Basic Geology

1. Which of the following is not a stratigraphic oil trap?

Unconformity.
Reef.
Anticline.
Pinchout.

2. Index fossils are most useful when they cover a large

geological age while exist in a limited geographical area
so that they identify (or date) the rock formation in which
they are found.

True.
False.

3. The SaSO4 is known in nature as:

Limestone
Anhydrite.
 Gypsum.
None of the above.
4. Fissility is a rock sample description specific for:
Limestone.
Shale.
Sandstone.
Salt.
5. Which of the following is not a hydrocarbon:
Methane.
Pentane.
Acetylene.
None of the above.
All of the above.
6. The definition: "the pore spaces connected or
disconnected resulting through alteration of a rock,
commonly by processes such as dolimitization,
dissolution or fracturing" belongs to:
Primary porosity.
Permeability.
Secondary porosity.
Effective porosity.
7. According to moh's scale of rock hardness, which of
the following minerals is the softest:
Orthoclase.
Gypsum.
Quartz.
Fluorite.
8. Which of the following describes a rock with clay
content:
Calcareous.
Fossiliferous.
Arenaceous.
Argillaceous.
9. Which of the following is not a fault type:
Strike- slip.
Oblique slip.
Anti- dip.
Dip- slip.
10. Give an example of a rock with high porosity and high
permeability.
.
11. Give an example of a rock with high porosity and low
permeability.
.
12. Give an example of a rock with low porosity and low
permeability.
.
13. Which of the following is not an evaporite rock:
Gypsum.
Evaporite.
Muscovite.
Salt.
14. Arrange the following ages chronologically (mark
them 1 to 5 where 1 is the oldest):
Tertiary.
Cambrian.
Triassic.
Jurassic.
Quaternary.
Good Luck