President Ramon Magsaysay State University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Civil Engineering
CE 214: Fundamentals of Surveying
1st Semester of A.Y. 2021-2022
Quiz 1 – Answer Key

Situation 1 – (10 points)

A 50 meter line was paced by an engineer five times. The number of paces were recorded
as 96, 95, 97, 95, 97.
1) What is the pace factor of the engineer?
2) What must be the length of another line paced by the same engineer if the average
number of pace in this line is 65?

Solution:
1. What is the pace factor of the engineer?
96+95+97+95+97
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒 = = 96
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𝑇𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑷. 𝑭. = 𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒
50 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
𝑷. 𝑭. = = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟐𝟎𝟖𝟑 − 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟
96 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆

2. What must be the length of another line paced by the same engineer if the average
number of pace in this line is 65?

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒

𝑷. 𝑭. = 𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒
𝟎. 𝟓𝟐𝟎𝟖𝟑 = 65

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = 𝟑𝟑. 𝟖𝟓𝟒 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 − 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟

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Situation 2 – (10points)
A 30 meter line was paced by an engineer 7 times. The number of paces were recorded
as 76, 75, 77, 75, 77,75,76.

What is the pace factor of the engineer?

A line AB was paced by this engineer starting from A to B

with 85 paces. Point B is to the east of A. Starting from B,
the engineer went due north to point C with 104 paces.
What is the approximate distance of line AC?

Solution:
What is the pace factor of the engineer?
76+75+77+75+77+75+76
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒 = = 75.857
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𝑇𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑷. 𝑭. =
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑒
30 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
𝑷. 𝑭. = 75.857 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟗𝟓𝟓 − 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟
𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆

What is the approximate distance of line AC?

𝑨𝑩 = 𝑃. 𝐹. (𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒)
𝑨𝑩 = 0.3955(85)
𝑨𝑩 = 33.6175 𝑚

𝑩𝑪 = 𝑃. 𝐹. (𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒)
𝑩𝑪 = 0.3955(104)
𝑩𝑪 = 41.132 𝑚

𝑨𝑪 = √𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐵𝐶 2
𝑨𝑪 = √33.61752 + 41.1322
𝑨𝑪 = 𝟓𝟑. 𝟏𝟐 𝒎 − 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓
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Situation 3 – (10 points)

A closed area was surveyed by a surveyor.
The data of observed angles are shown:
A = 87°45’36”
B= 111°28’14”
C = 79°33’24”
D = 81°12’06”
What is the probable value of each angle considering that there is an error in the
observation?

Solution: the sum of interior angles of a quadrilateral is always 360°

Determine the Correction to be Applied
Sum = A + B + C + D = 87°45’36”+ 111°28’14” + 79°33’24” + 81°12’06”
Sum = 359°59’20”

Error = 360° - 359°59’20”

Error = + 0°00’40” (discrepancy in the observation)
𝑬𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 +0°00’40”
Correction = =
𝒏 4

Correction = +0°00’10” (correction to be added from each observed angle)

Determining the Most Probable Value for Each Angle

A’ =A ± 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 87°45’36” + 0°00’10”
A’ = 𝟖𝟕°𝟒𝟓’𝟒𝟔 - most probable value of 𝐀

B’ =B ± 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 111°28’14" + 0°00’10”

B’ = 𝟏𝟏𝟏°𝟐𝟖’𝟐𝟒" - most probable value of 𝐁

C’ =C ± 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 79°33’24” + 0°00’10”

C’ = 𝟕𝟗°𝟑𝟑’𝟑𝟒” - most probable value of 𝐂

D’ =D ± 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 81°12’06” + 0°00’10”

D’ = 81°12’16”- most probable value of 𝐃