TTU SURVEYING LAB QUIZZES QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
What is the number one rule of the surveying lab? - Answer -Handle all equipment with
care
Missing more than ______ classes will result in a failing grade for the course? - Answer
-Two
All distances or lengths measured in your surveying lab class should be measured to
the nearest _______ of a foot - Answer -Hundredth
Making below ________ total lab grade will equal to a zero for the lab - Answer -70%
What is the name of the building that was paced in lab #1? - Answer -Experimental
Sciences
What should go on a site plan drawing? - Answer --North arrow
-Scale
-Name of location
Closed toe shoes and long pants must be worn to every lab T/F - Answer -True
It is acceptable to create lab reports in pen T/F - Answer -False
When opening a field book, the left page has _______ lines and the right page has
_______ lines - Answer -Horizontal, Graph
Failure to abide by the policies and rules set forth in the field laboratory manual will
have no effect on your surveying lab average T/F - Answer -False
All field notes and sketches associated with a surveying lab report should be neat,
organized, in the proper format and easily followed by another individual T/F - Answer -
True
The date, day, and time for field notes goes on the (right/left) page in a field notebook -
Answer -right
Neat and organized field notes are important because they _________ - Answer --
Could be used as a court document
-need to be easy to follow for anyone
-document important aspects of a field site
, Any instrument used for angle and distance measurement can be set up over any point
T/F - Answer -False
Accuracy is _________? - Answer -The closeness of the measured value to the "exact
value"
A closed traverse _________ - Answer -Begins and ends at the same point
When measuring an angle, you look back at your reference point or _______ and then
rotate to the next hub of the angle you are measuring, also called the _______. -
Answer -Backsight, foresight
154.783 degrees converted to DMS - Answer -154 degrees, .783 x 60 = 46.98, .98 x 60
= 58.8
Answer= 154 d, 46 m, 59 s
The date, day, and time for field notes goes on the (right/left) page in the field notebook
- Answer -Right
A four sided traverse has a sum of 360 degrees - Answer -True 180(n-2)= 360
You can put dimensions on a site plan T/F - Answer -False
There are __________ seconds in a degree - Answer -3600
When measuring the sides of a traverse using a tape measure, where does each corner
exactly start? - Answer -At the center of the mag nail, where the dimple is
A turning point does not need to be on a hard point like a sidewalk T/F - Answer -False
An auto level is able to rotate vertically (up and down) T/F - Answer -False
Draw the symbol used for an instrument setup on a site plan - Answer -Looks like a pie
sign
Using the appropriate variables listed below, write the equation used to find the height
of instrument (ELEV, HI, FS, BS) - Answer -HI=ELEV+BS
When placing the instrument on the tripod you must_______ - Answer --match up the
triangular base with the tripod top so that they are aligned
-immediately screw the tripod knob into the instrument base
After pushing the 0set function on the total station, the angle will read ______ - Answer
-0 degrees
ANSWERS
What is the number one rule of the surveying lab? - Answer -Handle all equipment with
care
Missing more than ______ classes will result in a failing grade for the course? - Answer
-Two
All distances or lengths measured in your surveying lab class should be measured to
the nearest _______ of a foot - Answer -Hundredth
Making below ________ total lab grade will equal to a zero for the lab - Answer -70%
What is the name of the building that was paced in lab #1? - Answer -Experimental
Sciences
What should go on a site plan drawing? - Answer --North arrow
-Scale
-Name of location
Closed toe shoes and long pants must be worn to every lab T/F - Answer -True
It is acceptable to create lab reports in pen T/F - Answer -False
When opening a field book, the left page has _______ lines and the right page has
_______ lines - Answer -Horizontal, Graph
Failure to abide by the policies and rules set forth in the field laboratory manual will
have no effect on your surveying lab average T/F - Answer -False
All field notes and sketches associated with a surveying lab report should be neat,
organized, in the proper format and easily followed by another individual T/F - Answer -
True
The date, day, and time for field notes goes on the (right/left) page in a field notebook -
Answer -right
Neat and organized field notes are important because they _________ - Answer --
Could be used as a court document
-need to be easy to follow for anyone
-document important aspects of a field site
, Any instrument used for angle and distance measurement can be set up over any point
T/F - Answer -False
Accuracy is _________? - Answer -The closeness of the measured value to the "exact
value"
A closed traverse _________ - Answer -Begins and ends at the same point
When measuring an angle, you look back at your reference point or _______ and then
rotate to the next hub of the angle you are measuring, also called the _______. -
Answer -Backsight, foresight
154.783 degrees converted to DMS - Answer -154 degrees, .783 x 60 = 46.98, .98 x 60
= 58.8
Answer= 154 d, 46 m, 59 s
The date, day, and time for field notes goes on the (right/left) page in the field notebook
- Answer -Right
A four sided traverse has a sum of 360 degrees - Answer -True 180(n-2)= 360
You can put dimensions on a site plan T/F - Answer -False
There are __________ seconds in a degree - Answer -3600
When measuring the sides of a traverse using a tape measure, where does each corner
exactly start? - Answer -At the center of the mag nail, where the dimple is
A turning point does not need to be on a hard point like a sidewalk T/F - Answer -False
An auto level is able to rotate vertically (up and down) T/F - Answer -False
Draw the symbol used for an instrument setup on a site plan - Answer -Looks like a pie
sign
Using the appropriate variables listed below, write the equation used to find the height
of instrument (ELEV, HI, FS, BS) - Answer -HI=ELEV+BS
When placing the instrument on the tripod you must_______ - Answer --match up the
triangular base with the tripod top so that they are aligned
-immediately screw the tripod knob into the instrument base
After pushing the 0set function on the total station, the angle will read ______ - Answer
-0 degrees
