 days
drill utilization 65.00%
Time efficiency 50 min per 60 min
As the Mine Planning Engineer, how many drills (excluding spares) are
required to sustain the total broken muck requirement of the open pit?
Consider the theorically computed fraction units as one (1) unit.
A. 8 drills D. 2 drills
B. 5 drills E. 4 drills
C. 6 drills
91. In open pit blasting, water in the drill holes always pose problems.
This water, which exist in the saturated portion of the drill hole, must
be pumped out in order not to dissolve the ANFO which is highly water
soluble. This water is technically called?
A. Supersaturated moisture D. Capillary water
B. Underground stream E. Soil water threshold
C. Phreatic water
92. As the Mine Superintendent of a newly rehabilitated prewar underground
gold mine, you are tasked to dewater a mine shaft in 60 days by pumping
20 hours per day. The mine shaft originally contains 400,000 cu.m. of
water and receives a daily influx of 5,000 cu.m.. how many pumps will
you install if the capacity of each pump is 1,000 gallons per minute and
pumping at an efficiency of 60%? Allow additional standby pumps of two
(2) units. Assume that there are 264 gallons per cu.m.
A. 3 units D. 7 units
B. 6 units E. 8 units
C. 9 units
93. A word commonly used in rock mechanics as a collective term for all
fractures or features in a rock mass such as joints, faults, shears, etc.
that have zero or relatively low tensile strengths is called?
A. fabric D. fracture plan
B. discontinuity E. structure
C. lineation
94. A class C must have at least which of the following?
A. 1 full time safety engineer and 1 full time safety inspector
B. 1 part time safety engineer and 1 full time safety inspector
C. 2 full time safety directors
D. 1 part time safety inspector and a deputy inspector
E. 1 full time safety inspector
96. It refers to a horizontal or nearly horizontal underground passage that
is open to the surface on both ends.
A. Adit D. tunnel
B. Winze E. drift
C. crosscut
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98. Which of the following refers to that portion of an orebody that is left
in place above an excavation?
A. sill pillar C. crown pillar
B. face D. rib pillar
99. Which of the following indicate a ferrogenous outcrop?
A. hanging wall D. dike
B. gossan E. over burden
C. horse
100. In underground mining, a method in which the upper portion of the stope
is mined first so that the broken ore is allowed to selfgravitate
towards discharge chute.
A. advance method C. underhand stoping
B. retreating method D. overhand stoping
101. The process of ejecting a mixture of cement and sand into the crevices of
rocks, usually through a borehole drilled into the rock to be grouted.
A. guniting C. shotcreting
B. grouting D. rockbolting
102. Which of the following local terms refer to ore materials in a mine?
A. undersize D. mulok
B. slimes E. nava
C. oversize
105. Heritage Resources and Mining Cop. Has just completed exploration
drilling of its newest Chromite Project in SAmar Island. In the pre
feasibility study, the following mineral resources were established
initially:
Positive ore reserve 100,000 million mt at 55% Cr2O3
Probable ore reserve 300,000 million mt at 45% Cr2O3
Possible ore reserve 300,000 million mt at 40% Cr2O3
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106. In open pit planning, bench heights are designed based on which of the
following parameters?
A. Optimum intervals (heights) of composited diamond drill hole assays
which give the best grade distribution as defined in a frequency
distribution variogram
B. Size of drills
C. None of these
D. Size of haul trucks
E. Size of shovels to be used
107. Which of the exhibits a color anomaly of yellow, brown or red at the
outcrop?
A. manganese D. iron sulphides
B. limestone E. arsenic
C. antimony
108. A stratum of coal or coal bed is called?
A. coal seam D. carbonization
B. peat E. coke
C. coal measure
109. In valuation of mines and/or mineral properties, which of the following
information is most essential?
A. measured ore reserve D. probable ore reserve
B. inferred ore reserve E. geologic ore reserve
C. possible ore reserve
110. The failure of an explosives charge to explode when expected is called:
A. bootleg C. explosion
B. hangfire D. misfire
111. What do you call a horizontal or nearly horizontal mine working that is
driven at the lowest possible portion of the underground mine where water
flows out of the mine by gravity and is sometimes used as haulage way?
A. decline D. drain tunnel
B. counter drive E. main shaft
C. incline
112. It is a field of study that is concerned in checking the properties and
behavior of rocks when subjected to force field:
A. slope stability D. rock mechanics
B. soil mechanics E. ground control
C. strength of materials
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115. a word commonly used in rock mechanics as a collective term for all
fractures or features in a rock mass such as joints, faults, shears etc.
that have zero or relatively low tensile strength is called?
A. fabric D. structure
B. lineation E. fracture plan
C. discontinuity
116. In mine haulage and handling, what type of haulage uses a headframe,
shave wheel, hoist drum, hoist rope and skip?
A. high capacity rail transport
B. LHD
C. ore hoising
D. cable belt system
E. trackless mining
117. Which of the following refers to the top of an oe vein that is nearest to
the surface?
A. Apex C. foot wall
B. Hanging wall D. dike
118. What is the most economical mining method applicable to low grade but
shallow seated ore deposits?
A. Blockcaving D. stopping
B. Hydraulicking E. open pit mining
C. dredging
119. A copper bearing host rock is blasted and found to exhibit a swell factor
of 30%. What is the resulting material density in tons per loose cu.m.
