FS Exam Practice Problems / 121
Actual Test Questions with
Certified Answers & Rationales
(Taken from "Surveyors
Reference Manual, Seventh
Edition" by George M. Cole /
"FS Practice Exam" by NCEES)
,How much does an Invar tape (c)
expand and contract due to
An Invar tape will expand and contract much less than a steel
change in temperature, tape when exposed to the same change in temperature.
compared to a standards steel Unfortunately, Invar tapes, while extremely accurate, are too
tape under the same fragile for normal use. So they are typically used for measuring
baselines or calibrating steel tapes
conditions?
(a) An Invar tape expands
and contractsmuch more than
a steel tape
(b) An Invar tape expands
and contractsslightly less than
a steel tape
(c) An Invar tap expands
and contractsmuch less than a
steel tape
(d) The two tapes expand
and contractabout the same
amount
How many pins are in a set of (b) 11
chaining pins?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 20
,Terms in this set (121)
, What features distinguish an (b)
add tape?
An add tape has an extra graduated foot beyond the zero mark
(a) The last foot of each end
is graduated intenths or On a subtract tape, the last foot is graduated into tenths or hundredths
hundredths or a foot
(b) There is an extra
graduated foot beyondthe zero
mark
(c) There is an extra
graduated foot at the
100 foot end of the tape
(d) There is an extra graduated
food at both ends of the tape
How long is a Gunter's Chain? (c) 66 ft
(a) 30 ft
(b) 53 ft
(c) 66 ft
(d) 130 ft
The area of a square one (b) 4400 ft^2
Gunter's chain on a side is most
( 66 ft )^s = 4356 ft^2
nearly
(a) 250 ft^2
(b) 4400 ft^2
(c) 10,000 ft^2
(d) 44,000 ft^2
Most, nearly, what is the area of (a) 3 ac
a rectangle 6 Gunter's chains
(6 x 66 ft) * (5 x 66 ft)
long by 5 Gunter's chains wide?
------------------------ = 3 ac
43,560 ft^s / ac
(a) 3 ac
Actual Test Questions with
Certified Answers & Rationales
(Taken from "Surveyors
Reference Manual, Seventh
Edition" by George M. Cole /
"FS Practice Exam" by NCEES)
,How much does an Invar tape (c)
expand and contract due to
An Invar tape will expand and contract much less than a steel
change in temperature, tape when exposed to the same change in temperature.
compared to a standards steel Unfortunately, Invar tapes, while extremely accurate, are too
tape under the same fragile for normal use. So they are typically used for measuring
baselines or calibrating steel tapes
conditions?
(a) An Invar tape expands
and contractsmuch more than
a steel tape
(b) An Invar tape expands
and contractsslightly less than
a steel tape
(c) An Invar tap expands
and contractsmuch less than a
steel tape
(d) The two tapes expand
and contractabout the same
amount
How many pins are in a set of (b) 11
chaining pins?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 20
,Terms in this set (121)
, What features distinguish an (b)
add tape?
An add tape has an extra graduated foot beyond the zero mark
(a) The last foot of each end
is graduated intenths or On a subtract tape, the last foot is graduated into tenths or hundredths
hundredths or a foot
(b) There is an extra
graduated foot beyondthe zero
mark
(c) There is an extra
graduated foot at the
100 foot end of the tape
(d) There is an extra graduated
food at both ends of the tape
How long is a Gunter's Chain? (c) 66 ft
(a) 30 ft
(b) 53 ft
(c) 66 ft
(d) 130 ft
The area of a square one (b) 4400 ft^2
Gunter's chain on a side is most
( 66 ft )^s = 4356 ft^2
nearly
(a) 250 ft^2
(b) 4400 ft^2
(c) 10,000 ft^2
(d) 44,000 ft^2
Most, nearly, what is the area of (a) 3 ac
a rectangle 6 Gunter's chains
(6 x 66 ft) * (5 x 66 ft)
long by 5 Gunter's chains wide?
------------------------ = 3 ac
43,560 ft^s / ac
(a) 3 ac
