Assessment Exam 02

Surveying and Transportation

Engineering
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1. Point A is between points B and C. The distances of B and C from point A are 1000 m and 2000 m,
respectively. Measured from point A, the angle of elevation of point B is 18°30’, while that of point C is
8°15’. Find the difference in the elevations of B and C. Consider the effects of curvature and refraction.
A. 44.94 m C. 44.81 m
B. 44.27 m D. 44.41 m
2. A curved line in a level surface all points of which are normal to the direction of gravity and equidistant
from the center of earth.
A. Level Surface C. Vertical Line
B. Line of Sight D. Level Line
3. The horizontal axis of a transit was inclined at 4’ with the horizontal due to non-adjustment. The first
sight had a vertical angle of 50°, the next has -30°. Determine the error in the measured horizontal
angle.
A. 2’27.46” C. 7’4.58”
B. 1’36.25” D. 10’50.5”
4. Elevation of triangulation station A is 250m while that of B is 1715m. In between stations A and B is a
mountain C with elevation 650m. The height of transit placed at A is 1.2m. The Distance AC is 10km
and BC is 20km. A tower is to be constructed at B such that the line of sight will just pass through the
top of the 105-m high tower at mountain C. What is the required height of tower B in meters?
A. 88.1 C. 63.8
B. 75.5 D. 52.3
5. Imaginary lines passing through places having zero declination.
A. Isoclinic Lines C. Isogonic Lines
B. Agonic Lines D. Trigonic Lines
6. A closed traverse has the following data. Find the corrected bearing of line CD by transit rule
A. S 65° 17’52”W C. S 65° 48’ 29” W
B. S 65° 62’11”W D. S 65° 26’ 45” W
7. To determine the area of a triangular lot ABC, a surveyor set-up a transit at point P inside the lot and
recorded the following bearing and distances of each corners of the lot from P. Determine the area of
the lot in square meter.
A. 3127.305 C. 3611.768
B. 3467.981 D. 3798.210
8. A subtense bar is mounted at a certain
distance from the instrument and the angle
subtended by the bar is 0°06’. Compute the
horizontal distance from the instrument station to the location of the subtense bar.
A. 2291.183 m C. 1145.92 m
B. 1415.92 m D. 572.93 m
9. A parcel of land is defined as shown on the field note. What is the length of side 1-2, in meters

A. 162.40 C. 172.30
 B. 154.40 D. 182.10
10. SITUATION: The following 5-year traffic data was recorded in the year 1976 and due to its age, some
of the data were erased. It is also known that the data follows a certain pattern corresponding to the
year it was taken. Determine the severity ratio of the traffic data.
A. 0.297 C. 0.169
B. 0.275 D. 0.432