(LCM) if the specific gravity is 2.5?
A. 2.8 D. 0.75
B. 8.33 E. 32.53
C. 1.92
120. What explosive are permitted in gassy or dusty atmosphere?
A. ammonia dynamite D. ANFO
B. high density explosives E. permissible explosives
C. commercial dynamites
121. In underground mine workings, the volume of air needed is governed by the
following parameters:
A. all of any of these
B. dilution and extraction of exhaust fumes
C. ventilation and cooling of underground workings
D. removal of smoke and gasses
E. biological need of miners and other underground workers
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123. A record of geologic facts in their correct space relations is called:
A. assay map D. geologic map
B. pit design E. core log
C. photograph
124. The most common type of mechanical mine drainage is:
A. airlift D. advanced dewatering
B. pumping E. siphoning
C. gravity drainage
125. Nava is a local term that refers to which of the following kinds of
materials?
A. muloc D. tailings
B. waste E. ore
C. gob
126. Which of the following local terms refer to waste materials in a mine?
A. undersize D. muck
B. mulok E. oversize
C. nava
127. In open pit mining, what do you call the ratio of the weight of
explosives needed to break a ton of ore of waste material?
A. powder keg D. powder balance
B. powder consumption E. powder ratio
C. powder factor
128. It is the act of enriching samples either intentionally nor accidentally:
A. assaying D. coning and quartering
B. test pitting E. highgrading
C. sample salting
129. The height of pit benches is designed on the basis of which mine planning
parameter?
A. size of haul trucks
B. size of drill
C. size of shovel
D. optimum composite intervals (heights) of diamond drill holes that
result to best distribution of assays as defined by a frequency
distribution variogram
E. best combination of shovel and truck fleet
130. In diamond drilling, which of the following devices is used to locate and
recover detached or lost drill bits at the bottom of a drill hole?
A. bit splitter D. core barrel
B. wireline E. fishing device
C. sludge collector
131. The main difference between rock mechanics and classical mechanics is:
A. classical mechanics do not consider seismic forces
B. in rock mechanics, the postfailure characteristics of rocks is more
useful and significant in mining than the prefailure ones
C. the strength of rock compared with steel
D. rock mechanics is applied only in mining
132. Initial reconnaissance exploration is usually conducted on what?
A. drainage system and tributaries
B. old and abandoned waste dumps
C. city centers
D. existing mines
E. old ore stockpiles
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133. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. grade assay D. mine waste
B. concentrate E. ore
C. tailings
134. In coal mining, the longwall mining method commonly practiced in the
Philippines today include:
A. alternate retreat
B. advance retreat
C. simultaneous advance and robbing of pillars
D. advance
E. retreat
135. Which of the following Administrative Orders refers to the Revised Mine
Safety Rules and Regulations which was names “MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
STANDARDS”. It was signed on December 2000 by the DENR Secretary.
A. The MGB Green Book
B. DENR AO No. 200098
C. The IRR of the New Mining Act
D. DENR AO No. 57
E. Mines AO No. 51
136. It refers to the type of accident that prevents the injured from
reporting back to work on the following day and/or thereafter.
A. accident severity rate D. accident frequently rate
B. all of these E. total accident rate
C. lost time accident
137. It is a stoping method applicable to weak veins where the ore is mines by
horizontal slices stating from the top.
A. sublevel stoping D. sublevel caving
B. square set stoping E. resuing
C. top slicing
138. Which of the following is NOT a deterrent in the quality of coal?
A. high sulfur content D. high moisture content
B. high heating value E. high chlorine content
C. low heating value
139. What is the solid petroleum that occurs as a component of shale?
A. coal D. kerogene
B. bitumen E. none of these
C. coke
140. In designing open pits, which of the following refers to the arithmetric
of searching the optimum limit of an open pit mine considering the
maximum profits that can be stripped economically?
A. LerchGrossman algorithm
B. tonnage optimization
C. graphical design technique
D. rotating cone technique
E. mine grade optimization
141. It is a methodical and systematic process of combining various materials
to produce a uniform mass.
A. sampling D. controlled blasting
B. test pitting E. blending
C. salting
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142. In interpreting geologic maps, limestone is always characterized by which
of the following?
A. karst topography
B. high reliefs
C. wetlands
D. overhangs
E. gentle rolling topography
143. The most effective, detailed and widely used method of exploration
applied in developing or delineating an orebody for the purpose of
defining ore reserves is called?
A. airborne exploration D. trenching
B. diamond drilling E. geochemistry
C. geobiology
144. When of the following indicate a ferrogenous outcrop?
A. gossan D. overburden
B. dike E. hanging wall
C. horse
145. Which of the following exhibits an anomalous color of red?
A. mercury D. silver
B. chromite E. arsenic
C. copper
146. It is a suface mining method used in mining nearsurface coal seams.
A. Camote mining D. Placer mining
B. Strip mining E. Hydraulicking
C. Compressor mining
147. Which of the following is the economic mineral of antimony?
A. pyrolusite D. psilomelane
B. ilminite E. stibnite
C. chrysocolla
148. In open pit drilling and blasting, which of the following refers to the
extra depth of hole that is intentionally overdrilled, charged and
blasted to prevent the occurrence of hard toes?
