MIDTERM EXAM

Direction: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer you have chosen as
the best among the choices provided. Show your solution and final answer must be enclosed in a box. 5 points
for each correct answer.

“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.”
― Chantal Sutherland, Canadian jockey and model

1.0 Two parallel tangents 20m apart are to be connected by a

reverse curved with equal radius at the P.C. and P.I. The total
length of the chord from the P.C. to the P.T. is 150m
Stationing of the P.C. is 10+200. Find the radius of the
reversed curved.

a. 340.93
b. 280.93
c. 258.93
d. 320.93
2.0 The perpendicular distance between two parallel tangents of
a reversed curve is 7.5 m and the length of the long chord is
equal to 65 m. Compute the common radius of the reversed
curve.

a. 150.47 m
b. 140.87 m
c. 130.57 m
d. 157.30 m

3.0 A point is sighted from a transit and found to have a stadia

intercept of 0.6 m. The distance of the stadia rod from the
transit is 61.20 m . If f + c is 0.3 m. Determine the stadia
constant.

a. 101.5
b. 100.7
c. 99.8
d. 99.2
4.0 The tangents of a spiral curve forms an angle intersection of
25° at station 2 + 058. The design speed is 80 km/hr. For the
radius of central curve of 300 m and the length of spiral of
2.10 m. Find the stationing at the point where the spiral
starts.

a. Sta. 1 + 965.38
b. Sta. 1 + 865.38
c. Sta. 1 + 765.38
d. Sta. 1 + 665.38
5.0 The distance between two points is observe and tabulated
with corresponding weights. Determine the weight mean
distance.

Trial Distance Weight

1 521.62 m 2
2 521.51 m 5
3 521.13 m 1
4 521.93 m 8
a. 521.71 m
b. 521.55 m
c. 521.67 m
d. 521.61 m
6.0 The external distance of a simple curve is 15 m and has a
central angle of 30° if the length of one station is 20 m long.
Find the radius of the curve.

a. 336.42 m
b. 632.46 m
c. 521.64 m
d. 425.22 m
7.0 A simple curve has a tangent distant of 93.45 m. Find the
radius of the simple curve if the deflection angle of a 20 m
chord is 2.65 °.

a. 217.69
b. 317.89
c. 412.56
d. 216.29

8.0 Point A and B on simple curve have perpendicular distance

from tangent at a point O equal to 28 m and 38 m
respectively. If the length of curve OB is 158.82 m. Determine
the chord AB.

a. 28.72 m
b. 32.65 m
c. 22.83 m
d. 14.74 m

9.0 A simple curve with a radius of 415 m has a point A that is 25

m from the tangent that passes through the PC. Determine
the length of the curve from PC to point A.
 the length of the curve from PC to point A.

a. 165.76 m
b. 177.52 m
c. 123.66 m
d. 144.78 m

10.0 A curve having a radius of 192.18 m has an intersecting angle

of 42°15' . PC is at station 0 + 700 . Find the right angle offset
distance station 0 + 736.78

a. 5.6 m
b. 2.7 m
c. 3.5 m
d. 4.8 m

11.0 A simple curve having a radius of 200m have tangents with

bearing N 10° E and N 70° E, respectively. The stationing of PC
is 1 + 400. Determine the stationing of a point Q on the curve
whose deflection angle from PC is 6 °.

a. 1 + 441.89
b. 1 + 442.89
c. 1 + 443.89
d. 1 + 443.89

12.0 The tangents of a spiral curve forms an angle intersection of

25° at station 2 + 058. The design speed is 80 km/hr. For the
radius of central curve of 300 m and the length of spiral of
2.10 m. Find the length of the central curve.

a. 88.8 m
b. 98.7 m
c. 78.8 m
d. 68.8 m

13.0 A 160 m long sag parabolic connects a -8% grade to a +2%

grade. The grades intersect at station 1 + 240 with elevation
of 14.87 m. Find the elevation of the first quarter point of the
curve.
 curve.

a. 17.18 m
b. 18.07 m
c. 17.78 m
d. 18.57 m

14.0 A line was measured and found out to be 512.21 meters. It is

then found out that the 50 meter tape used is 0.04 meters too
long during the measurement. Determine the true length of
the line.

a. 512.62 m
b. 511.80 m
c. 514.26 m
d. 513.70 m
15.0 Two parallel tangents 20m apart are to be connected by a
reverse curved with equal radius at the P.C. and P.I. The total
length of the chord from the P.C. to the P.T. is 150m
Stationing of the P.C. is 10+200. Find the stationing point of
PT.

a. 10+350.36
b. 10+250.36
c. 10+150.36
d. 10+450.36
16.0 Find the weighted mean of the following observation

Route Difference of Elevation Frequency

A 351.1 2
B 352.3 5
C 351.3 1
D 351.7 6
a. 351.8
b. 351.7
c. 352.0
d. 351.6
17.0 The tangents of a spiral curve forms an angle intersection of
17.0 The tangents of a spiral curve forms an angle intersection of
25° at station 2 + 058. The design speed is 80 km/hr. For the
radius of central curve of 300 m and the length of spiral of
2.10 m. Find the stationing at the start of the central curve.

a. 2 + 0176.46
b. 2 + 0276.46
c. 2 + 0376.46
d. 2 + 0476.46

18.0 The sum of the positive departure exceeds that of the

negative departures by 0.31m . The sum of negative latitudes
exceeds that of the positive latitudes by 1.67 m. Determine
the corrected latitude of 48.12 m line whose latitude is 21.09
m. The sum of the sides measured to be 292.52 m.

a. 21.04 m
b. 21.14 m
c. 20.82 m
d. 21.36 m
19.0 Determine the area of the given closed traverse

Line Length Bearing

AB 42.0 N 64°32' E
BC 12.0 S 38°45' E
CD 18.5 S 34°56' W
DE 28.4 S 72°12' W
EA 17.0 N 27°14' W
a. 820.6 sq.m
b. 786.4 sq.m
c. 648.8 sq.m
d. 867.9 sq.m
20.0 Two parallel tangents 20m apart are to be connected by a
reverse curved with equal radius at the P.C. and P.I. The total
length of the chord from the P.C. to the P.T. is 150m
Stationing of the P.C. is 10+200. Find the length of the chord
from PC to PRC.

a. 65 m
b. 35 m
c. 45 m
d. 75 m