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DEPARTEMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY


SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTEMENT

MODEL EXIT EXAM FOR ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION STREAM

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Transportation System and Planning Exit Exam Question

1. Which of the following is not the basic element of Transportation Planning?


a) Situation Definition
b) Problem Definition
c) Analysis of Performance
d) Specification and Construction
e) None
2. ___________ is a guiding principle that influences the transportation system to achieve
the desired outcome & avoid transport problem.
a) Transport Planning
b) Transport System
c) Transport Policy
d) Transport Engineering
3. Which of the following is transport policy instrument/measures?
a) Provision of Infrastructure
b) Traffic Management
c) Information
d) All
e) None
4. Transport modeling require the following basic type of data except.
a) Travel Survey
b) Land use inventory
c) Network data
d) Socio- Economic data
e) None
5. Which of the following is the correct sequence in the Four- Step Modeling (FSM) of
transportation modeling?
a) Trip generation-Trip distribution-Modal choice-Trip assignment

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b) Trip generation-Trip assignment-Modal choice-Trip distribution
c) Trip generation-Trip distribution-Trip assignment-Modal choice
d) Modal choice-Trip generation-Modal choice-Trip assignment
6. ___________ is a study which collect information on locations, duration and causes of
delays.
a) Spot speed study
b) Volume study
c) Travel time and Delay study
d) All
7. ___________ is a part of delay caused by control devices like traffic signal.
a) Operational delay
b) Stopped-time delay
c) Fixed delay
d) Travel time delay
8. Which of the following is not a method used for conducting travel time and delay studies?
a) Pneumatic road tube technique
b) Floating car technique
c) Average speed technique
d) Moving vehicle technique
9. ____________ is the home end of Home Based trip or the origin of None Home Based trip.
a) Trip Production
b) Trip Attraction
c) Trip
d) Journey
10. The revenue from road transport sector is studied in which type of studies.
A. Spot speed studies
B. Parking studies
C. Traffic volume studies
D. Travel time and delay studies
11. Which one of the following methods is not used to conduct spot speed investigation?

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a) License Plate method
b) Pneumatic road tubes
c) Induction loops
d) Cordon count
12. The average total volume of traffic for the week divided by the average volume of traffic
for a particular day is called_____________________.
a) Hourly Expansion Factor
b) Average Daily Traffic
c) Daily expansion factor
d) Weekly expansion factor
13. Which of the following is not the application of speed study?
a) Determining appropriate speed limit
b) Analyzing the cause of accident
c) Deciding speed trends
d) For deciding PCU
14. Which of the following is the best way to make public transportation efficient?
a) Separate bus lane
b) Car pooling
c) Increasing tax
d) Providing toll booths
15. Improper highway alignment would increase
a) Construction cost
b) Vehicle operation cost
c) Land acquisition cost
d) All
e) All except C
16. Which of the following is not a basic issue in Transport alternative evaluation?
a) Identifying project stakeholders
b) Selecting & measuring evaluation criteria
c) Measures of effectiveness

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d) All are correct

17. Design of horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, super-elevation , sight distance and
grades of alignment, is worst affected by
a) Wight of vehicle b) height of vehicle c) length of vehicle d) Speed of vehicle
18. Traffic Engineering studies focus on
a) Design and planning of control devices of the road
b) Traffic operation
c) Analysis of the level of service of the road
d) Analysis of traffic flow characteristics
e) All
19. Which one of the following determines the level of service of the road intersection
a) Delay
b) Density of vehicle
c) Speed of the vehicle
d) Travel time follow
20. As per recommendation of ERA-2013 manual the minimum traffic volume study is carried
out for rural road is 7 days continuously at least three times in different seasons during
a) Harvesting
b) Public holidays
c) The payment of salaries and wages
d) Normal condition
21. In the design of curves without spiral curve the location of super elevation runoff with
respect to the point of commencement according to ERA manual is
a) 2/3 on the curve and 1/3 on the tangent
b) 1/3 on the curve and 2/3 on the tangent
c) 3/4 on the curve and 1/4 on the tangent
d) None
22. When we use lane widening?
a) On the curve with the radius less than 250m
b) On high fill greater than 3m

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c) On gentle slope of the road
d) a and b
23. According to ERA manual recommendation, the minimum ratio of the radii of two circular
curves of a compound curve, is kept
a) 1.25 b) 1.5 c) 1.75 d) 2.0
24. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The super-elevation on roads is
a) Directly proportional to width of pavement
b) Directly proportional to velocity of vehicles

c) Inversely proportional to acceleration due to gravity


d) Inversely proportional to the radius of curvature.