A. pit slope D. toe grade
B. subgrade E. pit slope
C. crest grade
149. It is an underground mining method frequently used by small scale gold
miners:
A. gophering D. cut and fill stoping0
B. block caving E. top slicing
C. sublevel caving
150. The copper produced by PASAR is exported in which of the following forms?
A. manganocopper D. silicocopper
B. copper anode E. copper cathode
C. ferrocopper
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152. In underground timbering, what do you call that part is used to tighten
spaces between timbers to eliminate sliding or movement between timber
and tunnel walls?
A. wedge D. sill
B. splice E. cap
C. girt
153. Which of the following mines used combined open pit and underground
blockcaving mining methods in extracting low grade copper ores?
A. North DavaoAmacan Project
B. LepantoMankayan Project
C. AtlasCamen Project
D. BenguetDizon Project
154. Leather tanning agents are just one of the many products of which of the
following minerals?
A. feldspar D. chemical grade chromite
B. siliceous clay E. nickel laterite
C. bentonite
155. Under the Mining Act of 1995, what is the minimum amount that a mining
proponent should establish and maintain in a government depository bank
for the purpose of financing the cost of mine rehabilitation in case said
proponent fails to comply with its obligations concerning environmental
protection?
A. P 5 million of 10% of its approved EPEP whichever is lower
B. The amount equivalent to its annual excise tax
C. P 10 million or 1% of its approved EPEP whichever is lower
D. P 20 million or 5% of its approved EPEP whichever is lower
E. P 10 million of 10%n of its approved EPEP whichever is lower
156. A method of coal mining using continous miners and hydraulic roof support
is called:
A. short wall mining D. strip mining
B. longwall E. bucket wheel excavators
C. room and pillar
157. The air reticulation system of an underground mine has the following
daily compressed air data for its pneumatic equipment:
What average pneumatic pressure is available assuming there are no leaks
along the full length of the underground pipe lines? Express your
answer in the nearest rounded bars pressure.
A. 4.00 bars pressure D. 7.00 bars pressure
B. 5.00 bars pressure E. 8.00 bars pressure
C. 6.00 bars pressure
158. Which of the following excavation techniques help reduce stress
concentration at the longwall face?
A. making the face slightly convex
B. making the face jagged
C. making the face straight
D. making the face square
E. making the face slightly concave
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159. A steeply dipping subbituminous coal seam 1.80 meters thick was followed
by a drift at level 900 meters to a strike length of 200 meters until it
was lost by an intrusive. The same coal seam was intercepted at level
700 meters and followed also to a length of 200 meters until the same
intrusive was reached. Assuming a consistent thickness of the coal seam,
how much coal reserve is there if the material sp. R. is 1.6?
A. 314,675 MT D. 207,455 MT
B. 157,632 MT E. 101,894 MT
C. 162,940 MT
160. Which of the following underground mine working refers to a horizontal or
nearly horizontal opening whose both ends are open to the surface?
A. Adit D. tunnel
B. Counterdive E. drift
C. doghole
162. Which of the following local DENR Administrative Orders (AO) is about the
Rules and Regulations Governing the Granting of Processor’s Permit
Related to Small Scale Gold mining?
A. DENR AO No. 51, Series of 1996
B. DENR AO No. 07, Series of 1989
C. DENR AO No. 05, Series of 1989
D. DENR AO No. 06, Series of 1986
E. DENR AO No. 09, Series of 1989
163. The total surface area around an airway is called:
A. regulator D. air plane
B. surface plane E. air blast area
C. rubbing surface
165. Unsupported underground mining methods can be used in any types of deep
seated and competent deposits except:
A. bedded deposits D. massive deposits
B. placer deposits E. hydrothermal deposits
C. vein type deposits
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168. What are artificial doors used in underground mine workings purposely to
divert flow of fresh air?
A. Bulkhead D. sliding doors
B. Chute cover E. brattice
C. Automatic doors
169. In open pit mining, what do you call the ratio of the weight of
explosives needed to break a ton of ore or waste material?
A. Power factor D. power balance
B. Power consumption E. power keg
C. Power ratio
170. Anold silver mine was recently valuated for possible reopening. The
feasibility study showed the following projected net cash flows?
Oreyear 1 P 3.0 million
Oreyear 2 P 3.0 million
Oreyear 3 P 3.5 million
Oreyear 4 P 3.0 million
Oreyear 5 P 2.5 million
If the project construction cost is P10.0 million funded at the cost of
money of 12.0% per annum. What is the Net Present Value (NPV) of the
mine?
A. P 0.800 million D. P 0.900 million
B. P 1.000 million E. P 0.600 million
C. P 0.500 million
171. In underground mine workings, the volume of air needed is governed by the
following parameters:
A. Ventilaton and cooling of underground workings
B. Removal of smoke and gasses
C. Dilution and extraction of exhaust fumes
D. Biological need of miners and other underground workers
E. All of any of these
172. In a conventional mine haulage system, what do you call the timbers that
are used to provide footings for mine rails and at the same time where
rails are nailed on for spacing consistency?
A. post ties D. sill ties
B. track ties E. frog ties
C. rail ties
173. Which of the following physical properties of rocks refers to the ratio
between the volume of voids or open spaces inside a rock mass and the
total volume of said rock mass or material?
