SURVEYING

Review May 2021

SURVEYING c. Find the secular variation per year. (Ans. 0°12’ per yr)
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  SUBTENSE BAR
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only. 10. A 2 m subtense bar is mounted at a certain distance from the
instrument and the angle subtended by the bar is 6’. Determine
the horizontal distance from the instrument to the subtense bar.
MULTIPLE CHOICE (Ans. 1,145.9153 m)

 PACE FACTOR / REDUCED SEA LEVEL DISTANCE / GRID  EARTH’S CURVATURE AND REFRACTION
DISTANCE
11. The top of a tower signal at B 2,000 m from A away was sighted
1. Line AB 50 m long was paced by a surveyor four times with the ff. through a transit with recorded vertical angle of 2°30’. The height
Data/; 72, 73, 71 and 75. Another line CB was paced for 193, 192, of the mast is 12 m and HI of the transit above the point where it
195 and 194. is set is 1.10 m. The elevation of the point under the transit A is
a. Determine the pace factor of the surveyor. 133.30 m. Compute the elevation of the base of the signal B.
(Ans. 0.6873 m/pace) a. 217.72 m c. 213.16 m
b. Determine the actual length of CB. (Ans. 132.99 m) b. 222.60 m d. 209.99 m
c. If line AB was at elev. 400 m above sea level, determine the
Situation 2: The elevation of station Alpha is 680 m while that of
reduced sea level distance. (Ans. 49.9969 m)
Charlie is 620 m. In between stations Alpha and
d. Compute the grid distance if the grid factor is 0.9999. Charlie is station Bravo with elevations 645 m. The
(Ans. 49.9919 m) distance from Alpha to Bravo is 12 km and from Bravo
to Charlie is 15 km.
 CORRECTIONS
12. Find the elevation of the line of sight at station Bravo with the
instrument placed at station Alpha such that station Charlie would
2. A rectangular lot having a dimension of 218.5 m by 147.2 m was
be visible from station Alpha considering the effect of earth’s
measured by a 30 m tape which is 0.02 m too long.
curvature and refraction.
a. Compute the correct length of the lot. a. 641.27 m c. 659.20 m
(Ans. 218.645 m) b. 632.19 m d. 653.33 m
b. Find the error in the area. (Ans. 43.945 m2)
c. If the same tape was used to set a baseline with length of 13. Assume that station Bravo will obstruct the line of sight from
500 m, determine the distance to be laid out. station Alpha while observing station Charlie and a 4-m tower is
(Ans. 500.33 m) constructed on top of station Bravo. Find the height of equal
towers at stations Alpha and Charlie in order that the three
stations as observed from station Alpha will still be intervisible.
3. A line 1540 m was measured by a 100 m measuring tape a. 5.42 m c. 6.85 m
(supported at ends and midspan) having a weight of 1.5 kg, b. 4.33 m d. 7.73 m
modulus of elasticity of 2x105 kg/cm2, cross sectional area of
0.035 cm2. The tape used is designed at 12 kg and 20 °C standard 14. Without constructing any tower at station Bravo, what height of
pull and temperature, respectively. During measurement, the tape tower must be constructed at station Charlie so that both stations
experienced a 10 kg tension at a temperature of 32 °C. Bravo and Charlie would be visible from station Alpha?
(Use α = 11.6 x10-6 /°C). a. 8.87 m c. 8.38 m
b. 7.90 m d. 7.29 m
a. Determine the correction due to temperature.
(Ans. 0.2144 m too long) ROUTE SURVEYING
b. Determine the correction due to pull.
(Ans. 0. 44 m too short)  SIMPLE CURVES
c. Determine the correction due to sag
(Ans. 0.3576 m) 15. Two tangents adjacent to each other having bearings
d. Determine the corrected length. of N 75° E and S 65° E meet at station 5+520. If the
(Ans. 1539.4168 m) radius of the curve connecting these two tangent is
350 m. Determine the following:
 THEORY OF ERRORS a. Tangent distance. (Ans. 127.39 m)
b. Long chord. (Ans. 239.41 m)
4. The sides of a rectangle and its probable errors are measured to c. Middle Ordinate. (Ans. 21.11 m)
be 100.50 ± 0.05 m and 250.40 ± 0.10 m. Determine the probable d. External distance. (Ans. 22.46 m)
error in the perimeter. (Ans. ± 0.1581 m) e. Degree of Curve. (Ans. 3.274 °)
f. Length of Curve. (Ans. 244.35 m)
g. Stationing of PT. (Ans. 5+636.96 m)
5. The sides of a rectangular area were measured to be 550.25
± 0.005 m and 675.75 ± 0.004 m. Determine the probable error in 16: A simple curve has a radius of 125 m and an angle of
the measured area. (Ans. ± 4.0324 m) intersection of 38°. A new curve is designed such as
that the new forward tangent is moved out at a
6. The distance of line AB was measured four times and recorded as perpendicular distance of 15 m without changing the
follows: 100.02, 100.05, 100.03 and 100.04. direction of the tangents and position of PC remains
a. Determine the probable value. (Ans. 100.035) the same. Solve for the following:
b. Determine the probable error. (Ans. 0.0044)
c. Determine the precision. (Ans. 4.3985 x10-5) a. Radius of the new curve. (Ans. 195.74 m)
b. Length of the new curve. (Ans. 129.82 m)
c. Station of PT if PC is at 1+060. (Ans. 1+189.82 m)
 DISTANCE BY TAPING
17: The deflection angle of two intermediate points A and
7. A line was measured with a 50-m tape. There were 2 tallies and 3 B along the simple curve are 4°30’ and 9°30’
pins, and the distance from the last pin to the end of the line was respectively from PC. If the chord distance between A
2.25 m. Find the length of the line. and B is 50 m, find:
a. 1,152.25 m c. 1,017.25 m
b. 117.25 m d. 517.25 m a. The radius of the curve. (Ans. 286.84 m)
b. The arc distance from PC to B. (Ans. 95.12 m)
 SENSITIVITY OF A LEVEL TUBE c. Offset distance from back tangent to point B. (Ans. 15.63 m)

