Construction Materials Exam #2 Questuions and Answers

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1. 3 Types of Blueprint Views: 1. Plan View 2. Elevation or Profile View 3. Cross-
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2. What is Plan View?: View from above 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b




3. What is the profile view?: View from the front or the side
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4. What is the cross-section view?: A view as if the object has been cut open
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5. What is the first sheet in a set of project plans?: Title or key sheet
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6. What do typical section sheets show?: They show the ditterent layers of the road an
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d side slopes and ditches for a particular given length.
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7. What is a plan detail?: A detail is a view of a very specific item of work
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8. T/
F Typical Section Sheets show elevation views of the proposed road.: F
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alse. The answer is "Profile Sheets"
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9. The shape of the road's side slopes and ditches are found on whic
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h sheet?-7b




: "Typical Section Sheets"
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10. T/
F The directional arrow is found on the "Profile Sheet": False. "Plan Shee
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ts" also called "Key Sheet"
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11. Which sheet depicts the cross- 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b




section view of the road superimposed on the natural ground line?: C
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ross-Section sheets. 7b




12. What is the diameter, in inches, of a #8, Re- 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b



Bar?: 8 divided by 8 = 1.00" 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b




13. Station 21+00 is what distance from Station 23+00?: 200 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b




14. Is 21+00 Up Station or Back Station from 23+00?: Back Station
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15. What is "Cross-Slope"?: Cross- 7b 7b 7b



slope is defined as the transverse slope with respect to the horizon
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16. What is surveying?: the profession or work of examining and recording the area and f
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eatures of a piece of land so as to construct a map, plan, or detailed description of it
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17. What is Geodectic Surveying?: It is that type of surveying in which the curved
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shape of earth is taken into account.
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18. What is a level in surveying used for?: A level is a telescope instrument used to s
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et slope stakes, check the level of forms or field elevations / grades.
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19. What is the difference between a Transit vs a Level /
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Laser?: A Transit can be tilted vertically to measure vertical angles.
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20. What is a "Plumb Bob"?: A "Plumb Bob" is a weighted object connected to a string th
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at can be used to establish a vertical line. It is used to calculate horizontal distances over sloping groun
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d in conjunction with a surveying tape.
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21. What is a "Survey Rod"?: A survey rod reads like a tape measure. It allows the surv
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eyor to record an observed number so that an elevation can be determined.
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22. What is a Vernier?: A "Vernier" is used on a survey rod and is used to determine the
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subdivision of the smallest division of the smallest division of a scale.
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23. Can the terms "Transit" and "Level" be used synonymously?: N 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b




o. A Transit can measure vertical angles whereas a level cannot.
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24. When looking through a level, what are the 4 different hai 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b 7 b




r lines that you will see called?: Upper Stadia, Middle Cross /
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Middle Stadia, Lower Stadia and Vertical Cross.
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25. What are Benchmarks?: Benchmarks are fixed exact points where an exact elevatio
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n is know. 7b 7b




26. What is "Back Sight"?: Back Sight is a rod reading taken on a point of know elevat
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ion.
27. What is "Height of Instrumentation": (HI) is the elevation of the line of sight
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projected by the instrument. 7b 7b 7b




28. What is "Fore Sight" (FS)?: Foresight is a rod reading taken on any point to deter
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mine it's elevation. 7b 7b




29. What is "Turning Point" (TP)?: Turning Point is a reliable point upon which a fore
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sight is taken to establish elevation.
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30. A steel tape is used to measure the length between points
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"A" & "B" and the distance is found to be 95'. The temperature of
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the tape at the time of measurement is 45 degrees (F). If the tape i
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s calibrated for 68 degrees (F) and no other factors are to be consi
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dered, is the measurement correct? Short or long?
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7bWhy?: The measurement will be too long. The tape shrunk due to the cold and principles of "Coeflci
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ent of Expansion".
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31. What is the typical tension required on a 100' steel tape?: 25 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b



LBS
32. If a steel tape is held "off- 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b




line", is the measurement accurate?: No. When measuring, tapes must be h
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eld on-line, if not, errors will occur in the actual measurement.
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33. Name the 9 most common errors that occur when measuring wi 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b




th tapes.: -7b 7b


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Length other than standard, improper plumbing, temperature other than standard, poor alignment, tape
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not being horizontal (level), sagging, faulty marking, incorrect reading or interpolation.
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34. What are Catch Points?: CP occur at the intersection of the existing ground and the co
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nstructed grade. The amount of cut or fill is determined by the ditterence between the roadway eleva
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tion and the original ground elevation.
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35. Name the 3 types of Contour Lines.: Index, Intermediate and Supplement
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ary.




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