25. Traffic surveys are carried out


a) To know the type of traffic
b) To determine the facilities to traffic regulations

c) To design proper drainage system


d) All the above.

26. Which one of the following is the transport policy instrument to reduce the transport related
problem?
a) Taxation of car based on its age.
b) Taxing of the most polluting fuel at high level
c) Constructing infrastructure for cycle and pedestrian
d) All of the above
27. What is the main cause of traffic crash/accident in urban area?
a) Improper planning
b) Traffic congestion
c) Drinking and driving
d) Over-speeding
e) All except b
28. What is the source of data for trip production?
a) House hold interview data

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b) Traffic volume counts
c) Land use data
d) All
29. Which one of the following modes of transportation is environmentally friendly?
a) Road transportation
b) Light rail transport
c) Air transport
d) Water transport,
30. The mobility of people and goods can be maximized by -
a) Minimizing travel time
b) Providing adequate frequency of service, safety & reliability
c) Minimizing travelling cost
d) All of the above
31. With respect to transportation system Railway Signal can be said as ________________.
a) Fixed facility
b) Control system
c) Flow entity
d) None of the above
32. With respect to Transportation System which of the following can be said as fixed facility?
a) Port
b) Airplane
c) Railway signals
d) Vehicle
33. What is the first stage of four-stage travel demand modeling?
a) Trip distribution
b) Trip generation
c) Modal split
d) Traffic assignment
34. Which of the following is not a negative impact of transportation?
a) Road safety

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b) Aesthetics
c) Mobility
d) Pollution
35. What is transport engineering? What are the main components?
36. Describe the basic Steps in Transportation Planning Process?
37. Describe the following types of volume counts & explain when they are used.
• Screen-line counts
• Cordon counts
• Intersection counts
• Control counts
38. Explain the difference between roadway, highway and freeway?
39. What is the relationship between transportation, and the economy?
40. List the different modes of transportation? Which one is flexible and gives door to door
service among them?
41. List the negative impact of the transportation system? What is the difference between
transportation policy and planning?
42. Write the two approaches to formulate the transport policy?
43. List the transportation policy instruments to solve the transportation related problem?
44. Write the basic steps in systems planning process?
45. List the factors influencing travel demand modeling?
46. Write the four steps of transportation modeling?
47. List the transport alternative evaluation based criteria?
48. List the environmental impact it has to be assessed for new road proposed?
49. List the methods of transportation project economic evaluation to check the feasibility or
viability of the project?
50. List the Factors affecting the choice of route when driving between two points?
51. The owner of a parking garage has observed that 20% of those wishing to park are turned
back every day during the open hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. because of lack of parking spaces.
An analysis of data collected at the garage indicates that 60% of those who park are
commuters, with an average parking duration of 9 hr, and the remaining are shoppers,

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whose average parking duration is 2 hr. If 20% of those who cannot park are commuters
and the rest are shoppers, and a total of 200 vehicles currently park daily in the garage,
determine the number of additional spaces required to meet the excess demand. Assume
parking efficiency is 0.90.

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1) Sketch the relationship among speed, density and flow in the traffic stream by graph! Show
the jam traffic situation in graphs and discuss about it.
2) The relationship between speed (S, km/hr) and Density (D, veh/km) for a section of a
highway is assumed to have the following a Greenshields Model:

Determine the following: The Free flow speed, the jam density ,the Speed-flow relationship,
the flow-density relationship and the maximum flow
3) A speed trap of 100 meters length was placed on freeway segment. The time that took a
sample of 10 vehicles to transverse the trap (i.e. from entering until leavening it) are :
Vehicle No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time (Sec) 4.1 5.3 4.9 6.6 3.8 5.9 6.4 6.1 7 5.8
Calculate the time-mean speed & the space-mean speed?

4) Traffic is arriving at a two-lane street at the rate of 420 vph. At 6:00 p.m, a traffic accident
closes one of the two lanes. The capacity of each lane is 300vph. The lane is reopened at 6:15
p.m with full capacity of both lanes. During the lane closure, the opened lane operates with
full capacity. Perform the following tasks:
a) Determine the maximum queue length (number of vehicles)
b) Determine the maximum delay
c) Determine the time at which the queue will be completely dissipated
5) Determine the optimum cycle length and appropriate actual green times by Webster method
for an intersection that has four legs as shown in Table 1. Assume a yellow period is 3 sec and
all red phase (R) =0
Table 1. Traffic Flow Equivalent to PCU
Road Traffic Turning Saturation
Approach Movement flow
Left Through Right

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A 30 280 40 2000
B 25 300 100 1800
C 15 400 80 1600
D 10 550 150 2000

6) Draw the shockwave in the time- space diagram. Show all the types of shock waves on the
diagrams?
7) The table below shows 15-minute volume counts during the peak hour on an approach of an
intersection.
Determine the PHF and the design hourly volume of the approach

8) Define the following terms and cite examples of how they are used.
• Average annual daily traffic (AADT)
• Average daily traffic (ADT)
• Vehicle-miles of travel (VMT)
• Peak hour volume (PHV)
9) If the traffic volume count on a road is 150 and daily factor is 1.1 and seasonal factor is 1.2
then Compute ADT ?
10) The projected AADT of proposed facility is 33,000 vehicle per day. If the proportion of
AADT in the Design hour is 16 percent and the peak hour directional distribution is 65:35,
estimate the directional design hourly volume DDHV?
11) Which one is true about capacity in traffic engineering?
a. Dependent of the demand
b. It speaks about the physical amount of vehicles and passengers that a road can afford
c. Independent on road characteristics
d. All
12) What are the factors that highway capacity depends on?
a. Traffic conditions
b. Control conditions
c. Road way characteristics
d. All

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13) One of the following is quality of traffic that Delivers stable flow conditions but there are
marked restrictions in the ability to maneuver and care is required when changing lane.
a. Los A
b. Los D
c. Los C
d. Los F

14) Except one, factors affect the free-flow speed of the facility
a. Lane widths
b. Lateral clearances
c. Number of lanes (freeways)
d. Type of median (multilane highways).

15) A Class I two-lane highway has a base free-flow speed of 100 km/h. Lane width is 3.6 m and
shoulder width is 1.2 m. There are six access points per kilometer. The roadway is located in
rolling terrain with 40 percent no-passing zones. The two-way traffic volume is 800 veh/h,
with a PHF of 0.90. The directional split is 6040. Traffic includes 5 percent trucks and 10
percent recreational vehicles. What is the level of service?
a. level of service C
b. level of service D
c. level of service E
d. level of service

16) Which of the following is Input parameter for determining capacity of signalized
intersection?
a. data on intersection geometry,
b. traffic volumes
c. conditions, and signalization
d. all

17) The basic configuration of at-grade intersections are


a. T, Y or three-leg intersections, which consist of three approaches;
b. Four-leg or cross intersections, which consist of four approaches; and
c. Multileg intersections, which consist of five or more approaches
d. All

18) What is the advantage of Grade separation without ramps?


19) What are General types of highway crossings?
20) List down the intersection users?
21) What are the Basic Elements in intersection design?

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22) What are Types of intersection control in traffic engineering?
23) List steps in Computational procedure at TWSC?
24) List Traffic signal control disadvantage?
25) Identify or suggest the type of AT-grade intersection control you observe in Adama city?

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HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
SAMPLE EXIT EXAM QUESTIONS IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Part I. Choice the Best Answer
1. For the following Flexible pavement layer which one is not true?
a. Capping layer is optional layer and we provide only when sub grade strength is weak.
b. The main use of sub base layer is facilitating drainage.
c. Sub grade is foundation on which the vehicle load and the weight of the pavement
layers finally rest
d. Surface layer is resist distortion under traffic.
e. Base course resist mainly tensile strain and withstand load applied on it.
2. Pavements are normally designed and constructed, during the design life to provide, a riding
quality acceptable for both private and commercial vehicles with acceptable maintenance.
Which one of failure is encountered only in design of flexible pavement?
a. Fatigue cracking c. Rutting
b. Thermal Cracking d. Faulting & joint deterioration
3. _______is a traffic type made due to improvement of existing road quality and standard?
a. Normal traffic c. Developed traffic
b. Generated traffic d. Diverted traffic
4. Among the following laboratory test which one is used for both subgrade materials and
unbounded pavement materials?
a. CBR test c. Toughness & Abrasion Test
b. Gradation test d. Soundness test
5. What type of pavement type you recommend, if the bearing capacity of the sub grade is weak,
ground water table is rear to sub grade layer and high traffic volume.
a. Convectional flexible pavement c. Rigid pavement
b. Full depth asphalt d. non
6. Among the following which one is not the basic idea behind pavement design?
a. to prepare a suitable subgrade
b. providing necessary drainage,
c. to provide reasonably smooth & skid resistant surface
d. Control of rutting
7. Which one of the following is not an element of highway geometric design?
A. Cross section C. horizontal alignment
B. Vertical alignment D. None
8. The choice of design controls and criteria is influenced by _______
A. The functional classification C. design speed
B. Design vehicle D. All
9. Among the following which statement is false?

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A. Traffic volume is number of vehicles that pass a point along a roadway during a
specified time period.
B. Trunk road links locally important cites.
C. Main access road links centers of provincial importance’s
D. Geometric design features are the road cross-section and horizontal and vertical
alignment
E. None
10. _______is the average of 24-hr counts collected over a number of days greater than one but less
than a year.
A. AADT B. ADT C. PHF D. Gap
11. Design speed primarily depends on
A. Horizontal alignment C. vertical alignment
B. Functional classification D. radius of curves
12. _______ is the portion of roadway provided for movement of vehicles
A. shoulder C. normal cross fall
B. Median D. travel lane
13. Which one is affected by traffic volume?
A. Number of lane C. alignment and gradient
B. Lane width D. All
14. Which one is correct?
A. Shoulder is used for lateral support of the pavement structure.
B. Median is the portion of a highway separating opposing directions of the traveled way.
C. Sometimes we may provide un equal-width travel lanes
D. all
15. Among the following which statement is false about the function of shoulder?
A. Accommodation of stopped vehicles for emergency use
B. To separate opposing directions of the travelled way
C. Main access road links centers of provincial importance
D. Provides additional space for bicycle use
E. None

16. The selected alignment should pass through:


A. Highly developed expensive & B. Very costly structures
areas

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C. Intermediate town b/n terminals D. Cultural or religious places

17. Which one of the following is not an element of highway geometric design?
A. Cross section C. Vertical alignment
B. horizontal alignment D. None
18. Raising of outer edge of a road with respect to inner edge, is known
A. Super elevation C. Banking
B. Cant D. All the above
19. For a vehicle moving with a speed of 80 km per hour, the brake reaction time, in ordinary
cases, is
A. 1 sec C. 2.0 sec
B. 1.5 sec D. 2.5 sec
20. Horizontal curves on highways are provided
A. To break the monotony of driving
B. To discourage the tendency to increase speed
C. To decrease the mental strain on drivers
D. All the above
21. Bottom-most component of a flexible pavement, is
A. Sub-grade C. Base
B. Sub-base D. Base course
22. For a properly designed vehicle, the resistance generally ignored, is
A. Wind resistance C. Grade resistance
B. Rolling resistance D. Axle resistance
23. Los Angeles testing machine is used to conduct
A. Abrasion test C. Attrition test
B. Impact test D. Crushing strength test
24. When the width of car parking space and width of street are limited, generally preferred parking
system is
A. Parallel parking C. 65° angle parking
B. 45° angle parking D. 90° angle parking
25. The function of an expansion joint in rigid pavements is to
A. Relieve warping stresses C. Resist stresses due to expansion
B. Relieve shrinkage stresses D. Allow free expansion
26. Penetration test on bitumen is used for determining its
A. Grade C. Ductility
B. Viscosity D. Temperature susceptibility

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27. Width of vehicles affects the width of


A. Lanes C. Parking spaces
B. Shoulders D. All the above
28. The maximum safe speed on roads, depends on the
A. Type of road surface C. Sight distance
B. Type of curves D. All the above
29. The pavement width of a road depends upon
A. Terrain C. Number of lanes
B. Type of traffic D. All the above
30. Shoulders for high traffic volume roads, should
A. Be stable throughout the year to be used by vehicles in the case of emergency
B. Support and protect the ends of carriage ways
C. Not allow entrance of water to sub-grade
D. All the above
31. When an up gradient of a highway meets a downgrade, the vertical curve provided, is known
as
A. Valley curve C. Summit curve
B. Sag curve D. All the above
32. Along horizontal curves, if centrifugal force exceeds lateral friction, vehicles may
A. Skid C. Not be affected
B. Slip D. None of these
33. The shape of a vertical curve, is
A. Parabolic C. Circular
B. Elliptical D. Spiral
34. Which of the following tests measures the toughness of road aggregates?
A. Crushing strength test C. Impact test
B. Abrasion test D. Shape test
35. In CBR test the value of CBR is calculated at
A. 2.5 mm penetration only D. Both 2.5 mm and 5.0 mm
B. 5.0 mm penetration only penetrations
C. 7.5 mm penetration only
36. Curves in the same direction separated by short tangents, are called
A. Simple circular curves C. Transition curves
B. Compound curves D. Broken-back curves
37. Length of vehicles does not affect
A. Extra widening C. Passing sight distance
B. Minimum radius of turning D. Width of shoulders

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38. Wheel load configuration helps in knowing the ______ required for the design of pavements.
A. Number of wheels C. Contact pressure
B. Load distribution D. Load factor
39. Which of the below is not an example of rigid pavement?
A. Lean cement concrete C. Continuous reinforced concrete
B. Jointed plain concrete D. Pre-stressed concrete
40. In which of the below types of pavement can joints be eliminated completely?
A. Continuous reinforced concrete pavement
B. Jointed reinforced concrete pavement
C. Pre-stressed concrete pavement
D. Jointed plain concrete pavement
41. Rigid pavements are stiffer than flexible pavements due to ______
A. Low modulus of rigidity C. High modulus of rigidity
B. Low modulus of elasticity D. High modulus of elasticity
42. Which are the two major parameters considered in the Marshall Mix design?
A. Workability and stability C. Density and durability
B. Density and stability D. Durability and stability
43. The polished stone value test is used to test which of the below properties?
A. Roundness C. Abrasion
B. Crushing D. Durability
44. In the crushing test, what is the compressive load subjected to the specimen?
A. Gradual 40 kN C. Rapid 40 kN
B. Gradual 40 tonnes D. Rapid 40 tonnes
45. What is used as a charge for the Los Angeles abrasion test?
A. Electric supply C. Aggregates
B. Steel balls D. Drum
46. The ______ test can be conducted in-situ as well as in the laboratory.
A. CBR C. Triaxial
B. Unconfined compression D. Direct shear
47. Which of the below is not a problem associated with black cotton soil?
A. Excessive volume changes C. Difficult to pulverize
B. Round particles D. Considerable shrinkage
48. What can be added to black cotton soil to improve its properties?
A. Lime C. Geotextiles
B. Cement D. Bitumen
49. Which type of failure has resulted when the Areas of HMA pavement with the portion of
aggregate extending above the asphalt binder are very small?

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A. Polished Aggregate C. Raveling
B. Patching D. Pothole
50. From the following which one is not considered under construction cost during LCA?
A. Acquisition of land
B. Construction of highway
C. Vehicle operating cost (VOC)
D. Installation of traffic control devices
51. Which type of maintenance activity is not conducted under Reactive (Recurrent) maintenance
A. Pot-hole patching, C. Filling depressions
B. Crack sealing, D. Vegetation control on shoulders
52. According to the ERA condition survey procedure which type of damage is characterizes the
structural condition of the pavement.
A. Deformation C. longitudinal cracking
B. Raveling D. Traverse cracking
53. Among the following which one is false about network-level PMS?
A. Quickly and accurately produce conditional scenarios
B. Prioritize broad areas of MR&R
C. Use consistent inputs in scenario comparisons
D. Less dependent upon feedback for success
54. The maintenance works are not possible for __________
A. Shoulder C. Embankment
B. Pavement D. Subgrade
55. An existing flexible pavement that develops extensive cracks is called ___________
A. Raveling C. Shear
B. Alligator cracks D. Pot hole
56. The rate of structural deterioration of flexible pavement doesn’t depend on
1) Stability of pavement
2) Magnitude of traffic
3) Traffic growth rate
4) Climatic change
57. Which one of the following cannot be a solution for a very weak subgrade
a. Rise Vertical Alignment c. Cut and Replace
b. Stabilization d. none
58. A type of pavement failure with a film of asphalt binder on the pavement surface and it
usually creates a shiny, glass-like reflecting surface:
c. Polishing of aggregate c. stripping
d. Bleeding d. Path hole
59. Which type of pavement crack failure is mainly common only in flexible pavement structure:
a. Longitudinal crack c. Fatigue crack
b. Reflection crack d. Rutting
60. Among the following which one is false about project level PMS?
a. Relies less on aggregate data.
b. Able to be used with little data.

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c. Use consistent inputs in scenario comparisons
d. Less dependent upon feedback for success
61. Which one of the following is used in estimating and quantifying of damage in pavement
failure evaluation:
a. Type of distress
b. Its severity
c. Its extent
d. All
62. Which one of the following is different from other failure type based on its categories:
a. Rutting c. Corrugation and shoving
b. Overlay bumps d. Segregation
63. According to ERA condition survey procedure which type of damage is characterizes the
structural condition of the pavement:
a. Deformation
b. Raveling
c. longitudinal cracking
d. Traverse cracking
64. The loss of bond between aggregates and asphalt binder that typically begins at the bottom of
the HMA layer and progresses upward in pavement surface is:
b. Polishing of aggregate d. Bleeding
c. Stripping e. Path hole
65. Which type of pavement failure is mainly common in composite pavement structure:
c. Longitudinal crack e. Reflection crack
d. Fatigue crack f. Block crack
66. What type of maintenance activity is needed occasionally, that is, after a period of some years;
for example, resealing, re-gravelling shoulders, road surface marking?
a. Urgent c. Rehabilitation
b. Cyclic d. Periodic
67. Which one of the following are premature source of pavement failure
e. In adequate thickness design
f. Material design problem
g. Construction method and procedure problem
h. All
68. Which one of the following is different from other failure type:
c. Rutting e. Depression
d. Corrugation and shoving f. Segregation

69. Which type of pavement layer is optional layer in the flexible pavement?
a) Base Course
b) Subgrade
c) Sub base
d) Capping Layer

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Part II. Essay Type Questions.
1. Cement Stabilization is the most commonly used stabilization agent. Explain why it is
commonly used and the effect on material characteristics.
2. There are a number of test done to characterize the physical properties of unbound granular
materials, from these tests mention three and explain the importance of the result.
3. As highway engineer explain your recommendation if the cumulative equivalent axle load factor is
greater than 30*106(CEALF)
4. Why are flexible pavement generally built in layer with better material on top?
5. Write the methods which are used to mitigate problems of expansive soils.
6. The desirable properties of sub grade soil as a highway material are.
7. What are the Desirable properties of aggregates?
8. There are a number of test done to characterize the physical properties of unbound granular
materials, from these tests mention three and explain the importance of the result.
9. Explain briefly the importance of highway drainage.
10. Write and explain the main difference between maintenance and rehabilitation
11. Explain the importance of the following factors which are considered in pavement design:
(i) Traffic loading (ii) Climate (iii) Materials characteristics
12. What is pavement structure and state the basic three requirements that every pavement should
satisfy
13. What is route surveying and write the steps in route surveying with two major tasks done in
each steps?
14. Sketch and label highway cross-section elements for urban and rural section. Then explain why
they are different.
15. You had been given project to connect two end points on the contour map as a project work.
Based on this what are the main steps you followed during designing the given road for your
project.
16. Most of the time in Highway geometric Design, to overcome the accidents on the curve, what
at least three corrective measure to be considered in curve design.
17. Explain components of highways cross section within the right of way including sketch.
18. Write at least three control criteria’s to select of minimum length of a sag vertical curve in
highway geometric design
19. Write and Explain the different Types of intersection
20. Explain the main differences between rigid and flexible pavements structures.
21. Write at least four factors influenced the choice of highway Geometric design controls and
criteria.
22. Explain the two parameters used to determine the design standard of the highway geometry?
23. What are the requirement of ideal highway alignment

24. Assume you are highway engineer to select highway alignment road from Adama to Finfinnee.
What are the factors controlling alignment you may consider for your selection.

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