 COMPOUND CURVES
8. Using an engineer’s level, the reading on a rod 80 m away was
observed to be 2.84 m. The bubble was leveled through 5 paces
on the level tube and the rod reading increased to 2.904 m. Find 18: The compound curve has the following measurments:
the radius of curvature of the level tube if one space on the tube I1= 31° D1= 3°
is 0.60 mm long. I2= 36° D2= 5°
a. 3.25 m c. 3.75 m
b. 4.00 m d. 3.50 m Station of PI= 5+310

 COMPASS SURVEYING a. Find the station of PC. (Ans. 5+088.88 m)

9. In 1996, the magnetic bearing of line AB measured by a compass
instrument was N 49°20’ W. The declination of the needle at that
time was 1°30’ E.
a. Compute the true bearing of the line. (Ans. N 47°50’ W)
b. If the new declination at present was 2°30’ W, determine the
new magnetic bearing of the same line. (Ans. N 45°20’ W)
b. Find the station of PCC. (Ans. 5+295.55 m)
c. Find the station of PT. (Ans. 5+439.55 m)
19: The long chord of a compound curve is 200 m and the
angles it makes with the tangents of the curve are 20°
and 18° respectively. If the common tangent of the
curve is parallel to the long chord, determine:

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a. The radius of the first curve. (Ans. 276.71 m) b. The length of the short tangent. (Ans. 26.78 m)
b. The radius of the second curve. (Ans. 340.94 m) c. The superelevation. (Ans. 0.22 m/m)
c. The total length of the curve. (Ans. 203.70 m) d. The length of the long tangent if the distance along the tangent up
to SC is 80 m. (Ans. 53.63 m)
 REVERSED CURVES
29: The degree of the curve of a central curve of a spiral
easement curve is 5° and its central angle is 38°.
20: The perpendicular distance between two parallel
tangents of the reverse curve is 30 m. The azimuth of
a. Compute the length of throw, if the external distance of the spiral
the back tangent is 270° while the common tangent is
curve is 14.60 m. (Ans. 1.3183 m)
300°. The radius of the first curve is 150 m and the
b. Compute the length of the spiral. (Ans. 85.15 m)
stationing of the PRC is 10+650.
c. Compute the maximum speed that a car could move along the
spiral to avoid overturning. (Ans. 81.54 kph)
a. Find the radius of the second curve. (Ans. 73.93 m)
b. Find the station of PT. (Ans. 10+688.71 m)
c. Find the station of PC. (Ans. 10+571.46 m)  EARTHWORKS

30: The given cross section has an area of 31.7 m2.

