CE INTEGRATION

SURVEYING
Second Semester, SY 2018-2019

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer
for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

1. It is required to lay out an exact distance of 100m using a 50m tape that is 0.02 m too long. Compute the
distance measured with the tape with the tape to make the points the proper distance apart.
a. 99.96m b. 100.04m c. 99.98m d. 100.02
2. The top of the tower signal at B 2000 m away from A was sighted through a transit with recorded angle of
3o30’. The height of the mast is 12 m and the H.I. of the transit above the point where it is seat is 1.10 m.
The elevation of the point under transit A is 133.33 m. Compute the elevation of the base of the signal B.
a. 245.030m b. 245.010m c. 245.015m d. 245.025
3. The falling tide is known as:
a. Spring tide b. Neap Tide c. Ebb tide d. Flood tide
4. Waves under the influence of the winds that generated them are called:
a. Wakes b. Swell c. Shoal d. Sea
Situation 1. Given the following stadia level notes: f/I = 100, f+c = 0.3
STA. STADIA INTERCEPT VERTICAL ANGLE
A 1.056 +20 on 1.2 m
B 1.260 -40 on 1.65 m
The instrument was set up at point C with an elevation 96 m. The height of instrument is 1.2 m.

5. Compute the difference in elevation between A and B.

a. 12.634m b. 12.933m c. 12.452m d. 12.765m
Situation 2. The PI of two tangents of a highway is located in a lake at point V. Stations A and B are selected
replace the inaccessible PI, that is lying along through PC and PT respectively. The stationing of PC
is 115+100, while that of A is 115+500, if angle VAB and VBA is equal to 25 and 21 degrees
respectively and AB = 600m.

6. What is the radius of the circular curve?

a. 1646.914m b. 1725.19m c. 1657.17m d. 1534.45m
7. What is the degree of the curve?
a. 0.9690 b. 0.6960 c. 0.5690 d. 0.6990
8. What is the length of the curve?
a. 1231.925m b. 1213.925m c. 1321.925m d. 1312.925 m
9. What is the station of PT?
a. 116+421.915 b. 116+412.925 c. 116+214.925 d. 116+124.925
10. The arithmetic mean of the speeds of vehicles passing a point on a highway during an interval of time.
a. Average Speed b. Instantaneous speed c. Space mean speed d. Time mean speed

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 11. The ratio of the wave height to its wave length is called:

a. Wave period b. wave propagation c. steepness d. Slope

12. A vein has a dip of 50o W. The bearing of a drift N 40o W having a grade of 5% with the plane of the vein.
Compute the bearing of the strike.
a. N 38.3460 W b. N 37.3460 W c. N 37.5950 W d. N 39.4360 W
Situation 3. Given a compound curve with a chord equal to 140m forming an angle of 12 degree and 18 degree
respectively with the tangents. The common tangent is parallel to the long chord.

13. Determine the radii of the 12 degree forming angle of the compound curve.
a. 179.18m b. 407.04m c. 187.19m d. 308.18m
14. Determine the radii of the 18 degree forming angle of the compound curve.
a. 179.18 b. 407.04m c. 187.19m d. 308.18m
Situation 4. Two tangents having azimuth 2400
and 2320
are connected by a spiral curve with 191m radius of
circular curve. The width of roadway is 15m. If the design velocity is 95 kph. Determine the following.

15. Super elevation at SC.

a. 0.232m/m b. 0.322m/m c. 0.372m/m d. 0.386m/m
16. External Distance.
a. 15.87m b. 15.97m c. 15.98m d. 19.69m
17. Tangent Distance.
a. 113.61m b. 156.30m c. 131.61m d. 116.31m
18. Type of sign used when there is a possibility that through traffic may enter a dead end local road in error.
a. Do not enter b. No through road c. Alternate route d. Road Closed
Situation 5. From the measured values of distance AB, the following data were recorded.

