APSC 151 Final Exam 2018

A porphyritic igneous rock indicates:

Which of the following is a form of ground failure that is related to earthquake activity?

Which of the following is not a likely part of the path of DNAPL containment spill, such as TCE, on soil-covered fractur

Which of the following statements is not true about the Earth's magnetic fields?

The model of the formation of the Earth's Moon that best fits all the current data involves:

The possible origins of water on Earth are:

Hydrothermal deposits involve ore minerals that:

The continents fit together best in the Pangaea configuration of Alfred Wegener when:

In order to determine the seismic risk of an area, we need to determine the Richter magnitude of earthquakes that occur

Consolidation in soil is:

It took ___ of evolution to perfect the cell, and only ___ to go from simple uni-celled or multi-celled life to humans.

The most land-intensive (most physical space per Watt) fuel sources is:

Room and Pillar Mining Methods would be suitable for which type of deposit?

Lake on the Mountain near Picton, Ontario (just west of Kingston) is an example of a(n):

Which of the following rock types would tend to chemically weather least rapidly?

One of these is not an effective way to prepare the walls in advance of a deep foundation excavation in silty clay soil:

The first "living" cells to appear in the Archean Era have what key components?

Which of the following rock types is most likely to be well-sorted?

Fraccing is a technique in which:

Which nuclear power producing country does not currently have an active underground laboratory or for the study of nucle

Which of the following DECREASES in going from the oceanic crust to the mantle of the Earth?

Salt domes are important for oil exploration because:

In the process of carrying out a risk assessment and risk management process, we calculate the risk by multiplying the p

Which of the following is the most favourable site for oil accumulation?

The process of erosional unloading can produce:

What supplies the largest percentage of electrical energy consumed annually in Canada, while the majority of that produc

The ground motion from a Magnitude 6 earthquake is approximately

The temperature range in which waxy organic kerogen is broken down into oil is:

All of the active underground uranium mines in Saskatchewan are based in:

In my opinion, what is the biggest disgrace within the field of urban infrastructure engineering:

Engineering consolidation of low permeability soils can be achieved by:

Abundant evidence of fossils of life-forms that made hard protective shells did not appear in the geological record unti

Surface waves are produced by:

When determining the risk of mass wasting in an area, which of the following will provide the most valuable information?

What is the main control on the size of crystals produced in an igneous rock?

To locate the epicenter of an earthquake on the Earth's surface, what is the minimum number of seismic stations needed?

A road-header:

Direct resistivity surveying involves:

Mexico City is particularly susceptible to earthquake damage because:

What geo-environmental condition did not contribute to the May 2000 Walkerton tragedy?

Pluto has mountains made of ___ and oceans/glaciers made of ___.

For a slab or block of rock on a potential failure plane, a decrease in which of the following will decrease the safety

Outhouses and septic tank drainage must be properly located with respect to the water table because:

what glacial landform is responsible for a large portion of the water resources for Metro-Toronto?

The following is not evidence of past or present tectonics on Venus:

What are the three types of different stress in Earth's lithosphere?

A water table is:

In which of these settings would one most likely find a nuee ardente?

With respect to a mineral commodity, the definition of the "resource" is:

Which of the following is not true about block caving mining?

The Voyager Probes launched in 1977 are now ___ from Earth.

If a litre of sea-water is evaporated, which of the following evaporites that are precipitated will occur in the greates

The rock that can best neutralize acid rain is:

The most common mechanism of failure for simple retaining walls is:

The sedimentary rocks immediately below and above an angular uncomformity record a sequential history of:

Which is the best place to look for copper porphyry deposits?

Modern landfills are designed with:

The most common cause of tunnel failure, cost overruns and delays is:

Diffusion of contaminants in groundwater:

One possible catalyst for the early genesis of RNA molecules could be:

Typically, for a mine to break even, the extraction of 1 kg of gold would involve the excavation of:

With which rock type or rock structure do you associate the formation of karst topography?

Which type of soil may eventually develop in a hot, wet, region?

Which of the following mitigation measures would likely be the least successful on its own with no other changes taking

Which of the following rock types has provided evidence for a change over Earth history in the levels of oxygen in the a

Of the choices listed below, which would make the best aquitard?

Tailings are:

On which material is damage to buildings from seismic vibration likely to be least?

If the Earth's magnetic field did not occasionally reverse polarity:

An Earth-Pressure Balanced Tunnel Boring Machine is used for excavation in:

Which of these structural geology forms is not a hydrocarbon trap?

The best place to build a sandcastle is:

What environment is most likely to generate a large deposit of massive-sulphide ore:

What is the main difference between a rhyolite and a granite?

For a billion years or more, oxygen being produced by cyanobacteria was completely consumed in the process of: