FE CIVIL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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Plane Surveys - ✔✔Type of survey that disregards the curvature of the
earth. Appropriate if the area is small.
Geodetic Surveys - ✔✔Type of survey that considers the curvature of the
earth.
Zoned Surveys - ✔✔Type of survey that allows computations to be
performed as if on a plane will accommodating larger areas.
State Plane Coordinate System - ✔✔Rectangular systems that use a partial
latitude/longitude system for baseline references
Benchmark - ✔✔The common name given to permanent monuments of
known vertical positions
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,Control Stations (or Triangular Stations) - ✔✔Monuments with known
horizontal positions.
Leveling - ✔✔The act of using an engineer's level (or other leveling
instrument) and rod to measure a vertical distance (elevation) from an
arbitrary level surface.
Differential Leveling - ✔✔The consecutive application of direct leveling to
the measurement of large differences in elevation
Azimuth - ✔✔Given as a clockwise angle from the reference direction,
either from the north or from the south. May not exceed 360 deg.
Deflection Angle - ✔✔The angle between a line and the prolongation of a
preceding line is a deflection angle.
Bearing - ✔✔Referenced to the quadrant in which the line falls and the
angle that the line makes with the meridian in that quadrant. May not
exceed 90 deg.
Traverse - ✔✔A series of straight lines whose lengths and directions are
known.
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,Open Traverse - ✔✔A traverse that does not come back to its starting point.
Closed Traverse - ✔✔A traverse that comes back to its starting point.
Geometric Requirements of Closed Traverse - ✔✔Sum of deflection angles
is 360 deg and sum of the interior angles (of a polygon) with n sides is (n-
2)*(180 deg)
Traverse Closure - ✔✔The line that will exactly close the traverse.
Dynamics - ✔✔The study of moving objects; concerned with bodies that
have accelerated motion
Kinematics - ✔✔The study of a body's motion independent of the forces on
the body; a study of the geometry of motion
Particle - ✔✔A body in motion where rotation of the body is absent or
insignificant; has no rotational kinetic energy
Rigid Body - ✔✔Type of body that does not deform when loaded and can
be considered a combination of two or more particles that remain at a
fixed, finite distance from each other.
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, Kinetics - ✔✔A study of the forces that cause the motion
Rectilinear Kinematics - ✔✔Type of kinematics that refers to straight-line
motion.
Curvilinear Motion - ✔✔Type of motion that occurs when a particle moves
along a curved path.
Potential Energy - ✔✔Stored energy; when energy comes from the position
of the particle.
Absolute Pressure - ✔✔Pressures measured with respect to a true zero
pressure reference.
Gage Pressure - ✔✔Pressures measured with respect to atmospheric
pressure
Surface Tension - ✔✔The tensile force between two points a unit distance
apart on the surface, or as the amount of work required to form a new unit
of surface area in an apparatus.
Stress - ✔✔Intensity of Force Per Unit Area.
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
Plane Surveys - ✔✔Type of survey that disregards the curvature of the
earth. Appropriate if the area is small.
Geodetic Surveys - ✔✔Type of survey that considers the curvature of the
earth.
Zoned Surveys - ✔✔Type of survey that allows computations to be
performed as if on a plane will accommodating larger areas.
State Plane Coordinate System - ✔✔Rectangular systems that use a partial
latitude/longitude system for baseline references
Benchmark - ✔✔The common name given to permanent monuments of
known vertical positions
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,Control Stations (or Triangular Stations) - ✔✔Monuments with known
horizontal positions.
Leveling - ✔✔The act of using an engineer's level (or other leveling
instrument) and rod to measure a vertical distance (elevation) from an
arbitrary level surface.
Differential Leveling - ✔✔The consecutive application of direct leveling to
the measurement of large differences in elevation
Azimuth - ✔✔Given as a clockwise angle from the reference direction,
either from the north or from the south. May not exceed 360 deg.
Deflection Angle - ✔✔The angle between a line and the prolongation of a
preceding line is a deflection angle.
Bearing - ✔✔Referenced to the quadrant in which the line falls and the
angle that the line makes with the meridian in that quadrant. May not
exceed 90 deg.
Traverse - ✔✔A series of straight lines whose lengths and directions are
known.
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,Open Traverse - ✔✔A traverse that does not come back to its starting point.
Closed Traverse - ✔✔A traverse that comes back to its starting point.
Geometric Requirements of Closed Traverse - ✔✔Sum of deflection angles
is 360 deg and sum of the interior angles (of a polygon) with n sides is (n-
2)*(180 deg)
Traverse Closure - ✔✔The line that will exactly close the traverse.
Dynamics - ✔✔The study of moving objects; concerned with bodies that
have accelerated motion
Kinematics - ✔✔The study of a body's motion independent of the forces on
the body; a study of the geometry of motion
Particle - ✔✔A body in motion where rotation of the body is absent or
insignificant; has no rotational kinetic energy
Rigid Body - ✔✔Type of body that does not deform when loaded and can
be considered a combination of two or more particles that remain at a
fixed, finite distance from each other.
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, Kinetics - ✔✔A study of the forces that cause the motion
Rectilinear Kinematics - ✔✔Type of kinematics that refers to straight-line
motion.
Curvilinear Motion - ✔✔Type of motion that occurs when a particle moves
along a curved path.
Potential Energy - ✔✔Stored energy; when energy comes from the position
of the particle.
Absolute Pressure - ✔✔Pressures measured with respect to a true zero
pressure reference.
Gage Pressure - ✔✔Pressures measured with respect to atmospheric
pressure
Surface Tension - ✔✔The tensile force between two points a unit distance
apart on the surface, or as the amount of work required to form a new unit
of surface area in an apparatus.
Stress - ✔✔Intensity of Force Per Unit Area.
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