DATA DISTANCE NO. OF MEASUREMENTS

1 120.68 1
2 120.84 3
3 120.76 6
4 120.64 8
19. Find the probable error of the mean.

a. ±0.0120 b. ±0.0125 c. ±0.0121 d. ±0.0127

20. Find the standard error/deviation of any single observation.
a. ±0.0531 b. ±0.0185 c. ±0.0765 d. ±0.0787
21. Find the standard error/deviation of the mean.
a. ±0.0185 b. ±0.0787 c. ±0.0125 d. ±0.0180
22. Find the probable distance of AB.
a. 120.718 b. 120.714 c. 120.716 d. 120.711
23. A horizontally laid circular pipe culvert having an elevation of its top to be 26.0m crosses at right angles
under a proposed 120m highway parabolic curve. The point of intersection of the grade lines is at station
5+216 and its elevation is 27.0m while the culvert is located at station 5+228. The backward tangent has
a grade of 3% and the grade of the forward tangent is -1.6%. Under these conditions, what will be the
depth of cover of pipe?

a. 0.344m b. 0.435m c. 0.566m d. 0.366m

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Situation 6. Data on a traffic accident recorded for past 5 years on a certain stretch of a two – lane highway is
tabulated as follows.
Year Property - Injury Fatal
2010 110 42 4
Damage
2011 210 54 2
2012 182 60 5
2013 240 74 10
2014 175 94 6
24. Determine the severity ratio for the given accident record.
a. 0.275 b. 0.285 c. 0.265 d. 0.277
Situation 7. In the two – peg test of a dumpy level, the following observation are taken:
Instrument at A Instrument at B
Rod reading on A 1.600 0.900
Rod reading on B 2.100 1.450

25. What is the true difference in elevation between the two points?
a. 0.510 b. 0.550 c. 0.525 d. 0.535
26. Determine the correct length of a line, 256.32m long, measured using a 50m steel tape at 380C. The steel
tape was calibrated at 200C.
a. 256.310 b. 256.266 c. 256.374 d. 256.334
27. Standard sign shape for STOP sign.
a. Circle b. Ellipse c. Octagon d. Rectangles
Situation 8. The observed interior angles of a quadrilateral and their corresponding number of observation are as
follows:
CORNER ANGLE NO. OF OBSERVATION
1 670 5
2 1320 6
3 960 3
4 680 4
28. Determine the corrected angle for corner 3.
a. 94056’50.53” b. 97003’09.47” c. 95012’37.89” d. 95056’50.53
29. The sides of a rectangular lot are measured with errors equal to ±0.010, ±0.008, ±0.006, and ±0.016
meters respectively. Determine the anticipated error of the perimeter of the lot.
a. ±0.01234 b. ±0.02135 c. ±0.02342 d. ±0.02235
Situation 9. The length of a simple curve having a degree of a curve of 4o is equal to 250 m.
30. Determine the length of tangent.
a. 109.97m b. 111.97m c. 146.34m d. 133.59m
31. Determine the middle ordinate of the curve.
a. 19.03m b. 20.23m c. 26.84m d. 28.74m
32. Determine the external distance of the curve.
a. 21.38m b. 20.38m c. 29.62m d. 28.65m
Situation 10. The areas bounded by the waterline of a reservoir and the contours at interval of 2.0 m are as
follows: A1= 15000 m2 A3= 12000 m2 ` A5= 5300 m2
A2= 13000 m2 A4= 8500 m2 A6= 2200 m2

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 33. Calculate the volume of the reservoir by prismoidal formula.
a. 93033.33m3 b. 94366.67m3 c. 93333.33m3 d. 94466.67m3
34. A vein has strike of N 500 W. A drift on the vein having a grade of 2% and a bearing of N 540 W. Compute
the dip of the vein.
a. 160 b. 140 c. 170 d. 150
Situation 11. A closed traverse has following data:
COURSE BEARING DISTANCE
1-2 N 9.270 E 58.7
2-3 S 88.430 E 27.3
3-4 _____ 35.2
4-5 S 5.20 E 35.0
5-1 S 72.0570 E ____
35. Find the missing distance of course 5-1.
a. 75.1 b. 76.2 c. 79.9 d. 78.9
Situation 12. From the following data of freeway surveillance, there are 5 vehicles under observation and the
following distances are the distance each vehicle had traveled when observed every 2 sec.
VEHICLES DISTANCES
1 24.4
2 25.8
3 24.7
4 26.9
5 25.9

