Civil Engineering: Surveying Final Exam Questions and Answers| Latest Update

Civil Engineering: Surveying Final Exam Questions and
Answers| Latest Update

Systematic Error ✔️✔️An error that is calculatable, detectable, and is associated with a sign.
Improvement in this can improve accuracy.



Mistake ✔️✔️eliminate by paying attention



Differential Leveling ✔️✔️Computing difference in elevation by adding and subtracting
backsights and foresights



Trig Leveling ✔️✔️Computing difference in elevation by angles and distances



Station ✔️✔️1sta = 100ft



Peg Test ✔️✔️Checks that LOS is horizontal



Curvature ✔️✔️Error due to the LOS that is not the same as the level surface



Stationing ✔️✔️Number line



Traverse ✔️✔️Series of points with disctances and angles



Traverse Calculations ✔️✔️Calculating latitudes and departures from distances and azmiuth
angles



Angle ✔️✔️Some fractional part of a circumference

, Direction ✔️✔️Angle with respect to some reference meridian



Reference Meridian ✔️✔️A north-south reference line



Azmiuth ✔️✔️Horizontal, clockwise angle measured from north to the line



Bearing ✔️✔️Acute angle of the line with respect to the reference meridian



Open Traverse ✔️✔️No check



Closed Traverse ✔️✔️Can check (interior angles add up to (n-2)180)



Departure ✔️✔️East to west position of a line



Latitude ✔️✔️North to south position of a line



Route Surveying ✔️✔️all survey operations required for design and construction of engineering
works such as highways, pipelines, canals, or railroads



Tangent ✔️✔️Straight line on a route



Back Tangent ✔️✔️From PI to PC



Forward Tangent ✔️✔️From PI to PT



Deflection Angle ✔️✔️Delta at PI