Question

The commonly used penetration test are _______

(a) IS penetration test

(b) Cone penetration test

(c) Dutch standard test

(d) All of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

My enquiry is from Method of Site Exploration in chapter Stabilisation of Soils, Site Investigation and Sub – Soil Exploration of Geotechnical Engineering II

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) Cone penetration test

Best explanation: Standard penetration test and the cone penetration test is the two commonly used penetration test.