21: The common tangent BC of a reverse curve is 280 m 9.8 0 7.4
and has an azimuth of 310°. AB is tangent of the first +2.4 +2.64 +1.2
curve whose azimuth is 250° and distance of 300 m
while CD is tangent of the second curve whose a. Compute the side slope. (Ans. 10 m)
azimuth is 220° and distance of 260 m. If the radius of b. Compute the base. (Ans. 2:1)
the second curve is 190 m, determine the following:
31: The details of a certain cross section is given below.
a. Radius of the first curve. (Ans. 155.88 m)
b. Length of the second curve. (Ans. 298.45 m) Base for cut =9m
c. Total area of the road from A to D if the width of the road is 15 m. Base for fill =8m
(Ans. 11,125.31 m2) Sta. 3+100 (cut)
Sta. 3+160 (fill)
 PARABOLIC CURVES Sideslope (cut) = 1:1
Sideslope (fill) = 1.5:1
22: The back tangent with a grade of +3.6% and forward 5.48 0 5 6.76 0 4.63
tangent with grade of -4.5% intersects at station +0.98 +3.05 +0.50 −1.84 −1.22 −0.42
15+750 and elevation of 100.50 m. The two tangents
are connected by a 400 m parabolic curve. a. Compute for the volume of cut using end area method.
(Ans. 413. 86 m3)
a. Find the location of the highest point from PC. (Ans. 177.78 m) b. Determine the volume of fill using prismoidal formula.
b. Compute the station of the highest point. (Ans. 15+727.78 m) (Ans. 92.41 m3)
c. Determine the elevation of the highest point. (Ans. 96.50 m) c. Find the difference in cut and fill if shrinkage factor is 20%.
(Ans. 302.968 m3)
23: A grade of -5% followed by a grade of +1% which
intersects at station 10+250 and elevation of 350 m. If 32: From station 5+200 with center height of 1.4 m fill,
maximum change in grade per 20 m station is 0.40% the ground line makes a uniform slope of +5% to
station 5+260 whose height is 2.8 m in cut. Assume
a. Determine the length of the parabolic curve to connect the both sections to be trapezoidal with roadway of 10 m
tangents. (Ans. 300 m) and side slope of 2:1.
b. Find the stationing of the ideal location for a drainage pipe to be
installed. (Ans. 10+350 m) a. Compute the grade of the roadway. (Ans. -2%)
c. If the outside dimension of the pipe to be installed is 95 cm and b. How far from station 5+200 will the filling extend? (Ans. 20 m)
the top of the pipe culvert is 30 cm below the curve, compute the c. Determine the area at station 5+250. (Ans. 29.82 m2)
invert elevation. (Ans. 350 m)  VOLUME OF BURROW PIT
24: A parabolic curve is designed to connect a +5% grade
and a -4% grade. The curve is to pass through point 33: A 90 m by 90 m lot is to be divided into 9 equal square sections.
“A”, the stationing of which is 10+500 and elevation of The elevations of the ground surface at each corner of the square
158.20 m. If the grade intersection is at station 10+520 section are shown below. Find the volume to be excavated if the
and elevation of 160 m. Determine the following: ground surface is to be levelled to elevation 5m. (Ans. 20,103.75
m3)
a. Length of the curve. (Ans.139.65 m)
b. Location of the summit from PT. (Ans. 62.07 m) A= 8.40 m E= 8.29 m I= 8.33 m M= 8.11 m
c. Elevation of the summit. (Ans. 158.45 m) B= 7.69 m F= 7.90 m J= 8.24 m N= 7.36 m
C= 7.13 m G= 7.19 m K= 7.16 m O= 6.91 m
25: An unsymmetrical parabolic curve connects a +4.2% D= 5.96 m H= 6.22 m L= 7.52 m P= 6.02 m
grade and a -3.4% grade. The length of the curve on
the left side is 80 m and 115 m on the other side. If  DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING
stationing of the point of intersection is 6+540 and its
elevation is 150 m. Determine the following:
34. Given the following differential level notes:
a. Location of the summit from PT. (Ans. 120 m)
b. Stationing of the summit. (Ans. 6+535 m) Sta BS HI FS Elevation
c. Elevation of the summit. (Ans. 148.215 m) BM1 1.120 74.50
TP1 1.216 1.985
 SPIRAL CURVES TP2 1.028 1.436
TP3 1.379 2.051
TP4 1.070 2.111
26. A spiral easement curve has a length of 100 mm with a central
TP5 1.833 2.710
curve having a radius of 300 mm. Determine the offset distance
from the tangent to the second-quarter point of the spiral. TP6 1.450 2.695
a. 0.84 m c. 0.69 m BM2 2.643
b. 0.52 m d. 1.04 m
a. Compute the elevation of BM2. (Ans. 67.965 m)
27: The tangents of a spiral curve intersect at an angle of b. Find the difference in elevation between TP5 and TP3.
25° at Sta 4+072. The radius of the central curve is (Ans. 2.372 m)
300 m and the length of the spiral curve is 52.71 m. c. Determine the station with the highest elevation.
(Ans. BM1 = 74.50 m)
A. Determine the stationing of the point where the spiral starts.
a. 3+911.36 c. 3+937.04 35. A line of levels 3 km long is run from BM1 to BM2 with a computed
b. 3+962.28 d. 3+979.05 difference in elevation of 158.60 m. The average BS and FS
distance are 100 m and 150 m, respectively. It was found out that
B. Determine the stationing of the point where the central curve the line of sight was inclined upward by 0.004 m in a distance of
starts. 10 m.
a. 4+014.99 c. 3+989.75
b. 4+031.76 d. 3+964.07 a. Compute the error in every set up. (Ans. + 0.02 m)
b. Determine the total error. (+ 0.24 m)
C. Determine the total length of the curve. c. Find the correct elevation of BM2. (Ans. 158.84 m)
a. 174.92 m c. 197.16 m
b. 183.61 m d. 190.88 m 36. To adjust a dumpy level by peg method of adjustment, two points
A and B were setup. With instrument at point A, the rod reading at
28: Spiral curves are connected at both ends of a 5° A was 1.510 m and the foresight at B was 2.089 m. The level is
simple curve. If the length of the spiral is 80 m, find: transferred at B and backsight at B was 1.450 m while reading at
A is 0.940 m.
a. The length of the throw. (Ans. 1.1636 m)

