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Take Home Exam Surveying – (Horizontal and Vertical Alignment of Highway Curves)
Curves)
SITUATION 1 SITUATION 5
The stationing of PI of the simple is curve is 100+000 and the A spiral 80m long enters a simple curve with radius of 200 m, if the
stationing of PC. Of the curve is 99+800. Point B is selected angle of intersection is 40°. Determine the following.
along the curve such that the distance of this point to PI is 150m,
angle of intersection is 500 13. Theoretical maximum speed.
a. 84.56 kph b. 90.55 kph c. 76.31 kph d. 100 kph
1. Determine the degree of the curve.
a. 2.550 b. 2.670 c. 3.120 d. 4.250 14. The spiral angle at SC.
a. 21.25° b. 11.46° c. 18.25° d. 10.55°
2. Determine the deflection angle of point B, with respect to
tangent line through P.C. 15. The offset distance of SC from tangent line through TS.
a. 3.110 b. 3.3490 c. 5.3220 d. 2.550 a. 4.33 m b. 5.33 m c. 3.25 m d. 2.65 m

3. Determine the stationing of point B. 16. The length of Short Tangent.

a. 99+848 b. 99+850 c. 99+868 d. 99+824 a. 14.35 m b. 35.65 m c. 24.25 m d. 26.83 m

4. Determine the distance of P.T. from line through P.C. 17. The length of Long Tangent.
a. 160.52 m b. 153.20m c. 131.20m d. 96.31 a. 53.99 m b. 45.66 m c. 52.51 m d. 12.22 m

SITUATION 2 18. The length of Spiral Tangent.

Two tangent intersecting at V which is inaccessible has an angle a. 98.65 m b. 175.23 m c. 151.23 m d.113.28m
of intersection of 300. Two points A and B are laid out on the
tangent through P.C. and P.T. The engineer would like to 19. The length of throw.
construct a highway curve which shall be tangent to the two a. 0.67 m b. 1.21 m c. 1.33 m d. 1.55 m
tangent lines as well as line AB, if the radius of the curve is 100m
and the length of AB is 26.38m. 20. The External Distance.
5. Which of the following is the possible stationing of the point of a. 10.25 m b. 15.65 m c. 11.25 m d. 14.25m
tangency, if the stationing of P.C is 100+000.

a. 100+110.33 b. 100+120.36 c.100+150.23 d. 100+017.59

6. Determine the deflection angle of point of tangency with

respect to tangent line through P.C.
a. 2.960 b. 5.830 c. 14.40 d. 5.040

SITUATION 3
The distance from PC to PI of the compound curve is 50m and
the distance from PT to PI is 40m, the length of the long chord of
the compound curve is 75m, if the length of the common tangent
parallel to long chord is 60m.

7. Determine the Radius of the first curve.

a. 38.25 m b. 37.93 m c. 23.35 m d. 45.25 m

8. Determine the Radius of the second curve.

a. 23.20 m b. 15.32 m c. 18.85 m d. 24.32 m

9. 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/s 3, determine the
length of transition.
a. 51.48 m b. 32.32 m c. 45.23 m d. 24.32 m

SITUATION 4
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.
10. Determine the stationing of P.T.
a. 10+255 b. 10+250. c. 10+205. d. 10+125

11 Determine the stationing of the intersection of grades.

a. 10+151.5 b. 10+150.5 c.10+152.5 d.10+142.3

12. Determine the elevation of lowest point, if the elevation of the

intersection of grades is 20m.
a. 25.5 m b. 24.32 m c. 20.9 m d. 32.25 m