A. specific gravity D. permeability
B. expansion ratio E. porosity
C. bond work index
174. A cylindrical chamber for receiving and retaining rock samples as diamond
drilling progresses is called:
A. Sample splitter D. core barrel
B. Core box storage E. fishing device
C. Drill pipe
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175. A small, flexible plastic tube coated internally with an explosive powder
so that it is capable of transmitting a shock wave along the length of
the tube.
A. primer D. signal tube
B. ANFO E. blasting cap
C. slurry explosive
176. In designing open pit mines, the optimum pit limits should be established
in order to:
A. determine the blasting requirements
B. determine the mineable reserves, grade and waste/ore ratio
C. determine the manpower requirements
D. determine the equipment requirements
E. determine the drainage requirements
177. What is the index mix of ANFO?
A. 96% an AND 4% FO D. 4% AN and 96% FO
B. 95% an AND 5% FO E. 50% AN and 50% FO
C. 97% an AND 3% FO
178. In making a feasibility study of develop a mineral deposit, which of the
following is considered most important?
A. availability of mineable ore reserves
B. mine management
C. equipment availability
D. availability of skilled manpower
E. availability of cheap power
179. In underground trackless mining, what do you call the opening that is
driven downward from the surface towards the orebody and used both as
main access and haulageway?
A. winze D. tunnel
B. decline E. incline
C. shaft
180. In diamond drilling, what do you call the practice of recovering cores by
pulling the core barrel to the surface using a thin steel cable passing
through the drill rods, thus eliminating the need to pull all the rods to
surface?
A. augar drilling D. percussion drilling
B. rotary drilling E. conventional drilling
C. wire line drilling
181. It is referred to as an injury that does not prevent the injured person
from reporting to work on the day following day of injury?
A. lost time accident D. first aide case
B. incident E. hazard
C. risk
182. A steeply dipping rod shape deposit is referred to as:
A. lode C. placer
B. seam D. ore shoot
183. Which of the following refers to a mine working that is driven downwards
from an existing mine heading?
A. winze D. chute
B. drain tunnel E. copper drive
C. raise
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184. In rock mechanics ore core logging, RQD means:
A. Rock Grinding Index D. Rock Hardness
B. Rock Identification E. Rock Bond Work Index
C. Rock Quality Designation
185. The mining of Lepanto Mining at its Mankayan Mine is:
A. small scale mining D. block caving
B. glory hole E. open pit
C. underground cut and fill
186. Under the MGB Mine Safety Rules and Regulations, what is the
classification of mines with no less than 150 and 250 employees in the
underground and surface works respectively?
A. Class B Mines D. Class C Mines
B. Class A Mines E. Class E Mines
C. Class D Mines
187. A type of exploder that has one or more capacitors that are charged from
either dynamo or battery and has a manually rotated armature. It is
suitable for series firing, and to a limited extent, also used in firing
seriesinparallel circuits.
A. capacitor type exploder D. sequential type exploder
B. all of these E. squirrel type exploder
C. generator type exploder
188. Which of the following refers to the combination of gold and mercury?
A. amalgam D. cathode
B. precipitate E. anode
C. leachate
189. What do you call that new mining method where slushers, chutes and
tramways have been eliminated and replaced by more economic and high
capacity diesel operated machines?
A. bolt conveyor mining D. trackless LHD mining
B. blockcaving E. room and pillar
C. glory hole
190. Limestone formations, whether folder or heavily faulted, are what type of
rocks?
A. igneous rocks
B. deposited by man and machines
C. sedimentary rocks
D. volcanic in origin
E. vein type deposits mineable by undeground
191. Which of the following refers to the mining of higher grade portions of
an orebody before mining the lower grades until a breakeven limit is
reached?
A. coning
B. high grading
C. quartering
D. stage mining or grade pitting
E. splitting
192. The Calaca Power Plant in Calaca, Batangas was designed to use which of
the following coal production?
A. Semirara coal D. Cebu coal
B. Malangas coal E. Isabela coal
C. Indonesian coal
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193. Which of the following surface mining methods is commonly used in placer
mining?
A. open cut D. hydraulicking
B. bucket wheel excavators E. strip mining
C. quarrying
194. In open pit bench blasting, what do you call that portion of a drill hole
that is intentionally drilled beyond the bench of floor elevation in
order to prevent hard toes?
A. phreatic grade D. secondary hole grade
B. collar grade E. subgrade
C. steaming grade
195. Which of the following is not related to mineral resources development?
A. RA 7076 D. PD 463
B. RA 8981 E. none of these
C. RA 7942
196. A steeply dipping subbituminous coal seam 1.8 meters thick was followed
by a drift at level 900 to a strike length of 200 meters until it was
lost by and intrusive formation. The same coal seam was intercepted by a
crosscut at level 700 meters and followed it to a length of 200 meters
until the same intrusive was reached. Assuming a consistent thickness of
coal seam, how much coal reserve is there if the material specific
gravity is 1.6?
A. 207,455 MT D. 157,632 MT
B. 314,675 MT E. 101,894 MT
C. 162,940 MT
197. In designing open pits, the boundary that allows maximum stripping and
still produces an ore grade that guarantees breakeven economic condition
is called what?
A. Work index D. final pit limit
B. Optimum bench height E. strip ratio
C. Pit slope
198. Unsupported underground mining methods can be used in any type of deep
seated and competent deposits, EXCEPT:
A. Massive deposits D. vein type deposits
B. Hydrothermal deposits E. placer deposits
C. Bedded deposits
199. In mine ventilation, hydrogen sulfide is more commonly known as:
A. After damp D. fire damp
B. Black damp E. humid damp
C. Stink damp
200. A cord which burns at a definite speed and is commonly used to initiate a
plain or simple detonator or blasting cap.
A. Gun cotton D. none of these
B. Igniter cord E. safety fuse
C. Detonating cord
201. A mining method in which the overburden is first stripped and transported
to a waste dump to expose the mineral deposit for extraction.
A. Block caving D. insitu leaching
B. Placer mining E. open pit mining
C. hydraulicking
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202. The method of preserving a continuous sample of the core for geologic
record and at the same time obtain assay of it is called:
A. Core storage D. core polishing
B. Thin sectioning E. total core assaying
C. Core splitting
203. What do you call an underground mine working that is driven across an ore
vein?
A. Drift D. incline
B. Crosscut E. counter drive
C. decline
204. It is the maximum slope at which any loose material comes to rest when
poured or dumped in a pile.
A. Working slope D. angle of draw
B. Gradient slope E. angle of report
C. Drain angle
205. In underground mine development, what do you call the horizontal passage
driven to gain access from the surface to an orebody?
A. Sump D. tunnel
B. Drift E. adit
C. level
206. Textile dyestuff are end products of which of the following:
A. Metallurgical chromite D. smelting
B. Refractory chromite E. chemical grade chromite
C. Copper leaching
207. Heritage Resources and Mining Corp reported to the Mines and Geosciences
Bureau in its Affidavit of Annual Work Obligations (AAWO) for the year
2005 the following mineral reserves of its Homonhon Chromite Mine Project
in the province of Eastern SAmar as follows:
Possitive ore reserves 100 millions MT at 55% Cr2O3
Probable ore reserves 300 millions MT at 45% Cr2O3
Possible ore reserves 300 millions MT at 40% Cr2O3
Based on the traditional and conventional valuation method, calculate the
total ore reserves of Heritage Homonhon Chromite Project.
A. 400 million of 46% Cr2O3 D. 100 million at 55% Cr2O3
B. 300 million of 46% Cr2O3 E. 500 million at 65% Cr2O3
C. 700 million of 44% Cr2O3
208. Shrinkage stoping is generally applied to:
A. Strong orebodies with weak walls
B. Weak orebodies with weak walls that require massive timbering
supports
C. Strong orebodies with strong walls that require none or minimal
supports only
D. Weak orebodies with strong walls
E. Incompetent orebodies
209. Which of the following orebodies are best mined by sublevel caving?
A. Poddyform orebodies
B. Orebodies that pinch and swell
C. Orebodies that are heavily fractured
D. Orebodies that are low grade but shallow seated orebodies
E. Orebodies that are deep seated, have well defined waste and ore
boundaries and with component walls
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210. In open blasting, what do you call the distance between blastholes and
the space between the row of blastholes in a shot blast?
A. Drill pattern D. none of these (SPACING)
B. Blast burden E. bench heave
C. Blast throw
211. A large low grade and often shallow seated copper deposit which
characterizes most of the present big copper mining operations worldwide
is called what?
A. Placer deposit D. koroko type deposits
B. Vein type deposits E. lode deposits
C. Porphyry copper deposits
212. In underground mine planning, what do you call the instrument used to
assure the vertical accuracy of shafts during shaft sinking?
A. Plumb bob D. alidade
B. Theodolite E. level
C. stereoscope
213. The mining method of Lepando Mining at its Mankayan Mine is:
A. Small scale mining D. open pit
B. Glory hole E. block caving
C. Underground cut and fill
214. It is a recovery process of recovering gold which involves the washing of
gravel through a sluice box.
A. Amalgation D. rocking
B. Dredging E. sluicing
C. panning
216. In coal mining, which of the following refers to the spalling nor
collapse of the coal face due to stress concentration at the face caused
by goal hang ups and existence of joints near and parallel to the face?
A. Heave D. cavein
B. Coal bump E. face break
C. Face structure
217. Which of the following is the main reason why most Provincial Mining
Regulatory Boards (PMRB) are unable to establish certain areas in their
respective provinces as Minahang Bayan nor People’s Mining Areas?
A. Almost all the mineral lands in their respective provinces are
already covered by prior mining rights and that permittees are not
willing to relinguish their rights unless expired
B. Milirary presence in the area
C. Lack of government funds for exploration of said areas
D. Insurgency problems
E. Lack of political will to implement the law
218. Which of the following exhibits an anomaly colored red?
A. Mercury D. Arsenic
B. Copper E. Chromic
C. silver
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219. A steepy dipping subbituminous coal seam 1.8 meters thick was followed
by a drift at level 900 to a strike length of 200 meters until it was
lost by and intrusive formation. The same coal seam was intercepted by a
crosscut at level 700 meters and followed it to a length of 200 meters
until the same intrusive was reached. Assuming a consistent thickness of
coal seam, how much coal reserve is there if the material specific
gravity is 1.6?
A. 162,940 MT D. 207,455 MT
B. 314,675 MT E. 101,894 MT
C. 157,632 MT
220. What is the most economical mining applicable to low grade but shallow
seated ore deposits?
A. Dredging D. open pit mining
B. Hydraulicking E. blockcaving
C. stoping
221. In slope stability assessment, which of the following physical properties
of rocks refers to the maximum slope at which any loose material comes to
rest when poured or dumped in a pile?
