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Guno, Lea H. 40 Problems - Surveying & Transpo

This document contains 40 multiple choice problems related to surveying and transportation. Sample problems include calculating distances and bearings from field measurements, determining corrections for map projections, computing curve geometry elements like degree of curve and offsets, and designing highway elements like vertical curves and pavement thickness. The problems cover a wide range of topics and techniques in surveying and transportation engineering.

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Guno, Lea H. 40 Problems - Surveying & Transpo

This document contains 40 multiple choice problems related to surveying and transportation. Sample problems include calculating distances and bearings from field measurements, determining corrections for map projections, computing curve geometry elements like degree of curve and offsets, and designing highway elements like vertical curves and pavement thickness. The problems cover a wide range of topics and techniques in surveying and transportation engineering.

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GUNO, LEA H.

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7. An engineer measures a distance AB and the following values were recorded in series of
measurements. Determine the relative precision of the measurement.

8. The transit is set up at A and a subtense bar held at B was sighted to have a subtended angle read on
the subtense bar to be 0°50’30”. Compute the horizontal distance between A and B. a. 135.51 m b.
163.51 m c. 163.15 m d. 136.15 m
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9. The grid area of a parcel of land is 25425 sq.m. If the sea level reduction factor is 0.9998756 and the
grid scale factor is 0.9999, determine the actual ground area. a. 25 463.41 b. 24 563.41 c. 25 436.41 d.
24 536.41

10. Rigid pavement without dowels with a wheel load of 75 kN. The allowable bending stress of concrete
is 2 MPa. a. 345.41 mm b. 325.41 mm c. 335.41 mm d. 355.41 mm

11. The magnetic bearing of a line was recorded as S 80°15’W in 2000 at an island which had a
declination of 16°E in that year. Compute the present magnetic bearing of the same line in 2006 if the
declination in 2006 is 4°30’ W. a. N 88°15’ W b. N 88°15’ E c. S 88°15’ W d. S 88°15’ E

12. A line measures 22 456.72m at elevation 3260m. The average radius of curvature is 20 847 000m.
Compute the sea level distance. a. 22 453.13m b. 22 451.33m c. 22 435.13 m d. 22 345.13 m

13. A dumpy level is set up at one end of a line 160m long for the purpose of determining the
instrument interval factor. The line is marked by hubs ate every 40m and a stadia rod is held at each
hub. The stadia intercept at each location of the rod were observed as follows: 0.402, 0.813, 1.231,
1.602 respectively. Compute the average value of the stadia interval factor. Height of instrument is
1.5m. a. 98.851 b. 98.158 c. 98.185 d. 98.815
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14. A distance was measured and was recorded to have a value equivalent to 8 perch, 6 rods and 45
vara. Compute the total distance in meters. a. 108.61m b. 106.81m c. 106.18m d. 108.16m

15. A vein has a strike of N27°30’E. A drift in the vein on a 3% grade has a bearing of N 30°20’ E. What is
the dip of the vein? a. 38.52° b. 31.25° c. 85°54’ d. 85°45’

16. A 100m tape is 100m long at 15kg, at 25 kg tension it is used to measure the length of the line. The
measured length is 500m. The tape is 0.05cmx0.05cm in cross section, Es=2,000,000 kg/cm2. Compute
the corrected length of line. a. 503 m b. 502 m c. 501 m d. 500 m

17. A distance was measured with a 100m tape and found to be 632.40m long. The tape is then
compared with a standard and discovered to be 0.08 m short. The true length of the line is a. 641.89m b.
631.89m c. 671.89m d. 681.89m
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18-20. SITUATION 1. The angle of intersection of a circular curve is 45°30’ and its radius is 198.17m. PC is
at station 0+700. 22. Compute the right angle offset from Sta 0+736.58 on the curve through PC a.
3.37m b. 3.82m c. 4.12m d. 4.41m. Compute the deflection angle of Sta 0+736.58 on the curve to the
tangent through PC. a. 5.288° b. 10.58° c. 5.785° d. 7.56°. Compute the degree of the curve. Use chord
basis and assume 20m length of chain. a. 5.288° b. 10.58° c. 5.785° d. 7.56°

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28. A vertical parabolic curve has a forward tangent of 2% and a backward tangent of -4% intersecting at
Sta 2+160. Locate the stationing of the lowest point of the curve if the length of the curve is 240m. a.
2+189 b. 2+195 c. 2+200 d. 2+221

29-31. SITUATION 5. A 6% downgrade meets a 4% upgrade at an elevation of 102m at station 0+100. If


the length of parabolic curve is 200m long. Find the stationing of the lowest point of the curve. a. 0+125
b. 0+116 c. 0+133 d. 0+120. Find the elevation of the lowest point of curve. a. 103.57m b. 104.21m c.
102.52m d. 104.4 m 44. Find the rate of change in grade per 20m length. a. 1.4% per 20m b. 1.6% per
20m c. 1% per 20m d. 1.2% per 20m
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32-33 SITUATION 7. A 5% grade intersects a -3.4% grade at station 1+990 of elevation 42.30 m. Design
velocity= 60kph Ht. of driver’s eye from road pavement=1.37 m Ht. of an object over the pavement
ahead=100mm Perception-reaction time= ¾ sec Coefficient of friction between the road pavement and
the tires= 0.15. Determining the stopping sight distance. a. 83.29 m b. 59.48 m c. 79.63m d. 99.28m.
Determine the required length of curve. a. 170.30m b. 450.83m c. 131.82m d. 200.93m

34. Pavement subjected to an expansion pressure of 0.75 kg/cm2 with an average of 0.06 kg/cm3. a.
0.125m b. 0.165m c. 0.135m d. 0.175m

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