11. Refer to the situation above. Compute for the accident rate per million entering vehicles resulting to
fatalities if the ADT for five years is 36,000 and the road has a length of 5 miles.
A. 23 C. 24
B. 5 D. 4
12. The traffic intensity of a certain freeway is 0.833. The arrival rate of vehicles at a certain intersection
(stop sign) is 200 vehicles per hour. Compute the service rate in vehicles/hr.
A. 280 C. 240
B. 360 D. 320
13. It is the ratio of the average arrival rate to the average departure rate in queueing theory.
A. Trip Modal C. Peak Hour
Factor
B. Queue Time D. Traffic Intensity
14. The number of accidents for 3 years recorded in a certain section of a highway is 3,500. If the
average daily traffic is 450, what is the accident rate per hundred million vehicle miles if the roadway
is 100 miles in length?
A. 5771 C. 7103
B. 6721 D. 8268
15. The crossing of two or more traffic streams travelling in the same general direction along a significant
path of the highway without the aid of traffic signals.
A. Crossover C. Weaving
B. Ankle breaker D. Lane
Interchange
16. A separate bus lane is proposed to replace a single freeway lane with a capacity of 2000 veh/hr. If
the auto occupancy is 1.5 passengers per vehicle and the bus capacity is 50 passengers, determine
the average headway for each bus.
A. 1 bus/min C. 3 bus/min
B. 4 bus/min D. 2 bus/min
17. Divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access and generally with
grade separations at major intersections
A. Freeway C. Parkway
B. Expressway D. Walkway Island
18. An arterial highway for non-commercial traffic with full or partial control of access usually for
recreation.
A. Freeway C. Parkway
B. Expressway D. Walkway Island
19. SITUATION: The stationing of PI of the simple is curve is 100+000 and the stationing of PC. Of the
curve is 99+800. Point B is selected along the curve such that the distance of this point to PI is 150m,
angle of intersection is 500. Determine the deflection angle of point B, with respect to tangent line
through P.C
A. 3.11 º C. 3.349 º
B. 5.322 º D. 2.55 º
20. Refer to the situation in the previous problem. Determine the distance of P.T. from line through P.C.
A. 160.52 m C. 153.20 m
B. 131.20 m D. 96.31 m
21. The Radius of the first curve of the compound curve is 300m and the radius of the second curve is
100m, because of big difference of radius, a transition is provided, before entering the second curve,
if the design speed is 60km/hr, and the desirable rate of change of normal acceleration is 0.60m/s3,
determine the length of transition.
 A. 51.48 m C. 32.32 m
B. 32.32 m D. 24.32 m
22. SITUATION: The grade of line through PC is -4% and the grade of line through PT is +3%, the
stationing of PC is 10+100, and the stationing of lowest point is 10+160. Determine the stationing of
P.T.
A. 10+255 C. 10+250
B. 10+205 D. 10+125
23. Refer to the previous problem. Determine the stationing of the intersection of grades.
A. 10+151.5 c. 10+150.5
B. 10+152.5 d. 10+142.3
24. Five vehicles pass a section A at intervals of 3, 4, 3 and 5 sec. respectively. The vehicles speeds are
50, 45, 40, 35 and 30 kph respectively. Determine the traffic density.
A. 31 C. 11
B. 38.7 D. 1200
25. The instantaneous speed of a vehicle at a specified section or location.
A. Spot speed C. Running speed
B. Average speed D. Travel speed
26. For the data shown,

A. 1040 C. 1120
B. 1580 D. 2720
27. Assume that the toll attendant in the new toll gate takes an average of 3 minutes to serve each
vehicle, but the distribution time varies depending on whether drivers pay exact toll fee. Given an
average arrival rate of 12 veh/h which vehicles arrive at unequal time intervals, determine the
average waiting time in the queue in seconds.
A. 270 c. 0.125
B. 0.075 d. 450
28. The time interval between the passage of successive vehicles moving in the same lane and
measured from head to head as they pass a point on the road.
A. Time headway
B. Time of travel at Time mean speed
C. Time of travel at spot speed
D. Time of travel at space mean speed
29. Assume that the toll attendant in the new toll gate takes an average of 3 minutes to serve each
vehicle, but the distribution time varies depending on whether drivers pay exact toll fee. Given an
average arrival rate of 12 veh/h which vehicles arrive at unequal time intervals, determine the
average number of vehicles waiting in the line.
A. 0.9 C. 0.6
B. 1.5 D. 1.11