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a. Find the true elevation between A and B. (Ans. 0.5445 m)
b. Compute the error in the line of sight. (Ans. -0.0345 m)
c. Determine the correct reading at A with instrument at B.
(Ans. 2.0545 m)

37. Given the data below.

Reading Instrument at C Instrument at D

RA 1.103 0.568
RB 0.991 0.289

Point C is equidistant from A and B while D is 12 m from A and 72 m from B.

a. What is the true difference in elevation of A and B?

(Ans. 0.112 m)
b. With the instrument at D, what should be the correct reading at A
and B? (Ans. RA = 0.6014 m and RB = 0.4894 m)

 TACHYMETRY

38. A stadia intercept of 0.28 m was recorded for an inclined sight of

2° from the horizontal. If the stadia interval factor is 100 and an
internal focusing telescope was used. Determine the horizontal
and vertical distance. (Ans. HD = 27.966 m and VD = 0.977 m)q

 CLOSED TRAVERSE

39. Given below is the data for a closed traverse.

Line Bearing Distance

AB S 10° E 40
BC S 65° W 25
CD N 85° W 20
DE N 40° W 45
EA

a. Determine the length and bearing of EA.

(Ans. 66 m and N 77.98° E)

b. Determine the area of the closed traverse. (Ans. 2,305.4826 m2)

40. Given below is the data for a closed traverse.

Line Bearing Distance

AB N 75° E 80
BC S 35° E 45
CD S 60° W 75
DA N 40° W 70

a. Determine correct bearing and distance of BC using Bowditch

Rule. (Ans. 45.66 m and S 36.1796° E)

b. Determine correct bearing and distance of BC using Transit Rule.

(Ans. 45.47 m and S 35.86° E)

c. Determine the linear error of closure. (Ans. 6.862 m)

d. Determine the relative error. (Ans. 0.0256)

 MASS HAUL

41. The cross sectional area of station 1+460 is 40 m2 in fill and at

station 2+060 is 60 m2 in cut. The free haul distance is 50 m. The
cost of borrow is 4.00 Php per m3, while the cost of excavation is
3.50 Php per m3. Cost of haul is P0.20 per meter station.
Balancing point is at Station 1+760. Assume the ground surface
to be sloping upward uniformly up to station 1+760 and then with
a slightly steeper slope to station 2+060.

a. Stationing of the limits of free haul.

(Ans. 1+732.47 and 1+782.47)

b. Stationing of the limits of economic haul.

(Ans. 1+512.27 and 1+962.27)

c. Overhaul volume. (Ans. 4,040.82 m3)

d. Length of overhaul. (Ans. 253.3332 m)

e. Cost of haul. (Ans. 10,236.7386 Php)

f. Cost of waste. (Ans. 17,180.3433 Php)

g. Cost of borrow. (Ans. 355.1428 Php)

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