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Review For FE Transportation PDF
Review For FE Transportation PDF
The total stopping sight distance for this highway is most nearly:
A) 491 ft B) 661 ft C) 602 ft D) 696 ft
The minimum length for a crest vertical curve joining grades of +4% and -4% is:
A) 581 ft B) 1059 ft C) 2914 ft D) 1225 ft
A two-lane rural road has a 7º curve extending for 700.42 ft along its centerline. The road is 22 ft wide with 4 ft
wide shoulders. The design speed for this road is 50 mph. The superelevation needed on the curve to give a side-
friction factor of 0.14 at the design speed is most nearly:
A) 2.5% B) 6.4% C) 8.0% D) 190%
A 800 ft symmetric vertical curve is provided for a highway crest vertical curve. The grade of the back tangent is
+2% and the grade of the forward tangent is -2%. The elevation of the point of vertical intersection (PVI) at 1200.00
If the mean speed on a road is 45 mi/h, the maximum capacity of traffic density for this road is most nearly:
A) 15 veh/mi B) 45 veh/mi C) 75 veh/mi D) 230 veh/mi
The maximum capacity of overall traffic volume for this road is most nearly:
A) 3400 veh/h B) 4300 veh/h C) 4500 veh/h D) 5000 veh/h
Safety
Key concepts…
Measures: Order of magnitude (raw) vs. rate-based measures
Order of magnitude (raw) Æ number of fatalities, number of crashes
Rate-based measures (normalized for exposure) Æ fatalities per 100 MVMT, pedestrian fatalities per 100,000
population
Capacity
Key concepts…
Free flow speed
Base free flow speed
Level of service for freeways and multilane highways is defined by density (in veh/mi)
Level of service for two-lane highways is defined by average travel speed (ATS in mph) and percent time spent
following (PTSF)
Level of service for intersections is defined by control delay per vehicle (in seconds)
Traffic control devices
Key concepts…
o Don’t be intimidated by formulas in a different form or with different units. The underlying concepts
don’t change! Make sure units work out!
o Know the FE supplied reference handbook. Download a copy now to familiarize yourself with it
before the exam (the civil engineering section is just 32 pages, as a 2.3 MB .pdf file).
o http://www.ncees.org/exams/study_materials/fe_handbook/
o Pass!