A. Angle of draw D. dynamic slope angle
B. Static slope angle E. angle of repose
C. Gradient slope
222. Water pressure reduces stability of pit slopes by:
A. Reducing the shear strength of potential failure surfaces
B. Reducing the tensile strength of potential failure surfaces
C. Increasing the shear strength of potential failure surfaces
D. Increasing the tensile strength of potential failure surfaces
223. It is referred to as an injury that will not prevent the injured person
from reporting to work on the day following the day of injury.
A. Indicent C. hazard
B. Risk D. first aid case
224. Which of the following is an ideal mix of ANFO:
A. 97% AN and 3% FO D. 4% AN and 96% FO
B. 50% AN and 50% FO E. 96% AN and 4% FO
C. 95% AN and 5% FO
225. Which of the following physical properties of rocks refers to the weight
of said rocks in an equivalent volume of water measured at sea level?
A. Porosity D. bond work index
B. Specific gravity E. coefficient of expansion
C. Tonnage factor
226. In designing open pit mines, the assay that corresponds to the minimum
economic grade of a material that can be mined at specified metal price
and predetermined operating cost is called?
A. Assay returns D. blastholes assays
B. Mine head grade E. mill head grade
C. Design cutoff grade
227. Which of the following parameters is/are MOST important in designing the
mining method for a particular ore deposit?
A. Depth of orebody D. all of these
B. Price of metal commodity E. tonnage to be mined
C. Grade of the orebody
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229. It refers to an open pit excavation where ore is moved by gravity through
a raise or series of raises connected to the main haulage in the
underground.
A. Strip mining C. glory hole
B. Placer mining D. sluicing
230. Block caving mining method is generally used in which of the following?
A. Relatively incompetent orebodies
B. Relatively strong orebodies with weak walls
C. Relatively strong orebodies and strong walls
D. Very hard orebodies
231. A gold vein was intercepted by diamond drilling at Level 500 meters. The
same gold vein gain intercepted by another diamond drill hole at Level
470 meter but 30 meters further to the west. If the vein maintains a
consistent thickness and grade throughout, what is the dip of the vein?
A. 45 degrees west D. 40 degrees west
B. 50 degrees west E. 60 degrees west
C. 35 degrees west
232. In open pit blasting, water in the drill holes always pose problems.
This water, which exist in the saturated portion of the drill hole must
be pumped out in order not to dissolve the ANFO which is highly water
soluble. This water is technically called.
A. Capillary water D. phreatic water
B. Soil water threshold E. supersaturated moisture
C. Underground stream
233. What do you call an underground mine working that is driven along an ore
vein?
A. Drift D. adit
B. Decline E. crosscut
C. counterdrive
234. Which provisions of the New Mining Act was very recently voided by the
Supreme Court declaring the same as unconstitutional?
A. FTAA D. CLRFC
B. MMT E. EPEP
C. MRFC
235. The vertical distance below bench bottom is called:
A. Burden D. free face
B. Spacing E. drill depth
C. Subgrade
236. Which of the following underground development works does not belong in
the group?
A. Tunnel D. shaft
B. Adit E. crosscut
C. drift
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237. If the feed to a copper mill assays 10% chalcopyrite, what is the sulfur
content if the specific gravity of the ore is 2.5?
A. 4.7% D. 1.7%
B. 5.7% E. 3.7%
C. 2.7%
238. Which of the following orebodies is best mineable by sublevel stoping?
A. Orebodies that are deep, have regular and well defined size and
shape with highly competent foot and hanging walls
B. Orebodies that are low grade but shallow
C. Orebodies that pinch and swell
D. Orebodies that are heavily fractured and faulted
E. Orebodies that are low grade but shallow seated
239. It is a field of study that is concerned in checking the properties and
behavior of rocks when subjected to force field:
A. Ground control D. soil mechanics
B. Strength of materials E. slope stability
C. Rock mechanics
240. Which of the following refers to the minimum grade by which a material
can be economically mined and processed at specified metal prices and
predetermined operating costs?
A. Ore reserve grade D. mine head
B. None of these E. mill head
C. Cutoff grade
241. Which of the following is a final product of chemical grade chromite?
A. Polyethelene substance D. paint pigment
B. Fiberglass E. recyclable plastic
C. stytofoam
242. A high grade gold vein was sampled by channel sampling and showed the
following assays:
Assuming that the samples were taken a regular intervals, what is the
average grade of the gold vein?
A. 7.48 gmt D. 5.58 gmt
B. 8.58 gmt E. 6,58 gmt
C. 4.58 gmt
243. Which of the following refers to the Small Scale Mining Act?
A. RA 6147 D. RA 8182
B. RA 7942 E. RA 4274
C. RA 7076
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244. Marcopper Mining Corp. developed the San Antonio dessiminated porphyry
copper deposit in Sta. Cruz Marinduque. But the company suspended the
operation shortly before the deposit was duly developed for open pit
mining. What was the reason Marcopper shut down its operations?
A. Interference by the Catholic church
B. Spillasge of tailings which caused massive environmental damage to
major drainage systems and nearby sea
C. Inefficient delivery of basic services by LGU and DENR agencies.
D. Interference by antimining NGOs
E. Labor strike
246. It the maximum slope at which any loose material comes to rest when
poured or dumped in a pile.