36. Determine the time mean speed of the vehicles in kph.

a. 44.892kph b. 45.972kph c. 48.179kph d. 42.156kph
37. Determine the space mean speed of the vehicles in kph.
a. 45.92kph b. 44.76kph c. 45.34kph d. 46.53kph
38. The distance that a wind blows across the water is called:
a. Fetch b. On – shore c. Shoal d. Off – shore
39. The spread of energy along a wave crest is called:
a. Refraction b. Diffraction c. Shoaling d. Reflection
40. Compute the normal tension which will be applied to a tape supported over two supports in order to make
the tape equal to its nominal length when supported only at the end points. The steel tape is 30m long
and weighs 0.84kg when supported throughout its length under a standard pull of 5.6kg with the modulus
of elasticity is 2x106 kg/cm2 and area of 0.06 cm2.

a. 17.12kg b. 16.99 kg c. 17.34kg d. 18.35kg

Situation 13. Find the area of a piece of land with an irregular boundary as follows:

STA OFFSET DISTANCE (m)

0+000 8.20
0+010 7.50
0+020 7.20
0+030 6.90
0+040 5.00
The stations are on a straight – line boundary

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 41. Find the area of the land in square meters by Trapezoidal Rule.
a. 281m2 b. 280m2 c. 283m2 d. 282m2

Situation 14. Find the area of a piece of land with an irregular boundary as follows:
STA OFFSET DISTANCE (m)
0+000 8.20
0+010 7.50
0+020 7.20
0+030 6.90
0+040 4.80
0+050 3.70
The stations are on a straight – line boundary.

42. Find the area of the land in square meters by Simpson’s 1/3 Rule.
a. 325.83m2 b. 326.83m2 c. 327.83m2 d. 328.83m2
43. A portion of South Luzon Expressway is known to have a free – low speed of 60 kph and a capacity of
3600 vehicles per hour. If a given hour, 3344 vehicles were counted at a specified point along this
highway, compute the space mean speed of these 3344 vehicles.

a. 22kph and 38kph b. 34kph and 43kph c. 38kph and 64kph d. 56kph and 64 kph
44. The perpendicular distance between two parallel tangents of a reverse curve is 35m. The azimuth of the
back tangent of the curve is 270 degree. And the azimuth of the common tangent is 300 degree. If the
radius of the back curve is 160m and the stationing of PRC is 10+145, find the station of PT?

a. 10+193 b. 10+190 c. 10+198 d. 10+201

45. The number of days final curing for a concrete cement pavement is done for ______?
a. 7 days b. 14 days c. 21 days d. 28 days
46. When a vehicle moves obliquely across the path of another vehicle moving the same direction, at
relatively small angle of crossing the action is termed as:
a. Weaving b. Overtaking c. Crossing d. Merging
Situation 15. If it is 7 o’clock in the morning at Greenwich, calculate the following:
47. The local time of a place located 69oE.
a. 11:36 AM b. 10:36 AM c. 11:36 PM d. 11:50 AM
48. The standard time of a place located 12oE.
a. 7:00 AM b. 7:48 AM c. 8:00 AM d. 8:00 PM
49. The accident rate for 100 million vehicle miles of travel caused by people attempting to pass a heavily
traffic 2 lane rural highway is 6.0. The length of the road is 10 miles with an ADT of 36000. Determine the
estimated yearly reduction in total crashes if the crash reduction factor is 0.25.
a. 5 crashes b. 8 crashes c. 2 crashes d. 4 crashes
50. The principal subdivision of a transit which carries the telescope is known as:
a. Leveling plate group b. Upper plate c. Vertical vernier d. lower plate

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