Surveying Final questions well answered 2024

Surveying FinalThe conformity of a measurement to the "true" Value. - correct answer Accuracy post construction survey that confirms design execution and records in-progress revisions - correct answer as-built (final) survey a surveyor's level in which line of sight is maintained automatically in the horizontal plane, once the instrument is roughly leveled - correct answer automatic level the direction of a line, measured clockwise (usually) from North meridian - correct answer azimuth A sight taken with a level to a point of known elevation, thus permitting the surveyor to compute the elevation of the HI. In theodolite/total station work, the backsight is a sighting taken to a point of known position to establish a reference direction - correct answer backsight (BS) Direction of a line given by the acute angle from a meridian and accompanied by a cardinal compass direction (N-E, N-W, S-E, S-W) - correct answer bearing A fixed solid reference point with a precisely determined published elevation. - correct answer benchmark (BM) Surveys that provide line and grade. - correct answer construction survey a line on a map joining points of similar elevation - correct answer contour survey taken to establish or reestablish reference points, elevations, and lines for preliminary and construction surveys - correct answer control survey