A. gradient slope D. angle of repose
B. drainage angle E. angle of draw
C. working slope
247. Mines with at least 150 underground workers and not less than 250 surface
mine employees are under what classification f mines?
A. Class B mine D. Class A mine
B. big scale mine E. small scale mine
C. Class C mine
248. A steeply deeping rod shaped mineral deposit is commonly referred to as:
A. placer deposit D. ore shoot deposit
B. lode deposit E. porphyry deposit
C. seam deposit
249. Which of the following natural materials posses the best elastic
properties?
A. clay D. dacite
B. gypsum E. diorite
C. limestone
250. The best and moist widely used exploration method in developing an
established area of mineralization or anomaly is:
A. geochemistry D. geophysics
B. geostatistical analysis E. core drilling
C. IP
251. In mine haulage, what type of ore transportation uses head frame, sheave
wheel, hoist drum, hoist rope and skips?
A. conveyor belt system D. trackless mining
B. rail transport E. LHD
C. ore hoisting
252. Which of the following refers to the type of blasting where large charges
of explosives are loaded in small adits into the bench face or quarries
A. bench blasting D. dogholing
B. blockholing E. dynamiting
C. coyote blasting
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253. In coal deposition, what does strata mean?
A. beds or layers D. karst formation
B. host rock E. country rock
C. beams or bars
255. It is a surface mining method used in mining nearsurface coal seams.
A. hydraulicking D. placer mining
B. camote mining E. compressor mining
C. strip mining
256. In open pit mine planning, the recommended pit slope for solid and
competent rocks is:
A. 60 degrees D. 6372 degrees
B. none of these E. 50 degreees
C. 45 degrees
257. Which of the following mine classificiation nhas the m ost number of
workers?
A. Class D mines D. Class B mines
B. None of these E. Class C mines
C. Class A mines
258. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. drill core D. sludge
B. drill bit E. drill cutting
C. drilling dust
259. The recent chromite export shipment of Heritage Resources to China was
surveyed by SGS. The survey report shows the shipment to contain
12,350WMT, 8% moisture, 51% Cr2O3, 6% MgO, 18% Feo, 12% Al2O3, 0.25%
SiO2, 0.06% P, 0.004 S. The market contract of Heritage shows the price
conditions to be USD 42 per DMT FOB ST at base grade of 43% Cr2O3 with
bonus/penalty of USD 1.50 per unit Cr2O3 over and above base grade,
fraction, prorata. What is the total excise tax due on the shipment?
A. $ 14,271 D. $12,271
B. $ 11,271 E. $10,271
C. $ 13,271
260. It is a geologic process where near surface rocks or deposits are alrered
through chemical action of water, plants and bacteria and the mechanical
action of temperature.
A. sedimentation D. weathering
B. metamorphosis E. natural deposition
C. landslide
261. Which of the following refers to the minimum grade by which a material be
economically mined and processed at specified metal prices and pre
determined operating costs?
A. mill head D. cutoff grade
B. mine head E. ore reserves grade
C. none of these
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262. Which of the following exhibits and anomaly colored red?
A. Silver D. chromite
B. Copper E. arsenic
C. Mercury
263. Which of the following mining methods is MOST applicable in mining low
grade dessiminated porphyry copper deposits that are shallow occurring?
A. open pit mining
B. underground cut and fill
C. underground trackless mining using LHD
D. high capacity sublevel stoping
E. blockcaving
264. Conventional mine planning techniques for open pit mines are designed to
maximize the utilization of mineral resources. Recent developments in
both underground and surface mine planning have led to the evolution of
mine planning techniques that optimize (rather than maximize) the
utilization of mineral resources thereby resulting to vest economic
conditions at known functions of time.
A. Krigging D. graphical method
B. Polygon method E. LerchGrossman algorithm
C. Moving cones
265. In mine safety, which of the following refers to an accident where the
injured is able to report to work on the next day following the accident?
A. Severity accident D. nonlost time accident
B. Lost time accident E. accident index
C. Frequency accident
266. It is a methodical and systematic process of combining various materials
to produce a uniform mass.
A. Blending D. Controlled balsting
B. Sampling E. Salting
C. Test pitting
267. The item to consider in designing shafts for ore hoisting is:
A. mine drainage
B. tonnage to be hoisted
C. ventilation
D. availability of skilled shaft sinkers
E. availability of contractors
268. The operating parameters of a new open pit mine in Nueva Viscaya which is
scheduled for development under the MPSA system are as follows:
Ore tonnage peer annum 10,440,000 mt
Strip ratio 0.77:1
Material specific gravity 2.75
Bench height 12.50 meters
Subgrade 2.50 meters
Drill pattern 10 x 10 meters
drill penetration rate 110.00 metes per shift
drill days per year 348.00 days
drill shifts per day 3.00 shifts
drill utilization 65.00%
Time efficiency 50 min per 60 min
As the newly hired Drilling and Blasting Superintendent, how many rotary
drills (excluding spares) will you need to sustain the total broken muck
requirements of the open pit. Consider the theoretically computed
fraction unit as one (12) unit.
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A. 6 drills D. 2 drills
B. 5 dills E. 8 drills
C. 4 drills
270. A copper bearing host rock is blasted and found to exhibit a swell factor
of 30%. What is the resulting material density in tons per loose cu.m.
(LCM) if the specific gravity is 2.5.
