ASBOG FG Exam - Structural
Geology Questions & Answers
Verified 2026
AccuracyB-BAnswerHowBcloseBaBmeasurementBconfirmsBwithBanBacceptedBvalue
apparentBdipB(a)B-
BAnswerTheBinclinationBofBaBplaneBmeasuredBinBaBdirectionBnotBperpendicularBtoBstrik
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ApparentBdipBdirectionB-
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BAnswerTheBhorizontalBangleBbetweenBaBlineBandBaBspecifiedBcoordinateBdirection,Bus
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normBN25E,B15N=15,BN65W)
DepthB(d)B-
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rest
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BAnswerTheBinclinationBofBtheBlineBofBgreatestBslopeBofBanBinclinedBplane,BmeasuredB
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BAnswerABfaultBinBwhichBtheBmovementBisBparallelBtoBtheBdipBofBtheBfaultBplane,Bsuc
hBasBnormal,Breverse,BorBlistricBfault
DirectedBlineB-BAnswerABlineBdescribedBbyBitsBbearingBandBplunge
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FoldBlineB-
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GrowthBFaultB-
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nBtheBcorrespondingBunitsBonBtheBupthrownBside
HangingBwallBblockB-BAnswerTheBblockBthatBoverliesBaBnon-verticalBfault
HeaveB-BAnswertheBamountBifBhorizontalBdisplacementBonBaBfault
HingeBlineB-BAnswerTheBaxisBalongBwhichBcurvatureBofBaBfoldBisBgreatest
InclinationB-
BAnswerABgeneralBtermBforBtheBverticalBangleBbetweenBtheBhorizontalBandBaBplaneBor
Bline,BmeasuredBdownward
Geology Questions & Answers
Verified 2026
AccuracyB-BAnswerHowBcloseBaBmeasurementBconfirmsBwithBanBacceptedBvalue
apparentBdipB(a)B-
BAnswerTheBinclinationBofBaBplaneBmeasuredBinBaBdirectionBnotBperpendicularBtoBstrik
e
ApparentBdipBdirectionB-
BAnswertheBbearingBifBtheBverticalBplaneBcontainingBtheBapparentBdipBangle
AttitudeB-BAnswertheBorientationBinBspace
AzimuthB-
BAnswerTheBbearingBofBaBplaneBmeasuredBclockwiseBfromBnorthBwhenBdipBisBtoBtheBr
ight
βB-BAnswerTheBangleBbetweenBstrikeBandBapparentBdipBdirection
BearingB-
BAnswerTheBhorizontalBangleBbetweenBaBlineBandBaBspecifiedBcoordinateBdirection,Bus
uallyBnorthBorBsouth.BBearingBisBalwaysBnotedBinBtheBdirectionBofBdownwardBplungeB(
normBN25E,B15N=15,BN65W)
DepthB(d)B-
BAnswerTheBverticalBdistanceBfromBtheBgroundBsurfaceBdownwardBtoBaBfeatureBofBinte
rest
, DipB(δ)B-
BAnswerTheBinclinationBofBtheBlineBofBgreatestBslopeBofBanBinclinedBplane,BmeasuredB
perpendicularBtoBstrike
dip-slipBfaultB-
BAnswerABfaultBinBwhichBtheBmovementBisBparallelBtoBtheBdipBofBtheBfaultBplane,Bsuc
hBasBnormal,Breverse,BorBlistricBfault
DirectedBlineB-BAnswerABlineBdescribedBbyBitsBbearingBandBplunge
FensterB-BAnsweraBwindowBintoBrocksBunderlyingBaBthrustBfault
FoldBlineB-
BAnswerABhingeBlineBalongBwhichBaBverticalBcrossBsectionBmayBbeBconstructedBandBth
enBflattenedBoutBtoBaBhorizontalBmapBview
FootwallBblockB-BAnswertheBblockBthatBunderliesBaBnon-verticalBfault
GrowthBFaultB-
BAnswerFaultBthatBformsBcontemporaneouslyBwithBdepositionBinBtheBsedBrock.BTheBthr
owBincreasesBwithBdepthBandBtheBsedBunitsBonBtheBdownthrownBsideBareBthickerBtha
nBtheBcorrespondingBunitsBonBtheBupthrownBside
HangingBwallBblockB-BAnswerTheBblockBthatBoverliesBaBnon-verticalBfault
HeaveB-BAnswertheBamountBifBhorizontalBdisplacementBonBaBfault
HingeBlineB-BAnswerTheBaxisBalongBwhichBcurvatureBofBaBfoldBisBgreatest
InclinationB-
BAnswerABgeneralBtermBforBtheBverticalBangleBbetweenBtheBhorizontalBandBaBplaneBor
Bline,BmeasuredBdownward