Civil Engineering: Surveying Final Exam
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Surveying - CORRECT ANSWER - Position
Level Surface - CORRECT ANSWER - All points are same elevation
Backsight - CORRECT ANSWER - Rod Reading of a point of known elevation
Horizontal - CORRECT ANSWER - Lines of Longitude
Digital Level - CORRECT ANSWER - Computes readings by using barcodes
Random Error - CORRECT ANSWER - + or - and go to zero with repeated measurements
Geographic Reference - CORRECT ANSWER - A means of indicating position
Plane Surveying - CORRECT ANSWER - Ordinary field and topographical surveying in
which the curvature of the earth is disregarded
GPS - CORRECT ANSWER - Position by satillites
Foresight - CORRECT ANSWER - Rod Reading on a point of unknown elevation
Side Shot - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey reading to locate a point off the traverse
, Vertical Exaggeration - CORRECT ANSWER - Horizontal Scale/Vertical Scale
Turning Point - CORRECT ANSWER - A point temporarily located and marked in order
to establish the elevation or position of a surveying instrument at a new station.
Geodedic Surveying - CORRECT ANSWER - Surveying in which account is taken of and
corrections made for the curvature of the earth's surface
Datum - CORRECT ANSWER - A fixed starting point of a scale
Benchmark - CORRECT ANSWER - Permanent known elevation w/ respect to datum
Standard Deviation - CORRECT ANSWER - A measure that is used to quantify the
amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values
Precision - CORRECT ANSWER - Closeness of measurements to eachother
Accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER - close to the true value
Systematic Error - CORRECT ANSWER - An error that is calculatable, detectable, and is
associated with a sign. Improvement in this can improve accuracy.
Mistake - CORRECT ANSWER - eliminate by paying attention
Differential Leveling - CORRECT ANSWER - Computing difference in elevation by
adding and subtracting backsights and foresights
Trig Leveling - CORRECT ANSWER - Computing difference in elevation by angles and
distances
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Surveying - CORRECT ANSWER - Position
Level Surface - CORRECT ANSWER - All points are same elevation
Backsight - CORRECT ANSWER - Rod Reading of a point of known elevation
Horizontal - CORRECT ANSWER - Lines of Longitude
Digital Level - CORRECT ANSWER - Computes readings by using barcodes
Random Error - CORRECT ANSWER - + or - and go to zero with repeated measurements
Geographic Reference - CORRECT ANSWER - A means of indicating position
Plane Surveying - CORRECT ANSWER - Ordinary field and topographical surveying in
which the curvature of the earth is disregarded
GPS - CORRECT ANSWER - Position by satillites
Foresight - CORRECT ANSWER - Rod Reading on a point of unknown elevation
Side Shot - CORRECT ANSWER - A survey reading to locate a point off the traverse
, Vertical Exaggeration - CORRECT ANSWER - Horizontal Scale/Vertical Scale
Turning Point - CORRECT ANSWER - A point temporarily located and marked in order
to establish the elevation or position of a surveying instrument at a new station.
Geodedic Surveying - CORRECT ANSWER - Surveying in which account is taken of and
corrections made for the curvature of the earth's surface
Datum - CORRECT ANSWER - A fixed starting point of a scale
Benchmark - CORRECT ANSWER - Permanent known elevation w/ respect to datum
Standard Deviation - CORRECT ANSWER - A measure that is used to quantify the
amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values
Precision - CORRECT ANSWER - Closeness of measurements to eachother
Accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER - close to the true value
Systematic Error - CORRECT ANSWER - An error that is calculatable, detectable, and is
associated with a sign. Improvement in this can improve accuracy.
Mistake - CORRECT ANSWER - eliminate by paying attention
Differential Leveling - CORRECT ANSWER - Computing difference in elevation by
adding and subtracting backsights and foresights
Trig Leveling - CORRECT ANSWER - Computing difference in elevation by angles and
distances