A. 8.33 D. 2.8
B. 32.53 E. 0.75
C. 1.92
271. It is the act of enriching samples either intentionally or accidentally
A. Sample salting D. highgrading
B. Test pitting E. coning and quartering
C. assaying
273. Which of the following is also referred to as the Magna Carta for small
scale miners?
A. RA 7942 D. RA 4274
B. RA 1871 E. PD 463
C. PD 1899
274. It refers to the increase in volume of a material when loosened from its
inplace position.
A. friability D. proctor density
B. swell E. work index
C. porosity
275. It refers to the total fatal and nonfatal lost time accident per million
manhours worked.
A. total accident rate
B. accident severity rate
C. total lost time accident rate
D. accident frequency rate
E. accident prone rate
276. Which of the following refers to the minimum grade (cutoff) by which a
material may be extracted at zero profit and at the same time maximizing
utilization of mineral resource?
A. Inverse distance square D. optimum cutoff greade
B. Digging grade E. breakeven cutoff grade
C. Krigging grade
277. Hydrogen sulphide is also called as:
A. fire damp C. stink damp
B. black damp D. after damp
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278. A type of exploder that has a dynamo, the armature of which is manually
rotated through gearing from either a plunge rockbar or a twisting
handle. It is usually used in series.
A. Generator type exploder D. squirrel type exploder
B. Sequential type exploder E. capacitor type exploder
C. None of these
279. In open pit mine planning, the line that defines the area in which mining
can be conducted to obtain the maximum cashfow in the earliest possible
time is called what?
A. gradient limit D. optimum pit limit
B. optimum bench height E. bench slope
C. working slope
280. It is the underground mining method usually used in mining of very thin
but high grade gold deposits. This stoping method is also popularly used
by small scale miners.
A. cut and fill stoping D. top slicing
B. gophering E. sublevel caving
C. block caving
281. Square set stoping is most applicable in which of the following ore
deposits?
A. very thin but high grade gold veins
B. low grade gold ore veins but with highly competent foot and hanging
walls
C. none of these
D. low grade porphyry copper deposits
E. shallow occurring and subsurface ore deposits
282. In open mine planning, what do you call the factor used in converting the
volume of a metrial into weight or tonnage?
A. optimal weight D. powder factor
B. tonnage factor E. volume ratio
C. swell factor
283. It is the moist economical of all underground mining methods because of
high production capacity, low manpower requirements and applicable mostly
to dessiminated porphyry deposits.
A. Square set C. block caving
B. Gophering D. sublevel caving
284. Which of the following exploration methods is best and widely used in
establishing the area, depth and thickness of mineralization. It is also
used to gather data for ore reserves estimation and technical information
essential in mine planning and designs.
A. geophysics D. geochemistry
B. geostatistical analyses E. induced polarization
C. core drilling
285. Which of the following refers hto the Fire Safety Code of the
Philippines?
A. RA 1899 D. PD 1561
B. RA 4274 E. PD 1185
C. PD 7076
286. What explosives are permitted in gassy or dusty atmosphere?
A. High density explosives D. permissible explosives
B. Ammonia dynamite E. ANFO
C. Commercial dynamites
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287. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. Water pumping D. brattice
B. Gravity drainage E. drain tunnel
288. In coal mining, what do you call the solid blocks of coal or rocks left
between two mine workings to prevent accidents due to inrushes of water
or gas and likewise to protect pillars against crushing or collapsing?
A. barrier pillars D. beam building
B. gob E. rock bit
C. post tensioning
290. It is referred to as the rich portion of an orebody or vein.
A. Payhaul D. bonanza
B. Ore shoot E. nava
C. apex
291. In diamond drilling, the length of core covered divided by the length of
the core run and expressed inn percent is called:
A. Core recovery D. bond work index
B. RQD E. fracture coefficient
C. Tunneling index
292. What do you call the roof of bedded or vein deposits?
A. Sump D. Hanging wall
B. Foot wall E. crown
C. sump
293. It is the disease that results from excessive inhalation of silica dust.
A. asbestosis D. anthrocosis
B. salivation E. silicosis
C. tubercolosis
294. It refers to the total number of days lost due to accidents per million
manhours.
A. incidence rate D. frequency rate
B. accident rate E. severity rate
C. recovery rate
295. A hardwood timber is used as post to support an average load of 20,000
pounds, 5 feet high. If the timber has a compressive strength of 900
psi, what would be the typical size of timber support most economical for
the purpose?
A. 4 x 6 inches D. 6 x 6 inches
B. 12 x 14 inches E. 8 x 6 inches
C. 10 x 10 inches
296. It is the time of mine support where a mixture of cement and sand is
ejected into the crevices of rocks, usually through boreholes drilled
into the rocks:
A. Shotcreting C. grouting
B. Guniting D. rockbolting
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298. A type of exploder that has one or more capacitors that are charge from
either a dynamo or battery and has a manually rotated armature, It is
suitable for series firing, and to a limited extent, also used in firing
seriesinparallel circuits.
A. generator type exploder D. all of these
B. sequential type exploder E. capacitor type exploder
C. squirrel type exploder
300. The chemical formula of metallurgical chromite in its lateritic form is.
A. Cr/Fe ratio D. Cr.Fe2O3
B. Cr2O3 E. CrO4.FeO
C. CrO2.Al2O3
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