30. It is the clear distance between two consecutive vehicles.

A. Clearance C. Time headway
B. Gap D. Space headway
31. Introduced a set of notations which have become standard in the literature of queuing models. A
general queuing system is denoted by a/b/c
 A. Kendall C. Kylie
B. Candle D. Kyrie
32. A portion of the extension of SLEX has a free flow speed of 60kph and a capacity of 3600 veh/hr. If in
a given hour, 3344 vehicles were countered at a specified point along this highway, determine the
space mean speed of these 3344 vehicles
A. 38 C. 88
B. 83 D. 240
33. SITUATION. Two tangents having azimuths of 240° and 282° are connected by an 80-m spiral curve
with a 6° circular curve. The width of the roadway is 10 m. If the design velocity is 60 kph, evaluate
the external distance, in meters.
A. 20.21 C. 15.08
B. 18.26 D. 11.25
34. (continuation) Evaluate the length of spiral tangents,
A. 113.8 C. 80.2
B. 104.9 D. 96.9
35. (continuation) Evaluate the difference in lengths between the long and short tangents.
A. 26.5 C. 27.4
B. 26.9 D. 28.6
36. The common tangent of a compound curve makes an angle of 12˚ from the tangent passing thru P.C.
and is 18˚ from the tangent passing thru the P.T. If the radius of the second curve is 180 m, find the
radius of the first curve if the length of the common tangent is 70 m.
A. 397.36 m C. 394.76 m
B. 396.42 m D. 398.65 m
37. The vertex angle of a simple curve is 40°. From the midpoint of the curve, the distance to the vertex
is 0.50 m farther than the distance to the midpoint of the long chord. Using chord-basis, what is the
degree of curve?
A. 4.4° C. 8.9°
B. 13.3° D. 17.8°
38. The perpendicular distance between the two parallel tangents of a reversed curve is 8 m. and the
chord distance from the PC to the PT is equal to 30 m. Compute the central angle of the reverse
curve.
A. 30°56’ C. 30°39’
B. 15°28’ D. 28°12’
39. Calculate the design velocity if the desirable length of spiral is 96.51 m and the degree of central
curve is 6°.
A. 80 kph C. 100 kph
B. 90 kph D. 110 kph
40. Given: I = 44°, R = 400 ft. Compute for the deflection angle per foot
A. 0.0716 C. 0.0617
B. 0.0671 D. 0.0761
41. The following data are the observed elevation of a point by running a line of levels over four different
routes. Determine the most probable value of the elevation
 A. 340.258 C. 340.242
B. 340.275 D. 340.288
42. A base line AB has a horizontal distance of 150 m. The transit is set up at A with the traverse axis 1.5
m above the ground, the horizontal angle from AB to an inaccessible point C is 87°45’ and the
vertical angle between a horizontal line of sight from A to C is 35°24’. The transit is then set up at B
and an angle ABC is measured and found to be 65°30’. Find the elevation of point C if the elevation
of A is 125.35 m.
A. 234.45 C. 432.36
B. 324.35 D. 342.36
43. SITUATION: A 50m tape weighs 2kg. Every time a measurement is performed, the tape is supported
at its end points and at t he 8m and 25m marks. If a pull of 6kg is applied, Determine the correction
due to sag for one tape length.
A. 0.000948 C. 0.02894
B. 0.0091 D. 0.03898
44. Refer to the situation in the previous problem. Determine the correct distance between the ends of
the tape.
A. 49.991 C. 49. 9711
B. 49.9909 D. 49.961
45. Refer to the situation in the previous problem. The same tape was used to measure a line using the
same support locations. If the line was found to be 150m long, determine the correct measurement.
A. 149.997 C. 149.9132
B. 149.9727 D. 149.883
46. The following interior angles of a triangle traverse were measured with the same precision.
Determine the most probable value of angle A.

A. 40.77 C. 40.62
B. 41.23 D. 41.38
47. SITUATION: A steel tape with coefficient of linear expansion of 0.0000116 per °C is known to be 50
m long at 20°C. The tape was used to measure a line which was found to be 532.28 m long and
when the temperature was 35°C. Find the temperature correction per tape length
A. 0.0055 C. 0.0087
B. 0.0044 D. 0.0021
48. Refer to the situation in the previous problem. Find the temperature correction for the measured line.
A. 0.0816 C. 0.0718
B. 0.0926 D. 0.0619
49. Refer to the situation in the previous problem. Find the correct length of the line.
A. 532.62 C. 532.29
B. 532.86 D. 532.37
50. The radius of the first curve of the compound curve is 300mand the radius of the second curve is
100m, because of big difference of radius, a transition is provided, before entering the second curve,
if the design speed is 60km/hr, and the desirable rate of change of normal acceleration is 0.60m/s3,
determine the length of transition.
A. 51.48 m C. 45.23 m
B. 32.32 m D. 24.32 m