Elementary Surveying Quiz 1 (Prelim)

1. Credited to Young and Draper, known as the universal surveying instrument.

2. The person whose duty is to check all linear measurements made by the tape man.
Is that type of surveying in which the earth is considered to be a flat surface, and where distances and areas involved
3. are of limited extent that the exact shape of the earth is disregarded.
4. The person who is responsible for the overall direction, supervision, and operational control of the survey party.
Temperature, wind velocity, typhoons, storms, and other related conditions have a decided effect upon accuracy in
1. surveying operations.
2. An object placed to mark the physical location of a position.
3. Are surveys of wide extent which take into account the spheroidal shape of the earth.
4. Is one which will always have the same sign and magnitude as long as field conditions remain constant and unchanged.
Due to imperfections in the instruments used, either from faults in their construction or from improper adjustments
5. between the different parts prior to their use.
6. Indicates how close a given measurement is to the absolute or true value of the quantity measured.
7. Is one which is most likely to be true value than any other values
The person whose duty is to keep a record of all sketches, drawings, measurements and observations taken or needed
8. for a field work operation.
9. Refer to surveying streams, lakes, reservoirs, harbours, oceans, and other bodies of water.
Is the branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's
surface, the length and directions of the boundary lines, the contour of the surface, and accurately delineating the
10. whole on paper.
11. The person whose primary duty is to hold the stadia or levelling rod when sights are to be taken on it.
12. Generally accredited to Lippershay and in 1609 Galileo constructed a refracting one for astronomical observations.
The degree of refinement in the performance of an operation, or the degree of perfection in the instruments and
13. methods used when making measurements
Is a short auxiliary scale placed alongside the graduated scale of an instrument, by means of which fractional parts of
14. the smallest or least division of the main scale can be determined precisely without having to interpolate.
Came into wide use during 13th century for determining the direction of lines and in calculating
15. angles between lines.
16. When it is not possible to apply a measuring instrument directly to a quantity to be measured.
17. Provide a written description of what has been done in the field.
18. The person whose duty is to set up, level and operate surveying instruments.
Are those surveys made for determining the shape of the ground, and the location and elevation
19. of natural and artificial features upon it.
20. Defined as the difference between the true value and the measured value of quantity.
21. The initial reference point of the survey
22. Are the degrees, minutes, and seconds.
It is simply figure formed by the intersection of two lines or figures generated by the rotation of a
23. line about a point from an initial position to a terminal position.
It has been the traditional surveying method in determining horizontal distance measurement. It
24. is a direct and slow procedure, which requires manual skill on the part of the surveyors.
25. It simply involves counting steps or paces while walking naturally along the line to be measured.
Is one which is most likely to be true value than any other values. This is most likely to be free,
26. but not likely to be absolutely free, from errors.
The value of a quantity which is obtained from field measurement after applying correction for all
27. the errors related to the observation is called the observed value.
28. It is defined in surveying as the numerical value of a quantity measured in the field
It is a small metal weight with a sharp, replaceable point. Freely suspended from a chord, it is used to project the
29. horizontal position of a point on the ground up to the tape, or vice versa.
Quantity which is obtained from field measurement after applying correction for all the errors related to the
30. observation is called the observed value.

Instrumental Errors Accuracy Surveying Compass Direct Measurements Instrument man Computations
Systematic Errors Recorder Benchmark Sexagesimal Unit Angle Pacing Most Probable Value Chief of Party
Observed Value of a Quantity Rodman Hydrographic Surveys Indirect Measurements Transit Names of Group
Members and Their Designations Plane Surveying Pacer Telescope Precision Explanatory notes Taping
Topographic Surveys Observation Plumb bob Weather Vernier Error Geodetic Surveying Monument
Precision

A distance AB is observed repeatedly using the same equipment and procedures, and the results, in
meters, are listed in Problems 3.6 through 3.10. Calculate (a) the line’s most probable length, (b) the
standard deviation and (c) the standard deviation of the mean for each set of results. *3.6

65.401, 65.400, 65.402, 65.396, 65.406, 65.401, 65.396, 65.401, 65.405, and 65.404

(a) 65.401 ∑654.012

(b) ±0.003 ∑ν2 = 0.000104

(c) ±0.001 3.7

We want to layoff a distance of 50.000 meters with a 30 m tape that is 0.009 m too short. What tape
reading should be used? (Ans. 50.015 m)

The slope correction for a length of 30 m along a gradient of 1 in 20, is

A. 3.75 cm

B. 0.375 cm

C. 37.5 cm

D. 2.75 cm.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A