Quiz 2

Directions: Answer the following questions

1. What is the meaning of NLEX, SCTEX, TPLEX

2. ______________ is a means in which people and goods are moved from one place to
another.

3. _______________ is an engineering discipline branching from civil engineering that

involves planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining roads, bridges, and
tunnels to ensure safe and effective transportation of people and goods.

4. These are highways with limited access, normally with interchanges. They may include
the facilities for levying tolls for passage in an open or closed system.

5. These roads connect cities and municipalities without traversing National Roads. They
also connect National Roads to major provincial infrastructures as well as to barangays
through rural areas.
6. Width should not be less than ____ .

7. Highway design involves the consideration of these three major factors ____, ____, and
____ .

8. ______ design road geometry to ensure the stability of vehicles when negotiating curves
and grades.

9. _____ factors include reaction time for braking and steering, visual acuity for traffic signs
and signals, and car-following behaviors.

10. Should be at least ___ in length

11. It is between the wheel and the pavement surface is a crucial fa tor in designing
horizontal curves and thus the safe operating speed. Further, it also affects the
acceleration and deceleration ability of vehicles.
12. It affects the vehicle operating cost, speed, riding comfort, safety, fuel consumption, and
wear, and tear of tires.

13. The ________ should be absolutely impermeable to prevent seepage of water into the
pavement layers. Further, both the geometry and texture of pavement surface should
help in draining out the water from the surface in less time.

14. Give at least 2 pavement surface characteristic.